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NOTICES NOTICE OF INTENDED USE Rosen Entertainment Systems are designed to enable viewing of video ONLY for rear-seat occupants, and are not intended for viewing by the driver when the vehicle is in motion. Such use might distract the driver or interfere with the driver’s safe operation of the vehicle, and thus result in serious injury or death. Such use might also violate state or local laws.
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual GETTING STARTED Use the system with the vehicle running, or with the ignition key switch in the “accessory” position. Make certain that the remote and the headphones have their batteries properly inserted. To Lower the Screen and Switch On the System: Be sure the ignition key is the “ON” or “ACC” position. Press the OPEN button on the front panel or the POWER button on the remote. The screen will open and the system will turn on.
Rosen Entertainment Systems Front View To Use An External Video Source Disc Slot Open Button Control Panel Reset Button (optional video game console or camcorder): 1 Connect the RCA audio and video outputs of the device to the RCA inputs of the system. 2 Press SOURCE until “Auxiliary 1” appears on the screen. Listening Over the Vehicle Speakers Dome Light Dome Light Screen Angle Adjuster 1 Press SPEAKER. “Speaker Sound” will appear on the screen. 2 Turn on the car radio.
Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual INTRODUCTION PRECAUTIONS Congratulations on purchasing a Rosen Entertainment System! Here’s a list of some things you can do with your system: In order to operate the system, the vehicle ignition key switch must be in the ACC or engine ON position. · Play DVD movies, music CDs, or discs with MP3 audio files. · Listen using the vehicle speakers or the wireless headphones.
Rosen Entertainment Systems DISCS PLAYED INCOMPATIBLE DISCS Compatible Discs The following disc types are incompatible with the system: DVD, Video CD (VCD), and CD-Audio discs discs are compatible with the T8 system. Compatible discs have these logos on their labels: · DVD-ROM/DVD-RAM/DVD+RAM discs. · Most DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW discs. · Some Photo CD discs. · CD-ROM data discs. · CD-Audio discs made with certain copy protection methods.
Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual CHANGING AND ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY Selecting a display mode: The system’s “widescreen” display has a 16:9 aspect ratio - wider than a standard television. While many DVD’s provide widescreen video images that fit the screen, standard broadcast TV and many video games don’t. • To view widescreen DVD’s, press the DISPLAY button on the system’s remote control until “WIDE” is displayed on the screen.
Rosen Entertainment Systems USING THE REMOTE CONTROL You can use the remote control to operate the system, including access to features not available on the front panel. The unit has two infrared sensors to receive signals from the remote - one is built into the control panel, and the other faces forward in the vehicle, for use from the front seats. For definitions of each remote control button’s specific function, see the following pages.
Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual BASIC REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS 1 Open/ Optional Source Unit Power Pressing this button when the screen is closed will open the screen. (There is also an OPEN button on the front control panel.) Note: The system turns on when the screen opens. 4 Play 5 Previous Chapter/Track Press to jump to the previous title or chapter, if available on a DVD, or to the previous track on an audio CD. Not supported with some VCDs.
Rosen Entertainment Systems USING MENU AND NAVIGATION BUTTONS USING DVD DISC FEATURES 13 23 Disc Menu Source SOURCE This button lets you select the internal DVD/CD player or the Auxiliary input. Note: The Source button on the control panel performs the same function. 14, 22 Up/Down Arrows Press to move up or down in a menu. DISC MENU Press to see the main menu for the DVD being played.
Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual • CD AUDIO, MP3, JPEG, AND VIDEO CD PLAYBACK To zoom the picture, select the “ZOOM” mode. Note: For best results when zooming in on DVD images, use the Disc Zoom feature instead of the “ZOOM” Display Mode. • To adjust the Display settings (color, contrast, etc.), press and hold the DISPLAY button for two seconds. For more information about image shapes, see “Managing Black Bars”, on Page 17.
Rosen Entertainment Systems USING THE INCLUDED WIRELESS HEADPHONES REPLACING HEADPHONE BATTERIES The system comes with two (2) infrared (IR) wireless headphones. These headphones receive a signal from an IR transmitter built into the unit. These headphones allow rear-seat passengers to listen without using the vehicle speakers. The wireless IR headphones require two AAA batteries. To replace the batteries, slide off the battery compartment door on the left earpiece and insert batteries, as shown.
Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual ADJUSTING THE SCREEN ANGLE USING EXTERNAL SOURCES Rosen uses an advanced mechanical design to hold the screen at the perfect viewing angle for you, your passengers, and your vehicle. Here’s how to adjust the screen angle: You may use optional external video games, camcorders, and other portable video units by connecting the unit to the auxiliary RCA input jacks on the unit. You must press SOURCE to select “Auxiliary 1”. .
Rosen Entertainment Systems WHY ARE THE BLACK BARS STILL THERE SOMETIMES? MANAGING BLACK BARS Motion picture film and cameras, and later television screens, were originally designed around a screen size that was almost square - it was one-third wider than it was high (another way to say this is that it had a width-to-height ratio, or aspect ratio, of 4:3. This ratio, 4:3, can also be expressed as 1.66:1.
Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual Eliminating Black Bars when viewing a DVD: 1) Make sure that the internal DVD player is set to “WIDE” (see DVD Setup, page 13). 2) Use the DISPLAY button to select “Wide” or “Zoom”. • To view widescreen DVD’s, use “Wide”. • To zoom the picture, use the “Zoom” mode. Note: This feature will slightly “crop” the edges of the image. For best results when zooming in on DVD images, use the Disc Zoom feature below - not the “Zoom” Display Mode.
Rosen Entertainment Systems Changing the Aspect Ratio Mode This is under the GENERAL SETUP tab, under TV DISPLAY. The correct setting is WIDE. Changing this setting to NORMAL/ PS or NORMAL/LB will result in distorted video. Parental Control The factory set Parental Control password is 3308. Changing Language Settings Several language settings can be customized on the DVD Player. These languages can vary depending on the language supported by the DVD disc.
Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual To change the soundtrack language, select PREFERENCES and AUDIO. Concealing the “Angle Mark” To display or conceal the “angle mark,” which appears during scenes that support a multiple-viewing-angle feature, select GENERAL and ANGLE MARK. Since the remote included does not support this feature, the default state for this setting is “OFF”. Activating Captions and Subtitles To enable or disable captions or subtitles, select GENERAL and CAPTIONS.
Rosen Entertainment Systems FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS HOW DO I RESET MY SYSTEM? To RESET the system, press and hold the RESET Button for 3 or more seconds. The RESET Button is located in the Display Pocket (see page 7) MY SYSTEM IS NOT RESPONDING TO COMMANDS Periodically, the DVD System may receive conflicting commands from a DVD or remote control. When this happens, the System may not respond properly to the Remote Control, Control Buttons, or may be Locked Up and not respond at all.
Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS CONTINUED DVD FACTORY SETTINGS LIST MY RADIO LOSES ITS NORMAL STATIONS While the System is set to broadcast over the Radio with SPEAKERS ENABLED, the vehicle’s antenna is temporally disabled. Solution: Press the SPEAKER BUTTON on the Remote to restore the vehicle antenna, “Headphones Only” will appear on the screen The factory default options are given in bold type.
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual RES PN 9100827 Rev A © 2006 Rosen Entertainment Systems www.rosenentertainment.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval sytem or transmitted in any form, electronic, mechanical, recording or other means without prior written permission from Rosen.
