Polaroid DVP 500 manual

DVD Player DVP 50 0 Operation Manual[...]

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 Safety Precautions The lighting flash w ith arrowhead symbol, within a triangle, alerts the user to “d angerous voltag e” which could cause electric shock. The ex clamation point within a triangle indicates to the user to read important oper ating and maintenance instru ctions in the manual. NOTES 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these i[...]

- 3 - Features DUAL COMP A T IBILIT Y Support s both “Progressi ve Scan” and “Interlace d” televisions. I MPORT ANT : Ensure th e selection s witch on the back of th e DVD player matches your television type . HIGH QUALITY PROP ERTY 1. Hi gh Resolution Progressi ve scan ning func tion doubles the vertical resolution of a normal DVD player .[...]

 - 4 - A bout Discs DISC LOGO CONTENTS SIZE MAXIMUM TIM E 120min  one side  12cm 240min  two sides  80min  one sid e  DVD Audio + Video (active picture ) 8cm 160min  two si des  12cm 74min CD Audio 8cm 20min MP3 Audio 12cm 600min  The disc manufacturer spe cifies ope ration instructions for some DVD discs. Please refer[...]

- 5 - Part s Intr oductio n Front Panel 1. POWER button -Press to turn on/off the pow er . 2. Di sc tra y -Used to load disc 2. Display p anel -Indicates t he current status of the unit. 4. R emote sensor -Recei ving the signa l f rom the remote control. 5. E JECT button -Press to open/close the disc tray . 6. P LA Y button -Press to b egin the pla[...]

 - 6 - Part s Intr oductio n Display Pan el 1. DVD disc indicator 2. P laying/pause status indicator 3. CD disc indicator 4. D olby double-D mark indicator 5. A ngle indicato r (for DVD discs with multi-angle) 6. M P3 disc indicator 7. R eading status indicator 8. D isc playback status indicator Rear Panel 1. Audio Output jacks 2. Video Output j[...]

- 7 - “Progressive” mo de 7. Power-supply c ord. R e m o t e C o n t r o l 1. Power 2. Angle 3. Audio 4. Numeric bu ttons 5. +10 button 6. Menu 7. Navigation buttons 8. Setup 9. Pause/S tep 10. Reverse 1 1. Forward 12. Program 13. Slow 14. Display 15. Eject 16. Subtitle On/Off 17. Subtitle 18. Search 19. T itle 20. Zoom 21. S top 22. Play 23. N[...]

 - 8 - R e m o t e C o n t r o l F u n c t i o n s 1. Power -Pre ss to turn the DVD player o n or off. 2. A ngle -Pr ess t o access v arious camera angles ( if th e D VD di sc contains multiple came ra angles). 3. Audio -Pres s to access various audio languages (if the DVD disc contains multiple audio languages ). 4. Numeric buttons -Sel ect num[...]

- 9 - Connections  Do no t c onnect t he power c ord un til all o ther c onnections have bee n made.  Do not bl ock the ventilation holes of any e quipment, a nd ar range them so that air can circul ate freely .  Audio connection s: there are stereo audio, coaxial and com ponent digital audio outputs.  Video connections: there are Video[...]

 - 10 - Connections NOTE: W e suggest using S-V ideo for highe r quality pictures, you may also use the standard composit e video c onnection if your TV does not have an S-Video input. Componen t V ideo connection 1. Connect th e COM PONENT VIDEO OUT jacks on the DVD Player to the corresponding inpu t jacks on the TV using a Y /Pb(Cb)/Pr(Cr) cab[...]

- 11 - Connections Connecting T o a n Amplifier With Dolby Digit al or DTS Decode r Connect t he DVD Player ’s DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT jack (co axial) to the corresponding input jack on your amplifier with a d igital (coaxial) audio cable (not supplied). W hen DVDs encoded in Dolby Digital or DTS are played, the Dol by Digital or DTS bit st ream is ou[...]

 - 12 - R e m o t e C o n t r o l O p e r a t i o n Battery Installation Insert the bat teries s upplied while observing the c orrect (+) and ( ) polarities. Service life o f Batteries  The batteries normally l ast for about six months, althou gh thi s depends on how often, and for what operations, the remote control is used.  If the remot[...]

- 13 - Sy stem Setup System Defaults The fina l step of the installation is to establish the s ystem’s defaults. It is helpful to take a fe w minutes to familiarize you rself with these settings, as they ma y require change b efore the f irst use a nd later from time to time. Setup Menu The f irst s tep in checking or changing the system defaults[...]

