Medion MD 80137 manual

MD 80137 Digi t a l D VD Re c ord e r a nd P la y er Us er’s Ma nu al © 2004 Medion®. All rights r eserved.[...]

This symbol alerts the user that ther e are import ant oper ating and maint enance instructions in the lit er ature re ga rd ing this unit. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NO T REMOVE C OVER. NO USER -SERVICEABLE PA RT S INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. 2 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s [...]

3 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual IMPORT ANT SAFET Y INS TRUC TIONS IMPOR T ANT S AF ETY INSTR UCTIONS Caution READ THE SAFET Y AND OPERA TING INSTRUCTIONS before oper ating your DVD video recor der and r etain the inst ructions for f uture use. FOLL OW INSTRUCTIONS AND HEED ALL WARNINGS on the D VD video r ecorder and i[...]

10. The pr oduct should be placed well awa y f rom an y he at sourc e such as a r adiator , he ater , stov e, or an y electr ical home applianc e that pr oduces he at . Oper ation/Cle aning 1. K eep your DVD video r ecorder aw ay f ro m stron g magnetic objects. 2. Keep your DVD video r ecorder awa yf ro m humid locations, such as bathtub , sink, l[...]

Ser vice 1. Do not att empt to fix this DVD video re corder your self , ple ase unplug it and cont act C ustomer Car e. 2. Mak e sure the te chnician uses manuf act ur er-r ecommended parts f or r eplacement. Substitutions ma y c ause fire , electr ic al shock, or other ha zardous situat ions. 3. Be sur e the technici an perfor ms a comple te saf e[...]

Groundin g the An tenn a S ystem If an outside antenna is connected to this equipment, be sur e the antenna s ystem is grounded in or der to pro vide some prot ection against voltag e sur ges. Disc Use 1. T ak e out the disc as shown to the r ight. Hold the edge and center of the disc. Don’t touch the var nis h side as this ma y damag e the infor[...]

Co nt e nt s 7 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual contents Important Saf ety Instructions . . . . . .3 Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Installat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Oper ation/Cle aning . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 L aser R adiation . .[...]

8 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual contents Gener al Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Enterin g the Setup Menu . . . . . . . .33 How to Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 S ystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 V ideo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

9 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Th an kY ou… …f or Choosing This Pr oduct! Welcome to the latest in t elevision te chnolo gy . Y our new DVD r ecor der fe atures e asy-to- use, on-scr een men us and closed c aption c apabilities - all in a spac e-sa ving desi gn. Quite simply , you’v e sele cted one of the best p[...]

Compatibility •R ecordable Disc T ypes This unit c an r ecord to D VD+R and DVD+RW discs. Recorded discs ma y not be play able on all con ventional D VD player s. •P lay able Disc and Media T ypes D VD V ideo, S VCD , DVD+RW , DVD+R, CD-R, DVD-RW , DVD-R, CD-RW , Audio CD , MP3, and JPEG. Recommendations f or Op tim al Picture Quality The unit [...]

11 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Pa nels a nd C onnection s Front P anel VIDEO: Co mposite video in f or r ecording f rom e xter nal video equipment suc h as a c amcor der . AUDIO L/R: St andar d ster eo sound connections f or re cordin g fr om exter nal equipment such as a c amcorder . “L ” stands for “left” a[...]

12 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Ba sic (Composite) Connection Ple ase unplug all devic es fr om the power outlet bef ore mak ing or c hanging connections. This chart shows the basic connect ions necess ary f or using y our DVD r ecor der with a T V . Other types of connections ar e shown on t he f ollowing pag es. Bef[...]

This DVD r ecor der is equipped with a st andard composite (AV) video co nnect ion, S-Video connection, and component (YPBPR/ Y CBCR) video input. Compo nent pr ovides the best picture si gnal, but is not available on all TVs. S-Video pr ovides e x cellent quality , but not as good as component. Composite video pro vides good video quality , but it[...]

Other T V Connections S-Video and C omponent Video connections ca rry only the video si gnal, not audio. To he ar sound when usin g either of these connections, you will also need to make a separ ate audio connection. Y ou c an do this by connecting the r ed and whit e portions of the AV cable but NOT the yellow port ion. This will play ster eo sou[...]

S-V ideo There ar e 2 sets of S- Video connectors f or co nnection with a T V , mo nitor , V CR or other device . Co nnect one end of the S- Video cable to the S- Video out connect ion on the back of the D VD r ecorder , and connect the other end to the S-V ideo in jack on your TV . Co mponent Video Co nnect the component cable (g re en, blue, and [...]

