RCA RTD250, User Manual

Page 1: ...R OUND RECEIVER RTD250 D i g i t a l S o u n d P r o c e s s o r mp3 CD R RW COMPATIBLE u s e r m a n u a l RTD250 It is important to read this instruction book prior to using your new product for the first time Es importante leer este manual antes de usar por vez primera su euipo ...

Page 2: ...U S Government Printing Office Washington DC 20402 Please speci fy stock number 004 000 00345 4 when ordering copies This product complies with DHHS Rules 21 CFR Subchapter J Applicable at the date of manufacture For Your Safety The AC power plug is polarized one blade is wider than the other and only fits into AC power outlets one way If the plug won t go into the outlet com pletely turn the plug...

Page 3: ...ebox This music management software to be installed on your PC allows you to compress music files recorded from you audio CDs into mp3 format and stores them on your PC It makes the search and download of Internet music easier It allows for the management of compressed music and the creation of your own playlist The Jukebox is a true audio player installed on your PC It gives access to thousands o...

Page 4: ...mote Control 11 Display 12 Switching On Off 13 Selection of Audio Video Source 13 Using the Remote to Control Additional Components 14 Advanced Sound Control Sound Enhancement Systems 15 Fine Setting of Components 16 Fine Setting of the Speakers 17 Advanced Setting 17 DVD Player Basic Playback Features 19 Quick Search 19 Freeze Frame and Frame Advance 19 Slow Motion Playback DVD only 20 Progressiv...

Page 5: ...ith yellow connectors one instruction book one safety leaflet one Quick Connection Guide One RCA Universal Remote Control RCR311AAM1 Unpacking The Speakers one set of speakers including 1 set of left and right front speakers 1 centre speaker 1 subwoofer and 1 set of left and right rear speakers FRONT SPEAKERS CENTER SPEAKER SUBWOOFER REAR SPEAKERS SURROUND SOUND 1 X white black wire for front left...

Page 6: ...shelf of the stand so heated air rising from it will not affect other components Disc Information EN 3 BAND APP REPEAT RANDOM PROGRAM DISPLAY TEST BASS TRE PHONES OPEN CLOSE DISC SKIP PROGRESSIVE SCAN SOUND MODE SOURCE VOLUME ON STANDBY 5 DVD CD CHANGER DIGITAL SURROUND RECEIVER RTD250 PROG SCAN About CDR CDRW Audio mp3 Compact Disk Audio CDA DVD Video DVD Audio This model is compatible to play CD...

Page 7: ... IN TV S VIDEO IN TV COMPONENT IN TV Component video output Component video terminal provides the best connection for video By separating the color information Pb Pr and the luminance signal Y the image is improved comparing with S video or composite video connection result may vary on different TV monitor If your TV is equipped with these terminals e g Y Pb Pr Y Cb Cr Y B Y R Y use an appropriate...

Page 8: ...the white wire on the AM lop antenna is inserted into the left terminal HINT For FM reception extend antenna to its full length and arrange the Antenna at different parts of the room until the reception is optimized For AM reception rotate the antenna horizontally to get better reception DIGITAL OPTICAL OUT FM AC 120V 60Hz GND AM LOOP L L R R FRONT 6 Ω REAR 6 Ω SPEAKERS COMPONENT DVD ONLY Cr Cb Y ...

Page 9: ...r Speaker Blue Black Rear Left Speaker Grey Black Rear Right Speaker Purple Black Subwoofer Connect the speaker wire to the back of L R front speakers and to the corresponding color terminals on the rear of the receiver Do the same for center speaker rear speakers and the subwoofer Speaker Polarity When connecting the speakers make sure the polarities speaker wire to on the receiver of speaker wir...

Page 10: ...elded in order to prevent picture distor tion Front and center speakers provided with this unit are magnetically shielded to protect your TV set It is not recommended to place the rear speakers near the TV set Front Speaker Placement Even if you can t duplicate this ideal home theater setup exactly the suggestions for speaker placement that follow will help you get good results Alignment Align the...

