DGX-400 400 Disc DVD / CD + G Karaoke Changer With USB /MMC/ SD/M S Reader USER MANUAL ...... CAUTION: To ensure your player will work at its best, read this manual carefully before attempting to operate the machine. Keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. www.acesonic.
Accessories **DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE Confirm the following items upon opening the box: 1. User Manual 2. One AV cable 3. One remote control R e c o r d y o u r p r o d u c t i nformation in the table provided below a n d r e f e r t o i t w h e n e ver contacting your dealer about your purchase. Da t e o f P u r c h a s e : Mo d e l N o . : DGX-400 Ma c h i n e S e r i a l N o . : Se l l i n g D e a l e r : De a l e r A d d r e s s : De a l e r T e l e p h o n e N o .
Features and Capabilities Ma i n F u n c t ions *T h e u n i t n ot only stores 400 d i s c s , b u t i t c a n a l s o m a n a g e e a c h in d i v i d u a l discs' informatio n . *Y o u c a n e d it a disc name (or l a b e l ) s t o r e d i n t h e r o t a r y t a b l e s o y o u ca n f i n d the disc you need qu i c k l y . T h e d i s c n a m e s w i l l b e a r r a n g e d au t o m a t i c ally.
Table of Contents A c c e s s o ries - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 F e a t u r e s and Capabilities - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 T a b l e o f Contents - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - 4 S a f e t y P recaution s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - – - - - - - 5 Note - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 M a i n t e n ance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 D i s c I
Table of Contents Playing Discs - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 - 4 8 Playing MIDI Disc s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 33 - 3 7 Confirming Playback Mod e - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 8 Searching for a Scen e - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 39 - 4 0 Repeat Playbac k - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 41 Common Button s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -42 Zoom Functions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -43 Changing the Angle - - - - - - - -
Safety Precautions Warni ng: T o reduce the risk of f i r e o r e l e c t r i c s h o c k , d o n o t e x p o s e t h i s a p paratus to rain or m o i s t u r e . T o a v o i d e l e c t r i c a l s h o c k , d o n o t open the cabinet. R e f e r a l l s e r v i c i n g t o q u a l i f i e d p e r s o n nel only. To preven t f i r e o r s h o c k h a z a r d , d o n o t p l a c e o b j e c t s filled with liqui d s , s u c h a s v a s e s , o n t h e a p p a r a t u s .
Notes *Any disc that is not listed above will cause the player to display “NO DISC” in the DISPLAY WINDOW. Future media and disc formats maybe supported with firmware upgrade, when available. Handling and Cleaning of Handling *At anytime, when handling discs, always hold them from their edges and/or by the circle in the center. *NEVER write on the any surface of the disc for it may *Encoding methods of some media formats may affect render the disc unreadable. the playback (e.g.
Maintenance 1 . K e eping Your Unit Dust p r o o f Y o u should keep the fro n t c o v e r c l o s e d i n c a s e d u s t e n t e r s t h e r o t a r y table. 2 . C l eaning The Unit F i r st, for safety, unpl u g t h e p o w e r p l u g f r o m t h e s o c k e t . Y o u c a n u se a dry or damp soft c l o t h t o c l e a n t h e p l a y e r . I f y o u n e e d t o u s e a cleanser, Use mi l d d e t e r g e n t s o i t w i l l n o t d a m a g e t h e m a c h i n e's surface.
Disc Information This player can play the following discs: CD CD-G WMA VIDEO CD2.0 VIDEO GRAPHICS Time MP3 DVCD Disc mark Content DVCD Sound 74 min. Dimensions 12cm Sound /Image SUPER-VCD VIDEO MIDI DVD (KARAOK DVD) MIDI MPEG4 DVD MPEG4 VIDEO CD Sound 74 min. 12cm DIGITAL AUDIO SVCD Sound Sound /Image /Image Sound Sound Sound(MOVing Sound Sound /Image BACKGROUND) /Image /Image 74 min. 12cm 12cm 135 min. 12cm 12cm 12cm 12cm 12cm 12cm PBC menu: It is recorded in VCD2.
Front Panel 39 38 37 36 35 34 32 30 28 26 33 31 29 27 25 OPEN/CLOSE ABC DEF GHI JKL MNO PQRS TUV WXYZ DISC EJECT LEFT DISPLAY SEQUENCE POWER RANDOM USB/CARD EDIT 1 2 40 3 4 41 REPEAT RIGHT RETURN TIME STYLE FORMAT DISC NAME SEARCH DISC LIBRARY DISC NO 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 42 TEMP DISC DELETE 43 44 45 1. DISPLAY button 2. POWER button 3. SEQUENCE button: select the disc format to enter the sequence play mode; select "CLOSE" to exit sequence play mode. 4.
