Clarion VT1500B manual

1 D V 5 7 5 1 M H O / D V 5 7 0 1 M H O / D V 5 7 8 M H O English Owner’ s manual VT800B VT1000B VT1000T VT1500B O VERHEAD MONIT OR SYSTEM WITH D VD PLA YER[...]

2 English s i h t g n i s a h c r u p r o f u o y k n a h T Clarion product. • Please read this owner’ s manual in its entirety bef ore operating this equipment. • After reading this manual, k eep it handy , such as in your glov e compar tment. • Sav e your sales receipt. The w arranty at the end of this manual and y our sales receipt are e[...]

3 English 3. CONTROLS ............................................................................................................. 8 Monitor closed ......................................................................................................... 8 D VD driv e slot ............................................................................[...]

4 English 1. FEA TURES W ARNING The Clarion VR800B / VR1000B / VR1000T / VR1500B overhead monitor pla yers are designed strictl y for rear-seat entertainment. Viewing the monitor while operating a motor vehicle can result in serious injury and/or pr oper ty damage. Clarion is not responsible f or any injury and/or property damage as a result of the[...]

5 VT800B/VT1000B/VT1000T/VT1500B English • Wide viewing angle (up/do wn/left/r ight) f or all models: VT800B and VT1000B / VT1000T: 45/55/65/65 VT1500B: 10/30/40/40 • Manual displa y angle adjustment: vertically adjustable up and down with a maximum angle of 150 degrees • Adjustable color , contr ast br ightness , and hue (P AL) or tint (NTSC[...]

6 English 2. PRECA UTIONS F ailure to obser v e these precautions may damage y our car , the monitor , or the video source, and ma y void the w arranty . F or questions or problems not cov ered in this manual, contact your local Clarion Dealer . Operating • Do not operate this product in wa ys other than those described in this manual. F ailure t[...]

7 English • Do not pour liquid into the unit or poke f oreign objects into the D VD driv e slot. Water , humidity , and f oreign objects may damage internal circuitr y . • If the unit becomes wet, turn off all power and ask y our author iz ed Clar ion Dealer to clean or ser vice the unit. • Do not drop the unit or hit the LCD panel with a har[...]

8 English 3. CONTR OLS Monitor closed Dome light s witch ON OFF D OOR Dome light Dome light P ower b utton A/V input source button Menu b utton Decrease button Release button Increase button Ne xt button Pre vious button Stop button Pla y or pause button Eject button IR window Looking up from directly below at the pla yer with the LCD panel closed [...]

9 English Note: The dome light s witch works only when the green dome light wire is connected to the door sensor and the polarity switch is set correctly . See the v ehicle’ s wir ing man ual for connection details. Eject button ( EJECT ) Ejects the disc. Increase button ( + ) Increase a value in a men u, such as the volume. IR window Receives in[...]

0 1 English Monitor open ON OFF D OOR RESET Reset button LCD off s witch Screw hole Screw hole Screw hole Screw hole Looking up from directly below at the pla yer with the LCD panel open Quick ref erence to controls with monitor open LCD off s witch T ur ns off the LCD screen. Reset button Press with a pencil or other narrow-tipped tool to return a[...]

1 1 English Remote control 1 2 3 4 5 6 9 0 7 8 SETUP MUTE POWER DISPLA Y GOTO > > > > ENTER MENU VOL SUBTITLE TITLE REPEA T A-B RANDOM SRC RETURN ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO P ower Eject Setup Mute Numbers Pre vious Pla y or pause A udio Menu na vigation A-B Source Angle Goto Displa y Stop Ne xt V olume Menu F ast f orward Title Repeat Zoom Return[...]

2 1 English ENTER Accepts settings selected using the arrow k eys. Eject Ejects the current disc in the slot. F ast f orward Speeds pla yback f orward at 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x and 32x speeds. Goto Star ts pla yback at the selected chapter , trac k or time. Menu Displa ys the D VD’ s main menu. Press and hold to view the Displa y menu. Mute Disables and[...]

3 1 English Opening the monitor 1. Press the release b utton to open the ov erhead monitor screen. ON OFF D OOR Release button Looking up at the monitor from directly below 2. Gently s wing the LCD down and adjust the angle f or viewing. 150° maximum angle Monitor open CA UTION The LCD opens to a maximum angle of 150 degrees . Do not attempt to op[...]

