Before You Start1
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Features
An HDCP-compatible HDMI*
1
terminal is provided to ensure the
very highest picture and digital
sound quality by fully digital
transmission.
This unit is equipped with an HDCP-compat-
ible digital image output terminal (HDMI) to
provide copyright protection.
Direct digital transmission without analog
conversion of DVD image data makes it
possible to enjoy real-life images without
any image deterioration resulting from AD/
DA conversion. The unit has also been
designed to make it possible to handle the
transmission of both digital video and digital
audio with a single connector.
High quality 14-bit/216MHz Video
D/A converter*
2
The unit uses a Video D/A converter that
performs D/A conversion of all video signals
in 14-bits and can perform 8X over-sampling
to let you enjoy beautiful video possible with
DVD. Furthermore, NSV technology sup-
presses noise during DA conversion.
dts 96kHz/24 bit compatibility
It is equipped with a dts 96/24 decoder that
lets you enjoy dts audio with sound quality
as high as 96kHz/24bit. This product does
not support dts 88.2kHz/24bit.
Dolby Headphone compatibility
It is the world’s first single DVD Player
equipped with a Dolby Head Phone.
The Head Phone can reproduce the world of
Dolby Surround with realistic ambience like
that you would experience using a 5.1 ch
system (Excluding Super Audio CD) (see
page 13).
Lip Sync capability
When it is connected to a plasma display or
projector, it corrects the time lag between
the video and audio created by the video
circuit processing time in units of 10msec up
to a maximum of 200msec. It precisely
synchronizes the actors’ voices and the
movements of their mouths (see page 31).
Equipped with a Super Audio CD
Distance compensation function
It can perform Distance adjustment of Super
Audio CD that was formerly impossible by
converting it to PCM (see page 44).
Superlative audio performance with
Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio,
Dolby*
3
Digital and DTS
*4
software
Logos: 1
R
The DV9500 delivers breathtaking sound
quality with Super Audio CD, DVD-Audio,
Dolby Digital and DTS discs.
Capture
You can store a photograph of your children
as background (see page 29).
SRS TruSurround
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Logo:
When used with stereo sources, SRS
TruSurround creates a realistic surround-
sound effect using just two speakers (see
page 44).
MP3 compatibility
This player is compatible with CD-R, CD-RW
and CD-ROM discs that contain MP3 audio
tracks (see pages 9, 28).
JPEG compatibility
This player is compatible with CD-R, CD-RW
and CD-ROM discs that contain JPEG data
(see pages 9, 29).
*
1
HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition
Multimedia Interface are trademarks or regis-
tered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC.
*
2
“NSV” is a registered trademark of Analog
Device Co. Ltd.
*
3
Manufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confi-
dential unpublished works. © 1992-1997 Dolby
Laboratories. All rights reserved.
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4
“DTS” and “DTS Digital Surround” are regis-
tered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems,
Inc.
