Hitachi DVP315E User Manual

DVD PLAYER

MODEL

DVP315EUK

INSTRUCTION

SETUP

MANUAL

CONNEC

TIONS

FUNCTIONS

BASIC

FUNCTIONS

ADVANCED

SETUP MENU

CHANGING

Instruction manual

To obtain the best performance and ensure years of trouble-free use, please read this instruction manual completely.

REFERENCE

Precautions

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER(OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS ARE INSIDE.REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

This symbol indicates “dangerous voltage” inside the product that presents a risk of electric

This symbol indicates important instructions accompanying the product.

shock or personal injury.

CAUTION:DVD PLAYERS USE AN INVISIBLE LASER BEAM WHICH CAN CAUSE

HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE IF DIRECTED. BE SURE TO OPERATE PLAYER CORRECTLY AS INSTRUCTED.

CAUTION

To prevent electromagnetic interference with electric appliances, such as radios and televisions, use shielded cables and connectors for connections.

CAUTIONS

Protect the unit from damp and excess heat. Disconnect the power cable from the mains electricity supply when the unit malfunctions. In particular, you should ensure that the motor driven disc drawer is not prevented from moving properly. If the disc loading system is hindered, the loading mechanism may be damaged. Install the DVD player horizontally, away from a source of heat (fireplace) or equipment creating strong magnetic or electric fields.

• Do not place anything heavy on it.

• Do not stack components on it.

Inportant for United Kingdom

The mains lead on this equipment is supplied with a moulded plug incorporating a fuse, the value of which is indicated on the pin face of the plug. Should the fuse need to be replaced, an ASTA or BSI approved BS1362 fuse must be used of the same rating. If the fuse cover is detachable never use the plug with the cover omitted. If a replacement fuse cover is required, ensure it is of the same colour as that visible on the pin face of the plug. Fuse covers are available from your dealer. DO NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment. If the plug fitted is not suitable for the power points in your home or the cable is too short to reach a power point, then obtain an appropriate safety approved extension lead or consult your dealer. If there is no alter native to cutting off the mains plug, ensure that you dispose of it immediately, having first removed the fuse to avoid a possible shock hazard by inadver tent connection to the mains supply.

IMPORTANT

The wires in the mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following code: Blue = Neutral, Brown = Live As these colours may not correspond with the coloured marking identifying the terminals in your plug,

proceed as follows: The wire coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter N or coloured BLUE or BLACK.The wire coloured BROWN must be connected to the terminal marked with the letter L or coloured BROWN or RED. On no account connect either of these wires to the terminal marked E or by the earth symbol or coloured green or green and yellow.

CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT KLASSE1 LASER PRODUKT LUOKAN 1 LASER LAITE KLASS 1 LASER APPARAT PRODUCTO LASER CLASE1

• The POWER/STANDBY button located on the front of the DVD player switches the DVD player on and off.

• The POWER/STANDBY button is labelled “ ”, this button allows you to select operate on or electrical power standby.

• The POWER/STANDBY button is secondarily connected and does not separate the apparatus from the mains supply in the switched-off position.

Precautions

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this DVD player to rain or moisture.

CAUTION

THIS PRODUCT UTILIZES A LASER.USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE. DO NOT OPEN COVER AND DO NOT REPAIR YOURSELF. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.

Notes:

･ This unit can be used only where the power supply is AC 230V, 50Hz.It cannot be

used elsewhere.

･ This DVD player is designed and manufactured to respond to the Region Management

Information. If the Region number of a DVD disc does not correspond to the Region number of this DVD player, this DVD player cannot play the disc.

･ This device is protected by U.S. patent numbers 4,631,603 and 4,577,216 and

4,819,098 and other intellectual property rights.The use of Macrovision's copy protection technology in the device must be authorized by Macrovision and is intended for home and other limited pay-per-view uses only, unless otherwise authorized in writing by Macrovision.Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

Precautions

･ Before connecting other components to this player, be sure to turn them all off. ･ Do not move the player while a disc is being played, or the disc may be scratched or

broken, and the player's internal parts may be damaged.

