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JD-VD903
DVD+R/RW Recorder
User Manual
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Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
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Contents Getting Started: 3.Initial Settings: FCC and Safety Information................................. 2 3-1 Language Setup ........................................... 18 On Screen Display (OSD) Language Setting ..................... 18 Important Safety Instructions.............................. 3 DVD MENU Language Setting .........................................18 Precautions .......................................................... 4 AUDIO Soundtrack Language Selection [DVD] .............
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FCC and Safety Information Since it is usual for DVD movies to be released at differ- CAUTION: ent times in different regions of the world, all players have This unit employs a laser. Due to possible eye region codes and disc can have an optional region code. injury, only qualified service personnel should If you load a disc of a different region code to your player, you will see the region code notice on the screen. The remove the cover or attempt to service this disc will not play, and should
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Important Safety Instructions 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 radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat. 9. Do not defeat the safe
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Precautions Please read these precautions before operating this unit. !! !!!Power cord protection To 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. " Keep the AC power cord away from heating appliances. " Never put any heavy object on the AC power cord. " Do not attempt to repair or reconstruct the AC power cord in any way. !!!Placement
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1 DVD 1-1 DVD Playback Preparations " Press on the power button of the TV set, and select “Video” as the TV input. " Press 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 without touching its surfaces, position it with the printed title side facing up, align it with the guides, and place it in its proper position. 4 Press EJECT. " The
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1 DVD 1-1 DVD Playback-continued Stopping Playback Press STOP. Rapid Advance (Rapid Reverse) Press F.BWD or F.FWD 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 Chapters You can skip a specific chapter or track to playback. Skipping Ahead Press NEXT during playback. Skips a chapter each time you press the button. Skip
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1 DVD 1-2 Direct Selection of Scenes Selecting Scenes by Title/Chapter Number Allows you to locate specific titles/chapters of scenes to playback. 1 Press GOTO during playback. 2 Press / to move the cursor to the title box or chapter box. Press button to see other information box. 3 Press , the title box or chapter box turns yellow. 4 Press the number button(s) or / to select the preferred title or chapter. 5 Press . This DVD Recorder starts playback from selected title/chapter numbers.
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1 DVD 1-3 Repeat Playback Repeat Viewing 1 Press 1/ALL REPEAT during playback, the repeat box show on the top left 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 . To return to normal playback Press 1/ALL REPEAT until the box disappears. NOTE: " Repeat playback works only with discs for which the elapsed playing time appears on the
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1 DVD 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. Press button to see other information box. Stop Displaying the Information of the Scene Press INFO. until the INFO. box disappears. Displaying the Scene With a Larger and Closer View The ZOOM function enables you to take a closer look at the sce
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1 DVD 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 display. 2 Press , the subtitle window box turns yellow. 3 Press / to hide or change subtitles. 4 Press . The subtitle window box will turn white
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1 DVD 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, the following explains basic operation when this feature is used. 1 Press TITLE. The DVD menu available on the disc now appears. 2 Press / / /
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1 DVD 1-4 Convenient Functions-continued Playing Kodak Picture CDs and JPEG picture CDs You can play Kodak 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. You can press the number corresponding to the order of the picture. The player will begin the slide show from the selected picture. To stop slide show, press EJECT. PA
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1 DVD 1-4 Convenient Functions-continued Progressive Scan Setting [DVD] The DVD player provides two scan modes: interlaced and progressive. When choosing Progressive Scan, you can have a better viewing result. This setting requires your TV also to have Progressive Scan feature. " Make sure the YUV cable are properly connected to your TV component input and your player component output. 1 Press SETUP. 2 Press / to switch pages to “Video Setup”. 3 Press / to select “VIDEO OUTPUT” and press
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2 Audio CDs 2-1 Audio CD Playback Preparations " Power on the TV set, and then select “Video” as the TV input. " Power 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, position it with the printed title side facing up, align it with the guides, and place it in its proper position. 4 Press EJECT. This DVD Recorder starts playbac
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2 Audio CDs 2-1 Audio CD Playback-continued Pause Playback Press PAUSE during playback. The player will pause playback. To return to normal playback Press . Programming Audio CD Soundtrack You 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 PLAY, then press to start playing. NOTE: " The default playback order will start from the beginning to the end of the tracks if you d
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2 Audio CDs 2-1 Audio CD Playback-continued Selecting Music by Time 1 Press GOTO during playback. 2 Press / to move the cursor to the time box. Press 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: To locate “01 hr. 30 min. 12 sec.”, press “0”,“1”, “3”, “0”, “1” and “2”. 5 Press . This DVD Recorder starts playback from specified position. For your reference: " When “ ” appears while you are pres
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2 Audio CDs 2-1 Audio CD Playback-continued Repeat Playback You could choose to playback your audio CD repeatedly. 1 Press GOTO during playback. 2 Press / to move the cursor to the repeat box. Press button to see other information box. 3 Press , the repeat box turns yellow. 4 Press / to select to play repeatly . 5 Press . This DVD Recorder starts playback repeatly. For your reference: " When “ ” appears while you are pressing a button, it may indicate that the corresponding operation is pr
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3 Initial Settings 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 select the preferred language. 5 Press . To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press button. To finish the setup operation Press SETUP to exi
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3 Initial Settings 3-1 Language Setup-continued AUDIO Soundtrack Language Selection [DVD] You 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 language. 5 Press . ORIGINAL: The top-priority language of each disc will always play back first. To return to the SETUP MENU screen Press butt
