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Contents 1 Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Important Safeguards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Front . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using search mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Accessing DVD menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Accessing the DVD title menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Accessing additional DVD menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Repeating playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using MP3 discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Recording an MP3 disc using a CD-R/CD-RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Copying discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 B Safety, Regulatory, and Legal Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Checking Out Your Gateway 1 DVD Player This chapter provides basic information about your Gateway DVD Player. Read this chapter to learn about: ■ Features ■ Warnings and safeguards ■ Package contents ■ DVD controls and connections ■ Remote control 1
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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player Features ■ Plays DVD, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW, CD, CD-R/W, MP3, HDCD, JPEG, ® Kodak Photo CD, VCD, SVCD discs. ■ Analog and digital audio outputs. ■ Composite, S-Video, and component video outputs. ■ Interlace or progressive scan video when using component video. ■ Audio Dynamic Range Compression when playing videos recorded with Dolby Digital sound. ■ Parental lock feature. ■ Multiple angles and zoom. ■ Play songs on audio discs in a random order or
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Important Safeguards Important Safeguards Warning Risk of electric shock - Do not open the case To reduce the risk of electric shock, do no remove the cover. There are no user-serviceable parts inside. Removing the cover voids the warranty. Have your DVD player repaired by qualified service personnel only. Warnings and precautions ■ Disconnect all cables before moving your DVD player. Moving your DVD player with its cables attached may damage the cables and cause fire or electric shock dang
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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player Package contents Along with your DVD player, the packaging box contains the following items: Remote control Two AAA batteries RCA audio cable (red and white plugs) RCA composite video cable (yellow plug) www.gateway.com 4
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Package contents Coaxial audio cable (orange plug) User guide You can purchase these optional accessories for your DVD player: ■ RCA component video cable ■ S-Video cable ■ AC-3 (Toslink) cable www.gateway.com 5
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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player Front Power Standby Disc tray Display Front Remote Front button indicator panel sensor panel controls controls Component Description Power button Press to turn the player off or to standby. For more information, see “Turning the DVD player on and off” on page 31. Standby indicator Lights when the DVD player is in standby. Disc tray Insert a CD or DVD into this tray. For more information about types of discs supported, see “Using Discs” on page
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Front Front panel controls Open/Close Play Search back Stop Search ahead Step/Pause Skip back Skip ahead Button Icon Description Open/Close Opens and closes the disc tray. ■ Search back Plays the CD, DVD, or MP3 disc backward quickly. For more information, see “Speeding up disc playback” on page 36. -OR- ■ Plays the DVD disc backward in slow motion. For more information, see “Slowing down DVD playback” on page 36. ■ Search ahead Plays the CD, DVD, or MP3 disc forward quickly. For more informa
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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player Button Icon Description Skip ahead Skips ahead one CD track, DVD chapter, or MP3 file. For more information, see “Skipping a chapter, track, or file” on page 35. Play Plays a CD, DVD, or MP3 disc. For more information, see “Playing a disc” on page 31. Stop Stops play. For more information, see “Stopping a disc” on page 34. Step/Pause Pauses play. If you are playing a DVD, you can push this button to advance the video by one frame. For more infor
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Front Component Description Repeat indicators Shows the current repeat mode. For more information, see “Repeating playback” on page 42. Random play indicator Shows the current playback mode. For more information, see “Playing songs in random order” on page 44. Multi-information Shows the following information: display ■ Current DVD title number ■ Current DVD chapter number ■ Current CD track number ■ Elapsed time since the DVD title, CD track, or MP3 file started playing DVD video indicator In
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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player Back panel connections Composite COAX video out audio out Audio out Component S-Video out Optical video out audio out Connector Description Composite video Out Connects to a composite video device. COAX audio out Connects to a coaxial digital audio device. Audio Out Connects to an analog stereo audio device. Component video out Connects to a component video device. S-Video Out Connects to an S-Video device. Optical audio out Connects to an AC-3 (
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Remote control Remote control Power button For more information, see page 11. Numeric keypad and zoom button For more information, Basic player controls see page 13. For more information, see page 12. Cursor controls and menu buttons Language menu and For more information, video output buttons see page 13. For more information, see page 13. Skip, search, and step/pause buttons For more information, see page 14. Buttons Buttons Function Power button Power On. Turns the DVD player to standby
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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player Buttons Function Basic player controls Open/Close ( ). Opens or closes the DVD tray. Book Mark. Adds a bookmark or starts play at a selected bookmark. For more information, see “Using bookmarks” on page 47. NTSC/PAL. Switches your output from NTSC, which is the television standard for North America, to PAL, which is the television standard for Europe and Asia. For more information, see “Changing the video signal format” on page 51. Angle. Swi
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Remote control Buttons Function Numeric keypad and zoom button Number button pad. Selects a menu item or enters a password. +10. Adds 10 to the number you selected. Zoom. Enlarges a part of the DVD screen. Language menu and video output Multiplex. This function is not available on this DVD buttons player. Audio. Opens the Audio menu. For more information, see “Changing the audio language” on page 48. Subtitle. Opens the Subtitle menu. For more information, see “Changing the subtitle language
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Chapter 1: Checking Out Your Gateway DVD Player Buttons Function Skip, search, and step/pause Skip back ( ). Skips back one CD track, DVD chapter, buttons or MP3 file. For more information, see “Skipping a chapter, track, or file” on page 35. Note: if you press the skip back button after the track, chapter, or file playback has reached the half-way point, the skip back button skips to the beginning of the current track, chapter, or file. Press the button a second time to skip back to the p
