4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

10. NEVER replace any fuse with a value or type other than those specified. 11. NEVER attempt to repair this product. If a problem occurs, contact your Proceed retailer. 12. NEVER expose this product to extremely high or low temperatures. 13. NEVER operate this product in an explosive atmosphere. 14. ALWAYS keep electrical equipment out of the reach of children. 15. ALWAYS unplug sensitive electronic equipment during lightning storms.
From all of us at Madrigal Audio Laboratories, thank you for choosing this Proceed product.
A great deal of effort went into the design and construction of this precision device. Used properly, it will give you many years of enjoyment.

Table of Contents

Unpacking and Placement... 7
Unpacking the PMDT.... 7 Placement of the PMDT... 7
Operating Voltage & Frequency... 8

voltage label.... 8

A Quick Start.... 9
check & connect ac power... 9 quick video connection... 9 quick audio connection... 9 loading a disc... 9 Warmup/break-in period.... 9
Special Design Features... 11
Modular hardware... 11 Updatable software... 11 No-compromise audio... 11 Unexcelled video techniques.. 12 Ease of use... 12 Industrial design.... 13
Front Panel, PMDT... 14 Rear Panel, PMDT... 20
trigger tip polarity... 21 IR input tip polarity... 21 building a link cable... 21
The PMDT Remote Control.. 25 The PMDT Menus.... 32
Using the menus.... 32 Video setup.... 32 TV type... 32 composite setup.... 32 component setup... 32 black level.... 34 white level.... 34 chroma.... 34 dvd pause.... 34 Audio setup.... 35 spoken... 35 subtitles.... 36 favorite multichannel... 36 alternative sound... 37 audio delay.... 37 96kHz enabled... 37 CD Record... 38 Disc behavior.... 38 after load.... 38 Disc Status.... 39 play key.... 39 , keys... 39 stop dvd.... 40 power user tip... 40 use ESP.... 40 User preferences.... 41 key feedback... 41
OSD position.... 41 background.... 41 link options.... 42 display time.... 43 auto standby.... 43 screen saver.... 43 Information preferences... 43 disc time.... 44 sound type... 44 camera angle... 44 a/v processor.... 44 play status.... 44 time of day... 45 set clock.... 45 Technical menu.... 45 teach IR commands... 45 restore defaults.... 45 delete programs.... 46
Programming the PMDT... 47
Electronically saved preferences (ESP).. 47 audio, language... 47 subtitles.... 48 subtitle on/off.... 48 aspect ratio.... 48 black level.... 48 audio delay.... 48 save settings.... 48 Ad hoc programming... 49 ad hoc program menu... 49

Disc Menu Player Menu Help Menu About
(In the front panel display window, you will see only the currently selected menu.)
If you have the optional PVP cards installed, your menu options will be different. Please refer to your PVP owners manual.
Subsequent presses of the menu button will cycle through your options. When you have highlighted the one you want to use, press enter. Note that using this system, you can (for example) access the player menu to check on your PMDTs setup at any time, without having to stop the disc. Once you are working in the players menu system, the menu button acts like a cancel button on your computer, allowing you to exit a particular menu item without having made any changes.
Since some DVD discs use the menu button as part of their internal navigation, when you are already within a disc menu, the list of choices presented on screen will change to:
Send MENU command to disc Player Menu Help Menu About
Pressing enter while the first item on the above menu is highlighted will issue the menu command that some discs require for navigation. Note that the menu shown immediately above only appears when you are within the DVDs own menu structure - not while watching a movie, or while stopped, or while listening to a CD. The PMDT is smart enough to be context-sensitive. That is, it will give you access to the things you might need, when you might need them.
ENTER BUTTON As you might expect, the enter button allows you to explicitly save any changes you might make in the menu system. It may also be used by DVD discs as part of their own navigation system.
PROGRAM BUTTON AND INDICATOR The program button on the front panel duplicates the function of the prog button on the remote control. Pressing either generates a popup menu on the on-screen display containing the following:
Add Item Delete Item Save Program Delete Program Turn Program On (or Turn Program Off, depending on which mode you are in)
Pressing program repeatedly cycles you through the listed options. The currently selected option is highlighted on the screen, and appears in the front panel display. For more information on programming your PMDT, see Programming the PMDT on page 47. The program indicator LED is lit when the PMDTs program mode is engaged; e.g., while a programmed playlist is being played. If a program has been saved for the current disc, you may toggle the program on and off by pressing program (or prog on the remote), moving the highlight to turn Program On or turn Program Off (the last item on the popup list), and pressing enter. For more information on programming your PMDT, see Programming the PMDT on page 47. Pressing and holding the program button will activate the ESP menu. Its functions are described on page 47.

