Polaroid TDM-1421C User Manual

14"ColorTelevision/DVDPlayer

TDM-1421C

20060421

ImportantSafeguards

Thissymbolindicatesthatthisproductincorporates
doubleinsulationbetweenhazardousmainsvoltage

RISKOFELECTRICSHOCK

DONOTOPEN

Caution: Toreducetheriskofelectricshock,donotremovecover(orback).Nouser
serviceablepartsinside.Referservicingtoqualifiedservicepersonnel.

anduseraccessibleparts.
Whenservicinguseonlyidenticalreplacementparts.

Thissymbolindicatesimportant
instructionsaccompanyingthe
product.

Thissymbolindicates"dangerousvoltage"
insidetheproductthatpresentsariskof
electricshockorpersonalinjury.

WARNING

Toreducetheriskoffireorelectricshock,donotexposethisproducttorainormoisture.
Theapparatusmustnotbeexposedtorippingorsplashing.Objectsfilledwithliquids,

suchvasesordrinkingglasses,mustneverbeplacedontheapparatus.

IMPORTANTSAFETYINSTRUCTIONS

1.Readtheseinstructions.

2.Keeptheseinstructions.

3.Heedallwarnings.

4.Followallinstructions.

5.Donotusethisapparatusnearwater.

6.Cleanonlywithdrycloth.

7.Donotblockanyventilationopenings.Installinaccordancewiththemanufacturer's
instructions.

8.Donotinstallnearanyheatsourcessuchasradiators,heatregisters,stoves,orother
apparatus(includingamplifiers)thatproduceheat.

9.Donotdefeatthesafetypurposeofthepolarizedorgrounding-typeplug.Apolarizedplug
hastwobladeswithonewiderthantheother.Agroundingtypeplughastwobladesand
athirdgroundingprong.Thewidebladeorthethirdprongisprovidedforyoursafety.If
theprovidedplugdoesnotfitintoyouroutlet,consultanelectricianforreplacementof
theobsoleteoutlet.

10.Protectthepowercordfrombeingwalkedonorpinchedparticularlyatplugs,

conveniencereceptacles,andthepointwheretheyexitfromtheapparatus.

11.Onlyuseattachments/accessoriesspecifiedbythemanufacturer.

Importantsafetyinstructions

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ImportantSafeguards

12.Useonlywiththecart,stand,tripod,bracket,ortablespecifiedbythe
manufacturer,orsoldwiththeapparatus.Whenacartisused,use
cautionwhenmovingthecart/apparatuscombinationtoavoidinjury
fromtip-over.

13.Unplugthisapparatusduringlightningstormsorwhenunusedfor
longperiodsoftime.

14.Referallservicingtoqualifiedservicepersonnel.Servicingisrequiredwhenthe

apparatushasbeendamagedinanyway,suchaspower-supplycordorplugisdamaged,
liquidhasbeenspilledorobjectshavefallenintotheapparatus,theapparatushasbeen
exposedtorainormoisture,doesnotoperatenormally,orhasbeendropped.

15.Ifanoutsideantennaorcablesystemisconnectedtotheproduct,besuretheantenna

orcablesystemisgroundedsoastoprovidesomeprotectionagainstvoltagesurges
andbuilt-upstaticcharges.Section810oftheNationalElectricalCode,ANSI/NFPANo.
70-1984(Section54ofCanadianElectricalCode,Part1)providesinformationwith
respecttopropergroundingofthemastandsupportingstructure,groundingofthe
lead-inwiretoanantenna-dischargeunit,sizeofgroundingconductors,locationof
antenna-dischargeunit,connectiontogroundingelectrode.Seefollowingexample.

ANTENNA
LEADIN
WIRE

ANTENNA
DISCHARGEUNIT

ELECTRIC
SERVICE
EQUIPMENT

NEC-NATIONALELECTRICALCODE

16.Mainsplugisusedasthedisconnectdevice.Itshallremainreadilyoperableandshould

notbeobstructedduringintendeduse.

(NECSECTION810-21)

GROUNDINGCONDUCTORS
(NECSECTION810-21)

GROUNDCLAMPS

POWERSERVICEGROUNDING
ELECTRODESYSTEM
(NECART250PARTH)

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Importantsafetyinstructions

Contents

Importantsafeguards..............1

Overviewofthefunctionkeys...4

TheRemoteControl.................5

TVFunctionButtons...................................5

DVDFunctionButtons...............................6

UsingTVMenus

TVMenus................................7

TVMenuNavigation...................................7

ThePICTUREMenu....................................7

TheSOUNDMenu......................................7

TheTUNINGMenu.....................................8

TheFUNCTIONMenu................................8

PlayingDiscs

DVDBasics............................11

RegionalCoding.........................................11

UsingDifferentMenus............................11

TypesofDiscsYourDVDWillPlay....11

SearchOptions........................12

PictureScan.................................................12

ChapterAdvance........................................12

PlaybackOptions......................12

Repeat..............................................................12

Zoom.................................................................12

DVDInformation......................13

DisplayInfo..............................14

DVDMenuSystem....................14

DVDMenuNavigation................15

SetupMenus.........................15

GeneralSetupPage...................................15

TVDisplay....................................................15

AngleMark.................................................15

OSDLang.....................................................15

Screensaver..............................................16

LastMemory.............................................16

SpeakerSetupPage..................................16

Downmix.....................................................16

DualMono.................................................16

Dynamic.......................................................17

PreferencePage.........................................17

PBC...............................................................17

Audio............................................................17

Subtitle........................................................17

DiscMenu.................................................18

Parental......................................................18

Password...................................................18

Default.........................................................18

PlayingAudioCDs....................18

Playingmp3Discs....................19

PlayingPictureCDs..................19

PlayingCDfiles(JPEGormp3)..19

OtherInformation

Troubleshooting...................................................20

Recommendationsandinformation

concerningdiscs..................................................23

AdditionalInformation........................................24

Externalconnection.............................................25

Specifications.........................................................26

PackageAccessories.........................................26

Warranty..................................................................27

Content

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Overviewofthefunctionkeys

PowerSwitch

RemoteSensor

Play/PauseREV.ButtonOpen/CloseButtonMenuButton

PowerIndicatorStopButton

FWD.ButtonInputButtonVolumeDown

Button

VideoInputJack

AudioInputJack(L)

AudioInputJack(R)

Headphone

VolumeUp
Button

ChannelDown
Button

ChannelUp
Button

TheRemoteControl

Arrowbuttonsfor
TVMenusystem

TVFunctionButtons

INPUT

(antenna)input.

