Philips HTS3500S/93 manual

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3 3139 115 23271 English Index English ----------------------------------------- 4 -------------------------------------------------------- 50 LASER T ype Semiconductor laser GaAlAs W av e length 650~660 nm (D VD) 784~796 nm (CD) Output Po wer 7 mW (D VD) 10 mW (VCD/CD) Beam divergence 60 degree Manufactur ed under license fr om Dolby Laboratories.[...]

4 English Contents Languag e Code .................................... 2 General Information Supplied accessories ................................... 6 Cleaning discs ............................................... 6 Setup .............................................................. 6 Basic Connections Step 1: Placing the speakers and subwoofer .[...]

English 5 Contents Pla ying a picture disc (slide sho w) ......... 27 Pre view Function .................................. 27 Zoom picture ........................................ 27 Rotating/Flipping the picture ............. 27 Supported JPEG picture formats ...... 27 Pla ying a Super Audio CD (SA CD) ....... 28 Pla ying a DivX disc .............[...]

6 English Supplied accessories Composite Video cable (Y ellow) Audio Cable FM wire antenna MW loop antenna Remote control and two batteries (12nc: 3139 258 70101) Cleaning discs T o clean a disc, use a micro fibre cleaning cloth and wipe the disc fr om the center to the edge in a straight line . CAUTION! Do not use solvents such as benzene, thinner[...]

English 7 REAR R REAR L FRONT R FRONT L CENTER SUBWOOFER For best possible surr ound sound, all the speak ers (except subwoof er) should be placed at the same distance from the listening position. 1 Place the front left and right speak ers at equal distances from the TV and at an angle of appr oximately 45 degr ees from the listening position. 2 Pl[...]

8 English Basic Connections (continued) Connect the supplied speakers system using the fixed speak er cables by matching the colours of the sockets and speak er cables. Helpful Hints: – Ensure that the speak er cables are correctly connected. Improper connections may damage the system due to a shor t- circuit. – T o prevent unw anted noise, do [...]

English 9 Basic Connections (continued) IMPOR T ANT! – Y ou only need to mak e one video connection from the f ollo wing options, depending on the capabilities of y our TV . – Connect the D VD system directly to the TV . – Proceed to pa g e 17 for setting up the TV once you ha ve completed the connections. Helpful Hints: – T o hear the TV c[...]

10 English Basic Connections (continued) IMPOR T ANT! The pro gr essive scan video quality is only possible when using Y Pb Pr and a progr essive scan TV is requir ed. 1 Use the component video cables (red / blue / green - not supplied) to connect the D VD system’ s Y Pb Pr sockets to the corresponding component video input sock ets (or labelled [...]

English 11 Basic Connections (continued) After ev erything is connected properl y , 1 Set the V OL T AGE SELECT OR to the local power line v oltage . 2 Plug in the A C pow er cord to the pow er outlet. The red Eco P ow er LED on the D VD system will light up . Nev er mak e or change any connections with the pow er switched on. Helpful Hint: – Ref[...]

12 English Viewing and listening to the pla yback 1 Connect the VCR or Cable/Satellite Box to the TV as shown. 2 Connect the D VD system’ s AUX IN (R/L) sockets to the AUDIO OUT sockets on the VCR or cable/satellite box. Press A UX/DI on the remote to select “ AUX ” in order to activate the input source. Connections to External De vices Conne[...]

English 13 Listening to the pla yback ● Connect the D VD system’ s DIGIT AL IN sock et to the DIGIT AL OUT socket on a digital audio device. Press A UX/DI on the remote to select “ DI ” in order to activate the input source. Helpful Hints: – Some D VDs are copy-protected. Y ou cannot recor d the disc through a VCR or digital recording de [...]

14 English Remote Contr ol * = Press and hold the button for mor e than two seconds. ! 5 6 7 8 9 0 3 4 1 2 @ 1 B – Switches to Eco P ow er standby mode, or turns on the system. 2 Source buttons DISC : switches to DISC source mode. TV : switches to TV source mode. The sound from TV will come out through the D VD system. TUNER : toggles between FM [...]

