PAGE 2 INTRODUCTION Safety Precautions WARNING RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE AVIS PAS OUVRIR WARNING : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS CAUTION: PLEASE READ AND OBSERVE ALL WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS IN THIS OWNER’S MANUAL AND THOSE MARKED ON THE UNIT. RETAIN THIS BOOKLET FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. This set has been designed and manufactured to assure personal safety. Improper use can result in electric shock or fire hazard.
PAGE 4 INTRODUCTION IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 13. Accessories Do not place this product on an unstable cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table. The product may fall, causing serious injury to a child or adult, and serious damage to the product. Use only with a cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table recommended by the manufacturer, or sold with the product.
When the DVD player is not in use, be sure to remove the disc and turn off the power. If you do not use the DVD player for a long period, the unit may not function properly in the future. Turn on and use the DVD player occasionally.
About This Owner’s Manual This owner’s manual explains the basic instructions of this DVD player. Some DVD video discs have functions that may not be explained in this owner’s manual. Therefore, some instructions may differ from this owner’s manual, and there may be extra...
PAGE 8 INTRODUCTION Identification of Controls Front Panel POWER indicator DVD PLAYER DV3100 STANDBY STANDBY/ON POWER Display window POWER button Display Window Operating status indicator CD indicator Angle icon indicator Disc tray OPEN/CLOSE button Remote sensor PROGRAM indicator DVD indicator...
COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack INTRODUCTION COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks AUDIO OUT (L/R) jacks DIGITAL COMPONENT AUDIO VIDEO OUT MODEL NO.DV3100 COAXIAL S-VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO OUT jack S-VIDEO OUT jack POWER CORD Connect to an AC 120V, 60Hz outlet only.
PAGE 10 INTRODUCTION Identification of Controls (con’d) REMOTE CONTROL You will find instructions for each of the remote control functions in the appropriate sections of this instruction manual. POWER button REPEAT button SETUP button SUBTITLE button AUDIO button ***TOP MENU button SELECT/ENTER button OSD button ZOOM button...
Do not expose the remote sensor of the DVD player to a strong light source such as direct sunlight or illumination. If you do so, you may not be able to operate the DVD player with the remote control. Notes on the remote control Direct the remote control at the remote sensor of the DVD player.
Notes Refer to the owner’s manual of your TV as well. When you connect the DVD player to your TV, be sure to turn off the power and unplug both units from the wall outlet before making any connections. Connect the DVD player to your TV directly. If you connect the DVD player to a VCR, the playback picture will be distorted because DVD video discs are copy protected.
Refer to the owner’s manual of your audio system as well. When you connect the DVD player to other equipment, be sure to turn off the power and unplug all of the equipment from the wall outlet before making any connections.
Refer to the owner’s manual of your audio equipment as well. When you connect the DVD player to other equipment, be sure to turn off the power and unplug all of the equipment from the wall outlet before making any connections.
Warning Do not set the Digital Audio Output of this DVD player to “Dolby Digital” unless you are connecting the DIGITAL AUDIO jack of this DVD player to an AV decoder that has the Dolby Digital (AC-3) decoding function. High volume sound may damage your hearing as well as the speakers.
Refer to the owner’s manual of your receiver as well. When you connect the DVD player to other equipment, be sure to turn off the power and unplug all of the equipment from the wall outlet before making any connections.
If you insert an audio CD, the CD indicator lights up in the DVD display. The title number does not appear. After playing back all of the chapters in the title, the DVD player automatically stops and returns to the menu screen.
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Use the OPEN/CLOSE button on the remote control or DVD player to open and close the disc tray. Do not push the disc tray while it is moving. Doing so may cause the DVD player to malfunction. Do not push up the disc tray or put any objects other than discs on the disc tray.
Basic Playback POWER OPEN/CLOSE SETUP REPEAT RANDOM AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE SURR. TOP MENU MENU SELECT /ENTER RETURN ZOOM MARKER — SEARCH SCAN SKIP PLAY STOP STOP PAUSE SLOW PAUSE CLEAR PROGRAM BASIC OPERATION Stopping Play Press STOP during playback. Resume Play When play is stopped, the unit records the point where STOP was pressed (RESUME function).
PLAY Note SLOW The DVD player does not play back sound during the high speed reverse and forward playback of DVD video discs. However, the DVD player plays back sound during fast forward or fast reverse playback of audio CDs.
General Information about GUI menu icons This unit features GUI Menu Icons showing disc information (title/chapter/track number, elapsed playing time, audio/subtitle language, angle, and sound) and player information (repeat play, play mode, marker, etc.). Some icons only show the indicated information. Other icons allow the settings to be changed.
PAGE 22 OPERATION USING GUI MENU ICONS Detailed description of each GUI menu icon You can view information about a disc and its operational status on the TV screen. Press OSD during play- back. [TV screen] DVD GUI To show the current title No. and to jump to the desired title No.