TV
MUTE

againtorestoretheoriginalvolumelevel.

DISPLAY
PICTURE
SLEEP
RECALL

unitisinmenumode,presstheGoBackbuttontoreturnprevious
menuscreen.

POWER
VOL.(leftandright)buttons

decreasetheTVvolume.

CH(upanddown)buttons

downthecurrentchannellist.Pressoncetoselectthechannel
upordown,pressandholdtoselectyourdesiredchannel.If
yourTVisinstandbymode,pressthesebuttonstoturnonTV.
InAVmode,pressthesetwobuttonstoswitchtoTVmode.

MENU
0-9(Numberbuttons)

channelandtosettimesettingdirectly.Press0-9toselecta
channelforexample,toselectchannel10,press1and0(interval
timeshouldbelessthan1.5seconds),thechannelwillchange
after1.5seconds.Ifyouinput"0"firstly,wheninputthesecond
number,thechannelwillchangetothischannelnumberwithout
waiting,forexample,toselectchannel8,press0and8,the
channelwillchangeimmediately.

AUDIO

/STANDARD/NEWS/MUSIC)

MTS/SAP
Otherbuttons:

listedabovearenotavailableforTVfunction.

PressittoswitchbetweenAV/DVDinputandRF

PressthebuttontoselecttheremotecontrolintheTVmode.

Pressthebuttontominimizethevolumelevel.Press

Pressthebuttontodisplaythechannelinformation
Pressthebuttontodisplaythepicturepreset.

Pressthebuttontosetthesleeptimer.

Pressthebuttontoreturnthepreviouschannel.Ifthe

PressthebuttontoturnonandturnofftheTV.

Pressthebuttontoincreaseor

Pressthebuttontoscanupor

DisplaystheTV'sMainmenu.(Seepage7fordetails.)

Pressnumberbuttonstoselect

Fourpresetaudiosettingsforyoutoselect(MEMORY

Thisbuttonisnotactivatedforthismodel.

Thebuttonsontheremotecontrolotherthan

TheRemoteControl

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TheRemoteControl

Arrowbuttonsfor
DVDMenusystem,

DVDFunctionButtons
DVD

PresstheDVDbuttontoselectDVDmode.

POWER
VOL.(leftandright)buttons

ordecreasetheTVvolume.

MUTE

torestoretheoriginalvolumelevel.

OPEN/CLOSE

tray.

PLAY/PAUSE

playback.Pressthebuttonagaintoresumeplayback.

STOP
INFO

informationduringdiscplayback.Pressagaintohidethedisplay
information.

ZOOM

DVDdiscplayback.

TITLE

playback.

REPEAT

trackonAudioCDs.

SKIP

time.Seepage16fordetails.

MENU
SUBTITLE

theloadeddiscisencodedwithmultipleSubtitlelanguages)

AUDIO

iftheloadeddiscisencodedwithmultiplelanguages)

ANGLE

screenshot.(onlyiftheloadeddiscisencodedwithmultiplecamera
angle)

PBC

playbackstartsdirectlywithoutenteringthemenu.Pressagaintoturn
thenavigationON.

GUIDE

DVDplayerisinstopmode.

REV

discplayback.Pressrepeatedlytoincreasethesearchingspeed.

FWD

discplayback.Pressandholdthebuttontoincreasethesearching
speed.

Arrowbuttons(up,down,left,right)

movethroughtheon-screenmenusystem.

OKbutton

onthescreendisplay.

Otherbuttons:

abovearenotavailableforDVDfunction.

Pressthebuttontoswitchonandswitchoffthepower.

Pressthebuttonstoincrease

Pressthebuttontominimizethevolumelevel.Pressagain

PressthebuttontoopenorclosetheDVDdisc

Pressthebuttontostartorpausethedisc

Pressthebuttontostopthediscplayback.

Pressthebuttontodisplaythetitle,chapterandelapsedtime

Pressthebuttontozoominorzoomoutthepictureduring

PresstheTITLEbuttontodisplayTITLEmenuduringDVDdisc

PressthebuttontorepeatachapterortitleonDVDora

Pressthebuttontoskiptothespecifiedchapter/trackor

Advancestothenextchapterortrack.
Reversestotheprecedingchapterortrack.

SametoTVfunction

Pressthebuttontoselectasubtitlelanguage.(onlyif

Pressthebuttontoselectaudiosoundtracklanguage.(only

Pressthebuttontoselectthecameraangleofmultiple

PressthebuttontoturnthenavigationOFFandthedisc

PressthebuttontodisplaytheDVDsetupmenuwhenthe

Pressthebuttontosearchbackwardthroughthediscduring

Pressthebuttontosearchforwardthroughthediscduring

Pressthebuttonsto

Pressthebuttontoselectandhighlightthedesireditem

Thebuttonsontheremotecontrolotherthanlisted

TheRemoteControl

UsingTVMenus

TVMenus

TVMenusletyoucontrolpicturequalityandfeaturesavailableforTVviewing.Thereisadifferentmenu
systemforDVDfeatures,describedonpage16.

