Pyle PLMDR-7 Owners manual

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PLMDR7

OWNER’S MANUAL

Mobile Video System

• Digital Audio Out-Coaxial

• DVD Player

• Multi Color TFT Monitor

• Multi-subtitle Languages Function

• Multi-audio Languages Function

• Multi-angle Function

• Parental Control

• Remote Control

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FEATURES

Compatible with PAL DVD (Video CD) and NTSC DVD (Video CD)

This player can play discs recorded in either PAL or NTSC format.

• A single LSI chip now integrates all major DVD playback circuit functions including MPEG2 decoder, video D/A converter, and audio decoders.

• L/R stereo analog audio outputs for connection to existing head unit aux inputs. Video output is composite video.

• Supplied remote handles multi-function software (multi-language audio-track/subtitle, multi-angle, multistory, etc.), plus all basic functions.

USE THIS PRODUCT SAFELY

When Driving

Keep the volume level low enough to be aware of road and traffic conditions.

When Car Washing

Do not expose the product to water or excessive moisture. This could cause electrical shorts, fire or other damage.

Use Authorized Service Centres

Do not attempt to disassemble or adjust this precision product. Please refer to the Service Centre list included with this product for service assistance.

When Parked

Parking in direct sunlight can produce very high temperatures inside your vehicle. Give the interior a chance to cool down before starting playback.

Use the Proper Power Supply

This product is designed to operate with a 12 volt DC, negative ground battery system (the regular system in a North American car).

Protect the Disc Mechanism

Avoid inserting any foreign objects into the slot of this player. Failure to observe this may cause malfunction due to the precise mechanism of this unit.

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CONTENTS

Safety Information .....................................................................................4

Disc Notes .................................................................................................5

The Player..................................................................................................6

Installation .................................................................................................7

Electric Connection...................................................................................8

Remote Control .........................................................................................9

Location and Function of Keys ............................................................................9

Preparing the Remote Control ...........................................................................11

Loading/Ejecting a disc...........................................................................11

Loading a disc ..................................................................................................11

Ejecting a disc ..................................................................................................11

Operation ................................................................................................ 12

Basic Play.........................................................................................................12

Menu Function..................................................................................................14

On-Screen Display Function..............................................................................15

Multi-audio Language Function .........................................................................16

Title Menu Function .........................................................................................16

Multi-subtitle Language Function .....................................................................16

Multi-angle Function ........................................................................................16

MP3 Disc Play ..................................................................................................17

Setup .......................................................................................................18

Initial Setup.......................................................................................................18

General Setup...................................................................................................18

Speaker Setup..................................................................................................20

Audio Setup......................................................................................................20

Preferences Setup ............................................................................................21

Defaults Table ...................................................................................................23

Trouble Shooting .....................................................................................24

Specifications ..........................................................................................25

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SAFETY INFORMATION

CAUTION:

MOBILE DVD PLAYER IS A CLASS I LASER PRODUCT. HOWEVER THIS MOBILE DVD PLAYER USES A VISIBLE/INVISIBLE LASER BEAM WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE IF DIRECTED. BE SURE TO OPERATE THE MOBILE DVD PLAYER CORRECTLY AS INSTRUCTED. USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE. DO NOT OPEN COVERS AND - DO NOT REPAIR YOURSELF. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL.

WARNING:

• TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

• TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, AND ANNOYING INTERFERENCE, USE ONLY THE RECOMMENDED ACCESSORIES.

• THIS DEVICE IS INTENDED FOR CONTINUOUS OPERATION.

Region Management Information

Region Management Information: This Mobile DVD Player is designed and manufactured to respond to the Region Management Information that is recorded on a DVD disc. If the Region number described on the DVD disc does not correspond to the Region number of this Mobile DVD Player, this Mobile DVD Player cannot play this disc.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited.

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DISC NOTES

Disc formats supported by this player

DVD

12 cm disc (Single-sided disc only)

Video CD

12 cm disc

MP3

12 cm disc

Discs which cannot be played with this player

• DVD-ROM

• DVD-R/DVD-RAM

• CDV

• CD-G

Handling and Cleaning

• Dirt, dust, scratches and warping disc will cause misoperation.

• Do not place stickers or make scratches on discs.

