ORION ELECTRIC M2D3B Users Manual

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Changing soundtrack language / Sub­titles

DVD-Video

Changing soundtrack language

You can select the language when you play a multilin­gual disc.

1 Press AUDIO during playback.

The current soundtrack language will appear.

2 Press AUDIO repeatedly until the desired
language is selected.

The on-screen display will disappear after a few
seconds.

Turning the subtitles On and Off

When playing back a disc recorded with subtitles, you
can turn the subtitles on or off.

Press SUBTITLE during playback until “Subtitle OFF”
appears.

Changing the subtitle language

You can select the language when playing back a disc
recorded with multilingual subtitles.

Press SUBTITLE repeatedly during playback until your
desired language appears.
The on-screen display will disappear after a few
seconds.

Note

• If the desired language is not heard after pressing
the button several times, the language is not
recorded on the disc.

• Changing soundtrack or subtitle language is
cancelled when you open the disc tray. The initial
default language or available language will be
heard and seen if the disc is played back again.

• Depending on the DVD you may be unable to turn
on, turn off, or change the subtitles, even if they are
recorded on the disc. While playing the DVD, the
subtitles may change while opening or closing the
disc tray, or while changing the title.

• In some cases, the subtitles language is not
changed to the selected one immediately.

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TRACK 02

TRACK 03

TRACK 04

TRACK 05

TRACK 06

TRACK 07

TRACK 08

TRACK 09

TRACK 10

TRACK 01

TRACK 01

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MODE: NORMAL

REPEAT: OFF

TRACK INFO

ENTER/
SELECT

RETURNPLAY BACK END

SELECT

SET

TITLE
MENU

The elapsed time and
total time of the music
data (during playback)

Scroll bar

The elapsed time and
total time of the whole CD

Current playback mode

The track number
during playback

The music data
recorded on the CD

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Playback

The CD Track Info screen

CD

This section describes the TRACK INFO screen where
music CDs can be played back using the various
operations.

Note

• In case the disc includes more than 10 tracks, you
can turn to the next or the previous page. Press ,
then press  or  to display next/previous page. To
return to normal use, press .

• You cannot switch to the VCR mode when the
TRACK INFO screen is showing. Press TITLE
MENU/TOP MENU to clear the TRACK INFO
screen, then press DVD/VCR to switch to the VCR
mode.

Preparation:

• Turn ON the TV and set to the video input mode.

• Load the music CD.

• Press DVD/VCR to select the DVD mode. (The DVD

indicator will light.)

Press TITLE MENU/TOP MENU.
The TRACK INFO screen will appear.

Press . The menu list will appear.

TRACK INFO

ENTER/
SELECT

TRACK 01

TRACK 02

TRACK 03

TRACK 04

TRACK 05

TRACK 06

TRACK 07

TRACK 08

TRACK 09

TRACK 10

SELECT

PLAY

PLAY

HIDE/SHOW

Track 01

RANDOM PLAY

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REPEAT TRACK

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REPEAT ALL

PROGRAM PLAYBACK

Mode: NORMAL

TIME SEARCH

REPEAT: OFF

SET

RETURNENTER BACK END

TITLE
MENU

Menu list

Playing back a selected track

1 Press  or  to select the track number you
want to playback and press .

2 Press  or  to select “PLAY” from the menu list
and press ENTER.

The selected track will be played back.

Excluding specified track

1 During stop, press  or  to select the track
number you do not want to playback and press .

2 Press  or  to select “HIDE/SHOW” from the
menu list and press ENTER.

The selected track will not be played back. (“H” appears
at the side of the track number.)

When you want to cancel the exclusion, press  or  to
select the track number with “H” and press .
Press  or  to select “HIDE/SHOW” from the menu
list and press ENTER, “HIDE” will be cancelled.

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Random, repeat and program play

CD

Note

•“RANDOM PLAY” and “TIME SEARCH” will not
appear in the menu list for CD-R/CD-RW discs
containing MP3 or WMA files.

Random playback

1 Press  or  to select “RANDOM PLAY” from the
menu list and press ENTER.

2 Press PLAY.

Music is played back in random order.

To cancel random playback, select “RANDOM PLAY”
from the menu list again, and press ENTER.

To cancel the repeat all playback, select “REPEAT ALL”
from the menu list again, and press ENTER.

Playing back programs

You can specify the playback order yourself.

1 Press  or  to select “PROGRAM PLAYBACK”
from the menu list and press ENTER.

2 Press  or  to select to the track number that
you want to change the order of and press ENTER.

The “” mark will appear at the right side of the track
number.

