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    Digital Home Entertainment 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-D720[...]

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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 .  RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN This sym bol indi ca[...]

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    2 English English 3  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 ker locat ed o n the back of your prod uct. Inst all y our produ ct h orizo ntal ly, o n a s uita ble b ase (furn itur e), w ith e noug h spa ce a round it for v entil atio n (7. 5~10 cm). Do n ot pl a[...]

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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  25 25 Disc Playback 25 Audio CD(CD-DA)/MP3/WMA Playback 26 JPEG File Playback 26 Using the Playback Function 30 Sound Mode 32 Listening to Radio  33 33 USB Function 33 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 Term Den itio n d DVD This inv olve s a func tion avai labl e wi th D VD-V ideo or DVD± R/±R W di scs th[...]

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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 AUDI 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 [...]

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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 Notes on USB connection Supp orte d de vice s: U SB s tora ge m edia , MP 3 play er, digi tal came ra, USB card rea der If a fol der or  le n ame is l onge r th an 1 0 char acte rs, it m ay n ot p rope rly disp lay or oper ate. A su btit le  le b igge r th an 1 48KB may not be prop erly dis play ed. A ce [...]

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    10 English English 11 01 Getting Started  Front Panel  EJEC T BU TTON ( ) Ejec ts a dis c.  FUNC TION BUT TON ( ) The mode swi tche s as fol lows : DVD/ CD ➞ D.I N ➞ AUX 1 ➞ AUX 2 ➞ USB ➞ F M.  TUNING DOWN & SKIP BUTT ON ( ) Goes bac k to the pre viou s ti tle/ chap ter/ trac k. Tune s do wn t[...]

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    12 English Getting Started English 13 Rear Panel FM ANT. FRONT R FRONT L SUBWOOFER FM ANT.          HDMI OUT JAC K Usin g an HDM I ca ble, con nect thi s HD MI o utpu t ja ck t o th e HD MI i nput jac k on y our TV f or t he b est qual ity pict ure.  COMP ONEN T VI DEO OUTP UT J ACKS Conn ect a TV wit h Co mpon ent vid[...]

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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 V-SOUND 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 T[...]

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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 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.  Position of the product Plac e it o[...]

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    16 English Connections English 17 Connecting The Speakers Pres s do wn t he t ermi nal tab on t he b ack of t he s peak er. Inse rt t he b lack wir e in to t he b lack ter mina l (– ) an d th e re d wi re i nto the red term inal (+) , an d th en r elea se t he t ab. Connect the connecting plugs to the back of the product by matching the colours o[...]

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    16 English English 17 02 Connections  Choo se o ne o f th e fo ur m etho ds f or c onne ctin g to a T V. METHOD 1 : HDMI Conn ect an H DMI cabl e (n ot s uppl ied) fro m th e HD MI O UT j ack on t he b ack of t he p rodu ct t o th e HD MI I N ja[...]

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    18 English Connections English 19 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 22 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 e [...]

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    18 English English 19 02 Connections  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 od[...]

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    20 English Connections English 21  AUX2 : Connecting an External Analogue Component Anal ogue sig nal comp onen ts s uch as a VCR . Conn ect AUX IN 2 (Au dio) on the back of the prod uct to t he A udio Out of the exte rnal Ana [...]

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    20 English English 21 03 Setup  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 t[...]

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    22 English Setup English 23  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.    ~ Se le ct w he n yo u wa nt t o se e th e 16 :9 vi de [...]

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    22 English English 23 03 Setup  DRC (Dynamic Range Compression) This fea ture bal ance s th e ra nge betw een the loud est and quie test sou nds. You can use thi s fu ncti on t o enjo y Do lby Digi tal soun d wh en w atch ing movi es a t low volu me a t ni ght. You can sele ct e ithe r Of f, 2 /8, 4/8, 6/8 , Fu ll. AV-SYNC Vide o an [...]

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    24 English Setup English 25  You can sele ct t he l angu age you pref er f or o n-sc reen menu , di sc m enu, etc . OSD Lang uage Sele ct t he l angu age for the on-s cree n disp lays . Disc Men u Sele ct t he l angu age for the disc menu dis play s. Audi o Sele ct t he l angu age for disc aud io. Subt itle Sele ct t he l an[...]

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    24 English English 25 04 Basic Functions  Load a d isc into the dis c sl ot w ith the disc 's l abel faci ng u p. NOTE Resu me f unct ion: Whe n yo u st op d isc play , th e prod uct reme mber s wh ere you stop ped, so when you pres s PL AY b utto n ag ain, it will pic k up wher e yo u le ft o ff. (Thi s [...]

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    Basic Functions 26 English English 27  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 s lot. Pres s th e _+ but tons to sele ct P hoto , an d then pre [...]

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    26 English English 27 04 Basic Functions Step Motion Play d D Pres s th e PA USE butt on r epea tedl y. 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[...]

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    Basic Functions 28 English English 29 Repeat Playback dB 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[...]

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    28 English English 29 04 Basic Functions Displaying Disc Information d 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 EN[...]

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    Basic Functions 30 English English 31 Selecting the Subtitle Language d 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 [...]

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    30 English English 31 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 JAZ Z et c. t o opti mize the sou nd f or t he g enre of musi c yo u ar e play ing . Pres s t[...]

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    Basic Functions 32 English English 33  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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    32 English English 33 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 by conn ecti ng t he s tora ge d evic e to the USB por t o[...]

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    34 English Other Information English 35  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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    34 English English 35 06 Other Information Sym pto m Che ck/ Reme dy • 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 STOP ( @ ) but ton on t he r emot e co ntro l fo r lo nge[...]

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    36 English Other Information  Gene ral Weig ht 3.0 Kg Dime nsion s 433 (W) x 142 (H) x 20 8 (D) mm Oper ating Tem perat ure Range +5°C ~+35° 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 (Digi tal V[...]

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    36 English Area Contact Centre  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 America Argentine 0800-333-3733 www.samsung.com Brazil 0800-124-421 / 4004-0000 www.samsung.com Chile 800-SAMSUNG (726-7864) www.samsung.c[...]

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    Correct Disposal of This Product (Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (App licab le in the Eur opea n Union an d other Eur opea n count ries wit h separ ate coll ecti on syste ms) This markin g on the prod uct, acc esso ries or lit erat ure ind icate s that the product and its elec tron ic acces sori es (e.g . char ger, he adset , USB cabl [...]