Denver TFD-1505 Instruction Manual

15.4"LCD TV DVD Combo

TFD-1505

1.Product Features---------------------------------4

2.Accessories----------------------------------------4

3.Front View------------------------------------------5

4.Rear View-------------------------------------------6

5.Remote Control------------------------------------7

6.Quick start-------------------------------------------9

7.OSD menu-----------------------------------------10

8.DVD operation-------------------------------------15

9.User Help Guide-----------------------------------23

10.Technical Specification-------------------------24

1.Product Features

- Input: SCART,VGA,RF,VIDEO,AUDIO,S-VIDEO,PC AUDIO

- Support TV Mode: PAL(B/G,I,D/K),SECAM(B/G,D/K)

- 200 Store channels

- Search TV: auto/manually

- Auto-shut down while no signal input

- Sleep timer

- Program exchange

- Power(DC12V 5A)

2.Accessories

15.4"LCD TV DVD Combo

TFD -15 05

Users' Manual Remote Control Adapter Adapter Cable

3.Front View

Led Indicator

Power

Remote control window (IR)
(keep clear)

load/eject DVD disc

play/pause DVD program

stop DVD program

MENU

CH+

CH-

Insert the disc with
the label side facing right

V+

V-

TV/AV

1(IR)Infrared Receiver:Receives IR signals from the remote control.
(Power on/Standby)LED Indicator: Press POWER to turn on and off.

Indicator on(Red) Standby mode
Indicator on(Green) Power on mode

The effective receiving scope for the signal is up to 5-8 meters from the
front of the remote control window,and 30 to the left or right side and

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20 above or below the control window.

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2 The functions of the buttons are described as below:

MENU: Press to display the OSD menu, Press again to exit the menu.
CH-/CH+: Press to scan through channels. When pressing and holding down either button

user can scan channels quickly.
They are also can be used to move down/up in the OSD menu screen.
VOL-/VOL+: Press to adjust the volume.
they are also can be used to move left/right in the OSD menu screen.
VOL+ button can be used to skip forward to next menu.

TV/AV: Press to select the source: TV,AV,SVIDEO,PC,DVD,SCART
Power: Turn on/off the TV set.

4.Rear View

DVD

Coax: Connect to Coaxial cable.
Power: Connect it to the adapter.
SCART: Connect it to the composite jack of your DVD,VCR or other SCART program player.
PC audio: Connect it to the audio output jack of your computer.
VGA: For PC display purpose. Connect it to the Mini D-Sub 15 pins analog output jack of

the PC.
AV-R AV-L: Connect them to the audio output jacks of your DVD/VCR,and S-Video audio
input signals share these terminal.

Video: Connect it to the video output jack that has video output.
S-Video IN: Connect it to the S-Video output jack of your VCR or other video equipment

that has S-Video.
RF: Connect antenna or cable 75 Ohm coaxial Aerial to receive TV signal.

DISPLAY

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Buttons for DVD functions

4. : load/eject DVD disc.

5. : play/pause DVD program.

6. : stop DVD program.
17 ZOOM: adjust picture size in DVD mode.
18 SUBTITLE: turn on/off the DVD subtitle display.
19 LANGUAGE: select DVD disc language.
20 SEARCH: DVD search, Tracks or Chapters.
21 MENU: DVD play list/Disc menu.
22 ANGLE: select DVD picture angle.
23 SETUP: DVD system setup.
24 TITLE: DVD title.
25 : DVD fast forward.
26 : DVD previous chapter.
27 : DVD fast reverse.
28 : DVD next chapter.

29 SLOW: play DVD programs at slow speed.
30 REPEAT: play the title or chapter once again.
31 PROGRAM: edit the program and play.
32 A-B: select and play the preferable paragraph of

DVD program by pressing this key twice at the
beginning and end of it.

6. Quick start

TV

1. Connect the TV set to the power, and connect the TV signal input with the RF jack.

2. Press the POWER button on the TV set to turn on the TV set.

3. Press the TV/AV button on the TV set or remote control, the source menu

will display on the screen as the right picture, use the CH+/- button to
select the source shown, press button to confirm.

