Technicolor - Thomson DTH8060 manual

1 EN EN T o begin About y our de vice Y our D VD r ecorder is a digital video pla y er and r ecorder . Thanks to its tuner you can watch and r ecord TV pr ogammes on D VD+R and D VD+R W discs. It can pla y the majority of 8 cm and 12 cm discs, with the exception of D VD Rom, D VD Ram, and D VD audio. Precautions to tak e • Ensure that the mains s[...]

2 Contents T o begin .........................................................1 About your advice ...........................................................1 Precautions to tak e .........................................................1 The content in brief... .....................................................1 Contents .......................[...]

3 Contents EN EN Interactive banners ....................................40 In television mode (Operating principle) ...................40 Information on the TV channel being watched..................40 Recording the channel being watched ................................40 In disc pla ying mode (Operating principle) ................41 With a D VD ,[...]

4 Connections and initial set up 1. Unplug the antenna cable from y our TV set and plug it into the ANTENNA-CABLE IN sock et of your D VD recor der . 2. Using the coaxial cable supplied, connect the ANTENNA-CABLE OUT socket of the D VD recorder to the g antenna sock et of your TV set. 3. Using a Peritel cable (Scart) [not supplied] connect connecto[...]

5 EN EN Connections and initial set up 12 3 Placing the remote contr ol in ser vice Inserting the batteries Using the remote contr ol unit correctl y When you use r emote control, point the unit at the appliance you want to contr ol (DVD recor der , TV set or satellite receiver). Ensure that there is no obstacle betw een the remote control unit and[...]

Connections and initial set up 6 6. Select your country of residence using the or k eys, and press OK . Note: the ar rows indicate that other countries are available. T o find your countr y, use the buttons on your remote control. 7. On the screen that is displa yed, the Automatic option is already selected. Press OK . 8. If you connected y our dev[...]

Connections and initial set up 7 EN EN Sorting the channels 11. A window for classifying the channels appears with the images of the selected channel. The automatic channel search has assigned n umbers to the channels is a predefined or der . These numbers ma y not be the numbers you w ould ha ve chosen. Should this be the case , you can change the[...]

8 Connections and initial set up IR controller cell Adjusting the G-LINK CABLE The IR (infrared) contr oller cell must face the receiver cell of the satellite r eceiver . Y ou can locate the receiv er cell of the satellite receiver by bringing its r emote control as close as possible to the front of the de vice and tr ying to change channels. Mov e[...]

Connections and initial set up 9 EN EN Adjusting the receiv er / recorder configuration 1. Switch on your TV set, your D VD recor der , then your satellite or cable receiv er . 2. Place the receiv er on channel 002 . With your D VD recor der’ s remote control, carr y out the following settings: 3. If the main menu is not displa yed, press the MEN[...]

Connections and initial set up 10 10. Deactivating the pro gramming of the satellite or cable r eceiver - Ye s is selected to deactivate the programmer . In that case , all your satellite recor dings will ha ve to be pr ogrammed from your satellite or cable r eceiver (this is the recommended setting). Leav e Ye s selected and press OK . 11. IR cont[...]

Connections and initial set up 11 EN EN List of satellite or cable r eceiver codes The list of codes is given as a guide. The codes given are generall y those which are recognised by the receiv ers of the brands quoted. Howe ver , they ma y not corr espond to your de vice if it is an older or more r ecent model. In such a case, contact your r etail[...]

Connections and initial set up 12 Adding a channel If you want to set up a ne w channel, use the manual sear ch procedur e which will enable you to add a channel to the ones already set-up on y our D VD recor der . The channels already stored will not be deleted. During the initial installation, if you carried out the automatic installation describ[...]

13 EN EN Connections and initial set up Reinstalling channels (updating) If new channels mak e their way into the audiovisual scene, you will ha ve to update your D VD recor der’ s list of channels. In such a case, star t a new channel search fr om the installation menu. This set-up deletes all stored channels and r esets all the channels that yo[...]

