User manual THOMSON DTH6100

[. . . ] Table of Contents Connections and Setup Some points to check before you connect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Accessories provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Front panel controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Front panel display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Basic connections (DVD/VCR + TV). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Basic connections (DVD/VCR + TV + satellite or cable receiver) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Other connection options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 The remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Tuning in TV channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Manual installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DVD mode Basic playback operations Compatible discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Compatible formats. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Regional coding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Operating the DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Using the menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Accelerated play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Still image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Frame advance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Variable slow motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Changing chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Zoom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Scene replay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 VCR mode Basic playback operations Playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Stopping playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Accelerated play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Fast forward / Rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Variable playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Still image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Frame Advance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Ejecting the tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 EN Info menu Direct access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Title/Chapter / Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Subtitles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Play mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Bookmark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Camera angle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 PlayBack Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Recording Recording options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Instant recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Instant timer recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Ending a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Programming a recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 mp3, WMA and JPEG files Displaying JPEG files or playing mp3 or WMA files 24 Playing JPEG and mp3 files at the same time. . . . . . . . . . 25 Advanced functions Auto tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Setting the clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Colour standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Language selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Video doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Sound settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 On screen display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Format. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Decoder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 OPR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 NICAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Resetting the tape counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Playing NTSC tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Menus Player menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 The Play Mode menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 The Parental Control menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 The Display menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 The Sound menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The Languages menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 VCR and DVD modes Additional Information Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Discs you can play. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 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. [. . . ] To stop playback completely or to start again from the beginning, press STOP twice. If the player is left in STOP mode for more than two minutes without any user interaction, a screen saver is activated. Then, at the end of 30 minutes without any user interaction, the player switches off automatically. 4. Press STOP to stop playback. EN DVD Accelerated play While the disc is playing, press the REV or FWD button one or more times to vary the speed and direction of the accelerated play. Still image While the disc is playing, press PAUSE once for freeze frame. Note: After 30 seconds in PAUSE with no user interaction, the player goes into screen saver mode. Frame advance 1. Press the REV or FWD button a number of times to advance forward image by image. Variable slow motion 1. While the disc is playing, press the PAUSE button once. PAUSE is displayed. 2. Press the REV or FWD button a number of times to vary the speed and direction of the slow motion. Changing chapter While the disc is playing, press the or chapter, or to the next or previous track. While a disc is playing, press the ZOOM button until you reach the zoom size you require. Move from one area to another using the , , and buttons. Scene replay (DVD) While the disc is playing, press the AGAIN button on the remote control to replay the last seconds of the film or sequence shown. 19 Info menu You can display information about the disc during playback using the Info menu. It will also allow you to access certain functions. To display the menu, press PLAY to start playback and then press and buttons. Select the various options using the Then follow the instructions which appear on the screen and use the and buttons on the remote control to scroll through the options. Note: When one of the icons is greyed out, this means that the relevant function is not available on the disc being played. The invalid symbol indicates that the function selected or the button used is not available at this stage. EN DVD Time display Title Info menu (DVD) Chapter Subtitles Audio Play mode Bookmark Camera angle 00: 02: 16 PLAY T : 01 C : 02 1 of 1 Info menu (audio CD) Time display Track Play Bookmark mode 0 0 :0 1 :1 0 PLAY T : 01 Info menu (VCD and SVCD) Time display Track PlayBack Control Audio Play mode 00:02 :1 6 PLAY T : 01 PBC 20 Info menu Up ok Left Down Right Press the INFO button on the remote control while a disc is playing to display the Info menu. Use the and buttons on the remote control to select the icon you want. Then use the and buttons to select an option and press ok to confirm your selection. 01:49:37 Time indication PLAY icon Direct access (DVD) To directly access a location on the disc which does not correspond to the start of a title or chapter, press the INFO button, then select the time indication icon with the and buttons, then enter a time with the numeric buttons (format hh:mm:ss). EN DVD T:1 C: 12 Title/Chapter (DVD) / Track (audio CD and VCD) To directly access a title or a chapter (DVD), a track (audio CD and VCD), and press the INFO button, then select one of these icons with the buttons, and then choose a number using the and buttons or enter a number directly with the numeric buttons. Note: Many discs only have one title. Title/Track and Chapter icons Subtitles (DVD) Subtitles are disabled by default. You enable the subtitle function as follows: 1. While the disc is playing, press the INFO button, then select the subtitle Subtitles icon info using the and buttons, or press the button on the remote control in order to access the subtitle info directly. 2. To disable the subtitle function, select the Off option. Note: When you change the language of the subtitles using the Info menu your choice of language only applies for the disc currently being played. When you eject the disc and switch off the player, the subtitles will be displayed again in the subtitle language you selected in the Languages menu (see page 31). 21 Info menu Audio (DVD and VCD) Some discs have several audio tracks used for different languages or different audio formats. Press the INFO button, then select the audio icon with the buttons, or press the button on the remote control. Choose a language or an audio format with the EN DVD Notes: This option is only available if the disc offers a number of dialogue languages or of audio formats. When you change the dialogue language using the Info menu, your choice of language is only applicable to the disc being played. When you eject the disc or switch off the player, the dialogue language will revert to the one you selected in the Languages menu (see page 31). Play mode (all discs) Note: For mp3 and WMA play modes, please refer to page 24. 1. While the disc is playing, press the INFO button, then select the Play mode info using the and buttons or press the PLAY MODE button on the remote control. Play mode icon 2. Choose an option using the and buttons, then press ok: · DVD play modes: standard, program, title repeat, chapter repeat, A-B repeat. Notes: Program Play mode is only available if a programmed list has been created (see page 27). To repeat a sequence between two points A and B, choose the A-B repeat option, and then follow the instructions for entering the two points. [. . . ] Recordings using DVD-R and DVD-RW discs must be made in Video DVD mode. Recordings using DVD+RW discs must be made in accordance with the specifications for DVD+RW discs with a 4. 7 GB capacity. DVD+Rewritable EN VCD - Video Compact Disc CD on which you can record up to 74 min. of VHS-quality video associated with still images, audio tracks and interactive menus. SVCD - Super Video Compact Disc Most SVCDs comply with the IEC62107 standard. SVCDs can be used to record up to 70 minutes of digital sound and images in accordance with MPEG-2 standards for video and MPEG-1 standards for audio. Audio CDs Audio CDs (8 and 12 cm). CD-R, CD-RW Most CD-R (one recording only) and CD-RW discs (rewritable). [. . . ]