Samsung DVD-V4800, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...Instruction Manual DVD V4800 www samsungusa com ...

Page 2: ...Remote Control Overview ...

Page 3: ...uce heat 9 Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding type plug A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect th...

Page 4: ...y 14 Channel Add Delete 15 Front Panel Dimmer 15 Auto Power Off 16 7 DVD Setup Disc Menu Language 16 Audio Language 17 Subtitle Language 17 Digital Output 18 DTS 18 Dynamic Compression 19 PCM Down Sampling 19 TV Aspect Ratio 20 Black Level 20 Alt Video Out 21 Parental 21 8 DVD Operations Special Playback Features 22 Disc Menu Navigation 23 EZ View 23 Title Chapter Time Selection 24 Angle View 25 S...

Page 5: ...e counter Note Discs which cannot be played with this player DVD ROM DVD RAM CDI CDV HD layer of super Audio CD CDGs play audio only not graphics Ability to play back may depend on recording conditions DVD R CD RW DVD RW RW CD ROM Disc Type and Characteristics Disc Markings Play Region Number DIGITAL SOUND STEREO NTSC WMA Play Region Number NTSC broadcast system in U S A Canada Korea Japan etc Dol...

Page 6: ...h the on screen menu 12 Cm 8 Cm 74 min 20 min 74 min 20 min Audio Video Video with CD sound VHS quality MPEG 1 compression technology 12 Cm 8 Cm Audio An LP is recorded as an analog signal with more distortion CD is recorded as a Digital Signal with better audio quality less distortion and less deterioration of audio quality over time When you unpack the DVD VCR please check the following list of ...

Page 7: ... 10 FAST FORWARD FWD 11 RECORD 12 EZ VIEW 13 FRONT PANEL DISPLAY 14 CHANNEL 15 DVD VCR SELECT 16 PROGRESSIVE 17 COMPOSITE VIDEO JACK 18 LEFT AUDIO JACK 19 RIGHT AUDIO JACK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 S VIDEO OUT 2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OPTICAL 3 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT COAXIAL 4 COMPONENT VIDEO OUT 5 AUDIO LINE OUT TO TV S VIDEO OR COMPONENT 6 LINE IN 1 7 LINE OUT TO TV COMPOSITE 8 RF ANTENNA INPUT 9 RF OUT TO TV ...

Page 8: ...ur DVD VCR to your TV s Line In jacks Use the three cables as follows red for right audio white for left audio and yellow for video NOTE If your TV is equipped with RCA jacks it is better to use the Line Connection method 3 Plug In Your DVD VCR s power should be plugged into a standard 120V 60Hz wall outlet Avoid pressing any buttons on the remote control or on the unit during an Auto Setup While ...

Page 9: ...e whether your television is compatible follow the instructions below 1 Switch your television on 2 Point the remote control towards the television 3 Hold down the TV button and enter the two figure code corresponding to the brand of your television by pressing the appropriate numeric buttons Brand Codes Brand Codes SAMSUNG 01 14 15 23 LOEWE 28 SHARP 02 16 22 ZENITH 17 SONY 03 LG 06 08 18 RCA 07 2...

Page 10: ...onnect the LEFT RIGHT Line Out jacks on the rear panel of your DVD VCR to the LEFT RIGHT Audio Line In jacks on your TV When connecting your DVD VCR to a TV with the S Video or Component Video Output make sure that you must use these Line Out jacks to obtain audio To activate your connection see Alt Video Out on page 21 To S Video Input on Your TV To Component Video Input on Your TV To Left Right ...

Page 11: ... a Dolby Digital Decoder or 2 Play Device Play your external device then press the INPUT SEL button until the playback from Line1 rear panel inputs or Line2 front panel inputs appears on your TV screen 3 Record Device Press Record on the Front panel and Remote Control 4 Timer Record From Device Select Line1 L1 or Line2 L2 as your record source in the Timer Record menu See page 32 All other Timer R...

Page 12: ... a disc in the center of the tray with the label printed side facing up 3 Close the Disc Tray Press the OPEN CLOSE button on your remote control or on the front panel of the unit to close the disc tray 4 Play a DVD Press the ll PLAY PAUSE button on your remote control or on the front panel of the unit Most discs will start to playback as soon as the tray closes If a DVD has a MENU the menu may pop...

Page 13: ...e these buttons to move the selection bar UP DOWN and LEFT RIGHT to cycle through the menu options 3 ENTER Button Press this button to confirm any new settings 4 RETURN Button Press this button to return to the last MENU screen displayed or to exit the on screen MENU all together When watching TV using the DVD VCR s built in TV tuner use the buttons below 1 TV VCR Press this button to switch betwe...

Page 14: ...and to return to the Clock Set Adjust Press the RETURN button three times to exit the menu Language English Front Display Auto Auto Power Off Off Manual Clock 2004 THU Tuner Band Setting This feature allows you to manually set the DVD VCR s tuner band to Antenna or Cable whichever you connected to the Antenna In jack during initial setup Use this setting only if Auto Setup detected the incorrect t...

