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DVD Video player
DVD940
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I H T I W D E D E E N N O I T Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re entitled to. • Once your Philips purchase is registered, you’re • So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a Philips enclosed with your purchase at once.And take advantage product. of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed
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Index LASER SAFETY eenngglliisshh ..................p. 7 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. ffrraannççaaiiss USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR ................p.38 PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION eessppaaññooll EXPOSURE. ................p. 73 LASER Type Semiconductor laser GaAlAs Wave length 650 nm (DVD) 785 nm (VCD/CD) Out
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WARNING To reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not CAUTION expose this appliance to rain or moisture. RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). procedures other than herein may result in hazardous NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. radiation exposure. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The set complies with the FCC-Rules, Part 15 and This symbol w
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS – Read before operating equipment This product was designed and manufactured to 9. Do not defeat the meet strict quality and safety standards.There are, safety purpose of the polarized AC Polarized however, some installation and operation or grounding-type plug.A Plug precautions which you should be particularly polarized plug has two blades aware of. with one wider than the other.A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. 1.Read these instr
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LIMITED WARRANTY DVD VIDEO PLAYER 90 Days Free Labor One Year Exchange Warranty on Parts This product must be carried in for repair. WHO IS COVERED? MAKE SURE YOU KEEP... You must have proof of purchase to receive warranty service.A sales Please keep your sales receipt or other document showing proof of receipt or other document showing that you purchased the product is purchase.Attach it to this owner’s manual and keep both nearby.Also considered proof of purchase. keep the original box and pac
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Contents Introduction Functional overview Front panel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Rear panel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Display ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Remote control -----------------------------------------
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Introduction Entertainment for the new millennium Video was never like this before! Digital video discs provide perfect digital, studio-quality pictures; with three dimensional digital, multi- channel audio, story sequences screened from your choice of camera angle; sound tracks in as many as eight languages; and up to 32 subtitles if available on disc.Whether you watch DVD-Video on wide-screen or regular TV, you always see it the way it was meant to be. Digital video DVD-Video uses state-of-the
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/ Video CD You will recognize Video CDs by the logo shown at left. VIDEO CD Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama TRACK 1 TRACK 2 series, etc.) the disc may have one or more tracks.Tracks may have one or more indexes, as indicated on the disc case.To make playback easy INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 3 and convenient, your player lets you select tracks and indexes. Audio CD Audio CDs contain music tracks only. You will recognize CDs by their logo which is sho
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Functional overview Front panel STANDBY-ON - switches the player to Standby mode or to ON Standby indicator - lights red when the player is in Standby mode only Display - shows the current status of the player T - NEXT title/chapter/track 2 PLAY - starts video/audio play S - PREVious title/chapter/track SOUND - selects Stereo, Dolby Surround or 3D-Sound DVD 940 DVD VIDEO CD CD PLAYER / / STANDBY-ON SOUND PLAY TITLE CHAPTER TRACK TOTAL TRACK TIME VCD SCAN A -B REPEAT SHUFFLE CHAPTER TIT
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Rear panel MAINS power jack - connect to the power source Digital audio out jack (optical) - connect to digital (optical) equipment Digital audio out jack (coaxial) - connect to digital (coaxial) equipment Audio / L/R (Left/Right) - connect to an amplifier, receiver or stereo system Video Out (CVBS) - connect to a TV with CVBS video inputs Video Out (S-Video) - connect to a TV with S- Video (Y/C) inputs Video Out (CR CB Y) - connect to your TV CR,CB,Y inputs for better picture quality D
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Display DVD inserted VCD Video CD or Audio CD inserted Indicates current player function: Play, Pause, Search, etc. TITLE DVD TITLE number CHAPTER DVD CHAPTER number TRACK VCD/CD TRACK number TRACK TIME TRACK TIME in hours, minutes and seconds TOTAL TIME TOTAL TIME in hours, minutes and seconds CHAPTER TRACK TOTAL TRACK TIME TITLE VCD SCAN A -B REPEAT SHUFFLE CHAPTER TITLE TRACK REPEAT CHAPTER/TITLE/TRACK active Remote control active (flashing) FTS active A-B REPEAT REPEAT A-B active SHUFFLE SHU
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Remote control TV MUTE STANDBY-ON - DVD-mode: selects Stereo, Dolby Surround, 3D Sound reproduction - TV-mode: mute ON/OFF REPEAT - repeat chapter, track, title, disc DVD/TV switch - DVD mode/TV mode selector** REPEAT A-B - repeat sequence SHUFFLE - playback tracks in random order SCAN - playback of the first 10 seconds of each chapter within a title 0-9 numerical key pad (DVD) or the first 10 seconds of each track on a disc (VCD/CD) RETURN - go back to previous menu MENU DVD OK - access menu of
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On screen display information Menu bar/Status window V User preference f Slow motion W Title/Track g Fast motion X Chapter/Index h Time search Y Audio language Z Subtitle language } Angle a Zoom c Video Program d Sound e Picture by Picture Status window icons The status window displays the current status of the player and appears with the first part of the menu bar. (You must activate this in the Features Menu, see Personal Preferences for details). General Disc type Tray status Default screen T
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Temporary Feedback Field icons Scan Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat Track Repeat Chapter Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Repeat A to end Repeat A-B Angle Child Lock On Child Safe Resume Action prohibited ON SCREEN DISPLAY INFORMATION 15
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Preparation General notes - Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the player. Possible connections are shown in the following drawings. Please refer to the manuals of your TV,VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessary to make the best connections. - Do not connect your DVD-player via your VCR.The video quality could be distorted by the copy protection system. - For better sound reproduction, connect the player’s audio out ja
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Connecting to optional equipment Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel analog stereo AMPLIFIER Connect the audio Left and Right out jacks of the DVD player to the audio left and right in jack on your amplifier, receiver or stereo system, using the optional audio cable (D). TV Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel digital stereo (PCM) 1 Connect the player’s digital audio out jack (optical F or coaxial E) to the FED corresponding in jack on your amplifier. Use an o
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Connecting to an amplifier equipped with Dolby TV Surround™ Dolby Surround sound 1 Connect the player to the TV, then connect the player’s audio Left and Right out jacks to the corresponding in jacks on the Dolby Surround™ Audio/Video receiver, using the audio/video cable supplied (C). If your amplifier is equipped with a Dolby Digital™ decoder, C BA Connect the player as described in ‘Connecting to an A/V receiver with multi-channel decoder’. If your TV is equipped with a Dolby Surround™ dec
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General explanation About this manual This manual gives the basic instructions for operating this DVD player. Some DVDs require specific operation or allow only limited operation during playback. In these cases, the player may not respond to all operating commands.When this occurs, please refer to the instructions contained with the DVD. When the symbol appears on the TV screen, the operation is not permitted by the player or the disc. Remote control operation - Unless otherwise stated, all oper
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Turning On the power 1 Switch on the TV and select the video input channel for your DVD- 3D-SOUND Video player. PLAY 2 Press STANDBY-ON or any button. OPEN/ CLOSE PAUSE ➤ The player display lights , and the ‘Initial Setup Screen’ appears. The ‘Initial Setup’ will only appear the very first time you turn on the player. In ‘Initial Setup’, you may have to set your personal preferences STAND BY for some of the player’s most relevant items. See ‘Initial Setup’. DIGITAL OUT PHONES Initial Setup Gener
