Philips DVD940 Bedienungsanleitung

D VD Video pla yer D VD940 T oll F r ee Help Line Ligne d'assistance en service libre Linea de a yuada telefónica sin cargo 800-531-0039[...]

Kno w these safety symbols t This “bolt of lightning” indicates uninsulated material within your unit ma y cause an electrical shock. For the safety of e veryone in y our household, please do not remo ve pr oduct covering. s The “exclamation point” calls attention to featur es for which y ou should read the enclosed literature closel y to p[...]

3 Index CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT This unit employs a laser . Due to possible ey e injur y , only a qualified service person should remov e the cov er or attempt to ser vice this de vice. LASER SAFETY This product incorpor ates copyright protection technology that is protected b y method claims of cer tain U.S. patents and other intellectual property r[...]

4 This symbol warns the user that uninsulated voltage within the unit may have sufficient magnitude to cause electric shock. Therefore, it is dangerous to make any kind of contact with any inside part of this unit. This symbol alerts the user that important literature concerning the operation and maintenance of this unit has been included. Therefor[...]

5 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS – Read befor e operating equipment This pr oduct was designed and manufactur ed to meet strict quality and safety standar ds. There ar e, how ev er , some installation and operation precautions which y ou should be par ticularly a war e of. 1. Read these instructions – All the safety and operating instructions[...]

D VD VIDEO PLA YER 90 Da ys Free Labor One Y ear Exchange W arranty on Par ts This pr oduct must be carried in f or r epair . LIMITED W ARRANTY WHO IS CO VERED? Y ou m ust ha v e pr oof of purchase to r eceiv e warranty service . A sales receipt or other document sho wing that you pur chased the product is considered pr oof of pur chase. WHA T IS C[...]

Introduction Functional o v erview Front panel -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Rear panel ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Displa y -----------------------------------------[...]

Intr oduction Enter tainment f or the ne w millennium Video was nev er lik e this befor e! Digital video discs provide perfect digital, studio-quality pictures; with three dimensional digital, multi- channel audio , stor y sequences scr eened fr om your choice of camera angle; sound tracks in as many as eight languages; and up to 32 subtitles if a [...]

Video CD Y ou will recognize Video CDs by the logo shown at left. Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama series, etc .) the disc ma y ha ve one or mor e tracks. T racks ma y hav e one or more index es, as indicated on the disc case. T o make pla yback easy and conv enient, your pla yer lets y ou select tracks and index[...]

Functional o ver vie w F r ont panel PHONES - for connecting headphones LEVEL - headphone volume contr ol 9 STOP - stops video/audio pla y ; P AUSE - interrupts video/audio pla y or advances to the next picture frame / OPEN/CLOSE - opens/closes the disc tra y Disc tra y / TRACK TITLE SCAN TIME TRACK TOT AL CHAPTER CD SHUFFLE CHAPTER TITLE TRACK V R[...]

Rear panel Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of the jacks on the rear panel connectors. Electrostatic discharg e ma y cause permanent damag e to the unit. MAINS 1 2 CVBS VIDEO OUT COAXIAL AUDIO Y S-VIDEO OPTICAL L DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/MPEG2/AC3/DTS 1 2 R C B C R Video Out (CVBS) - connect to a TV with CVBS video inputs Video Out (S-Video) - con[...]

Displa y D VD inser ted Video CD or Audio CD inserted Indicates curr ent pla yer function: Pla y , Pause, Sear ch, etc. D VD TITLE number D VD CHAPTER number VCD/CD TRA CK number TRA CK TIME in hours, minutes and seconds T O T AL TIME in hours, minutes and seconds REPEA T CHAPTER/TITLE/TRA CK activ e Remote control activ e (flashing) FTS active REP[...]

Remote contr ol FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW 13 TV MUTE - D VD-mode: selects Stereo , Dolby Surr ound, 3D Sound repr oduction - TV -mode: mute ON/OFF D VD/TV switch - D VD mode/TV mode selector** 0-9 numerical k e y pad RETURN - go back to pr e vious menu OK - acknowledge men u selection Q O * - sear ch backward / pre vious chapter or track 2 - pla y R P [...]

