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NOTICES NOTICE OF INTENDED USE Rosen Entertainment Systems are designed to enable viewing of video ONLY for rear-seat occupants, and are not intended for viewing by the driver when the vehicle is in motion. Such use might distract the driver or interfere with the driver’s safe operation of the vehicle, and thus re- sult in serious injury or death. Such use might also violate state or local laws. Rosen Entertainment Systems disclaims any liability for any bodily injury or property damage th
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Table of Contents Notices ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3 Getting Started ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Switching On, Lowering the Screen, Listening Over the Vehicle Sp
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual GETTING STARTED Use the system with the vehicle running, or with the ignition key switch in the “accessory” position. Make certain that the remote and the headphones have their batteries properly inserted. To Lower the Screen and Switch On the System: Be sure the ignition key is the “ON” or “ACC” position. Press the OPEN button on the front panel or the POWER button on the remote. The screen will open and the system will turn on. To Watch a DVD: 1 Press SOURCE unt
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Rosen Entertainment Systems Front View To Use An External Video Source Disc Slot (optional video game console or camcorder): Open Button 1 Connect the RCA audio and video outputs of the device to the Control Panel RCA inputs of the system. 2 Press SOURCE until “Auxiliary 1” appears on the screen. Reset Button Listening Over the Vehicle Speakers 1 Press SPEAKER. “Speaker Sound” will appear on the screen. 2 Turn on the car radio. Tune to one of the following frequencies Dome Light 87.7, 87
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual INTRODUCTION PRECAUTIONS Congratulations on purchasing a Rosen Entertainment System! In order to operate the system, the ACC or engine ACC or engi Here’s a list of some things you can do with your system: vehicle ignition key switch must be on position ON position in the ACC or engine ON position. · Play DVD movies, music CDs, or discs with MP3 audio fi les. • Use this system only if properly installed by a qualifi ed · Listen using the vehicle speakers or the wire
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Rosen Entertainment Systems DISCS PLAYED INCOMPATIBLE DISCS The following disc types are incompatible with the system: Compatible Discs · DVD-ROM/DVD-RAM/DVD+RAM discs. DVD, Video CD (VCD), and CD-Audio discs discs are compatible with · Most DVD-R/DVD-RW/DVD+R/DVD+RW discs. the T8 system. Compatible discs have these logos on their labels: · Some Photo CD discs. · CD-ROM data discs. · CD-Audio discs made with certain copy protection methods. · Any DVD with a
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual Note: The internal DVD player can be confi gured for either a CHANGING AND ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY 16:9 “Wide” image output or a 4:3 standard image output. Since Selecting a display mode: The system’s “widescreen” display has the unit has a widescreen display, the DVD player should be a 16:9 aspect ratio - wider than a standard television. While many confi gured for “Wide”. For more, see Page 13. DVD’s provide widescreen video images that fi t the screen, standard broadc
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Rosen Entertainment Systems USING THE REMOTE CONTROL You can use the remote control to operate the system, including 1 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 access to features not available on the front panel. The unit has two in- frared sensors to receive signals from the remote - one is built into the control panel, and the other faces forward in the vehicle, for use from 5 6 7 8 5 6 7 8 the front seats. For defi nit
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual BASIC REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS 1 Open/ Optional Source Unit Power 5 Previous Chapter/Track Pressing this button when the screen is closed will open the screen. Press to jump to the previous title or chapter, if available on a DVD, or (There is also an OPEN button on the front control panel.) to the previous track on an audio CD. Not supported with some VCDs. Note: The system turns on when the screen opens. 8 Next Chapter/Track Press to jump to the next title or chapter, i
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Rosen Entertainment Systems USING MENU AND NAVIGATION BUTTONS USING DVD DISC FEATURES 13 Source SOURCE DISC 23 Disc Menu MENU This button lets you select the internal DVD/CD player or the Auxiliary Press to see the main menu for the DVD being played. input. Note: The Source button on the control panel performs the same function. CHANGING THE SHAPE AND SIZE OF THE IMAGE 14, 22 Up/Down Arrows + 16 Disc Zoom + Press to move up or down in a menu. View the same scene on a DVD at different magni