RearI Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 11 Y/Y/G COAXIAL SCORE IN 12 Cr/Pr/R Cb/Pb/B 13 19 VGA STATE REMOTE GND +5V POWER RS232C OPTICAL S-VIDEO CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT CAUTION CAUTION:TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL 18 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Display Window Disc format PBC mode Sequence mode Random mode Disc name, attach etc. Favorite disc Disc Lock panel Microphone LOCKED DISC JPEG R A N D C O N T FAVORITE DVD S V CD-G PROG A - B P B C MIDI WMA MP3 MP4 A L L 1DISC HDCD DISC SELECT Current disc No. Disc indicator NEXT Select disc NO Select disc Repeat mode Repeat A-B mode MUTE TITLE CHAP. L C R LS S RS DOLBY ON OFF TRACK Track No. DTS Chapter No. of DVD L/R Title No.
Remote Control 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. POWER button OPEN/CLOSE button: open/close the front cover. MUTE button: open/close the audio output. 2 L/R button: switch the left and right sound channel. GOTO button: select the playing start-point randomly by GOTO function. SLOW button: slow the speed of playing forward. 3 PROG button: the function of ordering MIDI songs, or use for program function. 8. NUMBER buttons: used to order songs or edit the discs' information.
Remote Control Operation Power source for the remote controll. The remote control is powered by two AAA batteries. Caution for battery replacement. Load the new batteries with their polarities (+ and -) aligned correctly. Keep the batteries from heat sources to avoid causing short-circuit. If you do not intend to use the remote control for a long period of time, please remove the batteries and store them in a cool and dry area Remove the spent batteries immediately and dispose of them properly.
Hooking Up The Player Connecting to TV with AV input and Amplifier with karaoke scroe output Connecting to TV with AV input R SCORE OUT L AUDIO S-VIDEO L R VIDEO Connecting to SCORE OUT Connecting to AUDIO R Yellow Connecting to S-VIDEO Red Yellow White White Y/Y/G COAXIAL SCORE IN Cr/Pr/R Cb/Pb/B Yellow Red Y/Y/G COAXIAL STATE REMOTE GND +5V VGA SCORE IN Cr/Pr/R RS232C Cb/Pb/B Red OPTICAL S-VIDEO Connecting to TV S-VIDEO RS232C OPTICAL S-V IDEO Remote Receiver of Outer
Hooking Up The Player Connecting to digital output Yellow Y/Y/G COAXIAL SCORE IN Cb/Pb/B Cr/Pr/R STATE REMOTE GND +5V VGA Connecting to TV VIDEO RS232C OPTICAL S-VIDEO Connecting to S-VIDEO of TV PCM Yellow OPTICAL VIDEO COAXIAL S-VIDEO Amplifier Amplifier SUB WOOFER Centre speaker Front right speaker Front left speaker Back left speaker Back right speaker *Note-the optical or coaxial output jack can't output MIDI music. MIDI music only can be output by mixed audio.
Hooking Up The Player Connect the player to a TV with AV input, an amplifier with karaoke score out and AC-3 digital audio.
Hooking Up the Player 1.Karaoke Setup Yellow Y/Y/G COAXIAL 1 〞〞 MIC 〞〞 2 Cr/Pr/R SCORE IN White Connecting to TV video Cb/Pb/B Red VGA STATE REMOTE GND +5V Connecting to AUDIO L RS2 3 2 C Yellow OPTICAL White Red Connecting to AUDIO R S-VIDEO Yellow 2.Setup karaoke with microphone.
Hooking Up The Player 3.Connecting to an amplifier. Yellow White Connecting to TV VIDEO Y/Y/G COAXIAL SCORE IN Cr/Pr/R Cb/Pb/B Red Connecting to AUDIO R Yellow VIDEO R VGA STATE REMOTE GND +5V Connecting to AUDIO L AUDIO RS232C L OPTICAL S-VIDEO Connecting to the amplifier's SCORE OUT White Red L R SCORE OUT Amplifier Note: If you connect a microphone to the score-in jack on the back panel of the player, the MIC jacks on the front panel will be disabled.
Proper Operation Connect the player to the TV and the stereo amplifier with the previous instructions; operate the player by using the following steps. 1.Switch the input selector on your TV so that the signal from the player appears on the TV screen. 2.If you are using a stereo amplifier, please turn the power on. 3.Press the main power switch on the back panel of the player. 4.Press the [POWER] either on the remote or on the front panel to start the player.
