THOMSON DTH8555 X manual

The content in brief... ... and detailed contents in the follo wing pag es. EN EN 1 T o begin About y our device Y our D VD recor der is a digital video play er and recorder . Thanks to its tuner , you can r ecord TV programmes on D VD+R and D VD+R W discs or on the integrated har d disc D VR. It can play the majority of 8 cm and 12 cm discs, with [...]

2 Contents T o begin .........................................................1 About your de vice ...........................................................1 Precautions to tak e .........................................................1 The content in brief... .....................................................1 Connections and initial set up [...]

3 EN EN Contents In disc pla ying mode (Operating principle) ................42 With a D VD , With an audio CD , With a VCD (Video CD) .......................................................42 Loading and pla ying a disc .........................43 Search Options ..............................................................43 Quick search of an im[...]

4 1. Unplug the antenna cable fr om your TV set and plug it into the ANTENNA-CABLE IN sock et of your D VD recor der . 2. Using the coaxial cable supplied, connect the ANTENNA-CABLE OUT sock et of the D VD recor der to the g antenna socket of y our TV set. 3. Using a P eritel cable (Scart) [not supplied] connect connector A V1 (TV ) of the D VD pla[...]

Placing the r emote contr ol in ser vice Inserting the batteries Using the remote contr ol unit corr ectly When you use r emote control, point the unit at the appliance you want to contr ol (D VD recor der , TV set or satellite receiv er). Ensure that ther e is no obstacle between the r emote contr ol unit and the appliance, otherwise the infrared [...]

6 Connections and initial set up 6. Select your country of residence using the ▲ or ▼ k eys, and press OK . Note: the ar rows indicate that other countries are available. T o find your countr y , use the ▲ ▼ buttons on your remote control. 7. On the screen that is displa y ed, the Automatic option is already selected. Press OK . 8. If you c[...]

7 Connections and initial set up Sor ting the channels 11. A window for classifying the channels a ppears with the images of the selected channel. The automatic channel sear ch has assigned numbers to the channels in a pr edefined order . These numbers ma y not be the numbers y ou would ha ve chosen. Should this be the case, you can change these nu[...]

8 Connections and initial set up D VD recorder Satellite receiver IR controller cell Adjusting the G-LINK CABLE The IR (infrared) contr oller cell must face the receiv er cell of the satellite receiv er . Y ou can locate the receiv er cell of the satellite receiv er by bringing its r emote control as close as possible to the fr ont of the device an[...]

9 EN EN Connections and initial set up Adjusting the receiv er / recor der configuration 1. Switch on your TV set, your D VD recor der , then your satellite or cable receiv er . 2. Place the receiv er on channel 002 . With your D VD r ecorder’ s remote control, carry out the following settings: 3. If the main menu is not displa yed, press the MEN[...]

10 Connections and initial set up 10. Deactivating the pr ogramming of the satellite or cable r eceiver - Ye s is selected to deactivate the pr ogrammer . In that case , all your satellite recor dings will ha ve to be pr ogrammed fr om your satellite or cable r eceiver (this is the recommended setting). Lea ve Ye s selected and pr ess OK . 11. IR c[...]

11 EN EN Connections and initial set up List of satellite or cable r eceiver codes The list of codes is given as a guide. The codes given ar e generally those which are r ecognised by the receiv ers of the brands quoted. Howe ver , they ma y not corr espond to your device if it is an older or more r ecent model. In such a case , contact your r etai[...]

12 Connections and initial set up Adding a channel If you want to set up a ne w channel, use the manual sear ch pr ocedure which will enable y ou to add a channel to the ones already set-up on y our D VD recorder . The channels already stored will not be deleted. During the initial installation, if you car ried out the automatic installation descri[...]

13 Connections and initial set up Reinstalling channels (updating) If new channels mak e their wa y into the audiovisual scene , you will ha ve to update y our D VD recor der’ s list of channels. In such a case , star t a new channel sear ch from the installation menu. This set-up deletes all stored channels and r esets all the channels that your[...]

