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DVD Player User's Manual Changing Entertainment. Again. RC5 2 40P 15739290.01 cover 4/19/01, 4:23 PM 1[...]
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Important Information Product Registration Please fill out the product registration card and return it immediately . Returning this card allows us to contact you if needed. Keep your sales receipt to obtain warranty parts and service and for proof of purchase. Attach it here and record the serial and model numbers in case you need them. The numbers[...]
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1 T able of Contents Manufactured under license fr om Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential unpublished works. ©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. DTS is a register ed trademark of Digital Home Theater Systems, Inc. Chapter 1: Connections and Setup Things to [...]
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T able of Contents 2 Chapter 3: Playing Audio CDs and MP3 Discs Loading and Playing an Audio CD ................................................................................. 34 Audio CD Playback Features .......................................................................................... 34 Skipping T racks ...............................[...]
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3 T able of Contents Chapter 6: Other Information T roubleshooting .............................................................................................................. 54 W arranty ....................................................................................................................... .. 56 Accessories Order Form ..........[...]
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Connections & Setup Chapter Overview: • Things to Consider • Choose your Connection • The Jacks on the Back of the DVD Player • Fr ont Panel Controls • Installing the Batteries • How to Find Y our TV ’ s Input Channel • The Remote Contr ol 5 Chapter 1 Changing Entertainment. Again. 15739290.03 s&c 4/19/01, 4:23 PM 5[...]
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6 chapter 1 Connections and Setup Things to Consider Befor e Y ou Connect Protect Against Power Surges • Connect all components before you plug any of their po wer cords into the wall outlet. • T urn off the TV and/or components befor e you connect or disconnect any cables. • Make sure all antennas and cables ar e properly grounded. Refer to [...]
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chapter 1 7 Connections and Setup Choose Y our Connection There are several ways to connect y our DVD player . Please use the following chart to determine which connection is best for you. T urn to the appr opriate page and connect your DVD player . TV DVD TV Components Cables Needed Connection Go to... Title • Coaxial • Audio/video • S-Video[...]
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8 chapter 1 Connections and Setup S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT 1 2 OPTICAL COAXIAL AUDIO OUT L L R R 1 2 DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT RL VIDEO IN AUDIO IN ANT IN S-VIDEO TV AUDIO OUT R L DVD PLAYER CABLE OR OFF-AIR SIGNAL Y P B P R DVD Player + TV with Audio/Video Input Jacks 1. Connect the audio cables to the A UDIO OUT L (left – white) and R (right – red) jacks o[...]
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chapter 1 9 Connections and Setup CABLE OR OFF-AIR SIGNAL L R VIDEO AUDIO IN FROM ANT IN OUT OUT TO TV L R VCR S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT 1 2 OPTICAL COAXIAL AUDIO OUT L L R R 1 2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT RL VIDEO IN AUDIO IN ANT IN S-VIDEO TV AUDIO OUT R L DVD PLAYER Y P B P R DVD Player + TV + VCR 1. Connect the audio cables to the A UDIO OUT L (left – white) [...]
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10 chapter 1 Connections and Setup S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT 1 2 OPTICAL COAXIAL AUDIO OUT L L R R 1 2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT RL VIDEO IN AUDIO IN ANT IN S-VIDEO TV AUDIO OUT R L DVD PLAYER CABLE OR OFF-AIR SIGNAL R AUDIO IN L DIGITAL IN DOLBY DIGITAL or DTS RECEIVER Y P B P R Dolby Digital ® and DTS ® Both Dolby D igital and DTS are audio formats used to rec[...]
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chapter 1 11 Connections and Setup DVD Player + TV + Dolby Digital or DTS Receiver T o Connect the DVD Player 1. Connect the left and right audio cables to your audio/video receiv er and to the AUDIO OUT L (left – white) and R (right – red) jacks on the back of your D VD Player . 2. If you have a D olby Digital or DTS r eceiver , insert an opti[...]
