Curtis SDVD8738 User Manual

SDVD8738

Table Of Contents

Safety Precaution

Package

Main Features

Main Unit Controls

System Connection

The Remote Control

Basic operation

System Setup

Specification

Troubleshooting

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Safety Precaution

Warning: To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this
apparatus to rain or moisture.

1) Please read the instruction manual carefully and follow all the requirements

of safe operation to operate the device.

2) Do not use this unit near water. Do not place over the unit any container

with liquid inside.

3) Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers,

stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

4) Unplug this unit during lightning storms or when unused for long time.

5) About Cleaning: Unplug the system, use only wet cloth to clean. Do not use

liquid detergent or aerosol.

6) Only use accessories specified by the manufacturer.

7) Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel, servicing is required when

the unit has been damaged in any way, such as power supply cord or plug
is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the unit,
exposed to moisture, does not operate normally. Don't try to repair the
machine by yourself because of the danger of high voltage and electric
shock.

8) Do not use irregular shaped discs such as heart or star-shaped discs as

they may cause the unit to malfunction.

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This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to
the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful
interference, and (2) This device must accept any interference received,
including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Warning: Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment.

NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and
can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in
accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular
installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or
television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off
and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or
more of the following measures:

Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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Package

DVD player

Remote Control with battery

DC+Audio/Video cable

AC/DC Power Adapter

Cigarette Lighter Adapter

User Manual

Mounting Straps

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Main Features

High brightness color 7" LCD screen

Compatible with disc of DVD, MP3, CD, JPEG etc.

Built-in stereo speaker

Support PAL/NTSC system

Support Multi-language OSD, speed forward/backward,repeat function

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Main Unit Controls

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3

1. Open knob

2. Power ON/OFF switch

3. SETUP button

4. MUTE button

5.

6.OK button (Function same as
"ENTER" on Remote control)

7. Play/Pause

8. STOP button

OK

4 5 6 7 8

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ON OFF

ON OFF

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10

DC OUT

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AV OUT

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1514

9. DC IN 9-12V

10. DC OUT

11. AV OUT

12. Earphone jack

13. Volume knob

14. Bracket

15. Rating Label Position

Monitor View

ON OFF

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2
3

4
5

1. Power ON/OFF

2. Volume knob

3. Earphone jack

4. AV IN

BRIGHTNESS

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CLOSE

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5. DC IN 9-12V

6. Brightness Knob

7. Bracket

8. Rating Label Position

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System Connection

Powering And Installation

Plug one end of the AC/DC power adaptor into the DC IN9-12V jack on the
right of the machine, then plug the other end into the AC power receptacle.
Please refer to the following illustration.

DC OUT

AV OUT

If using car cigarette lighter adaptor to connect to the power: Plug one end of
the cigarette lighter adaptor into the DC IN 9-12V jack on the unit, plug the
other end into the car cigarette lighter socket. See illustration below.

DC OUT

AV OUT

Note

1. Car cigarette lighter adaptor is available to use only when the car cigarette
lighter with DC 12V negative grounding.

2. The mains plug is used as the disconnect device, the disconnect device
should remain readily operable.

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Connecting To The Monitor

The unit can also be connected to the external LCD monitor.

Connect the unit to power by AC/DC adapter or cigarette lighter adapter.

Then connect the unit DC OUT jack to DC IN 9-12V Jack of the LCD Monitor
by a DC/AV cable. Also use this DC/AV cable to connect the AV OUT jack of
the unit to AV IN jack of the Monitor.

Please refer to the illustration below.

DC OUT

AV OUT

ON OFF

Note: You're advised to supply both units the power by the cigarette lighter
adapter only. The AC/DC adapter is used to supply power of one unit only
and as the charger to charge the main unit if it's with built-in battery.

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In Car Installation

1. Fit the straps to the DVD Player / Monitor as required.

Please install the units with strap A (long)
and strap B (short) together.

A

B

Turn the player around so the backs are facing you.

B

Strap A through the unit from right clip first, then
across the loop in Strap B, last Strap A through
the unit left clip.

A

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2. Fitting the straps to the headrest.

a. Fitting the straps to the headrest.

