THOMSON DPL953REC manual

1 Ta b le of Contents EN Connections and Setup Some points to check before y ou connect your TV set ..2 Accessories pro vided ....................................................2 Fr ont panel contr ols and sockets ................................3 Connecting to audio-visual equipment ......................4 Connecting the FM aerial ...............[...]

2 Connections and Setup EN Some points to check befor e y ou connect your TV set • Ensure that the mains suppl y in your house complies with that indicated on the identification stick er located on the back of your appliance. • Install your a ppliance horizontally , a wa y from an y source of heat (fir eplace) or appliances generating str ong m[...]

Connections and Setup 3 EN Fr ont panel contr ols and sock ets 1 34 5 678 9 1 0 2 11 12 13 DVD RECORDER HOME CINEMA SYSTEM DPL953REC R - AUDIO - L VIDEO S-VIDEO 1. ON/ST ANDBY To switch the appliance on and off. 2. OPEN/CLOSE To open and close the disc tra y . 3. RECORD To start recording. 4. REC MODE To select a recor ding mode . 5. SKIP/TUNING To[...]

Connections and Setup 4 EN S-Video cable Component cables Note: Use only one of the connection methods shown above for each type of equipment. SCAR T VIDEO OUT The SC AR T video sock et provides the best quality f or video signal. If there is no Scart socket is a vailable on your TV set, check whether your TV has another Video sock et (Composite , [...]

Connections and Setup 5 EN Note: If one of the devices is not wor king, check that all the cables have been inser ted properly into the sockets which they should be connected to . Connecting the TV aerial Audio cables SCAR T VIDEO IN If there is no Scart sock et is available on y our appliance, check whether it has a composite video sock et that yo[...]

Connections and Setup 6 EN P ositioning speak ers Courtesy Dolby Laboratories Connecting the speak ers 8 ohm SL SW CS R FL FR 4 ohm Six speak ers are pr ovided with the appliance (2 fr ont, 1 centre, 2 rear , 1 subwoof er). In order to enjoy good surr ound effects, all six speak ers need to be connected to the pla yer . Speak er wires ar e colour -[...]

Connections and Setup 7 EN Fr ont Speak er P osition Even if y ou cannot replicate this ideal home theatre set-up exactl y , the following suggestions for positioning the speak er will help you achie ve better r esults. Alignment Align the centre speak er evenly with or slightl y behind the left and right speak ers, but not in fr ont of them. Angle[...]

Connections and Setup 8 EN OPEN/CLOSE To open and close the disc tra y . SETUP To access the pla yer’ s men u. MUTE To mute and r estore the sound. ST ANDBY/ON To switch the appliance on and off. REPEA T To access the Repeat pla yback function. A-B To access the A-B repeat pla yback function. SHUFFLE To access the Shuffle pla yback function. SLEE[...]

Connections and Setup 9 EN 1. Switch the television set on. Select the A V channel on the television set. 2. Press the ST ANDBY/ON button on the remote contr ol to turn the appliance on. 3. Press ENTER . Choose a language using the or button on the remote contr ol, then confirm by pressing ENTER . 4. The EU T uner option is selected. Select your co[...]

Connections and Setup 10 EN 5. To mov e a channel, use the and buttons to select the channel you wish to mo ve. Then select the Mo ve to option and pr ess ENTER . Then use the and buttons to reach the position y ou wish to store the channel in and pr ess ENTER . The channel will mov e to the new position. 6. Use the Enable/Disable option to include[...]

11 Basic Pla yback Oper ations EN Compatible discs •D V D •D VD-R, D VD-R W , D VD+R, D VD+R W •C D • CD-R, CD-R W . Compatible f ormats •D VD ,VCD (Video Compact Disc), SVCD (Super Video Compact Disc), JPEG, •C D, mp3, WMA, DivX, CD K odak Picture. More information about discs and compatible for mats is availab le at the end of the boo[...]

Basic Pla yback Oper ations 12 EN Status menu Press the DISPLA Y button a number of times during pla yback to show in turn: DV D : Title elapsed time , Title r emaining time, Chapter elapsed time, Chapter r emaining time, Displa y Off; VCD , SVCD and audio CD : Single elapsed time, Single remaining time, T otal elapsed time, T otal remaining time, [...]

Basic Pla yback Oper ations 13 EN Pla yback options Direct access (D VD) To directl y access a title or a chapter : 1. Press the SEARCH button. 2. Select TITLE or CHAPTER using the and buttons, enter a title or chapter n umber with the numeric buttons and press ENTER . Note: Many discs only have one title. To directl y access a location on the disc[...]

14 Recor ding EN Recording options Recording options ar e a vailable in the Recorder men u: 1. Press the SETUP button. 2. Select the Recorder option using the and buttons. Recording Quality 1. Select the Record Quality option and press or ENTER . 2. Select one of the a vailable recor ding qualities using the and buttons and press ENTER . Notes: Rec[...]

Recor ding 15 EN Instant Timer Recording 1. To set the length of time you want to r ecor d for , press the RECORD button twice. The television scr een shows the r ecor ding duration. 2. Press the RECORD button again to increase the r ecording time to a maximum of eight hours. Recording fr om an A V sock et If you wish to r ecord fr om the Scar t so[...]

