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Page 1: ...DVD Player User s Manual The New Era in Entertainment Model MRP1150 TOCOM 1583577A Please read this manual before using this product for the first time ...

Page 2: ...ECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER OR BACK NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS ARE INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL CAUTION DVD PLAYERS USE A VISIBLE LASER BEAM WHICH COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE IF DIRECTED BE SURE TO OPERATE THE PLAYER CORRECTLY AS INSTRUCTED Note This DVD player is designed and manufactured to respond to the Region Management Information If the Region n...

Page 3: ...layer 14 How to Find Your TV s Video Input Channel 15 How to Move Around the DVD Player s Menu System 16 Set the Menu Language 16 The Remote Control Buttons 17 Chapter 2 Playing DVDs Regional Coding 20 Using Different Menus 20 Loading and Playing Discs 20 Using a Disc Menu 22 DVD Playback Features 23 Fast Motion Playback Picture Scan 23 Freeze Frame and Frame Advance 23 Slow Motion Playback in Fre...

Page 4: ... 34 Random Playback 34 Program Playback 35 Deleting Programmed Tracks 35 Using the Repeat Feature 36 Repeating a Track or Disc 36 A B Repeat 36 Loading and Playing an MP3 CD 37 The MP3 Menu 37 Skipping Songs 38 Chapter 4 Playing Video CDs What is a Video CD 40 The Video CD Disc Menu 40 Loading and Playing a Video CD 40 If the Video CD Has Playback Control 41 Bypassing Playback Control 41 Resuming ...

Page 5: ...e Rating Limit 50 Changing the Password 50 If a DVD s Rating Exceeds the Player s Rating Limit 51 The Audio Options Menu 51 Selecting Digital Output Type 51 DTS 52 Dynamic Compression 52 2x Playback Audio 52 The Display Menu 53 Selecting the Screen Format Setting 53 Using Still State 54 Turning the On Screen Messages On and Off 54 Dimming the Front Panel Display 55 Changing the Black Level 55 Chap...

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Page 7: ...ling the Batteries How to Find Your TV s Input Channel How to Move Around the DVD Player s Menu System Set the Menu Language Setting Other Options The Remote Control Connections and Setup The New Era in Entertainment Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only 5 Chapter 1 ...

Page 8: ...he side of the back of the TV instead of straight down the middle of the back of the TV If your antenna uses 300 ohm twin lead cables do not coil the cables Also keep the twin lead cables away fr om audio video cables Connection Pictures Audio video cables ar e usually bundled together For better visibility the connection pictur es in this book show each cable separately audio left audio right and...

Page 9: ...ceiver Coaxial Audio video S Video optional Component video optional Satellite Cables Needed to Connect Components to Your TV The pictur es below show the cables needed for the connections r epresented in this book Note Audio Video cables A V cables for short are usually sold as a bundled set but the connection pictures in this book show each cable separately for better visibility TV DVD TV DVD TV...

Page 10: ... OR C Component video optional If your TV has component video Y PB and PR jacks use video grade cables for the Y PB and PR connections Note that it is essential to match the color coded connectors with a compatible TV If your TV doesn t have component video use the S V ideo or Basic video connection listed above 3 Set the VIDEO OUT SELECT switch to S VIDEO or YPbPr depending on the type of connect...

Page 11: ...to the S VIDEO OUT jack on the back of your DVD Player and to the S V ideo jack on your TV If your TV doesn t have S V ideo use the basic video connection listed above OR C Component video optional If your TV has component video Y PB and PR jacks use video grade cables for the Y PB and PR connections Note that it is essential to match the color coded connectors with a compatible TV If your TV does...

Page 12: ...channel sound only if you ve connected a DTS or Dolby Digital r eceiver or decoder and if the original movie the disc was r ecorded fr om was encoded in the Dolby Digital or DTS format Please Read This Before Using the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Jack This player s digital output jack is designed for a connection to a Dolby Digital or DTS receiver or decoder Older digital equipment may not be compatible wit...

Page 13: ...io out jack on the DVD player Connect the other end of the cable to the Coaxial Digital Input jack on the back of the r eceiver You must also set the Digital Output setting in the Sound menu see Chapter 5 2 Connect the video cable s A Basic video connection Connect the video cable yellow to the VIDEO OUT jack on the back of your DVD Player and to the V ideo Input jack on your TV OR B S Video optio...

