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    ǵ DVD-PLA YER GDP 3564 ENGLISH GDP 3564,GB 26.10.2005 12:48 Uhr Seite 1[...]

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    2 CONTENTS ____________________________________________ 4 DVD Player GDP 3564 4 Special features of your DVD player 4 Scope of deliver y 4 Disc formats 5 Set-up and safety 6-9 Overview 6 The front of the DVD player 7 The back of the DVD player 8-9 The remote control 10-16 Connection and preparation 10-14 Connecting a television or flat screen 15 Co[...]

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    ENGLISH 3 29-33 Playback audio/video files 29 Features of the Nero Digital CD 29 Features of the DivX © Video CD 30 Features of the MP3 CD 31-33 Playback 34-35 Picture CD playback 34 Features of the JPEG CD 34 Features of the KODAK picture CD 34-35 Displaying JPEG pictures 35 Selecting pictures 35 Adjusting the picture display 35 Enlarging the pic[...]

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    4 Special features of your DVD player Y our DVD player provides you with perfect digital video playback of studio quality . It also provides superb cinema-quality audio playback – in stereo or with digital multi-channel sound – depending on the type of DVD and the audio system or stereo television. Other features of DVD video include the choice[...]

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    ENGLISH 5 SET -UP AND SAFETY ___________________________ Please note the following information when setting up your DVD player: This DVD player is designed to play video and audio signals from compact discs (DVD and CD). Any other use is expressly prohibited. If the DVD player is subject to a sudden change in temperature, for example if it is broug[...]

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    6 The front of the DVD player ON/OFF Switches the DVD player to stand-by and off again. Switching off the DVD player does not mean it is discon- nected from the mains. Stand-by indicator . Display . Compartment for DVDs/CDs. ə Opens and closes the disc compartment. 8 Starts playback. 7 Press once to activate the “RESUME” function. Press twice [...]

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    ENGLISH 7 The back of the DVD player VIDEO OUT Video output socket, for connecting a television or A V receiver with a cinch socket. S VIDEO OUT Video output socket, for connecting a television or A V receiver with an S video socket. Y Pb/Cb Pr/Cr V ideo output socket for connecting a televisi- on, flat screen or projector (YUV standard). R AUDIO O[...]

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    8 OVER VIEW ____________________________________________ * Depends on the DVD in use The remote control Ǽ Switches the DVD player on from stand-by mode and off again. 1 … 0 Numeric keys for various inputs. v Zooms in on scenes during playback. b During playback, switches between various REPEA T functions. Press and hold: Activates the A-B REPEA [...]

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    ENGLISH 9 OVER VIEW ____________________________________________ * Depends on the DVD in use c During playback, for marking scenes on the DVD. When stopped: Activates the search function (GO TO). ! Freeze-frame for DVDs, DivX © Video-CDs and Nero Digital™-CDsand video CDs; pause for audio CDs and MP3 CDs. Hold down to switch to slow motion (DVD)[...]

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    10 Note: Do not connect any other equipment while the device is switched on. Switch off the other equipment as well before connecting it. Only plug the device into the mains socket after you have connected the external devices. Connecting a television or flat screen Y ou have four options, depending on the sockets you have on your television or fla[...]

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    ENGLISH 11 CONNECTION AND PREP ARA TION _ Connecting with an HDMI cable* (digital audio/video signal) 1 Plug a standard HDMI cable into the » HDMI « socket of the DVD player and into the corresponding socket of the television or flat screen (audio/video signal). Note: Only for testing, open the disc compartment with » ə « on the DVD Player and[...]

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    12 Connecting with an adapter cable HDMI to DVI 1 Plug a standard adapter cable into the » HDMI « socket of the DVD player and into the corresponding socket of the television or flat screen (digital video signal). 2 Plug standard cinch cables into the » R AUDIO OUT L « sockets of the DVD player and the appropriate sockets (AUDIO IN) on the tele[...]

