Philips DVD590M manual

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T able of Contents 3 General Information T able of Contents ...........................................................................................................................................................3 Safety Information...................................................................................................................[...]

Safety Pr ecautions W arning: To prevent fir e or shock hazard, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture. Fe deral Communications Commission (FCC) W arning: Any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the user’ s authority to operate it. Laser Safety This unit employs a laser . Only a qualified ser vice person should [...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS. READ BEFORE OPERA TING EQUIPMENT . 1. Read these instructions. 2. K eep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. F ollo w all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block any of the v entilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufactur er’ [...]

6 Intr oduction W elcome! We hope you enjo y this Play er and learn to appr eciate its featur es. Read this manual car efully to learn to use the follo wing featur es. F eatures D VD Disc Menus Some explanations in this manual describe the D VD Disc Menus, which var y among D VDs. DVD Disc Men us allow y ou to choose differ ent pla yback f eatur es[...]

DV D Audio CD Video CD Super Video CD D VD+R (finalised only) CD-R CD-R W MP3 files Super Audio CD (SACD) (pla ys the CD lay er only) D VD+R W (finalised only) Play able Discs 7 Region Codes D VDs must be labeled for ALL r egions or for Region 1 in order to pla y on this Pla yer . Y ou cannot pla y Discs that are labeled for other regions. Look for[...]

8 Hookups Determining the best possible connection... Y our existing equipment, especially your TV , will determine your connection possibilities. Howev er , the f ollo wing guidelines describe which options pro vide the best picture and sound quality . H H H H H H H H Component Video provides the best pictur e quality . Details are on page 12. H H[...]

Hookups (cont’ d) 9 3 ANT IN TO TV AUDIO IN RL VIDEO IN CH3 CH4 Back of RF Modulator (example only) Antenna or Cable TV Signal Back of TV (example only) ANTENNA IN RF IN DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT COAXIAL VIDEO S-VIDEO Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y L R MAINS 4 1 5 6 2 Before you begin, make sure you have an RF modulator and e xtra RF coaxial cables. These are not supp[...]

10 Hookups (cont’ d) Connecting to a TV Only TV has a yello w Video In jack 1 Connect the supplied y ellow video cable to the Pla yer’ s y ellow VIDEO jack and to the corr esponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV . 2 Connect the supplied red and white audio cab les to the Pla yer’ s R (right, red) and L (left, white) jacks and to the right/left AUD[...]

1 Connect an S-Video cable (not supplied) to the Pla yer’ s S- VIDEO jack and to the TV’ s S-VIDEO IN jack. 2 Connect the supplied red and white audio cab les to the Pla yer’ s R (right, red) and L (left, white) jacks and to the right/left AUDIO IN jacks on the TV . Match the cable colors to the jack colors. 3 Connect the supplied po wer cord[...]

12 Hookups (cont’ d) Connecting to a TV Only TV has Component Video In Jacks 1 Connect the Pla yer’ s Pr/Cr (red), Pb/Cb (blue) and Y (green) jacks to the corr esponding Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y VIDEO IN jacks on the TV . Use component video cable (not supplied). Match the cable colors to the jack colors if your cables ar e color -coded. 2 Connect the sup[...]

Hookups (cont’ d) 13 Connecting to a TV and a two-channel Stereo (Stereo has Dolb y Pr o Logic or right/left Audio In jacks) 1 Connect the supplied y ellow video cable to the Pla yer’ s y ellow VIDEO jack and to the corr esponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV . 2 Connect the supplied red and white audio cab les to the Pla yer’ s R (right, red) an[...]

14 Hookups (cont’ d) Connecting to a TV and a Digital Stereo (Receiver has PCM, Dolb y Digital TM , MPEG2, or Digital Theater System) 1 Connect the supplied y ellow video cable to the Pla yer’ s y ellow VIDEO jack and to the corr esponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV . 2 Connect the Pla yer’ s COAXIAL Digital Audio Output jack to the CO AXIAL Di[...]

3 CR2025 C R 2 0 2 5 3V 3 CR2025 C R 2 0 2 5 3V 3 CR2025 C R 2 0 2 5 3V Press Pull Push Pull Hookups (cont’ d) 15 Remote Contr ol Setup 1 When you pur chase this Play er , a thin piece of plastic in the batter y compartment of the remote control. This keeps the lithium battery fresh. Y ou must remov e the plastic before the r emote will work. T o[...]

