Directed Electronics OHD901A manual

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    9 9 ” ” ( ( 1 1 6 6 : : 9 9 ) ) O O v v e e r r h h e e a a d d V V i i d d e e o o M M o o n n i i t t o o r r / / D D V V D D P P l l a a y y e e r r M M O O D D E E L L O O H H D D 9 9 0 0 1 1 A A O O W W N N E E R R ’ ’ S S G G U U I I D D E E I I N N S S T T A A L L L L A A T T I I O O N N G G U U I I D D E E © 2005 Directed Electroni[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. 2 N N O O N N - - T T R R A A N N S S F F E E R R A A B B L L E E L L I I M M I I T T E E D D C C O O N N S S U U M M E E R R W W A A R R R R A A N N T T Y Y Directed Electronics, Inc. (Directed) promises to the original purchaser that the automotive video monitor and/or source unit(s) (the Product), excluding a[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. T T a a b b l l e e o o f f C C o o n n t t e e n n t t s s N N o o n n - - T T r r a a n n s s f f e e r r a a b b l l e e L L i i m m i i t t e e d d O O n n e e Y Y e e a a r r C C o o n n s s u u m m e e r r W W a a r r r r a a n n t t y y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. DVD Playback ..............................................................................................23 Play/P ause (DVD/MP3/CD) ............................................................................24 Stop (DVD/MP3/CD) .................................................................................[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. S S a a f f e e t t y y I I n n s s t t r r u u c c t t i i o o n n s s a a n n d d C C a a u u t t i i o o n n s s W W A A R R N N I I N N G G : : TO REDUCE THE RI SK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SH OCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS EQUIP- MENT T O RAIN OR MOI STURE. T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRI C SH OCK AND ANNO YING [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. ■ When oper ating th e unit, avoi d contact with th e LCD pan el. ■ Preven t metal or f or eign objects bein g lock ed between the LCD scr een and th e en closure . Forei gn objects may impair sm ooth runnin g of th e disc an d may cause electri cal problem s . ■ Keep unit away fr om equipmen t with str on[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. W W H H E E N N P P A A R R K K E E D D The scr een is easily visible when d eployed . Always close the scr een wh en parking f or an exten d ed period o f time to avoi d poten tial th eft or e xtend ed exposur e to dir ect sunligh t. P P R R O O P P E E R R U U S S E E Do not tou ch the scr een. Do n ot pull or[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. P P I I C C T T U U R R E E Q Q U U A A L L I I T T Y Y The pi cture qu ality o f this LCD unit depen ds stri ctly on its installed locati on. T o achieve the best pictur e quality , adjust the brigh tn ess contr ol or viewin g an gle of th e unit un til the optim um view- ing is achi eved. I I m m p p o o r r t[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. C C o o n n t t r r o o l l s s M M O O N N I I T T O O R R 1. DOME LIGHT S—Quan tity 2. 2. DOOR LIGHT On/Off—En gage this switch to have th e d oor open switch activate the do me l ig hts. 3. OPEN/CLOSE—The latch to open or close th e LCD screen. 4. COURTESY LI GHT—Activate this switch to "ON/OFF&q[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. D D V V D D — — M M O O U U N N T T E E D D The illustr ation below sh ows th e DVD player moun ted in a typi cal LCD monitor . 1. LOCK/UNLOCK—T o dock or und ock the DVD player . 2. OPEN—Press this button to open th e access door to m oun t or dismoun t a disc . 3. AUDIO—Each pr ess of this button acc[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. W W A A R R N N I I N N G G : : DO NO T CLOSE THE LCD SCREEN IF A MEMORY CARD HAS BEEN INSERTED INT O THE DVD PLA YER. THIS CAN CAU SE THE LCD SCREEN T O BREAK OR LEAK FLUID. IF YOU SHOULD COME IN CONT ACT WITH LEAKED FLUID, W ASH THE AFFECTED AREA THOROUGHL Y WITH W A TER AND SEEK IMMEDIA TE MEDICAL A TTENTION.[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. D D V V D D — — U U N N M M O O U U N N T T E E D D The illustr ation below sh ows th e sid e o f the DVD player wh en rem oved fr om the LCD m onitor . 1. Electrical conn ector—This connector pr ovi des th e electri cal interf ace when m oun ted in the LCD monitor . 2. VOL Contr ol—Contr ols th e volume[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. D D V V D D — — M M E E M M O O R R Y Y C C A A R R D D M M O O U U N N T T I I N N G G Ensur e that the m em ory cards ar e m ounted with th e logo si d e of th e mem ory car ds orien ted with th e arrows as sh own below: W W A A R R N N I I N N G G : : DO NO T CLOSE THE LCD SCREEN IF A MEMORY CARD HAS BEEN[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. Electrical Connector Lock/Unlock Button  Insert DVD Player and th en slid d own until unit locks . 14[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. D D V V D D P P l l a a y y e e r r — — R R e e m m o o v v a a l l 1. While holdin g and supportin g th e DVD player . 