Page 15: ...H Auto Channel Memory Channel Add Delete Language English Front Display Auto Auto Power Off Off RF Output Channel Use this feature if DVD VCR is connected to TV using RF antenna cable 1 Open MENU With the DVD in Stop or Play mode press the MENU button 2 Select SETUP Using the UP DOWN buttons move the selection bar to Setup then press ENTER to select 3 Select Channel Using the UP DOWN buttons move ...

Page 16: ...dd or delete additional channels Ant Cable Antenna RF Output CH 3CH Auto Channel Memory Channel Add Delete CHANNEL ADD DELETE Select channel 02 and press to ADD press to DELETE RETURN CH Language English Front Display Auto Auto Power Off Off Front Panel Dimmer You can set the Front Panel Display to be bright all the time dim all the time dim during power off 1 Open MENU With the DVD in Stop or Pla...

Page 17: ... Set Disc Menu Language Preference Highlight your preferred language for disc menus then press the ENTER button ENG 16 Auto Power Off 1 Open MENU With the DVD in Stop or Play mode press the MENU button 2 Select SETUP Using the UP DOWN buttons move the selection bar to SETUP then press ENTER to select 3 Set Auto Power Off Move the selection bar to Auto Power Off then press RIGHT button to select fr...

Page 18: ...hlight your preferred language for audio soundtracks then press the ENTER button Subtitle Language To set the Subtitle Language to your preferred language follow these steps If your preferred language is available on a DVD your Subtitle Language will automatically be set to the language you choose 1 Open MENU Press the MENU button while the DVD is in Stop mode 2 Select DVD Use the UP DOWN buttons ...

Page 19: ... DTS decoder PCM Down Sampling On Off On ENG 18 Digital Output If your A V receiver is equipped with a Dolby Digital decoder your DVD VCR can output Dolby Digital 5 1 sound but you MUST enable this feature in the menu system to prevent damage to your speakers NOTE Select Bitstream ONLY if you have connected a Dolby Digital equipped A V receiver to the Digital Output coaxial on the DVD VCR rear pan...

Page 20: ...g quiet passages in the audio signal louder and loud passages softer Off This will preserve the original dynamic range PCM Down Sampling On Off On On On Off PCM Down Sampling If your amplifier is not capable of reproducing a 96kHz signal PCM downsampling should be set to on 1 Open MENU Press the MENU button while the DVD is in Stop mode 2 Select DVD Use the UP DOWN buttons to highlight DVD then pr...

Page 21: ... the S Video or Component Video connection method only for the DVD player The tuner and VCR can still be viewed through the RF or line outputs ENG 20 TV Aspect Ratio Set the aspect ratio length x width of your TV screen so the DVD player will display movies at the appropriate size for your television Choose from standard letterbox or widescreen format 1 Open MENU Press the MENU button while the DV...

Page 22: ...picture will be disturbed On Display Setup Alt Video Out Parental Rating Control is a password protected system that allows you to block playback of DVDs based on their content The system uses an eight level rating system If you try to play a DVD that exceeds the selected rating an error message will appear Not all discs are rated 1 Open MENU Press the MENU button while the DVD is in Stop mode 2 S...

Page 23: ... 8X 32X 128X speed Press ll PLAY PAUSE button to resume normal speed NOTE CD search speed 2X 4X 8X 4 Slow Motion During playback press the ll PLAY PAUSE button to pause the image Press and hold the Search FORWARD to play in slow motion at variable speeds Press and hold the FORWARD button on the remote and front panel to increase the speed from normal playback to 1 8 1 4 or 1 2 speed Audio is muted...

Page 24: ...back Features EZ View 1 Press the EZ VIEW button on the front panel The screen size changes when the button is pressed repeatedly The screen zoom mode operates differently depending on the screen setting in the initial setup menu To ensure correct operation of the EZ VIEW button you should set the correct aspect ratio in the initial setup See the page 20 2 If you are using a 16 9 TV For 16 9 aspec...

Page 25: ...cally stretched Zoom Fit The top bottom left and right of the screen are cut off and the central portion of the screen is enlarged Vertical Fit When a 4 3 DVD is viewed on a 16 9 TV black bars will appear at the left and right of the screen in order to prevent the picture from looking horizontally stretched 3 If you are using a 4 3 TV For 16 9 aspect ratio discs 4 3 Letter Box Displays the content...

Page 26: ...e as a reference Refers to the language of the film soundtrack In the example the soundtrack is played in English 5 1CH A DVD disc can have up to eight different soundtracks Refers to the subtitle languages available in the disc You will be able to choose the subtitles language or if you prefer turn them off from the screen A DVD disc can have up to 32 different subtitles When in VCD 2 0 mode MENU...

