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DVG-399K
DVD/CD+G/VCD/Mp3/CD/PHOTO-CD
Karaoke Player with Digital Key Control
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Table of contents INTRODUCTION Safety instructions ............................................................................................................. 2 FCC information ................................................................................................................. 3 Welcome ........................................................................................................................... 4 Listening for a lifetime ..............................................
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Safety Instructions 8. Ventilation - The appliance should be situated so its location does not interfere with its proper ventilation. For example, the appliance should not be situated on a bed, CAUTION sofa, rug, or similar surface that may block the RISK OF SHOCK ventilation slots. 9. Heat - The appliance should be situated away from CAUTION: To reduce the risk of electric shock, heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, do not remove cover (or back). No user- stoves, or ot
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FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) CAUTION: 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS READ THIS BEFORE OPERATING YOUR UNIT UNIT!: This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by 1. To ensure the finest performance, please read this Vocopro may void your authority, granted by the FCC, manual carefully. Keep it in a safe place for future reference. to use this product. 2. Install your unit in a cool
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Welcome And thank you for purchasing the DVG-399K from VocoStar! All of our products are designed to provide years of high-quality karaoke entertainment to individuals and families across the world. Inherited with over a decade of experience crafting professional karaoke equipment from our parent company VocoPro, VocoStar products sound like no other in its class. We support all of our products with quality customer service and technical support professionals,
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Listening for a lifetime Selecting fine audio equipment such as the unit you’ve just purchased is only the start of your musical enjoyment. Now it’s time to consider how you can maximize the fun and excitement your equipment offers. VocoPro and the Electronic Industries Association’s Consumer Electronics Group want you to get the most out of your equipment by playing it at a safe level. One that lets the sound come through loud and clear without annoying blaring or distortion and, most impor
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Specifications and features Specifications Response Frequency 4Hz - 22 Khz S/N Ratio >98dB Audio Output 2 V Video Output 1.0V (P - P) 75 S-Video Output Y 1.0V (P - P) , C0.28 75 Power Supply 110V - 240V 60/50Hz Power Consumption 25W Operation Temperature 22� F to 113� F (-30� C to 45� C) Dimensions 17” (L) x 9.8” (W) x 1.7” (H) Gross Weight 7.1 lbs. Features • Multi-format player is compatible with DVD, CD+G, VCD, Mp3, HDCD, CD-R, CD-RW, WMA a
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Getting connected The DVG-399K can be used as both a home entertainment DVD player and a Karaoke player/mixer. Since DVD audio is optimal with a digital connection (especially if you have an AC-3 or DTS receiver), it is common for the audio connec- tion to be either Coaxial or Digital. Karaoke, on the other hand, requires an analog audio connection in order to output a mixed microphone signal along with the audio source. This would mean that one would need BOTH a digital audio and analog audio
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Getting connected cont Connecting to a Dolby Digital/DTS Receiver/Decoder Using either an RCA-ended COAXIAL cable suited for digital audio use or an OPTICAL cable, connect one end to the appropriate jack on the DVG-399K (Coaxial or Optical) and the other end to the appropriate jack on the AC-3 decoder/receiver (Coaxial or Optical). If you have both coaxial and optical inputs on your AC-3 decoder/receiver, it is recommended to use an optical connection as those cables eliminate the possibility
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ON ON OF F OFF Getting connected cont Connecting to a TV with Component Video Using 3 appropriate Component Video cables (usually color coded red, blue and green), connect a set of plugs to the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jacks (Y/Cb/Cr) on the DVG-399K and plug the other set of plugs to the COMPONENT VIDEO IN jacks (Y-U/Cb-V/Cr) on your television. On some TVs, the component video input jacks may be labeled differently (i.e. Pr/Pb/Y or Cr/Cb/Y or R-Y/B-Y/Y etc.). NOTE: When using the component video
