Sound Storm SD800TS User manual

PRECAUTIONS
COMPATIBLE DISC FORMATS
WIRING DIAGRAM
TOUCH SCREEN OPERATION
FEATURESAND CONTORLS
BASIC OPERATION
RADIO OPERATION
DVD/VCD/MP3/CD/MP4/DIVX OPERATION
TV OPERATION
REMOTE CONTROL FEATURES
REMOTE CONTROL OPERATION
SETUP
SPECIFICATIONS
TROUBLESHOOTING
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PROBLEM CAUSE/SOLUTION
No power Check to seeif the fuse has blown,
Replace with new fuse with theproper
value if necessary.
The buttons ordisplays do not
function normally.
Unable to receivestations
The stereo indicator is flashing
No picture
Improper setting ofthe color system.
Set the colorsystem to PAL or NTSC,
according to theconnected television.
The DVD isdirty or damaged.
The disc isdirty or damaged.
A discis already loaded.
The screen imageappears "noisy."
Press the RESETbutton.
The antenna may not bethe proper
length.
Make use theantenna is fully
extended.
Check if antenna is brokenand
replace if necessary.
Check that antenna is properly
grounded.
Make sure the antenna cable connector is
inserted fully into the rear connector.
Anti-shock mechanism seemsto
work poorly.
Dust is present in the unit.Clean with a
kit designed toclean disc players.
Disc cannot beloaded.
Station you aretrying to receive is too
weak or isimproperly tuned. Try manual
tuning up ordown a little.
Disc playback skips.
The interconnect betweenthe main unit
and the TV is improperlyconnected.
Radio reception ispoor
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PRECAUTIONS

Type of disc Label on the disc Recorded material Size of disc
DVD
Sound and moving
pictures 12cm
VCD
Sound and moving
pictures 12cm
MP3
Sound only 12cm
MP 4/DIV X M P4 /D IV XSound and moving
pictures(AVI format) 12cm
CD
Sound only 12cm
Notes: 1.The unit is compatible with
DV D,V CD 1.0/1 .1/2.0 /3.0,D VC DC D-RW.CD-R.
MP4/DIVX ,PICTURE-CD version Disc. But for MP4/DIVX disc,
because there is different version, so maybe the unit will occur sound
only or without sound and moving picture. It’s natural.
2. The manual conforms to DVD,VCD ,MP3 and CD, while enjoying
DVD,VCD ,MP3 and CD, the display willautomatically identify the discs
and indicate the corresponding words.
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Do not attempt to modify the unit.
Do not carry out any distracting operation while driving. This may cause
an accident.
Do not operate the unit in high or low temperature extremes. Don't turn
the unit on unless it is between 68 and 140 F in your vehicle.
To enjoy best sound quality and long life from this player, handle your
discs with care. Here are some suggestions:
1. Handle the disc only by the edges so the surface stays clean.
COMPATIBLE DISC FORMATS
3. If a disc had a label but it has been removed, don't play that disc. It
may have an adhesive residue on it which will contaminate the player
mechanism.
4. Keep your discs clean. If they become dirty, clean them with a cleaning
cloth designed for this purpose. Always wipe the disc from the center of
the disc towards the outer edge.
2. Don't play discs with labels or stickers attached.
Notes:
1.This unit iscompatible with DVD,VCD(1.0,1.1,2.0 and 3.0),DVCD,
CD-R,CD-RW,MP4,DivX andPicture CD discs,However,variations exist in
MP4/DivX discs,so itis possible that some will play with sound only.This
is not afault of the player.
2.When a DVD,VCD,MP3or CD disc is inserted, the player will identify the
disc format anddisplay this information.
SHARPNESS
SHARPNESS

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ORANGE
BACK UP CAR SINGAL(+12V)
AV2 IN
(YELLOW)
RED(R) IN
WHITE(L) IN
AV1 IN
(YELLOW)
RED(R) IN
WHITE(L) IN
RED(R) OUT
WHITE(L) OUT
VIDEO OUT
(YELLOW)
BACK UP
CAMERA
AV and Power Connections
Make A/V and power connections according to the diagram below.

