Technicolor - Thomson DTH8640 manual

The content in brief... EN EN 1 T o begin About y our de vice Y our D VD r ecorder is a digital video pla y er and r ecorder . Thanks to its tuner you can r ecord TV pr ogammes on D VD R/ R W (D V D +R/-R/+R W/-R W) di scs or on the integrated hard disc. It can pla y the majority of 8 cm and 12 cm discs, with the exception of D VD Ram and D VD audi[...]

Remote contr ol 2 Inserting the batteries Important information about batteries • Respect the polarities. Do not mix different types of batteries or new and old batteries. Do not use rechargeable batteries. Do not expose batteries to excessive heat, do not incinerate them and do not recharge them. Do not tr y to open them as they ma y leak or exp[...]

Automatic channel sear ch 1. T urn on your TV set. 2. Press the r ecorder’ s ON/ST ANDBY ke y once . W ait a few seconds until the language menu appears. If this menu is not displa yed, after a few seconds on y our TV scr een select the A V socket to which you connected y our recorder . 3. Select a language with the  ,  , OK ke ys. The lang[...]

There ar e several wa ys in which you can incorporate your D VD play er into an Audio-Video system. This depends on the sockets and other appliances y ou hav e. Sound and image quality depend to a large extent on the types of connections used. Familiarise yourself with the characteristics of the differ ent sockets on y our recor der . If you cannot[...]

5 EN EN Connections and initial set up 3 - Audio - Video Output Audio outputs (OUTPUT L, R), Composite Video Out sock et (CVBS) (COMPOSITE VIDEO OUTPUT) The analog sound and the composite images (CVBS) from a disc being r ead are permanently a vailable at the two audio sock ets, L and R, of your D VD recor der . 4 - Composite Video Outputs (Y , Pb,[...]

6 Connections and initial set up The fr ont of your pla y er recor der 7 8 10 9 4 3 5 1 12 11 On / Off Pla yback or freeze frame. Stops the pla yback or recording. D VD REC - T o record to a D VD R/R W . HDD RE C - T o recor d to the hard disc. Open and close the dra wer . T o select the audiovisual sources (appliances connected to the A V sockets)[...]

7 EN EN Connections and initial set up About other displa ys (menus and banners) • The disc menus – Each D VD video disc offers menus and for which the pr esentation and organisation depends on the disc’ s editor . The disc menu is display ed on the screen when a D VD disc is loaded and it star ts to pla y . Y ou can also , at any time, displ[...]

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9 EN EN Recor ding functions T aking a br eak (Time Shift function) Y our recor der can sa ve in its memor y images of the last 60 or 120 minutes of the pr ogrammes view ed. Use the scroll k eys ( P AUSE , PLA Y , REV G / F ... ) to use this function. The symbol in the information banner indicates that you ar e watching a delay ed programme. The de[...]

10 Recor ding functions 5. Destination The default recor ding destination is set for the D VR hard disc. T o record to a D VD R/R W disc, change the setting with the ke y B . 6. Start the recording b y choosing Star t record with the ▼ k ey then by pr essing OK . • Recording starts. • The indication REC (RECORD) is displa yed for a few moment[...]

Recor ding functions 11 Pr ogramming a r ecording or a transfer Y our D VD recorder lets y ou program recor dings or transfers. Programming se veral recordings is really useful when it uses the high ca pacity of the hard disc , thereby enabling y ou to go beyond the limited capacities of D VD R/R W discs. Y ou can programme r ecordings using the ma[...]

12 Recor ding functions VPS/PDC - If the channel broadcasts the VPS/PDC signals, activate the VPS/PDC function to start the recording at the time when the pr ogramme actually star ts. Recording destination - Select the disc wher e the programme will be r ecorded (D VD R/R W or internal D VR) Quality - Choose a recor ding quality . Note: selecting t[...]

13 Automatic pro gramming (Naviclick) Y our D VD recorder off ers you a TV programming guide f or cer tain channels. The information it pro vides you comes fr om the T eletext log and the NexTView service broadcast for certain channels. The updating of Naviclick inf ormation is carried out once ev er y 24 hours. Na viclick allows you to displa y on[...]