Page 14: ...YER AYER A BACK PANEL TV BACK PANEL VIDEO AUDIO S VIDEO IN OR COMPONEN Pr OR L VCR BACK PANEL OUT TO TV R L R OUT IN VIDEO L R S VIDEO SA A SATELLITE RECEIVER ATELLITE RECEIVER A BACK PANEL CABLE CABLE BOX OR ANTENNA SATELLITE SIGNAL ATELLITE SIGNAL A 1 3 4 Satellite TV DVD VCR 5 2A 2B 2C ...

Page 15: ...jack on your TV If your TV doesn t have S V ideo use the basic video connection listed above OR C Component video optional If your TV has component video Y PB and PR jacks use video grade cables for the Y PB and PR connections Note that it is essential to match the color coded connectors with a compatible TV If your TV doesn t have component video use the S V ideo or Basic video connection listed ...

Page 16: ... e not r eplaced at the same time if disposed of in fir e or if an attempt is made to char ge a batter y not intended to be r echar ged Discard leaky batteries immediately Leaking batteries can cause skin burns or other personal injur y Point the Remote in the Right Direction When you want the r emote to operate the DVD Player point the r emote at the DVD Player not the TV The remote has to be poi...

Page 17: ...came with your TV not the DVD r emote Then pr ess the INPUT button on the r emote If you have another brand consult your TV s Owner s Manual If those options don t work try one of the following options Press a button on the TV r emote see table below Select it fr om the TV s menu system Tune dir ectly to the DVD input channel by pr essing a specific number see table below Go thr ough all the chann...

Page 18: ...the r emote when the menu item is highlighted The invalid symbol appears on the TV scr een when you press a button that doesn t have any function on that disc Set the Menu Language When you turn on your DVD player for the first time the Language Selection screen appears This screen sets all language preferences for on screen displays to the same language If you do not select a language this screen...

Page 19: ...Player s menu system pr ess this button to r etur n to the pr eceding menu screen GUIDE Allows you to see the titles that ar e available on the current disc if the disc contains a guide menu INDEX Brings up the index scr een for DVD and VCD discs INFO Press this button while you r e playing a disc to see the on scr een infor mation banner The infor mation banner contains various playback featur es...

Page 20: ...button to bring up the Repeat info banner You can r epeat par t or all of a chapter track or an entir e disc REVERSE Allows you to sear ch backwar d thr ough a disc while it is in play mode Each pr ess of the button incr eases the sear ch speed When in Pause mode pr ess to sear ch backward at slow speed SKIP Skips to the next chapter track VCDs and audio CDs or song MP3 SKIP Skips to the pr evious...

Page 21: ...nt Menus Loading and Playing Discs Using a Disc Menu DVD Playback Features Using the On Screen Info Banner Special Features Playing DVDs The New Era in Entertainment Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only 19 Chapter 2 ...

Page 22: ...cessed only when a disc isn t playing Press MENU on the remote to bring up the DVD player menu Remember that a feature will only work if the disc was programmed with that feature For example if you have subtitles turned on the subtitles will only appear if the disc was created with subtitles If a menu item is grayed out it means that item isn t available Information Banners Banners are a type of i...

Page 23: ...ppens depending on how the disc was programmed The disc starts playing The disc menu appears on the screen One of the options will start disc play Highlight that option and press OK The DVD Player s main menu appears on the screen Press the PLAY button on the remote When you stop playing a disc the player remembers where you stopped When you start playing the disc again the DVD Player picks up whe...

Page 24: ...Defaultsettings ar ethesettingsthattheplayerwilldefaultto each time it is tur ned on Anysettingsyouchangewiththediscmenuonlytemporarilyoverride thedefaultsettings UsetheSetupMenuoftheDVDplayertochangethedefaultsettings See chapter 5 Although the content and operation of disc menus varies from disc to disc the following example will give you an idea of what to expect 1 While the disc is playing pre...

Page 25: ...the disc during playback use the Picture Scan feature You can search in forward or reverse mode 1 Press the REVERSE or FORWARD button on the remote during playback to search through a disc 2 Press the button again on the remote to search at the next speed Picture Scan has 6 speeds With each consecutive press of the button the search speed increases If you press the button more than 6 times Picture...

Page 26: ... title s chapters in random order If there is more than one title the title with the most chapters is selected If there is more that one title and all titles have an equal amount of chapters the first title is selected If each title has only one chapter each the titles chapters will be played in random order 1 Press PLAY MODE on the remote control the Play Mode info banner appears 2 Use the left r...

Page 27: ...nal chapters Up to 20 chapters may be programmed at once 5 Press PLAY to begin playing the program To resume normal playback use the CLEAR button to remove programmed chapters Deleting Programmed Chapters 1 Press the PLAY MODE button on the remote the play mode info banner appears 2 Select the Program option with the left right arrow buttons the PROGRAM screen appears 3 To remove the last chapter ...

