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DVD Entertainment System
Owner's Manual
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NOTICES About the Registered Marks NOTICE OF INTENDED USE This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is ROSEN ENTERTAINMENT SYSTEMS ARE DESIGNED TO protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other ENABLE VIEWING OF VIDEO RECORDINGS ONLY FOR REAR- intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protection technology must SEAT OCCUPANTS. be authorized by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home an
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Table of Contents Notices ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Getting Started ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Switch
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GETTING STARTED Switching On, Lowering and Adjusting the Screen Watching Video Use the system only when the vehicle is running, or with the To Watch a DVD: ignition key switch in the “accessory” position. 1 Press EJECT twice to remove any loaded disc. First, press the OPEN button on the front panel, 2 Insert a DVD onto the slot, label side up. or on the remote. The screen will deploy. 3 Most DVD discs begin playback automatically. If a menu appears, press PLAY or ENTER as instructed on screen.
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Front View To Use An External Video Source Disc slot OPEN button (optional video game or camcorder): Control Panel 1 Connect the RCA audio and video outputs of the device to the RCA inputs of the system. Reset 2 Press SOURCE until “Auxiliary Input” appears on the screen. Button OPEN ENTER SOURCE Listening Over the Vehicle Speakers 1 Press SPEAKER. “Speaker Sound Enabled” will appear on the screen. (If “Headphone Sound Only” appears, press again.) 2 Turn on the car radio. Make sure A8 MUTE is
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Rosen A8 Owner’s Manual Precautions INTRODUCTION • Use this system only if properly installed by a qualified installer. To get the most enjoyment from using your system, please read these instructions. • If the units show signs of overheating or malfunction, power off Your system includes the following components: the unit and consult your dealer immediately. Do not open the unit - there are no serviceable parts inside. · An integrated widescreen flat panel display • Do not press on the display
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Rosen Entertainment Systems DISCS PLAYED Compatible Discs Incompatible Discs: The following disc types are incompatible: DVD, Video CD (VCD), CD/CD-R, and MP3 discs are compatible with · DVD-ROM the system. The identifying logo and description of each disc type is given below. · DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD-RAM · Photo CD · CD-ROM · CD-Audio manufactured with certain copy protection methods DVD 12 cm disc/8 cm disc · Any DVD with a different Region number than the unit. (si
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Rosen A8 Owner’s Manual Note: While it is not technically a “monitor” setting, the Changing Monitor Settings internal DVD player can be configured for either a widescreen Display Adjustments: The A8 monitor has adjustable video settings. 16:9 output compatible with the 8” screen, or for a a standard To change these settings, press the ENTER button on the overhead 4:3 output. Using the correct “WIDE” setting will eliminate or console and hold it for two seconds. A menu with the following greatly
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Rosen Entertainment Systems USING THE REMOTE CONTROL You can use the remote control to operate the system, including 1 2 3 4 access to features not available on the front panel. For definitions of each remote control button’s specific function, see the following pages. 5 6 7 8 1 Open/ Optional Source Unit Power 15 Info 2 Pause 16 Eject 3 Stop 17 Navigate left 9 10 11 12 4 Play 18 Enter RES 5 Previous Chapter/Track 19 Navigate Right 6 Reverse 20 Subti
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Rosen A8 Owner’s Manual BASIC REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS 5 Previous Chapter/Track 1 Open/ Optional Source Unit Power Press to jump to the previous title or chapter, if available on a DVD, or Pressing this button when the screen is closed will deploy the to the previous track on an audio CD. Not supported with some VCDs. screen. This button also turns on some optional Rosen source units. (There is also an OPEN button on the front panel.) 8 Next Chapter/Track Note: The system automatically turns on an
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Rosen Entertainment Systems USING MENU AND NAVIGATION BUTTONS USING AUDIO BUTTONS SOURCE 13 Source 9 Speaker Sound Control Press to select the DVD/CD player, the internal Game, or the Auxiliary Press this button to hear A8 audio through the car speakers; Speaker input. This button also is used to access the optional TV Tuner, DVD Sound On appears on the screen. Headphone audio is not affected. Changer, or other optional auxiliary sources. Press again to hear A8 audio only through the headphones
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Rosen A8 Owner’s Manual USING DVD DISC FEATURES • To watch “fullscreen” DVD’s or broadcast television, press until “STANDARD” is displayed. This mode uses most of the screen, but black bars will be visible on the sides, like this: SUB TITLE 20 Subtitle Press repeatedly to cycle through the various language subtitle options available on the DVD disc being played. • To stretch the picture to take up more of the screen, select the DISC 23 Disc Menu MENU “Stretch” mode. Press to see the main menu
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Rosen Entertainment Systems CD AUDIO AND MP3 PLAYBACK - - SMART NAVI - - CD Playback ROOT ROOT 0 When an Audio CD is inserted, “CD” will appear on the screen. To MP3 (ARTIST NAME) 1 display track information, press INFO. MP3 (ARTIST NAME) 2 MP3 (ARTIST NAME) 3 MP3 Playback When a compact disc with MP3 files is inserted, the SMART NAVI screen will appear. To conceal the SMART NAVI screen, see the “DVD Setup Menu” section. Each fol
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Rosen A8 Owner’s Manual USING THE INCLUDED WIRELESS HEADPHONES LISTENING OVER THE CAR SPEAKERS The system comes with two pair of wireless infrared (IR) head- The A8 uses an FM Modulator to send audio through the vehicle radio phones, Rosen model number AC3003, which receive a signal from and thus through the speakers. To listen to A8 system audio through an IR transmitter concealed in the frame around the display. These your car speakers: headphones allow rear-seat passengers to hear a DVD, C
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Rosen Entertainment Systems REPLACING HEADPHONE BATTERIES ROSEN ENTERTAINMENT SOUND FEATURES The wireless IR headphones require two AAA batteries. To replace RES Surround-sound. (DVD audio only). While many of us have the batteries, slide off the battery compartment door on the right home theatre systems with center-channel speakers and subwoofers, earpiece and insert batteries, as shown. Make certain that the battery Rosen knows that most of us don’t have that luxury in our vehicles. So polari
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Rosen A8 Owner’s Manual WATCHING BROADCAST TELEVISION USING EXTERNAL SOURCES (ON TV TUNER-EQUIPPED SYSTEMS) You may use optional external video games, camcorders, and other You can watch television on the system if you have installed the portable video units by connecting the unit to the auxiliary RCA input optional CV4000 TV Tuner kit (includes TV Tuner, antenna, and an jacks on the unit. You must remove the cover to access the jacks, AC3024 harness). and press SOURCE to select “Auxiliary Input
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Rosen Entertainment Systems OPTIONAL ROSEN ACCESSORIES The following Rosen acessories are available. Most of these require some installation parts and labor - check with your authorized Rosen dealer for details. AC3062 Noise-Cancelling Infrared Wireless Headphones CV4000 TV Tuner kit These offer improved audio performance through electronic The CV4000 includes a TV Tuner that receives U.S. television cancellation of background and road noise. broadcasts, a wire harness, and a TV antenna. When in
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Rosen A8 Owner’s Manual WHY ARE THE BLACK BARS STILL THERE SOMETIMES? WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT BLACK BARS ? There are three possible reasons for black bars to appear on the top and bottom of the system’s display: Motion picture film and cameras, and later television screens, were originally designed 4:3 1) You are watching a widescreen movie with an aspect ratio around a screen size that was almost square - it greater than 1.85:1. was one-third wider than it was high (another 1.66:1 way to say th