Recor ding 16 EN If you select Once , enter the date of the r ecording using and or the numeric buttons, and and to mov e the cursor . If you select Repeat , select one or se veral da ys using and and pressing ENTER . When finished, select Done and press ENTER . 6. Select Input Sour ce using and and press ENTER . Use and to select the recording sou[...]

Recor ding 17 EN Managing the disc contents 1. Open the tra y by pr essing the OPEN/CLOSE button. Place a D VD+R W or a D VD+R disc with the printed side facing up and close the tra y . 2. Press the SETUP button. 3. Select Disc fr om the Recorder menu and press or ENTER to access the various options. Erase Disc (D VD+R W) This option deletes all th[...]

18 mp3, WMA, JPEG and DivX files EN mp3 is an audio file format which compr esses recorded m usic . It was developed in collaboration with . The main advantage of the mp3 format is that it means CD-quality music tracks can be stored on a personal computer in user -friendly compressed files. WMA (Windows Media Audio) is another audio file format dev[...]

mp3, WMA, JPEG and DivX files 19 EN Pla ying DivX files 1. Open the tra y by pr essing the OPEN/CLOSE button. 2. Place the disc with the printed side facing up . 3. The disc’ s contents ar e display ed. Select the DivX file that you wish to pla y with the and buttons and press ENTER or to start playback. 4. To select another character set for Div[...]

20 Radio EN The pla yer has a built-in tuner that allo ws for FM radio function. Manual tuning 1. Connect the FM aerial in the corr ect manner . 2. Press the SOURCE button on the r emote contr ol or on the front panel sev eral times to select the T uner mode . 3. T une a station by pr essing repeatedly PRESET or PRESET on the r emote contr ol until[...]

21 Pla y er Menus EN Menu Press SETUP to exit. Recorder System Language Video Speaker Audio TV T uner Record Quality Chapter Length Disc Scart Input Front A V Recorder men u 1. Press the SETUP button to displa y the pla yer’ s menu. 2. Select Recorder using the and buttons. 3. Press or ENTER to access the sub-menu. Please ref er to chapter Record[...]

Pla y er Menus 22 EN Pa r ental contr ol This setting pre vents the pla yback of D VDs that may not be suitable for all audiences, by using the rating level that ma y be encoded on the disc . If the rating lev el on the disc is higher than the preset le vel the pla yback function will not be enabled unless the passw ord is entered. 1. Press or ENTE[...]

Pla y er Menus 23 EN Languag e menu With this menu, you can set the language for pla yer menus, dialogue , subtitles and the disc menus. 1. Press the SETUP button to displa y the pla yer’ s menu. 2. Select Languag e using the and buttons. 3. Press or ENTER to access the sub-menu. OSD Menu (Pla yer Men u) 1. Press or ENTER to access the sub-menu. [...]

Pla y er Menus 24 EN Video menu 1. Press the SETUP button to displa y the pla yer’ s menu. 2. Select Video using the and buttons. 3. Press or ENTER to access the sub-menu. TV T ype In addition to P AL D VDs and VCDs, you can enjo y NTSC films as well. If the pictures fr om the D VD being pla yed a ppear in black and white on y our screen, tr y ch[...]

Pla y er Menus 25 EN Pr ogressiv e Scan Pr ogressive Scan pr ovides high-quality pictur es with less flick er . T urn on Pr ogressiv e Scan if you used the Component Video sock ets of the pla yer to connect a TV or monitor compatible with a pr ogressive scan signal. 1. Press or ENTER to access the sub-menu. 2. Select ON using the and buttons to act[...]

Pla y er Menus 26 EN Audio menu 1. Press the SETUP button to displa y the pla yer’ s menu. 2. Select Audio using and . 3. Press or ENTER to access the sub-menu. Dynamic Compression Y ou can use this function to control the diff erent sound lev els via dynamic compression. It improv es the quality of the sound track at a low v olume and quietens t[...]

27 Ad ditional Information EN Tr oubleshooting The appliance does not switch on. •M ak e sure it is plugged into a mains sock et. •P r ess the ST ANDBY/ON button on the r emote contr ol or the PO WER button on the fr ont of the appliance . It is impossible to read the disc . • Insert the disc with the printed side facing up . •C heck that t[...]

Ad ditional Information 28 EN Pr ecautions Use • If your a ppliance has been stored in a cool place for an y length of time , during a journey f or example , wait for about 2 hours befor e using it. • The openings located on the top and bottom are f or ventilation and must not be obstructed. • During thunderstorms, we r ecommend that you isol[...]

Ad ditional Information 29 EN •N ev er open the appliance y ourself, since this ma y put you at risk or damage the equipment. THOMSON does not accept any liability if the a ppliance is used in any wa y other than in accordance with this manual. DISCLAIMER OF W ARRANTIES: T O THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLIC ABLE LA W , DECLARA TIONS AND W A[...]

Ad ditional Information 30 EN DivX files DivX is the name of a revolutionar y new video codec which is based on the new MPEG-4 compression standard for video. Whether DivX files pla y cor rectly on y our pla yer or not depends on the preparation and production of the audio and video files, the codecs and the type of recording equipment used, as wel[...]