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Home Theater System with
5 Disc DVD Changer

HT-Q40

Instruction Manual

COMPACT

DIGITAL AUDIO

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.

SERVICE DIVISION

400 Valley Road, Suite 201

Mount Arlington, NJ 07856

1-800-SAMSUNG (1-800-726-7864)

www.samsung.com

Q40(1~40)_XAA_ENG 2/28/06 15:1312:0 Page 2

Summary of Contents for AH68-01844D

Page 1: ...nger HT Q40 Instruction Manual COMPACT DIGITAL AUDIO SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA INC SERVICE DIVISION 400 Valley Road Suite 201 Mount Arlington NJ 07856 1 800 SAMSUNG 1 800 726 7864 www samsung com Q40 1 40 _XAA_ENG 2 28 06 15 1312 0 Page 2 ...

Page 2: ...his could lead to overheating and malfunction of the unit The batteries used with this product contain chemicals that are harmful to the environment Do not dispose of batteries in the general household trash PREPARATION CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT This Compact Disc player is classified as a CLASS 1 LASER product Use of controls adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein m...

Page 3: ...e antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits When installing an outside antenna sys tem extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines or circuits as contact with them might be fatal POLARIZATION This video product is equipped with a polarized alte...

Page 4: ...the Remote Control 65 Before Calling for Service 67 Cautions on Handling and Storing Discs 69 Language Code List 70 USB Host Feature Supported Products 71 Specifications 72 6 5 PREPARATION Features Contents ENG Multi Disc Playback FM Tuner The HT Q40 combines the convenience of multi disc playback capability including DVD AUDIO DVD VIDEO CD MP3 CD WMA CD DivX CD R RW and DVD R RW with a sophistica...

Page 5: ...o Dolby Digital surround sound and MPEG 2 video compression technology Now you can enjoy these realistic effects in the home as if you were in a movie theater or concert hall V I D E O DVD players and the discs are coded by region These regional codes must match in order for the disc to play If the codes do not match the disc will not play The Region Number for this player is given on the rear pan...

Page 6: ...UTPUT Connectors Connect a TV with component video inputs to these jacks Video Cable AH39 40001V Remote Control AH59 01643E FM Antenna AH42 00017A Accessories User s Manual AH68 018844C 10 Video Output Connector Connect the TV s video input jacks VIDEO IN to the VIDEO OUT connector DOLBY DIGITAL indicator LINEAR PCM indicator DOLBY PLll indicator DVD AUDIO indicator MPEG indicator DSP indicator TI...

Page 7: ... correct type of batteries Batteries that look similar may differ in voltage Always replace both batteries at the same time Do not expose batteries to heat or flame PL II MODE button VOLUME button MENU button POWER button TV button DVD Receiver button CANCEL button REPEAT button Number 0 9 buttons TV VIDEO DISC SKIP OPEN CLOSE button Cursor Enter button DSP EQ button DIGEST button EZ VIEW button S...

Page 8: ...nstall it directly over or under the TV Position of the Home Theater Place it on a stand cabinet shelf or under the TV stand Selecting the Listening Position The listening position should be located about 2 5 to 3 times the distance of the TV s screen size away from the TV Example For 32 TVs 2 2 4m 6 8 feet For 55 TVs 3 5 4m 11 13 feet 13 Before moving or installing the product be sure to turn off...

Page 9: ...horizontal line in the frame The odd field of alternating lines is displayed first and then the even field is displayed to fill in the alternating gaps left by the odd field to form a single frame One frame displayed every 1 30th of a second contains two interfaced fields thus a total of 60 fields are dis played every 1 60th of a second The interlaced scanning method is intended for capturing a st...

Page 10: ... Home Theater to Audio Out on the external analog component Be sure to match connector colors 2 Analog signal components such as a VCR Press AUX on the remote control to select DIGITAL IN AUX1 AUX2 input Each time the button is pressed the selection changes as follows AUX1 AUX2 DIGITAL IN You can also use the FUNCTION button on the main unit The mode switches as follows DVD CD DIGITAL IN AUX1 AUX2...

Page 11: ...ble to DVD VIDEO DVD AUDIO and DVD R RW discs Where a particular DVD type is mentioned it is indicated separately Depending on the content of the disc the initial screen may appear different DVD Note 20 Groups and tracks DVD AUDIO DVD audio is divided into several large sections called groups and smaller sections called tracks Numbers are allotted to these sections These numbers are called group n...

Page 12: ...ed Selecting a Disc in the Disc changer To select a specific disc press the corresponding DIRECT PLAY 1 2 3 4 5 buttons on the front panel or DISC SKIP on the remote control until the required disc indicator flashes If the disc selected is not loaded the next disc is played automatically 21 Disc Playback 2 Load a disc Place a disc gently into the tray with the disc s label facing up Depending on t...

