Symphonic SC513DF manual

COLOR TV/D VD SC513DF (13 inc h) O WNER’S MANU AL If you need additional oper ating assistance after reading this owner’ s manual or to order replacement accessories, please call T OLL FREE : 1-800-242-7158. Or visit our WEB SITE at http://www .Symphonic.us Please read before using this equipment INSTRUCCIONES EN ESP AÑOL INCLUID AS.[...]

- 2 - EN The caution marking is located on the rear of the cabinet. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SER VICEABLE P AR TS INSIDE. REFER SER VICING T O QUALIFIED SER VICE PERSONNEL. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN THIS SYMBOL INDICA TES THA T DANGEROUS VOL T AGE CONSTITUTING A RISK OF E[...]

- 3 - EN 13. Outdoor Antenna grounding - If an outside antenna or cable system is connected to the unit, be sure the anten- na or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFP A No. 70, provides information with respect to proper gr[...]

- 4 - EN The serial number of this product may be found on the back of the unit. No other unit has the same serial number as yours. Y ou should record the number and other vital information here and retain this book as a per- manent record of your purchase to aid identification in case of theft. Serial numbers are not kept on file. Date of Purchase[...]

- 5 - EN AV OID THE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE LOCA TION For safe operation and satisfactory performance of your unit, keep the following in mind when selecting a place for its installation: • Shield it from direct sunlight and keep it away from sources of intense heat. • A void dusty or humid places. • A void places with insufficie[...]

- 6 - EN T ABLE OF CONTENTS C IMPORT ANT SAFEGUARDS . . . . .2 C PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 LOCA TION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 A VOID THE HAZARDS OF ELECTRICAL SHOCK AND FIRE .5 W ARNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 SYMBOLS USED IN THIS MANUAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 C SUPPLIED ACCESSOR[...]

- 7 - EN • Infrared remote control • T rilingual on screen TV setup display selectab le in English, Spanish or French • 181 channel capability PLL frequency synthesiz- er tuner with direct station call (A converter may be necessary to view scrambled cable channels.) • Closed Caption Decoder – Y ou may view special- ly labeled (cc) TV prog[...]

- 8 - EN OPERA TING CONTROLS AND FUNCTIONS - REMO TE CONTR OL - [Fig. 2] - FRONT P ANEL - [Fig.1] 24 25 15 16 9 11 17 18 20 21 23 22 19 10 26 27 28 31 34 5 6 12 35 33 32 8 29 30 4 14 REV SLOW PLAY STOP FWD ENTER PAUSE DISC MENU RETURN TITLE SETUP A - B REPEAT SEARCH MODE CLEAR MODE ANGLE SUBTITLE AUDIO DISPLAY SKIP SELECT POWER PICTURE OPEN/ CLOSE [...]

- 9 - EN 18. SETUP Button [P .26] Hit to enter or exit the setup menu of TV or DVD. 19. TITLE Button [P .20] Displays the title menu. 20. CLEAR Button [P .22] Hit to clear or cancel a setting currently entered. 21. MODE Button [P .23, 24, 25] Hit to call up the program screen or the random screen in the stop mode. Hit to call up the Black Level Set[...]

- 10 - EN NOTE: • Before plugging the antenna into the ANT . jack of the unit, check that the pin is not bent. If it is bent, straighten the pin as illustrated, then plug the pin into the ANT . jack of the unit. CABLE WITH CONVERTER/DESCRAM- BLER BOX OR SA TELLITE BOX If your cable service supplies you with a converter box or if you use a satelli[...]

COAXIAL ANT. ex . MD deck, D A T deck, etc. To Coaxial digital A udio input jack A udio coaxial digital cable (commercially av ailable) To COAXIAL jac k (Only D VD A UDIO OUT) - 11 - EN CONNECTING TO FRONT A/V INPUT JACKS When you watch a program recorded on another source (VCR or video camera), use the AUDIO/VIDEO input jacks on the front of the u[...]

- 12 - EN CONNECTING TO A DOLBY DIGIT AL DECODER (for DVD) If using this unit to play a DVD disc in a 5.1 channel Dolby Digital surround format, the unit outputs a DOLBY DIGIT AL Data stream from its COAXIAL jack. By hooking the unit up to a Dolby Digital decoder , you can enjoy a more convincing, realistic ambience with powerful and high-quality s[...]

- 13 - EN TV SECTION TV OPERA TION AND SETTINGS DEGAUSSING This television has a degaussing circuit that will clear up color errors on the TV screen that are caused by any excess magnetism which happens to get too close to the TV . This circuit is designed to operate once when the set is first plugged in. If minor color errors ar e seen in some loc[...]

- 14 - EN • If the unit displays a black box on the TV screen, this means that the unit is set to the TEXT mode. To clear screen, select [CAP- TION1], [CAPTION2] or [OFF]. Make sure ... • The unit must be turned on. 1 Select “CAPTION” Hit [SETUP] . Press [ K / L ] to point to “CAP- TION”. 2 Select your desired caption mode Hit [ENTER] r[...]

