MODEL VTD1431/VTD2031 USER GUIDE DIGITAL VIDEO Region / ALL discs only Combination TV and DVD Video Player TELETEXT 5M20201A Cov-In 1 27/2/04, 10:19 AM
IMPORTANT Unauthorized recording of copyright television programmes, films, video tapes and other materials may infringe on the rights of copyright owners and be contrary to copyright laws. WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture. MAINS SUPPLY This unit is designed to operate from AC 230V~240V 50Hz household mains supply. This unit is supplied with an approved 13 amp (BS 1363) fused mains plug.
PRECAUTIONS 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. So, please read the points below for your own safety. They are of a general nature, intended to help you with all your electronic consumer products and some points may not apply to the goods you have just purchased.
FEATURES TV • Auto Set up (Channel) • Auto Channel Memory • TELETEXT Function • On-Screen Programming • Picture Control Adjustments • Auto Power Shut Off DVD Player • Digital Audio Jack (Coaxial) • Multi-Language • • • • • • • • Multi-Angle Repeat Playback Memory/Random Playback Zoom Video Aspect Ratio Parental Control Digital output for Dolby Digital (AC-3) and DTS Playback of DVD, Video-CD, SVCD, Audio-CD and MP3/WMA/JPEG-CD • PAL & NTSC DVDs playback • A-B Repeat playback CONTENTS ADVANCED FUCTION OF
LOCATION OF CONTROLS This owner's manual uses the illustrations of VTD1431.
REMOTE CONTROL page TV/DVD OPEN/CLOSE ON/STANDBY 0-9 VOLUME ▲/▼ MUTE CALL 0/AV TEXT/MIX/TV MARKER TOP MENU SUBTITLE AUDIO ANGLE Select to operate TV or DVD Open or Close the tray Power on/off Direct channel selection of TV Input setting Enter a security code Volume Up/Down Mute Display TV or DVD operation status Scart Input or AV-Front input Select teletext Index for DVD Select title of a DVD disc Set Subtitle of a DVD disc Change sound track language of DVD Change playback angle of a DVD disc SETUP/MENU
REMOTE CONTROL BATTERY INSTALLATION Open the battery compartment cover in the direction of the arrow. Install two “AAA/R03/UM-4” (penlight size) batteries, paying attention to the polarity diagram in the battery compartment. Replace the cover. BATTERY CAUTIONS • Use two "AAA/R03/UM-4" size penlight batteries for the remote control transmitter. • The batteries may last approximately one year depending on how much the remote control is used.
AERIAL CONNECTIONS Connect an indoor or outdoor aerial to the aerial socket at the rear panel as shown below. For all aerial circuit problems, please consult your local dealer. (A) (B) RF IN Aerial socket Mains lead (A) INDOOR AERIAL A loop aerial is supplied with the unit (VTD1431 only). Insert the aerial holder into the mounting hole on the back cabinet until it locks into place. Insert the aerial adaptor (supplied with VTD1431 only) to the aerial socket.
CONNECTION TO OTHER EQUIPMENT The exact arrangement you use to interconnect various video and audio components to the unit is dependent on the model and features of each component. Check the Owner's Manual provided with each component for the location of video and audio inputs and outputs. Using an AV Amplifier with built-in digital surround If you are using an Amplifier with a built-in digital surround sound decoder (such as Dolby Digital / DTS / MPEG / etc.), you can connect it as shown below.
CONNECTION TO OTHER EQUIPMENT Input Selection If you connect the unit to a VCR, camcorder or games console, you can select this input by pressing the 0/AV button. AV1(Scart socket) Press the TV/DVD button to select TV mode and AV1 then press the 0/AV button repeatedly to select AV1 or AV2. AV2(Front-AV-input) TV-program 1. To connect the unit to a VCR Press the 0/AV button to select AV2 to use the TV as a monitor.
AUTOMATIC TUNING SYSTEM Your television has an Automatic Tuning System which makes tuning in your television easy. This Automatic tuning System scans the entire reception range in your area and automatically stores all available channels of suitable signal strength in the correct order e.g. BBC1 will tune into channel 1, BBC2 will tune into channel 2, etc. ONLY WHEN YOU TURN ON THIS UNIT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE AUTOMATIC TUNING PROCESS WILL BE AVAILABLE. 1 Press the Main POWER switch on the unit.
