LG HLT55W-F2 Owner’s Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

ENGLISH

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中文

REAL 5.1 CH
DVD SOUND BAR

Please read this manual carefully before operating
your set and retain it for future reference.

MODEL

HLT55W (HLT55W, SHT55-S/D)

P/NO : MFL65899781

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Safety Information

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Safety Information

Safety Information

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO USER­SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO
QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

This lightning ash with arrowhead
symbol within an equilateral triangle is
intended to alert the user to the presence
of uninsulated dangerous voltage within
the product’s enclosure that may be of
sucient magnitude to constitute a risk of
electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral
triangle is intended to alert the user to
the presence of important operating and
maintenance (servicing) instructions in the
literature accompanying the product.

WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK
HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS PRODUCT TO RAIN
OR MOISTURE.

WARNING: Do not install this equipment in a
conned space such as a book case or similar unit.

CAUTION: The apparatus shall not be exposed to
water (dripping or splashing) and no objects lled
with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the
apparatus.

CAUTION concerning the Power Cord

Most appliances recommend they be placed upon a
dedicated circuit;

That is, a single outlet circuit which powers only
that appliance and has no additional outlets or
branch circuits. Check the specication page of this
owner’s manual to be certain. Do not overload wall
outlets. Overloaded wall outlets, loose or damaged
wall outlets, extension cords, frayed power cords, or
damaged or cracked wire insulation are dangerous.
Any of these conditions could result in electric
shock or re. Periodically examine the cord of your
appliance, and if its appearance indicates damage
or deterioration, unplug it, discontinue use of the
appliance, and have the cord replaced with an exact
replacement part by an authorized service center.
Protect the power cord from physical or mechanical
abuse, such as being twisted, kinked, pinched, closed
in a door, or walked upon. Pay particular attention
to plugs, wall outlets, and the point where the cord
exits the appliance. To disconnect power from the
mains, pull out the mains cord plug. When installing
the product, ensure that the plug is easily accessible.

CAUTION: This product employs a Laser System.
To ensure proper use of this product, please read
this owner’s manual carefully and retain it for future
reference. Shall the unit require maintenance,
contact an authorized service center.

Use of controls, adjustments or the performance of
procedures other than those specied herein may
result in hazardous radiation exposure.

To prevent direct exposure to laser beam, do not try
to open the enclosure. Visible laser radiation when
open. DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

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Safety Information

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WARNING: Do not install this equipment in a
conned space such as a book case or similar unit.

CAUTION: Do not block any ventilation openings.
Install in accordance with the manufacturer's
instructions.

Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for
ventilation and to ensure reliable operation of the
product and to protect it from overheating.
The openings should be never be blocked by placing
the product on a bed, sofa, rug or other similar
surface. This product should not be placed in a built­in installation such as a bookcase or rack unless
proper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer's
instruction have been adhered to.

This device is equipped with a portable battery or
accumulator.

Safe way to remove the battery or the battery
from the equipment:

Remove the old battery pack, follow the steps
in reverse order than the assembly. To prevent
contamination of the environment and bring on
possible threat to human and animal health, the
old battery or the battery put in the appropriate
container at designated collection points. Do not
dispose of batteries or battery together with other
waste. It is recommended that you use local, free
reimbursement system batteries and accumulators.

The battery shall not be exposed to excessive heat
such as sunshine, re or the like.

Copyrights

It is forbidden by law to copy, broadcast, show,
broadcast via cable, play in public, or rent
copyrighted material without permission. This
product features the copy protection function
developed by Macrovision. Copy protection signals
are recorded on some discs. When recording and
playing the pictures of these discs picture noise
will appear. This product incorporates copyright
protection technology that is protected by U.S.
patents and other intellectual property rights. Use
of this copyright protection technology must be
authorized by Macrovision, and is intended for home
and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise
authorized by Macrovision. Reverse engineering or
disassembly is prohibited.

CONSUMERS SHOULD NOTE THAT NOT ALL HIGH
DEFINITION TELEVISION SETS ARE FULLY COMPATIBLE
WITH THIS PRODUCT AND MAY CAUSE ARTIFACTS
TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE PICTURE. IN CASE OF 525
OR 625 PROGRESSIVE SCAN PICTURE PROBLEMS,
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE USER SWITCH THE
CONNECTION TO THE ‘STANDARD DEFINITION
’ OUTPUT. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING
OUR TV SET COMPATIBILITY WITH THIS MODEL 525p
AND 625p UNIT, PLEASE CONTACT OUR CUSTOMER
SERVICE CENTER.

