DVD DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEM HTD-K180UK Owners Manual This model has the following features: - DVD/CD-DA/CD-R/CD-RW Playback - VCD (Video CD) Playback - MP3 Playback - JPEG Playback - RDS (Radio Data System) - Dolby Prologic II* ñ 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 Confidential Unpublished Works , ©1992-1997 Dolby Laboratories Inc. All rights reserved.
INDEX Ä2 SAFETY INFORMATION ...................................................................................................... 4 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ..................................................................................................... 7 GENERAL PROPERTIES ..................................................................................................... 9 DISC TYPES COMPATIBLE WITH THIS UNIT .................................................................... 10 NOTES ON DISCS .......
INDEX DOWNMIX MODE .............................................................................................................. DYNAMIC (DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION ) ............................................................ LPCM OUTPUT .................................................................................................................. NIGHT MODE ..................................................................................................................... SURROUND MODE ..............
Ä4 SAFETY INFORMATION CAUTION /$6(5 &/$66 %.#55 .#5'4 241&7%6 Wave length: 650 nm (DVD) 790 nm (CD) Maximum output of accessible laser radiation: < 0,39 mW (continuous wave) Classified according to IEC 60825-1: 1993 + A1: 1997 DVD Player is a class 1 laser product. However this product uses a visible laser beam which could cause hazardous radiation exposure. Be sure to operate the player correctly as instructed.
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Ä6 SOME DOS AND DONTS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. DO read the operating instructions before you attempt to use the equipment.
Ä7 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Power Source: The unit should be operated only from a 220-240V~ 50 Hz outlet. Please do not open the cover by yourself. There is high voltage in the set, which will endanger your life. Please contact local service agent for help and advice. Repairs to be carried out by a qualified technician only. The player is not disconnected from the AC power source (mains) as long as it is connected to the wall outlet, even if the player itself has been turned off.
Ä8 Ensure the person who services your receiver is qualified to do so. Do not remove the cover yourself - you could get an electric shock. We are proud to offer a high-quality product. To keep this level of quality, your receiver should be serviced at a authorised service centre.
Ä9 GENERAL PROPERTIES 1) DVD/VCD/S-VCD/CD/MP3*/JPEG playback 2) NTSC/PAL playback (according to disc content) 3) User-friendly multilanguage OSD menu control 4) Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) 5) Dolby Digital, DTS, MPEG Multichannel, LPCM audio via analog audio outputs ( 5.
Ä10 DISC TYPES COMPATIBLE WITH THIS UNIT This player can play the following discs.
Ä11 NOTES ON DISCS On handling discs: To keep the disc clean, handle the disc by its edge. Do not touch the surface. Discs that should not be used: Only the discs including the marks shown on page 7 can be played. Note, however, that discs with special shapes (heartshaped discs, hexagonal discs, etc.) cannot be played. Do not attempt to play such discs, as they may damage the player. Do not stick paper or tape on the disc.
Ä12 FITTING BATTERIES IN YOUR REMOTE CONTROL First open the battery cover on the underside of the remote control. Fit both batteries 1.5Volt (R03/AAA) referring to the imprinted symbols (+/-) in the battery case and put on the battery cover again. While using the remote control, direct it towards the front of the AV receiver. If the remote control does not work or the chosen function could not be made, the batteries are most probably exhausted and they should be replaced as soon as possible.
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Ä14 1. STANDBY button 15. AUDIO button Using this button player is changed into Standby or normal mode. Changes the language of the sound while playing a DVD. In radio mode it is used to enable or disable stereo property. 2. OPEN/CLOSE button Opens or closes the disc tray. 3. TITLE button Displays the title menu on the TV screen. 4. SETUP button Displays Setup menu on the TV screen. 5. MENU button Displays the DVD root menu on screen. 6.
Ä15 FRONT PANEL FUNCTIONS 1. STANDBY button Turns on and off the standby of the player. 2. STOP button Stops playing disc. 3. PLAY/PAUSE button Plays/Pauses the disc. For any DVD title that has a root menu with still picture, this button functions as button select (selects highlighted item) in the root menu. Otherwise the disc will prohibit this functioning of play/pause button on the root menu, and symbol will appear on screen. 4.
Ä16 FRONT PANEL DISPLAY (VFD) 1. Title 2. Zoom 3. Track 4. Chapter 5. Repeat 6. Repeat A-B 7. Remain 8. Angle 9. DVD 10. VCD/SVCD 11. Play/Pause 12. Dolby Digital 13. DTS 14. Speaker Outputs 15. Night 16. Preset Radio Channel Info 17. Time or Radio Frequency Info 18. Track/Chapter Number or Preset Radio Channel Info 19.