EIAJ (Toslink): This output provides the digital audio signal (DAS) via optical cables equipped with EIAJ-type connectors to the processor. S/PDIF on RCA: This output provides the digital audio signal (DAS) via
cables equipped with RCA-type connectors to the digital processor.
S/PDIF on BNC: This output provides the digital audio signal (DAS) via
cables equipped with BNC-type connectors to the digital processor. The previous two outputs conform to the Sony/Philips Digital Interface Standard (S/PDIF), which calls for a 75 transmission of the DAS. We recommend using a digital interconnecting cable specifically designed for the 75 S/PDIF standard, such as Madrigal MDC-2 cable, when using these outputs. (In our experience, a BNC-terminated S/PDIF cable has a slight advantage over the same cable terminated with RCAs. This is probably due to the fact that a BNC connector can have a true 75 impedance, whereas RCA connectors cannot.)
AES/EBU: This output provides the digital audio signal (DAS) via cables
equipped with XLR-type connectors to the digital audio processor. This output conforms to the Audio Engineering Society/European Broadcast Union (AES/EBU) professional digital audio standard, which calls for a 110 transmission of the DAS. Use a digital interconnecting cable specifically designed for the 110 AES/EBU standard, such as Madrigal MDC-1 cable, when using this output, with pin assignments as follows:
Pin 1: chassis ground Pin 2: noninverted digital Pin 3: inverted digital Connector ground lug: chassis ground
It our experience, the AES/EBU interconnection standard offers the best quality of all digital transmission interfaces when fully optimized, and we recommend its use wherever possible between Proceed components. If you are using a Madrigal-designed digital processor, we recommend using the AES/EBU connection for the best results; the two S/PDIF electrical connections follow closely behind AES/EBU. EIAJ is (unfortunately) the most widely used digital interconnection standard, yet offers the poorest performance. We include it for compatibility reasons. However, optimizing any digital interface completely represents a significant engineering challenge. It is entirely possible that a different type of input may actually outperform a less-than-optimized AES/EBU implementation on some brands of digital processors. For this reason, we have gone to great lengths to fully optimize all four of the digital outputs on the PMDT. If you are using your PMDT with a different brand of processor, we recommend experimenting to determine which type of input on that processor results in the best audible performance.

THE DISPLAY AREA info: The info button can be used to display information about the current status of the PMDT in two different ways. When clicked, it displays those info items from the Info Preferences menu that have been designated on, one after the other. This way, you can choose a few things to which you would like quick access, and have them be readily available. When pressed and held, the info button will display a list of information items (both those designated on and list only in the Info Preference menu), giving you access to quite a bit of information all at once (though, of course, it uses more of the screen to do so). You can scroll through these items with the navigation buttons; pressing enter will display that item on the screen until you press info again.
mode: The time section of the display can be set to display any of the following four indications of time in minutes and seconds: time elapsed on title/disc, time remaining on title/disc, time elapsed on chapter/ track, time remaining on chapter/track (depending on whether you
have loaded a DVD or a CD). These four options are accessed by pressing the display mode button, which cycles through the four modes of time display, using both the on-screen display and the front panel display window to indicate which mode is chosen at any moment. There are some discs that are authored so that the PMDT will indicate menu on the front panel during play. This is the disc authors way of telling you that you can use normal menu navigation commands such as Prev and Next to choose different buttons or functions available on the screen. Many of these discs are music discs and may be hybrid DVD/ DVD-A discs. By camping on (or holding the button depressed) the mode button at this time, the display will toggle from menu to the normal Title/Chapter/Time display. In this mode the navigation cluster now acts as if a movie were playing rather than a menu being used. For instance, pressing the FFWD button will no longer act to move the cursor on the screen, but will FFWD the disc. You are free to choose the way you would rather view the information presented by the PMDT.
intensity: Pressing the display intensity button will cycle the PMDTs dis-
play through the four available levels of brightness: high, medium, low and off. For example, during bright daytime hours you may wish to use high; in the evening, in a dimly lit room, a low setting is probably easier on the eyes.