14 Connections and initial set up D VD recorder Cable / satellite receiver TV set Other recommended connections With a cable or satellite r eceiver (or a decoder) Carrry out the connection of cable 5 (not supplied). In grey: connections already car ried out (connections from page 4). 5 2_DTH8060_en.qxd 17/08/05 12:21 Page 14[...]

15 EN EN Connections and initial set up With a video recor der With a cable / satellite r eceiver and a video recor der Cable / satellite receiver Video recorder Video recorder D VD recorder D VD recorder TV set TV set (not supplied) (not supplied) 2_DTH8060_en.qxd 17/08/05 12:21 Page 15[...]

2 8 3 4 5 6 7 1 16 Connections and initial set up Sock ets and cables There ar e several wa ys in which you can incorporate your D VD pla yer into an Audio-Video system. The simplest of these is described on page 15. This uses Scar t-Peritel cables that combine Audio analogue connections for sound, and Video for the RGB image. This connection ensur[...]

Connections and initial set up 17 EN EN RCA sockets and cables for analogue L and R audio signal. RCA socket and cable for CVBS Video signal, also called Composite. 3 - Audio - Video Input Audio inputs (INPUT L, R) The analogue sound of an operating device (tele vision set or amplifier) can be input via the 2 Audio sockets L and R of y our DVD r ec[...]

Connections and initial set up 18 5 - Composite Video Outputs (Y , Pb/Cb, Pr/Cr) (YUV) Y , Pb/Cb, Pr/Cr sock ets deliver an optimum image quality due to the separation of the video signal into three separate components (comparable with RGB separation in a Scart-Peritel cable). Note: the available video signal on these 3 sockets depends on the selec[...]

Connections and initial set up 19 EN EN 1 - D V IN socket (input) This sock et, also known as an IEEE 1394, allows the displa y and/or copying of sound and images from a digital video camera Note: to display the images , select D V -C AM in the main menu 2 - USB sock et The USB sock et is used to read and/or cop y JPEG images or mp3 files from a co[...]

20 Connections and initial set up The buttons on the fr ont 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 11 10 ON/ST ANDBY - T o switch your D VD recor der on or off. G REV / FWD F Fast forward or r everse (page 43). PLA Y / P AUSE - T o pla y a disc placed in the disc tra y ( 11 ) of the D VD recorder . - Pause during pla yback (audio CD or mp3) or pause on an image (D VD).[...]

Connections and initial set up 21 EN EN The messag es on the display TV Functions With a disc being pla yed - Main menu of the r ecorder on the screen (device stopped). No function selected. - Real-time viewing. TV mode activated; channel 1 being watched. - Start of recording of TV pr ogram on selected channel. - Channel 1 curr ently being recorded[...]

Connections and initial set up 22 - Displa y of digital video from a video camera connected to the D V -IN socket on the front. About other displa ys (menus and banners) • Disc menus – Each D VD disc offers a menu, the lay out and order of which depend on the editor of the disc. The disc menu is displa yed on screen when a D VD disc is loaded a[...]

23 EN EN Connections and initial set up Remote contr ol The remote contr ol handset supplied with your D VD recorder is a 3 in 1 type r emote control. It allows 6 devices to be contr olled: your D VD recorder , a television set, a satellite or cable receiv er , a video recor der , an amplifier or another device. Thus you hav e remote control of all[...]

Connections and initial set up 24 Using the remote contr ol with other devices This remote contr ol can be used to control other devices using the pr ogrammable keys VCR , DV D , SA T , AMP and AU X . Here is the list of devices y ou can control with each k ey: VCR: video recor der , D VD: D VD play er , SA T: cable network / satellite r eceiver , [...]

25 EN EN Connections and initial set up Pro gramming the remote contr ol If your r emote control does not control y our satellite receiver (or cable) or y our television set you will need to configur e it using one of the two methods proposed: automatic code search or manual pr ogramming. Automatic code search This method can be used to automatical[...]

