Toshiba SD-260SA manual

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    2 16 24 32 50 60 Introduction Connections Basic playback Adv anced playbac k Function setup Others D VD VIDEO PLA YER SD-260SV SD-260SA SD-260SY OWNER’S MANUAL © 2005 T oshiba Cor poration DIGITAL VIDEO[...]

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    2 Introduction In the spaces provided belo w , record the Model and Serial No. located on the rear panel of your D VD video pla yer . Model No . Serial No. Retain this information f or future reference. SAFETY PRECA UTIONS W ARNING: T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE T O RAIN OR MOISTURE. D ANGEROUS HIGH V [...]

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    3 Introduction Location of the required label The rating plate and the saf ety caution are on the rear of the unit.[...]

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    4 Introduction IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS CA UTION: PLEASE READ AND OBSER VE ALL W ARNINGS AND INSTR UCTIONS GIVEN IN THIS O WNER’S MANU AL AND THOSE MARKED ON THE UNIT . RET AIN THIS BOOKLET FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. This set has been designed and manu factured to assure personal saf ety . Improper use can result in electric shock or fire haza[...]

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    5 Introduction 7. Do not bloc k any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’ s instructions. 8. Do not restrict the air flow of the unit by placing it in a place with poor air flo w , by co vering it with a cloth, or by placing it on carpeting. 9. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, s[...]

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    6 Introduction IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS 14. Ref er all ser vicing to qualified ser vice personnel. Ser vicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any w ay , such as pow er-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects hav e fallen into the apparatus , the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture , d[...]

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    7 Introduction 19. Do not place a hea vy object on or step on the apparatus. The object ma y fall, causing serious personal injury and ser ious damage to the apparatus. 20. Do not use a cr ack ed, deformed, or repaired disc. These discs are easily broken and ma y cause serious personal injur y and apparatus malfunction. 21. Be sure to use the unit [...]

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    8 Introduction Precautions Notes on handling When shipping the D VD video pla yer , the original shipping car ton and packing materials come in handy . F or maximum protection, repack the unit as it w as originally packed at the f actor y . T ake care not to giv e it a shoc k or shake when carrying. Do not use volatile liquids , such as insect spra[...]

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    9 Introduction Notes on Discs Pla yback side T rac k 1 T rac k 2 T rack 3 T rack 4 T rack 5 On handling discs Do not touch the pla yback side of the disc. Do not attach paper or tape to discs. On cleaning discs Fingerpr ints and dust on the disc cause picture and sound deterioration. Wipe the disc from the center outwards with a soft cloth. Alwa ys[...]

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    10 Introduction Play able discs This D VD video pla yer can pla y the follo wing discs. • Y ou cannot pla y discs other than those listed above . • Y ou cannot pla y D VD-RAM discs or non-standardized discs , etc., ev en if they may be labeled as abov e. • This D VD video pla yer uses the NTSC/P AL color system, and cannot play D VD video dis[...]

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    11 Introduction T able of Contents Introduction SAFETY PRECA UTIONS .......................... 2 IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ... 4 Precautions .............................................. 8 Notes on Discs ......................................... 9 Notes on region numbers ............................... 10 T able of Contents ..................[...]

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    12 Introduction Rear panel Identification of Controls See the page in for details. Front panel 24 24 24 29 25 24 14 16 17 19 16 17 16 20 21[...]

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    13 Introduction Identification of Controls (continued) The instructions in this manual descr ibe the functions on the remote control. See the page in for details. Remote control * MENU b utton Use the MENU button to displa y the menu included on many D VD video discs . T o operate a menu, f ollow the instructions in “Locating a title using the to[...]

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    14 Introduction Open the cover . Insert batteries (R03/AAA siz e). Make sure to match the + and – on the batteries to the marks inside the batter y compar tment. Caution • Never thro w batteries into fire. Notes • Be sure to use R03/AAA size batteries. • Dispose of batter ies in a designated disposal area. • Attention should be drawn to t[...]

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    15 Introduction Connections Read this chapter first to make all necessary preparations. Connecting to a TV Connecting to an audio system and TV equipped with component video inputs Connecting to an amplifier equipped with a Dolby Digital decoder Connecting to an amplifier equipped with Dolby Surround Pro Logic Connecting to an amplifier equipped wi[...]

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    16 Connections Connecting to a TV Connect the D VD video play er to your TV . For details of output sound, see 41 . Connecting to a TV Notes • Refer to the owner’ s manual of the connected TV as well. • When you connect the D VD video play er to your TV , be sure to tur n off the power and unplug both units from the wall outlet before making [...]

