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Connecting your System to the Power Supply

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AUX IN

VIDEO

VIDEO OUT

ANTENN

A

S-VIDEO

SPEAKERS

SPEAKERS

L

R  

AUX IN

VIDEO

VIDEO OUT

ANTENNA

CAUTION

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
           DO NOT OPEN

S-VIDEO

AM

R-FRONT-L

R-REAR-L

WARNING : 

SHOCK HAZARD - DO NOT OPEN.

A V I S : 

RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE - NE PAS OUVRIR.

WOOFER

CENTER

6

6

6

3

The main lead must be plugged into an appropriate socket.

Before plugging your system into a main socket, you must check the voltage.

Check the position of the voltage selector on the rear of the system

(OPTIONAL).  

1. Plug the main lead (marked AC Cord on the rear of the system) into an appropriate socket.

2. Press the On/Standby button to switch your DVD Player system on.

Listening on headphones

HT-DL80D only

Use headphones for private listening pleasure (not supplied).

Connect the headphones to the HEADPHONES jack of the front panel.

• No sound is produced from the speakers.
• To prevent hearing damage, do not raise the volume level excessively when using headphones.

HEADPHONE jack

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Summary of Contents for HT-DL70D

Page 1: ...DIGITAL HOME THEATER SYSTEM HT DL70D HT DL80D V I D E O COMPACT DIGITAL AUDIO COMPACT DIGITAL VIDEO Instruction Manual R HT DL70D HT DL80D HT DL70 DL80 Cover GB noRDS 11 8 02 10 06 Page 2 ...

Page 2: ...ying the unit WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture CAUTION TO PREVENT ELECTRIC SHOCK MATCH WIDE BLADE OF PLUG TO WIDE SLOT FULLY INSERT CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT KLASSE 1 LASER PRODUCT LUOKAN 1 LASER LAITE KLASS 1 LASER APPARAT PRODUCTO LASER CLASE 1 RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT R...

Page 3: ... player from moisture i e vases and excess heat e g fireplace or equipment creating strong magnetic or electric fields i e speakers Disconnect the power cable from the AC supply if the player malfunctions Your player is not intended for industrial use Use of this product is for personal use only Condensation may occur if your player or disc has been stored in a cold atmosphere If transporting the ...

Page 4: ...not to a VCR Connecting to a VCR results in a distorted picture from copy protected DVD discs This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by methods claims of certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and...

Page 5: ...e Language Various DVD Functions To enlarge an image Selecting the desired Screen Angle To move directly to a title chapter or time MP3 Playback System Setup Setting up the Language Features Activating Dynamic Range Compression Speaker Setup Creating Realistic Sound Fields DSP EQ Function Power Sound Function Listening to the Radio Presetting stations Sleep Function Troubleshooting Cautions on Han...

Page 6: ...button Open Close button Headphone Jack Volume control Volume button Power button Play Pause button Stop button Play Pause button Power button Stop button Front Panel Tuning Down Skip button Tuning Up Skip button Tuning Down Skip button Tuning Up Skip button HT DL80D HT DL70D HT DL70 DL80 GB noRDS 11 8 02 10 11 Page 5 ...

Page 7: ...indicator SPEAKER indicator Rear Panel 5 1 Channel Speaker Output Terminals External Audio Component Input Connector Video Output Connector ConnecttheTV svideoinputjacks VIDEOIN totheVIDEOOUT connector S Video Output Connector IftheTVisequippedwithanS Video inputconnector S VIDEOIN connectit totheplayer sS Videooutputjack AM Antenna Connector FM Antenna Connector SCART JACK Connect to a TV with sc...

Page 8: ...X button Title button Menu button Subtitle button Audio MO ST mono stereo button Display button Return button Go To button DVD TUNER Band AUX Mute button Volume Control buttons Speaker output volume control Play Pause button Stop button Tuning Preset CD Skip button Tuning Up Down CD Search button Sleep button Direction Enter button Open Close button Step button Remain button Repeat A B button Repe...

