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DVP303U 

HITACHI 

DVD PLAYER 

MODEL 

DV-P303U 

  

   

   

 

 

Instruction manual 

To obtain the best performance and ensure years of trouble-free use, please read this instruction manual completely. 

Summary of Contents for DV-P303U

Page 1: ...1 DVP303U HITACHI DVD PLAYER MODEL DV P303U Instruction manual To obtain the best performance and ensure years of trouble free use please read this instruction manual completely ...

Page 2: ...a TV 13 Connection to a TV For Video 14 Basic Functions 14 Playing a Disc 14 Before Playback 14 Playback 14 Using the Search and Skip Functions 15 Searching through a Chapter or Track 15 Skipping Tracks 16 2 Press the NEXT SKIP or BACK SKIP button during playback 16 Using Menu Screen on Disc for Playback 16 When Playing a DVD 16 When playing a VCD version 2 0 16 Using Top Menu Screen on Disc to Pl...

Page 3: ...25 Clearing a Bookmark 25 Using the Zoom and 3D Sound Functions 25 Using the Zoom Function DVD VCD 25 Using the 3D Sound Function 26 Changing Setup Menu 27 Using the Setup Menu 27 Setting Up the Language Features 27 Using the Player Menu 27 Using the Disc Menu Language 28 Setting Up the Language Feature 28 Using the Audio Language 28 Using the Subtitle Language 29 Setting Up the Parental Control 2...

Page 4: ...les These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installat...

Page 5: ...ut a flower vase filled with water or any small metal objects on the player Be careful not to put your hand into the disc tray Do not place anything other than the disc in the disc tray Exterior interference such as lightening and static electricity can affect normal operation of this player If this occurs turn the player off and on again with the POWER button or disconnect and then reconnect the ...

Page 6: ...Menu Functions You can select various languages Audio Subtitle and screen angles while enjoying movies Repeat You can repeat a song or movie simply by pressing the REPEAT button DV P303U COPY PROTECTION Many DVD discs are encoded with copy protection Because of this you should only connect your DVD player directly to your TV not to a VCR Connecting to a VCR results in a distorted picture from copy...

Page 7: ... CD is recorded as a Digital Signal with better audio quality less distortion and less deterioration of audio quality over time 8 Cm 20 min DO NOT play CD ROM CD I CD R and DVD ROM in this player CDGs play audio only not graphics Disc Markings Playback NTSC broadcast Dolby Digital Stereo disc Digital Audio DTS disc Region system in U S A disc disc Number Canada Korea Japan etc Playback Region Numb...

Page 8: ... on DISC TRAY Press OPEN CLOSE to open and close the disc tray DISPLAY Operation indicators are displayed here OPEN CLOSE Press to open and close the disc tray PLAY PAUSE Begin or pause disc play STOP Stops disc play SKIP Use to skip a scene or music Front Panel Display 1 You can now select different viewing points of the scene recorded by different cameras ...

Page 9: ...Track number 8 Repeat play mode 9 Linear PCM audio output 10 Dolby Digital audio output 11 DTS Digital Theater System audio output Digital only 12 MPEG 2 Audio output 13 Displays various messages concerning operations such as PLAY STOP LOAD RANDOM no DISC No disc loaded OPEN The disc tray is open LOAD Player is loading disc information Tour of the Remote Control ...

Page 10: ...llows you to repeat play a title chapter track or disc 4 A B REPEAT Button Marks a segment to repeat between A and B 5 SETUP Button Brings up the DVD player s Setup menu 6 MODE Button Allows you to program a specific order 7 SEARCH Buttons Allows you to search forward backward through a disc 8 STOP Button ...

Page 11: ... 15 OPEN CLOSE Button To open or close the disc tray 16 3D SOUND Button To activate the 3D sound 17 ZOOM Button To magnify part of a picture 18 CLEAR Button Removes menus or status displays from the screen 19 BOOKMARK Button To rapidly return to a location of disc 20 PLAY PAUSE Button Begin Pause disc play 21 RETURN Button Returns to a previous menu 22 DISPLAY Button Displays the current disc mode...

Page 12: ...decoder 2 MIXED AUDIO OUT JACKS Connect to the Audio input jacks of your television audio video receiver or VCR 3 VIDEO OUT JACK Use a video cable to connect one of the jack to the Video input on your television 4 S VIDEO OUT JACK Use the S Video cable to connect this jack to the S Video jack on your television for a higher quality picture The S Video must be selected in the VIDEO OUT SELECT ...

