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    1 3139 246 1479 3 DVD VIDEO HOME THEATER SYSTEM HTS5500C User manual Thank you for choosing Philips . Need help fast? Read your User’s Manual first for quick tips that make using your Philips product more enjoyable. If you have read your instructions and still need assistance, you may access our online help at www .philips .com/suppor t 001-051-h[...]

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    2 3139 246 1479 3 México Es necesario que lea cuidadosamente su instructiv o de manejo . No abrir, riesgo de choque eléctrico Verifique que el voltaje de alimentación sea el requerido para su aparato ATENCIÓN Para evitar el riesgo de choque eléctrico, no quite la tapa. En caso de requerir servicio, dirijase al personal calificado. PRECAUCIÓN [...]

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    3 3139 246 1479 3 General Information CAUTION (W ARNING LOCA TION: ON THE BA CKPLA TE OF SET) NEVER MAKE OR CHANGE CONNECTIONS WITH THE PO WER SWITCHED ON. Laser safety This unit emplo ys a laser . Due to possible ey e injur y , only a qualified ser vice person should remo ve the cover or attempt to service this device . USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTME[...]

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    4 3139 246 1479 3 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 from Dolb y Laboratories. “Dolby”, “Pro Logic” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolb y Laboratories. Manufactur ed under license from[...]

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    5 3139 246 1479 3 English Español P or tuguês Index Español ------------------------------------ 52 P ortuguês --------------------------------- 98 English --------------------------------------- 6 001-051-hts5500-55-Eng3 05/04/05, 4:16 PM 5[...]

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    6 3139 246 14793 English General Information Supplied accessories ................................... 8 Care and safety information ..................... 8 Connections Step 1: Set-up the speakers ....................... 9 Step 2: Placing the speakers and A V subwoofer ..................................................... 9 Step 3: Connecting the DV[...]

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    English 7 3139 246 14793 Pla ying an MP3/JPEG/MPEG-4 disc ......... 29 Pla ying MP3 music and JPEG picture simultaneousl y ........................ 29 Pla ying a picture disc (slide show) ......... 30 Pre view Function .................................. 30 Zooming a picture ............................... 30 Rotating/Fliping the picture ...........[...]

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    8 3139 246 14793 English Supplied accessories Composite video cable (yello w) Audio cables (red/white) Interconnect cable FM wire antenna MW loop antenna Remote control and two batteries (12nc: 3139 258 70091) Speak er brackets and scre ws Care and saf ety information Av oid high temperatures, moisture, water and dust – Do not expose the system, [...]

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    English 9 3139 246 14793 Y ou can choose to hang the speakers on the wall. Attach the supplied bracket firmly to the rear of speak ers using the supplied screws. Then mount a screw (not supplied) on the wall where the speak er is to be hung and hook the speak er securely onto the mounted scre w. CAUTION! Y ou should get a qualified person to attach[...]

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    10 3139 246 14793 English Connections (continued) 1 Connect the supplied speaker to the r ear of the A V subwoofer using the fix ed speak er cables by matching the colours of the jacks and speak er connectors. 2 Use the inter -connect cable to connect the D VD system’ s T O A V SUBW OOFER socket to the T O D VD SYSTEM sock et at the back of the A[...]

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    English 11 3139 246 14793 Connections (continued) IMPOR T ANT! – Y ou only need to make one video connection from the follo wing options, depending on the capabilities of your TV . – Connect the D VD system directly to the TV . – Proceed to pa ge 19 for setting up the TV once you ha ve completed the connections. Option 1: Using Composite Vide[...]

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    12 3139 246 14793 English Connections (continued) IMPOR T ANT! The pro gressive scan video quality is only possible when using Y Pb Pr and a pro gressive scan TV is requir ed. Option 3: Using Component (Y Pb Pr) Video jack 1 Use the component video cables (red / blue / green - not supplied) to connect the D VD system’ s Y Pb Pr jacks to the corre[...]

