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Owner’s

Handbook

Portable DVD Player

PDVD7AB

Summary of Contents for PDVD7AB

Page 1: ...Owner s Handbook PortableDVDPlayer PDVD7AB ...

Page 2: ... Do not stare at the laser lens When the disc tray is open a safety interlock disconnects power to the laser Do not defeat this safety interlock IMPORTANT This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in ac cordance with the instructions may cause harmful in terference to radio communication However this is no guarantee that interference will no...

Page 3: ...before using your player The Player is set to play Region 2 discs The player will accept the following formats among others DVD DVD R DVD RW CD DA CD CD R CD RW Picture CD HDCD The following formats are not acceptable DVD discs with other region codes Improperly formatted CD Rs or CD RWs This may include discs which are not finalised UNPACKING The carton should contain The DVD Player Remote Contro...

Page 4: ...determined by the program or software content on the DVD disc itself Some procedures in this manual cannot be performed if the disc does not support the feature Also some discs may need special settings which are unsupported by the player GENERAL CAUTIONS CAUTION during playback the disc spins at high speed do not lift or move the player doing so may damage the disc CAUTION when the player is stop...

Page 5: ...AV OUT connector 9 Earphone jack 10 Volume Control 11 DC IN 9 12V 12 Battery Status Indicator 13 Remote Control Sensor 14 ON OFF indicator DISC PLAY MODE PreviousTrack NextTrack Fast Forward Search Fast Reverse Search MENU MODE or JPG PLAY see P 15 p Move Up a row or menu list q Move down a row or menu list u Move forward along a row menu list t Move back along a row menu list uII Play the selecti...

Page 6: ... interconnect as described previously Connect the jack plug to the Player AV OUT socket Connect theWHITE and RED plugs to a LINE input of your hi fi system Connect theYellow plug to the composite input of aTV as in the previous illustration For audio only connections leave the yellow plug unconnected DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT You will need a single 3 5mm jack to RCA phono interconnect Connect the jack ...

Page 7: ...s Once to stop playback temporarily PressTwice to stop playback completely 22 II Pause a Disc 23 ZOOM Enlarge Reduce Image on Screen 24 OSD Display Hide On Screen Displays 25 VOL Increase Volume MENU MODE Move Up a Menu Menu Choice Move Down a Menu Menu Choice Move along a Menu Menu Choice Move Back in a Menu Menu Choice ENTER Confirm an Action The keys 6 7 17 20 marked with an asterisk have a dua...

Page 8: ...mains supply Switch the mains power on Before using the player it is essential to charge the battery Charge the battery with the player switchedoff Ifyouusetheplayerwithaflatbat tery intermittent operation will result even if the player is being used with mains power CHARGING THE BATTERY The amount of time taken to charge the battery de pends on the amount of residual charge remaining but it could...

Page 9: ...e Press MUTE on the handset PLAYING A DVD Plug the Adaptor into the mains point switch on the power Hold the player with one hand Open the lid with the other Angle the screen as needed DO NOT force the lid beyond its full angle of travel Switch the Player ON The green ON light will indicate WHENYOU FIRST USETHE PLAYER Carefully peel off all plastic protective film etc from the player and the scree...

Page 10: ...en saver will appear When you have finished remove the disc from the player before switching off If you are using the mains adaptor unplug it from the player and the mains 2X Press Play Key to Continue ADVANCED OPERATION ON SCREEN DISPLAY An On Screen Display OSD disc status indicator will be displayed at the top of the TV screen when certain functions are executed or when the OSD button on the ha...

Page 11: ...t On Disc Time Played On Chapter Time Left On Chapter Title Elapsed Tt 05 33 Ch 05 09 0 23 12 Title Remain Tt 05 33 Ch 05 09 1 23 02 Chapter Elapsed Tt 05 33 Ch 05 09 0 03 02 Chapter Remain Tt 05 33 Ch 05 09 0 13 06 Display Off REPEAT PLAY Pressing the REPEAT key will A Repeat a Chapter B Repeat aTitle C Repeat the entire disc D Cancel REPEAT In REPEAT mode the selection repeats continuously until...

