User manual HITACHI GD-8000

[. . . ] Manual Emergency Eject Hole ­ The emergency eject procedure should only be used to retrieve a disc if the drive fails to eject. OPEN/CLOSE button ­ Press this button to open/close the disc tray. Headphone Jack ­ The headphone jack is an optional feature in the GD-8000 model DVDROM. If this applies to your drive, this is for connecting headphones to the DVD-ROM drive. [. . . ] These regions or "zones" correlate to the regional markets into which the motion picture industry releases movies. Each regional zone is numbered "One" through "Six", called the Region. Region One North America Region Two Western Europe, Japan & Middle East Region Three Southeast Asia Region Four Mexico, Central & South America, Australia Region Five Africa, Russia, Eastern Europe Region Six China DVD movie discs are released for each region and are controlled by each region. The RPC code prevents the new release of movies into other motion picture market regions prior to their true release dates within those markets. RPC Codes are placed on Movie Discs that correlate to the region they are intended for sale. For example, a PC user located in Canada, would have their DVD Drive set to Region One, or a PC user located in France would have their drive set to Region Two. The Canadian PC user could only play Region One coded Movie DVD discs and a French PC user could only play Region Two coded movie discs. The Regional Playback Control system does not allow users to play DVD discs that are not set for their drive. If a user attempts to play a DVD movie disc for a region the DVD drive is not set, the user will receive an error message explaining the DVD title is of another region and cannot be played. Setting and Changing the Region Setting of the DVD Drive To play a DVD movie, the drive must first be set to a Region. Several methods are available to set the region, which are transparent to the user. · The Manufacturer may set the region at the factory · If no region is set at the factory, most software will set the drive to the region coded on the first movie DVD disc that is played. · If the first disc is a multi-region coded disc, the drive will be set to the region determined by such factors as time zone, or language etc. Once a drive is set to a region, the region can be reset, but for unusual circumstances only, such as when a user relocates to another region. Refer to your movie player software manual for specifics about changing the region. In general, to reset the Region, use a DVD movie disc set to the new region. A notification box will respond, explaining the disc belongs to another region and cannot be played. If a CD has printing on only half of the disc, or if there is a slight imbalance in the CD, the imbalance is greatly magnified by the high speed, causing the drive to vibrate or produce a fan-like noise. These effects are inherent in the high-speed technology and do not indicate a problem with the drive. Emergency Ejection (use only in the case of an emergency) If the disc tray does not open when the OPEN / CLOSE button is pressed: Make sure that the power of the DVD-ROM is turned on. If the disc tray still will not open, the DVD-ROM drive's manual emergency mechanism may be activated. Turn off the DVD-ROM drive and wait at least 15 seconds until the disc stops rotating. [. . . ] This may cause a negative effect on the speed of your hard drive. 5-6 Cable Select Please contact the manufacturer of your computer for information on this setting. None Slave The drive is set to slave when no jumper is installed. This may cause a negative effect on the speed of your hard drive. Regulatory: Hitachi GD-8000 16X DVD-ROM User's Guide UL1950 C-UL (CSA C22. 2 No. 950-95) TUV (EN60950/EN60825) CB (IEC950/IEC825) Class 1 laser product comply with DHHS rules 21CFR Subchapter J FCC Rule Part 15 Class B CE Marking (89/336/EEC, 92/31/EEC, 93/68/EEC) C-Tick Mark SEMKO This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. [. . . ]