Hitachi DVP305U manual

HITACHI DVD PLAYER MODEL DV-P305U Instruction manual To obtain the best perform ance and en sure years of trouble-free u se, please read this in struction m anual com pletely.[...]

Table of Contents Table of Contents .............................................................................................................. .......................... 2 Precautions .................................................................................................................... .............................. 4 CAUTIONS ...[...]

Index View (VCD) ............................................................................................................... ................. 22 Selecting the Audio L anguage ................................................................................................... ........... 24 Using the AUDIO Button ................................[...]

Precautions CAUTION: TO REDUCE T HE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER- SERVIC EABLE PAR TS ARE INSIDE. REFER SERVICI NG TO QUALIFI E D SERVICE PERSONNEL. This sym bol indic ates " dangerous voltage" i ns ide the produc t that presents a ri s k of el ec tric s hock or pers onal injury. This sym bol indic ates i[...]

RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: THIS P RODUCT UT ILIZES A LA SER. USE OF CONT ROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR P ERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER T HAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RA DIATION EXPOSURE. DO NOT OP EN COVER AND DO NOT REPAIR YOURSELF. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. Note: • This unit can be u sed only wh ere the pow er supp[...]

Before You Start Accessories Remote Control Batter ies for Remote Contr ol (AA Size) Video/Audio Cable Install Batteries in the Remote 1 Open th e battery cover on th e back of the rem ote. 2 Insert tw o AA batteries. Make sure th at the polarities (+ and -) are aligned correctly. 3 Replace the battery cover. If remote doesn't operate properly[...]

COPY PRO TECTION • Many DVD discs are encoded w ith co py protection. B ecause of this, yo u should only connect yo ur DVD player directly to your TV, not to a VCR. Connecting to a VCR results in a distorted picture from copy-protected DVD discs. • This product incorporates copyrigh t protection tech nology that is prot ected by m ethods clai m[...]

Num ber sy stem in U.S.A ., Canada, Korea, Japan, etc. Playback Region Num ber Both the DVD player an d the discs are coded by region. These region al codes must match in order for the disc to play. If the codes do not match, the disc will n ot play. The Region Num ber for this player is described on the rear panel of the player. Description - Fron[...]

(1) You can now select diff erent view ing poin ts of the s cene recorded by dif ferent cam eras. (2) Disc ty pe indicators . (3) Reverse play back/Pause/Forw ard playback (4) Ligh ts w hen 3D surrou nd is turned on . (5) DVD: Title number (6) DVD: Chapter num ber. (7) Video/A udio CD: Track n umber (8) Repeat play mode (9) Lin ear PCM audio out pu[...]

Tour of the Remote Control DVD Function Buttons (1) DVD POWER Button • Turns the player on and off. (2) NUMBER Buttons (3) REPEAT Bu tton • A llows y ou to repeat play a title, chapter, track, or disc. (4) A-B REPEAT Bu tton • Marks a segm ent to repeat between A and B. (5) SETU P Button • Brings up the DVD player' s Setup menu . (6) M[...]

(8) STOP Button • To stop play back. (9) SKIP Button s • Skip th e, Chapter, or Track. (10) MENU Button • Brings up the Me nu on a d isc. (11) TOP MENU Button • Brings up the T op Menu o n a d i sc . (12) ENTER/DIRECTION But ton ( U P /DOWN or LEF T/RIGHT But t on) (13) STEP Button • A dvances play back one fram e at a time. (14) AUDIO Bu[...]

Rear Panel (1) DIGITAL AUDIO OUT JACK • Use eith er an optical or coaxial digital cable to conn ect to a compatible Dolby Dig ital receiver. Use to connect to an A/V A mplif ier that contains a Dolby Digital decoder or DTS decoder. (2) MIXED AUDIO OUT JACKS • Con nect to the Au dio input jacks of y our televisi on, audio/video receiv er, or VCR[...]

Connections Choosing a Connection The followin g show ex amples of connections commonl y used to connect th e DVD player w ith a TV and other components. Before Connectio n the DVD Play er • A lway s turn off the DVD player, TV, and other com ponents before you conn ect or disco nnect any cables. • Refer to ow ner's m anual of the addition[...]

Connection to a TV (For Video) • M ethod 1 DVD Player + TV w ith Video Input Jack • Method 2 DVD Player + TV w ith S-Video Input Jack (If the S- Video is selected in the VIDEO OUT SELECT .) • Method 3 DVD Player + TV w ith Component Video Jacks (If the Y, Pb or Pr is selected in the VIDEO OUT SELECT .) NOTE • If th e VIDEO OUT SELECT SWIT C[...]

