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NOTICE OF INTENDED USE Rosen Entertainment Systems are designed to enable viewing of video ONL Y for rear-seat occupants, and are not intended for viewing by the driver when the vehicle is in motion. Such use might distract the driver or interfere with the driver ’ s safe operation of the vehicle, and thus re- sult in serious injury or death. Suc[...]

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Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual Use the system with the vehicle running, or with the ignition key switch in the “accessory” position. Make certain that the remote and the headphones have their batteries properly inserted. T o Lower the Screen and Switch On the System: GETTING ST ARTED T o Watch a DVD: 1 Press SOURCE until “ DVD PLA YER ” is disp[...]

Rosen Entertainment Systems T o Use An External V ideo Source (optional video game console or camcorder): 1 Connect the RCA audio and video outputs of the device to the RCA inputs of the system. 2 Press SOURCE until “ Auxiliary 1 ” appears on the screen. Listening Over the V ehicle Speakers 1 Press SPEAKER. “ Speaker Sound” will appear on t[...]

8 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual INTRODUCTION Congratulations on purchasing a Rosen Entertainment System! Here’s a list of some things you can do with your system: · Play DVD movies, music CDs, or discs with MP3 audio fi les. · Listen using the vehicle speakers or the wireless head- phones. · Use external audio/video units like video game console[...]

9 Rosen Entertainment Systems DISCS PLA YED Compatible Discs DVD, Video CD (VCD), and CD-Audio discs discs are compatible with the T8 system. Compatible discs have these logos on their labels: Also, the unit can play most CD-Recordable discs containing CD-Au- dio, MP3 fi les, and JPEG images - but not all such discs. Since these discs are usually [...]

10 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual Note: The internal DVD player can be confi gured for either a 16:9 “Wide” image output or a 4:3 standard image output. Since the unit has a widescreen display , the DVD player should be confi gured for “W ide”. For more, see Page 13. Note: The internal DVD player also has a set of video adjust- ments, which a[...]

11 Rosen Entertainment Systems USING THE REMOTE CONTROL Y ou can use the remote control to operate the system, including access to features not available on the front panel. The unit has two in- frared sensors to receive signals from the remote - one is built into the control panel, and the other faces forward in the vehicle, for use from the front[...]

12 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual 5 Previous Chapter/T rack Press to jump to the previous title or chapter , if available on a DVD, or to the previous track on an audio CD. Not supported with some VCDs. 8 Next Chapter/T rack Press to jump to the next title or chapter , if available on a DVD, or to the next track on an audio CD. Not supported with some [...]

13 Rosen Entertainment Systems USING DVD DISC FEA TURES 23 Disc Menu Press to see the main menu for the DVD being played. CHANGING THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE IMAGE 16 Disc Zoom View the same scene on a DVD at dif ferent magnifi cations. 1 Press the DISC ZOOM button during playback to select among the following options: x1.5, x2, x3, and Off. 2 Pres[...]

14 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual • T o zoom the picture, select the “ZOOM” mode. Note: For best results when zooming in on DVD images, use the Disc Zoom feature instead of the “ZOOM” Display Mode. • T o adjust the Display settings (color , contrast, etc.), press and hold the DISPLA Y button for two seconds. For more information about image[...]

15 Rosen Entertainment Systems USING THE INCLUDED WIRELESS HEADPHONES The system comes with two (2) infrared (IR) wireless headphones. These headphones receive a signal from an IR transmitter built into the unit. These headphones allow rear-seat passengers to listen without using the vehicle speakers. T o turn the headphones on and off , slide or p[...]

16 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual ADJUSTING THE SCREEN ANGLE Rosen uses an advanced mechanical design to hold the screen at the perfect viewing angle for you, your passengers, and your vehicle. Here’s how to adjust the screen angle: . USING EXTERNAL SOURCES Y ou may use optional external video games, camcorders, and other portable video units by conn[...]

17 Rosen Entertainment Systems Motion picture fi lm and cameras, and later tele- vision screens, were originally designed around a screen size that was almost square - it was one-third wider than it was high (another way to say this is that it had a width-to-height ratio, or aspect ratio, of 4:3. This ratio, 4:3, can also be expressed as 1.66:1.) [...]

18 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual 1) Make sure that the internal DVD player is set to “WIDE” (see DVD Setup, page 13) . 2) Use the DISPLA Y button to select “Wide” or “Zoom”. • T o view widescreen DVD’s, use “Wide”. • T o zoom the picture, use the “Zoom” mode. Note: This feature will slightly “crop” the edges of the image.[...]

19 Rosen Entertainment Systems Changing the Aspect Ratio Mode This is under the GENERAL SETUP tab, under TV DISPLA Y . The correct setting is WIDE. Changing this setting to NORMAL/ PS or NORMAL/LB will result in distorted video. Changing the Video Output Mode T o change the video output mode, select PREFERENCES, and then select TV TYPE. The default[...]

20 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual T o change the soundtrack language , select PREFERENCES and AUDIO. T o change the subtitle or caption language , select PREFERENCES and SUBTITLE. Concealing the “Angle Mark” T o display or conceal the “angle mark,” which appears during scenes that support a multiple-viewing-angle feature, select GEN- ERAL and A[...]

21 Rosen Entertainment Systems FREQUENTL Y ASKED QUESTIONS HOW DO I RESET MY SYSTEM? T o RESET the system, press and hold the RESET Button for 3 or more seconds. The RESET Button is located in the Display Pocket (see page 7) MY SYSTEM IS NOT RESPONDING T O COMMANDS Periodically , the DVD System may receive confl icting commands from a DVD or remot[...]

22 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual FREQUENTL Y ASKED QUESTIONS CONTINUED MY RADIO LOSES ITS NORMAL ST A TIONS While the System is set to broadcast over the Radio with SPEAKERS ENABLED, the vehicle’s antenna is temporally disabled. Solution: Press the SPEAKER BUTTON on the Remote to restore the vehicle antenna, “Headphones Only” will appear on the [...]

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24 Rosen T8 Owner ’s Manual RES PN 9100827 Rev A © 2006 Rosen Entertainment Systems www .rosenentertainment.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sytem or transmitted in any form, electronic, mechanical, recording or other means without prior written permission from Rosen.[...]