Helios NeoDigits Helios H4000 manual

Users Manual HELIOS H4000 HD Upscaling DVD Player Digital Revolution. Y our W ay .[...]

General Intr oduction Thank you for purchasing your new Helios H4000 HD Upscaling DVD player . The H4000 is integrated with the latest cutting edge video technology . The main feature of the player is to upscale standar d DVD titles and MPEG4 files to high definition resolution. In addition, the H4000 of fers a large selection of High Definition vi[...]

T able of Contents General: Safety Precautions 2 Player Features 4 Package Contents 4 Supported Disc Formats 5 Regional Code Distribution 6 DVD Disc Logos 6 Disc Usage and Maintenance 7 Using the Player: Display Panel 8 Remote Control 9 Front Panel Overview 10 Rear Panel Overview 10 System Connections 11 Playing Discs 17 Using OSD Guide Menu 18 Pla[...]

Safety Pr ecautions 2 2)Usage Notice a. b. c. d. e. f. Before plugging in this device, make sur e your power supply voltage matches the product. The working voltage of this player is marked on the r ear panel. T o avoid damage to the audio system, switch the volume of connected devices such as speakers or amplifiers to minimum before turning the pl[...]

3 3)Maintenance Notice a. b. c. Do not expose the player to excessive heat, direct sunlight, dust, moistur e, vibration, shock, moisture, liquids, speakers or magnetic objects. T rouble with getting the player to work may arise due to condensation on the lens when moved fr om a warm to cold environment. T o resolve this, turn on the player to warm [...]

4 Main Featur es Package Contents Supports 720p / 1080i / 1080p (via component and HDMI) Supports SVGA / XGA / SXGA / 720P / 1080i (via VGA/RGB-HV output) Supports MPEG4 file format (within avi files) Video outputs include composite video output, S-Video, component, HDMI and VGA/RGB-HV Audio outputs include optical, coaxial, mixed stereo and 5.1 ch[...]

5 Supported Disc Formats Remarks Includes Includes[...]

6 DVD Region Codes DVD Logos Region Code Region USA, Canada Japan, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Gr eenland South Korea, T aiwan, Hong Kong, Parts of South East Asia Australia, New Zealand, Latin America (including Mexico) Eastern Europe, Russia, India, Africa China The H4000 can play DVD titles from all r egions listed on the table above.[...]

7 Pr oper Use and Handling of Discs Do not touch the signal (reflective) surfaces. Hold discs by the edges, or by one edge and the center hole. Do not affix labels or adhesive tapes to the disc surface  this will unbalance the disc. Do not scratch or damage the label  this will make the disc unreadable. Discs run at high speeds inside the pla[...]

8 Display Panel Disc type(DVD) Play mode Pause mode Disc type(VCD) Disc type(MP3) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PBC (VCD PBC) Disc running display Chapter/T rack number Hours Minutes 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Seconds Dolby Digital DTS logo Repeat all 11. 12. 13. 14. 12 3 4 56 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 13 14[...]

9 Remote Contr ol Over view 123 4 56 78 9 0 DVD MENU TITLE MENU VOL H4000 HD UPSCALING DVD PLAYER DISPLAY MUTE EJECT A-B REPEA T PROGRAM ANGLE VGA HD PAL/NTSC 50/60hz ENTER ZOOM STEP AUDIO SUB- TITLE SETUP CLEAR BOOK MARK SEARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 17 20 21 22 23 24 25 28 29 26 27 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 4[...]

10 Fr ont Panel Over view H4000 HD UPSCALING DVD PLAYER Rear Panel Overview 3 1. Disc T ray (Note: load discs label-side up) 2. Sensor: point remote contr ol towards sensor to operate the player 3. LED screen: displays system information 4. [Stop] Stop playback 5. Power on/off 6. [Previous] Pr evious: skips to previous track or page 7. [Eject] Open[...]

11 How to connect the player to your A V system Connecting via composite video Using the A V cables supplied, insert the yellow cable into the video socket of your TV . Insert the white cable into the left channel socket and the red cable into the right channel socket , and then connect the other ends of the white (left) and red (right) cables to t[...]

12 Connecting via component video connection Insert one end of the component video (Y / Cb / Cr) cable into the red/blue/gr een socket of the component video output located on the rear of the player . Insert the other end of the cable into the component video input socket located on your TV . Use the supplied audio cable to connect the player to yo[...]

13 Connecting to VGA/RGB-HV Use the VGA cable to connect the VGA/RGB -HV output of the player to the VGA or RGB-HV input of your TV . Connecting to a 2 channel audio amplifier Connect the video output of the DVD player to the video input of your TV using the corresponding cables (video cable / S-video cable / component cable). Connect the audio cab[...]

14 Connecting to A V receiver for digital audio connection Connect the video output of the DVD player to the video input of your TV using the corresponding cables (video cable / S-video cable / component cable). Use a fiber optic cable or coaxial cable to connect the optical or coaxial socket located on the rear panel of the player to the A V recei[...]

15 Connecting to a 5.1 channel amplifier Connect the video output of the DVD player to the video input of your TV using the corresponding cables (video cable / S-video cable / component cable). Connect the 5.1 audio output terminals of the player to the amplifier using the respective connection cables (L and R of MIXED/FRONT , L and R of SURROUND, [...]

16 Recommended Speaker Layout for 5.1 Channel System[...]

17 Playing Discs 1. This player can play all kinds of discs including DVD, VCD, Audio CD, CVD, SVCD, MP3 and JPEG 2. Play discs: i. Connect TV set to the player ii. T ur n on the player iii. Eject the tray by pressing the Open/Close button iv . Place the disc on the tray and press Open/Close v . The disc will be played automatically (some discs may[...]

