Samsung HT-C450 manual

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    Digital Home Cinema System user manual Imagine the possibilities Thank you for purchasing this Samsung product. To receive more complete service, please register your product at www.samsung.com/register HT-C450 HT-C453 HT-C455[...]

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    2 English English 3 Safety Information  TO R EDUC E TH E RI SK O F EL ECTR IC S HOCK , DO NOT REM OVE THE COVE R(OR BAC K). NO U SER- SERV ICEA BLE PART S AR E IN SIDE . RE FER SERV ICIN G TO QUA LIFI ED S ERVI CE P ERSO NNEL . CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN This sym bol indi cate s “d ange[...]

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    2 English English 3  Chec k fo r th e su ppli ed a cces sori es b elow . Vide o Cab le FM A ntenn a HDMI Cabl e (O ption ) User 's Ma nual Remo te Co ntro l/Bat teri es (A AA si ze)  Ensu re th at t he AC pow er su pply in y our h ouse comp lies with the iden tica tion stic k[...]

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    4 English English 5  Smal l sc ratc hes on t he d isc may redu ce s ound and pict ure qual ity or c ause ski ppin g. Be e spec iall y ca refu l no t to scr atch dis cs w hen hand ling the m. Holding discs Do n ot t ouch the pla ybac k s[...]

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    4 English English 5 Contents  2 2 Safety Warnings 3 Precautions 3 Accessories 4 Cautions on Handling and Storing Discs 4 Licence 4 Copyright 4 Copy Protection  7 7 Icons that will be used in manual 7 Disc Types and Characteristics 11 Description[...]

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    6 English English 7  27 27 Disc Playback 27 Audio CD(CD-DA)/MP3/WMA Playback 28 JPEG File Playback 28 Using the Playback Function 32 Sound Mode 34 Listening to Radio 34 Connecting Microphone  35 35 USB Function 35 CD Ripping ?[...]

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    6 English English 7 01 Getting Started Getting Started  Make sur e to che ck t he f ollo wing ter ms b efor e read ing the user man ual. Icon T erm Den itio n DVD This inv olve s a func tion avai labl e wi th D VD-V ideo or DVD± R/±R W di scs tha[...]

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    8 English Getting Started English 9 Disc types that can be played Disc Typ es & Mark (Lo go) Reco rded Sign als Disc Size Max. Pla ying Tim e DVD- VIDE O VIDE O 12 c m Appr ox. 240 min. (sin gle- side d) Appr ox. 480 min. (dou ble- side d) 8 cm Appr ox. 80 m in. (sin gle- side d) Appr ox. 160 min. (dou ble- side d) AUDI O-CD AUDI O 12 c m 74 m [...]

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    8 English English 9 01 Getting Started DVD±R/±RW, CD-R/RW Discs Sof twar e up date s fo r in comp atib le f orma ts a re n ot supp orte d. (Exa mple : Q PEL, GMC , re solu tion s hi gher tha n 800 x 60 0 pi xels , et c.) If a DV D-R/ -RW disc has not bee n re cord ed prop erly in DVD Vide o fo rmat , it wil l no t be play able . DivX (Digital int[...]

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    10 English Getting Started English 11 USB Devices that can be used with the product USB Stor age Devi ce, MP3 Play er, Digi tal Came ra Remo vabl e HD D - Re mova ble HDDs equ ippe d wi th l ess than 160 Gbyt es a re s uppo rted . Re mova ble HDDs equi pped wit h 16 0Gby tes or m ore may not be reco gniz ed, depe ndin g on the dev ice. - If the con[...]

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    10 English English 11 01 Getting Started  Front Panel  DISC TRA Y Inse rt d isc here .  DISP LAY Di spla ys t he p layi ng s tatu s, t ime, etc .  REMO TE C ONTR OL S ENSO R Dete cts sign als from the rem ote cont rol.  OPEN /CLO SE B UTTO N ( ) Open s an d cl oses the dis c tr ay.  FUNC TION BUT TON [...]

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    12 English Getting Started English 13  5.1 CHAN NEL SPEA KER OUTP UT CONN ECTO RS Conn ect the fron t, C entr e,su rrou nd s peak ers and subw oofe r.  EXTE RNAL DIG ITAL OPT ICAL IN JACK (DIG ITAL AUD IO I N) Use this to conn ect exte rnal equ ipme nt c apab le o f di gita l ou tput .  HDMI OUT JAC K Usin g an HDM I ca ble, con nect thi s[...]

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    12 English English 13 01 Getting Started  Tour of the Remote Control FUNCTION TV SOURCE POWER DVD RECEIVER/TV SLEEP DISC MENU MENU TITLE MENU MUTE REPEA T VOL TUNING /CH TOOLS RETURN EXIT INFO A B C D TU NER ME MO RY DIMMER S . VOL AUDIO UPSCALE P .BASS MO/ST CD RIPPING DSP /EQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 ECHO MIC [...]