Managing Discs 1.Inserting Discs 1.1 Press the [OPEN/CLOSE] button, VFD displays "OPEN", the front cover will open automatically. Please wait. You can press [OPEN/CLOSE] button again to close the front cover. When VFD displays "CLOSE", the front cover has been closed completely. DISC DISC 1.
Managing Discs 2. Removing Discs 2 . 1 P r e ss [DISC EJECT] when t he front cover is closed; the VFD will d i s play “ OPEN” and the front cover will open automatically. After o p e ning the front cover, the disc that is at the loading position of t h e front cover will be u plifted. You can press [OPEN/CLOSE] again to c l o se the front cover. When VFD displays “CLOSE”, the front cover h a s closed completely. 2 .
Managing Discs 3.Playing Temporary Discs 3.1 Press [TEMP DISC] when the front cover is closed, The rotary table will turn and send disc 400 to the playing position. If disc 400 doesn't exist, the screen displays "NO DISC". 3.2 Press [TEMP DISC] when the front cover is open, the rotary table will turn and send the disc slot of 400 to the loading position of the front cover.
Managing Discs Select "CLOSE" in the menu, sequence mode will be stopped. *Sequence play is available on discs such as CD, MP3, Mp4 format. The sequence play is enable after the player has finished fore-reading all discs. 6.Program Play You can play the playlist in the current disc in the optional sequence by this function; it is only available to the disc which contains more than two playbills. 1.Press [PROGRAM]. If the current disc is not DVD, TV screen displays as [6.
Managing Discs 7.1.2 Press the number buttons to input the disc number which you want to select. The VFD displays the disc number you input. If the disc No. you input exceeds 400, the first digit will change to zero automatically. You can also change the disc number either by rotating the knob or pressing the left or right directional buttons. *Note: If you change the disc number by rotating the knob or pressing the directional buttons of left or right, only the existent discs' number will be appeared. 7.1.
Managing Discs 7.2.3 Press up/down button or rotate the knob to move the cursor to the disc you want to select. You can search the disc with disc name by pressing the [SEARCH] button.(Please refer to "search by disc name") 7.2.4 Press [ENTER] or the knob, close the current menu: ♂If the front cover is closed, the player will set the disc you select to the playing position. Note: If the disc you select is the current disc, the player will not perform any action.
Managing Discs 7.3.5 Press up/down button or rotate the knob to move the cursor to the disc name you want to select. You can search the disc with disc name by pressing the [SEARCH] button .(Please refer to "search by disc name") 7.3.6 Press the button of [ENTER] or the knob, close the current menu, however, ♂If the front cover is closed, the player will set the disc you select to the playing position. *Note: If the disc you select is the current disc, the player will not perform any action.
Managing Discs 7.4.3 Press the up/down button or rotate the knob to move the cursor to the style you want to select. 7.4.4 Press [ENTER] to enter the disc name list, it contains all disc names belonging to the current style type, the VFD displays the disc name which the cursor points to. 7.4.5 Press up/down button or rotate the knob to move the cursor to the disc name you want to select. You can search the disc with disc name by pressing [SEARCH]. (Please refer to "search by disc name") 7.4.
Managing Discs 7.5.3 Press up/down button or rotate the knob to move the cursor to the disc format you want to select. 7.5.4 Press [ENTER] to enter disc name list. It contains all disc names belonging to the current disc format. The VFD displays the disc name which the cursor points to. 7.5.5 Press up/down button or rotate the knob to move the cursor to the disc name you want to select. You can search the disc with disc name by pressing [SEARCH]. (Please refer to "search by disc name") 7.5.
Managing Discs 8.Managing the Favorites List 8.1 Add Disc into the Favorite List When you select a disc by Disc Name, Attach, Style or Disc Format, you can add the disc which the cursor points to into the favorite list when you are in the step of "selecting a disc name" by pressing [FAVOR]. The screen displays the following picture. Press [FAVOR] repeatedly to add or cancel the disc's favor property which the cursor points to. 8.
Managing Discs 9.The Function of Searching a Disc by Disc Name 9.1 When you select a disc by Disc Name, Attach, Style or Disc Format, you can enter the interface of "search by disc name" by pressing the [SEARCH] button in the state of selecting a disc name. SENT 9.2 Press the number buttons to input characters or digit.
Managing Discs *Press the number buttons to input disc No. If the disc No. you input has already been edited, the system will show all information of this disc automatically. You can change the disc number by pressing the button left/right or rotating the knob. Only the existing discs' number will appear.Press the number buttons to input the disc name, If the content of inputis wrong, you can press [DELETE] to delete the char in the front of the cursor.