You have to set the disc format option to [Mastered]
in order to make the discs compatible with the LG
players when formatting rewritable discs. When
setting the option to Live File System, you cannot
use it on LG players.

(Mastered/ Live File System : Disc format system for
Windows Vista)

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Safety Information

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4 Contents

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Contents

Safety Information

2 CAUTION

Preparation

6 Unique Features

6 Accessories

7 Introduction

7 Playable Discs

7 About the  Symbol Display

7 Symbol Used in this Manual

7 Regional Codes

8 Playable file Requirement

9 Remote control

20 Optional Equipment Connection

20 AUX In Connection

20 AUDIO (PORT. IN) In

Connection

20 Listening to music from your

portable player or external

device

21 USB Connection

22 OPTICAL In connection

22 Antenna Connection

23 Adjust the setup settings

23 OSD Initial language settings

23 To display and exit the Setup

menu

24 Language

24 Display

25 Audio

26 Lock (Parental Control)

27 Others

11 Front panel

12 Rear panel

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Installation

13 Mounting the main unit on a

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15 Attaching the speakers

15 Setting up

17 Connections to Your TV

17 HDMI Out Connection

18 Video Connection

19 Resolution Setting

19 Video Output Resolution

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wall

Operation

28 Using the Home Menu

28 Basic Operations

29 Other Operations

29 Displaying Disc Information on-

screen

30 To display the DVD Menu

30 To display the DVD title

30 1.5 times speed playback

30 Screen Saver

30 Starting play from selected

time

30 Resume playback

5Contents

31 Marked Playback

31 Changing subtitle code page

32 Viewing a PHOTO file

32 Options while viewing a photo

33 Sleep Timer Setting

33 Turn off the sound temporarily

33 Last Scene Memory

33 System Select - Optional

33 Adjust the speaker level

settings

33 VOCAL FADER

34 Radio Operations

34 Listening to the radio

34 Presetting the Radio Stations

34 Deleting all the saved stations

34 Deleting a saved station

34 Improving poor FM reception

35 Sound adjustment

35 Setting the surround mode

36 Advanced Operations

36 Recording to USB

Appendix

39 Language Codes

40 Area Codes

41 Trademarks and Licenses

42 Specifications

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Maintenance

37 Notes on Discs

37 Handling the Unit

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Troubleshooting

38 Troubleshooting

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6 Preparation

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Preparation

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Unique Features

Preparation

Portable In

Listens to music from your portable device.
(MP3, Notebook, etc)

USB Direct Recording

Records music from CD to your USB device.

Full HD up-scaling

Views Full HD picture quality with simple setup.

Home Theater Speaker ez
Setup

Listens to sound from TV, DVD and Digital
device with vivid 5.1 (2.1 or 2.0) ch mode.

Accessories

Remote control (1) Batteries (2)

FM antenna (1) Speaker cables (2)

WALL BRACKET
INSTALL GUIDE (1)

Unit brackets (2) Screws (4)

Wall bracket (1)

Please check and identify the supplied
accessories.

Video cable (1) HDMI cable (1)

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7Preparation

Introduction

Playable Discs

This unit plays DVD±R/RW and CD-R/RW that
contains audio titles, DivX, MP3, WMA and/or
JPEG les. Some DVD±RW/DVD±R or CD­RW/CD-R cannot be played on this unit due to
the recording quality or physical condition of
the disc, or the characteristics of the recording
device and authoring software.

DVD-VIDEO (8 cm / 12 cm disc)
Discs such as movies that can be
purchased or rented.

DVD±R (8 cm / 12 cm disc)
Video mode and nalized only

DVD-RW (8 cm / 12 cm disc)
Video mode and nalized only

DVD+R: Video mode only
Supports the double layer disc
also

DVD+RW (8 cm / 12 cm disc)
Video mode and nalized only

Audio CD: Music CDs or CD-R/CD­RW in music CD format that can
be purchased.

About the  Symbol Display

“  ” may appear on your TV display during
operation and indicates that the function
explained in this owner’s manual is not
available on that disc.

