THOMSON DPL900VD - DVD User Manual

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Basic Playback Features

1. Press SOURCE on the main unit until “DVD/CD” appears
on the display or DVD source key on the remote to select
DVD/CD input source.

2. Open disc tray for loading
discs with label side facing
up. Press again to close it.

3. Press PLAY/PAUSE on the unit or PLAY on the remote
control to start playback

• Press PLAY/PAUSE on the unit or PAUSE to pause playing
during playback. Press PLAY/PAUSE on the main unit or
PLAY on the remote to resume normal playback.

• Press SKIP REVERSE to go back to the previous chapter
or SKIP FORWARD to move to the next chapter.

• Press STOP once to stop playback and go into resume
mode.

Quick search

1. While playing a disc, press REVERSE on the remote con­trol to scan backwards through the disc. Press FORWARD
on the remote for scanning forward.
Press repeatedly to change searching speed to 1,2 or 3
times for VCD and 1,2,3 or 4 for DVD.

2. Press PLAY at any time to resume normal playback.

Freeze frame, frame advance and frame
backward

1. Press PAUSE to freeze picture during playback. Each time
you press again, the picture advances one frame.

2. Press PAUSE repeatedly to move forward in still frame.

3. Press PLAY to resume normal playback.

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RESUME MODE:
The next time PLAY is pressed, the unit will begin
playback at the location where it was last stopped.
Press STOP again on the remote control to cancel
the resume mode.

NOTE

Remote control selector must be on
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Slow motion playback

1. Press PLAY/PAUSE on the main unit or PAUSE in the
remote control to freeze the picture during playback.

2. Advance picture in slow motion. Press FAST FORWARD
on the unit or FORWARD on the remote control for slow
motion in forward direction. Press FAST REVERSE or
REVERSE for slow motion in reverse direction (DVD only).
Press repeatedly to change speed to 1/16 times, 1/8 times,
1/4 times and 1/2 times.

3. Press PLAY/PAUSE on the main unit or PLAY on the
remote control to resume normal playback.

On-screen banner display

You can access the on-screen banner display during play­back to select many playback features. Each feature is illus­trated with an icon. However, each banner display feature
is available only if the disc was created with that particular
feature.

An invalid icon appears on the screen when you
select an icon that does not function. Also, the icon
is “grayed out” to tell you so.

General use

1. Set Remote control selector to dvd/cd.

2. Press INFO on the remote
control during playback to
show on-screen banner.

3. Use the LEFT or RIGHT arrows on the remote control to
move cursor on the banner. Selected feature icon will be
highlighted. Press OK to open menu under selected
feature.

3. Alternatively, press the
corresponding menu button
to access menu directly

- Audio language

selection menu

- Subtitle language
selection menu
title - Title selection meu

- Angle selection menu

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Subtitles

Camera angles

Disc type

Chapter

Bookmarks

Time

indicator

Title icon is being

highlighted in

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DTS: This unit can not playback the DTS sound
format. Image may appear but no sound will be
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Selecting a title

1. Refer to previous page “General use” to open the title
menu.

2. Enter title number using the number keys on the remote
control. Add 0 in front of single-digit title number
(e.g. 9 = 09).

Selecting a chapter

1. Refer to previous page “General use” to open the title
menu.

2. Enter chapter number using the number keys on the
remote control. Add 0 in front of single-digit chapter
number (e.g. 9 = 09)

Selecting audio language

1. Refer to the previous page “General use” to open the
title menu.

2. Press OK repeatedly until the audio language you want
appears on the banner. Press INFO to exit.

Selecting subtitle language

1. Refer to previous page “General use” to open the subti­tle menu.

2. Press OK to select and confirm subtitle language.

4. Press the SUBTITLE button to turn subtitles on or off .

5. Press INFO to exit.

NOTE

Some discs have one title only.

NOTE

The chapter feature will not work if the disc is not
formatted with separate chapters.

NOTE

This feature only works if the disc was created with
multiple audio tracks.

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This feature only works if the disc was created with
subtitles.

