Toshiba MD14F11 manual

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    COMBIN A TION FLA T COLOR TELEVISION AND D VD VIDEO PLA YER OWNER’S MANUAL 2 13 18 28 31 38 Introduction Connections Basic setup Basic playback Advanced playback Function setup DIGITAL VIDEO ©2005 T oshiba Corporation 44 Others Before oper ating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly . 20 TV operation MD14F11 5S00201A [E] (Cover) 4/1/05, 3[...]

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    2 Introduction Dear Customer , T hank you for purchasing this T oshiba TV . T his manual will help you use the many exciting features of your new T V . Befor e operating the TV , please read this manual completely , and keep it nearby for future reference. Saf ety Pr ecautions WAR N I N G TO R E D UCE TH E R I SK OF FI RE OR ELE C T RIC SH OC K, DO[...]

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    3 Introduction IMPOR T ANT SAFEGU ARDS Important Saf ety Instructions 1) Read these instructions. 2) K eep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) F ollow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near wate r . 6) Clean only with a dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instruc[...]

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    4 Introduction 24) Always operate this equipment from a 120V AC, 60 Hz power source only. 25) Always make sure the antenna system is properly grounded to provide adequate protection against voltage surge s and built-up static charge s (see Section 8 10 of the National Electric Code). 26) DAN G E R: R IS K OF SE R I OUS PE RSO NAL I NJ U RY OR DEA T[...]

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    5 Introduction SAFETY PRECA UTION/ P o wer source CA UTION: THIS DIGIT AL VIDEO PLA YER EMPLO YS A LASER SYSTEM. TO ENSURE PROPER USE OF THIS PR ODUCT , PLEASE READ THIS OWNER'S MANU AL CAREFULL Y AND RET AIN FOR FU- TURE REFERENCE. SHOULD THE UNIT REQUIRE MAINTE- NANCE, CONT A CT AN A UTHORIZED SERVICE LOCA TION. USE OF CONTROLS , ADJUSTMENTS[...]

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    Introduction 6 Notes on moisture condensation Moisture condensation damages the unit. Please read the follo wing carefully . Moisture condensation occurs, for example, when you pour a cold drink into a glass on a warm day . Drops of w ater f or m on the outside of the glass. In the same way , moisture may condense on the optical pick-up lens inside[...]

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    Introduction 7 Structure of disc contents Normally , D VD video discs are divided into titles, and the titles are sub-divided into chapters. Video CDs and Audio CDs are divided into tracks. DVD video disc Video CD/Audio CD Each title, chapter or trac k is assigned a number , which is called “title number”, “chapter number” or “track n umb[...]

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    8 Introduction DIGITAL VIDEO Playable discs This unit can play the following discs. •Y ou cannot pla y discs other than those listed above. •Y ou cannot pla y discs of D VD-RAM, D VD-ROM, Photo CD, etc., or non standardized discs even if they may be labeled as above. • Some CD-R/R Ws can not be played bac k depending on the recording conditio[...]

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    9 Introduction Contents Introduction IMPORT ANT SAFEGU ARDS ............................ 2 SAFETY PRECA UTIONS ................................. 5 Precautions ....................................................... 6 Notes on discs ................................................... 7 Contents .......................................................[...]

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    10 Introduction POWER button Remote sensor 12 PHONES jack 21 Disc tray 18 28 28 15 STOP ( ) button 20 VOLUME ( / ) buttons PLAY ( ) button 28 CHANNEL ( / ) buttons 21 SKIP ( / ) buttons 30 AUDIO (L/R)/VIDEO IN jacks (LINE) 28 OPEN/CLOSE ( ) button POWER indicator 20 Front Rear Identification of controls See the page in for details. COAXIAL DIGITAL [...]

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    11 Introduction POWER button OPEN/CLOSE button TV/DVD button DISPLAY button SUBTITLE button INPUT button ZOOM button PLAY MODE button SETUP button PLAY button CH RTN button REV button ANGLE button TOP MENU button SLOW button CH / buttons 28 28 20 24 21 36 21 15 31 SLEEP button 21 JUMP button AUDIO SELECT button VOL +/ - buttons MUTE button DVD MENU[...]

