Samsung Ht Tz212 User Manual

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●  CONNECTIONS
●  CONNECTIONS
CONNECTING THE FM ANTENNA
     Connect the FM antenna supplied to the FM 75Ω COAXIAL Jack.
    Slowly move the antenna wire around until you fi nd a location where reception is good, then fasten it 
to a wall or other rigid surface.
  This unit does not receive AM broadcasts.
Cooling Fan
The cooling fan supplies cool air to the unit to  prevent overheating.
Please observe the following cautions for your safety.
Make sure the unit is well-ventilated. If the unit has poor ventilation, the temperature inside the unit may rise and may damage it.
Do not obstruct the cooling fan or ventilation holes. (If the cooling fan or ventilation holes are covered with a newspaper or cloth, heat may build up inside the unit and fi re may result.)
CONNECTING MICrOPHONE
 You can enjoy the feeling of a karaoke bar in the comfort of your home. 
Watch the video and sing along the lyrics displayed on  the TV screen 
against the accompaniment.
Connect the microphone to the MIC jack on the front panel.
You can connect up to two microphones.
Press the MIC VOL button to adjust the voice volume of the microphone.
Press the ECHO button to adjust the echo level of the microphone.
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AUX IN 2
AUX IN 2
FM Antenna
(supplied)
AUX IN 1
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If you hear strange noises (squealing or howling) while using the Kara\
oke 
feature, move the microphone away from the speakers. Turning down the 
microphone volume or the speaker volume is also effective.
When HDMI AUDIO is on , MIC output is not available.•
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The DVD Home Cinema's remote can be used to control Samsung TVs.
Plug the main unit's power cord into the AC power supply.
Press the DVD rECEIVEr button to operate the DVD Home 
Cinema.
 
Press the FUNCTION button on the main unit or DVD button 
on the remote to enable DVD/CD playback.
Press the TV button to set the remote to TV mode.
Press the POWEr button to turn on your Samsung TV
 with this remote. 
Press the TV/VIDEO button to select VIDEO mode 
on your TV. 
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VIDEO
Selecting the Video Format
Press and hold the Number 7 button on the remote controller for over 5 seconds while the 
power is turned off.
By default, the video format is set to "PAL".
"NTSC" or "PAL" will appear in the display. At this time, press the Number 7 button shortly to select between "NTSC" and "PAL".
Each country has a different video format standard. 
For normal playback, the video format of the disc must be the same as the video format of your TV.
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●  PLAYBACK
playback
DISC PLAYBACK
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 Press the OPEN/CLOSE () button to open the disc tray.
Load a disc.
Place a disc gently into the tray with the disc’s label 
facing up.
Close the compartment by pressing the OPEN/CLOSE () 
button again.
Playback starts automatically.
To stop playback, press the STOP () button during playback.
 If pressed once, PrESS PLAY is displayed and the stop position will be stored in memory.    
If the PLAY () button or ENTEr button is pressed, playback resumes from the stop position. 
(This function works only with DVDs.)
 If pressed twice, STOP is displayed, and if the PLAY () button is pressed, playback starts from the 
beginning.
To temporarily pause playback, press the PAUSE () button during playback.
 To resume playback, press the PLAY () button.
Depending on the content of the disc, the initial screen may appear different.
Pirated discs will not run in this player because it violates the CSS (Content Scrambling System : a copy protection system) recommendations.
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MP3/WMA-CD PLAYBACK
Data CDs (CD-R, CD-RW) encoded in MP3/WMA format can be played.
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Place the MP3/WMA disc on the disc tray.
The MP3/WMA menu screen will appear and 
playback will start.
The appearance of the menu depends on the 
MP3/WMA disc.
 WMA-DRM fi les cannot be played.
In Stop mode, use the Cursor ,,, button 
to select the album, and then press the ENTEr button.
Use the Cursor , button to select the track.
To change the album, use the Cursor ,,, 
button to select another album in Stop mode, and then press 
the ENTEr button.
Press the STOP (T) button to stop playback.
Depending on the recording mode, some MP3/WMA-CDs may not play.
Table of contents of a MP3-CD varies depending on the MP3/WMA track format recorded 
on the disc.
Press the Cursor ,,, button when it is in Stop mode and select a desired icon from the 
top part of the menu.
Music File Icon : To play music fi les only, select the  Icon.