3 Press  or  to select to the track number that
you want to specify and press ENTER.

The track number that you select in step 2 moves to the
position that you specified.

4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to change the playback
order.

5 Press PLAY.

The tracks will be played back in the changed order.

To cancel program playback, select “EXIT PROGRAM
MODE” from the menu list and press ENTER.

Playing back track by specifying the time

1 Press  or  to select “TIME SEARCH” from the
menu list during playback and press ENTER.

2 Press  /  or  /  to specify the elapsed time
of the track (this will be the starting point of
playback) and press ENTER.

Playback will start from the specified elapsed time.

Repeat playback of selected track

1 Press  or  to select the track number you
want to repeat and press .

2 Press  or  to select “REPEAT TRACK” from the
menu list and press ENTER.

3 Press PLAY.

The selected track will be played back repeatedly.

To cancel repeat track playback, select “REPEAT
TRACK” from the menu list again, and press ENTER.

Repeat playback of all tracks

1 Press  or  to select “REPEAT ALL” from the
menu list and press ENTER.

2 Press PLAY.

All tracks on CD will be played back repeatedly.

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Playback

MP3/WMA/JPEG playback

CD

MP3 and WMA files can be played back. Also, you can
display JPEG files on the TV screen and enjoy them as a
slide show.
Some discs may not play due to the condition of the
recording.

Limitations on MP3/WMA/JPEG CD playback:

• MP3/WMA/JPEG CD is a disc that is standardized
by ISO9660.

• The directory and file names of the MP3/WMA/
JPEG CD must correspond to the ISO standardized
file names.

• This unit can read 200 files per disc. If one directory
has more than 200 files, it reads up to 200 files, the
remaining files will be omitted.

• The unit is able to recognize up to a maximum of 50
directories per disc.

• MP3/WMA CDs cannot be used for playback for the
purpose of recording.

• MP3/WMA/JPEG CDs may be used for playback,
but not for recording.

• If the CD has both audio tracks and MP3/WMA/
JPEG files, only audio tracks are played.

• It may take more than one minute for this unit to
read MP3/WMA/JPEG files depending on its
structure.

• Music recorded by “Joliet Recording Specification”
can be played back. Long file names will be cut.

• Discs recorded using the “Hierarchical File System”
(HFS) cannot be played.

Preparation:

• Turn ON the TV and set to the video input mode.

• Load the disc storing MP3, WMA or JPEG.

• Press DVD/VCR to select the DVD mode. (The DVD

indicator will light.)

Using the BROWSER screen

1 Press TITLE MENU.

The BROWSER screen will appear.

BROWSER

Toulouse-Lautrec

popArt

Grammy03_01.mp3

Grammy03_02.mp3

Grammy03_03.mp3

Grammy03_04.mp3

Grammy03_05.mp3

Grammy03_06.mp3

Grammy03_07.mp3

Grammy03_08.mp3

ENTER/
SELECT

SELECT

RETURNENTER BACK

SET

TITLE

END

MENU

2 The MP3, WMA and JPEG files and folders
stored in the disc are displayed on the BROWSER
screen.

• Select a folder and press ENTER. The files in the

folder appear.

When the file to be displayed is selected

You can select the file types to be displayed on the
BROWSER screen.

1 Press  to select “SELECT FILES” and press
ENTER.

The following list will appear.

BROWSER

Toulouse-Lautrec

popArt

Grammy03_01.mp3

Grammy03_02.mp3

Grammy03_03.mp3

Grammy03_04.mp3

Grammy03_05.mp3

Grammy03_06.mp3

Grammy03_07.mp3

Grammy03_08.mp3

SELECT

ENTER/
SELECT

RETURNENTER BACK END

MUSIC ONLY:

Only the MP3 and WMA files appear.

PICTURES ONLY:

Only the JPEG files appear.

ALL:

All files and folders appear.

2 Select one item in the above list and press
ENTER.

The display will be changed to the selected display type.

SET

PLAY

SELECT FILES

MUSIC ONLY

MUSIC ONLY

PICTURES ONLY

ALL

TITLE
MENU

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Playback

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Playing back MP3/WMA files

MP3 CD

• MP3 files must have the extension letters “.mp3”.

• Standard, sampling frequency, and the bit rate:

MPEG-1 Audio
32kHz, 44.1kHz, 48kHz
32kbps to 320kbps (constant bit rate or variable bit
rate)

• The recommended recording setting for high
quality sound is 44.1kHz sampling frequency and
128kbps of constant bit rate.

WMA CD

• When creating a WMA disc, make sure that the
copyright function is off. DRM (Digital Rights
Management) files cannot be played back.

