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    1 D VD VIDEO DIGIT AL SURROUND SY STEM D VD HOME CINEMA SYSTEM D VD HOME CINEMA SYSTEM LX7000SA LX8000SA[...]

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    Hook Up Guide Hook Up Guide LX 8000SA • LX 7000SA LC RS L SR + + MW FM/MW ANTENNA FM 75 Ω SCART OUT S-VIDEO CVBS VIDEO OUT AUDIO AUX IN TV IN LINE OUT DIGIT AL OUT CENTER OUT DIGIT AL IN WOOFER LINE OUT SURROUND FRONT CENTER SPEAKER SYSTEMS (8 Ω ) CDR AUDIO OUT abc 0.31" (8mm) AUDIO INPUT ☞ R L R L VIEWING AREA Rear Speaker (Left Surro[...]

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    ö T urning on the po wer and listening to pr eset radio stations 1 “ AUTO INSTALL- PRESS PLAY ” will appear on the displa y . If not, press and hold ÉÅ on the system. 2 Press ÉÅ on the system again to star t installing all a vailable radio stations. 3 Once completed, the last tuned r adio station will play . Press 1 2 to select a preset ra[...]

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    2 Important notes for users in the U.K. Mains plug This apparatus is fitted with an appro ved 13 Amp plug. T o change a fuse in this type of plug proceed as follows: 1 Remov e fuse co ver and fuse. 2 Fix new fuse which should be a BS1362 5 Amp, A.S.T .A. or BSI appro ved type. 3 Ref it the fuse cover . If the fitted plug is not suitab le for y our [...]

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    3 English Français Español Deutsch Nederlands Italiano Svenska Dansk Suomi P ortuguês ∂ÏÏËÓÈο Ру сский P olski Index I NDEX English -------------------------------------------------------- 5 Français ------------------------------------------------------ 30 Español ------------------------------------------------------ 55 Deut[...]

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    4 C A UTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIA TION WHEN OPEN A V OID EXPOSURE T O BEAM AD V ARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING V ARNING SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD BETRAKT A EJ STRÅLEN V ARO! A V A TT AESSA OLET AL TTIINA NÄKYVÄLLE JA NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LASER SÄT[...]

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    5 English Intr oduction and General Information Featur es ......................................................................................... 6 Discs for pla yback ....................................................................... 6 Pla yer zone Supplied accessories ................................................................... 6 En[...]

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    6 English F eatur es Y our complete 7-piece 275-W att (LX8000SA) or 200-W att (LX7000SA) D VD Digital Home Cinema System creates the same dynamic sound qualities that you f ind in full-fledged cinemas and incorpor ates some of the best features in home theatre technology . Features include: Built-in DTS and Dolb y R Digital decoder , supporting Dol[...]

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    7 English 1 ST ANDBY ON / ECO PO WER y – press to switch the system on or to standby mode. – hold down to switch the system to Eco P ow er standby mode. 2 S SEARCH / PREV SEARCH / NEXT T – in Disc mode, press to skip to the previous/next chapter/track. – in Disc mode , hold down to fast rever se/forward the disc or skip to previous/next MP3[...]

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    8 English Notes for r emote contr ol: 1 First select the sour ce you wish to contr ol b y pressing one of the sour ce select keys on the r emote control (f or example DISC, TUNER). 2 Then select the desired function (f or example É , S , T ) . F UNCTIONAL O VER VIEW 9 ^ & * 3 2 4 ! @ ( ) * ( £ ¡ ™ ( ≤ ( ∞ ( § ( 2 ( $ ( • ( ª ≥ Re[...]

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    9 English IMPOR T ANT! – Before connecting the AC po wer cord to the wall outlet, ensure that all other connections ha v e been made. – Ne ver mak e or chang e any connections with the po w er switched on. – The type plate is located at the rear or bottom of the system. Connecting antennas MW Indoor Loop Antenna Connect the supplied MW loop a[...]

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    10 English Connecting the speak ers Connect the supplied speaker systems using the supplied speaker cab les by matching the colours of the jacks and speaker cab les. 1 Press up (or down) the clip on the speak er’ s jack and fully inser t the str ipped por tion of the speaker cable into the jack, then release the clip. 8 mm abc 2 Connect the subwo[...]

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    11 English Connecting additional equipment Y ou can connect other audio and audio/visual equipment to the D VD system in order to use the Home Cinema Audio System’ s surround sound capabilities. IMPOR T ANT! – F or connection to additional equipment, the audio/video cables ar e not supplied. – When making connections, mak e sure the colour of[...]

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    12 English Setting up the surr ound sound system Y ou must connect all the speak er s and set up the system proper ly in order to enjo y the Digital Cinema exper ience at home (refer to “Connections - Connecting the speaker s”). Y ou will ha ve the feeling of being in the middle of the action because sound is coming from ever ywhere around you.[...]

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    13 English Switching on the system 1 After completing all the connections, connect the A C pow er cord of the D VD system and subwoof er to the pow er outlet. ● The first time you turn on po wer , " AUTO INSTALL - PRESS PLAY " may appear on the display screen. Press É Å on the system to star t installation or press Ç to exit (refer t[...]

