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On-Screen Display

Displaying Disc Information on-screen

You can display various information about the disc loaded on-
screen. 

1. Press DISPLAY to show various 

playback information. The items 
displayed differ depending on the 
disc type or playing status. 

2. You can select an item by pressing 

v

V

and change or select

the setting by pressing 

b

B

.

Title (Track) – Current title (or track). number/total number of
titles (or tracks).
Chapter – Current chapter number/total number of chapters. 
Time – Elapsed playing time. 
Audio – Selected audio language or channel. 
Subtitle – Selected subtitle. 
Angle – Selected angle/total number of angles. 

NOTE

If no button is pressed for a few seconds, the on-screen display
disappears.

Initial Settings 

By using the Setup menu, you can make various adjustments to
items such as picture and sound. You can also set a language for
the subtitles and the Setup menu, among other things. For details
on each Setup menu item, see pages 21 to 26.

To display and exit the Menu:

Press SETUP to display the menu. A second press of SETUP will
take you back to initial screen.

To go to the next level: 

Press 

B

on the remote control. 

To go back to the previous level:

Press 

b

on the remote control. 

General Operation

1. Press SETUP. The Setup menu appears.

2. Use 

v

/

V

to select the desired option then press 

B

to move to

the second level. The screen shows the current setting for the
selected item, as well as alternate setting(s).

3. Use 

v

/

V

to select the second desired option then press 

B

to

move to the third level.

4. Use 

v

/

V

to select the desired setting then press ENTER to

confirm your selection. Some items require additional steps.

5. Press SETUP or PLAY to exit the Setup menu.

Summary of Contents for DP172G

Page 1: ...ble DVD Player Before connecting operating or adjusting this prod uct please read this instruction booklet carefully and completely Owner s Manual Model DP172G DP173G P NO MFL30593062 DP173 172BN_AA1PLLW_ENG ...

Page 2: ... or the performance of procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure To prevent direct exposure to laser beam do not try to open the enclosure Visible laser radiation when open DO NOT STARE INTO BEAM CAUTION The apparatus should not be exposed to water dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids such as vases should be placed on the apparatus ...

Page 3: ...nditions could result in electric shock or fire Periodically exam ine the cord of your appliance and if its appearance indicates damage or deterioration unplug it discontinue use of the appli ance and have the cord replaced with an exact replacement part by an authorized servicer Protect the power cord from physical or mechanical abuse such as being twisted kinked pinched closed in a door or walke...

Page 4: ...sh bowl kitchen sink laundry tub in a wet basement or near a swim ming pool and other areas located near water 6 Clean only with dry cloth Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning Do not use liquid cleaners 7 Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions Slots and openings in the cabinet are provided for ventilation and to ensure r...

Page 5: ...r all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the product has been damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug is damaged liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the product the product has been exposed to rain or moisture does not operate normally or has been dropped 15 Do not block any ventilation openings Maintain well ventilated conditions aroun...

Page 6: ... 23 24 OTHERS 25 26 General Features 27 29 Additional Features 30 Playing an Audio CD and MP3 WMA Disc 31 Programmed Playback 32 Repeat Programmed Tracks 32 Erasing a Track from Program List 32 Erasing the Complete Program List 32 Viewing a JPEG disc 33 34 Slide Show 33 Still Picture 33 Moving to another File 34 Zoom 34 To rotate picture 34 To listen to MP3 WMA music while watching picture 34 JPEG...

Page 7: ...s is applicable only to the disc represented by the symbol All discs listed below DVD and finalized DVD R RW Video CDs Audio CDs MP3 discs WMA discs DivX discs Notes on Discs Handling Discs Do not touch the playback side of the disc Hold the disc by the edges so that fingerprints do not get on the surface Never stick paper or tape on the disc Storing Discs After playing store the disc in its case ...

Page 8: ...the unit for a long period of time since they leave marks on the sur face Cleaning the unit To clean the player use a soft dry cloth If the surfaces are extremely dirty use a soft cloth lightly moistened with a mild deter gent solution Do not use strong solvents such as alcohol benzine or thinner as these might damage the surface of the unit Maintaining the Unit The DVD player is a high tech preci...

Page 9: ...unctions Customers should note that permission is required in order to download MP3 WMA files and music from the Internet Our company has no right to grant such permission Permission should always be sought from the copyright owner Regional Code This unit has a regional code printed on the rear of the unit This unit can play only DVD discs labelled same as the rear of the unit or ALL Notes on Regi...

