IMPORTANT NOTICE
SAFETY INSTRUCTION
Warning:
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To prevent the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this unit to rain or moisture.
High voltage components in it so do not attempt to open the enclosure. Only
qualified personnel are allowed for maintenance.
Caution:
This DVD player contains laser system.
Read this manual carefully and get familiar with the instructions before operating.
After reading this manual, please keep it for future reference.
To prevent direct laser radiation, do not attempt to open the enclosure. Visible laser
beam will radiate when the enclosure is opened or when the interlock device is
released. Do not stare at the laser-beam.
To avoid damaging the loader of the unit, please don’t pull or drag the tray of the
loader when operating and switch off the power supply only when “NO DISC” is
displayed.
Never place other things or articles upon the player, otherwise it may cause improper
playback.
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UNIQUE FEATURES OF THIS PLAYER
Based on next generation MPEG4 Chipset --- MTK1389, MTK1389 is DivX™
Certified and support raw MPEG1/MPEG2/MPEG-4 Avi, DivX™* (all version
includes ver 3.11, 4, 5 and up), Xvid, VBR MP3, WMA, Jpeg, PhotoCD, HDCD,
burn your favorite PC format files into CDR and watch on big screen TV!
Offers the best MPEG4 playback quality and compatibility, supports high level
MPEG4 feature like Qpel (Quarter pixel), GMC (Global Motion Compensation) and
advance noise reduction.
100% hardware based MPEG4 decoder, can fast forward/back forward MPEG4
video upto 32X speed. 100% compatible with old DivX™ 3.11 version codec.
Build-in six 12-bit, 108Mhz video DACs, offers video quality which only available
in highend DVD players before. New MDDi ( Media Direct De-Interlacing) Progressive
scan technology.
Supports all recordable media format -- CDR/RW, DVD-R/RW and DVD+R/RW.
Put multiple movie files in one single DVDR and play them all!
DVD (Region Code Free), DVD-R/RW , DVD+R/RW, VCD and SVCD.
Support DVD Aspect Ratio 4:3 Pan Scan, 4:3 Letter Box, and 16:9 Wide Screen.
Parental lock, Multi Language(Sound Track), Multi Subtitle and Multi Angle for
DVD playback. Plays Pal 16:9 Anamorphic DVD on an NTSC TV without the
"squeeze effect"
Support Firmware upgrade. New firmware will be released by MTK and will support
future new codec.
PAL and NTSC S-Video, Component Video (YPbPr), VGA and Composite output.
Play PAL movie on NTSC TV or Play NTSC movie on PAL TV
Optical, Coaxial S/PDIF and RCA output. Support Dolby 5.1 and DTS digital
output or 2 Channels analog stereo output. Build-in Dolby 5.1 decoder, support
5.1 channel output.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Support Meida Type
Support Codec
CDROM, CD-R/RW, DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW,
Audio CD, Video CD, Supoer Video CD, HDCD,
Kodak PhotoCD
Divx ( 3.11 ~ 5.x), XVID, MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4,
MP3(VBR), WMA, JPEG, PhotoCD
Upgradable
Firmware
Audio response
Audio s/n ratio
THD
20Hz-20kHz
>95dB
0.003%
Channel Separation
Audio DAC
85 dB
96Khz/ 24 bit Audio D/A Converter
six pair 12 bit 108Mhz Video D/A Converter
520 lines or higher(Progressive Scan)
60 dB
Video DAC
Video Resolution
Video S/N
Audio output (analog)
Audio output (digital)
Video output
Electric level output: 2V resistance: 10 Kohm
