V 2.0

DVD PLAYER

DVD-DL317

USER MANUAL

Safety Instructions

Danger Symbol

Reminding the user of the dangerous voltage!

Warning Symbol

Reminding the user of the important instructions for operation and maintenance.

WARNING:

To prevent the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.

High voltage components in it so do not attempt to open the enclosure. Only qualified personnel are allowed for maintenance.

CAUTION:

This DVD player contains laser system.

Read this manual carefully and get familiar with the instructions before operating.

After reading this manual, please keep it for future reference. Please contact your local dealer or our technical service center for maintenance.

To prevent direct laser radiation, do not attempt to open the enclosure. Visible laser beam will radiate when the enclosure is opened or when the interlock device is released. Do not stare at the laser-beam.

To avoid damaging the loader of the unit, please don't pull or drag the tray of the loader when operating and switch off the power supply only when the "NO DISC" is displayed.

Never place other things or articles upon the player, otherwise it may cause improper playback.

is a trademark of DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation, registered in the U.S.,

Japan and other countries.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision

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All images in this manual are sketch illustrations for reference only. The actual displays are contingent upon discs.

CONTENTS

LCD Display Window Illustration

Features

Remote Control Illustration

Compatible Disc Types

How to Use the Remote Control

Explanations

Connected to TV set with progressive-scan video input

Connected to TV set

Connected to Ordinary Audio System

Connected to Amplifier with Dolby Digital Decoder

Connected to Amplifier with DTS Digital Decoder

Connected to Amplifier with 5.1CH Audio Input

Pause/Step Playback

Selection

OSD

DVD Menu Playback

Repeat the Selected Section

Virtual Keyboard

Slow playback

Disc INFO

Subtitle selection

MPEG4,Mp3 and JPEG File

Angle Selection

Playing playback from the Desired Point

Headphone Enjoying

Speaker Setup

Initial Setup

Specifications

PREFACE

Brief Introduction to DVD

DVD is well known for its extraordinarily large capacity and outstanding audio-video effects. Its capacity is as high as 4.7-17 GB (approximately 7-26 times the CD capacity).With 500-line horizontal resolution of picture and Dolby

Digital 5.1 Channel surround sound, it brings a new era to the household AV products.

Comparison Between DVD and Other Discs

DVD LD Super VCD VCD CD CDROM

Recording Method

Capacity

Singlesided

1 layer

4.7G

Digital/MPEG2

Singlesided

2 layers

8.5G

Doublesided

1 layer

9.4G

Doublesided

2 layers

17G

Playback time

Analog

133min.

242min. 266min. 484min.

12cm/8cm

1 side 60min.

2 sides 120min.

30cm/20cm Disc Diameter

Horizontal

Resolution

Aspect Ratio

500 lines or more

Multiple

430 lines or more

One

Digital/MPEG2

650MB

45min.

12cm/8cm

Digital/MPEG1

650MB

74min.

12cm/8cm

350 lines or more 250 lines or more

Digital

650MB

74min.

12cm/8cm

Subtitle

Audio

Sound Quality

32 types

Dolby Digital/Linear PCM

48kHz,96kHz/16,20,24bit

Max. 16 types

Linear PCM

FM modulation

44.1kHz/16bit 44.1kHz

Linear PCM

44.1kHz/16bit

Digital

650MB

12cm/8cm

Function Introduction

Multiple languages and subtitles

DVD disc can support as many as 8 dubbing languages and 32 subtitle languages.

Multiple angles

DVD disc may support as many as 9 camera angles.

Multiple story plots

User can select to play the desired plots (the beginning, development or ending) of the same disc.

Multiple aspect ratios

Multiple aspect ratios support various TV screens.

Disc Pictures

Pan-Scan

4:3

TV Screen

Letterbox

16:9

4:3

16:9

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PREFACE

Cautions

Please remove the power plug from the socket when you are not going to use the player for a long time.

Ensure that all wires and the power supply are properly connected befor turning the Power on.

The player uses the switching power supply .The range of the power supply: AC 110V~250V, 50/60HZ.

Before turning on the power of the player, please adjust the volume level knob of audio system speakers and amplifiers to minimum. Adjust the volume as necessary only after starting normal playback to avoid damage to your amplifiers or speakers.

Do not put your player near any high power speaker or put both on the same table-board so as to avoid any influence on its nomal operation due to vibration.

Please put the player at a dry and ventilated area. Do not put it near heat source, or expose it to direct sunlight, mechanical vibration, humidity or dust-rich environment ,and also do not put it over heat releasing substances.

When moving the player from a cold place to a warm one, or vice versa, the laser head may have condensation.

Then the player will not work properly. In such a case, please turn the power on for 1-2 hours(without disc) before playing.

It is allowed to use a small amount of neutral detergent to clean the player. Never use sandpaper or organic solvent such as alcohol or gasoline for cleaning.

Do not place objects full of liquid such as vase on the player.

Features

This player has employed the new generation DV decode chip with built-in Dolby Digital decoder which will bring you to a brand-new AV ententainment world. The 2-laser super error-correction mechanism supports CD-R.

Brand-new AV Effects

Compatible with DivX, MPEG4 discs to produce wonderful pictures.

108MHz/12bit video DAC, with more vivid and brilliant pictures.

Progressive-scan video outputs to eliminate the flickers hardly overcome by interlacing scan and therefore your eyesight will be well-protected. At the same time, the pictures definition is sharply enhanced and the pictures will be finer, smoother and stabler

Brightness, chroma and contrast adjustment functions to render your eyes more comfortable.

Composite Video, S-Video and Component Video outputs.

Bullt-in Dolby Digital decoder, separate 5.1Ch Outputs.

Dolby output for 2channel(DOWNMIX)

DVD-Audio decoding output to reproduce original and realistic sound effects.

High Quality Digital Audio

Optical and coaxial outputs for Digital audio.

Dobly Digital, PCM Digital audio outputs to satisfy the Fans’ acoustic requirements.

Many Convenient Features

Screen saver protects your TV set carefully.

The novel Mp3 playback window GUI provides you a new way to appreciate Mp3 music.

Multi-angle playback function makes it possible for you to view a scene from different camera angles.

It’s possible to select the desired beginning, development and ending of a story.

Direct entry into desired scenes(title/chapter/time/track search).

Zooming function to zoom up any playing picture.

Capable of playing PAL/NTSC discs.

Multiple aspect ratios to fit TV sets of various screen ratios.

Parental lock function to prevent children from watching unsuitable discs.

Multiple dubbing languages and subtitle languages bring you the best entertainment status all the time.

Super Compatibility with super VCD, VCD, CD , CD-R , MP3,HDCD,

KODAK PICTURE CD etc.

NOTE: DivX version is still upgrading continuously and the latest version of this unit is DivX 5.1. Some discs

labelled with MPEG4 on the market actually are*.rm/*.ram/*.rmm and others which are imcompatible.

Please take care when buying discs.

