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A P E X

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Important Safety Instructions

The lightning flash with an arrowhead symbol within an equilateral tri-

angle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dan-

gerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient

magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. 

The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert

the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance

(servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance. 

For Customer Use:

In spaces provided below, record the Model and Serial No. located on the rear panel of your unit.

Model No.                                                                      Serial No.

Retain this information for future reference.

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

AVIS

RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE NE

PAS OUVRIR

CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC

SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO

USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVIC-

ING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. 

CAUTION: (Visible) Laser Radiation When Open. DO

NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

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WARNING:             DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE, DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF FIRE

OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT OPEN THE CABINET; DANGEROUS HIGH VOLTAGES ARE 

PRESENT INSIDE THE ENCLOSURE.  ONLY QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL SHOULD 

ATTEMPT THIS.

CAUTION:       TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK, MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT, AND 

FULLY INSERT.

ATTENTION:          POUR EVITER LES CHOCS ELECTRIQUE, INTRODUIRE LA LAME LA PLUS LARGE DE LA

FICHE DANS LA BORNE CORRESPONDANTE DE LA PRISE ET POUSSER JUSQU' AU FOUD.

CAUTION:

This 

Home Theater System

employs  a Laser System.  To prevent direct exposure to the laser beam, do not try to open the                      

enclosure. Visible laser radiation when open and interlocks defeated.

Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure.

DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM.

To ensure proper use of this product, please read this owner’s manual carefully and retain for future  reference.  Should the unit require              

maintenance, contact an authorized service location, or contact APEX Digital Inc.Only qualified service personnel should remove the cover.

FCC NOTICE

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device.  Pursuant to the part 15 of FCC Rules. 

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

This equipment generates,uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and,if not installed and used in accordance with the

instructions,may cause harmful interference to radio communication.However,there is no guarantee that interference will not occur

in a particular installation.If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception,which can be determined

by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following  

measures:

-  Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

- Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

FCC Caution:To assure continued compliance,(example-use only shielded interface cables when connecting to computer or

peripheral devices).Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void 

the user’s authority to operate this equipment.

WARNING

Changes or modifications made to this equipment, not expressly approved by APEX or parties authorized by APEX will void all the 

manufacture warranties.

THE REGION CODE FOR THE UNIT IS 1.

Since it is very usual for DVD movies to be released at different times in different regions of the world, all players have region

codes and discs can have an optional region code.  If you load a disc of a different region code to your player, you will see the
region code notice on the screen.  The disc will not play, and should be unloaded.

CLASS 1

LASER PRODUCT

Summary of Contents for HT-150

Page 1: ...r s manual carefully and retain for future reference Should the unit require maintenance contact an authorized service location or contactAPEX Digital Inc Only qualified service personnel should remove the cover FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device Pursuant to the part 15 of FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasona...

Page 2: ...rking label If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home consult your product dealer or local power com pany For products intended to operate from battery power or other sources refer to the operating instructions 12 Grounding or Polarization This product may be equipped with a polarized alternating current line plug a plug having one blade wider than the other This plug will fit i...

Page 3: ...ecified by the manufacturer or have the same as the original part Unauthorized substitutions may result in fire electric shock or other hazards 23 Safety Check Upon completion of any service or repairs to this product ask the service technician to perform saftey checks to determine that the product is in proper operating condition 24 Wall or Ceiling Mounting The product should be mounted to a wall...

Page 4: ... cloth and finish with a dry cloth Do not use any type of solvent such as a thinner benzine commercially available cleaners or anti static spray for vinyl LP s It may damage the disc PLAYABLE DISCS This unit can play back the following discs DVD video disc Audio Video moving pictures Audio Audio 12 cm 12 cm 8 cm CD single 12 cm Audio CD MP3 CD Disc Mark Contains Disc Size Maximum playback time App...

Page 5: ... PLAY 6 PREVIOUS 7 VOLUME KNOB VOLUME UP DOWN 8 NEXT 9 STOP 1 0 OPEN CLOSE You can change the brightness of the front panel display by pressing the DIMMER button repeatedly FRONT PANEL REAR PANEL 1 AV INPUT COMPOSITE VIDEO AUDIO L AUDIO R 2 AV OUTPUT COMPOSITE VIDEO AUDIO L AUDIO R 3 COMPONENT VIDEO OUTPUT 4 S VIDEO OUTPUT 5 DIGITAL AUDIO COAXIAL OUTPUT 6 DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL OUTPUT 7 DOLBY 5 1 C...

