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DVD Video Player
Owner’s Manual
DVD952
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Important Note DK S Advarsel: Klass 1 laserapparat Laserrudstråling ved åbning når sikkerhesafbrydere er ude af Varning! funktion. Undgå u tsættelse for stråling. Om apparaten används på annat sätt än i denna bruksanvisning specificerats, kann användaren utsättas för laserstrålning, som Bemærk: översjruder gränsen för läserklass 1. Netafbryderen POWER er sekundært indkoblet og afbryder ikke strømmen fra nette. Den indbyggede netdel er derfor tilsluttet til Observera! lysnettet så længe netstikk
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General Information 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 THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE. The region code for this DVD Video Player is 2. 2 LASER Type Semiconductor laser GaAlAs Wave length 650 nm (DVD) Since DVD movies are released at different times in 780 nm (VCD/CD) di
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Contents Introduction Philips DVD Video Introduction ------------------------- 5 Unpacking ---------------------------------------------------- 5 Remote Control Battery Installation ------------------- 5 Environmental Information ------------------------------- 5 Safety Information ------------------------------------------ 5 Cleaning Discs ---------------------------------------------- 5 Functional Overview Front and Rear Panels ------------------------------------- 6 Remote Control -----------
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Introduction Philips DVD Video Remote Control Battery Introduction Installation Your Philips DVD Video player will play digital video discs ¶ Insert batteries as indicated inside the battery conforming to the universal DVD Video standard. The compartment. unique features on DVD Video, such as selection of sound Caution: Do not mix old and new batteries. Never track, subtitle languages and different camera angles (again mix different types of batteries (standard, alkaline, depending on the disc)
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Functional Overview Front and Rear Panels SOUND – selects Stereo, Dolby Surround 3D-Sound (TruSurround) or multichannel STANDBY-ON – switches the player to Standby mode or ON ST EASY JOG – controls Fast Forward/Rewind/Previous/ DISC TRAY Next and Slow in various steps DISPLAY 9 STOP – shows the current status of the player – stops video/audio playback / OPEN/CLOSE 2; PLAY/PAUSE – opens/closes the disc tray – starts or interrupts playback DVD952 DVD/VIDEO CD/CD PLAYER STANDBY-ON PLAY/PAUSE STOP
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É Remote Control POWER B T-C – switches DVD Video player ON – select title/chapter POWER or to standby mode 2 RESUME T-C RESUME FTS TIME SEARCH – to continue playback from 0-9 numerical key pad STOP/PAUSE mode – select numbered items in a menu 12 3 FTS – activate/deactivate Favourite 4 5 6 Track Selection DIM – to select 3 different brightnesses 7 8 9 TIME SEARCH for the display RETURN DISPLAY DIM – starts playback at any chosen 0 DISPLAY* time on a disc DISC SYSTEM – display bit rate indicator
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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. Use only one of the connections described below. ¶ Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, Stereo System TV or other devices as necessary to make the best connections. ¶ For better sound reproduction, connect the player’s audio out jacks to the audio in jacks of your amplifier, receiver, stereo or audio/video equipment. See ‘Connecting to Optional Eq
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Note: Connecting to Optional – If the audio format of the digital output does not match the Equipment capabilities of your receiver, the receiver will produce a strong, distorted sound or no sound at all. Connecting to an amplifier equipped with – Six Channel Digital Surround Sound via digital connection can only be obtained if your receiver has a Digital Multi- two channel analog stereo or Dolby channel decoder. Surround – To see the selected audio format of the current DVD in the Status Window
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Remote control operation NTSC/PAL Settings ¶ Unless stated, all operations can be performed by the You can switch the NTSC/PAL setting of the DVD player to remote control. Always point the remote control directly at match the video signal of your TV. This setting only affects the player, making sure there are no obstructions between the television’s on-screen display that shows the stop and the remote and the player. setup modes. You may select either NTSC or PAL. To Corresponding keys on the fr
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The following items may have to be set in Initial Menu bar 2 Setup: Step by step playback Menu language Slow motion You can choose from different languages. The On Screen Fast motion Menus will be displayed in the selected language. Angle Audio language Zoom You can choose from different languages. If available on the Menu bar 3 disc, the player will play the audio in the selected language. Title If the selected language is not available, speech will revert Chapter to the first spoken language o