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PREFACE

Compatible Dise Types

Types

Sizes

Recorded Contents

12cm or 8cm

DVD: Compressed digital audio + compressed digital video(dynamic picture)

12cm or 8cm Super VCD: Compressed digital audio + compressed digital video(dynamic picture)

MPEG4

12cm

MPEG4: Compressed digital audio + compressed digital video(dynamic picture)

12cm or 8cm

VIDEO CD: Compressed digital audio + compressed digital video(dynamic picture)

12cm or 8cm

12cm

CD-DA: Digital audio

Mp3: Compressed digital audio

12cm or 8cm DVD: Compressed digital audio + compressed digital video(still picture)

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NOTES

When the button is invalid, on TV screen display:

2

Press the effective button again.

DVD

Issues related to

MPEG4

Super VCD

VCD

CD

MP3

These icons on the top banner indicate the disc types that the function described in this section applies to.

DVD

Applies to DVD disc

VCD

Applies to VCD disc

MPEG4

Applies to Super MPEG4 disc

CD

Applies to CD disc

Super VCD MP3

Applies to Super VCD disc Applies to MP3 disc

Control Button Locations and Explanations

Front Panel Illustration

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Power indicator

2

IR SENSOR

3 Display window

4

OPEN/CLOSE button

5 PLAY/PAUSE button

6

STOP button

3

7

PREV button

8

NEXT button

9 POWER switch

PREFACE

Control Button Locations and Explanations (Continued)

Rear Panel Illustration

1 3 4 5 6

Headphone jack

2

5.1CH Audio Out jacks

3

Digital Audio Optical Out jack

4

Digital Audio Coaxial

Out jack

5

Video Out jack

6

S-Video

LCD Display Window Illustration

1 2 3

SVCD

C D

7

Component Video/

Y Pb Pr Out jacks

8 Power socket

4

MP3

5 6

DVD disc

2

VCD, SVCD disc

3

CD disc

7 8

4 Mp3 disc

5

PLAY or PAUSE

6 Chapter or Track

9

7 DOLBY DIGITAL

8 Playback time

9

DTS

4

PREFACE

Control Button Locations and Explanations (Continued)

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

Remote Control illustration

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

STANDBY

GOTO

ZOOM

ANGLE

MUTE

INFO

SETUP

PLAY

REV

REPEAT

P/N

AUDIO

1

4

7

+10

SELECT

STOP

FWD

A-B

KEYBOARD

SUBTITLE

2

5

8

0

RETURN

MENU

PAUSE

I-SCAN

SKIP

VOL

EJECT

3

6

9

OSD

PSM

2/5.1CH

TITLE

SLOW

P-SCAN

29 2/5.1CH Button

Switch stereo and multi-channel.

30

RETURN Button

Back to the previous menu/Clearing input numbers.

PSM Button

Power Spectrum Meter on/off.

OSD Button

Display or hide disc information.

NUMBER Buttons

34

SUBTITLE Button

Change subtitle language,Switch JPEG display modes.

35

EJECT Button

Open or close the disc tray.

35

34

33

32

31

30

29

28

27

26

25

24

23

22

21

20

19

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

STANDBY Button

Press once to standby, Press twice to play.

AUDIO Button

Change the audio language or audio channel.

GOTO button

Play from the desired location.

ZOOM Button

Zoom in/out the displayed frame.

ANGLE Button

Change camera angles,MP3/JPEG playback modes switch.

MUTE button

Press once to mute, twice to unmute.

INFO button

Browse the disc s information.

CURSOR Buttons

9

SELECT Button

10

SETUP Button

Function setup.

11 PLAY Button

Normal playback.

12

STOP Button

Stop playback.

13 REV Button

Fast backward play.

14

FWD Button

Fast forward play.

15 REPEAT button

Repeat play.

16

17

A-B button

Repeat the select.

P/N Button

18

Switch the TV system between PAL,NTSC and

AUTO.

KEYBOARD Button

19

Open/close the virtual keyboard function.

I S Button

Switch video output to the interlacing mode.

20

PS Button

21

Switch video to the progressive YPbPr mode.

VOLUME -

Decrease volume..

22

23

VOLUME+

Increase volume.

PREV Button

Skip backward.

24

NEXT Button

Skip forward.

25

26

PAUSE Button

Pause play.

SLOW Button

Slow play.

27 MENU Button

Display DVD menu or open/close PBC.

28

TITLE Button

DVD titles..

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PREFACE

Control Button Locations and Explanations (Continued)

How to Use the Remote Control

Battery Installation

Cr2025 Cr2025

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2

Using the Remote Control

When using the remote control, the front window of the remote control should be pointed to the infrared sensor on the front panel within an angle of +/- 30 and a range of 3 metres.

Within about 3m

Cautions

Never drop the remote control or expose it to moisture.

Never expose the infrared remote sensor on the front panel to direct sunlight or strong beams.

When the batteries become low, replace it in time.

Accessories

Audio/Video Cord

Remote Control

3V Button Battery

User Manual

1pcs

1pcs

1pcs

1pcs

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SYSTEM CONNECTIONS

Caution

Make sure that the player and other equipments are unplugged before connecting.

Connected to TV set with Progressive-scan Video Input

Rear Panel

Audio In

TV set with progressive-scan

video input

Audio Cord

If you want to enjoy progressive-scan video, please press PS button to switch the player to

progressivescan video output mode. In this mode, the interlacing output cannot be used.

If the progressive-scan TV set has Y, Pb, Pr video inputs, you can use the Y, Pb, Pr outputs of the player. Please press PS button to switch the progressive-scan outputmode into YPbPr when using Y, Pb, Pr outputs.

If the audio outputs of the player are also connected to the TV set, the L/R channels of the front

Audio OUT ought to be connected to the TV AUDIO IN terminals accordingly.

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SYSTEM CONNECTIONS

Connect to TV set

Or

To enjoy the interlacing video, press IS button to switch the video of the DVD player into interlacingscan mode. The progressive-scan outputs cannot be used in the interlacing-scan outputs mode.

If the TV set has S-Video inputs, an S-Video cord can be used to connect this player with the TV set.

If the Tv set has component video input, the component video output of this DVD player can be used.

Please press 2/5.1CH button to set the stereo, or set the audio output mode in DOLBY STEREO,

STEREO, V SURR instead of 5.1CH mode in the speaker settings (please refer to page 22 for details).

If the AUDIO OUT of this player is also connected to the TV set, the L/R channels of the front AUDIO

OUT ought to be connected to TV AUDIO IN terminals in the same group with VIDEO IN.

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SYSTEM CONNECTIONS

Connected to Ordinary Audio System

Video In

Amplifier equipped with Dolby Pro Logic Surround

Front Left Speaker

Centre Speaker

Front Right Speaker

Subwoofer

Surround Right Speaker

Surround Left Speaker

When set the speakers, please set the AUDIO OUT mode to STEREO (please refer to page 22 for details).