26 Recor ding functions T o watch TV Pro grammes 1. T urn on your tele vision set. 2. T urn on your D VD recor der using the ON/ST ANDBY ke y . The time displa yed on y our DVD recor der is replaced b y the wor d MENU . • After a few seconds the main menu of the pla yer a ppears on the television scr een. • W atch TV function is already selecte[...]

27 EN EN Recor ding functions Record the cur rent pr ogramme Y our D VD recorder has r ecording functions similar to a video r ecorder . It records pr ogrammes on D VD (D VD+R, D VD+R W) type discs. For the same disc , the recor ding time depends on the quality settings that you can adjust accor ding to the time left on the disc. The recording ma y[...]

28 Recor ding functions Stop recor ding Press the ST OP button twice . • With a D VD+R disc , if you do not ha ve another recor ding to make, you need to "Finalize" the disc in order that it can be r ead by other D VD+R compatible pla yers. Closing a D VD+R disc is described in detail below . If you do not close a D VD+R disc, it will s[...]

29 EN EN Recor ding functions Pr ogramming a r ecording Y ou can recor d a future pr ogramme by programming its r ecording time. For this you ha ve the choice of manual pr ogramming or Na viclick programming, explained on page 31. Open the DVD tra y by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE k ey . Put in a disc with the printed side upwards. Close the tra y using[...]

30 Recor ding functions 6. Start time and stop time Enter the recor ding start time and then the stop time . T o this end, and according to the featur es of the receivers, you must: - either program the r eceiver with the same beginning and end times, then switch off the D VD recorder and the r eceiver , - or lea ve the satellite r eceiver switched[...]

31 EN EN Recor ding functions Automatic pro gramming (Naviclick) For certain channels your D VD recor der offers a daily and sometimes follo wing da y TV programme guide. The information that it pr ovides come fr om the T eletext and NexTView ser vices br oadcast by certain channels. The updating of Naviclik information is car ried out once ev ery [...]

32 Recor ding functions Recording fr om a connected device Y our D VD recorder allows y ou to record TV programmes (satellite or cable) or to cop y video sequences from a connected de vice . Fr om a satellite receiv er or cable r eceiver (A V2 socket) 1. Place a D VD+R or D VD+R W disc in the D VD recorder . 2. From the Main Men u and with the W at[...]

33 EN EN Recor ding functions Recording fr om a digital camcorder Y our D VD recorder enables y ou to view and/or r ecord sound and images from a digital video camera connected to the D V -IN sock et on the front of the machine. With some video cameras, your r ecorder may contr ol, via this connections, some functions on the video camera. 1. T o r [...]

Recor ding functions 34 Librar y The librar y function allows y ou to find a title among those that you ha ve already r ecorded using your D VD recor der and which is on the various D VD+R or D VD+R W disks in your collection. Y our search is made easier b y the title, type , date and disk sor ting function. With each video recor ding your D VD rec[...]

35 EN EN Recor ding functions Scrolling thr ough the title list Scroll thr ough the title lists using the or key . For each title selected, the recor ding parameters are shown in the windo w (title , date , type , name of disc, number of disc). Once the title you ar e seeking is found, load the corresponding disc in the recor der . Note: The number[...]

36 Recor ding functions Sorting by Date The Sort by date displays the most r ecent titles at the top of the list. All discs This function displa ys the list of all discs in the librar y so that, for example, you can sear ch for a disc that will allow you to r ecord on it for a given time, this is done using the sort by space function (recor ding ti[...]

Deleting a disc When the Librar y is full, or ev en befor e if you wish, you ma y Delete a disc (and all its titles) in order to mak e space for other recordings. This function allows you to delete in one go all the titles on a disc in the librar y . Note: If you delete a disc , it is still possible to “reload” the titles of the disc by adding [...]

38 Pla ying a disc Recordab le discs • D VD+R, D VD+R W - The majority of DVD+R (write once) and D VD+R W (write many) of 4.7 Gb capacity with the f ollowing characteristics. Recommended brands and types Certain brands of discs hav e been “appr oved” for y our pla yer . Other brands can be used but the discs must be good quality to pr oduce s[...]