• Do not warp discs.

• A disc should always be kept in its case when not in use to prevent from damaging.

• Do not place discs in the following places:

1. Direct sunlight

2. Dirty, dusty and damp areas

3. Near car heaters

4. On the seats or dashboard

Disc Cleaning

Use a dry soft cloth to wipe the surface. If the disc is quite dirty, use a soft cloth slightly moistured with isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol. Never use solvents such as benzine, thinner or conventional record cleaners as they may mar the surface of the disc.

Note:

A disc may become somewhat scratched (although not enough to make it unusable) depending on your handle it and conditions in the usage environment.

Note these scratches are not an indication of any problem with the player.

Label side up

Do not touch the underside of the disc

Do not bend

Wipe the disc from center toward the outside edge

Preparing New Discs with Rough Spots

A new disc may have rough edges on its inside and outside edges. If a disc with rough edges is used, the proper setting will not be performed and the player will not play the disc. Therefore, remove the rough edges in advance by using a ball point pen or pencil as shown on the right. To remove the rough edges, press the side of the pen or pencil against the inside and outside edges of the disc.

Rough spots on outside edge

Ball point pen or pencil

Rough spots on inside edge

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THE PLAYER

1. POWER /STOP

2. EJECT( )

3. SETUP

4. PLAY/PAUSE (

) MODE

5. NEXT( )

6. PREV( )

/ , / cursor buttons

7. (VOL+) / (VOL-)

8. OK

9. 7 inch TFT Color Monitor

10. Remote Sensor

11. Speakers

12. Disc tray

102 4 5 87316 111121

13. Data reading indicator

14. Button for compulsively ejecting disc

15. DC 12V IN

16. Jack for earphone

17. AV IN

18. DIGITAL AUDIO

19. AV OUT

20. Reset button

21. Infrared transmitting area

(For the unit with infrared

transmitting function only)

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INSTALLATION

You can pull out the stand on the back of the DVD unit to place the unit on the desired position.

Stand

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ELECTRIC CONNECTION

DIGITAL

AV OUT

AV IN DC 12V IN

AUDIO

AC/DC

ADAPTOR

(OPTIONAL)

CIGARETTE LIGHTER

YELLOW

VIDEO IN

WHITE

AUDIO IN

RED

AUDIO IN

DIGITAL AUDIO

YELLOW

VIDEO OUT

WHITE

AUDIO OUT

RED

AUDIO OUT

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REMOTE CONTROL

LOCATION AND FUNCTION OF KEYS

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REMOTE CONTROL

1. POWER OFF When the unit is on, press the button to turn the unit off.

2. MUTE Press to mute the sound.

3. SUB-T Changing of the SUBTITLE language on multi-subtitle language DVD disc.

4. ANGLE Changing of the view angle on multi-angle DVD disc.

5. DISPLAY Display statistical disc information during playback.

6. MODE Changing between DVD mode and AV mode.

7. SETUP Display the SETUP menu.

8. P/N Switch between PAL mode and NTSC mode.

9. AUDIO Changing of the AUDIO soundtrack on multi-audio soundtrack DVD disc. Changing of the sound mode of the VCD/CD disc.

10. TITLE Display the TITLE menu that is stored in DVD disc.

11. MENU Display the adjustment items, such as Bright, Contrast, Color, Tint, Screen and TX (for the unit with infrared transmitting function or for the unit with FM transmitter function).

12.

/ , / In case of MENU mode, / , / buttons served as cursor

buttons to select item left/right, ahead/back.

13. OK Confirm the Track/Chapter selected with the numeric buttons or selected with the cursor buttons on screen display.

14.

/ Changing for slow forward/reverse playback motion.

15.

16.

/ Press to search forward rapidly & to search reverse rapidly.

17.

18.

19.

20. 0 - 9 Numeric buttons

21. 10+ Tens digit select button, cooperatively used with numeric buttons.

22. CLEAR When you input a number in error, press the button to clear it.

23. VOLUME+/- Press VOLUME+/- button to increase or decrease the volume

24. ZOOM Allows the picture to be increased in size.

25. RESUME When in stop mode, press the button, then play can be resumed

26. GOTO Disc search button, cooperatively used with numeric buttons.

27. PBC Changing between PBC ON and PBC OFF on the disc.

28. SHUFFLE Allows the track played in random order.

29. PROGRAM Allows the track played in the order you programmed.

30. REPEAT Switch the Repeat mode of discs.

31. A-B A-B repeat allows a passage to be repeated continuously.

32.