16 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual AV Amplifier/Receiv er Connection The followin g connections ar e shown as an e xample only . Ple ase choose the correct connections f or your equipment. For ex ample, you s hould use either an analog or a digit al audio connection – not bot h. If you are using a di git al connectio n[...]

17 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Connec t to Other V ideo Inputs Co nnect a DV Camcor der To re cord fr om a DV c amcorder , connect the A UDIO/VIDEO OUTPUT fr om the DV camcor der to the DVD r ecor der’s AUDIO/VIDEO INPUT on the f ront p anel. Co nnect a VCR or DVD Pla yer To re cord fr om a VCR or ge ner al DVD pla[...]

18 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Tips 1. Most c ables and A V conne ctor s on your equipment follow a standar d color code. Observing this color code can be very helpf ul when connecting your A V equipment. 2. We ha ve pr ovided many differe nt optio ns f or audio and video connections so that you can choose the be st [...]

Co nt rol B u t t ons a nd Dis p la y Fr ont P anel Butt ons 1. ST ANDB Y/ON: Puts the unit in and out of st andby mode. 2. OPEN/CL OSE  : Opens and closes disc tr ay . 3. PREV  : Jump to the pr evious c hapter . 4. STOP  : S top playb ack/r ecording. 5. PLA Y  : Plays the current disc. 6. P AUSE  : P ause normal pla yback or pause r[...]

Remot e Con trol Be fo re using the remot e contr ol, put 2 AAA batteri es into the battery compartment. Ple ase mak e sure the +/- ter minals are placed corr ectly , followi ng the instructions printed in the batt ery compartment. Point the remot e control at the r emote r eceiver on the DVD r ecor der . 20 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play[...]

Remote Co ntr ol Buttons 1. OPEN/CL OSE Open or close disc tr ay . 2. MUTE Mute the sound output. 3. ANGLE If DVD movie cont ains multi-angle content, use this button to choose the differ ent viewing angles of the play back. 4. CH VOL Adjust the volu me of analog audio. 5. CH Select TV c hannel. 6. PROGRAM Progr am playb ack of the disc (Ple ase re[...]

 Ple ase don’t use dif fer ent br ands or types of batteries tog ether . Don’t use a new and an old batt ery together .  If you f ind the r emote dist ance is r educed, ple ase chang e both batteries at the s ame t ime.  If the DVD recor der won’t be oper ated for an extended per iod, r emove the b atteries fr om the remot e control.[...]

Ba sic P la y b a ck F unc tion s Pr epar ation:  See pag es 11–17 for connection dia gr ams.  Co nnect the DVD Recor der to the TV , turn on the TV power , and select the proper input on your TV (e.g., “A V”).  If connect ing to an audio system, ple ase tu rn the audio system on and make sur e that it is connected corr ectly .  T[...]

24 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Sta r t Playback 1. Press OPEN/CL OSE  to open the disc tr a y . 2. Put t he disc on the disc tr ay in the proper position and then close the disc t r ay 3. Press the PLAY  but ton to play the disc.  Some menu selectio ns work only w hile the disc is being pla yed.  In PBC p[...]

P ause/S tep Ex cept f or movies on CD , videos c an be play ed fr ame-by-fr ame. 1. Press P AUSE  to pause the pictu re . While paused, press STEP | |  to advanc e to the next f r ame. 2. Press PLA Y  to re sume normal playbac k. F ast F orwar d/Rewind DVD 1. Press FWD  or REV  to speed up pla yb ack. Pressin g the button multiple t[...]

26 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Dis c P la y b a c k O S D (On Scre e n Dis p la y) The OSD pro vides useful inf o rm ation about the disc that is curr ently being pla yed, as well as quic k access to commonly used menus. D VD Pla yback OSD Press DISPLA Y on the remot e control to show the f ollowin g OSD informat ion[...]

27 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual VCD/Audio CD Pla yback OSD Press DISPLA Y on the remote control to show the following OSD infor mation: P BC MODE, TRA CK, TIME, & AUDIO CHANNEL SELECTION. 1. Use the  buttons to select the it em you would like to chang e. 2. Use the  buttons to cy cle through the a v ai[...]

