Helios NeoDigits Helios H4000, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Manual HELIOS H4000 HD Upscaling DVD Player Digital Revolution Your Way ...

Page 2: ... SXGA 1280 X 1024 720P 1080i How will I benefit from the H4000 s high definition video output If you own a HDTV or any other high definition display device you will only be able to play standard DVD titles to as high as 480p NTSC progressive scan or 576p PAL progressive scan resolution video input However your HDTV actually has the capacity to show images much greater than 480p or 576p Therefore y...

Page 3: ...ional Code Distribution 6 DVD Disc Logos 6 Disc Usage and Maintenance 7 Using the Player Display Panel 8 Remote Control 9 Front Panel Overview 10 Rear Panel Overview 10 System Connections 11 Playing Discs 17 Using OSD Guide Menu 18 Player Menu System 24 Getting Help Troubleshooting 31 Product Specifications 32 1 ...

Page 4: ...by pulling on the power cable Do not place heavy objects on top of the player Do not put fingers or other objects into the player 1 Symbols An exclamation point within a triangle is an alert for important instructions on the use of the player To avoid the risk of electric shock DO NOT open the cover of the player A lighting flash and arrowhead within a triangle is a warning sign alerting you of da...

Page 5: ...bstances such as alcohol or gasoline Do not burnish with sand paper 4 Caution a b To avoid the possibility of fire electric shock or damage to player do not expose this device to liquids or moisture This player employs a laser system To prevent direct exposure to laser beam do not open the cover Visible laser beams when uncovered DO NOT stare into beam 5 Reminders a b c To ensure proper use of thi...

Page 6: ... component HDMI and VGA RGB HV Audio outputs include optical coaxial mixed stereo and 5 1 channel audio outputs Upscales standard DVDs to high definition resolution Supports PAL 50hz and NTSC 60hz 720p 1080i 1080p video modes Supports DVD Audio CD VCD SVCD HDCD and MP3 playback Supports firmware upgrade HD DVD player x 1 Remote control x 1 Batteries x 2 AV connection cable x 1 HDMI connection cabl...

Page 7: ...5 Supported Disc Formats Remarks Includes Includes ...

Page 8: ...n Europe South Africa Middle East Greenland South Korea Taiwan Hong Kong Parts of South East Asia Australia New Zealand Latin America including Mexico Eastern Europe Russia India Africa China The H4000 can play DVD titles from all regions listed on the table above ...

Page 9: ...ty discs can cause player malfunctions Always keep discs clean by gently wiping the surface with a soft clean cloth moving from the inner to the outer perimeter If adiscisdirty wetasoftclothinwater wringoutthecloththoroughly wipethedirtaway gently and then remove any water drops from the disc with a soft dry cloth Donotuserecord cleaningspraysoranestheticagentsondiscs Nevercleandiscsusing benzene ...

Page 10: ...DVD Play mode Pause mode Disc type VCD Disc type MP3 1 2 3 4 5 PBC VCD PBC Disc running display Chapter Track number Hours Minutes 6 7 8 9 10 Seconds Dolby Digital DTS logo Repeat all 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ...

Page 11: ...2 PAL NTSC switch between normal PAL NTSC video modes 13 Title jump to main title page of DVD title 14 Menu jump to menu of DVD title 15 Up cursor 16 Left cursor 17 Enter OK 18 Right cursor 19 Down cursor 20 Fast backward 21 Play 22 Fast forward 23 Previous skip backward 24 Pause 25 Next skip forward 26 Stop 27 Slow slow motion playback 28 Volume increase 0 32 29 Volume decrease 0 32 30 Zoom 31 St...

Page 12: ...Previous Previous skips to previous track or page 7 Eject Open Close inserts or ejects disc tray 8 Play Pause Play Pause plays or pauses disc 9 Next Next skips to next track or page 1 5 6 8 9 2 4 7 110V 240V 50 60HZ 1 5 1 channel surround sound audio outputs 2 MIXED audio outputs 3 Component video outputs 4 Coaxial audio output 5 Optical audio output 6 S Video output 7 VGA output 8 Power on off 9 ...

