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Please read this manual carefully before using this TV set and keep it for future reference. AODV211T-S COMBINED 21" CTV AND DVD PLAYER OWNER'S MANUAL If you experience any diffculty in setting up or operating this product please contact the Helpline on 01422 203676.
CONTENTS Before Operation Warning and cautions................2 Installation....................3 Aerial connection..................3 Preparation of the remote control............3 Function buttons and external sockets..........4 Front panel of the TV set..............4 Rear panel of the TV set...............4 Using the remote control..............5 Basic operation Switching on/off the TV set ..............6 Watching TV ..................7 Watching TV program................7 Program swap and auto scan functions..........8...
Warning and cautions 1. When you clean the TV set, please Do not allow the Tv to become wet pull out the power plug from AC outlet. or be used in a humid atmosphere. The Don't clean the cabinet and the set must only be used in dry locations.
Installation Aerial Connection If the picture is not clear or is snowy, it is recommended that an External Aerial is used, this is usually mounted outside. twin-lead cable Antenna adapter (Not supplied) Aerial input COAXIAL 75 standard 75 coaxial cable coaxial type Plug (Not supplied)
Function Buttons and External Sockets Front panel of the TV set VIDEO L-AUDIO-R R/LAudio Video Power Switch Power Indicator Play the DVD TV/DVD MENU Stop the DVD The DVD Player Menu Signal Receiver Open/close the DVD TV/DVD Switching Channel Position up/down Volume up/ down Rear panel of the TV set Digital audio coaxial output terminal...
Using the Remote Control Buttons on the remote control DVD Open/close OPEN/CLOSE POWER Stand By Scan SCAN SWAP CALL MUTE Former Program Mute Call Screen Display Program Number Digital Selector TV/AV Exchange Picture Mode TV/AV TV/DVD Volume Selection TV/DVD P.STD Channel Selection Exit Screen Display V- V-...
Switching on/ off the TV set This section explains the use of the power button and remote handset to turn your unit on and off. Switching on/ off the TV set Switching on/ off the TV set Press the Power switch on. The power indicator will light.
Watching TV Watching TV program How to select a TV programme. Select the desired program 1 Using "Program number" buttons Directly enter the channel number with the numeric keypad on the remote control. To select channel numbers from 10 ~ 99 press [-/--] button and enter the two digit channel number To select channel numbers from 100 ~ 218 press [-/--] button twice and enter the 3 digit channel number...
Watching TV continued Swap function enables quick swap to the last watched program. Auto scan function enables automatic successive scanning of all the programs in memory with "OFF" skip status (each channel will last about 2 seconds). Program swap and auto scan functions Program swap 1 Suppose the channel number you used just now is 8 and the...
Searching channels This TV set has three methods to set the channels, which are respectively full automatic, semi automatic and manual fine tune. In this section, how to use the remote control to set the channel is explained. You can also use the buttons on the Tv to set the channel Full automatic mode TUNE...
Searching channel Continued Semi-automatic search Semi-automatic search 1 Press the P+/- buttons or PROGRAM NUMBER 0-9 AUTO buttons to choose desired channels I.E. channel 1 TUNE 2 Press the TUNE button, the TUNE menu will be shown on the right of the screen. Press the P+/- buttons to select "...
Searching channels Continued Manual fine tune Manual fine tune If the picture and/or sound are poor, try using the FINE Do not use this feature unless TUNE feature. reception is poor. 1 Press the P+/- buttons or AUTO PROGRAM NUMBER 0-9 V- V- MENU button to choose desired...
Searching channels Continued Program skip Programme skip Channels can be set so that they are skipped during program selection. During Auto tune some AUTO channels may have been received V- V- MENU which are of poor quality, noisy or ghosting. These can be removed with Program Skip .
Convenient picture and sound control functions Multiple picture modes How to select picture modes You can quickly select the desired picture mode from four preset modes and one customized mode. P.STD STANDARD Press the P.STD button to select the RICH desired picture quality.
Convenient picture and sound control functions Continued Black Stretch Automatically increases the contrast range Noise Reduce Picture Noise & Grain Reduction Circuit. (Use only on poor reception) Black stretch and noise reduce How to select BLACK STRETCH PICTURE PICTURE 1 Press the button, the PICTURE menu shown on the...
Convenient picture and sound control functions Continued Mute and the language on the screen Sound mute 1 Press the MUTE button on the MUTE remote control to turn off the MUTE sound. MUTE will appear on the top left of the display. 2 Press MUTE again to turn the sound back on.
Time functions Clock setting and timer on/off functions Clock setting The clock will only work if the TV set if left turned on or in standby. When the set is disconnect from the TIME power supply or is turned off by the main power on the front panel, the clock loses power and will need to be reset when the power is reconnected.
Time functions Continued Sleep timer and program preset Sleep timer The TV has 18 option settings for Sleep timer , each setting has TIME a time value of 10 minutes. 1 Press the TIME button, and the TIME menu display on the screen.