Note:RemembertousetheTVarrowbuttonswhenaccessingtheTV'smenusystem.
TVMenuNavigation

1.TobringuptheTV'smenusystem,presstheMENUbutton.

2.PressMENUbuttonrepeatedlytoselectPICTURE,SOUND,TUNINGorFUNCTIONsubmenu.

3.Pressthe/buttonsontheremote(orCH/onthefrontoftheTV)toselecttheoption.

4.Usethearrowbuttons/ontheremote(ortheVOL/buttonsonthefrontoftheTV)to
changethesettingoftheoption.

5.PresstheMENUbuttonontheremotetoexitthemenusystem.

PICTURE

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ThePICTUREMenu

ThePICTUREmenuallowsyoumakeadjustmentstoyour

BRIGHTNESS
CONTRAST
COLOR
SHARPNESS
TINT
COLORTEMPNORMAL

picturesettings.
BRIGHTNESSAdjuststhebrightnessofthepicture.
CONTRASTAdjuststhecontrastbetweenthelightand

COLORAdjuststhecolorintensityorsaturation.
SHARPNESSAdjuststhesharpnessofthepicture.
TINTAdjuststhebalancebetweentheredand

COLORTEMPProvidesthreecoloradjustments:NORMAL,

darkareasofthepicture.

greenlevels.

COLD(formoreblueinthepicture),and
WARM(formoreredinthepicture).

SOUND

VOLUME
TREBLE
BASS
BALANCE
SURROUND
STEREO

UsingTVMenus

TheSOUNDMenu

TheSOUNDmenuoffersdifferentaudiooptions.
VOLUMEDecreases/increasessoundvolume.
TREBLEDecreases/increaseshigh-pitchedsound.
BASSDecreases/increaseslow-pitchedsound.
BALANCEAdjustsleft/rightspeakerbalance.
SURROUNDTurnsthesurroundsoundonoroff.
STEREOAdjustdifferentkindsofthestereosoundeffect.

UsingTVMenus

TheTUNINGMenu

TheTUNINGmenuisusedtoadjustthesignalsource,channel
setupandreceptionoftheTV.

TUNING

CHANNEL8

DELETECHNO
SOURCEAIR
LABELAAAAA

AUTOSEARCH

LABELToaddachanneldescription:

1.OpentheOSDandselecttheTUNINGmenu.

2.EnterthechannelyouwanttoaddadescriptionforintheCHANNELoption.

3.SelecttheLABELoption.

4.PresstheVOLbutton,thenenterthefirstcharacterofyourdescriptionwithinonesecond.

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Afteryouenterthefirstcharacter,thecursormovestothenextcharacter.

5.Entertherestofcharacters.Afteryouenterthefifthcharacter,youdescriptionissaved.You
mustenterthefivecharacters,orthelabelwillnotbesaved.

6.Ifyouwanttoeraseadescription,repeatthistaskandpressVOLbuttontodeletethe
characters.

AUTOSEARCHStartschannelsearchandstoresthechannelsautomatically.UsetheVOL/

buttonsontheremotecontroltobegintheautosearch.Ifyouwishtostopthe
searchbeforecompleted,pressMENU.

CHANNELUsetheVOL/buttonsontheremote

control(ort

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heVOL/buttonsonthe

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frontoftheTV)toscrollthroughthechannels
available.Youcanenterthechannelnumber
directlyusingthenumberbuttons.

DELETECHSelectYEStoremovethechannel.

SelectNOtoentertothechannel.

SOURCESelectsAIRorCABLE.SelectAIRtoreceivea

broadcastsignal.SelectCABLEtoreceivea
CATVsignal.

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UsingTVMenus

UsingTVMenus

FUNCTION

LANGUAGEENGLISH
SCREENSAVER
CHILDLOCK
CCDOFF
V-CHIP

FUNCTION

LANGUAGEENGLISH
SCREENSAVER
CHILDLOCK
CCDOFF
V-CHIP

V-CHIP

CONFIRMPASSWORD----

RETURN

V-CHIP

V-CHIP[ON]
MPAA:[N/R]
TVPGSETTING

RETURN

TheFUNCTIONMenu

TheFUNCTIONmenuisusedtosetupspecificfeaturesofthe
TVincludinglanguageandclosedcaptioning.
LANGUAGESelectsthelanguage(ENGLISH,FRANAIS

ESPANOL)youwanttheTVmenustobe
displayedin.

SCREENTurnsthescreenfunctiononoroff(only

whenusingvideoinputchannels).

CHILDLOCKSelectOFFtoturnCHILDLOCKoff.

SelectONtoactivateit.TheCHILDLOCK
featuretakeseffectaftertheTVisturned
offandbackonagain.Theinitialpassword
isMUTE+999.Theinitialpasswordisused
toclearthecurrentpasswordandsetanew
password,sothispasswordmustkeep
secret,orelsethepasswordwilllose
efficacy.

CCDOfferseightclosedcaptionedmodes,

includingfourtextmodes.

V-CHIPPressVOLbuttoninfrontoftheTV(or

VOLbuttonontheremotecontroltosee

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thefigureleft.

CONFIRMPASSWORDPressfourdigitalbuttonsonthe

remotecontrol.V-CHIPmenucan
notbedisplayedwithoutinputting
therightpassword.Theinitialword
is0358.

V-CHIPAdjustsV-CHIPfunctiononoroff.

UsingTVMenus

UsingTVMenus

N/R

MPAASelecttheMPAAratings.(Whenselecta

movierating,thesystemwillautomatically
blockallothermovieswithhigherratings.

TV-Y
TV-Y7
TV-G

TV-PG

TV-14
TV-MA

HierarchyofAge-BasedRatings

AllChildren
DirectedtoChildren7yearsandolder
GeneralAudience

ParentalGuidanceSuggested

ParentsStronglyCautioned
MatureAudienceOnly

TVPGSETTINGPressVOL/buttonontheremote

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controltogotoTVPGSETTING.

