background image

12

13

GB

GB

Plug & Auto Set up

Your DVD-VCR will automatically set itself up when it is plugged
into the mains for the first time. TV stations will be stored in
memory. The process takes a few minutes. Your DVD-VCR will
then be ready for use.

1

Connect the coaxial cable as indicated on page 11. 
(Connecting Your DVD-VCR to the TV Using the Coaxial Cable)

2

Plug the DVD-VCR into the mains.
Result:

The 

Language Set 

menu is displayed.

3

Select the required language by pressing the 

or

buttons.

4

Press OK to store the language selected.
Result:

A message appears.

5

Press OK button. 

6

Press OK to start the auto scanning. 

The number of stations automatically stored by the VCR
depends on the number of stations that it has found.   

Auto preset can be performed by pressing 

(STOP) on 

the VCR continuously for 5 seconds or more with no 
tape inserted.

Connecting DVD-VCR to a Satellite Receiver or Other Equipment

2

LINE OUT     CO

AUDIO

L        

R       

TV

Auto setup

Please wait

00 %

 Clock Set

12 : 00          1/JAN              2003 WED

  Time             Date                 Year

You can connect other audio and/or video equipment to your DVD-VCR in different ways. The following
illustrations give a few examples of the connection possibilities.

The RCA input/output connectors on the rear of the DVD-VCR are used for equipment, such as
camcorders, VCRs or sound systems.

REAR OF THE DVD-VCR

Camcorder

VCR

Sound system

 00316A DVD-V530A/XSA-GB1  10/14/03 4:39 PM  Page 12

Summary of Contents for DVD-V530A

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...necting an RCA Audio Video Input Cable 41 Using the Assemble Edit Function 42 Recording from Another VCR or Camcorder 42 Using the TV Buttons on the Remote Control 43 DVD FUNCTIONS Choosing a Connection 44 Setting Up the Language Features 45 Setting Up the Audio Options 47 Setting Up the Display Options 48 Setting Up the Parental Control 49 A V Receiver Connections 50 Special Playback Features 51 ...

Page 3: ...e the DVD VCR to direct sunlight Do NOT expose the DVD VCR to any liquids Do NOT place any objects on the DVD VCR or remote control During a storm and or light ning unplug the DVD VCR from the mains socket and aerial If the remote control is not used for a long period of time remove the batteries and store it in a cool dry place The following illustrations represent precautions otection technology...

Page 4: ... analog signal with more distortion CD is recorded as a Digital Signal with better audio quality less distortion and less deterioration of audio quality over time 74 min 20 min 74 min 20 min Max Playing Time Characteristics Rear View of the DVD VCR LINE OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT AUDIO L Pr Y R Pb COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OPTICAL S VIDEO OUT RF ANTENNA INPUT RF OUT TO TV LINE IN 1 LINE OUT TO TV COM...

Page 5: ... active 6 A DVD with a DTS soundtrack is loaded 7 The Hi Fi track of a VHS tape is playing The current TV show or video is broadcast in Stereo 8 A Timer Recording is programmed or in progress 9 GB 1 STANDBY ON 2 SHUTTLE 3 CLEAR 4 DVD 5 TV MUTE AUDIO 6 VOLUME 7 REWIND SKIP BACK 8 STOP 9 SUBTITLE 10 MENU 11 UP 12 LEFT 13 DOWN 14 SPEED 15 RECORD 16 TIMER 17 ANGLE IPC 18 OPEN CLOSE 19 0 9 20 TV VCR Fe...

Page 6: ...ion using the RCA cable if the appropriate input is available on the television You thus Obtain better quality sound and pictures Simplify the setting up procedure of your DVD VCR Regardless of the type of connection chosen you must always connect the coaxial cable supplied Otherwise no picture will be visible on the screen when the DVD VCR is switched off Make sure that both the television and th...

Page 7: ... pressing the or buttons 4 Press OK to store the language selected Result A message appears 5 Press OK button 6 Press OK to start the auto scanning The number of stations automatically stored by the VCR depends on the number of stations that it has found Auto preset can be performed by pressing STOP on the VCR continuously for 5 seconds or more with no tape inserted Receiver or Other Equipment 2 L...

Page 8: ... the DVD operation of 46 65 pages press the DVD button on the remote control to select and watch DVD 1 STANDBY ON 1 2 3 4 DVD VCR tune your television for the DVD VCR only if you are a RCA cable To view pictures from your DVD VCR when a RCA cable is used the television must be set to the audio video mode AV tch on the television tch on the DVD VCR by pressing STANDBY ON on the front he DVD VCR or ...

