Philips DVD951/691 manual

1 D VD Video pla yer D VD951[...]

2 Manuf actured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” and the double-D symbol are tr ademar ks of Dolby Laboratories. Confidential Unpublished W or ks . ©1992- 1997 Dolby Labor ator ies, Inc . All r ights reser ved. This product incorporates cop yright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents an[...]

3 English Bahasa Mela yu Index I NDEX English -------------------------------------------------------- 5 ----------------------------------------------- 23 ----------------------------------------------- 43 The region code for this set is 3. 3 Since it is usual for D VD movies to be released at different times in diff erent regions of the w or ld, [...]

4 English Contents Intr oduction Philips D VD-Video Introduction ------------------------- 5 Unpacking ---------------------------------------------------- 5 Remote Contr ol batter y installation -------------------- 5 Safety Inf ormation ------------------------------------------ 5 Cleaning Discs ---------------------------------------------- 5 Fu[...]

5 English Intr oduction Philips D VD-Video Intr oduction Y our Philips D VD-Video pla yer will pla y digital video discs conforming to the univer sal D VD-Video standard. With it, you will be ab le to enjoy full-length movies with tr ue cinema picture quality , as well as stereo or multi-channel sound (depending on the disc and your pla yback setup[...]

6 English Functional Ov er view D VD 951 DVD/VIDEO CD/CD PLAYER POWER ON/OFF HEADPHONE LEVEL MIN MAX PLAY/PAUSE STOP OPEN/CLOSE EASY JOG SOUND TRACK TITLE SCAN TIME TRACK TOT AL CHAPTER CD SHUFFLE CHAPTER TITLE TRACK V REPEA T -B A PO WER ON/OFF – switches the play er to ON or OFF ST ANDBY INDICA T OR – lights red when the play er is in Standby[...]

7 English Remote contr ol 2 RETURN OK 5 1 3 2 4 6 7 9 8 0 TV PLAY STOP á á SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU ON/OFF FTS REPEAT REPEAT SHUFFLE SCAN TIME BIT SEARCH RATE SLOW ZOOM A-B DVD PBC RESUME DISC / LOCK ON/OFF ON/OFF 2 É ë Å É Ç í É É É Ö i T- C + - TV P + - TV VOL SUBTITLE ANGLE TTL/CHAP AUDIO TV ON/OFF – switches TV to ON/OFF mode TV V OL[...]

8 English COAXIAL OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/MPEG2/AC-3/DTS SUB WF SURROUND FRONT CENTER MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT SURROUND FRONT L R CVBS AUDIO OUT S-VIDEO Y C B C R VIDEO OUT 1 2 L R L R MAINS MAINS (A C) – connect to pow er source OPTICAL (Digital Audio Out) – connect to digital (optical) equipment CO AXIAL (Digital Audio Out) – connect to[...]

9 English Pr eparation General notes ¶ Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are var ious ways y ou could connect the play er . ¶ Please refer to the man uals of your TV , VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessar y to make the best connections. ¶ For better sound reproduction, connect the play er’ s audio o[...]

10 English Note: – If the audio format of the digital output does not match the capabilities of your receiver , the receiver will pr oduce a strong, distor ted sound or no sound at all. – The selected audio format of the D VD is displayed in the Status Window when the SYSTEM MENU is activated or when the Audio button is pressed. – Six Channel[...]

11 English Menu bar/Status windo w V P er sonal Preferences W Title/T r ack X Chapter/Index Y Audio language Z Subtitle language } Angle a Zoom b Color Settings (Smar t Picture) c Video Progr am d Sound e Picture by Picture f Slow motion g Fast motion h Time search T emporary F eedback Field icons Scan Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat T r ack Repeat [...]

12 English – Color settings (Y C B C R connection only) Y ou can select one of fiv e predefined sets of color settings or def ine one set (P er sonal) y our self. – P ersonal color (Y C B C R connection only) Allo ws you to f ine-tune satur ation, brightness and contr ast of the selected color settings. Sound – Digital output Factor y setting[...]

13 English Loading discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the play er to open the disc tray . 2 Load y our chosen disc in the tr ay , label side up (also when a doub le sided D VD is inser ted). 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE again to close the tray . ➜ READ appear s in the status window and on the play er display , and playback star ts automatically . Not[...]

14 English Still Pictur e and F rame-b y-frame pla yback ¶ Select e ( PICTURE BY PICTURE ) in the menu bar . ¶ Use the w key to enter the picture b y picture menu. ➜ The play er will now go into P AUSE mode . ¶ Use the cur sor keys t u to select the previous or next picture frame . ¶ T o exit PICTURE BY PICTURE mode , press 2 or v . Y ou can [...]

15 English Zoom The Zoom function allows y ou to enlarge the video image and to mo ve through the enlarged image . ¶ Select a ( ZOOM ). ¶ Press w / v to activate the ZOOM function and select the required zoom factor : 1.33, 2 or 4. ➜ The play er will go into Pause mode. ➜ The selected zoom factor appear s below the Zoom icon in the menu bar a[...]

16 English Special D VD featur es Checking the contents of D VD-Video discs: Menus D VDs may contain menus to access special features. T o use the disc menu, press the appropr iate numerical key; or , use the w , v , u , t keys to highlight y our selection, then press OK. Title menus ¶ Press DISC MENU . ➜ If the current title has a menu, the men[...]

17 English Mo ving to another track ¶ Press P or O briefly during playback to go to the next track or to retur n to the beginning of the current tr ack. ¶ Press O twice briefly to step back to the previous tr ack. ¶ T o go directly to any track, enter the tr ack number using the numerical keys (0-9). Shuffle ¶ Press SHUFFLE during playback. ➜[...]

18 English Access contr ol; child lock (D VD and VCD) Activating/deactivating the child lock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the f eatures menu using the w / v k eys. ¶ Alternatively , you can press DISC LOCK on the remote control if the child lock has been activated. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of y our own choice. 3 Enter th[...]

19 English A CCESS C ONTROL Activating/Deactivating P arental Contr ol 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the f eatures menu using the w / v keys. 2 Enter y our 4-digit code . If necessar y , enter the code a second time . 3 Mo ve to P arental Level using the w / v keys. 4 Mov e to VALUE ADJUSTMENT (1-8) using the u key . 5 T[...]

20 English Befor e Requesting Ser vice If it appear s that the D VD-Video play er is faulty , fir st consult this checklist. It may be that something has been ov er looked. Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the system y our self; this will invalidate the warr anty . Look for the specif ic symptom(s). Then perfor m only the actions[...]

21 English Appendix Speak er Settings 6 Channel settings F r ont speaker L (Large): When the front speakers can reproduce low frequency signals belo w 120Hz S (Small): When the front speak er s cannot produce low frequency signals belo w 120Hz Center Speak er* L (Large): When the center speaker can reproduce low frequency signals belo w 120Hz S (Sm[...]

22 English Specifications PLA YBA CK SY STEM D VD-Video Video CD CD (CD-R and CD-RW) DV D+ RW OPTICAL READOUT SY STEM Laser type Semiconductor AlGaAs Numerical Aper ture 0.60 (DVD) 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) Playing time One lay er 2.15 h* (12cm) Dual lay er 4 h[...]