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HT-F4500
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Safety Information Warning TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS ARE INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN The lighting flash and CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC The exclamation point within arrowhead within the triangle SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE THE COVER (OR the triangle is a warning sign are warning signs alerting you BACK). NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. alerting
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01 Safety Information Precautions Disc Storage & Management • Holding Discs Important Safety Instructions - Fingerprints or scratches on a disc may reduce sound and picture Read these operating instructions carefully before using quality or cause skipping. the unit. Follow all the safety instructions listed below. Keep these operating instructions handy for future - Avoid touching the surface of a disc where data has been recorded. reference. - Hold the disc by the edges so that fingerprints
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Safety Information • To turn this apparatus off completely, you must pull the This product uses Cinavia technology to limit the power plug out of the wall socket. Consequently, the use of unauthorized copies of some commercially- power plug must be easily and readily accessible at all produced film and videos and their soundtracks. When times. a prohibited use of an unauthorized copy is detected, a message will be displayed and playback or copying will be interrupted. License More informa
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01 Safety Information • If you want to enjoy 3D content, connect a 3D device GETTING STARTED (3D compliant AV receiver or TV) to the product’s HDMI OUT port using a high-speed HDMI cable. Put on 3D 6 Disk and Format Compatibility glasses before playing the 3D content. 7 Logos of Discs the product can play • The product outputs 3D signals only through HDMI 9 Accessories cable connected to the HDMI OUT port. 10 Front Panel • As the video resolution in 3D play mode is fixed 10 Rear Panel accor
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Getting Started Disk and Format Compatibility Disc Types and Contents Your Product Can Play Media Disc Type Details Blu-ray Disc BD-ROM or BD-RE/-R disc recorded in the BD-RE format. 3D Blu-ray Disc VIDEO DVD-VIDEO, DVD-RW, DVD-VIDEO, recorded DVD+RW/DVD-RW(V)/DVD-R/+R discs that have DVD-R, DVD+RW, been recorded and finalized, or a USB storage media containing MKV, MP4 contents. DVD+R CD-RW/-R, Music recorded on CD-RW/-R, DVD-RW/-R, BD-RE/-R discs or a USB DVD-RW/-R, MUSIC storage media con
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02 Getting Started Region Code Logos of Discs the product can play Both products and discs are coded by region. These regional codes must match for a disc to play. If the codes do not match, the disc will not play. The Region Number for this product is displayed on the rear panel of the product. Region Blu-ray Disc BD-LIVE Disc Type Area Code North America, Central America, South America, A Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and South East Asia. Dolby DTS Blu-ray Disc Europe, Greenland, Frenc
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Getting Started Picture File Support File Extension Type Resolution *.jpg *.jpeg JPEG 15360x8640 *.jpe *.png PNG Video File Support File Extension Container Video Codec Audio Codec Resolution MP4v3 MP3, Dolby Digital, DTS, *.avi AVI H.264 BP/MP/HP WMA, PCM VC-1 AP *.mkv MKV MP3, Dolby Digital, DTS H.264 BP/MP/HP WMV VC-1 AP *.wmv WMA (wmv9) VC-1 SM 1920x1080 MP4 (mp4v) *.mp4 MP4 AAC H.264 BP/MP/HP MPEG1 *.mpg MP1, 2 PS MPEG2 *.mpeg Dolby Digital, DTS H.264 BP/MP/HP Limitations - Even when a fi
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02 Getting Started • The MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format compresses images with greater efficiency than the conventional image compressing format. • Some AVCHD discs use the “x.v.Color” format. This product can play back AVCHD discs that use “x.v.Color” format. • “x.v.Color” is a trademark of Sony Corporation. • “AVCHD” and the AVCHD logo are trademarks of Matsushita Electronic Industrial Co., Ltd. and Sony Corporation. | NOTES | Some AVCHD format discs may not play, depending on the recording condit
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Getting Started Front Panel PLAY/PAUSE ENTER STOP OPEN/CLOSE FUNCTION VOLUME CONTROL 5V 500mA DISPLAY DISC TRAY USB HOST POWER REMOTE CONTROL SENSOR | NOTES | To upgrade the product's software through the USB Host jack, you must use a USB memory stick. When the product displays the Blu-ray Disc menu, you cannot start the movie by pressing the 6 button on the product or the remote. To play the movie, you must select Play Movie or Start in the disc menu, and then press the E button. If yo