Page 11: ...l mounting is the only choice aim the speakers at each other A towards the front B or even towards the sidewalls C D Experiment with placement until surround sounds seem to envelop you rather than coming from behind you No adjacent walls Surrounds can go on stands facing each other to approxi mate the preferred sidewall mounting A or to the sides or rear of the viewing area aimed upwards In the la...

Page 12: ...lti channel outputs to 2 channel stereo for your listening pleasure Hearing Comfort Well Being Do not play your headset at a high volume Hearing experts advise against continuous extended play If you experience a ringing in your ears reduce volume or discontinue use Factory Setting The unit is preset to the following setting when you first turn on the power Source TUNER Volume setting 25 Bass Treb...

Page 13: ...ustment is not allowed for DTS source 1 Press and hold to activate progressive scan 2 Press to toggle between on off within 3 seconds 3 Release to validate 9 OPEN CLOSE Press to open close the CD door You may replace all non playing discs during playback 10 DISC SKIP Press to skip to the next disc in the tray 11 VOLUME Turn the knob to adjust volume level 12 PLAY PAUSE To play and pause DVD CD pla...

Page 14: ...store desired frequency in memory The flashing word PROG in red will appear in display Input your desired channel number while the word is still flashing and the frequency will be stored For details refer to Storing Radio Stations under Manual Preset on page 38 In DVD mode press for menu setup for DVD title 10 Operation Buttons TUNER press TUNER on the remote to enter tuner mode In TUNER mode you ...

Page 15: ...ently in playback mode Currently in pause mode PARENTAL LOCK Parental lock is on and a password is required to view DVDs above a specific rating level TITLE Title number for DVD playback TRACK Track number being played CHAP Chapter number for DVD playback PROG Program mode is activated TUNED Tuner station detected ST Tuner stereo signal detected REPEAT REPEAT TRACK REPEAT CHAP REPEAT A B REPEAT FO...

Page 16: ... and video input corresponding to the name will be activated The receiver acts as a switching device between all the sources that are plugged into it Example 1 If you connect a VCR player to the VCR input audio video on the receiver and press the SOURCE button until VCR shows on the display You will be able to have the sound and image transmitted by the VCR NOTE Your receiver has a 2 week back up ...

Page 17: ...through The red led will turn off 4 While you are still pressing the VOL button press the device button that you want the volume command to punch through from the red led will turn on until the VOL button is released 5 Removing the batteries will reset the remote such that once again the receiver VOL MUTE codes are sent in TV mode Note If an invalid key is pressed the remote led blinks four times ...

Page 18: ...by Surround This unit is equipped with Dolby Digital 5 1 channel so that you can enjoy enhanced full digital surround sound Different from Dolby Pro Logic in that only four channels Front Left Front Right Centre and Rear are used the new system provides stereo separation of the rear speakers Rear Right Rear Left Adding the to the 5 channels the subwoofer channel for bass sounds counted as 0 1 chan...

Page 19: ...d Disco DSP automatically converts analog audio signals to digital ones which enables you to adjust the sound with out degrading the sound quality Different modes will give you different feels of size and types of listening environ ment Not available in Dolby Digital and DTS Night Mode By using Dynamic Range Compression technology you can enjoy enhanced Dolby Digital sound quality at night with ou...

Page 20: ...eaker distance column is selected you may press the up down button to adjust the distance from the front rear and center speakers individu ally To change the speaker level In the speaker setup menu press the left or right button to select a speaker When the speaker level column is selected you may press the up down button to adjust the level of the front rear and center speakers individually To te...

Page 21: ...ow many and which speaker you have enabled See Fine Setting of the Speakers and the letters inside the speaker icons show which channel is present in the source information For example the diagram shown means you have all five speakers and subwoofer enabled and the digital sources you played have five channels plus LFE complemented Dolby Digital 5 1 Channels LFE stands for Low Frequency Effect The...

