Packard Bell 300 User Manual
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  • Page 1: Copyright Notice

    TRADEMARKS Packard Bell is a registered trademark of NEC Computers International B.V. All other company or product names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.
  • Page 2 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 is provided for your safety.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS 1. DVD brief 1.1 Difference between DVD and other disc 1.2 Features 1.3 An introduction to your DVD player 2. Applicable symbols in this user manual 3. Buttons and connectors 4. Setting up your DVD player 4.1 Box contents 4.2 Inserting remote control batteries 4.3 Connections 4.4 Setting of your TV set...
  • Page 4: Dvd Brief

    1 DVD brief The DVD player is a must for your home theatre system. By using this latest digital technology, high quality, high-density sound and video has been condensed into a 12 cm disc. Difference between DVD and other discs SVCD digital Analogue...
  • Page 5: An Introduction To Your Dvd Player

    An introduction to your DVD-Player A. FULL COMPATIBILITY Fully compatible with various disc formats: DVD, SVCD, VCD, CD, CD-G, DivX, WMA, XVID, Kodak Picture CD and Mp3. B. HIGH DEFINITION Horizontal image definition can reach 500 lines or above. C. DTS, Dolby 5.1 channels digital surround sound output DTS, Dolby 5.1 channels (6 single channels) digital surround sound provide.
  • Page 6: Buttons And Connectors

    3.Buttons introduction: 3.Buttons and connectors Front panel diagram (DVD DivX 300) : 1. Power button 4. VFD display 7. Prev button 5. I.R 8. Next button 2. DVD disc holder 6. Play button 3. Open/Close button Back panel diagram (DVD DivX 300): 1.
  • Page 7 Front panel diagram (DVD DivX 350) : 1. Power button 4. VFD display 7. Prev button 5. Play button 8. Next button 2. DVD disc holder 6. Stop button 3. Open/Close button Back panel diagram (DVD DivX 350): 1. Optical output jack 7.
  • Page 8 Remote control diagram: 1. Power 2. Numeric buttons 3. Fast forword 4. Fast Rewind 5. CURSOR CONTROL (up, down, left, right) / OK(enter) 6. Menu dvd 7. Angle 8. Language 9. Repeat 10.Progressive scan 11.Zoom 12.OSD 13.PBC 14.L/R 15.Program 16.Sub-menu 17.A-B 18.Mute 19.Random...
  • Page 9: Setting Up Your Dvd Player

    VIDEO OUTPUT MODE CVBS, CVBS+YUV, CVBS+S-VIDEO Interleaved VIDEO Interleaved CVBS+S-VIDEO S-VIDEO Interleaved SCART Interleaved CVBS+YUV Y/Cb/Cr Progressive scanning PSCAN Y/Pb/Pr DVD player and Amplifier or Decoder (DVD DivX 300) COAXIAL OPTICAL Decoder 5.1 CHANNEL SURROUND SOUND OUTPUT L FORNT CENTER Amplifier...
  • Page 10 DVD player+VCR (DVD DivX 300) If you have a VCR, you can use it to record programs played by this unit. AUDIO VIDEO DVD player+ Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr or SCART (DVD DivX 300) Cb/Pb Cr/Pr INPUT SCART INPUT DVD player and Amplifier or Decoder (DVD DivX350)
  • Page 11: Setting Of Your Tv Set

    DVD player+ Y Cb/Pb Cr/Pr or SCART (DVD DivX 350) Cb/Pb Cr/Pr INPUT SCART INPUT 4.4 Setting of TV system If the picture does not appear correctly on your TV set, you should check your TV's settings. Please refer to your TV's documentation. 5.Operation instructions Before using your DVD player, please prepare the following: 1.Switch on your TV set and select AV mode.
  • Page 12: Disc Playback

    5.1 Disc playback After inserting a disc the unit will start playback. PLAY If there is a DVD disc, the unit will show the menu or the titles. If there is an audio CD, the unit will play the first tune. PAUSE Button Use the pause button to interrupt/ resume display.
  • Page 13: Language

    For SVCD VCD and CD discs (Note that display may vary according to disc type) Press again to display single Press the OSD button once to display remaining time. single elapsed time. SINGLE ELAPSED SINGLE REMAIN 00 00 12 00 08 12 Press again to display total Press again to display total elapsed time.
  • Page 14: Angle