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SYSTEM CONNECTIONS

Connected to Amplifier with Dolby Digital Decoder

Optical In

Coaxial In

Connect either of the cords

Optical Cord

75 Coaxial Cord

Amplifier with Dolby Digital Decoder

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. 1992-1997

Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved.

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SYSTEM CONNECTIONS

Connected to Amplifier with DTS Digital Deconder

Optical In

Coaxial In

Connect either of the cords

Optical Cord

75 Coaxial Cord

Amplifier with DTS Digital Decoder

Front Left Speaker

Center Speaker

Front Right Speaker

Subwoofer

Surround Left Speaker Surround Right Speaker

"DTS" and "DTS Digital Out" are the trademarks of Digital Theater Sys tems,

Inc.

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SYSTEM CONNECTIONS

Connected to Amplifier with 5.1CH Audio Input

Video In

Amplifier with 5.1CH Audio input

1 2 3 4 5 6

1

The white refers to front left.

2

The red refers to front right.

3

The white refers to surround left.

4

The red refers to surround right.

5

The red refers to subwoofer.

6

The white refers to centre.

Built-in Dolby Digital decoder makes it possible to play the DVD discs recorded with Dolby Digital surround

technology. If the DVD player is connected to AV amplifier with 5.1CH inputs and plays the discs recorded with

Dolby Digital surround, you may enjoy the same audio and video effect as that inthe theatre when you are

at home.

Press 2/5.1CH button to set 5.1CH, or set the audio output mode to 5.1CH in the speaker settings. Set the

corresponding channel of any connected speaker not in use as OFF. (Please refer to page 22 forDetails)

Distance between the surround speakers and the listener should not be shorter than that between the Front

speakers and the listener.

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BASIC OPERATION

Playback

DVD MPEG4 SVCD VCD

1. Connect the DC output socket of the power adaptor

with the power input jack of the player to turn on

working power supply

2. Press OPEN/CLOSE button to open the disc tray.

Disc tray ejects automatically, and then place the

disc with the label side facing up.

3. Press OPEN/CLOSE button again and the disc

retracts.

The player begins to read the disc information.

STANDBY

CD MP3

NOTES

Please change your TV settings accordingly and connect the cords according to the instructions in pages 7&8.

When there are no audio and video outputs if you switched on this player or pressed the above two buttons and the LCD works normally, please check whether this player's progressive-scan or interlacing-scan mode corresponds to that of the

TV set.

To help you to recognize more clearly in which output mode this player is, character appears on the LCD when opening the disc tray or reading a disc. I indicates the interlacing-scan mode, while

P indicates the progressive-scan mode.

This player's interlacing-scan mode does not support the old-style 100Hz color TV set.

4. Press PLAY button and playback automatically

begins.

5. Press STOP button to stop playback.

Press STOP button for the first time and the player

enters pre-stop status. Now if you press PLAY

button, the player continues to play from the stopped

point; press STOP button again and the player enter

the stop status.

When playing MP3 discs, press STOP button to

enter stop mode directly.

6. Press STANDBY button to enter standby mode

when finish playing. Please pull out the power

adaptor plug from the power source outlet if you

do not intend to usethis player for an extended

period of time.

NOTES

Please turn off power supply when you are not going to use the player for a long time.

Press STOP button twice when playing DVD disc so switch into stop status.

TV System Selection

DVD MPEG4 SVCD VCD CD

Set the system of this player according to the connected

TV set system in order to match to the TV set.

1. Press P/N button to select PAL system if the system of

TV set is PAL. The TV screen displays:

PAL

2. Press P/N button to select NTSC system if the system

of TV set is NTSC. The TV screen displays:

NTSC

AUTO

MP3

3. Press P/N button to set automatic system when using

multi-system TV set. The TV screen displays:

Progressive/Interlacing OutputMode

P/N

You can adjust this player's video output mode according to TV settings.

IS

PS

1. Press the IS button.

Press IS to switch the video to the interlacing scan output mode.

2. Press the PS button.

Press PS to switch the video to the Y Pb Pr mode.

NOTES

The system cannot be switched when playing a disc in the interlacing scan mode. The system can be switched in the stop mode or no disc inside.

Some functions of certain discs can not be performed very well when not in the very system status.

It is recommended that you set the system of both the TV set and this player to be AUTO.

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BASIC OPERATION

Pause/Step Playback

CD DVD MPEG4 SVCD VCD MP3

1. Press PAUSE button in playback status.

Press PAUSE button once to pause playback. The TV screen displays:

Volume Control

VCD DVD MPEG4 SVCD CD MP3

1. Press VOLUME button on TV set or

Amplifier to adjust volume.

2. Press PAUSE button in pause mode to realize

step playback function. Each press moves

one frame forward. The TV screen displays:

PLAY PAUSE

No step playback function available when playing CD or MP3 discs.

3. Press PLAY button to restore playback.

NOTES

When you set the screen saver mode to ON (See

Page 21 for details), the display on TV screen turns to screen saver status after the picture on

TV screen keep still for about 2 minutes ( in mode such as pause mode, stop mode, menu select, set up menu, no disc mode and so on).

OSD

DVD SVCD VCD CD

1. Press OSD button.

Disc information and operation function hint will display on TV screen when in operation.

Press OSD button to display the following

function:

OSD

TITLE ELAPSED

TT / CH / : :

TITLE REMAIN

DISPLAY OFF

CHAPTER REMAIN CHAPTER ELAPSED

SVCD, VCD, CD discs:

SINGLE ELAPSED

TRACK / :

SINGLE REMAIN TOTAL ELAPSED

TOTAL REMAIN

DISPLAY OFF

VOL -

VOL +

2. Press VOLUME button on the remote

control of this unit.

Press VOL+ button to increase volume.

Press VOL- button to decrease volume.

The maximum volume is 20.

DVD Menu Playback

DVD

Some DVD discs are made with title menu or chapter menu function.

1. Press MENU button to display menu on

TV screen for selection. Operate according

to the hint of menu and press number

buttons to select.

1.

2.

3.

2. Press CURSOR button to select the track

you desired, and then press PLAY or SELECT

button.

NUMBER

CURSOR

PLAY

SELECT

TITLE

MENU

NOTES

Press TITLE button the first time to return to title menu.

Press MENU button the first time to return to initial menu.

The return location varies with discs.

PBC Playback

SVCD VCD

You can enjoy the menu playback alternate]

function when playing SVCD, VCD 2.0 discs

with menu playback function. In the setup menu, you can set the menu playback

mode and select menu playback or sequence playback. Please refer to page

24 for details.

For example: Play VCD2.0 disc.

1. Main menu displays on TV screen.

Press number buttons to select. For example: press number button 1 to select main menu 1.

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BASIC OPERATIONS

2. Submenu displays on TV screen after entering into main menu 1.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

3. Press NEXT or PREV button to turn to adjacent page.

4. Press NUMBER buttons to select in submenu.

For instance, press number 5 and the player

begins to play the fifth track.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

5. Press TITLE button to return main menu when in menu playback.

6. Press MENU button to realize sequence playback function when in menu playback; press MENU button to realize menu playback function when in sequence playback.

