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TV/DVD

User's Guide

Changing Entertainment. Again.

Summary of Contents for 20F510TD

Page 1: ...TV DVD User s Guide Changing Entertainment Again ...

Page 2: ...d them These numbers are located on the product Model No _____________________________________ Serial No ______________ Purchase Date _____________________________________ Dealer Address Phone _______________________________________________________________________________________________________ CAUTION THIS PRODUCT UTILIZES A LASER USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER...

Page 3: ...y examine the cord and if its appearance indicates damage or deteriorated insulation have it replaced by your service technician 7 Power Cord Protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed upon or against them Pay particular attention to cords where they are attached to plugs convenience receptacles and at the point where they ...

Page 4: ... Servicing Do not attempt to service this product yourself as opening or remov ing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel 18 Conditions Requiring Service Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions A When the power supply cord or plug is damaged B I...

Page 5: ... 17 Using Different Menus 17 Types of Discs Your DVD Will Play 17 Search Options 18 Picture Scan 18 Freeze Frame and frame Advance 18 Playback Options 18 Chapter Advance 18 Zoom 18 DVD Menu System 19 DVD Menu Navigation 19 DVD Menus 19 General Setup 19 TV DISPLAY 19 PIC MODE 20 OSD LANG 21 CAPTIONS 21 SCR SAVER 21 AUDIO SETUP 22 The PREFERENCE Menu 23 AUDIO 23 SUBTITLE 23 DISC MENU 23 PARENTAL 24 ...

Page 6: ...RF coaxial cable the type used to plug the cable feed into a TV Usually the video cable is bundled with the audio cables white and red VIDEO S VIDEO L MONO R S VIDEO Jack and Cable The S VIDEO separate video jack provides better picture quality than composite video the VIDEO jack because the color is kept separate from the black and white part of the video signal Note Remember to connect the audio...

Page 7: ...hile it is in play mode Open Close Opens and closes the disc tray DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OPTICAL and COAXIAL Use one of these jacks to connect your TV DVD Player to a Dolby Digital or DTS receiver or decoder Some receivers have either the COAXIAL or OPTICAL type of Digital Audio Input jack and some have both Under most conditions optical and coaxial connections work equally well the only difference is ...

Page 8: ...ain menu Arrow buttons Press the arrow buttons to navigate through the on screen menu system OK button When a menu is on screen press OK to select the item that is highlighted PRESETS Displays the Picture menu SKIP Press the button twice to begin channel scan Press again to select the current channel CC Turns closed captioning on and off INFO Displays channel information 0 9 Number buttons Use the...

Page 9: ...chapter numbers and track numbers FORWARD Searches forward through a disc while it is in play mode Press repeatedly to increase speed PLAY Begins disc play and closes disc tray if it is open PAUSE Pauses disc play When disc play is paused press PLAY to resume playback REVERSE Searches backward through a disc while it is in play mode Press repeatedly to increase speed STOP Stops disc play ZOOM Zoom...

Page 10: ...ER Turns the comb filter on or off COLOR TEMP Provides three color adjustments Cold for more blue in the picture Normal and Warm for more red in the picture TV Menus TV Menus let you control picture quality and features available for TV viewing There is a different menu system for DVD features described on page 19 TV Menu Navigation 1 To bring up the TV menu press the MENU button 2 Use the arrow b...

Page 11: ...E 50 BALANCE 0 SURROUND OFF PRESET USER TIMER SLEEP TIMER 20 The TIMER menu SLEEP TIMER Use the arrow buttons to turn the TV automatically off after a given time Press the arrow button to add 10 minutes to the clock up to two hours FUNCTION LANGUAGE ENGLISH BACKGROUND ON BLACK STRETCH OFF NOISE REDUCE OFF CLOSE CAPTION CC1 The FUNCTION menu LANGUAGE Selects the language you want the menus to be di...

