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    User Manu al DVD Pla ye r A A D D -1 1 1 1 6 6 5 5 Register your product at www .apexdigitalinc.com come play with us www .apexdigitalinc.com[...]

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    CAUTION: To reduce the risk of fire and electric shock, do not remove the cover (or back) of the unit. Refer servicing only to qualified service personnel. 1 CAUTION : This unit employs a laser. Due to possible eye injury, only qualified service personnel should remove the cover or attempt to service this device. Use of controls or adjustments or p[...]

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    2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not bolck any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Do not install near any [...]

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    3 FCC and Safety Information ......................................................................................................................1 Table of Contents .........................................................................................................................................3 Introduction to your Player ................[...]

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    4 What is MP3 ..................................................................................................................................................22 About MP3.................................................................................................................................................22 MP3/WMA Playback .............[...]

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    5 Thank you for purchasing your new Apex Digital AD-1 165 DVD player , it is designed for you to enjoy most forms of disc media. Y our player will allow you to enjoy "at -the- movies" picture and cinema quality sound. Y ou new player also supports CD, MP3, and WMA. It has several enchanced features, including a S-Video output, Parental Co[...]

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    6 Remove the battery compartment cover . Load two AA batteries into the battery compartment. Make sure that the batteries have been inserted prop- erly , matching to the symbols +, - marked in the bat- tery compartment. Close the battery compartment cover . When replacing batteries, replace both batteries. Do not mix new and used batteries together[...]

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    7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Power On/Off Numeric Entry Pad Shuffle Program I/P (Interlace/Progressive Scan Modes) Resume Slow Step Setup Audio Menu Cursor Keys: Up / Down / Left / Right Enter/Play Pause Skip, Next/Previous Disc T ray Open/Close V olume Adjust +/- Repeat A-B Repeat Mute GoT o[...]

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    8 Front Panel View Back Panel View Front & Rear Panel Overview Power On/Off Disc T ray IR Sensor Open/Close Play/Pause Stop Next Previous Forward Reverse Composite Video Output Analog /Down Mix Audio 2 channel L/R Coaxial Digital Output S-Video Output Progressive Scan (Component Video) Outputs Y Pb Pr[...]

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    9 How to Connect your Player Good Better Best Connect the Component (Y Pb Pr) and audio (red & white) cables. T o view , cycle through your TV input sources from your TV remote (V ideo 1, Video 2, etc.) COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT (Progressive Scan Output) Component output terminals when connected to selected TVs and monitors will produce a higher q[...]

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    10 How to Connect your Player - continued Good Better Enjoy the dynamic and realistic sound of Dolby Pro Logic Sur-round by connecting an amplifier and speaker system (right and left front speakers, a cen- ter speaker , and one or two rear speakers). Enjoy the dynamic sound of 2 Channel Digital Audio by con- necting an amplifier equipped with a coa[...]

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    How to Connect your Player - continued 11 Best Dolby Digital and DTS programming can deliver sur- round sound with five discrete full range channels plus a sixth channel for a subwoofer . Y ou can enjoy your APEX DVD with a Dolby Digital or DTS Digital equipped home theater system. All you need is to connect your DVD player to a Dolby Digital/DTS r[...]

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    Getting Started 12 How to Play a Disc - Unpack the unit and save the box and packing ...for the duration of the warranty period in the ...event you may need to ship the unit to us. - Read through this owner’s manual before ...installa- tion and use. - Load batteries into the remote control unit and ...verify batteries are installed correctly . - [...]

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    Function Buttons 13 Power ON / OFF T o switch the player between power on and off mode: Press POWER button on front panel or the remote control. Note: (Always) remove the disc and switch off the player after use T o open and close the disc tray: Press EJECT button on the remote or EJECT button on the front panel Press ENTER/ PLA Y button to play th[...]

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    14 NOTE: The unit is muted during slow mode Press to skip forward (chapters) Press to skip backward (chapters) Player will not advance or reverse during " W ARNING " sec- tion of any disc. Press to search forward Repeat pressing the button to change search speed Press to search backward Repeat pressing the button to change search speed Pl[...]

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    15 In the Disc menu or Setup Press cursor button(s) to move between listed content. Press ENTER/ PLA Y to confirm a selection. Press CLEAR to cancel an entry . Press DISPLA Y button to switch the OSD screen on or off while the disc is playing to get more detailed playback information. This will provide you with current information about the disc yo[...]

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    Function Buttons - continued 16 This function does NOT apply to MP3 or WMA Press the GOTO button to play at a desired T itle, Chapter or T ime. Press the GOTO button to T rack Search mode. Press the GOTO button again to Disc Search mode. TIME --:--:-- Input time hh:mm:ss (Hour : Minute : Second) TRACK --- Input track number XXX (T rack Number) Pres[...]

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    Function Buttons - continued 17 Repeat DVD Disc CD Disc MP3 Disc Repeat A/B Press REPEA T button multiple times to reach desired repeat mode (see below). Off Repeat function off Repeat Chapter Repeat the Chapter Repeat Title Repeat the T itle Repeat All Repeat All Single Play the selected track Repeat One Repeat the selected track Repeat Folder Rep[...]

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    Function Buttons - continued 18 IMPORT ANT Note: Use the Interlaced setting when using a standard TV . If you view a black and white dis- torted picture on your TV , press I/P . (Your instal- lation may be interlaced and it may have been put into Progressive Scan mode by mistake). Press the numeric key pad to input data for disc or Setup menu. Inpu[...]

