Table of Contents

Introduction

Safety Precautions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Before Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Playable Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Notes on Discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 About Symbols. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Selecting the Viewing Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Front Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Display Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Preparation

Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-14

Connecting Antenna/Cable TV to a

DVD/VCR Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Basic TV Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Optional TV Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Speaker System Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Speaker Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Radio Antenna Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Accessory Audio/Video (A/V) Connections to DVD/VCR Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Digital Device Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Selecting the Input/Output Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Before Operation - Sound Mode Descriptions . . . . . 16 Mini Glossary for Audio Stream & Surround Mode . 16 Sound Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Volume Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Muting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

VCR Operation Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-19 On-Screen Display(OSD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 On-Screen Menus Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 VCR Setup Menu Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Channel Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Setting the Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

DVD Operation Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-23

General Explanation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Initial Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-23

General Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Progressive Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Speaker Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Operation

VCR Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-29 Normal Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Special Effect Playbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Still Picture and Frame-by-Frame Playback . . . 24 Slow Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Variable playback speed control . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Normal Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-26 Instant Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Dubbing and Editing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Copying from DVD to VCR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 VHS Hi-Fi Stereo System/MTS Broadcast . . . . . . . 28 Tape Counter Memory Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Additional Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

DVD and Video CD Operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-32 Playing DVD and Video CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30-32Moving to another TITLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Moving to another CHAPTER/TRACK . . . . . . . 30

Slow Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Still Picture and Frame-by-Frame Playback . . . 30

Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Repeat A-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

3D Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Time Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Marker Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Changing Video Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Special DVD Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Checking the contents of

DVD Video discs: Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Title Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Disc Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Camera Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Changing the Audio Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Changing the Audio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Subtitle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Screen Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Audio CD and MP3/WMA Disc Operation. . . . . . . 33-34 Playing an Audio CD and MP3/WMA Discs. . . . . . . 33 Notes on MP3 Recordings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Pause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Moving to another Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Random . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Repeat Track/ All/ Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Repeat A-B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 3D Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Changing the Audio Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

JPEG File Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Viewing JPEG Files on a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Selecting other Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Still Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 To flip the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 To rotate picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Notes on JPEG Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Programmed Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Programmed Playback with Audio CDs

and MP3/WMA Discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Programmed Playback with Video CD . . . . . . . . . . 36 Repeat Programmed Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Erasing a Track from Program List . . . . . . . . . . 36 Erasing the whole Program List . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Speaker Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Radio Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-39 Presetting the Radio Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Listening to the Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 To Clear the Stored Radio Stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Tuning into a Station Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 For your reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Tuning into a Station Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Labeling Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Reference

Controlling Your TV with the Supplied Remote . 40-41 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43 Language Code List. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Area Code List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-47 Limited United States Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

About the symbols for instructions

Indicates hazards likely to cause harm to the unit itself or other material damage.

Note: Indicates special operating features of this unit.

Tip: Indicates tips and hints for making the task easier.

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SD-V57HTSU specifications

The Toshiba SD-V57HTSU is a versatile and robust DVD player that combines high-quality video playback with advanced technology, making it a reliable addition to any home entertainment setup. This model is particularly appealing due to its ability to play both DVDs and VHS tapes, catering to users who still appreciate the classic format.

One of the standout features of the SD-V57HTSU is its progressive scan technology, which significantly enhances video quality. This technology provides smoother images and improved clarity by minimizing motion blur and delivering sharper detail. The result is a more enjoyable viewing experience for movies and home videos alike.

In terms of compatibility, the SD-V57HTSU handles a wide variety of media formats, including DVD-R/RW, CD-R/RW, and VCDs. This flexibility allows users to enjoy a diverse range of content, from home-recorded DVDs to standard music CDs. The device also supports various video formats, ensuring it can play most commercially available DVDs without issue.

The Toshiba SD-V57HTSU is equipped with an easy-to-navigate remote control, making it user-friendly for all ages. Its intuitive interface simplifies the process of selecting media, programming playlists, and navigating through on-screen menus. Additionally, the unit features a selection of playback options, such as repeat and shuffle, allowing users to tailor their viewing experience to their preferences.

Audio performance is equally impressive, with support for Dolby Digital and DTS sound formats. This capability ensures a rich and immersive sound experience, bringing movies and music to life in any setting. To further enhance connectivity, the player includes composite video and audio outputs, making it easy to integrate with various televisions and sound systems.

Another notable characteristic of the Toshiba SD-V57HTSU is its sleek design, which allows it to fit seamlessly into any home theater system. Its compact size does not compromise performance, making it an ideal choice for those looking to save space while still enjoying quality playback.

In conclusion, the Toshiba SD-V57HTSU is a unique DVD and VHS combo player that offers exceptional video and audio quality, compatibility with multiple formats, and a user-friendly interface. Its advanced features make it a valuable asset for anyone looking to enjoy their favorite films and music collection with ease.