Detailed instructions for use are in the User's Guide.
[. . . ] Table of Contents
Connections and Setup
Some points to check before you connect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Accessories provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front panel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Front panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Basic connections (DVD/VCR + TV) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Basic connections (DVD/VCR + TV + satellite or cable receiver) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Other connection options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tuning in TV channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
DVD mode Basic playback operations
Compatible discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Compatible formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Regional coding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Operating the DVD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using the menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Accelerated play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Still image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Frame advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Variable slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Changing chapter/track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Scene replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Play modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Program playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Screen fit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
VCR mode Basic playback operations
Description of the VCR main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Stopping playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accelerated play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Fast forward / Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Variable playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Still image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Frame Advance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Ejecting the tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Info menu
Using the Info menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Title/Chapter / Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Direct access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Subtitles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Camera angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Recording
Recording options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Instant recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Instant timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Ending a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Programming a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Copying from DVD to VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Audio CDs, mp3, WMA DivX and JPEG discs
Playing an audio, mp3 or WMA CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Displaying JPEG files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Playing JPEG and mp3 or WMA files at the same time 29 Playing DivX files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Advanced functions
Language selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Auto tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Setting the clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Colour standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Video doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Sound settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 On screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 OPR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 NICAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Resetting the tape counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Child lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Playing NTSC tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Player Menus
Using the player menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Language menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Display menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 The Audio menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The Lock menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 The Others menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
VCR and DVD modes Additional Information
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Discs you can play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Connections and Setup
Some points to check before you connect
· · Ensure that the mains supply in your house complies with that indicated on the identification sticker located on the back of your appliance. Install your appliance horizontally, away from any source of heat (fireplace) or appliances creating strong magnetic or electric fields. The components of this appliance are sensitive to heat. The maximum ambient temperature should not exceed 35° Celsius. Leave sufficient space around the appliance to allow adequate ventilation: 10 cm on either side and at the rear, as well as 7 cm above the top are ideal. If you have to use the appliance outdoors, do not expose it to rain or splashing water. The apparatus should not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, should be placed on the apparatus. [. . . ] While the disc is playing, press the REV or FWD button one or more times to vary the speed
and direction of the accelerated play.
2. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.
Still image
While the disc is playing, press PAUSE once for freeze frame.
Note: After 30 seconds in PAUSE with no user interaction, the player goes into screen saver mode.
Frame advance
1. Press the PAUSE button a number of times to advance forward image by image. Press the REV or FWD button a number of times to vary the speed and direction of the slow
motion.
Note: Reverse slow motion is not possible with a Video CD.
3. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.
Changing chapter/track
While the disc is playing, press the or button to go immediately to the next chapter or track, or to the beginning of the current chapter or track. Press the button twice to go to the previous chapter or track.
Zoom
1. While a disc is playing, press the ZOOM button until you reach the zoom size you require. Move from one area to another using the
Note:The zoom function may not work on some discs. To resume normal playback press ZOOM repeatedly or press the CLEAR button.
Basic playback operations
Scene replay (DVD)
While the disc is playing, press the AGAIN button on the remote control to replay the last seconds of the film or sequence shown.
Play modes
While the disc is playing, press the PLAY MODE button repeatedly to select a play mode: DVD play modes: Chapter, Title or Off, Karaoke DVD play modes: Title, Off, Random, Normal, VCD play modes: Random, Normal, Track repeat, Repeat all.
Note: On a Video CD with PBC (Playback Control), set the PBC option to Off in the Others menu (see page 34).
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DVD
Program playback (VCD)
With this option, you choose and program the playback order. In Stop mode, press and hold the PLAY MODE button for a few seconds to enter the
Playback list mode. An E mark appears next to Program on top of the screen.
Notes: On a Video CD with PBC (Playback Control), set the PBC option to Off in the Others menu (see page 34). Press and hold PLAY MODE again to exit the Playback list mode.
VIDEO CD
List
TRACK01 TRACK02 TRACK03 TRACK04
3. Select a track in the list using the
Program
TRACK1 TRACK2 TRACK3 TRACK4
E
and buttons and press OK to add the track to the program list. Press PLAY or OK to start playback. Tracks are
played in the order of the playback list. To remove a track from the playback list, select the track using the
press the CLEAR button. To erase the complete playback list, press press OK.
,
and
buttons and
to move to the playback list, select Clear All and
Note:The playback list is erased when the CD is removed from the player.
Screen Fit (DVD)
To reframe the DVD image according to the screen format of your TV set, press the buttons to select a screen format: Normal, Enhanced or Maximum. and
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Info menu
Using the Info menu
You can display information about the disc during playback using the Info menu. To display the menu, press PLAY to start playback and then press the INFO button (yellow) on the remote control. Then follow the instructions which appear on the screen and use the and buttons on the remote control to scroll through the options, or the numeric buttons if appropriate, or the OK button to execute the setting. Press the INFO button again to exit the Info menu.
Note:When one of the icons is not followed by a small arrow (), this means that the relevant function is not available on the disc being played.
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DVD
The invalid symbol indicates that the function selected or the button used is not available at this stage.
DVD Info menu
Title
1/3
Chapter Time Audio
ABC
1 / 12 0:20:09
1 ENG
1/3
Subtitle Angle
Title
3D SUR
Sound
Move
0-9 Input
OK Enter
VCD Info menu
Track Time Audio
3D SUR
1/3 0:20:09
Sound
Track Move 0-9 Input OK Enter
DivX Info menu
Track Time Audio Subtitle Sound
Track Move 0-9 Input OK Enter
ABC
1/3 0:20:09
MP3 2/0
1 ENG
3D SUR
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Info menu
Up OK Left Down Right
Press the INFO button on the remote control while a disc is playing to display the Info menu. Use the and buttons on the remote control to select the icon you want. Then use the and buttons to select an option, or the numeric buttons if appropriate, or the OK button to execute the setting.
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Title/Chapter (DVD) / Track (VCD and DivX)
To directly access a title or a chapter (DVD), a track (VCD and DivX), press and buttons, the INFO button, then select one of these icons with the and then choose a number using the and buttons or enter a number directly with the numeric buttons.
Note: Many discs only have one title.
Title/Track
1 / 12
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DVD
Chapter
0:20:09
Direct access
To directly access a location on the disc which does not correspond to the start of a title, chapter or track:
Time
1. Press the INFO button, then select the Time icon with the
buttons.
and
2. Enter a time with the numeric buttons (format hh:mm:ss).
Note: If you make a mistake, press CLEAR to remove numbers and then input the correct numbers.
3. [. . . ] It may therefore happen that you cannot play a DivX file or that part or all of it is defective. DivX disc compatibility with this player is limited as follows: · The maximum resolution of the DivX file is below 720x576 (W x H) pixel. · If the video and audio structure of recorded file is not interleaved, either video or audio is outputted. · If the file is recorded with GMC, the unit supports only 1-point GMC. [. . . ]