Page 13: ...omponents before you connect or disconnect any cables Refer to owner s manual of the additional components you are connecting for more information for those particular components Connection to an Audio System Connection to an Audio System Method 1 DVD Player 2ch Stereo Amplifier or Dolby Pro Logic Decoder Method 2 DVD Player Amplifier with Dolby Digital Decoder DTS Decoder Connection to a TV TV No...

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Page 15: ...on once again 4 Step Motion Playback Except CD Press the STEP button on the remote during playback Each time the button is pressed a new frame will appear No sound is heard during STEP mode Press PLAY PAUSE to resume normal playback You can only perform step motion playback in the forward direction 5 Slow Motion Playback Except CD Press the FWD or REV SEARCH button on the remote during PAUSE or ST...

Page 16: ...ton it moves backward 5 minutes When playing a VCD 2 0 in the MENU MODE or Track View function if you press NEXT SKIP button it moves to the next MENU or the next Track View display If you press BACK SKIP button it moves to the previous MENU or the previous Track View display See page 23 NOTE While in search 4X8X 16X 32X on DVD or high speed playback on VCD no sound will be heard Though 2X SCAN AU...

Page 17: ... a VCD by displaying the Menu screen the functions other than those following the Menu will not work In disc version 2 0 the MENU button works as a conversion switch between MENU ON and MENU OFF modes Using Top Menu Screen on Disc to Play DVD With some DVDs several Titles are recorded and the Top Menu is provided Use the Top Menu screen to play such DVDs for convenience 1 Press the TOP MENU button...

Page 18: ...e the Number buttons to enter the time Then press the ENTER button 2 Press the DISPLAY button on the remote twice Current Audio Subtitle and volume control will appear To make the screen disappear press the DISPLAY button again When Playing a CD VCD 1 During playback press the DISPLAY button on the remote Current Track number elapsed time and volume control will be displayed Use the LEFT RIGHT but...

Page 19: ... Press the A B REPEAT button at the point where you want repeat play to start A 2 Press the A B REPEAT button at the 2 point where you want repeat play to stop B The A B Repeat that you set will play until you turn off Repeat 3 To return to normal playback press the A B REPEAT button again NOTE DVD repeats playback by Chapter or Title CD and VCD repeat playback by disc or Track Depending on the di...

Page 20: ...r box 4 Press the PLAY PAUSE button The disc will be played back in programmed order Random Playback DVD VCD CD 1 Press the MODE button in the stop mode 2 Use the LEFT RIGHT button to select RANDOM Press the ENTER button The disc will be played back in random order NOTE Depending on the disc the Program or Random Playback function may not work This function is not available with VCD 2 0 MENU ON mo...

Page 21: ...t the desired view by pressing the UP DOWN or LEFT RIGHT buttons 4 Press the ENTER button Index View VCD Displays the equally divided 9 views of the current playing Track 1 Press the TOP MENU button during playback 2 Press UP DOWN button to select INDEX 2 VIEW Press the ENTER button 3 Select the desired view by pressing UP DOWN or LEFT RIGHT buttons 4 Press the ENTER button NOTE When in VCD 1 1 2 ...

Page 22: ...O button Using the AUDIO Button 1 Press the AUDIO button 2 Use the UP DOWN button to select the desired language on a DVD The audio languages are represented by abbreviations 3 Use the UP DOWN button to select STEREO R CHANNEL or L CHANNEL On VCD CD Using the MENU Button When playing a DVD 1 Press the MENU button 2 Use the UP DOWN LEFT RIGHT button to select AUDIO information 3 Press the ENTER but...

Page 23: ...Up the Language Features on page 30 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 UP DOWN button to select the desired Subtitle language 3 Use the LEFT RIGHT button to determine whether or not the Subtitle will be displayed Initially the subtitle will not appear on screen...

Page 24: ...ANGLE mark is shown press the ANGLE button 2 Use the UP DOWN button to select the desired screen Angle Then press the ENTER button 3 To turn off the display press the ANGLE button again NOTE This function is disc dependent and may not work with all DVDs This function does not work when a DVD has not been recorded with a multi camera angle system Using the Master Volume Control Function Press the D...

