DVD Player User’s Guide DRC620N Changing entertainment. Again.
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Table of Contents Screen Format (DVD Player Display Mode) ....18 TV Screen .................................................................18 Password ...................................................................18 Rating .........................................................................19 Default .......................................................................19 Display Mode ...........................................................21 The Language Setup Menu ..........................
Chapter 1 Connections and Setup What’s in the Box Thank you for purchasing this DVD player. Unpack the box completely and tear off any protection films.
Connections and Setup Installing the Battery 1. Slide the battery lock on the left side of the unit to the OPEN position to open the battery compartment. Battery lock OPEN 2. Slide the battery into the compartment with the battery labeling facing up and the arrow pointing toward the unit. Push it all the way in until it snaps into place.
Connections and Setup The Player’s Power Supply You can power your player from the battery or from the power supply. The battery must first be charged using the power supply. Using the battery 1. Install the battery as explained on page 3. Battery Charging the battery and powering the unit 1. Connect the round plug on the power supply cord to the player’s DC IN jack. The battery takes about 3 hours to fully charge when the unit is turned off and somewhat longer if the unit is on.
Connections and Setup Connecting your DVD Player to Other Components Connecting the player to a television set If you want to use your portable player for home viewing, you can connect it to a television set using the supplied audio/video cables. Connect the yellow mini plug to the Video, and the black plug to the audio jacks on the player. Note: Remember turnselector on your TV and tune it to the Input Caution!to The channel switch on the TV to view video from the DVD player. must be inthethe OUT position.
Connections and Setup Front of the DVD Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1. LCD screen 2. Play/Pause button — Plays a disc and pauses during playback. 3. Stop button — Stops playback. 4. Previous chapter/track button — Skips to previous chapter (DVD) or track (CD). 5. Next chapter/track button — Skips to next chapter (DVD) or track (CD). 6. Reverse button — Reverses playback. 7. Forward button — Fast forwards playback. 8. SUBTITLE button — Toggles the available subtitles. 9.
Connections and Setup Right Side of the DVD Player POWER DC IN 12V OFF 1 COAXIAL AUDIO IN/OUT VIDEO IN/OUT VOLUME COLOR BRIGHTNESS 7 8 9 ON 2 3 4 5 6 1. DC IN power jack — Connect the power supply here. 2. POWER switch 3. COAXIAL audio out jack — Connects to the digital coaxial input on your audio receiver. Note: You can purchase an audio cable with a digital audio connector on one end and a mini-plug on the end that connects to the player.
Connections and Setup The Remote Control Play/Pause a disc. AUDIO SETUP MENU SUBTITLE ANGLE OSD PROGRAM SEARCH Stop disc playback. Press once for prestop mode (playback starts at location where you stopped). Press twice for complete stop (playback starts at beginning of disc). Reverse/fast forward playback.
Connections and Setup MUTE PROGRAM RANDOM REPEAT RETURN ( SEARCH SETUP SHIFT SLOW REV STEP/ SLOW SUBTITLE TITLE ZOOM ) Reduces the audio level to minimum level. Use to program tracks and chapters to play in a desired order. Toggles random playback. Repeat the title or chapter of the disc. Press repeatedly to scroll through the options (CHAPTER, TITLE, or OFF). In combination with SHIFT, stops playback and returns to Playback Control (PBC) menu.
Connections and Setup Using Different Menus Each disc is programmed with different features. There are three separate types of menus that you can use to access features: DVD TT 1/8 CH 2/21 00:06:50 • The Disc menu – The Disc menu is part of each disc and is separate from the DVD player’s menu. The contents of each Disc menu vary according to how the disc was authored and what features were included on the disc.
Chapter 2 Playing Discs Compatible Discs DVD+Rewritable This DVD Player is capable of playing the following types of discs: DVDs, Video CDs, and CDs with mp3 files, WMA files (Windows Media Audio), and JPEG files on them. Before you put a disc in the player, make sure it is compatible. You can’t play the following types of discs: Laserdiscs, CD-I, CD-ROM (computer-only discs), DVD-ROM, or discs recorded using other broadcast standards (i.e. PAL or SECAM); CD-G discs.
