Kodak PDV-70X User Manual

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PDV-70X

7" Portable DVD Player

User’s Manual

UP MODE DOWN

SETUP

PLAY/PAUSE

TITLE

STOP

VIDEO

PUSH

POWER

ENTER

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Protron PDV-70X Portable DVD Player User’s Manual.

Under copyright law, this manual may not be reproduced in any form, in whole or in part, without the prior written consent of Protron Digital Corporation.

Disclaimer

Protron Digital Corporation has reviewed this manual and provides it only as a guide to operation. All statements, technical information, and recommendations in this manual and in any guides or related documents are believed reliable, but the accuracy and completeness thereof are not guaranteed or warranted, and they are not intended to be, nor should they be understood to be, representations or warranties concerning the products described.

Specifications are subject to change without notice.

Protron Digital Corporation 2133 S. Green Privado Ontario, CA 91761

Printed in China

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Product Cautions

TO PREVENT POSSIBLE DANGER, ELECTRIC SHOCK, AND INJURY WHEN HANDLING YOUR PORTABLE DVD PLAYER, PLEASE BE AWARE OF ALL WARNINGS AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS LISTED BELOW.

Never spill any liquid of any kind on the device.

Never insert anything into the device, where objects can come into contact with high voltage nodes or damage internal components.

Do not attempt to service the device yourself. Opening or removing covers exposes high voltage nodes and other hazards. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel.

Before cleaning the device, turn it off, unplug it from the wall, and remove the battery. Use a damp cloth for cleaning. Never use liquid or aerosol cleaners.

To prevent overheating and ensure reliable operation, place the device only in a well ventilated location. Avoid cramped or inadequately ventilated locations.

Note: Read all safety and operating instructions before operating your new

portable DVD player.

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Conformity and Compliance

FCC Compliance Statement

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 when the equipment is operated 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 (this can be determined by turning the device 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 the receiver.

• Connect the equipment to 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.

Caution:

To comply with the limits for an FCC Class B computing device, the user should use the shielded signal cable and power cord supplied with the unit. The FCC warns that changes or modifications of the unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

Radio Frequency Interference Statement

Warning:

This is a Class B product. In a domestic environment this product may cause radio interference, in which case the user may be required to take adequate measures.

UL Mark and Statement

This device is a UL Listed product. UL has found that representative samples of this product met UL's safety requirements.

Canadian DOC Notice for Class B Computing Devices

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from a digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.

CE Mark and Declaration of Conformity

This device complies with the requirements of related European standards, which include the following:

• Emission: EN 55022, EN 61000-3-2, EN 61000-3-3

• Immunity: EN 50082-1

Safety: EN 60950 Low-Voltage Directive (73/23/EEC)

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Table of Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Unpacking Your New DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Operating the Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Turning the Player On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Inserting a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Adjusting the Volume. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using Headphones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Adjusting Color Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Bringing Up the On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Accessing the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Playing DVDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

The On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Navigating Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Controlling Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Searching to a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Repeating Chapters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Programming Playback Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Playing Video CDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

The On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Navigating Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Controlling Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Searching to a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Repeating Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Programming Playback Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Playing Audio CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Controlling Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Searching to a Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Repeating Tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Programming Playback Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Playing Kodak Picture CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

The On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Controlling Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Navigating Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Transforming Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Enabling Slideshow Transition Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Repeating Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Programming Playback Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Playing Media on Data CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The On-Screen Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Using the Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Controlling Audio File Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Controlling Image File Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Controlling Video File Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Repeating Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Programming Playback Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Using the Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Replacing the Remote Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Configuring the Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

System Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Language Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Audio Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Video Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Using the Player in a Vehicle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connecting Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Attaching to a Seatback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Connecting the Player to Other Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting to a Separate Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Connecting to a Peripheral Audio System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Using the Battery Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Connecting the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Disconnecting the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Charging the Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Support Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Audio/Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Battery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Limited Warranty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Introduction

Congratulations on purchasing your new Protron Portable DVD Player!

With a large 7" screen and over two and a half hours of battery life, your new player allows you to watch movies on the road, in the air—anywhere. In addition, it can play music and photo CDs so you can listen to music or browse photo albums wherever you are.

Audio and video outputs allow you to connect your player to a television and/ or stereo system for the highest audio and video quality. A car power adapter allows you to use your player on the road for as long as you want.

