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OWNER’S MANUAL
MDV443 DVD PLAYER
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Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the you’re entitled to. benefits Once your MAGNAVOX purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of own- ing a MAGNAVOX product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed Warranty Returning your Warra
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Table of Contents 3 General Information Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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4 Safety Information Safety Precautions Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this equipment to rain or mois- ture. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Warning: Any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the user’s authority to operate it. Laser Safety This unit employs a laser. Only a qualified service person should remove the cover or attempt to service this device, due to possible eye injury. CAUTION: USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF
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Introduction 5 Welcome! Your new Digital Video Disc Player provides high picture quality, clear sound, and end- less playback features available on Digital Video Discs (DVDs). Add options to your DVD viewing - watch a director’s cut of a movie, listen to the producer’s comments, or play your favorite scene over and over again. The possibilities are limited only by your choices and the materials available on the DVD. You can listen to Audio Compact Discs and MP3 files on this Player, or view JPE
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6 Playable Discs Playable Discs This DVD Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs), Audio Compact Discs (CDs), finalized DVD Recordables and DVD Rewritables (DVD+R and DVD+RW), and CD Recordables or CD Rewritables (CD-R or CD-RW). To play a DVD on this Player, make sure the Disc meets the requirements for Region Codes and Color Systems as described below. Discs that have the following logos will play on this DVD Player. Recordable ReWritable DVD Audio CD CD-R/CD-RW DVD+R/DVD+RW Region Codes
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Remote Control Setup 7 Putting Batteries in the Remote Control 1 Remove the battery compartment lid on the bottom of the remote control by sliding the lid down 1 and off, following the direction of the arrow on the lid. Place two AA batteries inside the battery compartment with their and ends aligned as + – 2 indicated. 2 Replace the battery compartment lid. 3 3 Using the Remote Control Point the remote control at the DVD Player’s remote sensor (see page 18) when using the remote to operate th
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8 Hookups Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the DVD Player. Use only one of the connections described in the following pages. Before you begin... Refer to the manuals of your TV, Stereo or other devices as necessary. Note the style of jacks and connectors on the other equipment. Determine how to choose different Audio and Video In channels on your other equipment so you can see and hear the DVD Player on the TV, Stereo, etc
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Hookups (cont’d) 9 Connecting to a TV Only TV has only a single ANTENNA IN or RF-IN jack Back of TV (example only) 4 Back of RF Modulator (example only) ANT IN TO TV AUDIO IN VIDEO RL IN 5 ANTENNA IN CH3 CH4 RF IN 3 Antenna or 2 1 Cable TV Signal DVD Player AUDIO OUTLY Cr COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM / BITSTREAM 6 COAXIAL R VIDEO Cb S-VIDEO OUT OUT Before you begin, make sure you have an RF modulator and extra RF coaxial cables. These are not supplied with the Player, but
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10 Hookups (cont’d) Connecting the DVD Player to a TV only TV has AUDIO (red and white) and VIDEO (yellow) IN jacks Back of TV (example only) DVD Player AUDIO OUTLY Cr COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO LEFT AUDIO IN OUT PCM / RIGHT AUDIO IN VIDEO IN BITSTREAM COAXIAL R VIDEO Cb S-VIDEO OUT OUT LEFT AUDIO IN 1 2 RIGHT AUDIO IN VIDEO IN Connect the supplied red and white audio cables to the red and white AUDIO OUT jacks on the DVD Player and to the red and white 1 AUDIO IN jacks on the TV. Match
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Hookups (cont’d) 11 Connecting the DVD Player to a TV only TV has AUDIO (red and white) and S-VIDEO IN jacks Back of TV (example only) DVD Player AUDIO OUTLY Cr COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO LEFT AUDIO IN OUT PCM / RIGHT AUDIO IN BITSTREAM VIDEO IN COAXIAL R VIDEO Cb S-VIDEO OUT OUT LEFT AUDIO IN 1 2 RIGHT AUDIO IN S-VIDEO IN Connect the supplied red and white audio cables to the red and white AUDIO OUT jacks on the DVD Player and to the red and white 1 AUDIO IN jacks on the TV. Match the c
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12 Hookups (cont’d) Connecting to a TV only TV has COMPONENT VIDEO IN Jacks Back of TV (example only) DVD Player AUDIO OUTLY Cr COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO LEFT AUDIO IN OUT PCM / RIGHT AUDIO IN VIDEO IN BITSTREAM COAXIAL R VIDEO Cb S-VIDEO OUT OUT 1 LEFT AUDIO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN COMPONENT VIDEO IN 2 Y Cr/Pr Cb/Pb Connect the supplied red and white audio cables to the red and white AUDIO OUT jacks on the DVD Player and to the red and white 1 AUDIO IN jacks on the TV. Match the cable colors
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Hookups (cont’d) 13 Connecting to a TV and a Stereo Stereo has red/white AUDIO IN jacks Back of TV (example only) VIDEO IN VIDEO IN Back of Stereo (example only) 2 DVD Player AUDIO OUTLY Cr COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM / BITSTREAM COAXIAL R VIDEO Cb S-VIDEO OUT OUT LEFT AUDIO IN 1 RIGHT AUDIO IN Connect the supplied red and white audio cables to the Player’s red and white AUDIO OUT jacks and 1 to the Stereo’s red and white AUDIO IN jacks. Match the cable colors to the jack colors.
