THOMSON DPL906VD_EN manual

1 Ta b le of Contents EN Connections and Setup Some points to check before y ou connect your TV set ..2 Accessories pro vided ....................................................2 Fr ont panel contr ols ......................................................3 Connecting to audio-visual equipment ......................4 Connecting the FM aerial .....[...]

2 Connections and Setup EN Some points to check befor e y ou connect your TV set • Ensure that the mains suppl y in your house complies with that indicated on the identification stick er located on the back of your appliance. • Install your a ppliance horizontally , awa y from an y source of heat (fir eplace) or appliances generating str ong ma[...]

Connections and Setup 3 EN Fr ont panel contr ols 12 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 1. ON/ST ANDBY To switch the appliance on and off. 2. OPEN/CLOSE To open and close the disc tra y . 3. SENSOR Remote sensor . Point the r emote control here. 4. PLA Y/P AUSE To start playing a disc or pause. 5. ST OP To stop disc pla yback. 6. SELECT To toggle between BASS/TRE and c[...]

Connections and Setup 4 EN Note: If one of the devices is not wor king, check that all the cables have been inserted proper ly into the sockets which they should be connected to . Connecting the FM aerial Audio cables Note: Use only one of the connection methods shown above for each type of equipment. SCAR T VIDEO OUT The SC AR T video socket pr ov[...]

Connections and Setup 5 EN Po sitioning speak ers Courtesy Dolby Laboratories Connecting the speak ers 6 ohm SL SW CS R FL FR 4 ohm Six speak ers are pr ovided with the appliance (2 fr ont, 1 centre, 2 rear , 1 subwoof er). In order to enjoy good surr ound effects, all six speak ers need to be connected to the pla yer . Speak er wires ar e colour -[...]

Connections and Setup 6 EN Fr ont Speak er P osition Even if y ou cannot replicate this ideal home theatre set-up exactl y , the following suggestions for positioning the speak er will help you achie ve better r esults. Alignment Align the centre speak er ev enly with or slightly behind the left and right speak ers, but not in fr ont of them. Angle[...]

Connections and Setup 7 EN ST ANDBY/ON To switch the appliance on and off. MUTE To mute and r estore the sound. OPEN/CLOSE To open and close the disc tra y . 0-9 Number input. REPEA T 1/ALL To access the Repeat pla yback function. REPEA T A-B To access the A-B repeat pla yback function. - SCAN + In T uner mode , to tune down and up the radio freque[...]

8 Basic Pla yback Oper ations EN Compatible discs •D V D •D VD-R, D VD-R W , D VD+R, D VD+R W •C D • CD-R, CD-R W . Compatible f ormats •D VD , VCD (Video Compact Disc), SVCD (Super Video Compact Disc), JPEG, CD K odak Picture, •C D, mp3, DivX, mpeg4. More information about discs and compatible for mats is available at the end of the bo[...]

Basic Pla yback Oper ations 9 EN Status menu Press the DISPLA Y button a number of times during pla yback to show in turn: DV D : Title elapsed time , Title remaining time, Chapter elapsed time, Chapter r emaining time, Displa y Off; VCD , SVCD (PBC off) and Audio CD : Single elapsed time, Single remaining time, T otal elapsed time, T otal remainin[...]

Basic pla yback oper ations 10 EN Pla yback options Direct access (D VD) To directl y access a title or a chapter : 1. Press the SEARCH button. 2. Select TITLE or CHAPTER using the and buttons, enter a title or chapter n umber with the numeric buttons and press ENTER . Note: Many discs only have one title. To directl y access a location on the disc[...]

11 mp3, JPEG and DivX files EN mp3 is an audio file format which compr esses recorded m usic . It was dev eloped in collaboration with . The main advantage of the mp3 format is that it means CD-quality music tracks can be stored on a personal computer in user -friendly compressed files. JPEG files are image files. Mak e sure that the y ha ve a reso[...]

mp3, JPEG and DivX files 12 EN Pla ying DivX files 1. Open the tra y by pr essing the OPEN/CLOSE button. 2. Place the disc with the printed side facing up and close the tra y . The disc’ s contents are displa y ed. 3. Select the DivX file that you wish to pla y with the and buttons and press ENTER to start playback. Status menu Press the DISPLA Y[...]

13 Radio EN The pla yer has a built-in tuner that allo ws for FM radio function. Manual tuning 1. Connect the FM aerial in the corr ect manner . 2. Press se veral times the SOURCE button on the remote contr ol or on the fr ont panel to select the T uner mode . 3. T une a station by pr essing repeatedly BA CKW ARD or FOR W ARD on the r emote contr o[...]

14 Pla y er menus EN Press the SETUP button to displa y the play er’ s main menu. Select a menu option using the and buttons and press ENTER to access the submen u. To return to a pr evious menu select the Main pa ge option and press ENTER . To exit fr om the play er menus, press the SETUP button again or select Exit setup and press ENTER . SETUP[...]

Pla y er menus 15 EN Menu Langua ge 1. Press to access the sub-men u. 2. To change the language of the pla yer men us, choose the language using the and buttons and press ENTER to confirm. Screen Sa v er This option enables you to activate or deactivate the screen sa v er . 1. Press to access the sub-men u. 2. Press and to select ON or OFF and pres[...]

Pla y er menus 16 EN 1. Select the Audio Setup option using the and buttons and press ENTER . 2. Select the option using the and buttons and press to access the various options. D .R.C . - Dynamic Compression Y ou can use this function to control the diff erent sound lev els via dynamic compression. It improv es the quality of the sound track at a [...]

Pla y er menus 17 EN Pr eferences 1. Select the Pref erences option using the and buttons and press ENTER . 2. Select one of the options using the and buttons and press to access the various options. Note:The Preferences menu is not av ailable when there is a disc in the player . Audio 1. Press to access the sub-men u. 2. To change the dialogue lan[...]

Pla y er menus 18 EN Note:The disc publisher is responsible f or coding scenes according to the rating limits. In Europe , ver y few discs have coded scenes. 1. Press to access the sub-men u. 2. Select the rating lev el using the and buttons, then press ENTER to confirm. 3. Enter your 4-digit pass word using the n umeric buttons and press ENTER . N[...]

19 Ad ditional Information EN Tr oubleshooting The appliance does not switch on. •M ak e sure it is plugged into a mains sock et. •P r ess the ST ANDBY/ON button on the r emote contr ol or on the fr ont of the a ppliance. It is impossible to read the disc . • Insert the disc with the printed side facing up . •C heck that the disc can actual[...]

Ad ditional Information 20 EN Pr ecautions Use • If your a ppliance has been stored in a cool place for an y length of time , during a journey f or example , wait for about 2 hours befor e using it. • The openings located on the top and bottom are f or ventilation and must not be obstructed. • During thunderstorms, we r ecommend that you isol[...]

Ad ditional Information 21 EN •N ev er open the appliance y ourself, since this ma y put you at risk or damage the equipment. THOMSON does not accept any liability if the a ppliance is used in any wa y other than in accordance with this manual. DISCLAIMER OF W ARRANTIES: T O THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLIC ABLE LA W , DECLARA TIONS AND W A[...]

Ad ditional Information 22 EN DivX files DivX is the name of a revolutionar y new video codec which is based on the new MPEG-4 compression standard for video. Whether DivX files pla y cor rectly on yo ur player or not depends on the preparation and production of the audio and video files, the codecs and the type of recording equipment used, as well[...]