Page 9: ...o not forget to reset the time when you change clocks from winter to summer time and vice versa 1 After pressing the MENU press the OK or Result The Setup menu is displayed 2 Press the corresponding buttons to select the Clock option 3 Press the OK or to select this option Result The Clock Set menu is displayed 4 Press or to select the hour minutes day month and year Result The option selected hig...

Page 10: ...screen The first frequency band is scanned and the first station found is displayed and stored The DVD VCR then searches for the second station and so on When the automatic scanning procedure has finished the DVD VCR switches automatically to programme 1 The number of stations automatically stored by the DVD VCR depends on the number of stations that it has found 6 If you wish to cancel the auto s...

Page 11: ...tion lt The TV STATION TABLE menu is displayed s the or buttons to select a programme number as red s the button to preset the station lt The MANUAL TUNING menu is displayed s the or buttons to start scanning channel lt The frequency band is scanned and the first station found is displayed s the or buttons until the NAME is selected station name is set automatically from the broadcast signal hange...

Page 12: ... the OK or Result The Setup menu is displayed 2 Press the corresponding buttons to select the Install option 3 Press the OK or to select this option Result The Install menu is displayed 4 Press the or buttons until the VCR Output CH option is selected 5 Select the required output channel CH28 CH69 by pressing the OK or buttons CH28 CH38 CH69 6 On completion press RETURN to exit the menu Then tune ...

Page 13: ... Control Feature allows you to adjust the of the image automatically according to your own es ring playback press the MENU button on the remote control sult The Setup menu is displayed ess the OK or sult The Setup menu is displayed ess the corresponding buttons to select the er Set option ess the OK or buttons to select this option sult The User Set menu is displayed ess the corresponding or butto...

Page 14: ...pletion press RETURN twice to exit the menu To watch S VHS tapes set the S VHS mode to On in the VCR Setup Off On Language English User Set Auto Power Off Off Screen Messages On Install Repeat Play Off VCR Setup Tape Select E180 S VHS Off Off On te Type D VCR displays most information both on the DVD VCR levision hoose to display or hide this information on the screen except for the SEARCH Program...

Page 15: ...n to be recorded using the PROG or buttons or The LINE1 LINE2 source using the INPUT SEL button for a satellite tuner or external video source Result The station number is displayed and the programme can be seen on the television 5 Select the recording speed by pressing the SPEED button as many times as required see page 28 6 Hold REC down for a while to start recording Result The record indicator...

Page 16: ...re presetting your DVD VCR Switch on both the television and your DVD VCR Check that the date and time are correct Insert the cassette on which the programme is to be recorded safety tab intact Up to six programmes can be preset 1 Press the TIMER button Result The Timer Method is displayed 2 Press the corresponding or buttons until the G Code option is selected 3 Press the button to select G Code ...

Page 17: ...rding the DVD VCR compares the timer duration with the remaining time on the cassette Auto Tape Speed Select The DVD VCR s Auto Tape Speed Select function compares the duration of the timer recording to the actual recording time remaining on the tape loaded If there is insufficient tape to complete a timer recording in AUTO mode the DVD VCR automatically switches to LP mode to record the whole pro...

Page 18: ...icture is clear and stable Result The tracking bar appears The image is adjusted The tracking bar disappears when you release the button ecording Recording heck your preset recordings When you have finished presetting the DVD VCR If you have forgotten which programmes will be recorded ess TIMER on the remote control sult The timer selection is displayed ess the OK button to select Standard option ...

Page 19: ...ers and AV outputs The following options are Description Used to listen to the sound on the left Hi Fi channel Used to listen to the sound on the right Hi Fi channel Used to listen to the mixed sound of the Hi Fi and normal channels Used to listen to the sound on the normal mono channel Used to listen to Hi Fi stereo sound on the left and right channels When playing back tapes recorded in Hi Fi th...

Page 20: ...s press 20 0 20 5 To cancel an Index search simply press the II or button INTRO SCAN INDEX SEARCH 6 3 3 you record a cassette on this DVD VCR an index is cally marked on the tape when recording starts h function allows you to fast forward or rewind to a ndex and start playback from that point Depending on ion selected the indexes are numbered as follows This DVD VCR uses a standard indexing system...

Page 21: ... on the other system VCR camcorder or Hi Fi sound system ter counter Indicates the elapsed time in the play and record modes hours minutes and seconds Is reset when a cassette is inserted in the DVD VCR Allows you to find the beginning of a sequence easily If the remaining time is to be calculated correctly you must indicate the type of cassette being used sert a cassette in your DVD VCR set the t...

