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Region code of DVD/Video player for home is 2 or ALL. In inserting a
disc with other region code, it does not operate. Please only use a
disc with region code 2 or ALL. 

is a ‘Prohibition’ mark. If this mark is displayed in operating the

product, please wait for a while, then use it. If "

Prohibition" mark

continues to  be displayed in  pressing a  button after  that, it means
the button does not function in the currently played disc.

Press a product button on the remote control then use the product. 

• DVD operation  :

[DVD] 

button 

• Video operation  : [

VCR

] button

• Radio operation  : [

FM/AM

] button  

DCR-9120

Owner’s Manual

Summary of Contents for DCR-9120

Page 1: ...mark is displayed in operating the product please wait for a while then use it If Prohibition mark continues to be displayed in pressing a button after that it means the button does not function in t...

Page 2: ...Assembling 53 Radio Operation Presetting the radio stations 54 Listening to the radio 55 RDS Radio Data System function 56 Speaker Setup Speaker Setup for enjoying the surround sound effect 57 Delay...

Page 3: ...uture reference Should the unit require maintenance contact an authorized service location see service procedure Use of control adjustments or the performance of procedures other than those specified...

Page 4: ...lt in installation such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is provided or the manufacturer s instructions have been adhered to 10 Power Sources This unit should be operated only from the...

Page 5: ...g is damaged B If liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the unit C If the unit has been exposed to rain or water D If the unit does not operate normally by following the operating instru...

Page 6: ...fected Built in Dolby Digital decoder DVD Slow Forward Reverse DVD playback Fast Forward Reverse playback Search of title chapter and time in DVD disc and search of track and time in VCD and CD Variou...

Page 7: ...h to wipe it out Follow instructions in using chemical cleaners Do not use any type of solvent such as gasoline or benzene as they may cause deterioration or paint peel off Checking___________________...

Page 8: ...to rewind currently being played videotape or disc or to playback back rapidly Search Use to wind currently being played videotape or disc or to playback rapidly Tuning Scan all available radio statio...

Page 9: ...layback disc indicator Dolby Digital indicator Prologic II indicator Playback indicator 1 Pause indicator 2 Multi angle indicator 3 DTS indicator 4 DSP indicator 5 PBC Playback Control indicator 6 RDS...

Page 10: ...s a jack for supplying power to the unit Connect to outlet in a wall Analog 5 1 Speaker Out Jack Connect each of the speaker wires to the satellite speakers Connection to Antenna Cable AM Antenna Jack...

Page 11: ...stations 9 VCR Record button 0 DVD PREVIOUS move into a previous chapter or track NEXT Move into a next chapter or track button RADIO RDS PTY button SOUND MUTE button DVD OPEN CLOSE button VCR EJECT b...

Page 12: ...d contact your nearest dealer or service center But owner s manual and warranty are not sold additionally 6 Speaker Cables 1 X green black wire for center speaker 1 X red black wire for front right sp...

Page 13: ...to change the viewing channels the PR PRESET buttons on the player remote need to be used To switch off this mode press TV VCR on the remote control TV remote can now be used as normal You will get be...

Page 14: ...e system Before you start unplug all the equipment from the mains supply Television Aerial Back view of your player You can use this connection if your player has two scart sockets This will improve s...

Page 15: ...nna connector Connector the FM wire antenna to the FM antenna connector FM wire antenna supplied AM loop antenna supplied To prevent noise pickup keep the AM loop antenna away from the DVD Receiver an...

Page 16: ...frequency Connect an active subwoofer to the WOOFER OUT connector using a monaural audio cord not supplied When you connect an active subwoofer disconnect the woofer from the WOOFER speaker connector...

Page 17: ...Press INPUT button to select the video equipment s input is copied 4 Check the video signal in other video equipment If video in the other video equipment is correctly displayed on TV screen Press REC...

Page 18: ...ct AUDIO OUT in rear panel of DVD Video to In jack of stereo sound unit 2 For Input Select in stereo unit Select External Input connected with DVD Video 3 Playback DVD disc or Hi Fi videotape you can...

Page 19: ...re positioned on near the current RF OUTPUT CH the guide message appears automatically The player recommends the optimal RF OUTPUT CH number automatically 4 B Belgium D Germany DK Denmark E Spain GR G...

Page 20: ...06 05 DATE 08 06 2002 SUN Auto Clock is only available for models with the VPS PDC function see page 50 Some broadcasting stations may send the time and date along with the VPS PDC data The video wil...

Page 21: ...aracters are not displayed in the normal picture 3 This player is set to OSD On Screen Display ON mode before shipping and you can change it to OFF mode VCR SETUP CLOCK SET LANGUAGE SET RF OUTPUT SET...

Page 22: ...S indicator on the front panel is lighted Then remote control button works as VCR function Press the VCR button then it becomes to the VCR OPERATION mode To Select Watch Modes or External Input Press...