RETURNReturntothepreviousmenu

ContentThemes

DSexuallyexplicitdialogue

FV

L

S

V

Fantasyviolence

Adultlanguage

Sexualsituations

Violence

UsingTVMenus

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs
RegionalCoding

TheDVDplayerandthediscsarecodedbyregion.Theseregionalcodesmustmatchin
orderforthedisctoplay.
Thisunit'scodeisRegion1.Discswithotherregionalcodescan'tbeplayedinthisunit.

UsingDifferentMenus

Eachdiscisprogrammedwithdifferentfeatures.Therearetwoseparatemenusystems
thatyoucanusetoaccessDVDfeatures:thedisc'smenuandtheDVDplayer'smenu
(separatefromtheTV'smenusystem).Rememberthatafeatureonlyworksifthediscwas
programmedwiththatfeature.Forexample,ifyouchoosesubtitles,thesubtitlesonlyappear
ifthediscwascreatedwithsubtitles.TheDVDmenusystemisexplainedonpage16.

TheDiscmenu-

player'smenusystem.Thecontentsofeachdisc'smenuvaryaccordingtohowthedisc
wascreatedandwhatfeaturesareincluded.Sometimesadisc'smenuappears
automaticallywhenyouinsertthedisc,oryoucanaccessitbypressingtheMENUbutton.

TypesofDiscsYourDVDWillPlay

DVDdiscs-Containvideo.
Audiodiscs-Containmusicalorsoundcontentonly(suchasCD,CD-R,CD-RW).
MP3discs-Containaudiofiles(forexample,aCD-Rwithdownloadedmp3files).

VCDs,JPEGfiles.
Beforeyouloadadisc,makesurethatitiscompatiblewiththeplayer.Notethatthefollowing
discsCANNOTbeusedwiththisplayer:

Laserdisc

CD-I,CD-ROM,DVD-ROM

MiniDisc

CD-Gdiscsplayaudioonly,notgraphics

ThediscmenuispartofeachdiscandisseparatefromtheDVD

ToLoadandPlayaDisc

1.PresstheDVDbuttonontheremotetomakesuretheunitisintheDVDmode.

2.Pressthe(OPEN/CLOSE)buttonontheremotetoopenthedisctray.Placeadiscgently

intothetraywiththedisc'slabelfacingup(double-sideddiscshavecontentonbothsides,

soyoucanplaceeithersideup).

3.Pressthe(OPEN/CLOSE)buttonagaintoclosethedisctray.

Theplayerreadsthedisc'stableofcontents,andthenoneoffollowinghappensdepending

onhowthediscwasprogrammed:

Nodiscmenuappears,ascreensaverisdisplayed.(PresstheDVDbuttontoputthe
playerinDVDmode.)
Thediscmenuappears.(HighlightthePLAYoptionandpressOK.)
Thediscmenuappearsonthescreenwhenyoupress.(HighlightPLAYandpress
OK.)

Thediscstartsplayingautomatically.
Ifnopictureorscreensaverisdisplayed,presstheDVDbuttontoputtheplayerintheDVD
mode.

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs

SearchOptions

Youcanusethefollowingsearchfeatureswithsomediscs:

PictureScan
Whenyou'replayingadisc,eachtimeyoupress(Forward)or(Reverse),yourDVD
playerscansthediscfasteruntilyoureachthefastestscanspeed.Toresumenormal
playback,press.

ChapterAdvance
WhileaDVDisplaying,presstoadvancetothenexttitleorchapter.Pressthebutton
togototheprevioustitleorchapter.

PlaybackOptions
Withsomediscs,youcanaccessplaybackfeaturesdirectlyfromtheremotecontrol.

Repeat
ForDVDdiscs,presstheREPEATbuttonontheremotetorepeatachapter.Pressonce
moretorepeatatitle.
Pressthreetimestorepeattheentirediscdisc,andpressfourtimestocancelrepeat:
ForaudioCDs,pressREPEATtorepeataTRACK.PressREPEATtwicetorepeattheentire
(ALL)disc,andthreetimestocancelrepeat.

Zoom

1.Whileyou'replayingadisc,pressZOOM(theplayerzoomsinontheimage).Eachtime
youpressZOOM,thepictureismagnifiedupto4X.ContinuingtopressZOOMreduces
theimageby1/2,1/3,and1/4andthenbacktonormalplayback.

2.Toseeotherpartsofthepicturewhenyou'vezoomedinontheimage,trypressingthe

///buttonstogoincorrespondingdirections.pqtu

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs

DVDInformation

Title/Chapter

Todirectlyaccessatitleorachapter:

1.PressSKIPbuttonontheremotecontrolrepeatedly.SelectTitleorChapterusingthe/

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2.Enteratitleorchapternumberusingthenumericbuttons.

Note:Manydiscsonlyhaveonetitle.

Audio

Somediscshaveseveralaudiotracksusedfordifferentlanguages.
Tochangethetrackandlanguageduringplayback:

1.

PressAUDIObuttonontheremotecontrolrepeatedly.

2.Choosealanguageyourdesired.

Thisoptionisonlyavailableifthediscoffersanumberofdialoguelanguages.
Whenyouchangethedialoguelanguageyourchoiceoflanguageisonlyapplicableto
thediscbeingplayed.Whenyouejectthediscorswitchofftheplayer,thedialogue
languagewillreverttotheoneyouselectedinthePreferencesmenu(seepage17)

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Subtitles

Subtitlesaredisabledbydefault.Toenablethesubtitlefunctionwhilethediscisplaying;

1.

PressSUBTITLEbuttonontheremotecontrolrepeatedly.

2.Choosealanguageyourdesired.

