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DVD VIDEO PLAYER DVD-550SD OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS MODE D’EMPLOI BEDIENUNGSANLEITUNG BEDIENINGSINSTRUCTIES INSTRUCCIONES DE FUNCIONAMIENTO ISTRUZIONI PER L’USO BRUKSANVISNING...
WARNING : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an CAUTION equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude DO NOT OPEN...
PRECAUTIONS Important Caution 1) Do not attempt to open the cabinet. There are no parts Use only discs marked DVD or disc with this DVD player. you can service inside. Refer all servicing to qualified ser- vice personnel. Power Supply 2) Slot and openings in the cabinet and at the side or bot- tom are provided for ventilation.
INTRODUCTION A NOTE ABOUT RECYCLING: This product's packaging materials are recyclable and can be reused. Please dispose of any materials in accordance with your local recycling regulations. Batteries should never be thrown away or incinerated but disposed of in accordance with your local regulations concern- ing chemical wastes.
ABOUT THE DISCS ¡ On the following disc, the sound MAY NOT be Playable Discs heard. The following discs can be played back on this Super Audio CD DVD player. NOTE: • Only the sound recorded on the normal CD layer can be Usable Recorded Mark (logo)
FEATURES ¡ Progressive Scan system ¡ Dimmer Unlike conventional interlace scanning, the progressive The brightness of the display can be varied. scan system provides less flickering and images in higher ¡ Screen Saver resolution than that of traditional 625i (576i) television sig- The screen saver programme starts if there is no activity nals.
FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW FRONT PANEL REMOTE CONTROL 1. ON/STANDBY (POWER ON/OFF) Buttons [page 15] 2. Disc loading tray 3. OPEN/CLOSE Button [page 15] 4. PLAY Button [page 15] 5. STILL/PAUSE Button [page 15] 6. STOP Button [page 15] 7. Cursor Buttons [page 15] Use when making settings while watching the display on a TV screen.
FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW Tour of the remote control Buttons on remote control work in different ways for DVD, VCD, CD, MP3, JPEG and WMA. Refer to the following table for correct use. CD, MP3, JPEG, WMA POWER • Press this to switch the •...
FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW Tour of the remote control CD, MP3, JPEG, WMA MENU Button • To call up the Menu on • To call up the FILE LIST. a disc. (MP3, JPEG, WMA) • To return to the first item in TOP MENU Button •...
FUNCTIONAL OVERVIEW Front panel display Lights up when the Lights up when the Lights up when the A-B repeat function is on. repeat function is on. progressive scan system is activated. Lights up when the ALL repeat function is on. Displays a type of the disc GROUP P.SCAN...
CONNECTIONS Description - rear panel OPT.-1 OPT.-2 COMPONENT DIGITAL AUDIO VIDEO VIDEO OUT S VIDEO 1. DIGITAL OUT Jacks Use an optical digital cable to connect to an AV amplifier with a built-in decoder (AV control centre). 2. AUDIO OUT Jacks Connect to the Audio input jacks of A/V-compatible TV or wide screen TV, Stereo system.
CONNECTIONS The following show examples of connections commonly used to connect the DVD player to TV and other com- ponents. If using this DVD player to playback a DVD in a Dolby Digital 5.1 channel surround or DTS surround format, the DVD player outputs a Dolby Digital or DTS data stream from its OPTICAL DIGITAL OUT jacks.
CONNECTIONS Connection to a TV (for video) Method 1 Method 2 Method 3 Basic Good Better Best picture Audio picture picture COMPONENT 21-pin Scart jack VIDEO IN VIDEO IN S-VIDEO IN Component Video Cable Audio Video S-Video Euro Cable Cable Cable audio/video (supplied)
PLAYING A DISC NOTES: Basic Playback • The brightness of the front panel display can be adjust- ed from the SETUP menu. Details are on page 23. JPEG • When you turn on the power next time, the brightness of the front panel display will be the settings in SETUP Getting started menu.
PLAYING A DISC • For Video CDs, the speed is 1(x2), 2(x8) or 3(x30). Step by Step Playback • For Audio CDs, the approximate speed is x16. • For MP3 and WMA, the approximate speed is x8. To return to normal playback, press the PLAY button. During playback, press the Slow Forward / Slow Reverse STILL/PAUSE button.
PLAYING A DISC Within 30 seconds, enter a Title / Chapter Search _:__:__ 1:23:45 desired disc time with the Numeric buttons. • Playback will start at the specified time. • For Time Search, “0” appears automatically when there By using the SEARCH MODE button is no need to enter a number.
PLAYING A DISC A-B REPEAT Random Playback This shuffles the playing order of tracks instead of playback Press the A-B REPEAT in the original sequence. In stop mode, press the button at your chosen RANDOM RANDOM button. CD-DA TOTAL 0:45:55 starting point.
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PLAYING A DISC This player recommends the use of files recorded at the below Kodak Picture CD specifications: The DVD player can also run JPEG files stored on Kodak Picture CDs. You can enjoy picture images on the television Applicable MP3 file Remarks set by playing back the Picture CDs.
PLAYING A DISC Slide Show Mode Programme Playback (MP3 / JPEG / WMA) JPEG JPEG You can switch to the slide show mode during playback. This feature allows you to programme an MP3, JPEG or WMA disc to play in Press the MODE button during playback.
PLAYING A DISC Audio Language Press the SUBTITLE button during playback. Press the SUBTITLE button repeatedly to select your desired subtitle language. • The selected language will be displayed on the display The DVD player allows you to select a language during DVD bar at the top of the screen.
PLAYING A DISC • To clear a marker, using the s or B button, position Changing the On-Screen Display the cursor on to the marker number to be cleared and press the CLEAR button. • You can mark up to 10 points. You can check information about the current disc by pressing the DISPLAY button on the remote control.
DVD SETUP In Setup menu, QUICK mode, CUSTOM mode and INITIALIZE mode (refer to pages 23 and 24) are available. QUICK mode consists of the setting menus often needed, and you can make all settings required in CUSTOM mode. You can make the settings of the items with QUICK mark in QUICK mode.
DVD SETUP Press the Cursor buttons ( s or B ) to select RAT- Audio Setting INGS, then press the ENTER button. Choose the appropriate Audio settings for your equipment as it Press the Numeric buttons to only affect during the playback of DVD discs of the DVD player. enter your 4-digit password.
TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE If the DVD player does not perform properly when operated as instructed in this Operating Instruction, check the player, con- sulting the following checklist. Problem Solution No power –Check if the AC power cord is properly connected. –Unplug the outlet once, and wait for 5-10 seconds and then plug it in again.
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