Page 9: ...t line It can also be operated at a horizontal angle of up to 30 from the remote control sensor Slow button Setup button Angle button Subwoofer Speaker button D R C button Clear button Center Speaker button Rear Speaker button Program button Sound Edit SPK Mode Pro Logic Test Tone Sound Edit button SPK Mode button Pro Logic button Test Tone button Follow these precautions to avoid leaking or crack...

Page 10: ...ht rear speaker Right front speaker Center speaker Press and hold the terminal tab 1 Insert the speaker cord 2 Release your finger 3 1 2 3 for in depth information about adjusting the delay time see Speaker Settings on page 32 AUX IN VIDEO VIDEO OUT ANTENNA S VIDEO SPEAKERS SPEAKERS L R AUX IN VIDEO VIDEO OUT ANTENNA S VIDEO AM R FRONT L R REAR L WOOFER CENTER 6 6 6 3 Right rear speaker Right fron...

Page 11: ...with an S Video input connect an S Video cable not supplied from the S VIDEO OUT jack on the back panel of the system to the S VIDEO IN jack on your television Component Video Best Quality If your television is equipped with Component Video inputs connect a component video cable not supplied from the Pr Pb and Y jacks on the back panel of the system to the corresponding jacks on your television HT...

Page 12: ...g fan automatically starts rotating to supply external cool air to the inside of the center unit when the internal temperature exceeds the specified limit For safety observe the following carefully Make sure there is good ventilation around the center unit Poor ventilation could overheat and damage the canter unit DO NOT block the cooling fan and the ventilation openings or holes If they are block...

Page 13: ... Connect to external equipment with analog outputs Example Video TV etc Always connect the video and audio connection cables to the equivalent colored jack Press the AUX button and select AUX IN Making Analog Input Selection Press the Function button and select AUX IN Remote Control MainUnit If the external analog component has only one output jack you may connect either L or R HT DL70 DL80 GB noR...

Page 14: ...socket you must check the voltage Check the position of the voltage selector on the rear of the system OPTIONAL 1 Plug the main lead marked AC Cord on the rear of the system into an appropriate socket 2 Press the On Standby button to switch your DVD Player system on Listening on headphones HT DL80D only Use headphones for private listening pleasure not supplied Connect the headphones to the HEADPH...

Page 15: ...layer is capable of playing DVD VCD and CD discs User instructions may vary depending on the type of disc Read the instructions carefully before use DVD Prepa rations before use Turn on the power to your DVD player and TV 1 Select a video mode by pressing the TV VIDEO button on the TV 2 Press the DVD button to select the DVD input function 3 TV System Selection With the power turned off press and ...

Page 16: ...hown on the display When the Play Pause button or Return button is pressed subsequently playback resumes from the position at which it was stopped If the Stop button is pressed a second time the resume play memory function is canceled and STOP is shown on the display When the Play Pause button is pressed playback starts from the beginning The button is located on the Front Panel of the player not ...

Page 17: ...r TITLE ELAPSED indicator CHAPTER indicator ANGLE indicator REPEAT indicator DISC TYPE indicator AUDIO LANGUAGE indicator SUBTITLE LANGUAGE indicator Turning the sound off temporarily What is a Title What is a Chapter Press the Mute button during playback This operation may be useful when you need to greet guests or answer the telephone A movie contained in a DVD disc Each Title on a DVD disc is d...

Page 18: ...ayback it moves to the next or previous chapter and plays it Playing Frame by Frame The picture moves forward one frame each time the button is pressed Step Press the and button Press the and button Press the Step button During playback you can search quickly through a chapter or track for a specific scene or tune No sound is heard during high speed playback slow playback and step motion HT DL70 D...