14 Recor ding functions Librar y The librar y lets you locate the various r ecordings present on the D VR hard disc or the differ ent D VD R/R W discs in your D VD librar y . The librar y groups together the recor ding names and parameters and lets you look for them using the sear ch functions. The names of the recor dings are distributed accor din[...]

15 EN EN Recor ding functions Disc Librar y (D VD) The (disc) librar y brings together the names of all the titles recor ded to the different D VD R/R W discs in your D VD collection. Note: if a disc appear s in front of the name of a title it means that the disc is loaded in your D VD recorder . Note: For recordings that you have made directly or [...]

16 Pla ying a disc Readable discs • D VD - Video - 12 cm and 8 cm, single or double sided, single or dual la yer . D VDs are high density optical discs on which high quality pictur e and audio are r ecorded by means of digital signals. Region code number - Y our D VD recorder r esponds to the regional management information recor ded on DVDs. The[...]

17 EN EN Pla ying a disc Interactive banners In addition to menus, your D VD recorder has interactive inf ormation banners with icons repr esenting functions or information. Some banners pro vide access to disc pla yback functions (for D VDs, CDs, VCDs, etc.) while others give you inf ormation on the channels and related functions. While watching a[...]

18 Pla ying a disc Loading and pla ying a disc Switch on your TV set and D VD recorder . It ma y be necessar y to turn off other appliances. If the pla yer menu is not displa yed on TV screen, select the TV set Scar t Peritel sock et to which you connected y our DVD r ecorder . Note: the Disc heading is shown as transparent when there is no disc in[...]

19 EN EN Pla ying a disc Pla ying discs – Displa ying the information banner T o access the information banner , press INFO on your r emote control unit during pla yback . Use the arr ow k eys C and B on the remote contr ol unit to select the various icons. When an icon is selected it is highlighted. The line under the banner is an information an[...]

20 Pla ying a disc Subtitle and dialogue langua ge Select the subtitle or dialogue language if they ar e a vailable on the disc . The name of the language selected appears under the banner . Note: selecting the language of subtitles only involves the disc being played. If you remove the disc or if you switch off the D VD recorder your selection wil[...]

21 EN EN Pla ying a disc Camera angles A few D VD discs contain scenes shot from various differ ent angles. If a disc being pla yed back offers differ ent camera angles the icon in the banner will show the number of the angle on the scr een. With the disc in pla yback, press ANGLE on the r emote control unit and choose the angle using the same k ey[...]

22 Pla ying a disc Edit menu (D VD R W disc and D VR hard disc) The edit menu can be accessed fr om the information banner while y ou are pla ying a title on a DVD R/R W disc or on the internal D VR. Access to the edit menu 1. D VD R/R W Disc in pla yback, INFO then OK . 2. Select the edit icon then OK . Note: the edit menu cannot be accessed while[...]

23 EN EN Pla ying a disc Pla ying image and audio (JPEG, mp3, wma) Y our pla yer can pla y JPEG files with a resolution of up to five million pix els. Howe ver beyond 400,000 pix els there is no per ceptible improv ement in the quality of pictures displa yed on y our TV screen. Note: the play menu depends on the content of the disc being played. So[...]

24 Pla ying a disc T o r ent (purchase) DivX ® V OD files DivX VOD files ar e comparable to rental video D VD discs. They both allow y ou to view the video (film). The difference lies in the access to the media. DivX V OD files are downloaded after pa ying a rental fr om cer tain commercial Internet sites. T o allow you to download V ODs you must [...]

25 Menus EN EN Disc menu The Disc menu is only accessible if a disc is inserted in your D VD recorder . This menu allows access to the list of titles of the Disc Title Men u or the images menu of the Pla yer Menu f or your r ecorded discs (D VD R/R W). With D VD video discs you directl y access the disc menu, the selection of the language, chapter [...]

26 Menus Title menu Select a title and press OK . Rename Title Using a character chart your D VD recorder allows y ou to change the names of discs or titles allocated when the recor ding was made. Select Rename Title in the Rename Title or Rename Disc in the Disc menu using the ▲ or ▼ k eys and pr ess the OK k ey . In the following screen selec[...]

27 EN EN Menus Disc options Disc Autopla y • Select Autoplay On , if you want the disc to be pla yed automatically once the D VD recor der tra y is closed. Screen F ormat - (D VD / VCD) Depending on the format of the D VD disc being pla yed, select the image format that corr esponds best to the format of your tele vision screen - cinema screen 16[...]