Page 6: ...TO 5 PROGRAM 6 A B RPT 7 NUMBER 8 SUBTITLE 9 AUDIO 10 DISPLAY 11 DIRECTION 12 TITLE 13 MENU 14 SETUP 15 SKIP FORWARD 16 SKIP REVERSE 17 PLAY PAUSE 18 STOP 19 FAST REVERSE THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONS ON THE REMOTE CONTROL NOTICE 20 FAST FORWARD 21 STEP 22 SLOW 23 ENTER 24 MODE 25 VOLUME 26 MUTE 27 CLEAR 28 ZOOM 29 ANGLE 30 KODAK T E 31 RESUME 32 DIMMER 33 PAL NTSC 34 SHUFFLE 35 RE...

Page 7: ...compartment Close the cover NOTICE PREPARING THE REMOTE CONTROL To operate the unit you must first place the batteries in the remote control FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS BELOW BECAUSE INCORRECT USE OF BATTERIES MIGHT CAUSE THEM TO LEAK OR ERODE Do not place the batteries in the wrong direction It is dangerous to charge heat open or short circuit the batteries Do not leave dead batteries or mix old with new...

Page 8: ... of your unit to the TV Video Input For TV that support S video Input please follow the diagram to the right BETTER Yellow Red White TV Video Input TV Audio Input TV s S video input Optional Cable Connect the unit with an optional S Video cable if the TV has an S Video input Don not connect the yellow video cable if using the S Video cable During connecting do not connect the S Video output and YP...

Page 9: ...own for speakers Each press of the MODE button steps through the speakers as fol lows LEFT CENTER RIGHT SR SL SW VOL NOTICE Depending on the settings of other speakers excessive volume may be output from the subwoofer If the distances of the speakers are not equal adjust the speaker with shortest distance to the listener You may set delay value for speakers via the Channel Deley Setup in Audio Set...

Page 10: ...ain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection tech nology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited It is forbidden by law to copy b...

Page 11: ...back will start A disc may be damaged if not correctly placed on the guides in the disc tray This may also cause the unit to malfunction The menu screen will appear automatically or you may access the menu screen by pressing the TITLE button AFF Function Before AFF After AFF WHAT IS AFF AFF stands for Active Full screen Function It allows you to fill the television screen viewing area when using a...

Page 12: ...REMOVE THE DISC Press the OPEN CLOSE button Wait until the disc tray is completely open before removing any discs After removing the discs press the OPEN CLOSE button to close the disc tray At the completion of each movie a menu screen will appear Be aware that the on screen setup menu may damage your TV by permanently burning that image onto the screen To avoid this press the STOP button at the c...

Page 13: ... Some discs do not utilize this feature Locating a Specific Title Chapter or Track Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 THE DVD VIDEO DISCS ARE NORMALLY DIVIDED INTO TITLES THE TITLES ARE SUB DIVIDED INTO CHAPTERS MOREOVER AUDIO CD and MP3 CD ARE DIVIDED INTO TRACKS YOU CAN CONVENIENTLY LOCATE ANY SPECIFIC TITLE CHAPTER OR TRACK WITH THIS unit T...

Page 14: ... THE OPERATIONAL STATUS With this function you can view on your TV the following Current title Track number Total playing time Press DISPLAY during playback Title Elapsed TT 01 12 CH 006 039 0 02 20 Chapter Elapsed TT 01 12 CH 006 039 0 03 50 Chapter Remain TT 01 12 CH 006 039 0 10 40 Current Title Total Title Current Chapter Total Chapter Title Remain TT 01 12 CH 006 039 0 18 50 DISPLAY OFF TO TU...

Page 15: ...s the A B RPT button at the beginning of the segment in which you want to repeat playback point A 2 Press the A B RPT button again at the end of the segment point B The unit will automatically return to point A and start to repeat playback of the selected segment A B 3 Press the A B RPT button to cancel the A B repeat function The unit will resume to normal playback Chapter Title All Repeats the s...

