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Digital Video Disc Player
DVD704
Owner’s Manual
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N I H T I W D E D E E N N O Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the you’re entitled to. benefits Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your pur- chase at once.And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed Warr
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Index LASER SAFETY This unit employs a laser. Due to possible eye injury, only a qualified service person should remove the cover or attempt to service this device. USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER The region code for this set is 1. 1 THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE. Since it is usual for DVD movies to be released at different times in different regions of the world, all LASER players have region codes and discs can have an
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General Information WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose CAUTION this appliance to rain or moisture. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, Use of controls or adjustments or performance of DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. procedures other than herein may result in hazardous REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. radiation exposure. This symbol warns the user that uninsulate
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS – Read before operating equipment This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict 9. Do not defeat the safety quality and safety standards.There are, however, some purpose of the polarized or installation and operation precautions which you should be grounding-type plug.A polarized plug AC Polarized particularly aware of. has two blades with one wider than Plug the other.A grounding type plug has two blades and a third 1. Read these instructions – All the
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Contents Introduction Philips DVD Video Introduction ------------------------- 7 Unpacking ---------------------------------------------------- 7 Remote Control Battery Installation ------------------- 7 Safety Information ------------------------------------------ 7 Cleaning Discs ---------------------------------------------- 7 Functional Overview Front Panel and Display ----------------------------------- 8 Remote Control -------------------------------------------- 9 Rear Panel -------------
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Introduction Philips DVD Video Introduction Unpacking Your Philips DVD Video Player will play digital video discs First check and identify the contents of your DVD Player’s conforming to the universal DVD Video standard. With it, package. You should have the following items: you will be able to enjoy full-length movies with true – DVD Player cinema picture quality, as well as stereo or multi-channel – Remote Control with batteries sound (depending on the disc and your playback setup). – Audio ca
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Functional Overview Front Panel and Display STANDBY-ON 2 PLAY – switches the player to ON or OFF – starts playback STANDBY INDICATOR 9 STOP – lights red when the player is in Standby – stops playback mode (off) ; PAUSE DISPLAY – interrupts playback – shows the current status of the player / OPEN/CLOSE DISC TRAY – opens/closes the disc tray – insert a disc here STANDBY-ON OPEN/ CLOSE PLAY MP3 VCD CD DVD A TITLE CHP/TRK PROG. RANDOM ALLAB PREV NEXT PAUSE STOP Remote Sensor – point the DVD Player
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Remote Control 0-9 numerical key pad POWER – select numbered items in a – switch DVD Player ON or OFF menu POWER RETURN DISC MENU – remove the DVD Player’s menu 123 – access menu of a DVD disc DISPLAY 456 SYSTEM MENU – access the On-Screen Display – access or remove DVD Player’s 789 menu RETURN DISPLAY T 0 – search forward* / go to next DISC SYSTEM 1 2 3 4 chapter or track MENU MENU – (left/right/up/down) select an S item in the menu – search backward* / go to OK OK beginning of current chapter
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Rear Panel OPTICAL (Digital audio out jack) – connect to digital (optical) audio equipment COAXIAL (Digital audio out jack) – connect to digital (coaxial) audio equipment AC Power Cord – connect to a power source AUDIO OUT (Left/Right) 1, 2 – connect to an amplifier, receiver, TV, or stereo system VIDEO OUTPUT Switch – select either S-Video Out or Component Video Out, depending on how you connected the DVD Player to the TV S-VIDEO OUT (Y/C) – connect to a TV with S-Video (Y/C) inputs COMPONENT V
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Preparation S-Video (Y/C) connection General Notes 1 Connect the S-VIDEO OUT jack on the DVD Player to the ¶ Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to S-Video in jack on the TV using an optional S-Video cable connect, there are various ways you could connect the (Y). player. Use only one of the connections described below. ¶ Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, Stereo System 2 Connect the Left and Right AUDIO OUT jacks (1 or 2) of or other devices as necessary to make the bes
