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    1 3141 016 18131 D VD Video Pla y er Owner’ s Man ual D VD978K DVD978K English IFU 2000.10.12, 1:03 PM 1[...]

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    2 3141 016 18131 General Information Manufactured under license from Dolb y Laboratories . “Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories . This product incorporates cop yr ight protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by [...]

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    3 3141 016 1xxxx English Español P or tuguês Index English ......................................................................... 4 Español ..................................................................... 34 Português ................................................................ 82 DVD978K English IFU 2000.10.12, 1:03 PM 3[...]

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    4 English 3139 246 11171 Contents Intr oduction Entertainment for new millennium ...................... 5 Introduction ........................................................... 5-6 Unpacking ................................................................... 6 Maintenance ............................................................... 6 Functiona[...]

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    5 English 3141 016 1xxxx Intr oduction Enter tainment for the ne w millennium Video was never lik e this before! Digital video discs provide perf ect digital, studio-quality pictures; three dimensional digital, multi-channel audio; stor y sequences screened from your choice of camera angle; sound tr acks in as many as eight languages; and up to 32 [...]

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    6 English 3141 016 1xxxx Video CD Y ou will recognize Video CDs by the logo shown on left. Depending on the mater ial on the disc (a movie , video clips, a drama ser ies, ect) the disc may ha ve one or more tr acks. T r acks may hav e one or more indexes, as indicated on the disc case . T o make playback easy and conv enient, your pla yer lets y ou[...]

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    7 English 3141 016 1xxxx Functional Ov er view F ront P anel PO WER ON/OFF – Switch the play er to on/off mode Standby indicator – Lights up red when the play er is in standby mode DISPLA Y – Shows the current status of the player PROGRESSIVE SCAN – inter upt video output T NEXT – title/chapter/track and fast forward when held B PLA Y –[...]

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    8 English 3141 016 1xxxx Back P anel Caution: – Do not touch the inner pins of the rear panel. Electrostatic discharg e ma y cause permanent damag e to the unit. Video output (YUV) – Connect to a TV with YUV video inputs Video output (CVBS) – Connect to a TV with CVBS video inputs Video output (S-Video) – Connect to a TV with S-Video (Y/C) [...]

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    9 English 3141 016 1xxxx Displa y Functional Ov er view 1 2 4 10 9 12 11 13 7 3 5 6 8 1 Disc format indicator 2 Repeat pla yback indicator 3 Pla y/Stop 4 T otal disc length in hours, minutes and hours 5 Pr ogrammed pla yback 6 Dolb y digital audio output active 7 DTS digital audio output active 8 Disc lock ed 9 Karaok e active 0 Time displa y ! Sta[...]

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    10 English 3141 016 1xxxx NO TE: ¶ See chapter “Setup Menu” for details on using the follo wing keys: MENU (setup menu) (38), SUBTITLE selection (19), A UDIO language selection (34), ¶ For details on using the remaining keys f or gener al oper ation, see chapter “Playback D VD” and chapter “Playback VCD”. ¶ The KARA OKE (2) k ey is n[...]

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    11 English 3141 016 1xxxx Connection S-VIDEO CABLE TV TV MAINS CVBS Y/Pr/Pb CABLE MAINS Y Pr Pb General Explanation ¶ Video connections and Audio connections can the totally separ ated. That means you can connect the Video output to one equipment and Audio output to another separate equipment. Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to c[...]

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    12 English 3141 016 1xxxx AUDIO CABLE TV MAINS L R R L DIGITAL AUDIO RECEIVER DIGITAL AUDIO CABLE (coaxial) MAINS MAINS IN IN RECEIVER DIGITAL AUDIO CABLE (optical) MAINS DIGITAL AUDIO MAINS IN IN Connection Audio connection Connecting audio output to a TV ¶ T o use the TV speaker for sound reproduction, connect the audio output on the rear of the[...]

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    13 English 3141 016 1xxxx General operation T urning on the po w er ¶ Make sure that audio and video output has been connected to TV . ¶ Choose the availab le A V mode and connect your TV set to our D VD play er . ¶ Press power on/off b utton on the front panel to turn on the player . Loading discs ¶ Press the OPEN/CLOSE button on the front pla[...]

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    14 English 3141 016 1xxxx Pla ying a D VD-video disc Icons and Menu Bar Dur ing play , var ious icons will appear on the TV screen to confirm that a function has been selected. It will disappear automatically after sev er al seconds. OSD (On-screen Displa y) banner icons Y ou can call up the OSD banner by pressing the OSD key on the remote control [...]

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    15 English 3141 016 1xxxx Video control during pla yback ST OP ke y on the remote contr ol ¶ Y ou can resume the play from the point at which you stopped last time by pressing the ST OP key once . ¶ It will star t from the beginning if y ou pressed the ST OP key twice to stop a playback. RESUME ke y ¶ If the screen prompts you to press the RESUM[...]

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    16 English 3141 016 1xxxx Pla ying title/chapter Title & chapter (T&C) A D VD disc may ha ve one or more titles, and each title may ha ve one or more chapter s. It depends on the content (a movie , video clips, a dr ama ser ies, etc) on the disc . Pla ying a title ¶ After loading a disc , infor mation about the content shows on the screen [...]

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    17 English 3141 016 1xxxx Pla ying a D VD-video disc FTS - Fa vourite T rack Selection (D VD) FTS pro grammed pla yback k ey This function enables y ou to store your D VD karaoke disc fa vourite tr acks in cer tain order . ¶ In stop mode , press the FTS key using the remote control. Program Mode Title Chapter Time ¶ T o create a playback progr am[...]

