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DVD-V940K

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Page 1: ...OPEN CLOSE STANDBY ON OK Instruction Manual DVD V940K PAL NTSC www samsungvcr com ...

Page 2: ...Remote Control Overview OPEN CLOSE STANDBY ON PROG TRK OK KARAOKE SEARCH KARAOKE VOLUME ...

Page 3: ... a Preset Recording 19 Cancelling a Preset Recording 20 Playing Back Playing a Cassette 20 Adjusting Picture Alignment Manually 20 Selecting the Audio Output Mode 20 Playing a Cassette in Slow Motion 21 Playing a Sequence Frame by Frame 21 Playing a Sequence at Variable Speeds 21 Searching for a Specific Sequence 22 Using the Tape Counter 23 Using the Assemble Edit Function 23 Recording from Anoth...

Page 4: ...a storm and or lightning 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 THIS DEVICE IS NOT FOR USE IN INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights ...

Page 5: ...0 min 74 min 20 min Audio Video Video with CD sound VHS quality MPEG 1 compression technology 12 Cm 8 Cm Audio An LP is recorded as an 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 DO NOT play CD ROM CD I and DVD ROM in this player CDGs play audio only not graphics It may not be to p...

Page 6: ...JECT BUTTON 5 STANDBY ON BUTTON 6 REW SKIP BACK BUTTON 7 STOP BUTTON 8 PLAY STILL BUTTON 9 F F SKIP NEXT BUTTON 10 RECORD BUTTON 11 COPY BUTTON 12 DVD VCR SELECT BUTTON 13 PROGRESSIVE BUTTON 14 PROGRAME SELECTION BUTTON 15 ECHO BUTTON 16 MIC JACK Rear View of the DVD VCR 1 RF ANTENNA INPUT 2 RF OUT TO TV 3 LINE IN 1 4 LINE OUT TO TV COMPOSITE 5 AUDIO LINE OUT TO TV S VIDEO OR COMPONENT 6 DIGITAL A...

Page 7: ... AV cable see next page if your television is equipped with this type of connection 6 1 The DVD Deck is active 2 A DVD CD VCD or SVCD is loaded 3 The time counter position time remaining or current deck status is displayed 4 VHS tape is inserted 5 The VCR Deck is active 6 A Timer Recording is programmed or in progress 1 2 3 4 5 TV Inserting Batteries in the Remote Control You must insert or replac...

Page 8: ...t both the television and the DVD VCR are switched off before connecting the cables 1 Connect the coaxial cable as indicated on page 6 2 Connect one end of the AV cable to the Video output and Audio L R output socket on the rear of the DVD VCR 3 Plug the other end into the appropriate connector on the television 4 To view DVD VCR you must select AV mode on your TV You can connect other audio and o...

Page 9: ...ns on page 45 8 When the picture and sound are perfectly clear store this channel at the desired programme position on the television Result That programme is now reserved for use with your DVD VCR 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...

Page 10: ...ator will light on the Front Panel Display to show that VHS deck is selected 4 INPUT SEL Button Press the INPUT SEL button repeatedly to cycle through all of your input sources including the Tuner PR Line 1 rear AV input Before using the VCR operation of 10 24 pages press the VCR button on the remote control to select VCR mode Before using the DVD operation of 25 43 pages press the DVD button on t...

Page 11: ... the values 6 On completion press RETURN to exit the menu Time Date Year Clock Set 12 00 1 JAN 2004 THU Copying from DVD to VCR The DVD VCR allows you to copy the contents of a DVD to a VHS tape with a press of the COPY button If the DVD you are attempting to copy is copy protected you will not be able to copy the disc It is not permitted to copy Macrovision encoded DVDs 1 Insert Disc Insert the d...

Page 12: ...equency band is scanned and the first station found is 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 scanning before the end press the ...

Page 13: ...played until the MFT is selected Press the buttons to adjust the picture if necessary Press OK to store the station Do not wish to Press the buttons store the station until the CH is selected displayed Press the buttons to go on scanning the frequency band and display the next station Go back to the beginning of Step 14 13 Repeat this procedure from Step 6 onwards until all the required stations h...