Whenyouchangethelanguageofthesubtitlesyourchoiceoflanguageonlyappliesfor
thedisccurrentlybeingplayed.Whenyouejectthediscandswitchofftheplayer,the
subtitleswillbedisplayedagaininthesubtitlelanguageyouselectedinthePreferences
menu(seepage17)

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs

Angle

Somediscsofferdifferentcameraanglesforspecificscenes.Tochangethecameraangle
duringplayback:

1.PressANGLEbuttonontheremotecontrol.

2.PressANGLEbuttonrepeatedlytoselecttheangleorenterananglenumberusingthe

numericbuttons.
Ifthediscwasrecordedusingasinglecameraangle,thisfunctionisnotavailable.Thereare
veryfewdiscsofferingmorethanoneangle.

TTTime/CHTime

Todirectlyaccessalocationonthediscwhichdoesnotcorrespondtothestartofatitleor
achapter:

1.PressSKIPbuttonontheremotecontroltwice.

2.Enteratimewiththenumericbuttons(formath:mm:ss).

Repeat

Toselectaplaybackmodewhilethediscisplaying:
PressREPEATbuttonontheremotecontrolrepeatedlytoselectarepeatplaybackmode.

DisplayInfo

PresstheINFObuttonrepeatedlyduringplaybacktoshow:
DVD:Titleelapsedtime,Titleremainingtime,Chapterelapsedtime,Chapterremainingtime,
DisplayOff.
VCD,SVCDandaudioCD:Singleelapsedtime,Singleremainingtime,Totalelapsedtime,
Totalremainingtime,DisplayOff.
Note:Atitleorchaptercanalsobeaccessedbyenteringthenumberintheon-screen

display.

DVDMenuSystem

TheDVDplayermenusystemletsyousetupfeaturesforyourDVDplayer.Thereisa
differentmenusystemthatcontrolsTVfeatures(seepage7).TheDVDsetupmenuis
accessedwiththeGUIDEbutton.
Note:RemembertousetheDVDarrowbuttonswhenaccessingtheDVDplayer'smenu
system.

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs

DVDMenuNavigation

1.MakesuretheremoteisintheDVDmodebypressingDVDbutton.

2.PressGUIDE.TheGeneralSetupPagemenuisdisplayed.

3.Usetheandbuttonstodisplaythedifferentsetupmenus.

4.Usetheandbuttonstohighlightamenuoroptionitem.Usebuttontoaccessthe

5.PresstheOKbuttontoconfirmyourselection.

6.PressGUIDEtoexittheDVDmenusystem.

SetupMenus

ThesemenusareusedtosetupTVscreenformatforDVDviewingandotherDVDfunctions.

GeneralSetupPage

AngleMark

TheANGLEMARKoptionisusedwhenDVDdiscscontainsceneswhichhavebeenshot
simultaneouslyfromanumberofdifferentcameraangles.

Note:Currently,veryfewdiscshavethisfeature.

UsetheANGLEbuttonontheremotecontroltoaccesstheAngleMark.
ON:SelectiftheDVDdisccontainscameraangles.Ananglesymbolappearsonthescreen.
OFF:SelectiftheDVDdiscdoesnotcontainangles.

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submenuandtheandbuttonstohighlightyourselection.(Usebuttontogoback
themenu).

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TVDisplay

TVDisplayisusedonlywhentheTV/DVDisconnected
toanotherTV.Chooseoneofthefollowingoptions:

Normal/PS(PanScan):

TV/DVDisconnectedtoastandard4:3aspectratio
TV.A16:9widescreenpictureisshownwithsome
ofpicturepartlycutoff.

Normal/LB(LetterBox):

TV/DVDisconnectedtoastandard4:3aspectratio
TV.Afull16:9widescreenpictureisshownwithblack
barsonthetopandbottom.

Wide:

SelectthisoptionwhentheTV/DVDisconnected

toawidescreenTV.

Selectthisoptionwhenthe

Selectthisoptionwhenthe

OSDLang

TheOSDLangcontrolsthelanguageusedtodisplaytextintheDVDsystemmenus.The
defaultsettingisEnglish.LanguageoptionsavailableareEnglish,French,Italian,Portuguese,
SpanishandRussian.

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs

ScreenSaver

TheScreenSaverisagraphicthatrandomlymovesaroundthescreentoguardagainst
screenburn-in.
ON:Screensaverturnedon.
OFF:Screensaverturnedoff.

LastMemory

TheLastMemoryfeatureenablesyoutoresumeplayatthesamepointatwhichyoustopped
playback,evenifthediscisremovedandre-inserted.
ON:Resumesplayfromwherethediscwaslaststopped.
OFF:Playsfromthebeginning.

TheSpeakerSetupPage

Downmix

Downmixallowsyoutodownmixaudiotoareceiverand
generateamulti-channelorstereosound.

LT/RT:

toanaudiosystemwithDoblyPro-Logic.

Stereo:

toandaudiosystemthatdoesnothaveDolbyPro-Logic.

SelectthisoptionwhenconnectingtheTV/DVD

SelectthisoptionwhenconnectingtheTV/DVD

DualMono

DualMonogiveyouafuller,betterbalanceofaudiobasedonthediscthatyouareplaying.

Stereo:

rightspeakers.

L-Mono:
R-Mono:
Mix-Mono:

thetwospeakers.

Selectthisoptiontooutputaudiofromtheleftandrightchannelstotheleftand

Selectthisoptiontooutputaudiofromtheleftchanneltothetwofrontspeakers.

Selectthisoptiontooutputaudioontherightchanneltothetwofrontspeakers.

Selectthisoptiontohearamixtureoftheleftandrightchannelsoneachof

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs

PreferencePage

Dynamic

Thisfeatureallowsyoutoreducetherangebetweenloud
andlowsoundstoyourprsonalpreference.Itincrease
thelowestsoundsandquietstheloudestsounds.Default
settingisOFF.

Usethearrowbuttonstoaccessandchangethedynamic
settingandpressOKtoconfirm.