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    English 13 3139 246 14793 FM ANT L R AM ANT PB Y VIDEO OU T AUX-IN TV-IN L 1 ➠ 2 Connections (continued) 1 Connect the supplied MW loop antenna to the MW jack. Place the MW loop antenna on a shelf, or attach it to a stand or wall. 2 Connect the supplied FM antenna to the FM jack. Extend the FM antenna and fix its ends to the wall. For better FM s[...]

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    14 3139 246 14793 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) jacks to the AUDIO OUT jacks on the VCR or cable/satellite box. Press SOURCE to select “ AUX / ANALOG ” in order to activate the input source. Optional Connections Connecting a[...]

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    English 15 3139 246 14793 Listening to the pla yback ● Connect the D VD system’ s DIGIT AL IN jack to the DIGIT AL OUT jack on a digital audio device. Press SOURCE to select “ AUX / DIGITAL ” in order to activate the input source. Helpful Hints: – Always ref er to the user manual of the other equipment for complete connection and use deta[...]

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    16 3139 246 14793 English Remote Contr ol * = Press and hold the button for mor e than two seconds. 1 B – Switches to Eco Pow er standby mode, or turns on the system. 2 Source buttons DISC 1-2-3-4-5 : switches to DISC source mode and select a desir ed disc tra y for playback. 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 @ 2 ! TV : switches to TV sour ce mode / *will switch[...]

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    English 17 3139 246 14793 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 version 2.0 only; T urns on/off playback contr ols ([...]

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    18 3139 246 14793 English Main Unit 1 ST ANDBY ON ( B ) – Switches to Eco Pow er standby mode, or turns on the system. 2 Disc direct pla y button (DISC 1~5) – Selects a disc for pla yback. 3 5 disc carousel tra y 4 System displa y panel 5 SOURCE – Selects the relevant activ e source mode: DISC, TUNER (FM/MW), TV or AUX/DI. 6 S PREV / NEXT T ?[...]

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    English 19 3139 246 14793 Getting Star ted Step 1: Inserting 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 ve batteries if they ar e exhausted or if the remote contr ol is not to be use[...]

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    20 3139 246 14793 English Setting up Pro gressive Scan featur e (for Pr ogressive Scan TV only) The progr essive 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 offers higher picture r esolution and quality . IMPOR T ANT! Before enab[...]

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    English 21 3139 246 14793 Getting Star ted (continued) Selecting the correspond color system The color 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. Before changing the TV system, determine the color system of your TV . 1 In disc mode, press SETUP . 2 Press 2 r epeatedly to select[...]

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    22 3139 246 14793 English Getting Star ted (continued) Step 3: Setting languag e pr eferences Y ou can select your pr eferred language settings so that this D VD system will automatically switch to the language for you whene ver you load a disc. If the language selected is not a vailable on the disc, the disc’ s default language will be used inst[...]

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    English 23 3139 246 14793 Disc Operations IMPOR T ANT! – If the inhibit icon ( or X) appears on the TV screen when a button is pressed, it means the function is not available on the current disc or at the cur rent time. – D VD discs and play ers are designed with regional r estrictions. Before pla ying a disc , make sur e the disc is for the sa[...]

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    24 3139 246 14793 English Pla ying discs 1 Press SOURCE contr ol until “ DVD / CD ” appears on the displa y panel (or press DISC 1-2-3-4-5 on the remote until “ LOAD X ” appears). 2 T urn on the TV power and set to the correct Video In channel. (See page 19 “Setting the TV”.) ➜ Y ou should see the blue D VD background scr een on the T[...]

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    English 25 3139 246 14793 Disc Operations (continued) Selecting various repeat/ shuffle functions SHUFFLE REPEA T REPEA T A-B Repeat pla y Y ou can select a Chapter , T rack, Title , entire disc or all a vailable discs for repeat pla yback. ● While pla ying a disc , press REPEA T repeatedly to choose a r epeat play mode. D VD ™ CHAPTER (repeat [...]

