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Toshiba SD-V395KC manual

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    Mémo de l’utilisateur La désignation du modèle et le numéro de série se trouv ent à l’arrière de votre D VD/V CR. Consignez ces numéros dans les espaces ci-dessous et communiquez-les à votre r ev endeur T oshiba chaque f ois que vous le consultez au sujet de cet D VD/V CR. Désignation du modèle: Numéro de série: Owner’ s Record T[...]

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    2 Introduction SAFETY PRE CA UTIONS W ARNING: T O REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE T O RAIN OR MOIS TURE. CA UTION: T O PREVENT ELEC TRIC SHOCK DO NO T USE THIS POLARIZED PL UG WITH AN EXTENSION CORD , RECEPT ACLE OR O THER OUTLET UNLESS THE BLADES CAN BE FULL Y INSER TED T O PREVENT BLADE EXPOSURE. A TTENTIO[...]

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    3 Introduction 1. READ INSTR UCTIONS All the saf ety and operating instructions should be r ead bef ore the unit is operated. 2. RET AIN INSTRUC TIONS The saf ety and operating instructions should be r etained for futur e ref erence . 3. HEED W ARNINGS All w arnings on the unit and in the operating instructions should be adhered to . 4. FOLL OW INS[...]

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    4 Introduction IMPOR T ANT SAFE GU ARDS 14. POWER LINES An outside antenna s ystem should not be located in the vicinity of o verhead po wer lines or other electric light or pow er circuits, or wher e it can fall onto or against such po wer lines or cir cuits. When installing an outside antenna sy stem, e xtreme care should be tak en to k eep from [...]

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    5 Introduction 19. REPLACEMENT P AR TS When r eplacement parts are required, be sure the service technician uses replacement parts specified by the manufactur er or those that hav e the same characteristics as the original part. Unauthoriz ed substitutions ma y result in fire , electric shock or other hazar ds. 20. SAFETY CHECK Upon completion of a[...]

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    6 Introduction Notes on handling When shipping the DVD/V CR, the original shipping carton and packing materials come in handy . For fully protection, repack the unit as it w as originally pack ed at the factory . Do not use volatile liquids, such as insect spr ay , near the D VD/V CR. Do not leav e rubber or plastic products to contact the D VD/V C[...]

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

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    8 Introduction Pla y able discs This D VD/V CR can play the follo wing discs. Disc Mark Contents Disc Size Maximum playback time D VD video discs Audio + Video (moving pictures) 12 cm Appro x. 4 hours (single sided disc) Appro x. 8 hours (double sided disc) 8 cm Appro x. 80 minutes (single sided disc) Appro x. 160 minutes (double sided disc) Video [...]

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    9 Introduction Contents Introduction SAFETY PREC A UTIONS ..................................2 IMPOR T ANT SAFEGU ARDS .............................3 P ower source .....................................................5 Precautions ........................................................6 Notes on discs ...............................................[...]

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    10 Introduction Identi fi cation of controls See the page in for details. ON/ST ANDB Y button 22 A UDIO (L/R)/VIDEO IN (LINE IN 2) jacks 31 EJECT button 25 Disc tra y 32 Display windo w 11 REC button 28 CHANNEL / buttons 28 OPEN/CLOSE button 32 Remote sensor 13 V CR mode indicator 22 D VD mode indicator 32 D VD S- VIDEO OUT jack 19 D VD A UDIO (L/[...]

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    11 Introduction While watching TV 8 : 30 AM MON 00 : 15 : 12 SP HI-FI STE REO While operating a tape OPERA TING MODE T APE IN A UT O REPEA T HI-FI STERE O Press CALL to displa y V CR operation status on the screen. T o cancel the displa y , press CALL again. Recording : Rec/P ause : Play : Stop : Eject : V CR Icons Press DISPLA Y , the status displ[...]

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    12 Introduction VCR D VD button EJECT button (V CR) ZERO RETURN button JUMP button ZOOM button T OP MENU button CLEAR button INDEX - button MARKER button COUNTER RESET button V CR MENU button 22 25 33 25 CLOCK/COUNTER button 27 27 33 26 CM SKIP button 33 Direct channel Selection buttons (0 - 9) Number buttons (0 - 9) 35 34 CANCEL button 29 32 22 28[...]

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    13 Introduction Inserting batteries Caution: Nev er throw batteries into a fire. Notes: Be sure to use AAA size batteries . Dispose of batteries in a designated disposal area. Batteries should alwa ys be disposed of with the environment in mind. Alw ay s dispose of batteries in accordance with applicable law s and regulations. If the remote control[...]

