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Audio language and subtitles will not work for DVDs not containing
them. And depending on the disc, they may work differently.

Audio language and
subtitles do not work.

• 

The TAPE function has not been selected.

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The cassette has not been inserted correctly.

• 

The cassette player has not been closed.

• 

The tape is either slack or broken.

The tape does not start
playing

• 

The audio heads are dirty.

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The rollers or drive capstans are dirty.

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The tape is worn.

The volume falls off
The cassette is not erased correctly
There is excessive wow and flutter

• 

Are you using a disc that does not contain menus?

Menu screen does not appear even
when the menu function is selected.

• 

While the player is in

“NO DISC”

mode, hold the main unit's 

TUNING

MODE/ 

button for longer than 5 seconds. “INITIAL” appears on the

display and all settings will return to the default values.

• 

Press the POWER button.

Using the RESET function will erase all stored settings. 
Do not use this unless necessary.

• 

Turn off the power and hold the 

P.SURROUND XT

button on the

main unit for longer than 5 seconds.

Using the RESET function will erase all stored settings. 
Do not use this unless necessary.

The password for rating
level has been forgotten.

• The main unit is not working. 

(Example: The power goes out or
strange noise is heard.)

• The DVD player is not

working normally.

• 

Is the antenna connected properly?

• 

If the antenna's input signal is weak, install an external FM
antenna in an area with good reception.

Can't receive radio
broadcast.

Symptom

Check/Remedy

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You can play 16:9 DVDs in 16:9 WIDE mode, 4:3 LETTER BOX
mode, or 4:3 PAN SCAN mode, but 4:3 DVDs can be seen in 4:3
ratio only. Refer to the DVD disc jacket and then select the
appropriate function.

Aspect ratio cannot be
changed.

Before Calling for Service

Refer to the chart below when this unit does not function properly. If the problem you are experiencing is not
listed below or if the instruction below does not help, turn off the unit, disconnect the power cord, and contact
the nearest authorized dealer or Samsung Electronics Service Center.

• 

Is the power cord plugged securely into the outlet?

• 

Turn off the power and 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 DVD
player.

• 

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/Pause button is pressed.

• 

No sound is heard during fast playback, slow playback, and step
motion playback.

• 

Are the speakers connected properly? Is the speaker setup
correctly customized?

• 

Is the disc severely damaged?

Sound is not produced.

• 

Was the DVD player suddenly moved 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 again after condensation disappears.)

Picture does not appear, sound
is not produced, or the disc
tray opens 2 to 5 seconds later.

Symptom

Check/Remedy

• 

Is the TV power on?

• 

Are the video cables connected properly?

• 

Is the disc dirty or damaged?

• 

A poorly manufactured disc may not be playable.

• Disc is rotating but no

picture is produced.

• Picture quality is poor and

picture is shaking.

• 

Is the remote control being operated within its operation range of
angle and distance?

• 

Are the batteries exhausted?

The remote control does
not work.

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Summary of Contents for MAX-DC990

Page 1: ...NT SYSTEM HOST MP3 CD CD R RW 0 ual MONO ST ...

Page 2: ...ng off the DVD player to player completely from the power supply d of time se the unit to direct sunlight or other heat ad to overheating and malfunction of the unit used with this product contain chemicals that to the environment ose of batteries in the general household trash PREPARATION PREPARATION CONNECTIONS OPERATION SETUP RADIO OPERATION TAPE DECK MISCELLANEOUS ...

Page 3: ...4 1 2 3 5 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 21 23 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 32 33 35 36 37 38 39 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 49 51 53 55 56 57 58 59 62 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 75 76 77 78 PREPARATION ...

Page 4: ...onnector TV is equipped with an S Video input ector S VIDEO IN connect it to the r s S Video output jack eo Output Connector ect the TV s video input jacks VIDEO IN to IDEO OUT connector mponent Video Output Connectors nect a TV with component vide input jacks to jacks Channel Speaker Output minals age Selector Option Audio Cable ...

Page 5: ...8 Replace the battery cover 3 cells polarity to and to ar may differ in voltage PREPARATION ...

Page 6: ...10 L SL SW Subwoofer Rear Speaker L Front Speaker L CONNECTIONS ...

Page 7: ... Interlace ng method scans one full frame of wn the screen line by line n at one time as opposed to the cess by which a video image is ses ng method is desirable for dealing Scan FULL FRAME Scanning puts Y Pr Pb that support ponent inputs i e non progressive ot work C and PAL e video format of your TV ntrol or REC PAUSE on the Main Unit CONNECTIONS 12 ...