Other readab le discs • Audio CDs - Audio Compact Discs (8 and 12 cm). • CD-R, CD-R W - Most CD-R (one recording onl y) and CD-R W discs (re writable). Compatibility is dependent on which D VD writer , writer software and discs ar e used. • Video CD (VCD) - CD on which y ou can recor d up to 74 min. of VHS- quality video associated with still[...]

Pla ying a disc 40 Indications concerning the channel sound and the selection of audio channels . Selection is possible with the k ey on the remote control. Time elapsed since the beginning of the recording. Remaining recording time available on the disc according to the quality selected (pages 27-59). Press REC once . T o select recording time pre[...]

Pla ying a disc 41 EN EN For standar d playing, repeating of a title , a scene between 2 points A an B, or an entire disc (page 45). T o c hoose the dialogue language and audio format (page 45). T o c hange the viewing angle f or video D VD discs (page 46). T o select the language of the subtitles for video D VD discs (page 45). T o access the edit[...]

Pla ying a disc 42 Loading and pla ying a disc Switch on your TV set and D VD recorder . It may be necessary to turn off other appliances. 1. If the pla yer menu is not displa yed on TV screen, select the TV set Scar t Peritel sock et to which you connected y our DVD r ecorder (see page 4). 2. Open the disc tra y by pressing OPEN/CLOSE . Place the [...]

Pla ying a disc 43 EN EN Slo w motion (in Pause mode on an imag e) During pla yback press P AUSE once to freeze the image. Press FWD or REV to view images in slow motion forwar d or backward. Press once or several times f or higher speeds. T o resume normal pla yback press PLA Y . Skipping a chapter or a track (D VD - VCD - CD) During pla yback you[...]

Pla ying a disc 44 Timer (D VD , VCD) This icon shows the time elapsed since the start of pla yback. The time displa yed is that of the title of a D VD disc during playback. The timer pro vides direct access to a scene or a musical passage b y keying in the starting time. Select the time elapsed icon and use the number ed keys on the r emote contro[...]

45 EN EN Pla ying a disc Pla y modes Selecting the language of subtitles Selecting the language of dialogues Subtitle and dialogue langua ge (D VD) 1. While reading a disc, press the INFO k ey: the information banner is displa yed. 2. Use the or k eys to select the icon of the subtitles or dialogues as well as the sound format. 3. If a vailable on [...]

Pla ying a disc 46 Edit Camera angles (D VD) A few D VD discs contain scenes shot fr om various different angles. If a disc being pla yed back offers differ ent camera angles the icon in the banner will show the number of the angle on the scr een. With the disc in pla yback, press ANGLE on the remote contr ol unit and choose the angle using the sam[...]

Pla ying a disc 47 EN EN Edit Menu The edit menu can be accessed fr om the information banner , while pla ying a title on a D VD+R W or +R disc . It allows you to edit the r ecordings made and more particularly to: • Insert chapter bookmarks (D VD+R W) T o position marks in order to easil y find your fa vourite passages. Since it is not possible [...]

Pla ying a disc 48 The edit menu functions Insert a Chapter Bookmark (D VD+R W only) During recor ding your D VD recor der automatically inser ts electronic bookmarks at r egular inter vals. These bookmarks are invisible. They partition the recording and form cha pters. Each chapter has an a verage length of 6 minutes (fr om 5 to 8 minutes dependin[...]

Pla ying a disc 49 EN EN View Chapter Displa y a previously mask ed chapter . This function is only available if y ou ha ve previousl y mask ed a chapter by ha ving selected Play Full Title and having mask ed a selected chapter . Or if you hav e selected Hide Chapter during the playing of a title, but on condition that the chapter bookmark had not [...]

Pla ying a disc 50 Pla ying image and audio (JPEG, mp3, wma) Y our pla yer can pla y JPEG files with a resolution of up to fiv e million pixels. Howe ver beyond 400,000 pix els there is no per ceptible improvement in the quality of pictur es display ed on your TV screen. MP3 or WMA files are a compr essed audio format that allow a great quantity of[...]