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12 chapter 1 Connections and Setup S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT 1 2 OPTICAL COAXIAL AUDIO OUT L L R R 1 2 DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT RL VIDEO IN AUDIO IN ANT IN S-VIDEO TV AUDIO OUT R L DVD PLAYER CABLE OR OFF-AIR SIGNAL R AUDIO IN L PRO LOGIC OR STEREO RECEIVER Y P B P R TV DVD Dolby Pro Logic or Stereo Receiver 3 1 2 15739290.03 s&c 4/19/01, 4:23 PM 12[...]
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chapter 1 13 Connections and Setup DVD Player + TV + Dolby Pr o Logic or Stereo Receiver T o Connect the DVD Player 1. Connect the left and right audio cables to your audio/video receiv er and to the AUDIO OUT FR ONT L (left – white) and R (right – red) jacks on the back of your D VD Player . 2. Connect the video cable. • Basic video connecti[...]
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14 chapter 1 Connections and Setup L R VIDEO AUDIO IN FROM ANT IN OUT OUT TO TV L R VCR S-VIDEO VIDEO OUT 1 2 OPTICAL COAXIAL AUDIO OUT L L R R 1 2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT RL VIDEO IN AUDIO IN ANT IN S-VIDEO TV AUDIO OUT R L DVD PLAYER S-VIDEO SATELLITE SIGNAL L R VIDEO IN FROM ANT OUT OUT TO TV SATELLITE RECEIVER S-VIDEO CABLE OR OFF-AIR SIGNAL SATELLIT[...]
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chapter 1 15 Connections and Setup DVD Player + TV + VCR + Satellite Receiver 1. Connect the audio cables to the AUDIO OUT L (left – white) and R (right – r ed) jacks on the back of your D VD Player , and to the corresponding A udio Input jacks on your TV . 2. Connect the video cable. • Basic video connection – Connect the video cable (yell[...]
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16 chapter 1 Connections and Setup The Jacks on the Back of the DVD Player When connecting, make sure you connect Output jacks to I nput jacks, Video to Video, Right Audio to Right Audio, etc. AUDIO OUT R and L Insert audio cables (left and right) from these jacks on your DVD play er to the corresponding A udio Input jacks (left and right) on your [...]
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chapter 1 17 Connections and Setup - + ON • OFF PAUSE SKIP BACK SKIP FWD SCAN REV SCAN FWD OPEN • CLOSE STOP Fr ont Panel Controls 1. ON•OFF U se to turn the power on and off. 2. Disc T ray D iscs are inserted here. Press OP EN•CLOSE to open and close disc tray . 3. OPEN•CL OSE Press to open and close the disc tray . 4. SKIP BACK D uring [...]
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18 chapter 1 Connections and Setup Install Batteries in the Remote 1. Remo ve the batter y compartment cover on the back of the r emote. 2. Insert new batteries. Match the polarities (+ and –) on the batteries with the diagram on the remote. 3. P ut the batter y compartment cover back on the r emote. Important Battery Information • If you ’ r[...]
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chapter 1 19 Connections and Setup How to Find Y our TV ’ s Video Input Channel Y ou need to tune your TV to the Video I nput Channel (or S-Video Channel if you connected the S-Video cable to your TV and to your DVD Player) to see the D VD Player’ s menu and to see the content that’ s on a disc. The video channel on TVs varies for different b[...]
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20 chapter 1 Connections and Setup A Quick T our of The Remote Y ou can use this remote to control compatible components. The component buttons are programmed to operate some P roscan, R CA and GE components. The buttons must be programmed to operate other brands of components. (See “P rogramming the Remote ” in chapter 5.) Component Buttons (f[...]
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chapter 1 21 Connections and Setup GUIDE Accesses the D VD disc guide (if available). When playing a V CD, brings up the index menu. INFO Brings up the I nfo Display . OK/SELECT Begins disc play and selects menu items. Arrow buttons U se the arrow buttons (left, right, up , and down) to move through the on-screen menus. Y ou highlight a menu item b[...]