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    12 Introduction 12 3 • Aim the remote control at the remote sensor and press control buttons to operate. • Operate the remote control within 30 ° angle on either side of the remote sensor , up to a distance of appro x. 5 meters. Replace the compartment cov er . Install two “AAA” batteries (supplied), paying attention to the polarity diagra[...]

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    13 Connections 75 ohm coaxial cable (not supplied) 300-75 ohm matching transformer (supplied) 300-75 ohm matching transformer (supplied) UHF 300 ohm twin-lead wire (not supplied) VHF 300 ohm twin-lead wire (not supplied) UHF 300 ohm twin-lead wire (not supplied) VHF 75 ohm (not supplied) Antenna jack Antenna jack Antenna jack Combiner (not supplied[...]

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    14 Connections For basic cable service not requiring a converter/descrambler box, connect the cable TV 75 ohm coaxial cable directly to the Antenna jack on the back of the unit. 75 ohm coaxial cable If you subscribe to a cable TV service in which basic channels are unscrambled and premium channels require the use of a converter/descrambler box, you[...]

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    15 Connections Press the INPUT to select the “LINE” (external input) to use the TV as a monitor. Operate your VCR as usual. To playback from the camcorder, connect the camcorder to the unit as shown. You can enjoy playing a TV game on the screen by adjusting to suitable brightness for your eyes. 1. Connect a TV Game to the unit. 2. Press GAME .[...]

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    16 Connections Connecting to optional equipment (continued) Y ou can enjo y high quality dynamic sounds by connecting the unit to optional audio equipment. : Front speaker : Rear speaker : Sub woofer : Center speaker : Signal flow Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is the surround sound technology used in theaters showing the latest movies, and is now ava[...]

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    17 Connections MPEG2 sound Y ou can enjo y motion picture and live concer t D VD video discs encoded via the MPEG2 recording system with dynamic realistic sound by connecting an amplifier equipped with an MPEG2 audio decoder or MPEG2 audio processor . Connecting to an amplifier equipped with an MPEG2 audio decoder Connecting to an amplifier equippe[...]

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    18 Starting setup The STARTING SETUP function makes installing your unit easily. It leads you the Language selection, TV/CABLE selection and auto channel memory automatically. IMPORTANT: Make sure that the antenna or cable TV system connection is made! Starting setup Press or to select “TV” or “CABLE”, then press ENTER. Press or to select ?[...]

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    19 Notes: • If the unit does not operate properl y , or No key operation (by the unit and/or the remote contr ol): Static electricity , etc., may aff ect the play er's operation. Disconnect the AC power cord once, then connect it again. • The TV section has its own menu and also D VD section has its own menu . / / / ENTER MENU Press or to [...]

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    20 TV operation TV operation Adjust the volume level by pressing VOL + or –. The volume level will be indicated on the screen by green bars. As the volume level increases, so do the number of bars. If the volume decreases, the number of green bars also decreases. Set the TV/CA BLE selection to th e appropriate position. (See page 23.) 1 2 3 Press[...]

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    21 TV operation ■ CHANNEL UP/DOWN Press and release CH or . The channel automati- cally stops at the next channel set into memory . For proper operation, before selecting channels, they should be set into the memor y . See page 23 “T o memorize channels”. ■ DISPLAY Press DISPLA Y to display the current inf ormations on the screen. Press DIS[...]

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    22 TV operation Closed captions Captions: This closed caption mode will display te xt on the screen in English or another language (depending on the setting of the closed captions CH 1/2). Generally , closed captions in English are transmitted on captions channel 1 and closed captions in other languages are transmitted on captions channel 2. Te xt:[...]

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    23 TV operation / / / MENU Press or to select “TV/CABLE”. 1 2 Press MENU in the TV mode, then press or to select option. Press MENU repeatedly until the menu screen is cleared. 4 Press or to select “TV” or “CABLE”. 3 TV - VHF/UHF channels CABLE - Cable TV channels Cable TV chart The chart below is typical of many cable system channel al[...]

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    24 TV operation To register passw ord Notes: • If you f orget the password, y ou cannot set the V -Chip. •T o av oid forgetting the pass word, write it down and keep in the safe place. Press or to select “PASSWORD”. 1 2 Press MENU, then press or to select option. Enter the same passwor d again using Number b uttons (0–9) f or safety , the[...]