PBC(PlaybackControl)

ThePlaybackControlfunctionturnstheNavigatefeature
ONorOFF.IntheOFFmode,thediscbeginsplayback
withoutenteringthedisc'smenu.IntheONmode,you
mustselectplayinthedisc'smenu.

OFF:Thediscbeginsplaybackwithoutenteringthedisc's

—

menu.
ON:YoumustselectPlayinthedisc'smenu.

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Audio

Somediscsarerecordedwithdifferentlanguages.Youcanselectadefaultlanguagesodiscs
willplayinthelanguageofyourchoice,ifthediscwasrecordedwithmultipletracks.Language
choiceare:English,French,German,Spanish,Chinese,Japanese,Korean.
Note:Discsarecreateddifferentlyandnotalldiscsarerecordedwithmultiplelanguages.

TheDVDplayercannotoverridesomelangaugepreferences.Ifadisc'ssoftwarewascreated
toplaythemovie(title)inapreferredlanguage,thepreferenceyousetmightbeignored.
Also,ifthelanguageisn'tavailableonthemovieyou'replaying,thedisc'sdefaultlanguageis
chosen.

Subtitle

Thisoptionallowsyoutoselectalanguageusedtodisplaysubtitles(ifsubtitlesareturnedon
andareavailableonthedisc).Languagechoicesare:English,French,German,Spanish,
Chinese,Japanese,Korean,Russian.
Note:Notalldiscsoffersubtitleswithmultiplelanguages.

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs

DiscMenu

Thisoptionallowsyoutoselectadefaultlanguageforthedisc'smenu.Languagechoicesare:
English,French,German,Spanish,Chinese,Japanese,Korean.

ParentalControl

Youcancontrolaccesstotheplayerandthetypeofdiscs
yourfamilywatcheswiththeParentalControlfeature.DVD
viewingisblockedifitsratingexceedsthelevelthatyou
selected.Afour-digitpasswordisrequiredtochangethe
level,disablethefeature,orviewtheDVD.

Password
YoumustenteravalidpasswordtogainaccesstoParental
Controlsandcanchangethepasswordatanytime.The
defaultpasswordis"8888".
Tochangethepassword,enterthecurrentfour-digit
passwordintheOldPasswordbox.Thenenterthenew
passwordintheNewPasswordboxandagainintheConfirm
PasswordandpressOK.

Default

TheDEFAULToptionrestoresthesetupoptionstothefactorysettings,withtheexceptionof
password.Thisoptionisavailableonlyinthestopmodeorwhenthedisctrayisopen.

PlayingAudioCDS

YourDVDplayerhasmanyofthesamefeaturesasanaudioCDplayer.Thissectionexplains
howtoplayaudioCDsinyourTV/DVDplayer.

ScanDisc

Youcascanthroughthediscwhenyou'replayingitbydoingthefollowing:

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1.Pressthe(FastForward)or(Reverse)buttonontheremote.

2.Pressthebuttonagaintoscanatafasterspeed.

3.PressthePLAY/PAUSEbuttonatanytimetoresumenormalplayback.

TrackAdvanceorReverse

1.Presstheorbuttonontheremotewhenyou'replayingadisc.

2.Eachtimeyoupressthebutton,theCDadvances(orreverses)onetrack.

Pause

1.PressthePLAY/PAUSEbuttonwhenadiscisplayingtopausethedisc.

2.Pressitagaintoresumenormalplayback.

PlayingDiscs

PlayingDiscs

Playingmp3Discs

Whenanmp3discisinsertedintheplayer,theDiscNavigationscreenappearsautomatically.
YoucanchangefoldersandsongsthroughtheDiscNavscreen.Theplayerplaysthesongs
intheordertheywereburnedontothedisc.

1.Insertthemp3disc.Thefolderselectionscreenappears.

2.UsetheandbuttonstoselectthefolderyouwanttoplayandpresstheOKbutton.

3.Usethe///buttonstoselectthefiles(ortracks)youwanttoplayandpressthe

4.PresstheSTOPbuttontostopplayback.
Note:WhenyouplayanaudioCDormp3disc,youcanalsousenumberbuttonstoselect

PlayingPictureCDs

InsertapictureCDintothedisctray.ThepicturesontheCDareplayedinaslideshow.

1.Tostoponacertainpicture,pressPLAY/PAUSE.

2.Pressthearrowkeystorotatethepicture.

PlayingCDFiles(JPEGormp3)

WhenaCDwithJPEGormp3filesisinserted,aFileManagerwindowisdisplayed.
TheDVDplayerautomaticallybeginsplaybackofthefilesonthedisc.Usethearrowbuttons
tonavigatethroughthefoldersandselectfilesforplayback.

WhendisplayingJPEGfiles,press(FastForward)repeatedlytochangethespeedof
theslideshow.
WhenaJPEGisdisplayed,usethearrowkeystorotatethepicture.

Note:Thisfeaturemaynotbeavailableonalldiscs.

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pqtu

OKbutton.Theselectedfiles(ortracks)play.

tracks,filesandfolders.

PlayingDiscs

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

MostproblemsyouencounterwithyourTV/DVDcanbecorrectedbyconsultingthefollowing
troubleshootinglist.

TVProblems
TVwon'tturnon

PressthePOWERbutton.
MakesuretheTVispluggedin.
Checkthewallreceptacle(orextensioncord)tomakesureitis"live"byplugginginsome­thingelse.
Somethingmightbewrongwithyourremotecontrol.PressthePOWERbuttononthe
frontoftheTV.IftheTVturnson,checktheremotecontrolsolutionsonpage21.

Buttondon'twork

Ifyou'reusingtheremotecontrol,presstheTVbuttonfirsttomakesuretheremoteisin
TVmode.
UnplugtheTVfortwominutesandthenplugitbackin.TurntheTVonandtryagain.