Touch Screen Operation
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AUTO PLAY
AUTO PLAY
Press the POWER button on the remote control or the front panel to
turn the unit on.
When first turned on, the unit will be in RADIO mode.
The touchscreen system has been designed with the most common
features easily available at a single touch:
Touch lower right hand corner to increase VOLUME, or lower left hand
corner to decrease VOLUME.
Touch in below the center of the screen to MUTE the sound.
Touch the screen center to open the MAIN MENU, which shows you the
different entertainment modes:
Please note that when you are in this menu, you have a choice of either
entering a setup menu for that mode by pressing the center of the screen,
or pressing to the left or right of center to play in that mode.
Press the DVD button in the onscreen
MAIN MENU to enter this mode.
Press the left center or right center of
the screen to display the DVD play
options:
Or press in the center of the screen
to open the DVD SETUP MENU:
Please note that at any time you can
return to the main menu by pressing
the center of the touch screen.
DVD RADIO TV AUX
DVD SETUP MENUS
PLAY
STOP
ZOOM
PREV
NEXT
REPT
RAND
TITLE
SUBP
AUDIO
USER SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP
PICTURE SETUP
AUDIO SETUP
LANGUAGE SETUP
LANGUAGE SETUP
This suite of five menus allows you to
select the language for the on-screen
menu system, subtitles, soundtrack
language and others.
PASSWORD MENU
In order to effectively use the
PARENTAL control system, you must
firstselect a password. The initial
password from the factory is 0000.
Use the UP/DOWN arrow keys to
highlight PASSWORD and use the
RIGHT arrow key to move to the
password input field. Enter 0000 to
unlock the system. You can now enter
a new, personal 4-digit passcode and
press ENTER to confirm it. If you
think you might forget it, write it down
and put it away in a secure place.
RATING (PARENTAL CONTROL) MENU
This setting allows you to limit the
movies that can be viewed by their
rating. Enter the RATING menu, use
the arrows to navigate to an accept-
able rating, and confirm it. In order to
change this in the future, you will need
to enter your password.
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AUTO PLAY
AUTO PLAY
NTSC
PAL
AUTO
AUTO PLAY
AUTO PLAY
NO
OFF
AUTO PLAY
4:3PS
4:3LB
16:9
TV TYPE
The following are the settings you
can make if you select SYSTEM
SETUP:
The following are the options
available to you to customize how
the DVD player displays the video
image in the PICTURE SETUP menus.
The following are the options
available to you to adjust the sound
in the AUDIO SETUP menu:
Choose the appropriate language
in the LANGUAGE SETUP menu:
SYSTEM SETUP
NO
NO
EURD
ON
BEEP
SAFETY
AREA
CAMERA
PICTURE SETUP
BRIGHT
CONTRAST
SHARP
COLOR
HUE
50
50
50
0
50
AUDIO SETUP
BASS
TREBLE
BALANCE
FADER
EQ
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0
C0
C0
FLAT
LANGUAGE SETUP
ENGLISH
CHINESE
In play mode, press the SETUP button to open the SETUP MENU. Use the
UP or DOWN arrow button to select the parameter you wish to change,
and press ENTER to confirm.
The following are the available submenus:
The TV Type menu is used to select the proper aspect ratio for displaying
video on the monitor. The built-in monitor is a widescreen monitor, so if
this is the only monitor in your vehicle, you should set this to 16:9
(widescreen). However, if you have a 4:3 format monitor connected, you
may wish to set the viewing mode to either 4:3 PS (Pan and Scan) or 4:3
LB (Letterbox), depending on your preferences:
In 4:3 PS mode, a widescreen image viewed on a 4:3 monitor will
appear with the right and left edges of the image cut off.
In 4:3 LB mode, a widescreen image viewed on a 4:3 monitor will be
reduced in size to fit the entire width of the image. Black bars will appear
at the top and bottom of the image.