･ Do not install the player on top of a heat producing device.When installing in a cabinet,

place the player below the amplifier or any other heat producing audio devices, as far as possible (but in a dust free spot).

･ Do not put a flower vase filled with water or any small metal objects on the player. ･ Be careful not to put your hand into the disc tray. ･ Do not place anything other than the disc in the disc tray. ･ Exterior interference such as lightning and static electricity can affect normal operation

of this player .If this occurs, turn the player off and on again with the “ (POWER/STANDBY) button, or disconnect and then reconnect the AC power cord to the AC power outlet.The player will operate normally.

･ Be sure to remove the disc and turn off the player after use. ･ Disconnect the AC power cord from the AC outlet when you don't intend to use the

player for long periods of time.

･ Clean the disc by wiping in a straight line from the inside to the outside of the disc.

Disc Storage

Be careful not to harm the disc because the data on these discs is highly vulnerable to the environment.

･ Do not keep under direct sunlight. ･ Keep in a cool ventilated area. ･ Store vertically. ･ Keep in a clean protection jacket.

Maintenance of Cabinet

For safety reasons, be sure to disconnect the AC power cord from the AC outlet.

･ Do not use benzene, thinner, or other solvents for cleaning. ･ Wipe the cabinet with a soft cloth.

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Before You Start

Accessories

Batteries for Remote Control (AA Size)

Remote Control

Install Batteries in the

Remote

Open the battery cover

on the back of the

remote.

Insert two AA batteries.

Make sure that the

polarities (+ and -) are aligned correctly.

Replace the battery

cover.

Formation of condensation

Due to sharp changes in temperature and humidity, condensation may form if warm air comes in contact with any cold parts inside the player. ･ When condensation forms inside the player, the player may not operate correctly. If this

occurs, leave the player at room temperature until the inside of the player becomes dry and operational.

･ If condensation forms on a disc, wipe the disc with a soft and dry cloth by moving the cloth

from the center hole toward the outer edge.

NOTE

･ This remote control can operate other Hitachi DVD players.If you have two DVD players

and wish to operate only the DV-P315E, turn off the other player: If two players placed side by side are turned on, using the remote control will operate the other player as well as the DV-P315E.

If remote doesn't operate

･ Check the polarity + - of the

batteries (Dry-Cell)

･ Check if the batteries are

drained.

･ Check if remote sensor is

blocked by obstacles.

･ Check if there is any

fluorescent lighting nearby.

Video/Audio Cable

properly:

Table of Contents

Try to Play Disc Immediately Identifying Menu Screen General Features Disc Type and Characteristics

Choosing a Connection ･ Connection to an Audio System

Playing a Disc Using the Search and Skip Functions Using Menu Screen on Disc for Playback Using Top Menu Screen on Disc to Play DVD

Using the Disc Navigation Function Selecting the Audio Language Selecting the Subtitle Language

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Description

･ Front Panel

･ Front Panel Display

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･ Tour of the Remote Control ･ Rear Panel

･ Connection to a TV

Using the Display Function Repeat Playback

Program Playback and Random Playback

Changing the Camera Angle

Using the Bookmark Function

Using the Zoom and Surround Functions

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SETUP

CONNEC

TIONS

FUNCTIONS

BASIC

FUNCTIONS

ADVANCED

Using the Setup Menu Setting Up the Language Features Setting Up the Parental Control

Troubleshooting Guide

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Setting Up the Display Options

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42 Specifications

Setting Up the Audio Options

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SETUP MENU

CHANGING

REFERENCE

S-VIDEO

SCART

VIDEO OUT SELECT

AV (TV)

VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO OUT

MIXED AUDIO OUT

OPTICAL COAXIAL

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT

Video/Audio Cable

AUDIOINVIDEO

Try to Play Disc Immediately

Connection to a TV

Try to Play Disc Immediately

To Play

Press the

OPEN/CLOSE button.

･ The power will be on and the tray

will come out.

Place a disc.

･ Place the disc along the guides with

the label side up.

Press the PLAY/PAUSE

button.

･ The tray will close and playback will

begin.

To terminate

Press the STOP button.

･ The playback will terminate.

Press the

OPEN/CLOSE button.

･ The tray will come out.

SETUP

Take out the disc.

