Samsung Ht C550 User Manual

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Safety Information
Safety Warnings
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.
CAUTIONRISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK 
DO NOT OPEN
The lighting fl ash and Arrowhead within 
Triangle Is awarning sign alerting you of 
dangerous voltage Inside the product.CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC 
SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK) NO 
USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER 
SERVICING TO...

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Accessories
Check for the supplied accessories below.
Video Cable 
(AH39-40001V) FM Antenna 
(AH42-00017A) ASC microphone
(AH30-00099A) iPod Dock 
(AH96-00051A)
FUNCTION
TV SOURCEPOWERDVD RECEIVER/TV SLEEP
DISC MENU MENU TITLE MENU
MUTE
REPEATVOLTUNING /CHTOOLS
RETURN EXIT
INFOABCDTUNER MEMORYDIMMER
S . VOL AUDIO UPSCALE
P .BASS
MO/ST CD RIPPING
DSP /EQ:ˆ
:‰
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Toroidal Ferrite Core
(3301-000144)User's Manual(AH68-02269R)Remote Control (AH59-02291A)/ 
Batteries (AAA size)...

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Cautions on Handling and Storing Discs
Small scratches on the disc may reduce sound and 
picture quality or cause skipping.
Be especially careful not to scratch discs when 
handling them.
Holding discs
Do not touch the playback side of the disc. 
Hold the disc by the edges so that 
fi ngerprints will not get on the surface.
Do not stick paper or tape on the disc.
Disc Storage
Do not keep in direct sunlight
Keep in a cool ventilated area
Keep in a clean Protection jacket.
Store vertically.
NOTE...

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Contents
SAFETY INFORMATION
2
2 Safety Warnings
3  Important Safety Instructions
3 Precautions
3 Accessories
4  Cautions on Handling and Storing Discs
4 License
4 Copyright
4 Copy Protection
GETTING STARTED
7
7       Features
7       Icons that will be used in manual
8  Disc Types and Characteristics
11 Description
11 Front Panel 
12 Rear Panel
13 Remote control
CONNECTIONS
15
15  Connecting the Speakers
22  Connecting the Video Out to your TV
24  Connecting the FM Antenna
24 
Connecting Audio...

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BASIC FUNCTIONS
32
32 Disc Playback
32  Audio CD(CD-DA)/MP3/WMA Playback
33  JPEG File Playback
33  Using the Playback Function
37 Sound Mode
39  Listening to Radio
ADVANCED FUNCTIONS
40
40 USB Function
40  Using an iPod
42 CD Ripping
OTHER INFORMATION
43
43 Troubleshooting
44  Country code list
45 Index
46 Specifi cations
Contents
Figures and illustrations in this User Manual are provided for reference only and may differ from actual product appearance. •
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01 Getting Started
Features
Playback of many disc types
This product allows you to play back various discs, 
including DVD-Video, DVD±R/±RW , CD-DA, 
CD-R/-RW, MP3-CD, WMA-CD and DivX.
USB Host support
You can enjoy media fi les such as pictures, movies 
and music saved on a MP3 player, digital camera or 
USB memory stick by connecting the storage device 
to the USB port of the product.
Dolby Pro Logic II
Dolby Pro Logic II is a form of multi-channel audio 
signal decoding technology that...

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Getting Started
Disc Types and Characteristics
Region Code
The product and the discs are coded by region. These 
regional codes must match in order for the disc to play. If the 
codes do not match, the disc will not play.
Disc TypeRegion 
CodeArea
DVD-VIDEO
1The U.S., U.S. territories and 
Canada
2Europe, Japan, the Middle East, 
Egypt, South Africa, Greenland
3Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, 
Indonesia, Hong Kong
4
Mexico, South America, Central 
America, Australia, New Zealand, 
Pacifi c...

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01 Getting Started
CD-R MP3 Discs
 Only CD-R discs with MP3 fi les in ISO 9660 or 
Joliet format can be played.
 MP3 fi le names should contain no blank spaces 
or special characters (. / = +).
 Use discs recorded with a compression/
decompression data rate greater than 128Kbps.
 Only fi les with the ".mp3" and ".MP3" extensions 
can be played.
 Only a consecutively written multisession disc can 
be played. If there is a blank segment in the 
Multisession disc, the disc can be...

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Getting Started
Notes on USB connection
Supported devices: USB storage media, MP3 
player, digital camera, USB card readerIf a folder or fi le name is longer than 10 
characters, it may not properly display or 
operate.
A subtitle fi le bigger than 148KB may not be 
properly displayed.
A certain USB/digital camera device, USB card 
reader may not be compatible with the product.
FAT16 and FAT32 fi le systems are supported.NTFS fi le system is not supported.
Photo (JPEG), music (MP3, WMA) and video...