Pla ying a disc 51 EN EN Imag e Functions Changing imag es During the picture sequence change images using the PR or PR ke ys on the remote control unit. According to the type of image (K o or Mo) the change ma y tak e sev eral seconds. Note: after several seconds the information banner disappears . Y ou can redisplay it using the INFO key on the r[...]

Pla ying a disc 52 T o pla y DivX files Y our pla yer is an Official DivX Certified™ product that Pla ys DivX ® 5, DivX ® 4, DivX ® 3, and DivX ® V OD video content, in compliance with DivX Certified™ technical requirements. The correct pla ying of DivX in your pla yer , depends on the preparation and pr oduction of the audio and video file[...]

Pla ying a disc 53 EN EN 1. With a disc in the tra y but not playing, select System Options fr om the pla yer menu. 2. In the System Options menu, select DivX . The autorisation number appears on the television scr een. 3. Write down this V OD 8 character recording n umber , in order to complete the form on the web site wher e you purchase y our Di[...]

54 Menus Disc menu The Disc menu is only accessible if a disc is inserted in your D VD recorder . This menu allows access to the list of titles of the Disc Title Menu or the images menu of the Pla yer Menu for your r ecorded discs (D VD+R, +R W). With D VD video discs you directl y access the disc menu, the selection of the language, chapter , pla [...]

55 EN EN Menus Select from the list using the or ke ys and press OK . The menu displa y ed concerns the selected title only . Y ou ma y: Rename Title , allows you to change the title that y our DVD r ecorder has allocated your recor ding (e.g. Pr7 14:39 14-May 2005) by accessing the character chart (page 56). Pla y Full Title , allows you to pla y [...]

56 Menus Disc Actions: Rename Disc , allows you to change the name chosen b y the D VD recorder (Thomson xx) for a name of y our choice selected using a table of alphabetic characters (page 56). Erase Disc , deletes all the titles on the disc. Lock Disc (or Unlock Disc) pr otects the disc against accidental recording. This choice is not definitive,[...]

57 EN EN Menus Rename a disc or a title (D VD+R, D VD+R W) Using a character chart your D VD recorder allows y ou to change the names of discs or titles allocated when the recor ding was made. Select Rename Title in the Rename Title or Rename Disc in the Disc menu using the or ke ys and press the OK k ey . In the following scr een select YES and co[...]

58 Menus Disc options This menu pr ovides 2 functions to optimise the discs that y ou wish to pla y . 1. From the main men u select Setup using the k eys, then confirm with OK . 2. Select Recording Options with the keys, then confirm with OK . Autopla y • Select Autoplay On , if you want the disc to be pla yed automaticall y once the D VD recor d[...]

59 EN EN Menus Recording Options Men u Y our D VD recorder has se veral practical functions to optimise the r ecording quality / recording time ratio that is possible when using a D VD+R or D VD+R W disc. This menu also allows the VPS/PDC function to be activated for all your pr ogrammed recordings. 1. From the main men u select Setup using the k e[...]

Menus 60 Selecting Languag es (D VD) Y our D VD recorder giv es you a selection of languages to choose fr om. Y ou can change the language of the D VD recorder menus, the language of the disc menus, the language of the dialogues and that of the subtitles. In the menu, choose your pr eferred language for dialogues and subtitles. If it is a vailable [...]

61 EN EN Menus Selecting the Sub-title languag e for D VD discs Certain discs propose sev eral languages for subtitles. The default language is the the one you selected during installation (page 6) if this language is also offered on the disc being pla yed. T o change the subtitles language, your D VD recorder pr ovides tw o possibilities: Fr om th[...]

Menus 62 P arental control Y our D VD recorder has a child lock function which enables y ou to restrict access to certain D VDs. The discs whose content may be deemed unsuitable for y our children will therefor e not be visible unless a code that you ha ve pre viously chosen is entered. 1. From the main men u select the Setup line with the ke ys, t[...]