Page 12: ...appears Use the number keys to enter the wanted title or chapter Enter numbers from 1 9 as 01 02 etc Example EnterTitle No 4 Press 0 The cursor moves to the right Press 4 To cancel an entry Press the key Play of the chosen title or chapter commences immediately The thumbnail at the top of the screen displays the new chapter title etc Press GOTO to exit the menu and return to full screen viewor Cho...

Page 13: ... Press GOTO to exit the menu and return to full screen view ANGLE MENU Navigate to ANGLE with the keys Press ENTER to select the item Enter the angle number with the keypad Press GOTO to exit MENU MENU MENU MENU BITRATE 80 BITRATE 80 MENU BITRATE 80 MENU BITRATE 80 BITRATE 80 BITRATE 80 AUDIO SUBTITLE 01 05 04 06 2 1 AC3 ENGLISH ENGLISH 01 05 04 06 2 1 AC3 ENGLISH ENGLISH TITLE CHAPTER AUDIO SUBTI...

Page 14: ...display reverts to total time but the disc plays from the selected time REPEAT Navigate to REPEAT with the keys Press ENTER to select Select the passage to repeat the keys Press ENTER to confirm CHANGINGTHETIME DISPLAY Navigate to TIME DISP with the keys Press ENTER to select Select with the keys Press ENTER to confirm Press GOTO to exit MENU MENU MENU MENU MENU BITRATE 80 BITRATE 80 BITRATE 80 BI...

Page 15: ...The player will support Dolby 5 1 formats from the analogue and digital outputs but will down mix program material to 2 channel via the analogue outputs LAST MEMORY To enable Last Memory At the point you wish to stop press STOP on the handset You will see the message Press Play KeyTo Continue Do not press STOP a second time or switch the player off or load a different disc otherwise the player wil...

Page 16: ...uII on the player 2 To change tracks when a disc is playing Press NEXT to go forward one track at a time Press PREVIOUS to go back one track at a time When you reach the final track you cannot go to the first track using NEXT Press PREVIOUS to go back through the tracks 3 Fast Forward Reverse Playback Press or repeatedly Speed increases decreases 2X 4X 8X 16X 32X Normal Speed Press ENTER or II to ...

Page 17: ...ithin the folders MP3 files are not playable VIEWING JPGS Use the keys to highlight a picture Press ENTER Alternatively enter a number via the number keypad All the pictures not in folders will play as a slide show from that point forward Press II to pause and re start the slide show Press STOP to stop the disc The pictures display inTHUMBNAILS of 12 Press to move along a row Press to move between...

Page 18: ...to view and manipulate your pictures WhenthelastimagehasdisplayedtheslideshowstopsandtheFolderMenu displays unlessyouhavechosentorepeatthefolder seebelow Atanytime pressingtheMENUkey alsoreturnsyoutotheFolderMenu Toselectanotherfolder Press to highlight the top line Press ENTER The main menu will display REPEAT PLAY Press the REPEAT key to repeat play one image all the images in a folder or cancel...

Page 19: ...A V Files WMA Files During Play Press II to pause and restart play If there are many tracks folders Press or to move between screens Press STOP to cancel play When you have finished Press STOP to cancel play Now open the disc tray and remove the disc PLAYING MUSIC WHILE VIEWING IMAGES The player can display images and playWMA files on the same disc Load a mixed media JPG WMA disc The main screen a...

Page 20: ...main screen Press STOP on the handset The music will stop Now remove the disc IMPORTANT NOTES PLAYING JPG FILES There is little point attempting to view very large JPG files larger than 500 kb as the increased resolution will not be used and the loading times will slow down PLAYING MEDIA FILES Please see the introduction to the MPEG 4 section for guidance on playing A V files MP3 files are not pla...