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    ENGLISH 13 Connecting with a cinch cable (progressive scan) Caution: This connection results in the transmission of video signals in a high frequency range. Before you first switch on the device, please check whether your television, flat screen or projector is suitable for this use. GRUNDIG accepts no liability for damage resulting from failure to[...]

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    14 CONNECTION AND PREP ARA TION _ Connection using a EURO-A V (Scart) cable 1 Plug the EURO-A V cable supplied into the » EURO A V ➞ TV « socket of the DVD player and into the corresponding socket of the television or flat screen. Connection using a Y/C (S-VIDEO) cable or a cinch cable (picture signal) and a cinch cable (audio signal) 1 Plug a [...]

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    ENGLISH 15 Connecting a multi-channel amplifier or digital two-channel audio system The digital multi-channel sound of a DVD can best be decoded and played back with a multi-channel audio/video amplifier (Dolby* digital decoder or DTS**). 1 Plug a standard cinch cable into the » DIGITAL AUDIO OUT « socket on the DVD player and into the appropriat[...]

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    16 CONNECTION AND PREP ARA TION _ Connecting an audio system with analogue two- channel stereo sound 1 Plug a standard cinch cable into the » R AUDIO OUT L « socket of the DVD player and into the corresponding socket on the audio system. Caution: Do not connect the » R AUDIO OUT L « socket on the DVD player to the PHONO (record player) input so[...]

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    ENGLISH 17 GETTING ST ARTED _______________________________ Switching on the DVD player 1 Switch on the DVD player by pressing » ON/OFF « on the device. Notes: The DVD player must be in stop mode for the following settings. All settings which are made via the main menu are then only acti- vated if they have been ended beforehand using » i «. If[...]

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    18 GETTING ST ARTED _______________________________ Selecting the video output socket (EURO A V/RGB or S-Video) The video output of your DVD player has been set at the factor y to »RGB«. When you connect your DVD-Player to the television, flat screen or projector using a Y/C cable (» S-VIDEO OUT « socket on the DVD player) or using a cinch cabl[...]

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    ENGLISH 19 Adjusting the HDMI resolution The ideal setting for the connected flat screen or projector can be adjusted here. The abbreviation behind the number means: »p« = Progressive, »i« = Interlace. 1 Call up the main menu with » i «. 2 Select »Picture« with » a « or » s « and press » OK « to con- firm. 3 Select »HDMI Resolution«[...]

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    20 BEFORE PLA YBACK _____________________________ Preparation 1 Switch on the television and select the preset channel for the DVD player . 2 If an audio system or an A V receiver is connected to the DVD player , switch it on and select the audio input for the DVD player . 3 Switch on the DVD player by pressing » ON/OFF « on the device. – Displ[...]

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    ENGLISH 21 DVD features Y ou can recognise a DVD by the logo on the label. Depending on the content of the DVD, the discs contain one or more titles. Each title may contain one or more chapters. Titles and chapters can be selected easily and conveniently . Y ou can control and direct playback of a DVD using the menu of the DVD player on the televis[...]

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    22 DVD playback 1 After the disc compartment closes and the DVD is scanned, playback starts automatically . 2 T o pause playback (freeze-frame), press » ! «. 3 Press » 8 « to resume playback. 4 End playback with » 7 « (press twice). Selecting titles or chapters ... If a DVD contains several titles and/or chapters, you can select them. ... usi[...]

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    ENGLISH 23 Selecting a chapter directly 1 T o select the next chapter , press » 6 « during playback. 2 T o select the previous chapter , press » 5 « during playback. – The DVD player locates the chapter and starts playback. Calling up information Y ou can call up information on the title, chapter and playing time for display on the screen. 1 [...]

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    24 Additional playback functions Notes: The sound is muted during the “Frame search”, “Slow motion” and “Freeze-frame” functions. Depending on the DVD, some functions cannot be selected. Frame search Several different speeds are available. 1 Select the desired playback speed during playback with » m « or » , «. 2 T o return to playb[...]