Page 10: ...COLOR BRIGHT ENTER Confirms menu selection 6 COLOR BRIGHT Selects the mode of LCD adjustment Brightness Color OFF SETUP Accesses or removes setup menu TITLE Displays title menu if available MENU Accesses menu on a DVD disc DISPLAY Accesses On Screen display LCD MODE NORMAL FULL ZOOM OFF 7 Disc Lid 8 OPEN button Push this button to open the Disc lid NOTE Place a disc with the playback side down on ...

Page 11: ...Remote Control for operation g Battery charge indicator During recharging charge indicator is red If recharging is complete charge indicator changes to green color h PLAY B X Starts playback Pauses playback temporarily STOP x Stops playback Reverse SKIP SEARCH Search backward go to beginning of current chapter or track or go to previous chapter or track Forward SKIP SEARCH Search forward go to nex...

Page 12: ...Pauses playback temporarily press repeatedly for frame by frame playback PLAY Starts playback STOP x Stops playback 6 0 9 number buttons Selects numbered items in a menu 7 SUBTITLE Selects a subtitle language 8 ANGLE Selects a DVD camera angle if available 9 SLOW t T Reverse Forward slow playback 10 PROG Places a track on the program list 11 CLEAR Removes a track number on the program list or a ma...

Page 13: ...tion as the on the battery holder 3 Replace the battery holder with battery into the remote control unit making sure that it is fully inserted Replace remote control unit battery with 3V micro lithium cells such as CR 2025 or its equivalent Dispose of battery safety in accordance with local laws Do not dispose of in fire Identification of Controls Warning The battery used in this device may presen...

Page 14: ...ck Do not use an AC adapter other than one specified as it can cause a fire or damage to the player AC adapter This AC adapter operates on 100 240V 1 5A 50 60Hz MODEL NO DP AC90 Manufactured by WANLIDA Digital Technology Co Ltd Contact an electrical parts distributor for assistance in selecting a suitable AC plug adapter or AC cord set Power Connections Continued AC Adapter Follow steps 1 to 2 to ...

Page 15: ...not leave your DVD player in a place where the temperature exceeds 70 C 158 F or the pick up device may be damaged Examples include Inside a car with the windows closed and in direct sunshine Near a heating appliance Automotive adapter This automotive adapter operates on DC 12V MODEL NO DPDC1 Manufactured by WANLIDA Digital Technology Co Ltd Contact an electrical parts distributor for assistance i...

Page 16: ... pack A Detaching the battery pack 1 Press the RELEASE knob 2 Pull the battery pack until the hooks click Power Connections continued Battery Pack ATTENTION The product that you have purchased contains a rechargeable battery The battery is recyclable At the end of it s useful life under various state and local laws it may be illegal to dispose of this bat tery into the municipal waste stream Check...

Page 17: ...oltage even if you attached the battery When you are in this situation power on the unit and then power off again Then battery charge will proceed A Recharging and play times When Brightness control is set to initial mode A Press Display to display the battery status on the screen If using the AC adapter battery display does not appear This unit power is off automatically after the Check Battery S...

Page 18: ...cause serious damage MENU OPEN PUSH CLO SE TITLE DISPLAY LCD MODE COLOR BRIGHT COLOR BRIGHT ENTER A V IN OUT POWER SETUP MENU OPEN P U S H CLOSE TITLE DISPLAY LCD MODE COLOR BRIGHT ENTER A V IN OUT POWER SETUP After rotating LCD completely you can fold the LCD screen as shown above Rotate the LCD ...

Page 19: ...n on the spindle and push gently on the center of the disc so it goes into position Confirm LCD MODE position by pressing LCD MODE button A Changing the size of the picture Use the LCD MODE button to change the picture mode The mode is shown on the unit s display as follows NORMAL FULL ZOOM OFF NOTE May appear to differ according to kind of disc A The picture mode and size The picture shown on the...

Page 20: ...p menu you can make various adjustments to items such as picture and sound You can also set a language for the subtitles and the Setup menu among other things For details on each Setup menu item see pages 21 to 26 To display and exit the Menu Press SETUP to display the menu A second press of SETUP will take you back to initial screen To go to the next level Press B on the remote control To go back...

Page 21: ... reference chapter If you enter the wrong language code press CLEAR DISPLAY TV Aspect 4 3 Select when a standard 4 3 TV is connected 16 9 Select when a 16 9 TV is connected Display Mode Display Mode setting works only when the TV Aspect mode is set to 4 3 LetterBox Displays a wide picture with bands on the upper and lower portions of the screen Panscan Automatically displays the wide picture on th...

Page 22: ...s to 48 kHz so your system can decode them If your receiver or amplifier is capable of handling 96 kHz signals select 96 kHz When this choice is made this unit passes each type of signal through without any further processing Check the documentation for your amplifier to verify its capabili ties Dynamic Range Control DRC With the DVD format you can hear a program s soundtrack in the most accurate ...