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Chapter Overview: • Regional Coding • Using Dif ferent Menus • Loading and Playing Discs • Using a Disc Menu • DVD Playback Featur es • Special Featur es Chapter 2 Changing Entertainment. Again. Playing DVDs 23 15739290.04 dvd 4/19/01, 4:38 PM 23[...]
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24 chapter 2 Playing DVDs Regional Coding Both the DVD play er and the discs are coded by region. These regional codes must match in order for the disc to play . If the codes don ’ t match, the disc won ’ t play . This player ’ s code is region 1. Using Dif ferent Menus Each disc is programmed with different features. There are three separate[...]
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chapter 2 25 Playing DVDs T o Load and Play a Disc T urn on the TV and your D VD player (press ON • OFF on the play er or the remote control). Tip Many discs skip the disc menu and start playing automatically . T o access the disc menu when you’re playing a disc, press MENU on the remote. An example of a disc menu. Menus on discs vary . C a n &[...]
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26 chapter 2 Playing DVDs 2. P ress the up/down arro w buttons to highlight the menu item you want to choose, and press OK. In the example on the left, Language has been highlighted. In this example, The Language setting is highlighted. T o see language options, press OK on the remote. In the example on the left, English is highlighted. Press OK on[...]
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chapter 2 27 Playing DVDs DVD Playback Featur es Fast Motion Playback (Pictur e Scan) Y ou can search in for ward or r everse mode. 1. P ress the REVERSE or FOR W ARD button on the remote during playback to search through a disc. 2. P ress the button again on the remote to search at the next speed. P icture Scan has four speeds. W ith each consecut[...]
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28 chapter 2 Playing DVDs Play Mode Random The Random option plays a disc ’ s chapters in random order . If there is more than one title, the title with the most chapters is selected. If there is mor e that one title and all titles have an equal amount of chapters, the first title is selected. If each title has only one chapter each, the titles/c[...]
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chapter 2 29 Playing DVDs Selecting a Chapter Number 1. P ress the INFO button on the remote control to bring up the Info banner . 2. P ress INFO again to highlight the Chapter number . Use the number buttons to enter the chapter you want to play . Selecting a Title Number 1. P ress the INFO button on the remote control to bring up the Info banner [...]
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30 chapter 2 Playing DVDs Subtitles When a DVD is r ecorded with subtitles, you can use the S ubtitle feature to view the subtitles on-screen. T o turn subtitles on: When the SUBTITLE button is pressed twice, subtitles will be displayed in the default language. 1. P ress the SUBTITLE button on the remote. The Subtitle info banner appears. By defaul[...]
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chapter 2 31 Playing DVDs Using the Repeat Featur e There are four r epeat options: • Off • Chapter – repeats the chapter that is playing • T itle – repeats the title that is playing • A-B Repeat – repeats a selected segment of the disc Repeating a Chapter or Title The REPEA T button toggles between chapter repeat, title repeat, AB re[...]
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34 chapter 3 Playing Audio CDs and MP3 Discs Loading and Playing an Audio CD Before you load a disc, make sur e that it is compatible with the player . Note that the following discs CANNO T be used with this player: • Laserdisc • CD-I, CD-R OM, DVD-R OM • MiniDisc • CD-G discs play audio only , not graphics o f t h e P a c i f i c N o r t h[...]
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chapter 3 35 Playing Audio CDs and MP3 Discs Play Mode Random The Random option plays a disc’ s tracks in random order . 1. P ress STOP to stop playback. 2. P ress PLA Y MODE on the remote control (the Play M ode info banner appears). 3. P ress the PLA Y MODE button until the Random option is displayed. 4. P ress OK. T o resume normal playback, p[...]
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36 chapter 3 Playing Audio CDs and MP3 Discs Using the Repeat Featur e There are four r epeat options: • Repeat Off – R epeat is turned off • Disc – repeats the entir e disc • T rack – repeats the track that is playing • A-B Repeat – repeats a selected segment of the disc T o Repeat a T rack or Disc: 1. While a disc is playing, pres[...]
