Philips MCD290 manuale d’uso

MCD290 D VD Micr o Theatr e pg001-pg036_MCD290_98-Eng 2005.11.14, 14:50 1[...]

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5 English Index English ------------------------------------------------ 6 -------------------------------------------------------- 37 CA UTION Use of contr ols or adjustments or performance of procedures other than herein may result in hazardous r adiation exposure or other unsafe operation. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “D[...]

6 English Contents General Information Featur es .................................................................. 8 Discs for pla yback ................................................ 8 Supplied accessories ............................................ 8 Envir onmental information ................................ 9 Care and safety inf ormation ..[...]

7 English Contents Radio Reception T uning to radio stations .................................... 27 Pr ogramming radio stations ............................. 27 Automatic programming ............................... 27 Manual pr ogramming ...................................... 27 T uning to pr eset radio stations ....................... 27 Changing[...]

8 English General Information F eatures Additional Component Connections Lets you connect other audio and audio/visual components to the system so y ou can use the system’ s sur round sound speakers. Par ental contr ol (rating le vel) Lets you set a rating level so that y our children cannot watch a D VD that has a rating higher than y ou set. Sl[...]

9 English General Information/Maintenance En vir onmental information An y unnecessar y packaging has been omitted. We have tried to make the packaging easy to separate into three materials: cardboard (box), polystyrene foam (buff er) and poly ethylene (bags, protective foam sheet). Y our system consists of materials which can be recycled and reuse[...]

10 English Connections Step 1: Placing speak ers Fr ont speaker ( left ) Fr ont speaker ( right ) VIEWING AREA Place the front left and r ight speakers at equal distances from the TV set and at an angle of approximately 45 degrees from the listening position. Notes: –T o avoid magnetic interf erence , do not position the front speak er s too clos[...]

11 English FM Antenna It is unnecessar y to connect the FM pigtail antenna since it is f ixed to the main unit. ● Adjust the FM antenna for optimal FM stereo reception. Step 4: Connecting TV IMPOR T ANT! –Y ou only need to make one video connection fr om the follo wing options, depending on the capabilities of y our TV system. – Connect the D[...]

12 English Using an accessor y RF modulator IMPOR T ANT! – If your TV set only has a single Antenna In jack (or labelled as 75 ohm or RF In), you will need a RF modulator in order to vie w the D VD playback via TV . See y our electr onics retailer or contact Philips for details on RF modulator a vailability and operations. 1 Use the composite cab[...]

13 English Connections Step 5: Connecting the pow er cor d IMPOR T ANT! –N ev er make or chang e any connection with the po wer s witched on. After ever ything is connected proper ly , plug in the AC po wer cord to the po wer outlet. Optional: Connecting additional equipment IMPOR T ANT! – Some discs are cop y-protected. Y ou cannot recor d the[...]

14 English Contr ols Contr ols on the system 1 ST ANDBY ON y – switches the system to standby/on. 2 iR sensor – infrared sensor for remote control. 3 CLOCK Standby mode *– sets the system clock. Playback mode – displays the system clock. 4 PR OGRAM –D VD/VCD/CD/MP3-CD: enter s the program men u. – Picture CD: during playback, to select [...]

15 English Contr ols 6 DISC MENU (disc mode only) –D VD/VCD: enter s or exits the disc contents men u. – VCD2.0: switches the playback control mode on or off . 7 22 / 33 T uner – press to tune to a low er/higher radio frequency gradually . – press and hold, then release the k ey to star t automatic search for a radio frequency do wnward/upw[...]

16 English Pr eparations IMPOR T ANT! – Make sure to complete the preparation procedur es before operating the system. Step 1: Inserting batteries into the r emote control 1 Open the batter y compar tment. 2 Place two batteries (T ype R06 or AA) in the compar tment with the cor rect polarity as indicated by “+” and “–” symbols. 3 Close [...]

17 English Pr eparations PA L – If the connected TV is P AL system, select this mode. It will change the video signal of a NTSC disc and output in P AL format. AUT O – If the connected TV is multi system, select this mode.The output for mat will be in accordance with the video signal of the disc. – Setting TV TYPE Select the aspect ratio of t[...]

18 English Pr eparations OSD LANGUA GE (On-Screen Displa y) Switches the display language on the TV screen. Select the language from the displa yed list. AUDIO LANG (D VD only) Switches the display language of the sound track. Select the language from the displa yed list. SUBTITLE LANG (DVD only) Switches the display language of the subtitle. Selec[...]

19 English IMPOR T ANT! – This system is designed f or r egular discs. Therefor e, do not use any accessories such as disc stabiliser rings or disc treatment sheets, etc., as offered on the market, because they may jam the disc mechanism. – Do not mo ve the system during pla yback. Doing so ma y damag e the system. –D VD discs and players ar [...]

20 English Disc Operations Zoom (D VD/VCD/JPEG) Zooming allows y ou to enlar ge or reduce the video image during playback. 1 Press ZOOM repeatedly to enlarge or reduce the pla yback video image . 2 Press 22 / 33 / 5 / 4 to pan across the TV screen. Repeat (D VD/VCD/CD/MP3) ● Press REPEA T repeatedly to choose a repeat mode during playback. F or D[...]