Ä17 REAR PANEL CONNECTIONS 1. AM/FM ANTENNA connectors Connects to AM and/or FM Antenna. 2. DIGITAL OUT (OPTICAL) connector Connects an audio component using the optical digital connection cord or Outputs 5.1 Channel digital audio 3. AV Input connector Connects audio component using Audio Left and Audio Right. 4. AUDIO OUT connectors Outputs Audio Left, Right Audio signals. 5.
Ä18 CONNECTION OF YOUR AV RECEIVER WITH TV Be sure to turn off the standby of each component before making the connections. )5217 63($.(5 5,*+7 )5217 63($.(5 /()7 &(17(5 63($.(5 68%:22)(5 79 /()7 63($.(5 5,*+7 63($.(5 6 9,'(2 -$&. )0 $17(11$ 25 5($5 63($.(5 5,*+7 $0 $17(11$ 5($5 63($.
Ä19 SCART SOCKET Connecting your DVD player to TV via scart socket with a scart cable gives you the best picture performance. If your DVD player will not be connected to a hi-fi set or A/V amplifier to hear better sound, scart is enough for both audio & video connections. 7) (/ 79 '9% 9&5 '9' 3/$<(5 VIDEO & AUDIO OUTPUT SOCKETS Video (yellow) & audio (Red: right, White: left) output sockets can be used to connect the DVD player to your TV set via cables.
Ä20 S-VIDEO OUTPUT SOCKETS S-Video Output socket can be used to have a better picture quality than the video output. Your TV set must have S-video input connector for this type of connection. This socket is used for only video connection. For audio, red & white output sockets must be used. S-video picture quality is not as good as Scart connection. 79 /()7 63($.(5 5,*+7 63($.(5 6 9,'(2 -$&.
Ä21 CONNECTION OF YOUR AV RECEIVERS SPEAKERS You can connect 5.1 speaker set to the AV receiver as shown in the figure below. )5217 63($.(5 5,*+7 )5217 63($.(5 /()7 &(175( 63($.(5 68%:22)(5 5($5 63($.(5 5,*+7 5($5 63($.
Ä22 BEST SPEAKER CONNECTION OF YOUR ROOM To get the best performance form your AV receiver system you have to arrange your speaker set according to your room shape as shown in the figures below. )URQW VSHDNHU ULJKW &HQWHU VSHDNHU )URQW VSHDNHU OHIW 5HDU VSHDNHU ULJKW 6XEZRRIHU 5HDU VSHDNHU OHIW After finishing the speaker connection use Test Tone button to test if the speaker connection is right or not.
Ä23 CONNECTION OF YOUR AV RECEIVERS AM/FM ANTENNAS To get the best radio performance connect the AM and FM antenna as shown in the figure below. (Optional) )0 $17(11$ $0 $17(11$ PUTTING INTO OPERATION After making the necessary connections stated above, plug the power cord to the mains socket. Unit will be in standby mode. Press standby to turn on the unit. Press MODE to switch between Disc Player, Radio, AV and SCART/TV.
Ä24 AV MODE You can use AV connection only in Normal operation. You can switch to your connected Video Source using mode button. In this connection you can use your Av receiver as an Amplifier. Standby, Mute, Speaker Volume and Mode buttons can be used in this mode . SCART MODE In this mode scart audio and video inputs are used. You can use Scart connection in Standby and Normal operation.
Ä25 DVD PLAYBACK AUDIO FUNCTIONS Volume +/- Preparations You can increase or decrease the total or each speakers volume using these buttons. Press on the standby button of your audio system if the player has been connected to an audio system. You can use volume control in all modes. Basic Play Speaker Volume 1. Press on the standby button If you want to adjust any of the speakers volume; 2. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray.
Ä26 After operation When the unit is not in use, remove the disc and press STANDBY to turn off the unit. NOTE: The disc continues to rotate while the menu is displayed even after the player has finished playing a particular item. When no further selections are to be played, be sure to press the STOP button to clear the menu display. If the disc is placed upside down (and it is a single sided disc), the VFD display on the player will indicate NO DISC.
Ä27 FRAME BACK (STEP BACKWARD) DIRECT SELECTION OF SCENES Press PLAY/PAUSE once during play. Selecting Scenes by Chapter Number The screen suspends. Press SEARCH MODE on the remote control once during playback. (Previous) on the remote Press SKIP/ FRAME control or SKIP on the main unit. The previous frame of the movie is displayed. You can press SKIP/ FRAME preceding frames. (Previous) for the SLOW- MOTION PLAY FORWARD The chapter/title search box is displayed on the screen.
Ä28 For your convenience: REPEAT PLAY Enter the title number between 0 and 9, your request will be acknowledged immediately without pressing any other key. To select a title number which is more than 1 digit, press +10 KEY and then enter the title number. Repeat Viewing You can clear the field by pressing the C button if you enter wrong number. If you attempt to enter a number greater than the total number of titles, the search box disappears, message appears.