(EJECT) Press to eject the disc.

Press to play the disc.

Press track. Press it to stop playback. Press it to pause playback.

level. Adjust the corresponding item when press MENU to select.

from the stop point (only for CD).

skip to the next track & press

to skip back one

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REMOTE CONTROL

Preparing the Remote Control

Inserting the Batteries

1. Open the battery compartment cover.

2. Insert the new batteries. Make sure that the positive and negative terminals of the batteries are oriented indicated.

3. Close the cover Battery: one button cell lithium battery.

Using the Remote Control

Face the remote control towards the player front face IR mark (remote control signal reciver). Operation angle: About each the direction of the front of the IR mark.

30 degree in

LOADING / EJECTING A DISC

Loading a Disc

When you have installed the unit and all connections have completed, you can load a disc as follows:

1. Turn the ignition on the accessory position.

2. Press the POWER button on the front panel.

Press (EJECT) button to eject the disc tray. The disc door is on the side of the unit.

4. Place the disc with printed side facing up on the tray, and then close the disc door.

5. The player will start playback automatically.

Button for compulsively ejecting the disc

Ejecting a Disc

Press (EJECT) button to eject the disc.

Note: When the disc cannot be ejected by pressing (EJECT) button (when the unit can’t work normally or has no power), you can activate the button on the side of the unit with a pointed object to eject the disc compulsively.

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OPERATION

BASIC PLAY Stopping Play

- Briefly press the

(Stop) button to stop the unit playback, when the (Play) button is pressed, normal playback will continue

- Press

(Stop) button twice to stop the playback and go back to initial Track/Chapter.

Rapid Forward/Rapid Reverse

Press

& during play. Each time the button is pressed, the speed of rapid forward/reverse changes according to the disc as follow.

DVD:

Normal Playback 2X 4X 6X 8X

VCD/CD:

Normal Playback 1X 2X 3X 4X

MP3:

Normal Playback 2X 4X 6X 8X

Skipping Track

Press

/ buttons on the remote control during playback. Press

to skip to next track, and to back one track. Note: For some VCD 2.0 dics (PBC-playback control),

/ buttons

may be unavailable.

Slow Motion Play

Press

/ during play. Each time the button is pressed, the speed of slow forward/reverse changes according to the disc as follow.

DVD:

Normal Playback 2X 4X 8X

Pause

Pressing pressing

on the remote control or

on the front panel shortly during playback will stop playback temporary. To return to normal playback, press

on the remote control or press

on the front panel shortly.

MUTE

Will mute the sound, but the disc continues playing. When you unmute the sound (press MUTE again), sound will resume.

Repeat

FOR DVD: Press REPEAT button to select repeat mode as follow.

CHAPTER REPEAT ON TITLE REPEAT ON

REPEAT OFF

FOR VCD/CD: Press the REPEAT button to select repeat mode as follow.

REP-ONE REP-ALL REPEAT OFF

1. Continuously repeat at the current

chapter/ track, when selected REPONE mode.

2. Select REP-ALL mode to continuously

repeat all chapter/track on the current disc.

3. When the player finishes playback of

the current disc last chapter/track, it will stop and display the elapsed time. When REPEAT OFF mode is selected, REP-ONE & REP-ALL disappear at the screen display.

4. REPEAT feature does not support

VCD2.0 (with PBC ON).

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OPERATION

A-B

A-B repeat allows a passage to be repeated continuously. Press A-B button at the start of the required passage, then press A-B button again at the end of the passage. To revert to normal playing, press A-B button again. Each time the button pressed, the screen will display as follows:

A TO B SET A A TO B SET B A TO B CANCELLED

Disc Search (GOTO)

FOR DVD Press GOTO button twice, the screen will display the following message:

TITLE 01/01 TIME -- : -- : --

00:00:25

SHUFFLE

Press SHUFFLE button, track selection will be made in random order. The display screen will show “SHUFFLE ON” on the screen. Press SHUFFLE button again, “SHUFFLE OFF” appears and release the mode.