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual CD AUDIO, MP3, JPEG, AND VIDEO CD PLAYBACK • To zoom the picture, select the “ZOOM” mode. Note: For best results when zooming in on DVD images, use the CD Playback Disc Zoom feature instead of the “ZOOM” Display Mode. When you insert an audio CD, “CD” will appear on the screen. The standard CD commands (PLAY, NEXT, etc.) will control the unit.Some • To adjust the Display settings (color, contrast, etc.), press and hold CDs recorded in CD-R or CD-RW mode may not p
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Rosen Entertainment Systems REPLACING HEADPHONE BATTERIES USING THE INCLUDED WIRELESS HEADPHONES The system comes with two (2) infrared (IR) wireless headphones. The wireless IR headphones require two AAA batteries. To replace the These headphones receive a signal from an IR transmitter built into the batteries, slide off the battery compartment door on the left earpiece unit. These headphones allow rear-seat passengers to listen without and insert batteries, as shown. Make certain that the ba
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual ADJUSTING THE SCREEN ANGLE USING EXTERNAL SOURCES You may use optional external video games, camcorders, and other Rosen uses an advanced mechanical design to hold the screen at portable video units by connecting the unit to the auxiliary RCA input the perfect viewing angle for you, your passengers, and your vehicle. jacks on the unit. You must press SOURCE to select “Auxiliary 1”. Here’s how to adjust the screen angle: . First, press the OPEN button on the front pan
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Rosen Entertainment Systems WHY ARE THE BLACK BARS STILL THERE SOMETIMES? MANAGING BLACK BARS There are three possible reasons for black bars to appear on the top and bottom of the display: Motion picture fi lm and cameras, and later tele- vision screens, were originally designed around 4:3 1) You are watching a widescreen movie with an aspect ratio a screen size that was almost square - it was greater than 1.85:1. (For more options on dealing with this, see one-third
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual Eliminating Black Bars when viewing a DVD: DVD TYPICAL SETUP AND CONFIGURATION The following section explains how to customize various features of the Internal DVD Player, including various language, display, and parental 1) Make sure that the internal DVD player is set to “WIDE” control features. (see DVD Setup, page 13). Note: Many DVD menu settings do not apply to this system, since it is specifi cally engineered for automotive use. Changing 2) Use the DISPLA
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Rosen Entertainment Systems Changing the Aspect Ratio Mode Parental Control This is under the GENERAL SETUP tab, The factory set Parental Control password is 3308. under TV DISPLAY. The correct setting is WIDE. Changing this setting to NORMAL/ Changing Language Settings PS or NORMAL/LB will result in distorted video. Several language settings can be customized on the DVD Player. These languages can vary depending on the language supported by the DVD disc. To change these settings, select th
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual To change the soundtrack language, Concealing the “Angle Mark” select PREFERENCES and AUDIO. To display or conceal the “angle mark,” which appears during scenes that support a multiple-viewing-angle feature, select GEN- ERAL and ANGLE MARK. Since the remote included does not support this feature, the default state for this setting is “OFF”. Activating Captions and Subtitles To enable or disable captions or subtitles, select GENERAL and CAPTIONS. To change
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Rosen Entertainment Systems FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS I CAN NOT GET AUDIO ON THE RADIO To receive audio over the radio, the System must have SPEAKERS HOW DO I RESET MY SYSTEM? ENABLE selected, and the Radio must be tuned to the proper station. To RESET the system, press and hold the RESET Button for 3 or more Solution: Press the SPEAKER BUTTON on the Remote Control to seconds. The RESET Button is located in the Display Pocket (see page 7) enable the radio transmission. Solution: Tune the rad
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Rosen T8 Owner’s Manual FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS CONTINUED DVD FACTORY SETTINGS LIST The factory default options are given in bold type. MY RADIO LOSES ITS NORMAL STATIONS GENERAL PAGE While the System is set to broadcast over the Radio with SPEAKERS ENABLED, the vehicle’s antenna is temporally disabled. TV DISPLAY: NORMAL/PS, NORMAL/LB, WIDE Solution: Press the SPEAKER BUTTON on the Remote to restore the TV TYPE: MULTI, NTSC, PAL vehicle antenna, “Headphones Only” will appear on the scre
