LG MDS715-A5U, MDD305-A5U, MDT505-A5U Owner's manual

OWNER’S MANUAL

Mini Hi-Fi System

MODEL

MDS715 (MDS715, MDS715V/S/C/W)
MDT505 (MDT505, MDS505V/W)
MDD305 (MDD305, MDS305V)

P/NO : MFL63284643

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

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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: 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.

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.

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Safety Information

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Safety Information

Safety Information

1

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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4 Contents

Contents

Safety Information

2 CAUTION

3 Copyright

s

Preparation

6 Unique Features

6 Accessorie

s

7 Introductio

n

7 Playable Disc

s

7 About the

 Symbol Display

7 Symbol Used in this Manua

l

7 Regional Code

s

8 Playable file Requiremen

t

9 Remote contro

l

11 Rear pane

l

12 Front pane

l

Installation

14 Attaching the speakers to the unit

15 Positioning the syste

m

16 Connections to Your T

V

16 Component Video Connectio

n

17 Video Connectio

n

17 Optional Equipment Connectio

n

17 AUX In Connectio

n

18 USB Connectio

n

18 Enjoying audio from an external

source and selecting the

function

19 AUDIO (PORT. IN) In

Connection

19 Antenna Connectio

n

20 Adjust the setup setting

s

20 OSD Initial language settings

- Optional

20 To display and exit the Setup

menu

21 Languag

e

21 Displa

y

22 Audi

o

23 Lock (Parental Control

)

24 Other

s

Operation

25 Using the Home Menu

25 Basic Operation

s

25 CD/ USB Operation

s

26 TAPE Operatio

n

27 Other Operation

s

27 Displaying Disc Information on-

screen

27 To display the DVD Menu

27 To display the DVD title

27 Starting play from selected

time

28 Marked Playback

28 Changing subtitle code page

29 AUTO DJ playbac

k

29 Viewing a PHOTO file

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2

3

4

5

6

7

30 Options while viewing a photo

30 Sleep Timer Settin

g

30 Dimme

r

30 Turn off the sound temporaril

y

30 1.5 times speed playback

31 Screen Save

r

31 System Select - Optiona

l

31 Last Scene Memory

31 DEM

O

31 VOCAL FADE

R

32 Radio Operation

s

32 Listening to the radi

o

32 Presetting the Radio Station

s

32 Deleting all the saved station

s

32 Improving poor FM receptio

n

33 Setting the USER E

Q

33 Setting the Cloc

k

33 Using your player as an alarm

clock

34 Sound adjustmen

t

34 Setting the surround mod

e

34 Adjust the speaker level

settings

35 Advanced Operation

s

35 Listening to music from your

portable player or external

device

35 Recording to TAP

E

35 Synchronized Recording from

CD to Tape

36 Recording to US

B

37 Karaoke Basic Playbac

k

38 Reserving the Son

g

39 Karaoke MENU Playbac

k

Maintenance

40 Notes on Discs

40 Handling the Uni

t

Troubleshooting

41 Troubleshooting

Appendix

42 Language Codes

43 Area Code

s

44 Trademarks and License

s

44 Specification

s

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6 Preparation

Preparation

2
Preparation

Unique Features

Portable In

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

USB Direct Recording

Records music to your USB device.

Accessories

Please check and identify the supplied
accessories.

Video cable (1) AM antenna (1)

Remote control (1) Battery (1)

FM antenna (1) Karaoke Disc (1)

ON

Song book (1) Microphone (1)

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7Preparation

Preparation

2

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

ALL

MP3 les

MP3

DVD and nalized DVD±R/RW

DVD

WMA les

WMA

DivX les

DivX

Audio CDs

ACD

JPG les

JPG

NOTE

Indicates special notes and operating features.

CAUTION

Indicates cautions for preventing possible
damages from abuse.

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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8 Preparation

Preparation

Playable file
Requirement

MP3/ WMA music file requirement

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

• 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 : 2 760 x 2 048 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 800 x 600 (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 40 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er from DivXspec, it
may not operate normally.

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Preparation

2

Remote control

Remote control

a

b

c

d

e

f

• • • • • • • • • • a • • • • • • • • •

RADIO&INPUT: Changes input sources.

D.SKIP : Choose a desired disc.

POWER : Switches the unit ON or OFF.

OPEN/CLOSE : Opens and closes the disc

Drawer.

SLEEP : Sets the system to turn o
automatically at a specied time. (Dimmer :
The display window will be darken by half.)

INFO/DISPLAY : Accesses On-Screen

Display.

HOME: Displays the [Home] menu.

DISC MENU : Accesses the menu on a DVD

disc.

• • • • • • • • • •

b

• • • • • • • • •

U/u/I/i

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

navigate on-screen displays.

PRESET (

+/-

) : Selects programmed of Radio.

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

ENTER : Acknowledges menu selection.
Presetting the radio station.

RETURN (O): Moving back wards in the
menu.

TITLE : If the current DVD title has a menu, the
title menu appears on the screen. Otherwise,
the disc menu may appear.

• • • • • • • • • •

c

• • • • • • • • •

STOP (x) : Stops playback or recording.

PLAY (B), MONO/STEREO : Starts playback.

