Samsung DVD-C550K User Manual

DVD Player

User Manual

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Precautions

1. Setting up

Refer to the identification label located on

the

rear of your player for its proper

operating

adequate ventilation holes. (7~10cm) Do not block ventilation holes on any of the components

- Do not push the disc tray in by hand.

- Do not stack components.

- Be sure to turn all components off before moving the player.

- Before connecting other components to this player, be sure to turn them off.

- Be sure to remove the disc and turn off the player after use, especially if you are not going to use it for a long time.

- The mains plug is used as a disconnect device and shall stay readily operable at any time.

2. For your safety

- This product utilizes a laser. Use of controls of procedures herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

self personal.

3. Caution

- Your player is not intended for industrial use but for domestic purposes. Use of this product is for personal use only.

- Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping with liquids placed on the apparatus.

- Exterior influences such as lightning and static electricity can affect normal opera tion of this player. If this occurs, turn the player off and on again with the POWER button, or disconnect and then recon nect the AC power cord to the AC power outlet. The player will operate normally.

- When condensation forms inside the player due to sharp changes in tempera-

voltage.

Install your player in a cabinet with

for air circulation.

or adjustments or performance

other than those specified

Do not open covers and do not repair your

. Refer servicing to qualified

or splashing and no objects filled

, such as vases, shall be

ture, the player may not operate cor rectly. If this room temperature player becomes dry and operational.

4. Disc

- Do not clean disc using record-cleaning sprays, benzene, thinner, or other vola tile solvents that may cause damage to the disc surface.

- Do not touch the disc’s bottom. Hold by the edges or by one edge and the hole in the center.

- Wipe the dirt away gently; never wipe a cloth back and forth over the disc.

5. Environmental info

- The battery used in this product contains

chemicals that are harmful to the environment.

- So, dispose the batteries in the proper manner, according to federal, state, and local regulations.

The product unit accomparied this user manual is licenced under certain intellectual property rights of certain third parties. This licence is limited to by end-user consumers No rights are granted for commercial use. The licence does not cover any product unit other than this product unit and the licence does not extend to any unlicenced product unit or process conforming to ISO/OUR 11172-3 or ISO/ OUR 13818-3 used or sold in combination with this product unit. The licence only covers the use of this product unit to encode and/or decode audio files conforming to the ISO/OUR 11172-3 or ISO/OUR 13818-3. No rights are granted under this licence for product features or functions that do not con form to the ISO/OUR 11172-3 or ISO/OUR 13818-3.

CAUTION: USE OF ANY CONTROLS, ADJUSTMENTS, OR PROCEDURES OTHER THAN SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.

occurs, leave the player at

until the inside of the

private non-commercial use

for licenced contents.

Table of contens

Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Setup

General Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Tour of the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Connections

Choosing a Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Basic Functions

Playing a Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Using the Search and Skip Functions . . . . . . . . 5

Using the Display Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Using the Disc and Title Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Repeat Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Slow Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Advanced Functions

Adjusting the Aspect Ratio (EZ View) . . . . . . . . . 6

Selecting the Audio Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Selecting the Subtitle Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Changing the Camera Angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using the Bookmark Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Using the Zoom Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Clips Menu for MP3/WMA/JPEG/MPEG4/

CD Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Folder Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

MP3/WMA/CD Audio Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

MPEG4 Playback (Only DVD-C550/DVD-C550K) . . . Playing Media Files using the USB HOST

feature (Only DVD-C550/DVD-C550K) . . . . . . . . 9

CD Ripping (Only DVD-C550/DVD-C550K) . . . . 9

Picture CD Playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Picture CD Playback for HD-JPEG . . . . . . . . . . 10

Karaoke Functions (Only DVD-C550K)

Karaoke Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Changing Setup Menu

Using the Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Setting Up the Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Setting Up the Audio Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Setting Up the System Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting Up the Language Features . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting Up the Security Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Setting Up the General Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Setting Up the Support Options . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Reference

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Setup

General Features

Excellent Sound

Dolby Digital, a technology developed by Dolby Laboratories, provides crystal clear sound reproduction.

