Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6-13

Symbol Used in this Manual

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Notes on Discs

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Accessories

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Recordable and Playable Discs

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Playable Discs

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About the internal hard disk drive

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Remote Control Operation

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Card useable on this unit (DV-DS161E only)

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Disc-related terms

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Front Panel

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Remote Control

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Hookup and Settings

.14-27

Rear Panel

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Connecting to the Aerial

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Connections to Your TV

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Connecting to an Amplifier

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Accessory Audio/Video Connections . . . .

. .17-18

Using the Home Menu

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Initial Settings

. . . .19

General Settings

. .19-22

Auto Programming

. . . .19

Program Edit

. . . .20

AV1 Decoder

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Auto Clock Set

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Manual Clock Set

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TV Aspect (Standard or Wide)

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Display Mode

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Progressive Scan

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PBC (Video CD)

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Initialization (HDD Format)

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Language Settings

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Display Menu

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Disc Menu/Audio/Subtitle

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Audio Settings

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Dolby Digital / DTS / MPEG

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Sampling Frequency

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DRC (Dynamic Range Control)

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Vocal

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Lock (Parental Control) Settings

. .24-25

Rating

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Set Password

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Area Code

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DivX® Registration Code

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Recording Settings

. .25-26

Record Mode Set

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Record Aspect

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DV Recording Audio

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TV Recording Audio

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Auto Chapter

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Disc Settings

. .26-27

Disc Format

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Finalize

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Disc Label

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Disc Protect

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Playback

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.28-43

General Explanation of On-Screen Display

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COMMERCIAL ADVANCE®

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. .29-30

HDD, DVD, DivX® file or Video CD . . .

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. .31-33

Moving to another TITLE

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Moving to another CHAPTER/TRACK

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Search

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Still Picture and Frame-by-Frame

 

 

Playback

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Slow Motion

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Random

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Repeat

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Repeat A-B

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Time Search

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Zoom

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Marker Search

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Checking the Contents of DVD Video Discs:

Menus

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. .33-34

Title Menu

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Disc Menu

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Camera Angle

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Changing the Audio Soundtrack . .

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Changing the Audio Channel . . . .

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3D Surround

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. . . .34

Subtitles

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Manual Skip

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. . . .34

Finding Locations on a Disc

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Last Condition Memory

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Playing a DivX® Movie File

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. .35-36

Notice for displaying the DivX® subtitle

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Movie menu options

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About DivX® movie files

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Playing an Audio CD or MP3/WMA file

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Audio CD and Music menu options

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Pause

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. . . .37

Moving to Another Track

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Repeat

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Random

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Changing the Audio Channel . . . .

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Search (Audio CD only)

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Repeat A-B (Audio CD only)

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About MP3/WMA audio files

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Program Playback with Audio CD/MP3/WMA . .39

Program List menu options

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Repeat Programmed Tracks . . . .

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. . . .39

Erasing a Track from the Program List

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Changing Track Order in the Program List . .39

Save Your Program List (HDD) . . .

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Viewing a JPEG File

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. .40-41

Photo menu options

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. . . .40

Skip Images

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. . . .40

Rotate Images

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. . . .40

View Slide Shows

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. . . .41

About JPEG image files

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. . . .41

Editing a MP3/WMA, JPEG, DivX® file

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Erasing a file(s)/folder(s)

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Naming a file

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Copying a file(s) to another media or folder .43

Moving a file(s)

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