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Playable Disk Format: 

DVD/VCD/Audio CD/CD-R/CD-RW/Kodak Picture CD/JPEG Picture CD

Portable DVD Player

User Guide

ENGLISH

82-183-00090

Summary of Contents for PL736

Page 1: ...Playable Disk Format DVD VCD Audio CD CD R CD RW Kodak Picture CD JPEG Picture CD Portable DVD Player User Guide ENGLISH 82 183 00090 ...

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Page 3: ... 2 Convenient Functions 13 Displaying Scene Information 13 Changing Audio Soundtrack Language 13 Clearing Displaying Subtitles A 14 Changing Subtitle Language B 14 Viewing From Another Angle 15 Mute the DVD Player 15 Using DVD Menu 16 Using the Menu Function 16 Chapter 2 Audio CD 2 1 Audio CD Playback 17 Basic Playback 17 Stopping Playback 17 Rapid Advance and Rapid Reverse 17 Skipping Tracks Goin...

Page 4: ... 32 DVD MENU Language Setting 33 Audio Soundtrack Language Selection DVD 34 Subtitle Language Selection DVD 35 4 2 Screen Setup 36 TV Type Setting 36 TV System Setting 38 Screen Saver Setting 39 Video Out Setting 40 4 3 Custom Setup 42 Parental Control Setting 42 Password Setting 43 Angle Mark Setting DVD 44 Default Setting 45 4 4 LCD Setup 46 Color Setting 46 Brightness Setting 46 LCD On Off Sett...

Page 5: ...e inter ference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is pro ...

Page 6: ... are 6 regions also called locals Each DVD player and disc will be played in one region ONLY 1 Canada U S U S Territories 2 Japan Europe South Africa Middle East including Egypt 3 Southeast Asia East Asia including Hong Kong 4 Australia New Zealand Pacific Islands Central America Mexico South America Caribbean 5 Former Soviet Union Indian Subcontinent Africa also North Korea Mongolia 6 China Never...

Page 7: ...for your safety When the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plug convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Unplug this apparatus during lighting storms or ...

Page 8: ...isk of fire or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture A Class II APPARATUS shall be permanently marked with the words DOUBLE INSULATION or Double insulated and When servicing use only identical replacement parts WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock do not expose this apparatus to rain or moisture The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing a...

Page 9: ...his unit is dangerous and may cause seri ous damage to the unit Do not attempt to disassemble the unit l Do not put any foreign object on the disc tray n Keep away from water magnet l Keep the unit away from flower vases tubs sinks etc If liquids are spilled into the unit serious damage could occur l Never bring a magnet or magnetized object near the unit n Stacking place the unit in a horizontal ...

Page 10: ...ecting the type of disc for the type of TV connectedI DVDs are recorded in PAL or NTSC formats Please refer to the table below to find the apporiate format for your region n Connecting to a multi system TV n Connecting to a NTSC TV n Connecting to a PAL TV ...

Page 11: ... connected to one Basic Playback 1 Press Power to turn on the player 2 Slide Open to open the disc cover 3 Place a disc in the center with its label side up 4 Close the disc cover l If the disc does not have any menus on it it strats playback l If the disc has one or more titles recorded on it a menu will appear on the screen 5 Press or number buttons to select the preferred title 6 Press Play Sel...

Page 12: ...even after the player has finished playing a particular disc When no further selections are to be played be sure to press STOP to clear the menu screen l If the disc is placed upside down and it is a single sided disc the player will display NO DISC For your reference l When appears while a button is being operated it means that the corresponding operation is prohibited by the player I 1 1 DVD Pla...

Page 13: ...Back to Chapters You can skip a specific chapter or track l Skipping Ahead Press Next during playback Skips a chapter each time you press the button l Back to Chapters Press Previous during playback to return to previous chapters When you press this button once midway through a chapter the portable DVD player returns to the beginning of the chapter being played back The player skip a chapter each ...

Page 14: ...R Repeat chapter Press twice TITLE Repeat title Press three times DISC Repeat the entire disc Press four times off Repeat operation cancelled OR to return to normal playback Press 1 ALL several times until Off appears on the screen NOTE l Repeat playback works only with discs for which the elapsed playing time appears on the player s display during playback l Repeat playback may not work correctly...

Page 15: ...ngs to a different language This operation functions only with discs on which multiple audio soundtrack languages are recorded 1 Press Audio during playback 2 Press Audio a number of times until the preferred language is selected For your reference l When the preferred language is not selected even after pressing the button several times it may indicate that language is not available on the disc l...

