Dolby Laboratories Personal Video Recorder manual

Page 1 of 46 P ersonal V ideo R ecorder User Manual Hard Disk Recorder and DVD Player Please read the manua l in detail before using the unit. WARNING: AVOID THE EXPOSING THE UNIT TO WATER OR MOISTURE TO PREVENT THE POS SIBILITY OF FIRE OR EL ECTRICAL S HOCK.[...]

Page 2 of 46 WARNINGS The lightning flash with arrowhead, within an equilateral triangle, is intended toalert the user to the presence of uninsulate "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute risk of electric shock to persons . The exclamation point w ithin an equilateral tria[...]

Page 3 of 46 SAFETY INS TR UCTIONS READ INSTRUCTIONS-All safety and operating instructions should be read before the product is operated. RETAIN INSTRUCTIONS-The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. HEED WARNINGS-All warnings on the product and in the ooperating instructions should be adhered to. FOLLOW INSTR U[...]

Page 4 of 46 SAFETY INS TRUCTIO N S DAMAGE REQUIRING SERVICE Immediately unplug the productfrom thewall outlet or other power source and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: a)When the power cord or plug isdamaged. b)If liquid has been spilled, or objectshave fallen into the product. c)If the product has be[...]

Page 5 of 46 INDEX 1 Warnings 2 2 Safety instruct ions 3 3 P V R introd uction 6 4 Remot e control 7 5 Fr ont panel an d disp la y 9 6 System connections 10 7 Ma in menu a n d front pa nel b u tt ons 13 8 DVD from t he remote cont ro l 14 9 DVD Setup menu operation 23 10 Playing MP3 and JPEG images 29 11 Playin g MP3 and JPEG si multan eousl y 31 1[...]

Page 6 of 46 INTRODUCTI ON ACCESS ORIES: 1. Unit. 2. Remote control. 3. Batteri es. 4. Cabl e. Thank you fo r choosing our PVR which co uld become the entertainm ent cen ter of your family. This product has two channe l AV input, and SV IDEO , SCART input, TV receiv er, DOLBY PROLOGIC, DOLBY PROLOGIC 2 fu nction. For t he sophisticated o peration o[...]

Page 7 of 46 REMOTE CONTRO L: How to put the batteries in the remote control Removing the cover opens the battery compartment. Insert the batteries –type AAA- into the remote co ntrol accordi ng to the indicate d polarit y. - If t h e e ff ect iv en ess of the remote control diminishes c onsiderably, it is proba ble t hat the batte ries a re worn[...]

Page 8 of 46 REMOTE CONTRO L: 6. NUMBER K EYS: choose spe cific chapter, subt itle, track directly( n ote : not al l dis c s suppor t th is functio n) you can choose the TV channel in the state of tv. 7. RESUME: continue from wher e it stopped las t time. 8. STEP: play one frame by o ne frame. 9. SLOW: play in slow step. 10. SETUP: e nter or exit t[...]

Page 9 of 46 FRONT PANEL AND DISPLAY 1. Standby. 2. DVD Tr ay. 3. Rece iving sensor f or the remote co ntrol. 4. VFD D IS PLA Y . 5. Indicator light. 6. Butt on to op en , to cl ose, to veri fy sel ection (OPEN/CLOSE/ENTER). 7. PLAY / S 8. STOP / T 9. PAUSE (Setup).[...]

Page 10 of 46 SYSTEM CONNECTIONS 1. Output connec tions : a. Connection: CVBS, Euroconector (SCART), S-videotape, Y Cb/Pb Cr/P r. NOTE: it is not possib le to connect the SCART and CVBS simulta ne ously, because t his would affect to the display quality. b. Connection s tereo: conn ection f or speakers right front and left front. c. Digital connect[...]

Page 11 of 46 SYSTEM CONNECTIONS 2. CONNECTIONS FOR 5.1. 3. POSITION AND ANGLE OF THE SPEAKERS Main Spea kers Surround Speakers Subwoofer Surround Speakers[...]

Page 12 of 46 SYSTEM CONNECTIONS 4. INPUT CONNECTIONS: Inputs: input AV1, in put AV2 (SCART ), inpu t S-videotape, inp ut RF. NOTE: if using the S-v ide o input the audio inp u t A V1, AV2 and SCART cannot be connected at the same time.[...]

