User manual THOMSON DTH233

[. . . ] 2_DTH233_en 11/02/04 10:12 Page 1 Contents Connections and initial set up Precautions and information before connecting . . . . . . 2 Setting up the remote control unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Important information regarding the batteries. . 2 Connecting: DVD player + TV set + VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Recommended Audio ­ Video connection. . . . . . . . . . 3 Other Audio - Video connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sockets and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Audio sockets and cables (for sound). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 VIDEO sockets and cables (for image) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Front panel of the player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Player display panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Initial player set-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Using the remote control unit correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Switch on your DVD player and your TV set . . . . 7 Displays on your player (menus and banners) . . 7 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Description of keys in DVD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Using the remote control unit to control your TV set or VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Controlling a VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Controlling a TV set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using the remote to Navigate through On-Screen Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Playing images (JPEG), and sounds (mp3, WMA) files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Playing sound files (mp3 or WMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Lecture simultanée JPEG et mp3 ou WMA (images et musique). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Playing image files (JPEG) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Adjusting the speed of the image sequence . . . . 18 Changing images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Rotating an image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Enlarging an image (zoom) and Pan and Scan function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 To stop the picture sequence and return to player menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 To play DivX files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Concerning DivX files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 What codecs can your player read?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Menus on your DVD player (basic principles for use) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Player menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Sub-menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Functions within menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Play menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Random play (CDs - mp3 - WMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Programming playback (Program Play) (DVDs - CDs - mp3 - WMA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Automatic playback (AutoPlay) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Introscan (CDs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Lock menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Locking your player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Unlocking you player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Changing a code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Rating limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Setting a rating limits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Discs without rating limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Display menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 TV Image menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 PAL or NTSC TV sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Scart output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Front Display menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Progressive Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sound menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Sound Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Virtual Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Voice + . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Language menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 EN Menus Playing a disc Discs you can play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Region code numbers of DVD discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Loading and playing a disc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Search Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Quick search of an image or a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Still picture and frame advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Slow motion (in Pause mode on an image) . . . . . . 12 Skipping a chapter or a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Enlarging an image (zoom) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Scene AgainTM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Using the information banner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Information banner with a DVD disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Information banner with a VCD, SVCD, DivX discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Information banner with an Audio CD disc . . . . 13 Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Title (DVD) or Track (CD, VCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Chapter (DVDs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Screen fit (DVDs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Play modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Repeat playback of a scene between two points A and B (DVD - VCD - SVCD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Languages of sub-titles and dialogues (DVD) . . 16 Sequence marking (DVDs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 PBC - Playback control menu (Video CDs) . . . . 16 Camera angles (DVDs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Further information Troubleshooting guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Recommendations and information concerning discs. . . . 31 CD-R and CD-RW discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CD-R and CD-RW discs with mp3 format "Sound" files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 CD-R and CD-RW discs with JPEG format "image" files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Video CD (VCD) discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Super Video CD (SVCD) discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 DVD-R and DVD-RW discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 DivX discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 DVD copy protection In accordance with the DVD standard, your DVD player is equipped with a Copy Protection system, which can be triggered on and off by the DVD disc itself, in order to make any recording of the concerned DVD disc onto a videotape of very poor picture quality, or even impossible. "This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. [. . . ] , , and keys on the remote control unit and press PLAY. Playback of files begins with the file selected and continues with the following files. Where there are sub-folders in the folder, these are also played. Playback then moves to the next folder located at the same level in the tree diagram as the folder containing the first file you selected. 4. Simultaneous JPEG and mp3 or WMA play (images and sound) Your player enables you to play images and sounds on a same disc simultaneously. 1. When a disc is loaded and the disc menu is displayed on the screen, use the , , , keys and OK to select (and / or open a folder), and then to select an mp3 sound file. The name of the selected piece appears in the "Current Selection" area of the screen ( ). 2. Use the (once or twice) to return to the disc menu. , , , keys and OK to select (and /or open a folder), and then to select a JPEG image file. The name of the selected photograph appears "Current Selection" area of the screen ( ). 4. To start play press PLAY. Note: cancel a selection by pressing CLEAR. If playback of an audio file ends before the end of the sequence of pictures, it will resume at the start of the folder containing the chosen audio file until the end of the sequence of pictures. During simultaneous play, only the picture can be changed by using the PR or PR keys. You can adjust the speed of the slide show using the or keys. 17 2_DTH233_en 11/02/04 10:12 Page 18 Playing a disc Playing image files (JPEG) 1. Load a disc and begin play. The list of folders (and / or photographs) is displayed. Select a file using the or keys on the remote control unit and press OK. The list of files contained in the folder is displayed. , , and keys on the remote control unit and press PLAY. The picture sequence begins. The information banner showing both Sound (mp3) and image (JPEG files appears. After a few seconds the first image selected is displayed and the banner disappears. To recall the banner press INFO. Adjusting the speed of the image sequence Display the banner using the INFO key, then use or to select one of three speeds. This adjustment does not alter the display time between images but only the length of time each image is displayed. Changing images During the picture sequence change images using the PR or PR keys on the remote control unit. According to the type of image (Ko or Mo) the change may take several seconds. Rotating an image If an image is displayed sideways, you can rotate it through 90° using the control unit. key on the remote Enlarging an image (zoom) and Pan and Scan function To view a detail press ZOOM once or several times and use the , , and . Return to normal size picture by pressing ZOOM several times or by pressing PLAY to resume the picture sequence. To stop the picture sequence and return to player menu Press STOP or press MENU several times 18 2_DTH233_en 11/02/04 10:12 Page 19 Playing a disc To play DivX files Your player is an Official DivX CertifiedTM product that Plays DivX®5, DivX®4, DivX®3, and DivX®VOD video content, in compliance with DivX CertifiedTM technical requirements. The correct playing of DivX in your player, depends on the preparation and production of the audio and video files, the codecs used, the type of recording equipment employed and the parameters of your computer. It is therefore possible that you cannot play a DivX file or that part or all of it is defective. It is also sometimes happens that you can play the images (video) but not the sound (audio). To guarantee playback of DivX files the audio must be mp3 format. DivX Certified devices can play back any interleaved mp3 audio at any bitrate, both CBR and VBR. The audio must be sampled at standard frequencies, such as 32 khz, 44. 1khz, and 48khz, and must conform to the AVI file specification. Apart from mp3, the audio formats recognised by your player are MPEG layer 1/2, AC3, DTS, PCM. Formats such as AAC and Ogg Vorbis are not supported by this player. EN 1. [. . . ] Getting audio CD quality sound requires an analogue/digital sampling rate, that is conversion to mp3 format, of at least 128 kb/sec and up to 160 kb/sec. However, choosing higher rates, like 192 kb/sec or more, only rarely give even better sound quality. Conversely, files with sampling rates below 128 kb/sec will not be played properly. Such files are coded and protected. Important:The above recommendations cannot be taken as a guarantee that the DVD player will play mp3 recordings, or as an assurance of sound quality. You should note that certain technologies and methods for mp3 file recording on CD-Rs prevent optimal playback of these files on your DVD player (that is degraded sound quality and even, in some cases, inability of the player to read the file or files). · · Information updated in January 2003 31 2_DTH233_en 11/02/04 10:12 Page 32 Further information CD-R and CD-RW discs with JPEG format "image" files To view your JPEG images on a TV set you do not need to record your photographs with a resolution above 400, 000 pixels (which corresponds to an image format of about 720 x 576 dots), for television screens do not allow a higher quality given their limited characteristics. [. . . ]