audio: Use the audio button to cycle through the available soundtracks
on the disc. When you reach the end of the list, it will cycle back to the beginning.
LIGHT Press the light button to temporarily illuminate the buttons on the PMDT remote control for better visibility in dimly lit rooms. It will automatically time-out after about 10 seconds.

The PMDT Menus

The PMDT has an unusually extensive, flexible and powerful menu system which allows you to customize the way it operates. The thought here is that you should be able to make the PMDT work in a way that makes sense to you, despite the fact that the DVD standard by its nature tends to be fairly confusing, and often contradicts what we have come to expect from CD. A simple case in point: When you put a CD in the drawer and press play, you pretty much know what to expect. However, the same cannot be said for most DVDs in most DVD players. You might get any combination of soundtracks (Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital, DTS, etc., potentially in any of several languages); any of three different aspect ratios (which can have a significant impact on picture quality); subtitles (or not), in any of several different languages. Whats worse, what you get isnt even consistent. It is usually determined by what the author of the disc expected you would want to have. The PMDT gives you the ability to define how you want your system to work by default. You always have the ability to override those defaults, to make an exception for a particular disc. Moreover such exceptions will be remembered by the PMDT (if you like), so the next time you play the same disc, all your preferences (whether default or ad hoc for the particular disc) will be remembered.
In any event, in order to take full advantage of the features offered by the PMDT, you need to review and make some selections in the on-screen menus. These menus are divided into six functional areas: Video setup Audio setup Disc behavior User preferences Information preferences Technical menu
These menus are explained in detail below, with depictions of the menu structure alongside each description.

Using the menus

Navigation within the PMDTs menus is simple. All menus are shown in a three-column layout, with the top-level being presented on the left in icon form. Whenever a particular icon is selected, the menu items and current values associated with those items appear in the center column. If you want to
modify a menu item, move to that item, which then displays the possible values in the right column. In short: Press menu to pop up the list of available menus. Press menu again to go to the Player Menu and press enter. Use the up/down buttons to move between menus and menu items, and use the left/right arrows to access specific menu items and their settings. Press enter or left arrow to save changes, or press menu to exit a menu without having made any changes.

Video setup

The video setup menu allows the PMDT to deliver the best possible performance, in the context of the system in which it exists.

TV type

TV Type 4:3 letterbox 4:3 pan & scan 16:9
The display setting describes two characteristics: the aspect ratio of your display device (traditional 4:3 or widescreen 16:9), and in the case of a 4:3 display, whether you prefer to watch movies in their original aspect ratio (letterboxed) or in a full-screen pan & scan version. Having selected the appropriate setting for your system and preferences, press enter.

composite setup

Composite setup 0 IRE 7.5 IRE
In the NTSC world, there are two different definitions for the electrical signal that defines black. The unit IRE represents a scale of 0 - 100 where 0 equals zero voltage in that signal, and 100 equals the brightest white that the signal can contain. In most of the world, black is defined to exist at 7.5 IRE units up from zero volts, but in Japan and a few other places, black is defined as being at 0. This setting is normally preset at the factory to suit the market to which the PMDT is being shipped, but you can change this should you need to do so. (Note: The component outputs are unaffected by this setting.)

component setup

Component setup 0 IRE 7.5 IRE
There is no setup in the SMPTE component specification. Therefore, according to the SMPTE standard for component video, the component outputs of your PMDT should always be set to have 0 IRE setup. However, some televisions do not store different black level settings for each input. This limitation may cause you to want to introduce setup in your component source, so as to make it match your other, normal composite and S-Video sources. Otherwise, details in the dark areas of the PMDTs picture may not be reproduced, since they will be occurring below the threshold that you set for black (using other sources). Clearly, the best possible picture, with the greatest possible video dynamic range, will be obtained by having component black reproduced where it belongs (0 IRE). This requires a display device (or video processor) that can handle different input levels correctly. Use 7.5 IRE only if it is the only way to
maintain consistent and correct black level reproduction on your display device.