18 Using On Scr een Display Menu The OSD (On Screen Display) menu lets you select fr om playback options while playing a disc. Press DISPLA Y to see playback options. Use cursor keys to select a playback function. Note: you can only select a playback function that is supported by the disc you are playing. If a function is not supported by the disc,[...]

19 Time Display This function is used to display the time elapsed on the disc or to seek to a specific time on the disc. 1. Press DISPLA Y on the remote control to open the OSD menu. 2. Use the numeric buttons to input the desired time in HH:MM:SS format. Select Title This function is used to select differ ent titles when playing a disc with more t[...]

20 Repeat Mode (Title / Chapter / A-B) Bookmark Feature This function is used to select different audio tracks (Languages) when playing a disc with more than one Audio language track. 1. While playing a disc, press DISPLA Y . 2. Use the cursor keys to highlight the Audio options 3. Use the [Up] [down] buttons to select the desired subtitle set from[...]

21 Bookmark Setup Press DISPLA Y on the remote control and use cursor keys to highlight the bookmark options. Press ENTER to display the menu 1. Select a bookmark that is not yet used. The current play time (play time elapsed) will be displayed beside the bookmark. 2. When you reach the desir ed point for the bookmark, press ENTER. The bookmark is [...]

22 When playing a disc, using the OSD menu you can choose from the following Playing Modes - Normal, Random or Program. Normal: Play the disc according to the r ecording sequence from start to Finish. Random: Randomly play disc content. While playing a disc press DISPLA Y Use the cursor keys to highlight the playing options. Pr ess [Up] [Down] to s[...]

23 Playing mpeg4 When you insert a disc with Mp4DivX files, the first file automatically begins to play*. Y ou can also manually select which file to play from STOP mode by pressing play to see a list of the files. T o see file / folder information, select the file and press ENTER. T o play a file, select it and press Play . T o play all the files [...]

24 SETUP SOUND DISPLA Y LANGUAGE LOCK DEF AUL T SOUND DIGIT AL OUTPUT STEREO SPEAKER SETUP LPCM OUTPUT PROLOGIC II TEST TONE DIGIT AL OUTPUT DOLBY DTS Player Setup Menu The Player setup menu is differ ent from the disc menu and OSD. It is used to alter the players Audio, Video and user options as well as set default settings. The menu can be use[...]

25 SPEAKERS DIST ANCE VOLUME SPEAKER SETUP ON OFF STEREO SPEAKERS LEFT FRONT RIGHT FRONT CENTER LEFT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND SUBWOOFER SMALL / LARGE SMALL / LARGE NONE/SMALL/LARGE NONE/SMALL/LARGE NONE/SMALL/LARGE ON/OFF Stereo Sound 1. Select sound menu to open player setup 2. Use cursor keys to highlight STEREO option 3. Press [OK] to turn stereo[...]

26 DIST ANCE LEFT FRONT RIGHT FRONT CENTER LEFT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND 3.3m. 3.3m. 3.3m. 3.3m. 3.3m. VOLUME LEFT FRONT RIGHT FRONT CENTER LEFT SURROUND RIGHT SURROUND SUBWOOFER 0dB 0dB 0dB 0dB 0dB 0dB 96 K 48 K LPCM OUTPUT PROLOGIC II DSP MODE OFF IMULA TION MUSIC MOVIE MA TRIX Distance Using this option you can setup the distance between audience[...]

27 DISPLA Y TV SYSTEM TV IMAGE HD SCAN FREQ BRIGHTNESS HDMI MODE TV SYSTEM PA L NTSC PROGRESSIVE 480P PROGRESSIVE 576P HDTV 720p OUTPUT HDTV 1080i OUTPUT VGA OUTPUT SVGA OUTPUT XGA OUTPUT SXGA OUTPUT HDTV 1080P OUTPUT VGA 720p VGA 1080i Smart Play If Smart Play is enabled (On) discs are automatically played when they ar e loaded into the player . 1[...]

28 TV IMAGE 4:3 LETTER BOX 4:3 ST ANDARD 16:9 WIDE SCREEN NTSC Changes the video signals of a P AL DVD disc and outputs it in NTSC format P AL Changes the video signals of a NTSC disc and outputs it in the P AL format Progr essive Scan output The player supports 480NTSC (USA) and 576 P AL (Europe) pr ogressive scan output. Progr essive scan output [...]

29 HDMI MODE RGB YCBCR422 YCBCR444 Video Options Use the video options to set the levels of the various video properties: Color , Contrast, Brightness, T int, Black level 1. Press SETUP on the r emote control 2. Use cursor to select DISPLA Y and press OK 3. Use cursor to select VIDEO OPTIONS 4. Use cursor to select the desired pr operty and press O[...]

30 LOCK CHANGE PWD RA TING LIMITS RA TING LIMITS LV 8 L V7 NC-17 L V6 PG-R LV 5 L V4 PG-13 L V3 PG LV 2 L V1G CHANGE PWD ENTER NEW P ASSWORD OK Languages Y ou can individually set the language that the player uses for: Player menu - Setup menus etc.... Disc menu - Menus when playing discs Audio - Default audio language to select with videos Subtitl[...]

31 Problem Possible Cause and Solution No Power Can not play Disc No Picture Picture distorted or loss of color No Disc / Wrong Disc Can not display picture as full screen Can not select a chapter Remote Control does not work No Sound 1. Ensure the power lead is firmly connected to the player and plugged into the socket fully . 2. Switch the power [...]

32 If you have any questions or queries about this product, you can submit a support ticket at www .neodigits.com/esupport or you can email us at support@neodigits.com All questions will be answered within 48 hours (excluding Satur day , Sunday and public holidays) There is also a pr oduct F AQ available at www .neodigits.com If you have any sugges[...]