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    18 English 3141 016 1xxxx Pla ying a D VD-video disc original picture z oomed picture angle 1 angle 2 Hello Bonjour Good morning Bonsoir! Special D VD features Zoom ¶ Press the ZOOM key on the remote control to get the picture enlar ge twice than the original size . Press ZOOM again to get a four time in size enlar ge . Use the 341 2 key to view t[...]

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    19 English 3141 016 1xxxx Pla ying a Super VCD/VCD/CD disc Icons and Menu Bar Dur ing play , var ious icons will appear on the TV screen to confirm that a function has been selected. It will disappear automatically after sev er al seconds. OSD (On-screen Displa y) banner icons Y ou can call up the OSD banner by pressing the OSD key on the remote co[...]

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    20 English 3141 016 1xxxx Disc Specification Icons This icon indicates the descr iption of functions for CD . This icon indicates the descr iption of functions for VCD . This icon indicates the description of functions for SVCD . Video control during pla yback P A USE ke y on the remote contr ol ¶ T o get a still picture , press the P A USE key du[...]

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    21 English 3141 016 1xxxx Pla ying title/track Using PBC (Pla yBack Control) ¶ Playback control is a title/track index protocol between play er and discs. When a disc is recorded with a standard VCD or SVCD format, there will be a menu which include titles/tracks for user s to select the content of a movie or other video programs. ¶ When you swit[...]

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    22 English 3141 016 1xxxx A-B k ey A-B key enab les you to choose a cer tain piece of progr am to repeat. Refer to the instruction on the screen. ¶ Press the A-B key once to set a star t point. ¶ Press the A-B key twice to set an end point. At the same time, it will begin to repeat from the star t point. ¶ Press the A-B key the third time to qui[...]

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    23 English 3141 016 1xxxx FTS - Fa vourite T rack Selection (SVCD , VCD , CD) This function enables y ou to store your VCD kar aoke disc fav our ite tr acks in cer tain order . ¶ In stop mode , press the FTS key using the remote control. Program Mode Track Time ¶ T o create a playback progr am: 1 Enter a valid item number using the number k ey on[...]

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    24 English 3141 016 1xxxx Setup Menu Enter the setup menu Press the ST OP key first ¶ Enter the Setup Menu by pressing the SETUP k ey in the ST OP mode . Remember the SETUP key will not respond if y ou press it dur ing playback. ¶ When you quit the setup , the setting will be stored in the player’ s memor y even when the play er is switched to [...]

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    25 English 3141 016 1xxxx Screen siz e ¶ The normal TV screen size r atio is 4:3, but there is also a TV screen which its size ratio is 16:9, wide as cinema screen and it’ s call ‘wide- screen’. ¶ If a disc is recorded in the size of wide-screen, it will hav e some problem in playing on a normal TV set and the feature SCREEN SIZE is used. ?[...]

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    26 English 3141 016 1xxxx Audio Menu ¶ Use the Audio Menu to set the audio output for optimum audio eff ect. ¶ The Audio Menu has 5 setup items: 1) Analog Output 2) Digital Output 3) Dynamic range 4) Speak er setup 5) Balance Analog Output ¶ There are two options f or analog output: 2-channel and 6-channel. ¶ 2-channel mode combines the center [...]

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    27 English 3141 016 1xxxx Speak er Setup ¶ A standard home theater system consists of left and r ight front speaker s, a center speaker , left and r ight sur round speaker s and a subwoof er speak er which has different character istics. The subwoof er speaker is designed to produce bass sounds low er than 150Hz. The center speaker is designed to [...]

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    28 English 3141 016 1xxxx Languag e Menu ¶ Use the Language Menu to set the on-screen display language, subtitle language and audio language. ¶ The Language Menu includes 4 setup items: 1) OSD Language 2) Subtitle Language 3) Audio Language 4) T ransparency OSD Languag e ¶ This play er suppor ts two languages for the on-screen display: Chinese a[...]

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    29 English 3141 016 1xxxx Contr ol Menu ¶ Use the Control Menu to control which discs can be play ed. ¶ The Control Menu includes 5 setup items: 1) Setup passw ord 2) Change passw ord 3) P arental control 4) Lock/unlock disc 5) Disc lock on/off Setup P assw ord ¶ The setup password is the k ey to activate other options. The setup password m ust [...]

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    30 English 3141 016 1xxxx Disc Lock On/Off ¶ Item DISC LOCK enables or disables the disk lock function. When enabled, the play er performs password author ization for locked discs; when disabled, all locked discs can be directly pla yed without entering the password. ¶ Use the 1 234 keys to highlight the item DISC LOCK FUNCTION and use the 34 key[...]

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    31 English 3141 016 1xxxx Disc Maintenance En vironmental inf ormation Disc maintenance ¶ Never write on the logo pr inted on a disc . ¶ Do not paste any label on a disc. ¶ Keep the shiny side of a disc clean. When a disc becomes dir ty , wipe it gently with a cleaning cloth from the center to the edge. ¶ Do not drop or bend a disc. ¶ Do not i[...]

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    32 English 3141 016 1xxxx Befor e r equesting ser vice If it appear s that the DVD Video player is faulty , first consult this checklist. Something may ha ve been o ver looked. Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the system yourself; this will invalidate the warranty . Look for the specific symptom(s). Then perfor m only the actions[...]

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    33 English 3141 016 1xxxx Specifications GENERAL * P ower consumption 20W * Video output NTSC/P AL selectable ANALOG AUDIO OUTPUT * Number of audio channels 6 * Output voltage 2.0 V ± 2dB * Frequency responds range 20Hz - 20KHz ± 0.5dB * Signal/noise ≥ 90dB DIGIT AL A UDIO OUTPUT * Digital MPEG compressed DTS/A C-3 LPCM 16,20,24 bits fs 48,96 k[...]