Page 22: ...STOP once to stop playback and go into resume mode Quick search 1 While playing a disc press REVERSE on the remote con trol to scan backwards through the disc Press FORWARD on the remote for scanning forward Press repeatedly to change searching speed to 1 2 or 3 times for VCD and 1 2 3 or 4 for DVD 2 Press PLAY at any time to resume normal playback Freeze frame frame advance 1 Press PAUSE on the r...

Page 23: ...es sive scan function is active Note The progressive Scan function can only be selected in STOP mode On screen banner display You can access the on screen banner display during play back to select many playback features Each feature is illus trated with an icon However each feature shown in the banner is available only if the disc was created with that particular feature An invalid icon appears on...

Page 24: ...electing audio language 1 Refer to the previous page General use to open the subtitle menu or press AUDIO on the remote control to select the audio channel 2 Press the UP DOWN key to select the audio channel you want then press OK to confirm Selecting subtitle language 1 Refer to the previous page General use to open the subtitle menu 2 Press the UP or DOWN key to select the subtitle you want then...

Page 25: ...kmark when reaching a scene of interest 3 TTo add another bookmark move the cursor to the right with the arrow button Then press OK to add a bookmark when reaching a scene of interest 4 Move the cursor to the door icon and then press OK to exit menu Recalling bookmarks 1 Refer to page 20 General use to open the bookmark menu 2 Use the arrows on the remote to move the cursor yellow frame to the Go ...

Page 26: ...an only be activated during STOP Resume mode However if there is program saved already program play can be activated during plaback mode 2 The box under Title will be highlighted automatically Use the arrows on the remote to select title and chapter 3 Add will be highlighted automatically after chapter is selected Press OK to add selected track and chapter s onto playlist 4 Move to highlight Play ...

Page 27: ...from the OSD banner or press and hold the PROGRAM button on the main unit to dis play the program edit playlist 2 use the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight and select on the playlist the item before which you want to insert a chapter 3 Use the LEFT and RIGHT arrows to select Title or Chapter then the UP and DOWN arrows to select the number 4 Use the LEFT and DOWN arrows to highlight Insert and then pr...

Page 28: ...nguage Choosing an audio language from the on screen banner display will only overwrite this setting temporarily 1 Open the audio language menu 2 Use the UP and DOWN arrows to select a language and then press OK For languages other than the available options 3 Press DOWN to select Other and then press OK 4 Use 0 9 to enter the code for the chosen language then select OK to return to the main menu ...

Page 29: ...e available options 3 Move down and select Other and then press OK 4 Use 0 9 to enter the code for the chosen language then select OK to return to the main menu Menu language This step will define the language of menus and other short messages shown on screen 1 Open the menu language menu 2 Use the UP or DOWN arrows to scroll the selections and select the language and then press OK to return to th...

Page 30: ...PAA rating symbols of G level 2 PG Parental Guidance level 4 PG13 Parental Guidance and 13 years old level 4 R Restricted level 6 and NC17 from 17 years old level 7 the player includes a total of 8 rating steps corresponding to the existing disc rating steps These additional steps allow for a better control the of pro gram playback for all audiences Level 8 All DVDs can be played Factory preset Le...

Page 31: ...r password 1 Refer to page 25 General use to open the password menu 2 Use the number buttons to enter the password and then press OK 3 Move up or down the menu using the UP or DOWN arrows and select Clear Password Press OK to clear the password Use the LEFT arrow to return to the main menu NOTE when an incorrect password is entered a new password menu appears so that you can enter and confirm the ...

Page 32: ...ct 4 3 Pan Scan for a 16 9 movie you will get the left and right edges are hidden for a 4 3 movie for both selections you will get Note You may need to deactivate progressive scan when viewing a video program recorded in 4 3 aspect Some 16 9 TV set will not be able to adjust to 4 3 when progressive scan is ON If this happens try to disable progressive scan Dynamic range 1 To disable enable the dyn...

