Toshiba SD-K531, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...RDER SD K531SUA OWNER S MANUAL 2004 Toshiba Corporation This device does not tape record copy protected DVD Video Discs Connections Basic setup Playback VCR Recording VCR Other functions VCR Basic playback DVD Advanced playback DVD Function setup DVD Others J2D81701A E COV p65 8 7 04 4 23 PM 1 ...

Page 2: ...odifications not expressly approved by the partly responsible for compliance with the FCC Rules could void the user s authority to operate this equipment CAUTION THIS DIGITAL VIDEO PLAYER EMPLOYS A LASER SYSTEM TO ENSURE PROPER USE OF THIS PRODUCT PLEASE READ THIS USER S GUIDE CARE FULLY AND RETAIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE SHOULD THE UNIT REQUIRE MAINTE NANCE CONTACT AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE LOCATION USE...

Page 3: ...radiator or heat source This unit should not be placed in a built in installation such as a bookcase or rack unless proper ventilation is provided and or the manufacturer s instructions have been adhered to 10 POWER SOURCE This unit should be operated only from the type of power source indicated on the rating plate If you are not sure of the type of power supply to your home consult your appliance...

Page 4: ...or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage or other hazards Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel For example a When the power supply cord or plug is damaged b If liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the unit c If the unit has been exposed to rain or water d If the unit does not operate normally by following the operating instructions Adjust only those contr...

Page 5: ...on on AC Insert the AC cord plug into a standard 120V 60Hz polarized AC outlet Notes Never connect the AC line cord plug to other than the specified voltage 120V 60Hz Use the attached power cord only If the polarized AC cord does not fit into a non polarized AC outlet do not attempt to file or cut the blade It is the user s responsibility to have an electrician replace the obsolete outlet If you c...

Page 6: ...If the video head the head drum the optical pick up lens or disc drive parts are dirty or worn down the picture quality will deteriorate To obtain a clear picture we recommend regular inspection and maintenance cleaning or parts replacement every 1 000 hours of use depending on the operating environment For details contact your nearest dealer Notes on moisture condensation Moisture condensation da...

Page 7: ...D video discs are divided into titles and the titles are sub divided into chapters VIDEO CDs and audio CDs are divided into tracks DVD video disc Video CD Audio CD Each title chapter or track is assigned a number which is called title number chapter number or track number respectively There may be discs that do not have these numbers Notes on copyright It is forbidden by law to copy broadcast show...

Page 8: ...the same way as an audio CD Video CD equipped with PBC function Version 2 0 In addition to operation of a Video CD not equipped with the PBC function you can enjoy playback of interactive software with search function by using the menu displayed on the TV screen Menu Playback Some of the functions described in this owner s manual may not work with some discs Playable discs This DVD VCR can play th...

Page 9: ...etup Playing a disc 42 Basic playback DVD MP3 WMA JPEG playback 45 Zooming 50 Locating desired scene 50 Marking desired scenes 51 Repeat playback 52 A B Repeat playback 52 Program playback CD 53 Random playback CD 53 Changing angles 54 Title selection 54 DVD menu 54 Advanced playback DVD Language code list 67 Troubleshooting 68 Specifications 69 Limited warranty 70 Others Contents Connections Func...

Page 10: ... 11 REC button 34 CHANNEL buttons 34 OPEN CLOSE button 42 STOP button PLAY button FF Fast Forward button REW Rewind button 30 30 30 30 VCR DVD mode selector button 22 Remote sensor 13 VCR indicator DVD indicator 42 22 DVD S VIDEO OUT jack 19 S VIDEO COMPONENT Video selector switch 19 DVD OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jack dust protection cap 20 DVD AUDIO L R OUT jacks 19 DVD COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT ...