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14 Hookups (cont’d) Connecting to a TV and a Stereo with a DIGITAL IN jack Back of TV (example only) VIDEO IN VIDEO IN Back of Stereo 2 (example only) DVD Player AUDIO OUTLY Cr COMPONENT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM / BITSTREAM COAXIAL R VIDEO Cb S-VIDEO OUT OUT COAXIAL 1 DIGITAL AUDIO IN Connect a coaxial digital audio cable (not supplied) to the Player’s COAXIAL jack and to the Stereo’s 1 COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO IN jack. Connect the supplied yellow video cable to the Player’s yellow VIDEO O
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Playing a Disc 15 Before you begin, turn on the power of the TV, stereo, and any other equipment connected to the DVD Player. Make OPEN/ STANDBY-ON REPEAT A-B CLOSE sure the TV and the stereo (if applicable) are set to the cor- rect channel. Details are on pages 8-14. 2 1 DISPLAY SKIP PAUSE Press STANDBY-ON to turn on the DVD 4 Player. P-ON will appear briefly on the display 1 5 AUDIO panel. 1 2 3 SUBTITLE 4 5 6 Press OPEN/CLOSE A to open the Disc tray. ANGLE 7 8 9 SEARCH CLEAR 2 MODE + 0 10 ME
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16 Remote Control Buttons STANDBY-ON Button OPEN/CLOSE A Button Press to turn the power on and Press to open or close the Disc off. P-ON or P-OFF appears tray. briefly on the display panel. Pause F Button OPEN/ SKIP G and H Buttons STANDBY-ON REPEAT A-B Press to pause Disc playback. CLOSE Press to skip Chapters or Tracks. Press repeatedly to advance the Details are on page 24. DVD picture step by step (or DISPLAY SKIP PAUSE one frame at a time). Play B Button Details are on page 21. Press to b
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Remote Control Buttons (cont’d) 17 REPEAT Button A-B REPEAT Button Press to repeat play of the cur- Press to set up A-B Repeat Play, rent Disc, Track, Group, Title, which repeatedly plays a specific or Chapter. segment of a Disc. Details are on page 26. Details are on page 26. OPEN/ STANDBY-ON REPEAT A-B CLOSE DISPLAY Button SUBTITLE Button Press to see the current status Press to select a language for DISPLAY SKIP PAUSE of the Disc on the TV screen the subtitles (among those avail- during pla
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18 Front Panel STANDBY-ON Button Press to turn the DVD Player’s power on and off. PLAY B Button Press to start Disc playback. STOP C Button Press to stop Disc playback. OPEN/CLOSE A Button Press to open or close the Disc tray. Disc tray Display with Dimmer Insert a Disc here. Messages about current DVD Player operations Remote Sensor appear here. See Display Receives a signal from your Messages below. You can remote control so you can adjust the brightness of operate your DVD Player the display
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Rear Panel 19 AUDIO OUT Jacks Connect the supplied red and white audio cables here and to the Audio In jacks of a television or stereo. Match the cable colors to the jack colors. Details are on pages 10-13. COAXIAL Jack Connect an option- al digital audio Y Cr Cb COMPONENT VIDEO coaxial cable here OUT Jacks and to the Coaxial Connect optional component video cables Digital Audio In jack here and to the component Video In jacks of a stereo. Details of a television. Details are on page 12. are o
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20 Menus DVD Disc Menus Some DVDs contain menus that describe the contents of OPEN/ STANDBY-ON REPEAT A-B CLOSE the Disc or allow you to customize Disc playback. For example, the menu may offer choices for subtitle languages, DISPLAY SKIP PAUSE director’s commentary, or soundtrack playback. To use the DVD menu and select playback features, follow these steps. AUDIO Press MENU. The DVD’s main menu will appear. 1 2 3 SUBTITLE 1 4 5 6 ANGLE 7 8 9 Press ops B to select an item, then press SEARCH CL
