Samsung HT-X720G manual

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    Digital Home Cinema System user manual imagine the possibilities Thank you for purchasing this Samsung product. To receive a more complete service, please register your product at www.samsung.com/register HT-X720 HT-X720G HT-X720_GB_0217.indd 1 2009-02-17 �� 4:46:56[...]

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     Features       Th is H om e Ci ne ma S ys te m al lo ws y ou t o pl ay b ac k va ri ou s di sc s, i nc lu di ng D VD -V ID EO , CD , MP 3- CD , WM A- CD , Di vX , CD -R /R W, a nd D VD ±R /R W.   ?[...]

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      Safety information  TO REDUC E THE RISK OF E LECTR IC SH OCK, DO NO T REM OVE T HE CO VER(O R BAC K). NO USER- SERVI CEABL E PAR TS AR E INS IDE. REFER SERV ICING TO Q UALIF IED S ERVIC E PER SONNE L. CAUTION  [...]

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     Safety information  Ensure that the AC power supply in your house complies with the identi cation sticker located on the back of your player. Install your player horizontally, on a suitable base (furniture), with enough space around it for ventilation (7.5~10 cm). Make sure the ventilation slots are not cover[...]

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       Contents  2 2 What’sincluded  3 3 SafetyWarnings 4 Precautions  7 7 BeforeReadingtheUser’sManual 8 PlayableDiscs 8 Donotusethefollowingtypes?[...]

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     Contents  43 43 SettingtheLanguage 43 SetingtheHDMIVideoOutMode 44 SettingTVScreenType 45 SettingParentalControls(RatingLevel) 45 SettingthePassword 46 SettingtheWallpaper 46 ToSelectOneofthe3WallpaperSetting[...]

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      ●  Getting started  Mak e sur e to check the follo wing terms befo re re ading the user manua l. [...]

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     Getting started  Dis c Typ e Mar k (Lo go) Rec orded Sign als Dis c Siz e Max . Pla ying Time DVD -VIDE O VID EO 12 cm App rox. 240 m in. ( singl e-sid ed) App rox. 480 m in. ( doubl e-sid ed) 8 c m App rox. 80 mi n. (s ingle -side d) App rox. 160 m in. ( doubl e-sid ed) AUD IO-CD COMPACT DIGITAL AUDIO [...]

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      ●   Thi s pro duct does not s uppor t Sec ure ( DRM) Media les .    So me CD -R di scs m ay no t be playa ble d epend ing o n the disc reco rding devi ce (C D-Rec [...]

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     Description  POW ER BU TTON PLA Y/PAU SE ( ) B UTTON 11 AUX IN 1 EJE CT BU TTON TUN ING U P & S KIP ( ) BUTTO N 12 iPO D JAC K FUN CTION BUTT ON VOLUME CONTROL 13 USB PORT TUN ING D OWN & SKIP ( ) BUT TON DIS C TRA Y STO P ( ) BU TTON 10 HEA DPHON E JAC K        HT-X72[...]

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      ●   SPE AKER OUTPU T CON NECTO RS Con nect the l eft, right and subwo ofer speak ers. COM PONEN T VID EO OU TPUT JACKS Con nect a TV with Compo nent video inpu ts to thes e jac ks. VID EO OU TPUT JACK Con nect the T V's V ideo Input jack (VID EO IN ) to the[...]

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     Remote control                                        HT-X720_GB[...]

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      ●   V-SOUND(Virtual Sound), V-H/P(Virtual Headphone) button  EJECT button  SOURCE button  DVD button TUNER button PORT button AUX button  SUBTITLE button  PAUSE button  MUTE button  TUNNING/CH button  RETURN button  EXIT bu[...]

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     Remote control  The remo te co ntrol can be us ed up to a pprox imate ly 7 m eters in a stra ight line. It c an al so be oper ated at a horiz ontal angl e of up to 30 ° fro m the remo te co ntrol sens or. ?[...]