4. Press the MENU button on the TV set or the SYS MENU button on the
remote control, the screen will display the OSD menu, press the CH+/­ button to select the third menu-Channel(see the following picture), press
the button to enter the menu, press CH+/- button to select the item
"Auto Tune", press button, it will start searching channels from the lowest
frequency. When it finds a station it will automatically store it in the first location and move
to the next. When Auto Tune is complete, the TV will display the first station found. In most
cases the stored stations will be in the random order, therefore you should use the
"Channel Swap" function to exchange them into the order you need.
Note: when the Auto Tune starts, you can press SYS MENU button to stop it or it will not stop
until all the searching is finished.

Channel

Auto Tune
Manual Tune
Fine Tune

Skip
Sound.SYS
Channel Swap

Off

D/K

TV

AV
S-VIDEO
DVD
SCART
PC

Mov e Selec t Exit

DVD

1. Press the TV/AV button to display the source menu, use the CH+/- button to select the source
DVD, press button to confirm.

2. Insert the disc into the DVD player with the label side face away. Then the disc will play
automatically.

PC

1. Connect the TV set to the PC with the VGA and PC audio jacks.

2. Press the TV/AV button to display the source menu, use the CH+/- button to select the source
PC, press button to confirm. Then the TV set will display the signal from PC.

7. OSD menu

Press the SYS MENU button on the remote control, the screen will display the OSD menu,
press the CH+/- button to select the main menu(there are five main menu:Picture,Sound,Channel
Function and PC), and press the button to enter the main menu you select, press CH+/- button
to select the item of the main menu, press button to select, adjust or enter a submenu.

Note: The items whose colour are light on the OSD menu could be operated;
The items whose colour are gray on the OSD menu could not be operated on current mode.

7.1 Picture menu

Picture

Picture Mode

Soft

Brightness

Contrast

Saturation

Sharpness

Hue
Scale FULL

Move S elect E xi t

Picture Mode: select the picture display mode----User, Normal, Soft, Vivid.
You can also use the PICTURE button on the remote control to select.
Brightness: adjust the brightness of the picture.
Contrast: adjust the contrast of the picture.
Saturation: adjust the saturation of the picture.
Sharpness: adjust the sharpness of the picture.
Hue: adjust the hue of the picture(only used in the mode of NTSC).
Scale: exchange the 16:10 and 4:3 picture mode.

Note: when you are in the mode of PC, you can only adjust the brightness and contrast .

7.2 Sound menu

Sound

Sound Mode

New

Volume

Bass

Treble

Balance

Move S elect E xi t

Sound Mode: select the sound mode----User, Normal, Movie, News.
You can also use the SOUND button on the remote control to select.
Volume: adjust the volume of the sound.
You can also use the VOL+/- button on the remote control or TV set to adjust the volume.
Bass: adjust the bass of the sound.
Treble: adjust the treble of the sound.
Balance: adjust the balance of the sound.

7.3 Channel menu(the menu can only be used in the mode of TV)

Channel

Auto Tune
Manual Tune
Fine Tune

Skip
Sound.SYS

Off

D/K

Channel Swap

Move S elect E xi t

Auto Tune: press button, it will start searching from the lowest frequency. When it finds a

station it will automatically store this in the first location and move to the next. When Auto
Tune is complete, the TV will display the first station found. In most cases the stored stations
will be in the random order, therefore you should use the "Channel Swap" function to
exchange them into the order you need.
Note: when the Auto Tune starts, you can press SYS MENU button to stop it or it will not stop
until all the searching is finished.

Auto Tune

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Manual Tune: press button to search forwards, and press button to search backwards. When

a station found, it will be stored automatically.
Fine Tune: press button to search forwards, and press button to search backwards when
the signal of the current channel is weak.
Skip: When you turn on the function, the current channel will be skipped when you scan the
channels.

Sound.SYS: select the sound system mode.