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    17 Connections Notes • Refer to the owner’ s manual of the connected equipment as well. • When you connect the D VD video player to other equipment, be sure to turn off the power and unplug all of the equipment from the wall outlet before making an y connections. • If you place the D VD video play er near a tuner or radio , the radio broadc[...]

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    18 Connections Connecting to Optional Equipment Y ou can enjoy high quality dynamic sounds b y connecting the DVD video pla yer to optional audio equipment. W arning • When you are connecting (via the COAXIAL DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT jack) an A V decoder that does not hav e Dolby Digital, Digital Theater Systems (DTS) or MPEG2 decoding function, be su[...]

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    19 Connections Connecting to an amplifier equipped with a Dolby Digital decoder Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is the surround sound technology used in theaters sho wing the latest movies , and is now a vailable to reproduce this realistic eff ect in the home. Y ou can enjoy motion picture and live concert D VD video discs with this dynamic realistic [...]

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    20 Connections Connecting to an amplifier equipped with a DTS decoder Digital Theater Systems (DTS) DTS is a high quality surround technology used in theaters and now a vailable f or home use, on D VD video discs or audio CDs. If you ha ve a DTS decoder or processor , you can obtain the full benefit of 5.1 channel DTS encoded sound trac ks on D VD [...]

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    21 Connections Connecting to an amplifier equipped with a digital audio input 2 channel digital stereo Y ou can enjoy the dynamic sound of 2 channel digital stereo by connecting an amplifier equipped with a digital audio input and speaker system (right and left front speakers). Amplifier equipped with a digital audio input T o COAXIAL type digital [...]

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    Basic pla ybac k Begin your operation. Playing a Disc V ariable Speed Pla yback Locating a Desired Section[...]

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    24 Basic pla yback Press the ON/ST ANDBY button. The D VD video pla yer turns on. Press OPEN/CLOSE. The disc tr ay opens . Place the disc on the disc tray . With the playbac k side down • There are two diff erent disc sizes. Place the disc in the correct guide on the disc tray . If the disc is out of the guide, it ma y damage the disc and cause t[...]

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    25 Basic playbac k T o pause pla yback (still mode) Press P A USE/STEP during playbac k. T o resume nor mal playbac k, press the PLA Y button. • The sound is muted during still mode. T o stop pla yback Press ST OP . T o remo ve the disc Press OPEN/CLOSE. Remo ve the disc after the disc tr ay opens completely . Be sure to press the OPEN/CLOSE butt[...]

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    26 Basic pla yback V ariable Speed Playback Y ou can play discs at v arious speeds, and resume playbac k from the location where you stopped pla yback. Playing in fast re verse or fast f orward directions Press REV or FWD during playbac k. REV : F ast rev erse playbac k FWD: F ast f orward pla yback Each time you press the REV or FWD button, the pl[...]

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    27 Basic playbac k Press ST OP at the location where you want to interrupt playbac k. The D VD video pla yer memorizes the location where playbac k is stopped. Press PLA Y . The D VD video pla yer resumes pla yback from the location where you stopped pla ybac k. Playing in slo w-motion Press SLO W during playbac k. Each time you press the SLO W but[...]

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    28 Basic pla yback Locating a title using the top menu Press T OP MENU. The top menu appears on the TV screen. e.g . Press / / / to select the title y ou want. If the titles in the top menu are assigned a number , y ou can directly locate a specific title by pressing its designated number with the number buttons . Press ENTER. Playbac k star ts fro[...]

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    29 Basic playbac k Locating a desired section by entering the corresponding n umber Locating a specific chapter or trac k Press SKIP or repeatedl y to access the chapter or trac k number you want. Playbac k star ts from the selected chapter or trac k. T o locate succeeding chapters or tra ck s. Playbac k star ts from the beginning of the current ch[...]

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    Ad v anced pla ybac k Customizing the performance of your D VD video player . Accessing a Specific Location Directly Repeating a Specific Segment Playing in a V aried Or der Playing in a F av ourite Order Zooming a Picture Selecting the Picture Enhancement (E.P .M.) Selecting the Sound Enhancement (E.A.M.) Selecting the Camera Angle Selecting Subti[...]

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    32 Advanced pla yback T o set and pla y favourite bookmark during pla yback 1. Press T twice , the display of Bookmark appears, then press ENTER to mark the desired scene. 2. Press ENTER to play the fa vourite bookmark. T o set other bookmarks. F ollow step 1 and mo v e through the menu b y pressing the or button. Press T again to remove this displ[...]

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    33 Advanced pla yback Repeating a specific segment Repeating a Specific Segment Y ou can specify a desired segment and repeat it. T o resume normal pla yback Press A-B RPT until Rep off is display ed . Notes • Some discs may not permit A-B repeat operation. • Y ou cannot set the A-B repeat function for a segment that includes multiple camera an[...]