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Digital Multi-channel sound Connecting to Optional A digital multi-channel connection provides the best sound Equipment quality. For this you need a multi-channel Audio/Video receiver that supports one or more of the audio formats TM supported by your DVD Player (MPEG 2, Dolby Digital Connecting to an amplifier equipped with and DTS). Check the receiver manual and the logos on the two channel analog stereo or Dolby front of the receiver. Surround Warning: 1 Connect the Left and Right AUDIO OUT j
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General Explanation Temporary Feedback Field Icons This manual gives the basic instructions for operating the DVD Player. Some DVDs require specific operation or TITLE Repeat Title allow only limited operation during playback. When this CHAPT occurs, the symbol appears on the TV screen, indicating Repeat Chapter that the operation is not permitted by the DVD Player or is ALL Repeat All not available on the disc. TRACK Repeat Track A B Repeat A-B Remote control operation OFF Repeat Off ¶ U
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– Menu Language Sound Select the language for the DVD Player’s Menu. This is the – Digital Audio Output menu you see when you press the SYSTEM MENU button. Each DVD disc has a variety of audio output options. Set the player’s Digital Audio Output according to the type of Disc Audio English audio system you use. Disc Subtitle Spanish Disc Menu French DOLBY DIGITAL/PCM: Select “DOLBY DIGITAL/ PCM” if Rating you connected the DVD Player’s DIGITAL OUT jack to a Password Dolby Digital decoder (or an
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Parental control (DVD only) Disc Audio New Movies on DVDs may contain scenes not suitable for Disc Subtitle — — — — Disc Menu children. Therefore, discs may contain ‘Parental Control’ Rating information that applies to the complete disc or to Password TV Aspect certain scenes on the disc. These scenes are rated from 1 Menu Language to 8, and alternative, more suitable scenes are available on Progressive Scan Digital Audio Output some discs. Ratings are country dependent. The ‘Parental 5.1 Speake
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Operation – Parental Control Disclaimer Notes: – DVDs may have a region code. This DVD Player features the PARENTAL CONTROL – Your player will not play discs that have a region code system, which is intended to be active when playing DVD different from your player. The region code for this player is 1 discs with certain software coding. This is according to (one). technical standards adopted by the set maker and disc content industries. Please note that PARENTAL CONTROL will not control a DVD th
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DISC SYSTEM MENU MENU Still Picture and Frame-by-frame Repeat A-B A B PLAY STOP PAUSE OK playback To repeat a sequence in a title: CLEAR MARKER FTS TITLE SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUIDO ¶ Press A-B at your chosen starting point. ¶ Press PAUSE during playback. STOP PLAY PAUSE REPEAT A-B RANDOM SOUND CLEAR MARKER FTS TITLE ➜ A- appears briefly on the TV screen. ➜ The player will now go into PAUSE mode. ¶ Press A-B again at your chosen end point. ¶ You can advance the picture frame by frame by press
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Marker search Special DVD Features You can start playback from a memorized point. Up to nine points can be memorized. Checking the contents of DVD Video discs: To enter a mark, follow these steps. Menus 1 During disc playback, press MARKER. DVDs may contain menus that allow you to access special ➜ The MARKER SEARCH menu will appear on the TV features. To use the disc menu, press the DISC MENU screen briefly. button. Then, press the appropriate numerical key to select 2 During playback, press OK
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123 Moving to another track Special VCD Features 456 ¶ Press T or S briefly during playback 789 RETURN DISPLAY 0 to go to the next track or to return to the DISC SYSTEM Playback Control (PBC) MENU MENU beginning of the current track. ¶ Load a Video CD with PBC and press PLAY. OK ¶ Press S twice briefly to step back to the ¶ Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the TV previous track. screen until your chosen passage starts to play. If a PBC ¶ To go directly to any track, enter the track
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– The restriction of playing MP3 Program ¶ This unit can play up to 200 files per disc. A disc having ¶ Program allows you to store your favorite tracks for a more than 200 files cannot be played. particular disc in the player memory. ¶ The unit may not play MP3 files in the order that you ¶ A Program can contain 20 tracks. recorded them on the disc. ¶ With a multi-session disc, the player plays only the last session. Program FTS Step 1 Total Time ¶ It may take over 30 seconds to read the MP3 fi