• WMA files must have the extension letters “.wma”.

• Standard, sampling frequency, and the bit rate:

WMA version 7 and 8
32kHz, 48kbps

44.1kHz, 48kbps to 192kbps
48kHz,128kbps to 192kbps

• Music files recorded as mono, 48kHz, 48kbps
cannot be played back in this unit.

1 Press  or  to select MP3 or WMA file.

• In case the disc includes more than 11 files, you
can turn to the next or the previous page. (See page

42.)

BROWSER

Grammy03_01.mp3

Grammy03_02.mp3

Grammy03_03.mp3

Grammy03_04.mp3

Grammy03_05.mp3

Grammy03_06.mp3

Grammy03_07.mp3

Grammy03_08.mp3

Grammy03_09.mp3

Grammy03_10.mp3

ENTER/
SELECT

SELECT

RETURNENTER BACK

SET

TITLE

END

MENU

2 Carry out either of the item a or b below.

a: Press ENTER.

b: Press  to select “PLAY” and press ENTER.

The TRACK INFO screen appears to playback the
selected file. For the details of the TRACK INFO screen,
see “The CD Track Info screen” on page 42.

TRACK INFO

Grammy03_01.mp3

Grammy03_02.mp3

Grammy03_03.mp3

Grammy03_04.mp3

Grammy03_05.mp3

Grammy03_06.mp3

Grammy03_07.mp3

Grammy03_08.mp3

Grammy03_09.mp3

Grammy03_10.mp3

ENTER/
SELECT

SELECT

RETURNPLAY BACK END

SET

Grammy03_01.mp3

00:00:19

MODE: NORMAL

REPEAT: OFF

TITLE
MENU

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3 To return to the BROWSER screen, press RE­TURN.

• To stop playback of the MP3 or WMA files, press

TITLE MENU.

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Playback

Playing back JPEG files

JPEG CD

JPEG files must have the extension letters “.jpe”, “.jpeg”
or “.jpg”.

1 Press  or  to select JPEG file.

• In case the disc includes more than 11 files, you
can turn to the next or the previous page. (See page

42.)

BROWSER

/popArt

Alfred Ia Guigne.jpg

Alone.jpg

Ambassadeurs-Aristide_Bruant.jp

Arlstide Bruant.jpg

At_the_Moulin_Rouge.jpg

Clown Cha-U-Kao.jpg

Dancer Seated.jpg

EI Dorado.jpg

Galerie 65 Cannes.jpg

Jane Avril-1893.jpg

ENTER/
SELECT

SELECT

RETURNSELECT BACK

SET

TITLE

END

MENU

2 Carry out either of the item a or b below.

a: Press ENTER.

b: Press  to select “PLAY” and press ENTER.

The thumbnail images of the JPEG files stored in the
route directory or the folder appear.
Press , ,  or  to select the pages of the thumbnail
images, or select the JPEG file to be displayed at first for
the slide show.

Saxophone.jpg Waltz.jpg Drive.jpg

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party_240803.jpg practice_ski.jpg Grandfather.jpg

SELECT

ENTER/
SELECT

SELECT

RETURNPLAY BACK END

TITLE

MENU

3 Press ENTER to play the selected picture.

If you have set the interval time for JPEG slide show, the
pictures will be played back one after another automati­cally. (See page 32.)

• Press ZOOM to enlarge the displayed image.

• Press ANGLE to rotate the image by 90 degrees

each time.

4 To return to the thumbnail screen, press RE­TURN.

• To stop the slide show, press TITLE MENU.

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Playback

Progressive scan

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2 Press PLAY to start playback.

DVD-Video VR mode Video mode DVD-R

The unit supports the progressive scanning system as
well as the conventional interlaced scanning system. If
your TV is equipped with component video input jacks
which support the progressive video input, you can
enjoy higher picture quality by making the progressive
scanning mode active.

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• To make the progressive scanning mode inactive,
press PROGRESSIVE in the stop mode. The
PROGRESSIVE indicator “

” on the display

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window will go off.

Different scanning modes

Interlaced scan

Technology that alternately displays odd-numbered
scanning lines and even-numbered scanning lines. Also
called “480i”, “i” meaning “interlace”.

Progressive scan

Technology that simultaneously displays odd-numbered
scanning lines and even-numbered scanning lines from
top to bottom. Also called “480p”, “p” meaning “progres­sive”.

Note

• Some discs may not be played back with the
progressive scan mode correctly because of the
disc characteristics or recording condition.

• There are some progressive TV and High-Definition
TV sets that are not fully compatible with the unit,
resulting in an unnatural picture when playing back
a DVD disc in the progressive scan mode. In such a
case, use the interlaced scanning mode.