Playing Discs SETUP AUDIO MENU Playback Options SUBTITLE ANGLE OSD PROGRAM PLAY/ PAUSE button SEARCH PREV REV PLAY/PAUSE SLOW REV REV (reverse) button NEXT STOP FWD STEP/SLOW TITLE CLEAR 1 2 3 C ZOOM A-B RANDOM 4 5 6 +10 REPEAT BOOKMARK 9 0 7 8 SHIFT MUTE To search a disc using the remote control, you can use the FWD (forward), REV (reverse), and STEP/SLOW buttons. Picture Scan (8/7) - During playback, pressing FWD (8) or REV (7) scans the disc.
Playing Discs Other Playback Features Using the remote control enables you to access some of the more advanced playback features such as Repeat, Random, Program, Bookmark and Zoom. All are accessed using the remote control. Repeat By default the Repeat feature is Off. The options available depend upon the type of disc you’re playing. • With DVD discs, you can repeat the title, chapter, or use A-B Repeat. • With Audio CDs, you can repeat the disc, a track, or create a program that plays repeatedly.
Playing Discs Zoom The Zoom playback function is used to magnify an image and includes two options (2X or 4X). In addition to magnifying the image, you can pan and scan. 1. While you’re playing a disc, press ZOOM (the player zooms in on the image). Each time you press ZOOM, the picture is magnified even more. 2. To see other parts of the picture when you’ve zoomed in on the image, try pressing the 5,6,3,and4buttons to go in corresponding directions. This feature is called pan and scan.
Playing Discs Playing mp3, WMA, and JPEG files mp3 is an audio file format which compresses recorded music. It was developed by Fraunhofer Gesellschaft in collaboration with Thomson Inc. The main advantage of the mp3 format is the ability to store CD-quality music tracks that are user-friendly and compressed on a personal computer. WMA (Windows Media Audio) is another audio file format, developed by Microsoft. JPEG files are image files. Make sure that they have a resolution of less than 5 megapixels.
Chapter 3 Menu System The DVD Player Menu System Press the SETUP button on the remote control to bring up the DVD player menu system. Use the arrow buttons5,6,3or4on the remote to move through different menu items. Use the Enter button to select or change a menu that is highlighted. To return to a previous menu, press the3(left arrow) button.
Menu System 4:3 PS (Pan and Scan) – Choose this option if you want the movie to fill the entire screen of your TV. This might mean that parts of the picture (the left and right edges) won’t be seen. 4:3 LB (Letterbox) – Choose this option if you want to see movies in their original aspect ratio (height-to-width ratio). You’ll see the entire frame of the movie, but it takes up a smaller portion of the screen vertically. The movie might appear with black bars at the top and bottom of the screen.
Menu System TVG SYSTEM SETUP The SCREEN FORMAT option allows you to change the aspect ratio of the DVD player’s screen to 16:9 widescreen or 4:3 full screen. The default setting is widescreen. TV SYSTEM TV TYPE SCREEN FORMAT TV SCREEN PASSWORD RATING 16:9 4:3 Screen Format (DVD Player Display Mode) / / 1. With the player on, press SETUP (menu system appears). DEFAULT EXIT SETUP 2. Press the down arrow button to highlight SCREEN FORMAT and press Enter . 3.
Menu System 1. With the player on, press SETUP (menu system appears). 2. Press the down arrow button to highlight PASSWORD and press Enter . 3. Use the number buttons to enter your password (or 9835 as the default) and press Enter . The parental controls are now unlocked, and you can change the ratings to the desired setting. See the next section on how to change the ratings. 4. To return to the previous menu, press the left arrow button if necessary. To remove the menu from the screen, press SETUP.
Menu System TVG LANGUAGE SETUP OSD LANGUAGE AUDIO LANG SUB LANG MENU LANG EXIT SETUP ENGLISH SPANISH FRENCH The Language Setup Menu The LANGUAGE SETUP menu enables you to set preferred language options for: • OSD LANGUAGE (the DVD Player’s menu system) • AUDIO LANG (the dialogue of DVD titles) • SUB LANG (subtitles) • MENU LANG The way you choose languages is the same for each of the LANGUAGE SETUP submenus. 1. With the player on, press SETUP (menu system appears). 2.
Menu System TVG AUDIO SETUP AUDIO OUT SPDIF/OFF SPDIF/RAW SPDIF/PCM The Audio Setup Menu The AUDIO SETUP menu lets you adjust the player’s settings to match the equipment you connected to your DVD player and to use the DVD player’s sound features. Audio Out EXIT SETUP The AUDIO SETUP option allows you to set the COAXIAL digital audio jack to the desired output setting, RAW, PCM, or OFF. 1. With the player on, press SETUP (menu system appears). 2.