Electric level output: 0.5Vp--p resistance: 75ohm
Electric level output:1Vp--p resistance:
75ohm unbalanced negative
Electric level output: brightness (Y) 1Vp-p,
chrominance (C): 0.286Vp-p, resistance: 75ohm
Universal Auto Switching 100-240V, 50/60Hz
25W
S-Vide output
Power
Power consumption
Dimensions
Weight
17 x 9.8 x 1.45 Inch (430x 250 x 37 mm)
4 lb (1.8KG)
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WHAT’S ON THE FRONT PANEL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9 10 11
12
13 14 15
16
17
1. Power button
10. Disc tray
2. Microphone Jack 1
3. Microphone Jack 2
11. Left / Right channel switch
12. Play / Pause
4. Microphone Volume 1
5. Microphone Volume 2
6. Power LED Light
7. Previous
13. Stop
14. Power LED Light
15. Disc tray open/close button
16. Display window
8. Next
17. Remote control signal sensor
9. NTSC/PAL switch
WHAT’S ON THE BACK PANEL
L
CENT SUR-L FRONT-L
Y
Pb/Cb
VIDEO
OPTICAL
VGA
R
SW
SUR-R FRONT-R COAXIAL Pr/Cr
S-VIDEO
AC 100-240V
1
2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1112 1314
15
16
17
1. 2 channel stereo left channel output
2. 2 channel stereo right channel output
3. 5.1 channel center speaker output
4. 5.1 channel subwoofer output
10. Coaxial output
11. Component Pb/Cb output (to blue line)
12. Component Pr/Cr output (to red line)
13. Composite video output
5. 5.1 channel left surround speaker output
14. S-video output
6. 5.1 channel right surround speaker output 15. Optical output
7. 5.1 channel left front speaker output
8. 5.1 channel right front speaker output
9. Component Y output ( to yellow line)
16. VGA output
17. Power cable to 110-240V power source
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WHAT’S ON THE REMOTE CONTROL
1. Power on/off.
POWER
MUTE
GOTO
3
2. Mute button, press once to mute,twice to un-mute
3. Goto. Play from the desired location.
4. Eject. Open or close disc tray.
5. Display. Display or hide play information.
6. Random. Random play.
7. Repeat. Repeat play.
8. A-B Repeat the selected.
9. Audio. Switch audio track.
10.Angel. Switch play angel.
11.Subtitle. Switch subtitle.
12.Program. Enter the play list edit mode.
13.Number buttons.
1
2
4
8
DISPLAY
RANDOM REPEAT
A-B
5
6
7
AUDIO
9
1
4
7
0
2
5
8
3
6
9
13
ANGEL
10
SUBTITLE
11
PROGRAM
12
CLEAR
14
10+
14.Clear. Clear input numbers.
15.Setup. Enter setup menu for this player.
16.Stop.
15
16
17
17.Up cursor.
STOP
SETUP
18.Left cursor.
19.Right cursor.
18
19
20.Down cursor.
21.Play/Enter. Playback / Select button.
22.Pause.
23.Fast backward button.
24.Fast forward button.
25.Slow. Slow motion playback.
26.Title/PBC. Enter DVD title menu or VCD 2.0 PBC menu.
27.Zoom. Zoom in / out button.
28.Step. Play frame by frame.
29.Prev. Skip backward.
30.Next. Skip forward.
31.DVD menu. Enter DVD root menu.
32.Return. Back to previous menu/clearing input numbers.
33.P-Scan. Switch between progressive scan and interlace.
34.Echo +. Rise tone.
35.Echo -. Fall tone.
36.Vol+. Increase volume.
PLAY/
ENTER
PAUSE
20
21
22
TITLE/
24 PBC
SLOW
25
STEP
23
26
27
30
ZOOM
DVDMENU
28
29
31
RETURN
36
+
+
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E
C
H
O
32
34
35
V
O
L
P-SCAN
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33
37
BOOKMARK
CHANNEL
PAL/NTSC
38
39
40
37.Vol-. Decrease volume.
38.PAL/NTSC. Switch between PAL and NTSC system.
39.Bookmark. Bookmark the playback material / add item to
play list.
40.Channel. Switch to left/right sound channel.