Page 16: ...hen you turn on or remove the disc the portable DVD player will playback the subtitle language which is selected at the initial setting If you select a subtitle language which is not recorded on the disc the portable DVD player will playback a prior subtitle language programmed on the disc Clearing Displaying Subtitles A If a disc provides subtitles you can choose to hide or display them This oper...

Page 17: ...different angles using the Angle The recorded angles vary depending on the disc programmed 1 Press Angle during playback 2 Press Angle a number of times until the preferred viewing angle is selected 3 Press Angle a number of times to change the viewing angle NOTE l The viewing angles are shown on the player s display and you can select one for viewing Mute the DVD Player Press Mute during playback...

Page 18: ... Title Title in stop mode The DVD menu available on the disc now appears 2 Press to select the preferred item 3 Press Play Sel You now enter to the selected item l To enter other menu screen repeat steps 2 and 3 l To return to the previous menu screen press Title Title Using the MENU Function 1 Press Play Sel 2 Press Menu Menu A DVD chapter menu with brief broadcast of each entry now appears You m...

Page 19: ...lace a disc in the center and label side up 4 Close the disc cover l For audio CDs without playback control the player starts to playback l For audio CDs with playback control a menu appears after a few seconds Stopping Playback 1 Press STOP to prestop While playing CDs prestop is equivalent to Pause 2 Press STOP again to stop the player completely Rapid Advance and Rapid Reverse Press F Rev or F ...

Page 20: ...to the next track Mulitple presses of Next skips a track each time the button is pressed l Skipping Back Press Previous during playback When Previous is pressed once midway through a track the portable DVD player returns to the beginning of the track being played The player skips a track each time the button is pressed Pause Press Pause during playback The player will pause playback l To return to...

Page 21: ...on I Displaying Track Information Press Info Info during playback Press Info Info a number of times The elapsed time track number and other information will show on the screen Stop Displaying Track Information Press Info Info a number of times until the information disappears ...

Page 22: ...n corresponding to the order of the picture then press Play Sel Press Info Info the information of the picture CD will be shown on the screen And press the number button corresponding to the order of the picture then press Play Sel The portable DVD player will begin the slide show l To pause slide show Press Pause l To stop slide show press Stop then enter Thumbnail mode NOTE Press Title Title can...

Page 23: ...to enter the selected mode Slide Show 1 Press Next to view the next picture or Previous to view the previous picture 2 Press Right or Left to rotate the picture Press Right to rotate right by 90 degrees Press Left to rotate left by 90 degrees l To pause slide show press Pause l To stop slide show press Stop to enter the Thumbnail mode NOTE Press Title Title can also enter the Thumbnail mode l To r...

Page 24: ...y time you press Play Sel the picture rotates right by 90 degrees l To stop Rotate mode press Stop l To reset the rotated pictures press Stop to stop Rotate mode and select Reset by pressing Right or Left Press Play Sel to reset all rotated pictures l To exit Rotate mode press Stop and select Return by pressing Right or Left Press Play Sel to exit Rotate mode I 3 1 Playing Kodak Picture CDs contin...

Page 25: ...u bar and press Right to select Program list and press Play Sel 4 Press Stop to back to menu bar and press Right to select and press Play Sel to play the programmed files l To delete the file from the program list press Right or Left to select the file press Play Sel l To delete all files from the program list select CLEAR ALL then press Play Sel to delete all files from the program list l To exit...

Page 26: ...bnail If you want to view the selected picture in its original size press Play Sel When you view the picture in its original size you can press Stop to view the pictures in thumbnail 2 Press Next or Previous to view the next or previous thumbnail page l To exit Thumbnail mode press Stop once to stop and then press Stop to exit I 3 1 Playing Kodak Picture CDs continued I ...

Page 27: ...ill be shown on the screen Press the number button corresponding to the order of the picture then Press Play Sel The portable DVD player will begin the slide show l To pause slide show press Pause l To stop slide show press Stop to enter the File Manager l To resume slide show press Play Sel again Mode switch There are four modes to play JPEG picture CD File Manager Playing Mode Program Mode and T...

Page 28: ...six pictures l To exit File Manager press Left a number of times Playing Mode 1 Press Next to view the next picture or Previous to view the previous picture 2 Press Right or Left to rotate the picture Press Right to rotate right by 90 degrees Press Left to rotate left by 90 degrees l To pause playback press Pause l To stop playback press Stop to enter to the File Manager l To resume playback press...

Page 29: ...mes to back to menu bar and press Right to select Program list and press Play Sel 4 Press Left back to menu bar and press Right to select and press Play Sel to play the files l To delete the file from the program list press Up or Down to select the file then press Play Sel l To delete all files from the program list select CLEAR ALL and press Play Sel l To exit the program list press Left back to ...