Selects Mono/ Stereo.

PAUSE/STEP (X) : Pauses playback.

KEY CON.(b/#): You can change the key to suit

your vocal range in KARAOKE mode.

TEMPO (-/+): This function enables you to
play fast or slow the music speed in KARAOKE
mode.

SKIP (

./>

) : Goes to next or previous

chapter/ track/ le.

SCAN (m/M) : Searches backward or
forward.

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Preparation

Remote control

a

b

c

d

e

f

• • • • • • • • • • d • • • • • • • • •

AUTO DJ : Selects the AUTO DJ mode. (For
more information refer to the page 29)

SOUND EFFECT: Selects a sound eect mode.

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

SPEAKER LEVEL: Sets the sound level of

desired speaker.

MUTE : Mutes the sound.

Put the battery into the remote control.

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

• • • • • • • • • • e • • • • • • • • •

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

MARKER/SHADOW: Marks play list. It will be
highlighted by background shadow.

REPEAT : Selects a play mode. (Repeat/
Random)

: Adjusts man's or woman's key in the

karaoke mode.

• • • • • • • • • •

f

• • • • • • • • •

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 (T V) and press PR/CH (

U/u

) button

repeatedly until the TV turns on or o.

REC (z) : USB Direct Recording.

CLEAR : Removes a radio saved station or a

number when setting the password.

MIC VOL(+/ - ): Adjusts microphone volume.

ECHO VOL(+/ - ): Adjusts echo volume.

VOCAL FADER: You can enjoy the function as

karaoke, by reducing singer vocal of music in
the various source.

RESERVATION: The melody number is
reserved.

: This button is not available.

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Preparation

2

a

Speaker terminal

MDT 505 Speaker terminal

MDD 305 Speaker terminal

b

Cooling fan

c

VIDEO OUT connector

d

ANTENNA (FM, AM)

e

OUT PUT (COMPONENT VIDEO) connector

f

IN PUT (AUX) connector

g

Power cord.

Rear panel

a

b

c

f

e

d

g

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12 Preparation

Preparation

Front panel

b

c

d

e
f

a

i

k

j

u

h

g

t

s

r

q
p
o

n

l

m

29

v

y

27

w

z

28

x

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13Preparation

Preparation

2

a

Disc tray

b

1/ )

(Power)

c

Display window

d

TIMER

With the TIMER function you can turn CD,
USB play and TUNER reception on or o at
a desired time.

e

CLOCK
For setting the clock and checking the
time.

f

USER EQ
Controls sound register.

g

LG SOUND EFFECT

You can select a Natural or Local
Specialization equalizer eect.

h

BASS BLAST
Reinforces the treble, bass and surround
eect.

MP3 Opt.

Optimizes compressive MP3 les so that it
improves the treble sound.

i

PORT. IN jack

j

PHONES

k

Cassette door

l

USB port

m

MULTI JOG DIAL

Moves to the another le/ track or you can
select the tuning range.

n

MIC jack. (6.3 mm jack)

o

Recording to USB

p

REVERSE MODE/DEMO

Scrolls through a selection of cassette
playing options.

q

SOUND EFFECT

Chooses sound impressions.

r

DISC SKIP

Chooses a desired CD

s

OPEN/CLOSE

t

SET

Conrms the setting.
CD SYNC.
From CD to TAPE Synchronized Recording
Starts playback.

.

/ TUNING - (CD FB/Prev.,TAPE REW)
PRESET -/ n (TAPE reverse play)
PRESET +/ N (CD play, TAPE FW play)

>

/ TUNING + (CD FF/NEXT, TAPE FF)

x

STOP

u

AUTO DJ
Selects the AUTO DJ mode. (For more
information refer to the page 29)

v

HOME
Displays the [Home] menu.

w

ECHO VOL

x

RADIO
Selects the RADIO function.

y

TAPE
Selects the TAPE function

z

MIC VOL

27

AUX/PORTABLE

Selects the AUX, PORTABLE function.

28

MASTER VOLUME
Controls the volume when using any
function.

29

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

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14 Installation

Installation

3
Installation

Attaching the
speakers to the unit

To connect the cable to the unit, press each
plastic nger pad to open the connection
terminals on the unit. Insert the wire and
release the nger pad.

Connect the black end of each wire to the
terminals marked - (minus) and the other end
to the terminals marked + (plus).

Connect the other end of each wire to the
correct speaker according to the color coding:

MDD305 (2Ch)

Color Speaker Position

Red Front Front right

White Front Front left

MDT505 (2.1Ch)

Color Speaker Position

Orange Sub woofer Any front position

Red Front Front right

White Front Front left

MDS715 (5.1Ch)

Color Speaker Position

Grey Rear Rear right

Blue Rear Rear left

Green Center Center

Orange Sub woofer Any front position

Red Front Front right

White Front Front left

CAUTION

• Be careful to make sure children not to put their
hands or any objects into the *speaker duct.
*Speaker duct: A hole for plentiful bass sound
on speaker cabinet (enclosure).

• The speakers contain magnet parts, so color
irregularity may occur on the TV screen or PC
monitor screen. Please use the speakers far away
from either TV screen or PC monitor.

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