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
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
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:
CD | – Description refers to playback of Audio CDs |
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VCD
English
Programming a Recording (TIMER) |
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General information | 12 |
Programming a recording |
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(with the “SHOWVIEWTM system”) | 12 |
Programming a recording |
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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 |
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a programmed recording (TIMER) | 13 |
How to change |
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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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