Technicolor - Thomson DPL5000 manual Using the Remote to Control Additional Components

Operating your Receiver

Operating your Receiver

You can connect up to 6 audio/video sources to this amplifier:

Source button	Corresponding connector
(receiver front panel)	(receiver back panel)
- DVD	DVD IN (audio / video)
- VCR	VCR IN/OUT (audio / video)
- SAT	SAT IN (audio / video)
- CD	CD IN (audio only)
- TAPE	TAPE IN/OUT (audio only)
- TV	TV IN (audio only)
- TUNER	built-in

An arrow points to the source name selected shown on the display.

Example :

If you have connected a DVD player to the DVD input (audio & video) on the receiver, press the SOURCE button on the main unit repeatedly until DVD is selected or press DVD•6CH on the remote control to receive the sounds and images transmitted by the DVD.

NOTE

1.	Your receiver has a built in tuner. Just
	connect the appropriate antenna to the
	back of the receiver and you will be able to
	listen to radio stations. (See details in Tuner
	section)
2.	Other sources can be connected to the
	above standard source. Example: you can
	connect a LD into the DVD inputs.

Using the Remote to Control Additional Components

You can use your remote to control most of Thomson branded VCRs, satellites, cable boxes or TVs.

Press the corresponding source button on the remote control to operate options on other components.

Volume Punchthrough

NOTE

Volume punchthrough can be done in all non-Tuner modes.

By default, the VOL+/VOL- and MUTE buttons will only control the receiver, regardless which mode (TV, VCR, etc) the receiver is in.

By programming the volume punchthrough function, you can also control the volume of the TV.

To activate the volume punchthrough function, follow the procedures below:

1.Press and hold the VOL- button.

2.While holding down the VOL- button, press one of the source buttons to select the source where you want to control TV volume at. (DVD, TV, VCR or SAT•CABLE)

3.Continue holding down the VOL- button and press the TV button once.

4.Release all buttons.

You should now be able to control TV volume and mute

at the selected device.

HINT

To return to controlling receiver volume and mute again, follow the steps above but press TUNER instead of TV in step 3.

NOTEEN

Some DVD players may require you to set the digital output format to get Dolby Digital and DTS signals through digital connection to the receiver.

2.Press ON/ECO on the main unit or press on the remote control to switch on the receiver.

3.Press the SOURCE button repeatedly on the main unit or DVD•6 CH on the remote control to select the DVD source.

4.Switch on the DVD player and start playback.

5.Switch on your TV.

6.Select the appropriate A/V channel on the TV (refer to your TV manual for details) until the image from the DVD player is displayed.

7.Set the Surround Mode if needed (see "Advanced sound control" for details).

NOTE

To receive VCR signal for recording, you must connect analog outputs from DVD/CD/SAT/TV to the analog inputs of the receiver.

3. Refer to the "Connecting To Audio-Visual

Components" section for details on

connection.

HINT

If batteries are removed from the battery compartment of the remote control, the volume and mute control in all source modes will be the receiver volume and mute control except in TV mode

Using the receiver to play a source

After having properly connected a source (DVD, CD, VCR) to the receiver, you can partly control them through the receiver.

Playing a DVD with the receiver

1.Connect a DVD player to the receiver (see connecting your receiver for details).

NOTE

To play Dolby Digital sound, the source must be connected to the receiver via the optical or coaxial input terminal

Example 1:

To play Dolby Prologic II Movie sound

Press the SURROUND buttons until "Dolby PL II MOVIE" appears on the Display and all of the speaker'’ icons light up.

Example 2:

LD: You may need to select a different Audio Channel on your LD (refer to your LD player manual).

8. Adjust the volume knob accordingly.

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