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    25 TV operation Press or to select “MOVIE RATING”. 1 3 In the V -CHIP menu, press or to select “V -CHIP SET”, then press . Press or to select desired rating. After setting, press ENTER. 4 Press or to select “V-CHIP”. 5 To set the V -Chip OFF : TV RA TING is not set TV -Y : All children TV -Y7 : 7 years old and above TV -G : General audi[...]

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    26 TV operation 4 Press or to select the desired picture mode, then press ENTER. 3 PICTURE PREFERENCE ST AND ARD SPORTS MOVIE MEMORY // ENTER / MENU After your desired setting press MENU repeatedly until the menu screen is cleared. Press or to select “PICTURE”, then press . 1 2 Press MENU, then press or to select option. After your desired sett[...]

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    27 TV operation Stereo and Second A udio Program (SAP) The unit is equipped with a feature known as multi-channel TV sound or MTS. MTS broadcasts greatly enhance TV viewing by bringing you programs with high fidelity stereo sound. MTS also provides an extra channel called the Second Audio Program or SAP which broadcasters can use to transmit a seco[...]

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    28 Basic playback Press OPEN/CLOSE or PLA Y . The disc tra y closes automatically . On the TV -screen, “ ” changes to “Reading” and then playbac k commences. Press ST OP to end playbac k. 3 Resuming facility • The unit records the stopped point, depending on the disc. “ ” appears on the screen. Press PLA Y to resume playbac k (from th[...]

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    29 Basic playback To pause playback (still mode) Press PA USE during playbac k. To resume nor mal playbac k, press PLA Y . • The sound is muted during still mode. To stop playback Press ST OP . To remove the disc Press OPEN/CLOSE . Remove the disc after the disc tray opens completely . Be sure to press OPEN/CLOSE to close the disc tray after you [...]

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    30 Basic playback Playing frame by frame Playing in fast reverse or fast forward directions Press REV or FF during playbac k. REV :F ast rev erse playbac k FF :F ast f orward playbac k Each time you press REV or FF , the playback speed changes. To resume normal playback Press PLA Y . Notes: • The unit mutes sound and subtitles during rev erse and[...]

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    31 Advanced playback Press / / / to view a different part of the frame. You may move the frame from the center position to UP, DOWN, LEFT or RIGHT direction. In the zoom mode press ZOOM repeatedly to return to a 1:1 view ( Off). Press JUMP during playback or stop mode. • “Time” only works in playbac k or resume stop mode. Press or to select t[...]

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    32 Adv anced playback Marking the scenes Returning to the scenes 1 Press MARKER during playback or stop mode. 2 1 3 Marking desired scenes The unit stores the points that you want to watch again up to 3 points. You can resume playback from each scene. 2 3 N otes: • Some discs may not work with the marking operation. • The marking is cancelled w[...]

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    33 Advanced playback [Audio CD, Video CD] Press D D D D D to select “Repeat”. Press B B B B B / A A A A A to select “Track” or “All”. The unit automatically starts repeat playback after finishing the current track. • If you set the repeat mode during stop mode, press PLA Y to star t Repeat pla yback. 1 Press REPEAT A-B during playback[...]

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    34 Advanced playback Program playback/Random playbac k You can arrange the playback order of tracks on the disc. And also the unit selects tracks at random and playback them. These feature works for Audio CD and Video CD. ENTER ▲ / ▼ / / PLA Y MODE 0–9 CANCEL Program playback VCD CD Press PLAY MODE in the stop mode. Press or to select Play Mo[...]

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    35 Advanced playback Changing angles ANGLE ENTER ▲ / ▼ / / T OP MENU PLA Y DVD MENU Title selection DVD menu Press ANGLE during playback. The current angle will appear. When playing back a disc recorded with multi-angle facility, you can change the angle that you are viewing the scene from. 1 Press ANGLE repeatedly until the desired angle is se[...]

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    36 Advanced playback 1 2 Press AUDIO SELECT during playback. The current soundtrack language will appear. Press A UDIO SELECT repeatedly until the desired language is selected. • The on screen display will disappear after a few seconds. Changing soundtrack language/ Subtitles You can select the language when you play a multilin- gual disc. Notes:[...]

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    37 Advanced playback Disc status/T o turn off the PBC 1 DISPLA Y ENTER With each press of DISPLA Y , the status of the disc will appear on the screen and change as follows. DVD To make status display disappear , press DISPLA Y again. Video CD When you playback the CD disc, the status display will appear on the screen and continue displaying. 00:34:[...]