14 Connections and initial set up Other r ecommended connections With a cable or satellite r eceiver (or a decoder) Carrry out the connection of cable 5 (not supplied). In grey: connections already car r ied out (connections from page 4). Cable / satellite receiver TV set D VD recorder 5 2_DTH8555 X_en.qxd 18/08/05 10:15 Page 14[...]

15 Connections and initial set up With a video r ecorder With a cable / satellite r eceiver and a video r ecorder Cable / satellite receiver Video recor der Video recor der D VD recorder D VD recorder TV set TV set (not supplied) (not supplied) EN EN 2_DTH8555 X_en.qxd 18/08/05 10:15 Page 15[...]

16 Connections and initial set up P eritel sock et (scar t) 1 - A V1 (audio - video Outputs) This sock et allows you to transfer Audio and Video (sound and images) from your D VD r ecorder to a television set or other de vice (flat screen, audio- video amplifier , etc.) that is fitted with the same type of socket. The audio signal (sound) a vailabl[...]

17 Connections and initial set up 3 - Audio - Video Input Audio inputs (INPUT L, R) The analogue sound of an operating device (tele vision set or amplifier) can be input via the 2 Audio sock ets L and R of your D VD recor der . If you do not use the recommended connection, i.e . the P eritel (Scart) socket, you must, as well as the video connection[...]

18 Connections and initial set up Ushiden sock et and cable for Y/C Video signal, also called S-Video . Optical socket and cable for digital audio signal. 5 - Composite Video Outputs (Y , Pb/Cb, Pr/Cr) (YUV) The Y , Pb/Cb, Pr/Cr sockets deliv er an optimum image quality due to the separation of the video signal into three separate components (compa[...]

19 Connections and initial set up 1 - D V IN socket (input) This sock et, also known as an IEEE 1394, allows the displa y and/or copying of sound and images fr om a digital video camera Note: to display the images , select D V -C AM in the main menu 2 - USB sock et The USB sock et is used to read and/or cop y JPEG images or mp3 files from a compati[...]

20 Connections and initial set up The buttons on the fr ont ON/ST ANDBY - T o switch y our D VD recor der on or off. G REV / FWD F Fast forwar d or re verse (page 43). PLA Y / P AUSE - T o pla y a disc placed in the disc tray ( 11 ) of the D VD recor der . - Pause during pla yback (audio CD or mp3) or pause on an image (D VD). D VD REC - T o recor [...]

21 Connections and initial set up The messag es on the displa y TV Functions With a disc being pla y ed - Main menu of the r ecorder on the screen (de vice stopped). No function selected. - Real-time viewing. TV mode activated; channel 1 being watched. - Example of a de vice connected to the AV 1 or AV 2 ( SAT ou C ABLE if a satellite installation [...]

22 Connections and initial set up About other displa ys (menus and banners) • The disc menus – Each D VD video disc offers menus and for which the pr esentation and organisation depends on the disc’ s editor . The disc menu is displa yed on the scr een when a D VD disc is loaded and it starts to play . Y ou can also, at any time, displa y the[...]

23 EN EN Remote contr ol The remote contr ol handset supplied with your D VD r ecorder is a 3 in 1 type remote contr ol. It allows 6 de vices to be contr olled: your D VD r ecorder , a television set, a satellite or cable receiv er , a video recor der , an amplifier or another device. Thus you ha ve r emote control of all these devices b y using th[...]

Connections and initial set up 24 Using the remote contr ol with other de vices This remote contr ol can be used to control other de vices using the programmable k eys VCR , DV D , SA T , AMP and AU X . Here is the list of de vices you can control with each k ey: VCR: video recor der , D VD: D VD pla yer , SA T : cable network / satellite r eceiver[...]

25 Connections and initial set up Pr ogramming the remote contr ol If your r emote control does not contr ol your satellite receiv er (or cable) or your tele vision set you will need to configur e it using one of the two methods pr oposed: automatic code search or manual pr ogramming. Automatic code sear ch This method can be used to automatically [...]

