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Portable DVD Player Owner’s Handbook PDVD7AB...
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION IMPORTANT Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servic- ing is required when the apparatus has been damaged This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio in any way, such as the power-supply cord or plug is frequency energy and, if not installed and used in ac- damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen cordance with the instructions, may cause harmful in-...
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Read this manual before using your player. SAFETY INFORMATION ............INSIDE FRONT COVER The Player is set to play Region 2 discs. INTRODUCTION ....................1 The player will accept the following formats (among others): DVD, DVD+R, PLAYER FEATURES ....................2 DVD+RW, CD-DA, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, Picture CD,HDCD.
The regions are: to a rest before removing it. Stopping a disc manually PLAYER FEATURES Region 1: Canada, USA could damage both the disc and the player DVD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW DVD+R, DVD+RW capable Never press down on the disc compartment lid Region 2: Europe, Japan, Mid.
CONTROLS & CONNECTIONS 1. PLAY/PAUSE key TOP VIEW VIEW 2. STOP 3. NAVIGATION keys 4. MENU key 5. Disc Open Button 6. Power ON/OFF switch 7: Digital Coaxial Audio Socket 8: AV OUT connector 9: Earphone jack 10. Volume Control MENU 11.
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EXTERNAL AUDIO VISUAL CONNECTIONS BEFORE CONNECTING EQUIPMENT SWITCH IT OFF AND DISCONNECT IT FROM THE MAINS! TV (AUDIO/VISUAL) CONNECTION ANALOGUE AUDIO OUTPUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT You can view and listen to the DVD player on the TV. You will need to purchase the interconnect as You will need a single 3.5mm jack to RCA phono described previously.
REMOTE HANDSET KEY OPERATIONS NAVIGATION KEYS ANGLE: Change the viewing angle. The keys 6* 7* 17* 20* marked with an FUNCTION: Change screen aspect from 16:9 to 4:3. asterisk have a dual function. When the SETUP: Enter/Exit the player Setup menu player is executing any function involving a REPEAT: Repeat a track/Repeat a chapter.
POSITIONING THE PLAYER USING THE HANDSET CHARGING THE BATTERY Place the player on a level surface where it cannot Point the handset at the infrared receiving window The amount of time taken to charge the battery de- get knocked over or fall. Carefully lift up the player lid of the player.
PLAYING A DVD BASIC OPERATION • Plug the Adaptor into the mains point switch on the power. 1) To play a DVD disc from the beginning Press ENTER or • Hold the player with one hand. Open the lid with the other on the handset or on the player.
8) Zoom: ADVANCED OPERATION Press ZOOM repeatedly ON SCREEN DISPLAY The picture size changes 2X 1/2X 1/3X 1/4X An On Screen Display (OSD) disc status indicator will be displayed at the top of the When Zoom is greater than 1: use the keys to shift the zoom point.
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Press the OSD key continuously to cycle the Display Modes: REPEAT PLAY Pressing the REPEAT key will: Current Chapter/Total Chapters A: Repeat a Chapter CHAPTER Time Played Title Elapsed Current Title/Total Titles On Disc Tt: 05/33 Ch: 05/09 0:23:12 B: Repeat a Title TITLE Title Remain Time Left...
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During Play: SELECTING TITLES AND CHAPTERS Press GOTO: The GOTO menu will appear beneath the movie If there are no choices you will only be allowed to select the default item. • Press GOTO MENU TITLE _1/05 CHAPTER 04/06 AUDIO 5.1CH.
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AUDIO MENU SUBTITLE MENU Press GOTO • • Navigate to SUBTITLE with the keys. Press ENTER to select.. MENU MENU TITLE 01/05 TITLE 01/05 CHAPTER 04/06 CHAPTER 04/06 AUDIO 5.1CH. ENGLISH AUDIO 2.1 AC3 ENGLISH- SUBTITLE ENGLISH SUBTITLE ENGLISH BITRATE 80 BITRATE 80...
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DIRECT SELECTION WITHIN A TRACK OR CHAPTER MENU The MENU screen displays the time of the title and chapter currently playing. The TITLE current title length is 1:10:01 and the chapter length is 0:20:03. If you choose a CHAPTER different Title/Chapter these times will change. You can play a title or a chapter within the title from any point.
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CHANGING THE AUDIO SETTINGS OF A DVD SELECTING SUBTITLES SUBTITLE - 1/02 ENGLISH The player allows you to select a preferred language, TV and audio format from Repeatedly press SUBTITLE SUBTITLE - 1/02 FRENCH SUBTITLE those included on the DVD video disc. choose a supported language Total Audio Audio...