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    14 Connections 14 Connections Antenna to D VD/V CR connection The D VD/V CR must be connected “between” the antenna and the TV . First, disconnect the antenna from the TV and connect it to the D VD/V CR. Then connect the DVD/V CR to the TV . Below are 3 common methods of connecting an antenna sy stem to a D VD/V CR. Find the type of antenna sy [...]

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    15 Connections 15 VHF/UHF IN 75 ohm Coaxial Cable (supplied) TV Note: If a VHF or UHF antenna is used, set the TV/CABLE menu option to the “TV” mode. TV with single 75 ohm VHF/UHF antenna input Note: If a VHF or UHF antenna is used, set the TV/CABLE menu option to the “TV” mode. TV with 300 ohm UHF and 75 ohm VHF antenna inputs UHF VHF Spli[...]

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    16 Connections 16 Connections Many cable companies off er services permitting reception of extr a channels including pay or subscription channels . This D VD/V CR has an extended tuning range and can be tuned to most cable channels without using a cable compan y supplied conv erter box, e xcept for those pr emium channels which are intentionally sc[...]

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    17 Connections 17 IMPOR T ANT: Make sure the TV/CABLE menu option is set to the “CABLE” mode. This D VD/V CR cannot receive scrambled progr ams since it does not contain a descrambler . In order to receive scrambled programs , y our e xisting descrambler must be used. Descrambler bo x es are a vailable fr om cable companies. Consult your local [...]

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    18 Connections 18 Connections Notes: Ref er to the owner’ s manual of the connected TV as well. When you connect the D VD/VCR to y our TV , be sure to turn off the power and unplug both units fr om the wall outlet be fore making any connections . If your tele vision set has one audio input, connect the left and right audio outputs of the D VD/VCR[...]

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    19 Connections 19 Notes: Ref er to the owner’ s manual of the connected equipment as well. When you connect the D VD/VCR to other equipment, be sur e to turn off the power and unplug all of the equipment fr om the wall outlet be fore making an y connections. If you place the D VD/VCR near a tuner or r adio , the radio broadcast sound might be dis[...]

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    20 Connections 20 Connections Connecting to an amplifier equipped with a D TS ® decoder Digital Theater Sy stems (D TS) D TS is a high quality surround technology used in theaters and no w av ailable for home use, on D VD video discs or audio CDs. If you ha ve a D TS decoder or processor , you can obtain the full benefit of 5.1 channel D TS encode[...]

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    21 Connections 21 Connecting to an amplifier equipped with a MPEG2 audio decoder MPEG2 sound Y ou can enjoy motion picture and liv e concert DVD video discs encoded via the MPE G2 recording s ystem with dynamic realistic sound by connecting an amplifier equipped with an MPEG2 audio decoder or MPE G2 audio processor . Connecting to an amplifier equi[...]

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    22 Basic setup (V CR) 22 Basic setup (V CR) Preparation: T urn ON the TV and select to the corresponding video input. Press VC R DV D selector to select the V CR mode. (The VCR mode indicator will light.) • • 1 Press V CR MENU . The VCR menu screen will appear . Press SET + or – to select “S YS TEM SETUP”, then press ENTER . If you use th[...]

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    23 Basic setup (V CR) 23 1 Press V CR MENU . 2 Press SET + or – to select “S Y STEM SETUP”, then press ENTER . 3 Press SET + or – to select “ A UT O CLOCK”. 4 Press ENTER to select “off ”. 5 Press V CR MENU repeatedly to return to the normal screen. When the A UT O CLOCK is set to “OFF”, the A UT O CLOCK adjustment does not func[...]

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    24 Basic setup (V CR) T o set D A YLIGHT SA VING TIME Y ou can set the D A YLIGHT SA VING TIME automatically or manually . 1 Press V CR MENU . Press SET + or – to select “S Y STEM SETUP”, then press ENTER . 2 Press SET + or – to select “D A YLIGHT SA VING TIME”, then press ENTER . 3 Press SET + or – to select one of the options, then [...]

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    25 Playback (V CR) Basic setup (V CR) Basic setup (V CR)/ Playback (V CR) T o ADD/DELETE channels 1 Press V CR MENU . Press SET + or – to select “CH SETUP”, then press ENTER . 2 Press SET + or – to select the “ ADD/DELETE” and press ENTER . 3 T o Add or Delete channels 1) Press Direct channel selection buttons (0–9) or SET +/– to se[...]