Fit the straps around the headrest
and engage the 2 trident clips.
Ensure clips are securely fastened.

Pull the straps tight using the
adjustment.
Tuck the loose ends into the strap
tidy.

NOTE:
Be sure to complete the installation then use SDVD8738 in the car.
For SDVD8738 installation is recommended that the DVD Player is on the
LEFT headrest, to ensure a neat cable run to the monitor, as shown below:

OK

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Connecting With External Speaker

DC OUT

AV OUT

AV CABLE

Not supplied

AUDIO INVIDEO IN

AMPLIFIERTV

Left front
speaker

Center speaker

Right front
speaker

SUBWOOFER

Left rear speaker

Note: There is no 5.1 channel in the unit, however, after connecting to APM it
is available to output audio in 5.1 channel.

Right rear speaker

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The Remote Control

1. Number button

2. TITLE (To display title
information)

3. AUDIO (To select audio
language)

4. SETUP(To go to or exit
setup menu)

5. / button(To go to
Previous/next chapter or
scene during playing)

6. / button (To scan
forward / backward at 2,
4, 8, 16 or 32 times)

7. OSD (To display disc
information during playing
such as elapsed and
remaining)

8. Play / pause

9. STOP (press once to
stop playback, then press
to resume playback
from the point where you
stopped; press stop button
twice to stop playback completely.

10. ENTER (To confirm)

11. ZOOM (To zoom in the image during playback)

12. MENU (To enter or exit menu root)

13. SUBTITLE (To select subtitle language when playing DVD disc)

14. ANGLE (To change viewing angle when playing disc with multi-angle)

15. A-B (Repeat a specific portion from point A to B, press it again to cancel
repeat playing)

16. REPEAT (To Repeat playing title, chapter or track)

17. RETURN (To return to the main menu)

18. MUTE (To turn mute)

19. SLOW

20. STEP

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The Use Of Remote Control

Please put the battery into the remote control as per illustration below.

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CR2025 CR2025

When using remote control, make sure the
infrared window is pointed to infrared receiving
window of the machine. The distance between
machine and remote control must be within 3
metres.

OK

Note

1. To avoid falling off or place near damp environment.

2. To avoid infrared receiving window of the unit being under direct sunlight.

3. Please use a new battery to replace old one if the remote control doesn't
work.

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Basic Operation

Playing disc of DVD, CD, MP3

1. Connect the unit to the power;

2. Open the unit and adjust the monitor to the best position for viewing.

3. Turn on the unit by sliding the ON/OFF switch to ON.

4. Open the disc door and insert a disc into the door with the label side facing
up.

5. Close the disc door. The unit will load the disc and start playing.

6. Press " " once to stop playback; then press " " to resume playback from
the point where you stopped; press " " twice to stop playback completely.

7. when the playing is finished, please turn off the power by sliding ON/OFF
switch to OFF.

Pause During Playback

During playback, press " " to pause;
press it again to resume playback.

Note

When at pause, stop, or no disc, in about
3 minutes the unit will be protected;
press any button to exit.

Play DVD Disc With Title Or Chapter Menu

For some DVD disc with Title or chapter
menu, press MENU button to enter
menu page, and use direction button to
select, press ENTER to confirm.

MP3CDDVD

MP3CDDVD

Play/pause

Title

Cursor button

ENTER

Menu

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Fast Forward And Fast Backward

DVD CD

When playing disc of DVD, CD, the unit can search forward or backward.

1. Press " ", the unit will search forward.
Press it repeatedly, the unit will play at
2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times of speed.

2X 4X

8X16X32X

2. Press " ", the unit search backward.
Press it repeatedly, the unit will play at
2, 4, 8, 16, 32 times of speed.

2X 4X

8X16X32X

Search forward

Search backward

Repeat Playing

MP3CDDVD

When playing disc of DVD, CD, MP3 user can repeat playing one chapter, title
or the whole disc.
For DVD disc, press repeat button to repeat playing one Chapter, press it
again to repeat playing Title; press it third time to repeat playing the whole
disc; Press it again to cancel repeat function.

Chapter

For Mp3 disc, press REPEAT to repeat playing current file; press it again to
repeat playing the folder; press it third time to cancel repeat function.

