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    DIGITAL VIDEO INSTRUCCIONES EN ESP AÑOL INCLUID AS. D VD PLA YER INSTR UCTION MANU AL INSTRUCTIONS EN FRAN Ç AIS INCLUS. Instruction manual T o obtain the best perf or mance and ensure years of troub le- free use, please read this instruction manual completely . MODEL D V -P725U English Fran ç ais Espa ñ ol REV MENU TOP MENU OPEN / CLOSE FWD PO[...]

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    – 2 – EN 1L01 W ARNING : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. LASER SAFETY This unit employs a laser . Only a qualified service person should remove the cover or attempt to service this device, due to possible eye injury . CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCED[...]

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    – 3 – EN 1L01 English IMPOR T ANT SAFEGUARDS 1) Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instruc- tions should be read before the product is operated. 2) Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 3) Heed W arnings - All warnings on the product and in the operating instructions s[...]

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    (approx. 3 feet (100 cm) long) (TE14751) – 4 – EN 1L01 A NOTE ABOUT RECYCLING This product ’ s packaging materials are recyclable and can be reused. Please dispose of any materials in accordance with your local recycling regulations. Batteries should never be thrown away or incinerated but disposed of in accordance with your local regulations[...]

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    – 5 – EN 1L01 English T ABLE OF CONTENTS ■ LASER SAFETY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 ■ IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    – 6 – EN 1L01 FEA TURES ¡ Progressive Scan system Unlike conventional interlace scanning, the progres- sive scan system provides less flickering andimages in higher resolution than that of traditional television signals. ¡ Dolby Digital sound This player can handle Dolby Digital surround sound having 5.1 channels when connected to a Dolby Dig[...]

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    – 7 – EN 1L01 English ABOUT THE DISCS The following discs can be played back on this DVD player . This player conforms to the NTSC color system. Y ou can- not play discs recorded in other color systems such as P AL or SECAM. ¡ Some discs include region codes as shown below . ¡ The number inside the symbol refers to a region of the world, and [...]

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    – 8 – EN 1L01 OPERA TING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS FRONT P ANEL REMO TE CONTROL +10 CLOSE 3 MODE 2 SEARCH OPEN 9 ZOOM DISPLAY 8 AUDIO 0 TOP MENU SETUP FF PLAY SKIP SEARCH CH 56 1 A-B REPEAT REPEAT 7 CLEAR SUBTITLE MODE ANGLE RETURN MENU STOP FR SEARCH TV POWER VIDEO/TV 4 SURROUND PAUSE/STEP VOL TV DV RM ENTER 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 6 15 5 14 1 23[...]

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    – 9 – EN 1L01 English A-B REPEAT REPEAT MODE ZOOM ANGLE SUBTITLE AUDIO DISPLAY SURROUND MODE SEARCH CLOSE OPEN 2 1 3 8 7 9 5 4 6 0 +10 CLEAR PO WER/ST ANDBY Button A-B REPEA T Button REPEA T Button MODE Button SUBTITLE Button D VD VCD CD • T urns the player on and off. • T urns the player on and off. • T urns the player on and off. • Ma[...]

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    – 10 – EN 1L01 TOP MENU SETUP SKIP FF SEARCH MENU FR SEARCH RETURN ENTER PLAY STOP TV POWER VIDEO/TV PAUSE/STEP CH VOL TV MENU Button T OP MENU Button ENTER Button (UP/DO WN or LEFT/RIGHT Button) RETURN Button SEARCH Buttons D VD VCD CD • • • SETUP Button • • SKIP Buttons • • × × × × ST OP Button PLA Y Button • • P AUSE/ST[...]

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    – 11 – EN 1L01 English DISPLA Y DISPLA YS DURING OPERA TION LOADING THE BA TTERIES Stays on when the inserted disc is being played back. CD: Lights up when a CD is inserted on the tray . VCD: Lights up when a V ideo CD is inserted on the tray . Lights up when a D VD is inserted on the tray . Lights up when the inserted disc comes to a pause. St[...]

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    – 12 – EN 1L01 HOOKUPS DESCRIPTION-REAR P ANEL S-VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT ANALOG A UDIO OUT DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT VIDEO OUT Y C B /P B C R /P R RL COAXIAL OPTICAL 1 23 4 5 PROGRESSIVE I P 6 1. DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT JA CKS: Use either an optical or coaxial digital cable to connect to a compatible Dolby Digital receiber . Use to connect to a Dol[...]