black level

Black level 0 to +18 IRE
This adjustment is a PMDT-specific version of the black level (or brightness) control on your television/display device. Leaving it at zero (assuming black setup is correct for your location in the world) will ensure that the black level is exactly where it should be, per broadcast standards. However, if you find that you have another source that you watch a lot, which has noticeably different black level settings (and no way to adjust them), you can change the way the PMDT works to match the other component, and then readjust your television to compensate. Note that you should not use this control to compensate for an atypical disc. If you want to correct for a poor film tranfer to DVD, use the black level adjustments found in the ESP menu. That way, any corrections can be remembered for that particular disc, and your correct, default settings will be retained for all other discs.

white level

White Level 75% to 125%
This adjustment is a PMDT-specific version of the white level (or contrast) control on your television/display device. Leaving it at 100 will ensure that the white level is exactly where it should be, per broadcast standards. However, if you find that you have another source that you watch a lot, which has noticeably different white level settings (and no way to adjust them), you can change the way the PMDT works to match the other component, and then readjust your television to compensate.

chroma

Chroma 75% to 125%
This adjustment is a PMDT-specific version of the chroma level (or color) control on your television/display device. Leaving it at 100 will ensure that the chroma level is exactly where it should be, per broadcast standards. However, if you find that you have another source that you watch a lot, which has noticeably different color settings (and no way to adjust them), you can change the way the PMDT works to match the other component, and then readjust your television to compensate.

Fav multichannel Dolby D DTS MPEG Any None No Pref
Similarly, this setting establishes your preference for the type of multichannel soundtrack the PMDT will give you upon spinning up a disc for the first time. Note that if your preference is not available, the PMDT will give you the first soundtrack it finds that meets other criteria (such as alternative sound and spoken language). The first three choices are self-explanatory, as they are all multichannelcapable formats. For example, if more than one AC-3 soundtrack exists, selecting Dolby D in this menu will cause the PMDT to choose the one that is both multichannel and in your preferred language. Selecting Any tells the PMDT that you have no particular preference for format, as long as it is multichannel. Selecting None indicates that you do not want the multichannel soundtrack (useful if, for example, you have not yet set
up all the extra speakers in your A/V system). If the No Pref option (which is set as the default) is chosen, the PMDT will set the multichannel audio track that the DVD author has programmed as its preferred soundtrack.

alternative sound

Alternative sound Dolby D DTS MPEG PCM
If your favorite multichannel selection is not available (or if you selected None to indicate that you do not want a multichannel soundtrack), then the PMDT will look to the alternative sound setting for guidance on what type of soundtrack you would like to hear. If the default No Pref is selected, the alternative sound will be set to the primary audio track that the DVD author has programmed as its preferred soundtrack.
The PMDT can only pass along information that it retrieves from the disc; it will not convert from one audio format to another. Thus, selecting PCM does not provide you with a PCM output from a Dolby Digital soundtrack.

Audio delay 0 to +85 ms

If your system includes sophisticated video processing (such as line multipliers or scalers), the delay introduced in the video signals reproduction may introduce a lip sync problem in which the sound arrives slightly ahead of the picture. You can correct this as a one-time setup item by having the PMDT delay the audio to match the delay introduced by your video processor. You should be able to determine from the manufacturer of your video processor how much of a delay (the products specification sheet may list it as latency) that product introduces. If so, simply ask the PMDT to delay things by the same number of milliseconds (ms). Otherwise, you can adjust this by trial and error until you no longer notice any lip sync problems. (If you have a video processor, a good place to start would be around 40 - 50 ms.) Note that this is not where you should try to compensate for an individual disc that was mastered poorly with respect to lip sync. You can program in a discspecific audio delay in the audio delay section of the ESP menu (see page 47).