PRESETTING THE CHANNELS Once you have connected up this unit, you will need to tune in the channels in order to watch TV stations. There are two ways that you can do this: - Automatic tuning The stations will be preset in the order that they appear when the automatic tuning is activated. - Manual tuning In this mode the TV searches until a picture appears. If it is a station that you want to keep, you can choose which channel preset you want to store it on.
PRESETTING THE CHANNELS MANUAL TUNING How to tune a station to channel 10 position. SETUP/MENU. 1 Press or to select the Press CHANNEL SETUP mode, then press SELECT/ENTER. MENU CHANNEL SETUP PICTURE AV COLOUR PAL PRESS: ▲ / ▼ / ENTER / MENU or to select the 2 Press MANUAL mode, then press SELECT/ENTER. CHANNEL SETUP MANUAL AUTO CH ALLOCATION PRESS: ▲ / ▼ / ENTER / MENU or until the picture 3 Press appears on screen. If this is not your desired channel, press or until your desired channel appears.
PRESETTING THE CHANNELS TO CHANGE THE CHANNELS EXAMPLE: Changing of channel position from CH2 and CH5. 1 Press SETUP/MENU. Press or to select the CHANNEL SETUP mode, then press SELECT/ENTER. MENU CHANNEL SETUP PICTURE AV COLOUR PAL PRESS: ▲ / ▼ / ENTER / MENU Press or to select the CH 2 ALLOCATION mode, then press SELECT/ENTER. CHANNEL SETUP MANUAL AUTO CH ALLOCATION PRESS: ▲ / ▼ / ENTER / MENU 3 Press or to select the channel position No. (broadcasting) which you want to change.
TV OPERATIONS After completing the connection and presetting the channels, follow these steps for viewing. Press Power ( ) on the front panel of the unit. Then press 1 ON/STANDBY on the remote control (STANDBY indication will goes off). Press TV/DVD to select TV mode. Channel Selection buttons (0-9) 2 Direct Press the Direct Channel Selection button on the remote control. 1-9 CH: Press your required number only. 10-80 CH: Press the two digits in accordance to the channel numbers required.
CONVENIENT FUNCTIONS The following functions are available from the remote control handset only. TV/AV Selection For receiving the desired signal: Press 0/AV to select the TV or AV mode. +0 # )8 AV position - to receive through the direct Video input. AV1 (from 21 pin SCART socket on the rear) or AV2 (from Audio/Video in jacks on the front) indicator appears on the screen in AV mode. TV position - to view a normal TV.
PICTURE ADJUSTMENTS The picture settings have been adjusted at the factory under optimum signal reception conditions. However, you can adjust for BRIGHTNESS, CONTRAST, COLOUR and SHARPNESS to your preference. 1 Press SETUP/MENU. or to select the 2 Press PICTURE mode, then press SELECT/ENTER. MENU CHANNEL SETUP PICTURE AV COLOUR PAL PRESS: ▲ / ▼ / ENTER / MENU 3 To adjust the BRIGHTNESS, press or , then press .
AV COLOUR ADJUSTING When connecting external equipment to the unit, the picture may become black and white. This can be corrected by selecting AV (Extension) Colour as follows. SETUP/MENU on your 1 Press remote control. The on screen display will appear. Press ▲ or ▼ to select the AV COLOUR menu. MENU CHANNEL SETUP PICTURE AV COLOUR PAL PRESS: ▲ / ▼ / ENTER / MENU SELECT/ENTER to select one of the colour options, 2 Press PAL or NTSC4.43. • Usually select the PAL option.
RECEPTION OF INTERFERENCE The most common types of television interference are as follows. IGNITION Black spots and horizontal streaks may appear, the picture may flutter or drift. This is usually caused by interference from car ignition system, neon lamps, electric drills or other electrical appliances. IGNITION GHOSTING Ghosting is caused by the TV signal following two paths. One is the direct path and the other is reflected from tall buildings, hills or similar obstruction.
TELETEXT Most broadcasting stations offer a Teletext service in addition to their standard TV program. Teletext offers news, weather forecast, winning Lotto numbers, TV listings and other interesting news. The text is received page by page, as soon as you select the broadcasting station. A single page can be displayed on the screen. The pages are numbered and broadcasted one by one. Therefore you'll have to wait a certain time until the selected page is displayed on the screen.
TELETEXT To call a teletext page Leaf through the pages with the PAGE (M M/? ?) - button (forward or backward). NOTE: You will not necessarily find a page for every page number you enter. E.g. you have entered page no. 116 but it does not offer this page. Available page numbers can be found on the Index page (most stations offer this page 100). Enter the three-digit page number with the number buttons. Example: You want to display page 300. Enter: 3 then 0 and 0.