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chapter 3 37 Playing Audio CDs and MP3 Discs Playing MP3 discs When you play a MP3 disc, the MP3 menu will be displayed instead of the D VD player menu. The DVD player menu is not available when playing MP-3 discs. MP3 TRACK TOT AL: 164 TRACK LIST TRACK 03 03:15 USE ALLMYLN1 BADFISN1 BURNAL1 CALLANN1 CHAINON1 CRUSHMN1 ACHANGN1 ARMYMBN1 BAL TIMN1 BY[...]
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Playing V ideo CDs Chapter Overview: • What is Video CD? • The Video CD Disc Menu • Loading and Playing a Video CD • Video CD Playback Features 39 Chapter 4 Changing Entertainment. Again. VIDEO CD 15739290.06 vcd 4/19/01, 4:24 PM 39[...]
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40 chapter 4 Playing V ideo CDs What is a Video CD? Like DVD video discs, Video CDs contain picture and sound content. Video CDs (VCDs) are encoded in a different format. VCDs don ’ t hold as much information as D VD discs and the picture quality is not as high. V CDs can have more than one title. Each title is divided into tracks (similar to cha[...]
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chapter 4 41 Playing V ideo CDs Resuming Playback Contr ol T o resume the P layback Control mode, press MENU (the disc ’ s menu appears). Using the Time Sear ch Feature Y ou can use the T ime Search feature to begin playback from any point on the disc (in the curr ently playing title) by entering the elapsed time. F or example, if you have a favo[...]
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The Menu System Chapter Overview: • The Display Menu • The Sound Menu • The Passwor d Menu • The Pr eferences Menu 43 Chapter 5 Changing Entertainment. Again. 15739290.07 menu 4/19/01, 4:25 PM 43[...]
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44 chapter 5 The Menu System The Setup Menu The Display Menu Image Depending on the type of television you have, y ou may want to adjust the screen setting (aspect ratio). The default setting is 4x3 (pan & scan). 1. With no disc playing, press MENU (the main menu appears). 2. U se the arrow buttons to highlight the Display option. P ress OK to [...]
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chapter 5 45 The Menu System IMAGE VIDEO OUT LANGUAGE MAIN MENU DISPLA Y MENU ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESP ANOL MENU LANGUAGE Video Out The VIDEO OUT option is used to select the corr ect video connection. If you connected your D VD player with ad S-Video cable, select the S-Video option. If you used component cables to connect your player , select the Com[...]
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46 chapter 5 The Menu System DIGIT AL OUT RANGE SPEAKERS MAIN MENU REDUCE EXCESSIVE SOUNDS SOUND MENU 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Use the up/down arrow keys to set the Dynamic Range. The Sound Menu Selecting Digital Output T ype If you have a r eceiver with a digital signal input, use this feature to select your player ’ s type of digital output. OFF N o s[...]
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chapter 5 47 The Menu System Speakers The F ront Speaker feature has two options: • STEREO+ If you have a D olby Pro Logic r eceiver hooked up, select this option so the receiv er can decode the signals and reproduce a surround sound effect. • STEREO Select this option if you have a ster eo receiver hooked up. 1. With no disc playing, press MEN[...]
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48 chapter 5 The Menu System The Passwor d Menu Cr eating a Password Y ou can use a password to control what types of movies y our family watches. P ASSWORD P ASSWORD MODE MAIN MENU P ASSWORD MENU CHANGE CHANGE P ASSWORD OLD P ASSWORD NEW P ASSWORD CONFIRM P ASSWORD PLEASE ENTER OLD P ASSWORD CHANGE P ASSWORD ***** Setting a Password gives you cont[...]
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chapter 5 49 The Menu System The Pr eferences Menu If the P assword mode is on, the P references menu will appear gray ed out and you won ’ t be able to select it. In order to use the P references menu, P assword mode must be turned off. If P assword mode is on, turn it off in the P assword menu and exit the menu system completely . Pr ess the Me[...]