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      ●        Admiral (M.Wards) A Mark Anam AOC Bell & Howell (M.Wards) Brocsonic Candle Cetronic Citizen Cinema Classic Concerto Contec Coronado Craig Croslex Crown Curtis Mates CXC Daewoo Daytron Dynasty Emerson Fisher Funai Fut[...]

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     Connections  This section involves various methods of connecting the Digital Home Cinema to other external components. Before moving or installing the product, be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord.   [...]

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      ●   Pre ss do wn th e ter minal tab on th e bac k of the s peake r. Ins ert t he bl ack w ire i nto t he bl ack t ermin al (– ) and the red w ire i nto the red (+) t ermin al, a nd th en re lease the tab. Con nect the c o[...]

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     Connections  Cho ose o ne of the three meth ods f or co nnect ing t o a T V.  Con nect the H DMI c able (not suppl ied) from the H DMI O UT ja ck on the back of th e Hom e Cin ema Sys tem t o t[...]

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      ●   The play er's video outp ut wi ll au tomat icall y cha nge t o HDM I mod e whe n con necti ng an HDMI cabl e whi le po wer i s on.     ?[...]

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     Connections   Thi s fun ction allo ws th e use r to selec t the scre en re solut ion f or HDM I out put. In Stop mode, pres s the   (St andar d De n ition /High De ni tion) but ton o n the remo te co ntrol . Res oluti ons a[...]

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      ●  CONNECTING AN iP od You can liste n to audio from an i Pod t hroug h the main unit . For iPod oper ation with this DVD Home Cinem a, se e thi s pag e and page 39 . Conne ct th e iPo d doc k con necto r to the i Pod j ack o n the DVD Home Cinem a. Pre ss th e POR T but ton o n the remo te [...]

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     Connections iPod models that are available to HT-X720/HT-X720G “Ma de fo r iPo d” me ans t hat a n ele ctron ic ac cesso ry ha s bee n des igned to c onnec t spe cifica lly t o iPo d and has been cer tified by t he de velop er to meet Appl e per forma nce s tanda rds. “Wo rks w ith i Phone ” mea ns th at an elec troni c acc essor y[...]

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      ●    Com ponen ts s[...]

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     Connections   Ana logue sign al co mpone nts s uch a s [...]

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      ●   Conne ct th e FM anten na su pplie d to the F M 75 Ω COAX IAL J ack. Slowl y mov e the ante nna w ire a round unti l you  nd a loca tion where rece ption is g ood, then faste n it to a wal l or other rigi d su[...]

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     Before using your home cinema The DVD Home Cinema's remote can be used to control Samsung TV's. Plu g the main unit 's po wer c ord i nto t he AC powe r sup ply. Press the  button to switch to DVD RECEIVER mode to operate the DVD Home Cinema. Press the  button on the [...]

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      ●  Playback  B Loa d a d isc v ertic ally into the D isc I nsert slot . Place a disc gently into the tray with the disc’s label facing up. Clo se th e com partm ent b y pre ssing the  ( ) b utton . Playback starts automatically.  [...]

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     Playback  Dat a CDs (CD- R, CD -RW) encod ed in MP3/ WMA f ormat can be pl ayed. A Loa d the MP3/ WMA d isc. The MP3/WMA menu screen will appear and playback will start. The appearance of the menu depends on the MP3/WMA disc. WMA-DRM  les cannot be played. In Stop mode, use the C ur[...]

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      ●   Ima ges c aptur ed wi th a digit al ca mera or ca mcord er, o r JPE G  les on a PC c an be stor ed on a CD and then can b e pla yed b ack w ith t his H ome C inema .  G Pre ss t[...]

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     Playback  The func tions disc ussed on t his p age a pply to Di vX di sc pl aybac k onl y.  D Dur ing p layba ck, p ress the [ , ] bu tton. Goe s to the n ext  le w henev er yo u pre ss th e ] b utton , if there are over 2  les on t he di sc. G[...]