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02 Getting Started Remote Control Tour of the Remote Control Turn the product on and off. Press to select Blu-ray's mode. FUNCTION (BD/DVD, D. IN, AUX, etc.). To open and close the disc tray. VOLUME MUTE Adjust the volume. - + Cut off the sound temporarily. 1 2 3 Press numeric buttons to operate options. 4 56 7 89 DISC MENU TITLE MENU Use to enter the Popup menu/ Press to view the disc menu. POPUP 0 Title menu. Press to skip backwards or forwards. Press to search backwards or forwards. Press t
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Connections This section describes various methods of connecting the product to other external components. Before moving or installing the product, be sure to turn off the power and disconnect the power cord. Connecting the Speakers Position of the product Place it on a stand or cabinet shelf, or under the TV stand. Center Subwoofer Selecting the Listening Position Front (R) The listening position should be located about 2.5 to 3 times the size of the TV's Surround (R) screen from the TV. Fo
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03 Connections Connecting The Speakers 1. Match each speaker cable bundle to the correct speaker by matching the color coded plug on each bundle to the colored sticker on the bottom of each speaker. 2. To attach speaker wire to each speaker: a. Press down the red tab on the back of the speaker, insert the red wire, and then release the tab. b. Press down the black tab on the back of the speaker, insert the black wire, and then release the tab. 3. Connect the speaker wire plugs from each speak
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Connections Connecting to TV/External Devices AUX FM ANT IN L AUX FM ANT SURROUND R SURROUND L IN POWER FRONT R FRONT L L SUBWOOFER CENTER SPEAKERS OUT R OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO IN HDMI OUT LAN OPTICAL R DIGITAL HDMI OUT LAN AUDIO IN Method 1 Method 2 Red R External Devices White W OPTICAL OUT HDMI IN Connecting to a TV Connect an HDMI cable (not supplied) from the HDMI OUT jack on the back of the product to the HDMI IN jack on your TV. If the TV supports ARC, you can hear the audio from your T
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04 Settings Settings 4:3 Letter Box - For older, standard screen, analog The Initial Settings Procedure TVs. Displays 4:3 pictures in full screen and 16:9 pictures in letter box format that retains the 16:9 aspect ratio but puts black bars above and below • The Home menu will not appear if you do not the picture. configure the initial settings. 4:3 Pan-Scan - For older, standard screen, analog • The OSD (On Screen Display) may change in this TVs. Displays 4:3 pictures in full screen and
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Settings To select an option on the Home screen, move the 1. Initial Settings I Network - Wired cursor using the buttons until it highlights ▲▼◄► MAC Address (d0:66:7b:dc:28:fc) the option of your choice, and then press the E IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, DNS Server button. Gateway Ping Internet Service Test | NOTES | Your network is operating properly. To play or view video, photo, music files located on If you still have a network problem, contact your network
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04 Settings RETURN (') Button : Return to the previous BD Wise is Samsung’s latest inter- 2 menu. connectivity feature. When you connect a Samsung E (Enter) / DIRECTION Button : product and a Samsung TV • Press ▲▼◄► to move the cursor or select an with BD Wise to each other via BD Wise 3 item. HDMI, and BD Wise is on in • Press the E button to activate the currently both the product and TV, the selected item or confirm a setting. product outputs video at the video resolution and frame r
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Settings Level: Lets you adjust the relative When the product is attached to a loudness of each speaker from 6db digital TV, lets you adjust the audio to -6db. For example, if you like Audio Sync delay so that the audio syncs with deep bass, you can increase the the video. You can set the delay loudness of the subwoofer by 6db. between 0 and 300 milliseconds. Distance: Lets you adjust the Lets you select the multi-channel relative distance of each speaker Speaker downmix method tha
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04 Settings Configuring Your Network Connection Language If you skipped network setup during the Initial Setup, You can select the language you prefer for the On- follow the instructions below to configure the home Screen Menu, disc menu, etc. theater's network connection. • The selected language will only appear if it is Before you begin, contact your ISP to find out if your supported on the disc. IP address is static or dynamic. If it is dynamic, we recommend you use the automatic proced
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Settings Select one of the following methods: 4. Settings • By Online Wired Network Settings Display • By USB Internet Protocol Setup : Manual Audio IP Address : 0 0 0 0 • Auto Upgrade Notification Network Subnet Mask : 255 255 255 0 System Press the E button. 5. Gateway : 0 0 0 0 Language Directions for each method begin below. Security DNS : Manual General DNS Server : 0 0 0 0 | NOTES | Support The update is complete when the product turns off > Move " Select ' Return after restar