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    26 3139 246 14793 English Disc Operations (continued) Other operations for video pla yback (D VD/VCD/SVCD) OK PLA Y SUBTITLE AUDIO SCAN DISPLA Y ZOOM DISC MENU RETURN/TITLE Using the Disc Menu A menu ma y appear on the TV screen once you load in the disc, depending on the disc T o select a pla yback feature or item ● Use 1 2 3 4 ke ys or numeric [...]

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    English 27 3139 246 14793 Resuming pla yback from the last stopped point Resume pla yback of the last 10 discs is possible , ev en if the disc was ejected or the power switched off. 1 Load one of the last pla yed 10 discs. 2 While “ LOADING ” appears on the displa y panel, press PLA Y B (or 2; ) to start pla yback from the last stop point. T o [...]

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    28 3139 246 14793 English Pla yback Control (PBC) (VCD only) PBC pla yback allows you to pla y Video CDs interactively , following the menu on the displa y . This function can also be accessed via the ‘PREFERENCE PAGE’ menu (see page 40.) F or VCDs with Pla yback Control (PBC) feature (v ersion 2.0 only) ● When pla y is stopped, press DISC ME[...]

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    English 29 3139 246 14793 Disc Operations (continued) Pla ying an MP3/JPEG/MPEG-4 disc This D VD system can pla yback 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 page 19 “Setting the TV”.) 1 Load a disc[...]

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    30 3139 246 14793 English 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 19 “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,[...]

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    English 31 3139 246 14793 Disc Operations (continued) TIPS: Some discs cannot be play ed on this D VD system due to the configuration and characteristics of the disc, or due to the condition of recording and authoring software that was used. Pla ying a DivX disc This D VD system supports the DivX movie pla yback, which you download from y our compu[...]

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    32 3139 246 14793 English This D VD system setup is carried out via the TV , enabling you to customize the D VD system to suit your particular requir ements. Accessing to General Setup Page 1 Press DISC and follo wed by SETUP on the remote. 2 Press 1 2 to select ‘GENERAL SETUP PA GE. ’ 3 Press OK to confirm. DISPLAY DIM PROGRAM OSD LANGUAGE SCR[...]

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    English 33 3139 246 14793 D VD Setup Menu Options (contin ued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the previous men u, press 1 . T o remov e the menu, press SETUP . Pro gram tracks on a single disc (for CD , VCD , SVCD , D VD only) Y ou can program the tracks in the current selected disc in the or der you want [...]

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    34 3139 246 14793 English D VD Setup Menu Options (contin ued) OSD Languag e This menu contains various language options for language displa yed on the screen. For details, see page 22. Screen Sa ver - turning on/off The screen sa ver will help pr event damage to your TV displa y device . 1 In ‘GENERAL SETUP PAGE, ’ press 34 to highlight { SCRE[...]

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    English 35 3139 246 14793 D VD Setup Menu Options (contin ued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pre vious menu, press 1 . T o remove the menu, press SETUP . Accessing to Audio Setup Page 1 Press DISC and follo wed by SETUP on the remote. 2 Press 1 2 to select ‘AUDIO SETUP PA GE. ’ 3 Press OK to confi[...]

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    36 3139 246 14793 English D VD Setup Menu Options (contin ued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pre vious menu, press 1 . T o remove the menu, press SETUP . Accessing to Video Setup Page 1 Press DISC and follo wed by SETUP on the remote. 2 Press 1 2 t o select ‘ VIDEO SETUP PA GE. ’ 3 Press OK to con[...]

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    English 37 3139 246 14793 D VD Setup Menu Options (contin ued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pre vious menu, press 1 . T o remove the menu, press SETUP . Picture Setting This D VD system pro vides three predefined sets of pictur e color settings and one personal setting which you can define yourself. [...]

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    38 3139 246 14793 English D VD Setup Menu Options (contin ued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the previous men u, press 1 . T o remov e the menu, press SETUP . Accessing to Pref erence Setup P age 1 Press Ç twice to stop pla yback (if any), then press SETUP . 2 Press 1 2 to select the ‘P re fe r ence Pa[...]