Page 16: ...MERA ANGLE Press the ANGLE button while playing back a scene recorded with multiple angles Each time you press the ANGLE button the angle will change NOTICE The angle function will not work on DVD video discs that do not contain recorded multiple angles During still playback you are able to change the camera angle When you resume to normal playback the camera angle changes to the new settings The ...

Page 17: ...ram playback may not func tion To clear the numbers that you have programmed in just now press CLEAR button Program TT 22 CH 01 TT_ _CH _ _ 06 TT_ _CH _ _ 02 TT_ _CH _ _ 07 TT_ _CH _ _ 03 TT_ _CH _ _ 08 TT_ _CH _ _ 04 TT_ _CH _ _ 09 TT_ _CH _ _ 05 TT_ _CH _ _ 10 TT_ _CH _ _ Exit NEXT Program TT 22 CH 01 TT05 CH 12 06 TT_ _CH _ _ 02 TT02CH 07 07 TT_ _CH _ _ 03 TT04CH 07 08 TT_ _CH _ _ 04 TT_ _CH _ ...

Page 18: ...welve The MENU key is used to display thumbnail pictures from the stop position After it is enabled up to twelve scaled down thumbnail pictures will be display on the screen The keys can be used to display the NEXT and PREVIOUS twelve pictures in the current directory mode 9 EXTEND FROM CENTER H mode 10 EXTEND FROM CENTER V mode 11 COMPRESS TO CENTER H mode 12 COMPRESS TO CENTER V mode 13 WINDOW H...

Page 19: ...es are provided Use KODAK T E key to select IMAGE ROTATION ZOOM mode 9 EXTEND FROM CENTER H mode 10 EXTEND FROM CENTER V mode 11 COMPRESS TO CENTER H mode 12 COMPRESS TO CENTER V mode 13 WINDOW H mode 14 WINDOW V mode 15 WIPE FROM EDGE TO CENTER RANDOM R E A D A B L E NONE by default mode 1 WIPE TOP mode 2 WIPE BOTTOM mode 3 WIPE LEFT mode 4 WIPE RIGHT mode 5 DIAGONAL WIPE LEFT TOP mode 6 DIAGONAL...

Page 20: ...rom disc to disc For example if the disc allows you can edit out violent scenes unsuitable for children and replace them with more suitable scenes or lock out playback of the disc all together TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD 3 Select Preference Page press ENTER 4 Select Parental press ENTER And then select rating with DIRECTION buttons press ENTER 1 Highlight Password Setup with DIRECTION but tons from se...

Page 21: ...enter Speaker SML Rear Speaker SML Subwoofer Off Test Tone Off Full 3 4 1 2 1 4 Off SPDIF Off SPDIF RAW SPDIF PCM LT RT Stereo Off Large Small Large Small Large Small On Off On Off SPDIF Output RAW Dual Mono Stereo Dynamic PRO Logic II On Reverb Mode Off LPCM Out 48K Stereo L MONO R MONO MIX MONO On Off Auto Off Concert Living Room Hall Bathroom Cave Arena Church LPCM Out 48K LPCM Out 96K Center 0...

Page 22: ...ass approx 0 85kg Rated impedance 4 ohms Dimensions approx 350mmx160mmx313mm Mass approx 5 41 kg SUBWOOFER SPEAKERS Inputs Video 1 Vp p 75 ohms Outputs Video 1 Vp p 75 ohms S Video Y 1 Vp p 75 ohms C PAL 0 3 Vp p 75 ohms NTSC 0 286 Vp p 75 ohms Component Video Y 1 0V p p 75 ohms Pb 0 7V p p 75 ohms Pr 0 7V p p 75ohms Specifications A P E X D I G I T A L H T 1 5 0 22 Audio cable red and white 1 pai...

Page 23: ...fer to disc This is especially true of some discs manufactured between 1997 1998 Scratched disc Connect the unit directly through the TV and not through any other source What you re view ing is the effect of the copy protection circuitry required on all units If you don t have a video input on your TV you must purchase an RF adapter from your deal er Place the disc with the graphics side up Place ...

Page 24: ...x Digital Inc A product that requires modification or adaptation to enable it to operate in any country other than the country for which it was designed manufactured approved and or authorized or repair of products damaged by these modifi cations Incidental or consequential damages resulting from the product Some states do not allow the incidental or con sequential damages so the above exclusion m...

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