Label faces left Shiny side faces right 16 Quick Disc Playback MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK • If a Disc is lock ed by P arental Control, enter your passwor d and press OK to w atch the Disc . Details are on pages 27-28. •D VDs have a[...]

Remote Contr ol 17 NUMBER Buttons Use to select number ed items in a Disc menu. Details are on page 20. DISC MENU Button Press to access a D VD’ s Disc menu. Details are on page 20. ARRO W 1 2 3 4 Buttons Press to select an item in a men u. OK Button Press to ackno wledge a menu selection. RETURN/TITLE Button Press to use a D VD’ s Title menu. [...]

18 Fr ont P anel Disc Slot Insert a Disc here. Inser t about one-third of the Disc, then the Play er will accept the Disc automatically . Do not press the Disc or f orce the Disc into the Pla yer . If the Play er does not automatically accept the Disc, press Eject to mak e sure ther e is not a Disc already in the Pla yer . Load the Disc with the la[...]

Rear P anel 19 Audio L/R (left/right) jacks Connect the supplied audio cables (red and white) here and to the Audio In jacks on your TV , Stereo , or RF Modulator . Details are on pages 9-13. CO AXIAL Digital Audio Output jack Connect an optional digital audio coaxial cable here and to the Coaxial Digital Audio In jack of a Stereo . Details are on [...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK Chapter/T rack Selection 1 Press SEARCH twice during D VD pla yback until the Title and Chapter appear at the top mid dle of the screen. 2 Press 1 or 2 to highlight the Title, Chapter or T rack edit bar . 3 T[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK F ast F orw ar d and Fast Re ver se , Slo w Motion 21 F ast F orwa[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK 22 Still Picture , Time Search Still Picture 1 During pla y , pres[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK Camera Angle Some D VDs include scenes recorded fr om different an[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK 24 Repeat, Repeat A-B Repeat Y ou may pla y a Chapter , T rack, Ti[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK Audio Language 25 Some D VDs hav e Audio (sound) r ecorded in multiple languages. Choose the language you want to hear b y adjusting AUDIO . The easiest wa y to choose a different language is to press the r e[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK 26 Subtitles Some D VDs include subtitles in different languages. The easiest wa y to choose a language for subtitles is to pr ess the SUBTITLE button r epeatedl y during D VD play . This lets you choose from[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK Pa r ental Control P asswor d 27 Parental Contr ol limits viewing of Discs that exceed the limits you set. This featur e will not limit viewing if the Disc manufactur er did not code the Disc. Philips cannot [...]

28 P arental Contr ol Le vels Some D VD and Video CD makers code the Disc so it will only pla y according to the lev el you set at the Pla yer . The Parental Contr ol lev el may appl y to the complete Disc or to certain scenes on the Disc . Follow the steps below to set the Parental Le vel at which you want Discs to pla y . 1 Press Stop 9 twice to [...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK MP3 Play 29 MP3 is a compression method that mak es digital music files up to 10 times smaller without losing significant sound quality . MP3 is common on the Internet, letting you transf er T racks to your c[...]

30 JPEG Play , Playback Contr ol JPEG Pla y Some CD-Rs ma y contain pictures in a JPEG format. For example, you ma y ha ve photographic film dev eloped by a retailer that places the pictures on a CD-R for y ou. These pictures ma y be in JPEG format. Y ou cannot make or r ecord such CD-Rs using this Pla yer . See your computer manual for details on [...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK TV Output 31 D VDs are recor ded according to a Color System, the most common of which are NTSC and P AL. NTSC is the most common in the United States. Y our TV also operates according to a Color System. This[...]

