Philips DVD956 manual

DVD Video player DVD950/955/956 • Instructions for use • Mode d’emploi • Instrucciones de manejo • Bedienungsanleitung • Gebruiksaanwijzing • Istruzioni per l’uso • Manual de utilização[...]

Laser safety This unit employs a laser . Only a qualified service person should remov e the cov er or attempt to ser vice this device, due to possible ey e injur y . F or Customer Use: Read carefull y the information located at the bottom of your D VD-VIDEO play er and enter below the Serial N°.Retain this information for futur e ref erence. Model[...]

GENERAL INFORMA TION 3 English English ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Français -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Français Español ---------------------------[...]

4 GENERAL INFORMA TION English[...]

English Intr oduction Functional o v er view Fr ont of pla yer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Rear of pla y er ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Displa y -----------------------------[...]

English Intr oduction The enter tainment medium f or the mille- nium Video was nev er lik e this befor e! P erfect digital studio-quality pictur es with truly 3- dimensional digital multichannel audio . Stor y sequences screened fr om y our own choice of camera angle. Language barriers br ok en down by sound tracks in as man y as eight lan- guages,[...]

English Video CD Y ou will recognize Video CDs by the logo . Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama series, etc.) these discs may ha ve one or more tracks, and tracks ma y ha ve one or mor e index es, as indicated on the disc case . T o make access easy and conv enient, your pla yer lets y ou mov e between tracks, and [...]

English Functional o v er vie w F r ont of pla y er PHONES - for connecting headphones LEVEL - headphone volume contr ol 9 STOP - stops video/audio pla y ; P AUSE - interrupts video/audio pla y or steps to the next picture frame 3 OPEN/CLOSE - opens/closes the disc tra y Disc loading tra y / TRACK TITLE SCAN TIME TRACK TOT AL CHAPTER CD SHUFFLE CHA[...]

English Rear of pla y er Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of rear panel connectors. Electrostatic discharg e ma y cause permanent dama ge to the unit. Multichannel connections (For connection to a m ultichannel receiv er) - center speak er connection - subwoof er connection - fr ont speak ers connections - surr ound speak ers connections MAINS [...]

English Displa y Front (left and right) speak ers active Center speak er active T est tone active Active audio f ormat Surr ound (left and right) speak ers active Subwoof er active D VD disc inserted (V)CD disc inserted Indicates curr ent pla y er function: Pla y , Pause , Search, etc . D VD TITLE number D VD CHAPTER n umber VCD/CD TRA CK number TR[...]

English Remote contr ol FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW 11 TV MUTE - D VD-mode: selects Stereo , Dolby Surr ound, 3D Sound or Multi Channel repr oduction - TV -mode: mute ON/OFF D VD/TV switch - D VD mode/TV mode selector 0-9 numerical k ey pad RETURN - go back to pr evious menu step OK - acknowledge menu selection Q O - sear ch backward / pr evious chapter [...]

English On scr een displa y inf ormation 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 b Colour c Video FTS d Sound e Picture b y Picture Status windo w icons The status window displa ys the cur rent status of the pla yer and i[...]

English T emporary 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 pr ohibited ON SCREEN DISPLA Y INFORMA TION 13[...]

English Pr eparation General notes - Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there ar e various wa ys y ou could connect the pla y er . These are shown in the following dra wing. Please ref er to your TV , VCR, Stereo System and any other User Manual(s) as necessary to make the optimal connections. - Do not connect your D VD-p[...]

English Connecting to optional equipment Connecting to an amplifier equiped with two channel analog ster eo ● Connect the audio Left and Right output sock ets to the corr esponding sock ets on your amplifier , receiv er or ster eo system. For this use the audio cable supplied (5) . Connecting to an amplifier equiped with two channel digital stere[...]

English Analog connection to a m ultichannel A/V receiv er with 6 CH connectors This D VD pla yer contains a multichannel decoder . This enables pla yback of D VDs r ecorded in Multichannel Sur r ound without the need for an optional decoder . 1 Connect the audio outputs for Center speak er and Subw oofer connection (9) to the corr esponding inputs[...]

English Connecting the po wer supply 1 Plug the female end of the pow er cable supplied into the P ow er connector on the rear of the pla yer . 2 Plug the male end of the cord into an A C outlet. Note: The player automatically adjusts to the local mains voltag e . When the player is in the “ST ANDBY/OFF” position, it is still consuming some pow[...]

English General explication About this manual This manual giv es the basic instructions for operating this D VD play er . Some D VD discs ho we ver ar e pr oduced in a wa y that r equir es specific operation or allows only limited operation during pla yback. In these cases the pla y er ma y not r espond to all operating commands. When this occurs, [...]

English Switching on 1 Switch on the TV and select the video input for y our D VD-Video play er . 2 Press ST ANDBY . ➤ The pla y er displa y lights up , and the ‘Virgin Mode Screen’ a ppears. The ‘Virgin Mode’ will only occur after the very first star t up of the pla y er . In ‘Virgin Mode’ you ma y hav e to set y our personal pref er[...]

English The follo wing items ma y hav e to be set in Virgin Mode: Menu languag e The On Screen Men us will be displa y ed in the language you choose. Y ou can choose fr om 8 differ ent languages. Audio languag e The sound will be in the language you choose pr ovided this is a vailable on the disc in pla y . If not, speech will rev ert to the first [...]