Page 19: ...played The slow playback speed changes and the selections 1 2X 1 4X 1 8X 1 16X and normal play are repeated Checking the Remaining Time REMAIN TIME CHAPTER REMAIN TIME TITLE CHAPTER TIME TITLE TIME REMAIN TIME DISC REMAIN TIME TRACK DISC TIME TRACK TIME Each time the Remain button is pressed Slow Remain Press the Slow button Press the Remain button HT DL70 DL80 GB noRDS 11 8 02 10 11 Page 18 ...

Page 20: ...t button Repeat playback operation is not possible with version 2 0 VCD discs if PBC is turned on To operate this feature press the MENU button and then select PBC OFF Press the Repeat A B button at the beginning A of the segment you want to review Press the Repeat A B button again at the end B of the segment you want to review The segment will begin repeating To return to normal playback HT DL70 ...

Page 21: ...een appears When playing VCD version 2 0 you can operate it using PBC On Off function 3 Menu You can use the menus for the audio language subtitle language profile etc DVD menu contents differ from disc to disc For DVDs containing multiple titles you can view the title of each movie Depending on the disc this function may either not work at all or may work differently Using the Title Menu HT DL70 ...

Page 22: ...INISH PROGRAM PLAY Press the Program button 1 Press the Enter button then use the Number buttons to select the desired title 2 3 You can also use the Left Right button Press the Enter button then use the Number buttons to select the desired chapter Press the Enter button 4 At this time you can continue programming if you want to 5 When programming more than 10 tracks select and then press the Ente...

Page 23: ...change the program 5 The cursor moves to the number below You can program or change particular tracks for VCD or CD discs in the same manner Depending on the disc the PROGRAM function may not work You can also use the Left Right button To delete the entire Program When you have entered a wrong number Clear Press the Clear button When you want to delete a selection during programming select the tra...

Page 24: ... I D E O OFF 1 1 1 1 SPA ENG FRE OFF ENG 1 3 2 3 3 3 Depending on the number of languages recorded on a DVD disc a different subtitle language ENGLISH SPANISH FRENCH etc is selected each time the button is pressed To make the subtitles disappear select OFF Audio MO ST Subtitle Press the Audio button Press the Subtitle button If the word INVALID appears on the TV screen while buttons are being oper...

Page 25: ...esired Screen Angle Various DVD Functions 2 Zoom Angle Press the Zoom button Press the Angle button TITLE V I D E O 1 2 1 8 00 00 00 T C CHAPTER V I D E O 1 2 1 8 00 00 00 T C TIME V I D E O 1 2 1 8 00 00 00 T C To move directly to a title chapter or time Each time the buttons are pressed the desired scene is located and then played Depending on the disc the Title function may not work Each time t...

Page 26: ...n ratio of 1 10 128 Kbps That means by using MP3 format one CD R or CD RW can contain 10 times as much data volume as a regular CD can Bit rate is the average number of bits that one second of audio data will consume The measuring unit used is Kbps 1000 bits per second To obtain better audio quality choose a higher bit rate The most popular bit rate for encoding recording is 128 Kbps What is MP3 T...

Page 27: ...ed once in random order REPEAT ONE Current track will be repeated REPEAT DIR Tracks in the current directory will be repeated REPEAT DISC All tracks on the disc will be repeated REPEAT OFF Repeat play is canceled Normal play is resumed Your DVD player can also play CD R and CD RW discs recorded in digital audio format When recording your own CD R or CD RW discs make sure that the recording session...

Page 28: ...TV SCREEN 4 3 LB OFF RATING LEVEL OUTPUT DIGITAL TV SCREEN 4 3 PS 16 9 4 3 LB Move Setup Exit LANGUAGES SYSTEM OFF RATING LEVEL BITSTREAM OUTPUT DIGITAL TV SCREEN Move Setup Exit LANGUAGES SYSTEM 4 3 LB Press the Up Down button to select the desired sub item and then press the Enter button 4 5 From the stop mode press the Setup button 1 Press the Left Right button to select the system Press the Up...