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      ●  If the Disc has more than One Subtitle File D If the d isc h as mo re th an on e sub title fi le, the d efaul t sub title may not m atch the m ovie and y ou wi ll ha ve to sel ect y our s ubtit le la nguag e as follo ws: In Stop mode, pres s the Curs or $ , % bu tton, sele ct th e des ired subti [...]

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     Playback   BAGD You can view disc playb ack i nform ation on the T V scr een. Pre ss th e   but ton. The disc info rmati on di splay may appea r dif feren t, de pendi[...]

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      ●   B A D Pr ess t he ( , ) bu tton. Eac h tim e the butt on is pres sed d uring play back, the pla yback spee d cha nges as fo llows : (  ➞ (  ➞ (  ➞ (   ➞   )  ➞ )   ➞ )  ?[...]

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    34 Playback USING THE PLAYBACK FUNCTION (Con.) Repeat Playback B A GD Rep eat p layba ck al lows you t o rep eated ly pl ay a chapt er, t itle, tra ck (s ong), or d irect ory ( MP3 fi le). Pre ss th e REP EAT b utton . Eac h tim e the butt on is pres sed d uring play back, the repea t pla yback mode chang es as foll ows: DVD-VIDEO REP EAT : CHAP T[...]

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    35 ENG ● PLAYBACK A-B Repeat Playback You can repea tedly play back a de signa ted s ectio n of a DVD . Pre ss th e INF O but ton t wice. Pre ss th e Cur sor  butt on to move to R EPEAT PLA YBACK ( ) disp lay. Pre ss th e Cur sor  ,  bu tton to se lect A- an d the n pre ss the ENTE R but ton. Whe n the ENTE R but ton i s pre ssed, the se[...]

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     Playback   Thi s fun ction allo ws yo u to view the s ame s cene in di ffere nt ang les. Pre ss th e   but ton. Pre ss th e Cur sor  butt on to move to A NGLE ( ) dis play. Pre ss t[...]

  • Page 37

      ●   Pre ss th e   but ton t wice. Pre ss th e Cur sor  butt on to move to    ( ) dis play. Pre ss th e Cur sor  butt on or nume ric b utton s to sel[...]

  • Page 38

     Playback   You can use t he me nus f or th e aud io la nguag e, su btitl e lan guage , pro  le, e tc. DVD menu cont ents diffe r fro m dis c to disc. In Stop mode, pres s the [...]

  • Page 39

      ●  USING THE iP od You can enjoy play back of yo ur iP od us ing t he su pplie d rem ote c ontro l. Listening to Music (OSD IPOD function) You can play music fi les store d in the i Pod p layer by c onnec ting it to the DVD Home Cine ma. Con nect the i Pod d ock c onnec tor t o the iPod jack on t he[...]

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     Playback Watching a Movie (V/P IPOD function) You can play video or p ictur e file s sto red i n the iPod play er by conn ectin g it to th e DVD Home Cine ma. Con nect the i Pod d ock c onnec tor t o the iPod jack on t he DV D Hom e Cin ema. In the i Pod s creen , mov e to Video s > S ettin gs an d set the TV Ou t opt ion t o On for i Po[...]

  • Page 41

      ●   You can enjoy medi a  les such as p ictur es, m ovies and music save d on an MP 3 pla yer, USB m emory stic k or digit al cam era i n hig h qua lity video b[...]

  • Page 42

     Playback   USB Host Spec icat ion • S uppor ts US B 1.1 or U SB 2. 0 com plian t dev ices. • S uppor ts de vice[...]

  • Page 43

      ●  System setup For your convenience, you can set this Home Cinema's features for the best use in your home environment.  OSD (On-S creen Disp lay) langu age i s set to E nglis h by defau lt. In Stop mode, pres s the ?[...]

  • Page 44

     System setup  You can selec t the TV's aspe ct ra tio, depen ding on yo ur TV type (Wid e Scr een o r con venti onal 4:3). In Stop mode, pres s the  butt on. Pre ss th e Cur sor % but ton t o mov e to  and then press the   or +[...]

