LG V290, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...DVD PLAYER VIDEO CASSETTE RECORDER OWNER S MANUAL MODEL V290 Before connecting operating or adjusting this product please read this instruction booklet carefully and completely ENGLISH ...

Page 2: ... by the European Directive 2002 96 EC 2 All electrical and electronic products should be disposed of separately from the municipal waste stream via designated collection facilities appoint ed by the government or the local authorities 3 The correct disposal of your old appliance will help prevent potential negative consequences for the environment and human health 4 For more detailed information a...

Page 3: ...l 17 LOCK Parental Control 17 Rating 17 Password Security Code 17 Area Code 18 OTHERS 18 DivX R VOD 18 Operation Operation with tape 19 22 Playing a tape 19 CM Commercial Message Skip 19 OPR Optimum Picture Response 19 Instant Timer Recording 20 Timer recording using On Screen Display 21 22 Additional Operation VCR part 23 25 Hi Fi Stereo Sound System 23 On Screen Display F OSD 23 Tape Counter Mem...

Page 4: ...playing store the disc in its case Do not expose the disc to direct sunlight or sources of heat and never leave it in a parked car exposed to direct sunlight Cleaning Discs Fingerprints and dust on the disc can cause poor pic ture quality and sound distortion Before playing clean the disc with a clean cloth Wipe the disc from the center out Do not use strong solvents such as alcohol benzine thinne...

Page 5: ...ith one or more num bers in it clearly visible on the cover This number must match your unit s regional code or the disc can not play If you try to play a DVD with a different regional code from your player the message Check Regional Code appears on the TV screen Notes on Copyrights It is forbidden by law to copy broadcast show broad cast via cable play in public or rent copyrighted materi al with...

Page 6: ...gaged DVD to Video tape copy is in progress TV Indicates TV mode See Notes on page 20 Indicates total playing time elapsed time current time 6 Remote Sensor Point the remote control here 7 Tape Compartment 8 DVD VCR DVD VCR Selector 9 x x Stops playback 10 m m Go to beginning of current chapter track or to PREVIOUS chapter track Press and hold for two seconds for a fast reverse search Rewinds the ...

Page 7: ...y frame playback PLAY N N Starts playback STOP Á Á Stops playback MARKER Mark any point during playback SEARCH Display MARKER SEARCH menu CLEAR Clear a track number on the program menu or a mark on the MARKER SEARCH menu Reset tape counter to zero REPEAT Repeat chapter track title all TV Control Buttons see p 32 TV POWER Turns on or off the TV TV AV Selects the TV s source TV PR Selects TV s chann...

Page 8: ... and audio inputs AERIAL Connect the aerial using this jack COAXIAL Digital audio out jack DVD EXCLUSIVE OUT Connect to digital coaxial audio equipment RF OUT Connect to your TV using this jack EURO AV1 AUDIO VIDEO VCR IN OUT DVD OUT Connect to your TV set or another video recorder AC Power Cord Connect to a power source COMPONENT PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO OUT Y Pb Pr DVD EXCLUSIVE OUT Connect to a T...

Page 9: ...your television s Antenna Input R DVD exclusive out connection Component Video connection 1 Connect the COMPONENT PROGRESSIVE SCAN VIDEO OUT jacks on the DVD Player to the corresponding in jacks on the TV using the Y Pb Pr cable C 2 Connect the Left and Right AUDIO OUT jacks of this unit to the audio left right in jacks on the TV using the audio cables A2 Progressive Scan connection If your televi...

Page 10: ...nd A digital multi channel connection provides the best sound quality For this you need a multi channel Audio Video receiver that supports one or more of the audio formats supported by your unit MPEG 2 Dolby Digital and DTS Check the receiver manual and the logos on the front of the receiver Warning Due to the DTS Licensing agreement the digital output will be in DTS digital out when DTS audio str...

Page 11: ...R uses a 24 hour clock e g 1pm will be displayed as 13 00 The day of the week will appear automatically when you enter the year 3 If you make a mistake press b b or B B and enter the correct details 4 Press i to return to a TV picture To set the colour system 1 Press i 2 The main menu will appear on the TV screen 3 Press 1 or 2 to select the SYS and press ENTER OK 4 Press 3 or 4 to select accordin...

Page 12: ...TER OK and use 3 or 4 to select 4 Press i to return to a TV picture Tuning in TV Stations Automatically If the TV broadcast signal is weak your DVD VCR may not detect the necessary information and will not be able to store them correctly To overcome this problem please turn to the MANUAL TUNING section on page 13 1 Press POWER to turn on your DVD VCR 2 Press i button The main menu will appear on t...