TVturnsoffunexpectedly

Sleeptimermighthavebeenactivated.
Electronicprotectioncircuitmayhavebeenactivatedbecauseofapowersurge.Wait30
secondsandthenturnonagain.Ifthishappensfrequently,thevoltageinyourhousemay
beabnormallyhighorlow.UnplugtheTVandwaitfiveminutes,thenplugitinagain.

Blankscreen

Tryanotherchannel.

Nosound,pictureokay

Maybethesoundismuted.Trypressingthevolumeupbuttontorestoresound.

Can'tselectcertainchannel

ChannelmaybeblockedornotapprovedthroughtheV-CHIP(ParentalControl).

Noisystereoreception

Maybeaweakstation.AccesstheSOUNDmenu(seepage7),highlightMODEandthen
chooseMONO.

Nopicture,nosoundbutTVison

Maybethesignaltype(SOURCE)issetwrong.Gotopage8fordetailedinstructions.
Thechannelmightbeblank-changechannels.
IfinDVDmode,pressTV,thentheINPUTbuttontwicefortheCABLEorAIRchannels.

Soundokay,picturepoor

Checkantennaconnections.Makesureallofthecablesarefirmlyconnectedtothejacks.

Tryadjustingsharpnessfunctiontoimproveweaksignals.

Blackboxappearsonthescreen

Closedcaptionmightbeon.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

TheRemoteControlDoesn'tWork

Somethingmightbebetweentheremoteandtheremotesensoronthecomponent.Make
surethereisaclearpath.
Maybebatteriesinremoteareweak,dead,orinstalledincorrectly.Putnewbatteriesinthe
remote.
Youmightneedtoresettheremote:remotebatteriesandpressthenumber1buttonfor
atleast60seconds.Releasethe1button,andreplacethebatteries.
Makesureremoteisinthecorrectmode(TVorDVD).

ProblemswithV-Chip/ParentalControls

Theratinglimitsdon'twork

Youmustactivatethesettings.

Idon'tremembermypasswordandIwanttounlocktheTV

Ifyouforgetyourpasswordyoucanresetit.Enter0358asthepasswordandthen
changeittoanewone.

DVDProblems

Can'tadvancethroughamovie

Youcan'tadvancethroughtheopeningcreditsandwarninginformationthatappearatthe
beginningofmoviesbecausethediscisprogrammedtoprohibitthataction.

Theinvalidiconappearsonscreen

Thefeatureoractioncannotbecompletedatthistimeforoneofthefollowingreasons:
Thedisc'ssoftwarerestrictsit.
Th

edisc'ssoftwaredoesn'tsupportthatfeature(e.g.,angles).
Thefeatureisnotavailableatthemoment.
You'verequestedatitleorchapternumberthatisoutofrange.

Thepictureisdistorted

Thediscmightbedamaged.Tryanotherdisc.
Ifyou'reusingforwardorreversebuttons,itisnormalforsomedistortiontoappearwhile
scanning.

AscreensaveappearsontheTV/DVDscreen

YourplayerisequippedwithascreensaverthatappearsontheTVafteryourplayerhas
beenidleforseveralminutes.Tomakeitdisappear,gototheGeneralSetupPagemenu
andturntheScreenSaverfeaturetooff.

Subtitleand/oraudiolanguageisnottheoneselectedfromtheinitial
setting

Ifthesubtitleand/oraudiolanguagedoesnotexistonthedisc,theinitialsettingswillnot
beseen/heard.Thedisc'sprioritylanguageisselectedinstead.Setthesubtitleand/or
audiolanguagemanuallythroughtheDVDplayer'smenu.

Troubleshooting

OtherInformation

Themenuisdisplayedinaforeignlanguage

TheOSDLangoptionissettothatlanguage.GototheGeneralSetupPage

menuandselecttheOSDLang.Selectthelanguageyouprefer.

Playdoesn'tbegin

TheratingofthetitleonthediscexceedstheratinglimitsetinthePARENTAL
feature.GotothePreferencePagemenuandselecttheParental.Changethe
ratinglimitinthemenu.

Noforwardorreversescan

Somediscshavesectionsthatprohibitrapidscanning,ortitleandchapterskip.
Ifyou'retryingtoskipthroughthewarninginformationandcreditsatthe
beginningofamovie,youwon'tbeableto.Thispartofthemovieisoften
programmedtoprohibitskippingthroughit.

Discwon'teject

Whenyouputadiscintotheplayer,theplayermighttakeupto15secondsto
readthedisc.Youwon'tbeabletoejectthediscduringthistime.Wait15
secondsandtryagain.

SwithingbacktoTVmodewheninDVDmode

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PresstheTVbuttonontheremoteandthentheINPUTbuttonuntiltheCable/
Airechannelsaredisplayed.

OtherInformation

OtherInformation

RecommendationsandInformationConcerningDiscs

CD-RandCD-RWDiscs

ThisplayercanplaymostCD-RandCD-RWdiscs.However,dependingontherecorderofthe
discsofyourpersonalcomputer,thetypeofdiscandrecordingmethodused,somediscs
mightnotplay,ortheprformancemightnotmeettheexpectedstandardofquality.When
playingaCD-Rdisc,itiscompletelynormalfortheunittotakeupto20secondstorecognize
thediscbeforeitplays.Ifthediscisnotrecognizedafteraperiodof20seconds,removethe
disc,andtheninsertitagain.Ifafterseveraltrials,thedisccannotberecognized,makesure
youhavefollowedtherecommendationsbelowortryanothertypeofdisc.

Whatevertheactualrecordingcapacityofadisc,donotfillittomaximumcapacity.
UseCD-RdiscsratherthanCD-RW(re-recordableCDs),asreplayofCD-RWsmay
sometimesnotworkproperly.
Useareliableandgoodqualityrecordingsoftware.
Beforerecordingonadisc,closeallapplicationsonyourpersonalcomputerinorderto
optimizethequalityandreliabilityofrecordingsonthedisc.