4 1 English Handling discs • T o keep a disc clean, do not touch the pla y side (non-label side). • Do not attach sticky notes to or put tape on a disc. • K eep discs awa y from direct sunlight and heat. • Store discs in a protective disc case . • Bef ore playbac k, wipe the disc outwards from the center with a clean cloth. T urning the p[...]

5 1 English Playing a disc (D VD or CD) 1. Put the headphones on your head and turn the headphone power on. 2. Assuming the po wer is on, inser t a D VD into the player . The pla yer displa ys “Loading. ” 3. Aim the remote control directly at the IR receiv er on the play er and press the play/ pause button ( ) or press ENTER (on the remote). Us[...]

6 1 English Headphone components POWER VOLUME OFF--ON P ower light P ower s witch V olume dial Headphones Installing batteries in the headphones If this is the fi rst time y ou’ re using the system, install batteries in the headphones. Change the batteries when you begin to hear distor ted audio that cuts in and out. 1. Rotate the left ear piece[...]

7 1 English Direct sunlight and temperature extremes Do not leav e the headphones in direct sunlight or extreme temper atures. Playing D VDs Accessing the root men u A D VD is divided into titles and chapters . The root menu shows the contents of the disc. Some D VDs only allo w you to select disc pla yback options from the D VD root menu. T o acce[...]

8 1 English Sample language option • T o cycle through all av ailable languages, continue pressing the A UDIO button. The audio inf or mation disappears automatically if you w ait three seconds. Using subtitles Language subtitles are normally off. Note: Subtitles must be on the D VD . Some D VDs only allow subtitle access through the D VD men u. [...]

9 1 English Repeating D VD chapters and titles T o repeat a chapter , title or both, dur ing pla yback contin ue pressing REPEA T to alternate among options. Sample repeat option • Chapter repeats the current chapter . • Title repeats the current title. • All repeats all chapters and titles. • Off resumes normal playback. Repeating fav orit[...]

0 2 English Sample angle options • T o change the angle, press the ANGLE button again. • T o retur n to normal viewing, press the ANGLE button again. Zooming in and out • T o zoom in (enlarge) the image when watching a D VD , press ZOOM during pla yback. As you press ZOOM on the remote , the play er alter nates among the a vailable z oom sett[...]

1 2 English Tint Adjusts the intensity of the color when in NTSC mode (to pla y back D VDs recorded in the United States). Wide Screen Selects the aspect ratio (width vs. height) of the image. Options are Wide (16:9) and Nor mal (4:3) f or the VT800B and VT1000B/VT1000T. The VT1500B provides tw o additional options: P anorama and Zoom. Wide stretch[...]

2 2 English T o repeat this section, press the A-B button on the remote. T o cancel the repeat playbac k and resume nor mal pla yback, press the A-B b utton again. Playing MP3s MP3, a f or mat f or stor ing digital audio , compresses each audio trac k with little loss of audio quality . The result tak es up much less disc space than the track w oul[...]

3 2 English F older contents 5. T o select the MP3 fi le, press the up and do wn buttons on the remote. 6. T o play the fi le, press the ENTER b utton on the remote. MP3 controls • T o play bac k to the next MP3 fi le, press the ne xt b utton ( ). • T o play bac k the previous MP3 fi le, press the pre vious button ( ) Repeating MP3s T o rep[...]

4 2 English CA UTION! Changes or modifi cations to this product not appro ved by the manufacturer will v oid the warranty and will violate FCC appro val. Cleaning the remote control Use only a clean, soft, damp cloth to clean the remote control. Do not use lighter fl uid, meth yl alcohol or other solvents. Cleaning discs Bef ore playing a disc, w[...]

5 2 English 4. Place the ne w lithium batter y in the slot with the plus (+) side up . 5. Push the battery holder back into the slot until it loc ks in place. Batter y holder Inser ting the holder with the battery into the remote control Batter y with the plus side up 5. INST ALLA TION AND WIRING Do not attempt to install or ser vice y our play er [...]

6 2 English T ools and additional components Y ou will need a Phillips-head screwdriver when mounting the pla yer in the v ehicle. Before y ou begin 1. V erify that the vehicle electrical components function, including: power windo ws, power door loc ks, air conditioning, lights, etc. 2. Identify the polarity of the dome light circuit and set the s[...]