26 Recor ding functions T o watch TV Pro grammes 1. T urn on your TV set. 2. T urn on your D VD r ecorder using the ON/ST ANDBY . The time display ed on your D VD recor der is replaced by the w ord MENU . • After a fe w seconds the main menu of the set appears on the tele vision screen. • The W atch TV function is already selected. Note: tur n [...]

Recor ding functions 27 EN EN T aking a break (Time Shift function) Y our recor der can sav e in its memor y images of the last 60 or 120 minutes of the programmes view ed. Use the scroll k eys ( P AUSE , PLA Y , REV G / F ... ) to use this function. Note: This function, associated with the Sa ve Buffer function lets you save a progr amme for which[...]

Recor ding functions 28 5. Destination The default recor ding destination is set for the D VR hard disc. T o record to a D VD+R/+R W disc, change the setting with the ke y B . 6. Start the recording by choosing Start with the ▼ k ey then by pressing OK . • Recording starts. • The indication REC ORD is displa yed for a fe w moments on the disp[...]

Recor ding functions 29 EN EN • With a D VD+R disc , if you do not ha ve another r ecording to mak e , you need to «Finalize» the disc in order that it can be r ead by other D VD+R compatible pla yers. Closing a D VD+R disc is described in detail below . If you do not close a D VD+R disc, it will still be possible to mak e other recordings on i[...]

30 Recor ding functions Pr ogramming a recor ding or a transfer Y our D VD recor der lets you pr ogram recor dings or one transfer . Programming se veral recor dings is reall y useful when it uses the high capacitu of the hard disc, thereby enabling y ou to go beyond the limited capacities of D VD+R /+R W discs. Y ou can pr ogramme recor dings usin[...]

Recor ding functions 6. Start time and stop time Enter the recor ding star t time and then the stop time . T o this end, and according to the features of the r eceivers, you must: - either pr ogram the receiv er with the same beginning and end times, then switch off the D VD recor der and the receiver , - or lea ve the satellite receiv er switched [...]

Recor ding functions 32 Pr ogramming a transfer 1. Fr om the main menu ( MENU k ey or in Stop mode) select the Timers function with the ▼ or ▲ k ey then confirm using the OK key . The Timers screen a ppears. It contains the list of the recordings and transfers y ou hav e already pr ogrammed. If you didn’ t pr ogramme anything, the screen disp[...]

Recor ding functions 33 EN EN Automatic pr ogramming (Na viclick) For certain channels your D VD r ecorder offers a daily and sometimes follo wing day TV pr ogramme guide. The information that it pr ovides come from the T eletext and NexTView ser vices broadcast b y cer tain channels. The updating of Na viclik information is carried out once ev er [...]

34 Recor ding functions Recording fr om a connected de vice Y our D VD recor der allows you to r ecord TV programmes (satellite or cable) or to cop y video sequences fr om a connected device. Fr om a satellite receiv er or cable r eceiver (A V2 sock et) 1. T o record to disc, load a D VD+R or D VD+R W disc into the D VD r ecorder . 2. Fr om the Mai[...]

Recor ding functions 35 EN EN Recording fr om a digital camcorder Y our D VD recor der enables you to view and/or r ecord sound and images from a digital video camera connected to the D V -IN socket on the fr ont of the machine . With some video cameras, your r ecorder ma y control, via this connections, some functions on the video camera. 1. T o r[...]

Recor ding functions 36 Librar y The librar y lets you locate the various r ecordings present on the D VR har d disc or the different D VD+R/+R W discs in y our D VD librar y . The librar y groups together the r ecording names and parameters and lets you look f or them using the search functions. The recor ding names are distributed according to th[...]

Recor ding functions 37 EN EN Pla ying a Video and PIP title (picture in pictur e) Select a title with the ▼ k ey and change to pla y mode with the PLA Y ke y . While a video title (fr om a video D VD , D VD+R/+R W or D VR har d disc) is playing, you can superpose TV pictures fr om your recor der’ s tuner using the LIVE k ey . This will let you[...]

Recor ding functions 38 Librar y (disc) The (disc) librar y brings together the names of all the titles recor ded to the different D VD+R/+R W discs in y our D VD collection. When the disc librar y screen is displa y ed, the titles are listed to the left with one title selected. The images on this title ar e display ed in the frame on the right han[...]