• You cannot activate the progressive scan mode
when:

- the unit is in the VCR mode.

- a DVD disc is currently playing. You must stop
playback first.

Preparation:

• Connect to a TV equipped with component jacks
which support progressive video input.

• Turn ON the TV and set it to the corresponding
video input mode.

• Press DVD/VCR to select the DVD mode. (The DVD
indicator will light.)

1 Press PROGRESSIVE in the stop mode. The
PROGRESSIVE indicator “

” on the display win-

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dow will light.

• The unit recognizes the picture source (film or
video) of the current disc according to the disc
information.

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Compatibility of this unit with progressive-scan TVs

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 progres­sive scan picture problems, it is recommended that the user
switch the connection to the `standard definition' output (In­terlace). If there are questions regarding our TV set compat­ibility with this model, please contact our customer service
center.
This recorder is compatible with the following Pioneer displays
and monitors

Plasma display

PDP-505HD, PDP-5030HD, PDP-4330HD, PDP-5040HD, PDP­4340HD, Pro-1000HD, Pro-800HD, Pro-1000HDI, Pro-800HDI,
Pro-1110HD, Pro-910HD, PDP-4300, PDP-5031, PDP-502MX

Projection monitor receiver

SD-641HD5, SD-582HD5, SD-532HD5, SD-533HD5, SD­643HD5, Pro-710HD, Pro-610HD, Pro-510HD, Pro-720HD, Pro­620HD, Pro-520HD, Pro-730HD, Pro-630HD, Pro-530HD, Pro­730HDI, Pro-530HDI, Pro-700HD

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Playback

Loading and unloading a cassette tape

VCR

Use only video cassette tapes marked and

Loading

Push the center of the tape until it is automatically
inserted.

Insert the cassette tape with its labeled side facing up
and the erase prevention tab positioned at your left. An
inverted cassette tape cannot be inserted.

.

• Cassettes marked “VHS” (or “S-VHS”) can be used
with this video cassette recorder. However, S-VHS
recording is not possible with this model.

• This model is equipped with SQPB (S-VHS QUASI
PLAYBACK) that makes it possible to playback S­VHS recordings with regular VHS resolution.

• HQ VHS is compatible with existing VHS equip­ment.

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Unloading

You can eject the video tape while the unit is turned off.

1 Press EJECT on the unit or the remote control.

2 Remove the cassette tape.

Automatic tape eject

This VCR will automatically rewind the tape when the
tape has ended. And when the tape is rewound to its
beginning, the cassette tape will be ejected automati­cally.

To prevent accidental erasure

Remove the erase prevention tab with a screwdriver.

To record again

Cover the hole with a piece of adhesive tape.

Screwdriver

Erase prevention tab

Automatic power ON

When you insert a cassette tape the VCR power will turn
ON automatically.

Automatic playback

When loading a cassette tape without an erase preven­tion tab, playback will start automatically.

Tape speed and maximum recording time

Tape Speed

SP (Standard Play)

SLP (Super Long Play)

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T-160 T-120 T-90 T-60 T-30

2-2/3 hours 2 hours 1-1/2 hours 1 hour 30 minutes

8 hours 6 hours 4-1/2 hours 3 hours 1-1/2 hours

Erase prevention tab

Adhesive
Tape

Video cassette tape

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Playback

Cassette tape playback

VCR

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1 Load a prerecorded tape

(When loading a cassette tape without the erase
prevention tab, playback will start automatically).

2 To start playback

Press PLAY. Playback will start. “ ” will appear on the
screen for about 4 seconds.

To stop playback

Press STOP once. The tape will stop but remain fully
loaded and ready to play. “  ” will appear on the screen
for about 4 seconds.

To rewind the tape or forward it rapidly

Press STOP.

To rewind the tape:
Press REW.

To forward the tape:
Press F.FWD.

Note

• This VCR selects the playback tape speed SP, LP or
SLP automatically.

• A cassette tape and DVD disc can be played back
simultaneously. If you press DVD/VCR, the tape
playback and DVD playback alternate with each
other on the screen.

Preparation:

• Turn ON the TV and set to the video input mode.

• Press DVD/VCR to select the VCR mode. (The VCR

indicator will light.)

To stop the tape-winding, press STOP. To switch to
playback directly (without STOP), press PLAY.

Forward/Reverse picture search mode

When the tape is being wound, you can switch to
picture search mode (see next page). To do this, press
REW or F.FWD and hold it down. The unit will resume
the tape winding as soon as the button is released.

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