21 English Disc Operations Forwar d/Rev erse Searching (D VD/VCD/ CD/MP3) 1 Press TUNING 22 / 33 during playback to select the required speed: 2X, 4X, 8X or 20X (backward or f orward). ➜ Sound will be muted. 2 To retur n to normal speed, press PLA Y/ PA USE 2; . Time search & sear ch by chapter/track n umber (D VD/VCD/CD/MP3) 1 Press GO T O u[...]

22 English Disc Operations Pla ying MP3/JPEG Disc IMPOR T ANT! –Y ou ha ve to turn on your TV and set to the correct Video In channel. (See "Setting up the TV".) Pla ying MP3 disc General operation 1 Load an MP3 disc. ➜ A data disc menu appear s on the TV screen and playback star ts automatically from the first track. 2 Press 22 to mo[...]

23 English Special JPEG f eatures Zoom picture (JPEG) ● During playback, press ZOOM repeatedly to displa y the picture with different scales (X2, X3, X4, X1/2, X1/3 and X1/4). ● Use 22 / 33 / 5 / 4 to view the zoomed picture. Slide show pla yback modes (JPEG) ● During playback, press PROGRAM repeatedly to select different slide-sho w playback[...]

24 English System Menu Options Basic operations 1 Press SY STEM MENU to enter the Setup Men u. 2 Press 22 / 33 to select a page to be set. 3 Press 5 / 4 to highlight an option. 4 Enter its submenu b y pressing 33 or OK . 5 Mo ve the cursor by pressing 5 / 4 to highlight the selected item. ➜ In cases of value setting , press 5 / 4 to adjust values[...]

25 English System Menu Options RA TING Some D VDs may hav e a parental level assigned to the complete disc or to cer tain scenes on the disc. This feature lets you set a playback limitation level. The r ating lev els are from 1 to 8 and are countr y dependent. Y ou can prohibit the playing of cer tain discs that are not suitable for your children o[...]

26 English System Menu Options VIDEO SETUP The options included in VIDEO SETUP page are: "COMPONENT", "TV MODE", "BRIGHTNESS", "CONTRAST", "HUE" and "SA TURA TION". BRIGHTNESS Adjusts the br ightness level. Range: 0-12. CONTRAST Adjusts the contr ast lev el. Range: 0-12. HUE Adjusts the hu[...]

27 English Radio Reception DISPLA Y/ST 2 THEA THRE T uning to radio stations 1 Press SOURCE on the set or TUNER on the remote repeatedly until the desired wa veband (FM or MW) is displa yed. 2 Press and hold TUNING 22 / 33 and release the button. ➜ The r adio automatically tunes to a station with sufficient reception. 3 Repeat step 2 if necessar [...]

28 English Changing tuning grid (not availab le f or all versions) In Nor th and South Amer ica, the frequency step between adjacent channels in the MW band is 10 kHz (9 kHz in some areas). The preset frequency step in the factor y is 9 kHz. IMPOR T ANT! Changing the tuning grid will erase all pr eviously stor ed preset radio stations. 1 Disconnect[...]

29 English Ta pe Operation/Recording General information on r ecor ding ● For recording, use only NORMAL (IEC type I) tapes on which the tabs ha ve not yet been broken. This deck is not suitable for recording on MET AL (IEC IV) type tapes. ● The best recording level is set automatically . Altering the VOLUME, INCREDIBLE SURROUND or DBB will not[...]

30 English Ta pe Operation/Recording Preparation f or recor ding 1 Select T APE source . 2 Load a recordable tape into the tape deck with the full spool to the left. 3 Prepare the source to be recorded. CD/VCD/D VD – load the disc. TUNER – tune to the desired radio station. AUX – connect external equipment. When r ecording is in pr ogress ●[...]

31 English Clock/Timer Clock setting See "Preparations-Step 2: Setting the clock". Timer setting ● The system can be used as an alarm clock, whereby the last selected source is switched on at a set time (one time operation). The clock time needs to be set f ir st before the timer can be used. 1 In standby mode, press and hold TIMER fo r[...]

32 English Sound and V olume Contr ols Sound Contr ol DBB, DSC and LOUDNESS sound features cannot be activ ated at the same time. DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost) DBB enhances the bass response . ● Press DBB on the remote to enable/disab le DBB f eature . ➜ Some discs might be recorded in high modulation, which causes a distor tion at high v olume . If[...]

33 English Specifications AMPLIFIER Output pow er ....................................... 2 x 15 W RMS ......................................................................... 700 W PMPO Signal-to-noise ratio ....................................... ≥ 60 dBA Frequency response ......... 63 – 16000 Hz, ± 3 dB Input sensitivity AUX .............[...]

34 English W ARNING Under no circumstances should you try to repair the system y ourself, as this will invalidate the warranty . 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 repair . If y ou are unab le to remedy a pr oblem by f ollo wing these hint[...]

35 English Problem Solution The languag e for the sound or subtitle cannot be changed when pla ying a D VD . No image is output when a function is selected. Sound cannot be heard or is of poor quality P oor radio reception. Recording or pla yback cannot be made Left and right sound outputs are rev ersed. The remote contr ol does not function. The t[...]

36 English Glossar y Analog: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specif ic numer ical values. These jacks send audio through two channels, the left and r ight. Aspect ratio: The ratio of ver tical and horizontal sizes of a display ed image. The horizontal vs. ver tical r atio of conventional TVs[...]