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    34 Advanced pla yback Play mode Mode Repeat Off Off Press PLA Y . Press the PLA Y button, the D VD video play er star ts playback in the selected mode. Playing in a V aried Order Y ou can pla y titles, chapters within a title, or tracks in a v ar ied order . Playing titles, chapter s or tracks in a v aried order Press PLA Y MODE. Press / button to [...]

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    35 Advanced pla yback Insert a disc and press MEMORY during stop. The f ollowing display appears . Select the items in the order y ou want by pressing the n umber buttons. Each time you press the / / / button, the space is highlighted in turn. Highlight where you want to enter , then press the corresponding number buttons . T o select another chapt[...]

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    36 Advanced pla yback Zooming a Picture Y ou can magnify areas within a picture. Zooming a picture Press ZOOM during normal, slow or still pla yback. The centre part of the image will be zoomed in. Each time you press the ZOOM button, the magnification le vel changes as follo ws: Press the ZOOM button to select the magnificant le v el. Press the / [...]

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    37 Advanced pla yback Press E.P .M. The picture enhancement menu appears. Select the picture enhancement by pressing / , then press / to make y our selections. Each time you press the / button, the picture enhancement changes. Selecting the Picture Enhancement (E.P .M.*) Y ou can easily select a pref erred picture enhancement. *E.P .M.: Enhanced Pi[...]

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    38 Advanced pla yback 3D*: T o obtain e xpansive vir tual surround sound effects from two speak ers. T o use this enhancement on sounds output from the ANALOG A UDIO OUT jacks, be sure to set “Digital Output” to “PCM”. * Eff ectiv e in pla yback of a D VD video disc or a VIDEO CD . Selecting the Sound Enhancement (E.A.M.*) Y ou can easily s[...]

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    39 Advanced pla yback Selecting the Camera Angle If the scene was recorded from multiple angles , you can easily change the camera angle of the scene you are watching. Changing the camera angle Press ANGLE while playing a scene recorded with m ultiple angles. While pla ying a scene recorded with multiple angles , press the ANGLE button. Number chan[...]

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    40 Advanced pla yback Selecting Subtitles Y ou can display subtitles on the TV screen and select a subtitle language from those included on the D VD video disc. Selecting a subtitle language Press SUBTITLE during playbac k. The current subtitle setting is displa yed. Press SUBTITLE while the subtitle setting is displayed on the TV screen . Each tim[...]

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    41 Advanced pla yback Press A UDIO during playbac k. The current audio setting is displa yed. Recorded audio f ormat number changes sequentially . (The maximum n umber of possible audio f or mats is 8) The abbre viation of the language appears instead of the language name. Ref er to the list of languages and their abbre viations. 57 Press A UDIO wh[...]

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    42 Advanced pla yback : T o stop playbac k. 25 : Playbac k star ts from the beginning of the current chapter or trac k. 29 : T o star t playbac k. 24 : T o locate succeeding chapters or trac ks. 29 : T o pause playbac k. 25 On-screen Display Operation When you turn on the on-screen display , you can view inf or mation on operational status and acce[...]

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    43 Advanced pla yback On-screen Display Operation (Continued) On-screen display operation Viewing the operational status 1 Press DISPLA Y. The f ollowing display appears . 2 T o tur n off the display , press DISPLA Y again. Bit rate (Mbit/s) Amount of picture, sound and subtitle data in the D VD video disc transf erred per second. The larger the va[...]

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    44 Advanced pla yback Playing MP3/WMA Files Y ou can play MP3/WMA files that ha ve been recorded on a CD-R or CD-ROM on the D VD video pla yer . Playing MP3/WMA files Preparations • Mak e sure that a disc you w ant to play is compatible with this D VD video pla yer . 45 Place a CD that contains MP3/WMA files on the disc tray . Press OPEN/CLOSE to[...]

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    45 Advanced pla yback Play able files MP3/WMA disc compatibility with this play er is limited as f ollows: • Play able discs: CD-ROM, CD-R (650MB / 74 min. only) CD-RW is not recommendab le. • Sampling F requency: 44.1 kHz only • Bit rate: WMA: 48 kbps - 192 kbps (CBR*) MP3: 32 kbps - 320 kbps (CBR*) • CD ph ysical format: Mode 1, Mode 2 XA[...]

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    46 Advanced pla yback Search Track Viewing JPEG files T o quit the JPEG pla yback, press STOP . • Pressing the OPEN/CLOSE button to open the disc tra y can also quit the pla yback. T o pause pla yback Press P A USE/STEP dur ing playbac k T o resume nor mal playbac k, press PLA Y . T o change the image T o view the succeeding image, press SKIP . T[...]