Page 13 of 46 MAIN MENU AND FR ONT PANEL BUTTONS MAIN MENU Using. ST To move cursor, X or ENTER button to enter submenu, press ENTER to confirm or press W to return to the previous menu Ch oose playing DVD t o enter DVD pl ay mode, and then you can operat e relevant functio ns. Choose Sma rt Navi to enter the hard disc. You can choo s e playing of [...]

Page 14 of 46 DVD IN STR U C T IO N R E MO TE C ONT RO L O P ER AT IO N Press this button t o turn the m achine on or to standby. When the machine is playing a disc. Press the PAUSE to pause the playing. Press this button again, the machine resumes playing disc. Press this bu tton to open the disc d oor and then you can put in or take out t he disc[...]

Page 15 of 46 DVD FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL When a DVD is p laying, press the OSD button twice to show the t ime remaining on the disk. When a DVD is playing, press the button OSD three times to show the playing time of the chapters. When a DVD is playing, press the button OSD four times to show the remaining time of the chapters. When a DVD is playi[...]

Page 16 of 46 DVD FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL When an Mp3 disc is played, th e playing time of a single song is shown automatically. When an MP3 disc is pl ayed, press OSD to show the rest time of the single song. Pre ss N /P to sw it ch Vi deo O utput between PAL, NTSC and MULTI TV type. Press LANGUAGE t o choose the spoken lang uage if yo u r d isc h[...]

Page 17 of 46 DVD FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL PROGRAM (PROGRAMMING): P r oced ures for program ming when DVD, SVCD, CVD, VCD dis cs are played: 1. Make PBC off. 2. Press PROGRAM button and enter the chapter or song with number keys. PROGRAM P00:00 shows on the upper left of the screen. (The first number P00:00 shows the play order of the song, and the [...]

Page 18 of 46 DVD FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL Press MENU to enter the menu after STOP is pressed if it is a CD disc. Choice 1: INTRO; Each song will be played for 9s. When you r wanted song is played, press number keys to play the song wholly. Choice 4: Exit from the menu. Press STOP , then press MENU to go back to INTRO to re- choose songs. SELECTION [...]

Page 19 of 46 DVD FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL Press the PBC button again to make sure that the function is activated and press the button MENU to return to the menu. A-B: Choose the starting point of A by pressing the button A-B once. Choose the end point of B by pressi ng the button TO-B twice. The part from A to B will repeated. Cancel the fu nction [...]

Page 20 of 46 DVD FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL Press the button once REPEAT to repeat the S VCD, CVD, Videotap e CD, CD, and MP3. VOL- + Press the button REPEAT twice to repeat the SVCD, CVD, VCD, CD and MP3. Press the bu tton REPEAT three ti mes to cancel. ZOOM Press the button ZOOM to enlarge the image 1.5x, 2x, 3x and normal size. Use the direction k[...]

Page 21 of 46 DVD FROM THE REMOTE CONTROL L/R: Press L/R button repeatedly and the audio mode will move AUDIO 1, AUDI02, AUDIO 1 VOCAL, AUD102 VOCAL (for DVD), within LEFTVOCAL, RIGHT VOCAL,MONO LEFT, MONO - RIGHT, STEREO(for VCD). If the disc has two sound language, you can use this but ton to s elect one . FB/F F: FB/FF Choose 2X, 4X, 6X and 8 X [...]

Page 22 of 46 REMOTE CONTROL INSTRUCTIONS DIRECT IONAL KEYS: PLAYING FRAME BY FRAME: Playing a disk frame by frame. SLOW MOTION Slow the playing speed , i n the case gives of a DVD by 2x, 4x and 8x and in the case of SVCD, CVD and VCD by 1x, 2x and 3x. RESUME: Resumes the pl aying of SVCD, CVD, VCD and CD from the memory stop mode. CURSOR CONTROL: [...]

Page 23 of 46 DVD SETUP MENU - SET MENU MAIN PA GE In the main page you can select general setup, speak er setup, audio setup, preferences & PVR c o ntrol -GENERAL SETUP DISPLAYING FO RMAT SETUP Set 4:3 pan scan, 4:3 letterbox, 16: 9 panoramic. Note – this moved to pref erences -PICTURE MODE You will be able to choose among the different form[...]

