Jwin JD-VD903 manual

Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished Works. ©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories, Inc. All rights reserved. D VD+R/RW R ecor der JD-VD903 User Manual Before attempting to connect, operate or adjust this product, please save and read this manu[...]

1 Contents Getting Started: FCC and Safety Information................................. 2 Important Safety Instructions.............................. 3 Precautions .......................................................... 4 1.DVD: 1-1 DVD Playback.................................................. 5 Basic Playback ..................................[...]

2 Since it is usual for DVD movies to be released at differ- ent times in different regions of the world, all players have region codes and disc can have an optional region code. If you load a disc of a different region code to your player , you will see the region code notice on the screen. The disc will not play , and should be unloaded. (Possibl[...]

3 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with a damp cloth. 7. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. 8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiator[...]

4 P recautions Please read these precautions before operating this unit. ! ! ! ! ! P ower cord protection T o avoid any malfunctions of the unit, and to protect against electric shock, fire or personal injury , please observe the following. " Hold the plug firmly when connecting or disconnecting the AC power cord. " K eep the AC power cor[...]

5 1-1 DVD Playback Prepar ations " P ress on the power button of the TV set, and select “Video” as the TV input. " P ress on the power button of the stereo system if the player has been connected to a stereo system. Basic Playback 1 Press POWER on. 2 Press EJECT to open the disc tray . 3 Place a disc onto the tray . Hold the disc with[...]

6 1-1 DVD Playback -continued Stopping Playback Press ST OP . Rapid Advance (Rapid Reverse) Press F .BWD or F. F W D during playback. " Normal playback is resumed when you press . " The speed of advance ( x2, x4, and etc) or reverse ( x2, x4, and etc.) changes for each press of the F .FWD or F .BWD button. Skipping Ahead or Back to Chapte[...]

7 1-2 Direct Selection of Scenes Selecting Scenes by T itle/Chapter Number Allows you to locate specific titles/chapters of scenes to playback. 1 Press GO TO during playback. 2 Press / to move the cursor to the title box or chapter box. P ress button to see other information box. 3 Press , the title box or chapter box turns yellow . 4 Press the num[...]

8 1-3 R epeat Playback Repeat Viewing 1 Press 1/ALL REPEA T during playback, the repeat box show on the top lef t side of the screen. 2 Press , the repeat box turns yellow . 3 Press / to choose the preferred repeat frequency . Chapter: Repeat chapter Title: Repeat title Disc: Repeat disc Off: Repeat cancelled 4 Press . T o return to normal playback[...]

9 1-4 Convenient Functions Displaying the Information of the Scene Displaying the Information of the Scene Press INFO. during playback, the title box, chapter box, time box and other information box will show on the top left side of the screen. P ress button to see other information box. Stop Displaying the Information of the Scene Press INFO. unti[...]

10 1-4 Convenient Functions -continued Clearing/Changing Subtitles If a disc provides subtitles, you can choose to hide or change them. (This operation works only with discs that provide subtitles.) 1 Press SUBTITLE during playback, a subtitle window box will appear on the top left side of the screen. When no subtitles are recorded “ ” will dis[...]

11 1-4 Convenient Functions -continued Using a DVD Menu Some DVD discs have unique menu structures called DVD menus. For example, DVDs programmed with complex contents provide guide menus, and those recorded with various languages provide menus for audio and subtitle language. Although the DVD menu’ s contents and operation vary from disc to disc[...]

12 1-4 Convenient Functions -continued 1 DVD Playing Kodak Picture CDs and JPEG picture CDs Y ou can play K odak picture CDs and JPEG pictures for viewing on the screen. Basic Playback 1 Load a Kodak picture CD or a JPEG picture CD on the tray . After few seconds, the player starts play back the pictures in slide show automatically . Y ou can press[...]

13 1-4 Convenient Functions -continued Progressive Scan Setting [DVD] The DVD player provides two scan modes: interlaced and progressive. When choosing P rogressive Scan, you can have a better viewing result. This setting requires your TV also to have P rogressive Scan feature. " Make sure the YUV cable are properly connected to your TV compon[...]

