This connection requires a device called an RF modulator. First, it is necessary to ascertain whether or not your TV needs a RF modulator. Look at the back of your TV. If you see three input connectors lined up in a row, in the colors of yellow, red, and white, then you will not need an RF modulator. If you see a connector labeled "s-video", then you will not need an RF modulator. If you do not have either of these connectors, then you will need to purchase an RF modulator from the store where you purchased your Apex Digital DVD player or other home electronics retailers. Older televisions use a coaxial connection, which combines all of the video signal from an exterior source into a single line. This line is then translated by your TV into the picture you see. The RF modulator combines the output signals from the DVD player, or any other device, into the coaxial connection for use by your television. Below are written and pictoral instructions on the proper way to connect an RF modulator to your Apex DVD player and your TV. Note: Not all RF Modulators are compatible with APEX Digital players. Please see our website for recommendations. APEX DIGITAL MD - 100 DVD (Back) Connecting the TV to the DVD through the VCR Note: Many VCRs will distort the picture of a DVD player. This is NOT a malfunction of the DVD player or VCR. All DVD manufacturers are required to install macrovision copyright ciruritry to prevent copying via VCR. This is what causes the distortion. 1) Connect the three-terminal composite video cable to the back of your Apex DVD player. This cable has three prongs, one each in yellow, red, and white. The yellow prong will go into the jack labeled "Video Out"; the white prong will go into the jack labeled "Front-L"; the red prong will go into the jack labeled "Front-R". 2) Connect the opposite end of the composite-video cable into the MD - 100 RF-Modulator Your TV (Back) V To TV Antenna RL UHF/Antenna INCoaxial Your VCR (Back) UHF/Antenna OUT Coaxial COAXIAL VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT L R2 1 TV / Video Input Conntection TV /Audio Input Conntection (R) (R) (L) (L) (V) (V) back of the RF modulator. Make sure to match up the colors correctly. 3) Connect a coaxial cable from the "Antenna Out" jack on the back of your VCR to the "Antenna" jack on the RF modulator. The coaxial cable is the one-wire, metal-ended type that you screw onto the VCR. 4) Connect a coaxial cable from the "To TV" jack on the RF modulator to the jack on the back of your TV. 5) Make sure your TV is set to the appropriate channel before using your DVD player. In most cases, this is channel 3 or 4. APEX DIGITAL 15 What is VCD? What is VCD? What is VCD? WHAT IS MP3? PLAYING IN MP3 FORMAT MP3 refers to a new format of music file available for playback over the internet. Because of the popularity to download music from MP3 web sites onto the home computer, APEX DIGITAL is the first company to offer a home DVD player with the ability to playback CD-R discs recorder with MP3 audio files. WHEN CREATING MP3’S When creaing MP3’ s to play on your DVD player, be sure to change the Character Settings from Joliett to ISO 9660 in your “CD Format” properties of you favorite CD-R burning software. For those of you using Adaptec® Easy CD Creator® 3.5 or higher, be sure to change the Mode Settings from Mode 2 to Mode 1. Note: The MD-100 DVD player will not play MP3 files on a CD-RW. WHAT IS VCD? Size and shape of any regular music CD with the same digital audio, plus good video capability. It is a new video format that offers exceptional high-end digital picture quality and smoothness, over an hour of playing time, full CD-quality, stereo sound, and more. Using MPEG (Motion Picture Expert Group) compression (1:30), VCD’s offer picture quality that is far superior to the Quicktime movies you see on standard VHS tape. Note: 1) The MD-100 DVD player will only play “Comercially” made VCD and SVCD’s. Apex does not now of any software that will produce VCD’s or SVCD on a PC or MAC. 2) When you playback video CD, you must turn PBC OFF in order to stop the chapter/scene. 16 APEX DIGITAL MD - 100 FOLDER You can play an MP3 CD by different “PLAY MODE” such as: - “FOLDER” (normal playback) - “FOLDER R” (repeat playback on a specific folder) - “REP-ONE” (repeat playback on a song) - “SINGLE” (playback a song only one time) - “SHUFFLE” (random playback) 1.Insert an MP3 CD, the DVD video player will initialize the disc and the directory (folder) will be shown on the TV screen. MP3 MENU ROOT 0 BBBBBBBBBBB 1 CCCCCCCCCCC 2 DDDDDDDDDDD 3 EEEEEEEEEEE 4 FFFFFFFFFFF 5 .. 0 MP3 SSSSSSSSSSS 1 TTTTTTTTTTT 2 MP3 VVVVVVVVVVV 3 ZZZZZZZZZZZ 4 UUUUUUUUUUU 5 PLAY MODE: / 2.Press to select the column of folder or column of MP3 file or “PLAY MODE”. Press to select the folder on MP3 file on a list of column. On “PLAY MODE”, press / to select the play mode. / MD - 100 APEX DIGITAL 17 What is VCD? What is VCD? Playing Back A Disc Continued PLAYING IN MP3 FORMAT 3. Press ENTER to play the MP...