  • Page 45

      ●   Use this to r estri ct pl aybac k of adult or v iolen t DVD s you do n ot wa nt ch ildre n to view. In Stop mode, pres s the  butt on. Pre ss th e Cur so[...]

  • Page 46

     System setup   G Whi le wa tchin g a D VD or JPEG CD, you c an se t the imag e you like as b ackgr ound wallp aper. Dur ing p layba ck, p ress the   ( ) but ton w hen an image you like appea rs. Pre ss th e   but ton. ?[...]

  • Page 47

      ●   Thi s fea ture balan ces t he ra nge b etwee n the loud est a nd qu ietes t sou nds. You c an us e thi s fun ction to e njoy Dolby Dig ital sound when watc [...]

  • Page 48

     System setup  The audi o sig nals trans mitte d ove r the HDMI Cabl e can be t oggle d ON/ OFF. In Stop mode, pres s the  butt on. Pre ss th e Cur sor  bu tton to mo ve to   and then pres s the   or + bu tton. Pre ss th e Cur sor ?[...]

  • Page 49

      ●    Pre ss th e   bu tton to se lect the F M ban d. Tun e in to th e des ired stati on.     : Pr ess t he   [...]

  • Page 50

      Thi s is usefu l whe n ans werin g a d oorbe ll or tele phone call . Press the  button.   appe ars in the displa y. To restor e the sound , pres s the  button agai n.  You can set t he ti me th at th e Hom e[...]

  • Page 51

      ●   Pro duces real istic soun d thr ough 2-cha nnel audio with the aid o f vir tual effec ts, t his g ives the u ser t he fe eling like they are liste ning to 5.1 c hanne l aud io. Press the ?[...]

  • Page 52

     Convenient function  Thi s wil l reg ulate and stabi lize the v olume leve l aga inst a dra stic vol ume c hange in c ase o f a c hanne l cha nge o r sce ne tr ansit ion. Press the  button. Eac h time the b utton is pr essed , the select ion c hanges as fol lows : [...]

  • Page 53

      ●   Con verts audi o sou nd of the CD in to a MP3  le f ormat befo re se nding to a USB stora ge de vice. B Con nect the U SB de vice. Ins ert t he au dio C D int o the CD t ray. Pre ss th e  ?[...]

  • Page 54

     Ref er to the chart belo w whe n thi s uni t doe s not func tion prope rly. If th e pro blem you a re ex perie ncing is n ot li sted bel ow or if t he in struc tion below does not help, turn off the u nit, disco nnect the power cord , and cont act t he ne arest aut horiz ed de aler or Sa msung Elec troni cs Se rvice Cent re.  [...]

  • Page 55

      ●                        [...]

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     Language code list Ent er th e app ropri ate c ode n umber for the i nitia l set tings “Dis c Aud io”, “Disc Subt itle” and/ or “D isc M enu” (Se e pag e 43) .                  102 7 Afar[...]

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      ●  Appendix  Sma ll sc ratch es on the disc may r educe soun d and pict ure q ualit y or cause skip ping. Be espec ially care ful n ot to scra tch d iscs when handl ing t hem. ?[...]

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     Appendix  Gen eral Pow er Co nsump tion 95 W Wei ght 4.2 Kg Dim ensio ns 449. 6 (W) x 25 1.5 ( H) x 99.1 (D) m m Ope ratin g Tem perat ure R ange +5° C~+35 °C Ope ratin g Hum idity Rang e 10 % to 75 % Dis c DVD (Dig ital Versa tile Disc) Read ing S peed : 3.4 9 ~ 4 .06 m /sec. App rox. Play T[...]

  • Page 59

    Contact SAMSUNG WORLD WIDE If you have any questions or comments relating to Samsung products, please contact the SAMSUNG customer care center.      North America CANADA 1-800-SAMSUNG(726-7864) www .samsung.com/ca MEXICO [...]

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    Code No. AH68-02177Z           (Ap plicab le in the Euro pean Uni on and other Euro pean cou ntries with separ ate coll ection syst[...]