THOMSON Dpl560ht User Manual

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Operating your Receiver
RDS (Radio Data System) for FM Only
The RDSicon shows on display when RDS data are
received.  The following information may be available on
certain stations:
• Frequency station,
• Station name, 
• Program type, 
• Clock,
• Radio text
Press RDS MENUon the remote control repeatedly to
select the type of information you want to display.
Search Station by Program Type
1.  Press RDS PTYon the remote control repeatedly to dis-
play the desired program type.
2. PressTUNER UPor TUNER DOWNon the main unit or
the TUNER UPor TUNER DOWNarrows on the remote
control to  begin search.
3.  The search will stop when a station broadcasting the
program type you have selected is found.
NOTE
NO PTYwill be displayed if selected kind of 
program is not broadcasted
NOTE
The remote control selector must be set
on hifi.
You can search for stations using one of the following
program types:
NEWS = news
AFFAIRS = current affairs
INFO = information
SPORT = Sport
EDUCAT = education
DRAMA = series and plays
CULTURE = religion or national culture
SCIENCE = science and technology
VARIED = miscellaneous
POP M = pop music
ROCK M = rock music 
MOR M = middle-of-the-road music, easy listening music
LIGHT M = classical music
CLASSICS = serious classical
OTHER M = not classed
WEATHER = weather, medical
FINANCE = stock market reports
CHILDREN = children’s programs
SOCIAL AFFAIR = sociology, history, geography, 
psychology, society
RELIGION = any aspect of beliefs, faith & God or Gods
PHONE IN = public forum by phone
TRAVEL = feature and programs concerning travelling
HOBBY = recreational activities & leisure
JAZZ =  jazz music
COUNTRY =  country music
NATIONAL = national music
OLDIES = oldies music
FOLK = folk music
DOCUMENTARY = documentaries
TUNING MEMORYOK
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Advanced Sound Control
Sound Enhancement Systems
This receiver is equipped with several built-in sound
enhancement systems.
Dolby Pro Logic 
This surround system reproduces theater-like sur-
round sound from Dolby-encoded software. The Pro
Logic mode uses the built-in circuit to steer the Left,
Center, Right and Surround channel audio signals and
uses all five speakers and an optional subwoofer to
play decoded Dolby Pro Logic program source, such
as TV and VCR. 
Dolby Digital 
The Dolby Digital mode lets you enjoy full digital 
surround from software processed in the Dolby
Digital format. Dolby Digital provides better sound
quality and more powerful presence than conven-
tional Dolby Surround.
This unit is equipped with Dolby Digital 5.1-channel
so that you can enjoy enhanced full digital surround
sound. Being different from Dolby Pro Logic in which
only four channels ( Front Left, Front Right, Centre
and Rear ) are used, the new system provides stereo
separation of the rear speakers (Rear-Right, Rear-Left
). These 5 channels, together with the subwoofer
channel for bass sounds ( counted as 0.1 channel ),
constitute as 5.1-Channel ( or 6 Channels ) Input for
Dolby Digital that brings you the most sophisticated
sound enjoyment.
Digital Theater Systems (DTS)
DTS is a digital surround system which delivers six channels
of master-quality, 20-bit audio.  It offers five full-range
channels plus a special low frequency effect (LFE) channel
for subwoofer, resulting commonly know 5.1 channels. It
can be applied with existing 5.1 speaker configurations.
DTS is available in DVD, SAT/CAB and CD mode.
Front Left Speaker
Front Right Speaker
Subwoofer Center Speaker
Rear Right Speaker
Rear Left Speaker
Listening 
Zone
Front Left Speaker
Front Right Speaker
Subwoofer Center Speaker
Rear Right Speaker
Rear Left Speaker
Listening 
Zone
DIGITAL
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Advanced Sound Control
Stereo
The Stereo mode uses the two main channel outputs
from the front speakers. Use this mode if you have
connected the front speakers only.  
DSP (Digital Sound Processor)
These digital sound effects resemble sounds in a real 
environment such as
(STADIUM/CONCERT/THEATRE/ARENA/CHURCH/CLUB/). DSP
automatically converts analog audio signals to digital
ones which enables you to adjust the sound without
degrading the sound quality. Different modes will
give you different feel of size and type of listening
environment. (Not available in Dolby Digital (DVD))
Fine Setting of the Components
The receiver has pre-selected surround mode once
you turn on the unit by pressing the SourceButtons
(like DVD, SAT, CD) directly. The default surround
modes for different components are listed in the
table below. 
If you decide to change the surround mode, you can
press the SURR MODErepeatedly to toggle among
the different surround mode choices and select the
one you want.
Pro Logic             Stereo
The receiver will keep the last selection in memory.
Input Signal Setting
The receiver defaults to the most convenient settings
for your easiest use (see table). 
If your connection is different from the default set-
ting, 
1. Select the source 
2. Press DIGITAL INPUTbutton to toggle among opti-
cal/ coaxial/ analog to match your connection. Your
selection will be stored automatically. 
The selected source and input source will be displayed
on the display as long as they are active, except for
some temporary change of display (e.g. adjusting vol-
ume).