39 EN EN Pla ying a disc Recordab le discs • D VD+R, D VD+R W - The majority of D VD+R (write once) and D VD+R W (write many) of 4.7 Gb ca pacity with the following characteristics. Recommended brands and types Certain brands of discs hav e been “approv ed” for your pla y er . Other brands can be used but the discs must be good quality to pr [...]

40 Pla ying a disc Other r eadable discs • Audio CDs - Audio Compact Discs (8 and 12 cm). • CD-R, CD-R W - Most CD-R (one recording onl y) and CD-R W discs (re writable). Compatibility is dependent on which D VD writer , writer software and discs ar e used. • Video CD (VCD) - Video Compact Disc. Disc which enables you to recor d to a CD up to[...]

41 EN EN Pla ying a disc Current time Clock setting No. of the c hannel selected on the D VD recor der (page 26). Name of channel and details of the pro gramme vie wed if the progr amme guide (Naviclic k) is available on this channel. Indications concerning the channel sound and the selection of audio channels . Selection is possible with the B k e[...]

Pla ying a disc 42 For standar d playing, repeating of a title , a scene between 2 points A an B, or an entire disc (page 46). T o choose the dialogue language and audio f ormat (page 46). T o change the viewing angle for video D VD discs (page 47). T o select the language of the subtitles for video D VD discs (page 46). T o access the edit menu fo[...]

43 EN EN Pla ying a disc Loading and pla ying a disc Switch on your TV set and D VD recor der . It ma y be necessar y to turn off other appliances. 1. If the pla yer menu is not displa yed on TV screen, select the TV set Scar t Peritel sock et to which you connected y our D VD recorder (see page 4). 2. Open the disc tra y by pressing OPEN/CLOSE . P[...]

44 Pla ying a disc Slo w motion (in Pause mode on an ima ge) During pla yback press P A USE once to freeze the image. Press the FWD or REV to view images in slow motion forwar d or backward. Press once or se veral times for higher speeds. T o resume normal pla yback press PLA Y . Skipping a chapter or a track (D VD - VCD - CD) During pla yback you [...]

45 EN EN Pla ying discs – Displa ying the information banner T o access the information banner , press INFO on y our remote contr ol unit during pla yback . Use the arr ow ke ys C and B on the remote contr ol unit to select the various icons. When an icon is selected it is highlighted. The line under the banner is an information and instruction l[...]

46 Pla ying a disc Pla y modes Selecting the language of subtitles Selecting the language of dialogues Subtitle and dialogue langua ge (D VD) 1. While reading a disc, press the INFO k ey: the information banner is displa yed. 2. Use the C or B k eys to select the icon of the subtitles or dialogues as well as the sound f ormat. 3. If a vailable on t[...]

47 EN EN Pla ying a disc Edit Camera angles (D VD) A fe w D VD discs contain scenes shot from various diff erent angles. If a disc being pla yed back offers diff erent camera angles the icon in the banner will show the number of the angle on the scr een. With the disc in playback, press ANGLE on the remote contr ol unit and choose the angle using t[...]

48 Pla ying a disc Edit Menu The edit menu can be accessed fr om the information banner while you ar e pla ying a title on a D VD+R W or +R disc or on the internal D VR. It lets you inter vene in r ecordings, especially: • Insert chapter bookmarks (D VD+R W) T o position marks in order to easily find your fa v ourite passages. Since it is not pos[...]

49 EN EN Pla ying a disc The edit menu functions Insert a Chapter Bookmark (D VD+R W only) During recor ding your D VD recor der automatically inser ts electronic bookmarks at r egular inter vals. These bookmarks are in visible . They partition the recording and form cha pters. Each chapter has an a verage length of 6 minutes (fr om 5 to 8 minutes [...]

50 Pla ying a disc View Cha pter Displa y a previousl y masked chapter . This function is only a vailable if you ha ve pr eviously mask ed a chapter by ha ving selected Pla y Full Title and ha ving masked a selected chapter . Or if you ha ve selected Hide Chapter during the pla ying of a title , but on condition that the chapter bookmark had not al[...]

