RCA DRC220N - Manuals

3 Chapter 1: Setup and Connections DVD TV VCR DVD TV DVD TV Audio Receiver Choose Your Connection There are several ways to connect your DVD player. Please use the following chart to determine which connection is best foryou. Turn to the appropriate page, and connect your DVD Player. Components Cabl...

Chapter 1: Setup and Connections 4 VIDEO OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL R Y Pb Pr L AUDIO OUT VIDEO AUDIO L R S-VIDEO CABLE/ANTENNA Back of TV (example) Back of DVD Player VIDEO AUDIO L R OUT TO TV Back of VCR (example) CABLE OR OFF-AIR SIGNAL IN FROM ANTENNA VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Connection: DVD...

5 Chapter 1: Setup and Connections Connection: DVD + TV 1. Connect the audio cables to the AUDIO OUT L (left –white) and R (right – red) jacks on the back of yourDVD Player, and to the corresponding Audio Inputjacks on your TV (sometimes labeled AUDIO IN L and R). 2. Connect the video cable. A. Basi...

6 Chapter 1: Setup and Connections VIDEO OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL R Y Pb Pr L AUDIO OUT VIDEO AUDIO L R S-VIDEO CABLE/ANTENNA Back of TV (example) Back of DVD Player Back of Receiver (example) VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT OPTICAL COAXIAL CABLE OR OFF-AIR SIGNAL Both Dolby Digital® and DTS® are aud...

7 Chapter 1: Setup and Connections DVD Player + TV + Audio Receiver 1. Connect the left and right audio cables to your audio/video receiver and to the AUDIO OUT L (left – white) and R (right – red) jacks on the back of your DVD Player. 2. If you have a Dolby Digital or DTS receiver, use one of the D...

Chapter 1: Setup and Connections 8 Install Batteries in the Remote 1. Remove the battery compartment cover on the back of the remote. 2. Insert new batteries. Match the polarities (+ and –) on the batteries with the diagram on the remote. 3. Put the battery compartment cover back on the remote. Impo...

9 Chapter 1: Setup and Connections 3. The first time you turn on your DVD player, the Language menu appears. If you want the DVD player’s menus to appear in English , press the OK button on the remote control. If you prefer another language, press the arrow down button until that language is highlig...

Chapter 2: The Remote Control 10 The Remote Control You can use this remote to operate the DVD player, and to access thefeatures available. The remote is also designed to operate most RCA, GE,and Proscan TVs — just press the TV button. The descriptions that follow,describe how each button works when...

13 Chapter 2: The Remote Control Find out if the remote can operate your TV This remote control is designed to operate most RCA, GE, and Proscan TVs. 1. Press the TV button. 2. Press the ON•OFF button (if the TV turns on or off, this remote will operate the TV). Tune to the TV’s Input Channel To wat...

14 Chapter 3: Playing Discs Regional Coding Both the DVD Player and the discs are coded by region. These regionalcodes must match in order for the disc to play. If the codes don’t match, thedisc won’t play. This player’s code is region 1. Using Different Menus Each disc is programmed with different ...

15 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (DVDs) To Load and Play a DVD Disc Turn on the TV and your DVD Player (press ON•OFF on the remote or press the STANDBY/ON buttonon the DVD Player). 1. If necessary, tune the TV to its Video Input channel (if you need more information, go to page 61). 2. Press the OPEN/CLO...

Chapter 3: Playing Discs (DVDs) 16 Search Options To search a disc, you can use the FORWARD button or the REVERSE button. You can also utilize the following search features: Picture Scan — When you’re playing a disc, each time you press FORWARD or REVERSE, your DVD Player scans the disc faster until...

Using the On-Screen Info Display The on-screen Info Display contains many playback features. To see the Info Display, press the INFO button on the remote while adisc is playing (the Info Display appears across the top of the screen). Each feature is illustrated with an icon. Use the left andright ar...

18 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (DVDs) Time Display This feature displays the time that has elapsed during playback. For DVD discs, the time displayedrefers to the current title and acts as a Time Search feature. For example, if you like a particular scenein a movie, you can enter the elapsed time the s...

19 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (DVDs) Selecting a Chapter Because DVD discs use digital technology, a title can be divided into individual chapters (similar totracks on a CD). You can skip to a specific chapter by using the Chapter feature in the Info Display. 1. While a disc is playing, press INFO on ...

20 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (DVDs) Selecting Subtitles By default, subtitles are off. To turn subtitles on: 1. While a disc is playing, press INFO (the Info Display appears). 2. Press the right arrow button until the Subtitle icon is highlighted. 3. Press SUBTITLE to turn on subtitles (the subtitles...

21 Chapter 3: Playing Discs Changing the Audio Language If the disc was created with different language tracks (recorded in different languages), you can changethe language while you’re playing the disc. 1. While a disc is playing, press INFO (the info display appears). 2. Press the right arrow butt...

22 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (DVDs) Using the Repeat Feature By default Repeat feature is Off. There are three Repeat options: • Title – repeats the title that is playing • Chapter – repeats the chapter that is playing • A-B – repeats a segment of the disc that you select. Repeating Titles, Chapters,...