28 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Ad v a nced P la y b a ck F unc tion s Repea t Pla yback Repe at play back lets you se lect a sect ion of your disc to play in an endless loop. D VD/V CD/Audio CD Press 1/ALL on the r emote contr ol to access the r epe at f unction. Pr ess it multiple times to cycle thr ough the a vaila[...]

29 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Pr ogr am Pla ylists JPEG file Pla y List Edit ing Follow these steps while pla ying a CD-R containin g JPG files, 1. Place your CD-R disc in the recor der , press PLAY  ke y, a file list menu will appe ar: 2. Move cursor to desir ed JPG file usin g  key s , press PLA Y  ke [...]

30 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual MP3 and CD pla ybac k 1. Place disc into y our recor der , press PLA Y  ke y, a f ile list menu will appe ar . 2. Move cursor to desir ed MP3 or music file using  keys , press PLA Y  ke y t o play this file immediat ely . E dit MP3 / CD pla y list 1. Move cursor to desir ed [...]

Chan ge Audio Lan gua ge If a DVD h as more than one audio lan guage , press AUDIO to c hange between them. Press AUDIO mult iple times to cycle thr ough a v ailable audio languages.  Some audio languag es can be only be sele ct ed fr om the DVD menu and c an not be chan ged with the SUB- T button. A udio langua ge av ailability depends on the d[...]

32 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Bookm ark Memor y This unit supports 5 separ ate stored bookmarks for the disc curr ently in the D VD re corder . When you remo ve the disc fr om the re corde r, the bookmarks are lost. Cre ate Bookmark 1. While play ing a disc, press BOOKMARK at the point you wish to bookmark. The Book[...]

Gene ra l Setup En terin g the Set up Menu Press SETUP on your re mote contr ol to enter the setup menu.  If you pr ess SETUP durin g playb ack, pla yback will pause. It will r esume w hen you exit the Setup menu. How t o Set up 1. Press SETUP to enter the setup menu. 2. Use the  buttons to mak e a selection and pr ess  to enter into th[...]

34 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Video There ar e four it ems that c an be set f rom the V ideo menu: TV Input, Channel Scan, Add/Del C hannel and Scr een Format. 1. TV Input – Select CA TV if you ha ve c able television, otherwise choose TV if the unit is connected to an antenna. 2. Channel Scan – Select STAR T to[...]

3. MPEG *P C M: Recorder can output PC M data and pla y the s ame audio for mat as on CDs. Additionally , 2-channel analog audio will output f rom the amplif ier’s audio output jac ks. *B itstr e am: Recor der outputs r aw dat a of Dolby® Di gital soundtr a cks 4. Sampling F req. – This DVD r ecor der pr ov ides selections of 48KHz and 96KHz S[...]

Record 1. Record Quality – This r ecor der supports 5 recor ding modes: HQ (High Quality), SP (Short Pla y), LP (Lon g Play), EP (Extended Pla y), and SLP (Super L ong Pla y). This c an also be chang ed by usin g the QUALIT Y but ton on the r emote contr ol 2. Auto Chap ter – When recor ding a new chapt er will be cre ated after a c ertain t im[...]

Prep a rin g Dis cs for Re c ording Compatible Discs •R ecordable Disc T ypes This unit c an r ecord to D VD+R and DVD+RW dis cs. Ple ase see “Disc T ypes” below . • Play able Disc and Media T ypes D VD V ideo Commerci al “Hollywood” DVD movies. SV CD Super VCD . A f ormat f or video s av ed on CD. Usually used in Asia. D VD+RW D VD for[...]

38 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Sc hedul ed Di s c Re c ording Scheduling a Recor din g Y ou c an schedule up to 8 diff erent pr ogr ams with your DVD r ecorder . 1. Make sur e that the corr ect ti me and date are set on your DVD r ecorder . 2. Place an initi alized DVD+R or D VD+RW disc in the DVD re corder . 3. Pres[...]

39 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual St op an In-Proc ess Scheduled Recordin g While the r ecord is pr oceeding, pr ess STOP  to stop r ecor ding and go to DVD mode, or pre ss POWER to stop recor ding and go to st and-by status. Recordin g Quality Y ou c an r ecord discs using f ive dif fer ent quality le vels. The high[...]

40 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Tr oubleshootin g Sc heduled Recor dings Y our DVD recor der will not be able to pe rform the sc heduled r ecordin g if: 1. No disc loaded. 2. The disc is writ e-prot ected. 3. The disc is not the corr ect f ormat (DVD+R or DVD+RW). 4. The disc alre ady contains 49 t itles. This is the [...]