- 15 - EN ADDING/DELETING CHANNELS The channels you no longer receive or seldom watch can be deleted from the memory . (Of course, you can add the deleted channel into the memory again.) 1 Select “CHANNEL SET UP” Hit [SETUP] . Press [ K / L ] to point to “CHAN- NEL SET UP”, then hit [ENTER] . 2 Select “ADD/DELETE CH” Press [ K / L ] to [...]

- 16 - EN This feature enables parents to prevent their children from watching inappropriate material on TV . When you try to access a program which is blocked, “PROTECTED PROGRAM by ...” message appears on the TV screen. V -CHIP SET UP Make sure ... • The unit must be turned on. 1 Select “V -CHIP SET UP” Hit [SETUP] . Press [ K / L ] to [...]

- 17 - EN CHANGE ACCESS CODE Follow steps 1 to 3 in the “V -CHIP SET UP” sec- tion on page 16. 4 Enter New code Press the Number buttons to enter your desired access code in the “NEW CODE” space, then enter the same code in the “CONFIRM CODE” space. When completed, the menu will return to “V -CHIP SET UP”. • Make sure you enter ex[...]

- 18 - EN CABLE CHANNEL DESIGNA TIONS If you subscribe to cable TV , the channels are displayed as 1-125. Cable companies often designate channels with letters or letter-number combinations. Please check with your local cable company . The following is a chart of common cable channel designations. TV Display TV Display TV Display TV Display TV Disp[...]

- 19 - EN D VD SECTION ABOUT THE DISCS If you cannot play back a disc which bears one of the marks above, check the following notes. *1: This unit conforms to the NTSC color system. Discs recorded in other color systems such as P AL cannot be played back. *2: Certain DVD-V ideo discs do not operate as described in this manual due to the intentions [...]

- 20 - EN PLA YING A DISC BASIC PLA YBACK Getting started ¡ T urn on the power of amplifier and any other com- ponents, if necessary . 1 Hit [PO WER]. ¡ The power will turn on. 2 Hit [OPEN/CLOSE A ] to open disc loading tray . 3 Place the chosen disc in the tra y , with the label facing up. CD DVD-V 4 Hit [PLA Y O O ]. ¡ The tray will close auto[...]

- 21 - EN STEP BY STEP PLA YBACK 1 During playbac k, hit [P AUSE F ]. ¡ Playback will pause and sound will be muted. 2 The disc goes forwar d b y one frame each time [P A USE F ] is hit. 3 To e xit step by step pla yback, hit [PLA Y O O ]. DVD-V RESUME 1 During playbac k, hit [STOP C ]. ¡ Resume message will appear on the TV screen. 2 Hit [PLA Y [...]

- 22 - EN SEARCH FUNCTION TRACK SEARCH There are three ways to begin playback on an Audio CD at a specific track. Using the Number buttons 1 Press the Number buttons to enter the desired track n umber . ¡ Playback will start at the selected track. ¡ For single digit tracks (1-9), press a single number (eg. track 3, hit [3] ). ¡ To play track 26,[...]

- 23 - EN SPECIAL PLA YBACK FUNCTION REPEA T REPEA T TITLE / CHAPTER To activate the repeat function, hit [REPEA T] during playbac k. ¡ The repeat mode changes as described below every time you hit the button. DVD-V REPEA T is available only during playback. CHAPTER TITLE OFF ( current chapter repeat) ( current title repeat) (repeat off ) NOTES: ?[...]

- 24 - EN CHANGING THE SETTINGS AUDIO LANGUAGE The unit allows you to select a language during DVD disc (if multi languages are available) playback. 1 Hit [A UDIO] during playback. 2 Hit [A UDIO] repeatedly to select your desired language. NOTE: ¡ Hitting [AUDIO] may not work on some DVDs with multiple audio languages (e.g. DVDs which allow audio [...]

- 25 - EN Y ou can enjoy surround-sound effect over two speak- ers on this unit. 1 Hit [MODE] twice (CD: once) during play- back. 2 Hit [ENTER] to set it “1” (Natural effect), “2” (Emphasized effect) or “OFF”. 3 Hit [MODE] to exit. ¡ Y ou can also exit the menu by hitting [RETURN] . NOTE: (for CD play only) ¡ V irtual Surround will no[...]

- 26 - EN CHANGING THE DVD SET UP ITEMS CUSTOM MENU Y ou can change the DVD player ’ s settings. 1 Hit [SETUP] twice in the stop mode so that the D VD SETUP menu appear s. ¡ Hit [ L ] to select “CUSTOM” then hit [ENTER] . NOTE: ¡ If the menu does not appear , hit [PLA Y O ] first, then hit [STOP C ] . Make sure the disc is in the stop mode,[...]