PROGRAM

In stop mode, press PROGRAM button, the screen will display “PROGRAM P00:00”. For example: press numeric button 4 and P01:04” appears. It means track 4 will be played first.

MODE SELECTION

Press and hold PLAY/PAUSE (MODE) button on the front panel of the unit for several seconds or press MODE button on the remote control to select among DVD and AV mode.

You can select the item you want to watch through TIME setting by using numeric buttons and ENTER key.

FOR CD/VCD (WITH PBC OFF): Press GOTO button once, the screen will display the following message:

GOTO -- : --

00:00:25

VOLUME LEVEL ADJUSTMENT

Press and hold the front panel for several seconds or press VOLUME +/- on the remote control to increase or decrease the volume level.

JACK FOR EARPHONE (

There are one jack for earphone. You can connect an earphone to the jack to receive sound signal.

Use numeric buttons to input the time directly.

ZOOM

Allows the picture to be incresed in size. Press ZOOM to toggle among 1.5 scale,

2.0 scale and 3.0 scale. During Zoom mode, press / , /

buttons to move pictures up, down, left or right direction.

REMOTE SENSOR

Point the remote handset to the remote sensor on the front panel. Receive the signal from remote handset.

TURNING THE UNIT ON/OFF

When the power is off, press the (POWER) button on the front panel to turn on the unit. When the power is on, press POWER OFF button on the remote control to turn off the unit.

button, “PROGRAM

(VOL+)/ (VOL-) on

)

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OPERATION

When the power is on, press (POWER) button on the front panel for several seconds will turn off the unit. Shortly pressing (POWER) button on the front panel is STOP function, and the function is the same with button on remote control.

RESET FUNCTION

Reset button and must be activated with either a ballpoint pen or thin metal object. The reset button is to be activated for the following reasons:

- Initial installation of the unit when all wiring is completed.

- All the function buttons do not operate.

- Error symbol on the display.

INFRARED TRANSMITTING WINDOW (For the unit with infrared transmitting function only)

There are four infrared transmitting lights inside the window on the unit, the user can put on the infrared wireless headphones supplied with the unit and hear the sound signal emitting from the window.

MENU FUNCTION

Press SETUP button on the unit shortly or press MENU on the remote control during DVD, AV mode to display the adjustment items on the screen. (For the unit with PAL system):

BRIGHT 32 CONTRAST 32 COLOR 32 SCREEN 16:9 TX OFF

(For the unit with NTSC system):

BRIGHT 32 CONTRAST 32 COLOR 32 TINT 32 SCREEN 16:9 TX OFF

Press

select among Bright, Contrast, Color and Tint (For the unit with NTSC system) items and etc. Press the DVD unit shortly or press buttons on the remote control to adjust the corresponding item. Note: When you set the TV TYPE item to “PAL” in “PREFERENCES SETUP”, there is no “TINT” item to display. In Screen item, you can select appropriate TV aspect ratio (4:3 or 16:9) using the

The TX item is effective when the unit has the infrared transmitting function or the FM transmitter function.

• For the unit with infrared transmitting function:

• For the unit with FM transmitter function:

/ buttons on the DVD unit or

/ buttons on the remote control to

/ buttons on

/ buttons on the remote control.

In TX item, there is ON or OFF to be selected. Press ON or OFF. When set it to ON, the sound signal can be emitted from the infrared transmitting window on the unit and you can use the infrared wireless headphone to hear the sound signal.

In TX item, use select among OFF/90.1/98.1/106.1. (These three transmitting frequency are factory defaults.) When selected one frequency, press OK button, then there is red background shown on the selected frequency. Then use

/ buttons to adjust the frequency, when selected the desired frequency point, press OK button to confirm (then the red background on the frequency digits disappears.). Then the transmitting frequency of the unit is the frequency just set. Note: The unit can’t have the infrared transmitting function and the FM transmitter function together.

/ buttons on the unit or

/ buttons to select

/ buttons to

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OPERATION

On-Screen Display Function

Press the DISPLAY button during playback to display the contents of the current disc on the screen. Example:

DVD:

(1) Press DISPLAY for the first time:

TITLE 01/03 CHAPTER 002/025