2. Move an d hold th e lock/unlock button to th e righ t. 3. Slid e the player away fr om th e screen an d car efully rem ove . S S e e t t t t i i n n g g t t h h e e S S c c r r e e e e n[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. R R e e m m o o t t e e C C o o n n t t r r o o l l U U n n i i t t R R E E M M O O T T E E B B U U T T T T O O N N S S 1. POWER (source) 28. ANGLE 2. IR (on/off) 29. SUB TITLE (on/off) 3. FM (on/off) 30. DOWN (Cursor) 4. Picture (PIP) (n/a in this mod el) 31. AUDI O 5-7. Num eric 32. ZOOM (2, 3, 4, 1/2, 1/3, 1/[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. 16. DOWN (display) 37. BA CK 17. MENU/PBC 38. ST OP 18-19 Num eric 39. NEXT 20. Imag e (wid e , zoom, full, norm al) 40. REPEA T 21. TITLE 41. POWER (T uner)* 22. UP (Cursor) 42. DSP (channel display)* 23. SETUP 43. TV/A V (selects Tun er or Aux input)* 24. MUTE (on/off) 44. DISPLA Y 25. LEFT (Cursor) 45. CH+ (c[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. B B A A T T T T E E R R Y Y R R E E P P L L A A C C E E M M E E N N T T N N O O T T E E : : Before using remote after installation, remove the battery plastic protective slip. 1. Move th e small latch to th e ri ght an d sli de out th e battery hold er . 2. Remove old battery an d replace it with a n ew battery [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. sid e you want to watch f acin g up. Ensur e that th e disc is seated properly bef ore pushin g tr ay back into its lockin g position. 3. Push to close the d oor . U U N N L L O O A A D D I I N N G G D D I I S S C C 1. Press OPEN at th e upper righ t corn er to open the d oor . 2. Remove th e disc. (A voi d touc[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. O O p p e e r r a a t t i i n n g g t t h h e e M M o o n n i i t t o o r r O O P P E E N N / / C C L L O O S S E E T T H H E E D D I I S S P P L L A A Y Y M M O O N N I I T T O O R R T o open the display monitor , push the "OPEN" button an d pull th e monitor d own b b y y t t h h e e m m i i d d d d [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. P P o o w w e e r r U U p p / / D D o o w w n n t t h h e e D D i i s s p p l l a a y y M M o o n n i i t t o o r r The unit will power up wh en the display m onitor is unlatch ed and pulled d own. (If th e unit does not power up, pr ess the P ower button on either the r emote or th e P ower button on th e left [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. D D O O O O R R L L I I G G H H T T O O N N / / O O F F F F Engag e this switch on the monitor to activate th e dom e li ghts wh en a door is open. N N O O T T E E : : This function is operational only when the Gray wire of the dome light cir- cuit is connected to the door switch. C C O O U U R R T T E E S S Y Y[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. B B a a s s i i c c F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n s s D D V V D D P P L L A A Y Y B B A A C C K K 1. Pr ess the r em ote contr ol’s POWER button or the m onitor’s POWER button to switch on the unit’s power . 2. Select vid eo source (DVD). N N O O T T E E : : If there is no disc in the DVD player, a “ N[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. 2. Press th e “ F F R R ” button d uring playback. Each tim e this button is pr essed, th e unit will go into a r apid r everse playback m ode . This will be shown on the LCD, d ependin g on th e speed of th e playback selected. ■ playback FR 2X FR 4X FR 8X FR 20X PLA Y Press “ P P L L A A Y Y ” button[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. S S E E L L E E C C T T I I N N G G A A T T R R A A C C K K O O R R C C H H A A P P T T E E R R Selecting tr acks or chapters can be accomplished by eith er usin g the r em ote or fron t moun ted con- trols . These con tr ols allow the oper ator to skip over un desir able tracks or r epeat a parti cular track. W[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. P P L L A A Y Y B B A A C C K K P P R R O O G G R R A A M M M M I I N N G G Press th e PROGRAM button on the r em ote to display the T rack (T)/Chapter (C) progr amming m en u screen. This allows you to selected th ose items on a DVD, MP3, or JPEG that you wish to vi ew or lis- ten. Use th e arrow n avi gation k[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. A A D D V V A A N N C C E E D D P P L L A A Y Y B B A A C C K K ( ( D D V V D D / / M M P P 3 3 / / C C D D ) ) R R E E P P E E A A T T M M O O D D E E ■ MP3/Au dio CD When th e “ R R E E P P E E A A T T ” button is pressed: REP ONE = The curr ent tr ack will be r epeated. FOLDER REP = The curr ent f old e[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. S S U U B B T T I I T T L L E E ( ( D D V V D D ) ) Y ou may chang e the subtitle lan guag e fr om the on e selected at th e initial playback settin g to a dif- feren t langu ag e , if available . During DVD playback, pr ess the "SUB TITLE" button. A screen icon will appear alon g with the status/lan g[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. S S y y s s t t e e m m S S e e t t u u p p 1 1 . . T T V V S S Y Y S S T T E E M M Accor ding to th e Color System o f the TV , you can choose the TV System. NTSC: Ch oose this settings if your DVD player is conn ected to a NTSC TV . P AL: Choose this settings if your DVD player is conn ected to a P AL TV . AUT[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. 