English - Black le vel shift (NTSC onl y) Adapts the colour dynamics to obtain richer contrasts. Select ON or OFF . - Video shift Factor y setting is such that the video will be centered on y our scr een. Use this setting to personalize the position of the picture on y our TV by scr olling it to the left or right. - Colour settings Y ou can select [...]

English 22 PREP ARA TION F eatures - Access Control Access Control contains the f ollowing featur es: Child Lock - When Child Lock is set to ON, a 4-digit code needs to be entered in or der to pla y discs. Parental contr ol - Allows the conditional presentation of D VD discs containing Parental Contr ol information. (see ‘Access Contr ol’) - St[...]

English PREP ARA TION 23 Deauthorizing discs ● Insert the disc . See ‘Loading a disc’ in the follo wing. ➤ Pla yback starts automatically . ● Press 9 while { is visible. ➤ The ‘child protect’ dialog will appear . ‘Pla y alwa ys’ is highlighted. ● If 2 is pressed, pla yback continues and the disc is NO T deauthorized. ● Press[...]

English 24 PREP ARA TION Access contr ol; P arental contr ol (D VD- Video only) Movies on D VD discs may contain scenes not suitable f or children. Theref ore discs ma y contain ‘Par ental Control’ inf ormation which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc . These scenes are rated from 1 to 8 and alternativ e, more suitabl[...]

English OPERA TION 25 Operation Loading discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the pla yer . The disc loading tray opens. 2 La y y our chosen disc in the tra y , label side up (also when a double sided D VD disc is inserted). Mak e sure it is sitting pr operly in the cor rect recess. 3 Gently push the tra y , or press OPEN/CLOSE , to close the tr[...]

English 26 OPERA TION Pla ying a video CD Pla ying a disc - After inser ting the disc and closing the tray , pla yback starts automatical- ly and the status window and the pla yer displa y show the type of disc loaded as well as inf ormation about the disc’ s contents and pla ying time - The disc may in vite you to select an item fr om a men u. I[...]

English OPERA TION 27 Slo w Motion ● Select f (Slow motion) in the menu bar . ● Use the w k eys to enter the Slo w Motion menu. ➤ The pla y er will now go into P AUSE mode. ● Use the t u k eys to select the r equir ed speed: -1, -1/2, -1/4 or -1/8 (backward); +1/8, +1/4, +1/2 or +1 (forward). ● Select 1 to pla y at normal speed again. ●[...]

English 28 OPERA TION Repeat A-B T o repeat or loop a sequence in a title: ● Press REPEA T A-B at your chosen starting point; ➤ A - appears on the scr een. ● Press REPEA T A-B again at your chosen end point; ➤ A - B REPEA T appears on the displa y , and the repeat sequence begins. ● T o exit the sequence, press REPEA T A-B . Scan Pla ys t[...]

English Zoom The Zoom function allows y ou to enlarge the video image and to pan thr ough the enlarged image . ● Select a (Zoom) in the menu bar . ● Press w / v to activate the ZOOM function and select the requir ed zoom factor ; 1.33 or 2 or 4. ➤ The pla y er will go into Pause mode. ➤ The selected zoom factor appears below the Zoom icon i[...]

English Erasing a FTS-Video Pr ogram ● In ST OP mode , select Video FTS in the menu bar . ● Use w to select PROGRAM . ● Use u and t to select the r equired selection n umber . ● Press OK to erase the selection. ● Press MENU OSD to exit. If y ou wish to erase all selections: ● In ST OP mode , select FTS Video in the menu bar . ● Use w [...]

English Subtitles ● Select Z (Subtitle) in the menu bar . ● Press Z or w / v repeatedl y to step through the diff erent subtitles. ● Y ou can enter the requir ed subtitle number dir ectly using the numerical k eys (0-9) . Special VCD-F eatur es Pla yback Contr ol (PBC) ● Load a Video CD with PBC and press 2 . ➤ The PBC menu appears on the[...]

English Mo ving to another track ● Press P briefly during pla y to step forwar d to the next track. ● Press O briefly during pla y to r eturn to the beginning of the curr ent track. Press O briefl y again to step back to the pre vious track. ● T o go dir ectly to an y track, enter the track number using the numerical k eys (0-9) . Shuffle ●[...]

English FTS (F a vourite T rack Selection) - The FTS feature allows y ou to stor e your fa vourite tracks for a partic- ular disc in the pla y er memor y . - Each FTS pr ogram can contain 20 tracks. - Each time an FTS pr ogram is pla y ed it will be placed on top of the list. When the list is full and a new pr ogram is added, the last program in th[...]

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

English Cleaning discs Some problems occur because the disc inside the pla yer is dirty . T o av oid these pr oblems clean your discs r egularly , in the follow- ing wa y: ● When a disc becomes dirty , clean it with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the centr e out. Caution: Do not use solv ents such as benzine, thinner , com- mer cially a vai[...]

36 R UNNING HEAD English Appendix Speak er settings 6 Channel settings Fr ont speak er L (Large): When the fr ont speak ers can r epr oduce low fr equency signals below 120Hz S (Small) : When the front speak ers cannot produce low fr equency signals below 120Hz Center Speak er* L (Large): When the center speaker can r epr oduce low fr equency signa[...]

English Digital and Analog output Settings Connected audio system Digital out Analog out Amplifier or TV with two channel analog ster eo Of f Stereo Amplifier or TV with Dolby Surr ound Off Dolby Surr ound Amplifier with two channel digital ster eo PCM only Stereo A/V receiv er with multi-channel decoder On Stereo or Dolb y Surr ound (Dolby A C-3, [...]

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