sound type

Sound type on list only off
This info item displays what form of audio/soundtrack you are currently listening to, both in terms of format (AC-3, DTS, MPEG, PCM) and language.

camera angle

Camera angle on list only off
This item tells you what camera angle is currently being displayed. (Note that most discs only have one camera angle encoded into them.)

a/v processor

A/V processor on list only off
This information item provides the status of the linked Proceed processor (assuming you have one, and it is linked).

play status

Play status on list only off
This item can display (continuously) the status of the transport with respect to play, stop, scan forward, etc.

time of day

Time of day on list only off
This menu item determines whether the time of day (as determined by the PMDTs internal clock) is displayed.

set clock

Set clock (set time)
This is where you set the clock on your PMDT. Set the hours first (using the up/down buttons) move to the right with the right button, and then set the minutes with the up/down buttons. Press enter to save changes.

Technical menu

The technical menu contains a few items with which most people never need concern themselves, but that occasionally are invaluable for solving particular problems. We recommend that you leave everything in this menu alone unless you have an extremely specific problem you need to address, and you fully understand how the item you are changing will address it.
Some items in the PMDTs Technical Menu can cause you to lose all programs and other valuable information contained in its memory. Other settings (depending on the nature of your television system) can prevent the PMDT from creating a legible on-screen display in your system. If you have the slightest doubt as to what you might be tempted to do in this menu, consult with your authorized Proceed dealer prior to doing anything.

teach IR commands

If you have a macro-capable learning remote control such as Madrigals IRIQ, or a home automation system that uses IR control (such as Audioaccess) to coordinate the operations of several pieces of equipment, the teach IR menu item provides a lengthy list of everything that the PMDT can do in response to an infrared command. This list includes positive control items for commands that are normally toggles, such as the standby button. In addition to the normal standby toggle command, we also provide a positive control for enter standby and exit standby. The availability of such commands makes the writing and operation of IR macros vastly more reliable. When you select the teach IR commands menu item, a long, scrolling list appears on the right side of the menu system. Select the item you need to learn into a remote (or control system), and press enter on the front panel.

audio, language

This field summarizes the information regarding the soundtrack currently playing, including the audio format (Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG, etc.), how many channels are available, and the language. (This information is all taken from the disc itself; its accuracy is limited to what is on the disc. For example, many old classic movies have two identical channels of audio, which is effectively mono. Yet because there are two channels, this is what would be reported by the PMDT.)
This feature can also be accessed without using the ESP menu, using the audio button on the remote control. Clicking that button cycles through the available settings; pressing and holding the button displays a list of the available settings, from which you may choose your selection using the up and down buttons.
This line will tell you what language the subtitles are in. This feature can also be accessed without using the ESP menu, using the subtitle button on the remote control. Clicking that button cycles through the available settings; pressing and holding the button displays a list of the available settings, from which you may choose your selection using the up and down buttons.

subtitle on/off

This item merely toggles the subtitle on or off. This feature can also be accessed without using the ESP menu, using the subtitle button on the remote control. Clicking that button cycles through the available settings; pressing and holding the button displays a list of the available settings, from which you may choose your selection using the up and down buttons.
The black level, or brightness, of discs varies somewhat, depending on the quality of the transfer from film to video. When your PMDT is set to 0, it adheres extremely accurately to broadcast standards. However, if you find a particular disc seems so dark as to obscure details in the picture, it may be the result of one of these poor transfers. Rather than changing the accurate calibration of the PMDT in the video setup menu, change the black level setting for that particular disc here, in ESP. Your change will be remembered and implemented automatically the next time you play the same disc, without affecting the quality of other discs you play.
A surprising number of discs are mastered poorly with respect to keeping the audio and the video properly synchronized. Since this varies from one disc to the next, there is no way to correct for it in a general setting. Instead, if you find yourself sensitive to this sort of thing, you can use the Audio Delay adjustment in ESP to remember the best setting for any particular disc in your collection. Note that the delay offset value you choose is in relation to the Audio Delay that is set in the Preference Menu. For example, if you have chosen a delay of 50ms in the Preference Menu, you will initially see 50ms for this entry. You are then able to increase or decrease this value using this offset value. The total audio offset that will be applied to the digital signal, if and when ESP is enabled, is shown in the Audio Delay setting.

save settings

When you have all items in this menu set to the way you want this disc played back in the future, pressing the enter button with Save Settings highlighted will store these settings away for future use.