Page 11: ...ss of DISPLAY the status display of the disc will appear on the screen and change as follows DVD 00 34 56 01 12 33 1 9 Title 1 99 1 8 1 32 Chapter 1 999 Eng DolbyDigital Eng CD VCD DISC OPERATION TRACK NO ELAPSED TIME CHAPTER NO ANGLE NO A KIND OF AUDIO DISC OPERATION TITLE NO ELAPSED TIME TOTAL TIME TOTAL TIME OUTPUT SELECTION Timer Recording indicator VCR Multifunctional indicator Recording indi...

Page 12: ...button 23 RETURN button 58 CANCEL button 37 CLOCK COUNTER button 33 CM SKIP button ZOOM button 31 54 50 MARKER button INPUT SELECT button 40 PROGRESSIVE button 66 PAUSE STILL button SLOW button VCR DVD selector button 22 31 SP SLP button PLAY MODE button 34 52 AUDIO SELECT button AUDIO button 39 51 55 FWD button 30 31 INDEX button SKIP button 44 33 A B RPT button 52 PLAY button 30 Channel buttons ...

Page 13: ...sert the end first 3 Do not mix different types of batteries together e g Alkaline and Carbon zinc or old batteries with fresh ones 4 If the device is not to be used for a long period of time remove the batteries to prevent damage or injury from possible battery leakage 5 Do not try to recharge batteries not intended to be recharged they can overheat and rupture Follow battery manufacturer s direc...

Page 14: ...he type of antenna system you are using and follow the connection diagram If both VHF and UHF antennas have 300 ohm twin lead flat wires use a combiner having two 300 ohm inputs and one 75 ohm output Note Combination VHF UHF Antenna with 75 ohm Coaxial Cable Combination VHF UHF Antenna with 300 ohm Twin Lead Flat Wire Separate VHF and UHF Antennas DVD VCR VHF UHF 300 ohm Twin Lead Flat Wire not su...

Page 15: ...V with 300 ohm UHF and 75 ohm VHF antenna inputs TV with 300 ohm UHF and 300 ohm VHF antenna inputs After you have connected the antenna to the DVD VCR you must connect the DVD VCR to the TV Below are 3 common methods of connecting your DVD VCR to a TV Find the type of TV you are using and follow the connection diagram This DVD VCR has a single 75 ohm output for connection to a TV If your TV has s...

Page 16: ...imer to record only the channel selected at the converter box Prevents Recording one channel while watching another Using the DVD VCR tuner to select channels DVD VCR Incoming Cable TV Converter Descrambler Incoming Cable TV TV To record from converter descrambler DVD VCR tuner must be tuned to the con verter output channel usually channel 3 or 4 Note DVD VCR DVD VCR Note Whenever a Converter Desc...

Page 17: ...rough the converter box Prevents Watching scrambled channels while recording another channel Using the DVD VCR tuner to select channels DVD VCR Splitter Converter Descrambler TV DVD VCR Converter Descrambler A B Switch TV Incoming Cable Splitter Allows Recording of nonscrambled channels Recording of one channel while watching another Watching premium channels through the converter while recording ...

Page 18: ...ision set has one audio input connect the left and right audio outputs of the DVD VCR to a Y cable adapter not supplied and then connect to your TV Connect the DVD VCR directly to your TV If you connect the DVD VCR to a VCR TV VCR combination or video selector the playback picture may be distorted as DVD video discs are copy protected TV or monitor with audio video inputs Connecting to a TV Note T...

Page 19: ...ponent video inputs To PR CR video input To PR CR VIDEO OUT Signal flow To wall outlet To audio inputs of the amplifier red white red white To Y VIDEO OUT To PB CB VIDEO OUT To Y video input To PB CB video input Audio system To ANALOG AUDIO OUT To S VIDEO OUT Component video cable not supplied To S video input S video cable not supplied When you make this connection set the S VIDEO COMPONENT Video...

Page 20: ... Out are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc Connect either To OPTICAL type digital audio input Amplifier equipped with a Dolby Digital decoder Optical digital cable 75 Ω coaxial cable To COAXIAL type digital audio input Amplifier equipped with a DTS decoder Connect either To OPTICAL type digital audio input Optical digital cable To COAXIAL type digital audio input This selection uses the fo...

