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Philips DVD957/G55 manual

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    1 D VD Video pla yer D VD957 / D VD951[...]

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    2 Impor tant Note DK Advarsel: Laserrudstråling v ed åbning når sikk erhesafbr yder e er ude af funktion. Undgå u tsættelse for stråling. Bemærk: Netafbr yder en PO WER er sekundært indkoblet og afbryder ikke strømmen fra nette. Den indbyggede netdel er derfor tilsluttet til lysnettet så længe netstikk et sidder i stikk ontakten. S Klass[...]

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    3 English Espa ñ ol Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Svenska Dansk Suomi P ortugu ê s ∂ ÏÏËÓÈο Fran ç ais Index I NDEX English -------------------------------------------------------- 5 Français ------------------------------------------------------ 25 Español 4 5 Deutsch ----------------------------------------------------- 65 Nederlands[...]

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    4 General Inf ormation G ENERAL I NFORMA TION NO TE: PICTURES SHO WN MA YBE DIFFERENT BETWEEN COUNTRIES. NEVER MAKE OR CHANGE CONNECTIONS WITH THE PO WER SWITCHED ON. CA UTION (W ARNING LOCA TION: ON THE BA CKPLA TE OF SET) The region code for this set is 2. Since it is usual for D VD movies to be released at different times in diff erent regions o[...]

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    5 English Contents Intr oduction Philips D VD-Video Intr oduction ------------------------- 6 Unpacking ---------------------------------------------------- 6 Remote Contr ol batter y installation -------------------- 6 Safety Inf ormation ------------------------------------------ 6 Cleaning Discs ---------------------------------------------- 6 F[...]

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    6 English Intr oduction Philips D VD-Video Intr oduction Y our Philips DVD-Video pla y er will playback digital video discs conforming to the univer sal D VD-Video standard. With it, you will be able to enjo y full-length movies with tr ue cinema picture quality , as well as stereo or multi- channel sound (depending on the disc and y our playback s[...]

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    7 English Functional Ov er view DVD/VIDEO CD/CD PLAYER STANDBY-ON 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 ST ANDBY -ON – switches the play er to Standby mode or ON ST ANDBY INDICA T OR – lights red when the play er is in Standby mo[...]

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    8 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 STANDBY STANDBY 2 É ë Å É Ç í É É É Ö i T- C + - TV P + - TV VOL SUBTITLE ANGLE TTL/CHAP AUDIO TV ST ANDBY – switches TV to standby/on mode[...]

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    9 English DIG OUT OPT OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/MPEG2/AC-3/DTS I AUX/VCR IN II TV OUT MAINS RIGHT SUBW. REAR RIGHT FRONT LEFT CENTER MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT REAR LEFT FRONT L R (CVBS) VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT S-VIDEO OUT (Y/C) Y C B C R MAINS (A C) – connect to pow er source OPT OUT (Digital audio out jack) – connect to digital (optical) equipment DI[...]

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    10 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 player’ s audio o[...]

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    11 English Digital Multi-channel sound Digital multi-channel connection pro vides the best sound quality . For this you need a multi-channel A/V receiver that suppor ts one or more of the audio formats suppor ted by your D VD play er (MPEG 2, Dolby Digital™ and DTS). Check the receiver manual and the logos on the front of the receiver . TV Z Y X [...]

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    12 English General explanation About this manual This manual giv es the basic instr uctions for operating the D VD player . Some D VDs require specific operation or allow onl y limited oper ation during playback which ma y not respond to all operating commands. When this occur s, the symbol Ä appear s on the TV screen, indicating that the operatio[...]

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    13 English T emporar y F eedback 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 prohibited P ersonal Prefer ences Y ou can set your own personal preferences on the player . General operation: ¶ Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote contr[...]

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    14 English Sound – Digital output Factor y setting: ALL. This means that both coaxial and optical outputs are switched on. If you are not connecting equipment with a digital input, change the setting to OFF . If y our equipment doesn't include a digital multi-channel decoder , set the digital output to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). All – An[...]

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    15 English Loading discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the play er to open disc tr a y . 2 Load y our chosen disc in the tr a y , label side up (also when a doub le sided D VD is inser ted). 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE again, to close the tr ay . ➜ READ appear s in the status window and on the pla y er display , and playback star ts automatically . N[...]

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    16 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 player will no w 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 [...]

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

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    18 English Special D VD featur es Checking the contents of D VD-Video discs: Menus D VDs may contain menus to na vigate the disc and access special features. T o use the menu, press the appropriate 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 [...]

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    19 English Mo ving to another track ¶ Press P or O briefly during playback to go to the next or to return 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. ➜ The or[...]

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    20 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 , y ou 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 t[...]

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    21 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 Control using the w / v keys. 4 Mov e to VALUE ADJUSTMENT (1-8) using the u key . 5[...]

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    22 English Befor e Requesting Ser vice If it appear s that the D VD-Video player is faulty , fir st consult this checklist. It may be that something has been ov er looked. Under no circumstances attempt to repair the system y our self; this will in validate the war ranty . Look for the specif ic symptom(s). Then perform only the actions listed to r[...]

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    23 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 speakers 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 (Smal[...]

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    24 English Specification 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 (D VD) 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[...]