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    Function Buttons - continued 19 If a DVD disc contains the Multi-Subtitle feature, a subti- tle may be selected: While in playback mode, repeatedly press the SUB-T button to select the desired subtitle. Status will be dis- played on screen. If a DVD disc contains a Multi-Audio Soundtrack feature, Audio Language can be selected: During playback, rep[...]

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    Function Buttons - continued 20 AFF (Active Full Screen Function) AFF (Active Full Screen Function)allows you to fill the TV screen viewing area when playing a widescreen for- matted DVD. Press AFF button to eliminate (1.85:1 aspect ratio) black bars or to reduce the black bars on the top and bottom of the screen. ( 2.35:1 aspect ratio ) In DVD mod[...]

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    Function Buttons - continued 21 Mute Press MUTE button T o mute ( turn off ) the audio output. Press the button again to resume normal audio output. While playing back a disc, Press the VOLUME button - or + to adjust the volume output V olume level will display on screen. Press SHUFFLE button T o shuffle play a disc in a random order . Press STOP b[...]

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    What is MP3? 22 About MP3 This player is compatible with the following disc formats: DVD CD-DA CD-MP3 CD-WMA Kodak Picture CD CD-R / CD-RW* MP3 (MPEG 1, Audio Layer 3) is a digital audio format for quick downloading files that sound similar in performance to CDs. MP3 uses entropy encoding to reduce the number of redundant sounds in an audio signal [...]

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    MP3/WMA Playback 23 MP3 Playback Select a track Press CURSOR button to highlight the desired track, and switch between folder and pages. Press ENTER/PLA Y button to play the selected track. Playing track file information Information of the track playing will be displayed at the top of the screen (i.e: time, sample rate, volume bar etc.) Note: Press[...]

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    Kodak Picture CD 24 A Kodak Picture CD is the size and shape of a regular CD. Y ou can order a KODAK Picture CD simply by checking the box on the photo finishing envelope when you drop off a roll of film (35mm or Advanced Photo System (APS) color print film) at the time of processing in Kodak Express store displaying "Kodak Picture CD" si[...]

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    Setup Menu Options 25 General Setup Page Angle Mark: Use your remote’s keys to selct the menu options, press ENTER to activate and confirm the desired options. Select between On or Off setting. When a DVD with the multiple angle feature is played, if this feature is activated, the Angle Mark will appear on screen until the segmant with the Angle [...]

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    Setup Menu Options - continued 26 Captions: Use your remote’s keys to selct the menu options, press ENTER to activate and confirm the desired options. This function, when activated, will decode a DVD’s Closed Captions, please make sure that your CC function is also activated on your TV in order for this to work Properly . Please note that not a[...]

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    Setup Menu Options - continued 27 Digital Out: Use your remote’s keys to selct the menu options, press ENTER to activate and confirm the desired options. Select Raw for equipment that has a Dolby Digital/DTS processor built in. The player will "stream" these and other digital audio formats via this mode. Selecting PCM optimizes the outp[...]

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    Setup Menu Options - continued 28 TV Mode: Use your remote’s keys to selct the menu options, press ENTER to activate and confirm the desired options. This function allows you to switch between P AL, AUTO, NTSC mode from this setup menu. Note: NTSC is the default mode for North America T elevision Output Mode: Use your remote’s keys to selct the[...]

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    Setup Menu Options - continued 29 Audio: Use your remote’s keys to selct the menu options, press ENTER to activate and confirm the desired options. This function controls the default language selec-tion of the DVD when it is initialized. There are 3 languages to choose from: English, French, Spanish. Video Setup Page General Audio Video Preferenc[...]

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    Setup Menu Options - continued 30 Subtitle: Use your remote’s keys to selct the menu options, press ENTER to activate and confirm the desired options. This function controls the default language selection of the DVD. Example, if you select Spanish, on DVD’s that have this capability , anytime you insert the DVD, Spanish subtitles will appear . [...]

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    Setup Menu Options - continued 31 Password: Use your remote’s keys to selct the menu options, press ENTER to activate and confirm the desired options. This function allows Parents to change the parental lock code. The default override password for the player is 3308. Default: Use your remote’s keys to selct the menu options, press ENTER to acti[...]

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    Definition of T erms 32 Angle Encoded onto certain special edition DVD discs are scenes that have been simultaneously shot from a number of differ- ent angles (the same scene is shot from the front, from the left side, from the right side, etc.). With such discs, the ANGLE button can be used to view the scene from different angles. Chapter Number T[...]

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    33 T roubleshooting Guide Check the following guide for a possible correction to a problem before contacting customer support. We recommend visiting our website, www .apexdigitalinc.com and review Customer Support & F AQ’s for updates. Register and V alidate your warranty online. SYMPTOMS AND CORRECTION No power No picture No sound A red pict[...]

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    34 Limited W arranty HOME DVD PLA YERS 90 DA YS LABOR/ONE YEAR REPLACEMENT OF P ARTS WHO IS COVERED? Proof of purchase is required to receive warranty service such as the original sales receipt showing origi- nal date of purchase from an authorized APEX Digital, Inc. dealer in N. America. Keep your original box and packaging in case your unit needs[...]