Page 28: ...ting a Title Number 1 During disc playback press INFO on the remote the info banner appears 2 Use the left right arrow buttons to highlight the current title number 3 Use the up down arrow buttons to scroll through the title numbers or use the number buttons to enter a different title number 4 Press OK to begin playing the selected title Selecting a Chapter Number 1 During disc playback press INFO...

Page 29: ...ight arrow buttons to highlight the on off option 3 Use the left right arrow buttons to toggle subtitles on or off Using Elapsed Time 1 During disc playback press INFO on the remote The info Banner appears 2 Use the right arrow button to highlight the time 3 Use the number buttons to enter the time from which you want to start playback 4 Press OK to begin playback starting at the elapsed time indi...

Page 30: ...3 Press OK to accept the subtitle language changes and turn off the subtitle banner Press CLEAR to remove the subtitle information without making changes If you change the language the subtitles will automatically turn on When the player is turned on the default subtitle language is selected If the disc does not contain this language the disc s default language is automatically selected If the dis...

Page 31: ...uage is automatically selected This feature is disc dependent and may not work with all DVDs If the disc was created with audio languages that are not available in the audio languages menu the additional languages will appear here Changing the Camera Angle Some DVDs contain multiple angles of a particular scene or sequence To indicate that multiple angles are available a camera icon appears on the...

Page 32: ...rom the marked scene 5 Press MARKER to remove the banner from the screen If all three markers are used you must clear one of the markers before marking a new scene Recalling a Marked Scene 1 During disc playback press MARKER on the remote to bring up the marker banner 2 Use the left right arrow buttons to highlight the appropriate marker 3 Press PLAY to activate the marker The DVD begins playing a...

Page 33: ...u want to repeat Press REPEAT on the remote The repeat banner appears 2 Use the left right arrow buttons to highlight the A and press OK to mark the beginning of the segment The B is automatically highlighted 3 Allow the movie to play to the end of the segment you want to mark You must let the movie play in standard playback mode to set the B point in A B Repeat If you rewind or fast forward the A...

Page 34: ...ou stop a disc Auto Power Off Your DVD player will turn off automatically after 30 minutes of non use Pro tect Plus Locking Feature The DVD player s disc tray can be locked shut You can still play a disc as long as it was inserted in the player before locking the tray The disc cannot be removed from the player until the tray is unlocked You can lock the disc tray only when the DVD player is turned...

Page 35: ...Audio CDs and MP3 Discs Chapter 3 33 The New Era in Entertainment Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only Chapter Overview Loading and Playing an Audio CD Audio CD Playback Features ...

Page 36: ...ding track skip repeat play and programmed playback Selecting a Specific Track The current track number and elapsed playback time for that track are displayed on the front of the player You can also see this information by accessing the info banner by pressing INFO on the remote Use the up down arrow buttons to highlight a track and press OK You can also use the number buttons on the remote to ent...

Page 37: ...o add additional tracks Up to 20 tracks may be programmed at once 5 Press PLAY to begin playing the program To resume normal playback use the CLEAR button to remove programmed titles Deleting Programmed Tracks 1 Press the PLAY MODE button on the remote the play mode info banner appears 2 Select the Program option with the left right arrow keys the PROGRAM screen appears 3 To remove the last track ...

Page 38: ... to play that part of the song over and over 1 At the start of the segment you want to repeat Press REPEAT on the remote The repeat banner appears 2 Use the left right arrow buttons to highlight the A and press OK to mark the beginning of the segment The B is automatically highlighted 3 Allow the CD to play to the end of the segment you would like to mark You must let the CD play in standard playb...

Page 39: ...enu is not available when playing MP3 discs MP3 content can be divided into Albums and songs A disc may hold several albums and each album can contain several songs Similar to titles and chapters on a DVD disc The MP3 song list screen appears after you have selected an Album from the Album list 1 Use the up down buttons on the remote to select an album Press OK to select that album 2 A list of the...

Page 40: ...rward to the beginning of the next song on a MP3 CD press SKIP on the remote or the player To skip backward to the beginning of the song that is playing on a MP3 CD press SKIP on the remote or the player Press the button again to go to the beginning of the preceding song ...

Page 41: ...is a Video CD The Video CD Disc Menu Loading and Playing a Video CD Video CD Playback Features Disc View Playing Video CDs Chapter 4 39 The New Era in Entertainment Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only ...

