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    ESP AÑOL ENGLISH 54H0321A_eng.indd 1 54H0321A_eng.indd 1 5/4/10 3:43:22 PM 5/4/10 3:43:22 PM[...]

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    2 CA UTION: THIS DIGIT AL VIDEO PLA YER EMPLO YS A LASER S Y STEM. T O ENSURE PROPER USE OF THIS PRODUCT , PLEASE READ THIS OWNER'S MANU AL CAREFULL Y AND RET AIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. SHOULD THE UNIT REQUIRE MAINTENANCE, CONT A CT AN A UTHORIZED SERVICE L OCA TION-SEE SER VICE PROCEDURE. USE OF CONTROLS , ADJUSTMENTS OR THE PERFORMANCE OF PRO[...]

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    3 ENGLISH 1) Read these instructions. 2) K eep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings . 4) F ollow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near w ater . 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any v entilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’ s instructions. 8) Do not install near any heat sour ces such as rad[...]

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    4 25) Do not allow the pr oduct to output distor ted sound for an e xtended period of time. It may cause speak er overheating. 26) When you use the headphones , keep the v olume at a moderate lev el. If you use the headphones continuously with high volume sound, it ma y cause hearing damage. 27) Do not look into the opening of the disc slot or vent[...]

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    5 ENGLISH CHILD SAFETY NO TICE 54H0321A_eng.indd 5 54H0321A_eng.indd 5 5/4/10 3:44:02 PM 5/4/10 3:44:02 PM[...]

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    6 The unit emits heat when in operation. Do not place any cov ers or blankets on the unit, this ma y cause overheating. Do not block ventilation holes , or set up near radiators. Do not place in direct sunlight. When placing on a shelf leave 4 inches (10 cm) free space around the entire unit. 4 inches 4 inches Notes when mounting the LCD TV/DVD on [...]

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    7 ENGLISH F eatures LCD color TV With D VD/CD play er Unique space saving design combines a 26” class LCD color TV and a DVD/CD pla yer . A D VD disc has much more capacity , but is the same size as an audio CD disc. The Picture/Audio quality of a D VD is very good. The audio quality is higher than an audio CD . The D VD also has special options;[...]

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    8 Contents Bef ore using y our unit IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INS TRUCTIONS ............................ 3 CHILD SAFETY NO TICE ................................................... 5 SAFETY PREC A UTIONS .................................................. 6 IMPOR T ANT NO TICE ........................................................ 6 F eatures ............[...]

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    9 ENGLISH Disc Play able discs Disc type and logo mark content D VD Video Audio + Video CD-D A Audio The follo wing discs are also av ailable. D VD-R/RW discs of D VD video format. CD-R/R W discs of MP3/WMA/JPEG. • • CA UTION: Only the left types of discs can be pla yed on this unit. D VD- ROM, CD-ROM, S V CD , C VD , VCD , etc. cannot be play [...]

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    10 L ocation of controls T o display the menu screen. Press MENU button to displa y the menu screen. CHANNEL / buttons, V OLUME +/– buttons and INPUT/ENTER button can be used to select the desired setting during the menu screen oper ations. POWER button INPUT/ENTER button V OLUME +/– buttons CHANNEL / 1 (PLA Y) button MENU button POWER indicato[...]

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    11 ENGLISH R emote control POWER P ower On/Off INPUT Display sour ce selection menu TV/D VD Switch betw een TV/A V and DVD (EJEC T) Eject a disc 0-9 Direct channel selection of TV Input setting Enter a passw ord – Input “–” f or digital channels SLEEP Sleep timer SETUP/ TV MENU TV mode - Display menu of TV D VD mode - Call up initial setup [...]

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    12 R emote control (continued) Appro ximately 15 feet Inserting Batteries 1 Open the battery compar tment cover in the direction of the arro w . 2 Install two “ AA ” batteries , paying attention to the polarity diagram in the battery compar tment. 3 Replace the compartment cov er . Operation Aim the remote control at the r emote sensor and pres[...]

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    13 ENGLISH Antenna connections IMPOR T ANT NOTICE The nationwide s witch to digital television broadcasting will be complete on June 12, 2009, but your local tele vision stations may s witch sooner . After the switch, analog-only tele vision sets that receiv e TV pr ogramming through an antenna will need a conv erter box to continue to receiv e ove[...]

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    14 Cable TV connections F or basic Cable TV ser vice not requiring a Conv erter/Descrambler box, connect the 75 ohm Coaxial Cable directly to the Antenna J ack on the back of the TV . F or subscribers to scrambled Cable TV ser vice If you subscribe to a C able TV ser vice which requires the use of a Conv erter/Descrambler box, connect the incoming [...]