7.Press RETURN button to submenu.Press

again to return to main menu.

Language/Audio Channel Selection

DVD SVCD VCD CD

1. Press AUDIO button.

You may select the language you desire when playing multi-language DVD, SVCD discs.

DVD disc:

AUDIO

SVCD disc:

1/2:

AUDIO 1

AUDIO

AUDIO 2

2/2:

AUDIO 4

AUDIO 3

.

You may select audio output from left or right channel or stereo audio output when playing multi-channel CD or VCD discs.

For example: to VCD disc, dubbing is recorded

in left audio channel and singing in right audio channel, you can select left channel for dubbing

VCD, CD discs:

LEFT MONO RIGHT MONO

STEREO

NUMBER

PLAY

MENU

PREV

NEXT

Direct Selection Playback Function by Number Button

DVD

MPEG4

SVCD VCD CD

1. Input disc, after the player begins reading, press number buttons to select

track for playback.

Press the number buttons 1-9 directly to select the according track if the track number is below 10.

For example, select the track 7:

7

Press the +10 button and then the number buttons 0-9 to select the according track if the track number is above 10 (including 10).

For example, select the track 16:

10 + 6

+10 6

Press the +10 button twice and then press the number buttons 0-9 to select the according track if the track number is above 20 (including 20). The rest can be performed by analogy.

AUDIO

NOTES

Language kinds varies with different disc

recording.

To dual-language VCD disc, you may press

AUDIO button to select your desired language.

When playing some DVD discs, pressing

AUDIO button may result in playing the track

from its beginning.

MUTE

DVD MPEG4 SVCD VCD CD MP3

When playing discs, mute function can be used to switch off audio output.

1. MUTE

* Press MUTE button and the word MUTE displays on TV screen.

MUTE

2. Resume audio output.

* Press MUTE button again to unmute.

MUTE OFF

NUMBER

MUTE

NOTE

Press MUTE button when the player has not audio output.

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Fast Playback

DVD VCD MPEG4 SVCD CD

You can select forward or reward playback to search the point you desire when playing discs.

1. Press Forward button and the player starts forward playback.

Each press of FWD button switches the playback speed of DVD, SVCD, VCD and CD discs in the following sequence circularly:

2X

4X 8X

32X 16X

2. Press REV button and the player starts reward playback.

Each press of REV button switches the playback speed of DVD, SVCD, VCD and CD discs in the following sequence circularly.

2X

32X

4X

16X

8X

FWD

REV

Repeat Playback

VCD DVD MPEG4 SVCD CD

MP3

The repeat function enables a title/chapter/ track/disc repeated.

1. Each press of REPEAT button performs different repeat functions.

DVD disc:

CHAPTER TITLE ALL REPEAT OFF

SVCD, VCD and CD discs:

The repeat playback can be performed to

SVCD or VCD2.0 only when the PBC is off and to VCD1.1 or CD whether the PBC is on or off.

TRACK

The repeat function is not available for SVCD and VCD2.0 discs when the PBC is on.

MP3 disc:

SINGLE REPEAT ONE

REPEAT

FOLDER

FOLDER

PLAY OPERATION

Repeat the Selected Section

DVD MPEG4 SVCD VCD CD MP3

When playing discs, you may press A-B button to repeat playback of certain section you desire.

1. Under normal playback, press A-B button at the desired point (point A) to set the beginning.

TV screen displays:

A

2. Under normal playback, press A-B button at

the desired point (point B) to set the ending.

TV screen displays:

AB

The player returns to point A automatically to repeat the selected section (A-B).

3. Press A-B button for the third time.

Normal playback resumes.

A-B

NOTE

The A-B repeat function may be not available for some discs.

Sections can only be selected in the same track in PBC mode.

Slow Playback

DVD Super VCD VCD

You may enjoy slow playback according to the following step

1.Press SLOW button to turn to slow playback mode,

the following displays on TV screen

DVD Playback

When playing a DVD audio disc, the slow function cannot be persormed if you press the slow button.

However, when pressing the SLOW button, the screen will show the previous picture provided that the disc supports this function.

Press PLAY button in slow playback status resumes

normal playback.

Super VCD, VCD Playback

Press PLAY button in slow playback status to resume nomal playback.

PLAY SLOW

REPEAT

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PLAY OPERATION

Subtitle Selection

DVD

1. Press SUBTITLE button.

When playing the DVD disc recorded with subtitles of different languages, it is possible to select different subtitle languages.

Each press of SUBTITLE button switches one subtitle language and the TV screen displays:

SUBTITLE 01/03 SUBTITLE 02/03

SUBTITLE OFF SUBTITLE 03/03

The number of the switchable subtitle languages varies with discs. DVD disc has

32 selected subtitle language at the most.

SUBTITLE

Angle Selection

DVD

1. Press ANGLE button and the TV screen displays:

1/4

2. Press number buttons to select your desired playback angle.

2/4

3/4

4/4

3. Press ANGLE button to select the default angle to resume normal playback.

ANGLE

NOTE

The number of angles varies with different

DVD discs. You can change as many as they have.

This function only applies to the discs recorded with different angles.

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Playback from the Desired Point

DVD MPEG4 SVCD VCD CD

Playing DVD disc

Input the time, title or chapter directly, the content can be found quickly and played from

the selected point.

1. Title, Chapter search. For example: search

Chapter 2, Title 6:

Press GOTO button and the TV screen displays:

TITLE 03/30 CHAPTER /02

Press CURSOR button to lighten the title number, as shown in the figure:

TITLE /30 CHAPTER 01/02

Press number button 6 to select Title 6, as shown

in the figure:

TITLE 06 /30 CHAPTER /02

And then press number button 2 to select

Chapter 2, as shown in the figure:

TITLE 06 /30 CHAPTER 02/02

2. Title time search

Press GOTO button until the TV screen displays the following picture. Then press number buttons

to input hour, minute and second.

TITLE 06/30 TIME : :

3. Chapter time search

Press GOTO button until the TV screen displays the following picture. Then press number buttons to input

hour, minute and second.

CHAPTER 01/04 TIME : :

Playing SVCD, VCD and CD discs

1. Disc time search

Press GOTO button until the Tv screen displays the following picture. Then press number buttons to input

hour, minute and second.

DISC GOTO --:--

2. Track time search

Press GOTO button until the TV screen displays the following picture. Then press number buttons to input hour, minute and second.

TRACK GOTO --:--

3. Select a track

Press GOTO button until the TV screen displays

the following picture. Then press number buttons to input

the track number.

SELECT TRACK --/15

GOTO

NUMBER

SELECT

CURSOR

Zooming the Displayed Frame

DVD MPEG4 SVCD VCD

Capable of zooming in/out a certain dynamic or still frame.

1. Press ZOOM button when playing discs

and the TV screen displays:

2

The frame is magnified.

2. Press ZOOM button again and the TV

screen displays:

3

The frame is magnified the second time.

3. Press ZOOM button once again and the

TV screen displays:

4

The frame is magnified the third time.