Page 23: ...in the slow forward playback NOTE VCR doesn t have Slow Reverse Playback function If you want to watch a series of screens one by one FRAME ADVANCE press button in Pause mode Each time you press this...

Page 24: ...mber with the 0 to 9 buttons or search by pressing The fine tuning you can adjust When the program is encoded and you have a decoder connected to socket EURO AV2 press the or to select ON or OFF Chang...

Page 25: ...___ MANUAL SET SELECT CHARACTER SELECT POSITION OK CONFIRM SETUP END PR 01 RECEPTION AERIAL AUTOSEARCH CH__ FINE TUNING DECODER ON NAME O___ If the location numbers used for programmes stored in your...

Page 26: ...00 08 06 E180 00 48 STEREO ON V When you want the player to show the time remaining from the current player tape position to find out if there is sufficient space for a recording for example To ensure...

Page 27: ...ELECT OK CONFIRM SETUP END 16 9 SET AUTO OFF ON SELECT OK CONFIRM SETUP END If you watch a program which is recorded by 16 9 wide screen format with this player your TV must have 16 9 wide screen func...

Page 28: ...l fields loud speakers and computer monitors for example Always wind the tape to the beginning when you have finished Store with the full spool at the bottom and with the cassette in its cover You can...

Page 29: ...sound track and dubbed sound track VHS cassettes with Hi Fi stereo sound and VHS cassette with normal sound During Stop the player displays what the current station is broadcasting When you switch to...

Page 30: ...left audio channel only right channel only the normal mono sound track of a Hi Fi cassette During broadcasting a bilingual performance Main language original sound track sub language dubbed both main...

Page 31: ...test picture Tune the TV to the test picture using the channel pre set functions of your TV as described in its manual When you have found the test picture store it under the button number on your TV...

Page 32: ...y playing 4 A user can set OSD language Audio Subtitle and Disc Menu In case a disc does not include setting languages information the selected language does not appear OSD means On Screen Display Aud...

Page 33: ...e to be displayed in screen TV can be damaged Set the screensaver to On the screensaver functions automatically and DVD logo moves continuously if the resume stop stop pause open status is maintained...

Page 34: ...io Display Ratings Language Audio Display Ratings Language Select Speaker Setup by pressing button Press ENTER button to enter into Speaker Setup screen 3 Dynamic Range On Speaker Setup Configure Audi...

Page 35: ...exposed to damage Speaker Setup LEFT Speaker Setup Default Type Small Level 0 0 dB Delay 0 ms CENTER Type Small Level 0 0 dB Delay 0 ms RIGHT L SURR SUB W R SURR Type Small Level 0 0 dB Delay 0 ms Ty...

Page 36: ...Parental Lock doesn t activate The initial password is 3308 In case you forget newly input password you can use 3308 as a password DVD initial setting Password Unassigned PARENTAL 8 ADULT Default Res...

Page 37: ...forward or reverse playback press or button in Playback mode You can watch fast forward or reverse playing screen This reverse playback can be unavailable for certain DVD Unavailable for MP3 If you wa...

Page 38: ...For the case of VCD disc menu screen will appear only when the disc has PBC function and PBC ON is activated 1 Press the ENTER button or PLAY PAUSE button after pressing the button to select the desir...

Page 39: ...up to 5 scenes can be memorised 1 To play a memorised scene press MARK button Moving cursor with button to get the desired scene and press ENTER button Playback will start from the memorised position...

Page 40: ...urrent disc will be repeatedly playback Off Repeat playback will be cancelled DVD 1 4 Off 2 4 Chapter 3 4 Title 4 4 Disc CD 1 3 Off 2 3 Track 3 3 Disc Program Track 001 00 03 12 Track 002 00 03 54 Tra...

Page 41: ...e searched using the NUMBER or buttons 2 DVD You may repeat a defined period from A to B At the point where you want to start the repeat playback press A B button The right figure appears and repeat p...

Page 42: ...f you want to search with a time please select the Time window with buttons and enter the new time number to be searched using the NUMBER buttons 2 VCD CD Searching VCD and CD with a track number or t...

Page 43: ...selected repeat playback mode and time elapsed To exit from Display mode press DISPLAY button again DVD VCD CD Confirming the current VCD CD disc mode T 001 C 020 01 46 03 T 001 00 49 29 1 3 Stereo 1...

Page 44: ...sic File To playback MP3 File press ENTER button MP3 Confirming the current MP3 disc mode Confirming the current PLAY mode on screen Track List 000 001 CD01 002 A Track001 mp3 003 A Track002 mp3 004 A...

Page 45: ...ting please press SUBTITLE button one more A certain disc may not support audio select or subtitle select Each time you press SOUND FIELD button in playback mode sound fields can be set as below DVD m...

Page 46: ...one by one A base point to be enlarged is center and the point can be changed with the operation of button If a disc includes multi angle information the user can watch a screen in multi angles The f...

