Polaroid TDX-142 User Manual

14" Color Television/DVD Player TDX-142

20060510

Important Safeguards

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RISKOFELECTRICSHOCK

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Caution: To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

double insulation between hazardous mains voltage and user accessible parts. When servicing use only identical replacement parts.

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WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this product to rain or moisture.

The apparatus must not be exposed to ripping or splashing. Objects filled with liquids, such vases or drinking glasses, must never be placed on the apparatus.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read these instructions.

2. Keep these instructions.

3. Heed all warnings.

4. Follow all instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water.

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

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

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has twoblades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong is provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10. Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs,

convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

11. Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer.

This symbol indicates "dangerous voltage" inside the product that presents a risk of electric shock or personal injury.

Important safety instructions

Important Safeguards

12. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

13. Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14. Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the

apparatus has been damaged in any way, such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

15. If an outside antenna or cable system is connected to the product, be sure the antenna

or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Section 810 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NF PA No. 70-1984(Section 54 of Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1) provides information with respect to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna-discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of

antenna-discharge unit, connection to grounding electrode. See following example

ANTENNA LEAD IN WIRE

ANTENNA DISCHARGE UNIT

ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT

NEC-NATIONALELECTRICAL CODE

(NEC SECTION 810-21)

GROUNDING CONDUCTORS (NEC SECTION 810-21)

GROUND CLAMPS

POWER SERVICEGROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM (NEC ART250 PART H)

16. Mains plug is used as the disconnect device. It shall remain readily operable and should

not be obstructed during intended use

Important safety instructions

Table of Contents

Important Safeguards.......................................1

Overview of the function keys..........................4

The Remote Control.........................................5

TV Function Buttons....................................5

DVD Function Buttons.................................6

Using TV Menus

TV Menus.........................................................7

TV Menu Navigation...................................7

The PICTURE Menu...................................7

The SOUND Menu......................................7

The TUNING Menu.....................................8

The FUNCTION Menu................................8

Playing Discs

DVD Basics.....................................................11

Regional Coding.......................................11

Using Different Menus..............................11

Types of Discs Your DVD Will Play...........11

Search Options................................................12

Picture Scan..............................................12

Chapter Advance.......................................12

Playback Options..............................................12

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

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

DVD Information................................................13

Display Info........................................................14

DVD Menu System............................................14

DVD Menu Navigation.......................................15

Setup Menus..........................................................15

General Setup Page...........................................15

TV Display.......................................................15

Angle Mark......................................................15

OSD Lang........................................................15

Screen saver....................................................16

Last Memory...................................................16

Speaker Setup Page.........................................16

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

Dual Mono.....................................................16

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

Preference Page...............................................17

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

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

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

Disc Menu.....................................................18

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

Playing Audio CDs..................................................18

Playing Picture CDs...............................................19

Playing CD files (JPEG )........................................19

Other Information

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

Recommendations and information

concerning discs.....................................................23

Additional Information.............................................24

External connection................................................25

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

Package Accessories.............................................26

Polaroid Service and Support Information.............27

Table of Contents

Overview of the function keys

Power Switch

Remote Sensor

Play/Pause REV. Button Open/Close Button Menu Button

Power Indicator Stop Button

Volume Up

FWD. Button Input Button Volume Down

Button

Video Input Jack

Audio InputJack(L)

Audio InputJack(R)

Headphone

Channel Up

Button Channel Down Button

The Remote Control

TV Function Buttons

INPUT

Press it to switch between AV/DVD input and RF

(antenna) input.

PressthebuttontoselecttheremotecontrolintheTVmode.

MUTE

Press the button to minimize the volume level. Press

again to restore the original volume level.

DISPLAY PICTURE SLEEP RECALL

unit is in menu mode, press the Go Back button to return previous menu screen.

POWER VOL. (left and right) buttons

decrease the TV volume.

CH (up and down) buttons

down the current channel list. Press once to select the channel up or down, press and hold to select your desired channel. If your TV is in standby mode, press these buttons to turn on TV. In AV mode, press these two buttons to switch to TV mode.

MENU 0-9 (Number buttons)

channel and to set time setting directly. Press 0-9 to select a channel for example, to select channel 10, press 1 and 0 (interval time should be less than 1.5 seconds), the channel will change after 1.5 seconds. If you input "0" firstly, when input the second number, the channel will change to this channel number without waiting, for example, to select channel 8, press 0 and 8, the channel will change immediately.

AUDIO

/STANDARD/NEWS/MUSIC)

MTS/SAP Other buttons:

listed above are not available for TV function.

Press the button to display the channel information

Press the button to display the picture preset. Pressthebuttontosetthesleeptimer. Press the button to return the previous channel. If the

PressthebuttontoturnonandturnofftheTV.

Pressthebuttontoincreaseor

Pressthebuttontoscanupor

Displays the TV's Main menu.(See page 7 for details.)

Press number buttons to select

Four preset audio settings for you to select (MEMORY

This button is not activated for this model.

The buttons on the remote control other than

Arrow buttons for TV Menu system

The Remote Control

Arrow buttons for DVD Menu system

DVD Function Buttons

Press the DVD button to select DVD mode.

DVD

POWER Press the button to switch on and switch off the power.