DISC The region number of this unit is 2. If region numbers, which stand for their playable area, are printed on your DVD video disc and you do not find or ALL , disc playback will not be allowed by the player. (In this case, the unit will display a message on-screen.) Playable Discs The loaded Disc (DVD, Video-CD, Audio-CD, SVCD and MP3/WMA/JPEG-CD) will be recognized automatically. The suitable Disc-formats are: DVD, CD-R and CD-RW. Some CD-R/RW discs may be incompatible.
PREPARATION/STATUS DISPLAY OF DISC The following pages describe the setup/operation in DVD mode. Preparation Before DVD/CD operation, please make preparations as follows. the AC cord plug into a standard 230V~240V 50Hz AC 1 Insert outlet. • If the AC cord plug is plugged in for the first time, wait for ) button on about 5 seconds before pressing Power ( the front. NOTE: When connecting to other equipment, unplug the unit from the AC outlet. ON/STANDBY on the remote control to turn on the unit.
PLAYBACK PROCEDURE Press 1 on the (OPEN/CLOSE) unit or OPEN/ CLOSE on the remote control. The disc tray will open. a disc onto the tray. 2 Place Position it with the printed label side up, align it with the guides, and place it in its proper position. PLAY. 3 Press The disc tray closes automatically. On the TV-screen, “ ” changes to “Reading” and then playback commences. • A menu screen will appear on the TV screen, if the disc has a menu feature.
SPECIAL PLAYBACK Note: There may be a slight delay between when you press the button and the function activating. Fast Forward Playback Press SEARCH during normal playback. button will increase the speed Each press of the SEARCH of the search (x 2), (x 4), (x 8), (x 20). (x 2), (x 4), (x 8), (x 20)) (CD: • To resume normal playback, press PLAY. Review Playback Press SEARCH during normal playback. Each press of the SEARCH button will increase the speed (x 2), (x 4), (x 8), (x 20).
MP3/WMA/JPEG PLAYBACK This player can play back the MP3/WMA/JPEGdata which has been recorded on CD-R or CDRW. To produce the MP3/WMA/JPEG-data, you need a Windows-PC with CD-R/RW drive and a MP3/WMA/JPEG-encoding Software (not supplied). The Apple-HFS-System cannot be played. MP3/WMA/JPEG CD information Limitations on MP3/WMA/JPEG CD playback • MP3/WMA/JPEG CD is the disc that is standard- ized by ISO9660, its file name must include 3digits extension letters, “mp3”,“wma”, “jpg”.
MP3/WMA/JPEG PLAYBACK JPEG CD playback 1 Press (OPEN/CLOSE). The disc tray will open. Place a disc on which JPEG files have been recorded onto the tray. Press (OPEN/CLOSE) or 1 2 (PLAY). The disc tray closes au- Reading tomatically. On the TV-screen, “Reading” will appear. Reading will take as much time as the number of file. screen will appear 3 Aonfilethemenu TV screen. Press / to select folder. / or / or 4 Press Number keys to select the desired file.
SETTING THE JPEG INTERVAL Setting the JPEG Interval You can continuously play back all JPEG files automatically. 1 Press SETUP/MENU in the stop mode. Press / to select “Picture”, then press SELECT/ ENTER. Language Picture Sound Parental /Enter/Setup/Return or to select 2 Press “JPEG Interval”. Language Picture Tv Screen Display JPEG Interval Select Files Sound Parental 4:3 On Off All /Enter/Setup/Return 3 Press SELECT/ENTER or Language / to select your desired time.
SETTING THE SELECT FILES When playing back a CD containing a mixture of MP3 and JPEG files, only MP3 or JPEG files can be displayed on the file menu. Press SETUP/MENU in the stop 1 mode. Language Picture Sound Parental Press / to select “Picture”, then press SELECT/ENTER. /Enter/Setup/Return 2 Press Files”.
ZOOMING/LOCATING DESIRED SCENE Zooming This unit will allow you to zoom in on the frame image. You can then make selections by switching the position of the frame. ZOOM during play1 Press back. 1 The centre part of the image will be zoomed in. Each press of ZOOM will 1 change the ZOOM 2 (x 1.5) and (x 1.3), 3 (x 2.0). / or / to view a different part of the frame. 2 Press You may move the frame from the centre position to UP, DOWN, LEFT or RIGHT direction.