Set up function Screen saver and childlock functions How to select Screen saver function When the Background function ON a bouncing No Signal logo will be displayed on a blue background. NO SIGNAL FUNCTION Press the Function button, the Function menu will be displayed on the right of the screen.
Set up function Continued AVL and calendar functions AVL function Automatic Volume Limit Control reduces the effect of large volume changes. For instance, when advertisements come on. FUNCTION Press the Function button, the Function menu will be displayed on the right of the screen. FUNCTION LANGUAGE BACKGROUND...
Position exchange function Exchange Exchange This feature enables TV programs that may be on a wrong TV channel number to be swapped/exchanged. This feature is very useful when Automatic Search Tuning has been used, to reallocate the found programs to the correct channel numbers. Press the Menu button until Exchange menu is...
Teletext Teletext is an information system, broadcast by certain channels, which can be read like a newspaper . It also provides subtitles for people with hearing difficulties or those who are unfamiliar with the language in which a particular program is being broadcast (cable networks, satellite channels, etc.).
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Teletext Continued Teletext Cancel mode This feature allows the TV picture to be displayed while next page to be searched is entered and found. Only the top teletext line is displayed until the page is found. Press the button to hide the teletext information. Either press the button or the Text button to exit the cancel display mode.
Basic Playback Basic Playback Preparations Stop playback Press the TV/DVD button on the remote control Press STOP button to stop the disc playing. or the TV to enter the DVD status. With some discs the player will memorize the stop position, such as DVD's and audio CD's.
Advanced Playback Advanced Playback IMPORTANT NOTE: ALL DESCRIBED FUNCTIONS ARE FOR DVD DISCS. IF YOU PLAY OTHER FORMATS, THE OPERATION AND DISPLAY ON SCREEN MAY VARY. PROGRAM CAPTION Press " CAPTION ", the screen will display "SUBTI- When playing discs,press "PROGRAM" to TLE 01/XX XXXXX", "01"...
Special Function Playback JPEG DISC PLAYBACK When a disc containing standard JPEG picture files is inserted into the player, a navigation menu will be displayed automatically. Use the UP and DOWN cursor buttons to select a file then press PLAY/ENTER. The slide show will commence. Press PREVIOUS or NEXT to move between pictures.
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Special Function Playback(Continued) Kodak Picture CD FUNCTION INTRODUCTION A Kodak Picture CD has the size and shape of a regular CD. You can order a Kodak Picture CD simply by checking the box on the photofinishing envelope when you drop off a roll of film (35 mm or Advanced Photo System (APS) color print film) at the time of processing in Kodak Express store displaying "Kodak Picture CD"...
DVD System Setup DVD System Setup General Setup Process SETUP 1.Press the SETUP button, the ..General Setup Page.. General Setup Page,Preference Page will be displayed in turn. TV Display 4 3:Ps Angle Mark 4 3:Lb OSD Lang 16 9 2.Press CH+/- b to select the Spdif Output item,then press...
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DVD System Setup(Continued) DVD System Setup General Setup Page ..General Setup Page.. ANGLE MARK: Users can select a particular TV Display camera angle when playing a DVD which offers Angle Mark OSD Lang multiple angles. Spdif Output This item allows you to set Angle Mark ON or OFF. Captions Screen Saver Off ..General Setup Page..
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DVD System Setup(Continued) DVD System Setup Preference Page The Preference Page is only available when there is no disc in the player. These settings are applied consistently to all discs which are inserted and played. ..Preference Page.. TV TYPE: This player TV Type Auto supports different TV output, AUTO...
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DVD System Setup(Continued) DVD System Setup DEFAULT: Resets all settings SETUP ..Preference Page.. (except password and parental lock status) for this DVD player TV Type Auto Parental back to the manufacturers Password original settings. Press ENTER Reset Default to perform the reset. PLAY/ENTER PLAY/ENTER Note:...
Playable Discs The following discs can be played: You cannot play discs other than those listed above. You cannot play discs of non-standardized discs, even if they may be labelled as above. The performance of CD-R or CD-RW disc is depend on the way of disc-burning. In a few cases, their performance may be not very well or even no performance.
Disc Protection and DVD Characteristics Compare DVD disc with other discs: SVCD Encode Digital/ Digital/MPEG Digital Digital Analog MPEG method Single- Double Single- Double- side -side side side 650MB 650MB 650MB Capacity single- single double- double- -layer layer layer layer 4.7G 8.5G 9.4G...
Connecting the TV set to the other video and audio equipment Connecting to the other video and audio equipment You can attach optional equipment such as another TV or other audio amplification equipment to the scart/digital coaxial sockets at the rear of the set to enjoy higher quality sound and picture.
Troubleshooting guide To assist in location possible faults use help guide below BREAKDOWN PHENOMENON CHECKING PICTURE SOUND The aerial direction and connection Picture with snow Noise This is called ghosting which can be minimized with an outside aerial, and good quality cable and terminations.
Specifications The specifications offered you here are only for reference and, with the improvement of the products ,there may be some different between the description and the practicality. Specifications AODV211T-S M o d e l Colour system PAL NTSC Sound system Picture tube 21"colour picture tube (51cm viewable)
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