4. Press ZOOM the fourth time and the TV

screen displays:

1/2

The frame is minified.

5. Press ZOOM button the fifth time and the

TV screen displays:

1/3

The frame is minified again.

6. Press ZOOM button the sixth time and the

TV screen displays:

1/4

The frame is minified the third time.

7. When the frame is magnified, press

CURSOR button to move the frame.

You can enjiy any desired part of the frame.

8. Press ZOOM button again and the frame

restores normal size.

ZOOM

SELECT

CURSOR

PLAY OPERATION

Power Spectrum Metre (PSM)

DVD SVCD VCD CD

1. Under normal playback, press PSM button to

open Power Spectrum Metre.

The Tv screen displays:

2. Press PSM button again to open the second

Power Spectrum Metre.

the Tv screen displays:

3. Press PSM button the third time to close

Power Spectrum Metre.

PSM

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Virtual Keyboard

The brand-new Virtual Keyboard function enables you to

perform some easy operations and configurations when

enjoying a movie.

1. Under normal playback, press KEYBOARD button

and a virtual keyboard will appear on the screen as shown in the figure.

1

2

8

9

3

4

10

5

6

11

7

12

1 Step

4

Next

2

Forward Slow

Playback

5 Fast Forward

3

Play

6

Pause

7

Angle

10 Fast Reverse

8

Reverse Slow

Playback

11

Audio

9 Prev

12

Subtitle

2. Press CURSOR button to select the function you want

to perform and then press SELECT button to confirm.

For example: to select subtitle:

Press CURSOR button to select the subtitle icon. Each press of SELECT switches the subtitle settings alternately as follows:

SUBTITLE 01/03 SUBTITLE 02/03

SUBTITLE OFF SUBTITLE 03/03

3. Press KEYBOARD button again to exit the virtual

keyboard.

PLAY OPERATION

Disc INFO

The brand-new interface Disc INFO enables you to conveniently perform DVD disc functions of title, chapter, sound, subtitle, angle, title time, chapter time, repeat play and time display; or SVCD, VCD disc functions of track, disc time, track time, repeat play and time display.

For example: Playing DVD:

1. Press INFO button under normal playback and the

TV screen displays as follows: the data number are greatly decreased. The most distinct feature of MPEG4 is the high compression and clear imaging.

Furthermore, MPEG4 provides elastic specifications to adjust the stream according to the used requirements. The larger stream can be used when collecting private films; and the small stream can be used in network transferring, which make MPEG4 use widely.

MP3 utilizes the third layer audio compression mode of the international standard MPEG with the compression ration as

12:1. Employing MP3, one disc can record 600-minute music or 170 songs And the sound quality is the same as CD.

MENU

Title 02/04

Chapter 01/05

Audio English

Subtitle Off

BITRATE 85 TITLE TIME 0:01:25

2. Press UP/BOWN arrows to select the desired time

and press ENTRE button to confirm.

For example: press UP/DOWN arrows to select the

desired chapter and press ENTRE button to confirm.

The TV screen displays as follows:

MENU

Title 02/04

Chapter _0/05

Audio English

Subtitle Off

BITRATE 85 TITLE TIME 0:01:25

3. Press number buttons or UP/DOWN arrows to

select the desired chapter.

For example: press number button 0 and then 4, this player starts playing from the fourth chapter. The TV screen displays as follows:

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is the most widely used picture compression and storage format today. Utilizing the high efficiency compression algorithm, JPEG compresses the original picture 15 to 20 times with very excellent picture quality. JPEG is featuring small size data, convenient application and supported by most picture processing software, so it is very fit to store photos.

The strong decoding capability of this player can decode and play the files with the above two formats.

During the course of playing, an operation menu will display and the details are as follows:

00:00 00:00

004/369

\PIC\

..

Du000

Du001

Du002

3

4

5

6

1

2

1 Status Window

Display the current

status information.

2 Directory Window

Display the current path.

3

File Window

Display the file in the current path.

4

Scroll bar Window

Indicate the position of the current file.

5

Information Window

Display The Information

Of The Current Operation.

6

Information window.

Displays the current operating prompts.

The displayed status information on the status window:

1 2 3 4

MENU

Title 02/04

Chapter 04/05

Audio English

Subtitle Off

BITRATE 85 TITLE TIME 0:30:35

00:57

002/073

03:31 128

The input number should be within the optional

numbers.

4. Press INFO button to exit the browser interface.

MPEG4,MP3 and JPEG File Playing

MPEG4 is the audio standard publicized by MPEG (Moving

Picture Experts Group) in November,1998.As the discrepant parts between frames of picture are only processed and the same parts are deleted,

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5 6 7

3

2

1

Playback time of the current MP3

Total time of the current Mp3

The audio bit rate of the current MP3

(Generally the bit rate is 128Kbps, and sometimes it is VBR)

6

4

Current playback mode indicator

5

Track indicator

Volume indicator

7

Dynamic frequency spectrum indicator

1. Playing MPEG4 File

When you insert a MPEG4 disc, the TV screen displays the operation menu as shown in Figure A.

(The displayed contents vary with the disc.)

A:

00:00 00:00

001/004

\

Du000

Du001

Du002

Du003

B:

00:00 00:00

001/369

\Du000\

..

A/V

A/V

MP000

MP001

A/V

MP002

Press UP/DOWN arrows to select the desired directory. Press SELECT for verification. For example, you select the directory DU000 in Figure

A and press SELECT as shown in Figure B. The window returns back to the previous directory when you select [ .. ] in the first line or press

LEFT arrow.

Press UP/DOWN arrows in Figure B to select the desired MPEG4 file. Press SELECT for verification.

This player starts playing MPEG4 files.

2. MP3 file Playback

When you load the disc of Mp3 file into the unit,

it will search the disc information and display the operation menu as in the following illustration.

The operation steps are the same with those of

MPEG4.

00:00 00:00

001/369

\Du000\

MP3

..

CD000

CD001

MP3

MP3

CD002

3. Playing JPEG File

When you insert a disc with JPEG files, the TV screen displays the operation menu as shown in the figure. The operating means are the same as operating MPEG4 files except that the preview image will appear in the preview window when selecting a JPEG file.

00:00 00:00

004/369

\

..

Du000

Du001

Du002

Resolution 640 480

4. Plays a disc with both MP3 and JPEG files

If a disc is composed of both MP3 and JPEG files, you can enjoy both of them simultaneously. First you can play MP3 songs by following preceding instructions; then you can enter the directory with

JPEG files and view images by following preceding instructions.

OTHER BASIC OPERATING MEANS

1. Press the PREV or NEXT button to skip to last

or next page in the stop mode.

2. Press ANGLE to toggle the file playback mode and the directory playback mode.

PLAY OPERATION

JPEG FILES AND FUNCTIONS

1. Press the SUBTITLE button to switch different JPEG

display modes when playing JPEG files. There are 16

optional modes available.