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    14 English P REP ARA TIONS Note: – The format you select must be available on the disc . If it is not, the settings for TV Shape will not affect the picture during playback. ö Black le vel shift (NTSC output onl y) Select On if you set the D VD system to NTSC and you are playing NTSC-compatib le D VDs. This will improve the colour contrast and p[...]

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    15 English ö Night mode Select On to level out the v olume , high volume outputs will be softened. For example , the disc will play at the same sound level throughout the mo vie . ö Karaok e v ocal (not functional for this model) ö Speak ers Allows y ou to select speaker settings, volume balance , delay time and to test the speaker settings. Y o[...]

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    16 English Access Control contains the follo wing features : Child lock Parental le v el Change country Change code IMPOR T ANT! – Philips denies any liability associated with unintended watching of discs. Make sur e y our discs pla y according to y our P arental Controls settings befor e you allo w children access to the pla y er . – Some D VD[...]

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    17 English P arental le v el (D VD) (only a vailable in r egion 1 pla y er) This feature lets y ou set a playback limitation lev el. Some D VDs ma y hav e a parental level assigned to the complete disc or to cer tain scenes on the disc . The r ating levels are from 1 to 8 and are countr y dependent. Y ou can prohibit the playing of cer tain discs t[...]

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    18 English Sound Contr ol IMPOR T ANT! – F or proper sur r ound sound, make sur e y ou ha ve follo wed the “ Connections ” and “ Preparations ” pr ocedures full y . – The centre and sur round speak ers onl y operate when the system is set to surr ound sound mode and the sour ce material being pla y ed is r ecorded or br oadcast in Dolby[...]

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    19 English Discs information TITLE 1 TITLE 2 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 DVD-VIDEO DISC ● D VD video discs ma y hav e one or more Titles, and each Title ma y hav e one or more Chapter s. TRACK 1 TRACK 2 INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 1 INDEX 2 INDEX 3 VIDEO CD ● Video CDs may ha ve one or more T r acks, and each T r ack may ha v e [...]

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    20 English Continue pla yback from the last stop point (D VD/VCD) ● Press RESUME to resume playback from the point at which it stopped ( it is only applicab le for the last five D VD/VCD play ed ). T o cancel the r esume mode and star t pla yback fr om the beginning 1 In stop mode , press Ç . 2 Press É Å to star t playback from the beginning. [...]

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    21 English Special D VD/VCD featur es A number of operations can be car r ied out directly via the multiple men u bar s on the TV screen without inter r upting disc playback (except f or Setup Menu ( ), see “System Setup (D VD)”). Access to the menu bar 1 Press SY STEM MENU . ➜ The menu bar will be display ed across the top of the TV screen. [...]

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    22 English Sear ching for a particular passage 1 Mo ve to in the menu bar and press 4 . 2 Use 1 2 to select the required search speed. ( 1 = rev er se) –32, –8 , –4 ( 2 = f orward) +4, +8, +32 3 T o resume normal play , press É Å . Note: – The sound will be muted during cer tain fast re verse or forw ard search speeds. Vie wing from anoth[...]

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    23 English F a v ourite T rack Selection - FTS – The FTS function allo ws y ou to store your fa v our ite titles and chapter s (D VD) and fa vourite tr acks and indexes (VCD) for a par ticular disc in the system memor y . – FTS programme can contain up to 20 items (titles, chapter s etc .). – A programmed FTS will be placed on top of the list[...]

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    24 English Special VCD/SVCD f eatures Pla yback Control (PBC) PBC playback allo ws you to pla y Video CDs interactively , follo wing the menu on the display . T o set PBC on/off ● While playback is stopped, press DISC MENU to toggle between “PBC ON” and “PBC OFF”. When pla ying a disc with PBC, If PBC is set to Off ● Once the disc is lo[...]

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    25 English Plug and Pla y Plug and Play allo ws y ou to store all availab le RDS stations and r adio stations automatically . First time setup/po w er up 1 When y ou tur n on the pow er , " AUTO INSTALL - PRESS PLAY " is displa yed. 2 Press É Å on the system to star t installation. ➜ " INSTALL TUNER " is displa yed, followed[...]

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    26 English IMPOR T ANT! When in Eco P o wer standb y mode, it is not possible to sho w the clock time or set the clock/timer function . Clock setting The clock can be set in either 12-hour or 24-hour mode (" 12 : 00 AM " or " 00 : 00 ", for example). 1 In standby mode, press CLOCK • TIMER once . ● While in the active source [...]

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    27 English Clock/Timer Timer setting The system can switch on to DISC or TUNER mode automatically at a preset time, ser ving as an alar m to wake you up . IMPOR T ANT! – Before setting the timer , ensur e that the clock is set corr ectly . – The timer will alwa ys be s witched on after it has been set. – The volume of the timer will incr ease[...]

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    28 English AMPLIFIER SECTION Output power LX8000SA ................................................................................. 5 x 35 W RMS LX7000SA ..................................................................................... 5 x 30 W RMS T otal Har monic Distor tion ............................... 10% at r ated power (1 kHz) Frequen[...]

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    29 English T r oub leshooting W ARNING! Under no circumstances should y ou tr y to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the war ranty . Do not open the system as ther e is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points listed belo w befor e taking the system for r epair . If you ar e unable to solv e a problem b [...]