    6.3 Angle If the disc you are playing supports this function, use this to select your preferred viewing angle. 6.4 Subtitle Press the SUBTITLE button several times to browse through subtitle options. SUBTITLE OFF 6.5 Program Use the PROGRAM button to program the playing sequence using the numeric buttons. When finished, press the button to cancel or to start playback.
  • Page 15: Direction Selection Buttons

    6.8 Direction selection buttons These buttons are used to browse through several menus. 6.9 Numeric buttons To play a track directly, press the corresponding number. Use the +10 button for numbers above 9. SELECT: 08 6.10 PBC button (Program Backward Control) With PBC ON you must return to the main menu if you wish to select a title, chapter or song.
  • Page 16: Repeat

    6.12 Repeat Repeats chapters or titles (not available for all functions). REP-ONE CHAPTER REPEAT ON Repeat TITLE REPEAT ON REP-ALL REPEAT OFF REPEAT OFF 6.13 Zoom Press to zoom 1.5, 2 or 4 times. Press again for normal view. ZOOM OFF ZOOM X2 Zoom 6.14 Volume +/-...
  • Page 17: L/R

    6.17 L/R Press the L/R button to select between different audio modes: AUDIO1, AUDIO2, AUDIO1 VOCAL, AUDIO2 VOCAL (for DVDs), within LEFT VOCAL, RIGHT VOCAL, MONO_LEFT, MONO_RIGHT, STEREO (for SVCD). If the disc supports several audio languages, you can use this button to select one. 6.18 VIDEO OUT Switch between CVBS, CVBS+YUV, RGB, CVBS+S-VIDEO output modes.
  • Page 18 1. Main page Set video functions: Picture Mode, Angle mark, OSD Language, Captions and Screen Saver. 1 1 Picture Mode Auto - Selects Bob or Weave based on 'flags' that are embedded in the DVD bitstream indicating that the original program was from an interlaced or a progressive video source.
  • Page 19 1 4 Captions Switch captions on or off. 1 5 Screen Saver The unit automatically activates a 'bouncing ball' screensaver after a few minutes of inactivity. This protects your TV screen. 2. Speaker Setup SPEAKER SETUP includes Downmix, Center, Rear, Subwoofer, Center Delay, Rear Delay and Test Tone.
  • Page 20 2 2 Centre speaker Switch the centre speaker ON or OFF. 2 3 Rear speaker Switch the rear speakers ON or OFF. 2 4 Subwoofer Switch the subwoofer ON or OFF. 2 5 Center Delay Allows delaying centre speaker output.
  • Page 21 2.6 Rear Delay Allows delaying rear speaker output. 2. 7 Test Tone Choose the corresponding speaker layout. A sound will be sent to each speaker. 3. Audio Setup 3.1 Audio Out Selects an audio output mode: Analogue, SPDIF/RAW or SPDIF/PCM. Notes: 1.
  • Page 22 3 3 Dual Mono If your amplifier/decoder already supports Dolby Digital output, you can select Stereo, L-mono, R-mono, MIX-mono for your amplifier/decoder. 3 4 Compression To adjust the sound dynamic range. 3 5 LPCM output You can select 48k or 96k audio encoding modes.
  • Page 23 4 2 TV Type The preferred setting in most European countries is PAL. 4 3 Audio Select your preferred language. 4 4 Subtitle Select your preferred language. 4 5 Disc menu Select your preferred language.
  • Page 24 4 6 Locale Select GBR for European countries. 4 7 Parental Select a level of Parental lock. 4 8 SmartNAVI Select navigation with of without a menu. 4 9 Defaults Use this option to restore default settings.
  • Page 25: Mp3 Playback

    4 10 Password The default password is '2001'. You can change it using this option. MP3 PLAYBACK One Mp3 disc can contain up to 10 hours of music. The directory and play mode will only display when SMART NAVI in the Preferences page is set as WITH MENU.
  • Page 26: Troubleshooting

    With the PBC button you can set transition effects for the slide show. The last selection will remain in memory. Press the button to freeze display and the buttons to browse through pictures. To resume the slide show, press the button.
  • Page 27: Disc Maintenance

    12.Specifications: Types of video disc: DVD/SVCD/VCD/CD-G(digital AV discs)/DivX/XVID 0.X/WMA MP3/CD-DA(common music laser disc) CDIFMV(VOD) Kodak Picture CD Weight: DVD DivX 300: 2.9 kg DVD DivX 350: 2.5kg Size: DVD DivX 300:420x42x240 mm DVD DivX 350: 430x38x255mm Video/picture MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG4...

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