2. When playing JPEG files, press the ZOOM button to start

zooming in/out function. Press the ZOOM button again to

stop zooming in/out function.

3. When the zooming in/out function is open, press the FWD

button to magnify the picture. It can magnify the frame twice

at most as the original one. Press the REV button to minify

the picture. It can minify the frame half at most as the

original one.

4. When playing JPEG files, Press the STOPbutton to stop

preview playback function. Atthe same time, all JPEG files

are displayed on the TV screen. One frame can display

up to 12pictures. The rest pictures are shown on the

next frame. Press the NEXT button to enter thenext frame.

Press the PREV button to enter the previous frame.

You can also press theNUMBER buttons or DIRECTION

arrow to select the desired picture. Press the SELECT

button to confirm.

5. Press the MENU button to exit preview playback

the preview playback mode.

6. Press the DIRECTION arrow to rotate a picture when

playing JPEG files.

ZOOM

ANGLE

FWD

REV

SUBTITLE

NUMBER

SELECT

CURSOR

MENU

PREV

NEXT

Headphone Enjoying

DVD SVCD VCD MPEG4 Mp3

1. If you want to use headphone to enjoy all by yourself, adjust the master volume to the minimum firstly, then insert the headphone plug into the headphone jack of this player and adjust the master

volume until suitable.

Earphone

NOTE

1. When the button is invalid, the TV screen

displays:

Press the effective button again.

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FUNCTION SETUP

Function Setup

1. Press SETUP button, The TV set screen

displays:

CURSOR

SETUP

General Settings

SELECT

General Setup Page

TV Display Normal/LB

OSD Lang English

Screen Saver On

LED Control On

2. Press LEFT/RIGHT arrow to select the desired

channel to be changed.

For example, if you want to set this player's video, please press LEFT/RIGHT arrows to select VIDEO

SETUP PAGE. Press SELECT for verification. The video setup page displays on the screen.

Video Setup Page

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Low

00

00

Hue

Saturation

00

00

Gamma Off

3. Press UP/DOWN arrow to select the desired

item you want to set and press SELECT.

For example, press UP/DOWN arrows to select

SHARPNESS and press SELECT. The sharpness appears on the screen.

Video Setup Page

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Hue

Saturation

Gamma

High

Medium

Low

4. Press UP/DOWN arrow to select the desired

value. Press SELECT to confirm it.

For example: Press UP/DOWN arrow to select

"Medium", then press select, the TV screen display:

General Setup Page

TV Display Normal/LB

OSD Lang English

Screen Saver On

LED Control On

1. TV Display: To set the aspect ratio of this

player's output image.

Optional settings: NORMAL/PS, NORMAL/LB,

WIDE.

Default: NORMAL/LB.

NOTES

The playing effects are contingent upon the disc's recording aspect ratio. Some discs may not be played according to your selected aspect ratio.

WIDE is only applicable to the WIDE TV.

Please select the aspect ration in accordance with that of your TV.

2. OSD Lang: This item is used to set the prompts

language on the screen.

Optional settings: English.

Default: English.

3. Screen Saver: Open or close the screen saver

function.

Optional settings: OFF, ON.

Default: ON.

4.LED Control:Setup item applied to control On/Off playback LED on the front panel.

Optional settings: ON,OFF.

Default: ON

Video Setup Page

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Hue

Medium

00

00

00

Saturation 00

Gamma Off

5. Press SETUP to exit the setup menu.

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FUNCTION SETUP

Speaker Setup

B. Press UP/DOWN navigation keys to select the

desired item, then press LEFT/RIGHT navigation

keys to set the distance between the speaker and

listener.

C. After finishing setting, please press SELECT to exit.

Speaker Setup Page

Downmix

Front Speaker

Center Speaker

Rear Speaker

Subwoofer

Channel Delay

Stereo

Large

Small

Small

On

NOTE

The center/surround/subwoofer delay is effective

only for the corresponding speakers when the

delay is not set to OFF.

Audio Setup

1. Downmix Mode: To set this player's DOWNMIX

mode to change multi-channel audio into two

channel audio.

Optional settings: LT/RT, Stereo, V SURR,

5.1CH.

Default: Stereo.

NOTES

The 5.1CH mode needs disc's support. The number of actual output channels depends on the played disc.

2. Front Speaker: To set the front speaker's

sound filtering control.

Optional settings: Large, Small.

Default: Large.

3. Center Speaker: To set the center speaker's

sound filtering control.

4. Rear Speaker: To set the surround speaker's

sound filtering control.

Optional Center/Rear Speaker settings: Large,

Small, OFF.

Default setting of Center/Rear speaker: Small.

Center and Rear are effective only when

DOWNMIX MODE is set to 5.1CH.

5. Subwoofer: To open/close the bass speaker.

Optional settings: ON/OFF.

Default: ON.

Sub woofer

0cm

6. Channel Delay: To set delay time of the Center/

Surround/Subwoofer Speaker.

A. Press UP/DOWN navigation keys to select the

delay setting item. Press the SELECT navigation

key to enter the setting box.

Audio Setup Page

EQ Type

Sound Field

SPDIF Output

LPCM Out

Tone control

PRO Logic II

Dolby Digital Setup

Channel Trim

None

Off

Raw

48K

00

1. EQ type: To set EQ modes.

Optional settings: None, Rock, Pop, Live,

Dance, Techno, Classic, Soft.

Default: None.

2. Sound Field : To set different sound field effects.

Optional settings: Off, Concert, Living Room,

Hall, Bathroom, Cave, Arena, Church.

Default: Off.

the digital output.

Optional settings: SPDIF/Raw, SPDIF/PCM.

Default: SPDIF/Raw.

4. LPCM Out To set the output frequency of the LPCM audio data to fit for different power amplifiers.

Optional settings: 48K, 96K.

Default: 48K.

5. TONE control: This item is used to set the tone level to match your diapason when you are singing.

Method to adjust tone:

A. Press UP/DOWN cursor button to select TONE item in

AUDIO SETUP PAGE, and then press SELECT button to enter the adjust ment menu.

B. Press LEFT/RIGHT cursor button to adjust the setting value.

C. Press SELECT button to return to AUDIO SETUP

PAGE after adjustment are well done.

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FUNCTION SETUP

6. PRO Logic II: To set 2CH music into the virtual

5CH music which can be played by multi-

channel speakers. Press UP/DOWN navigation

keys in the AUDIO SETUP PAGE to select PRO

Logic II, then press the SELECT navigation key

to enter the PRO Logic II SETUP page.

PRO Logic II is effective only when the DOWNMIX mode is set to 5.1CH and SPDIF is set to RAW.

PRO Logic II Config

PRO Logic II

Mode

Panorama

Dimension

Center Width off music off

00

03

E. Central Width: To set the central width.

It is to divide the center channel signals to the

left and right channels. Therefore, the signals

are sent out from the front speakers in

different degrees.

Optional settings: Level0, Level1, Level2,Level3,

Level4, Level5, Level6,Level7.

Default: Level3.