Press the

POWER/STANDBY button.

･ The tray will close and the power

will be off

ENTER

RETURN

ENTER

RETURN

ENTER

RETURN

ENTER

RETURN

ENTER

RETURN

Identifying Menu Screens

Set a disc (DVD, VCD or CD), and press the STOP button to set the player to the stop mode.Then press the SETUP button on remote control.

PLAYER MENU LANGUAGE

1 English 2 Français 3 Deutsch 4 Español 5 Italiano 6 Nederlands

1 Player Menu English 2 Disc Menu English 3 Audio English 4 Subtitle Automatic 5 Parental Unlocked 6 Audio Options 7 Display Options

RETURN

SETUP MENU

ENTER

DISC MENU LANGUAGE

1 English 2 Français 3 Deutsch 4 Español 5 Italiano 6 Nederlands 7 Others

AUDIO LANGUAGE

1 English 2 Français 3 Deutsch 4 Español 5 Italiano 6 Nederlands 7 Original 8 Others

SUBTITLE LANGUAGE

1 Automatic 2 English 3 Français 4 Deutsch 5 Español 6 Italiano 7 Nederlands 8 Others

PARENTAL CONTROL

1 Use Password No

RETURN

Identifying Menu Screens

ENTER

RETURN

ENTER

RETURN

PRESS 0-9

RETURN

PRESS 0-9

RETURN

PRESS 0-9

RETURN

PARENTAL CONTROL

1 Use PasswordYes 2 Rating Level 1 3 Change Password

AUDIO OPTIONS

1 Dolby Digital Out PCM 2 MPEG-2 Digital Out PCM 3 DTS Off 4 Dynamic Compression Off 5 2X Scan Audio Off

DISPLAY OPTIONS

1 TV Aspect 4:3 L-Box 2 Still Mode Auto 3 Screen Messages On 4 Front Display Bright 5 Black Level Off 6 Quasi PAL On 7 SCART Output RGB

RETURN

TV ASPECT

1 4:3 Letter Box 2 4:3 Pan-Scan 3 16:9 Wide

ENTER

CREATE PASSWORD

Enter Password

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RETURN

PRESS 0-9

CREATE PASSWORD

Re-enter Password

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RATING LEVEL

Level 8 Adult Level 7 Level 6 Level 5 Level 4 Level 3 Level 2 Level 1 Kids Safe

RETURN

CHANGE PASSWORD

Enter New Password

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ENTER

SETUP

CHANGE PASSWORD

Re-enter New Password

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General Features

Disc Navigation

You can view the first picture of each title chapter(DVD) or track(VCD).

Excellent Sound

The Dolby Digital system developed by Dolby Labs provides crystal clear sound reproduction.

Screen

Video with MPEG-2 compression technology. Both regular and widescreen(16:9) pictures can be viewed.

Slow Motion

An important scene can be viewed in slow motion.

Program Playback

You can program Chapter/Track to play in desired order.

Parental Control

The parental control allows users to set the level necessary to prohibit children from viewing harmful movies such as those with violence, adult subject matter, etc.

Various On-Screen Menu Functions

You can select various languages(Audio/Subtitle) and screen angles while enjoying movies.

Repeat

You can repeat a song or movie simply by pressing the REPEAT button.

DV-P315E

Copy Protection

･ Many DVD discs are encoded with copy protection.Because of this, you should only

connect your DVD player directly to your TV,not to a VCR. Connecting to a VCR results in a distorted picture from copy-protected DVD discs.

･ This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by methods

claims of certain U.S.patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation.Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

Disc Type and Characteristics

This DVD player is capable of playing the following types of discs with the corresponding logos:

Disc Types

(Logos)

Recording

Types

Disc Size

DVD

12 cm

Audio

Video

8 cm

VIDEO-CD

Audio

Video

AUDIO-CD

Audio

*DO NOT play CD-ROM, CD-I, CD-R and DVD-ROM in this player!

(CDGs play audio only, not graphics.)

12 cm

8 cm

12 cm

8 cm

Max.

Playing

Time

Single-sided

242 min.

Double-sided

484 min.

Single-sided

75 min.