Page 24 of 46 DVD SETUP MENU REAR SPEAKER -SCREEN SAVER If the unit is without a pictur e for more than one minute, screensaver will operate to pr otect the screen. Choose ON to activate this function (default is OFF - disabl ed). -SPEAKER SETUP 5.1 CHANN ELS & STEREO LT/RT: mixes the l eft & right channels and transfers it then to the l ef[...]

Page 25 of 46 DVD SETUP MENU -TEST TONE Tests if all the speakers are connected correctl y. -AUDIO OUT You can choose between: Anal og, RAW, digital and digital PCM. -OUTPUT MODE You can choose between two: linea r & radio frequency. -DUAL MONO STEREO: standard output. L-mono : transf ers the lef t channel to the left and right channels. R-m o [...]

Page 26 of 46 DVD SETUP MENU PRO LOGIC II MODE This option allows selection o f: Logic, Virtual, Music, Movie an d Matrix. PRO LOGIC II CONTROL PANORAMA Activate (ON) or disable (OFF) the way CENTRE WIDTH This option allows selection and control. DIMENSION This option allo ws selection of central width from 0 at 4. SUBWOOFER FILTER Adjust from 3 to[...]

Page 27 of 46 DVD SETUP MENU SURROUND COHERENCE Activate (ON) or disable (OFF) this option. LPCM OUTPUT Choose 48k or 96k. PREFERENCES TV TYPE SETU P Select PAL, NTSC or MULTI. (If the TV is PAL, sele ct PAL; if it is only NTSC, select NTSC; if the TV accepts both select MULTI - if it is a PAL DVD, PAL will be output, if the disk i s NTSC, NTSC wil[...]

Page 28 of 46 DVD SETUP MENU DISC MENU SMART NAVIGATION Choose the language for the menu. Note: the disk mus t support this function. LOCALE Each country has different standards of paternal control Select the option for your country. PARENTERAL There are eight levels of restriction of access. The password by default i s 3308 Note: the disk must sup[...]

Page 29 of 46 MP3 AND JPEG Playing of MP3 and JPEG when the NO MENU option is s elected. Press PLAY when the player has read the disc. When playing, us er can only press previous, Nex t or 0-9, +10 numeric button to choose song s. Press Stop , previous appears. Cannot use STWX to choose songs, and use only 0 -9, +10 to p la y. (e.g. song or picture[...]

Page 30 of 46 MP3 AND JPEG DISC: play songs or pictur es of all folders DISC REP: repeat playing all songs or pictures of all folders. DISC SCAN: every song w ill play 10 for seconds (pictures can not play when in this mode.). SINGLE PLAYI NG: stop playing when songs played, and rep eat playing when pictur e play ed. Press S HUFFLE key to se lect r[...]

Page 31 of 46 PLAYING MP3 AND JPEG SIMULTANEOUSLY When the images and the songs are in the same folder Operation I: playing begins from the first song and continue s until the e nd of the images. If the disk has JPE G and MPEG files, press ST to choose JPEG. Press STEP to open the music ba ckground (the OSD will show (MUSIC SLIDE SHOW) and press EN[...]

Page 32 of 46 PLAYING MP3 AND JPEG SIMULTANEOUSLY When music & pictures are in the same folders. When playing pictures and mu sic, if the pictu res can not play ov er the music, press PAUSE once to pause the pictures but the mu sic will continu e playing. Press PAUSE a second time and music & pictures will stop pl aying Press PA USE a thir [...]

Page 33 of 46 TUNING TV CHANNELS SCAN CHANNELS 1. Select the option PVR CONTR OL inside the Men u fo r Conf igura tion to carry out the tuning . Remember to configure the correct input format before carrying out this operation. 2. Select the option TUNE R CONTROL. 3. The previous option offers two possibilities. Select AUTOSCAN and ENTER to confirm[...]

Page 34 of 46 TIME AND DISPLAY SETTING TIME SETTIN G: Steps: 1 . S e le ct PVR Co ntrol in t he SETUP menu. 2. Choose CLOCK SETUP 3.Enter the year, month, day, hour and minute through the numeric keys. Note: The screen will show an error if the da ta is not co rre ct. 4.Confirm the information to leave thi s screen. Choose th e option C ANCEL if yo[...]