REPEAT PLAYBACK Title, Chapter, Track Playback 1 Press PLAY MODE during playback or stop mode. DVD VCD/CD Repeat : Off /Enter/Play Mode Play Mode : Off Repeat : Off /Enter/Play Mode SELECT/ENTER once or twice to select “Chapter” or “Title”. 2 Press In case of CD, at first press to select “Repeat” and then press SELECT/ENTER once or twice to select “Track” or “All”.
PROGRAM PLAYBACK/RANDOM PLAYBACK (VCD/CD) Program playback You can arrange the order of tracks on the disc. PLAY MODE in the stop 1 Press mode. SELECT/ENTER repeat2 Press edly until the program table shown at right appears. Play Mode : Off Repeat : Off /Enter/Play Mode Play Mode Repeat 1 2 3 Clear In case you wish to 3 Example: program in order of 7, 3, 11: Enter as 7 ,3 , 11. If you input a wrong number, press CANCEL. Press / or / to select 4 “Program Playback” and press SELECT/ENTER.
MARKING DESIRED SCENES The unit stores the points that you want to watch again. You can resume playback from that scene. Marking the Scenes MARKER during 1 Press playback. 2 Select the blank Marker / , then press using SELECT/ENTER at the desired scene. Marker 1 Marker 2 Marker 3 /Enter/Cancel/Marker Marker 1 00 27 54 Marker 2 Marker 3 /Enter/Cancel/Marker • Up to 3 scenes can be selected. • Repeat this procedure to set the other 2 scenes. 3 Press MARKER to remove this display.
CHANGING SOUNDTRACK LANGUAGE/SUBTITLES Changing soundtrack language You can select the language when you play a multilingual disc. AUDIO during play1 Press back. 1/8 Eng Dolby Digital The current soundtrack language will appear. AUDIO repeatedly 2 Press until the desired language is selected. 2/8 Fra Dolby Digital The on-screen display will disappear after a few seconds. In case of video CD playback Audio type changes as follows each time you press AUDIO.
CHANGING ANGLES/TITLE SELECTION/DVD MENU Changing Angles When playing back a disc recorded with multi-angle facility, you can change the view angle. ANGLE during play1 Press back. 1/9 The current angle will appear. 2 Press ANGLE repeatedly until the desired angle is selected. Title Selection Two or more titles are recorded on some discs. If the title menu is recorded on the disc, you can select the desired title. TOP MENU during playback. 1 Press Title menu appears on the screen.
SETTING THE ASPECT RATIO OF TV SCREEN/SETTING ON SCREEN DISPLAY Setting the aspect ratio of TV screen You can select the aspect ratio of the picture. SETUP/MENU in the stop 1 Press mode. Press or Language Picture Sound Parental to select “Picture”. /Enter/Setup/Return or SELECT/ENTER, 2 Press then press or to select “Tv Screen”. Language Picture Sound Parental 4:3 Tv Screen Display On JPEG Interval Off Select Files All /Enter/Setup/Return 3 Press Press or SELECT/ENTER.
DYNAMIC RANGE CONTROL DRC (Dynamic Range Control) enables you to control the dynamic range so as to achieve a suitable sound for your equipment. SETUP/MENU in the 1 Press stop mode or No Disc. Press or “Sound”. Language Picture Sound Parental to select /Enter/Setup/Return Press or SELECT/EN2 TER to select “DRC”. Language DRC Picture Sound Parental On /Enter/Setup/Return or SELECT/EN3 Press TER, then press or Language to select desired setting.
PARENTAL CONTROL SETTING Some discs are specified not suitable for children. Such discs can be limited not to play back with the unit. 1 Press SETUP/MENU in the stop mode or No Disc. Press or to select “Parental”. Then press or SELECT/ENTER. or to select “Pa2 Press rental”, then press or until the level you require appears.
TO CHANGE THE PARENTAL LEVEL Press SETUP/MENU in the 1 stop mode or No Disc. Press or to select or “Parental”. Then press SELECT/ENTER. 2 Press Number buttons (0-9) to enter the password you have stored. • If you input a wrong number, press CANCEL. SELECT/ENTER. 3 Press The rating is now unlocked.