Page 33: ...ME D I G I TA L PRO LOGIC INTRORANDOM L C R LS LFE RS DVD VCD CD MP3 mp3 recommendations Use mp3 as the extension when converting audio files into mp3 for saving onto CD R W or CD ROM e g Rocky08 mp3 Do not use any other extension e g doc pdf Do not use the mp3 extension for other text or non audio data files as this may result in serious malfunction and harmful noise interference Most commonly av...

Page 34: ...k scan 1 Press FORWARD or REVERSE on the remote to scan through a track quickly during playback To change speed to 1 2 or 3 times press repeatedly during scan Quick scan does not work with mp3 music 2 Press PLAY on the main unit or the remote to resume normal playback PROGR SCA ISC SKIP NOTE When playback is interrupted the location at which it stopped will be memorized Playback will resume at the...

Page 35: ...the programmed tracks usable in stop mode only 3 Repeat Disc repeatedly plays the selected or currently playing disc 4 Repeat Track plays one track over repeatedly 5 Repeat All Disc plays all discs in the tray repeatedly only workable when at least one of the discs is audio CD 6 Random randomly plays all the tracks of that disc 7 Random All Disc randomly plays all discs in the tray repeatedly work...

Page 36: ...e bookmark menu 2 Use the UP arrow to move the cursor green frame to the Go To check line Then use the LEFT or RIGHT arrow to navigate to the bookmark you want to access 3 Press OK to recall the bookmarked point 4 Use the arrow buttons to move the cursor to the door icon then press OK to exit menu Clearing bookmarks The bookmarks are cleared each time a disc is removed from the player or when the ...

Page 37: ... Playlist then use the UP or DOWN arrow to select and highlight the programmed track you want to delete from the playlist 3 Use the arrow buttons to highlight Delete and then press OK to delete a track 4 Highlight Play to start program playback or Done to return to normal playback with program saved and then press OK Insert track 1 In stop mode press and hold PROGRAM on the main unit or enter the ...

Page 38: ...the arrow but tons on the remote to select the folder you wish to play 2 To playback all the files contained in the folder press OK to first enter the folder then PLAY if you are in stop mode If playback has already started press OK Playback stops when all the files have been played 3 To exit a folder use the arrow buttons to select the then press OK Playmode selection for mp3 1 You can select you...

Page 39: ... 4 Once all the files have been selected move the cursor to the file in the playlist and press OK to begin playlist play back 5 Press STOP to end playlist playback Delete a specific File from the Program List 1 Use the LEFT or RIGHT arrow to select program list then use the UP or DOWN arrow to select file to be delet ed and move to delete icon and press OK to delete Delete All 1 In stop mode use t...

Page 40: ...o normal mode press the ZOOM or STOP but ton Note The zooming function will not be available if your image pixels count is too low Slideshow mode 1 In JPEG mode Press PLAY PAUSE on the main unit or PLAY on the remote control to start the slideshow Pictures will be shown on screen for 5 seconds and fade playback will stop until all the files are played 2 You can pause viewing by pressing the PAUSE ...

Page 41: ...repeatedly until the desired station is found Alternatively you can press and hold the same buttons for about one second to activate the automatic SEARCH func tion In this mode the receiver will automatically tune fre quencies until it finds a station 6 Repeat steps 5 to tune to another radio station Select a sound effect if needed by pressing DSP ON STANDBY BAND AAP REPEAT RAN D i g i t a l S o u...

Page 42: ...anual tuning on page 38 above for details 3 Press MENU on the remote control PROG will appear on the display 4 While the word PROG is still flashing input your desired preset number 1 40 using the numeric keys on the remote control to store the radio station Retrieving preset stations 1 Press SOURCE on the unit or TUNER on the remote control to enter the tuner mode 2 Press PRESET or PRESET on the ...