English 15 Remote Contr ol (continued) * = Press and hold the button for mor e than two seconds. # Numeric K eypad (0-9) – DISC: enters a track/title number . – TUNER: enters the preset radio station number . $ DISC MENU – DISC: enters or exits disc contents menu. For VCD , selects various preview function. % DISPLA Y – DISC: displa ys the [...]

16 English Main Unit 1 ST ANDBY ON ( B ) – Switches to Eco P ow er standby mode, or turns on the system. 2 Disc tra y 3 OPEN CLOSE 0 – Opens/Closes the disc tra y . 4 ECO PO WER indicator – Lights up when in Eco P ow er standb y mode. 5 iR – P oint the remote control towar ds this sensor . 6 System displa y panel 7 V OLUME – Adjusts the v[...]

English 17 Getting Star ted Step 1: Inser ting batteries into the r emote control 1 3 2 1 Open the batter y compartment. 2 Inser t tw o batteries type R06 or AA, following the indications ( +- ) inside the compar tment. 3 Close the cover . CAUTION! – Remo v e batteries if they ar e exhausted or if the remote contr ol is not to be used for a long [...]

18 English Setting up Pro gr essive Scan featur e (for Pr ogr essive Scan TV only) The progr essiv e scan displa y twice the number of frames per seconds than interlaced scanning (ordinary normal TV system). With nearly double the number of lines, progr essive scan off ers higher picture r esolution and quality . IMPOR T ANT! Before enab ling the p[...]

English 19 Getting Star ted (continued) Selecting the matching colour system The colour system of the D VD system, D VD and TV should match. Only then will it be possible to pla y a D VD on this system. Befor e changing the TV system, determine the colour system of your TV . 1 In disc mode, press SETUP . 2 Press 2 r epeatedly to select { Video Setu[...]

20 English Getting Star ted (continued) Step 4: Setting language pr eferences Y ou can select your pr efer red language settings so that this D VD system will automatically switch to the language for you whene ver y ou load a disc. If the language selected is not a vailable on the disc, the disc’ s default language will be used instead. The OSD ([...]

English 21 Disc Operations IMPOR T ANT! – If the inhibit icon (ø or X) appears on the TV screen when a button is pressed, it means the function is not availab le on the curr ent disc or at the current time. – D VD discs and play ers are designed with regional r estrictions. Before pla ying a disc, make sure the disc is for the same zone as y o[...]

22 English Auto Eco P ow er standby mode This is a power -sa ving featur e, the system will automatically switch to Eco P ow er standby mode if you do not pr ess any buttons within 30 minutes after a disc has stopped pla ying. Basic pla yback contr ols Pausing pla yback ● During pla yback, press 2; (or ; on the remote). ➜ T o resume normal pla [...]

English 23 Disc Operations (continued) Other operations for video pla yback (D VD/VCD/SVCD) DISC MENU DISPLA Y AUDIO SUBTITLE ZOOM OK PLA Y STOP P AUSE Using the Disc Menu A menu ma y appear on the TV screen once you load in the disc, depending on the disc format. T o select a playback f eature or item ● Use 1 2 3 4 ke ys or numeric keypad (0-9) [...]

24 English Disc Operations (continued) Advancing by frame 1 During pla yback, press Å on the r emote. ➜ Pla y will pause and sound will be muted. 2 Press Å r epeatedly to view the next picture frame. 3 T o resume normal pla yback, press PLA Y B . Resuming pla yback fr om the last stopped point This D VD system able to r esume disc pla yback fr [...]

English 25 Pre vie w Function (VCD only) 1 Press DISC MENU . 2 Use 34 keys to highlight { T rack Digest }, { Disc Inter val } or { T rack Inter val }. 3 Press OK to open one option. Select Digest T ype: T rack Digest Disc Interval T rack Interval { T rack Dig est } This function will minimise the picture of every track in order to displa y every si[...]