TEMPORARY DISABLING OF RATING LEVEL BY DVD DISC Depending on the DVD disc, the disc may try to temporarily cancel the rating level that you have set. It is up to you to decide whether to cancel the rating level or not. a DVD disc and press PLAY 1 Load or OPEN/CLOSE (see page 22). the DVD disc has been designed to temporarily cancel the 2 IfRating level, the screen which follows the “Reading” screen will change, depending on which disc is played.
SETTING MENU LANGUAGE You can select the language of the disc menu messages of DVDs. Press SETUP/MENU in the stop 1 mode. Press guage”. or Language Picture Sound Parental to select “Lan- /Enter/Setup/Return or SELECT/ENTER. 2 Press Then press or to select “Menu”. Language Picture Sound Parental Menu English Subtitle Off Audio English /Enter/Setup/Return 3 Press or SELECT/ENTER. Press or to select your desired language, then press SELECT/ENTER.
SETTING SUBTITLE LANGUAGE The same subtitle language can always be selected even if you replace the disc or turn the power off. SETUP/MENU in the stop 1 Press mode. Press guage” or Language Picture Sound Parental to select “Lan- /Enter/Setup/Return 2 Press or SELECT/ENTER. Then press or to select “Subtitle”. Language Menu Subtitle Audio Picture Sound Parental English Off English /Enter/Setup/Return 3 Press or SELECT/ENTER. Press or to select your desired language, then press SELECT/ENTER.
SETTING AUDIO SOUNDTRACK LANGUAGE The same audio soundtrack language can always be selected by your unit even if you replace the disc or turn the power off. SETUP/MENU in the stop 1 Press mode. Press or Language Picture Sound Parental to select “Language”. /Enter/Setup/Return or SELECT/ENTER. 2 Press or to select Then press “Audio”. Language Menu Subtitle Audio Picture Sound Parental English Off English /Enter/Setup/Return 3 Press Press or SELECT/ENTER.
LANGUAGE CODE LIST Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings "AUDIO", "SUBTITLE" and/or "MENU LANGUAGE" (see pages 39~41).
BEFORE REQUESTING SERVICE If your unit does not work properly check the following before calling a service engineer. SYMPTOMS CAUSE SOLUTION PAGE POWER No power. Connect Mains lead to AC outlet. Set it to ON. 3 9 The Mains lead is disconnected. Connect the Mains lead to the AC outlet. 3 Aerial connector is not connected or wires are broken. Check aerial connections or broken wires. 6 ON/STANDBY button is off. Possibly station trouble. Press the ON/STANDBY button. Try another channel.
SPECIFICATION VTD1431 TELEVISION Picture Tube: VTD2031 14" (34 cm "V") measured diagonally 90 degree deflection UK 625 Lines 50 Fields PAL I Electronic Tuner UHF: 21 - 69 UHF 75 ohm unbalanced 1.5 W+1.5W (max) (3.8 x 6.
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QUICK SET-UP GUIDE MODEL VTD1431/VTD2031 Aerial Connections Connect as follows. Loop Aerial supplied (VTD 1431 only) Aerial RF IN Aerial socket Mains lead How to install the batteries Use battery type (AAA/R03/UM-4) size. the cover in direction of 1 Open the arrow and take it off. the batteries as shown 3 Replace the compartment cover. 2 Install below, pay attention to polarities.
Unit Unit turning turning on on Gerät einschalten 1 Power ( Press Power ( ) button. The STANDBY ( ) indicator will light up. ) button 2 Press ON/STANDBY. The STANDBY ( ) indicator will go off.
Channel preset Automatic tuning 1 Press TV/DVD to select TV mode. 2 Press SETUP/MENU. Press or to select CHANNEL SETUP. Then press SELECT/ENTER. MENU CHANNEL SETUP PICTURE AV COLOUR PAL PRESS: ▲ / ▼ / ENTER / MENU 3 Press or to select AUTO. ▲ ▼ 4 5 Then press SELECT/ENTER. All available channels in your area are automatically scanned and stored in the memory of the unit. Press SETUP/MENU repeatedly until normal TV screen appears.
Playback 1 2 3 Press TV/DVD to select the DVD mode. Press (OPEN/CLOSE) on the unit or OPEN/ CLOSE on the remote control. The disc tray will open. Place a disc onto the tray. Hold the disc, position it with the printed label side up, align it with the guides, and place it in its proper position. PLAY. 4 Press The disc tray closes automatically. On the screen, “ ” changes to “Reading” and then playback will commence. • A menu screen may appear on the TV screen, if the disc has a menu feature.