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    47 Advanced pla yback Press the / / / to select an image, press PLA Y to view one image in full-screen and automatically images will be displa yed one b y one again in a fe w seconds. Notes • Depending on the file size, some files may not displa y the entire image. • If you press the TOP MENU in full-screen revie w , the D VD video pla yer will[...]

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    48 Advanced pla yback JPEG files compatibility Discs whose compatibility with this D VD video play er has been confir med by TOSHIBA are as f ollows . Many of these discs, when loaded, will mak e the D VD video pla yer enter the automatic mode to pla y a prescribed folder in the disc. T o play other f olders, displa y a f older list and select a fo[...]

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    49 Advanced pla yback Function setup Y ou can change the default settings to customiz e performance to your pref erence. Customizing the Function Settings T able of Languages[...]

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    50 Function setup Press / to select the setting y ou want to change, then press ENTER. Change the selection by / b uttons, by ref erring to the corresponding pages, then press ENTER. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to change other settings. T o select another option, press RETURN to go back to step 2. Press SETUP . The on-screen display disappears . Customizi[...]

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    51 Function setup Setting Details Pa g e T o select a pref erred language for on-screen display . T o select a preferred langua g e for subtitles. T o select a pref erred language for the sound track. T o select a pref erred language for disc menus. T o select a picture size according to aspect ratio of your TV . T o select the video system of a di[...]

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    52 Function setup OSD Menu English: T o view on-screen displays in english. : T o view on-screen displays in r ussian. : T o view on-screen displays in persian. Indonesia: T o view on-screen displa ys in indonesia. : T o view on-screen displays in arabic. 1) Press ENTER. 2) Press / to select the OSD Menu. 3) Press ENTER button, then the / to shift [...]

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    53 Function setup A udio English: T o pla y sound tracks in english. : T o play sound tracks in russian. : T o play sound tracks in persian. Indonesia: T o play sound tr acks in indonesia. : T o play sound tracks in arabic. 1) Press ENTER. 2) Press / to select the Audio . 3) Press ENTER button, then the / to shift and change the Language. 4) Press [...]

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    54 Function setup Setting details Customizing the Function Settings (continued) TV Shape 1) Press / to select the Video . 2) Press ENTER. 3) Press ENTER button, then press the / to shift and change the TV type. 4) Press ENTER. 5) Press RETURN. 4:3 Pan Scan: Select when a standard 4:3 TV is connected. Displa ys pictures cropped to fill your TV scree[...]

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    55 Function setup Digital Output Selected the output sound fo r mat corresponding to your system connection. 1) Press / to select Audio . 2) Press ENTER. 3) Press ENTER button, then press / to shift and change the output sound f ormat. 4) Press ENTER. 5) Press RETURN. PCM: Select when connected to a 2 channel digital stereo amplifier . The D VD vid[...]

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    56 Function setup Setting details Customizing the Function Settings (continued) The parental lock le vel is equivalent to the f ollowing ratings: Lev el 1: Kid Saf e Lev el 2: G Lev el 3: PG Lev el 4: PG-13 Lev el 5: PG-R Lev el 6: R Lev el 7: NC-17 Le vel 8: Adult Indicates Parental loc k is not active. The Parental loc k is active. If you f o rge[...]

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    57 Function setup T able of Languages T able of languages and their abbre viations – – – CHI (ZH) DUT (NL) ENG (EN) FRE (FR) GER (DE) IT A (IT) JPN (JA) K OR (KO) MA Y (MS) SP A (ES) AA AB AF AM AR AS AY AZ BA BE BG BH BI BN BO BR CA CO CS CY DA DZ EL EO ET EU FA FI FJ FO FY GA GD GL No alter nate language Chinese Dutch English F rench Ger ma[...]

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    Other s Before Calling Service P e rsonnel Specifications[...]

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    60 Others Before Calling Service Personnel Check the f ollowing guide for the possible cause of a problem bef ore contacting ser vice. Symptoms and correction Symptom No power . The D VD video play er tur ned off by itself . No picture or abnormal colour (pinkish, greenish, etc.). Scrolling, jumping or B/W picture No sound. The playbac k picture ha[...]

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    61 Others Specifications D VD video player / outputs / supplied accessories D VD Video Play er P ower supply 100 - 240 V AC , 50/60 Hz P ower consumption 13 W Mass 1.6 kg External dimensions 430 x 42 x 200 mm (W/H/D) Signal system P AL/3.58 NTSC Laser Semiconductor laser , wav elength 650/780 nm F requency range D VD linear sound : 48 kHz sampling [...]

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    62 Others Memo[...]

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    63 Others Memo[...]

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    811-S26091-011[...]