Ad hoc programming

The most common custom program for most people involves deleting a particular chapter (or track on CDs) that they would prefer not to see/hear again. This could be the annoying FBI warning at the beginning of a movie, or a song that was overplayed on the radio. This can be done on an ad hoc basis. Clicking on the program (prog) button brings up a short menu:

ad hoc program menu

Program Add Item Delete Item Save Program Delete Program Turn Program On Clicking on the program button while this menu is displayed cycles you through the various options; press enter to issue the selected command. A
popup display will either confirm that the command has been issued, or provide you with a space to add more information. For example, you may want to create programs for frequently watched discs that contain only the movie itself, skipping all the introductory material, so you can simply press play and have the movie begin.

A note about programs:

Depending on how a particular disc is authored, it may not be possible to execute the programs exactly as you would like. Although this problem seems to affect relatively few discs, it is, unfortunately, beyond our control - the producers of the discs themselves can do programming of their own that we must honor. Fortunately, these problems are uncommon. If you create a program that results in unexpected behavior, simply delete the program as indicated below, and use as normal.
Add Item allows you to add an item to the current discs playlist. With DVD discs, the item in question can be either an entire title or a specific chapter within a title. (On CDs, the item will be a track.) Having selected Add Item, an editable popup display appears that displays the current Title and Chapter (or Track on CD). For example, while in Title 2, Chapter 3, the popup display would look something like this:

-:--:-<Add Item>

If you press enter while the first field (title) is highlighted, the entire title will be added to a playlist for that disc. If instead the second field (chapter) is highlighted when you press enter, the PMDT will assume you want to create a more specific playlist, one chapter at a time. Unless you issue a save program command, this is considered a temporary program - it exists only until the drawer is opened, and is then forgotten.
Delete Item, as you might expect, allows you to delete the current chapter or track from the discs playlist. With DVD discs, the item in question can be either an entire title or a specific chapter within a title. (On CDs, the item will be a track.) Having selected Delete Item, an editable popup display appears that displays the current Title and Chapter (or Track on CD). For example, while in Title 2, Chapter 3, the popup display would look something like this:

-:--:-<Delete Item>
If you press enter while the first field (title) is highlighted, the entire title will be deleted from the playlist for that disc. If instead the second field (chapter) is highlighted when you press enter, the PMDT will assume you want to create a playlist that omits only that chapter. Unless you issue a Save Program command, this is considered a temporary program - it exists only until the drawer is opened, and is then forgotten.
Save Program saves what would otherwise be a temporarily assembled playlist
into nonvolatile memory, so that it will be executed every time that disc is played, until you decide to delete the program yourself. Having this as a separate command, rather than assuming it as soon as a playlist is created, gives you the freedom to experiment at will with various playlists until you get it just right; you can save the program at that time, or decide to forget the whole thing by simply removing the disc.
Delete Program will delete a saved program from memory, should you later decide that youd rather play the disc as its producers intended. (On a few discs, you may need to delete the program if your program conflicts with the one contained on the disc, put there by the author of the disc. See A Note About Programs, earlier in this section.) Turn Program On/Off gives you the option of temporarily turning off your cus-
tomized program, without having to actually delete it entirely. For example, you might have created a program that skips the discs navigation system, FBI warning, extra/bonus materials, etc., and plays only the movie itself. If you wanted to show some friends all of the extra features that DVDs often have, you could simply turn off your program and play the disc as its authors intended, giving yourself access to everything on the disc. When finished, simply turn the program back on to return to your preferred playlist.
If you try to access material outside of your created program the program will be turned off. You can turn it back on via the front panel program button or remote prog key (and choose turn program on) or by reloading the disc.