Page 22: ...2 2 5 5 4 4 3 6 Edit Function her VCR or Camcorder ion allows you to start a new recording at a specific on the cassette while maintaining a very smooth scene sert the cassette to be edited in your DVD VCR ess the ll button to start playback hen you reach the position from which you wish to start the w recording press the ll button ess the F ADV STEP button again as often as cessary to advance fra...

Page 23: ...isc menu screens 1 With the unit in Stop mode press the MENU button 2 Select DVD using buttons then OK or button 3 Select Language Setup using buttons then press the OK or button 4 Select Disc Menu using buttons then press the OK or button 5 Use the buttons to select English Select Others if the language you want is not listed 6 Press the OK button English is selected and the screen returns to Lan...

Page 24: ... SETUP menu disappear or return to menu screen during set up Press RETURN or button Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories DTS and DTS Digital Out are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc DTS Dolby Digital Out MPEG 2 Digital Out PCM Down Sampling Setup Setup Setup Display Setup uage Features h the unit in Stop mode...

Page 25: ...sword Re enter the new password How to make the SETUP menu disappear or return to menu screen during set up Press RETURN or button If you have forgotten your password see page 66 Forget Password in the Troubleshooting Guide DVD Setup Setup Setup Display Setup Use Password Parental Setup No Yes No Yes y Options th the unit in Stop mode press the MENU button lect DVD using buttons then OK or button ...

Page 26: ...k buttons on the remote control or front panel to visually search forward backward at 2X 4X 8X 16X 32X 128X DVD only speed Press ll Play Still button to resume normal speed 4 Slow Motion During playback press the ll Play Still button to make the image still Then use the Search Forward to play in slow motion at variable speeds Each press increases the slow motion speed playback to 1 8 1 4 or 1 2 no...

Page 27: ...VD title in 4 3 aspect ratio Screen Fit The top and bottom of the screen are cut off and the full screen appears The picture would look vertically stretched Zoom Fit The top bottom left and right of the screen are cut off and the central portion of the screen is enlarged This function may behave differently depending on the type of disc 53 GB Ratio EZ View pressed repeatedly depending on the scree...

Page 28: ...g play press the INFO button on the remote se the buttons to select the desired item se the buttons to make the desired setup You may use the number buttons of the remote control to irectly access a title chapter or to start the playback from the esired time make the screen disappear press the INFO button again To access the desired title when there is more than one in the disc For example if ther...

Page 29: ... REPEAT button on the remote eat screen appears ct Chapter Title or A B using the buttons Press the REPEAT button Select A B on screen with the uttons Press OK at the point where you want the repeat play to start A The B is automatically highlighted Press OK at the point where you want the repeat play to stop B o terminate the function press the CLEAR button A B REPEAT does not allow you to set po...

Page 30: ...itch as follows OFF FILE DIR DISC MP3 WMA Play Function Program Random playback Atomic Kitt 00 27 OFF DIRECTORY 003 FILES 017 01 Depend o 02 M 03 Trauma 04 UNITE 05 SURREAL 06 AUDIENCE 07 Fly high 08 Immature 09 evolution 1000Tihiro K pop K pop1 mp3 Program Random tion re lets you mark sections of a DVD or VCD MENU OFF you can quickly find them at a later time ring play press the MARK button on th...

Page 31: ...ram Random CLEAR Program Random format ble with Microsoft s DOS and Windows and with Apple s 2 characters and place mp3 wma as the file omposing your title make sure that you use 12 characters or pecial characters including s when recording MP3 files e of compression decompression you choose Getting audio that is conversion to MP3 format of at least 128 Kbps and Kbps or more only rarely give bette...

Page 32: ...TOP wice and then press the DISC MENU button tton on the remote controller is pressed for 60 seconds the will disappear and the selected item will be played en the disc tray ad the disc on the tray ad the disc with the labeled side up se the tray he tray closes and you should get a screen that looks like he one below or buttons on the remote controller to select the ou want to view and then press ...

Page 33: ...cleaning can permanently damage the video heads If when tuning in your TV to the DVD VCR 1 Remove the aerial input plug from the socket marked aerial TV does not find the Screen symbol on the rear of the DVD VCR or the pattern suffering from interference 2 Carry out the instructions Tuning Your Television for the DVD it may be due to the DVD VCR output VCR see page 14 channel clashing with the nor...

Page 34: ...gles available at the moment a title or chapter number or search time that is s selected in the Setup Menu may not work not encoded with the corresponding function fixed on your DVDs selected the correct Digital Output in the Audio m a cold start with no disc in the unit Press the simultaneously on the front panel for five off and on the DVD VCR by pressing on The Parental Mode is now unlocked as ...

Reviews: