Technicolor - Thomson DTH231 manual Playing images JPEG, and sounds mp3,WMA files, Playing a disc

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Playing a disc

Playing images (JPEG), and sounds (mp3,WMA) files

Your player can play JPEG files with a resolution of up to five million pixels. However beyond 400,000 pixels there is no perceptible improvement in the quality of pictures displayed on your TV screen.

mp3 and WMA are compressed audio file formats that make it possible to store a large quantity of sound tracks on a disc. Files can be grouped in folders (albums) in the same way as files and folders in your computer. A folder can thus contain other folders.WMA (Windows Media Audio) was developed by MicrosoftTM.

Playing sound files (mp3 or WMA)

1.Load a disc and begin play.The list of files is displayed.The reader reads the contents of the disc, then displays a contents menu.

2.Select a folder using the or keys on the remote control unit and press OK.The list of files contained in the folder is displayed.

3.Select a file using the , , and keys on the remote control unit and press PLAY.

Note: when an mp3 or WMA audio file is selected for more than 2 seconds, playback of the first seconds of the file begins.

Playback of files begins with the file selected and continues with the following files.Where there are sub-folders in the folder, these are also played. Playback then moves to the next folder located at the same level in the tree diagram as the folder containing the first file you selected.

4.Stop playback using the STOP key.

Simultaneous JPEG and mp3 play (images and sound)

Your player enables you to play images and sounds on a same disc simultaneously.

1.When a disc is loaded and the disc menu is displayed

on the screen, use the , , , keys and OK to select (and / or open a folder), and then to select an mp3 sound file.The name of the selected piece appears in the “Current Selection” area of the screen ( ).

2.Press (once or twice) to return to the disc menu.

3.Use the , , , keys and OK to select (and /or open a folder), and then to select a JPEG image file.The name of the selected photograph appears “Current Selection” area of the screen ( ).

4.To start play press PLAY.

Note: cancel a selection by pressing CLEAR. If playback of an audio file ends before the end of the sequence of pictures, it will resume at the start of the folder containing the chosen audio file until the end of the sequence of pictures.

During simultaneous play, only the picture can be changed by

using the PR or PR keys.

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