23 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (DVDs) 3. Allow the disc to play to the end of the segment you want to repeat. Don’t fast forward — you must let the disc play in standard playback mode to set the B point (the ending point of the segment).Press OK to set the B point (the segment you marked will play repe...

Chapter 3: Playing Discs (DVDs) 24 3. Make sure an unused (unmarked) bookmark is highlighted. When the disc reaches the scene you want to mark, press the OK button on theremote (the bookmark icon changes to two icons side-by-side: an arrowand a trash can). To play the disc from the bookmarked scene,...

Chapter 3: Playing Discs (Audio CDs) 26 Audio CDs Your DVD Player has many of the same features as an audio CD player. The on-screen Info Display letsyou choose various playback features. Using the Time Display The clock on the Info Display shows how much time has elapsed for the track that’s playin...

Chapter 3: Playing Discs (Audio CDs) 27 Standard: the tracks play in the same order as listed on the CD (starting with track 1). This is the default play mode. Random: the tracks on the CD play in a random order. Program: the tracks play in the order you designate. To use the Program play mode, you ...

28 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (Audio CDs) Bookmarks The Bookmark feature lets you mark a point on the disc so that when youturn the player off and back on (without having ejected the disc), you canquickly start playing the disc from a bookmarked point. The Bookmark Feature is explained in the DVD part...

29 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (Audio CDs) Video CDs (VCDs) Video CDs contain audio and video content just like DVD discs, but they are created in a differentformat and don’t hold as much information as DVD discs. The picture quality on a VCD isn’t as high asthe picture quality on a DVD disc. VCDs are ...

30 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (MP3s) Playing MP3 Discs MP3 (MPEG-3, which stands for Motion Picture Experts Group-Layer 3, meaning the third layer ofinformation) is a format used to compress digital audio. Since the audio is compressed, it takes up lessspace. Obtaining MP3 Files There are two ways to ...

31 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (MP3s) The MP3 Display MP3 discs contain individual songs that can be organized into folders —similar to how you use your computer to put documents (files) intodifferent folders when you burn them onto the CD. The contents of a foldercan either be songs or more folders (s...

32 Chapter 3: Playing Discs (JPEG files) Viewing JPEG files This DVD Player can play discs with JPEG files on it. You can use the DVDPlayer to show the pictures in a slide show format. Slide Show After you put the disc in the DVD Player and it detects there are JPEG fileson the disc, the slide show ...

33 The DVD Player Menu System The DVD player menu system is not the same as the disc menu or the Info Display. The DVD player menu comes up when there isno disc playing. If you are playing a disc, press STOP on the remote control to stop playback and bring up the DVD player menu. Chapter 4: DVD Menu...

34 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System Play Mode Discs are formatted to play chapters (or tracks on audio CDs) in a certain(standard) order. If you’d like to play chapters in a different order, you canuse the Play Mode feature. You must have a disc in the player with the disctray closed in order to access al...

35 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System Program Play You must create your program (playlist) in the Edit Program menu before you can access the Program Play menu. By selecting Program Play in the Play Mode menu you’re telling the DVD Player to play the disc in the order you created in the Edit Program menu. E...

36 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System The Lock Menu You can set up ratings limits and lock your player in order to control the type of content people watch on your DVD Player. Thepadlock icon on the Lock menu indicates whether the player is locked or unlocked. Locked : You need to enter the password in orde...

37 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System Unlocking your DVD Player 1. If you’re playing a disc, press STOP (the DVD Player’s main menu appears). 2. Press the down arrow button until Lock is highlighted, and press OK (the Enter Password screen appears). 3. Use the number buttons to enter the password you create...

38 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System Setting Ratings Limits The Rating Limits feature lets you determine what types of discs can be played in the player, and what types of discs will require apassword to override the rating limit that you’ve set. In the U.S., the ratings feature is based on the ratings set...

39 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System 4. Use the up and down arrow buttons to move the bar to the rating level you find acceptable. Ratings that don’t require a password (free access) appear under the bar. Ratings that require a password appear above the bar. Press OK. 5. To set ratings for Unrated titles: ...

40 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System The Display Menu The Display menu contains the settings that affect how a disc’s content looks on your TV and thebrightness of the display that’s on the front of the DVD Player. TV Image The TV Image menu adjusts the way a movie appears on your TV. Standard TVs are 4 x ...

41 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System 4 x 3 Letterbox – Choose this setting if you want to see movies in their original aspect ratio (height-to-width ratio). You’ll see the entire frame ofthe movie, but it will take up a smaller portion of the screen vertically. Themovie might appear with black bars at the ...

42 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System Front Display This feature lets you choose how the display on the front of your DVDPlayer appears. 1. From the Main Menu, (player on, no disc playing), highlight Display and press OK. (the Display options appear). 2. Highlight Front Display and press OK (the choices app...

43 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System The Sound Menu The Sound menu lets you adjust the player’s settings to match the equipment that you connected to your DVD Player, and to use the Soundfeatures of the player. Sound Logic The Sound Logic feature compresses the dynamic range (quietest sound toloudest sound...