Symbol Used in this Manual

All discs and le listed below

MP3 les

DVD and nalized DVD±R/RW

WMA les

DivX les

Audio CDs

JPG les

NOTE

Indicates special notes and operating features.

TIP

Indicates tip and hints for making the task
easier.

CAUTION

Indicates cautions for preventing possible
damages from abuse.

ALL

MP3

DVD

WMA

DivX

ACD

JPG

Regional Codes

This unit has a regional code printed on the
rear of the unit. This unit can play only DVD
discs labeled same as the rear of the unit or
“ALL”.

• Most DVD discs have a globe with one or
more numbers in it clearly visible on the
cover. This number must match your unit’s
regional code or the disc cannot play.

• If you try to play a DVD with a dierent
regional code from your unit, the message
“Check Regional Code” appears on the TV
screen.

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Preparation

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8 Preparation

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Playable file
Requirement

MP3/ WMA music file requirement

MP3/ WMA le compatibility with this unit is
limited as follows :

Preparation

• Sampling frequency : within 32 to 48 kHz
(MP3), within 32 to 48 kHz (WMA)

• Bit rate : within 32 to 320 kbps (MP3),
40 to 192 kbps (WMA)

• Support Version : v2, v7, v8, v9

• Maximum les : Under 999

• File extensions : “.mp3”/ “.wma”

• CD-ROM le format : ISO9660/ JOLIET

• We recommend that you use Easy-CD
Creator, which creates an ISO 9660 le
system.

Photo file requirement

Photo le compatibility with this unit is limited
as follows :

• Max pixel in width : 2760 x 2048 pixel

• Maximum les : Under 999

• Some discs may not operate due to a
dierent recording format or the condition
of disc.

• File extensions: “.jpg”

• CD-ROM le format : ISO9660/ JOLIET

DivX file requirement

DivX le compatibility with this unit is limited
as follows :

• Available resolution: within 720x576 (W x H)
pixels.

• The le name of the DivX subtitle should be
entered within 45 characters.

• If there is impossible code to express in the
DivX le, it may be displayed as " _ " mark
on the display.

• Frame rate : less than 30 fps.

• If the video and audio structure of recorded
les is not interleaved, either video or audio
is outputted.

• Playable DivX le : ".avi", ".mpg", ".mpeg",
".divx"

• Playable Subtitle format : SubRip (*.srt/
*.txt), SAMI (*.smi), SubStation Alpha (*.ssa/
*.txt), MicroDVD (*.sub/ *.txt), SubViewer 2.0
(*.sub/ *.txt), Vobsub (*.sub)

• Playable Codec format : "DIVX3.xx", "DIVX4.
xx", "DIVX5.xx", "MP4V3", "3IVX".

• Playable Audio format : "AC3", "PCM", "MP3",
"WMA".

• Sampling frequency : within 32 to 48 kHz
(MP3), within 32 to 48 kHz (WMA)

• Bit rate : within 32 to 320 kbps (MP3), 40 to
192 kbps (WMA)

• For Discs formatted in Live le system, you
can not it on this unit.

• If the name of movie le is dierent from
that of the subtitle le, during playback of a
DivX le, subtitle may not be display.

• If you play a DivX le dierent from
DivXspec, it may not operate normally.

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Remote control

Remote control

OPEN / RADIO &

a

b

c

d

e

TUNING

f

g

CLOSE INPUT

CLEAR

SCAN SKIPSKIP

MONO/STEREO

SPEAKER
LEVEL

VOL

SOUND
EFFECT

HOME HOME

PRESET

ENTER

PRESET

TITLE

RETURN

MIC VOL ECHO VOL

SLEEP

MARKER

VOL

AV / INPUT

VOL

REPEAT

OPTICAL

MUTE

DISC MENU

REC

VOCAL FADER

PR/CH

PR/CH

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RADIO&INPUT: Changes input sources.

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0 to 9 numerical buttons : Selects numbered
options in a menu.

CLEAR : Removes a number when setting the
password.

REPEAT : Selects a play mode. (Repeat/

Repeat all/ Random)

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Preparation

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SKIP : Goes to next or previous

chapter/ track/ le.

SCAN :

m/M

(STOP) : Stops playback or recording.

x

(PLAY), MONO/STEREO : Starts playback.

B

Searches backward or forward.

Selects Mono/ Stereo.

(PAUSE/STEP) : Pauses playback.