Screen

Both regular and widescreen(16:9) pictures can be viewed.

Slow Motion

An important scene can be viewed in slow motion.

1080p Playback

This player upconverts regular DVDs for playback on 1080p TVs.

Parental Control (DVD)

The parental control allows users to set the necessary level to prohibit children from viewing harmful movies such as those with violence, adult subject matter, etc.

Various On-Screen Menu Functions

You can select various languages (Audio/Subtitle) and screen angles while enjoying movies.

Progressive Scan

Progressive scanning creates an improved picture with double the scan lines of a conventional interlaced picture.

EZ VIEW (DVD)

Easy View enables picture adjustment to match your TV's screen size (16:9 or 4:3).

Digital Photo Viewer (JPEG)

You can view Digital Photos on your TV.

Repeat

You can repeat a song or movie simply by pressing the REPEAT button.

MP3/WMA

This unit can play discs contain MP3/WMA files.

MPEG4 (Only DVD-C550/ DVD-C550K)

This unit can play MPEG4 formats within an avi file.

HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)

HDMI reduces picture noise by allowing a pure digital video/audio signal path from the player to your TV.

CD Ripping (Only DVD-C550/ DVD-C550K)

This feature lets you to copy audio files from disc to USB device into MP3 format. (Only Audio CD (CD DA))

Note

- Discs which cannot be played with this player.

• DVD-ROM • DVD-RAM

• CD-ROM • CDV

• CDI • CVD

• CDGs play audio only, not graphics.

- Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions.

• DVD-R, +R

• CD-RW

• DVD+RW, -RW (V mode)

- The unit may not play certain CD-R, CD-RW and DVD-R due to the disc type or recording conditions.

COPY PROTECTION

Many DVD discs are encoded with copy protection. Because of this, you should only connect your DVD player directly to your TV, not to a VCR. Connecting to a VCR results a distorted picture from copy-protected DVD discs.

This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by methods 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 auzthorized 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.

PROGRESSIVE SCAN OUTPUTS (576p,720p,1080p)

“CONSUMERS SHOULD NOTE THAT NOT ALL HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION SETS ARE FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THIS PRODUCT AND MAY CAUSE ARTIFACTS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE PICTURE, IN CASE OF 576, 720, 1080 PROGRESSIVE SCAN PICTURE PROBLEMS, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE USER SWITCH THE CONNECTION TO THE ‘STANDARD DEFINITION’ OUTPUT. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING YOUR TV SET COMPATIBILITY WITH THIS MODEL 576p, 720p, 1080p DVD PLAYER, PLEASE CONTACT SAMSUNG'S CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.”

Description

Front Panel Controls

DVD-C500

Disc Markings

Play Region Number

NTSC broadcast system in USA,

NTSC

Canada, Korea, Japan etc.

Dolby Digital disc

STEREO

Stereo disc

DIGITAL

Digital Audio disc

SOUND

DTS disc

MP3 disc

Region Number

Both the DVD player and the discs are coded by region. These regional codes must match in order for the disc to play. If the codes do not match, the disc will not play.

The Region Number for this player is described on the rear panel of the player.

DivX Certification (Only DVD-C550/

DVD-C550K)

DivX, DivX Certified,

and associated logos are trademarks of

DivXNetworks, Inc and are used under license.

“DivX Certified to play DivX video, including

premium content.”

DVD-C550

DVD-C550K

1. DISC TRAY

Place the disc here.

2. DISPLAY

Operation indicators are displayed here.

3. OPEN/CLOSE (

)

Press to open and close the disc tray.

4. STOP ( )

Stops play.

5. PLAY/PAUSE ( )

Play or pause the disc.

6. POWER ON/OFF ( )

Turn on/off and the player is turned on/off.