SETUP
SYSTEM SETUP
PICTURE SETUP
AUDIO SETUP
LANGUAGE SETUP
TV SETUP
TV SETUP
FORMAT
PRESET
MANUAL
AUTO SEARCH
SKIP
PAL I
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NO
OFF
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1.POWER ON/OFF
2.EJECT
3.NUMERIC BUTTONS
4.FASTREVERSE
5.TITLE
6.SLOW
7.SUBTITLE
8.SETUP
9.RETURN
10.LEFT
11.DVD MENU
12.ANGLE
13.PROGRAM
14.MUTE
15.AUDIO
16.A-B/BAND
25.REPEAT
26.PREVIOUS CHAPTER
27.FAST FORWARD
28.STOP
29.ZOOM
30.NEXT CHAPTER
31.PLAY/PAUSE/AUTO
32.DISP
33.MODE
17.VOL+
18.VOL-
19.TFT MENU
20.DOWN(in DVD mode)/CH-
21.RIGHT(in DVD mode)/ CH+
22.ENTER
23.GOTO
24.UP(in DVD mode)
TV SETUP MENUS
In TV SETUP mode, these are the
setting choices available:
The setup options are the same
as for the DVD SETUP menus, with
the addition of the TV SETUP button,
which opens these options:
When you are done making adjustments to the settings, press
the center of the screen to return to the MAIN MENU:
DVD RADIO TV AUX
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5.SKIP AHEAD/SKIPBACK
Use these buttons to skip ahead or back to next or last chapter or
track on the currently playing disc.
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1.POWER/MUTE
2.MODE
Press this button to cycle through the different input modes:
DISC AUX RADIO TV SD/MMC CARD
4.VOLUME + /VOLUME -
Use these buttons to increase or decrease the listening level.
3.EJECT
FEATURES and CONTORLS
Press briefly it to turn off the sound.Press it again to return to the prior
listening level. Press and hold it to turn on the unit. Press and hold it
again to turn off.

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10.MENU
Press this button to open the menu which controls the quality settings for
the monitor:
6.BAND/LOUDNESS
In Radio mode, press this button repeatedly to cycle through the five radio
bands available:
In DVD Mode, press this button briefly to cycle through the three TV system
formats and select the one which is appropriate from AUTO, PAL or NTSC.
Press and hold this button to turn on LOUDNESS compensation, which
boosts the bass frequencies at low listening levels. Press and hold again
to turn LOUDNESS off.
SCAN
In radio mode,Press (SCAN)button to search for the next station
manually.
7.IR SENSOR
8.AF/REG FUNCTION (Alternate Frequency)
Pressing this button enables or disables the Alternate Frequency mode,
which checks the signal strength and ensures that you are always
listening to the strongest stations.
9.TAFUNCTION (Traffic Alerts)
When you press this button you turn on or off the TA mode. If there is a
traffic alert being broadcast, the radio will automatically switch to so you
can hear that alert. When it is over, the radio will return to normal listening
mode.
Once the channels have been auto-searched using this feature they will
remain available as presets.
Once the scan is complete, the TV will begin playing on the channel
assigned to preset #1. To move up or down through the channels, use
the or buttons. Alternately, you can use the numeric buttons
on the remote to enter the channel number directly. For stations above 9,
for example, channel 16, first press the 10+ button, then the 6 button.
SKIP
After the channels have been auto-scanned and set up, there may be
channels that you do not wish to watch and that you would like the tuner
to skip as you are using the and buttons. To do this, select the
channel you wish to skip. Press the SETUP button on the remote control
to open the TV SETUP menu. Use the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight the
SKIP item, and press the RIGHT arrow to turn SKIP to ON. In the future,
this channel will be skipped (until you return to this menu and change the
SKIP setting to OFF).
MUTE
Press the MUTE button to turn off the sound. Press it again to return to
the prior listening level.
press
the front panel(or SOUCE button on remote
control)to switch to TV mode.
AS/PS
This button has two modes depending on how long you hold the button.
Press and hold this button for a few seconds,and it will start an automatic
process in which it scans the entire AM and FM radio frequency spectrum
and assigns the presets to the strongest stations available.Please note
that it will erase all the stations you have stored previously if you do this.
Press briefly and it will play each radio preset for about 10 seconds and
then move on to the next.If you like what you hear, press the AS/PS button
again and it will stop scanning the presets. In TV mode,press SETUP button on the remote control.The following
information will be shown on the TFT display.