Channel Swap: press the button to enter the swap menu as the following picture.

Chan ne l

Channel1

Channel2

Swap

Mov e Selec t Exit

Use the CH+/- button to select "Channel1" or "Channel2", use the / buttons to select the
two channels you want to swap, when you confirm, select "Swap", and press button to swap.

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7.4 Function menu

Function

Language
Blue Back

English

on

TXT Language
Color Temp.

DNR

EAST

User

Normal

Reset

Timer

Move S elect E xi t

Language: select the OSD's display language.
Blue Back: turn on/off the blue back function(the function can only be used in the mode of TV).
TXT Language: select the area of the Teletext language.
Color Temp.: Adjust the color temperature. You can select Cool, Warm, Normal, or you can select

User that you can adjust the red, green and blue color temperature.

DNR:press the key to choose "Normal" or "Strong" to reduce picture interfere.
Reset: when you press the button on the item, it will reset all the settings.

Timer: press the button to enter the timer menu as the following picture.

Chan ne l

CURRENT
TURN OFF
TURN ON
TURN ON PROGRAM

Mov e Selec t Exit

First you should set the current time according to fact, then you can set the time of turn off the TV
on the item"TURN OFF", set the time of turn on the TV on the item"TURN ON", and on the item
"TURN ON PROGRAM" you can set the program you want to display when it turns on.

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7.5 PC menu(the menu can only be used in the mode of PC)

PC

Clock

Phase
H.Position
V.Position

Auto

Move S elect E xi t

Clock: adjust the pixel clock frequency, until the image size is maximized for the screen.
Phase: adjust the phase of the ADC sampling clock relative to the sync signal, until a stable
image is obtained.
H/V. Position: adjust the transverse/vertical position of the screen.
Auto: press the button to setup the parameter of the screen automatically.

8. DVD operation

Press the Power button on the player or the remote controller, then press TV/AV button to enter
DVD mode. At this time “Read” appears on the TV screen. If there is not a disc in the DVD player,
after press PLAY/PAUSE button, “No disc” will be displayed on the screen.

Place a disc

Insert a disc with the label side facing away. It will be load automatically. Press EJECT button
on set or remote control to eject the disc from DVD loader.

Play

The contents of each disc menu vary according to how the disc was authored and what features
are included. The disc menu will be turned on for you to select, when Menu button is pressed. Also
play and pause can be switched with the Pause button on the remote. Different play modes are
offered, such as menu play, sequence play etc.

Menu Play

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD or VCD2.0.

2.If the disc is a DVD, ROOT MENU will appear on the screen. If it is SVCD or VCD2.0, please
press MENU button to let the menu out.

3.When a DVD disc is loaded, you can press Arrow buttons to highlight the menu item you want to

choose; As SVCD or VCD2.0, you can press Numeric buttons to select a track to play.
When play SVCD and VCD2.0 ,press menu key once, there will be a "PBC(ON) or PBC(OFF) at
the left and above corner appears on the screen, press menu key again, it will exchange from
PBC(ON) to PBC(OFF) or from PCB(OFF) to PBC(ON), when it appreas PCB(ON), the SVCD or
VCD2.0 programs will be played circularly.

4.Press Enter or Play button, you can begin play when they are highlighted.

5.Return when playing: When a DVD disc is playing, press Menu button,and you can return

to Root Menu; As SVCD, VCD2.0 and PBC is on, press Menu button or RETURN button, you
can return to the menu.

Title Play

1.Compatible with DVD discs only.

2.During DVD playback, press Title button to display the DVD title content.

3.Press the Arrow buttons to highlight the title you want to choose, and press Enter; also you can
press numeric buttons to choose.

4.The DVD player begins with the chapter 1 of the chosen title.

Sequence Play

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.When a SVCD or VCD disc is loaded and PBC is on, once ANGLE button pressed ANGLE

switches off. Then the player can play in sequence playback mode; when ANGLE button pressed
twice, ANGLE switches on.

