RCA DRC288SU Playing A Disc, PLAYING DivX VIDEO OR PICTURE FILES, Locating A Desired Section

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Player Menu Subtitle Audio Disc Menu

		Display Function
PLAYING A DISC
		While the disc is playing, press the DISPLAY button on the remote control repeatedly to display
		information on operation status.
This user manual explains the basic instructions	refer to the instructions accompanying the	Elapsed Time: Elapsed time from the beginning of the chapter/title which is currently playing.
for operating this unit. Some DVDs are	specific DVD in question for more information
		Remaining Time: Remaining time of the chapter/title which is currently playing.
produced in a manner that allows specific or	about the options available on that DVD.
limited operation during playback. Therefore,	may appear on the screen during operation.
this unit may not respond to all operating	It means that the desired operation is not
commands. THIS IS NOT A DEFECT. Please	permitted by the unit or disc.

PLAYING DivX® VIDEO OR PICTURE FILES

This unit can play DivX® and picture files stored on USB flash drives, SD cards, CD-R/CD-RW, DVD+R/-R or DVD+RW/-RW discs.

To play video files on this product you must first convert them to DivX format using the DivX Plus Player on your PC or MAC. This application can be downloaded at www.divx.com. Please do so, and then install on your PC or MAC.

Playing DivX® Video/ Picture Files

customizing the function settings

LANGUAGE SETUP

1. Press the SETUP button in stop mode.

2. Press button to select Player Menu, Subtitle, Audio and Disc Menu.

3. Press button, then use / button to select your preferred language.

4. Press the OK button to confirm.

5. Press the SETUP button to exit the menu.

AUDIO SETUP
1.	Press the SETUP button in stop mode.
2.	Press	button to select Audio.			Audio
3.	Press	/ button the setting item: Digital Out or
	Night Mode				Digital Out
4.	Press	button, then use	/	button to select the	Night Mode
	setting choice on the right.
5.	Press the OK button.
6.	Press the SETUP button to exit the menu.
Digital Out

Playing a Disc

1.Press the STANDBY / ON button to turn on the unit. (See CUSTOMIZING THE FUNCTION SETTINGS before proceeding to step 2).

2.Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to open the disc tray.

3.Place a disc onto the disc tray with the label side up.

4.Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to close the disc tray. It takes a short while for your unit to load the disc. After loading, for most DVDs, the unit will automatically take you main menu or start playing.

5.If the unit does not automatically start playing the DVD, press the PLAY button.

Pausing Playback (Still Mode)

Press the PAUSE button on the remote. To resume normal playback, press the PLAY button. Each time you press the PAUSE button, the picture advances one frame.

Stopping Playback

• Press the STOP button at the location where you want to interrupt playback. To resume playback

If playing DivX video or picture files from a USB drive or SD card, see note below.

1. Press SOURCE key to select DISC mode after turning on the unit.

2. Open the disc door.

3.Place a DivX® / picture file disc onto the tray with label side up.

4.	Close the disc door.	ENTER
5.	A selection menu will appear on the screen.
6.	Press or button to select the picture or video icon, and then press OK.

If picture mode is selected, use below to nevigate the menu:

/: selects a file

/ : page up or down RETURN : returns to previous menu ENTER : plays your selected file

Note:

Note:

•Some DVDs may be set to display subtitles in a different language other than the ones you selected. A prior subtitle language may be programmed on the disc.

•Some DVDs allow you to change subtitle selections using the disc menu only. If this is the case, press the MENU button and choose the appropriate subtitle language from the selection on the disc menu.

•Some DVDs may not be played in the language you selected. A prior language may be programmed on the disc.

•Some DVDs may not include your pre-selected language. In this case, the DVD player automatically displays disc menus consistent with the disc’s initial language setting.

VIDEO SETUP

1. Press the SETUP button in stop mode.

Selects the output sound format corresponding to your system connection.

PCM(STEREO):

Select when connected to a Multi-channel digital stereo amplifier.

RAW (DVD FORMAT):

Disc audio raw data will be output.

