User manual THOMSON DPL953REC

[. . . ] DPL953REC_EN 17/11/05 8:58 Page 1 Table of Contents Connections and Setup Some points to check before you connect your TV set . . 2 Accessories provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front panel controls and sockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connecting to audio-visual equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Connecting the FM aerial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Connecting the speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Positioning speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Tuning in TV channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Recording Recording options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Instant recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Instant Timer Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Recording from an AV socket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Programming a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Managing the disc contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 mp3, WMA, JPEG and DivX files Displaying JPEG files or playing mp3 or WMA files . . 18 Playing DivX files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 EN Basic Playback Operations Compatible discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Compatible formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Regional coding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Operating the DVD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accelerated play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Still image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Frame advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Variable slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Changing chapter / track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 CM Skip function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Status menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PBC - PlayBack Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Play modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Programme playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Playback options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Radio Manual tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Storing radio stations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Player Menus Recorder menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 System menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Language menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Video menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Speaker menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Audio menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 TV Tuner menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Additional Information Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Discs and formats you can play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Sound Enhancement Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 This THOMSON product is designed and manufactured with high quality materials and components which can be recycled and reused. This symbol means that electrical and electronic equipment, at their end-oflife, should be disposed of separately from your household waste. HELPLINE You can contact THOMSON by dialling: 0871 712 1312 (for United Kingdom, £0. 10/mn inc VAT) www. thomson-europe. com Please, dispose of this equipment at your local community waste collection/recycling centre. In the European Union there are separate collection systems for used electrical and electronic product. Please, help us to conserve the environment we live in! In the interest of improving the quality of our products, we reserve the right to modify their features. The information in this manual is, therefore, subject to change and does not represent any kind of contract. [. . . ] Note: If you finally do not wish to protect the disc, select No and press ENTER. Unprotect Disc option. Note: If you finally do not wish to format the disc, select No and press ENTER. 3. To cancel the protection, use the Finalize Disc (DVD+R) When a disc is full or if you do not want to make further recordings on the disc, you need to finalize it so that it can be read by other players that are compatible with the disc format. 17 DPL953REC_EN 17/11/05 8:58 Page 18 mp3, WMA, JPEG and DivX files mp3 is an audio file format which compresses recorded music. 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 developed by Microsoft. Make sure that they have a resolution of less than 5, 120 x 3, 840 pixels. Note:The time taken for the contents of the disc to be displayed varies according to the size and number of JPEG files actually on the disc. If nothing is displayed after a few minutes, it is likely that certain files are too large. In this case, reduce the files' resolution and write another disc. EN Your player is an Official DivX CertifiedTM product that plays DivX®5, DivX®4, DivX®3, and DivX®VOD video content, in compliance with DivX CertifiedTM technical requirements. Displaying JPEG files or playing mp3 or WMA files Before inserting a disc, check that it is compatible with the player. 1. Open the tray by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE button. SmartNAVI 2. Place the disc with the printed side facing up and close the tray. 3. Select a folder using the and buttons on the remote control, then press ENTER to display the list of files. and , or enter the buttons and then press ENTER or file number using the numeric buttons. 4. To start playback, select a file using the Note:While listening you can use the or button to go back to the previous file or go on to the next one. 5. Press Display options (JPEG) During the slide show, you can use the to stop playback. button to pause the slide show. Press the ZOOM button and then a number of times the and buttons until you reach the zoom size you require. Press ZOOM again to exit the Zoom function. Press the Press the button for an horizontal flip and the and buttons to rotate pictures 90°. button for a vertical flip. Status menu (mp3) Press the DISPLAY button a number of times during playback to show in turn: Chapter elapsed time, Chapter remaining time, Display Off. Repeat playback While the disc is playing, press the REPEAT button a number of times to select a playback mode: Disc repeat (continuous playback of the whole disc), Folder (playback of the current folder), Repeat one (continuous playback of the current track), Folder repeat (continuous playback of the current folder), Disc (playback of the whole disc). 18 DPL953REC_EN 17/11/05 8:58 Page 19 mp3, WMA, JPEG and DivX files Playing DivX files 1. Open the tray by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE button. SmartNAVI 2. Place the disc with the printed side facing up. Select the DivX file that you wish to play with the and buttons and to start playback. press ENTER or DOCS A01_DIVX51B A02_DIVX505 EN 4. To select another character set for DivX subtitles, press the SUBTITLE button when the SmartNAVI menu is displayed without preview. Note:To cancel the preview, press the STOP button once. Note:To guarantee playback of DivX files the audio must be mp3 format. [. . . ] Make sure that files have the ". jpg" extension. Files without the ". jpg" extension cannot be read by the player, even though the files are shown as JPEG images on your computer. Kodak Picture CDs Sound Enhancement Systems This player is equipped with several built-in sound enhancement systems. mp3 files CD-R and CD-RW discs containing audio files in mp3 format. With regard to CD-R mp3 discs, please follow all the recommendations for CD-R above, along with the comments below: · Your mp3 files should be ISO 9660 or JOLIET format. ISO 9660 format and Joliet mp3 files are compatible with Microsoft DOS and Windows, as well as with Apple Mac. These two formats are the most widely used. [. . . ]