User manual THOMSON DTH213E

[. . . ] Table of Contents Connections and Setup Some points to check before you connect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Accessories provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Inserting batteries in the remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front panel controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Front panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Basic connections (DVD player + TV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Basic connections (DVD player + TV + video recorder) 4 Other connection options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Video sockets and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Audio sockets and cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Navigating through menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Functions in DVD mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Functions in TV mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Functions in VCR mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Playback of mp3, WMA and JPEG files Displaying JPEG files or playing mp3 or WMA files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Playing JPEG and mp3 music files at the same time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Player Menus Using player menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Start. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Random play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Program play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 AutoPlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 IntroScan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The Parental Control menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Lock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Ratings limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Unrated titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 The Display menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 TV image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Front Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PAL/NTSC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 The Sound menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Sound Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Digital Output. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Virtual Surround. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 The Languages menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Player Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Disc Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Subtitles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 EN Basic Playback Operations Operating the DVD player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Description of the various menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Compatible discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Compatible formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Regional coding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Accelerated play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Still image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Frame advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Variable slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Changing chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Scene replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Info menu Using the Info menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Direct access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Title/Chapter / Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Screen fit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Subtitles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Camera angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PBC (PlayBack Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Additional Information Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Handling and caring for discs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Discs you can play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 DVD copy protection In accordance with the DVD standard, your DVD player is equipped with a Copy Protection system, which can be switched on and off by the DVD disc itself, in order to make any recording of the relevant DVD disc onto a videotape of very poor picture quality, or even impossible. "This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U. S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home use only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. " 1 Connections and Setup Some points to check before you connect · · · · · · Ensure that the mains supply in your house complies with that indicated on the identification sticker located on the back of your appliance. [. . . ] Select an image file using the , , and buttons, then press OK to confirm your selection. The name of the folder where the file is located and the name of the file appear on the right in the "Current selection" section. The name of the folder where the file is located and the name of the file appear on the right in the "Current selection" section. EN 3. Then select an mp3 music file using the Note:To delete your selection, press the CLEAR button. 4. Press the PLAY button to start playing the two files at the same time. Note:You can also select a folder containing JPEG and mp3 files using the , , and buttons, then press PLAY. In this case, the player starts playing the pictures and music at the same time beginning with the first file of each type. · The player starts the slide show with the JPEG file selected and proceeds by displaying all the JPEG files in the same folder, and then all the JPEG files in the subfolders located in the same folder. At the same time, the player plays the selected mp3 file, then all the mp3 files in the same folder, and finally the mp3 files contained in the folders located at the same level as the folder containing the file selected at the start. Note: If the mp3 files are finished playing before the end of the slide show, the player starts playing the mp3 files again until the slide show ends. 00:02:45 PLAY MP3 JPEG 5. Press INFO to access the Info menu during simultaneous playback. You can change the slide show's projection speed using the , or PLAY MODE button. Angels Holidays 03 Slideshow speed: Fast 6. During simultaneous playback you can use the ZOOM button to magnify the picture, the or buttons to go back to the previous picture or go on to the next one. 15 Player Menus Using the player menus The player's main menu is displayed when there is no disc in the player or when the disc has been interrupted during playback by pressing the STOP button. Return to a previous menu using the button. EN A menu option can provide access to a submenu, enable or disable an option or trigger an action. Play Play Mode Parental Control Display Sound Languages Lock Password Ratings Limits Unrated Titles Free Access When a small arrow ( ) appears to the right of a menu option, this means that this option has a submenu. To access this submenu, select the relevant option and press OK. Example: the Parental Control option provides access to a submenu offering four options ranging from Lock to Unrated Titles. Example of a sub-menu Play Play Mode Parental Control Display Sound Languages Start Random Play Program Play AutoPlay Other menu options (also followed by arrows) can be used to enable or disable an option. Example: when you select the option AutoPlay from the Play mode menu, each time you press the OK button you enable or disable (On or Off) the AutoPlay function. On IntroScan Resume Play Play Mode Parental Control Display Sound Languages TITANIC_PAL_DISC2 01:00:34 Finally, menu options (not followed by arrows) can be used to carry out an action immediately. Example: when you confirm the Resume Play option in the main menu, the disc resumes playing immediately from the point you interrupted it. 16 Player Menus The Play Mode menu Play Play Mode Parental Control Display Sound Languages Start Random Play Program Play AutoPlay 1. Select the Play Mode option and press OK to confirm. On IntroScan Note:The content of the Play Mode menu varies depending on the type of disc. 3. Select a play mode with the press OK to confirm. and buttons, and EN Start (all discs) Press OK or the PLAY button to begin the disc's standard playback. Random Play (Audio CD, mp3 and WMA only) You can listen to all the tracks on the disc in a random order (chosen by the player) by choosing the Random Play option. Press PLAY to resume normal playback. Program Play (all discs except VCD, SVCD and JPEG) With this option, you choose and program the playback order. DVD: select a title using the and buttons and press the chapters and select a chapter using the and buttons. Audio CD: select a track using the buttons, or select All to start playing all the and and buttons, then press the buttons. mp3 and WMA CD: select a folder using the access the list of files, then select a file using the Note:When an mp3 or WMA file is selected for more than two seconds, the player plays the first 10 seconds of the song. 2. Press OK to add the title, chapter (DVD), track (audio CD) or file (mp3) selected to the list. Press the CLEAR button to remove the last title/chapter/track/file from the list. Repeat steps 1 and 2 as often as necessary. AutoPlay (all discs) This option automatically starts playback as soon as a disc is loaded. Press OK to enable or disable this option. IntroScan (Audio CD only) This option plays the first ten seconds of each track. Press OK to start the IntroScan, press STOP to stop it and PLAY to continue playing the current track. 17 Player Menus The Parental Control menu Play Play Mode Parental Control Display Sound Lock Password Ratings Limits Unrated Titles Free Access You can control access to the player and the type of discs your family can watch with the lock function. There are eight levels of parental control. Select the Parental Control option in the main menu and press OK. The corresponding menu is displayed. EN Languages Lock 1. To activate locking ( the and ) according to your pre-set rating limits, select the Lock option using buttons and press OK to confirm. 2. [. . . ] As for 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's DOS and Windows, as well as with Apple Mac. These two formats are the most widely used. · mp3 filenames should not exceed 12 characters, and should end with the ". mp3" extension. When composing your title ensure that you use 8 characters or less, have no spaces in the name, and avoid the use of special characters including ( . [. . . ]