Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] Operation/Reference Guide
MAX-AVP
Audio-Video Player
Document ID: 065-004-2964 Last Revised: 9/06/2006
AMX Limited Warranty and Disclaimer
AMX warrants its products to be free of defects in material and workmanship under normal use for three (3) years from the date of purchase from AMX, with the following exceptions: · · · Electroluminescent and LCD Control Panels are warranted for three (3) years, except for the display and touch overlay components that are warranted for a period of one (1) year. Disk drive mechanisms, pan/tilt heads, power supplies, and MX Series products are warranted for a period of one (1) year. AMX Lighting products are guaranteed to switch on and off any load that is properly connected to our lighting products, as long as the AMX Lighting products are under warranty. AMX does guarantee the control of dimmable loads that are properly connected to our lighting products. [. . . ] Refer to the Accessing Media Stored on the MAX Server section on page 27 for details on options that are specific to MAX Server content.
When the AVP is used to play local content (a DVD or CD in its own drive), it behaves like most consumer-level disc players. Use the hand-held remote controller to control display and playback When used to access media on a MAX Server, use the remote controller to navigate the MAX options via the on-screen display. If you are playing media (CD or DVD) from a MAX Server, and insert a disc into the AVP, the server-based content will be interrupted, and the local content will automatically begin to play.
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Inserting a DVD or CD
Insert the disc, label-side up, in to the loading slot on the front of the AVP. When the disc is almost fully inserted, the player pulls it into the drive and automatically starts playback. For CDs, the first track is played For DVDs the disc menu is displayed
Discs must be clean and without any labels or debris that could come off during playback.
Playback of a Local CD
For local audio CD playback, the AVP's on-screen display indicates the track number currently playing. Use the transport controls on the remote controller to Play, Stop and Pause playback (press Play to resume).
Several options on the remote controller are specific for accessing and playing CDs stored on a MAX Server, and do not apply to local CD playback, including: MAX, RETURN and INFO. Other options are specific to DVD playback, and do not apply to CD playback at all, including MENU, TITLE, SLOW, A-B, MARKER, MARKER SEARCH, AUDIO, ANGLE and SUBTITLE.
Skipping Tracks
Press the SKIP/SCROLL (+ / -) buttons to skip forward and back through the tracks on the CD.
The SKIP/SCROLL (+ / -) buttons also allow you to page through large lists (such as on the Browse or Playlist pages), as opposed to scrolling through each item in the list.
Scanning Within Tracks
Press the Scan (+ / -) buttons to scan forward and back (cue/rewind) through the current track. When scanning a track, the on-screen display indicates the total time of the disc and the current playback position for the current track. Press the Scan (+ / -) button one time to scan at 2X speed, press again to increase the scan speed (2X, 4X, 8X or 12X). Press Play to resume playback at the current position (indicated in the Status Bar).
Repeating Individual Tracks or the Entire CD
Press the REPEAT button to toggle through the three Repeat options that can be used with CDs. The current Repeat Play setting is indicated by an icon in the upper-right corner of the screen (FIG. 2 Repeat Track, Repeat Disc and No repeat icons
Press REPEAT one time to repeat the current track, as indicated by the icon. Press REPEAT again to return to normal playback (No Repeat).
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Random Play
Press the RANDOM button to play the tracks on this CD in random order. The current Random Play setting is indicated by an icon in the upper-right corner of the screen (FIG. 3 Random Play and Normal Play icons
Press RANDOM one time to initiate randomized playback, as indicated by the icon. Press RANDOM again to return to normal (sorted) playback.
CD Playback Display Screen
Press the DISPLAY button while playing a CD to toggle the CD Playback Screen (FIG. 4 CD Playback Screen
The elements on this page include: Track Listing: Indicates the track that is currently playing. Highlight and select this item to enter a track number for playback (via the number buttons on the remote controller). Repeat setting: Indicates the current repeat playback setting (On or Off). Playback Status Bars: Top bar indicates playback of the entire CD, the lower bar indicates playback of the current track. The total playback time for this disc is displayed to the right of the Status Bar.
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Playback of a Local DVD
For DVD playback, the AVP's on-screen display shows the DVD disc menu. Use the transport controls on the remote controller to Play, Stop and Pause playback; and use the Arrow buttons to navigate through the options on the DVD Menu. [. . . ] HDMI: Select whether HDMI should auto-detect the video mode from the display, or be manually fixed to the specified video standard (default = AUTODETECT).
If HDMI is set to MANUAL, the Video Standard setting (see above) only selects modes for HDMI (i. e. , the mode selected with Video Standard will not influence the analog outputs). If HDMI is set to AUTODETECT, and the AVP is connected via HDMI, the Video Standard setting is disabled.
HDMI shuts off the Composite, S-VIdeo and Component outputs.
Widescreen Formatting: Select the formatting mode for widescreen content playback on a standard aspect ratio display.
Pan-and-Scan: fills the screen Letterbox: retains the film's actual aspect ratio Some DVDs do not support widescreen formatting, in which case this option has no effect.
Color Space: Select the colorspace for the display. The options are:
YUV-601 (Consumer component video default) Leave the Color Space setting on YUV-601 if you are connecting via composite or SVideo. YUV-709 (some professional equipment) RGB 0-255 (some projectors and monitors)
Screen Saver Timeout (minutes): Increase/decrease screensaver timeout in increments of 1 minute by selecting the Up or Down arrow and pressing SELECT. [. . . ]