Page 13: ... the right channel socket and then connect the other ends of the white left and red right cables to the corresponding inputs on your TV Connecting via S video If there is an S video input socket in your TV set you can connect the TV and the player using the S video cable Use the supplied audio cable to connect the player to your TV Or you can use the digital audio connection coaxial optical or 5 1...

Page 14: ...ed on your TV Use the supplied audio cable to connect the player to your TV Or you can use digital audio connection coaxial optical or 5 1 channel connection to your AV receiver Connecting via HDMI DVI video Use the HDMI cable to connect the player to HDMI input of your TV You need an HDMI to DVI cable to connect the player to DVI input HDMI will output both video and audio you need to turn off th...

Page 15: ...VGA or RGB HV input of your TV Connecting to a 2 channel audio amplifier Connect the video output of the DVD player to the video input of your TV using the corresponding cables video cable S video cable component cable Connect the audio cable s FL and FR to the sound input L R socket on the amplifier ...

Page 16: ...of your TV using the corresponding cables video cable S video cable component cable Use a fiber optic cable or coaxial cable to connect the optical or coaxial socket located on the rear panel of the player to the AV receiver To setup the Digital Audio options you can go to the system setup Please see Digital Sound Output ...

Page 17: ...e corresponding cables video cable S video cable component cable Connect the 5 1 audio output terminals of the player to the amplifier using the respective connection cables L and R of MIXED FRONT L and R of SURROUND CENTER and SUBWOOFER Ensure that the 6 speakers are connected to the corresponding outputs of the amplifier ...

Page 18: ...16 Recommended Speaker Layout for 5 1 Channel System ...

Page 19: ...ss the button the image will be enlarged 2 3 4 5 times bigger and then it will return to its normal size While zoomed you can move the viewing area using the cursor buttons 4 Mute Press the MUTE BUTTON once to turn on mute and press again to turn off mute 5 Title Some discs will include a Title option This is often a short introduction to the video before going to the DVD menu Press the TITLE butt...

Page 20: ... keys to select a playback function Note you can only select a playback function that is supported by the disc you are playing If a function is not supported by the disc the icon will be highlighted grey DVD screen display Title Chapter Subtitle Channel Repeat Bookmark Multi angle Time Video display File Subtitle Channel Repeat Time Audio CD display Track Play mode Time ...

Page 21: ...scs have only one title This function is used to select different chapters when playing a title with more than one title 1 While playing a disc Press DISPLAY 2 Use the cursor keys to highlight the Chapter option 3 Enter the desired chapter number using the numeric buttons or press up down to skip to the next or pervious chapter Select Chapter Select Subtitle The Default setting for subtitles is Of...

Page 22: ...ct Audio Language This function is used to continuously replay a specific Title or Chapter or a user specified section A to B The default Repeat setting is OFF 1 While playing a disc press DISPLAY 2 Use the cursor keys to highlight the PLAY MODE REPEAT MODE 3 Select the desired repeat mode OR Press REPEAT to switch between Title Repeat Chapter Repeat A B Repeat and back to OFF The bookmark functio...

Page 23: ...AY 2 Use the cursor keys to highlight the Bookmark menu and press ENTER to open the sub menu 3 Use the cursor keys to highlight the Trashcan icon to the left of the book mark and press ENTER This clears the bookmark and makes it available for reuse Some DVD discs have multi angle view options You can select different viewing angles using the Multi Angle play function If the disc does not support m...

Page 24: ...ess Up Down to select Random play and press ENTER To switch back to normal play mode repeat steps 1 3 and select Normal play instead of Random Program Edit the play list and play the disc content in the order you specify You can only use this option when you have edited the play list Play Mode VCD play control PBC VCD play control can be used on a VCD2 0 or higher disc 1 While playing a disc press...