44 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System Digital Output If you connected your DVD player to a receiver via the DIGITAL AUDIOOUT jack (COAXIAL or OPTICAL) on the back of the player, choose the typeof receiver (or decoder) you have. 1. If the menu isn’t on the screen, press the STOP button (the main menu appears...

45 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System Languages Menu The Languages menu enables you to set preferred language options for the DVD Player’s menu system, disc menus, the dialog (audio) of titles, and thesubtitles. Player Menus You can change the language of the DVD player’s on-screen menus. 1. From the Main M...

46 Chapter 4: DVD Player Menu System Audio You can set your language preference for movies (titles) you play in your DVD Player – the languagein which you’ll hear the dialogue when you’re playing a movie. Notes: Discs are created differently. The DVD player can’t override some language preferences. ...

47 Chapter 4: DVD Menu System Subtitles You can set your language preference for the subtitles you see on the screen while playing a disc. Notes: You must turn on the Subtitle feature in order for them to appear when you’re playing a disc.If the disc wasn’t created with subtitles, you won’t be able ...

48 Chapter 5: Additional Information Troubleshooting Player won’t work • Reset the player: press and hold the NEXT button on the front of the DVD Player and press the STOP button on the remote at the same time — wait at least 3 seconds before you release both buttons. You’ll need to setup your menu ...

49 Chapter 5: Additional Information Remote control won’t work • You might be in the wrong mode. To operate your DVD Player, press DVD on the remote before you press any other buttons. If you’re operating the TV, press the TV button first, etc. (this remote operates most RCA, GE, and Proscan TVs, an...

51 Chapter 5: Additional Information Disc tray won’t open • The tray lock feature might be set. To unlock the disc tray, press the STOP key on the front of the DVD player and press the ON•OFF button on the remote at the same time. Disc won’t eject • When you put a disc into the player, the player ma...

52 Chapter 5: Additional Information Handling Cautions • Before connecting other components to this player, be sure to turn all components off. • Don’t move the player while a disc is being played. The disc may get scratched or broken, and the player’s internal parts may be damaged. • Don’t put any ...

53 Chapter 5: Additional Information Cleaning Discs • Dirty discs can cause reduced video and audio performance. Always keep discs clean by wiping them gently with a soft clothfrom the inner edge toward the outer perimeter. • If a disc becomes very dirty, wet a soft cloth in water, wring it out well...

54 Chapter 5: Additional Information Description of Jacks (from left to right) AUDIO OUT – Insert audio cables (left - white, and right - red) to the AUDIO R and L jacks on your DVD Player and to thecorresponding Audio Input jacks (left and right) on your TV or receiver. VIDEO OUT – If you are using...

55 Chapter 5: Additional Information Front Panel Controls STANDBY/ON – Turns the player on and off. The indicator lights when you turn off the DVD player. PHONES – Plug headphones in here. LEVEL – Adjusts volume for headphones OPEN/CLOSE – Press to open and close the disc tray. PLAY – Press to begin...

56 Chapter 5: Additional Information Component Video (Y, Pb, Pr) Jacks and Cables The Y, Pb, Pr jacks provide optimum picture quality because the video isseparated into three signals (two signals are dedicated to the color portionof the image, and the other signal is dedicated to the black and white...

57 Chapter 5: Additional Information S-Video Jacks and Cables The S-Video (separate video) jack provides better picture quality than a composite video jack(sometimes labeled VIDEO and color-coded yellow) because S-Video keeps the color (chrominance, alsocalled chroma) part of the signal separate fro...

58 Chapter 5: Additional Information Limited Warranty What your warranty covers: • Defect in materials or workmanship. For how long after your purchase: • 90 days from date of purchase - Unit exchange, which includes parts and labor. • 91 days to 1 year from date of purchase - Unit exchange, which i...

60 Chapter 5: Additional Information • The representative will advise the address to mail a cashier’s check or money order for payment if there are any out of warranty labor or parts charges, and you elect not to use your credit card. • After we receive your product, a new or refurbished unit will b...

61 Chapter 5: Additional Information How to find your TV’s Video Input Channel In order to see what’s playing on your DVD Player, you need to tune the TV to the Video Input Channel that corresponds to thejacks you used to hook up the recorder to the TV. The Video Input Channel(s) varies for differen...

62 Chapter 5: Additional Information Accessory Information There are various accessories available to complement your DVD Player. Prices are subject to change without notice. Allaccessories are subject to availability. A shipping and handling fee will be charged upon ordering, and we are required by...

Index 16 x 9 Widescreen 41 4 x 3 Letterbox 41 4 x 3 Pan & Scan 40 A Accessories 62 AGAIN button 10 Angle 10, 17 Arrow buttons 9, 10 Aspect ratio 41 Audio 10, 17, 21, 29, 46 Audio CDs 26 Audio receiver 3 Audio/video cables 3, 4, 57 AutoPlay 35 B Back panel 53 Bookmarks 17, 28 Banner 23 Clearing 2...

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