3.Except for SVCD or VCD discs, in the stop state, when press Play button, the player
then enters sequence playback mode. This feature is effective to all the compatible discs.

Program Play

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.The Program Playback option allows you to enter the order in which you want chapters or tracks
to play, maximum to 16.

3.Program Menu:
If PBC is on, this operation will turn PBC off while the chapters / tracks plays in programmed
order.

4.According to the highlight, use the Numeric buttons to enter the chapters / tracks in the order

you want them to play. Then press Play or use Arrow buttons to highlight the “PLAY” item and
press Enter. The chapters / tracks will play in the programmed order. You can program
maximum 16 titles / chapters / tracks.

5.According to the Direction Indicator on the menu, you can press Arrow buttons to highlight
where you want to enter.

6.During Program Playback, if program button is repressed, the program order and the contents

will be displayed on the screen, and the Program Playback will be stopped; also you can press
Stop and Play to resume normal playback.

7.Notes:
To clear the program order, use Arrow buttons to highlight the “CLEAR” item,then press Enter.
To modify the program order, use Arrow buttons to highlight the item you are changing and enter
the new chapter / track you want to program directly.

8.The program indicator in the screen, and the playing chapter / track illuminate.

Additional operation

Selecting Tracks

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.When playing a DVD disc, press Numeric buttons on the menu or title page to select tracks;
During DVD playback, you can input desired title numbers directly.

3.During sequence playback of a SVCD or VCD disk, press the numeric buttons to select tracks.

(During Program Playback and when the PBC is on, you can only press Prev / Next button to
select)

4.As for CD, HD-CD, discs, press Numeric buttons directly to select tracks.

5.When playing WMA, Digital audio disc / JPEG discs, press Numeric buttons to select different
tracks on current track list.

Skipping Tracks

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.To skip forward to the beginning of the next title / chapter / track on a disc, press Next on the
remote or the right side of the player.

3.To skip backward to the beginning of the preceding title / chapter / track on a
disc, press Prev on the remote or the right side of the player.

Multispeed Fast/Slow Motion Play

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.Press the Multispeed Fast/Slow button on the remote during play to search through a disc.

Multispeed Fast/Slow has three speeds:×2，×4，×8，×20. With each consecutive press of the
button, the search speed increases. If you press the button five times, Fast Multispeed
Fast/Slow cycles back to normal play.

3.During DVD play, when Multispeed Fast/Slow gets to the beginning of the next title / chapter, it

resumes normal play; During SVCD or VCD play with PBC on,when Fast Forward Play gets to the
beginning of the next track, it resumes normal play.

Multiphase Slow Motion Play

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.Multiphase Slow has five speeds:1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, 1/7 of the normal speed play when press
Slow button consecutively in playing discs.

3.When press Play button or press the slow button seven times, it goes to normal station.]

Freeze Frame

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.During CD, HD-CD, WMA or Digital audio disc / JPEG playback, press Pause once to freeze
playback; Press Play button to resume normal playback.

Using the Repeat Feature

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.While a disc is playing, press Repeat button once, and the repeat banner appears to show
current repeat mode.

a）In SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, or Digital audio disc / JPEG sequence playback mode.

Press Repeat button again to turn on repeat mode. Press the button again on the remote to turn
to the next repeat mode. There are three repeat options: Off, Track Repeat, and Disc Repeat.
With each consecutive press of the button, the repeat mode switches. If you press the
button four times, repeat mode cycles back to Off.
b）In DVD playback, press Repeat button again to turn on repeat mode. There are three repeat
options: Off, Chapter Repeat, and Title Repeat. With each consecutive press of the button,
the repeat mode switches. If you press the button four times, repeat mode cycles back to Off.

c）In WMA, Digital audio disc / JPEG playback, press Repeat button again to turn on repeat mode.
There are four repeat options: Off, Track Repeat, Directory Repeat, and Disc Repeat. With each
consecutive press of the button, the repeat mode switches.
If you press the button five times, repeat mode cycles back to Off.

Using the Search Feature

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD discs.