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    – 13 – EN 1L01 English ANALOG AUDIO OUT RL RL Stereo system Dolby Digital decoder DTS decoder CONNECTION TO AN AUDIO SYSTEM Optical cable (not supplied) ¡ Optical cable (not supplied) may be damaged when bent at sharp angles. Ensure cables are coiled in loops with a diameter of 15 cm or more when storing them. ¡ Use a cable which is 3m or sho[...]

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    – 14 – EN 1L01 CONNECTION TO A TV (FOR VIDEO) DV D Analog Audio out V ideo out • Method 1 DVD Player + TV with V ideo Input Jack • Method 2 DVD Player + TV with S-V ideo Input Jack • Method 3 DVD Player + TV with Component V ideo Jacks S-VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT ANALOG AUDIO OUT Y C B /P B C R /P R R L VIDEO OUT C B Y C R RL S-VIDEO [...]

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    – 15 – EN 1L01 English PLA YING A DVD VIDEO OR AN AUDIO CD OR A VIDEO CD Getting started T urn on the power of the TV , amplifier and any other components which are connected to the DVD player . (Change the input system to suit the DVD player , and check that the sound volume is correct.) 1 Press the PO WER/ST ANDBY button. ¡ The power will tu[...]

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    – 16 – EN 1L01 USING THE TITLE MENU W ith a DVD containing a title menu, you can select desired titles from the menu. 1 Press the T OP MENU button. ¡ The title menu will appear . 2 Select the desired title. ¡ Press the arrow buttons ( L / K / B / s ) to change the setting, and then press the ENTER button. CALLING UP A MENU SCREEN DURING PLA Y[...]

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    High speed play back ¡ T urn the Shuttle Ring in either direction during play- back. The further the ring is rotated, the faster the play- back speed in the forward (FWD) or reverse (REV) direction. Keeping the ring in the rotated position cycles the playback speed every 1.5 seconds. ¡ For V ideo CDs, the playback speed is × 2, × 8 or × 30. Fo[...]

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    – 18 – EN 1L01 CHAPTER SEARCH: 1 Directly enter the desired c hapter number- with the numeric b uttons when the disc is being play ed or paused. ¡ When you finish entering the number , the selected title or chapter will start automatically . TIME 1:23:30 TOTAL 1:29:00 ST AR TING FROM A DESIRED TIME COUNT 1 Press the SEARCH MODE button twice. 2[...]

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    – 19 – EN 1L01 English The whole Disc is played back repeatedly . REPEAT [ALL] REPEAT [TRACK] The current T rack is played back repeatedly . No repeat playback. REPEAT [OFF] If the REPEA T button is pressed once dur- ing program/random pla yback, the current track is pla yed back repeatedl y . If the REPEA T button is pressed a gain, the progra[...]

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    – 20 – EN 1L01 Notes ¡ Adding programs is not possible during program playback. Y ou must stop the current playback before such operations can be carried out. ¡ Press the CLEAR button to cancel a program. The most recently entered program will then be deleted. ¡ Up to 99 programs can be entered. ¡ Playback from a desired track and random pl[...]

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    – 21 – EN 1L01 English CHANGING THE ONSCREEN DISPLA Y DURING MP3 DISC PLA Y The information on an MP3 disc in play can be checked. 1 Press the DISPLA Y button during playbac k. ¡ The TRACK currently in play will be highlighted. 2 Press the DISPLA Y button again. ¡ The album name being dis- played will be replaced by the elapsed time of the tr[...]

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    – 22 – EN 1L01 ¡ Press the s button to go to the next upper hierarchy . ¡ If the entire program cannot be displayed at once on the screen, “ L ” appears to go to the next page. 3 When the disc has been programmed, press the PLA Y button. ¡ Programmed play starts. Notes ¡ Press the CLEAR button, and the last-programmed entry will be dele[...]

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    – 23 – EN 1L01 English CHANGING THE CAMERA ANGLE (Multi-Angle Pictures) The DVD player has a function which allows you to select the desired camera angle. 1 Press the ANGLE button during pla yback. ¡ If the disc contains sequences recorded from differ- ent camera angles, the angle icon ( ) will appear at the top-right of the screen. Y ou can c[...]