Using a title menu Some movie discs may contain two or more titles. If the disc has a title menu recorded on it, the TOP MENU button can be used to select the movie title. (The details of operation differ depending on the disc used.) Selecting a title may not be possible on certain DVD discs.
PAGE 24 ADVANCED OPERATION Changing subtitle language It is possible to change the subtitle language to a different language from the one selected at the initial settings. (See page 31 for further info.) This operation works only with discs on which multiple subtitle languages are recorded.
Viewing from another angle Some DVDs may contain scenes which have been shot simultaneously from a number of different angles. For these discs, the same scene can be viewed from each of these different angles using the ANGLE button. (The recorded angles differ depending on the disc used.) POWER OPEN/CLOSE...
PAGE 26 ADVANCED OPERATION Repeat Play Repeating viewing (listening) Press REPEAT during playback. Each time this button is pressed, the TV screen changes as shown below and the disc will repeat a chapter or title (DVD) or a track (CD). •...
Storing markers in memory to be viewed (listened to) again Storing a MARKER in the DVD memory is similar to marking your page in a book. It allows you to quickly return to any point on the disc. POWER OPEN/CLOSE SETUP REPEAT RANDOM...
CD discs. Random does not work with DVD movies. You can playback titles, or tracks in random order. (Random playback) The DVD player automatically selects the titles in a DVD video karaoke disc only and plays them back randomly. POWER...
Program play The player plays the tracks in the disc in an order you specify. Note: Program play function is possible only with audio CDs. It does not work with DVD movie discs. POWER OPEN/CLOSE SETUP REPEAT RANDOM AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE SURR.
PAGE 30 INITIAL SETTINGS Common procedures of initial settings Once the initial settings have been completed, the player can always be operated under the same conditions (especially with DVD discs). The settings will be retained in the memory until they are changed, even if the power is switched off.
Selecting disc languages This is to select the audio soundtrack language, subtitle language and the language used in title menus or DVD menus which will always be used for every disc to be played back. When you play back a DVD video disc, the DVD player automatically displays the pre-selected subtitle language if it is included on the disc.
DVDs with ratings higher than your selection will be blocked, unless the correct password is entered again. For example: if you change the level to “5”, the DVD player will not play discs with ratings of “6”, “7” or “8” unless the correct password is entered on the remote control.
Selecting rating level and password POWER OPEN/CLOSE SETUP REPEAT RANDOM AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE SURR. TOP MENU MENU 1, 2, 3 SELECT /ENTER RETURN ZOOM MARKER — SEARCH SCAN SKIP PLAY STOP PAUSE SLOW 2, 3 CLEAR PROGRAM To clear your 4-digit password If you forget your password, to clear the current password, follow the procedure below.
PAGE 34 INITIAL SETTINGS Selecting TV Aspect Select the appropriate screen type according to your TV set; conventional size screen (4:3) or wide-screen (16:9). POWER OPEN/CLOSE SETUP REPEAT RANDOM AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE SURR. TOP MENU MENU 1, 2 SELECT /ENTER RETURN ZOOM MARKER —...
Selecting Menu Language Selects language for DVD menus and displays on the TV. POWER OPEN/CLOSE SETUP REPEAT RANDOM AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE SURR. TOP MENU MENU 1, 2 SELECT /ENTER RETURN ZOOM MARKER — SEARCH Selecting TV Output It can used to select the video output between S-VIDEO OUT and COMPONENT VIDEO OUT.
PAGE 36 INITIAL SETTINGS Selecting Digital Audio Output Each DVD disc has a variety of audio output options. Set the player’s Digital Audio Output according to the type of audio system you use. POWER OPEN/CLOSE SETUP REPEAT RANDOM AUDIO SUBTITLE ANGLE SURR.
Table of Language and Their Abbreviations Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings “Audio”, “Subtitle” and/or “Menu” (See page 31). Code Language Code 6565 Afar 7079 Faroese 6566 Abkhazian 7082 French 6570 Afrikaans 7089 Frisian 6577 Ameharic 7165 Irish 6582 Arabic...
You cannot playback discs other than those listed above. (Video CD, CD-ROM, CD-Extra, CD-G, photo CD, and CD-i discs can not be played on this DVD player.) This DVD player uses the NTSC color system, and cannot play back DVD video discs recorded in any other color system (PAL, SECAM, etc.) “Certain audio features of this product manufactured under a license from Desper Products, Inc.,...
• A menu is on the TV screen. • The Rating level is set. • The remote control is not pointed at the The remote control remote sensor of the DVD player. does not work properly. • The remote control is too far from the DVD player.
PAGE 40 REFERENCE Specifications DVD player/Outputs/Supplied Accessories Power supply Power consumption Mass External dimensions (W X H X D) Signal system Laser Frequency range (audio) Signal-to-noise ratio (audio) Dynamic range (audio) Harmonic distortion (audio) Wow and flutter Operating conditions Video output...
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