Menus 63 EN EN Ratings limits This function mak es it possible to restrict vie wing of certain D VD discs by pr ogramming a restriction on y our DVD r ecorder . This function can only be used with D VD discs pro vided with the function. Y our DVD r ecorder pro vides ratings limits on a scale of 1 to 8. The Ratings Limit function does not work if th[...]

Menus 64 System Options The System Options menu in the Setup menu offers you settings to configur e cer tain useful functions and optimise the performances of your D VD recorder to match those of the devices connected to it. 1. From the main men u select the Setup line with the ke ys, then confirm with OK . 2. Select Options system with the k eys, [...]

65 EN EN Menus Standby mode Y our D VD recorder has an Eco Standby to r educe its power consumption when on stand-by . Select On to enable this function. Note: the Eco function does not allow the display of programming w arning messages on the display panel. Only the record icon will flash. A V link Allows a television set to contr ol your D VD rec[...]

66 Menus Settings The information relating to the Na viclick TV guide programmes comes fr om a combination of the TV programmes guide, T eletext and NexTView service transmitted by certain channels. T o optimise the Na viclick programmes guide of y our D VD recor der , you ha ve the possibility of changing certain settings as shown below . The info[...]

Menus 67 EN EN NexTView Channels The number of channels offering the NexTVie w service is constantly increasing. At the time of printing these instructions, the channels diffusing NexTView wer e as shown below . For your information: there is an Internet w eb site in English and German that allows you to consult the list of the channels pro viding [...]

68 Recommendations and information concerning discs (12 cm) Choice of CD-R / CD-R W discs This pla yer can pla y most CD-R and CD-R W discs. Howe ver , depending on the recorder of y our personal computer , the type of disc and recording method used, it may be that some discs cannot be pla yed, or that the performance does not meet the expected sta[...]

Fur ther information 69 EN EN Imag e files and CD-R / CD-R W discs T o view y our JPEG images on a TV set you do not need to r ecord y our photographs with a resolution abov e 400,000 pixels (which corr esponds to an image format of about 720 x 576 dots), for television scr eens do not allow a higher quality given their limited characteristics. In [...]

70 T r oubleshooting guide If you encounter difficulties Advisors are at y our disposal to help you solv e your problems at this telephone number . This THOMSON product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components which can be recycled and reused. This symbol means that electrical and electronic equipment, at their end-of[...]

Fur ther information 71 EN EN The colours aren ’ t natural • Check that the scar t cables are w ell pushed into the sock ets of the various devices. • Check the settings Output A V1, Input A V2 and Output P AL/NTSC ( System Options menu, page 65). The imag e format doesn ’ t match the screen format of y our TV set • The image format is ad[...]

72 The displa y or reading of digital images in JPEG f ormat is slo w • Image display can tak e a fairly long time, depending on the size of the images. If the images are too “bulky”, your D VD recor der may not be able to displa y them correctl y . Recording pr oblems Y ou cannot recor d on the disc • If a message is display ed on the scre[...]

Fur ther information 73 EN EN Y ou can ’ t access the selected menu, even when y ou press OK • If the name of the menu appears on a transparent backgr ound, it means that the corr esponding menu or function is not a vailable . The Disc , Video , Music , Pictures and Card menus ar e contextual menus: they depend on operations performed bef oreha[...]

Fur ther information 74 Other important informations F or your saf ety Nev er open the pla yer or any of its components. It can be dangerous for you or f or certain fragile components. Y ou could receive an electric shock or touch the laser beam. Do not place your ey es close to the opening of the disc tra y or any other opening to look inside the [...]

75 EN EN Fur ther information DTH 8060 / EN - RST - AWS / 08-2005 Remote contr ol - Code A-B With certain devices (combined TV/D VD or other D VD play er) it may happen that y our DVD recor der controls the D VD play er of the other device. In this case you can adjust y our remote control and the D VD recor der on another code known as code B. Remo[...]