Page 8: ...g distance from transmitter too great walls blocking the radio waves etc install an outdoor aerial he unit so that the unit can be operated supply cool air to the unit or your safety ventilation the temperature inside the unit e cooling fan or ventilation holes are side the unit and fire may result antenna connection the AM loop antenna supplied M and terminals ion is poor connect an outdoor nyl c...

Page 9: ... button is pressed playback sumes from the stop position This function works ly with DVDs pressed twice STOP is displayed and if AY PAUSE button is pressed playback arts from the beginning stop playback ss STOP during playback responding DISC 1 2 3 button on the front panel or the required disc indicator flashes starting with the one selected elected when Disc Skip is pushed sc changer hen listeni...

Page 10: ...t key ackaging for details and the key number udio disc that has a mber input screen a DVD Audio disc containing still images to select images depending on how the or unplug the player you will need to re enter es he button on the DVD AUDIO DVD AUDIO OPERATION ...

Page 11: ...eo and Audio All versions of DivX later than 3 11 including ported In addition XviD is supported and V7 formats are possible s 720X480 and may support up to 720X576 MP3s encoded at bitrates from 80kbps to 128kbps to 384kbps and WMAs from 56kbps rted les this unit will support Text format SMI TLE ON and SUBTITLE OFF 20 ...

Page 12: ...r USB1 1 nnect a USB1 1 device he USB HDD for proper operation slot USB card reader supported may experience problems sion Pixel Sampling Frequency 640 480 44 1kHz V8 44 1kHz VCD2 0 320 480 44 1KHz V3 V7 720 480 44 1KHz 48KHz upported DivX5 1 Xvid 720 480 44 1KHz 48KHz OPERATION FAT file system is supported all USB devices e P78 ...

Page 13: ...yback as follows back VCD DivX 24 Reverse slow playback does not work with VCDs and DivX Note During fast playback of a CD or MP3 CD sound is heard only at 2x speed and not at 4x 8x and 32x speeds No sound is heard during slow playback and step motion playback OPERATION ...

Page 14: ...angles 2 Press Cursor button to move to ANGLE display n d the angle changes as follows buttons or numeric buttons ired angle orks only with discs on which multiple angles 26 OPERATION ...

Page 15: ...ot select Repeat Play select Repeat Play in 2 Press Cursor button to move to REPEAT PLAYBACK display 4 Press ENTER button peat Playback Mode ormation Screen 28 OPERATION ...

Page 16: ...displayed image on DVD VCD e Each time the button is pressed the zoom level changes as follows 3 Press ENTER button gle format n horizontal to vertical ratio 30 OPERATION ...

Page 17: ...utton 01 05 028 040 1 30 00 1 1 Moving to a Specific Time 3 Press Cursor buttons to move to Chapter display Moving to a Chapter You can press on the remote control to move directly to the desired title chapter or track Depending on the disc you may not be able to move to the selected title or time Note 32 OPERATION ...

Page 18: ...ertically orizontally button Rotate 90 Clockwise buttons esired image and TER button ed for 5 seconds before moving to dows press yback 34 OPERATION ...

Page 19: ...Menu of each movie t all or may work differently o 3 Press ENTER button The title menu appears 36 OPERATION ...

Page 20: ...se 1517 Swahili Nauru 1521 Tamil Nepali 1525 Tegulu Dutch 1527 Tajik Norwegian 1528 Thai Occitan 1529 Tigrinya Afan Oromo 1531 Turkmen Oriya 1532 Tagalog Punjabi 1534 Setswana Polish 1535 Tonga Pashto Pushto 1538 Turkish Portuguese 1539 Tsonga Quechua 1540 Tatar Rhaeto Romance 1543 Twi Kirundi 1557 Ukrainian Romanian 1564 Urdu Russian 1572 Uzbek Kinyarwanda 1581 Vietnamese Sanskrit 1587 Volapuk Si...

Page 21: ...gh n playing DVDs recorded in different monitor 4 3LB or 4 3PS option according to 9 if you have a wide screen TV the full screen he letter box m of the screen he pan scan en only with the een they will look different depending on ing ze SETUP ...

Page 22: ...42 us level o utton ew password 3 Press Cursor button to move to PASSWORD and then press ENTER button word sword ing level setting SETUP meric when you inputting password ...

Page 23: ...SETUP 3 on Press Cursor button to move to LOGO and then press ENTER button e vel 44 ...