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    26 Playback (V CR) Cassette tape playback T o play a pr e-recorded tape . Pla yback Re wind or forwar d the tape Preparation: T urn ON the TV and select the corresponding video input. Press V CR DVD selector to select the V CR mode. (The V CR mode indicator will light). • • 1 Load a pre-r ecorded tape (When loading a cassette tape without the e[...]

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    27 Playback (V CR) Press CLOCK/COUNTER . The clock and tape counter alternate with each other in the display windo w . COUNTER CLOCK Press VC R DV D selector . The D VD mode and the VCR mode alternate with each other in the display . D VD mode V CR mode Notes: If you r ewind the tape be yond “00:00”, a minus sign (“–”) will be display ed [...]

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    28 28 Recording (V CR) Preparation: T urn ON the TV and select to the corresponding video input. Press V CR DVD selector to select the V CR mode. (The V CR mode indicator will light.) • • 1 Load a cassette tape with the erase pr ev ention tab intact. The D VD/V CR will automatically turn on. • 2 Press SP/SLP to select the desired tape speed S[...]

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    29 29 Recording (V CR) 1 Load a cassette tape with the erase pr ev ention tab intact. The VCR will automatically turn on. • 2 Press SP/SLP to select the desired tape speed SP or SLP . The tape counter and “SP” or “SLP” will appear on the screen f or about 4 seconds. • 3 Set “TV” or “C ABLE” option to the appropriate position 24 [...]

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    30 Recording (V CR)/Other functions (V CR) W eekly (e.g. WKL - TU: each T uesda y) or daily (e.g. MO-SA: Monday to Saturda y) Timer recording Follo w the procedure of timer r ecording on page 29 . At step 3 , press SET + or – r epeatedly until the desired setting appears. Then press ENTER . When you pr ess SET – repeatedly , the DA TE indicator[...]

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    31 Other functions (V CR) Preparation: T urn ON the TV and select the corresponding video input. Press V CR DVD selector to select the VCR mode . (The V CR mode indicator will light.) Load a cassette tape with the erase pr ev ention tab intact. Load a pre viously recorded tape into the playback VCR or Camcorder . • • • • 1 Press SP/SLP to s[...]

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    32 Playback (D VD) 1 Press ON/S T ANDB Y . The D VD/V CR turns on. • 2 Press V CR/DVD to select the D VD mode. The D VD indicator will light. • 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE . The disc tra y opens. • 4 Place a disc on the disc tra y . With the playback side do wn There are tw o different disc siz es. Place the disc in the correct guide on the disc tra y[...]

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    33 Playback (D VD) Press REV or FWD during pla yback. REV : Fast r ev erse pla yback FWD: Fast f orward pla yback Each time you pr ess REV or FWD , the playback speed changes. • ■ T o resume normal playback Press PLA Y . Notes: The D VD/V CR mutes sound and subtitles during reverse and forwar d scan of D VD/V CD/Audio CD discs. The playback spe[...]

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    34 Playback (D VD) VCD Progr am pla yback 1 Press PLA Y MODE during stop mode. 2 Press ▲ / ▼ to select “Mode”, then press ENTER repeatedly to select “Program”. 3 Press ◀ / ▶ to select the programming position. Use Number buttons (0–9) to input the track numbers. If you input a wr ong number , press CLEAR . • 4 Press ◀ / ▶ to[...]

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    35 Playback (D VD) VCD Random pla yback 1 Press PLA Y MODE during playback or stop mode . 2 Press ▲ / ▼ to select “Mode”, then press ENTER repeatedly to select “Random”. 3 Press PLA Y . The Random Pla yback will start. If you set “Random” during pla yback mode, Random pla yback will begin after the track that is currently being pla [...]

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    36 Playback (D VD) 1 Press SUB TITLE repeatedly during pla yback until your desir ed language is selected. 2 T o turn off the subtitle, pr ess SUBTITLE until “Off ” appears. The on screen displa y will disappear after a fe w seconds. • Notes: Depending on the D VD , you may not be able to change subtitles, or to turn subtitles on or off . Whi[...]

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    37 Playback (D VD) MP3/WMA/JPEG/DivX ® and Audio CD operation This play er can pla yback the MP3/WMA/JPEG/DivX ® -data which has been recorded on CD-R or CD-R W . T o produce the MP3/ WMA/JPEG/DivX ® -data, y ou need a Window s-PC with CD-RW driv e and a MP3/WMA/JPEG/DivX ® -encoding Softw are (not supplied). The Apple-HF S-Sy stem cannot be pl[...]