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Front panel descriptions Front 5 4 2 3 1 DVD/CD+G/VCD/MP3/CD/PHOTO-CD KARAOKE PLAYER WITH DIGITAL KEY CONTROL 6 7 8 9 1. POWER ON/OFF button - Use this button to turn the DVG-399K ON and OFF. NOTE: If the power is turned on while a disc is already in the disc tray, the unit will automatically begin loading the disc. 2. MIC INPUTS 1, 2 - These inputs are for connecting MICROPHONES with a ¼” plug. 3. MIC 1 / 2 VOLUME controls - These controls adjust the VOLUME levels of MIC channels 1 a
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Rear panel descriptions Rear 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. 5.1 CH. AUDIO OUTPUT jacks - These jacks are for connecting to 5.1 channel ready amplifiers/receivers. The labels on each jack specify which speaker in your surround sound system to output to. CENT-center, SUR W- subwoofer, SUR L- surround left, SR- surround right, FL- front left, FR- front right. NOTE: If you are using the standard L/R stereo connection, use the FL and FR outputs. 2. VIDEO (RCA) output jack - The VIDEO jack outputs
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Remote control descriptions 4. OPEN/CLOSE button - Use this button to open the DISC TRAY compartment for inserting and removing discs. 3 2 4 1 5. N/P (NTSC/PAL) button - Use this button to select between NTSC/PAL video modes. For U.S., Mexico, and Canada, select NTSC. For 5 European countries, select PAL. 6 6. SUBTITLE button - This button accesses the 9 subtitle options for the DVD player. Will only work 7 with DVDs that have subtitle options. 8 7. LANGUAG
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Remote control descriptions cont 17. ZOOM button - This button allows you to ZOOM in to and out of the DVD image on the screen by using several preset ZOOM levels. You can ZOOM in at 2x, 3x, and 4x and ZOOM out at 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 the size of the original picture. This is useful for eliminating bars above and below the image when viewing widescreen movies. 18. KARAOKE button - This button is used to select the audio playback mode: MONO
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Remote control descriptions cont 29. FUNCTION SELECT button - This button switches between VOLUME, ECHO, and DIGITAL KEY CONTROL mode. Use the FUNCTION +/- (#15) buttons to increase or decrease the values of each of these functions. 30. MUTE button - Press to SILENCE audio playback. Video playback is not affected while using the menu feature. 31. STEP - Press this button to enter STEP mode playback. In STEP mode, playback is paused and the
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Basic operations Initial Playback Getting ready to play --Turn on the TV and set its video source to the channel that the DVG-399K is connected to (VIDEO 1, Video 2, AV 1, etc.) --Turn on the audio equipment connected to the unit. Set its input source to the channel that the DVG-399K is connected to. 1. Press POWER When the unit turns on you will see LED activity in the display panel and see the VocoStar splash screen on your TV. 2. Press OPEN/CLOSE to open the DVG-399K’s disc tray. 3. Loa
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Advanced operations Frame Advance Press STEP while a disc is playing. Each time you press the STEP button, the program advances one frame. There is no audio during STEP playback. To return to normal playback press PLAY. Slow Motion Playback On DVDs you can go slow motion forwards (SF) ) at 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, and 1/7 the normal speed, by pressing the SLOW button. Use the SLOW button to toggle between the 6 different slow modes that appear in the following order. SF 1/2, SF 1/3, SF 1/4,
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Advanced operations cont Programming Playback Press PROGRAM when the disc is stopped. You can select up to 16 tracks to program. The program is maintained until the STOP button is pressed twice, the disc is removed or the unit is turned off. To program tracks In the PROGRAM menu there are 16 open slots. To program, use the directional buttons to highlight the desired slot and then press the track number (on the numerical pad) that you want to play in that slot. For example: If you want tr
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Setting up preferences Press SETUP on the remote control to get into the SETUP menus. All settings have been preset in the DEFAULT mode. This means that the most common settings will already be active when you first setup the DVG- 399K. It may not be necessary to make any changes for the DVG-399K to work correctly. To exit the SETUP screen simply press SETUP on your remote or scroll down to EXIT SETUP on the MENU MAIN PAGE and press ENTER on your remote. SYSTEM SETUP Press SETUP on the remo
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Setting up preferences cont LANGUAGE SETUP 1. OSD LANGUAGE The OSD only has one language: ENGLISH 2. AUDIO LANGUAGE Sets the language for discs with multi-language capabilities. 3. SUBTITLE LANGUAGE Sets the language for the movie subtitles. The disc must be equipped with multi-language subtitles for this to work. 4. MENU LANGUAGE Sets the language for DVD menus with multi-language capabilities. AUDIO SETUP 1. AUDIO OUT SPDIF/RAW: When using digital output to connect to an amplifier