Page 23: ...rom 1 to 8 using the v V buttons Rating 1 8 Rating one 1 has the most restrictions and rating eight 8 is the least restrictive Unlock If you select unlock parental control is not active and the disc plays in full NOTE If you set a rating for the player all disc scenes with the same rat ing or lower are played Higher rated scenes are not played unless an alternate scene is available on the disc The...

Page 24: ...r the password again to verify 3 Press SETUP to exit the menu If you forget your Security Code If you forget your security code you can clear it using the following steps 1 Press SETUP to display the Setup menu 2 Input the 6 digit number 210499 and the security code is cleared 3 Enter a new code as described above Area Code Enter the code of the area whose standards were used to rate the DVD video...

Page 25: ...r s ability On Expanded grey scale 0 IRE cut off Off Standard grey scale 7 5 IRE cut off DivX R VOD We provide you the DivX VOD Video On Demand registration code that allows you to rent and purchase videos using the DivX VOD service For more information visit www divx com vod 1 Select DivX R VOD option then press B 2 Press ENTER while Select is selected and the registration code will appear Use th...

Page 26: ...ou can see the current transmitting frequency on the display LCD while the player is in playing DVD VCD or Divx discs Press DISPLAY to show the current transmitting frequency AUDIO CD or MP3 WMA discs You can see the current trans mitting frequency on top of the menu screen NOTES You cannot change the transmitting frequency while the player is in playing If you want to change the transmitting freq...

Page 27: ...res may also be available on the Setup menu Moving to another TITLE When a disc has more than one title you can move to another title Press DISPLAY while playback is stopped then the appropriate num ber 0 9 or use b B to move to another title You can play any title by inputting its number while playback is stopped Moving to another CHAPTER TRACK During playback press SKIP or to go to the next chap...

Page 28: ...ce from point A Starting point to point B End point Repeat During playback press REPEAT repeatedly to select a desired repeat mode DVD Video Discs Chapter Title Off Video CDs Audio CD DivX MP3 WMA discs Track All Off NOTES On a Video CD with PBC you must set PBC to Off on the setup menu to use the repeat function See PBC on page 25 If you press SKIP once during Repeat Chapter Track playback the re...

Page 29: ... L Bilingual R or a mix of both Main Bilingual by pressing AUDIO Press AUDIO repeatedly during playback to hear a different audio channel STEREO LEFT or RIGHT Camera Angle During playback of DVD disc contains scenes recorded different camera angles press ANGLE repeatedly to select a desired angle TIP The angle indicator will blink on the screen during scenes recorded at dif ferent angles as an ind...

Page 30: ...lapsed playing time appears in the display window during playback or stop Some subtitles recorded around the marker may fail to appear DVD All the markers are cleared when the power is turned off or the disc is removed The marker is not stored when the DVD or title menu is dis played on the screen Last Scene Memory This player memorizes last scene from the last disc that is viewed The last scene r...

Page 31: ...ithin 8 320kbps MP3 32 192kbps WMA The player cannot read an MP3 WMA file that has a file extension other than mp3 wma CD R physical format should be ISO 9660 If you record MP3 WMA files using software that cannot create a file system eg Direct CD it is impossible to playback MP3 WMA files We recommend that you use Easy CD Creator which creates an ISO 9660 file system File names should have a maxi...

Page 32: ...USIC list and then press PLAY Repeat Programmed Tracks Press REPEAT to select a desired repeat mode Track repeats the current track All repeats all the tracks on programmed list Off No display does not play repeatedly NOTE If you press once during Repeat Track playback the repeat playback cancels Erasing a Track from Program List 1 Press PROGRAM and the mark will appear 2 Use v V b B to select the...

Page 33: ... Press MENU to move to the next page There are three Slide Speed options Fast Normal and Slow Use v V b B to highlight the Speed Then use b B to select the option you want to use then press ENTER On a disc with MP3 WMA and JPEG you can switch MP3 WMA and JPEG Press TITLE and MUSIC or PHOTO word on top of the menu is highlighted Press RETURN information of file is hidden Slide Show Use v V b B to h...

Page 34: ...cks from the MUSIC menu and then proceed as above JPEG disc compatibility with this player is limited as fol lows Depending upon the size and number of JPEG files it could take a long time for the DVD player to read the disc s contents If you don t see an on screen display after several minutes some of the files may be too large reduce the resolution of the JPEG files to less than 2M pixels as 276...

Page 35: ...3 Press MENU to move to the list menu NOTES Unfinalized DVD R RW discs cannot be played in this player Some DVD VR disc are made with CPRM data by DVD RECORDER Player does not support these kinds of discs and display the CHECK DISC What is CPRM CPRM is a copy protection system with scramble system only allowing the recording of copy once broadcast programs CPRM stands for Content Protection for Re...