7. S

navigation keys to select DOLBY DIGITAL

SETUP, then press the SELECT navigation key

to enter the DOLBY DIGITAL SETUP page.

A. Dual Mono : To set the output means of the

left or right audio when playing a Dolby disc

withse parate two-channel audio

A. PRO Logic II: To set PRO Logic II to ON or

OFF. If the TITLE does not support this

function, we recommend that you set this item

to AUTO because it would become worse if the

processing effects were added forcibly.

Optional settings: ON, OFF, AUTO.

Default: OFF.

B. Mode: To set the modes of PRO Logic II. The

music mode means that the sound from all

speakers arrives at the same time without delay.

The movie mode means that delay of 10ms is

added to the surround channel. The PRO

LOGIC mode virtualizes PRO LOGIC I

(utilizing PRO Logic II). The AUTO mode

means a mode is selected automatically

according to the disc.

Optional settings: MUSIC, MOVIE, PRO Logic,

AUTO.

Default: Music.

C. Panorama: To set the panorama mode to ON

or OFF. This mode is to extend the front stereo

to the two sides in order to achieve excellent

surround effects.

Optional settings: ON, OFF.

Default: OFF.

D. Dimension: To set the size. It is similar to the

balance control of the front and surround

speakers which gradually adjust the front and

rear sound fields. There are 7 steps to adjust.

Optional settings: Size-3, Size-2, Size-1, Size0,

Size1, Size2, Size3.

Default: Size0.

Dolby Digital Setup

Dual Mono

Dynamic

Stereo

Optional settings: Stereo, L-Mono,R-Mono,

Mix-Mono.

Default: Stereo.

compression ratio to get different compression result.

Optional settings: OFF 1/8 1/4 3/8 1/2

5/8 3/4 7/8 FULL

Default: OFF.

8. Channel Trim: To set volume of each individual

channel.

A. Press UP/DOWN navigation keys to select

CHANNEL TRIM, then press the SELECT

navigation key to select ENTER SETUP PAGE

as shown in the TV screen:

B. Press LEFT/RIGHT navigation keys to select

the desired channel to adjust.

C. Press UP/DOWN navigation keys to raise or

lower volume of the channel.

D. Press SELECT to return to the audio setup

page.

0.0 DB

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FUNCTION SETUP

Video Setup

Video Setup Page

Sharpness Low

Brightness

Contrast

Hue

Saturation

Gamma

00

00

00

00

Off

1. Sharpness: Used to set the sharpness of video

outputs.

OPTIONS: High, Medium, Low.

Default: Low.

2. Brightness: Used to set the brightness of video

outputs.

3. Contrast: Used to set the contrast of video

outputs.

4. Hue: Used to set the hue of video outputs.

5. Saturation: Used to set the saturation of video

outputs.

Brightness, contrast, hue and saturation adjusting means:

A. Press UP/DOWN arrow in the video setup menu

to select the desired item you want to adjust. Press

SELECT button to enter the item's adjustment.

B. Press LEFT/RIGHT arrow to adjust the setting

value.

C. After finishing adjustment, press SELECT arrow

to return to the video setup menu.

6.Gamma emendation:This item is used to setup the

Gamma value of video output. Selectable setup values:

High, Medium, Low, Off.

Default:Off

Initial Setup

on the screen and this player enter the PBC mode; if the PBC is OFF, this player plays the disc by its sequence.

Optional settings: On, Off.

Default: On.

3. Audio: To set the preference audio language

when playing.

4. Subtitle: To set the preference subtitle

language when playing.

Optional subtitle languages:

English, French, German, Spanish, Italian,

Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Others, Off subtitle language default: Off.

5. Disc Menu Language: To set the preference disc

menu language when playing.

Optional audio/disc menu languages:

English, French, German, Spanish, Italian,

Portuguese, Russian, Chinese, Others,

Audio/disc menu language default: English.

NOTES

Audio/subtitle/disc menu languages are effective to DVD only.

If the disc does not record your desired language, the player will select the disc-specified languages to play.

Selecting other languages: Press UP/DOWN

ARROW to move the cursor to OTHER item, press SELECT. Press NUMBER buttons to enter your desired language codes, then press SELECT.

6. Parental : To set the parental control ratings

to prevent children from watching the

restricted contents. (In case the disc supports

this function.)

Optional settings: KID , G, PG, PG13, PGR, R, NC17,

ADULT, OFF.

Default: OFF.

NOTE

When changing the parental control ratings, a password is needed. Refer to the following password item for detailed settings.

7. Password: To set a four digit password to enable

you to change the parental control ratings.

Default: 7890.

Preference Page

TV Type

PBC

Audio

Subtitle

Disc Menu

Parental

Password

Default

Ntsc

On

English

Off

English

Off

1. TV Type: To set the output video system of

this player.

Optional settings: AUTO,PAL,NTSC.

Default: NTSC.

2. PBC To set the PBC status.

When playing Super VCD or VCD2.0 discs, if the PBC is ON, the menu image displays

Old Password

New Password

Confirm PWD

OK

8. Default: To restore all settings to the default

value except for the parental control and

password settings.

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Useful Notes

In order to prolong the service life of your player, it is recommended to wait at least 30 seconds before you turn it on again after switching it off.

Turn off power after operation.

Only use the power supply of the nominal voltage, otherwise the player will not be operational or even be

damaged.

Some functions of the player may not be applicable to some discs.

In case of occasional player halt, please turn it off and turn it on again.

This player cannot play some SVCD discs with the CVD format.

Troubleshooting

Please check for causes of problems in accordance with the following chart before contacting any maintenance personnel.

Symptom Cause Correction

2. Clean your disc.

3. Interlacing/Progressive mode of

Player and TV not correspond.

1. TV system not right.

No colour

2. TV set colour not properly

2. Readjust colour of your TV set.

adjusted.

1. Clean your disc.

1. Disc warped or dirty.

2. Reload a disc with label side facing up.

for 1 hour.

Failure

2. Operating distance of remote

control more than 3 metres away

from TV set.

3. Batteries low.

Refer to page5 for details.

2. Replace the battery.

from outside.

Picture rolling

1. TV set system not properly

adjusted.

3. Power off for 1~2 minutes to turn it

on again.

1. Readjust TV system.

If the above corrections cannot get rid of the troubles or the symptoms are special, please contact with the local service personnel.

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Specifications

Disc Types

DVD AUDIO

DVD VIDEO

Divx* , MPEG4*

Super VCD

VCD1.0, 1.1, 2.0

CD-DA

Mp3

Analog audio output stereo output, 5.1CH output, headphone output

Digital audio output coaxial output, optical output

Composite video output

Output

Progressive video output Y Pb Pr

S-Video output Y, C

Component video output Y Cb Cr

Video amplitude 1.0Vp-p (75ohm load)

Video

C output amplitude 0.268Vp-p (75ohm load)

Frequency 20Hz~20KHz (+/- 1dB)

Audio

Total harmonic distortion less than 0.01%

Dimensions 270*198*48 (mm)

Operating

Temperature

5 C~35 C

Operating

Humidity

15~75% (no condensation)

*

DivX version is still upgrading continuously and the latest version of this unit is DivX 5.1.