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    15 ENGLISH Star ting setup The Starting Setup menu appears the first time you turn on the TV , and assists you to specify the Air/Cable setting, and program y our channels automatically . IMPOR T ANT: Make sur e that the antenna or cable TV system connection is made! 1 T o turn on the TV , press POWER (PO WER indicator on the front of the unit chan[...]

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    16 DISPLA Y Press DISPLA Y to display the current inf ormation on the screen. When the TV receives a digital signal, the digital inf ormation will appear . 62-1 HDTV Mo ving Picture1 CH-1 Digital Air No Program Information is a vailable Sleep Timer Off English Ful l 1080i Channel number • Station name • Channel label (if preset) • Broadcast p[...]

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    17 ENGLISH Con v enience functions Y ou can change the default settings to con venience use . Icon Selected Items Setup hint Video Picture Setting Brightness / Contrast / Sharpness / Color / Tint Y ou can adjust the picture quality to your pr eference. Color T emperature Bluish (Cool) / Neutr al (Standard) / Reddish (W arm) Backlight * 2 The Backli[...]

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    18 Memorizing channels This TV is equipped with a channel memory feature which allow s channels to skip up or down to the next channel set into memory , skipping over un wanted channels. Befor e selecting channels, the y must be programmed into the TV’ s memory . T o use this TV with an antenna, set the Source option to the Air mode. When shipped[...]

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    19 ENGLISH Checking the digital-signal strength This TV will allow y ou to view the digital signal meter for digital channels. 1 Select “Channel”, then press ▶ or ENTER . 2 Press ▲ or ▼ to select “Signal Meter”. 3 Press ▶ or ENTER to check the Digital-Signal strength. The Digital-Signal strength screen will appear . If necessary , a[...]

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    20 T o set the P arental Control 1 Select “Locks” menu, then press ▶ or ENTER . 2 Use Number buttons (0-9) to enter your pass word, then press ENTER . Then L ocks menu will appear . 3 Press ▲ or ▼ to select “Par ental Control”, then press ◀ or ▶ to select “On” . 4 Press ▲ or ▼ to select “Ratings”, then press ▶ or ENT[...]

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    21 ENGLISH Closed Caption WHA T IS CLOSED CAPTIONING? This television has the capability to decode and displa y Closed Captioned tele vision programs. Closed Captioning will display te xt on the screen for hearing impaired vie wers. Captions: This Closed Caption Mode will displa y text on the screen in English or another language if progr am suppor[...]

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    22 NO TE: Selectable picture f ormat aspect ratios may v ar y depending on the input source or broadcast signal. Picture Size menu also can be displa yed b y pressing ASP ECT on the remote control. • • Natural In some cases, this image will displa y the size of standard 4:3 with a black side bar . Cinema Wide1 (for 4:3 f ormat programs) T o fil[...]

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    23 ENGLISH Pla yback procedur e 1 Press TV/D VD to select D VD mode. 2 Place the disc in the disc slot with the label side facing f or war d. (If the disc has a label.) Hold the disc without touching either of its surfaces, align it with the guides, and place it in position. 3 On the screen, “ ” changes to “Loading” and then pla yback will [...]

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    24 Special pla yback Fast Forward Playback Press SEARCH ( ) during normal playback. Each press of SEARCH ( ) will increase the speed of the search. • To resume normal playback, press PLAY . Review Playback Press SEARCH ( ) during normal playback. Each press of SEARCH ( ) will increase the speed of the search. • To resume normal playback, press [...]

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    25 ENGLISH Marking desired scenes The TV/DVD stores the points that you want to watch again up to 12 points. You can resume playback from each scene. Marking the scenes 1 Press MARKER during playback. 2 Select the blank Marker using ▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶ , then press ENTER at the desired scene. • Up to 12 scenes can be selected. • Repeat this p[...]

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    26 Using HOME MENU Playing a disc 1 Press SETUP during stop mode. HOME MENU will appear. 2 Press ▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶ to select “Disc Navigator”, then press ENTER . Audio Settings Video Adjust Disc Navigator Play Mode Initial Settings HOME MENU DVD 3 Press ▲ / ▼ to select desired option, then press ENTER. Disc Navigator Title Chapter Some [...]

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    27 ENGLISH Program pla yback 1 Press PLAY MODE during playback or stop mode. Play Mode screen will appear. 2 Press ▲ / ▼ to select “Program”, then press or ENTER . 3 Press ▲ / ▼ to select “Create/Edit”, then press ENTER . “Create/Edit” display differs, depending on discs or files. Program Step 01. 01 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. [...]