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50 chapter 5 The Menu System AUDIO SUBTITLE DISC MENU RA TINGS DIMMER DEF AUL TS MAIN MENU PREFERENCES MENU 1. G 2. 3. PG 4. PG-13 5. 6. R 7. NC-17 8. SET TO G The Preferences Menu with the Ratings option selected. Changing the Disc Menu Language U se the Disc Menu option to select the language you want a D VD ’ s disc menu to be displayed in (no[...]
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chapter 5 51 The Menu System Dimming the Fr ont Display The DIMMER option is used to dim the display on the front of the player . 1. With no disc playing, press MENU (the main menu appears). 2. U se the down arrow to highlight P refer ences (the Pr eferences menu appears). 3. Highlight the Dimmer option. 4. U se the right arrow to mov e to the dimm[...]
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54 Refer ence Common P roblem Solution N o P ower Insert the power cor d ’ s plug securely into the outlet. P ower turns itself off The power is automatically turned off after appr ox 30 minutes have elapsed in the stop mode (auto power-off featur e). T urn pow er back on. Player fails to start, even • Ensure that the disc is installed with the[...]
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chapter 6 55 Refer ence D VD P roblem Solution No on-scr een display The OFF setting is selected for OSD Display; select ON in the S etup menu. The menu is displayed in a The Menu Language pr eference is set to that language. With no disc playing, foreign language press the MENU button on the remote. F rom the main menu, press 3 to access the PLA Y[...]
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56 Refer ence Limited W arranty RCA Digital Video Disc (DVD) Player What your warranty covers: • Defect in materials or workmanship . For how long after your pur chase: • 90 days from date of purchase - U nit exchange, which includes parts and labor . • 91 days to 1 year from date of purchase - U nit exchange, which includes parts only; you p[...]
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chapter 6 57 Refer ence Thomson assumes no r esponsibility for warranty shipments from the customer to the factor y if not shipped in the manner pr escribed by Thomson. Retur n transportation, storage, handling and insurance costs are y our responsibility . W e accept no responsibility in case of damage or loss. T o r eceive a r eplacement unit aft[...]
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chapter 6 59 Refer ence T otal Merchandise ............................................................ Sales T ax ............................................................................ W e are required by law to collect the appropriate sales tax for each individual state, country , and locality to which the merchandise is being sent. Shippin[...]
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60 Refer ence ® r r s TM Charge your order on your VISA, MasterCard, or Discover Card by filling in below US E YOUR CREDI T CARD I M P O RT ANT : Copy complete account number from your VISA card I M P O RT ANT : Copy complete account number from your MasterCard My card expires: My card expires: Copy Number above your name on MasterCard AUTHORIZED [...]
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chapter 6 61 Refer ence Index Symbols 16 x 9 wide 44 4 x 3 Letterbox 44 4 x 3 Standar d 44 A A-B repeat Audio CD 36 DVD 31 Accessories 59 ANGLE button 20, 30 Arrow buttons 21 Aspect ratio 44 Audio Dolby D igital 10 AUDIO button 20, 30 Audio CD loading a disc 34 playback features 34 Audio equipment Dolby D igital 10 DTS 10 Audio language changing 30[...]
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62 Refer ence S S-VIDEO jack 16 Satellite connecting 15 Search fast motion playback 27 Selecting Chapter number 29 T itle number 29 Skipping Chapters 27 Skipping T racks CDs 34 MP3 37 VCDs 40 Sound M enu 46 Speakers 47 ST OP button 21 Subtitles turning on/off 30 selecting a language 30 codes 52 SUBTITLE button 20 T T ime Search feature 41 T itle re[...]
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Thomson multimedia Inc. 10330 North Meridian Street Indianapolis, IN 46290 ©2001 Thomson multimedia Inc. T rademark(s)® Registered Marca(s) Registrada(s) Printed in China TOCOM 15739290 Please do not send any products to the Indianapolis address listed in this manual or on the carton. This will only add delays in service for your product. 1573929[...]