Page 14: ...tup Install TV System G VCR Output CH CH 36 Auto Setup Manual Setup Install TV System G VCR Output CH CH 36 4 Press the corresponding buttons until the Manual Setup option is selected 5 Press the OK or to select a Manual Setup option Result The TV STATION TABLE menu is displayed 6 Press the corresponding buttons until the required preset TV station PR is selected 7 Press the CLEAR button 8 Repeat ...

Page 15: ... 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 buttons until the VCR Output CH option is selected 5 Select the required output channel CH21 CH69 by pressing the OK or buttons and buttons CH21 CH36 CH69 6 On completion press RETURN to exit the menu Then tune your television again see ...

Page 16: ... divided into 3 types NICAM Stereo NICAM Mono and Bilingual transmission in another language NICAM programmes are always accompanied by a standard mono sound broadcast and you can select the desired sound Please refer to page 20 1 After pressing the MENU press the OK or Result The Setup menu is displayed 2 Press the corresponding buttons to select the User Set option 3 Press the OK or to select th...

Page 17: ...responding buttons until the Auto Power Off option is selected 3 Press the OK or buttons until you select the time of Auto Power Off interval Off 1Hour 2Hour 3Hour 4 On completion press RETURN twice to exit the menu Your DVD VCR displays most information both on the DVD VCR and the television You can choose to display or hide this information on the television screen except for the SEARCH Programm...

Page 18: ... Press the corresponding buttons until the Tape Select option is selected 4 Press the OK or buttons as many times as required until the correct cassette length is displayed E180 E240 E 300 E260 5 Press RETURN twice to exit the menu Repeat Play Off S VHS Off VCR Setup Tape Select E180 E180 E240 E260 E300 Tape Select E180 Repeat Play Off S VHS Off VCR Setup Off On Type Recording Time in SP E 180 180...

Page 19: ...ted length of time 1 Switch on the television 2 To monitor the programme being recorded select the television channel reserved for use with your DVD VCR or the AV input if used 3 Insert the cassette on which the programme is to be recorded with the window visible and the safety tab intact or the opening covered with adhesive tape Result The DVD VCR is switched on automatically 4 Select The station...

Page 20: ...e 11 Press to select the recording speed 12 Press the buttons to select the SP Standard Play LP Long Play Auto Auto Tape speed Select recording speeds 13 When you have finished press the RETURN button 14 Press the STANDBY ON button to activate the timer Result Before starting recording the DVD VCR compares the timer duration with the remaining time on the cassette You can check your preset recordi...

Page 21: ...i the sound switches to Hi Fi after five seconds of Mono To select the sound mode simply press the AUDIO button on the remote control until the required option is displayed Adjusting Picture Alignment Manually The Picture Adjustment feature allows you to adjust the alignment manually to obtain the best possible picture When noise bars or streaks appear during playback adjust alignment manually by ...

Page 22: ...peed Example You wish to analyse a sportsperson s technique movement by movement The Shuttle function is available on the Remote control No sound is heard when playing a sequence at variable speeds 1 Press ll during playback SHUTTLE to play the cassette backwards SHUTTLE to play the cassette forwards 2 Each time you press a SHUTTLE button the speed is changed as shown in the following illustration...

Page 23: ...arch Use this feature when you want to search for a blank position to record a program on a cassette The VCR will fast forward searching for a blank position and then automatically stop at that position If the VCR reaches the end of the tape during end search the tape will be ejected 1 After pressing the SEARCH press the corresponding or buttons until the End Search option is selected 2 Press the ...

Page 24: ... wish to start the new recording press the ll button 4 Press the F ADV STEP button again as often as necessary to advance frame by frame until the exact recording position is located 5 While the DVD VCR is in still mode hold the REC button down for a while to activate the Assemble Edit function 6 Select the source from which you wish to record by pressing The PROG buttons for television channels T...

Page 25: ...ng playing a song press the KARAOKE SEARCH or KARAOKE SEARCH buttons on the remote control Recording from Another VCR or Camcorder You can copy a cassette to your DVD VCR from another video source such as another VCR or a camcorder It is an infringement of copyright laws to copy prerecorded cassettes or to re record them in any form without the permission of the owners of the corresponding copyrig...

Page 26: ...ttons 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 Language Setupmenu Language Setup Disc Menu English Audio English Subtitle Automatic Disc Menu Language Disc Menu Setup Setup Setup Display Setup Choosing a Connection The following show examples of connections commonly used to connect the DVD VCR player ...

