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    17” (16:9) Ov erhead Video Monitor/D VD Play er MODEL OHD W17 .2 O WNER ’S GUIDE INS T ALLA TION GUIDE © 2005 Directed Electronics N82172W 10-05[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2 NON-TRANSFERABLE LIMITED ONE YEAR CONSUMER WARRANTY Directed Electronics (Directed) promises to the original purchaser that the new automotiv e video monitor and/or source unit(s) (the Product) that is purchased and installed from a Directed authorized dealer more than ninety (90) da ys after t[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved T able of Contents Non-Tr ansfer able Limited One Y ear Consumer W arranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Safety Instructions and Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 W elcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Basic Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23 DVD Playback ..............................................................................................23 Play/P ause (DVD/MP3/CD) ..................................................[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Safety Instructions and Cautions W ARNING: T O REDUCE THE RI SK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SH OCK, DO N O T EXPOSE THIS EQUIP- MENT T O RAIN OR MOI STURE. T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SH OCK AND ANNO YING INTERFERENCE, USE ONL Y THE INCLUDED HARDW ARE. THIS M ONIT OR I S ONL Y DESIGNED FOR RE[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved ■ When oper atin g the unit, avoi d con tact with th e LCD panel. ■ Preven t m etal or for ei gn objects bein g locked between th e LCD scr een and th e en closur e . Forei gn objects m ay impair smooth runnin g o f th e disc and m ay cause electri cal problem s . ■ Keep unit away fr om equ[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved WHEN P ARKED The scr een is easily visible wh en deployed . Always close th e scr een when parkin g f or an exten d ed period o f tim e to avoid poten ti al th eft or exten d ed exposur e to dir ect sunli ght. PROPER USE Do not tou ch th e screen. Do n ot pull or han g fr om the f old d own monit[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved PICTURE QU ALITY The pi ctur e quality o f this LCD unit d epen ds strictly on its in stalled locati on. T o achieve th e best pictur e qu ality , adjust the brigh tn ess con trol or vi ewin g angle o f th e unit un til the optim um vi ew- ing is achi eved . Important Inf ormation FCC NO TICE Thi[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Contr ols MONIT OR 1. COURTESY LI GHT—A ctivate this switch to "ON/OFF" to activate the d om e li ghts on th e monitor . 2. DOOR LIGHT On/Off—En gag e this switch to have the d oor open switch activate the do me l ig hts. 3. IR T r ansmitter/Receiver—Infr ar ed tr ansmitter an d r[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 9. UP Button—Used in conjun cti on with the button to scroll up (or in cr ease) the men u settin g. 10. DOWN Button—Used in conjun cti on with the button to scroll d own (or d ecrease) the m en u setting. 11. POWER—P ower On/Off button. D VD—MOUNTED The illustr ati on below shows th e DVD[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 7. LEFT— * 8. RIGHT— * 9. ENTER * 10. PLA Y/PAUSE—Wh en pr essed pauses the playback un til pr essed again. 11. ST OP—H alts playback. If the Play button is pr essed th e playback will con tinue fr om wh ere stopped. If th e Stop button is pr essed twice , playback will now start fr om th[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved D VD—UNMOUNTED The illustr ati on below shows th e si d e of th e DVD player wh en rem oved fr om th e LCD monitor . 1. Electrical conn ector—This conn ector provi d es th e electrical in terf ace when m oun ted in th e LCD monitor . 2. VOL Contr ol—Con trols th e volum e to th e phon e jac[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved D VD—MEMOR Y CARD MOUNTING Ensur e that th e mem ory car ds ar e moun ted with th e logo si d e o f the m em ory cards ori en ted with th e arrows as sh own below (towar ds the DVD d rive): W ARNING: DO NO T CLOSE THE LCD SCREEN IF A MEMORY CARD HAS BEEN INSERTED INT O THE DVD PLA YER. THIS CAN[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved D VD Play er—Installation 1. Ensur e power to th e monitor is o ff an d that th e igniti on k ey is off. 2. Align th e n otches in th e si d e of th e player with th e tabs in the si d es o f the m onitor DVD m ount- ing ar ea an d slid e th e player in to the m onitor . 3. Slid e th e player t[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved D VD Play er—Remo val 1. While holdin g an d supporting th e DVD player . 