Page 35 of 46 TIMER RE CORDING TO PROGRAM TIME RECORDING This function sets the recorder to record unattend ed at so me preset time. Steps 1. Press the button SETUP ME NU and select MAIN PAGE, then select PVR Control. And press EN TER. 2. Select PROGRAM SETUP and t hen C REA TE REC ORD . 3. Use S T to sel ect the source: (TV-RF, AV1, AV2 SCART, S -[...]

Page 36 of 46 TO EDIT A TIMER RECORDING 3. The unit allows you to see the recording and a DVD at the same ti me. NOTE: a red display will appear in the bottom left corner giving th e state of the recording. 4. After havi ng carried out the changes to the time press, CON FIRM to leave.[...]

Page 37 of 46 TO RECORD A PROGRAM Before time recording a program Before recording, go to PVR CONTROL, select the quality (XP, SP, LP, EP), the time shift mode and the format of the source(AUTO, SECAM). Live recording 1. Fro m the re mote control press the VIDEO IN button to be able to select, AV1, AV2, SCART, S-video or TV. 2. Press REC to begin t[...]

Page 38 of 46 TO RECORD A PROGRAM Recording in the ba ckground Steps: 1. Sele ct LIVE VI DEO in the main menu and e nter CONFIRM. Through the option VIDEO I N select the source. 2. Select SMART NAVI to enter sma rt navi mode and press REC from the remote control to begin the recordi ng in the background. 3. Whilst the background recording is in ope[...]

Page 39 of 46 TO RECORD A PROGRAM B. Recording several MP3s or JPEGs: 1. Press SELECT in the OSD menu during playback of a DVD and select the item. The unit will automatically select one mode. If you want t o sele ct all the file s, press SELECT twice. If you want to leave the select mode press SELECT three times. 2. Afte r carry ing out th e confi[...]

Page 40 of 46 TO RENAME, MOVE/COPY, ERASE A FI LE AND T O VIEW I TS PROPERTI ES Thro ugh t he menu SMA RT NA VI y ou can rename, move, copy, erase files or see its properties. To rename A. From the SMART NAVI menu select the option RENAME (press the button OSD on the remote control) to change the name of a file. Select the CAN CEL to leave. B. From[...]

Page 41 of 46 TO RENAME, M OVE, COPY AND ERAS E C. The recording begins. Press STOP to stop the copying. NOTE: If th ere are no files to c opy, move or delete, the option is not valid. To mov e file s Carry out the same step s as to copy files. To erase files Use T S to sele ct the files that you want to erase. Press OSD on the remote control to se[...]

Page 42 of 46 TO FORMAT, REPAIR AND DEFRAGMENT THE HARD DISK To f or m a t to th e h ar d d i s k 1. Fr om t he con figur ati on me nu choose PVR Control. 2. Select FORMAT DISK from DISK TOOLS. Press W to return or EN TER to format the disk. EXPLANATION: The contents of the disk will be erased after the formatting. To repair a di sk Press ENTER fro[...]

Page 43 of 46 TIMESHIFTING This function allows you to record programs to the hard disk. It can also play, advance, go bac k and pause a recording. Press LIVE TV, to s ee programs i n real time from external sources. Go to the option PVR CONTROL in the configuration menu to se lect the display quali ty that you want for the recording. Four differen[...]

Page 44 of 46 TO CHANGE THE HARD DISK ATTENTION: Before you change the hard disk, you must switch off and unplug the PVR to avoid any possible damage to the hard disk or the circuit. NOTE: You should prep are a new hard disk using FDISK to partition and format it in your PC before installing i t in the PV R. The format must be FAT32 and the hard di[...]

Page 45 of 46 SPECIFICA TIONS General specifications: Voltage: AC90V-260 50/60 Hz Consumption-operate mode - 40 W Consumption-standby mode: less than 2W Size: 430x440x60 mm Weigh: 5 Kg Temperature: 5-40º C Humidity: 15-75% DVD Supports DVD, SVCD, CVD, VCD 1.0/1.1/2.0, YOU C D-GIVES, MP3, KODAK PICTURE CD, CD- R/RW. Output-video: 1.0Vp-p 75 Ohms. O[...]

Page 46 of 46 BASIC FAULT FNDING No sound, No Video: - Check all the ca bles give au dio are connect ed correct ly. It is not possible to use an external source: - Check the input c o nnections. -Check the external so urce . External source errors: - Check the input c ab les are corr ec tly connected . - The source signal is very weak. - The source[...]