Page 43: ...figuration in the menu Noise interference appears on the TV while watching a TV program and the DVD player is left on Turn off the DVD player The TV is too close to the audio system Volume level differences playing different disc types DVDs audio video CDs Adjust the master volume No audio from one channel Check the speaker level setting Check the speaker wire or cable connections Remote control T...

Page 44: ...layer set up If the audio or subtitle language is not available on the DVD disc the language selected during initial player set up will not be heard or seen The disc s priority language default language is selected automatically If you want another language press menu during playback if the disc has its own language selection menu Refer to page 21 Radio STEREO indicator is off Adjust the antenna T...

Page 45: ... intended to be recharged Transportation information Unplug the unit when the STANDBY LED is on while in STANDBY mode Safety precautions Never open the cabinet under any circumstances Any repairs or internal adjustments should be made only by a trained technician Never operate this product with the cabinet removed Do not touch the player with wet hands If any liquid enters the player cabinet take ...

Page 46: ... 1179 1185 Portland 1004 1005 1006 1016 1171 Price Club 1105 Prism 1054 Proscan 1000 1181 Proton 1004 1006 1012 1093 Pulsar 1004 1151 Quasar 1003 1054 1070 1094 TV CODES Abex 1172 Admiral 1001 1173 1211 Adventura 1174 Aiko 1016 Akai 1002 Alleron 1046 Amtron 1038 Anam National 1003 1038 1192 1193 1194 AOC 1004 1005 1006 1007 1175 1176 1195 Audiovox 1038 Belcor 1004 Bell Howell 1001 1083 1162 Bradfo...

Page 47: ...71 1173 Shogun 1004 Signature 1001 1083 1115 Simpson 1008 Sony 1002 1205 1216 1218 Soundesign 1004 1006 1008 1038 1046 Squareview 1189 SSS 1004 1038 Starlite 1038 Supre Macy 1174 Supreme 1002 Sylvania 1004 1006 1008 1019 1062 1068 1069 1075 1076 1077 1088 1116 1161 1183 Symphonic 1033 1038 1189 Tandy 1173 Tatung 1003 Technics 1054 Techwood 1004 1006 1054 Teknika 1004 1005 1006 1008 1012 1013 1014 ...

Page 48: ...8 Kashmiri 7583 Kazakh 7575 Kanyarwanda 8287 Kirghiz 7589 Kirundi 8278 Korean 7579 Kurdish 7585 Laothian 7679 Latin 7665 Latvian Leltish 7684 Lingala 7678 Lithuanian 7684 Macedonian 7775 Malagasy 7771 Malay 7783 Malayalam 7776 Maltese 7784 Maori 7773 Marathi 7782 Moldavian 7779 Mongolian 7778 Naru 7865 Nepali 7869 Norwegian 7879 Occitan 7967 Oriya 7982 Oroma Atan 7977 Punjabi 8065 Pashto Pushao 80...

Page 49: ... dam age Product Registration Please complete and mail the Product Registration Card packed with your product It will make it easier to contact you should it ever be necessary The return of the card is not required for warranty coverage Limitation of Warranty THE WARRANTY STATED ABOVE IS THE ONLY WAR RANTY APPLICABLE TO THIS PRODUCT ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WAR...

Page 50: ...ning of audio heads Batteries A unit that has been modified or incorporated into other products or is used for institutional or other commercial purposes A unit purchased or serviced outside Canada Acts of nature such as but not limited to lightning dam age Product Registration Please complete and mail the Product Registration Card packed with your product It will make it easier to contact you sho...

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Page 54: ...iente final Bajo el siguiente término No Poliza Producto Partes Mano de Obra Televisores c cinescopio de 36 6 cm 2 años cinescopio 1 año 14 pulgadas y menores 1 año otras partes Televisores c cinescopio de 48 3 cm 2 años cinescopio 2 años 19 pulgadas y mayores 2 años otras partes Televisión de Proyección 1 año 1 año Videocaseteras 1 año 1 año Videocámaras 1 año 1 año Equipos de Audio 1 año 1 año R...

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