Features

• Large 7" screen

• Fully compatible with DVD±RW, Audio CD, MP3 CD, Video CD, Super

Video CD, Kodak Picture CD, CD-ROM, CD-R, and CD-RW media

• Superlative error correction

• Displays JPEGs stored on data CDs

• 10-bit, 525-line digital video converter

• 24-bit, 96kHz digital audio converters for high fidelity sound

• Dolby Digital surround sound

• Composite video output

• Digital coaxial audio output

• Stereo audio output

• Headphones output

• Dual earphones with earphones splitter

• 3 languages: English, Spanish, and French

• 32 DVD subtitle channels supported

• Multi-angle video playback

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Unpacking Your New DVD Player

Before using your new portable DVD player, you should unpack the contents of the box and check to make sure everything is present and undamaged.

To unpack the player:

1. Open the box. Remove the carrying case, which holds the player in one pocket and the accessories in the other.

2. Open the carrying case and remove the player and accessories.

3. Open the player and peel the protective plastic cover from the screen.

4. Check to ensure the accessories indicated below are included. If any items are missing or damaged, contact the seller immediately.

DC Power Adapter Power Cord Battery

Car Power Adapter Audio Cable Video Cable Remote Control

Splitter

EarphonesEarphones

5. Open the disc receptacle by pressing the OPEN button, remove the paper laser protector, then close the receptacle.

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6. Pull the plastic tab out of the battery slot on

the remote.

7. Attach the battery to the rear of the player:

Line up the four tabs on the battery with the four corresponding slots on the player, drop the tabs into the slots, then slide the battery toward the front of the display.

Unpacking Your New DVD Player

8. Connect one end of the power cord

to a wall socket, and the other end to the power adapter.

9. Connect the power adapter to the

IN 12V jack on the side of the player. The CHARGE INDICATION light on the battery should come on, indicating that the battery is charging.

IN 12V

ON OFF

DC IN 12 V

COAXIAL AUDIO VIDEO PHONE

VOL

OUT

POWER

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Operating the Player

UP MODE DOWN

SETUP

PLAY/PAUSE

TITLE

STOP

VIDEO

PUSH

POWER

Power Light

ENTER

Remote Control Receiver

Turning the Player On and Off

Once a charged battery is attached to the player or the player is attached to a power outlet with the power adapter, turn the player on and off by sliding the POWER switch on the left side of the player to the appropriate position.

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Inserting a Disc

The receptacle for DVDs and CDs is located directly beneath the screen.

To insert a disc:

1. Press the OPEN button to open the receptacle.

2. Snap the disc onto the spindle in the center.

3. Close the receptacle cover. The player will begin to play the disc.

Adjusting the Volume

The VOL knob on the left side of the player sets the speaker and headphones volume. To adjust the volume, swivel the knob in the appropriate direction.

Operating the Player

Using Headphones

To listen to the audio using

POWER ON OFF

OUT

COAXIAL AUDIO VIDEO PHONE

VOL

headphones, plug them into the PHONE jack on the left side of the player. The speakers will mute when headphones are plugged in.

To use two sets of headphones simultaneously, plug the earphones splitter (shown on page 2) into the PHONE jack, and then plug both sets of headphones into the splitter.

Adjusting Color Settings

You can adjust display color settings with the buttons directly below the player’s screen. There are three color settings: Brightness, Contrast, and Color.

Press the MODE button to cycle through these, and press the DOWN and UP buttons to adjust the selected setting.

To reset the color settings, press MODE until RESET is highlighted and press either DOWN or UP.

The menu will disappear after a few seconds of inactivity.

Bringing Up the On-Screen Display

The On-Screen Display (OSD) gives information about the current disc and playback. To bring up the OSD, press the OSD button on the remote.

Accessing the Setup Menu

The Setup menu allows you to configure the operation of the player. You can change video, audio, and language settings, control access to mature programming, and configure other general display behavior. See “Configuring the Player” on page 23 for more information. To access the Setup menu, press the SETUP button.

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Playing DVDs

DVDs will play upon insertion. The player can perform all standard DVD playback and search functions.

The On-Screen Display

The DVD OSD has two modes:

The first mode (press OSD once) shows the current title, chapter, and playback time.

DVD

The second mode (press OSD a second time) shows the current audio channel, subtitle channel, and camera angle.

TT 2/18 CH 2/40 00 : 00 : 31

1/1ENG 1CH OFF OFF

Press OSD a third time to exit the OSD.

Navigating Menus

When in a DVD menu, use the arrow controls to navigate.

Press ENTER to select an item.

Press MENU to return to the previous menu.

Controlling Playback

Press once to stop the DVD at the current location, and twice to stop the DVD completely.

When the DVD is playing, press to pause it.

When the DVD is paused, press to step forward one frame at a time.

Press to return to the previous chapter.