26 English Disc Operations (continued) Pla ying an MP3 /Windo ws M edia ™ A udio / JPEG/MPEG-4 disc This D VD system can pla yback Windo ws M edia ™ Audio, MPEG-4, MP3, JPEG, VCD & SVCD files on a personally recor ded CD-R/R W disc or commercial CD . IMPOR T ANT! Y ou hav e to turn on your TV and set to the correct Video In channel. (See pa[...]

English 27 Disc Operations (continued) Pla ying a picture disc (slide sho w) IMPOR T ANT! Y ou hav e to turn on your TV and set to the correct Video In channel. (See page 17 “Setting the TV”). ● Load a Picture disc (K odak Picture CD , JPEG). ➜ For a K odak disc, the slide show will begin automatically . ➜ For a JPEG disc, the picture men[...]

28 English Pla ying a Super Audio CD (SA CD) There ar e three types of SA CD discs : single la y er , double lay er or hybrid discs. The h ybrid disc contains both Super Audio CD and standard audio CD la yers, only the SA CD la yer can be pla yed back on this D VD system. 1 Load a SA CD . ➜ The disc menu appears on the TV screen. 2 Pla yback will[...]

English 29 Pla ying a Karaoke disc IMPOR T ANT! Y ou hav e to turn on your TV and set to the correct Video In channel. (See page 17 “Setting the TV”). 1 Connect a microphone (not supplied) to the MIC sock et on the side panel of the D VD main unit (as shown belo w). 2 Load a karaoke disc. ➜ If the disc menu appears, use 3 4 key s to make y ou[...]

30 English This D VD system setup is carried out via the TV , enabling y ou to customise the D VD system to suit y our particular requir ements. Accessing General Setup Page 1 Press DISC and follo wed b y SETUP on the remote. 2 Use 1 2 k eys to select ‘General Setup Page’. 3 Press OK to confirm. General Setup Page Disc Lock Display Dim Program [...]

English 31 D VD Setup Men u Options (continued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the previous men u, press 1 . T o remo ve the menu, pr ess SETUP . Pro gramming disc tracks (not for Picture CD/MP3/SA CD) Y ou can pla y the contents of the disc in the order y ou want by pr ogramming the pla ying order of the [...]

32 English D VD Setup Menu Options (continued) Screen Sa ver - turning on/off The screen sa ver will help to pre vent your TV displa y device fr om getting damaged. 1 In ‘General Setup Page’, use 34 k eys to highlight { Screen Sa ver }, then press 2 . { On } Select this if you wish to turn off the TV screen when pla y is stopped or paused for m[...]

English 33 D VD Setup Men u Options (continued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pr evious menu, pr ess 1 . T o remov e the menu, press SETUP . Accessing Audio Setup P age 1 Press DISC and follo wed b y SETUP on the remote. 2 Use 1 2 k eys to select ‘Audio Setup Page’. 3 Press OK to confirm. Audio Se[...]

34 English D VD Setup Menu Options (continued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pr evious menu, pr ess 1 . T o remov e the menu, press SETUP . Accessing Video Setup P ag e 1 Press DISC and follo wed b y SETUP on the remote. 2 Use 1 2 k eys t o select ‘Video Setup Page’. 3 Press OK to confirm. V id e [...]

English 35 D VD Setup Men u Options (continued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pr evious menu, pr ess 1 . T o remov e the menu, press SETUP . Picture Setting This D VD system pr o vides three predefined sets of pictur e colour settings and one personal setting which you can define yourself. 1 In ‘Vid[...]

36 English D VD Setup Menu Options (continued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pr evious menu, pr ess 1 . T o remov e the menu, press SETUP . Accessing Prefer ence Setup Page 1 Press Ç twice to stop pla yback (if any), then press SETUP . 2 Use 1 2 k eys to select the ‘P re f er ence Page’. 3 Press [...]