Page 27: ...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 Subtitle using buttons then press the OK or button 5 Use the buttons to select English Select Automatic if you want the subtitle language to be the same as the language selected as the audio preference Select Others if the language...

Page 28: ... Dolby Digital Out MPEG 2 Digital Out PCM Down Sampling Setup Setup Setup Display Setup Setting Up the Audio Options DTS 1 Off Doesn t output digital signal 2 On Outputs DTS Bitstream via digital output only Select DTS when connecting to a DTS Decoder Dynamic Compression 1 On To select dynamic compression 2 Off To select the standard range PCM Down Sampling 1 On Select this when the amplifier conn...

Page 29: ...D supplies even though you have a TV with a 4 3 ratio screen Black bars will appear at the top and bottom of the screen 2 4 3 Pan Scan Select this for conventional size TVs when you want to see the central portion of the 16 9 screen Extreme left and right side of movie picture will be cut off 3 16 9 Wide You can view the full 16 9 picture on your widescreen TV Black Level Adjusts the brightness of...

Page 30: ...The Re Enter Password screen appears to confirm the password Enter your password again The Parental Setup screen appears About the Rating Level The Rating Level will work only when Use Password is set to Yes To unlock the player use or OK to select No Use to select Rating Level Press OK Use to select the level e g Level 6 and press OK Discs that contain Level 7 will now not play To cancel the rati...

Page 31: ...p While in playback mode press the F ADV STEP button on the remote control to advance one frame at a time Audio is muted during Frame Advance mode Press ll to resume normal playback NOTE Frame Advance operates only in the forward direction 3 Skip Forward Back While a CD or DVD disc is in Play mode press the Skip l l buttons on the remote control or front panel to jump forward and backward through ...

Page 32: ... then the picture will be played in Progressive Scan mode 4 To deactivate Progressive Scan press the Progressive button again If the Progressive button on the front panel of the DVD VCR is pressed again Progressive Scan mode will be canceled Select another mode as your TV s AV input to view another output of the DVD VCR This is available only for a TV set that supports Progressive Scan While Progr...

Page 33: ...n are cut off and the full screen appears The picture will 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 To play back using aspect ratio DVD For 16 9 aspect ratio discs 4 3 Letter Box Displays the content of the DVD title in 16 9 aspect ratio The black bars will appear at the top and bottom of the screen...

Page 34: ...ound effect is generated using only two front speakers When in VCD 2 0 mode MENU ON mode this function does not work Use the DISC MENU button in VCD 2 0 mode to select MENU ON or OFF TITLE CHAPTER TIME AUDIO SUBTITLE 3DSOUND 4 To make the screen disappear press the INFO button again What is a Chapter Each Title on a DVD is usually divided into chapters similar to tracks on an audio CD What is a Ti...

Page 35: ...again Using the ANGLE button Selecting the Subtitle Language You can select a desired subtitle quickly and easily with the subtitle button Using the SUBTITLE button 1 Press the SUBTITLE button 2 Use the buttons to select the desired subtitle language 3 Use the buttons to determine whether or not the subtitle will be displayed The subtitle languages are represented by abbreviations This function de...

Page 36: ...AT button on the remote Repeat screen appears 2 Select Chapter Title or A B using the buttons Press the REPEAT button Select A B on screen with the buttons 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 To terminate the function press the CLEAR button A B REPEAT does not allow you to ...

Page 37: ...e so you can quickly find them at a later time Using the Mark Function DVD VCD 1 During play press the MARK button on the remote The Mark icons will be displayed Recalling a Marked Scene Clearing a Mark 2 Use the buttons to move to the desired Mark icon 3 When you reach the scene you want to mark press the OK button The icon will change to a number 1 2 or 3 4 Press the MARK button to turn off the ...

Page 38: ...and up to 160 Kbps However choosing higher rates like 192 Kbps or more only rarely give better sound quality Conversely files with decompression rates below 128 Kbps will not be played properly Use a decompression transfer rate of at least 64Kbps when recording WMA files Sound quality with WMA files basically depends on the rate of compression decompression you choose Getting audio CD quality soun...

Page 39: ...with the jpg and JPG extensions can be played If the disc is not closed it will take longer to start playing and not all of the recorded files may be played Only CD R discs with JPEG files in ISO 9660 or Joliet format can be played The name of the JPEG file may not be longer than 8 characters and should contain no blank spaces or special characters Only a consecutively written multisession disc ca...