Page 13: ...top when it locates a stations Press 2 to select MFT Control the fine tuning of the station by using 3 or 4 7 Press 2 to select STATION so that you may name your TV station Press ENTER OK 8 Use 3 or 4 to select letters and numbers for the station name Use 1 or 2 to move back and forth between characters Press ENTER OK 9 Press i confirm the station placement If you wish to manually tune other stati...

Page 14: ...tations 1 Press i The main menu will appear on the TV screen Use 1 or 2 to select the PR SET Press ENTER OK 2 Press i 3 Press 3 or 4 to select the programme number you want to delete for example PR 01 4 Press 1 After a short while the selected station will be deleted If you wish to delete other TV stations repeat stages 3 4 5 Press i to remove the menus from the TV screen SYS 1 2 SET OSD ON OFF OS...

Page 15: ...ustments to items such as picture and sound You can also set a language for the subtitles and the Setup menu among other things For details on each Setup menu item see pages 15 to 18 To display and exit the Menu Press SETUP to display the menu A second press of SETUP will take you back to initial screen To go to the next level Press B on the remote control To go back to the previous level Press b ...

Page 16: ...s on the upper and lower portions of the screen Panscan Automatically displays the wide picture on the entire screen and cuts off the portions that do not fit Progressive Scan Progressive Scan Video provides the highest quality pictures with less flickering If you are using the Component Video jacks for connection to a TV or monitor that is compatible with a progressive scan signal set Progressive...

Page 17: ...n the loudest sounds and the quietest ones This allows you to listen to a movie at a lower volume without losing clarity of sound Set DRC to On for this effect Vocal Set to On only when a multi channel karaoke DVD is playing The karaoke channels on the disc mix into nor mal stereo sound LOCK Parental Control Rating Blocks playback of rated DVDs based on their content Not all discs are rated 1 Sele...

Page 18: ... R settings can be changed DivX R VOD We provide you the DivX VOD Video On Demand registration code that allows you to rent and purchase videos using the DivX VOD service For more informa tion visit www divx com vod 1 Select DivX R VOD option then press B 2 Press ENTER OK while Select is selected and the registration code will appear Use the registration code to purchase or rent the videos from Di...

Page 19: ...e speed and without sound Press the N button to return to playback at normal speed Picture search During playing back press either BACKWARD or FORWARD to this will enable you to rapidly wind the tape see where you are on the tape Logic search During fast forwarding or rewinding press and hold m or M the picture will be played back at 7 times normal playback speed 5 Slow motion playback Shuttle Dur...

Page 20: ...r recording from EURO AV1 SCART jacks on the rear of your unit AV 2 for recording from EURO AV2 DECODER jacks on the rear of your unit AV 3 for recording from VIDEO IN and AUDIO IN Left Right jacks on the front of your unit 5 Press LP if you wish to record in Long Play or Standard Play SP will produce improved picture and sound quality however LP will provide twice as much recording time as SP 6 P...

Page 21: ... v V to enter the date of the programme If you press ENTER OK before entering the date you may select one of the following automated recording features Press 1 or 2 to select then press ENTER OK to confirm DLY To record every day except Saturday and Sunday at the same time SU SA To record at the same time every week 6 Use v V 1 2 buttons to enter the recording start and end times of the programme ...

Page 22: ...ain to put the VCR into timer recording standby mode If at a later date you wish to delete or change any of the settings in timer event memory you may do so without having to enter all the timer event information again Simply display the timer event screen Use v or V to select the event that you wish to delete or change Press b to delete the event or Press ENTER OK to change then press b or B to s...

Page 23: ...e counter amount of tape left day month year day of week programme channel tape speed and operational mode of your DVD VCR on the TV screen If a recording is taking place these On Screen Displays will not be recorded onto the tape 1 Press CLK CNT to display Press CLK CNT repeatedly to cycle through the display options The tape counter and amount of tape left will appear if there is a tape loaded 2...

Page 24: ...amme successfully the correct type of wide screen signal must be broadcast by the TV station 1 Switch on your DVD VCR Press i Press F or G to select Press ENTER OK 2 Press v V repeatedly to select AUTO 4 3 or 16 9 AUTO Playback mode only Automatically plays back Wide Screen programmes as Wide Screen and Normal programmes as normal 4 3 Only for playing back and recording Normal format recordings 4 ...