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Selecting camera angle

1. Refer to page 20 “General use” to open the camera
angle menu.

2. Press the Angle button to select the camera angle you
want.

3. Press INFO to exit.

Using bookmarks

The bookmark feature allows you to mark a point on the
disc that you can go to quickly. You can store up to 9
bookmarks.

Adding bookmarks

1. Refer to Page 20 “General use” to open the bookmark
menu.

2. Use the arrows on the remote to move the cursor (yellow
frame) to the “Mark” check line, then press OK to add
bookmark when you reach the scene you want to do so.

3. To add another bookmark, move the cursor to the right
with arrow button and then press OK when you reach
another scene you want to do so.

4. Move cursor to the door icon and then press OK
to exit menu.

Recalling bookmarks

1. Refer to page 20 “General use” to open the bookmark
menu.

2. Use the arrows on the remote to move cursor (yellow
frame) to the “Go To” check line and to the bookmarked
scene you want to recall.

3. Press OK to recall bookmarked scene.

4. Move cursor by using the arrows to the door icon
and then press OK to exit menu.

Clearing bookmarks

The bookmarks are cleared each time a disc is removed
from the player or when the power is turned off
completely.
If all 9 bookmarks are in use, you can still mark new scenes
but the previous bookmarks will be erased starting from
the earliest one.

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This feature only works if the disc was created with
multiple angles.

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Repeat (During Playback Only)

1. During playback, press the RPT/PGM button on the
main unit repeatedly to select among the repeat modes -

Repeat Disc > Repeat Title > Repeat Chapter >
Repeat Off > (Repeat Disc). Selected mode is displayed in

the banner display on screen.

Program playback

Edit program

1. In stop mode, press and hold RPT / PGM on the main
unit to display program edit playlist.

2. The box under “Title” will be highlighted automatically.
Use the arrows on the remote to select title and chapter.

3. “Add” will be highlighted automatically after chapter is
selected. Press OK to add selected track and chapter(s) onto
playlist.

4. Move to highlight “Play” (start program playback) or
“Done” (return normal playback with program saved), then
press OK to start program playback or return to stop mode.

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NOTE

• Repeat and Random features are only availabe in
VCD mode when PBC is off

• Random feature not available for DVD playback.

NOTE

You can select at maximum 32 items by repeating
steps 2 - 3.

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Delete program

1. In stop mode, press and hold RPT / PGM on the main
unit to display program edit playlist.

2. Use the arrows on the remote to select and highlight the
programmed item you want to delete on the playlist.

3. Highlight “Delete” and then press OK to delete item.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to delete additional items.

5. Use the arrows to select and highlight “Play” (start pro­gram playback) or “Done” (return to normal playback with
program saved) and then press OK.

Insert chapter

1. In stop mode, press and hold RPT / PGM on the main
unit to display program edit playlist.

2. Use the UP or DOWN arrows to select and highlight item
on the playlist where you want to insert a chapter before
it.

3. Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrows to select Title or
Chapter, then the UP and DOWN arrows to select the
number.

4. Use the LEFT and DOWN arrows to highlight “Insert”
and then press OK.

5. Use the arrow buttons to highlight “Play” (start program
playback) or “Done” (return to normal playback with pro­gram saved) and then press OK.

Cancel program

Program will be cancelled when;

1. disc tray is opened;

2. power is turned off;

3. STOP is pressed twice. The red PGM indicator will disap­pear on display and player will resume normal playback
mode. Nevertheless, the program will remain in memory
and can be recalled by pressing PROGRAM again.

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Set up menu

General use

1. Press MENU in stop mode to display the set up menu on
screen. The menu shows current settings.

2. Use arrow buttons to highlight options and press OK to
open selected menu.

3. Press LEFT arrow to go back to the previous menu.

Audio language

This step will define the default audio language. Choosing
an audio language from the on-screen banner display will
only overwrite this setting temporarily.

1. Refer to “General use” to open audio language menu.

2. Use UP and DOWN arrows to select language and then
press OK.

For languages other than options available:

3. Press DOWN to select “Other” and then press OK.

4. Enter language code into boxes and then select OK to
return to main menu. Press OK on the remote. (Refer to
page 45 for Language Code)

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NOTE

if you press during disc playback, the disc’s own
menu will be displayed.