Page 21: ...nu are highlightedYELLOW Press SETUP to enter Setup To exit Setup Press the SETUP key or cycle to the EXIT screen and press ENTER See P20 GENERAL SETUP PAGE The parameters are to the left and the current settings are to the right Page 19 GO TO GENERAL SETUP PAGE GENERAL SETUP PAGE GENERAL SETUP PAGE SET TV DISPLAY MODE TV DISPLAY Wide ANGLE MARK ON OSD LANGUAGE ENG CLOSED CAPTIONS OFF SCREEN SAVER...

Page 22: ...EEN SAVER ON OFF General Setup Page SET LAST MEMORY STATE ON OFF TV DISPLAY Wide ANGLE MARK ON OSD LANGUAGE ENG CLOSED CAPTIONS OFF SCREEN SAVER ON LAST MEMORY OFF TV DISPLAY Wide ANGLE MARK ON OSD LANGUAGE ENG CLOSED CAPTIONS OFF SCREEN SAVER ON LAST MEMORY OFF TV DISPLAY Wide ANGLE MARK ON OSD LANGUAGE ENG CLOSED CAPTIONS OFF SCREEN SAVER ON LAST MEMORY OFF TV DISPLAY Wide ANGLE MARK ON OSD LANG...

Page 23: ...IO SETUP Press SETUP Press to access the AUDIO SETUP page Press ENTER Select ANALOG AUDIO Press ENTER DOWNMIX Press ENTER LT RT plays a mix of both channels through both speakers in the player The default is STEREO Select LT RT or STEREO Press ENTER to confirm Press to return to the AUDIO SETUP Page Page 21 AUDIO SETUP PAGE GO TO SPEAKER SETUP PAGE ANALOG AUDIO DIGITAL AUDIO DOLBY DIGITAL SPEAKER ...

Page 24: ...s setting only applies to 2 channel encoded discs Select DYNAMIC Press ENTER Dynamic Range Control manages the difference in intensity between very loud and very soft sounds The default is OFF Choose other settings for low volume levels and for night time listening DOLBY DIGITAL SETUP DUAL MONO 1 1 SETUP DUAL MONO DYNAMIC GO TO VIDEO SETUP PAGE GO TO VIDEO SETUP PAGE VIDEO SETUP PAGE VIDEO SETUP P...

Page 25: ...UE 00 SATURATION 00 LUMA DELAY 1 T HIGH MEDIUM LOW GAMMA Gamma correction improves colour resolution especially with fine colour differ ences but the effects are small and on many monitors will be barely noticeable Press Select GAMMA Press ENTER Select a value to match yourTV monitor Press ENTER to confirm and return to the Color Setting Setup Screen LUMA DELAY Thisisaphenomenonwheretheintensityap...

Page 26: ...ere is a non English speaker in your house you may want to set the subtitles to that language You may select OFF if you prefer not to see subtitles DISC MENU The language in which you want the film menus to display Default is English Page 24 PREFERRED AUDIO LANGUAGE PREFERENCE PAGE TVTYPE PAL AUDIO ENG SUBTITLE ENG DISC MENU ENG PARENTAL DEFAULT ENGLISH FRENCH SPANISH CHINESE JAPANESE KOREAN RUSSI...

Page 27: ... at the prompt Press ENTER SETTING AND CHANGINGTHE PASSWORD Access Password Press Press ENTER to change the password The default System Password is 136900 To change the password Attheprompt Enter the old password 136900 Attheprompt Enter the new password Attheprompt RE ENTER this password Press ENTER to store the password NOTE The default 136900 will be operative even AFTER you change the Password...

Page 28: ...iscs prohibit rapid scanning or title and chapter skip You can t advance through the opening credits and warning information at the beginning of movies Handset erratic inoperative Flat handset battery distance too far from player or Handset too far from player or obstructed AFTER USING YOUR PLAYER Remove the disc from the tray Switch the player off Unplug the Power adaptor unless you are rechargin...

Page 29: ...f purchase If a fault develops during this period please contact theTESCO electrical help line on 0845 456 6767 Please have your original purchase receipt with you when you call This warranty in no way affects your consumer rights UK Waste electrical products batteries should not be disposed of with household waste Separate disposal facilities exist for your nearest facilities See www recycle more...

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