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DVD Video Player
Owner’s Manual
DVDQ40
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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 DISPLAY STANDBY-ON – shows the current status of the player – switches the player to standby mode or ON B; PLAY/PAUSE S PREV – starts/interrupts playback – goes to previous chapter or track 9 STOP T NEXT – stops playback – goes to next chapter or track / EJECT Disc Tray – opens/closes the disc tray DVD Q40 DVD / VIDEO CD / CD PLAYER STANDBY-ON PREV NEXT EJECT STOP PLAY/PAUSE MAINS (AC Power) – connect to power source COAXIAL (Digital audio out) – conne
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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 FTS TIME SEARCH T-C RESUME – 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 DISPLAY DIM RETURN – 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. TV ¶ Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, Stereo System 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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NTSC/PAL Settings General Explanation You can switch the NTSC/PAL setting of the DVD player to About this manual match the video signal of your TV. This setting only affects the television’s on-screen display that shows the stop and This manual gives the basic instructions for operating the setup modes. You may select either NTSC or PAL. To DVD player. Some DVDs require specific operation or change the DVD player setting to PAL or NTSC, follow the allow only limited operation during playback. Wh
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TV Shape Initial Setup (Virgin Mode) If you have a wide screen (16:9) TV, select 16:9. If you have a regular (4:3) TV, select 4:3. General If you have a 4:3 TV, you can also select between: In ‘Initial Setup’ you may have to set your preferences for Letterbox for a ‘wide-screen’ picture with black bars top some of the player’s features. (not applicable for all models) and bottom, or Pan Scan, for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed. If a disc supports the format, the picture will Operat
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Menu Bar on TV Screen Personal Preferences As there are multiple menu bars, the items on the menu You can set your own personal preferences on the player. bar are arranged according to usage and availability of direct access keys. Pressing the SYSTEM MENU keys General operation: repeatedly will toggle through menu bar 1, menu bar 2, menu bar 3 and OFF. ¶ Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control. ¶ Select in the menu bar. Menu bar 1 ➜ The Personal Preferences menu appears. ¶ Use the 1 2 3 4 keys
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– Colour settings – Analog output You can select one of five predefined sets of colour settings Select Stereo, Dolby Surround, 3D Sound (TruSurround) or and one set (Personal) which you can define yourself. multichannel output to match your system’s playback capability. – Personal colour – Night Mode Allows you to fine-tune the selected colour settings saturation, brightness and contrast. Optimizes the dynamics of the sound for low volume playback. – RGB/YUV switching (Video Output) – Speaker se
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Language – Bit Rate Indicator Select the required Menu, Audio and Subtitle language. Press and hold DISPLAY DIM key for 2 seconds. When Audio language and Subtitle language can also be adapted activated, the bit rate for video and audio, as well as the using the Menu bar. total bit rate is displayed. This is only applicable during playback of DVD and SVCD discs. Features – Access Control Access Control contains the following features: Child Lock - When Child Lock is set to ON, a 4-digit code mus
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Operation Loading Discs General Features Note: 1 Press EJECT on the front of the player to open the disc – Unless stated, all operations described are based on remote 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 EJECT 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 ‘Child Lock
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Search Shuffle DVD Video discs ¶ Select (FAST MOTION) in the menu This shuffles the playing order of chapters bar. within a title, if the title has more than one ¶ Use the 4 keys to enter the FAST chapter. MOTION menu. ¶ Press SHUFFLE during playback. ¶ Use the 1 2 keys to select the required speed: -32, -8 or -4 ➜ SHUFFLE appears on the TV screen for about two (backward), or +4, +8, +32 (forward). seconds. ¶ Select 1 to play the disc at normal speed again. ¶ To return to normal playback, press
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Storing chapters/indexes Zoom ¶ Press 4 on the selected title number. The Zoom function allows you to enlarge the video image ➜ The title number will be marked and the highlight moves and to pan through the enlarged image. to the first available chapter number for this title. ¶ Select (ZOOM). ¶ Use 2 and 1 to select the required chapter number. ¶ Press 3/4 to activate the ZOOM function and select the ¶ Press OK to confirm the selection. required zoom factor: 1.33 or 2 or 4. ➜ The title/chapter
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Special DVD Features Special Video CD & SVCD Features Checking the contents of DVD Video discs: Menus Playback Control (PBC) DVDs may contain menus to navigate the disc and access ¶ Load a Video CD with PBC and press B. special features. To use the menu, press the appropriate ¶ Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the TV numerical key or use the 4, 3, 2, 1 keys to highlight your screen until your chosen passage starts to play. If a PBC selection, then press OK. menu consists of a list
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Moving to another track Favorite Track Selection (FTS) Program ¶ Press S or T briefly during playback to go to the next track or to return to the beginning of the current ¶ The FTS Program allows you to store your favorite tracks track. for a particular disc in the player memory. ¶ Press S twice briefly to step back to the previous track. ¶ Each FTS Program can contain 20 tracks. ¶ To go directly to any track, enter the track number using the numerical keys (0-9). Shuffle ¶ Press SHUFFLE during
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Album/Title MP3 Disc Features (for specific version This feature allows you to view and select the next or only) previous MP3 disc Album/Title. Support following MP3-CD formats (ISO9660 1 Press 3/4 to scroll through the previous or next Album. format): 2 Press 1/2 to scroll through the previous or next Track. ¶ Max. 30 characters 3 You can also select the desired album/track number directly ¶ Max. nested directory is 8 levels using the numeric keys on the remote control. ¶ The max. ALB number is