32 Picture Contr ols MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK 1,5 2-4 J ust as y ou can adjust your picture on y our TV , you can adjust some picture elements at the D VD Pla yer . Choose a picture setting that best displa ys the Disc you are pla yi[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK TV Screen 33 Y ou may set the Pla yer to displa y video in one of three f ormats: Letterbox, Pan & Scan, or Wide. The TV SCREEN setting you select m ust be a vailable on the DVD . If not, the TV SCREEN se[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK 34 Video Output Change the VIDEO OUTPUT setting to match your connection between the DVD Player and your TV. If the setting is wrong, the picture may be distorted, without color or absent. 1 Press SY STEM MEN[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK 2-4 If you used the Player’s Y PbCb PrCr jacks to connect to a TV, set SCAN MODE correctly. This unit’s Video Output jacks send either regular Component Video or Progressive Scan Video. Choose the setting[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK • If you set DIGIT AL OUTPUT to LPCM 96K, the sound may be m ute if the Disc is copy protected b y the Content Scrambling System (CSS). 36 Digital Output Helpful Hint Adjust DIGIT AL OUTPUT if you connected[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK Angle Mark 37 When a D VD has scenes recorded fr om different angles, the Angle Mark will a ppear on the TV screen during a multi-angle scene. Y ou can choose whether or not you want the Angle Mark to be visi[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK 38 On-Screen Display Language The Pla yer’ s System Menus ar e the menus you access when you pr ess SYSTEM MENU on the r emote control. This is where y ou set many of the Pla yer’ s featur es. The menu is[...]

MUTE DISPLAY REPEAT REPEAT SUBTITLE ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SEARCH RETURN/TITLE SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU EJECT NEXT PREVIOUS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 A-B OK Screen Sav er 39 The Screen Sa ver is the moving D VD logo that appears on y our TV screen when Disc pla y is stopped and you are not using the Pla yer or its r emote. The screen sa ver pr ev ents damage to y[...]

To r estore the original settings of the Pla yer , use the LOAD SETUP DEF (Default) featur e. 1 Press Stop 9 twice to stop Disc pla y completely . 2 Press SY STEM MENU. 3 Press 1 or 2 r epeatedl y to select the SY STEM menu. 4 Press 4 r epeatedly to select LO AD SETUP DEF . 5 Press 1 or 2 to select LO ADING . The original settings of the Pla yer wi[...]

Helpful Hints 41 No po wer •P r ess Standb y y y on the front of the Pla yer or on the remote to turn on the Pla yer . • Connect the supplied pow er cord firmly to the MAINS ~ (A C Po wer) jack on the rear of the Pla yer . Use only the supplied pow er cord. • Mak e sure the po wer outlet has po wer b y tr ying another appliance in the same ou[...]

42 Helpful Hints (cont'd) Disc will not pla y . • Mak e sure the Disc label is facing left when y ou put the Disc in the Play er . If you are pla ying a two- sided Disc, make sur e label of the side you want to pla y is facing right. Details are on page 16. • Check the Parental Contr ol settings. Select level 8 to turn off Par ental Contro[...]

Analog: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. Analog sound is available when you use the r ed and white , left and right audio jacks on your equipment. These jacks send audio through two channels, the left and right. Bit Rate: The amount of data used to hold a given leng[...]

44 Specifications PLA Y ABLE DISCS Audio CDs (Compact Discs) CD Recordable (CD-R) CD Rewritable (CD-R W) D VD-Video MP3-CD Super Video CD (SVCD) Video CD (VCD) Super Audio CD (SACD) (pla ys CD lay er only) TV ST AND ARD P AL/50Hz NTSC/60Hz Number of lines 625 525 Pla yback Multistandard (P AL/NTSC) VIDEO PERFORMANCE VIDEO OUT 1Vpp---75 Ω S-VIDEO [...]

Limited W arranty 45 Digital Video Disc Player 90 days Fr ee Product Exchange / 91 days–One Y ear Reduced-Cost Exc hange WHO IS CO VERED? Y ou must ha ve proof of the date of pur chase to exchange y our pr oduct. A sales receipt or other document showing the date that you pur chased the product is considered such proof. WHA T IS COVERED? Wa r ran[...]

46 Limited W arranty (cont’ d) To e xchange y our product with Philips (per the warranty conditions stated pr e viously), remember : • If you exchange the pr oduct within 90 days of the original pur chase , there is no cost to y ou.* • If you exchange the pr oduct more than 90 da ys after but less than one year after the da y of original purc[...]

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This owner’ s manual is made of r ecyclable materials. Remember to recycle! CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT IB8443E001 Final version 2.0 Philips Consumer Electronics NOR TH AMERICA Knoxville, Tennessee 37914-1810, USA DVD590M_17x 6/11/2003 1:42 PM Page 48[...]