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HOW TO OUTPUT VIDEO TO THE TV OR PC MONITOR
L
CENT SUR-L FRONT-L
Y
Pb/Cb
VIDEO
OPTICAL
VGA
R
SW
SUR-R FRONT-R COAXIAL Pr/Cr
S-VIDEO
component cable
s-video cable
VGA cable
To component video input on
the back of TV (If available)
To video-in
To S-video in
port on the back of
the TV
port on the
back of the TV
To VGA port
TV
PC Monitor / TV with VGA port
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HOW TO OUTPUT AUDIO TO THE TV / AMPLIFIER
L
CENT SUR-L FRONT-L
Y
Pb/Cb
VIDEO
OPTICAL
VGA
R
SW
SUR-R FRONT-R COAXIAL Pr/Cr
S-VIDEO
optical cable
coaxial cable
6 audio cables
2 channel audio cable connect
to the left / right audio input on
6 audio cables connect to left/right /center/left
surround/right surround and subwoofer audio
input on the back for the amplifier accordingly.
Connect either coaxial cable or optical
cable to the coaxial port or optical port
on the back of the amplifier.
TV
5.1 Channel Amplifier with built-in
Dolby Digital / DTS decoder
5.1 Channel Amplifier
center
center
speaker
speaker
left speaker
right
left speaker
right
speaker
speaker
2 Channel Stereo Amplifier
subwoofer
subwoofer
left surround
speaker
right surround
speaker
left surround
speaker
right surround
speaker
left speaker
right speaker
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POWER ON THE PLAYER AND TV
Connect this player with your TV / PC Monitor / Projector, amplifier (if available)
and power source.
1.
Turn on this player by click the power button on the front panel.
2.
3.
Turn on TV and switch it to the appropriate video mode ( composite video input,
S-video input or component video input ).
If you connect the TV via component video input and get no image on the TV
screen, please press “P-SCAN” button on the remote control a couple times until
the TV shows image.
4.
If you get black/white image on the TV screen, click “PAL/NTSC” button on the
remote control to switch the player to the appropriate TV system ( PAL or NTSC).
5.
6.
You should be able to see the welcome screen on the TV by now.
ENTER SETUP MENU
1. Click “SETUP” button on the remote control.
2. You will see the general setup page show up on the screen.
--- General Setup Page ---
TV Display
Angle Mark
OSDLang
PS
On
Eng
Off
On
Off
Captions
Screen Saver
Last Memory
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THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM IN THE SETUP
Left / right / up / down button let you
choose the menu cursor left / right / top
/ down.
1.
STOP
PAUSE
SETUP
Left button-- back to the previous menu.
Right button -- enter sub-menu
Enter -- make selection
2.
3.
4.
5.
PLAY/
ENTER
Menu -- enter the menu / exit the menu
GENERAL SETUP
--- General Setup Page ---
TV Display
Angle Mark
OSDLang
PS
On
Eng
Off
On
Off
Captions
Screen Saver
Last Memory
TV Display
Angel Mark
To set the aspect ratio of this player’s output image.
Optional settings: Normal/PS ( Pan-scan ), Normal/LB
(Letterbox format), Wide ( 16:9 format ).
When a DVD title with multi-angle is played, the user will be
able to view a particular angle.
Optional settings: On/off
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GENERAL SETUP
OSD Lang
This item is used to set the prompts language on the screen.
Optional settings: English / Chinese
Captions
To play the enclosed captions on some DVD title.
Optional settings: On/off
Screen Saver
Last Memory
Open or close the screen saver function.
Optional settings: On/off
When play DVD / CD / VCD, after you press “stop” button, the
player will remember the position of current playing program.
Next time you turn on this player, you just need to click “play”
button and the player will jump to the “last memory” position.
