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DVD PLAYER INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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

MODEL

DVP325E
DVP325EUK

REV

SURROUND

AUDIO

SUB TITLE

OPEN / CLOSE

FWD

English

E5612/13BD(EN)  02.5.9 0:15 PM  Page 1

Summary of Contents for DVP325E

Page 1: ...ION MANUAL Instruction manual To obtain the best performance and ensure years of trouble free use please read this instruction manual completely MODEL DVP325E DVP325EUK REV SURROUND AUDIO SUB TITLE OPEN CLOSE FWD English ...

Page 2: ... it is necessary to change the fuse in a non rewireable plug the fuse cover must be refitted If the fuse cover is lost or damaged the plug must not be used until a replacement available from the appliance manufacturer is obtained It is important that the colour of the replacement fuse cover corresponds with the rating marking on the base of the plug If the plug has to be changed because it is not ...

Page 3: ... unit from overheating these opening must not be blocked or covered Avoid enclosed spaces such as book cases unless proper ventilation is provided 3 Keep the unit away from the radiator heat sources 4 Avoid using near strong magnetic fields 5 Do not push objects of any kind into this through the cabinet slot as they could touch current carrying parts or short circuit parts resulting in a fire or e...

Page 4: ...product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method 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 authorised by Macrovision Corporation and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision...

Page 5: ...TION Main Unit 17 STARTING FROM A DESIRED TRACK 17 STARTING FROM A DESIRED TITLE OR CHAPTER 17 STARTING FROM A DESIRED TIME COUNT 18 MARKER 18 RANDOM Audio CD 18 REPEAT 18 A B REPEAT 19 PROGRAMME Audio CD 19 ZOOM PLAYBACK enlargement onscreen 20 PLAYING AN MP3 DISC 20 CHANGING THE ONSCREEN DISPLAY DURING MP3 DISC PLAY 21 PLAYING AN MP3 DISC FROM A DESIRED TRACK 21 PLAYING AN MP3 DISC AT RANDOM 21 ...

Page 6: ...n screen display Information about the current operation can be displayed on a TV screen allowing you to confirm the currently active functions such as programme playback on the TV screen using the remote control DTS Digital Theater System Sound system different from Dolby Digital sound system Search Chapter search Search for the chapter designated by user is possible Title search Search for the t...

Page 7: ...ons PLAYABLE DISCS DVD Video 12 cm Approx 4 h single sided Approx 80 min single sided 8 cm Logo Maximum Playback Time Contents Disc Type Sound and Pictures Disc Size 74 min Approx 8 h double sided Approx 160 min double sided 12 cm 20 min 8 cm singles Audio CD Sound TM DVD Data on a DVD is divided into sections called titles and then into subsections called chapters each of which is given a title o...

Page 8: ...17 Turn to make rewind or fast forward speed faster in the forward or backward direction in the Play mode or Still mode The further the Shuttle Ring is rotated the faster the playback speed 9 AUDIO Button page 22 Press to select a desired audio language or sound mode 10 SUBTITLE Button page 23 Press to select a desired subtitle language 11 SURROUND Button page 24 12 PAUSE STEP Button page 16 13 Di...

Page 9: ...n DISPLAY Button Accesses various audio functions on a disc To select STEREO L CH or R CH Displays the current disc mode SURROUND Button Displays the current disc mode To activate the 3D sound To search chapter or time To rapidly return to a location of disc Search the makers OPEN CLOSE Button To search track or time To rapidly return to a location of disc Search the makers SEARCH MODE Button NUMB...

Page 10: ... its position SETUP Button Returns to a previous menu Brings up the DVD player s Setup menu SKIP Buttons T o skip Chapters Allows you to search forward backward through a disc 2 8 30 60 STOP Button PLAY Button T o stop playback Begin disc play PAUSE STEP Button Advances playback one frame at a time Moves the cursor and determines its position Brings up the DVD player s Setup menu T o skip Tracks A...

Page 11: ...repeat function is on Stays on when the repeat function is on Displays how long a current title or track has been played back When a chapter or track has switched the number of a new title chapter or track is displayed Power on No disc inserted Tray open Tray closed Loading the Disc Power off 1 Open the battery compartment cover 2 Insert two AA batteries with each one oriented cor rectly 3 Close t...