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MANUAL AND AUTOMATIC TUNING
First, select the desired band using the BAND button.
To tune manually, briefly press the or button to move up or down
the radio band in single steps. Or press and hold to change the tuner up
or down the band in a continuous scanning manner, and release at the
desired frequency.
To scan the band automatically, press and hold the or button
for more than 3 seconds. The tuner will automatically search up or down
the band until it finds and stops at the next station.
15.PTY FUNCTION (Program type)
The RDS program function organizes radio stations by type and assigns
them to the presets. When the radio searches, it displays this information
to assist you in selecting a station.
11.SD/MMC CARD SLOT
Plug in a USB drive
12.USB port
13.DISC SLOT
Insert discs here.
14.TFT LCD MONITOR
As in the MUSIC file mode, you can use either the number buttons to
directly select a picture file to view, or use the UP or DOWN arrow
buttons to move to the picture file you wish to view and then press
ENTER.
VIDEO FILE PLAYBACK
The example below shows a VIDEO FILE directory.
Use the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to highlight the video file you wish to
view, and then press ENTER to confirm your selection. You can also use
the LEFT or RIGHT arrow button to navigate up and down the menu
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To listen to or watch a DVD, VCD, CD, or MP4/DivX disc, insert it into the
disc slot with the label side up. It will begin playing automatically. If you
are in another mode and the disc is already in the slot, press the MODE
button to change to the proper input mode.
If the disc is an MP3 or CD-RW, when you insert it the disc will mount and
a DISC MENU will appear on screen. In this menu you can use the four
arrow buttons to navigate the disc directory to a desired song. Then press
ENTER to confirm the selection and begin playing.
Please note: if a folder symbol appears after you make a selection, this
means that there is another menu level you must navigate in order to
make a selection. In this unit, the arrow buttons are only operative at the
MAIN level, so to move into this secondary menu, press ENTER repeat-
edly until the desired file is highlighted. (If you make a mistake in navig-
ating, you will see a hand symbol).
NEXT/LAST TRACK, FAST FORWARD/FAST REVERSE
Press these keys briefly to skip ahead or back one track. Press and hold
these keys to increase playback speed forward or in reverse, from 2X to
20X normal playback speed.
PLAY/PAUSE
During playback mode, press this button to pause playback. Press again
to continue playback from where you last paused.
STOP
During playback,press the button at the first time to suspend the playback
and is shown on TFT screen.Press it again to stop the playback and
is shown on display.
AUDIO
During playing mode,continuously press the button to change the sound to
left/right speaker or stereo mode.
This unit supports the direct playback of compatible files stored on a USB
device or SD/MMC card. If you insert or attach either of these during disc
playback modes, they will mount automatically and their playback menu
will appear.
If you are in Radio or AUX IN mode when you attach the USB device or
plug in the card, press the MODE button on the front panel or remote to
switch to the correct input mode.
If you have a disc, USB device AND a card in the slot, you can use the
MODE button to select any of them.
If the disc, USB drive or SD/MMC card you insert is a "mixed" disc,
meaning that there are files of different formats (such as MP4, DivX, MP3
and JPEG photo files) together on the same disc, the player will turn on
automatically, mount the disc or device, and will display a file menu on
the screen.
MUSIC FILE PLAYBACK
At the bottom of this screen are three buttons, indicating MUSIC, VIDEO
or PICTURE format. The example below shows a MUSIC file directory.
If you press the MUSIC button, the
menu will list only the music files. Use
the UP or DOWN arrow buttons to
move to a desired track, and press the
ENTER button to select it. Or, you can
use the number keys to enter the track
you want, and then press ENTER.
Please note that instead of pressing the three file type buttons on the
screen, you can also use the RIGHT or LEFT arrow button to switch
between these file types, and press ENTER to confirm and display the
proper list.
PICTURE FILE VIEWING
The example below shows a
PICTURE FILE directory.
USB AND SD/MMC CARD PLAYBACK, "MIXED"
FILE PLAYBACK
Playing DVD/VCD/MP3/MP4/DIVX/CD discs