NOTE

If language selected is not available on disc, the
language designated as default by each disc will
be selected..

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Subtitle language

This step will define the default subtitle language.
Choosing a subtitle language from the on-screen banner
display will only overwrite this setting temporarily.

1. Refer to page 25 “General use” to open subtitle
language menu.

2. Press UP and DOWN arrow to select language and then
press OK.

For languages other than options available:

3. Move down and select “Other” and then press OK.

4. Enter language code into boxes (refer to page 45 for
language code) and then select OK to return to main
menu. Press OK button on the remote.

Menu language

This step will define the language of menus and other
short messages shown on screen.

1. Refer to page 25 “General use” to open menu language
menu.

2. Use the UP and DOWN arrows to scroll the selections
and select the language and then press OK to return to
main menu.

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If language selected is not available on disc, the
language designated by each disc as default will be
selected.

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Rating (Parental control)

This step will disable the playing of some DVDs (especially
U.S. type) which are not suitable for some audience, e.g.
children. Such kind of DVDs is encoded with a specific rat­ing level. If the rating level of the disc is higher than the
preset level (to be set in this step), the playing will be pro­hibited unless the password (see next step) is entered.

1. Refer to page 25 “General use” to open the rating menu.

2. Use the UP or DOWN arrows to highlight the rating that
would require a password to play. Press OK to return to
main menu. Ratings highlighted in blue require password.

The rating systems is based on information encoded on the
DVD disc being played, so movies may carry a rating sym­bol, the disc may or may not contain that rating in its soft­ware. In addition to the five standard (MPAA) rating sym­bols of “G” (level 2), “PG” (Parental Guidance, level 4),
“PG13” (Parental Guidance and 13 years old, level 4), “R”
(Restricted, level 6) and ”NC17” (from 17 years old, level 7),
the DVD will accommodate a total of 8 rating steps, as set
by the DVD makers. These additional steps allows for more
critical control of program playback for all audiences.

Level 8: All DVDs can be played (Factory preset).
Level 7 to 2: DVDs for general audiences/ children can be
played.
Level 1: DVDs for children can be played, DVDs for adults/
general audiences are prohibited.

Password

Set password

To disable the viewing of rated DVDs, a four-digit password
must be selected.

1. Refer to page 25 “General use” to open the “Set
Password” menu.

2. Select “Set Password” and press OK.

3. Use the number buttons to enter password and then
press OK.

4. Repeat step 3 to confirm password.

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Change password

Current password must be entered first to change
password.

1. Refer to page 25 “General use” to open the password
menu.

2. Use the number buttons to enter password and then
press OK.

3. Use the UP and DOWN arrows to select “Change
Password” and then press OK.

4. Use the number buttons to enter new password and
then press OK.

5. Repeat the above step to confirm password and return
to password menu. Use the LEFT arrow to return to the
main menu.

Clear password

1. Refer to page 25 “General use” to open the password
menu.

2. Use the number buttons to enter password and then
press OK.

3. Move up or down the menu using the UP or DOWN
arrows and select “Clear Password”. Press OK to clear pass­word. Use the LEFT arrow to return to the main menu.

NOTE

• When incorrect password is entered, new
password menu appears and you can enter and
confirm password again.

• A lock icon shows on unit display when password
is required to view rated discs.

Important: keep the password in a safe place or
remember it reliably as access to rated discs or
rating/ password menus requires the correct
password.

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TV aspect

This step selects the TV aspect, wide-screen (16:9) or con­ventional (4:3).

1. Refer to page 25 “General use” to open the TV aspect
menu.

2. Use the UP or DOWN arrows to select TV aspect and
then press OK to return to main menu.

If you have a wide-screen (16:9) TV, choose “16:9
Widescreen”.

- For 16:9 movie you will get

- For 4:3 movie you will get

If you have a conventional (4:3) TV,

- if you select 4:3 letterbox for 16:9
movie, you will get

- if you select 4:3 Pan Scan for 16:9
movie, you will get (the left and right
edges are hidden)

- for 4:3 movie, for both selections, you
will get

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