Some discs labelled with MPEG4 on the market actually are and others, with which are incompatible. Pleases take care when buying discs.

The design and explanation of this product are subject to change and renovate without notice.

We cannot ensure all the discs are fluently read because of the disc quality, disc make quality and format difference.

As for the special make of some discs, some functions can not be realized when playing, which is not the malfunction of the unit.

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Terms

525/60

A scan system with 525 horizontal lines and 60 interlacing fields (30 frames) per second. Applied by NTSC.

625/50

A scan system with 625 horizontal lines and 50 interlacing fields (25 frames). Applied by PAL and SECAM.

ANALOG

A level theoretically changes infinitely in time and space. As compared to DIGITAL.

ANGLE

A specific view of a scene recoded from a specific angle in

DVD-Video. When viewing the specific scenes, different angles can be selected.

CD

Abbreviation for Compact Disc. A laser disc storage format developed by Philips and Sony.

CD-DA

Abbreviation for Compact Disc Digital Audio. The original music CD format storing audio information as digital PCM data.

CD-R

The extension of the CD format. Data can be recorded once by utilizing coloring matter subliming technology.

CD-ROM

The extension of the CD-DA format. The computer data is stored in the digital format.

CHAPTER

Sections of a picture or a music piece on a DVD that are smaller than titles. A title is composed of several chapters.

Each chapter is assigned a chapter number enabling you to locate the chapter you want.

COMPRESSION

A process which eliminates redundancy of digital data to reduce the necessary storing or transmitting data size.

Lossless compression only eliminates the enough redundancy to make date restore correctly. Lossy compression sacrifices the additional data to achieve a larger compression.

CONTRAST

The range between the brightest and the darkest of an image.

DAC Digital-to-analog converter)

A circuit converting the digital data (audio or video) to analog data.

DIGITAL

Expressed by numerals. For example, a computer utilized a group of discrete numeric values. The analog data can be digitized by sampling.

Dolby Digital

An audio encoding system developed by Dolby Laboratories and recognized as the international standards. Dolby Digital is the most common system of the DVD-Video encoding audio and the normalized audio compression system of

525/60 (NTSC) CD.

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DOWNMIX

Changing multi-channel audio to dual channel stereo audio by utilizing Dolby Surround processing.

DVD

Abbreviation of Digital Video Disc or Digital Versatile Disc.

An audio/video/data storage system based on 12cm and

8 cm disc.

DVD-R

A DVD version. Data can be recorded once by utilizing coloring matter subliming technology.

HUE

The color of ray or pixel. The color characteristics are depending on the ray's main elements' wavelength.

INTERLACE

A scan system. In scanning, the technique of using more than one vertical scan to reproduce a complete image. In television, 2:1 interlace is used, giving two vertical scans

(fields) per frame; one field scans odd lines, and one field scans the even lines of the frame.

ISO 9660

An international standard for the file system used in

CD-ROM.

Macrovision

A recording protection technology. It alters the signals. The playback looks normal in most TVs. However, when the recorded materials are played back, pictures look very distorted and invisible. Macrovision utilizes the characteristics of the AGC circuit and VCR color synchronous decoding circuit to interfere recording.

MPEG Moving Pictures Expert Group)

An international committee who established a series of compression stands of MPEG audio and video.

MULTIANGLE

Various angles for the scene (viewpoints of the video camera) are recorded on some DVDs.

MULTILANGUAGE

Several languages for the audio track or subtitles in a picture are recorded on some DVDs.

SATURATION

The color's intensity or brightness.

SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO

Ratio of pure signals to irrelevant noise like tape noise or video interference. It is measured by dB. The analog recordings always have noise. The digital recordings have no noise provided that data are filtered at the front end without compression.

SURROUND SOUND

There are speakers in front of and behind audiences to create a multi-line audio system composed of surround simulation and directional audio source sound fields.

TITLE

The longest section of a picture or a music piece on a

DVD; a movie, etc., for a picture piece on video software; or an album, etc., for a music piece on audio software.

Each title is assigned a title number enabling you to locate the title you want.

TRACK

Sections of a picture or a music piece on a CD or VIDEO

CD. Each track is assigned a track number enabling you to locate the track you want.

Language Code List

Code

Language Name

Fiji

Faroese

French

Frisian

Irish

Scots Gaelic

Galician

Guarani

Gujarati

Hausa

Hindi

Croatian

Breton

Catalan

Corsican

Czech

Welsh

Danish

German

Bhutani

Greek

English

Esperanto

Spanish

Estonian

Basque

Persian

Finnish

Afar

Abkhazian

Afrikaans

Ameharic

Arabic

Assamese

Aymara

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Byelorussian

Bulgarian

Bihari

Bengali;Bangla

Tibetan

6978

6979

6983

6984

6985

7065

7073

7074

6779

6783

6789

6865

6869

6890

6976

6665

6669

6671

6672

6678

6679

6682

6765

6565

6566

6570

6577

6582

6583

6588

6590

7079

7082

7089

7165

7168

7176

7178

7185

7265

7273

7282

Code

Language Name

Cambodian

Kannada

Korean

Kashmiri

Kurdish

Kirghiz

Latin

Lingala

Laothian

Lithuanian

Latvian,Lettish

Malagasy

Maori

Macedonian

Malayalam

Mongolian

Moldavian

Marathi

Hungarian

Armenian

Interlingua

Indonesian

Icelandic

Iitalian

Hebrew

Japanese

Yiddish

Javanese

Georgian

Kazakh

Greenlandic

Malay

Maltese

Burmese

Nauru

Nepali

Dutch

Norwegian

Oriya

Panjabi

Polish

Pashto,Pushto

7686

7771

7773

7775

7776

7778

7779

7782

7583

7585

7589

7665

7678

7679

7684

7473

7487

7565

7575

7576

7577

7578

7579

7285

7289

7365

7378

7383

7384

7387

7465

7783

7784

7789

7865

7869

7876

7879

7982

8065

8076

8083

28

OTHERS

Code

Language Name

8479

8482

8484

8487

8575

8582

8590

8673

8386

8387

8465

8469

8471

8472

8473

8475

8476

8679

8779

8872

8979

9072

9085

8375

8376

8377

8378

8379

8381

8382

8385

8084

8185

8277

8279

8285

8365

8368

8372

8373

Serbian

Sundanese

Swedish

Swahili

Tamil

Telugu

Tajik

Thai

Tigrinya

Turkmen

Tagalog

Tonga

Turkish

Tatar

Twi

Ukrainian

Portuguese

Quechua

Rhaeto-Romance

Romanian

Russian

Sanskrit

Sindhi

Serbo-Croatian

Singhalese

Slovak

Slovenian

Samoan

Shona

Somali

Albanian

Urdu

Uzbek

Vietnamese

Volapuk

Wolof

Xhosa

Yoruba

Chinese

Zulu