Technicolor - Thomson DTH210U manual

1 P recautions EN EN Setting up Ensure that the mains supply in your house complies with that indicated on the identification sticker located at the back of your player . Install your player horizontally , on a suitable base (furniture), with enough space around it for ventilation (7-10 cm). Make sure the ventilation slots are not covered. Do not s[...]

2 D iscs you can play Digital video discs - 12 cm and 8 cm, single or double sided, single or dual layer . DVDs are high density optical discs on which high quality picture and audio are recorded by means of digital signals.numériques. Region code number - Y our DVD player responds to the region management information recorded on a DVD disc. The r[...]

3 C ontents EN EN Play modes ..............................................16-17 • Automatic or Standard playback • Random play • Programming playback • Programmed play Repeat playback / Sequence marking ....18 • Repeat play • Repeat playback of a scene between two points • Sequence marking Other functions ............................[...]

4 DVD / VIDEO CD / CD PLA YER DTH 210 MP3 DECODER • AV ANCED GRAPHIC MENUS User manual D TH 210 U I nitial setup ... Insert two LR06 or AA batteries in the remote control as shown opposite. Do not mix differ ent types of batteries or new and old batteries. Do not use rechar geable batteries. In or der to avoid any risk of explosion, observe polar[...]

EN EN 5 United Kingdom, Ir eland Continental Europe 230 V ~50 Hz RGB-compatible scart/peritel cable (21 cabled pins) not pr ovided. Initial setup of your DVD player BASIC CONNECTIONS Y ou have several connection possibilities, depending on the devices you have. Here, we give you the recommended connection setup. For other connection setups, refer t[...]

6 O ther connections The connection setup shown on page 5 pr ovides a rapid connection of your player . This setup gives standar d-quality sound repr oduction and an optimum-quality picture (RGB). Y ou may need to use other connection setups suited to the connectors available on your other devices or to get maximum performance out of your player . [...]

EN EN 7 Connections example 1 2 1 2 V ideo recor der Audio/V ideo amplifier A V Cable Scart cable * Scar t cable * Scart cable * TV TV Y our DTH 210 Y our DTH 210 or Coaxial Cable* Audio Cable* * : not provided DTH210U_UK 22/03/02 10:31 Page 7[...]

8 • First press the DVD or TV key once, depending on which device you want to control. T o control the TV T o select the A V input. Menu contr ols or special functions. Keys to select pr ogrammes. TV Mute (sound off) TV Sound level. • Plays a disc. ( k page 14) • Sets up the remote control unit to control your player . • Returns to the prev[...]

EN EN 9 F r ont panel display Player keys On the display 1. ST ANDBY/ON Player on stand-by: Indicator light on. Player on: display lit. 2. Disc tray . 3. OPEN/CLOSE : T o open and close the disc tray . 4. PLA Y : T o play the disc. 5. STOP : T o stop playback. 6. SEARCH : Fast forward or reverse ( k page 15). 7. SKIP : T o skip a chapter forward or[...]

10 M enus… The functions of your DVD player ar e not all accessible dir ectly through the r emote contr ol or fr ont panel keys. A certain number of functions ar e accessible thr ough menus that you can display or r emove as you wish. These menus are used as follows : 1. Display the menu by pressing the MENU key (disc loaded = Disc Menu) or STOP [...]

EN EN 11 … and banners With an audio CD With a DVD T o choose the subtitle language ( k page 23). T o choose the dialogue language and audio format ( k page 23). T o change the viewing angle ( k page 19). T o memorise and use the markers ( k page 18). T o repeat the playback of a title, chapter, track, scene or entire disc ( k page 18). T o repea[...]

12 D isplay menu Picture format Display panel Depending on the format of the DVD being played, use the TV Picture function to choose the format of the pictur e which best suits the format of your TV screen (2) - letterbox format 16 x 9, or standar d format 4 x 3. • W ith a letterbox format TV (16x9), select 16 x 9 wide screen . Films in 16x9 will[...]