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    English 39 3139 246 14793 D VD Setup Menu Options (contin ued) TIPS: The underlined option is the factory default setting. T o return to the pre vious menu, press 1 . T o remove the menu, press SETUP . Rating explanations 1KID SAFE – 2 G – General Audience; recommended as acceptable for view ers of all ages. 3 PG – Parental Guidance suggested[...]

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    40 3139 246 14793 English 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, press SETUP . D VD Setup Menu Options (contin ued) Changing the P assword 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 di[...]

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    English 41 3139 246 14793 Switching on/off Switching to active mode ● Press the SOURCE contr ol to select : DISC 1~5 ™ FM ™ MW ™ TV ™ AUX ™ DI ™ DISC 1~5 .... OR Press DISC 1-2-3-4-5 , TV , TUNER or AUX/DI on the remote . Switching to Eco P ow er standby mode ● Press ST ANDBY ON ( B ). ➜ The displa y screen will go blank and Stand[...]

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    42 3139 246 14793 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 “ TUNER / FM ” or “ TUNER / MW .” 2 Press 3 / 4 briefly on the remote. ➜ The display panel will sho w " SEARCH >" until a radio [...]

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    English 43 3139 246 14793 Automatic presetting Use automatic presetting to stor e or reinstall all the pr eset radio stations. 1 TUNER / FM AUTO PRESET 2 TUNER / MW OR 1 Press TUNER on the r emote to select “ TUNER / FM ” or “ TUNER / MW ” . 2 Press and hold PR OG until " AUTO PRESET " appears. ➜ If auto program is started from [...]

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    44 3139 246 14793 English Changing tuning grid (not available for all versions) In North and South America, the frequency step betw een 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 pre viously stored pr eset radio stations. [...]

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    English 45 3139 246 14793 Sound and V olume Controls Individual speak ers volume adjustment Y ou can adjust the delay times (center rear speak ers and subwoofer onl y) and volume le vel for individual speak ers. These adjustments let you optimise the sound according to y our surroundings and setup. IMPOR T ANT! Press SURR button on the r emote to s[...]

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    46 3139 246 14793 English Selecting surr ound sound ● Press SURR on the r emote to select : MUL TI-CHANNEL or STEREO. ➜ The availability of the various sur round sound modes depends on the number of speak ers used and the sound available on the disc. ➜ The center and rear speak ers operate only in Multi-channel surr ound mode . ➜ The availa[...]

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    English 47 3139 246 14793 AMPLIFIER SECTION Output power 900 W RMS - Front 150 W RMS / channel - Rear 150 W RMS / channel - Centre 150 W RMS - Subwoof er 150 W RMS Frequency Response 20 Hz – 50 kHz / – 3 dB Signal-to-Noise Ratio > 65 dB (CCIR) Input Sensitivity - TV In 500 mV - AUX In 1000 mV TUNER SECTION T uning Range FM 87,5 – 108 MHz ([...]

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    48 3139 246 14793 English W ARNING Under no circumstances should y ou tr y to repair the system y ourself, 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 belo w before taking the system for repair . If you ar e unable to remedy a prob lem by follo[...]

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    English 49 3139 246 14793 T roub leshooting (continued) Not able to select some Items in the setup/system menu. The D VD system does not start playback. There is no sound fr om the centre and surr ound speak ers. Radio reception is poor . The remote contr ol does not function properly . Unable to pla y DivX movies. The D VD system does not work. No[...]

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    50 3139 246 14793 English Analo g: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. These jacks 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 conventional TV[...]

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    English 51 3139 246 14793 Plug and Pla y: First time power up to the T uner mode, the system will prompt the user to proceed with the automatic installation of radio stations by simply pressing the PLA Y button on the main unit. Pr o gressive Scan: It displa ys all the horizontal lines of a picture at one time, as a signal frame . This system can c[...]