Repeat one

Title All

Repeat folder

Repeat off

Repeat off

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Repeat Playing Of Favorite Scene

DVD CD MP3

When playing disc of DVD, CD, MP3, user can
repeatedly play a specific section.
During playback, press A-B button at a point A,
then press this button again in point B, the unit
will automatically repeat playing the part between
A-B.

Press it the third time, the unit will return to normal playback .

Number

A-B
Angle

Select Angle

DVD

During playing DVD disc with multi-angle, press
"Angle" button, the followings will be displayed
on screen.

Press number buttons to select the angle
you desire.

To return to normal playing,please press "Angle"
the unit will play the disc in the default angle.

Note

The function is available only for discs with multi-angle.

A

AB

1 /4

2 /4

3 /4

4 /4

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Zoom in/out

When playing disc of JPEG user can zoom in or
zoom out the image.
During playback, press Zoom button, the image
will be enlarged; press it again the image will be
enlarged again; press it fifth time, the image
will zoom out, press it repeatedly and the image
will return to normal status.

100%

125%

150%

200%

75%

50%

When playing disc of DVD, VCD user can zoom
in the image.
During playback, press Zoom button, the image
will be enlarged; press it again the image will be
enlarged again; press it fourth time the image
will return to normal status.

When the image is enlarged, user can press
" " to move the image.

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2X

3X

4X

Zoom in

Playing JPEG File

1. Place a JPEG disc into the tray, the unit will start reading and play.

2. Press " " to select a JPEG file and press "ENTER" button to confirm.
Note: you can press "MENU" to return to the folder list. Press " " or
"ENTER" to preview the file selected.

3. To rotate the picture counter-clockwise, press " " ; Press " " to rotate
the picture clockwise.

4. During viewing files, " " may appear when pressing "Angle" or "Subtitle"
or "Audio" or "A-B" or "Title" etc; in this situation these options are
unavailable to operate.

Play MP3 File

1. Place MP3 disc into the disc door.

2. Press " " or "ENTER" button to select a Mp3 file; Press " " or
"ENTER" button to play the file selected.

00 36 03 43
Dir 001

\Ctyy\

......

Mp3

TRACK01

Mp3

TRACK02

Mp3

TRACK03

Mp3

TRACK04

Mp3

TRACK05

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System Setup

Setup Menu -- Main Page

General Setup

Video Setup

Preference Setup

General Setup Page

Press Setup button,the main menu will be
displayed on the screen
In the General Setup Page, Press
button to highlight this item.
Press ENTER button to access.
Press button to select the setting.
Press ENTER button to confirm your selection.
Press button to exit.

General Setup

TV Display Wide
Angle Mark ON
OSD Lang ENG
Screen Saver ON

:Move

:Return :Entry

General Setup

TV Display Wide
Angle Mark ON
OSD Lang ENG
Screen Saver ON

:Move

:Return :Entry

General Setup

TV Display Wide
Angle Mark ON
OSD Lang ENG
Screen Saver ON

:Move

:Return :Entry

Normal/PS
Normal/LB
Wide

On
Off

English
French
German
Italian

TV display:

Enter this option, user can set screen display
format (Nomal/PS, Nomal/LB, Wide)
The default is "Wide".
Note:

The function depends on the display ratio

with which the DVD disc is recorded.

Please choose "Wide (16:9)" when using

a 16:9 wide screen TV set.

Angle Mark:

Enter this option to set the angle during
playback.
Optional setting: ON, OFF.

The default is: ON.

OSD Language:

In the option user can set OSD menu
language (English, French, German, Italian).

The default: English.

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General Setup

TV Display Wide
Angle Mark ON
OSD Lang ENG
Screen Saver ON

:Move

:Return

Video Setup Page

Video Setup

TV Type NTSC
Panel Quality

:Move

:Return

Video Setup

TV Type NTSC

Panel Quality

PAL
NTSC

Screen Saver:

Enter this option to set whether to activate

On
Off

:Entry

:Entry

the screen saver function.

The default is ON.

TV Type:

Enter this option to select TV type
(PAL, NTSC).
The default is NTSC.