14 2-1 Audio CD Playback Prepar ations " P ower on the TV set, and then select “Video” as the TV input. " P ower on the stereo system if the player has been connected to a stereo system. Basic Playback 1 Press POWER on. 2 Press EJECT to open the disc tray . 3 Place a disc onto the tray . Hold the disc without touching its surfaces, po[...]

15 P ause Playback Press P A USE during playback. The player will pause playback. T o return to normal playback P ress . Progr amming Audio CD Soundtr ack Y ou can program music to play back in your favorite order . 1 Press STOP . 2 Press PROGRAM . 3 Press / to choose the preferred track and then Press . 4 Press / to select PLA Y , then press to st[...]

16 2-1 Audio CD Playback -continued Selecting Music by T ime 1 Press GOT O during playback. 2 Press / to move the cursor to the time box. P ress button to see other information box. 3 Press , the time box turns yellow . 4 Press the number button(s) to specify the starting position. Example: T o locate “01 hr . 30 min. 12 sec.”, press “0”,?[...]

17 Displaying the Information of the Playing T rack Displaying the Information of the Playing track Press INFO. during playback, the track number , time and other information will show on the top left side of the screen. P ress button to see other information. Stop Displaying the Information of the Playing T rack Press INFO. until the INFO. box dis[...]

18 3-1 Language Setup Note: Please refer the OSD instruction to do the following setup setting. On Screen Display (OSD) Language Setting Allows you to set various languages for the on screen display (OSD). 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Language” then press . 3 Press / to select “O.S.D.” then press . 4 Press / to selec[...]

19 3-1 Language Setup -continued AUDIO Soundtr ack Language Selection [DVD] Y ou can select a preferred soundtrack language among various languages that have been recorded on DVD discs. 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Language” then press . 3 Press / to select “Audio” then press . 4 Press / to select a preferred languag[...]

20 3-2 Video Setup Aspect Ratio Setting The kind of TV set (4:3 or 16:9) connected to this DVD Recorder can be selected. 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Video Setup” and press . 3 Press / to select “Aspect Ratio” then press . 4 Press / to select a preferred TV display . 16:9 Wide Select Wide (16:9) for a wide-screen TV [...]

21 3-2 Video Setup -continued 3 Initial Settings Channel Search Setting Channel Search is a tuner search and allows a channel to be confirmed.During initial setup, this DVD Recorder will select available TV channels. Y et, if more channels become available in your area, you may need to repeat the Channel Search to update the available channels. NOT[...]

22 3-2 Video Setup -continued Cable/Antenna Setting This function determines how your TV is hooked up, either by Cable or Antenna. 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Video Setup” and press . 3 Press / to select “Cable/Antenna” then press . 4 Press / to select “Cable” or “Antenna”. 5 Press . T o return to the SETUP [...]

23 OUTPUT FORMA T Setting Y ou can choose “Progressive Scan” or “Interlaced” for output format according to your TV . 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Video Setup” and press . 3 Press / to select “Output Format” then press . 4 Press / to select the preferred output format setting. 5 Press . T o return to the SETU[...]

24 3-4 System Info Setup DA TE AND TIME Setting If this DVD R ecorder sets the date and time incorrectly , you could set the information manually . 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “System Info” and press . 3 Press / to select “Date and Time”, and then press . 4 Press / to select the preferred item. Every time you press ,[...]

25 3-4 System Info Setup -continued P ASSWORD Setting [DVD] Y ou can change the password to your DVD by selections. 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “System Info” and press . 3 Press / to select “Password”and press . 4 Enter your old password, and then press . 5 Enter the new password, and then press . Factory pre-set pas[...]

26 3 Initial Settings 3-4 System Info Setup -continued SCREEN SA VER Setting If you have set the screen saver ON by the following method then you may see it functioning in the stop mode. This function will ONL Y function in the stop mode. 1 Press SETUP SETUP SETUP SETUP SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “System Info” and press . 3 Pre[...]