Optional settings: On/off
AUDIO SETUP
--- Audio Setup Page ---
Speaker Setup
SPDIF Setup
Dolby Digital Setup
Equalizer
3D Processing
HDCD
Karaoke Setup
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AUDIO SETUP
Speaker Setup
You don’t need do anything in speaker setup when you
are using digital audio output ( optical / coaxial ). This is
for user who are using this player’s built-in 5.1 channel
output function.
Downmix
If you only need 2 channels to enjoy music, it is
recommended to select “Stereo” option. When you use
this player’s built-in Dolby Digital decoder to play 5.1
channel sound, please select “off”.
Front Speaker
Center Speaker
Rear Speaker
To select speaker size. You can select “Large” or big size
speaker, “Small” for small size speaker. You can turn off
the Center/Rear speaker when you choose “off”
Optional settings: Large, Small, Off.
Sub Woofer
Test Tone
Dialog
You can turn on/off the sub woofer speaker.
Optional settings: On, Off
To play test tone to test each speaker connect to the
player. Optional settings: On, Off
This function is to adjust the volume of dialog in the playing
material. ( Only available when you choose Downmix to
2 channels option. Optional settings: On, Off
Post DRC
This option is for compress audio signal with wide dynamic
range proportionally to reduce intense impact to speakers.
Optional settings: On, Off
SPDIF Setup
This option is from users who are using digital audio
output ( optical / coaxial ).
Spdif output
This is for choosing the digital audio format from
optical/coaxial output. If you are using an ampfilier with
built-in Dolby/DTS decoder, please choose “SPDIF/RAW”.
Optional settings: SPDIF OFF, SPDIF/RAW, SPDIF/PCM,
Manual.
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AUDIO SETUP
Spdif output
This is for choosing the digital audio format from
optical/coaxial output. If you are using an amplifier with
built-in Dolby/DTS decoder, please choose “SPDIF/RAW”.
Optional settings: SPDIF OFF, SPDIF/RAW, SPDIF/PCM,
Manual.
LPCM Out
Set LPCM output rate.
Optional settings: 48K, 96K
Dolby Digital Setup
Dual mono
Dynamic
Optional settings: Stereo, L-mono, R-mono, Mix-mono.
To set the linear compression ratio to get different
compression result. Optional settings: Off, 1/4, 1/2, 3/4,
Full.
To set delay time of the center/surround/subwoofer
speaker.
Channel Delay
Equalizer Setup
EQ Type
To set EQ mode.
Optional settings: None, Rock, Pop, Live, Dance, Techno,
Classic, Soft.
Bass boost
Super bass
Treble bass
To open/close bass boost. Optional Settings: On, Off.
To open/close super bass. Optional Settings: On, Off.
To open/close treble bass. Optional Settings: On, Off.
3D Processing Setup
Reverb
To set Reverb mode.
Optional settings: Off, Concert, Living Room, Hall,
Bathroom, Cave, Arena, Church.
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AUDIO SETUP
HDCD Setup
Filter
To setup HDCD playback filter.
Optional settings: 1X (44.1K), 2X (88.2K)
Karaoke Setup
MIC
To turn on/off microphone for Karaoke.
Optional settings: On/Off
VIDEO SETUP
--- Video Setup Page ---
Component
TV Mode
Quality
YUV
Component
To set the component output mode, YUV for normal component
connection, VGA for enable VGA output.
Optional Settings: Off, YUV, VGA
TV Mode
Quality
To switch from Progressive Scan and normal Interlace Scan.
Optional Settings: Interlace, P-Scan ( Progressive Scan)
To adjust output video quality.
Optional Settings: Brightness, Contrast, Hue, Saturation.
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PREFERENCE SETUP
--- Preference Setup Page ---
YUV
Off
TV Type
PBC
Eng
Eng
Eng
Audio
Subtitle
Disc Menu
Parental
Default
TV Type
PBC
To set the TV system. Optional Settings: PAL, NTSC, Multi.