Set the Video Quality of PANEL

:Move

:Return

Preference Page

Preference Setup

Audio ENG
Subtitle Off
Disc Menu ENG
Parental
Default

:Move

:Return :Entry

English
French
German
Italian

:Entry

Audio:

Enter this option,user can select preferred
audio language for DVDs.
The default is English.
Note

The audio language depend on the

material on each disc.

User can also change the audio language

durin g play back by pressing the Audio button.

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Preference Setup

Audio ENG
Subtitle Off
Disc Menu ENG
Parental
Default

:Move

:Return :Entry

English
French
German
Italian

Off

Subtitle:

Select your preferred language to show the
subtitles on the screen.
The default is OFF.
The subtitle languages depend on the
information available on each disc,You can
also change the subtitle language during
playback by press the SUBTITLE button.

Preference Setup

Audio ENG
Subtitle Off
Disc Menu ENG
Parental
Default

:Move

:Return

Preference Setup

Audio ENG
Subtitle Off
Disc Menu ENG
Parental
Default

:Move

:Return

Preference Setup

Audio ENG
Subtitle Off
Disc Menu ENG
Parental
Default

:Move

:Return

English
French
German
Italian

:Entry

1 KID SAFE
2 G
3 PG
4 PG 13
5 PGR
6 R
7 NC 17
8 ADULT

:Entry

Reset

:Entry

Disc Menu:

This function allows you to choose the menu
language stored on the disc.
The default is English.
Note:the disc menu languages depend on the
information available on the disc.

Parental:

Enter this option to set the parental control
level to some unsuitable disc scenes being
watched by the children.
Optional parental control levels: KID SAFE,
G, PG, PG 13, PGR, R, NC17, ADULT.

The default is ADULT.
The default password: 8888.

Default:

Select this item and press button to
reset.

ENTER

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Specification

Compatible disc: DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, CD-DA,
CD-R/RW, MP3, JPEG
Signal system: PAL/NTSC
Panel size: 7 inch
Picture resolution: 480x234 (RGB)
Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20 kHz
Video output: 1 Vp-p/75 Ohm, unbalanced
Audio output: 1.4 Vrms/10kOhm
Audio S/N: Better than 80 dB
Dynamic range: Better than 85 dB
Laser: Semiconductor Laser, Wave Length: 650 nm/795 nm
Power source: DC 9-12V
Power consumption: 10 W
Operating temperature: 0~40°C
Weight(Monitor/DVD Player): 0.36 / 0.7 kgs
Dimensions (Monitor/DVD Player)(W x D x H):
212x166.5x25mm / 212x 167x 40 mm

Note:

1.The quality and speed for reading JPEG photos depend on the resolution
and compression ratio of the photos. Some JPEG photo may not be
played due to the disc quality and the formats.

2.Some DVD+R/RW,DVD-R/RW,CD-R/RW disc may not be played due to
the quality on burning conditions.

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Troubleshooting

PROBLEM SOLUTION

No sound or
distorted sound

Can't advance
through a movie

The icon
appears on
screen

Picture is
distorted

No forward or
reverse scan

lf at any time in the future you should need to dispose of this product please
note that waste electrical products should not be disposed of with household
waste. Please recycle where facilities exist. Check with your Local Authority
or retailer for recycling advice. (Waste Electrical and Electronic equipment
Directive)

Owing to continuous improvement, no prior notice will be given regarding changes on
above feature and spec.

Make sure the machine is connected properly.
Make sure all cables are securely inserted into
the appropriate jacks.

You can't advance through the opening credits
and warning information that appears at the
beginning of movies because the disc is
programmed to prohibit that action.

The feature or action cannot be completed at
this time because:

1. The disc's software restricts it.

2. The disc's software doesn't support the
feature (e.g., angles)

3. The feature is not available at the moment.

4. You've requested a title or chapter number
that is out of range.

The disc might be damaged. Try another disc;
It is normal for some distortion to appear during
forward or reverse scan.

Some discs have sections that prohibit rapid
scanning or chapter skip;
If you try to skip through the warning information
and credits at the beginning of a movie, you
won't be able to. This part of the movie is often
programmed to prohibit skipping through it.

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