Digital Input
Select this setting to play digital signals from a DVD,
CD, LD player, SAT or TV.
Analog Input
Select this setting to play analog signals from a cas-
sette deck, VCR or turntable.
Source/  If Digital Input (optical  If Analog Input
Input or coaxial) is selected is selected
DVD Dolby Digital/PRO LOGIC     PRO LOGIC
SAT Dolby Digital/PRO LOGIC     PRO LOGIC
VCR N/A PRO LOGIC
V-AUX N/A PRO LOGIC
TV Dolby Digital/PRO LOGIC PRO LOGIC
CD STEREO STEREO
TAPE N/A STEREO
TUNER N/A STEREO
DEFAULT INPUT (as seen on display)
Analog (SAT/ ANL)
Analog (DVD/ ANL)
Analog (CD/ ANL)
Analog (VCR/ ANL)
Analog (VAUX/ ANL)
Built-in Tuner
Analog (TAPE/ ANL)
Analog (TV / ANL)SOURCE
SAT
DVD
CD
VCR
V-AUX
FM/AM
TAPE
TV
NOTE
Digital input is only available for DVD, SAT, CD
and TV
AVAILABLE INPUT
ANL/Optical/Coaxial
ANL/Optical/Coaxial
ANL/Optical/Coaxial
ANL/ - / -
ANL/ - / -
ANL/ - / -
ANL/ Optical / -SOURCE
SAT
DVD
CD
VCR
V-AUX
TAPE
TV
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Advanced Sound Control
Fine Setting of the Speakers 
This receiver supports a wide range of speakers and 
subwoofers. For optimal surround sound enjoyment,
you need to register the speaker selection settings of
your audio system. If you buy this receiver with
accompanied speaker package, then this step has
been done for you.
Also, to make the surround sound more effective and
suit the acoustic conditions in your listening room,
you need to delay the signal from some of the speak-
ers. Such channel delay  compensates for center or
surround speakers that are closer to listening position
than the front speakers. You can make use of the
SETUPbutton to adjust the speakers’ relative loud-
ness.
The TEST TONE button
You can adjust the relative loudness of the individual
speakers by the TEST TONEbutton. In Dolby modes,
press the button briefly. A short noise will be heard
in the speakers one by one. The speaker having the
noise at that moment will be shown in the display.
You can listen to that speaker and press first the
LEVELbutton, then the VOLUME UP/DOWN
ARROW on remote or the VOLUME knob to adjust
the level. 
Advanced Setting
Factory defaulted Advance setting indication
from VFD
The receiver has defaulted the following distances:
Front speakers (L/R) 4.5 m
Center speaker (Cch) 4.5 m
Rear speaker (SUR) 3 m
Speaker Configurations
You can also change the setup of the speakers by
pressing the SETUPbutton until the display  shows
L/R SML or L/R  LRG which enables you to set the size
of the front speaker. 
Available Selections:
Pressing SETUPbutton once, while the display is still
showing  L/R  LRG, you may press the OKbutton to
toggle among: front, center, surround, subwoofer,
subwoofer phase and speakers’ distance, sleep and
dimmer setup. Set the speaker size or speakers’ dis-
tance  by pressing UP/DOWNARROW button.
SURSURL/R C ch
L/R
Front
Left
Rear
LeftRear
Left
Front
LeftCenter
Front Speaker selection Large/ Small
Center Speaker selection Large/ Small/ None
Surround Speaker selection Large/ Small/ None
Subwoofer selection Yes/ No
Subwoofer Phase + / -
Front Speaker distance 1-12 m
Centre Speaker distance 0-12 m 
Rear Speaker distance 0-12 m
NOTE
•  The sub-woofer selection will always be YES
when the main speakers are set to small
(SML).
•  For the subwoofer phase setting, it will be
affected by how you locate the subwoofer.
Try both + and - settings and select the one
that has better bass effect. 
•  If your unit comes with speakers, always set
all speakers size to “small” to protect them
and optimize the sound quality.
•  To avoid th setting of invalid speaker com-
bination which may cause bad sound quality,
the speaker combination will be automatically
changed to the default setting (L/R: small,
Cent: small, Surr: small, Sub: Yes) if L/R speak-
er is changed from Large to Small. Under
default setting, only Cent/Surr speaker could
be changed to No”.
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Use a subwoofer to enjoy optimum sound.
• Subwoofer Phase: Try both settings and select the
sound preferred.
• Speaker distance:For optimum surround experi-
ence measure the distance between the speaker and
your favorite listening position.
1.  Press SETUPonce.
2. While the VFD display is showing L/R SML, press
UP/DOWN ARROW button to select.
3. Press OKbutton once to move to the next 
speaker setting.