Page 13: ...ns are being operated that operation is not possible with the disc currently being played Depending on the disc the disc information display may appear different Depending on the disc you can also select DTS DOLBY DIGITAL or PRO Note MP3 DivX JPEG You can view disc playback information on the TV screen Displaying Disc Information Screen Display CD display DVD display TITLE display ELAPSED TIME dis...

Page 14: ...backward or forward Press to skip to the next slide 1 Press the OPEN CLOSE button 2 Playback starts automatically Each time the button is pressed the image makes the transition as follows Press SLIDE MODE button 3 From top to bottom From bottom to top Rectangular shape in the center Vertical blinds effect Each time a new image is displayed slide modes 1 11 will be applied randomly and automaticall...

Page 15: ... and Audio Display Format AVI WMV Supported Versions DivX3 11 5 1 V1 V2 V3 V7 DivX Digital internet video eXpress DivX is a video file format developed by Microsoft and is based on MPEG4 compression technology to provide audio and video data over the Internet in real time MPEG4 is used for video encoding and MP3 for audio encoding so that the users can watch a movie at near DVD quality video and a...

Page 16: ...AIN button For checking the total and remaining time of a title or chapter being played Each time the REMAIN button is pressed CHAPTER REMAIN TITLE REMAIN CHAPTER ELAPSED TITLE ELAPSED DVD VIDEO TRACK REMAIN GROUP REMAIN TRACK ELAPSED GROUP ELAPSED DVD AUDIO CD TRACK REMAIN TOTAL ELAPSED TOTAL REMAIN TRACK ELAPSED MP3 TRACK ELAPSED TRACK REMAIN No sound is heard during slow playback and step motio...

Page 17: ...peatedly plays the selected group RANDOM Plays tracks in random order A track that has already been played may be played again TRACK Repeatedly plays the selected track DIR Repeatedly plays all tracks in the selected folder DISC Repeatedly plays the entire disc OFF Cancels Repeat Playback Repeat Playback Options Note OPERATION DVD CD MP3 JPEG To Select a Repeat Playback Mode in the Disc Informatio...

Page 18: ... 3 3 3 1 3 1 3 The Angle function works only with discs on which multiple angles have been recorded Note OPERATION EZ VIEW OFF EZ VIEW SELECT ZOOM POSITION Step Function This function allows you to enlarge a particular area of the displayed image Zoom Screen Enlarge Function EZ VIEW Function DVD Press STEP button The picture moves forward one frame each time the button is pressed during playback T...

Page 19: ...avigating Pages 36 35 OPERATION Depending on the number of languages on a DVD disc a different audio language ENGLISH SPANISH FRENCH etc is selected each time the button is pressed 2 Press Cursor buttons or numeric buttons to select the desired audio language 1Press INFO button twice SP 2 3 FR 3 3 EN 1 3 EN 01 03 OFF SP 02 03 FR 03 03 OFF 03 To operate this function you can also press the Select A...

Page 20: ...ass Storage v1 0 USB devices that operate as a removable disk in Windows 2000 or later without additional driver installation 2 MP3 Player HDD and flash type MP3 players 3 Digital camera Cameras that support USB Mass Storage v1 0 Cameras that operate as a removable disk in Windows 2000 or later without additional driver installation 4 USB HDD and USB Flash Drive Devices that support USB2 0 or USB1...

Page 21: ...le chapter or track Depending on the disc you may not be able to move to the selected title or time 39 Note OPERATION Moving Directly to a Scene Song 2 Press Cursor button to move to Title Menu DVD 1 In Stop mode press MENU button 3 Press ENTER button The title menu appears Press MENU button to exit the setup screen DVD 2 When you select Disc Menu and it is not supported by the disc the This menu ...

Page 22: ... Disc Menu Language recorded on the disc Select Language and then press ENTER button 5 Press Cursor button to select OSD Language and then press ENTER button Press Cursor button to select the desired language and then press ENTER button Press RETURN button to return to the previous level Press MENU button to exit the setup screen To select another language select OTHER and enter the language code ...

Page 23: ... fit your TV or monitor For a standard TV select either 4 3LB or 4 3PS option according to personal preference Select 16 9 if you have a widescreen TV Select this to view a 16 9 picture in the full screen mode on your widescreen TV You can enjoy the widescreen aspect Select this to play a 16 9 picture in the letter box mode on a conventional TV Black bars will appear at the top and bottom of the s...

Page 24: ...Rating Level 4 Enter the old password a new password and confirm new password The setting is complete 3 5 Press Cursor button to move to PASSWORD and then press ENTER button Press ENTER button Enter the password and then press ENTER button 2 1 Press MENU button Press Cursor button to move to Setup and then press ENTER button The password is set to 7890 by default Note If you have forgotten the rat...

Page 25: ...paper Select this to set the desired image as your wallpaper COPY LOGO DATA will be displayed on the TV screen This selects one of the 3 wallpaper screens The selected wallpaper will be displayed You can select up to 3 wallpaper settings 2 1 3 During playback press PLAY PAUSE button when an image you like appears Press LOGO button The power will turn off and then back on PAUSE COPY LOGO DATA Setti...