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    ENGLISH 25 Enlarging the picture and moving screen sections (Zoom) 1 During playback or pause, press » v « repeatedly . – Display: » 1«, » 2«, » 3«, » 4« a section of the pic- ture is enlarged. 2 The picture section can be moved with » a «, » s «, » A « or » S «. 3 T o end the function press » v « again. – Display: » Off«.[...]

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    26 Repeat functions Repeating a selected scene (A-B Repeat) Y ou can mark the star t and end of a scene, this is then played back repeatedly . 1 During playback, mark the beginning of the scene by pressing and holding » b «. – Display: » Rep A –«. 2 Press and hold » b « again to mark the end of the scene. – Display: »Rep A – B«, the[...]

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    ENGLISH 27 S-VCD/VCD features Y ou can recognise S-VCD/VCDs (video CDs) by the logo on the label. Depending on the contents of the S-VCD/VCD (films, music videos etc.), the discs may carr y one or more tracks. Like audio CDs, S-VCDs/VCDs have a track structure. S-VCDs/VCDs can be created using the PBC (playback control) system for track navigation.[...]

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    28 Playing back a track 1 After the disc compartment closes and the S-VCD/VCD is scanned, playback starts automatically . 2 T o pause playback (freeze-frame), press » ! «. 3 Press » ! « repeatedly to switch through individual frames. 4 Press » 8 « to resume playback. 5 End playback with » 7 « (press twice). Selecting a track If an S-VCD/VCD[...]

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    ENGLISH 29 Features of the Nero Digital TM CD Nero Digital™ is the ideal solution for video and audio codecs. Codecs are required for processing and playing audio and video files. The Nero Digital™ codec allows you to save all the audio and video material on a DVD on a normal data CD – with no perceptible loss in quality . The audio and video[...]

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    30 Features of the MP3 CD MP3 stands for MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 and arises from the Motion Pic- ture Expert Group (MPEG) Standard which was developed for compres- sing film data. The MP3 format enables audio files to be saved on a computer with a sound quality similar to that of a CD. This only requires approx. 10% of the original data quantity . The[...]

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    ENGLISH 31 PLA YBACK AUDIO/VIDEO FILES ___________________ Playback 1 After the disc compartment closes and the data CD is scanned, playback starts automatically . Note: If you are playing a DivX (c) Video CD with subtitles the subtitles are displayed before playback. Select desired subtitles (Subtitle) with » S « or » A « and press » OK « to[...]

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    32 Frame search (Nero Digital TM /DivX © V ideo CD only) Y ou can select dif ferent speeds (2-fold, 4-fold, 8-fold and 20-fold for wards and backwards). 1 Select the desired playback speed during playback with » m « or » , «. 2 Press » 8 « to resume normal playback. Switching freeze frames forwards step-by-step (Nero Digital TM /DivX © V id[...]

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    ENGLISH 33 Switching the dubbing language or the audio format (Nero Digital TM /DivX © V ideo CD only) A Nero DIGIT AL or DivX © Video CD can contain various dubbing languages or audio formats. 1 Press » d « during playback. 2 Keep pressing » d « to select the dubbing language or the audio format. Selecting and hiding subtitles (Nero Digital [...]

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    34 Features of the JPEG CD JPEG stands for Joint Picture Experts Group. This process was desi- gned to compress picture files. JPEG files can be burned onto a CD along with other file types. Such CDs are known as file CDs or mixed mode CDs. For example, the CD could contain MP3 files (audio) and JPEG files (for example to display album covers). The[...]

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    ENGLISH 35 Selecting pictures ... using the numerical buttons 1 During playback, select the desired picture using » 1 … 0 «. – Playback starts with the picture selected. ... step by step (SKIP) 1 During playback, select the next picture with » 6 «. 2 Select the previous picture with » 5 «. – Playback starts with the picture selected. Ad[...]

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    36 Features of the Audio CD An audio CD is identified by this logo. Audio CDs contain only sound recordings. They can be played in the normal manner on an audio system. The individual tracks are stored in a sequence. There are no folders. Audio CD playback 1 Playback starts automatically when a CD is inser ted. – Playback stops at the end of the [...]