3 3 . . T T V V T T Y Y P P E E 4 : 3 PS ( P a n & S can ): Ch oosin g this setting if your DVD player is connected to a n ormal r ati o TV . Y ou can fill th e movi e to the en tir e screen o f your TV . This might m ean that parts of th e pictur e (th e left and ri gh t edg es) won't be seen. 4 : 3 LB[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. 6 6 . . D D E E F F A A U U L L T T Choose this opti on to reset all th e setup opti ons (e x cept for password an d ratin g settin g) to def ault settin gs. 7 7 . . E E X X I I T T Choose this opti on to exit th e setup opti ons . L L a a n n g g u u a a g g e e S S e e t t u u p p The lan guag e setup opti ons[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. 3 3 . . S S U U B B T T I I T T L L E E L L A A N N G G The Subtitle Lan g Men u allows th e user to select the lan g- uag e for th e subtitle o f disc. Hi ghli ght th e SUB TITLE LANG option, an d press th e Arr ow buttons to ch oose th e subtitle langu age you pr efer . Press Enter to confirm. Y ou can select [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. 7. Do not conn ect the yellow wir e an d red wir e tog ether o f this prod u ct directly to th e +12V . Connect th e red wir e o f this prod u ct to the A CC of th e i gnition k ey switch an d yellow wire to +12V . Failure to d o so may r esult in dischar ge o f th e battery . 8. Only supplied accessori es shoul[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. S S I I G G N N A A L L C C O O N N N N E E C C T T I I O O N N S S A A d d a a p p t t e e r r A A u u d d i i o o A A d d a a p p t t e e r r V V i i d d e e o o A A d d a a p p t t e e r r I I R R In additi on each IN 2 and IN 1 gr oupin g has an IR output jack which passes th e r emote con trol com- man ds t[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. T T Y Y P P I I C C A A L L W W I I R R I I N N G G D D I I A A G G R R A A M M Wireless Headphones A(R) A(L) V OUT IN1 IR V A(L) A(R) IN2 IR V A(L) A(R) MONITOR BLACK–Ground YELL OW–12V Constant RED–Ignition BLACK–Ground YELLOW–12V C onstant GRA Y (-) Door Trigger A/V SOURCE 2 A/V SOURCE 1 A/V OUTPUT [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. I I n n s s t t a a l l l l a a t t i i o o n n P P r r o o c c e e d d u u r r e e 1. Id entify th e polarity o f the d om e ligh t circuit an d set th e switch on the cable conn ection si d e of th e overhead m onitor h ousing to m atch th e vehicle’s d oor trigg er polarity . Factory default posi- tion f or[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. 6. Cut a 1" hole in th e headlin er alon g the backsi d e of th e moun tin g brack et f or the cables to pass through. 7. Route cables through th e hole to th e pr edetermin ed locati on of th e A V source(s). 8. Id entify th e d ome li gh t wires in th e vehicle an d conn ect them to th e correspon din g d[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. S S y y s s t t e e m m W W i i r r i i n n g g D D i i a a g g r r a a m m E E x x a a m m p p l l e e Video In VCR or AUDIO AMPLIFIER OUT Pow er IN IN Audio R Video L Audio Video DVD or TV Tuner DVD L R BLACK (GROUND) GRA Y (DOOR SWITCH) YELLOW +12V CONST ANT IR Tran smitter BLACK (GROUND) RED (ACC) YELLOW BA [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. T T r r o o u u b b l l e e s s h h o o o o t t i i n n g g N N o o P P i i c c t t u u r r e e Press th e POWER (source) button (or th e button on the rem ote) to mak e sure th e m onitor is on and th e proper sour ce input is selected . If the DVD m enu appears , ch eck the sour ce unit. If no DVD m enu appear[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. T T h h e e R R e e m m o o t t e e d d o o e e s s N N O O T T F F u u n n c c t t i i o o n n Are th ere obstacles obstru ctin g the vi ew between th e monitor an d the r em ote . The distan ce between the r em ote and m onitor is too gr eat. The r emote is n ot bein g pointed at th e IR r eceiver on the LCD s[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs, In c. S S p p e e c c i i f f i i c c a a t t i i o o n n s s N N O O T T E E : : Specifications and design are subject to change without notice. S S y y s s t t e e m m Laser Semico n du ctor laser Sign al Formats NTSC, P AL A A u u d d i i o o C C h h a a r r a a c c t t e e r r i i s s t t i i c c s s Frequen cy Re[...]

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    Directed Electr onics , Inc . Vista, CA 92081 www .directed.com © 2005 Directed Electr onics, In c.—All ri ghts r eserved N82901A 03-05 T T h h e e c c o o m m p p a a n n y y b b e e h h i i n n d d t t h h i i s s s s y y s s t t e e m m i i s s D D i i r r e e c c t t e e d d E E l l e e c c t t r r o o n n i i c c s s , , I I n n c c . . Sin[...]