Tour of the Remote Control

DVD-C500

1 2

3 4 5

7 8

10 11 12

1 2

19 20

21 22

7 8

23 24

25 26

7. USB HOST (Only DVD-C550/ DVD-C550K)

Connect digital still camera, MP3 player,

memory stick, Card reader other removable storage devices.

8. MICROPHONE VOLUME (Only DVD-C550K)

Use to adjust microphone volume level. Use

the button by pressing it. Turn it to the left or right to control the volume.

9. MIC 1/2 (Only DVD-C550K)

Connect Microphone for karaoke functions.

DVD-C550

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27

10 11 12

1 2

3 4 5

7 8

DVD-C550K

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27

28 29

1. DVD POWER Button

Turns the power on or off.

DVD Button

Use to select the DVD player for operation.

3. TV Button

Use to select a Samsung TV for operation.

4. EZ VIEW Button

Lets you easily adjust the aspect ratio of a

picture according to the screen size of your TV (16:9 or 4:3).

MARKER

6. REPEAT Button

Allows you to repeat play a title, chapter, track,

or disc.

7. DISC MENU Button

Brings up the Disc menu.

8. INFO Button

Used to displays playback info banner.

9. TV VOL (+, -) Buttons

Controls volume.

10. SKIP Buttons ( / )

Use to skip the title, chapter or track.

11. STOP Button ( )

12. MENU Button

Brings up the DVD player’s menu.

13. ENTER/

This button functions as a toggle switch.

14. TOOLS Button

Displays the current disc mode. It also lets you access the Display function.

15. OPEN/CLOSE (

To open and close the disc tray.

Button

π/†,√/®

Buttons

) Button

16. HDMI SEL. Button

HDMI Output resolution setup.

17. USB Button (Only DVD-C550/ DVD-C550K) ZOOM Button (Only DVD-C500)

Enlarge the DVD Picture.

18. VIDEO SEL. Button

Changes video output mode.

19.

REPEAT A-B Button

Allows you to repeat play a chosen section (AB) on a disc.

20.

SUBTITLE Button

21.

TITLE MENU Button

Brings up the Title menu.

22.

AUDIO/TV SOURCE Button

Use this button to access various audio functions on a disc. available TV source (mode TV).

23. PAUSE Button ( )

Pauses disc play.

24. SEARCH Buttons ( / )

Allows you to search forward/backward through a disc.

25. TV CH ( , ) Buttons

Channel selection.

26. PLAY Button ( )

Begins disc play.

27. RETURN Button

Returns to a previous menu.

28. EXIT Button

Exits the on-screen menu.

29.

KARAOKE (†) Button

(Only DVD-C550K)

Use to begin Karaoke functions.

Use this button to select an

Connections

Choosing a Connection

The following shows examples of connections commonly used to connect the DVD player with a TV and other components.

Before Connecting the DVD Player

- Always turn off the DVD player, TV, and other components before you connect or disconnect any cables.

- Refer to the user’s manual of the additional components you are connecting for more information on those particular components.

A. Connecting to a TV (For Video)

Using video/audio cables, connect the VIDEO (yellow)/AUDIO (red and white) OUT terminals (Front L-R)

Note

- Noise may be generated if the audio cable is too close to the power cable.

- If you want to connect to an Amplifier, please refer to the Amplifier connection page.

- The number and position of terminals can vary depending on your TV set. Please refer to the user’s manual of the TV.

- If there is one audio input terminal on the TV, connect it to the [AUDIO OUT][left] (white) terminal of the DVD player.

- If you press the VIDEO SEL. button when DVD Player is in stop mode or no disc is inserted, the Video Output mode changes in the following sequence: (I-SCAN ➝ P-SCAN)

on the rear of the DVD player to the VIDEO (yellow)/AUDIO (red and white) IN terminals of TV.