Press to skip to the next chapter.

Press to fast reverse the DVD. Press to fast forward the DVD. Repeated presses cycle through the speed options: ×2, ×4, ×8, ×20, and normal speed.

Press to play the video at a slower speed. Repeated presses cycle through the speed options: ×1/2, ×1/3, ×1/4, ×1/5, ×1/6, ×1/7, and normal speed.

Press to return to normal play mode or to start playing the DVD again when it is stopped or paused.

Press MENU to return to the last DVD menu.

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Searching to a Location

You can search to a title, chapter, or time on the current disc using the SEARCH button.

To search to a location:

1. Press SEARCH to bring up the Search menu.

2. Use and to select title, chapter, or time.

3. Enter the desired location.

4. Press .

Repeating Chapters

Press REPEAT to cycle through the repeat modes: Off, Chapter, Title, and All. You can repeat an arbitrary section of video using the A-B RPT button.

To repeat an arbitrary selection:

1. Press A-B RPT once. “REPEAT A–” shows to mark the beginning of the

section.

2. Press A-B RPT once more to mark the end of the section. “REPEAT A–B”

will display on the screen.

The section will begin repeating and will continue until you press A-B RPT again.

Playing DVDs

Programming Playback Sequence

The PROGRAM button brings up the Program menu, which allows you to program playback sequence. There are 16 slots available.

To program playback sequence:

1. Press PROGRAM to bring up

the Program menu.

2. Select the first slot using the

arrow controls, and enter the desired title (under the “T” column) and chapter (under the “C” column) numbers using the keypad.

3. Proceed in the same manner

through the next slots until the whole sequence is programmed.

4. Select “PLAY” using the arrow controls and then press to begin playing

back the sequence.

Select “CLEAR” and press to clear the playback sequence and start over.

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Playing Video CDs

Video CDs can contain video or still images such as photos. Your DVD player will play all standard Video CD formats.

Upon insertion, the player will read and begin to play the CD.

If there is a menu on the CD, it will appear, allowing you to navigate through the tracks stored on the CD. Otherwise, the player will begin playing the video back beginning with the first track.

If the CD contains still pictures, the player will display them as a slideshow.

The On-Screen Display

The Video CD OSD displays the current track, mute status, playback control status (PBC—the playback control status determines whether the disc menu is available), repeat mode, and playback time.

VCD

TRK 2/18 PBC 00 : 00 : 31

Navigating Menus

Press and to scroll through menu pages.

To view an item, enter its number on the keypad.

Note: To view an item, the menu page containing the item must be visible

before you enter the item’s number.

Controlling Playback

Press once to stop the disc at the current location, and twice to stop the disc completely.

When the disc is playing, press to pause it.

When the disc is paused, press to step forward one frame at a time.

Press to return to the previous track.

Press to skip to the next track.

Press to fast reverse the video. Press to fast forward the video. Repeated presses cycle through the speed options: ×2, ×4, ×8, ×20, and normal speed.

Press to play the video at a slower speed. Repeated presses cycle through the speed options: ×1/2, ×1/3, ×1/4, ×1/5, ×1/6, ×1/7, and normal speed.

Press to return to normal play mode or to start playing the disc again when it is stopped or paused.

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Searching to a Location

You can search to a track or time on the current disc using the SEARCH button.

To search to a location:

1. Press SEARCH to bring up the Search menu.

2. Use and to select track or time.

3. Enter the desired location.

4. Press .

Repeating Tracks

Press REPEAT to cycle through the repeat modes: Off, Repeat One, and Repeat All. You can repeat an arbitrary section of video using the A-B RPT button.

Note: To repeat tracks on a Video CD, playback control must be off. Press PBC

to turn playback control on and off.

To repeat an arbitrary selection:

1. Press A-B RPT once. “REPEAT A–” shows to mark the beginning of the

section.

2. Press A-B RPT once more to mark the end of the section. “REPEAT A–B”

will display on the screen.

The section will begin repeating and will continue until you press A-B RPT again.

Playing Video CDs

Programming Playback Sequence

The PROGRAM button brings up the Program menu, which allows you to program playback sequence. There are 16 slots available.

To program playback sequence:

1. Press PROGRAM to bring up

the Program menu.

2. Select the first slot using the

arrow controls, and enter the desired track number using the keypad.

3. Proceed in the same manner

through the next slots until the whole sequence is programmed.

4. Select “PLAY” using the arrow controls and then press to begin playing

back the sequence.

Select “CLEAR” and press to clear the playback sequence and start over.

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