Note:

If you connected to a TV using HDMI, and are using the TV’s speakers for audio playback, make sure to select “PCM (STEREO)”.

Night Mode

Night mode is equivalent to Dynamic Range Compression. If turned on, “Night Mode” will limit the volume on loud passages of movies (such as action sequences) while still allowing you to hear quiet passages (such as dialog).

Note: Night mode is Dynamic Range Control (DRC) option for analog audio output.

at the position where the disc was stopped, press the		PLAY button.
• If you press the	STOP button twice, the unit’s memory will be cleared and pressing the		PLAY
button will reset the disc to the beginning.

Zooming into an image

While a disc is playing, press the ZOOM button to enlarge the image in several levels.

• While an image is zoomed, you can use the , , or CURSOR button to shift the view and display the part you want.

• To return to normal view, press the ZOOM button repeatedly until the is displayed.

• When you reach the edge of the image, the display will not shift anymore in that direction.

Skipping (Forward / Reverse)

•	Press the	PREV button to go back to current or previous chapters/tracks.
•	Press the	NEXT button to advance chapters/tracks.

LOCATING A DESIRED SECTION

Locating a specific chapter / track / title / time

If you know the chapter / track / title / time number you want to play, you can locate a specific chapter / track / title / time by directly selecting a chapter / track / title / time number.

• For playing files on USB flash drive or SD card, you should plug in the USB flash drive or SD card when the unit is in STANDBY mode. Press SOURCE button, select USB or Card mode, then follow step 6 above.

•You can press the PAUSE button to interrupt playback, and press the PLAY button to resume playback.

•You also can use the GOTO button or use the numbered buttons to enter a photo number and quickly select any image.

•During picture playback, you can press ANGLE button repeatedly to rotate the picture.

ABOUT DIVX VIDEO: DivX® is a digital video format created by DivX,Inc. This is an official DivX Certified device that plays DivX video. Visit www.divx.com fo more information and for software tools to convert your files into DivX video.

ABOUT DIVX VIDEO-ON-DEMAND: This DivX Certified® device must be registered in order to play DivX Video-on-Demand (VOD) content. To generate the registration code, go to the DivX VOD section

2.	Press	button to select Video.		Video
3.	Press	/	button the setting item: Aspect Ratio,	Aspect Ratio
	HDMI Res. or JPEG Interval.
				HDMI Res.
4.	Press	button, then use / button to select the
	setting choice on the right.			JPEG Interval
5.	Press the OK button to confirm.
6.	Press the SETUP button to exit the menu.

Aspect Ratio

Depending on the format of the DVD disc, you can choose the picture format (aspect ratio) best suited the format of your TV screen.

4:3 LB

SYSTEM SETUP

1.Press the SETUP button in stop mode.

2.Press button to select System.

3.Press / button the setting item: Default, View DivX(R) VOD or Screen Saver.

4.Press button, then use / button to select the setting choice on the right.

5.Press the OK button.

6.Press the SETUP button to exit the menu.

Default

Resets all settings to their initial factory state.

Default

View DivX(R) VOD

Screen Saver

• For audio CDs, use the number buttons on the remote control to jump immediately to the desired

track number.

Fast Forward / Fast Reverse

1.Press the SEARCH or SEARCH button when a disc is playing. Each time you press the SEARCH or SEARCH button, the playback speed changes.

2.Press the PLAY button when you reach the desired point to resume normal playback.

Note:

•The unit mutes sound and subtitles during reverse and forward scan of DVDs.

•The fast playback speed may differ depending on the disc.

Slow-motion Play

1. Press the SLOW button on the remote in play mode.

1.Press the GOTO button to search your desired chapter / track / title / time.

2.Press or button to highlight a chapter / track / title / time and press the corresponding number button(s) for the chapter / track / title / time you want.

3.Press the OK button to confirm. The unit will start playback about 3 seconds later.

Note:

•Some discs may not respond to this process.

•Some scenes may not be located as precisely as you specified.

•This method for accessing specific locations is available only within the current title of the DVD disc.

in the device setup menu. Go to vod.divx.com with this code to complete the registration process and learn more about DivX VOD.