Ä29 Time counter modes can be selected by pressing DISPLAY key consecutively. (This operation works only with discs on which multiple subtitle languages are recorded.) Press SUBTITLE during play. First hit to DISPLAY key: Line 4 -> CHAPTER ELAPSED Mode When no subtitles are recorded instead of the selected language. Second hit to DISPLAY key: Line 4 -> CHAPTER REMAIN Mode Press SUBTITLE a number of times until the preferred language is selected.
Ä30 When the power is turned on or the disc is removed, the language heard is the one selected at the initial settings. If this language is not recorded on the disc, only the available language on the disc will be heard. Viewing From Another Angle Some DVD discs may contain scenes, which have been shot simultaneously from a number of different angles. For these discs, the same scenes can be viewed from each of these different angles using the ANGLE button.
Ä31 VIDEO CD PLAYBACK* Preparations Press on the power button of your audio system if the player has been connected to an audio system. Basic Play 1. Press on the standby button 2. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the disc tray. What is playback control? If a video CD has playback control written on the jacket of disc, it means that particular scenes or information can be selected for viewing interactive with TV screen using the menu screen.
Ä32 SKIPPING AHEAD OR BACK TO CHAPTERS Stopping Play Press stop twice. Skipping ahead For your convenience: When STOP is pressed once, while the play continues, the unit records the point where the play stopped and if the PLAY key is pressed, play resumes from the point where STOP key was pressed. Press PLAY / PAUSE again, and play will resume from this point. When the tray is opened or the STOP is pressed again, the resume function will be cleared. To stop the play permanently, press STOP twice.
Ä33 SLOW- MOTION PLAY For your convenience: Press PLAY/PAUSE once during play. The screen suspends. If you attempt to enter a number greater than the total time of the current title, the time search box disappears and message appears on up-left corner of screen. on the remote control Press SEARCH/SLOW or Search on the main unit If you give up entering the time simply press RETURN button, and the operation is cancelled.
Ä34 CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS AUDIO CD PLAYBACK Displaying the time information Press DISPLAY during play. Each time this button is pressed, a different time information box is displayed on the screen. If Single elapsed is displayed, the VFD display on the unit shows the elapsed time for the title which is being played If Single remain is displayed, the VFD display on the unit shows the remaining time for the title which is being played.
Ä35 To stop the play permanently, press STOP twice. When the STOP button is pressed for the first time, a message PRESS SELECT TO CONTINUE will appear on the screen to remind you if you want to continue the play. To stop the play, press the STOP button again or you can press PLAY/ PAUSE to continue. RAPID ADVANCE / RAPID REVERSE Press SEARCH/SLOW ( Fast reverse or Fast forward) on the remote control or Search or on the main unit during play.
Ä36 REPEAT PLAY Press REPEAT during play. Each time this button is pressed, a different repeat box is displayed on the screen. Track is displayed, the current track will be If played again. If again. All is displayed, the whole disc will be played If SCAN is displayed, first 12 seconds of all tracks on the disc are played sequentially. If RANDOM is displayed, tracks on the disc are played randomly and continously.
Ä37 CD MENU To see the directory structure(menu) of JPEG/MP3 CDs you should set CD MENU option to WITH MENU in setup page. NOTE: you can use file list. and buttons for page up / down in 7. Press SELECT on a file to play MP3* File : Selected MP3 starts to play. 0S 0S 0S 0S 0S 0S Elapsed or Remaining Time is displayed according to DISPLAY Mode. JPEG File : Selected JPEG is displayed in full screen. Slide Show starts automatically.
Ä38 IMAGE TRANSFORMATION DIGEST MODE Only for JPEG : Only for JPEG : Press PLAY to start slide show Press PLAY to start slide show There are four modes of transformation: press STOP button during JPEG slide show. Unit goes into digest mode. 12 pictures are displayed on screen. Invert Using the arrow keys select menu icon on the screen. Press select button. Mirror Left Remote key Function screen appears. You can see help information for digest mode.
Ä39 Play Modes 1. Press STOP. PROGRAM FUNCTION 2. Press RIGHT to go to Play Modes menu. Press PROGRAM to select program mode in stop mode 3. Press UP/DOWN to change play mode. PROGRAM LIST Message appears. Press UP/DOWN keys to select files in the disc. The options available are: Press LEFT/RIGHT to change column. REPEAT ONE: Press SELECT to add selected file into the program list. If this option is chosen, the selected track will be repeated continuously.
Ä40 USING SETUP MENU In Play or (Pre-Stop) mode, some pages and some items can not be accessed. On the MAIN page, you can not access VIDEO SETUP and PARENTAL SETUP pages in RESUME mode. Press SETUP button on the remote control. Note: The setup menu-main page appears. This is the menu, where you can change the devices settings. In any submenu, to return to main page, select MAIN PAGE and press SELECT button. To close the setup menu, press SETUP.