Page 29: ...that your family watches 1 Select RATING LEVEL then press the Enter button 4 3 LB BITSTREAM OUTPUT DIGITAL TV SCREEN RATING LEVEL Move Setup Exit LANGUAGES SYSTEM 2 Use the number 0 9 buttons to input a 4 digit password The player s password is set to 7890 by default OUTPUT DIGITAL TV SCREEN RATING LEVEL Move Setup Exit LANGUAGES SYSTEM 4 3 LB 3 Use the Up Down button to select either RATING LEVEL...

Page 30: ...LANGUAGE Move Setup Exit ENGLISH CHINESE CHINESE OSD LANGUAGE SYSTEM AUDIO SUBTITLE LANGUAGES ENGLISH CHINESE FRENCH GERMAN JAPANESE MENU LANGUAGE Move Setup Exit ENGLISH ENGLISH CHINESE CHINESE OSD LANGUAGE SYSTEM AUDIO SUBTITLE LANGUAGES PLAYERMENULANGUAGE AUDIO LANGUAGE SUBTITLELANGUAGE DISCMENULANGUAGE 3 4 Press the Setup button from the stop mode To End the Language Features Setup Setup Press...

Page 31: ...ONLY Press the D R C button Each time you press the button the dynamic range compression mode alternates between on and off Select D R C ON while watching the DVD at night You can obtain a powerful sound at a low volume This function takes effect only when Dolby Digital or DTS Digital Surround is activated TITLE TUNED PROGRAM PBC MHZ KHZ SURROUND DSP ST PRO LOGIC LINEAR PCM L C R LS LFE S RS D I G...

Page 32: ...FT R F SP SMALL C SP SMALL R SP SMALL SW SP USE DIGITAL L LFT R DIGITAL L LFT R DIGITAL L LFT R DIGITAL L LS RS C LFT R R MS DIGITAL L LS RS C LFT R DEL S p e a k e r M o d e Delay Time Front speaker Small Center speaker Small Rear speaker Small Subwoofer Use Center Speaker Delay Time Rear Speaker Delay Time Setting up Delay Time from 00 05ms Setting up Delay Time from 00 15ms Press the SPK Mode b...

Page 33: ... Distance from front speakers to listening position Ds Distance from rear speakers to listening position Ideal Center Speaker Position Ideal Rear Speaker Position Arrange all speakers within a circle as shown in the figure Front Speakers Center Speaker Rear Speakers Subwoofer Speaker Set the front speakers so that their tweeters high range are aligned at about ear level and at a horizontal angle o...

Page 34: ...he current audio output mode DSP PRO LOGIC 3 STEREO STEREO etc L C R LS LFE RS D I G I T A L L C R LS LFE RS D I G I T A L L C R LS LFE S RS D I G I T A L L C R LS LFE RS D I G I T A L L C R LS LFE RS D I G I T A L OFF range of 6 0 OFF range of 6 0 range of 6 00 6 range of 6 00 6 range of 6 00 6 Front Speakers L level R level Rear Speakers L level R level Center Speaker Rear Speakers Subwoofer Spe...

Page 35: ... channel material that can be decoded into 4 channel sound using the Dolby Pro Logic mode Pro Logic mode can also be enjoyed when in DVD mode or when playing Dolby Digital or PCM material that is Dolby Surround encoded Pro Logic Press the Pro Logic button 1 2 Press the Function Selection button to select the desired function Press the Pro Logic button Select from FM AM DVD and AUX IN Each time the...

Page 36: ...display Dolby Surround Used to reproduce sound tracks of the VCR tapes encoded with Dolby Surround This is only used for the sound sources coming through the AUX IN jacks Dolby Pro Logic and Dolby 3 Stereo Dolby Surround encoding format records the left front channel right front channel center channel and rear channel signals total 4 channels into 2 channels The Dolby Pro Logic decoder built in th...