Page 25: ... a marked scene 3 Press the PLAY PAUSE button to skip to the marked scene Clearing a Bookmark 1 During playback press the BOOKMARK button on the remote 2 Use the LEFT RIGHT button to select the bookmark number you want to delete 3 Press the CLEAR button to delete a bookmark number Press the BOOKMARK button to turn off display NOTE Up to three scenes may be marked at the same time When in VCD 2 0 m...

Page 26: ...eful when you are using the DVD player with a two channel stereo through the analog outputs Discs which are recorded with LPCM or DTS will not work When the DIGITAL OUTPUT is set to BITSTREAM in the Setup Menu the 3D Sound function will not work 1 During playback press the 3D SOUND button The 3D SOUND mark will be displayed on screen Be sure the DIGITAL OUTPUT is set to PCM 2 Press the UP DOWN but...

Page 27: ...ce menu to select the language the disc s Subtitles are to be displayed in 5 PARENTAL Setup of the Parental Level See page 32 Allows users to set the level necessary to prevent children from viewing unsuitable movies such as those with violence X rating etc 6 AUDIO OPTIONS Setup of the Audio Options See page 33 7 DISPLAY OPTIONS Setup of the Display Options See page 34 Use to select which type of ...

Page 28: ...uage This function changes the language only for the text on the Disc Menu screens e g Setting up in ENGLISH 1 Press the SETUP button when in stop mode 2 Use the UP DOWN button to select Disc Menu 3 Press the ENTER button 4 Use the UP DOWN button to select ENGLISH Select OTHERS if the language you want is not listed 5 Press the ENTER button ENGLISH is selected and the screen returns to Setup Menu ...

Page 29: ... the Subtitle language to be the same as the language selected as the audio preference Select OTHERS if the language you want is not listed Some discs may not contain the language you select as your initial language in that case the disc will use its original language setting 5 Press the ENTER button ENGLISH is selected and the screen returns to Setup Menu NOTE If the selected language is not reco...

Page 30: ...t to Yes To unlock the player use LEFT RIGHT to select No Use UP DOWN to select Rating level Press ENTER Use UP DOWN to select the level e g Level 6 and press ENTER The disc that contains Level 7 will now not play To cancel the rating level use LEFT RIGHT to select No in Use Password e g Setting up in LEVEL 6 6 About the Change Password Use UP DOWN to select Change Password The Change Password scr...

Page 31: ...n connecting to a DTS DECODER OFF Doesn t output DTS signal 3 DYNAMIC COMPRESSION ON To select dynamic compression OFF To select the standard range 4 2X SCAN AUDIO ON Turns 2X audio on OFF Turns 2X audio off Though 2X SCAN AUDIO is ON in the Setup Menu no sound will be heard on discs which are recorded with LPCM DTS or MPEG Audio NOTE If the selected language is not recorded on the disc the origin...

Page 32: ...ratio screen Black bars will appear at the top and bottom of the screen 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 NOTE Depending on the Disc TV Aspect selection may not work 16 9 WIDE You can view the full 16 9 picture in your widescreen TV 2 STILL MODE FIELD Select thi...

Page 33: ... played has the Dolby 5 1 ch mark on the outside Check if your audio system is connected and working properly P13 14 The Ø icon appears on screen The features or action cannot be completed at this time because 1 The DVD s software restricts it 2 The DVD s software doesn t support the feature e g angles 3 The feature is not available at the moment P17 22 P25 29 Disc Menu doesn t appear Check if the...

Page 34: ...ading Speed 1 2 to 1 4 m sec Maximum Play Time 74 min CD 8 cm COMPACT DISC Reading Speed 1 2 to 1 4 m sec Maximum Play Time 20 min VCD 12 cm Reading Speed 1 2 to 1 4 m sec Maximum Play Time 74 min Video Audio Video Output Composite Video 2 channel 1 0 Vp p 75 Ω load S VIDEO Chrominance Signal 0 286 Vp p 75 Ω load Audio Output 2 Channel L 1 L R 2 R Frequency Response 48 kHz Sampling 4 Hz to 22 kHz ...

Page 35: ...arest you Just present proof of purchase and or delivery receipts to the Hitachi Authorized Service Facility and service will be rendered in accordance with the terms of the limited warranty as stated on your warranty card or operating guide Should you have any questions regarding in warranty service operation or technical assistance please contact HITACHI AMERICA LTD HOME ELECTRONICS DIVISION 185...

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