7 2 English • When routing RCA cables , keep them aw ay from the po wer cables and output speaker wires , engine, e xhaust system, etc. Heat may damage wires . • If the fuse should blo w , make sure that all connections are correct, the cab les hav e not caused a shor t circuit, and no wires are damaged. Then replace the fuse with a new fuse of[...]

8 2 English CA UTION Make sure the s witch is fully to one side or the other . Do not attempt to confi gure this s witch once the pla yer is in position. 4. Cut a one-inch hole in the headliner along the bac kside of the ceiling brack et for the cables to pass through. Install the ceiling bracket and cab les 1. Disconnect and remo ve the original [...]

9 2 English 3. Route the cab les through the hole to the location of any audio/video sources. 4. Identify the dome light wires in the v ehicle and connect them to the corresponding dome light wire on the ov erhead monitor system. 5. Plug in an y audio/video source cables. 6. Plug in the po wer har ness into the o verhead monitor system in the f oll[...]

0 3 English Wiring diagram T op of the unit showing cable connections 6. SETTING PREFERENCES Accessing the on-screen display men us 1. Press SETUP on the remote to access the OSD menus. The main Displa y menu appears. General setup page VT800B/VT1000B/VT1000T/VT1500B A V OUT A V IN 2 B+ (YELLOW) ACC (RED) GND (BLACK) DOOR (GREEN) A V 1 IN P olarity[...]

1 3 English 2. Press (left arrow) and (r ight arrow) to alternate among three option pages: GENERAL SETUP P AGE, SPEAKER SETUP P AGE and PREFERENCE P AGE. Note: T o access the PREFERENCE P A GE the D VD slot must be empty . Eject any D VD or CD in the dr iv e. 4. Press ENTER to select the option you wish to change . 5. Press ENTER to confi rm your[...]

2 3 English General setup page This page controls standard D VD options . General setup page Setting V alue and Description ANGLE MARK T ur ns multiple-angle f eature on and off. Multiple angles must be pre-recorded on the D VD . T o deter mine if the D VD suppor ts multiple angles, look f or the multiple-angle symbol on the disc jack et ( ). ON En[...]

3 3 English Speaker setup page This page controls speaker options . Speaker page DO WNMIX Applies to Dolby digital sound. Y ou cannot change this option, which is permanently set to output stereo signals, that is the pla yer outputs audio to both the left and right channels of the output RCA jacks . Preference page This page controls system-wide pr[...]

4 3 English DISC MENU Selects the language to displa y the contents of the current disc. ENGLISH, FRENCH, SP ANISH P ARENT AL Restricts movie viewing to appropriate ages. 1 (KID SAF) Material is safe f or children. 2 (G) Material is safe f or general audiences. 3 (PG) P arental guidance suggested. 4 (PG 13) Some material unsuitable f or children un[...]

5 3 English • There may be condensation in the pla yer . W ait f or about one hour or until the condensation e vaporates . • A fuse may be b lown. Chec k the fuses at the end of the monitor installation cables and on the vehicle . • The play er may be disconnected. Check all connections. See the installation instructions. • The remote contr[...]

6 3 English The picture is very dark • The temperature in the car is v er y low . At low temperatures LCD screen displa y dark pictures. The picture will improv e as the temperature rises. • The brightness is set too high. Adjust it lower . Press the MENU button on the remote or on the pla yer . No sound can be heard fr om the IR wireless headp[...]

7 3 English 8. GLOSSAR Y Active matrix : A fl at panel displa y technology that produces a br ighter and sharper displa y and a broader viewing angle than passive matrix panels. Each pixel has its o wn thin fi lm tr ansistor (TFT) and is sometimes called a “TFT screen. ” Aspect ratio : The comparison of the width to the height of an object. A[...]

8 3 English 9. SPECIFICA TIONS VT800B VT1500B VT1000B VT1000T ) V 6 1 - V 0 1 ( C D V 2 1 ) y r e t t a b r a c ( y l p p u s r e w o P d n u o r g e v i t a g e n , V 4 1 e g a t l o v t s e T A 5 . 1 < A 3 . 1 < t n e r r u c g n i t a r e p O A m 6 < n o i t p m u s n o c t n e r r u C A 2 < A 8 . 1 < n o i t p m u s n o c t n e r[...]

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