VOL. (left and right) buttons

or decrease the TV volume.

Press the button to minimize the volume level. Press again

MUTE

to restore the original volume level.

OPEN/CLOSE

tray.

PLAY/PAUSE

playback. Press the button again to resume playback.

STOP

Press the button to display the title, chapter and elapsed time

INFO

information during disc playback. Press again to hide the display information.

Press the button to zoom in or zoom out the picture during

ZOOM

DVD disc playback.

Press the TITLE button to display TITLE menu during DVD disc

TITLE

playback.

REPEAT

track on Audio CDs.

Press the button to skip to the specified chapter/track or

SKIP

time. See page 16 for details.

Same to TV function

MENU SUBTITLE

the loaded disc is encoded with multiple Subtitle languages)

AUDIO

if the loaded disc is encoded with multiple languages)

ANGLE

screen shot.(only if the loaded disc is encoded with multiple camera angle)

PressthebuttontoturnthenavigationOFFandthedisc

PBC

playback starts directly without entering the menu. Press again to turn the navigation ON.

Press the button to display the DVD setup menu when the

GUIDE

DVD player is in stop mode.

Press the button to search backward through the disc during

REV

disc playback. Press repeatedly to increase the searching speed.

Press the button to search forward through the disc during

FWD

disc playback. Press and hold the button to increase the searching speed.

Arrow buttons(up, down, left, right)

move through the on-screen menu system.

OK button

on the screen display.

Other buttons:

above are not available for DVD function.

PressthebuttontoopenorclosetheDVDdisc

Press the button to start or pause the disc

Pressthebuttontostopthediscplayback.

Press the button to repeat a chapter or title on DVD or a

Advances to the next chapter or track.

Reverses to the preceding chapter or track.

Press the button to select a subtitle language.(only if

Press the button to select audio soundtrack language. (only

Press the button to select the camera angle of multiple

Press the button to select and highlight the desired item

The buttons on the remote control other than listed

Press the buttons to increase

Press the buttons to

The Remote Control

Using TV Menus

TV Menus

TV Menus let you control picture quality and features available for TV viewing. There is a different menu system for DVD features, described on page 16.

Note: Remember to use the TV arrow buttons when accessing the TV's menu system.

TV Menu Navigation

1. To bring up the TV's menu system, press the MENU button.

2. Press MENU button repeatedly to select PICTURE, SOUND, TUNING or FUNCTION submenu.

3. Press the / buttons on the remote (or CH / on the front of the TV) to select the option.

4. Use the arrow buttons / on the remote (or the VOL / buttons on the front of the TV) to change the setting of the option.

5. Press the MENU button on the remote to exit the menu system.

PICTURE

pq pq

tu pq

BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST COLOR SHARPNESS TINT COLOR TEMP NORMAL

The PICTURE Menu

The PICTURE menu allows you make adjustments to your

picture settings.

BRIGHTNESS Adjusts the brightness of the picture.

CONTRAST Adjusts the contrast between the light and

dark areas of the picture.

COLOR Adjusts the color intensity or saturation.

SHARPNESS Adjusts the sharpness of the picture.

TINT Adjusts the balance between the red and

green levels.

COLOR TEMP Provides three color adjustments: NORMAL,

COLD(for more blue in the picture), and

WARM (for more red in the picture).

SOUND

VOLUME TREBLE BASS BALANCE SURROUND STEREO

Using TV Menus

The SOUND Menu

The SOUND menu offers different audio options.

VOLUME Decreases/increases sound volume.

TREBLE Decreases/increases high-pitched sound.

BASS Decreases/increases low-pitched sound.

BALANCE Adjusts left/right speaker balance.

SURROUND Turns the surround sound on or off.

STEREO Adjust different kinds of the stereo sound effect.

Using TV Menus

The TUNING Menu

The TUNING menu is used to adjust the signal source, channel

setup and reception of the TV.

TUNING

CHANNEL 8

DELETE CH NO SOURCE AIR LABEL AAAAA

AUTO SEARCH

CHANNEL Use the VOL / buttons on the remote

control (or t

front of the TV) to scroll through the channels

available. You can enter the channel number

directly using the number buttons.

DELETE CH Select YES to remove the channel.

Select NO to enter to the channel.

SOURCE Selects AIR or CABLE. Select AIR to receive a

broadcast signal. Select CABLE to receive a

CATV signal.

LABEL

To add a channel description:

1. Open the OSD and select the TUNING menu.

2. Enter the channel you want to add a description for in the CHANNEL option.

3. Select the LABEL option.

4. Press the VOL button, then enter the first character of your label.You can press the

number button repeatedly in a interval of less than one second to select the character you

want.For example,if you want to input 'L',you can press '5' four times rapidly.When you stop

pressing,the cursor will move to the next character after one second.

5. Enter the rest of characters. After you enter the fifth character, you description is saved. You

must enter the five characters, or the label will not be saved.

6. If you want to erase a description, repeat this task and press VOL button to delete the

characters.

AUTO SEARCH

Starts channel search and stores the channels automatically. Use the VOL /

buttons on the remote control to begin the auto search. If you wish to stop the

search before completed, press MENU.

he VOL / buttons on the

Using TV Menus

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