Page 30: ... If you want to view the selected picture in its original size press Play Sel When you view a picture in its original size you can press Stop to view the pictures in thumbnail 2 Press Next or Previous to view the next or previous thumbnail page l To exit Thumbnail mode press Stop once to stop and then press Stop a number of times to exit I 3 2 Playing JPEG Picture CDs continued I ...

Page 31: ...table DVD player automatically start to play back the JPEG files in order l To pause playback press Pause l To resume playback press Play Sel l To stop playback press Stop it will enter File Manager Mode Switch 1 Press Stop to stop the present mode and press Left a number of times to exit the present mode then press Right or Left to select the preferred mode 2 Press Play Sel to enter the selected ...

Page 32: ...Press Stop it will enter File Manager l To exit Playing mode Press Stop and press Left to exit Playing mode Thumbnail Mode While in Thumbnail mode there are 15 files per page You can enter Thumbnail Mode only when you select the folder with JPEG files 1 Press to select the picture in the thumbnail If you want to view the selected picture in its original size press Play Sel When you view the pictur...

Page 33: ...3 Press Left back to menu bar and press Right to select Program list and press Play Sel 4 Press Left back to menu bar and press Right to select and press Play Sel to play the files l To delete the file from the program list press Up or Down to select the file then press Play Sel to delete the file l To delete all files from the program list select CLEAR ALL and press Play Sel l To exit the program...

Page 34: ...e Setting Allows you to set various languages for the on screen display OSD 1 Press Setup Setup in the stop mode 2 Press Right to select OSD 3 Press Right to enter OSD 4 Press Up Down to select the preferred language and then press Play Sel To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup operation Press Setup SETUP to exit SETUP MENU screen I 4 1 Language Setup I ...

Page 35: ...e that has been recorded on the disc menu 1 Press Setup Setup in the stop mode 2 Press Right to enter Language Setup and press Down to select Menu 3 Press Right to enter Menu 4 Press Up Down to select the preferred language and then press Play Sel I 4 1 Language Setup continued I To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup operation Press Setup SETUP to exit SETUP MENU screen...

Page 36: ... recoreded on the DVD 1 Press Setup Setup in the stop mode 2 Press Right to enter Language Setup and press Down to select Audio 3 Press Right to enter Audio 4 Press Up Down to select the preferred language and then press Play Sel NOTE The top priority language of each disc will always playback first I 4 1 Language Setup continued I To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup ...

Page 37: ...he DVD 1 Press Setup Setup in the stop mode 2 Press Right to enter Language Setup and press Down to select Subtitle 3 Press Right to enter Subtitle 4 Press Up Down to select the preferred language and then press Play Sel NOTE The top priority language of each disc will always playback first I 4 1 Language Setup continued I To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup operation...

Page 38: ...d 1 Press Setup Setup in the stop mode 2 Press Down to select Screen Setup 3 Press Right to select TV Type 4 Press Right to enter TV Type and then press Up Down to select the preferred TV display Press Play Sel NOTE If the selected language is not recorded on the disc the portable DVD player will play the top priority language of the disc I 4 2 Screen Setup I To return to the SETUP MENU screen Pre...

Page 39: ...ft and right edges trimmed 4 3 Letter Box Select 4 3 LB for a conventional size TV set Black bands appear at top and bottom of screen letter box style 16 9 Wide Select 16 9 for a wide screen TV set Played in FULL size l Setting the wide screen TV to FULL mode is also necessary l Each screen shows an example when the video material for a wide screen is played I 4 2 Screen Setup continued I ...

Page 40: ...stem is a multi TV 1 Press Setup Setup in the stop mode 2 Press Down to select Screen Setup 3 Press Right to enter Screen Setup and press Down to select TV System 4 Press Right to enter TV System 5 Press Up Down to select the appropriate TV system and press Play Sel I 4 2 Screen Setup continued I Screen Setup Move Select SETUP Quit TV Type TV System Screen Saver Video Output NTSC PAL AUTO To retur...

Page 41: ...n Setup and press Down to select Screen Saver 4 Press Right to enter Screen Saver 5 Press Up Down to select On or Off and press Play Sel NOTE The screen saver is set to be shown up in 10 minutes I 4 2 Screen Setup continued I Screen Setup Move Select SETUP Quit TV Type TV System Screen Saver Video Output On Off To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup operation Press Setup...