Basic Functions Playing a Disc Before Playback • Turn on a TV and press the TV/VID EO button to se lect video m ode. • Turn on y our Audio System to select AUX, CD or DVD. • Refer to y our AUDIO User's Manual. After plugging in the player, the first time y ou pr ess the DVD POW E R button, this scr een co mes up: If you want to select th[...]

4 Step Motion P lay back (Ex cept CD) Press the STEP button on the remote during play back. • Each time the button is pr essed, a new frame will a ppear. • No sound is heard during STEP mode. • Press PLAY/PAUSE to resume normal play back. (You can only perform step motion play back in the forward direction.) 5 Slow Motion Play back (Except CD[...]

• While in search (4X8X/1 6 X/3 2X) on DVD or high-speed play back on VCD, no sound will be heard. • Though 2X SCAN AUDIO is ON in Setup Menu, no sound will be hea r d on d iscs which are rec o rde d with LPCM, DTS or MPEG-Audio. • Depen ding on t he disc, audio m ay not be heard w hen a dis c is in 2X pl ayback m ode. Using Menu Screen on Di[...]

NOTE • With som e DVDs, you may not be able to call the Menu screen by pressing the MENU button : In such cases, press the TOP MENU b utton. • Som e DVDs do not have any Men u or T o p Menu. • When play ing a VCD 1.1 or CD, the Menu screen w ill not appear. • If y ou play a VCD by displaying th e Menu screen, the fu nctions other than th os[...]

1 During play back, press th e DISPLAY button on the remote. • Curren t T itle, Chapter number and elapsed time w ill be displayed. • Use the L EFT /RIGHT button to select a T itle or a Chapter number. • Use the UP/DOWN button or Number buttons to enter a different Title or Chapter number, then press the ENT ER button. • To enter the tim e [...]

1 Press the REPEAT b utton on the remote. Repeat screen appears . 2 Select Chapter, Title or A-B using the L EFT /RIGHT button. • A -B Repeat 1 Press the REPE AT b utton. Select A-B on screen w ith the L EFT /RIGHT b utton. 2 Press ENTER at the point w here you want the repeat play to start (A ). The B is automatically high lighted. 3 Press ENTER[...]

Program Playback and R andom Playback Programm ed play allows y ou to specify the play back order of titles, chapters or tracks on a disk. This function is only possible w hen playback is stopped. Progr am Play back (DVD/VCD/CD) 1 Press the MODE button. 2 Use the LEFT/RIGHT b utton to select PROGRAM. Press the ENTE R button. 3 Use the LEFT/RIGHT b [...]

Advanced Functions Using the Disc Vi ew Functi on You can directly access the desired m usic or v ideo track w ithout usin g the men u. Track View (VCD) Displays the beginni ng view of each Track and th e T rack number. 1 Press the TOP MENU button durin g playback. 2 Press the UP/DOWN b utton to select TRACK VIEW. Press the ENT ER button. 3 Select [...]

• In stop m ode o n VCD, pr ess the T OP MENU button and the TRACK VIEW will be displayed directly . • When pressing the TOP MENU on DVD; The disc's Top Menu will com e up. • When pres sing the TOP MENU on CD ; The un it enters the INTRO mode. INTRO lets y ou listen to the beg inning of each Track for about 10 secon ds.[...]

Selecting the Audio Language You ca n selec t a d esir e d la ngua ge qui ckly and e a sily with the AUDIO b utto n. Using the AUDI O Button 1 Press the AUDIO button. 2 Use the UP/DOWN b utton to select the desired language on a DVD. • The a ud io l anguages a re r ep r esent e d b y ab bre viati o ns. 3 Use the UP/DOWN button to select STEREO, R[...]

• A DVD disc can contain up to 8 Audio languages. • How to ha v e the same Audio language come up whenever you play ba ck a DVD; Refer t o " Set t i ng Up t he Language Feat ur es" on p age 3 0.[...]

Selecting the Subtitle Language You can select a desired Subtitle quickly and easily w ith the SUBTIT LE button. Using the SUBTITLE button 1 Press the SUBT ITLE button. 2 Use the UP/DOW N button to se le c t the desir e d Subtitle la ngua ge. 3 Use the LEFT/RIGHT button to d e termine w hether or not the Subtitle will be displayed. - Initially , th[...]

