LG Hx996ts Owners Manual

OWNER’S MANUAL
3D Sound Blu-ray™ 
Home Theater
Please read this manual carefully before operating  
your set and retain it for future reference.
HX996TS (HX996TS, SH96TS-FL/FR/SL/SR/C/W)
P/NO : SAC35235212
   

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Safety Information
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK  
DO NOT OPEN
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC 
SHOCK DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO 
USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE REFER SERVICING  TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
This lightning flash with arrowhead 
symbol within an equilateral triangle 
is intended to alert the user to the 
presence of uninsulated dangerous 
voltage within the product’s 
enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to...

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This device is equipped with a portable battery or 
accumulator. 
Safety way to remove the battery or the 
battery from the equipment: Remove the 
old battery or battery pack, follow the steps 
in reverse order than the assembly. To prevent 
contamination of the environment and bring on 
possible threat to human and animal health, the 
old battery or the battery put it in the appropriate 
container at designated collection points. Do 
not dispose of batteries or battery...

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Important Notice for TV colour 
system
The colour system of this player differs according to 
currently playing discs.
For example, when the player plays the disc 
recorded in the NTSC colour system, the image is 
output as an NTSC signal.
Only the multi system colour TV can receive all 
signals output from the player.
 yIf you have a PAL colour system TV, you will see 
just distorted images when using discs or video 
contents recorded in NTSC.
 yThe multi system colour...

Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
1 Getting Started
3 Safety Information
8 Introduction
8 – Playable Dis cs and symbols used in 
this manual
9 – About the “7” Symbol Display
10 – File compatibility
11 – AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High 
Definition)
11 – About DLNA
12 – Certain System Requirements
12 – LG Remote
12 – WOL (Wake On LAN)
12 – Regional Code
12 – Compatibility Notes
13 Remote control
14 Front panel
15 Rear panel
2 Connecting
16 Positioning the system
17 Speaker Connection
17 – Attaching...

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48 – Playing from selected time 
48 – Hearing a different audio 
49 – Selecting a sub title language
49 – Watching from a different angle 
49 – Changing the T V Aspect Ratio
49 – Changing subtitle code page
50 – Changing the Picture Mode
50 Audio CD Recording
52 Viewing information from Gracenote 
Media Database
53 Playing the iPod
53 – Enjoying iPod on the screen
54 – Enjoying the iPod IN mode
55 Radio Operations
55 – Listening to the radio
55 – Presetting the Radio...

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Introduction
Playable Discs and symbols used in this manual
Media/Term LogoSymbol Description
Blu-Ray
e
 y Discs such as movies that can be purchased or 
rented.
 y“Blu-ray 3D” discs and “Blu-ray 3D ONLY” discs.
 yBD-R/RE discs that are recorded in BDAV format.
y 
u 
i y BD-R/RE discs that contain Movie, Music or 
Photo files.
 yISO 9660+JOLIET, UDF and UDF Bridge format
DVD-ROM DVD-R
DVD-RW DVD+R
DVD+RW  (8 cm /  12 cm)
r
 y Discs such as movies that can be purchased...

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 yDepending on the conditions of the 
r
ecording equipment or the CD-R/RW (or 
DVD±R/RW ) disc itself, some CD-R/RW (or 
DVD±R/RW ) discs cannot be played on the 
unit.
 y Depending on the r

ecording software & the 
finalization, some recorded discs (CD-R/RW, 
DVD±R/RW, BD-R/RE) may not be playable.
 y BD-R/RE, D

VD±R/RW and CD-R/RW discs 
recorded using a personal computer or a 
DVD or CD Recorder may not play if the 
disc is damaged or dirty, or if there is dirt or...

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File compatibility
Movie files
File  
Location File  
Extension Codec Format
Audio Format Subtitle
Disc,  USB “.avi”, “.divx”, 
“.mpg”, “.mpeg”, 
“.mkv”, “.mp4”, 
“.asf ”, “.wmv”, 
“.m4v” (DRM 
free) DIVX3.xx, DIVX4.xx,  
DIVX5.xx, DIVX6.xx 
(Standard playback 
only), XVID, MPEG1 SS, 
H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, 
MPEG2 PS, MPEG2 TS, 
VC-1 SM ( WMV3) Dolby Digital, 
DTS, MP3, 
WMA, AAC, 
AC3
SubRip (.srt / .txt), SAMI (.smi), 
SubStation Alpha (.ssa/.txt), 
MicroDVD (.sub/.txt),...