To enable PBC ( Play Back Control) menu for VCD 2.0 version
VCD or Super VCD ( SVCD). Optional Settings: On, Off.
Audio
To set the default audio language when playing DVD.
Optional Settings: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, Russian, Thai.
Subtitle
Disc Menu
Parental
To set the default subtitle when playing DVD.
Optional Settings: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, Russian, Thai.
To set the default language menu when playing DVD.
Optional Settings: English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese,
Korean, Russian, Thai.
To enable parental lock when playing DVD. User require to enter
password ( can be set in the password setup) when playing
certain rating DVD titles. Optional Settings: KID, G, PG, PG13,
PGR, R, NC17, Adult, Off.
Default
Reset to default setting. Optional Settings: On, Off.
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PASSWORD SETUP
--- Password Setup ---
On
Password mode
Change Password
Password mode
Enable Password for changing parental lock.
Optional Settings: On, Off.
Change Password
Change the password.
Default password: 136900
USE THIS PLAYER TO PLAY DVD/VCD/SVC/CD/HDCD
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GENERAL INSTRUCTION
Put DVD/CD/SVCD/CD/HDCD disc inside the disc tray, then close the tray. The
player will automatically start to play these materials.
Some DVD has built-in title menu. The player will automatically show the title menu
of the player. You can always go back to the title menu by pressing Title/PBC button
or go back to the initial menu by pressing DVD Menu button.
Some VCD, Super VCD has PBC ( Playback control ) menu, the player will show this
menu first unless you disable the “PBC” function in preference setup. You can always
jump back to PBC menu by pressing “Title/PBC” button.
You can jump directly to certain chapter of DVD/VCD or sound track on music CD
by pressing the chapter number directly on the remote control.
You can fast forward / back forward ( upto 32x) or slow playback ( upto 1/16) on
DVD/VCD/SVCD.
Upto 4X zoom is available for all video materials ( DVD/SVCD/VCD ). ( Using zoom
button )
While playing CD, you can choose 4 different play mode ( single, repeat, shuffle,
random) by using repeat button.
USE THIS PLAYER TO PLAY MPEG4/MP3/WMA/JPEG FILES
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HOW TO USE THE FILE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
When put a disk with MPEG4 / MP3 / WMA / JPEG files into the player, the file
navigation window will show up.
Left / right / up / down button let you
choose the cursor left / right / top /
down.
STOP
SETUP
ENTER/PLAY: to enter/leave a directory
or play a selected file.
PLAY/
ENTER
PAUSE
Program and Bookmark: to create a play
list.
00:00
001/004
00:00
Selected file number / Total file number
Directory Location
Selected/high lighted file / folder
DIR01
DIR02
Folder
Playable file
FILE01
FILE02
00:00
00:00
001/004
Directory Location
DIR01
Go back to the previous directory
..
FILE01
FILE02
FILE03
FILE04
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HOW TO USE THE FILE NAVIGATION SYSTEM
00:00
001/004
00:00
Jpeg file preview will be displayed on the
right window when a jpeg file is selected.
When display a JPEG picture on the TV
screen, you can use left/right/up/down
cursor button to rotate the image in any
direction.
DIR01
DIR02
Picture
preview
FILE01
FILE02
When playing MP3, you can still go to
different folder to view JPEG files.
HOW TO CREATE A PLAY LIST
Press program button on the remote
control, enter the file list mode. In this
mode, all the files ( includes files in all
different directories if available ) will all
display in this file list window.
00:00
001/004
00:00
FILE01
FILE02
Select file you want to put in play list by
press bookmark button.
FILE03
FILE04
File List
00:00
001/004
00:00
Press program button again to enter play
list mode. In this window, all files you have
selected in the previous window will be
displayed. You can start to play the play
list by click “enter” on any file in this play
list.