CD-RandCD-RWDiscswithmp3FormatMusicFiles

Inthecaseofdiscsthatincludemp3files,followingnotonlythegeneralrecommendationsfor
CD-RandCD-RWdiscs,butalsothefollowingspecificrecommendations:

Theformatofyourmp3filesshouldbeIS09660orJOLIET.Thesefilesarecompatiblewith
DOSandWindowsapplicationsaswellaswithMacapplications.
Yourmp3filesmusthaveanamenolongerthan12charactersaswellasthesuffix".mp3".
Theymustberecordedintheform:title,mp3.Ensurethatyoudonotleavespacesoruse
specialcharacterssuchas(.,/,\,+,+)inthename.
Donotattempttorecordprotectedmp3files.Suchfilesarecodedandprotected.
Useadecompressiontransferrateofatleast128kb/sec(kilobytes/second)when
recordingmp3files.Soundqualitywithmp3filesbasicallydependsontherateof
compression/decompressinonyouchoose.
GettingaudioCDqualitysoundrequiresananalog/digitalsamplingrate,thatisconversion
tomp3format,ofatleast128kb/secandupto160kb/sec.
However,choosinghigherrates,like192kb/secormore,onlyrarelygiveevenbetter
soundquality.
Conversely,fileswithsamplingratesbelow128kb/secwillnotbeplayedproperly.

Important:TheaboverecommendationscannotbetakenasaguaranteethattheDVD

playerwillplaymp3recordings,orasanassuranceofsoundquality.Youshouldnotethat
certaintechnologiesandmethodsformp3filerecordingonCD-Rspreventoptimal
playbackofthesefilesonyourDVDplayer(thatisdegradedsoundqualityandeven,in
somecases,inabilityoftheplayertoreadthefileorfiles).

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AdditionalInformation
MaintenanceofCabinet

Forsafetyreasons,whencleaninghtecabinetbesuretodisconnecttheACpowercord

fromtheACoutlet.
Donotusebenzene,thinner,orothersolventsforcleaning.
Wipethecabinetwithasoftcloth.

FormationofCondensation

Duetosharpchangesintemperatureandhumidity,condensationmayformifwarmair
comesincontactwithanycoldpart'sinsidetheplayer.
Whencondensationformsinsideheplayer,theplayermaynotoperatecorrectly.Ifthis
occurs,leavetheplayeratroomtemperatureuntiltheinsideoftheplayerbecomesdry
andoperational.
Ifcondensationformsonadisc,wipethediscwithasoft,dryclothbymovingthecloth
fromthecnterholetowardtheouteredge.

HandlingDiscs

Don'ttouchthedisc'sdatesurfaces.Holdbytheedgesorbyoneedgeandtheholeinthe
center.
Don'taffixlablsoradhesivetapetolabelsurfaces.Don'tscratchordamagethelabel.
Donotusedamage(crackedorwarped)discs.

CleaningDiscs

Dirtydiscscancausereducedvideoandaudioperformance.Alwayskeepdiscscleanby
wipingthemgentlywithasoftclothfromtheinneredgetowardtheouterperimeter.
Ifadiscbecomesdirty,wetasoftclothinwater,wringitoutwell.Wipethedirtawaygently,
andremoveanywaterdropswithadrycloth.
Donotuserecord-cleaningspraysoranti-staticagentsondiscs.Also,nevercleanthediscs
withbenzene,thinner,orothervolatilesolventswhichmaycausedamagetothedisc
surface.

HandlingCautions

Beforeconnectingothercomponentstothisplayer,besuretoturnallcomponentsoff.
Don'tmovetheplayerwhileadiscisbeingplayed.Thediscmaygetscratchedorbroken,and
theplayer'sinternalpartsmaybedamaged.
Don'tputanycontainerfilledwithliquidoranysmallmetalobjectsontheplayer.
Becarefulnottoputyourhandintothedisctray.
Don'tplaceanythingotherthanadiscintedisctray.
Exteriorinfluencessuchaslightningandstaticelectricitycanaffectnormaloperationof
thisplayer.Ifthisoccurs,turntheplayeroffandonagainwiththePOWERbutton,or
disconnectandthenreconnecttheACpowercordtotheACpoweroutlet.Theplayerwill
operatenormally.
Besuretoremovethediscandturnofftheplayerafteruse.

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Externalconnection

TheunitcanbesimultaneouslyconnectedtoVCR,LDplayer,VCDplayer,videocameraand
otheraudio-videoequipmentsforthebetterqualitypicture.
Forthemonauraldevices,connectaudioleadtoAudio(L)jack

1.UnderAV1connection,connecttheexternalequipmenttothebackpaneloftheunitas
showninthefigurebelow:

VIDEOIN

L

AUDIOIN

R

ThesideA/VjackscorrespondtoAV2videomode.

2.

VideoOutput(VCR)

AudioOutput(LMono)(VCR)

AudioOutput(R)(VCR)

Externaldevice

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2

3

TV/DVDcombo

VIDEO

L

AUDIO

R

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Externalconnection

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Specifications

Model

ColorsystemNTSC

PowerSupply ~120V60Hz

Powerconsumption85W

Picturetube14"

Audiooutput2X1W

Tunertype181channels,QuartsPLLFrequencysynthesized

Remotetype

Channelcoverage

Antennainput

impedance

Dimensions
(LXWXH)

Infrared,directaccess43keys,twobatteriesofAAA

17.2"X16.6"X14.6"(TV)

7.4"X2.0"X0.9"(RemoteControl)

TDM-1421C

1.5VX2

VHF2-13

UHF14-69

CATV1-125

75ohm(VHF/UHF/CATV)

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28.6lbs(TV)

Weight

0.24lbs(RemoteControl)

Specifications