User manual THOMSON DTH220E

[. . . ] DTH220E_EN 22/03/02 11:08 Page 1 Precautions Setting up Ensure that the mains supply in your house complies with that indicated on the identification sticker located at the back of your player. Install your player horizontally, on a suitable base (furniture), with enough space around it for ventilation (7-10 cm). Make sure the ventilation slots are not covered. Do not stack other, or heavy equipments on top of the player. [. . . ] A question mark in the counter zone indicates an input error. 15 DTH220E_EN 22/03/02 11:08 Page 16 Play modes Load a disc and press STOP. select Play Mode using the Navigation keys, press OK to validate, select a function using the Navigation keys, adjust the setting using the Navigation keys. Navigation keys Your player has several Play modes: Standard play which follows the order of the tracks, titles and chapters on the discs; Random play which plays the sequences or music tracks in a random order; Programmed play which allows you to choose the sequences or music tracks and the order in which they are to be played; Automatic play which starts playback as soon as the disc tray is closed. Audio CD Standard play Random Play Program Play Edit Program Auto Play Introscan DVD Video CD MP3 CD x x x x x x x x x x x x x For the display and use of the menus, refer to page 10. The functions available in each Play mode depend on the type of disc played (DVD, Video CD, Audio CD, etc. ) Automatic or Standard playback Select Auto Play on if you want the disc to be played automatically once the tray is closed. If you select Auto Play off, you will need to press PLAY to start playback. Random play (for DVDs and Audio CDs) Select Random Play your player. (1) to hear an audio CD (2) or watch a DVD in a random order determined by 1. Random play is not available if the Lock Player function is enabled. It does not work with Video CDs. 2. Audio CD - This function can also be accessed through the banners (k page 11). 16 DTH220E_EN 22/03/02 11:08 Page 17 Navigation keys Programming playback To use the programmed play function, you must first make up the list of music tracks (CD) or chapters (DVD) you want to play. You can memorise up to 20 tracks or chapters. 1. Select Edit Program using the Navigation keys. Follow instructions a, b, c, d to make up your selection. Choose a title then a chapter (or a track only for an Audio CD) using the Navigation keys or the remote control number keys. Select Add (1) then press OK to validate. Check that the title has been memorised in table (2). Repeat steps a and b as many times as you wish. Select Play and validate by pressing OK to start programmed playback (2). EN 1. To remove a chapter or a track, select Delete and press OK to validate. If you want to insert a title between 2 other titles Add will be replaced by Insert. 2. 3. With an audio CD, the track of the song and its playing time will appear in the table. With a DVD, the title and chapter numbers will be displayed in the table. To exit the programming function, press the RETURN key on the remote control. Programmed play (for DVDs and Audio CDs) Select Program Play if you want to listen to an audio CD or watch a DVD in the order that you have pre-programmed using a list (1). To choose the playback order, refer to the next page and select Edit Program to display the list. 1. If you haven't made up your list, programmed play will not be possible. 17 DTH220E_EN 22/03/02 11:08 Page 18 Repeat playback / Sequence marking Repeat play Navigation keys To repeat the playback of a title, chapter, track, scene, selected A-B segment (except on Video CDs) or entire disc. Your player enables you to mark your favourite DVD scenes or music tracks on audio CDs thanks to a marking function accessible through the banner. Select the Repeat Mode icon in the banner using the Navigation keys. With the Navigation keys, select one of the following functions: Disc Repeat, Title Repeat, Chapter Repeat, A-B Press OK to set point A, A-B Press OK to set point B. Repeat functions remain active until you turn them off, open the disc tray or turn off the power. Repeat play only works with discs that show the elapsed time on the display. This may not work correctly with certain discs (Video CDs in PBC mode). Repeat playback of a scene between two points 1. Select the repeat play function and choose A-B with the Navigation keys. Press OK to memorise the beginning of the scene you want to repeat. [. . . ] If the audio or subtitle language is not available on the DVD disc, the language selected during initial player set-up will not be heard or seen. The disc's priority language (default language) is selected automatically. If you want another language, press AUDIO " " key and SUBTITLE " " key to select it temporarily for this disc (Or press MENU during playback, if the disc has its own language selection menu). If you forget your code key number for the parental rating (locking) function, you must do the following: Open the player's disc tray and, if it contains a disc, remove the disc. [. . . ]