28 Menus Recording Options Men u Buffer Length (video memory) Y our recor der ma y sav e the last 60 or 120 minutes of TV programmes in its memory . Y ou can define this duration here. Default Rec. Quality Y our D VD recorder ma y recor d sev eral hours of TV programmes or video sequences fr om a device connected to D VD R/R W discs or the internal[...]

29 EN EN Menus Selecting Languag es (D VD) Y our D VD recorder giv es you a selection of languages to choose from. Y ou can change the language of the D VD recorder menus, the language of the disc menus, the language of the dialogues and that of the subtitles. In the menu, choose your prefer red language f or dialogues and subtitles. If it is avail[...]

30 Menus D VD disc subtitles Certain discs propose sev eral languages for subtitles. The default language is the one you selected during installation if this language is offered on the disc being pla yed. T o change the subtitles language, your D VD recor der pro vides two possibilities: Fr om the menu of the D VD recorder Select Subtitles , OK . S[...]

31 EN EN Menus P arental contr ol Y our D VD recorder has a child lock function which enables y ou to restrict access to certain DVDs. The discs whose content ma y be deemed unsuitable for your children will ther efore not be visible unless a code that you ha ve pre viously chosen is entered. Choose a pla y mode and confirm with OK . Note : the pad[...]

32 Menus Ratings limits This function mak es it possible to restrict vie wing of certain D VD discs by pr ogramming a restriction on y our DVD r ecorder . This function can only be used with D VD discs provided with the function. Y our DVD r ecorder proposes r estriction ratings between 1 and 8. In Europe ratings limits are as y et uncommon on DVD [...]

Menus Settings The information relating to the Na viclick TV guide programmes comes fr om a combination of the TV programmes guide, T eletext and NexTView service transmitted by certain channels. T o optimise the Na viclick programmes guide of your D VD recor der , you ha ve the possibility of changing certain settings as shown below . The informat[...]

34 Fur ther information Recommendations and information concerning discs (12 cm) Choice of CD-R / CD-R W discs This pla yer can play most CD-R and CD-R W discs. Howe ver , depending on the recorder of your personal computer , the type of disc and recor ding method used, it ma y be that some discs cannot be pla yed, or that the performance does not [...]

35 EN EN Fur ther information • Use a decompression transfer rate of at least 128 kb/sec (kilobytes/second) when recor ding mp3 files. Sound quality with mp3 files basically depends on the rate of compression/decompr ession you choose. T o obtain sound quality equivalent to that of an audio CD , use files for which the sampling rate during conv e[...]

36 Fur ther information T roub leshooting guide If you encounter difficulties Advisors are at y our disposal to help you solve your pr oblems at this telephone number . This symbol indicates that your unusable electronic appliance must be collected separately and not thrown away with household w aste . Therefore, the European Union has created a sp[...]

37 EN EN Fur ther information The image format doesn’t match the screen format of your TV set • The image format is adjustable. With cer tain discs the format is imposed and cannot be changed. Sound problems No sound • Check that the DTS, Dolby Digital and MPEG settings are suited to the specifications of the device connected to the digital a[...]

38 Fur ther information • With a DVD: there are no subtitles. Check the disc jacket to see whether subtitles ar e a vailable. Choose the ones you want. • The preferr ed language for D VD dialogues and subtitles was set upon initial installation of your D VD recorder . • Y ou can also change the language while a disc is pla ying by pressing th[...]

39 EN EN Fur ther information Other important information For y our safety Nev er open the pla yer or any of its components. It can be dangerous for y ou or for certain fragile components. Y ou could receiv e an electric shock or touch the laser beam. Do not place your ey es close to the opening of the disc tra y or any other opening to look inside[...]

40 Fur ther information DTH 8640-8650 / SOFT A4Z NEU - S3 - 02 / EN - RST - AWS / 02-2006 T echnical data Po wer requir ements 230 V - 50 Hz Po wer consumption: • Operating < 30 W • Standby < 3 W Hard disc capacity: 80Gb (DTH 8640) 160Gb (DTH 8650) Functioning conditions +5°C to + 35°C surr ounding humidity: 80 % maximum Pla yback syste[...]