27 4-1 Before recording Before recording, please read the following instructions to have a good recording expe- rience. 1. Before schedule recording, check the date and time setting again to make sure the information of the date and time be correct. Please refer to page 24 for further information. 2. Make sure this DVD Recorder connect to outer equ[...]

28 4-2 R ecord Setup Disc Media Setup (Only works a DVD+R or DVD+R W is loaded) Finalize Setting 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Disc Media” then press . 3 Press / to select “Finalize” then press to confirm to excute the function of finalization. 4 Select “Confirm” to finalize or “Cancel” to back to the current [...]

29 Record Quality Setting 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Recording” and press . 3 Press / to select “Record quality” and press . 4 Press / to select the preferred record quality and press . HQ(High Quality): to record about one hour SP(Standard Play): to record about two hours LP(Long Play): to record about three hours[...]

30 Schedule Setup Setting 1 Press SETUP in the stop mode. 2 Press / to select “Schedule” then press . This DVD Recorder provides with up to 8 entires for schedule recording. 3 Press / to select one entry to enter your information and press . 4 Press / or number buttons to choose your freq date. Example: If you want to record a TV sport show eve[...]

31 Y ou can use this DVD Recorder to record from external source or TV programs. T o Record From External Source P reparations: 1. Please connect this DVD R ecorder to your TV , and connect outer equipments to this DVD R ecorder . (For details, please refer to Quick-guide.) 2. R emember to use an unfinalized and recordable DVD+R W or DVD+R. 1 T urn[...]

32 4-3 Schedule recording -continued 4 Recording Functions Y ou could use this DVD R ecorder to record TV programs with a DVD+R W or DVD+R. T o Record TV Programs P reparations: 1. Please connect this DVD R ecorder to your T V . 2. Then connect Cable TV signal or Antenna to the ANTENNA IN jack on the back of this DVD Recorder . (For details, please[...]

33 This DVD R ecorder provides two ways to edit a title. One is to edit a title while the title is playing, the other is to edit a title while the title is not playing. T o Edit a T itle While The T itle is Playing Y ou have five options to edit a title: Insert chapter , R emove chapter , Hide chapter , Show chapter and New Picture. NOTE: " Ch[...]

34 4-4 Editing -continued T o Edit a T itle While The T itle is not Playing Y ou have three options to edit a title: Erase T itle, Play full title, Make Compatible. (If using a DVD+R W disc) Y ou have two options to edit a title: Play full title and Finalize. (If using a DVD+R disc) Erase Title 1 Select one title from the title menu . 2 Press EDIT [...]

35 5-1 T roubleshooting Before requesting service for the DVD R ecorder , check the chart below for a possible cause of the problem you are experiencing. Some simple checkups or a minor adjustment on your part may eliminate the problem and restore proper operation. SYMPTOM (COMMON) R EMEDY No power . • Insert the power plug securely into the powe[...]

36 SYMPTOM [DVD] R E M E D Y PLA Y does not start playback even when • This may be a result of the parental lock function that has been set. Confirm the “P ARENT AL” setup. title is selected. Audio soundtrack and/or subtitle language is • If the audio soundtrack and/or subtitle language does not exist on the disc, the language selected at t[...]

37 Handling Precautions 5-2 Disc Handling and Maintenance " Hold the disc by the edges so the surface will not be soiled with fingerprints. (A) Fingerprints, dirt and scratches can cause skipping and distortion. " Do not write on the label side with a ball-point pen or other writing utensils. " Do not use record cleaning sprays, benz[...]

38 5-3 Definition of T erms Angle Recorded onto some DVD discs are scenes which have been simultaneously shot from a number of different angles (the same scene is shot from the front, from the left side, from the right side, etc.). With such discs, the ANGLE button can be used to view the scene from different angles. Chapter Number These numbers ar[...]