Page 26: ... then press ENTER button 4 3 Press Cursor button to move to DVD TYPE and then press ENTER Press Cursor button to move to DVD VIDEO and then press ENTER button DVD Play mode is set to DVD Audio as factory default setting Powering off the main unit will automatically switch to the DVD Audio mode Note Set steps 1 4 again if you want to switch to DVD AUDIO Play mode When Selecting DVD Play Mode DVD VI...

Page 27: ...PEAKER Ideal CENTER SPEAKER placement It is desirable to place all speakers within this circle Ideal SURROUND SPEAKER placement SETUP You can set the delay time for C between 00 and 05mSEC and for SL and SR between 00 and 15mSEC 4 3 5 Press Cursor button to move to DELAY TIME and then press ENTER button Press Cursor buttons to move to the desired speaker and then press ENTER button Press Cursor to...

Page 28: ...thod press the TEST TONE button on the remote Multi Channel Pro Logic Mode Start Use the Test Tone feature to check the speaker connections Setting the Test Tone ENG 54 53 1 2 In Stop or no disc mode press MENU button Press Cursor button to move to Audio and then press ENTER button When the Cursor button is pressed the effect is greater and when the Cursor button is pressed the effect is smaller 3...

Page 29: ...IT button and then press Cursor Press SOUND EDIT button and then press Cursor Press SOUND EDIT button and then press Cursor Press SOUND EDIT button and then press Cursor Note SETUP 55 Press RETURN button to return to the previous level Press MENU button to exit the setup screen 2 1 4 3 In Stop mode press MENU button Press Cursor button to move to Audio and then press ENTER button Press Cursor butt...

Page 30: ...ed automatically and DSP EQ function does not work Note DSP Digital Signal Processor DSP modes have been designed to simulate different acoustic environments EQ You can select ROCK POP or CLASSIC to optimize the sound for the genre of music you are playing Sound Field DSP EQ Function Video may look slower than the audio if it is connected to a digital TV If this occurs adjust the audio delay time ...

Page 31: ...n select the desired Dolby Pro Logic II audio mode Dolby Pro Logic II Mode 1 2 You can select between 0 and 7 This sets the width of the center image The higher the setting the less sound comes from the center speaker You can select between 0 and 6 Incrementally adjusts the sound field DSP from the front or rear 3 4 When playing a DVD disc encoded with two or more channels multi channel mode will ...

Page 32: ...adcast station Press the STOP button to select PRESET and then press button to select the preset station AutomaticTuning1 Press the FUNCTION button to select the FM band Press the STOP button to select MANUAL and then press and hold button to automatically search the band AutomaticTuning2 Press STOP to select MANUAL and then briefly press to tune in to a lower or higher frequency Manual Tuning Eac...

Page 33: ...splay To restore the sound press the button again to select MUTE OFF Mute Function This is useful when answering a doorbell or telephone call Press MUTE button Using Headphones Use headphones not supplied for private listening pleasure Connect the headphones to the PHONES jack for private listening The remaining time before the Home Theater will shut itself off is displayed Pressing the button aga...

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Page 35: ...then turn it back on Check the region number of the DVD DVD discs purchased from abroad may not be playable CD ROMs and DVD ROMs cannot be played on this Home Theater Make sure that the rating level is correct Are you using a deformed disc or a disc with scratches on the surface Wipe the disc clean Disc tray does not open Playback does not start Playback does not start immediately when the Play Pa...

Page 36: ...64 Urdu 1149 Spanish 1301 Korean 1489 Russian 1572 Uzbek 1150 Estonian 1305 Kashmiri 1491 Kinyarwanda 1581 Vietnamese 1151 Basque 1307 Kurdish 1495 Sanskrit 1587 Volapuk 1157 Persian 1311 Kirghiz 1498 Sindhi 1613 Wolof 1165 Finnish 1313 Latin 1501 Sangro 1632 Xhosa 1166 Fiji 1326 Lingala 1502 Serbo Croatian 1665 Yoruba 1171 Faeroese 1327 Laothian 1503 Singhalese 1684 Chinese 1174 French 1332 Lithu...

Page 37: ... USB 2 0 128M iFlash Imation USB 2 0 64M LG XTICK M USB 2 0 64M RiDATA EZDrive USB 2 0 64M Product Company Type USB Flash Disk Creative MuVo NX128M Creative 128 MB MP3 Player Iriver H320 Iriver 20G HDD MP3 Player YH 920 Samsung 20G HDD MP3 Player YP T7 Samsung MP3 Player YP MT6 Samsung MP3 Player YP T6 Samsung MP3 Player YP 53 Samsung MP3 Player YP ST5 Samsung MP3 Player YP T5 Samsung MP3 Player Y...

Page 38: ...pplications installations repairs external wiring or connectors not supplied and authorized by SAMSUNG or which damage this product or result in service problems incorrect electrical line voltage fluctuations and surges customer adjustments and failure to follow operating instructions cleaning maintenance and environmental instructions that are covered and prescribed in the instruction book produc...

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