DivX Certifed® to play DivX® video, including premium content.

REPEAT PLAYBACK

You can play a specific title or chapter repeatedly. (Title repeat, chapter repeat, A-B repeat)

• When wide-screen video is played in this mode on a conventional screen, black bands appear at the top and bottom of the screen.

4:3 PS	4:3 LB
• When wide-screen video is played, this mode clips the right and left sides
of the image so that it can be viewed on a conventional screen.
• Some wide-screen DVDs that do not permit Pan Scan mode playback are
automatically played in letterbox mode (black bands that appear at the
top and bottom of the screen).

16:9

• This is the correct mode for playing wide-screen videos on the unit or 4:3 PS other external wide-screens.

Note: It will take 3-5 seconds to reset the DVD player to the factory default.

View DivX(R) VOD

DivX® Registration

DivX® registration code allows you to rent and purchase movies using the DivX® VOD service from the internet. This menu setting will display the registration code of your unit as follows:

YOU MUST REGISTER YOUR DEVICE TO PLAY

DIVX PROTECTED VIDEOS.

REGISTRATION CODE:

• Each time the SLOW button is pressed, the speed of slow-motion playback changes.
2. Press the	PLAY button to return to normal playback speed.

Audio Selection

On some DVDs, the sound is recorded in two or more formats. Follow the directions below to select the preferred language and sound system.

1.While a disc is playing, press the AUDIO button to show the current audio format number.

2.Press the AUDIO button repeatedly to select the desired audio format.

Note:

• If only one audio format is recorded on the DVD, the number does not change.
•	Some DVDs allow you to change audio selections only via the disc menu. If this is the case, press
	the MENU button and choose the appropriate language on the disc menu.
•	You can select different audio channels on an Audio CD by pressing the AUDIO button

Programmable memory

Repeating a chapter

You can play the same chapter repeatedly.

1.While the disc is playing, press the REPEAT DISC button until the displays on the screen. The current chapter is played repeatedly.

Repeating a title

You can play the same title repeatedly.

2. While the disc is playing, press the REPEAT DISC button until the on the screen. The current title is played repeatedly.

To resume normal playback

3. While the disc is playing, press the REPEAT DISC button until the

indicator

indicator displays

indicator displays

Note:
• The displayable picture size is preset on the DVD. Therefore, the playback
picture of some DVDs may not conform to the picture size you select.
• When you play DVDs recorded in the 4:3 picture size only, the playback
picture always appears in the 4:3 picture size regardless of the Aspect	16:9
Ratio setting.

•Select 16:9 to conform to the LCD screen on the unit. Always be sure that

your Aspect Ratio conforms to the actual TV in use if you connect the unit to a TV.

HDMI Res. (Resolution)

You can set the HDMI Res. (Resolution) to be Auto, 480p, 720p, 1080i or 1080p, according to the connected TV.

REGISTER AT HTTP://VOD.DIVX.COM

Go to the website http://vod.divx.com to activate your DivX registration code.

This website will also give you information on how to purchase and download movies, and how to enable video content to be played on your product. You will have the options of transferring content to a USB flash drive, SD card or disc (CD-R/RW, DVD+R/-R or DVD+RW/-RW ) for playback on your product.

Note:

• This registration code is for DivX® Video-On-Demand only. Do not apply this code for other

repeatedly.

Subtitle Selection

1.While a DVD is playing, press the SUBTITLE button to display the current language setting.

2.Press the SUBTITLE button repeatedly to select the desired subtitle language. You can turn subtitles off by pressing the SUBTITLE button repeatedly until the “Off” is displayed.

Note:

•Some DVDs are set to display subtitles automatically, and you cannot turn them off even if you set the subtitle function to off.

•During some scenes, the subtitles may not appear immediately after you select your desired scene.

•The number of subtitle languages recorded differs depending on the disc. If only one language is recorded, the language does not change.

•This function can only be used for discs on which subtitles have been recorded in multiple languages.

•Some DVDs allow you to change subtitles only via the disc menu. If this is the case, press the

MENU button and choose the appropriate subtitle on the disc menu.