Managing Discs 1 . S w i t c h to a certain data sou rce and press [ENTER], the system will swit ch t o p l ay the data source you select. 2 . S w i t c h to a certain data sou rce, if you don't press [ENTER], the system w i l l also switch to play the data source you select automatically after 1 0 s e conds. 3 . I f t h e data source you selec t is the current one, the system will exit t h e s witching interface in 1 0 seconds. 4 .
Playing Discs 1.Playing MIDI discs (MIDI discs not included with player ) Y o u c a n select MIDI discs th at are provided by Acesonic according to y o u r t astes. It is an option al purchase; included accessories are a MID I d i s c a nd a songbook. Find MI DI discs from the rotary table and select f o r p l ayback. The TV screen will display “SELECT” when the disc is r e c o g nized by the player. Press NUMBER buttons to input the song number , t h e n p ress [ ] or [ENTER] to play. 1 .
Playing Discs 1.4 Melody Press [MELODY] to adjust the setup of melody. If you press [MELODY] button for the first time, the TV screen displays: "MELODY ON"; If you press [MELODY] button for the second time, the TV screen displays: "MELODY OFF"; *The function of this button is MELODY only in MIDI disc, this button doesn't work if the song has vocals. 1.
Playing Discs 1 . 1 0 Repeat: Replaying the current song P r ess [REPEAT]; TV scre en will display “ REP1” , and replays the current song. 1 . 1 1 MENU P r ess [MENU]; Screen di splays [1.11-1]. I t ems in the main menu a re: Song Name, Singer N a me, Song PY (Intellig ent), Singer Type, L a nguage Type, Song Typ e, Vocal Sing, A d vanced Search, All So ngs, Random Play, S e quence Play, Select P lay, Select SongNum, S c ore Set, and Language Set. 1 . 1 1 .
Playing Discs 1.11.4 Singer Type: includes Chinese Mainland Male Singer / Female Singer/Band, Hongkong and Taiwan Male Singer /Female Singer/Band, Oversea Male Singer/Female Singer /Band and Other. You can search songs by singer type, TV screen displays as [1.11-6] M E N U 1.11.7 Vocal Sing: When you play the midi songs with vocal, you can turn the vocal on/off by pressing [VOCAL]. 1.11.8 Advanced Search: You can search songs by Song Name, Singer Name, Singer Type, Language Type and Vocal Sing.
Playing Discs 1.11.14 Score Setup: includes Score Switch, Difficulty Level, Vocal Switch and Random Score. 1.Score Switch: Open/Close 2.The Difficulty Levels of Singing: includes Beginner (easier), Familiar (easy), Normal, Expert(hard) and Master(harder). 3.Vocal: Open/Close 4.Random Score: Open/Close. 1.11.15 Language Setup: you can choose the language according to your perference. 1.12 Adjust the volume of MIC, ECHO and 3D EFFECT 1.12.
Playing Discs 2.Confirming Playback Mode 2.1 In DVD Mode Indicates the status of ongoing time, title and chapter. 1.Press [DISPLAY] the first time, TV screen displays as [A] Disc tpye [A] VIDEO Track # Chapter Played time TT 03/03 CH 001/001 00:22:25 2.Press the [DISPLAY] button for the second time, TV screen displays as [B] [B] 1/2 ENG Language OFF 5.1CH Chinese OFF Angle Dolby Subtitle 3.Press [DISPLAY] for the third time, all related display will be canceled. *Title refers to a film.
Playing Discs 3.Searching the Image You Want (This function is only available for the discs such as DVD, SVCD, VCD and MPEG4) 3.1 In the playing mode, you can search the image you want forward or backward by pressing [ ] or [ ]. Search Forward Fast 1.Press [ ] for the first time, TV screen displays "FORWARD X2 Play forward at double the normal speed (sound disappear). 2.Press [ ] for the second time, TV screen displays "FORWARD X4 Play forward at fourfold the normal speed (sound disappear). " " 3.
Playing Discs 3.2 Search for the scenes using the function of "GOTO" function. 1.Press [GOTO], TV screen displays as [A] [A] VCD TRK 08/18 PBC ℅ 00:01:46 2.Move the cursor to the position of hour/minute/second "00:00:00" by pressing [LEFT] or [RIGHT], then input the time you need with the number buttons. 3.Switch to play the scenes after you press [ENTER] or [PLAY] or wait for a few seconds.
