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 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 tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Playing back NTSC video tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Displaying current video tape position . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Searching for a video tape position with picture
(scanning). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Still picture / slow motion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Searching for video 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11
Direct Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Switching Direct Record on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Direct dubbing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Copying a video tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Programming a Recording (TIMER)
General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Programming a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
OTR (One Touch Recording). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How to check,or delete
a programmed recording (TIMER). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
How to change
a programmed recording (TIMER). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Hints for Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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English
Symbols Used in this Manual
The below symbols appear in some headings and notes with
the following meanings:
Other Functions
Changing the video (colour) system. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Track Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Title / Chapter Search. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Time Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Programmed Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Random Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
MP3 / JPEG / Windows Media™ Audio Playback . . . 16
Slide Show Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Dual Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Adjustment of Picture Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
On-Screen Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-17
Audio Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Stereo Sound Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Subtitle Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Camera Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Virtual Surround . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Marker Setup Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
DVD Setup
Language Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Display Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17-18
Audio Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Parental Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
To Reset All the Settings of the SET UP screen. . . . 18
Information
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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.
• Windows Media is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
• This unit is not compatible with Multiple Bit Rate
(MBR:a file that contains the same content encoded at
several different bit rates).
CD
MP3
VCD
DVD-V
JPEG
– Description refers to playback of DVD-video discs
– Description refers to playback of Audio CDs
– Description refers to playback of Video CDs.
– Description refers to playback of MP3 files
–
Description refers to playback of Windows Media™ Audio files
– Description refers to playback of JPEG files
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