Page 12: ...program your TV so it will not display certain programs You can unblock programs by entering a password When Parental Controls is turned ON the software reads a code that most broadcasters send with programs That code tells the software the program s age based rating TV MA TV 14 etc and content themes Violence V Adult Language L etc Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes so progra...

Page 13: ...olence V Parental Guidance Suggested Contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children Many parents may want to watch it with their younger children The program contains one or more of the following content themes some suggestive dialogue D infrequent coarse language L some sexual situations S or moderate violence V General Audience Most parents would find this program suitab...

Page 14: ...ss MENU on the remote control the Main menu appears 2 Press the button until the Parental Control icon is highlighted 3 Press the button on the remote or CH button on the front of TV until the bottom PASSWORD is highlighted then press the button to access the password entry 4 Enter your password using the numbers buttons on the remote the PARENTAL GUIDE menu appears 5 Press the button until TV RAT...

Page 15: ...e rating limits by blocking movies rated above a specified level To access the MPAA RATING Movie Rating Limit menu 1 Press MENU on the remote control the Main menu appears 2 Press the button until the Parental Control icon is highlighted 3 Press the button until the bottom PASSWORD is highlighted then press the button to access the password entry 4 Enter your password using the numbers buttons on ...

Page 16: ... is capable of operating the television 1 Press MENU on the remote control the Main menu appears 2 Press the button until the Parental Control icon is highlighted 3 Press the button until the bottom PASSWORD is highlighted 4 Enter your password using the numbers buttons on the remote the PARENTAL GUIDE menu appears 5 Press the button to highlight CHILD LOCK then press the button to turn it on Chan...

Page 17: ...it by pressing the MENU button Types of Discs Your DVD Will Play DVD discs Contain video Audio discs Contain musical or sound content only such as CD CD R CD RW MP3 discs Contain audio files for example a CD R with downloaded MP3 files Before you load a disc make sure that it is compatible with the player Note that the following discs CANNOT be used with this player Laserdisc CD I CD ROM DVD ROM M...

Page 18: ... period of time the video will disappear from the screen Press any button on the remote to revert to the place on the disc where you paused playback Slow Motion in Freeze Frame Mode While a disc is playing press PAUSE Press REVERSE or FORWARD each time you press REVERSE or FORWARD the slow motion will get even slower until you reach the slowest speed To resume normal playback press PLAY Playback o...

Page 19: ...light an item then press the OK button to select it and move to the submenu 4 Use the buttons to select an option and press the OK button 5 To exit the menu press the GUIDE button again GENERAL PAGE SET TV DISPLAY MODE TV DISPLAY PIC MODE OSD LANG CAPTIONS SCR SAVER MAIN PAGE NORMAL PS NORMAL LB WIDE DVD Menus General Setup This menu is used to setup TV screen format for DVD viewing and DVD other ...

Page 20: ...screen vertically The movie might appear with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen Wide Choose this setting if your TV DVD player is connected to a widescreen TV If you choose this setting and you don t have a widescreen TV the images on the screen may appear distorted due to vertical compression If you play a disc recorded in 4 x 3 format on a widescreen TV the left and right side of th...

Page 21: ...levision programming includes captions for the hearing impaired When this feature is turned on the captions appear on the bottom of the TV screen when close captioning is available ON Close caption turned on OFF Close caption turned off GENERAL PAGE CLOSED CAPTION TV DISPLAY PIC MODE OSD LANG CAPTIONS SCR SAVER MAIN PAGE ON OFF SCR SAVER The screen saver is a graphic that randomly moves around the...

Page 22: ...me as above but the digital signal is compressed If you select this option be sure to specify the PCM setting AUDIO SETUP AUDIO RELATED AUDIO OUT COMPRESSION LPCM OUTPUT MAIN PAGE ANALOG SPDIF RAW SPDIF PCM COMPRESSION When compression is set to Full sound is compressed to minimize variances between loud and soft sounds AUDIO SETUP DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION AUDIO OUT 6 8 4 8 2 8 OFF COMPRESSION LP...