Image File Icon : To view image fi les only, select the  Icon.
Movie File Icon : To view movie fi les only, select the  Icon.
All File Icon : To view all fi les select the  Icon.
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JPEG FILE PLAYBACK
Images captured with a digital camera or camcorder, or JPEG fi les on a PC can be stored on a CD and then played back 
with this Home Cinema.
Slide Mode G
Place the JPEG disc on the disc tray. 
Playback starts automatically.
Each image is displayed for 5 seconds and then the next image is displayed.
Press the [,] button to skip to the next slide. 
Each time the button is pressed, the slide moves backward or forward.
rotate/Flip Function G
Press the Cursor ,,, button during playback.
The maximum resolutions supported by this product are 5120 x 3480 (or 19.0 MPixel) for 
standard JPEG fi les and 2048 x 1536 (or 3.0 MPixel) for progressive image fi les. 
If a JPEG fi le is played when the HDMI output resolution is 720p/1080i/1080p, the mode is 
automatically converted to 576p/480p mode.
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button: Rotate 90° Clockwisebutton: Rotate 90° Counterclockwise
button: Flip Vertically
button: Flip Horizontally
Original Image
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DIVX PLAYBACK
The functions on this page apply to DivX disc playback.
Skip Forward/Back D
During playback, press the [,] button. 
Goes to the next fi le whenever you press the ] button, 
if there are 2 fi les or more on the disc.
Goes to the previous fi le whenever you press the 
[ button, if there are 2 fi les or more on the disc.
Fast Playback D
To play back the disc at a faster speed, press the ( or ) button during playback. 
Each time you press either button, the playback speed will change as follows: 
2x ➞ 4x ➞ 8x ➞ 32x ➞ Normal.
5 Minute Skip function D
During playback, press the Cursor , button.
Playback skips 5 minutes forward whenever you press the Cursor  button.
Playback skips 5 minutes back whenever you press the Cursor  button.
Audio Display D
Press the AUDIO button.
If there are multiple audio languages on a disc, you can toggle between them.
Each time you press the button, your selection will toggle between AUDIO (1/N, 2/N ...) and .
 is displayed when there is one supported language in the disc.
Subtitle Display D
 Press the SUBTITLE button.
Each time you press the button, your selection will toggle between SUBTITLE (1/N, 2/N ...) and SUBTITLE OFF.
If the disc has only one subtitle fi le, it will be played automatically.
See number 2 (Caption Function) on the next page for more details concerning Subtitle usage with DivX discs.
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If the Disc has more than One Subtitle File D
If the disc has more than one subtitle fi le, the default 
subtitle may not match the movie and you will have 
to select your subtitle language as follows:
In Stop mode, press the Cursor , button, select the 
desired subtitle () from the TV screen, and then 
press the ENTEr button.
When you select the desired DivX fi le from the TV 
screen, the movie will be played normally.
DivX(Digital internet video eXpress) 
DivX is a video fi le format developed by Microsoft and is based on MPEG4 compression technology to 
provide audio and video data over the Internet in real-time. 
MPEG4 is used for video encoding and MP3 for audio encoding so that the users can watch a movie at 
near DVD-quality video and audio.
 Supported Formats
  This product only supports the following media formats.If both video and audio formats are not 
supported, you may experience problems such as broken images or no sound.
Supported Video Formats
FormatAVIWMV
Supported VersionsDivX3.11~DivX5.1, XviDV1/V2/V3/V7
Supported Audio Formats
FormatMP3WMAAC3DTS
Bit Rate80~384kbps56~128kbps128~384kbps1.5Mbps
Sampling Frequency44.1khz44.1/48khz44.1khz
DivX fi les, including audio and video fi les, created in the DTS format can only support up to 6Mbps.
Aspect Ratio : Although the default DivX resolution is 640x480 pixels (4:3), this product supports 
up to 800x600 pixels (16:9). TV screen resolutions higher than 800 will not be supported.
When you play a disc whose sampling frequency is higher than 48khz or 320kbps, you may 
experience shaking on the screen during playback.
 Caption Function
You must have some experience with video extraction and editing in order to use this feature 
properly.
To use the caption function, save the caption fi le (*.smi) in the same fi le name as that of the DivX 
media fi le (*.avi) within the same folder. 