4. Repeat step 3 to set up the next speaker
5. When set up is done, wait for 5 seconds to auto-
matically save your settings or press any source key to
save your selection and set up mode.Speaker Icons
The receiver shows you the speakers’ types and set-
tings on the display with the following icons:
Displaying Program Formats  
When a digital source is playing, the receiver will
automatically switch to the proper surround mode
and indicates on the speaker icons on the right-hand
side of the display. (See diagram)
It is important to note, however, that not all Dolby
Digital sources are encoded with the full complement
of five channels plus LFE*. Speaker icons show how
many and which speaker you have enabled (See “Fine
Setting of the Speakers”) and the letters inside the
speaker icons show which channel is present in the
source information. For example, the diagram shown
means you have all the five speakers and subwoofer
enabled and the digital sources you played have five
channels plus LFE complemented.
* LFE stands for Low Frequency Effect. The indication
“LFE” appears if the digital source contains LFE infor-
mation. In this case, the bass signal will be delivered
to the subwoofer, offering more dynamic deep bass
sound effects. If the letter is flashing, the signal is
either too weak or just gone.
LS
RS
LFE
R
CL
L
CR
LSRS
Large front speakers
Small front speakers
Large center speaker
Small center speaker
Large rear speakers
Small rear speakers
Subwoofer present
MEMORY SETUP TEST TONE EQ DIGITAL INPUT
ST / MONOOK
TUNING MEMORY SETUP TEST TONE EQOK
LS RSLFE
R CL
TUNING MEMORY FM/AM SOURCEALSOURCE
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Troubleshooting tips
Troubleshooting Tips
Receiver/Tuner Operation 
ST indicator is off.
•  Adjust the antenna.
•  Press DIGITAL INPUT/ST/MONObutton to insure
you are not outputting in mono.
The signal is Mono. Severe hum or noise.
• The signal is too weak. Connect an external anten-
na.
• Adjust Antenna
• Reposition Antenna away from any electronics.
Remote Control Operation 
The remote control does not operate the unit.
•  Another source mode is selected on the remote.
Press the correct Source Button.
• No batteries installed. (included with your system)
Install the batteries before attempting to operate the
remote. Be sure to match the + and - ends of each
battery to the symbols shown in the remote battery
compartment.
• The batteries are weak. Replace all batteries.
• The remote is not pointed at the remote control
sensor on the main unit or there is an obstacle
between the remote and the main unit.
• The remote control is too far from the main unit, 
move closer.
General 
No audio.
• Make sure the speakers are connected.
• Check the input connections.
• Check the power cord connections.
• Make sure the MUTE signal on the front panel is
off.
• Make sure the digital setting (optical, coaxial or
analog) is correct. 
• Check that the headphone is not inserted.
No audio from one channel.
• Check the speaker level setting.
• Check the speaker wire or external source cable
connections. 
Noise occurs when the TV is turned on.
• The TV is too close to the audio system. 
Specific instruments sound displaced.
• Check the connections between the receiver and
the speakers if the sound does not match the video.
• Check if the video and audio cable are correctly
inserted.
Cleaning the Exterior
• Disconnect the system from AC power before clean-
ing the exterior of the system with a  soft dust cloth,
or with a slightly damp leather chamois. Never use
strong solvents.
Equipment Specifications:
AMPLIFIER SECTION:
All 5 channels: each 50W at 8 ohm. 
						

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Care and Maintenance
Disconnect the audio system from the power source before
performing any maintenance.
Cleaning
Clean the exterior of the system using a soft dust cloth.
Important battery information
• Remove the batteries to avoid leakage if you do not use
your remote control for more than one month.  
• Discard leaky batteries immediately as leaking batteries
may cause skin burns or other personal injuries. 
• Dispose of batteries in the proper manner, according to
provincial and local regulations.  
• Any battery may leak electrolyte if mixed with a different
battery type, if inserted incorrectly, if all batteries are not
replaced at the same time, if disposed of in fire, or if an
attempt is made to charge a battery not intended to be
recharged.
Safety precautions
• Never open the cabinet under any circumstances.  Any
repairs or internal adjustments should be made only by a
trained technician.
• Never operate this product with the cabinet removed.
• Do not touch the player with wet hands.  If any liquid
enters the player cabinet, take the player to a trained tech-
nician for inspection.
• This player uses a laser to read the data on the disc.  The
laser mechanism corresponds to the cartridge and stylus of
a record player.  Although this product incorporates a laser
pick-up lens, it is completely safe when operated according
to directions.
• Discs rotate at high speed inside the player.  Do not use
damaged, warped, or cracked discs.
• Do not touch the pick-up lens which is located inside the
disc compartment.  Also, to keep dust from collecting on
the pick-up lens do not leave the compartment door open
for an extended period of time.  If the lens becomes dirty,
clean it with a soft brush, or use an air blower brush
designed for camera lenses.
Headset safety
• Do not play your headset at a high volume.  Hearing
experts warn against extended high-volume play. 
• If you experience a ringing in your ears, reduce volume or
discontinue use. 
• You should use extreme caution or temporarily 
discontinue use in potentially hazardous situations.
• Even if your headset is an open-air type designed to let
you hear outside sounds, don’t turn up the volume so high
that you are unable to hear what is around you.
Don’t infringe
This product should only be used for the purposes for
which it is sold, that is, entertainment, violating no copy-
right law. Any attempts to use this product for which it is
not intended is unlawful and therefore not condoned by
Thomson multimedia. 
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