Page 42: ...ight to enter Screen Setup and press Down to select Video Output 4 Press Right to enter Video Output 5 Press Up Down to select the preferred video output setting and press Play Sel I 4 2 Screen Setup continued I Screen Setup Move Select SETUP Quit TV Type TV System Screen Saver Video Output S Video P SCAN To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup operation Press Setup SETUP...

Page 43: ...NOTE If your TV doesn t support P Scan feature press Stop Troubleshooting What if the screen turns black while operating Solution Press Mode Mode to switch to P Scan mode I 4 2 Screen Setup continued I Screen Setup Move Select SETUP Quit TV Type Screen Saver TV System Video Output S Video P SCAN Your TV support P Scan Y E S P r e s s P l a y NO Press Stop 6 ...

Page 44: ...l Ctrl 4 Enter a 4 digit password before selecting ratings and press Play Sel NOTE Factory pre set password 0000 You need to enter 0000 to for the first time setting 5 Press Up Down to select the preferred rating and press Play Sel NOTE You can only use Parental Control function while discs are provided with it Some discs may not be encoded with rating level for those discs parental control will n...

Page 45: ...ress Right to enter Password 5 Enter your old password and press Play Sel Factory pre set password 0000 6 Enter your new password and pres Play Sel 7 Re enter your password to verify it and press Play Sel I 4 3 Custom Setup continued I To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup operation Press Setup SETUP to exit SETUP MENU screen Parental Ctrl Password Angle Mark Default Cu...

Page 46: ...de 2 Press Down to select Custom Setup 3 Press Right to enter Custom Setup and press Down to select Angle Mark 4 Press Right to enter Angle Mark 5 Press Up Down to select On or OFF and press Play Sel To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup operation Press Setup SETUP to exit SETUP MENU screen Custom Setup Move Select SETUP Quit On Off Parental Ctrl Password Angle Mark Def...

Page 47: ...press Down to select Default 4 Press Right to enter Default 5 Press Right to select Read and press Play Sel NOTE The viewer rating and the password setting will NOT be changed even though you re set to the default setting I 4 3 Custom Setup continued I To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press LEFT To finish the setup operation Press Setup SETUP to exit SETUP MENU screen Custom Setup Move Select SE...

Page 48: ...nds and the player will return to normal playback Color 3 Color 2 Color 1 Color 0 Color 1 Color 2 Color 3 I 4 4 LCD Setup I Bright 3 Bright 2 Bright 1 Bright Bright Bright Bright 3 2 1 0 Brightness Setting 1 Press LCD LCD twice Bright ß 0 à will show on the screen 2 Press Left or Right to choose the preferred brightness setting and then the panel will change to the selected setting 3 After finishi...

Page 49: ...h to the preferred mode setting The default mode setting S Video 1 Press Mode Mode once ENTER P SCAN will show on the screen After 2 secondes the LCD screen will turn black At this time the portable DVD player is still operating but the images will be displayed by the external visual equipments ex TV 2 Press Mode Mode again the portable DVD player will enter CARD S Video mode If no card is inserte...

Page 50: ... using a HiFi amplifier try another sound source Check the Audio Output Setting menu to make sure that Analog Output is selected Distorted sound Ensure that the input settings for the TV and stereo system are proper No sound is heard during still picture pause or slow motion playback No audio at Digital Output Check the digital connections Check the settings menu to make sure the digital output is...

Page 51: ...en back on Alternatively turn off the unit disconnect the AC power cord and then reconnect it The player may not be operating properly due to lightning static electricity or some other external factor PLAY does not start play back even when title is selected This may be a result of the parental lock function that has been set Confirm the PARENTAL setup Audio soundtrack and or subtitle language is ...

Page 52: ... thinner static electricity prevention liquids or any other solvent l Be careful not to drop or bend the disc l Do not install more than 1 disc on the disc tray l Do not try to close the disc cover when the disc is not installed properly l Be sure to store the disc in its exclusive case when not in use If the surface is soiled B Wipe gently with a soft damp water only cloth When wiping discs alway...

Page 53: ...played with this player l CD ROM Application Program l CVD l CD G l DVD with a Locale No other than that shown on the DVD unit s Region Code Label on the rear panel Maintenance l Be sure to turn the unit off and disconnect the AC power cord before maintenancing the unit l Wipe this unit with a dry soft cloth If the surfaces are extremely dirty wipe clean with a cloth which has been dipped in a wea...

Page 54: ...instance a whole movie can be recorded DVD has a structure consisting of two 0 6 mm thin discs which are adhered to each other Since the thinner the disc the higher the density at which the information can be recorded a DVD disc has a greater capacity than a single 1 2 mm thick disc Since the two thin discs are adhered to each other there is the potential to achieve double sided play sometime in t...

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