Example.   Root   Samsung_007CD1.avi
Samsung_007CD1.smi
Up to 60 alphanumeric characters or 30 East Asian characters (2 byte characters such as Korean 
and Chinese) for the fi le name. 
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USING THE PLAYBACK FUNCTION
Displaying Disc Information dBAGD
You can view disc playback information  on the TV screen.
Press the INFO button.
Depending on the disc, the disc information 
display may appear different.
Depending on the disc, you can also select 
DTS, DOLBY DIGITAL, or PRO LOGIC.
 appears on the TV screen! 
If this symbol appears on the TV screen when pressing 
a button, that operation is not possible with the disc 
currently being played.
Checking the remaining Time dBA
Press the rEMAIN button.
For checking the total and remaining time of a title or 
chapter being played.
Each time the remain button is pressed
DVD-VIDEO TITLE ELAPSED ➞ TITLE rEMAIN ➞ CHAPTEr ELAPSED ➞ CHAPTEr rEMAIN
DVD-AUDIO GrOUP ELAPSED ➞ GrOUP rEMAIN ➞ TrACK ELAPSED ➞ TrACK rEMAIN   (HT-Z310/TZ312/TZ315 Only)
B TrACK ELAPSED ➞ TrACK rEMAIN ➞ TOTAL ELAPSED ➞ TOTAL rEMAIN
A TrACK rEMAIN ➞ TrACK ELAPSED
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Fast Playback dBAD
Press the (,) button.
Each time the button is pressed during playback, the 
playback speed changes as follows:
 ( 2X ➞ ( 4X ➞ ( 8X ➞ ( 32X ➞  PLAY
 ) 2X ➞ ) 4X ➞ ) 8X ➞ ) 32X ➞  PLAY
 During fast playback of a CD or MP3-CD, sound is heard only at 2x speed, and not at 4x, 
8x, and 32x speeds.
Slow Playback dD
Press the SLOW button.
Each time the button is pressed during playback, the 
playback speed changes as follows:
d *1/2 ➞*1/4 ➞*1/8 ➞&1/2 ➞&1/4 ➞&1/8 ➞
            PLAY
D *1/2 ➞*1/4 ➞*1/8 ➞  PLAY
 No sound is heard during slow playback.
Reverse slow playback does not work with CD.
Skipping Scenes/Songs dA
Press the [,] button.
Each time the button is pressed during playback, the previous 
or next chapter, track or directory (fi le) will be played.
You cannot skip chapters consecutively.
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USING THE PLAYBACK FUNCTION
repeat Playback dBAGD
Repeat playback allows you to repeatedly play a chapter, title, 
track (song), or directory (MP3 fi le).
Press the rEPEAT button.
Each time the button is pressed during playback, the repeat 
playback mode  changes as follows:
DVD-VIDEO         rEPEAT : CHAPTEr ➞ rEPEAT : TITLE ➞ rEPEAT : OFF
DVD-AUDIO                     rEPEAT : TrACK ➞ rEPEAT : GrOUP ➞ rEPEAT : OFF (HT-Z310/TZ312/TZ315 Only)
B         rEPEAT : TrACK ➞ rEPEAT : DISC ➞ rEPEAT : OFF
AGD   rEPEAT : rANDOM ➞ rEPEAT : TrACK ➞ rEPEAT : DIr ➞ rEPEAT : DISC 
➞ rEPEAT : OFF
CHAPTEr : Repeatedly plays the selected chapter.
TITLE : Repeatedly plays the selected title.
GrOUP : Repeatedly plays the selected group.
rANDOM :  Plays tracks in random order. (A track that has already been played may be played again.)
TrACK : Repeatedly plays the selected track.
DIr : Repeatedly plays all tracks in the selected folder.
DISC : Repeatedly plays the entire disc.
OFF : Cancels Repeat Playback.
To Select a repeat Playback Mode in the Disc Information Screen dB
 Press the INFO button twice.
Press the Cursor  button to move to REPEAT 
PLAYBACK () display.
Press the Cursor  button to select the desired Repeat 
Playback mode.
To select another album and track, repeat Steps 2 and 
3 above.  
Press the ENTEr button.
d  OFF ➞ A- ➞ CHAP ➞ TITLE ➞ OFF
B  OFF ➞ A- ➞ TrACK ➞ DISC ➞ OFF
 For DivX, MP3 and JPEG discs, you cannot select Repeat Play from the information 
display screen.
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