User manual THOMSON DTH8640

[. . . ] 02_DTH8640_50_en. qxp 17/02/06 10:55 Page 1 To begin About your device A/V FRONT CONNECTORS DTH 8640 80 Gb DTH 8650 160 Gb Your DVD recorder is a digital video player and recorder. Thanks to its tuner you can record TV progammes on DVD R/RW (DVD +R/-R/+RW/-RW) discs or on the integrated hard disc. It can play the majority of 8 cm and 12 cm discs, with the exception of DVD Ram and DVD audio. Precautions to take · Ensure that the mains supply in your house complies with that indicated on the identification sticker located at the back of your device · Install your device horizontally, on a suitable base (furniture), with enough space around it for ventilation (7 to 10 cm) · Ensure that the ventilation slots, and the device itself, are not covered by objects such as a mat, newspapers, curtain, etc. · Do not stack any other equipment on top of your DVD recorder · Do not place the device on top of an amplifier or any other equipment that gives off heat · The appliance should not be in contact with liquids or exposed to the risk of dripping or splashing. Therefore be careful not to place any object containing a liquid (vase, glass, bottle, . . . ) on or near your appliance · The DVD recorder must not be near or exposed to a flame. [. . . ] Moreover, high resolution images may be viewed if they are included on the disc. During playing of a disc, press the INFO key (the information banner is displayed). Use the or key to see other screens or deactivate the functions on offer. Your player has several play modes for Audio CDs: standard play that respects the order of the tracks; random play that reads music tracks in a random order; repeat play: Repeat A-B, Repeat track, Repeat disc, Repeat de-activated. Standard play EN Selecting a play mode Play mode for Audio CDs IntroScan The IntroScan function enables you to listen to the first few seconds of each track of an audio CD. Note: when the first few seconds of all tracks have been played the player starts playback from track one. IntroScan Repetition Rotating an image 90°, 180°, 270° Zooming in on an image (zoom) 1X, 1. 5X, 2X, 4X Speed of the slide show 21 02_DTH8640_50_en. qxp 17/02/06 10:55 Page 22 Playing a disc Edit menu (DVD RW disc and DVR hard disc) The edit menu can be accessed from the information banner while you are playing a title on a DVD R/RW disc or on the internal DVR. Access to the edit menu 1. DVD R/RW Disc in playback, INFO then OK. Select the edit icon then OK. Note: the edit menu cannot be accessed while playing a title or chapter list. To delete the list being played, eject the disc or delete the list. Carry out your searches in a title using the PLAY, PAUSE, REV, FWD, STOP keys and select a function. Split title for a title played from a DVR if you selected Play all chapters in the title menu. or New title image with a DVD R/RW. Insert Chapter Marker Delete Chapter Marker Hide Chapter Split Title · Insert chapter markers (DVD RW and DVR) To position marks in order to easily find your favourite passages. Since it is not possible to delete a passage in title, you can use this function to mark the start and end of undesirable sequences (e. g. advertising) in order to mask it from being played using the Hide Chapter function (see further on). · Delete chapter markers (DVD RW and DVR) To delete undesirable markers in order to form longer chapters within a title, or to redefine the position of bookmarks to your own requirements. · Hide Chapter (DVD RW and DVR) To mask the chapter being played (the passage between two bookmarks) in order not to play an undesirable passage (advertising, violent scenes. . . ). If you do not wish to play the masked chapters, you must select Play Title in the title menu. If you wish to play all the chapters, including those you have masked, select Play All Chapters in the title menu. With this function, you can, for example, hide chapters on a title present on the DVR before copying the title to a DVD RW. In this way, only chapters which are not hidden will be copied to the DVD RW. · Create a new title image (DVD R/RW and DVR) Replaces the title image (on the Play menu) displayed by your DVD recorder with an image of your choice. · Split title (DVR) This function can only be used for the title present on the DVR hard disc (not for DVD RW discs). To access it you must first select Play all chapters in the Video library title menu as before you can divide a title on the DVR, no titles must be hidden. To cut a title in two to separate then rename the sequences with different themes. To delete the end of a recording which too long and free up some space on a disc. Note:You can also access this function by pressing the EDIT button on the remote control. 22 02_DTH8640_50_en. qxp 17/02/06 10:55 Page 23 Playing a disc Playing image and audio (JPEG, mp3, wma) Your player can play JPEG files with a resolution of up to five million pixels. However beyond 400, 000 pixels there is no perceptible improvement in the quality of pictures displayed on your TV screen. MENU Disc OK OK Music Pictures Video OK EN Note: the play menu depends on the content of the disc being played. Sound: Select a folder or a title, possibly a playback function and press OK. · · · · · · · Play Play All Random All Random Repeat folder Repeat file Restart Playback of files begins with the file selected and continues with the following files. Where there are sub-folders in the folder, these are also played. Playback then moves to the next folder located at the same level in the tree diagram as the folder containing the first file you selected. Images: Select an image or start the slideshow from the selected image. Choose a play mode and confirm with OK (Play, Play all, Random, Random all). Changing images During the picture sequence change images using the PR Fl or PR lG keys on the remote control unit. [. . . ] It confirms that all settings made since initial installation have been deleted. The DVD recorder has been reconfigured as it was when purchased (factory settings). Restart the installation of your DVD recorder. The menus of your DVD recorder do not appear in the language you want · Check that your language is available in the settings menu. If not, choose another language. You can't access the selected menu, even when you press OK · If the name of the menu appears on a transparent background, it means that the corresponding menu or function is not available. The Disc, Titles and Playlist menus are contextual menus: they depend on operations performed beforehand such as: · Disc is only accessible if there is a disc in the disc tray of your DVD recorder. · Titles is only accessible once you have recorded a TV program or video sequence (from an external device). If you forget your password · Open the player's disc tray and ensure that there is no disc on it. [. . . ]