2. Move an d h old the lock/unlock button to th e ri gh t. 3. Slid e th e player away from th e scr een an d carefully r em ove . Setting the Scr een Mode The overh ead m onitor has 4 differen t scr een m odes . Th ese ar[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Remote Contr ol Unit REMO TE BUTT ONS 1. POWER (source) 28. ANGLE 2. IR (on/off) 29. SUB TITLE (on/o ff) 3. FM (on/off) 30. DOWN (Cursor) 4. Pictur e (PIP) 31. AUDI O 5-7. Num eri c 32. ZOOM (2, 3, 4, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, OFF) 8. UP (display) 33. F .REV (Fast Reverse) 9-11. Num eri c 34. PLA Y/P A USE [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 16. DOWN (display) 37. BA CK 17. MENU/PBC 38. ST OP 18-19 Num eri c 39. NEXT 20. Im age (wid e , zoom, full, normal) 40. REPEA T 21. TITLE 41. POWER (T un er)* 22. UP (Cursor) 42. DSP (channel display)* 23. SETUP 43. TV/A V (selects T uner or A ux input)* 24. MUTE (on/o ff) 44. DISPLA Y 25. LEFT [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved BA TTER Y REPLACEMENT NOTE: Bef ore using remote after installation, remove the battery plastic protective slip. 1. Move th e sm all latch to the ri gh t an d slid e out th e battery hold er . 2. Remove old battery an d r eplace it with a new battery (CR2025) with th e positive “+” si gn f ac[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved sid e you wan t to watch facin g up. En sur e that the disc is seated pr operly bef ore pushin g tr ay back into its lockin g positi on. 3. Push to close the d oor . UNL O ADING DISC 1. Press OPEN at th e upper ri ght corn er to open th e d oor . 2. Remove th e disc . (Avoi d tou chin g the r eco[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Oper ating the Monitor OPEN/CL OSE THE DISPLA Y MONIT OR T o open the display m onitor , push the "OPEN" button and pull th e m onitor down b y the middle of t he LCD to the d esir ed position. U se th e middle o f the LCD screen to r otate to a d esired vi ewin g position. W ARNING: TH[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved P o w er Up/Do wn the Display Monitor The unit will power up wh en th e display monitor is unlatch ed an d pulled d own. (If the unit d oes not power up, pr ess th e P ower button on either th e r emote or th e P ower button on th e righ t si de o f th e m onitor . T o turn the power o ff to the [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved MENU (CONSOLE MENU) Press "MENU" button on the m onitor or r emote to activate th e scr een par ameters set-up. Th e sequence o f set-up item s is as follows: FM: T r ansmittin g fr equen cy SHARPNESS: Sharpness adjustm en t BRIGHTNESS: Bri gh tness adjustm en t CONTRAST : Con trast adj[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Basic Functions D VD PLA YBACK 1. Press th e r emote con tr ol’s POWER button or the m onitor’s POWER button to switch on the unit’s power . 2. Select vid eo sour ce (DVD). NOTE: If there is no disc in the DVD player , a “ NO DISC ” message will be displayed in the upper left corner of [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 2. Press th e “ FR ” button d uring playback. Each tim e this button is pr essed, th e unit will g o into a r api d reverse playback m od e . This will be sh own on th e LCD, depen din g on th e speed of th e playback selected. ■ playback FR 2X FR 4X FR 8X FR 20X PLA Y Press “ PLA Y ” b[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved SELECTING A TRACK OR CHAPTER Selecting tr acks or chapters can be accomplish ed by either usin g th e r emote or fr on t moun ted con- trols . Th ese contr ols allow th e oper ator to skip over und esir able tracks or r epeat a parti cular tr ack. When playin g a DVD, pr ess the n um eri c button[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved PLA YBACK PROGRAMMING Press th e PROGRAM button on th e rem ote to display th e T r ack (T)/Chapter (C) pr ogrammin g m en u screen. This allows you to selected th ose item s on a DVD, MP3, or JPEG that you wish to view or lis- ten. Use th e arr ow navi gati on k eys on the r em ote to enter th e[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved AD V ANCED PLA YBACK (D VD/MP3/CD) REPEA T MODE ■ MP3/Au di o CD When th e “ REPEA T ” button is pressed: REP ONE = The curr en t track will be r epeated . FOLDER REP = The curr en t fold er will be r epeated . FOLDER = All the f old ers will be repeated . ■ DVD When th e “ REPEA T ” [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved SUBTITLE (D VD) Y ou may chan ge th e subtitle lan guag e fr om th e one selected at th e initi al playback setting to a dif- feren t lan guag e , if available. During DVD playback, pr ess th e "SUB TITLE" button. A scr een icon will appear alon g with the status/lan gu age to be displa[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Sy stem Setup 1 . T V S Y STEM Accor din g to the Color System o f th e TV , you can choose the TV System. NTSC: Ch oose this settin gs if your DVD player is connected to a NTSC TV . P AL: Choose this settin gs if your DVD player is connected to a P AL TV . AUT O: Choose this settin gs if your DV[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3 . TV TY P E 4 : 3 PS (P an & S ca n): Ch oosing this setting if your DVD player is connected to a n orm al rati o TV . Y ou can fill th e movi e to th e entir e scr een o f your TV . This migh t m ean that parts of th e pi cture (th e left an d ri ght ed g es) won't be seen. 4 : 3 LB ([...