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    14 English Getting Started English 15 Installing batteries in the Remote Control NOTE Plac e ba tter ies in t he r emot e co ntro l so the y ma tch the pola rity : ( +) t o (+ ) an d (– ) to (–) . Alwa ys r epla ce b oth batt erie s at the sam e ti me. Do n ot e xpos e th e ba tter ies to h eat or  ame. The remo te c ontr ol c an b e us ed u[...]

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    14 English English 15 02 Connections This section involves various methods of connecting the product to other external components. Before moving or installing the product, be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord.  Fron t Sp eake rs ei Plac e th ese spea kers in[...]

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    16 English Connections English 17 (L) (R ) (L) (R ) FRON T REAR CE NTRE S UBWOO FER Speaker Components FRON T (L) (R ) REAR (L) (R ) CENT RE STAN D STAN DBAS E SUBW OOFER SPEA KER CABL E HT- C453 HT- C450 FRON T (L) (R ) STAN D STAN DBAS E SPEA KER CABL E REAR (L) (R ) Assembled Speakers   SPEA KERC ABLE NOTE Ref er t o p ag[...]

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    16 English English 17 02 Connections Installing the Speakers on the Tallboy Stand * HT -C45 3 on ly - Fro nt S peak ers * HT -C45 5 on ly - Fro nt/R ear Spea kers Turn the Sta nd B ase upsi de-d own and conn ect it t o th e St and. Inse rt f our smal l sc rews clo ckwi se i nto the four hol es mark ed u sing a s crew driv er a s sh own in t he illu[...]

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    18 English Connections English 19  Choo se o ne o f th e th ree meth ods for conn ecti ng t o a TV. METHOD 1 : HDMI Conn ect an H DMI cabl e (O ptio n) f rom the HDM I OU T ja ck o n th e ba ck o f th e pr oduc t to the HDM I IN jac k on your TV[...]

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    18 English English 19 02 Connections NOTE Reso luti ons avai labl e fo r th e HD MI o utpu t ar e 48 0p(5 76p) , 72 0p,1 080i /108 0p. See page 23 for the reso luti on sett ing. This pro duct ope rate s in Int erla ce s can mode 480 i(57 6i) for comp onen t/co mpos ite outp ut. Afte r ma king the vid eo c onne ctio n, s et t he V ideo inp ut s ourc[...]

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    20 English Connections English 21  Conn ect the FM a nten na s uppl ied to t he F M An tenn a ja ck. Slow ly m ove the ante nna wire aro und unti l yo u  n d a loca tion whe re r ecep tion is good , th en f aste n it to a wall or othe r ri gid surf ace. NOTE Thi s pr oduc[...]

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    20 English English 21 02 Connections  AUX : Connecting an External Analogue Component Anal ogue sig nal comp onen ts s uch as a VCR . Conn ect AUX IN ( Audi o) o n th e ba ck o f th e pr oduc t to the Aud io O ut o f th e ex te[...]

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    22 English Setup English 23  Pres s th e PO WER butt on w hen it i s pl ugge d in TV f or t he  rst time . Init ial Sett ing scre en w ill be d ispl ayed . Move Selec t R eturn Initia l sett ing > On-Scre en Lan guage Select a lan guage for the [...]

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    22 English English 23 03 Setup  You can con gure var ious dis play opt ions suc h as the TV A spec t, R esol utio n, e tc. TV Aspect Depe ndin g on the typ e of tel evis ion you have , yo u may want to adju st t he s cree n se ttin g. 4:3 Pan- Scan ~ Se le ct w he n yo u wa nt t o se e th e 16 :9 vi de o su pp li ed b y th e[...]

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    24 English Setup English 25  Speaker Setting Speaker Size You can set the Spea ker Size of the Cent er a nd R ear Spea kers , as wel l as Tes t To ne i n th is m ode. Settin gs Move Selec t R eturn Speak er Sett ing Speaker Size ▶ Sound E dit Delay T ime T est To ne : OFF Select Return For the Fron t sp eake rs, the mode is set to [...]

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    24 English English 25 03 Setup Ideal Centre Speaker placement Df: The distance from Front Speaker Dc: The distance from Centre Speaker Dr: The distance from Rear Speaker Place all speakers within this circle. Ideal Rear Speaker placement Setting the Centre Speaker If t he d ista nce of D c is equ al t o or lon ger than the dist ance of Df i n th e [...]

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    26 English Setup English 27 NOTE The defa ult sett ing of t his func tion is HDMI Aud io O ff. HDMI Aud io i s au toma tica lly down -mix ed t o 2c h for TV s peak ers. When HDM I Au dio is s et t o On , PL II /DSP EQ /P.B ASS does n't work . EQ Optimizer Set opti mal EQ a utom atic ally dep endi ng o n the regi on. Off: T ur n EQ Opt imiz er [...]

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    26 English English 27 04 Basic Functions  Pres s th e OP EN/C LOSE  ( ^ ) but ton. Plac e a disc gen tly into the tra y wi th t he d isc' s labe l fa cing up. Pres s th e OP EN/C LOSE ( ^ ) but ton to c lose the disc tra y. NOTE Resu me f unct ion: Whe n yo u st op d isc play , th e prod uct reme mber [...]