English 37 D VD Setup Men u Options (continued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the previous men u, press 1 . T o remo ve the menu, pr ess SETUP . Rating explanations 1Kid Safe – 2 G – General Audience; recommended as acceptable for view ers of all ages. 3 PG – Parental Guidance suggested. 4 PG13 – [...]

38 English D VD Setup Menu Options (continued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pr evious menu, pr ess 1 . T o remov e the menu, press SETUP . Changing the P assw ord The same password is used f or both Parental Contr ol and Disc Lock. Enter your six-digit passw ord to pla y a prohibited disc or if pr om[...]

English 39 Other Functions Setting the Sleep timer The sleep timer enables the system to switch to Eco P ow er standby mode automatically at a preset time. ● Press SLEEP on the r emote repeatedl y until it reaches the desir ed preset turn-off time. ➜ The selections are as follows (time in minutes): 15 ™ 30 ™ 45 ™ 60 ™ OFF ™ 15 … ➜[...]

40 English IMPOR T ANT! Make sur e the FM and MW antennas are connected. T uning to radio stations 1 Press TUNER on the r emote (or press SOURCE control at the fr ont panel) to select “ FM ” or “ MW ”. 2 Press 3 / 4 briefly on the remote. ➜ The display panel will sho w " SEARCH " until a radio station with sufficient signal stre[...]

English 41 Automatic presetting Use automatic presetting to stor e or reinstall all the pr eset radio stations. 1 FM / MW START .. 2 1 Press TUNER on the r emote to select “ FM ” or “ MW ”. 2 Press and hold PR OG until " START ..." appears. ➜ All the former pr esets will be overwritten. Manual presetting Use manual presetting to[...]

42 English Sound and V olume Contr ols Individual speak ers v olume adjustment Y ou can adjust the dela y times (centr e, rear speak ers and subwoofer only) and volume le vel f or individual speak ers. These adjustments let you optimise the sound according to y our surr oundings and setup. IMPOR T ANT! Press SURR button on the r emote to select Mul[...]

English 43 Selecting surr ound sound ● Press SURR on the r emote to select : MUL TI-CHANNEL or STEREO. ➜ The availability of the various sur r ound sound modes depends on the number of speak ers used and the sound a vailable on the disc. ➜ The centre and surr ound speakers operate only in Multi-channel surr ound mode. ➜ The available output[...]

44 English W ARNING Under no circumstances should y ou try to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the war ranty . Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points listed below befor e taking the system for r epair . If you ar e unable to remedy a pr oblem by follo wing these hint[...]

English 45 T r oub leshooting (continued) Not able to select some Items in the setup/system menu. The D VD system does not star t pla yback. There is no sound from the centre and surr ound speak ers. Radio reception is poor . The remote contr ol does not function properl y . Unable to pla y DivX mo vies. The D VD system does not work. – Press ST [...]

46 English Analogue: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analogue sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. These sock ets send audio through tw o channels, the left and right. Aspect ratio: The ratio of vertical and horizontal sizes of a displa yed image. The horizontal vs. vertical ratio of conv entional TVs. is 4:[...]

English 47 Multichannel: D VDs ar e formatted to ha ve each sound track constitute one sound field. Multichannel refers to a structur e of sound tracks ha ving three or mor e channels. P arental contr ol: Limits Disc pla y according to the age of the users or the limitation lev el in each country . The limitation varies from disc to disc; when it i[...]

48 English AMPLIFIER SECTION Output power 500 W - Front 75 W RMS / channel - Rear 75 W RMS / channel - Centre 100 W RMS - Subwoof er 100W RMS Frequency Response 20 Hz – 20 kHz / – 3 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio > 62 dB (CCIR) Input Sensitivity - AUX In 1000 mV - DIGIT AL In 1 Vpp TUNER SECTION T uning Range FM 87.5 – 108 MHz (50 kHz) MW 531 ?[...]

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