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    38 Playback (D VD) CD MP3/WMA CD and Audio CD pla yback 1 Place an Audio CD or a disc on which MP3 or WMA files hav e been recorded onto the disc tr a y . 2 A file brow ser screen will appear on the screen. 3 Press ▲ / ▼ to select the desired file . In case the current directory includes more than 8 files, press ▲ or ▼ to scr oll in the fil[...]

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    39 Playback (D VD) 1 In the file brow ser , press ◀ / ▶ / ▲ / ▼ to select “R epeat” in stop mode. Folder-1 Folder-2 MP3-1 MP3-2 MP3-3 Select Files Repeat :Off Mode :Off 2 Press ENTER repeatedly to select “T rack” or “ All”. Folder-1 Folder-2 MP3-1 MP3-2 MP3 3 Select Files Repeat :T rack Mode :Off 3 Press PLA Y . The unit automat[...]

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    40 Playback (D VD) CD Random pla yback (CD) 1 In the file brow ser , press ◀ / ▶ / ▲ / ▼ to select “Mode” in stop mode. Folder-1 Folder-2 MP3-1 MP3-2 MP3 - 3 Select Files Repeat :Off Mode :Off 2 Press ENTER to select “Random”. Folder-1 Folder-2 MP3-1 MP3-2 MP3 - 3 Select Files Repeat :Off Mode :Random 3 Press PLA Y . The Random pla [...]

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    41 F unction setup (D VD) F unction setup (D VD) Playback (D VD) DVD VCD CD Setting procedur e 1 Press SETUP in stop mode. The follo wing on-screen displa y appears. • Parental : Off Set Passw ord Output : Interlace DivX(R) V OD DRC : Off QSound : On E.B.L. : Off TV Screen : 4:3 Display : On Picture Mode : Auto JPEG Interval : 5 Seconds Screen Sa[...]

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    42 F unction setup (D VD) ■ Screen Sav er The screen sa ver operates when y ou leave the unit in D VD stop mode for appr o x. five minutes. The D VD VIDEO logo moves r andomly on the screen. Off: Screen Sa ver function is in v alidated. On: Screen Sa ver function is made eff ective. ■ Display On screen displa y can be switched on or off when y [...]

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    43 F unction setup (D VD) Notes: The parental control le vel is equiv alent to the following USA movie r atings. Le vel 1: G Le vel 5: Le vel 2: Le vel 6: R Le vel 3: PG Le vel 7: NC-17 Le vel 4: PG-13 Lev el 8: The parental control le vels f or other countries/area than U .S. are included f or future use. Check the appropriate parental control le [...]

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    44 Others Language code list Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings “Menu”, “Subtitle” and/or “ Audio” 41 . Language Name Code Language Name Code Language Name Code Language Name Code Abkhazian 1112 Fiji 1620 Lingala 2224 Singhalese 2919 Afar 1111 Finnish 1619 Lithuanian 2230 Slo vak 2921 Afrikaans 1116 F rench 1628 [...]

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    45 Others Symptoms Solutions P age D VD/V CR D VD/V CR does not operate. Make sur e the power cor d is plugged in. T ry another AC outlet. Unplug unit, then plug it back in. Select the D VD or VCR mode bef ore operating. • • • • 5 – 5 26, 32 No picture. Antenna connection is not correct or antenna cable is disconnected. The video channel [...]

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    46 Others Speci fi cations This model complies with the abov e specifications. Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice. This model may not be compatible with f eatures and/or specifications that ma y be added in the future . • • • General P ow er supply A C 120 V 60 Hz P ow er consumption Operation: 18 W , Stand by: 2[...]

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    47 Others F or T oshiba Brand D VD Play ers, D VD Recor ders, D VD/V CR Combo Pla y ers and P or table D VD Play ers T oshiba of Canada Limited (“ TC L ”) makes the follo wing limited warr anties to original consumers in Canada. THESE LIMITED W ARRANTIES EXTEND T O THE ORIGINAL CONSUMER PURCHASER OR ANY PER SON RECEIVING THIS T OSHIBA BRAND D V[...]

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    48 Others Y OU MUST READ AND FOLLO W ALL SET -UP AND USA GE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE APPLICABLE USER GUIDES AND/OR MANU ALS. IF Y OU F AIL T O DO SO , THIS PLA YER MA Y NOT FUNC TION PROPERL Y AND Y OU MA Y SUFFER D AMA GE. THIS W ARRANTY WILL NO T COVER ANY SER VICE THA T IS REQUIRED , IN P AR T OR IN WHOLE, AS A RESUL T OF ANY F AILURE T O FOLLO W THE[...]

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