• A DVD disc can contain up to 32 Sub title languages. • How to ha ve the same Subtitle language come up whenever you play ba ck a DVD; Refer t o " Set t i ng Up t he Language Feat ur es" on p age 3 0. Changing the Camera Angle When a DVD contains m ultiple angles of a particular scene, you can select the Angle f unction. Using the AN[...]

1 During play back, press the BOOKMARK button on the rem ote. Then a marker w ill be displayed. 2 Use th e LEFT/RIGHT button to move to t he desired bookm ark icon . 3 When y ou reach the scene y ou wan t to mark, press the ENTER button. The icon will ch ange to a num ber (1, 2, o r 3 ). 4 Press the BOOKMARK button to turn off th e display. Recalli[...]

1 During play back or pause mode, press the ZOOM button on th e remote. A pointer w ill be displayed on screen. 2 Use the UP/DOWN or LEFT /RIGHT button to select the part of the screen you want to zoom. 3 Press the ENT E R b utton. - During DVD playback, press ENTER to zo om in 2X/4X/norm al. - Duri ng VCD pl ayback, pres s ENTER to zoom i n 2X/nor[...]

Changing Setup Menu Using the Setup Menu The Setup Me nu lets you customize your DVD player by allow ing you to select vario us language p r eferences, set up a parental level, ev en adjust the play er to the type of television s creen you h ave. 1 Press the SETUP b utton on the rem ote in the stop mode. (1) PLAYER MENU : Set up o f the Disp l ay L[...]

Using the Player Menu 1 Press the SETUP button wh en in s top mode. 2 Use the UP/DOWN button to select Play er Menu. 3 Press the ENTER b utton. 4 Use the UP/DOWN button to select 'ENGLISH' . 5 Press the ENT E R b utton. - ENGLISH is selected and the screen retu rns to Setup Menu - To mak e the Setu p Menu disappear, pres s the RETURN bu t[...]

e.g. Setting up in ENGLISH 1 Press th e SETUP button w hen in stop m ode. 2 Press the UP/DOW N b utton to select Audio. 3 Press the ENT E R b utton. 4 Press the UP/DOWN b utton to select 'ENGLISH' . - Selec t "O RIGI NAL" i f you want the de fa ult so und tra ck la ngua ge to be t he or i ginal l a nguage the disc is re cor de d[...]

Setting Up the Parental Control The Parental Control function w orks in conjunction w ith DVDs that have been assigned a rating - wh ich helps you control the ty pes o f DVDs that your fam ily w atches. There are up to 8 rating levels on a disc. 1 With no disc play ing, press SETUP. The Setup Menu s creen appears. 2 Use UP/DOWN to select Parental. [...]

Setting Up the Audio Options 1 Press th e SETUP button w hen in stop m ode. 2 Use the UP/DOWN button to select Audio Options. Then press the ENT ER button. 3 Use the UP/DOWN button to select the desired item. Then press the LEFT/RIGHT button. (1) DIGITAL OUTPUT PCM : Con verts t o PCM(2CH) 48kH z/16bit audi o. Select PCM wh en using 3D s ound. BITS[...]

Setting Up the Display Options 1 Press th e SETUP button in stop m ode. 2 Use the UP/DOWN button to select Display Options. Then press the ENTER b utton. 3 Use the UP/DOWN button to select the desired item. Then press the ENTE R b utton or LEFT/RIGHT button. (1) TV ASPECT Depe nding o n the type o f tele visio n you ha ve , you may want to adj ust [...]

Changing Setup Menu Setting Up the Display Options 16:9 WIDE : You can v iew the f ull 16:9 picture in y our wi descreen TV. (2) STILL MODE FIELD : Select this f eature wh en the screen sh akes in the A UT O mode. FRAME : Select this f eature when you w ant to see small letters m ore clearly in the A UTO mode. AUTO: When selecting A UTO, FIELD/FRAM[...]

Reference Troubleshooting Guide Before requestin g service (troubles hooting) Problem Action Page N o operations can be perform ed w ith remote. - Check the batteries in the rem ote. May need replacin g. - Operate the rem ote control at a distance of no more th an 20 feet. - Rem ove batteri es and hold dow n one or m ore button s for several minu t[...]

Reference Specifications General Pow er Requirem ents AC 120 V , 60 Hz Po wer Co nsumptio n 17 W Wei ght 3. 3 kg Dim ensi ons W 430 mm x D 285 mm x H 80 m m Operating Temperatu re Range +5-C to +35- C Operating Hum idity Range 10 % to 75 % Disc DVD (DIGITAL VERS ATILE DISC) Reading Speed : 3.49 m/sec. A pprox. Play Tim e (Sing le Sided, Sin gle Lay[...]

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