Turn on the DVD player and TV. Press the input selector on your TV remote control until the Video signal from the DVD player appears on the TV screen.

or 5.1CH

B. Connection to a TV (Interlace/Progressive)

Using component video cables, connect the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT terminal on the rear of the DVD player to the COMPONENT IN terminal of TV.

Using the audio cables, connect the AUDIO (red and white) OUT terminals or 5.1CH (Front L-R) on the rear of the DVD player to the AUDIO (red and white) IN terminals of TV. Turn on the DVD player and TV.

Press the input selector on your TV remote control until the Component signal from the DVD player appears on the TV screen.

Set the Video Output to I-SCAN/P-SCAN in the Display Setup menu. You can use the VIDEO SEL. button to change the Video Output mode.

Note

- What is “Progressive Scan”? Progressive scan has twice as many scanning lines as the interlace output method has. Progressive

scanning method can provide better and clearer picture quality.

C. Connecting to a TV with DVI/HDMI Jack

Using the HDMI-DVI/HDMI-HDMI cable , connect the HDMI OUT terminal on the rear of the DVD player to

1. the DVI/HDMI IN terminal of your TV.

Using the audio cables, connect the AUDIO (red and white) OUT terminals or 5.1CH (Front L-R) on the rear of the DVD player to the AUDIO (red and white) IN terminals of your TV. Turn on the DVD player and TV.

Press the input selector on your TV remote control until the DVI/HDMI signal from the DVD player appears on your TV screen.

HDMI VIDEO Specifications

When you press the HDMI SEL. button, 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080p, 1080i are selected in order. The first press of the HDMI SEL. button brings up the current resolution. The second press allows you to change the HDMI output resolution.

- Depending on your TV, certain HDMI output resolutions may not work.

- Please refer to the user’s manual of your TV.

- If HDMI or HDMI-DVI cable is plugged into TV, the DVD player’s output is set to HDMI/DVI within 10 seconds.

- If you set the HDMI output resolution 720p,1080p or 1080i, HDMI output provides better picture quality.

- If you connect an HDMI cable between Samsung TV and this DVD player, you can operate this DVD player using your TV remote control. This is only available with Samsung TVs that support Anynet+(HDMI-CEC).

- If your TV has an

• HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface)

HDMI is an interface to enable the digital transmission of video and audio data with just a single

connector.Using HDMI, the DVD player transmits a digital video and audio signal and displays a vivid picture on a TVhaving an HDMI input jack.

• HDMI connection description HDMI connector

- Both uncompressed video data and digital audio data (LPCM or Bit Stream data).- Though the player uses a HDMI cable, the player outputs only a pure digital signal to the TV.

- If TV does not support HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital content protection), snow noise appears on the screen.

• Why does Samsung use HDMI?

Analog TVs require an analog video/audio signal. However, when playing a DVD, the data trans-

mitted to a TV is digital. Therefore either a digital-to-analog converter (in the DVD player) or an analog-to-digital converter (in the TV) is required. During this conver-sion, the picture quality is degraded due to noise and signal loss. DVI technology is superior because it requires no D/A conversion and is a pure digital sig-nal from the player to your TV.

• What is the HDCP?

HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) is a system for protecting DVD content outputted via DVI from being copied. It provides a secure digital link between a video source (PC, DVD. etc) and a display device (TV, projector . etc). Content is encrypted at the source device to prevent unauthorized.

logo, then it will Supports the Anynet+ Function.

D. Connection to an Audio System (2 Channel Amplifier, Dolby digital,

MPEG2 or DTS Amplifier)

Using the audio cables, connect the AUDIO (red and white) OUT terminals or 5.1CH (Front L-R) on the

rear of the DVD player to the AUDIO (red and white) IN terminals of the Amplifier. If using a coaxial cable, connect the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (COAXIAL) terminal on the rear of the DVD player to the DIGITAL

AUDIO IN (COAXIAL) terminal of the Amplifier.