Page 25: ...t of files appears Select a file and press PLAY to begin playback The MP3 menu automatically appears on the screen when playback starts To select a different track press DISPLAY to open the OSD control menu Use the cursor keys to highlight the desired file and press ENTER to begin playing the file Playing a JPEG file Open JPEG files using the same procedure for MP3 files See above While viewing a ...

Page 26: ... if an option has a sub menu there will be an arrowhead on the right hand side of the option Press ENTER to open the sub menu or press the Right button Use the direction buttons to choose the option you want to setup and press ENTER Press back to exit the sub menu or Setup Menu Sound Setup SOUND SETUP allows you to set the sound according to the playback and connection conditions Digital output 1 ...

Page 27: ...urn stereo sound ON or OFF Speaker Setup Speaker setup allows you to set up speaker size distance and volume 1 Select SOUND menu and press OK 2 Use the cursor to select speaker setup Speaker Using this option you can setup the speaker according to the volume of the player The following options are available Left front small large Right front small large Center none small large Left Surround none s...

Page 28: ...ront R Front Center L Surround R Surround 2 Use the cursor keys to adjust distance from 1m to 6 6m Volume 1 Select SOUND menu 2 Use cursor to select SPEAKER SETUP and press OK 3 Select VOLUMR option and press OK 4 Select the desired speaker 5 Use the cursor to adjust volume within 0 to 10db LPCM Output 1 Press SETUP on the remote control select SETUP and press OK 2 Use cursor to select SOUND and p...

Page 29: ...press OK 3 Use cursor to select SMART PLAY and press OK to turn easy play On Off Display Setup In the display menu you can adjust the TV System TV Image S Video HD Scan frequency Video options HDMI mode and HDMI Select options 1 Press SETUP on the remote control 2 Use cursor to select DISPLAY and press OK 3 Use cursor to move to the desired option and press OK NOTE HD SCAN FREQ and Video options a...

Page 30: ...le to accept the video signal in progressive format High Definition 720p 1080i 1080p output The player supports 720p 1080i and 1080p high definition video output 720p 1080i 1080p resolution is available via HDMI and component outputs 720p 1080i available via VGA RGB HV output VGA S VGA XGA SXGA output The player can provide VGA 640 X 480 SVGA 800 X 600 XGA 1024 X 768 SXGA 1280 X 1024 TV Image With...

Page 31: ...select one of three available HDMI modes C YcbCr422 YcbCr444 RGB 1 Press SETUP on the remote control 2 Use cursor to select DISPLAY and press OK 3 Use cursor to select HDMI MODE 4 Press OK repeatedly to select the desired setting HDMI Select This option is used to select the type of TV the player is connected to from the HDMI output You can connect to a HDMI display or a DVI display using a HDMI D...

Page 32: ...and press OK Parental Lock This function restricts playback of DVD video disc which contains undesired ratings The user can set the rating level and the DVD player will not play DVD with a rating above this without the password being entered 1 Press SETUP on the remote control 2 Use the cursor to select LOCK and press OK 3 PASSWORD menu will be displayed 4 Enter the password Default password is 88...

Page 33: ...Video output settings from player are incorrect for the TV Display 3 Damaged Media clean the disc 1 The output settings of the DVD player are not matched with the input settings of the TV Display Recheck both player and TV settings 2 Damaged or poor quality media clean or replace the disc 3 Connect the DVD player directly to the TV set The disc could be dirty or damaged Please clean or replace the...

Page 34: ... this product please feel free to email us at info neodigits com Product Specification Disc types Video output Video performance Audio performance Power supply Power consumption AC 110V 240V 50 60hz 20W Formats DVD SVCD VCD CD HDCD MP3 MP3 WMA MPEG4 DivX Xvid MPEG1 MPEG2 and MPEG4 video file playback Audio output Composite video S Video Y Pb Cb Pr Cr Component video VGA RGB HV video HDMI Video Aud...