Page 40: ...omatically with about an 18 second interval Depending on the file size each interval between images may take longer or shorter than the manual suggests 1 Open the disc tray 2 Load the disc on the tray Load the disc with the labeled side up 3 Close the tray The tray closes and you should get a screen that looks like the one below Use the buttons on the remote controller to select the picture you wa...

Page 41: ...ck NOTE Frame Advance operates only in the forward direction 3 Slow Motion During playback press the ll button to Still the image Then use the Search to play in slow motion at variable speeds Each press increases the slow motion speed playback to 1 8 1 4 or 1 2 normal speed Audio is muted during slow motion playback 4 Stop Resume Press the button once to stop playback To resume the DivX XviD MPEG4...

Page 42: ...ific time while viewing the movie press the INFO key The file format of the current file or and time information will be displayed 2 Use the numeric keys on the remote control to enter the time to jump to that time in the movie Total 1 3 ROOT D CD1 ROOT DivX D CD2 DivX D CD3 DivX DivX 1 1 XXX DivX XviD MPEG4 Feature Table MPEG4 Supported Avi files are used to contain the audio and video data these...

Page 43: ... makes the karaoke mode transfer to OFF mode automatically This function operates only in DVD VCD and CD DISC This function cannot operate according to the disc type Beginning Karaoke Functions Keycon Request Key Control Keycon Request Reserving a Song It is the function to reserve the desired song in advance by use of Karaoke function 1 Playback the Karaoke Disc containing the wanted songs 2 Pres...

Page 44: ...elect only the L R OFF To guide melody through xylophone and piano help you sing easily This function works only on the DVD Karaoke disc on which the guide melody is recorded Vocal Fader Guide Melody Score Off Off On Press KARAOKE button twice to turn the Score Mode On Score will pop up whenever a song is completed DVD Karaoke Disc CVD VCD Karaoke Disc It cannot be done as above picture in accorda...

Page 45: ...t UHF 21 69 Initial CH36 Audio DVD VCR A V jack Output Audio DVD only Digital audio out OPTICAL COAXIAL Video DVD VCR A V jack Video DVD only S Video out COMPONENT out A V jack Tape format VHS type video tape S VHS type video tape Playback only Color system PAL MESECAM NT 3 58 NTSC4 43 NTSC playback on PAL TV VCR Tuning system B G D K Video S N Above 43dB standard recording Resolution Above 240 li...

Page 46: ...eaning If poor pictures appear on a variety of cassettes the video heads may need cleaning This is not a common problem and unless it appears the heads should not be cleaned When cleaning the video heads read all instructions provided with the head cleaning cassette Incorrect head cleaning can permanently damage the video heads If when tuning in your TV to the DVD VCR 1 Remove the aerial input plu...

Page 47: ...sn t support the feature e g angles 3 The feature is not available at the moment 4 You ve requested a title or chapter number or search time that is out of range Some of the functions selected in the Setup Menu may not work properly if the disc is not encoded with the corresponding function The Screen Ratio is fixed on your DVDs Make sure you have selected the correct Digital Output in the Audio O...

Page 48: ... semiconductor devices are electrostatically sensitive and therefore require the special handling techniques described under the electrostatically sensitive ES devices section of this service manual Note Do not use the part number shown on this drawing for ordering The correct part number is shown in the parts list may be slightly different or amended since this drawing was prepared Important safe...

Page 49: ...ENG 48 Component Side Block Identification of Main PCB ...

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Page 51: ...ENG 50 2 Power Drive ...

Page 52: ...ENG 51 3 Display Function ...

Page 53: ...ENG 52 4 System Control Servo ...

Page 54: ...ENG 53 5 A V ...

Page 55: ...ENG 54 6 Hi Fi ...

Page 56: ...ENG 55 7 A2 NICAM ...

Page 57: ...ENG 56 8 TM China Hong Kong Only ...

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Page 59: ...ENG 58 10 Input Output ...

Page 60: ...ENG 59 11 Karaoke ...

Page 61: ...ENG 60 12 DVD AV Decoder ...

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Page 63: ...ENG 62 14 DVD Audio Video ...

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Page 65: ...THIS APPLIANCE IS DISTRIBUTED BY www samsungvcr com AK68 00374T ELECTRONICS ...

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