2.You can use Search feature to select a title / chapter / track number or go to a specific point in

a title. First, press Search button on the remote controller to bring up the search menu and enter
the edit state; Secondly, press Arrow buttons to highlight the title / chapter / track number or the
time option; Thirdly, use Numeric buttons to enter the title / chapter / track you want to play or
the elapsed time you want to go to in that title; At last, press Enter button to start playback. For

example, entering 01:23:56 will start playback one hour, twenty-three minutes and fifty-six
seconds into the title.

3.Notes
a）This feature does not work in Program Play mode.
b）If PBC is on, it will turn off automatically when Search Playback starts.
c）When playing WMA, Digital audio disc / JPEG discs, Search Feature does not work.

Changing the Soundtrack or Language

1.Compatible with DVD SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.Press the LANGUAGE button to display current soundtrack.
A）Press the button to switch soundtracks.
b）Press the button again on the remote to turn to next soundtrack.

3.When playing a SVCD or VCD disc, there are five soundtracks: Stereo (L/R), L/L, R/R, L/L Auto

A/D Detect, and R/R Auto A/D Detect. With each consecutive press of the button, the soundtrack
switches. If you press the button six times, soundtrack cycles back to Stereo.

4.When playing a CD, HD-CD, WMA, or Digital audio disc, there are three: Stereo (L/R), L/L,
and R/R.

5.When playing a DVD or SVCD disc, press LANGUAGE button to display current language, press
the button again to turn to next language if the disc has different languages.

Subtitles

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD discs.

2.Press the Subtitle button on the remote once, and the subtitle info banner appears.

3.When a DVD or SVCD is recorded with subtitles, you can use the Subtitle feature to view the
subtitles on-screen. By default, subtitles are off. The info banner will display Subtitle Off.

4.To display subtitles, press the Subtitle button again. The default language with its responding

serial number will be displayed in the info banner and subtitles will be displayed in that language.
With each consecutive press of the Subtitle button, the subtitle switches. For
example, “Language Icon: [1 English DTS 6CH] or [Off]” (the availability of the subtitles are

disc-dependent). To turn subtitles off, press the Subtitle button until Subtitle Off is displayed.

Mute the Audio Output

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio disc/JPEG discs.

2.Pressing the Mute button allows you to reduce sound to an inaudible level, and the icon of

“MUTE” will be displayed on screen. Press the button again or press the Vol +/- button to return
to the normal condition.

3.If the player playback disc without sound, please try to press Mute button to resume.

Zoom In the Video Image

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, JPEG discs.

2.The Zoom Function allows you to enlarge the video image.

3.Press Zoom repeatedly to activate the function and choose the required zoom factor: Zoom 1,
Zoom 2, Zoom 3, Zoom 1/2, Zoom 1/3, Zoom 1/4, Zoom Off.

Repeat a Specific Segment on the Disc that You Define

1.Compatible with DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, HD-CD, WMA, Digital audio discs.

2.During the normal or fast motion playback, press the A-B button once, and
“REPEAT A-” will appears on the screen. This indicates the start of the loop to
be repeated.

3.During the normal of fast motion playback, press A-B again, and “REPEAT A-B”
will appears on the screen. It indicates the end of the loop.

4.Looping will run from set point A to set point B until you turn off Repeat.

5.Press A-B again to cancel A-B loop mode.

6.When playing a SVCD, VCD, or CD disc, you can repeat a specific segment only
in one track. When the next track begins, A-B Repeat turns off automatically.

7.When playing a DVD disc, you can repeat a specific segment only in one title.

Digital audio disc Play

1.Compatible with Digital audio disc disc.

2.The set will search the directory of the disc automatically, after that, the directory
will appear on the screen.

3.Then the set will play the MP3 automatically according to the directory listed.

4.You can use the direction button to change the directory.

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System operation

System operation will define the setting of the set, these definition will be stored until you
change them again.