Page 36: ...tle does not display properly during playback press and hold SUBTITLE about 3 seconds then press b B to select anoth er language code until the subtitle is displayed properly TIPS Press MENU to move to the next page On a CD with MP3 WMA JPEG and MOVIE file you can switch MUSIC PHOTO and MOVIE menu Press TITLE and MUSIC PHOTO and MOVIE word on top of the menu is highlighted The disc subtitle may no...

Page 37: ...ports only 1 point of the record level GMC GMC is the acronym for Global Motion Compensation It is an encod ing tool specified in MPEG4 standard Some MPEG4 encoder like DivX or Xvid have this option There are different levels of GMC encoding usually called 1 point 2 point or 3 point GMC Playable DivX file avi mpg mpeg Playable Subtitle format SubRip srt txt SAMI smi SubStation Alpha ssa txt MicroD...

Page 38: ... moving one piece at a time Each type of piece has its own method of movement A piece may be moved to another posi tion or may captuer an opponent s piece With the exception of the knight a piece can not move over through any of the other pieces Key configuration ENTER Select a piece or position to move b B v V Moves the cursor 1 and 2 Undo previous move 1 for player 1 white and 2 for player 2 bla...

Page 39: ... of your card s numbers is lowest If one of four players stops the game Registering Condition Number 7 can register alone More than 3 pieces of cards with same number More than 3 pieces of straight numbers cards with same suit Attaching Condition A player have to register once before attaching After registered once you can attach your cards at every your turn as many as you can Stop Condition Sum ...

Page 40: ...whose cards add closest to 21 wins the game The player and the banker get dealt two cards each The player then chooses to receive another card Hit or use what was dealt Stand You can get as many cards as you can Key configuration ENTER Start game b Hit B Stand v V Adjusts amount of money to bet from 10G to 100G Othello How to play Othello is that you place one of your chips on the board adjacent t...

Page 41: ...d Audio Connections to Your TV Make sure the DVD player is connected directly to the TV and not to a VCR otherwise the DVD image could be distorted by the copy protection system Video Connect the VIDEO OUT jack on the DVD player to the video in jack on the TV using the video cable Audio Connection to Your TV Connect the AUDIO OUT jacks of the DVD Player to the audio left and right IN jacks on the ...

Page 42: ...io cable Digital Multi channel sound A digital multi channel connection provides the best sound quality For this you need a multi channel audio video receiver that sup ports one or more of the audio formats supported by your DVD player such as MPEG 2 Dolby Digital and DTS Check the receiv er manual and the logos on the front of the receiver NOTES If the audio format of the digital output does not ...

Page 43: ...e screen Select the correct input mode of the audio receiver so you can listen to the sound from the DVD player Connect the audio cable into the jacks securely Insert a playable disc Check the disc type color system and Regional code Cancel the Rating function or change the rating level may appear on the screen during operation Operate the remote control within about 23 ft 7 m Cause The power cord...

Page 44: ...365 Irish 7165 Italian 7384 Japanese 7465 Javanese 7487 Kannada 7578 Kashmiri 7583 Kazakh 7575 Kirghiz 7589 Korean 7579 Kurdish 7585 Laothian 7679 Latin 7665 Latvian Lettish 7686 Language Code Lingala 7678 Lithuanian 7684 Macedonian 7775 Malagasy 7771 Malay 7783 Malayalam 7776 Maltese 7784 Maori 7773 Marathi 7782 Moldavian 7779 Mongolian 7778 Nauru 7865 Nepali 7869 Norwegian 7879 Oriya 7982 Panjab...

Page 45: ...ary HU India IN Indonesia ID Israel IL Italy IT Jamaica JM Japan JP Kenya KE Kuwait KW Libya LY Luxembourg LU Area Code Malaysia MY Maldives MV Mexico MX Monaco MC Mongolia MN Morocco MA Nepal NP Netherlands NL Netherlands Antilles AN New Zealand NZ Nigeria NG Norway NO Oman OM Pakistan PK Panama PA Paraguay PY Philippines PH Poland PL Portugal PT Romania RO Russian Federation RU Area Code Saudi A...

Page 46: ...erating conditions Temperature 5 C to 35 C Operation status Horizontal Connectors Video input output VIDEO In Out 1 0 V p p 75 Ω negative sync ø3 5mm mini jack x 1 Audio input output AUDIO In Out analog audio 2 0 Vrms 1 KHz 0 dB ø3 5mm mini jack x 1 Earphone terminal ø3 5mm stereo mini jack x 2 Liquid Crystal Display Panel size 7 inches wide diagonal Projection system R G B stripe Driving system T...

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