Menu System TVG The VIDEO SETUP menu lets you adjust the player’s picture settings. The video settings are: • BRIGHTNESS (light and darkness) • CONTRAST (difference between light and dark areas) • HUE (tint or color balance) • SATURATION (richness of the color) VIDEO SETUP BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST HUE SATURATION EXIT SETUP - 12 10 8 6 - The Video Setup Menu 4 2 0 The way you choose options is the same for each of the VIDEO SETUP submenus. 1.
Menu System TVG TV GUARDIAN TVG MODE HELL/DAMN RELIGIOUS SEXUAL CC MODE CC CHANNEL EXIT SETUP OFF TOLERANT MODERATE STRICT The TVGuardian Menu This product supports TVGuardian® Technology, offering your family the very best control of objectionable language in your home. How it works TVGuardian (TVG) filters out objectionable language by monitoring the closed captioning (CC) information contained on the DVD disc.
Menu System CC Mode CC Off Captions are never displayed ON Mute (Default) Captions are displayed when offensive language is being filtered CC Continuous Captions are displayed continually CC Channel To use the TVG captioning features while watching a DVD movie, your television must be capable of displaying closed captions. Make sure that your TV CC is set to CC1 or C1 (closed caption on channel 1), and that the CC channel on your DVD player is set to CC1 (this is the default setting).
Chapter 4 Additional Information Troubleshooting You can correct most problems you have with your product by consulting the Troubleshooting list that follows. Note: If you prefer, we can provide you with the name of an Authorized Service Representative who will visit your home for a fee to install your electronic entertainment system and to instruct you in its operation. For details about this service, call 1-888-206-3359. For additional assistance while using your RCA product, please visit www.rca.
Additional Information The picture format does not match the screen format. • The picture format is adjustable (page 18). Some discs dictate the format, in which case no adjustment is possible. Sound Problems. • • • • • Adjust the volume control on the side of the player. If a TV is used, check whether the sound is muted or turned down low. If a TV or audio/video receiver is used, make sure you use the correct input setting. You may need to readjust the settings in the AUDIO OUT menu. See page 21.
Additional Information Maintenance of Cabinet For safety reasons, when cleaning the cabinet be sure to disconnect the AC power cord from the AC outlet. • Do not use benzene, thinner, or other solvents for cleaning. • Wipe the cabinet with a soft cloth. Formation of Condensation • Due to sharp changes in temperature and humidity, condensation may form if warm air comes in contact with any cold parts inside the player. • When condensation forms inside the player, the player may not operate correctly.
Additional Information Recommendations and Information Concerning Discs CD-R and CD-RW discs This player can play most CD-R and CD-RW discs. However, depending on the recorder of the discs of your personal computer, the type of disc and recording method used, some discs might not play, or the performance might not meet the expected standard of quality. When playing a CD-R disc, it is completely normal for the unit to take up to 20 seconds to recognize the disc before it plays.
Additional Information CD-R and CD-RW discs with JPEG format “image” files To view your JPEG images on a TV set you do not need to record your photographs with a resolution above 400,000 pixels (which corresponds to an image format of about 720 x 576 dots) because of the resolution of most TVs. Due to this, reduce the quality of your photographs before recording on a disc in order not to impede the proper running of your player.
Additional Information Limited Warranty What your warranty covers: • Defects in materials or workmanship. For how long after your purchase: • 90 days from date of purchase - Unit exchange, which includes parts and labor. • 91 days to 1 year from date of purchase - Unit exchange, which includes parts only; you pay the labor. • The warranty for rental units begins with the first rental or 45 days from date of shipment to the rental firm, whichever comes first.
Additional Information What your warranty does not cover: • Acts of nature, such as but not limited to lightning damage. • Adjustment of customer controls. • Damage from misuse or neglect. • A unit that has been modified or incorporated into other products or is used for institutional or other commercial purposes. • Batteries. • Units purchased or serviced outside the U.S.A. • Shipping damage if the unit was not packed and shipped in the manner prescribed by Thomson.
Additional Information Accessory Information There are accessories available to complement your DVD player. Prices are subject to change without notice. All accessories are subject to availability. A shipping and handling fee will be charged upon ordering, and we are required by law to collect the appropriate sales tax for each individual state, county, and locality to which the merchandise is being sent.
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