General Steps of Setup Menu

1. Press SETUP button of the remote control, the main menu will appear on the screen，and
the system will be pause.

SYST EM S ET UP

TV SYSTEM
TV TYPE
PASS WO RD
RATI NG
DEFAULT

EXIT SETUP

2.Press the CH+/- buttons to highlight the icon of the desired page, then press the button to
activate that page; For example, if you want to setup the video page, press to highlight the
video icon, the video page will be displayed on the screen.

3.Press the CH+ button to highlight the desired option. Press Enter or press button to select the
choices of that option appear on the right.

4.Press the Arrow buttons to highlight the Exit Setup option, then press Enter or Setup again to
exit Setup Menu.

5.When launching the setup routine, the pressing of the following buttons will turn off the setup

menu, while the choices that have been changed will be saved: Subtitle, F.F, F.R, Vol +/-, PBC,
Title, Return, Play/Pause, Stop, Next, Prev, S.F, S.
R, Zoom, Display, Program, Repeat, A-B, language, Mute, Setup.

Menu specification

1.SYSTEM SETUP

The system setup options are illustrated below:

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-TV SYSTEM: According to the Color System of the TV, you can choose the TV System..

-PASSWORD: The password option is initialized as locked, and you cannot set the ratings limit or

change the password. In order for the Ratings feature work, the password mode must be turned
on. If you want to set the ratings limit, you will need to enter the default password, which is 0000,
then press Enter to confirm. To change the password, you will be prompted for the old password,

then be prompted for a new. Enter a 4-digit number (this is your password).

-RATING: The Rating feature is a rating limit system, like movie ratings. It works with DVD discs

that have been assigned a rating. This helps you control the types of DVDs that your family
watches.
There are 8 level of selection, from KID SAFE to ADULT, Adult is the "play all"selection.

2.LANGUAGE SETUP

The language setup options are illustrated below:

LANGUAG E SETUP

OSD LA NG UAGE

AUDI O LA NG
SUBT IT LE LANG
MENU L AN G

EXIT S ET UP

-OSD LANGUAGE: The OSD will display in the language you chooce.

-AUDIO LANG: If the disc you are playing has the language you choose, it will output audio in
that language.

-SUBTITLE LANG: If the disc you are playing has the language you choose, it will displays
subtitles in that language..

-MENU LANG: If the disc you are playing has the language you choose, it will displays menu
in that language.

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3.AUDIO SETUP
The audio setup options are illustrated below:

AUDIO SE TU P

AUDIO OUT

TON E

EXIT SETU P

SPDIF/ OF F

SPDIF/ RAW
SPDIF/ PC M

#
+4
+2
0

-2

-4

-Highlight the AUDIO OUT option, and press the Arrow buttons to choose the audio output mode

you prefer. Press Enter to confirm; There are 3 optional audio output modes: SPDIF /OFF,
SPDIF / RAW, and SPDIF/ PCM.

-TONE:Use the Up and Down arrow button to move the scroll and adjust the tone.

4.DIGITAL SETUP

The video setup options are illustrated below:

-DYNAMIC RANGEO: Use the Up and Down

arrow button to move the scroll and adjust
the dynamic rangeo.

-DUAL MONO:Choose the mode of the
audio output. Three are four modes:
STEREO,MONO L,MONO R,MIX MONO.

DIGI TAL SET UP

DYNAMIC RA NG E

DUAL MONO

EXIT SETUP

STEREO

MONO L
MONO R
MIX MONO

FUL L
6/8
4/8
2/8
OFF

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10.Technical Specification

Screen size

Ratio

Definition

Angle of view

Brightness(cd/m )

2

Contrast

Input

Main Power

Power consumption

Remote Control

Control distance

Control angle

15.4"(39cm)

16:10

1280x800

0 0

140 x125

300

500:1

RF,S-VIDEO,VIDEO,VGA,SCART,AUDIO

DC 12V 5A

60W

5-8m

0

30 (horizontal)

Batteries

Dimensions

Weight

2x1.5V,size AA

48x168x24mm

70g(without batteries)

Note:
The specification shown above may be changed without notice for quality improvement.