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    28 English Basic Functions English 29  Imag es c aptu red with a d igit al c amer a or cam cord er, or JPEG le s on a P C ca n be sto red on a CD and then play ed b ack with thi s pr oduc t. Inse rt a JPE G di sc o n th e di sc t ray. Pres s th e _+ but tons to sele ct P hoto , an d then pre [...]

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    28 English English 29 04 Basic Functions Step Motion Play D Pres s th e PA USE butt on r epea tly. The pict ure move s fo rwar d on e fr ame each tim e the butt on i s pr esse d du ring pla ybac k. NOTE No s ound is hear d du ring ste p mo tion pla ybac k. 5 Minute Skip function D Duri ng p layb ack, pre ss t he _ , + but ton. Play back ski ps 5 mi[...]

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    30 English Basic Functions English 31 Repeat Playback B A D DVD/DivX Repeat You can repe at t he t itle , ch apte r or the sec tion (A-B Repe at) of t he D VD/D ivX. Repeat OFF Duri ng D VD/D ivX play back , pr ess the REPE AT b utto n on the rem ote cont rol. Pres s th e $% but tons to sele ct a desi red repe at m ode, the n pr ess the ENTE R bu t[...]

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    30 English English 31 04 Basic Functions Displaying Disc Information D Change Select 03/04 001/00 1 0:00:2 1 KO 1/2 EN 02/ 02 1/1 Duri ng p layb ack, pre ss t he T OOLS butt on o n th e re mote con trol . Pres s th e $% but tons to sele ct t he desi red item . Pres s th e _+ but tons to make the des ired setu p ch ange and the n pr ess the ENTE R b[...]

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    32 English Basic Functions English 33 Selecting the Subtitle Language D Pres s th e TO OLS butt on. Pres s th e $% but tons to sele ct S UBTI TLE ( ) disp lay. Pres s th e _+ but tons or nume ric butt ons to sele ct t he d esir ed s ubti tle lang uage . Depe ndin g on the num ber of l angu ages on a DVD disc , a diff eren t su btit le l angu age is[...]

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    32 English English 33 04 Basic Functions D S P ( D i gi t a l Si g n a l P r o c e ss o r ) / EQ DSP (Dig ital Sig nal Proc esso r) : DSP mod es h ave been des igne d to sim ulat e di ffer ent acou stic envi ronm ents . EQ : You can sele ct R OCK, POP , or CLA SSIC etc . to o ptim ize the soun d fo r th e ge nre of m usic you are play ing . Pres s [...]

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    34 English Basic Functions English 35  Using buttons on the Remote Control Pres s th e FU NCTI ON b utto n to sel ect FM . Tune in to t he d esir ed s tati on. Automatic Tuning 1 : When the [ ] buttons is pressed, a preset broadcast station is selected. Automatic Tuning 2 : P ress and hol d th e[...]

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    34 English English 35 05 Advanced Functions  Playing Media Files using the USB Host Feature You can enjo y me dia  les suc h as pic ture s, m ovie s and musi c sa ved on a n MP 3 pl ayer , US B me mory stic k or dig ital cam era in h igh qual ity vide o wi th 5 .1 chan nel soun d by con nect ing the stor age d[...]

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    36 English Other Information English 37  Refe r to the cha rt b elow whe n th is p rodu ct d oes not func tion pro perl y. I f th e pr oble m yo u ar e ex peri enci ng i s not list ed b elow or if t he i nstr ucti on b elow doe s no t he lp, turn off the pro duct , di scon nect the pow er c ord, and cont[...]

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    36 English English 37 06 Other Information Sym ptom C hec k/R emed y • The p rodu ct i s no t wo rkin g. (Exa mple : Th e po wer goes out or the fron t pa nel key does n't work or a str ange noi se i s he ard. ) • The p rodu ct i s no t wo rkin g norm ally . • Press and hol d th e ST OP ( @ ) b utto n on the rem ote cont rol for long er [...]

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    38 English Other Information English 39  Gene ral Weig ht 2.6 Kg Dime nsion s 430 (W) x 60 (H) x 290 (D) mm Oper ating Tem perat ure Range +5°C~+3 5°C Oper ating Hum idity Ran ge 10 % to 7 5 % FM T uner Sign al/no ise ratio 70 d B Usab le se nsit ivity 10 d B Tota l har moni c dis tort ion 0.5 % Disc DVD (Di[...]

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    38 English English 39 06 Other Information HT- C45 0 Speaker Speaker system 5.1ch speaker system Impedance Frequency range Output sound pressure level Rated input Maximum input Dimensions (W x H x D) Weights HT- C45 3 Speaker Speaker system 5.1ch speaker system Impedance Frequency range Output sound pressure level Rated input Maximum input Dimensio[...]

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    Contact SAMSUNG WORLD WIDE If you have any questions or comments relating to Samsung products, please contact the SAMSUNG customer care centre. Area Contact Center  Web Site ` North America Canada 1-800-SAMSUNG (726-7864) www.samsung.com Mexico 01-800-SAMSUNG (726-7864) www.samsung.com U.S.A 1-800-SAMSUNG (726-7864) www.samsung.com ` Latin Ameri[...]

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