Page 25: ...opy protected using CopyGuard you will not be able to record it using this unit See Copyright on page 5 for more details To record for a fixed length of time see Instant Timer Recording Copying from DVD to VCR You can copy the contents of a DVD to a Video tape 1 Insert the disc you wish to copy into the DVD deck and close the disc tray 2 Insert a blank video tape into the VCR deck 3 Find the place...

Page 26: ... point A and point B and repeats a sequence from point A Starting point to point B End point ZOOM During playback or pause mode press ZOOM to enlarge the video image 4 steps You can move through the zoomed picture using b B v V buttons Press CLEAR to exit RANDOM During playback or in stop mode press RANDOM for random playback TITLE If the current DVD title has a menu the title menu appears on the ...

Page 27: ...er a Marker You can start playback from up to nine memorized points To enter a marker press MARKER at the desired point on the disc The Marker icon appears on the TV screen briefly Repeat to enter up to nine markers To Recall or Clear a Marked Scene 1 During disc playback press SEARCH The marker search menu appears on the screen 2 Within 10 seconds press b B to select a marker number that you want...

Page 28: ...Y Repeat Programmed Tracks Press REPEAT to select a desired repeat mode Track repeats the current track All repeats all the tracks on the Program list Off No display does not play repeatedly Note If you press once during Repeat Track playback the repeat playback cancels Erasing a Track from Program List 1 During STOP mode press PROGRAM and the mark will appear 2 Use v V b B to select the track tha...

Page 29: ...ng b B v V buttons To rotate picture Press v V during showing a picture to rotate the pic ture clockwise or counter clockwise To listen to MP3music watching picture You can display files while listening to MP3 music files recorded on the same disc 1 Insert the disc containing the two types of file in the player 2 Press TITLE to display PHOTO menu 3 Press v V to select a photo file 4 Use B V to sel...

Page 30: ...ly during playback press and hold SUBTITLE about 3 seconds then press b B to select another language code until the subtitle is displayed properly Note The DivX subtitle file name has to be identified with the DivX file name to display by this unit List Movie Folder 1 Movie Folder 2 Movie Folder 3 Movie Folder 4 Movie Folder 5 Movie Folder 6 Movie Folder 7 Movie Folder 8 MOVIE 0 00 00 DivX disc co...

Page 31: ...the TV screen when you press DISC MENU buttons while playing 3 Press v V to select a track then press PLAY or ENTER and playback starts 4 Press DISC MENU to move to the list menu Note Unfinalized DVD R RW discs cannot be played in this player Some DVD VR disc are made with CPRM data by DVD RECORDER Player does not support these kinds of discs What is CPRM CPRM is a copy protection system with scra...

Page 32: ... the appropriate code number again Maintenance and Service Refer to the information in this chapter before contacting a service technician Handling the Unit When shipping the unit Please save the original shipping carton and packing materials If you need to ship the unit for maximum protection re pack the unit as it was originally packed at the factory Keeping the exterior surfaces clean Do not us...

Page 33: ...377 Sanskrit 8365 Scots Gaelic 7168 Serbian 8382 Serbo Croatian 8372 Shona 8378 Sindhi 8368 Language Code Singhalese 8373 Slovak 8375 Slovenian 8376 Somali 8379 Spanish 6983 Sudanese 8385 Swahili 8387 Swedish 8386 Tagalog 8476 Tajik 8471 Tamil 8465 Tatar 8484 Telugu 8469 Thai 8472 Tibetan 6679 Tigrinya 8473 Tonga 8479 Turkish 8482 Turkmen 8475 Twi 8487 Ukrainian 8575 Urdu 8582 Uzbek 8590 Vietnames...

Page 34: ... is dirty The Rating level is set There is an obstacle in the path of the remote control and this unit The batteries in the remote control are exhausted Is the cassette compartment empty Audio mode is not set properly Correction Plug the power cord into the wall outlet securely Insert a disc Select the appropriate video input mode on the TV so the picture from the this unit appears on the TV scree...

Page 35: ...tors only Harmonic distortion Less than 0 008 Dynamic range More than 100 dB DVD More than 95 dB CD Inputs VCR Audio 6 0dBm more than 10 kohms SCART 6 0dBm more than 47 kohms RCA Video 1 0 Vp p 75 ohms unbalanced SCART RCA Outputs DVD VIDEO OUT 1 Vp p 75 ohms sync negative COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y 1 0 V p p 75 Ω negative sync RCA jack x 1 Progressive Scan Pb Pr 0 7 V p p 75 Ω RCA jack x 2 RGB output ...