Troubleshooting

In general, refer any service problems to your local authorized Proceed dealer. Before contacting your dealer, however, check to see whether the problem is listed here. If it is, try the suggested solutions. If none of these solves the problem, contact your Proceed dealer.
THE PMDT WONT FUNCTION, AND THE DISPLAY IS DARK. The PMDT isnt plugged into the AC mains. The power button has not been engaged. The wall socket (or extension cord, if used) is faulty, or the wall socket has a tripped circuit breaker or blown fuse. A fuse is blown in your PMDT (contact your Proceed dealer). THE DISPLAY IS LIT AND THE ELAPSED TIME NUMBERS APPEAR TO BE ADVANCING NORMALLY, BUT THERE IS NO AUDIO OUTPUT. The proper source isnt selected on your A/V processor. The volume is set too low or muted on your A/V processor. The connecting cables are connected incorrectly or are faulty. The power amplifier(s) is/are not on. THE PMDT WONT PLAY A DISC INSERTED IN THE PLAYER. The disc is inserted upside down. The disc may be severely scratched and unreadable. Check the disc. You may be trying to play a CD-RW disc. The transport used in the PMDT is not specified to play these discs, and we cannot guarantee that they will play (although sometimes a particular disc may play without problems due to its reflectivity, the way it was burned, etc.). There may be condensation (moisture) on the laser pickup. This can happen if the PMDT is moved from a cold environment (such as a warehouse or a shippers truck) to a warm one. Plug in the PMDT, leave it on for one hour to warm up, then try playing a disc again. WHEN A DISC IS PLAYING, THE SOUND AND/OR PICTURE SKIPS. The disc is severely scratched or dirty. The PMDT is on an unstable surface or is too close to your speakers. THE REMOTE CONTROL DOESNT OPERATE THE PMDT. The remote control is at the wrong angle relative to the PMDT, and it cant receive the signal. The sensor window on the front panel of the PMDT is dirty or blocked. The remote controls projection lens is dirty. Fluorescent lighting or sunlight is interfering with the operation of the remote control. The remote controls batteries need to be replaced. The remote controls batteries are installed incorrectly.

Return authorization must be obtained from Madrigals Technical Services Department BEFORE a unit is shipped for service.
It is extremely important that information about a problem be explicit and complete. A specific, comprehensive description of the problem helps your dealer and the Madrigal Technical Services Department locate and repair the difficulty as quickly as possible. A copy of the original bill of sale will serve to verify warranty status. Please include it with the unit when it is brought in for warranty service.
Warning! All returned units must be properly packaged (preferably in their original packing material), and the proper return authorization numbers must be marked on the outer carton for identification. If the packaging to protect the unit is, in our opinion or that of our dealer, inadequate to protect the unit, we reserve the right to repackage it for return shipment at the owners expense. Neither Madrigal nor your dealer can be responsible for shipping damage due to improper (that is, nonoriginal) packaging.
Your dealer can order a new set of shipping materials for you if you need to ship your component and no longer have the original materials. There will be a charge for this service. We strongly recommend saving all packing materials in case you need to ship your unit some day.

Specifications

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Video processing: Video frequency response: Video signal-to-noise ratio: Video differential phase: Video differential gain: Video output impedance: Video output complement:
Video formats supported: Video aspect ratios:
10-bit 0.5dB up to 5.5MHz better than 60dB better than 0.5 better than 0.1dB 75 component on 75 BNC S-Video on standard mini-DIN component (Y/Pb/Pr) on 75 BNC NTSC, PAL, PAL-60 anamorphic, 16:9 letterboxed, 4:3 pan & scan, 4:3 zoomed video, 4:3 AES/EBU 110, 3.5V S/PDIF 75, 0.5V S/PDIF 75, 0.5V 100V, 120V, 220V, 230V, 240V, factory-set for destination country only 50Hz or 60Hz, factory-set for destination country only 60 watts maximum See Dimensions 45 lbs (20.5kg)

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Digital audio output, XLR: Digital audio output, BNC: Digital audio output, RCA: Mains voltage: Mains frequency: Power consumption: Overall dimensions: Shipping weight:
For more information, see your Proceed dealer, or contact: Madrigal Audio Laboratories, Inc. P.O. Box South Main Street (Route 17) Middletown, Connecticut 06457 USA Telephone: (860) 346-0896 Fax: (860) 346-1540 Internet: http://www.madrigal.com