Page 12: ... OUT JACK Use a video cable to connect one of the jack to Video input on your A V compatible TV or wide screen TV Stereo system 4 S VIDEO OUT JACK Use the S Video cable to connect this jack to the S Video jack on your A V compatible TV or wide screen TV for a higher quality picture 5 EURO A V SCART JACK Use the Euro audio video cable to connect this jack to the 21 pin scart jack on your A V compat...

Page 13: ... out put in the setup mode Playing a DVD using incorrect settings may generate noise distortion and may also damage the speakers See page 27 The audio source on a disc in a 5 1 channel Dolby Digital surround format cannot be recorded as digital sound by an MD or DAT deck Set Dolby Digital and DTS to off for audio output in the setup mode for method 1 only Playing a DVD using incorrect settings may...

Page 14: ...dio and video input jacks it is still possible to connect this DVD player to your TV s 75 ohm coaxial antenna terminal using a commercially available Stereo Audio Video RF Modulator not included Connect the audio and video outputs of the DVD player to the audio and video inputs on the RF Modulator and then connect the coaxial output of the RF Modulator usually marked TO TV to the 75 ohm coaxial an...

Page 15: ...VD Notes While the setup menu is shown you can not open or close the tray A prohibited icon may appear at the top right on the TV screen dur ing operation warning that a pro hibited operation has been encoun tered by the DVD player or the disc If a disc is dirty or has scratches the pictures may appear distorted and the playback operation may stop In such cases clean the disc and unplug the power ...

Page 16: ...ress the PAUSE STEP button during play back Playback will pause with sound muted 2 Press the PLAY button to resume playback MP3 CD DVD F B STEPPING THROUGH FRAMES 1 Press the PAUSE STEP button while playback is paused The next picture frame is dis played with sound muted each time the button is pressed 2 Press the PLAY button to resume playback DVD F B RESUMING PLAYBACK FROM THE POINT WHERE PLAYBA...

Page 17: ...x60 DVD STARTING FROM A DESIRED TRACK There are 2 ways you can jump to a desired track By using only the NUMERIC buttons 1 Directly enter the desired track number with the numeric buttons when the disc is being played stopped or paused By using the SEARCH MODE button 1 Press SEARCH MODE button Track search display will show up 2 Enter the desired track number with the numeric buttons If you are en...

Page 18: ... Press the PLAY button Random playback will then start Note Programme playback is not available during random playback CD Call back the marker Using the cursor s B buttons position the cursor on to the marker number to be called back and press the ENTER button Clear the marker Using the cursor s B buttons position the cursor on to the marker number to be cleared and press the CLEAR button To clear...

Page 19: ...ng playback The starting point A will then be selected 2 Press the A B REPEAT button again at the end point B of the desired section The selected section will be played back repeatedly 3 To exit A B repeat playback press the A B REPEAT button and set it to OFF CD DVD A B REPEAT REPEAT A REPEAT A B REPEAT OFF PROGRAMME Audio CD 1 Press the MODE button in stop mode The program screen will appear CD ...

Page 20: ...eps to the bottom when 2 time zooming and 6 steps each when 4 time zooming Current position will be displayed on the right bot tom of the screen Press the ENTER button and the display disappears Note Zooming function does not work while disc menu is shown PLAYING AN MP3 DISC 1 Insert an MP3 file recorded disc The MP3 menu screen shows up appears at the head of the album name The player can recogni...

Page 21: ...earch mode is cancelled Playback cannot be started from a desired time count 1 Press the SEARCH MODE button during playback The SEARCH menu shows up The TRACK currently in play or under RESUME ON will be highlighted In the case of RESUME OFF the first track of the disc will be highlighted Press the RETURN button and the SEARCH menu disappears 2 Using the K L buttons select a track to be played The...

Page 22: ...byD 5 1CH AUDIO 3 JPN DolbyD 5 1CH HELLO Bon jour For audio CDs Press the AUDIO button during playback Pressing the AUDIO button cycles the sound mode through STEREO L CH and R CH Both right and left channels are active stereo Only the left channel is active AUDIO STEREO AUDIO L CH AUDIO R CH Only the right channel is active Notes Pressing the Audio button may not work on some DVDs with multiple a...

Page 23: ... changed if the subtitles are recorded in a single language on the DVD being played Pressing the SUBTITLE button cycles the subtitle language from SUBTITLE 1 SUBTITLE 2 and all the languages recorded Current subtitle mode will be displayed when you press the SUBTITLE button at first Press the SUBTITLE button and then press the cur sor s B button to set it to on or off DVD Subtitle 1 Subtitle 2 OFF...