Angle Selection

Playing Titles/Chapters in a Favorite Order

You can combine your favorite titles/chapters and play them in the order you determine.

1.Press the MEMORY button and a program screen appears.

2.Select the items in the order you want by pressing the number buttons. Each time you press the Cursor buttons (, , , ), the space is highlighted. Highlight where you want to enter, then press the corresponding number buttons.

3.Press the Cursor buttons (, , , ) to move the

highlighted bar to , then press the PLAY or OK button. The DVD player starts memory playback.

4.To resume normal playback from memory playback

a)Press the MEMORY button in stop mode.

b)Press the Cursor buttons (, , , ) to move the highlighted bar to “Clear”, then press the OK button. All the input programs will be cleared.

c)Press the PLAY button to resume normal playback.

e.g. DVD

e.g. Audio CD

on the screen.

You can play a single track and whole disc repeatedly.

Repeating a single track

You can play the same track repeatedly.

1. While the disc is playing, press the REPEAT DISC button until the indicator displays on the screen. The current track is played repeatedly.

Repeating a whole disc

2. While the disc is playing, press the REPEAT DISC button until the	indicator displays
on the screen. The whole disc is played repeatedly.

To resume normal playback

3. Press the REPEAT DISC button until the indicator displays on the screen.

You can play a specific section repeatedly.

Repeating a specific section

1. While the disc is playing, press the REPEAT A-B button at the beginning of the section (	is
displayed) you want to play repeatedly.

Note:

•Select the HDMI resolution according to the performance of the connected TV.

•If the Video out is not set to HDMI, you cannot select the HDMI Res.

JPEG Interval

To set the JPEG Interval for slide show playback. Select Off to disable the slide show feature.

Off:	Plays back one file at a time.
5 seconds	Plays back images in the form of a slide show at 5 seconds interval.
10 seconds	Plays back images in the form of a slide show at 10 seconds interval.
15 seconds	Plays back images in the form of a slide show at 15 seconds interval.

applications or websites.

• If you have already registered this product, selecting the View DivX(R) VOD setting will allow you to

deregister (deactivate) the product for DivX playback - we recommend you DO NOT deregister

the product.

Screen Saver

To turn on or off the screen saver (screen protection to prevent image burn).

Note: When you leave the unit in DVD stop mode for approxiamtely 5 minutes, the screen saver of the unit automatically appears if you set the Screen Saver to On mode. To turn off the screen saver, press the PLAY button.

Specifications and external appearance are subject to change without notice.

Note: See section 3 (on other side of this sheet) for Troubleshooting Guide.

Some DVDs contain scenes which have been shot from a number of different angles. For these discs, the same scene can be viewed from each of these different angles.

1.While you are playing a DVD with different angles recorded, press the ANGLE button to view the number of current angles available.

2.Press the ANGLE button repeatedly to change the scene to the next recorded angle.

•After approx. two seconds, playback will continue from the new angle you selected.

•If no button is pressed within 10 seconds, playback continues without changing the current angle.

Note:

•This function can only be used for discs on which scenes shot from multiple angles have been recorded.

•If only one angle is recorded, is displayed.

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Note:

• If the title or chapter numbers you entered is not permitted

by the DVD, after you press the OK button, it will restore to [- -]. You should re-enter correct numbers.

•Some discs may not permit memory playback operation.

•If you select repeat during memory playback, the DVD player repeats the current memory playback.

•If you press the MEMORY button while the display appears on the TV screen, the display disappears.

•The programmed selections will be cleared when you open the disc tray or turn off the DVD player.

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2.	Press the REPEAT A-B button again at the end of the section (	is displayed).
3.	The unit will immediately begin replaying your selection.

To resume normal playback

4. While the disc is playing, press the REPEAT A-B button until the indicator displays on the screen.

Note:

•Some discs may not permit A-B repeat operation.

•A-B repeat can only be used within the same title. If the start and end of the section to be repeated are in different titles, A-B repeat is cancelled.

•You can specify a segment only within the current title or track.

•The A-B repeat function does not operate in scenes where different camera angles are recorded.

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