 - 14 - Sy stem Setup General Setu p W hen you enter the Setup me nu, use the (  /  ) buttons to highlight the General Setup, then press t he  bu tton to acc ess the General Setup. The left c olumn shows the items i n the Gener al Setup. The right column shows the current setting for each item. TV Displa y Select TV DISPLA Y with the ?[...]

- 15 - select your langu age preference. Sy stem Setup Captions Select the Captions me nu by pressing t he (  /  ) Navigatio n buttons until CAPIIONS is highlighted and then press the  button to access the submen u. This setting allows you to select “ON” or “OFF”. NOTE: Some DVD d iscs have hidden captions. Y ou can turn th e hidde[...]

 - 16 - Sy stem Setup Audio Setup In t he Setup m enu, use t he (  /  ) Navigation buttons to highlight the Audio Setup; press the ENT ER button to acc ess the Audio submenu. The left column shows the items in the A udio Setup m enu. The right column sh ows the current setting for each item. Downmix Select “L T /RT” to have t he player[...]

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 - 18 - Sy stem Setup Audio Select AUDIO with the (  /  ) buttons, if it is not alr eady selected; press the  b utton to access the Audio subme nu. The right column displays t he current setting (highlighted) and the options. Press the ENTER b utton to choose your favorite audio lang uage. This option will define the default audio langu[...]

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 - 20 - Sy stem Setup Disc Menu Select the Disc menu b y p ressing the (  /  ) Navigation buttons unti l DISC MENU is hi ghlighted and then press the  button to access the submenu. This setting allows you to select the langua ge. NOTE: There are several multi-language m enus for some discs. If there is no specific default on the d isc, [...]

- 21 - Sy stem Setup Default Select the Default menu b y pressing t he (  /  ) Na vigation buttons until DEF AUL T is highlighted a nd then pr ess the  button to access the submenu. T o rese t the unit to the original defaults, press the ENTER butto n to confirm. Otherwise , press the  button t o exit the su bmenu and leave all settings[...]

 - 22 - Normal Operation Preparation  After connections have been m ade, t urn on the T V and select the relevant video input before playback. W arning: Do not play poor quality discs which ma y damage the lens. . 1. T urn on the pla y er ’ s power Press the POWER button on front panel to turn on the power and the player will search for th [...]

- 23 - Normal Operation t LANGUAGE (AUDIO) There ar e up to 8 kinds of l anguages on a DVD d isc. When you play a multi-la nguage DVD disc, press the AUDIO button on remote c ontrol to select language. SUBTITLE The DVD player can support up to 32 kinds of subtitles. When you play a multi-subtitle disc, press the SUBTITLE button on r emote control t[...]

 - 24 - Normal Operation The player will play a ll tracks co ntinuously i n defa ult status. Y ou c an press the  and  (PREV/ NEXT SKIP) buttons or Numeric butt ons to select the track o r your choice.  CD Playba ck MP3 Pla yback MP3 is the third audio compression format of the international standard MPEG . It compresses the a udio file[...]

- 25 - Normal Operation JPEG is a common p icture format that requires few bytes of st orage per i mage low lo ss r ate in resolution. Hundreds of pictures can be s tored on a disc in this format . In order to view d igital albums, use your film development to make a “PICTURE CD”, in JPEG format. OPERA TION 1. Nor mal Playback Load a J PEG disc[...]

 - 26 - Play back Functions STOP W hen you press the STOP but ton in DVD playback, playback will stop, but you can resume playback from the s ame point by pressi ng the PLA Y button (for DVD discs). Pre ss the STOP button twice to stop playback compl etely and return to the beginning of the disc. P AUSE Press the P AUSE/ STEP button o n re mote [...]

- 27 - Play back Functions DISC INFORMA TION DISPL A Y Press the DISPLA Y button o n the re mote c ontrol t o d isplay r elevant disc information. PLA Y Press the PLA Y button to start playback. Press th e POWER button on the remote control t o ent er standby mode, and p ress it again to resume playback status. PROGRAM PLA YBACK Use the PROGRAM b u[...]

 - 28 - T roubleshoo ting SYMPTOM CHECK ITEM The player will not play or displays “NO DISC”. -If disc is loaded in. -If disc is loaded upside down. -If disc is dirty or warped. -If the pla yer s r egion cod e is the same as the reg ion code of DVD di sc. -If water condensa tion has occurred. -If it occurs, take out d isc and leave the player[...]

- 29 - power and consul t your service center or a qualified tech nician. Sp ecifications Laser W avelengt h Wa velength: 780 /650nm Video Sy stem NTSC Frequency Resp onse 20Hz  20KHz  2 .5dB Audio Signal-to- noise Rate  85dB Audio distortion + noise  -70dB  1KHz  Channel Sep aration  70dB  1KHz  Dynamic Range  80dB ?[...]