Page 24: ...k Current track number the number of total tracks TIME Elapsed time of the current track and remaining time of the current track 2 Press the DISPLAY button again ALL 4 12 0 13 45 0 45 40 ALL Current track number the number of total tracks TIME Elapsed time of the current disk and remaining time of the current disc You can set to make the black parts of the picture brighter 1 Press the MODE button ...

Page 25: ...ton Details are on pages 22 and 23 You can also select the item by pressing the numbers which are displayed with the item When you change the setup items press the STOP button if you are in playback mode While the setup menu is shown you can not open or close the tray LANGUAGE SETTINGS 1 LANGUAGE OPTIONS 2 DISPLAY OPTIONS 3 AUDIO OPTIONS 4 PARENTAL SETUP MENU EXIT SETUP CANCEL RETURN SELECT SET EN...

Page 26: ... the K L buttons to select a desired item and then press the ENTER button 5 Press the SETUP button The setup mode will be canceled and the ordinary screen will appear Notes Be sure to press the SETUP button or the setting will not work You can also choose the item by pressing the num bers While the setup menu is shown you can not open or close the tray 1 TV ASPECT 4 3 L BOX 2 FRONT DISPLAY BRIGHT ...

Page 27: ...ound at night and but also to raise the volume of low sound This function is effective only for the sound record ed by Dolby Digital recording Dolby Digital default BITSTREAM BITSTREAM Output by Dolby Digital Set to BITSTREAM when the unit is connected to Dolby Digital Decoder To turn off Dolby Digital set at PCM DVD AUDIO SETTINGS 1 DRC OFF 2 DOLBY DIGITAL BITSTREAM 3 DTS OFF 4 MPEG PCM 5 DOWN SA...

Page 28: ...ps 3 5 again 1 Press the SETUP button in STOP mode The setup screen will appear 2 Press the K L buttons to select PARENTAL and then press the ENTER button 3 Press the numeric buttons to enter the 4 digit password and then press the ENTER button When doing this for the first time enter any 4 digits except for 4737 That number will be used as the password from the second time onward By entering the ...

Page 29: ...5 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 No Language Country code Latvian Lettish Malagasy Maori Macedonian Malayalam Mongolian Moldavian Marathi Malay Maltese Burmese Nauru Nepali Dutch DUT Norwegian NOR Occitan Afan O...

Page 30: ...n The power of the connected audio component is off Wrong audio output settings Wrong input settings on the connected audio component Copy protection is active Immediately after playing press fast forward or in reverse The 1st layer is switching to the 2nd layer when playing a two layered disc Connect the audio cables firmly Turn the power of the audio component on Correct the audio output setting...

Page 31: ...PICKUP UNIT IS DIRTY If the player still does not perform properly when it is operated while referring to the relevant sections and to TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE in this Instruction Manual the laser optical pickup unit may be dirty Consult your dealer or an Authorised Service Centre for inspection and cleaning of the laser optical pickup unit Use discs which have the following logos on them Optical aud...

Page 32: ... DIN 4 pin jack 75 ohm Video output One RCA connector EURO A V jack 1 Vpp 75 ohm Coaxial digital audio output One pin jack 500mVpp 75 ohm Analog audio output Two RCA connectors one left channel one right channel EURO A V jack 2 Vrms 47 kilo ohm RGB video output EURO A V jack R G B 714mVpp 75 ohm Optical digital audio output Optical connector Power source AC 220 240 V 50 Hz Power consumption 14 W s...

Page 33: ...ircuit resulting in leakage or in extreme cases fire or even an explosion Remove dead batteries from equipment and all batteries from equipment you know you are not going to use for a long time Otherwise the batteries may leak and cause damage Never dispose of batteries in fire as this can cause them to explode Please put dead batteries in with the normal household waste NEVER ALWAYS NEVER Never a...

Page 34: ... equipment switched on when it is unattended unless it is specifically stated that it is designed for unattended operation or has a standby mode Switch off using the switch on the equipment and make sure that your family know how to do this Special arrangements may need to be made for infirm or handicapped people DON T use equipment such as personal stereos or radios so that you are distracted fro...

Page 35: ...t 1 The product has been installed and used only in accordance with the instructions supplied with the product 2 The product has not been repaired maintained or modified by any person other than our authorised Engineer 3 The product serial number is not removed or altered This guarantee does not apply to products acquired secondhand or for commercial or communal use This guarantee does not extend ...

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