Double-sided

150 min.

74 min.

20 min.

74 min.

20 min.

Characteristics

SETUP

･ DVD contains excellent

sound and video due to Dolby Digital and MPEG-2 system.

･ Various screen and audio

functions can be easily selected through the onscreen menu.

･ Video with CD sound,

VHS quality & MPEG-1 compression technology.

･ An LP is recorded as an

analog signal with more distortion. CD is recorded as a Digital Signal with better audio quality, less distortion and less deterioration of audio quality over time.

Disc Markings

STEREO

･ Stereo

disc

･ Playback

Region Number

PAL

･ PAL broadcast

system in U.K, Germany, etc.

･ Dolby

Digital disc

Playback Region Number

Both the DVD player and the discs are coded by region.These regional codes must match in order for the disc to play.If the codes do not match, the disc will not play.

The Region Number for this player is described on the rear panel of the player.

DIGITAL SOUND

･ Digital

Audio disc

･ DTS disc

Description-Front Panel

Front Panel Controls

(POWER/STANDBY)

･ When the unit is first plugged in, the indicator lights.When (POWER/STANDBY) is

pressed, the lamp goes out and the player is turned on.

DISC TRA Y

･ Press OPEN/CLOSE to open and close the disc tray.

DISPLAY

･ Operation indicators are displayed here.

OPEN/CLOSE

･ Press to open and close the disc tray.

(PLAY/PAUSE)

･ Begin or pause disc play.

(STOP)

･ Stops disc play.

･ Use to skip a scene or music. ･ If this button is held down for approx.two seconds, it will switch to the search button:

Thereafter, each time the button is pressed, the search speed will switch to 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X, 128X, after which SKIP will be restored.

(SKIP/SEARCH)

Front Panel Display

You can now select different viewing points of the scene recorded by different cameras (Multi Angle). Disc type indicators Reverse playback / Pause / Forward playback Lights when 3D sound is turned on. DVD :Title number DVD :Chapter number. Video/Audio CD :Track number Repeat play mode Linear PCM audio output PAL indicator Dolby Digital audio output DTS (Digital Theater System) audio output(Digital only) MPEG-2 Audio output Displays various messages concerning operations such as PLAY, STOP, LOAD, RANDOM, ...

no DISC : No disc loaded. OPEN : The disc tray is open. LOAD : Player is loading disc information.

SETUP

Tour of the Remote Control

Approx. 7m

30 30

How to handle the remote control

･Operate the remote control within the following area, in a straight line from the signal

detecting eye of the player and an angle of 30º.

Tour of the Remote Control

DVD Function Buttons

POWER/STANDBY Button

･ Turns the player on and off.

A-B REPEAT Button

･ Marks a segment to repeat between A and B.

REPEAT Button

･ Allows you to repeat play a title, chapter, track, or disc.

MODE Button

･ Allows you to program a specific order.

RETURN Button

･ Returns to a previous menu.

ANGLE Button

･ Accesses various camera angles on a disc.

SUBTITLE Button

･ Accesses various subtitles on a disc.

MENU Button

･ Brings up the Menu on a disc.

ENTER/DIRECTION Button (UP/DOWN or LEFT/RIGHT Button) DISC NAVIGATION Button

･ To view the first picture of each chapter(DVD) or track(VCD).

STEP Button

･ Advances playback one frame at a time.

STOP Button

･ To stop playback.

SEARCH Buttons

･ Allows you to search forward/backward through a disc.

SURROUND Button

･ To activate the 3D sound.

BOOKMARK Button

･ To rapidly return to a location of disc.

OPEN/CLOSE Button

･ To open or close the disc tray.

NUMBER Buttons ZOOM Button

･ To magnify part of picture.

CLEAR Button

･ Removes menus or status displays from the screen.

DISPLAY Button

･ Displays the current disc mode.

AUDIO Button

･ Accesses various audio functions on a disc.

TOP MENU Button

･ Brings up the Top Menu on a disc.

SETUP Button

･ Brings up the DVD player's Setup menu.

SKIP Buttons

･ Skip the, Chapter, or Track.

PLAY/PAUSE Button

･ Begin/Pause disc play.

SETUP

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