SAFETY To ensure proper use of this product, please read this owner manual carefully and retain for future reference. Should the unit require maintenance, contact an authorized service location.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS WARNING! Do not remove any cover. WARNING! No objects filled with liquid, such as vases, shall be placed on this equipment or in any position where liquid may fall into this equipment or any other electrical apparatus. WARNING! Do not insert any objects into any openings of this equipment or any other electrical apparatus.
PLAYER ZONES DVD discs are programmed with region numbers indicating countries in which they can played. The region number of this unit is 4. If the DVD disc is marked with a different region number, it cannot be played on this unit. ANTI-COPY DISC PROTECTION Some DVD discs have been protected by Macrovision.
REMOTE CONTROL STANDBY/ON Switches unit between Operating and Standby mode. GOTO Displays INFO Menu. Direct key in the specific location on a disc to play. BOOKMARK Opens Bookmark Menu. V-SELECT Switches among the different video outputs. SUBTITLE Selects subtitle languages. A-B Sets the repeat A-B playback, or clears the programmed repeat playback.
FRONT PANEL STANDBY/ON - press to turn your home theatre on or to standby mode. Disc Tray - place a DVD or CD, label side up, into this tray. - opens or closes the disc loading tray in Stop or No Disc mode; Stops playing. VFD Display Area - displays status messages.
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IMPORTANT! Connect the AC cord only after the speakers, antenna and all optional equipment have been connected. Never make or change any connections with the power switched on. The rating plate is located at the rear panel of the system. FM Antenna Input Connections For FM reception, connect the FM antenna to the FM jack.
CONNECTIONS The following connections show the different video and audio connections to TV, VCR or CD Recorder. Important : Make sure that the AC Voltage matches your local voltage. Connect the AC cord only after the speakers, antenna, and all optional equipment have been connected. (1) Speaker Connections CENTRE SPEAKER (Front)
(2) Connecting TV IMPORTANT! --You only need to make one video connection from the following options, depending on the capabilities of your TV. --S-Video or Component video connection provides higher picture quality. These options must be available on your – If your TV has only a single video input jack, typically a yellow-coloured socket, you will use the composite video output of your DVD Home Theatre for the video connection.
(3) Connecting Additional Devices This allows you to connect your DVD Receiver to other additional devices and view or record their outputs. VCR, TV or Satellite Receiver play Digital coaxial Audio cable Video cable Audio cable Video cable Audio cable VCR or Tape Recorder Record Listening to the Playback...
SPEAKER PLACEMENT Placement of speakers plays an important role in the reproduction Centre Speaker Subwoofer Front Front of surround sound effect. speaker speaker ( right ) ( left ) Particular attention should be taken when designing the speaker layout. For the best surround effects, all speakers should be installed. Please place the front left and right speakers to the left hand VIEWING AREA side and right hand side of your TV.
BASIC SETUP This chapter explains how to use the SETUP MENU to adjust various functions and controls. We have preset all of the functions and controls of this system at our factory to the preferred setting for this system to be used. In most cases the original default setting should not be changed.
1.2 PASSWORD and RATING Many DVD movie discs contain Motion Picture Assertion rating SYSTEM SETUP codes. This Home Theatre System will recognize the codes on SCREEN SAVER these discs. The unit provides a method for you to prevent children PASSWORD - - - - from viewing films that are not suitable or objectionable.
3. AUDIO SETUP 3.1 VOLUME SETUP • Once you select the Volume Setup and press OK, you will hear the calibrating sound from the front left speaker for a AUDIO SETUP few seconds. Then this sound will move from speaker to VOLUME SETUP speaker as follows: Front Left ->...
3.5 PANORAMA / CENTRE WIDTH / DIMENSION AUDIO SETUP The following options are available only when the player is in Music VOLUME SETUP Mode. These options let you customize the ProLogic II Music Mode DYNAMIC RANGE Sound Effect. DIGITAL OUTPUT PROLOGIC II MOVIE MODE MUSIC MODE...