PLAYING AN AUDIO CD ADVANCED PLAY Load an Audio CD into the player. The player reads the disc. Most CDs will start A) Repeat TRACK automatically - a very few won’t. The player will load and then display this: • Press REPEAT once to repeat the track. •...
To display the menu: PLAYING A JPG CD • Select Menu. Load a JPG disc into the player. The main screen will appear Slide Show Menu tPrev Next u • Press ENTER . The MENU screen displays all the actions you can perform in JPG mode REMOTE KEY FUNCTION REMOTE KEY FUNCTION STOP...
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PLAYING FOLDERS When the last image has displayed the slide show stops and the Folder Menu displays (unless you have chosen to repeat the folder - see below). Load a JPG disc into the player. The main screen will appear •...
During Play: PLAYING MPEG-4 & WMA DISCS • Press to pause and restart play. The mpeg-4 standard covers many proprietary formats. Some will play on this player, others will be recognised by the player but will not play (some AVI files). •...
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• Select the image IMPORTANT NOTES you want to display . PLAYING JPG FILES There is little point attempting to view very large JPG files (larger than 500 kb) as the increased resolution will not be used and the loading times will slow down. PLAYING MEDIA FILES Please see the introduction to the MPEG-4 section for guidance on playing A/V files.
TV DISPLAY (ASPECT RATIO) CUSTOMISING PLAYER SETTINGS Press to return you to the Leave this set at WIDE (16:9) for the player’s internal screen panel. previous menu listing or take you to the If you are using an external TV: next one.
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ON SCREEN DISPLAY LANGUAGE SCREEN SAVER Choose ON or OFF Choose the Language for displaying On Screen Menus. Default-English HANDSET KEYS -- GENERAL SETUP PAGE -- to select an item HANDSET KEYS TV DISPLAY Wide -- GENERAL SETUP PAGE -- ANGLE MARK to go to the item choice ...
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AUDIO SETUP • Select DIGITAL AUDIO: Press ENTER • Press SETUP : Press to access the AUDIO SETUP page: Press ENTER --DIGITAL AUDIO SETUP PAGE-- HANDSET KEYS DIGITAL OUTPUT SPDIF/OFF • Select ANALOG AUDIO SPDIF/RAW to select an item LPCM OUTPUT AUDIO SETUP PAGE SPDIF/PCM...
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DOLBY SETUP THE VIDEO SETUP PAGE • Navigate to DOLBY DIGITAL • Press SETUP : Press three times to access the VIDEO SETUP page • Press ENTER --DOLBY DIGITAL SETUP-- --VIDEO SETUP PAGE-- HANDSET KEYS HANDSET KEYS STEREO DUAL MONO COLOR SETTING ...
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THE COLOR SETTING MENU GAMMA Gamma correction improves colour resolution especially with fine colour differ- • Access COLOR SETTING ences but the effects are small and on many monitors will be barely noticeable. • Press ENTER: • Press --COLOR SETTING SETUP-- SHARPNESS •...
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THE PANEL QUALITY MENU • Access PANEL QUALITY AUDIO --PREFERENCE PAGE-- • Press ENTER: The language you want the film to --PANEL QUALITY SETUP-- TVTYPE ENGLISH FRENCH AUDIO HIGH be in. Default is English SPANISH SHARPNESS SUBTITLE CHINESE MEDIUM BRIGHTNESS DISC MENU JAPANESE PARENTAL...
THE PASSWORD SETUP PAGE PARENTAL CONTROL SETTINGS - NOTE: Adult level is the factory default. • Highlight Parental: • Access Password Mode • Press ENTER • Press ENTER --PASSWORD SETUP PAGE-- • Select the Rating: --PREFERENCE PAGE-- PASSWORD MODE: Setting the PASSWORD MODE I KID SAF TV TYPE...
AFTER USING YOUR PLAYER TROUBLESHOOTING • Remove the disc from the tray If your DVD player is not working properly use this guide before contacting • Switch the player off. Tesco. Before investigating a connection problem, always switch off the •...
SPECIFICATIONS WARRANTY Your Technika appliance is covered by a warranty for 12 months from the date of Signal System: PAL/NTSC purchase. If a fault develops during this period, please contact the TESCO electrical Panel Size: 7 inch help line on 0845 456 6767. Please have your original purchase receipt with you...
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Helpline: Tesco Stores Ltd, Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Herts, EN8 9SL Technika Helpline: 0845 456 6767 (Calls cost up to 4p per minute from a BT landline: other providers may vary.)