51 EN EN Pla ying a disc Pla ying imag e and audio (JPEG, mp3, wma) Y our pla yer can pla y JPEG files with a resolution of up to fiv e million pixels. Howe ver bey ond 400,000 pix els there is no perceptible impr ovement in the quality of pictur es displa yed on your TV screen. Mp3 or wma files are a compr essed audio format that allow a gr eat qu[...]

52 Pla ying a disc Imag e Functions Changing imag es Select a folder or an image with the C , B , ▲ or ▼ ke ys and press OK . During the picture sequence change images using the PR F l or PR l G k eys on the remote contr ol unit. According to the type of image (Kb or Mb) the change ma y tak e sev eral seconds. Note: after sever al seconds the i[...]

53 EN EN Pla ying a disc T o pla y DivX files Y our pla yer is an Officially Certified DivX™ device. It can pla y DivX ® 5, DivX ® 4, DivX ® 3 and DivX ® V OD files according to the DivX Certified™ technical specifications. The corr ect playing of DivX in y our play er , depends on the preparation and pr oduction of the audio and video file[...]

54 Pla ying a disc T o find the registration number of y our pla yer , follow the instructions below . 1. With a disc in the tra y but not pla ying, select System Options from the pla yer men u. 2. In the System Options menu, select DivX . The autorisation number appears on the television scr een. 3. Write down this V OD 8 character recording numbe[...]

55 EN EN Menus Disc menu The Disc menu is only accessible if a disc is inserted in your D VD r ecorder . This menu allows access to the list of titles of the Disc Title Men u or the images menu of the Pla yer Men u for your r ecorded discs (D VD+R, +R W). With D VD video discs you dir ectly access the disc menu, the selection of the language , chap[...]

56 Menus 2. Choose a title with the ▲ or ▼ k ey and validate with OK . On the left of the screen displa yed are all the cha pters of the selected title . All is selected, press OK to place them all in the pla y list (with all the chapters) or select one by one the cha pters that you wish to add to the pla y list by using the ▲ , ▼ k eys and[...]

57 EN EN Menus Accessing Title functions Rename Title Using a character chart your D VD recor der allows you to change the names of discs or titles allocated when the recor ding was made . Select Rename Title in the Disc Title Menu or Rename Disc in the Disc Actions menu using the ▲ ou ▼ k eys and pr ess the OK ke y . In the following screen se[...]

58 Menus Disc options Fr om the Setup menu, this menu offers y ou 2 functions to maximise the discs you want to pla y . Autopla y • Select Autopla y On , if you want the disc to be pla yed automatically once the D VD recor der tray is closed. Scr een F ormat - (D VD / VCD) Depending on the format of the D VD disc being pla yed, select the image f[...]

59 EN EN Recording Options Men u Buffer duration (TV memor y duration) Y our recor der may sa v e the last 60 or 120 minutes of TV programmes in its memory .Y ou can define this duration here. 1. In the Main menu select the Setup line with the ▲ ▼ , ke ys then validate with OK . 2. Select the Record options line using the ▲ ▼ , ke ys then v[...]

60 Menus Selecting Languag es (D VD) Y our D VD recor der gives you a selection of languages to choose fr om. Y ou can change the language of the D VD recor der menus, the language of the disc menus, the language of the dialogues and that of the subtitles. In the menu, choose your pr eferred language f or dialogues and subtitles. If it is a vailabl[...]

61 EN EN Menus Selecting the Sub-title languag e for D VD discs Certain discs propose sev eral languages for subtitles. The default language is the the one you selected during installation (page 6) if this language is also offer ed on the disc being play ed. T o change the subtitles language, your D VD recor der provides tw o possibilities: Fr om t[...]

62 Menus P arental contr ol Y our D VD recor der has a child lock function which enables you to restrict access to certain D VDs. The discs whose content ma y be deemed unsuitable for your childr en will therefor e not be visible unless a code that you ha ve pr eviously chosen is enter ed. 1. In the Main menu select the Setup line with the ▲ ▼ [...]

