Contents

Introduction

Environmental Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Supplied Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

General Information

Laser Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About the PBC Function of Video CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Symbols Used in this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Functional Overview

Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Setting Up your DVD/ VCR

Basic Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Connecting to a TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Simplest connection using only supplied

black RF coaxial cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Connecting to an Audio System (for DVD features) . 6 Connecting to Optional Equipment

(for DVD features). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 External Input Mode (for VCR features) . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Inserting batteries into the Remote Control . . . . . . . 7 Using the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Playable Video Cassette Tapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Turning on your DVD/ VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Video Channel Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Automatic Channel Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Manual Channel Preset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Follow TV (Automatic TV channels sorting). . . . . . . . 8 Sorting TV channels manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Setting the language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Setting the clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Setting the RF out channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Decoder allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

VCR Playback

Playing back video cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Playing back NTSC cassettes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Displaying current tape position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Searching for a tape position with picture (scanning). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Still picture / slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Searching for tape position without picture (forward wind and rewind) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Index search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Manual Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

VCR Manual Recording

General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Recording without automatic switch-off. . . . . . . . . . 10 Lining up recordings (assemble cut) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Selecting the recording speed (SP or LP). . . . . . . . . 10 Automatic controlled recording from a satellite receiver (RECORD LINK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 DIRECT RECORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Switching “DIRECT RECORD” on or off . . . . . . . . . 11 Direct dubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Copying a video tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Other Functions

Switching the status display off or on . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Blue Background on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Clock Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Selecting the sound channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Paying a Disc

Basic Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Disc Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Title Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Calling Up a Menu During Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Step by Step Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Resume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Fast Forward / Reverse Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Slow Forward / Slow Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Title / Chapter Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Time Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Random Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 MP3/JPEG Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Slide Show Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 On-Screen Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Audio Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Stereo Sound Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Subtitle Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Camera Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Marker Setup Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

DVD Setup

Audio Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Virtual Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Language Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Display Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 To Reset All the Settings of the SET UP screen . . . . 18

Information

Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Symbols Used in this Manual

The below symbols appear in some headings and notes with the following meanings:

DVD-V – Description refers to playback of DVD-video discs

CD

– Description refers to playback of Audio CDs

 

VCD

English

Programming a Recording (TIMER)

 

General information

12

Programming a recording

 

(with the “SHOWVIEWTM system”)

12

Programming a recording

 

MP3

– Description refers to playback of video CDs.

– Description refers to playback of MP3 files

(without the SHOWVIEW system)

12

OTR (One Touch Recording)

12

How to check, or delete

 

a programmed recording (TIMER)

13

How to change

 

a programmed recording (TIMER)

13

Hints for Timer Recording

13

JPEG

– Description refers to playback of JPEG files

Helpful Hints!

Some DVD video discs require specific functions or allow only limited functions during playback.

” may appears on the TV screen which means that the function is not available on that specific DVD video disc.

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