X

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SPEAKER LEVEL: Sets the sound level of
desired speaker.

TUNING

SOUND EFFECT: Selects a sound eect mode.

VOL -/+ (Volume) : Adjusts speaker volume.

OPTICAL: Changes input source to optical

directly.

MUTE : Mutes the sound.

Put the batteries into the remote control

Make sure for the + (plus) and – (minus) on
the batteries to be matched on the remote
control.

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(POWER) : Switches the unit ON or OFF.

1

OPEN/CLOSE : Opens and closes the disc

Z

Drawer.

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10 Preparation

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Remote control

OPEN / RADIO &
CLOSE INPUT

a

b

Preparation

c

d

e

f

g

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CLEAR

SCAN SKIPSKIP

MONO/STEREO

SPEAKER
LEVEL

VOL

SOUND
EFFECT

HOME HOME

PRESET

ENTER

TUNING

PRESET

TITLE

RETURN

MIC VOL ECHO VOL

SLEEP

MARKER

VOL

AV / INPUT

VOL

DISC MENU

REPEAT

OPTICAL

MUTE

REC

VOCAL FADER

PR/CH

PR/CH

TUNING -/+ : Tunes in the desired radio station.

ENTER : Acknowledges menu selection.



Presetting the radio stations.

RETURN : Moves backwards in the menu

O

or exits the setup menu.

TITLE : If the current DVD title has a menu, the
title menu appears on the screen. Otherwise,
the disc menu may not appear.

DISC MENU : Accesses the menu on a DVD
disc.

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ECHO VOL -/+ : Adjusts echo volume.

MIC VOL -/+ : Adjusts microphone volume.

MARKER : Marks play list.

SLEEP : Sets the System to turn o

automatically at a specied time.

REC : USB Direct Recording.

TUNING

z

VOCAL FADER : You can enjoy the function as
karaoke, by reducing singer vocal of music in
the various source.

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TV Control buttons : Controls the TV. (LG TV
only)

Controlling the TV

You can control the sound level, input
source, and power switching of LG TVs as
well. Hold POWER (TV) and press PR/CH
(U/u) button repeatedly until the TV turns
on or o.

HOME: Displays the [Home] menu.

INFO/DISPLAY : Accesses On-Screen

Display.

U/u/I/i

(up/ down/ left/ right): Used to

navigate on-screen displays.

PRESET (

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) : Selects programme of Radio.

+/-

Front panel

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ABC

Microphone

A

PORT. IN

B

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USB Port

C



Touch buttons

D

•

1

STANDBY/ON

(PLAY / PAUSE)

i||

•

FUNC. ( )
Press and hold down this button for
about 3 seconds, then press repeatedly
to select other function.

•

- VOL +
Adjusts speaker volume.

•

s

(STOP)

•
Ejects or inserts disc.

Touch the blue or red LED button to operate
the unit.

D E



Disc slot

E

CAUTION

Precautions in using the touch buttons

• Do not press the touch buttons hard to make it
work.

- If you apply too much strength, it can damage

the sensor of the touch buttons.

• Touch the button that you want to work in order
to operate the function correctly.

• Be careful not to have any conductive material
such as metallic object on the touch buttons. It
can cause malfunctions.

• Be careful not to have any conductive material
such as metallic object on the touch buttons. It
can cause malfunctions.

2

Preparation

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12 Preparation

Rear panel

E

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Preparation

Antenna Connector

A



AUX IN (L/R)

B



VIDEO OUT

C



HDMI OUT

D



OPTICAL IN

E

A

B

C

D

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3
Installation

13Installation

Mounting the main unit on a
wall

You can mount the main unit on a wall.
Prepare screws and brackets supplied.

Preperation

Unit

Wall bracket

1. Match the TV BOTTOM LINE of WALL
BRACKET INSTALL GUIDE with the bottom
of TV and attach to the position.

Step 1

Unit bracket

WALL BRACKET
INSTALL GUIDE

Screws

2. When you mount it on a wall (concrete), use
the wall plugs (Not supplied). You should
drill some holes. A guide sheet (WALL
BRACKET INSTALL GUIDE) is supplied to drill.
Use the sheet to check the point to drill.

Step 2

NOTE

Screws and Wall Plugs are not supplied for
mounting the unit. We recommend the Hilti (HUD­1 6 x 30) for the mounting. Please purchase it.

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Installation

TV

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