Using the video signal cable(s), connect the VIDEO or COMPONENT OUT terminals on the rear of the DVD player to the VIDEO or COMPONENT IN terminal of your TV.

Turn on the DVD player, TV, and Amplifier.

Press the input select button of the Amplifier to select external input in order to hear sound from the DVD player.

DVD-C500 DVD-C550

Dolby digital or DTS

ampilfier

WHITE

RED

Audio Cable

WHITE

RED

Audio Cable

RED WHITE

YELLOW

WHITE

RED

YELLOW

2-Channel stereo amplifier

Coaxial Cable

RED

Video Cable

RED

BLUE

GREEN

BLUE

Component Cable

GREEN

HDMI-DVI cable

HDMI cable

DVD-C550K

RED WHITE

Dolby digital or DTS

ampilfier

Audio Cable

WHITE

RED

YELLOW

BLUE

GREEN

RED

WHITE

RED

Audio Cable

RED WHITE

Coaxial Cable

BLUE

RED

Video

Cable

Component Cable

HDMI-DVI cable

2-Channel stereo amplifier

GREEN

HDMI cable

E. Connection to a 5.1CH Analog Amplifier (Only DVD-C550K)

1. If using audio cables for 5.1 CH Analog Amplifier connect the 5.1CH ANALOG AUDIO OUT terminals on

the rear of the DVD player to the 5.1CH ANALOG AUDIO

IN terminals of the 5.1CH Analog Amplifier.

2. Using the video signal cable(s), connect the VIDEO,

COMPONENT or HDMI OUT terminals on the rear of the

DVD player to the VIDEO, COMPONENT or DVI IN termi-

nals of your TV

3. Turn on the DVD player, TV, and Amplifier.

4. Press the input select button of the Amplifier to select

external input in order to hear sound from the DVD player.

Refer to your Amplifier's user manual to set the Amplifier's

audio input.

RED

WHITE

BLACK

RED WHITE

5.1ch Analog Amplifier

Basic functions

Playing a Disc

Before Play

Turn on your TV and set it to the correct Video Input by pressing TV/VIDEO button on the TV remote

control.

- If you connected an external Audio System, turn on your Audio System and set it to the correct

Audio Input.

After plugging in the player, the first time you press the DVD POWER button, this screen comes up: If you want

to select a language, press the

when you plug in the player for the first time.)If the language for the startup screen is not set, the set-tings may

change whenever you turn the power on or off. Therefore, make sure that you select the language you want

to use.Once you select a menu language, you can change it by pressing the ■/®|| button on the front panel

of the unit for more than 5 seconds with no disc in the unit. Then the SELECT MENU LANGUAGE window

appears again where you can reset your preferred language.

Using the Search and Skip Functions

During play, you can search quickly through a chapter or track, and use the skip function to jump to the next selection.

Searching through a Chapter or Track

During play, press the SEARCH (k or K) button on the remote control for more than 1 second.

2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X

DVD

2X, 4X, 8X, 16X, 32X

VCD

4X, 8X,

Skipping Tracks

During play, press the SKIP (|k or K|) button.

- When playing a DVD, if you press the SKIP (K|) button, it moves to the next chapter. If you press

the SKIP (|k) button, it moves to the beginning of the chapter. One more press makes it move to the

beginning of the previous chapter.

- When playing a VCD, if you press the SKIP (

SKIP (|k) button, it moves to the beginning of the track. One more press makes it move to the begin-

ning of the previous track.

- If a track exceeds 15 minutes when playing a VCD and you press the K| button, it moves forward 5

minutes. If you press the |k button, it moves to the beginning of the track. One more press makes it

move to the beginning of the previous track.

π/† button, and then press the ENTER

Note

- The speed marked in this function may be different from the actual playback speed.

- No sound is hearing during search mode (Except CD).

) button, it moves to the next track. If you press the

button. (This screen will only appear

+ 11 hidden pages