Page 42: ...ns that accompany the Video CD for more information on how to use the playback control functions for that specific disc If a disc menu appears 1 Use the number buttons on the remote to select a track similar to a title 2 Press OK or PLAY on the remote to begin playback of the selected track 3 Press SKIP or SKIP on the remote to scroll through the tracks 4 Press the MENU button on the remote to sto...

Page 43: ...k control function a menu screen appears after the disc is loaded into the player 1 Use the number buttons on the remote to select a track 2 Press OK or PLAY to begin playback of the selected track 4 Press GO BACK to stop playback and return to the menu or press STOP to stop playback and remove the menu from the screen Bypassing Playback Control If a Video CD has playback control you can bypass th...

Page 44: ...the channel output from the player 1 During disc playback press AUDIO on the remote the audio info banner appears 2 Use the up down arrow buttons to select an audio channel left right or stereo 3 Press AUDIO again to turn off the info banner Random Playback Random playback plays tracks in random order 1 Press PLAY MODE on the remote control the info banner appears 2 Use the left right arrow button...

Page 45: ...onal tracks Up to 20 chapters may be programmed at once 4 Press PLAY to begin playing the program To resume normal playback use the CLEAR button to remove programmed tracks Deleting Programmed Chapters 1 Press the PLAY MODE button on the remote after a moment the play mode info banner appears 2 To remove the last chapter that was added to the program press the CLEAR button Each subsequent press of...

Page 46: ... thumbnails By selecting a thumbnail you go directly to that point in the playback To access Disk View 1 Press the GUIDE button on the remote the Disk View banner appears 2 Use the up down arrow buttons to highlight Track View or Index View the selected view screen appears 3 Use the arrow buttons to highlight the desired thumbnail and press OK on the remote to select Playback will begin from the s...

Page 47: ...e Subtitles Menu The Player menu The Disc Menu The Rating Limits Menu The Audio Options Menu The Display Menu The Menu System Chapter 5 45 The New Era in Entertainment Illustrations contained in this document are for representation only ...

Page 48: ...ighlight a language and press OK Select Original if you want the default soundtrack language to be the language the disc was originally recorded in Select Other if the language you want is not listed A list of languages appears Use the up down arrow buttons to highlight the desired language and press OK Notes Not all discs provide multiple languages for the soundtrack Some discs may not contain th...

Page 49: ... same as the one selected as your audio preference Select Other if the language you want is not listed A list of languages appears Use the up down arrow buttons to highlight the desired language and press OK Note Not all discs provide multiple languages for the subtitles The Player Menu Changing the Player Menu Language Use this feature to change the language for the player s on screen menu system...

Page 50: ...mit Menu Creating a Password By default the Rating Limit feature is unlocked no password required To set rating limits you will need to create a password 1 With no disc playing press MENU the main menu appears 2 Press 5 to select Rating Limit the RATING LIMIT screen appears 3 Press the right arrow button to turn Use Password on the CREATE PASSWORD screen appears 4 Enter a four digit password using...

Page 51: ... accommodate different countries ratings systems 1 is considered a movie title with the least offensive material In order for the Rating level feature to work the disc must be encoded with rating information 1 With no disc playing press MENU the main menu appears 2 Press 5 to select Rating Limit the CHECK PASSWORD screen appears 3 In order to set a rating limit the Password feature must be turned ...

Page 52: ... 5 to select Rating Limit the PASSWORD CHECK screen appears 3 Enter your 4 digit password the RATING LIMIT Menu screen appears 4 Press 3 to select Change Password The CHANGE PASSWORD screen appears 5 Use the number buttons to enter a new 4 digit password The second CHANGE PASSWORD screen appears 6 Enter the new password 7 To confirm the new password you will be prompted to re enter it Re enter the...

Page 53: ...t your player s type of digital output 1 With no disc playing press MENU the main menu appears 2 Press 6 to select Audio Options the AUDIO OPTIONS screen appears 3 Press 1 to select Digital Output 4 Use the left right arrow buttons to select the type of output your receiver uses PCM This is the default setting Allows downsampling of 96kHz 24 bit digital recordings so that 48kHz 16 bit digital reco...

Page 54: ...n feature evens out the range of the volume by making loud sounds quieter and soft sounds louder The Dynamic Compression option is a toggle it can be turned on or off The default setting is on 1 With no disc playing press MENU the main menu appears 2 Press 6 to select Audio Options the AUDIO OPTIONS screen appears 3 Press 3 to highlight the Dynamic Compression option 4 Use the left right arrow but...