41 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Man u al Di sc Rec ordin g 1. Place an initi alized DVD+R or DVD+RW dis c in the DVD recor der (see p. 38). 2. Select the channel you w ant to recor d. 3. Press MONITOR on the remot e to switch to e xtern al input mode. 4. Press SOUR CE to select the input sour ce th at you want to reco[...]

42 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Rec ordin g f rom Ext ern a l Devices Y ou c an r ecord the si gnal fr om e xtern al devices, suc h as a VCR, video camcor der (V8, Hi8), or DVD pla yer onto DVDs usin g your DVD r ecor der . 1. Ple ase conf irm the ext ernal de vice is pr operly connect ed to t he DVD re corder . See t[...]

43 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual editin g discs Edi tin g Dis cs Under disc title menu, pr ess EDIT ke y to enter edit menu: Prot ect and Unprot ect Title Prot ect and unprot ect selected disc t itle. Move cursor to “Prot ect T itle” menu, pr ess ENTER k ey to pr oceed to pr otect t itle. T o unprot ect a title, f [...]

44 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Er ase Title (DVD+RW only) Move cursor to “Er ase Title” menu, Press ENTER k ey to confir m, and wait for 15 to 18 seconds for the t itle to er ase. During pla yb ack, press EDIT k ey to enter edit menu: Insert Chapt er If “ Auto Chapt er” at Recor d menu has been activ ated, e [...]

45 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Hide Chap t er All titles c an be play ed under ge ner al setup. Y ou c an hide specific ch apters as desired. 1. During f ilm playb ack, pr ess EDIT on re mote contr ol shows edit menu. 2. Press ENTER on “Hide C hapter” to confir m and complete setup. If you want to view the hidden[...]

46 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual T roubl eshoo tin g This section includes po ssible solut ions to common pro blems that you ma y e xperience with your DVD recor der . tr oubleshoot in g DV Dr ecorder displays “HELL O” after the power is turned on, but no funct ions c an be used. Primary setup has not been complete[...]

47 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual tr oubleshoot in g Unwant ed mosaic - like displa y dur ing play back. Poor disc. Video CD (MPEG1). Replace disc. Play back with DVD format. No sound. DVD player is set to slow or f ast play back. Audio terminals ar e not connect ed. TV v olume is too low . Wron g AUDIO OUTPUT se tting.[...]

48 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual tr oubleshoot in g The DVD r ecor der is connected to the te levision via a VCR. C annot f ast scan during pla ybac k of D VD movie. Some discs may ha ve sections whic h prohibit skip or sc an oper ations b y users. None. E dited t itles/chapter s do not show up when play ed on another [...]

49 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual V ideo appe ars on screen, but flick ers, f ades or is distorted D VD r ecor der is in PA L mode. Press the NTSC/P AL button on the re mote contr ol to switch to NTSC or NTSC Progr essive Scan mode (see pag e 32). tr oubleshoot in g Scheduled r ecordin g did not work. No disc loaded. Th[...]

50 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual Addi ti on al Inform a t ion Re gional Code This DVD r ecor der is designed and manuf actur ed to r espond to the Region Manage ment Infor mation r ecorded on a D VD disc. If the re gion number descr ibed on the DVD disc does not corr espond to the r egio n number of this DVD r ecor de [...]

51 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual additional inf ormat ion Glossar y Chapt er : Chapt ers ar e sections of titles. Not ev ery title h as ch apters. Component In terlace: Av e r yh i g h lev el of video output that displays alt ernate lines of a video f r ame on e ach p ass (e.g., ev en lines, then odd lines). Component [...]

52 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual warr ant y Wa r r a n t y MEDION war r ants to our customers th at this product is fr ee fr om defects in mat erials and workmanship as f ollows: for a period of one (1) ye ar fr om the date of original pur chase , defect ive pa rts or a defectiv e produc tr eturned to a MEDION r epair [...]

53 MD 80137 Digit al DVD Recor der and Play er User’s Manual warr ant y do not allow the e x clusion or limitat ion of incident al or consequential d amages, so the above limit ation or e x clusion may not apply to you. THE WARRANT Y TERMS CONTAINED IN THIS S TA TEMENT , EX CEPT AS LAWFULL Y PERMITTED , DO NOT EXCL UDE, RESTRICT OR MODIFY AND ARE[...]