FILE02
FILE03
Play List
USE THIS PLAYER TO PLAY MPEG4/MP3/WMA/JPEG FILES
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STORE FILES ON A RECORDABLE DISC
You can store any MPEG4 ( DivX / Xvid ), MPEG1/2, MP3, WMA, JPEG files on a
recordable disk and then play on this player. CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+R,
DVD+RW are supported.
There is no limitation about how many files you can put on one disk. Folders are
supported. One folder can store upto 999 different files. For example, you can put
about 5-7 DivX movies on one DVD+R disk, or you can put 100-200 MP3 songs on
one CD-R. You can put different type media files on one disk, for example, you can
put Jpeg files, MP3, WMA, MPEG4 files on one single disk.
This player determine the file type by reading the extension name of each file. Extension
name *.avi, *.mpg, *.mpeg, *.mp3, *.wma, *.jpg are supported. If your file has a different
extension name, it will not be recognized by this player. For example, if you want to
put several SVCDs on one DVD-R, you can rename the SVCD file ( *.dat) to *.mpg
file.
Please burn the recordable disk in normal ISO9660 disc format. Long file name is
supported.
ADDITONAL FEATURES
For all files in one disk, you can use repeat button to choose 6 play mode ( Repeat,
Shuffle, Single, Repeat All, Repeat Folder, Random ), then the player will play all files
on the disk automatically according to the play mode you choose.
You can fast forward / back forward upto 32X on any video file ( MPEG4, DivX, Xvid
and etc). ( Using fast forward / back forward button).
You can zoom in/out upto 4X on any video file or Jpeg file. ( Using zoom button)
OTHER FEATURES
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USING KARAOKE
In the Audio Setup, turn on the microphone input.
Plug the microphone into the mic slot on the front panel. You can adjust microphone
volume by adjusting the mic vol control on the front panel.
While playing Karaoke VCD / CD, you can switch the sound channel by using
“channel” button.
You can adjust the echo level by using the echo+ and echo- buttons.
CHANGING REGION CODE OF THIS PLAYER
--- Preference Setup ---
YUV
Off
TV Type
PBC
Eng
Eng
Eng
Audio
Subtitle
Disc Menu
Parental
Default
Goto Preference Setup Page.
Press 1006.
The region code adjust window will show up. Use left/right cursor button to adjust
region code ( 0 -- region code free, 1--6 region code 1-- 6), PLAY/ENTER to confirm
the change.
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USEFUL NOTES
In order to prolong the service life of your player, it is recommend to wait at least
30 seconds before you turn it on again after switching it off.
Turn off power after operation.
Only use the power supply of the nominal voltage, otherwise the player will not be
operational or even be damaged.
In case of occasional player halt, please turn it off and turn it on again.
Don’t turn off this player while it is still showing “loading” on the display.
TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Cause
Solutions
Signal not properly connected
Disc warped or dirty.
Connect signal securely.
Clean your disc.
No sound
Player in mute status.
Press MUTE button again.
No picture
Signal not properly connected.
TV not set for proper system.
Connect signal securely.
Reset the AV/TV status of your TV set.
TV system not right.
TV set color not properly adjusted.
Press PAL/NTSC button.
Adjust color of the TV set.
No color
No disc reading
No disc in the player.
Load a disc.
Disc not properly loaded.
Condensation on the laser head.
Reloaded a disc, with the label side facing up.
Turn on the player, unload the disc and leave it on
for about an hour.
Remote control not pointing to the sensor Use the remote control properly.
window.
Remote control’s operating distance more Use the remote control within 8 meters range.
Remote control
failure
than 8 meters away from the TV.
Batteries low.
Replace the batteries.
Mal-fabricated disc used.
Wrong buttons pressed.
Static leakage into the player from outside. Turn off the player for 1 to 2 mins, turn it on again.
Wait 5-10 secs and the player will return to normal.
Operate once more.
Temporary function
failure
TV set not properly adjusted.
Re-adjust system of the TV set.
Picture rolling
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