On scr een displa y information Menu bar/Status windo w V User pref erence f Slow motion W Title/T rack g Fast motion X Chapter/Index h Time sear ch Y Audio language Z Subtitle language } Angle a Zoom c Video Program d Sound e Picture b y Picture Status windo w icons The status window displa ys the current status of the pla yer and appears with the[...]

ON SCREEN DISPLA Y INFORMA TION 15 T emporar y Feedback Field icons Scan Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat T rack Repeat Chapter Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Repeat A to end Repeat A-B Angle Child Lock On Child Safe Resume Action prohibited[...]

Pr eparation General notes - Depending on y our TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there ar e various wa ys you could connect the pla yer . Possible connections are sho wn in the following dra wings. Please ref er to the manuals of y our TV , VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessary to make the best connections. - Do not connect y [...]

Connecting to optional equipment Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel analog ster eo ● Connect the audio Left and Right out jacks of the D VD pla yer to the audio left and right in jack on your amplifier , receiver or ster eo system, using the optional audio cable (D) . Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel digital [...]

Connecting to an amplifier equipped with Dolb y Surr ound™ Dolby Sur r ound sound 1 Connect the pla yer to the TV , then connect the play er’ s audio Left and Right out jacks to the corr esponding in jacks on the Dolby Surr ound™ Audio/Video receiv er , using the audio/video cable supplied (C) . If your amplifier is equipped with a Dolb y Dig[...]

General explanation About this manual This manual giv es the basic instructions for operating this D VD pla y er . Some D VDs requir e specific operation or allow only limited operation during pla yback. In these cases, the pla yer ma y not respond to all operating commands. When this occurs, please refer to the instructions contained with the D VD[...]

T urning On the po wer 1 Switch on the TV and select the video input channel f or y our D VD- Video pla y er . 2 Press ST ANDBY -ON or any button. ➤ The pla y er displa y lights , and the ‘Initial Setup Screen’ a ppears. The ‘Initial Setup’ will only appear the v ery first time you turn on the pla yer . In ‘Initial Setup’, you ma y ha[...]

TV Shape If you ha ve a wide scr een (16:9) TV , select 16:9. If you ha ve a r egular (4:3) TV , select 4:3. If you ha ve a 4:3 TV , you can also select betw een: Letterbox for a ‘wide-scr een’ picture with black bars top and bottom, or Pan Scan, for a full-height picture with the sides trimmed. If a disc has Pan Scan, the picture then mov es ([...]

Sound - Digital output Factor y setting: ALL. This means that both coaxial and optical outputs are s witched on. If you ar e not connecting equipment with a digital input, change the setting to OFF . If your equipment doesn't include a digital m ulti-channel decoder , set the digital output to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). Both coaxial and opti[...]

Access contr ol; child lock (D VD and VCD) Activating/deactivating the child lock 1 When disc pla yback is stopped, select A CCESS CONTR OL in the featur es menu using the w / v k eys. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your o wn choice. 3 Enter the code a second time. 4 Mov e to “Child Lock” using the w / v k eys. 5 Mov e to LOCK/UNLOCK using the u key[...]

Access contr ol; P arental contr ol (D VD- Video only) Movies on D VDs ma y contain scenes not suitable for childr en. Therefor e, disc ma y contain ‘Par ental Contr ol’ information which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc . These scenes are rated from 1 to 8, and alternative, more suitable scenes are a vailable on th[...]

PREP ARA TION 25 Changing the 4-digit code 1 When disc pla yback is stopped, select A CCESS CONTR OL in the featur es menu using the w / v k e ys. 2 Enter the old code. 3 Mov e to CHANGE CODE using the w key . 4 Press the u key . 5 Enter the new 4-digit code. 6 Enter the code a second time and reconfirm b y pressing OK . 7 Press t to exit the menu.[...]

Operation Loading discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the pla yer . The disc tra y opens. 2 Load your chosen disc in the tra y , label side up (also when a double sided D VD is inser ted). Mak e sure it is sitting pr operly in the correct recess. 3 Gently push the tra y , or press OPEN/CLOSE , to close the tra y . ➤ READ appears in the statu[...]