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 6. DEF A UL T Choose this opti on to r eset all the setup opti on s (e xcept f or password an d r ating settin g) to d ef ault settings . 7 . EXIT Choose this opti on to e xit the setup opti on s . Language Setup The lan gu age setup opti on s ar e listed below: 1 . OSD LANGU AGE The OSD (On Scr [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 3. SUBTITLE LANG The Subtitle Lan g M enu allows th e user to select th e lan g- uag e f or the subtitle o f disc . Hi ghligh t th e SUB TITLE LANG option, an d pr ess the Arr ow button s to ch oose the subtitle langu ag e you prefer . Press En ter to confirm. Y ou can select English, J apan, Fr [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 7. Do not conn ect th e yellow wire an d r ed wir e togeth er o f this prod u ct dir ectly to the +12V . Connect th e r ed wire o f this pr od uct to th e A CC of th e i gniti on key switch an d yellow wir e to +12V . Failure to d o so m ay result in dischar g e o f the battery . 8. Only supplied[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved SIGNAL CONNECTIONS Adapter A udio Adapter Video Adapter IR In additi on each IN 2 an d IN 1 groupin g has an IR output jack whi ch passes th e rem ote con trol com- man ds to th e devi ce (VCR, CD player , TV tuner or oth er d evices) conn ected to this input. Color Code Function Y ellow 1 (RCA) [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved T YPICAL WIRING DIAGRAM 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 YELL OW–12V Constant GRA Y (-) Door Trigger A/V SOURCE 2 A/V SOURCE 1 A/V OUTPUT 3 BLACK–Ground RED–12V POWER CABLE S[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Installation Pr ocedur e 1. Id en tify the polarity o f th e d ome li gh t circuit an d set th e switch on th e cable connecti on si de of th e overh ead monitor h ousin g to m atch the vehi cle’s d oor trigg er polarity . Factory def ault posi- tion f or this switch is N egative . This switch [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved 6. Cut a 1" hole in th e h eadliner alon g th e backsi de o f th e moun tin g br acket f or th e cables to pass through. 7. Route cables through th e h ole to the pr ed etermin ed location o f th e A V source(s). 8. Id en tify the d om e li ght wir es in th e vehicle an d conn ect th em to t[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Sy stem Wiring Diagr am Ex ample NOTE: The Second P ower cable must be connected or the unit will not operate and will cause damage to the unit. 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 CONS[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved T r oubleshooting No Picture Press th e POWER an d SOURCE buttons (or th e button on the r em ote) to m ake sur e th e monitor is on an d th e proper input is selected . If th er e is still no pi ctur e press th e PI CTURE button. If the DVD m en u appears, ch eck th e sour ce unit. If no DVD m e[...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved The Remote does NOT Function Are th er e obstacles obstructin g th e vi ew between the m onitor an d the r em ote . The distan ce between th e rem ote an d m onitor is too great. The r em ote is not bein g poin ted at th e monitor’s IR r eceiver . The batteri es in th e rem ote ar e weak. DISC [...]

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    © 2005 Directed Electroni cs—all righ ts reserved Specifications NOTE: Specifications and design are subject to change without notice . System Laser Semico n d uctor laser Sign al Form ats NTSC, P AL Audio Char acteristics Frequen cy Respon se DVD Vid eo (PCM@ 96kHz) 20 Hz - 40 kHz ± 1dB DVD Vid eo (PCM@ 48kHz) 20 Hz - 20 kHz ± 1dB CD 20 Hz - [...]

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    Directed Electr onics Vista, CA 92081 www .directed .com © 2005 Directed Electr onics—All ri ghts r eserved N82172W 10-05 The company behind this s y stem is Dir ected Electr onics. Since its in ception, Dir ected has had on e purpose , to pr ovid e consum ers with th e finest vehi cle security , car stereo prod ucts , r ear seat entertainm en t[...]