Polaroid TDM-1421C User Manual

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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

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)

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

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

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.

Afteryouenterthefirstcharacter,thecursormovestothenextcharacter.

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

6.Ifyouwanttoeraseadescription,repeatthistaskandpressVOLbuttontodeletethe characters.

AUTOSEARCHStartschannelsearchandstoresthechannelsautomatically.UsetheVOL/

buttonsontheremotecontroltobegintheautosearch.Ifyouwishtostopthe searchbeforecompleted,pressMENU.

CHANNELUsetheVOL/buttonsontheremote

control(ort

heVOL/buttonsonthe

frontoftheTV)toscrollthroughthechannels available.Youcanenterthechannelnumber directlyusingthenumberbuttons.

DELETECHSelectYEStoremovethechannel.

SelectNOtoentertothechannel.

SOURCESelectsAIRorCABLE.SelectAIRtoreceivea

broadcastsignal.SelectCABLEtoreceivea CATVsignal.

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

thefigureleft.

CONFIRMPASSWORDPressfourdigitalbuttonsonthe

remotecontrol.V-CHIPmenucan notbedisplayedwithoutinputting therightpassword.Theinitialword is0358.

V-CHIPAdjustsV-CHIPfunctiononoroff.

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

controltogotoTVPGSETTING.

RETURNReturntothepreviousmenu

ContentThemes

DSexuallyexplicitdialogue

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

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

DVDInformation

Title/Chapter

Todirectlyaccessatitleorachapter:

1.PressSKIPbuttonontheremotecontrolrepeatedly.SelectTitleorChapterusingthe/

2.Enteratitleorchapternumberusingthenumericbuttons.

Note:Manydiscsonlyhaveonetitle.

Audio

Somediscshaveseveralaudiotracksusedfordifferentlanguages. Tochangethetrackandlanguageduringplayback:

PressAUDIObuttonontheremotecontrolrepeatedly.

2.Choosealanguageyourdesired.

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

Subtitles

Subtitlesaredisabledbydefault.Toenablethesubtitlefunctionwhilethediscisplaying;

PressSUBTITLEbuttonontheremotecontrolrepeatedly.

2.Choosealanguageyourdesired.

Whenyouchangethelanguageofthesubtitlesyourchoiceoflanguageonlyappliesfor thedisccurrentlybeingplayed.Whenyouejectthediscandswitchofftheplayer,the subtitleswillbedisplayedagaininthesubtitlelanguageyouselectedinthePreferences menu(seepage17)

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

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

OSDLang

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

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

DualMono

DualMonogiveyouafuller,betterbalanceofaudiobasedonthediscthatyouareplaying.

Stereo:

rightspeakers.

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

thetwospeakers.

Selectthisoptiontooutputaudiofromtheleftandrightchannelstotheleftand

Selectthisoptiontooutputaudiofromtheleftchanneltothetwofrontspeakers.

Selectthisoptiontooutputaudioontherightchanneltothetwofrontspeakers.

Selectthisoptiontohearamixtureoftheleftandrightchannelsoneachof

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

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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

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:

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

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.

pq pqtu

OKbutton.Theselectedfiles(ortracks)play.

tracks,filesandfolders.

PlayingDiscs

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

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

c PresstheTVbuttonontheremoteandthentheINPUTbuttonuntiltheCable/ Airechannelsaredisplayed.

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).

OtherInformation

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.

OtherInformation

Externalconnection

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

1.UnderAV1connection,connecttheexternalequipmenttothebackpaneloftheunitas showninthefigurebelow:

VIDEOIN

AUDIOIN

ThesideA/VjackscorrespondtoAV2videomode.

VideoOutput(VCR)

AudioOutput(LMono)(VCR)

AudioOutput(R)(VCR)

Externaldevice

TV/DVDcombo

VIDEO

AUDIO

Externalconnection

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)

28.6lbs(TV)

Weight

0.24lbs(RemoteControl)

Specifications

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