Page 27: ...repeat the designated section on a DVD VCD or CD To activate mark where to start A and where to end B of the section you want to watch 1 Select A B Repeat Function Press the REPEAT button while in Play mode then use the Left Right buttons to select A B Repeat When you select A B Repeat A will be highlighted NOTE The menu will display Track in place of Chapter if you are playing a CD 2 Mark the Sta...

Page 28: ...ss the MARK button on the remote control The MARK header will be displayed on the screen 2 Select Bookmark Placeholder Use the LEFT RIGHT buttons to move to one of the three bookmark placeholders The selected placeholder will be highlighted 3 Set the Bookmark Keep on playing the DVD up to the scene you want to bookmark then press the ENTER button The placeholder will change to a number 1 2 or 3 Yo...

Page 29: ...creases the cue speed Double Speed playback Picture Search Jet Search Shuttle gradually slows down speed Slow mode Still mode Reverse Picture Search Reverse Jet Search Press the INFO button to see the current status of the VCR deck as well as the tape counter position and record speed Title Menu Disc Menu Information Zoom Bookmark Repeat EZ View DVD Function PLAY 0 00 00 SP ENG 28 Function DVD Use...

Page 30: ...R to select 3 Select Tape Length Press the RIGHT button to select the Tape Length This information is usually printed on the tape box The menu cycles through T 120 T 160 or T 180 Once the type of cassette is set the VCR can display the amount of time remaining on the tape when you press the INFO button Tracking The Tracking adjustment removes the white lines that sometimes appear during playback b...

Page 31: ...ver the VHS Index Search System VISS cannot recognize index marks made by old VCRs If the VCR has trouble finding a mark it is probably because the cassette was recorded on a VCR without VISS If you want to index two programs in a row set your VCR to stop then start recording each program Go to 0 00 00 stop Use this feature when you want to search for 0 00 00 counter position on a cassette Press t...

Page 32: ... following Forward Reverse Forward Reverse One Touch Recording OTR allows you to add recording time in 30 minute increments up to 4 hours at the touch of a button 1 Start Recording Follow the instructions on page 30 to begin recording 2 Activate OTR While in Record mode press the REC button again to activate One Touch Recording OTR Record length 0 30 appears on the On Screen Display and the DVD VC...

Page 33: ...iday If you want to set the timer program press the ENTER key Timer Program No Ch Start End Date Speed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ENG 32 Record Speed You can slow down the recording speed from SP to SLP in order to fit six hours of programming on a T 120 tape 1 Start Recording Follow the Basic Recording instructions on page 30 2 Set Record Speed Press the SPEED button on the remote control to set the Record Sp...

Page 34: ... the Memory Card correctly with the label facing up otherwise it may not work This device supports 7 types of memory cards Memory Stick Memory Stick Pro SD Card MMC and Smart Media Card through upper slot and Compact Flash Micro Drive through below slot In case that cards are inserted in two slots the Compact Flash or Micro Drive in the below slot has a priority However if memory stick is inserted...

Page 35: ...r Current Folder Sub Folders Peer Folders ENG 34 Clips Menu for MP3 WMA JPEG 1 Open the disc tray 2 Place the disc on the tray Place the disc with the labeled side up 3 Close the tray The tray closes and you should get a screen that looks like the one below Name of currently playing file Current Playback Time Current Playback Mode There are 4 modes toggled by the REPEAT button During playing a son...

Page 36: ...o change playback mode There are 4 modes including Off Track Folder and Random Off Normal Playback Track Repeats the current song file Folder Repeats the song files which have the same extension in the current folder Random Song files which have the same extension will be played in random order To resume normal play press the CLEAR button Note Note DVD CD cannot be played in the Memory Card mode I...

Page 37: ... with FAT16 format can be played Memory Card over 2GB use FAT32 which may be not compatible with this unit When naming your MP3 or WMA files do not exceed 8 characters and enter mp3 wma as the file extension General name format of Title mp3 or Title wma When composing your title make sure that you use 8 characters or less have no spaces in the name and avoid the use of special characters including...

Page 38: ...onica Picture CD If you want to see the Picture select the JPEG files in the clips menu Fuji Picture CD If you want to see the Picture select the JPEG files in the clips menu QSS Picture CD The unit cannot play QSS Picture CD If a number of files in 1 Disc are over 3000 only 3000 JPEG file can be played If a number of folders in 1 Disc are over 300 only JPEG files in 300 folders can be played You ...

Page 39: ...DEO SYSTEM 1 2 inch VHS system 4 rotary head helical scanning FM azimuth luminance chrominance converted sub system phase shift AUDIO TRACK Normal 1 track Hi Fi 2 track PLAY RECORD TIME T 180 tape SP 3 hours SLP 9 hours VCR FF REW TIME T 120 tape 2 minutes HEADS Video DA 4 rotary Audio 2 rotary heads Hi Fi 1 stationary head Linear Control 1 stationary head Erase 1 full track 1 audio track WOW FLUT...

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