63 EN EN Menus Ratings limits This function mak es it possible to restrict viewing of certain D VD discs by programming a restriction on y our D VD recorder . This function can only be used with D VD discs pr ovided with the function. Y our D VD recorder pr ovides ratings limits on a scale of 1 to 8. The Ratings Limit function does not work if the [...]

64 Menus System Options The System Options menu in the Setup menu off ers you settings to configur e cer tain useful functions and optimise the performances of y our D VD recor der to match those of the devices connected to it. 1. In the Main menu select the Setup line with the ▲ ▼ , ke ys then validate with OK . 2. Select the System options li[...]

65 EN EN Menus Standb y mode Y our D VD recor der has an Eco Standby to reduce its pow er consumption when on stand-by . Select Eco. Standb y to enable this function. Note : the Eco function does not allow the display of progr amming warning messages on the display panel. Only the record icon will flash. A V link Allows a television set to contr ol[...]

66 Menus Settings The information r elating to the Naviclick TV guide programmes comes fr om a combination of the TV pr ogrammes guide, T eletext and NexTView ser vice transmitted by certain channels. T o optimise the Na viclick programmes guide of y our D VD recor der , you ha ve the possibility of changing certain settings as shown below . The in[...]

67 EN EN Menus NexTVie w Channels The number of channels offering the NexTVie w ser vice is constantly increasing. At the time of printing these instructions, the channels diffusing NexTView w ere as shown below . For your information: there is an Internet web site in English and German that allo ws you to consult the list of the channels pr ovidin[...]

68 Fur ther information Recommendations and information concerning discs (12 cm) Choice of CD-R / CD-R W discs This pla yer can pla y most CD-R and CD-R W discs. Howe ver , depending on the recorder of y our personal computer , the type of disc and recor ding method used, it may be that some discs cannot be pla yed, or that the performance does not[...]

Fur ther information for tele vision screens do not allo w a higher quality given their limited characteristics. In this case ensure that y ou reduce the quality of y our photographs befor e recording on a disc in or der not to impede the pr oper running of your pla y er . This is because excessively loaded pictur es would slow down or might pr eve[...]

70 Fur ther information T roub leshooting guide If y ou encounter difficulties Advisors are at y our disposal to help you solv e your pr oblems at this telephone number . This THOMSON product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components which can be recycled and reused. This symbol means that electr ical and electronic eq[...]

71 EN EN Fur ther information The colours aren ’ t natural • Check that the scar t cables are w ell pushed into the sockets of the various de vices. • Check the settings Output A V1, Input A V2 and Output P AL/NTSC ( System Options menu, page 65). The imag e format doesn ’ t match the screen format of y our TV set • The image format is ad[...]

72 Fur ther information The displa y or reading of digital ima ges in JPEG f ormat is slo w • Image displa y can take a fairly long time, depending on the size of the images. If the images are too “bulky”, y our D VD recorder ma y not be able to displa y them corr ectly . Recording pr oblems Y ou cannot record on the disc • If a message is [...]

73 EN EN Fur ther information Y ou can ’ t access the selected men u, e ven when y ou press OK • If the name of the menu appears on a transpar ent background, it means that the corr esponding menu or function is not a vailable. The Disc , Titles , Pla ylist and Card menus ar e contextual menus: they depend on operations performed befor ehand su[...]

74 Fur ther information Other important informations F or your safety Nev er open the play er or any of its components. It can be dangerous for y ou or for certain fragile components. Y ou could receive an electric shock or touch the laser beam. Do not place your e yes close to the opening of the disc tra y or any other opening to look inside the p[...]

75 EN EN Fur ther information DTH 8555 X / SOFT A4ZJEU_S2-09 / EN - lj - ED / aws - rst / 08-2005 Remote contr ol - Code A-B With certain devices (combined TV/D VD or other D VD pla yer) it ma y happen that y our D VD recor der controls the D VD pla yer of the other de vice. In this case you can adjust your r emote contr ol and the D VD recor der o[...]