Pla ying a Video CD Pla ying a disc - After inserting the disc and closing the tray , pla yback starts automatically and the status window and the pla yer displa y show the type of disc loaded, as well as information about the disc’ s contents and pla ying time. - The disc ma y in vite you to select an item fr om a menu. If the selections are n u[...]

28 OPERA TION Slo w Motion ● Select f (Slo w motion) in the menu bar . ● Use the w k eys to enter the Slo w Motion menu. ➤ The pla y er will now g o into P AUSE mode. ● Use the cursor k eys t u to select the r equired speed: -1, -1/2, -1/4 or - 1/8 (backward), or +1/8, +1/4, +1/2 or +1 (forward). ● Select 1 to pla y at normal speed again.[...]

OPERA TION 29 Repeat A-B T o repeat a sequence in a title: ● Press REPEA T A-B at your chosen starting point; ➤ A - appears briefly on the scr een. ● Press REPEA T A-B again at your chosen end point; ➤ A - B REPEA T appears briefly on the displa y , and the repeat sequence begins.( A - B REPEA T is displa y ed on the fr ont panel of the pla[...]

30 OPERA TION ➤ The picture will change accor dingly . ● Press OK to confirm the selection. ➤ The panning icons appear on the scr een: v w t u and OK . ● Use the v w t u ke ys to pan acr oss the screen. ● When OK is pr essed only the zoomed pictur e will be shown on the screen. ● If you wish to zoom at an y moment, press a (Zoom) and se[...]

Special D VD-featur es Checking the contents of D VD-Video discs: Menus For titles and chapters, selection menus ma y be included on the disc. The D VD’ s menu featur e allows you to mak e selections fr om these menus. Press the a ppr opriate numerical k ey; or use the w , v , u , t ke ys to highlight your selection, then press OK . Title menus ?[...]

Special VCD-F eatures Pla yback Control (PBC) When PBC ON ● Press PBC ON/OFF to ON ● Load a Video CD with PBC and press 2 . ➤ The PBC menu appears on the TV screen. ● Go through the men u with the k e ys indicated on the TV screen until your chosen passage starts to pla y . If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title [...]

Shuffle ● Press SHUFFLE during pla y . ➤ The order of the tracks is changed. ● T o return to normal pla y , press SHUFFLE again. Repeat track/disc ● T o repeat the cur rentl y pla ying track, press REPEA T . ➤ REPEA T TRACK appears on the displa y . ● T o repeat the entir e disc, press REPEA T a second time . ➤ REPEA T appears on the [...]

FTS Pr o gram - FTS Program allo ws y ou to store y our fav orite tracks for a particular disc in the pla yer memor y . - Each FTS Pr ogram can contain 20 tracks. Storing an FTS Pr ogram 1 Load a disc and stop pla yback. 2 Use w to go to the list of a vailable tracks. 3 Use t or u to select tracks from the list. T o go dir ectly to an y track, ente[...]

Befor e r equesting ser vice If it appears that the D VD-Video pla y er is faulty , first consult this checklist. It ma y be that something has been ov erlook ed. Under no circumstances attempt to r epair the system yourself; this will invalidate the warranty . Look for the specific symptom(s). Then perform only the actions listed to remedy the spe[...]

Cleaning discs Some problems occur because the disc inside the pla yer is dirty . T o av oid these problems clean your discs r egularly , in the following wa y: ● When a disc becomes dirty , clean it with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the center out. Caution: Do not use solv ents such as benzine, thinner , commerciall y a vailable cleaners[...]

Specifications PLA YBACK SY STEM D VD-Video Video CD CD (CD-R and CD-R W) OPTICAL READOUT SY STEM Lasertype Semiconductor AlGaAs Numerical Aperture 0.60 (D VD) 0.45 (VCD/CD) W av elength 650 nm (D VD) 780 nm (VCD/CD) D VD DISC FORMA T Medium Optical Disc Diameter 12cm (8cm) Pla ying time One la yer 2.15 h * (12cm) Dual la yer 4 h * T w o side 4.30 [...]