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    – 24 – EN 1L01 CHANGING THE ON-SCREEN DISPLA Y TT 1/2 0:00:00 -1:23:45 TT(Title): Current title number / the number of total titles. TIME: Elapsed time of the current title on remaining time of the current title. Y ou can check the information about the disc by pressing the DISPLA Y button on the remote control. For DVDs 1 Press the DISPLA Y bu[...]

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    – 25 – EN 1L01 English 1 Press the SETUP button in ST OP mode . ¡ The setup screen will appear . 2 Press the K / L buttons to select Langua g e, and then press the ENTER button. 3 Press the K / L buttons to select an item, and then press the ENTER button. AUDIO: (V oice is played back in selected language.) SUBTITLE: (Subtitles are shown in se[...]

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    – 26 – EN 1L01 1 Press the SETUP button in ST OP mode. ¡ The setup screen will appear . 2 Press the K / L buttons to select DISPLA Y and then press the ENTER button. 3 Press the K / L buttons to select an item, and then press the ENTER button. TV ASPECT (Default : LETTER BOX) 4:3 L-BOX: W ide screen with black bars on top and bottom 4:3 P AN&a[...]

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    DTS (Default : OFF) BITSTREAM : Output DTS sound Set to BITSTREAM when the unit is connected to DTS Decoder . DO WN SAMPLING (Default : AUTO) Set the output for the DVD recorded in PCM 96kHz (96kHz or 48kHz, or AUTO) ¡ Press the K / L buttons to select an item, and then press the ENTER button. When playing a disc with copyright protection ¡ If yo[...]

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    – 28 – EN 1L01 When Parental Level is selected ¡ Press the K / L buttons to select an item from ALL or 8 to 1, and then press the ENTER button. 5 Press the SETUP button. ¡ The setup mode will be canceled and the ordinary screen will appear . CONTROL LEVELS ¡ ALL All parental lock is cancelled. ¡ Level 8 ADUL T DVD software of any grade (adu[...]

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    – 29 – EN 1L01 English LANGUAGE CODE LIST 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 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 No. Language Country code Af ar Abkhazian Afrikaans Amharic Arabic Assamese A ymara Azerbaijani Bashkir Byelo[...]

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    – 30 – EN 1L01 CONTROLLING THE TV Once programmed, the DVD ’ s remote control is ready to control the TV . NOTE: Be aware that not all of your TV ’ s functions may work even though the remote control is correctly programmed. T o operate the TV ¡ Y ou can turn on your TV by pressing the TV POWER button. ¡ Y ou can change the channels with [...]

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    The tray cannot be open or close. ¡ The setup menu is displayed. ¡ Cancel the setup mode. Symptom Cause Remedy No power ¡ Loose power plug. ¡ Insert the power plug firmly into the wall outlet. The player does not respond to the remote control. ¡ The remote control is not aimed at the sensor on the player . ¡ Obstacles present between the remo[...]

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    – 32 – EN 1L01 HANDLING PRECAUTIONS SERVICING Should your DVD player become inoperative, do not try to correct the problem by yourself. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. T urn off, unplug the power cord, and please call our help line at 1-800-448- 2244, to locate an Authorized Service Center . CABINET CLEANING ¡ W ipe the front panel[...]

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    – 33 – EN 1L01 English SPECIFICA TIONS Product type : DVD Player Discs : DVD video Audio CD V ideo CD Output signal format : NTSC color Frequency response DVD (linear sound) : 20 Hz to 22 kHz (sample rate: 48 kHz) 20 Hz to 44 kHz (sample rate: 96 kHz) CD : 20 Hz to 20 kHz Signal-to-noise ratio (S/N ratio) CD : 1 10 dB (EIAJ) Dynamic range DVD ([...]

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    MEMO[...]

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    0VMN03021 E5615UD ★★★★★ QR???? C Hitachi, Ltd. 2002 Printed in China Hitachi has made e ver y effort to assure you hours of tr ouble free operation from y our unit . However , should y ou require service , a netw ork of Hitac hi A uthorized Service Facilities has been established in all 50 states and Puerto Rico . Each facility will pr ov[...]