Page 23: ... was recorded with multiple tracks PREFERENCES PAGE PREFERRED SUBTITLE LANGUAGE AUDIO SUBTITLE DISC MENU PARENTAL DEFAULTS PASSWORD DISC NAV ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH OFF SUBTITLE Allows you to select a language to display subtitles in if subtitles are turned on PREFERENCES PAGE PREFERRED MENU LANGUAGE AUDIO SUBTITLE DISC MENU PARENTAL DEFAULTS PASSWORD DISC NAV ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH DISC MENU Allow...

Page 24: ...setting the TV DVD player back to the factory settings default menu but you will have to reset all your setup options PREFERENCES PAGE LOAD FACTORY SETTINGS AUDIO SUBTITLE DISC MENU PARENTAL DEFAULTS PASSWORD DISC NAV RESET SETUP MENU MAIN PAGE PREFERENCES PAGE DISC NAV TYPE AUDIO SUBTITLE DISC MENU PARENTAL DEFAULTS PASSWORD DISC NAV NO MENU WITH MENU PREFERENCES PAGE SET PARENTAL CONTROL AUDIO S...

Page 25: ... the CLEAR button when a CD is playing or stopped Then the EQUALIZER on screen display appears 2 Press the PLAY to select equalizer mode This feature provides 9 equalizer modes Keep pressing the PLAY button to scroll through all equalizer modes 3 Press CLEAR button to confirm your selection and activate the feature 4 Press CLEAR button again to turn off the EQUALIZER feature Playing MP3 Discs When...

Page 26: ...een activated Electronic protection circuit may have been activated because of a power surge Wait 30 seconds and then turn on again If this happens frequently the voltage in your house may be abnormally high or low Unplug TV Wait five minutes Plug it in again Blank screen Try another channel No sound picture okay Maybe the sound is muted Try pressing the volume up button to restore sound Can t sel...

Page 27: ...ance through the opening credits and warning information that appear at the beginning of movies because the disc is programmed to prohibit that action The invalid icon appears on screen The feature or action cannot be completed at this time for one of the following reasons The disc s software restricts it The disc s software doesn t support that feature e g angles The feature is not available at t...

Page 28: ...Go to page 28 for more information Disc won t eject When you put a disc into the player the player might take up to 15 seconds to read the disc You won t be able to eject the disc during this time Wait 15 seconds and try again Recommendations and information concerning discs CD R and CD RW discs This player can play most CD R and CD RW discs However depending on the recorder of the discs of your p...

Page 29: ...ill play mp3 recordings or as an assurance of sound quality You should note that certain technologies and methods for mp3 file recording on CD Rs prevent optimal playback of these files on your DVD player that is degraded sound quality and even in some cases inability of the player to read the file or files Information updated in December 2002 Additional Information Maintenance of Cabinet For safe...

Page 30: ...n t move the player while a disc is being played The disc may get scratched or broken and the player s internal parts may be damaged Don t put any container filled with liquid or any small metal objects on the player Be careful not to put your hand into the disc tray Don t place anything other than a disc in the disc tray Exterior influences such as lightning and static electricity can affect norm...

Page 31: ...ted within the geographic territory covered by an Authorized RCA Television Service Center If not you must take your TV DVD to the Service Center location at your own expense or pay for the cost the Service Center may charge to transport your unit to and from your home To identify your nearest Authorized RCA Service Center ask your dealer look in the Yellow Pages visit www rca com or call 1 800 33...

Page 32: ...ES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS PRODUCT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITED WARRANTY ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANT ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ON THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED TO THE APPLICABLE WARRAN...

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Page 34: ...send any products to the Indianapolis address listed in this manual or on the carton This will only add delays in service for your product 2003 Thomson Inc Trademark s Registered Marca s Registrada s Printed in China TOCOM 16271870 THOMSON Visit the RCA web site at www rca com ...

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