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– Personal colour (on Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y Video , Personal Preferences CVBS and S-Video output only) You can set your own personal preferences on the player. Allows you to fine-tune the selected colour settings saturation, brightness and contrast. General operation: – RGB/YUV switching ¶ Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control. This setting allows you to toggle the output of the video ¶ Select in the menu bar. signal between RGB (on scart) and Y PrCr PbCb (YUV). ➜ The Personal Preferences menu appea
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– Speaker settings – DIM Allows you to select speaker settings, volume balance and You can select the desired brightness for the front panel delay time and to test the speaker settings. display. Speaker settings are only active on the Analog Multi- ¶ Normal brightness will appears on the display when you Channel Output. (See appendix) press DISPLAY DIM on the remote control. ¶ Medium brightness will appears on the display when you press DISPLAY DIM a second time on the remote control. ¶ Low bri
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Operation Loading Discs General Features Note: 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the player to open the – Unless stated, all operations described are based on remote disc tray. control use. Some operations can be carried out using the 2 Load your chosen disc in the tray, label side up. menu bar on the screen. 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE again to close the tray. ➜ READ appears in the status window and on the player Moving to another title/ display, and playback starts automatically. chapter Note: – If ‘C
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¶ Press OK to confirm the start time. Repeat ➜ The time edit box will disappear and playback starts DVD Video Discs from the selected time on the disc. Repeat chapter/title/disc ¶ To repeat the current chapter, press REPEAT. ➜ REPEAT CHPT appears on the player display. ¶ To repeat the current title, press REPEAT a second time. ➜ REPEAT TITL appears on the display. ¶ To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a third time. ➜ REPEAT appears on the display. ¶ To exit Repeat mode, press REPEAT a fourth
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FTS-Video Special DVD Features ¶ The FTS-Video function allows you to store your favourite Checking the contents of DVD Video discs: titles and chapters (DVD) and favourite tracks and indexes (VCD) for a particular disc in the player memory. Menus ¶ FTS programme can contain 20 items (titles, chapters etc.). DVDs may contain menus to navigate the disc and access ¶ A programmed FTS will be placed on top of the list when special features. To use the menu, press the appropriate playback is activate
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Moving to another track Special Video CD & SVCD Features ¶ Press S or T briefly during playback to go to the next track or to return to the beginning of the current track. Playback Control (PBC) ¶ Press S twice briefly to step back to the previous track. ¶ Load a Video CD with PBC and press B. ¶ To go directly to any track, enter the track number using ¶ Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the TV the numerical keys (0-9). screen until your chosen passage starts to play. If a PBC menu
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Downloading MP3 files from the Internet or copying songs Storing an FTS Programme from your own legal discs is a delicate process. 1 Load a disc and stop playback. Approximate Approximate total Sound Comment Bit Rate 2 Use 4 to go to the list of available tracks. Reduction Ratio MP3-CD time Quality Sound quality significantly affected AM radio 32 kbps 40 : 1 40 hrs 3 Use 2 or 1 to select tracks from the list. – not recommended. FM radio 64 kbps 20 : 1 20 hrs To go directly to any track, enter
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Access Control Access Control: Child Lock (DVD Video and Video CD) Activating/deactivating the Child Lock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the features menu using the 3/4 keys. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your own choice. 3 Enter the code a second time. 4 Move to “CHILD LOCK” using the 3/4 keys. 5 Move to LOCK/UNLOCK using the 2 key. 6 Select LOCK using the 3/4 keys. 7 Press OK or 1 to confirm, then press 1 again to exit the menu. ➜ Now unauthorized discs will not be playe
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Activating/Deactivating Parental Control Changing the 4-digit code 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the features menu using the 3/4 keys. CONTROL in the features menu using the 3/4 keys. 2 Enter your 4-digit code. If necessary, enter the code a 2 Enter the old code. second time. 3 Move to CHANGE CODE using the 4 key. 3 Move to Parental Control using the 3/4 keys. 4 Press the 2 key. 4 Move to VALUE ADJUSTMENT (1-8) using the