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    28 Video A djust menu From the Video Adjust menu you can adjust various settings that affect how the picture is presented. 1 Press SETUP during stop mode. HOME MENU will appear. 2 Press ▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶ to select “Video Adjust”, then press ENTER . Audio Settings Video Adjust Disc Navigator Play Mode Initial Settings HOME MENU DVD 3 Press ?[...]

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    29 ENGLISH F unction Setup Setting Option Description Digital Audio Out settings Digital Out On Digital audio is output from the digital outputs. Off No digital audio output. Dolby Digital Out Dolb y Digital Dolby Digital encoded digital audio is output when pla ying a Dolby Digital D VD disc. Dolby Digital > PCM Dolby Digital audio is con verte[...]

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    30 P arental Control Some discs are specified as not suitable for children. Such discs can be limited not to playback with the unit. How to into the Parental menu 1 Press SETUP in stop mode. HOME MENU will appear. 2 Press ▲ / ▼ / ◀ / ▶ to select “Initial Settings”, then press ENTER . Audio Settings Video Adjust Disc Navigator Play Mode [...]

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    31 ENGLISH Language (Language code letter), Language code Japanese (ja), 1001 English (en), 0514 Fr ench (fr), 0618 German (de), 0405 Italian (it), 0920 Spanish (es), 0519 Chinese (zh), 2608 Dutch (nl), 1412 P or tuguese (pt), 1620 Sw edish (sv), 1922 Russian (ru), 1821 K orean (ko), 1115 Greek (el), 0512 Afar (aa), 0101 Abkhazian (ab), 0102 Afrika[...]

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    32 YP b P r Y Pb Pr T o connect the LCD TV/DVD to a V CR with an S- Video cord If you connect a VCR with a S- Video cable to the S- VIDEO IN jack on the rear side of the unit, you must also connect the audio cables to the A UDIO IN jacks on the rear side of the unit. The S- Video cable only carries the video signal. The audio signal is separate. NO[...]

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    33 ENGLISH T o connect a HDMI or a D VI device to the unit The HDMI 1 input receiv es digital audio and uncompressed video from a HDMI device or uncompr essed digital video from a DVI de vice. When you connect to a D VI de vice with a HDMI-to-DVI adapter cable , it transfers only video signal. Separate analog audio cords required. Connections to ot[...]

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    34 or Connections to other equipment (continued) T o connect the TV/D VD to a camcorder , or a TV Game T o play back from a camcor der , connect the camcorder to the unit as shown. This unit can also be used as a display de vice for man y video games. How ever , due to the wide variety of signals generated b y these devices and subsequent hook-up v[...]

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    35 ENGLISH R eception disturbances IGNITION NOISE: Black spots or horizontal streak s may appear , picture ma y flutter or drift. Usually caused by interference from automobile ignition sy stems, neon lamps, electrical drills , and other electrical appliances. GHOST S: Ghosts are caused b y the television signal follo wing two paths. One is the dir[...]

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    36 Problems and tr oubleshooting Use the follo wing check list for troubleshooting when y ou have pr oblems with your TV/D VD . Consult your local dealer or service outlet if problems persist. Be sure all connections are pr operly made when using with other units. S YMPTOMS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS P A GE POWER TV/D VD does not operate. Make sur e the po[...]

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    37 ENGLISH Problems and tr oubleshooting (continued) S YMPTOMS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS P A GE PC When a letter string is display ed in full-screen, all of the characters on the screen are blurr ed. Check “ Auto Adjust”. If the condition is not improv ed with “ Auto A djust”, check “Phase” until you get the clearest image. • • 17 When sma[...]

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    38 Specifications GENERAL P ower supply AC 120V 60Hz P ower consumption Operation: 61W Stand by: 0.3W W eight 8.3 k g (18.3 lbs) Dimensions Width: 663 mm (26-1/8 inches) Height: 498 mm (19-5/8 inches) Depth: 214 mm (8-7/16 inches) Operating temperatur e 5 ˚ C - 40 ˚ C Operating humidity Less than 80% TELEVISION T ype 26.01 inches (660.5 mm diagon[...]

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    39 ENGLISH ORION warrants this pr oduct to be free from manufacturing def ects in material and workmanship under normal use and conditions for a period of 1 y ear from date of original purchase in the United States. Should ser vice be necessar y under this warr anty for any reason due to a manuf acturing defect or malfunction during the first 12 mo[...]