User manual THOMSON DTH460E

[. . . ] DTH460_EN 7/08/02 10:41 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. [. . . ] As a general rule, each title is divided into numbered chapters. On audio CDs, the music tracks can be accessed directly. Video CDs may also contain Indexes. Still picture and frame advance (DVD and Video CD) Press once on PAUSE (1) to put the film on pause. Press on PAUSE a second time then on the REV or FWD key to visualise the images one after the other. 1. Video CDs and DVDs. After 2 minutes in PAUSE mode, the screen saver is activated. Slow motion (DVD and Video CD) Press PAUSE then FWD or REV (1) to view one frame at a time either forward or backwards. 1. Press once or several times for higher speeds. Direct access to a music track (Audio CD) In Play mode, enter the number of the track that you want to hear using the remote control number keys. Titles, chapters, time elapsed, audio and subtitles From the banner, you can access certain functions directly using the Navigation keys. Choose a title or a chapter (DVD), or a track (CD, VIDEO CD). Change the language of DVD dialogues or subtitles. For direct access to a specific scene on the disc, select the first icon with the Navigation keys. Enter the requested place in the scene (expressed in hour, minutes, seconds) with the remote control number keys. (enter 001205 to access a scene which is 12 minutes and 5 seconds away from the start of the disc (DVD) or track (VIDEO CD). With certain discs, direct access to a scene is not possible even if the time elapsed is shown on the banner. ? This symbol is sometimes displayed. It indicates that the function is not available or that the key used is incorrect. A question mark in the counter zone indicates an input error. 16 DTH460_EN 7/08/02 10:41 Page 17 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. EN Audio CD Standard play Random Play Program Play Edit Program Auto Play Introscan DVD MP3 CD Video CD x x x x x 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 Choose Auto Play On with the ok key if you wish the disk to be automatically read after closing the drawer. If you select Auto Play Off, you will need to press PLAY to start playback. Random play (for DVDs and Audio CDs) Choose Random Play (1) with the ok key to listen to audio CD (2) or to watch a DVD in any order determined by your drive. 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). 17 DTH460_EN 7/08/02 10:41 Page 18 Navigation keys Programming playback To use the programmed play function, you must first make up the list of music tracks (Audio CD or MP3 CD) or chapters (DVD) you want to play. You can memorise up to 20 tracks or chapters. Select Edit Program with the Navigation keys then validate with ok. 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 or MP3 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). c. Repeat steps a and b as many times as you wish. Select Play and validate by pressing ok to start programmed playback (2). 1. To remove a section or range select it in the list then select Delete and validate with ok. [. . . ] 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 " " key and " " 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. [. . . ]