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    ENGLISH 37 Fast search Different speeds are available. 1 T o select the desired playback speed press » m « or » , « repeatedly during playback. 2 T o return to playback press » 8 «. Ending playback Playback stops automatically at the end of the CD. Y ou can stop playback at any time by pressing » 7 « twice . Random play 1 During stop mode, [...]

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    38 This function enables you to program a playback list for all types of discs. Up to 12 titles, chapters or tracks can be stored. Note: Opening the disc compartment deletes the programme. Creating a program 1 Insert the DVD, audio CD or picture CD in the disc tray . 2 Stop the DVD player by pressing » 7 «. 3 Call up the »Program Input« menu wi[...]

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    ENGLISH 39 Selecting the digital output Here you select whether the audio signal is emitted from the »DIGI- T AL AUDIO OUT« sockets in the original data format or in PCM for- mat. The factor y setting is »Original«. 1 Call up the main menu using » i «. 2 Select the »Sound« menu item with » a « or » s « and activate with » OK «. 3 Sele[...]

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    40 The child lock enables you to block scenes on DVDs which are not suitable for children or to select alternative scenes. This is done by selecting a certain access level. Authorising the contents of a DVD Films on DVD may be wholly or partially unsuitable for children. These DVDs contain information which marks the corresponding content or scenes[...]

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    ENGLISH 41 Setting the language 1 Call up the main menu using » i «. 2 Activate the »Installation« menu item with » OK «. – The »Installation« menu is displayed. Note: For further operation, see the following sections, each one starting from Step 1 . Selecting the language for the subtitles If subtitles are available on the current DVD, t[...]

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    42 DivX © VIDEO Registration 1 Call up the main menu using » i «. 2 Select »Child Lock« with » a « or » s « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Select »DIVX Registration« with » S « or » A « and activate with » OK «. – The menu shows the registration code for the Internet. 4 Press » i « to exit the menu. Setting the resolution of [...]

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    ENGLISH 43 Switching function displays on and off The various displays which inform you about the current operating mode of the DVD player on the screen have been preset to on. Y ou can switch them on and off as required. 1 Call up the main menu using » i «. 2 Activate the »Installation« menu item with » OK «. 3 Select »Display function« wi[...]

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    44 Y ou can also operate GRUNDIG televisions with this remote control. The fun- ctions available to you depend on the model of the GRUNDIG television. Point the remote control directly at the TV . TV Switches the remote control to television operation. T o do this, press and hold down » TV « then press the relevant button for the desired function[...]

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    ENGLISH 45 T echnical data This product fulfils the European directives 89/336/EEC, 73/23/EEC and 93/68/EEC. This device conforms to the safety regulation DIN EN 60065 and therefore the international safety regulation IEC 60065. Y ou may not open the DVD player . The manufacturer will not accept any liability for damage resulting from improper hand[...]

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    46 General instructions for laser devices Y our system is a CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT . This means that the laser is designed in such a way as to ensure that the maximum permissible emission value cannot be exceeded under any circumstances. Caution: If operating devices or methods other than those specified here are employed, it may lead to danger- ous[...]

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    ENGLISH 47 INFORMA TION _____________________________________ T roubleshooting Not every picture or sound problem is caused by a defect in your DVD player . Impairment can also be caused by leads having been accidentally pulled out, damaged DVDs/CDs and worn-out batter- ies in the remote control. If the following measures do not do not rectify the [...]

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    48 Cleaning discs Wipe the dirty disc with a cloth from the centre outwards in a straight line. Do not use any solvents such as benzene, thinners, conventional cleaner or anti-static spray for vinyl records. Software information W e wish to point out explicitly that only operating software authorised by GRUNDIG is permissible for the DVD player . T[...]

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    Additional Information for units sold in the UK. Units sold in the UK are suitable for operation from a 240V ac, 50Hz mains supply . The range of multi-system receivers is built to work in most European coun- tries. However , the mains plug and socket system for the UK dif fers from many European countries. This appliance has been supplied with a f[...]

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