User manual APEX HT-150

[. . . ] Important Safety Instructions The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. ! CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN AVIS ! RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE PAS OUVRIR ! ! The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. CAUTION: (Visible) Laser Radiation When Open. DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM. WARNING: DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE, DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN THE CABINET; DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGES ARE PRESENT INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE. ONLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL SHOULD ATTEMPT THIS. [. . . ] DVD video discs are copy protected, and any recordings made from these discs will be distorted. "DTS" and "DTS Digital Out" are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Manufactured under license from Dolby Labs. "Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. All rights reserved. 10 A P E X D I G I TA L H T - 1 5 0 AFF Function WHAT IS AFF? AFF stands for Active Full-screen Function. It allows you to fill the television screen viewing area when using a wide screen formatted DVD. Press the AFF button on your remote control, this will eliminate black bars on the top & bottom of the TV screen when viewing movies with an aspect ratio of 1. 85:1 and minimize (but not eliminate) black bars on movies with a wider aspect ratio (2. 35:1). Before AFF After AFF Playing Back a Disc HOW TO PLAYBACK A DISC. ck Basic Playback How to playback DVD video discs. · Turn on the TV and select the video input source which is connected to the unit. 1. Press the POWER button on the front panel. Please note that remote control standby button is only active when front panel power button is turned on. The POWER indicator lights up in red, the unit turns on. 2. Press the OPEN/CLOSE button. This will open the disc tray. · When the unit enters into standby mode, the indicator turns to red. ! 3. Place the disc on the disc tray. Be sure the playback side is faced down. · A disc may be damaged if not correctly placed on the guides in the disc tray. This may also cause the unit to malfunction. ! ! · The menu screen will appear automatically or you may access the menu screen by pressing the TITLE button. A P E X D I G I TA L 4. Press the PLAY/PAUSE button. After closing the disc tray, playback will start. H T 1 5 0 11 Playing Back a Disc FOR A HIGHER QUALITY PICTURE Continued The DVD discs produce a high resolution picture with abundance of information. This may cause some picture noise on the TV during playback. The noise will vary depending on the TV used with the unit. To control picture noise reduce the sharpness adjustment on your TV when viewing DVD discs. ABOUT DVD, CD DVD, CD icons will appear depending on the disc being played back. DVD: DVD video discs CD: Audio CDs HOW TO START PLAYBACK FROM THE MENU SCREEN The unit will start playback from the title selected. 1. Press or the number buttons to select the title. Press the PLAY/PAUSE button. Title 1 Title 2 Title 3 Title 4 HOW TO PAUSE PLAYBACK (STILL PLAYBACK) Press the PLAY/PAUSE during playback. Press the PLAY/PAUSE again to resume normal playback. HOW TO REMOVE THE DISC Press the OPEN/CLOSE button. Wait until the disc tray is completely open before removing any discs. After removing the discs, press the OPEN/CLOSE button to close the disc tray. HOW TO STOP PLAYBACK The unit is stopped. Press the STOP button once. The unit is stopped completely. ! At the completion of each movie a menu screen will appear. [. . . ] What you're viewing is the effect of the copy protection circuitry required on all units. · If you don't have a video input on your TV, you must purchase an RF adapter from your dealer. · Place the disc with the graphics side up. · Place the disc on the disc tray correctly inside the guide. [. . . ]