Page 21: ...nect the BITSTREAM PCM AUDIO OUT jack of the DVD VCR to the AC 3 RF input of a Dolby Digital Receiver This input on your A V Receiver is reserved for Laserdisc use only and is incompatible with the BITSTREAM PCM AUDIO OUT jack of the DVD VCR Connect the BITSTREAM PCM AUDIO OUT jack of the DVD VCR to the OPTICAL or COAXIAL input of a Receiver or Processor Refer to the owner s manual of the connecte...

Page 22: ...nel will light 2 3 4 5 6 The VCR indicator will appear in the display window For a push button TV tuner If CH 3 or 4 corresponding to the video channel cannot be tuned on your TV proceed as follows set the VCR 3 4 channel selector and the TV to CH 3 or 4 play back a prerecorded tape and tune the TV to receive a sharp color picture from the video cassette recorder Refer to your TV owner s manual fo...

Page 23: ...the MENU screen is cleared 4 MENU TIMER REC SET AUTO REPEAT ON OFF ON OFF SAP CH SETUP SYSTEM SETUP ENTER MENU SYSTEM SETUP CLOCK SET LANGUAGE IDIOMA LANGUE NO NOISE BACKGROUND AUTO CLOCK STANDARD TIME DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ON OFF ON OFF ENTER MENU ENTER MENU ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESPAÑOL LANGUAGE IDIOMA LANGUE Notes Both the VCR and the DVD have their own player menus 57 If no buttons are pressed for m...

Page 24: ...y when the DVD VCR turned off If you use a cable box and you want AUTO CLOCK adjustment to be performed the cable box must be left on The AUTO CLOCK adjustment is not effective when there is a difference of more than 5 minutes exists between the built in clock time and the actual time When shipped from factory the AUTO CLOCK is set to ON But if you do not want AUTO CLOCK setting Press VCR MENU 1 P...

Page 25: ...ble When there is no DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME in your area al ways select OFF position in step 3 When you want to set the DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME manually on the first Sunday in April you set to ON and on the last Sunday in October you set to OFF ON OFF AUTO for manual setting forward one hour for manual setting back one hour for automatic setting read XDS in the signal DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ON OFF AUTO E...

Page 26: ...CK SET then press ENTER 3 Press SET or to set the month then press ENTER 4 Set the day year and time as in step 4 5 ENTER MENU SYSTEM SETUP CLOCK SET LANGUAGE IDIOMA LANGUE NO NOISE BACKGROUND AUTO CLOCK STANDARD TIME DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ON OFF ON OFF MENU ON ON OFF OFF TIMER REC SET SAP CH SETUP SYSTEM SETUP ENTER MENU AUTO REPEAT Clock setting continued If the AUTO CLOCK process did not set the...

Page 27: ...UTO REPEAT TV CABLE selection Setting channels automatically Repeat left step 1 and press SET or to select AUTO CH MEMORY 1 Press ENTER Auto tuning will begin The channel dis play will count up and when finished the screen returns to normal 2 CH 002 Note You can t select CH SETUP if you set the channel to L1 or L2 Press ENTER to select the TV or CABLE mode The arrow indicates the selected mode 3 P...

Page 28: ...ination When you don t want to receive a weak signal broadcast a Blue back screen can be obtained by selecting the NO NOISE BACKGROUND ON When the unit is shipped from the fac tory the NO NOISE BACKGROUND is set to ON Repeat the steps 1 2 on page 26 and press SET or to select NO NOISE BACKGROUND 1 Press ENTER to select ON or OFF position 2 SYSTEM SETUP CLOCK SET LANGUAGE IDIOMA LANGUE NO NOISE BAC...

Page 29: ... the erase prevention tab positioned at your left An inverted cassette tape cannot be inserted Automatic playback When loading a cassette tape without an erase prevention tab playback will start automatically Automatic power ON When you insert a cassette tape the DVD VCR power will turn ON automatically 1 2 Erase prevention tab Adhesive tape Remove the cassette tape Erase prevention tab Unloading ...