Page 47: ...d be named using 8 or fewer letters and or numbers and must incorporate the MP3 file extension EXAMPLE MP3 where each is a letter or number Use only letters and or numbers in file names If you use spe...

Page 48: ...g menus in a disc DVD VCD2 0 To watch JPEG file This unit will play JPEG files recorded on CD R and CD RW discs To watch the desired file move a cursor to a relative item with arrow buttons of button...

Page 49: ...tton Then you can watch DVD Recording To Record With VCR Press button to power on Press VCR button of remote control to change into VCR mode Insert a recordable tape Insert a tape with recording tab W...

Page 50: ...ording 1 First follow the steps 1 to 4 in Recording With VCR 2 Press REC button as much as you want See the Recording Times Table below Once continuous recording until you press STOP button Twice reco...

Page 51: ...isely even if the broadcaster delays the start time of the programme slightly The time you enter is the VPS PDC time so must be correct Not all stations offer VPS PDC in which case the player will sta...

Page 52: ...ch your player off Wait a few seconds after typing a one digit number If you have made a mistake move to the position you want to change using the buttons and change the setting If programme timings o...

Page 53: ...e the settings using the or number buttons If all settings are ok press or until you see OK CONFIRM in the bottom line Confirm changes with OK Exit the menus 2 TIMER PROGRAM PR START END DATE 03 21 20...

Page 54: ...eir EURO AV SCART sockets On the other video select its AV input and set the machine to record Switch your player to play back at the position you want copying to start TV other VCR Other VCR Decoder...

Page 55: ...starts to change then release Scanning stops when the DVD Receiver tunes in a station 2 Press MEMORY button A preset number will display in the display window 3 Press PRESET button to select the prese...

Page 56: ...ver tunes in one preset station at a time 2 Adjust the volume by rotating VOLUME on the front panel or pressing VOL or VOL button repeatedly 3 When listening the FM radio broadcasting each time you pr...

Page 57: ...None News Affairs Info Sport Educate Drama Culture Science Varied POP M ROCK M Easy M Light M Classics Other M Weather Finance Children Social Religion Phone In Travel Leisure Jazz Country Nation M O...

Page 58: ...marks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential Unpublished works Copyright 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories All rights reserved Manufactured under license from Digital Theater Systems Inc US Pat No 5 451 942 an...

Page 59: ...help recreate sound motion and atmosphere required for surround playback For optimum sound effects do not place the rear speakers too far behind the listening position Install them at or above the he...

Page 60: ...l arrive simultaneously to the listener 1 Center delay time setting If the distance of Dc is equal to or longer than the Df in the figure set the mode to 0ms Otherwise change the setting according to...

Page 61: ...nter FR Front Right SL Surround Left SR Surround Right You can select delay time by pressing Front Center Speaker 0 15ms Rear Speaker 0 30ms But sound field is in MOVIE or PL EMUL mode it is possible...

Page 62: ...Press button to adjust the sound level of the selected channel 7 5 dB 7 5 dB 3 Repeat step 2 3 and adjust the sound level of the other channels On completing entering the screen of sound level will be...

Page 63: ...is player will play DVD discs made for ALL regions Therefore this player will play DVD discs marked with labels containing the region number 2 or ALL Region 2 Region ALL 2 ALL Terms related with DVD D...

Page 64: ...ised sound quality Bitstream Digital audio data that is decoded into an analog signal for subsequent output to speakers Lt Rt It indicates L R of Dolby Digital 2CH Downmix output Downmix DOWNMIX is re...

Page 65: ...VCR or videotape Terms related with VCR AFT Automatic fine tuning a circuit that automatically adjusts TV reception to optimum condition CABLE Cable television Index Search A feature of this VCR that...

Page 66: ...e contaminants or be damaged A disc may be bad one Please check the connection with Dolby Digital amplifier Please check the plugs are connected with one another tightly Some contaminants may be remai...

Page 67: ...ush the tape smoothly That s why a safe mode to protect a videotape is operated automatically Please pull out the tape and input it again In case the product is used for a long time a videotape may no...

Page 68: ...ss INPUT button in this remote controller to adjust in General Broadcast condition Is the rounded line RF cable connected in ANT IN terminal Please check whether the clock is right Please check whethe...

Page 69: ...disc DVD VIDEO CD CD 12cm CD 8cm MP3 CD R CD RW Tape speed SP 23 39 mm s LP 11 70 mm s Playtime SP 3hrs LP 6hrs use of E 180 tape Clock display 24hrs Time Recording 8 programs a month Persistence in...

Page 70: ...TV as above You will get better pictures and sound quality if you connect your player with a scart lead A Be sure to match the speaker cord to the appropriate terminal on the components to and to B I...

Page 71: ...screen automatically E For selecting the country refer to the followings A After setting the language and country Auto Set or Auto Search tunes in all the stations you can receive in your country and...

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