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Review on Atune Analog Function Correction 4 Digital by Nick Cleary

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Ideal for watching old DVDs - Perfect for a spare TV or the gym

I got this DVD player for use in the basement workout room with some old workout DVDs. It's great for my purposes and an amazing price considering it does everything the same as the one I paid over $400 for in 1998 haha. The player itself is quite small and fits almost anywhere. The box contains the player itself, a remote control with batteries, an A/V connection cable and an instruction manual. It is important to note that the player does not have an HDMI output. The only connections are composite AV connectors (by default, yellow for video and red and white for stereo audio) and a coaxial digital audio output (for sending audio to the receiver). Therefore, you need to make sure that any TV you use has such an input. Note that on some newer TVs you may not see inputs as usual, but instead a small jack similar to a headphone jack but labeled Video or AV. For this type of TV, the TV either comes with an adapter that replaces the plug with regular plugs, or you can buy an adapter separately (see my photos for an example). Picture quality is what you would expect from a composite output cable. This means, it's not bad, but if you haven't watched a DVD through this type of cable lately, you'll definitely think it looks a lot worse than your HDTV playing Blu-ray discs. The remote control works well and has everything you need. Standard features on it. There are a bare minimum of buttons on the player itself, a TTS button (which disables voice check mode), an eject/download button, a play/pause button, and a power button. This allows you to load a disc and play it as a last resort if you lose your remote. On my device, TTS (voice test) and subtitles were enabled by default. TTS means the player will say every command you press, e.g. B. "Play" or "Open". Both are easy to turn off and seem to stay off even if you unplug the device. You can turn them off using the buttons on the remote control, and TTS can also be turned on and off using the button on the front of the player itself. The player has some unusual features. nothing wrong but thought I should mention them: 1. There are volume up and volume down buttons on the remote control. These buttons only change the output volume of the player itself, not the volume of the TV. So basically you should never touch them because if you turn down the volume on the player you can later try to figure out what's wrong with it as the volume on your TV will increase, but it may still sound low or when the player has no sound volume is off.2. You can set a 4-digit password to prevent people from changing the content rating settings (e.g. if you want to prevent children from watching R-rated movies or other things if the disc supports the content rating system). The default password is 0000, which is fine because you can then set any password you like. However, the troubleshooting instructions section covers, among other things, what to do if you forget your password after you set it. The solution is to use the master password, which is 1234. This is probably the first password someone will guess. No matter what password you set, everyone can just use 1234 to unlock settings! Overall this is exactly what I was looking for. Simple, inexpensive and ideal for occasional or off-road use

Pros
  • Full featured IR remote control with batteries. Power supply: AC/DC adapter.
Cons
  • crumpled