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    38 Function setup Setting procedure Press SETUP during stop mode. The following on-screen display appears. 1 2 3 To make SETUP screen disappear , press SETUP or RETURN. 5 Customizing the function settings You can change the default settings to customize performance to your preference. ENTER C / D / B / A • Repeat steps 3 and 4 to change other set[...]

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    39 Function setup Details To select the language of “Men u”, “Subtitle” and “Audio” if more than one language are recorded on the disc. To select a preferred language for on screen display. To select a picture size according to the aspect r atio of your TV . To turn on or de-activate the operational status dis- play on the screen. To se[...]

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    40 Function setup Menu, Subtitle, Audio You can select the language of “Menu”, “Subtitle” and “Audio” if more than one languages are recorded onto the disc. English, Francais, Espanol: The selected language will be heard or seen. Other: Other language can be selected (see the “Language code list” on page 44). Original: (Audio) The u[...]

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    41 Function setup Picture Mode There are two types of source content in pictures re- corded in DVD video discs: film content (pictures re- corded from films at 24 frames per second) and video content (video signals recorded at 30 frames per sec- ond). Make this selection according to the type of content being viewed. Auto: Select this position norm[...]

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    42 Function setup Parental control setting Some discs are specified not suitable for children. Such discs can be limited not to play back with the unit. 1) Press C or D to select “Parental”, then press B or A until the le vel you require appears. • Le vel Off: The parental control setting does not function. • Le vel 8: All D VD softw are ca[...]

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    43 Function setup Load a DVD disc and press PLAY or OPEN/ CLOSE on the unit 28 . If the DVD disc has been designed to temporarily cancel the Rating level, the screen which follows the “Reading” screen will change, depending on which disc is played. If you select “YES” with the ENTER key, “Your disc exceeds the parental control level#.” [...]

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    44 Others Language code list Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings “Menu”, “Subtitle” and/or “Audio” . Abkhazian 1112 Fiji 1620 Lingala 2224 Singhalese 2919 Afar 1111 Finnish 1619 Lithuanian 2230 Slovak 2921 Afrikaans 1116 French 1628 Macedonian 2321 Slovenian 2922 Albanian 2927 Frisian 1635 Malagasy 2317 Somali 292[...]

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    45 Others SYMPTOMS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS • Make sure the power cord is plugged in. • Try another AC outlet. • Power is off, check fuse or circuit breaker. • Unplug unit, then plug it back in. Poor reception on some channels. Horizontal or diagonal bars on screen. Poor sound or no sound. Unit does not operate. • Check antenna connections, reo[...]

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    46 Others Pla yback does not star t when the title is selected. • Check the Parental setup. A udio soundtrack and/or subtitle language is not changed when you play back a DVD. • Multilingual language is not recorded on the DVD disc. No subtitle. • Some discs have no subtitles. • Subtitles are cleared. Press the SUBTITLE button. Pla yback do[...]

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    47 Others Most types of television interference can be remedied by adjusting the height and position of the VHF/UHF antenna. Outdoor antennas are recommended for best results. The most common types of television interference are shown below. If one of these symptoms appear when the unit is connected to a Cable TV system, the disturbance may be caus[...]

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    48 Others Remote control (DC-SB1) ..................................... 1 Batteries (AAA) ..................................................... 2 300-75 Ω matching transformer ............................ 1 * Screen size is appro ximate. • This model complies with the above specifications . • Designs and specifications are subject to change w[...]

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    49 Others Limited United States Warranty f or CR T -based TV/DVD Combinations, TV/VCR Combinations, and TV/DVD/VCR Combinations, 25” and Smaller (“TV Combination(s)”) T oshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C . (“T ACP”) mak es the follo wing limited warranties to original consumers in the United States. THESE LIMITED W ARRANTIES EXTEND T[...]

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    50 How to Obtain Warranty Service If, after f ollowing all of the operating instructions in this manual and re viewing the section entitled “T roubleshooting, ” y ou find that ser vice is needed: (1) T o find the nearest T ACP A uthor ized Service Station, visit T ACP's website at www .tacp.toshiba.com/service or contact T ACP's Consu[...]

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    51 Others Memo ................................................................................................................................................... ................................................................................................................................................... .......................................[...]

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