Playing Discs 1.Press [PAUSE/STEP] for the first time, TV screen displays " ". When the player is PAUSED, the image is still and the sound will disappear. 2.Press [PAUSE/STEP] for the second time, TV screen displays "STEP ". When the player is in the status of STEP, you can press [PAUSE/STEP] repeatedly to search the image you want step by step. Sound will disappear during search. The player will return to the normal playing mode by pressing [ ]. 4.Repeated Playback 4.
Playing Discs 4.3 Playing the Selected Section Repeatedly Press the [A-B] button for the first time to set the starting point repeated section you want. Press [A-B] for the second time to set the end point of the repeated section you want. 1.Press [A-B] for the first time, TV screen displays "REPEAT A-" 2.Press [A-B] for the second time, TV screen displays "REPEAT A-B" Then the player will play the all programs which are included in you set repeatedly. 3.
Playing Discs 6.Zooming the Image You can use the ZOOM function to enlarge the image you like during playback To different discs , the related operations are different. 1.Press 5.Press [ZOOM] for the fifth [ZOOM] for the first time, TV screen displays as [6-5]. time, TV screen displays as [6-1]. The image The image will be zoomed in 1/3. will be zoomed in 2x. [6-5] [6-1] [ZOOM] for the second time, TV screen displays as [6-2]. The image will be zoomed threefold. 2.Press 6.
Playing Discs 7.Changing the Angle Some discs can be enjoyed from different angles during playback. This function is only available for discs that support multi-angles. First, make sure you have opened the DISPLAY function 1.Press [ANGLE], TV screen displays as[A] Display the current angle number current playing [A] 1/4 Display the total amount of angles in the disc 2.The player will change an angle each time you press [ANGLE]. For different discs, the amounts of angles which can be chosen are different.
Playing Discs 3.If you don't want to display subtitle language, you can turn off the subtitle language by pressing [SUBTITLE] a few times , TV screen displays as[D] [OFF] [D] 10.Use Select Menu(VCD, SVCD) The function of MENU (for VCD and SVCD discs, menu is also named as PBC) All the information in the disc can be selected in the menu. 1.Press [MENU], TV screen displays all content in the disc. 2.You can select the playlist you want to play in the menu with the number buttons directly.
Playing Discs 13.Setting the Sound Effect (This function is available for DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, MP3, MPEG4) Press [EFFECT] to enter the effect menu, use the buttons and [ENTER] to set each item in effect menu one by one. 13.1 The Surround sound Items such as CONCERT, CHURCH, PASSIVE, WIDE, LIVE can be selected.
Playing Discs 14. Function Setup 14.1 System Setup Press the [SETUP] button, TV screen displays as [14-1] TV SYSTEM: NTSC, PAL60, PAL, AUTO. SCREEN SAVER: ON/OFF VIDEO: INTERLACE-YUV, P-SCAN, YPBPR, S-VIDEO, PC-VGA TV TYPE: 4:3PS ,4:3LB , 16:9 PASSWORD: 0000 RATING: NO ADULT, KID SAFE, VIEW ALL DEFAULT: RESTORE EXIT SETUP SYSTEM SETUP TV SYSTEM SCREEN SAVER VIDEO TV TYPE PASS WORD RATING DEFAULT EXIT SETUP [14-1] 14.
Playing Discs 14.4 Video Setup Press [SETUP], select the function of video setup , TV screen displays as [14-4] 1.BRIGHTNESS: setup image brightness. 2.CONTRAST: setup image contrast degree. 3.HUE: setup image HUE. VIDEO SETUP 4.SATURATION: setup image saturation. BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST 5.EXIT SETUP HUE SATURATION 14.5 Speaker Setup Press [SETUP], select speaker setup , TV screen displays as [14-5] DOWNMIX: LT/RT, STEREO, VSS, 5.
The remote does not work. There is no image, no color. The image is rolling vertically Check the TV mode(NTSC/PAL) There is no sound Press the [SETUP] button change the player mode/ Check whether or not the audio output connected securely to the TV or amplifier. Check whether or not the TV is on. Turn up the TV or amplifier volume There is no sound from the microphone Check the power of the microphone Check the audio output is connected securely.
Specification Output Voltage 2.0(+0.2 -1.0) (V) 20Hz-20kHz +-3dB Frequency Response Audio Signal/Noise Ratio Characteristics Dynamic Range(dB) ≡80(dB) ≡70(1kHz) ≒-60(1kHz) Distortion and Noise(dB) Channel Separation(dB) Horizontal Definition(TV line) ≡250 AUTO/NTSC/PAL Video TV System Characteristics Video Out Vp-p(V) Output Impedance Power Requirements General ≡70(1kHz) Power Consumption 1.0+-0.