Page 30: ...nue the tape winding press STOP To switch to playback directly without STOP press PLAY Notes This VCR selects the playback tape speed SP LP or SLP au tomatically The Cassette tape and DVD disc can be played back simulta neously If you press VCR DVD selector the tape playback and DVD playback alternate with each other on the screen via CH3 4 or video connection 2To start playback Playback Rewind or...

Page 31: ...ure search mode there will be noise bars This is not a defect Playback will commence after approx 5 minutes to protect the video tape against excessive wear during pause mode Press ATR to reactivate automatic tracking again AUTO TR will appear on the screen AUTO TR PICTURE SEARCH SPEED PRESS TWICE TAPE SPEED PRESS ONCE SP Standard Play LP Long Play SLP Super Long Play 5 X 9 X 15 X 3 X 7 X 9 X REW ...

Page 32: ...ter display shows the tape run ning time during playback or recording 1 Press COUNTER RESET at the desired tape position The counter display will be reset to 00 00 00 position e g the beginning of recording 2 Press STOP when playback or recording is completed Press ZERO RETURN The tape will automatically rewind or fast forward to the 00 00 00 counter posi tion 3 Repeat playback The entire video ta...

Page 33: ...k may not be found During INDEX search the tape may stop and begin to play at a slightly different location INDEXmaynotfunctionproperlywitholdorwornoutvideotapes INDEX marks may not be found if it is extremely close to the point where the search began In recording if you stop recording temporarily the INDEX mark is not recorded on the tape Video index search system Press CLOCK COUNTER The clock an...

Page 34: ... AA WW 60 85 AAA ZZZ 86 94 86 94 95 99 A 5 A 1 100 125 100 125 01 5A TV mode direct channel selection All channels can be instantly selected by using two buttons for example to select channel 2 press 0 then 2 If you press only 2 channel selection will be delayed for two seconds For channels 10 and above press the 2 digits in order CABLE mode direct channel selection 1 9 Press 0 twice and then 1 9 ...

Page 35: ... stop recording temporarily While the VCR is recording select your desired channel on the TV When a TV is connected with an antenna cable only press TV VCR to select the TV position The VCR display will go off and recording will continue Select the TV channel you want to watch by using the TV channel selector Note Some Cable TV hookups do not permit viewing one channel while recording another See ...

Page 36: ...mber button or CH to select the channel to be recorded 4 Press REC OTR Recording begins Press the button again to stop recording after 30 minutes Each additional press of REC OTR will increase recording time as shown in the chart below up to a maximum of 6 hours The OTR and recording time will appear on the screen for about 4 seconds And will appear on the display 5 To cancel OTR Press STOP or tur...

Page 37: ...ention tab intact Check the time and date are correct 24 Example Program a timer recording for the 26th day channel 125 Cable TV 11 00 11 30 PM on timer program number 1 Tape speed SLP 1 Press SET or to select one of the program line then press ENTER 2 Press SET or to select the date then press ENTER 3 Set the start time end time channel and tape speed as in step 3 4 MENU ON ON OFF OFF TIMER REC S...

Page 38: ...nd During timer recording the automatic rewinding mechanism does not function 8 00 11 00 9 00 10 00 Program 1 Prog 1 Deleted Parts Non Recorded Portion Parts Prog 2 Prog 3 Program 2 Program 3 Recording Control Settings ENTER CANCEL MENU DATE START END CH WKL WE ENTER CANCEL MENU DATE START END CH 26 SU 11 00PM 11 30PM125SLP Notes If there are other timer record programs remaining TIMER REC must be...

Page 39: ...ection Your DVD VCR is fitted with a SAP broadcast system which enables you to switch to a second audio program when viewing a selected channel This function applies only when the program is broadcast in multi languages through the SAP broadcast system When the VCR is turned on or a channel selection is made make certain the letters SAP appears on the screen for about 4 seconds This means that the...