Page 37: ...d field to achieve a more realistic powerful sound Power Sound Function P SND ON P SND OFF are displayed for a few seconds PowerSound Press the Power Sound button What is a Power Sound This system is equipped with the Power Sound feature which makes the sound more powerful and full bodied DSP EQ mode cannot be selected when a microphone is connected When playing a DVD encoded in two or more channe...

Page 38: ...free broadcast To Listen in Mono Stereo Audio MO ST Remote Control Unit Press the Stop button to select the PRESET mode Then press the button to select a station stored in the preset See the instructions on the next page to preset stations Press the Stop button to select the MANUAL mode on the front panel Then hold in the button to make the unit begin automatically searching for broadcast stations...

Page 39: ...unit 1 Use the and button to tune to 89 1 2 The selection toggles back and forth between each time the Tuner Band button is pressed 3 4 5 6 Press the Program button on the remote control FM1 will flash If you want to save 89 1 to FM1 press Program again To preset other stations follow steps 1 4 again If you want to save 89 1 to another preset location FM2 FM15 press or then press Program to save i...

Page 40: ...50 OFF The remaining time for the selected Sleep time is displayed Pressing the button once again changes the Sleep time from the last setting Sleep Press the Sleep button What is the Sleep function You can set the sleep time so that the unit powers off automatically after a preset period of time To Review Sleep Setting HT DL70 DL80 GB noRDS 11 8 02 10 11 Page 39 ...

Page 41: ...ved suddenly from a cold place to a warm one When condensation forms inside the player remove the disc and let the player stand for 1 or 2 hours with the power on You can use the player after the condensation disappears Picture does not appear sound is not produced the disc tray opens 2 5 seconds later Are the speaker cables loose Is there any dirt or debris at the end of the speaker connector Sou...

Page 42: ...btitle language does not operate Is the remote control being used within the appropriate distance and angle of operation for the unit Are the batteries dead Does the disc have a Menu The Menu button is pressed but the Menu screen does not appear While the player is in the stop mode hold the Stop button down on the main unit for over 5 seconds INITIAL appears on the display and all settings will re...

Page 43: ...om the inside to the outside of the disc Disc Storage Condensation may form if warm air comes into contact with cold parts inside the player When condensation forms inside the player the player may not operate correctly If this occurs remove the disc and let the player stand for 1 or 2 hours with the power on Do not allow the discs to become contaminated with dirt Do not load cracked discs or disc...

Page 44: ... Double sided Approx 160 min Single sided Approx 160 min Double sided 74 min 20 min 74 min 20 min 8cm 12cm 8cm 12cm 8cm Audio Video Audio Dolby Digital disc DTS Disc Digital Audio disc Stereo disc MP3 disc NTSC broadcast system in USA Canada Japan South Korea etc Recording Types Disc Types Disc Size Max Playing Time Usable Discs HT DL70 DL80 GB noRDS 11 8 02 10 11 Page 43 ...

Page 45: ...0 H x 350 D mm 5 C 35 C 10 75 10dB 60dB 0 5 54dB 40dB 2 1 0Vp p 75Ω load Y 1 0Vp p 75Ω load Pr 0 70Vp p 75Ω load Pb 0 70Vp p 75Ω load Luminance Signal 1 0Vp p 75Ω load Color Signal 0 286Vp p 75Ω load 20W x 2 6Ω 20W 6Ω 20W x 2 6Ω 40W 3Ω 20Hz 25KHz 75dB 50dB AUX 500mV Impedance Frequency range Output sound pressure level Rated input Maximum input Dimensions Weights S P E A K E R 5 1ch speaker system...

Page 46: ... disc can contain up to 32 subtitle languages These numbers are recorded on DVD discs When a disc contains two or more movies these movies are numbered as Title 1 Title 2 etc These numbers are assigned to the tracks which are recorded on video and audio CDs They enable specific tracks to be located quickly Contains recordings of pictures and sound whose quality is roughly comparable to that of vid...

Page 47: ...46 GB Memo HT DL70 DL80 GB noRDS 11 8 02 10 11 Page 46 ...

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