4.2 VIDEO Choose the type of video output that matches the video connection VIDEO SETUP between this unit and TV. TV SYSTEM S-VIDEO: Select this if you have connected this unit to your TV VIDEO S-VIDEO TV TYPE INTERLACE-YUV using the S-Video jack or Composite (yellow) Video jack. P-SCAN YPBPR INTERLACE-YUV: Selects the component video output, if you have connected the unit to your TV by using the Y, Cb, Cr video...
PLAYING DVD/CD/VCD DISC (Open / Close) • Press to open the disc tray. Note: Load the disc on the disc tray with disc label face upward. • Press again to close the disc tray. Playback will start automatically (Play) • Press to start playback.
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ZOOM (To Zoom In the Image) You can magnify pictures during playback. • When a disc is playing, press the ZOOM/CLEAR button. Each time ZOOM/CLEAR button is pressed, the ZOOM settings will be changed as follows: ZOOM 2 --> ZOOM 3 --> ZOOM 4 --> ZOOM 3/4 --> ZOOM 2/ 3 -->...
ADVANCED PLAYBACK FUNCTION 1. INFO Function While the disc is playing, press INFO to display playback information present on the disc. Disc format Current chapter Title Total chapter 7/36 1/41 00:03:12 For DVD: • Press INFO once to display the playback information Chapter Total title Elapsed time...
2. GOTO function This function allows you to directly select any position on the disc to start playback. 2.1 Select a Specific Title / Chapter / Track Any Title/Chapter/Track can be selected to start playback by directly selecting the Title/Chapter/Track number. 1/41 00:03:12 •...
4. Random Playback PLAY MODE MODE Chapters in a DVD and tracks in a CD can be played in random order. REPEAT • Press the PLAYMODE button. • When MODE is highlighted, use to select RANDOM mode. PLAY MODE PLAY MODE PLAY MODE Then press OK to confirm.
7. BOOKMARK Function The Bookmark feature allows you to mark a point that you want to watch again. MARK - - - - - - - - - - - - C 1 00 : 03 :21 7.1 Creating a Bookmark •...
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PLAYING WMA / MP3 / JEPG / MPEG 4 (Open / Close) • Press to open the disc tray. Note : Load the disc on the disc tray with disc label facing upward. • Press again to close the disc tray. Playback will start automatically.
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[MUSIC] --- MP3/WMA Files The unit will play all the MP3/WMA files currently selected. It will PLAY MODE PLAY MODE PLAY MODE then play all the files in the subfolders contained within its parent MODE MODE MODE PROG PROG PROG REPEAT REPEAT REPEAT...
LISTENING TO THE RADIO Important : Make sure the FM antenna is connected correctly. You can program and save up to 20 FM radio channels maximum for easy recall. To search for a radio station Press the STANDBY/ON button on the remote control to turn on the unit.
PLAYABLE DISCS While advances have been made to ensure that your disc player is compatible with the largest number of discs possible, it cannot be guaranteed that you will be able to play discs which might not be compliant with audio CD standards.
PLAYABLE DISCS JPEG Files MPEG 4 Files CD-R and CD-RW disc containing video files in CD-R and CD-RW with JPEG files. JPEG is a MPEG 4 format, with stereo audio output only . compressed image file format. Your player can play As for CD-R MPEG 4 discs, please follow all the JPEG files with a resolution of up to five million (5 recommendations for CD-R above, along with the...
PROBLEMS If it appears that the DVD Home Theatre System is faulty, please first consult this checklist. It may be something simple that has been overlooked. Note : Under no circumstances should you try to repair the unit yourself as this will invalidate the warranty. Only qualified service personnel can remove the cover or service this unit.
SPECIFICATIONS DVD Home Theatre System Pick up -------------------------------------------------------------------- Semiconductor laser, Wavelength 650mm Signal system ---------------------------------------------------------- PAL Video signal horizontal resolution --------------------------------- More than PAL 576/ NTSC 480 lines (DVD) Video signal-to-noise ratio ------------------------------------------- More than 60 dB (DVD) Audio frequency response (at 2 CH stereo mode)---------- DVD (PCM): 20Hz - 20kHz (+/-1.0dB) CD: 20Hz - 20kHz (+/-1.0dB) Audio signal-to-noise ratio ------------------------------------------- More than 80 dB (DVD) Total harmonic distortion --------------------------------------------- Less than 0.002 (PCM)