Ä41 MENU ITEMS Normal/PS Pan & Scan (4x3) Allows the movie to fill the entire screen of your TV, but not the right and left edges. VIDEO SETUP VIDEO SETUP page will not be available if the player is Play or (Pre-Stop) mode. TV DISPLAY The aspect ratio of the picture provided by the DVD player can be varied in line with the features available on the TV in use. Normal/LB Letterbox (4x3) Allows you to see movies in their original aspect ratio.
Ä42 TV TYPE 9,'(2 6(783 3$*( 79 ',63/$< 9,'(2 287387 3$/ 08/7, 176& 0$,1 3$*( The video standard of the DVD player output can be selected from MULTI, NTSC or PAL. If MULTI is selected, the output standard will be either NTSC or PAL depending on the DVD being played. If PAL is selected, the video output will be converted to PAL standard irrespective of disc standard.
Ä43 DYNAMIC (DYNAMIC RANGE COMPRESSION ) AUDIO SETUP Boosts frequency response. This item can be selected between OFF and FULL. DOWNMIX MODE $8',2 6(783 3$*( $8',2 6(783 3$*( '<1$0,& /3&0 287 1,*+7 02'( 6855281' 02'( 6855281' 67(5(2 2)) 0$,1 3$*( This mode allows the DVD player analog audio outputs to be matched to the features available on the TV in use.
Ä44 SURROUND MODE REAR This mode allows to activate the speakers beyond the left/right with two channel input. This item allows you to enable/disable the REAR (Left surround, right surround) speakers. Matrix: Six channel output with surround effect. PL2 Music: Dolby Prologic II music mode. PL2 Movie: Dolby Prologic II movie mode. Off: Surround mode off. $8',2 6(783 3$*( '2:10,; '<1$0,& /3&0 287 1,*+7 02'( 0$,1 3$*( 63($.(5 6(783 3$*( &175 63($.
Ä45 REAR DELAY You can adjust the delays of rear speakers or you can disable delay for rear speakers. 63($.(5 6(783 3$*( &175 63($.(5 5($5 63($.(5 68%:22)(5 &(17(5 '(/$< 0 6 7(67 721( 0 6 0$,1 3$*( 0 6 2)) TEST TONE You can test all your speakers using test tone function. A noise signal will be sent to all speakers one by one. 63($.(5 6(783 3$*( &175 63($.(5 5($5 63($.
Ä46 LANGUAGE SETUP OSD LANG You can select the default OSD language of the player menus. AUDIO You can select the default audio language if supported by the DVD disc. DISC MENU You can select the DVDs disc menu language among these languages. Disc menu appears in the selected language, if supported by the DVD disc. SUBTITLE You can select the default subtitle language if supported by the DVD disc.
Ä47 PARENTAL SETUP CHANGE PASSWORD Using this item you can change the current password. Playing some DVDs can be limited depending on the age of users. The Parental Control function allows playback limitation level to be set by the parent. To change the password you will be prompted to enter your old password. After you have entered your old password, you can now enter the new 4-digit password. PARENTAL (PARENTAL LEVEL) Entering the new password once is not enough, it should also be confirmed.
Ä48 PREFERENCES CD MENU This option allows you to enable or disable the CD MENU which is used for playing MP3* or JPEG CDs. ANGLE MARK 35()(5(1&( 3$*( This option allows you to turn on /off the angle mark on the screen, which is displayed to indicate that a multi angle scene has started. It also shows which angle you are currently watching. $1*/( 0$5.
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Ä50 SPECIFICATIONS DVD / VIDEO CD* / CD player/ Radio / Amplifier 3RZHU 5HTXLUHPHQWV 7\SHV RI 'LVFV 6XSSRUWHG 9LGHR 7\SH 9LGHR ,QSXW 2SWLRQDO 9LGHR 2XWSXW $XGLR 7\SH $XGLR 2XWSXW $XGLR ,QSXWV 'LJLWDO $XGLR 2XWSXW 2SWLRQDO 3RZHU DPSOLILHU 7XQHU VHFWLRQ 'LPHQVLRQV
Ä51 DEFINITION OF TERMS Angle Recorded onto some DVDs 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 are recorded on DVDs.
SOME DOS AND DON'TS ON THE SAFE USE OF EQUIPMENT This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. ************** DO read the operating instructions before you attempt to use the equipment.
Ä53 UK GUARANTEE Your Guarantee of Excellence Thank you for purchasing this Hitachi product In the unlikely event that this product should develop a fault, we undertake to replace or repair any part of the product which fails due to a manufacturing defect within 12 months of the date of purchase provided that: i) The product has been installed and used only in accordance with the instructions supplied with the product.
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