- 27 - EN AUDIO SETTING Choose the appropriate Audio settings for your equip- ment as it only affects during the playback of DVD discs. Follow steps 1 to 2 in the “CUSTOM MENU” sec- tion on page 26. 3 Press [ K / L ] to select the below items then hit [ENTER]. DRC (Dynamic Range Control): ¡ To compress the range of soft to loud sound. ¡ The d[...]

- 28 - EN CONTROL LEVELS ¡ ALL All parental lock is cancelled. ¡ Level 8 DVD software of any grade (adult/general/children) can be played back. ¡ Levels 7 to 2 Only DVD software intended for general use and children can be played back. ¡ Level 1 Only DVD software intended for children can be played back, with those intended for adult and genera[...]

- 29 - EN Sometimes a performance problem can be easily solved by checking seemingly apparent but often overlooked possibilities. Before arranging for service, check these items. It could save your time and money . TV Mode TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION No picture or sound • Make sure the AC cord is connected to an AC outlet. •[...]

- 30 - EN CLOSED CAPTION PROBLEM POSSIBLE REMEDY Misspelling in captions • Error committed by the closed captioning production company . • Possible in a live broadcast. Not in case of a prerecorded program. T ext is not shown in its entirety or • A few seconds of delay is common for live broadcast. a delay occurs from what is being • Displa[...]

- 31 - EN NOTES: • Some functions are not available in specific modes, but this is not a malfunction. Read the description in this Owner ’ s Manual for details on correct operations. • Playback from a desired track and random playback are not available during program playback. PROBLEM CORRECTIVE ACTION No picture • Insert a correct video di[...]

- 32 - EN CABINET CLEANING • W ipe the front panel and other exterior surfaces of the unit with a soft cloth immersed in lukewarm water and wrung dry . • Never use a solvent or alcohol. Do not spray insec- ticide liquid near the unit. Such chemicals may cause damage and discoloration to the exposed sur- faces. SERVICING • Should your unit bec[...]

- 33 - EN CR T : 13 inch in-line gun, 90˚ deflection tube T elevision system: NTSC-M Closed caption system: §15.119/FCC Channel coverage: VHF: 2 ~ 13 UHF: 14 ~ 69 CA TV : 2 ~13, A ~ W , W+1 ~ W+84, A-5 ~ A-1, 5A T uning System: 181 channel frequency synthesized tuning system Channel access: Direct access keyboard, programmable scan and up/down Pr[...]

- 34 - ES INDICE ■ INDICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 ■ CONTROLES DE OPERACIÓN Y FUNCIONES . . . . . 34 ■ PREP ARACIÓN P ARA LA UTILIZACIÓN . . . . . . . . . . 35 CONEXIONES DE ANTENA/CABLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 CONEXIÓN A TOMAS DE ENTRADA DELANTERAS 36 CONEXIÓN A UN AMPLIFICADOR [...]

- 35 - ES NOT A: Antes de enchufar la antena a la toma ANT . de la unidad, compruebe que la clavija no esté doblada. Si esta doblada, póngala derecha como se muestra en la ilustración, y luego conéctela en la toma ANT . de la unidad. 27. Botón A-B Repite la reproducción de una sección seleccionada. 28. Botón RETURN Permite volver a la panta[...]

- 36 - ES CONEXIÓN A UN DECODIFICADOR DOLBY DIGIT AL (para DVD) Si utiliza esta unidad para reproducir un disco DVD en un formato de sonido envolvente Dolby Digital de 5,1 canales, la unidad dará salida a un flujo de datos DOLBY DIGIT AL desde su toma COAXIAL. Si conecta la unidad a un decodificador Dolby Digital, podrá disfrutar de una tonalida[...]

- 37 - ES 1 Seleccione “LANGU A GE” Presione [SETUP] . Presione [ K / L ] para apuntar a “LANGUAGE”. 2 Seleccione “ENGLISH”, “ESP AÑOL ” o “FRANÇAIS” Presione [ENTER] repetidamente para seleccionar “ENGLISH” = inglés, “ESP AÑOL” o “FRANÇAIS” = francés. 3 Salga del modo de idioma Presione [SETUP] para salir del [...]

- 38 - ES SECCIÓN DE D VD REPRODUCCIÓN BÁSICA P ara empezar ¡ Conecte la alimentación del amplificador y otros componentes, si es necesario. 1 Presione [PO WER]. ¡ La alimentación se conectará. 2 Presione [OPEN/CLOSE A ] para abrir la bandeja de carga del disco. 3 P onga el disco deseado en la bandeja, con la etiqueta hacia arriba. 4 Presio[...]

- 39 - ES MEMO[...]

Printed in Malaysia 1EMN20332 T8107UH ★★★★★ FUNAI CORPORA TION LIMITED W ARRANTY FUNAI CORP . will repair this product, free of charge in the USA in the event of defect in materials or workmanship as follows: DURA TION: PA R TS: FUNAI CORP . will provide parts to replace defective parts without charge for one (1) year from the date of ori[...]