Page 24: ...uttons move to Audio and then ess ENTER button n set the audio delay time between 0 ms 0 ms Set it to the optimal status ess Cursor buttons select the Delay Time of SYNC and then press the TER button nected with digital TV timal status to fit the video ...

Page 25: ... Subwoofer peaker R LS Rear Speaker L RS Rear Speaker R level 48 SETUP o tton 3 Press Cursor button to move to TEST TONE and then press ENTER button The test tone will be sent to L C R SR SL SW in that order If the ENTER button is pressed again at this time the test tone will stop Pro Logic Mode ...

Page 26: ...e from SPEAKER Ideal CENTER SPEAKER placement o place all speakers within this circle Ideal SPEAKER placement SETUP You can set the delay time for C between 00 and 05mSEC and for LS and RS between 00 and 15mSEC 5 ove on Press Cursor to set the Delay time ...

Page 27: ...get closer to 6dB on alance 3 Adjusting Center Speaker Level er Level 52 D nd rsor Press SOUND EDIT button and then press Cursor nd rsor SETUP UNED kHz MHz TITLE CHAP PRGM RDS RT ST TUNED kHz MHz TUNED kHz ...

Page 28: ...54 Press Cursor to adjust the DRC us level SETUP he Cursor button is pressed the greater the fect and the Cursor button is pressed the maller the effect ...

Page 29: ... mode will be button does not work You can select either 0 or 1 Press PL II EFFECT button and then press Cursor buttons to select the mode CMX MPEG TITLE PBC CHAP PRGM RDS RT TA TUNED kHz MHz ST DSP CMX MPEG TITLE PBC CHAP PRGM RDS RT TA TUNED kHz MHz ST Press PL II EFFECT button and then press Cursor buttons to select the mode SETUP ...

Page 30: ...flashes in the display 3 efore display display Press the TUNER MEMORY button 6 To preset another station repeat steps 2 to 5 kHz PROGRAM MHz ons RADIO OPERATION When listening AM SW Dolby Pro Logic II button does not work Note ...

Page 31: ...60 TAPE DECK back modes which atically k Mode ...

Page 32: ...s the OPEN CLOSE button to open the CD door Insert a CD and press the OPEN CLOSE button to close the CD door a sette y 3 2 to D to part Load a compact disc O 6 To stop recording press button Note You can use CD SYNCHRO button only in CD Playback Mode 62 In Recoding DPL II doesn t work ...

Page 33: ...MISCELLANEOUS io Program ect on the recording 3 k 2 Select the TUNER function by pressing TUNER BAND E 6 To stop recording press button 64 Note In Recoding DPL II doesn t work ...

Page 34: ...er is on or while the player is in standby y as shown by the TIMER indication on the display ancel it layed again me the timer press TIMER F again Turn the VOLUME knob to adjust the sub woofer volume 2 Level Function l with the SUB WOOFER OUT ...

Page 35: ...he sleep time from what you have set mer setting press SLEEP button ed the selection changes as follows N 30 MIN 15 MIN OFF ton er Function t the DVD player will shut itself off mer press SLEEP button until display ay tton again tion ring a doorbell or telephone call n kHz MHz kHz MHz ...

Page 36: ...70 MISCELLANEOUS SER EQ Function ding sound effects can select the level of low es you desire dding sound effects can select the level of tones you desire ...

Page 37: ... Discs and picture quality or cause breaks in discs when handling them r comes into contact with cold parts tion forms inside the player the player ccurs remove the disc and let the he power on the safety tab on the upper edge of the en simply cover the opening with adhesive k in its case here they will not be exposed to high strain on the tape mechanism ettes 72 MISCELLANEOUS ...

Page 38: ... main unit s TUNING han 5 seconds INITIAL appears on the eturn to the default values ill erase all stored settings ssary d the P SURROUND XT button on the seconds ill erase all stored settings ssary properly al is weak install an external FM od reception eck Remedy n 16 9 WIDE mode 4 3 LETTER BOX mode but 4 3 DVDs can be seen in 4 3 D disc jacket and then select the 74 MISCELLANEOUS ...

Page 39: ...r another name for digital audio 2 0 Selected scenes or information can the TV monitor e encoded with a region number oes not correspond to the region number ay the disc he screen A DVD disc can contain up to iscs When a disc contains two or more Title 1 Title 2 etc cks which are recorded on video and to be located quickly und whose quality is roughly comparable h playback control version 2 0 nd r...

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