EN EN and the symbol ar e r egister ed trademarks of SRS Inc . The T ruSurround TM technology is manufactured under license fr om SRS Inc . When the player menu is displayed (in stop mode): 1. select Sound using the Navigation keys, 2. press OK to validate, 3. select a function using the Navigation keys, 4. adjust the setting using the Navigation k[...]

14 B asic functions 1. Open the disc tray by pressing the OPEN / CLOSE key . 2. Insert a disc. The disc label must face upwards (Audio CD, V ideo CD, single-sided DVD ( 1 ) , etc.) 3. Close the disc tray by pressing the OPEN / CLOSE key . Disc playback starts as soon as the tray is closed (if programmed k page 16). If it doesn’t start automatical[...]

EN EN 15 Some DVDs contain several titles. These titles corr espond to films, documentaries or other pr ograms. As a general rule, each title is divided into numbered chapters. On audio CDs, the music tracks can be accessed dir ectly . V ideo CDs may also contain Indexes. • W ith certain discs, direct access to a scene is not possible even if the[...]

16 P lay modes Automatic or Standard playback Select Auto Play on if you want the disc to be played automatically once the tray is closed. If you select Auto Play off , you will need to press PLA Y to start playback. Random play (for DVDs and Audio CDs) Select Random Play ( 1 ) to hear an audio CD ( 2 ) or watch a DVD in a random order determined b[...]

EN EN 17 Pr ogramming playback T o use the programmed play function, you must first make up the list of music tracks (CD) or chapters (DVD) you want to play . Y ou can memorise up to 20 tracks or chapters. W ith an audio CD, the track of the song and its playing time will appear in the table. W ith a DVD, the title and chapter numbers will be displ[...]

Sequence marking (DVDs and Audio CDs) 1. Display the banner using the INFO key . 2. Select the marking icon using the Navigation keys. Press OK to validate and display the marking banner . It offers you a choice of 6 sequence marking options. 3. Choose one of the 6 positions on the banner using the Navigation keys. 4. Press OK to mark the beginning[...]

EN EN 19 O ther functions Navigation keys V ideo CD - Playback control menu (PBC) Some V ideo CDs ( 1 ) have scenes and information which can be selected interactively through an on- screen menu. This menu ( 2 ) appears when the disc is loaded. Use the remote control number keys to select an item in the menu. • Depending on the disc, the menu may[...]

20 R eading JPEG and MP3 files Navigation keys MP3 CD Playback What’ s MP3? Song skip When you play an MP3 disc, the MP3 menu will be displayed instead of the DVD player menu. The DVD player menu is not available when playing MP3 discs. MP3 content is divided into album(s) and songs. A disc may hold several albums and each album can contain sever[...]

EN EN 21 1. Select the Lock Player line and press OK to validate. 2. Y ou are requested to enter a “ new password ”. Enter your four-digit number ( 1 ) using the remote control number keys, then press OK to validate. 3. Y ou are requested to confirm. Repeat the operation. • T o disable the lock, select the Unlock Player line and press OK to v[...]

22 P referr ed languages Language of player menus The language of your player menus was determined upon installation ( k page 5). Y ou can never theless change it by following the pr ocedure given on this page. T o change the language of the player menus, select Player Menu then press OK . Choose the language using the Navigation keys and press OK [...]

EN EN 23 • If you choose the “ Automatic ” option, the pr eferred language used for sub-titles will be the one you chose for the dialogues (see above). Because of that, if the pr eferr ed language for dialogues is not available, while sub-titles ar e available in this language, these sub-titles will automatically appear on-screen. DVD - Langu[...]

24 A ppendix Befor e r equesting service (troubleshooting). No power? • Correctly connect the AC Power Cord to an AC Outlet. Ther e is no pictur e? • T urn on the TV set and your DVD player . • Check connections. • Make the correct input selection on the TV set. The remote contr ol does not work? • The batteries are fully dischar ged and [...]