Page 55: ...t parts of the picture the left and right edges won t be seen Most discs produced in a widescreen format can t be cropped in this fashion This means the black bars will appear at the top and the bottom of the screen 4 x 3 Letterbox Choose this setting if you want to see movies in their original aspect ratio height to width ratio You ll see the entire frame of the movie but it will take up a smalle...

Page 56: ... state Frame Select this to see small letters more clearly in still state 5 Press GO BACK to return to the main menu Turning the On Screen Messages On and Off Use this feature to turn on or off the on screen messages and icons that appear at the top and in the upper right corner of the screen for example camera angle transport speed etc 1 With no disc playing press MENU the main menu appears 2 Pre...

Page 57: ...main menu Changing the Black Level The Black Level setting can be changed to lighten the picture when it appears too dark This allows you to change the brightness of the picture without adjusting your television The black level is measured by IRE level Complete black is 0 IRE while pure white is 100 IRE The Light setting which is a black level of 7 5 IRE adds light to improve a too dark picture 1 ...

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Page 59: ...shooting The Jacks on the Back of the DVD Player Front Panel Controls Front Panel Display Index Other Information Chapter 6 57 The New Era in Entertainment Illustrations contained in this document ar e for representation only ...

Page 60: ...se scan scanning No sound or distorted sound Ensure that the equipment is connected properly Ensure that the input settings and the volume adjustment for the TV and or receiver are correct No sound is heard during still frame advance or slow motion play No operations can be The batteries in the remote may need replacing performed with remote Operate the remote control closer to the DVD player Remo...

Page 61: ...oesn t begin when The rating level has been set and the disc is subject a title is selected to that restriction No forward or reverse scan Some DVDs have sections that prohibit rapid scanning or title and chapter skip Disc won t play Both the player and the DVD is coded by region If the regional codes don t match the disc cannot be played This player is Region No 4 Check the disc code Verify that ...

Page 62: ...ll other settings to the initial factory settings You may be required to select a menu language the next time you power up Cannot copy discs to This player is equipped with anticopy protection video tape will not read disc or Turn the player off and unplug it to reset the other error message DVD player Wait approximately 2 minutes plug the player back in and turn it on Common Problem Solution ...

Page 63: ...ideo jack you can connect an S Video cable for increased video quality The S Video cable only carries the picture signal remember to connect the left and right audio cables VIDEO OUT Composite Video Output Connect a video cable to this jack and to the Video Input jack on your TV DIGITAL TAL T AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT S VIDEO OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL VIDEO OUT SELECT YPbPr S VIDEO COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Use the...

Page 64: ... or pauses disc play 6 STOP Stops disc play 7 SKIP REV Allows you to move to the beginning of the preceding title chapter or track on a disc in effect skipping the title chapter or track Press and hold to reverse through the DVD or CD each subsequent press and hold increases the reverse speed 8 SKIP FWD Allows you to move to the beginning of the next title chapter or track on a disc in effect skip...

Page 65: ...output 8 Dolby Digital Disc 9 Reverse playback Pause Forward playback 10 Lights when 3D surround is turned on 11 Displays various messages concerning operations such as PLAY STOP LOAD RANDOM etc NO DISC No disc loaded OPEN The disc tray is open LOAD Player is loading disc information 12 DTS Digital Theater System output 1 3 4 5 7 8 12 11 REPEAT ALL A B LPCM SVCDVD 3D Digital CHP TITLE TRK 2 10 9 6...

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Page 67: ...g 26 Chapter repeating 31 Common Problems 58 59 60 Connections 8 9 11 13 Connections types of 7 Controls remote 17 D Deleting programmed tracks DVD 25 35 43 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack 10 61 Digital output type selecting 51 Disc menu 22 Disc Menu Language 48 Discs digital video discs 21 Displays front panel 63 Dolby Digital 11 Dolby Pro Logic 11 DTS 10 DVD playback features 23 program playback 25 35 43...

Page 68: ...o tect Plus 32 Program playback deleting tracks 25 35 43 DVD 25 35 43 R R and L jacks 61 Random Playback DVD 24 34 video CD 42 Remote control other buttons 17 pointing 14 Remote installing batteries 14 Repeat A B 31 36 chapter 31 disc 36 title 31 track 36 REPEAT button 18 31 Repeat play 31 REVERSE button 18 23 S S VIDEO jack 61 Screen Format selecting 53 Screen saver 32 Search fast motion playback...

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Page 72: ...C CTM 980723 KS5 EXPORTER Thomson multimedia Inc 10330 North Meridian Street Indianapolis IN 46290 2001 Thomson multimedia Inc Trademark s Registered Product Country of Origin China Printed in Korea TOCOM 1583577A Please do not 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 ...

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