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MCD728 D VD Micr o Theatr e Register your product and get support at www.philips.com/welcome pg 001-022_MCD728_93_Eng 2007.7.31, 16:47 1[...]
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2 This product incorpor ates copyright protection technology that is protected b y method claims of cer tain U.S. patents and other intellectual proper ty r ights owned by Macro vision Corpor ation and other rights owner s. Use of this copyright protection technology m ust be authorized by Macro vision Cor poration, and is intended f or home and ot[...]
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3 English Index English ------------------------------------------------ 7 -------------------------------------------------------- 42 pg 001-022_MCD728_93_Eng 2007.7.31, 16:47 3[...]
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23 English IMPOR T ANT! – Depending on the D VD or VIDEO CD , some operations ma y be differ ent or restricted. – Do not push on the disc tray or put an y objects other than disc on the disc tra y . Doing so may cause the disc pla y er malfunction. – If the inhibit icon (ø) appears on the TV scr een when a button is pressed, it means the fun[...]
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24 English Disc Operations Using the Disc Menu Depending on the disc, a menu may appear on the TV screen once you load the disc. To select a pla yback feature or item ● Use 1 2 3 4 and OK or Numeric K eypad (0-9) on the remote. ➜ Playback will star t automatically . To access or exit from the men u ● Press DISC MENU on the remote. F or VCD wi[...]
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25 English Disc Operations Repeat A-B (D VD/VCD/CD/MP3/DivX/ WMA) 1 Press A-B at your chosen star ting point. 2 Press A-B again at your chosen end point. ➜ The section A and B can be set only within the same chapter/track. ➜ The section will now repeat continuousl y . 3 To exit the sequence, press A-B again. Slow Motion (D VD/VCD) 1 Press SLO W[...]
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26 English Disc Operations F or Super VCD/VCD/DivX/CD ➜ Single/T otal Elapsed : displays the elapsed time of the current single/total tr ack. ➜ Single/T otal Remain : displays the remaining time of the current single/total tr ack. ➜ Displa y Off : switches time displa y off. Special disc featur es Playing a Title (D VD) 1 Press DISC MENU . ?[...]
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27 English Disc Operations Pla ying JPEG Pictur e CD General operation 1 Load a JPEG Picture CD . ➜ The data disc menu appear s on the TV screen. 2 Use 3 4 to select a folder and press OK to open the folder . 3 Press 3 4 or use the Numeric K e ypad (0-9) to highlight a picture f ile . 4 Press OK to conf irm. ➜ The playback will star t from the [...]
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28 English Disc Operations Pla ying a DivX disc This D VD player suppor ts the DivX movie playback that you do wnload from your computer onto a CD-R/RW (see “System Menu Options-DIVX(R) V OD registr ation code” for more information). 1 Load a DivX disc. ➜ Playback will star t automatically . If not press É Å . 2 If the DivX movie contains e[...]
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29 English System Menu Options Basic operations 1 Press SYSTEM MENU to enter the Setup Menu. 2 Press 1 2 to select a page to be set. 3 Press 3 4 to highlight an option. 4 Enter its submenu by pressing 2 or OK . 5 Move the cursor by pressing 3 4 to highlight the selected item. ➜ In cases of value setting, press 1 2 to adjust values. 6 Press OK to [...]
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30 English System Menu Options DIVX CODE Philips provides you the DivX ® V OD (Video On Demand) registration code that allows you to rent and purchase videos using the DivX ® VO D ser vice. For more infor mation, visit us at www .divx.com/ v od. 1 In ‘GENERAL SETUP PA GE’, press 3 4 to highlight DIVX Code, then press 2 or OK to ener its subme[...]
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31 English System Menu Options DOLBY DIGIT AL SETUP The option included in DOLBY DIGIT AL SETUP is: “DU AL MONO”. DU AL MONO Select the setting that matches the number of speak er s you ha ve connected. ➜ STEREO : Left mono sound will send output signals to Left speaker and Right mono sound will send output signals to Right speaker . ➜ L-MO[...]
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32 English System Menu Options D VD micro system to your TV . ➜ S-VIDEO : Select this if y ou have connected the D VD micro system to your TV using S-Video jack. ➜ Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y : Select this if you hav e connected the D VD micro system to your TV using Component video jacks. Notes: – When the player is set to Y Pb Pr (YUV), some TV may not p[...]
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33 English System Menu Options PREFERENCE PA GE The options included in Preference page are: “TV TYPE”, “AUDIO”, “SUBTITLE”, “DISC MENU”, “PARENT AL”, “DEFA UL T” and “P ASSWORD SETUP”. Note: –P re fe rence features can be selected only when no disc is in the player or when playback has stopped completely. PARENT AL So[...]
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34 English System Menu Options DEF AUL T Setting the “ DEF AUL T” function will reset all options and y our per sonal settings to the factor y defaults and all your personal settings will be erased. Caution! – When this function is activated, all settings will be r eset to factor y defaults. PASSW ORD SETUP The options included in Passw ord S[...]
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35 English Radio Reception T uning to radio stations 1 Press ST ANDBY -ON B ( B on the remote control) to switch on the last selected source. 2 Press SOURCE ( TUNER on the remote control) to select TUNER mode . 3 Press and hold ¡ / ™ ( 1 / 2 on the remote control) until the frequency indication star ts to change, then release . ➜ The system au[...]
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36 English Other Functions Setting sleep/wak e-up timer Sleep timer setting In po wer -on mode , the sleep setting enables the system to switch to standby mode automatically at a preset time. 1 In pow er -on mode , press SLEEP/TIMER on the remote repeatedly to select a preset time. ➜ The selections are as follows (time in min utes): 00 ➜ 10 ➜[...]
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37 English SY STEM T otal output power .............................................. 400W Pow er supply ........................................... 220V / 50 Hz Rated w or king power consumption (1/8 rated output po wer) ........................................................ ≤ 85W A UX input sensitivity ..................................... ?[...]
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38 English W ARNING Under no circumstances should y ou tr y to repair the system y ourself, as this will in validate the warranty . Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a f ault occurs , first check the points listed below before taking the system for repair . If you are unable to r emedy a problem b y following these hin[...]
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39 English The aspect ratio of the scr een cannot be changed e ven though y ou ha ve set the TV shape. No sound or distorted sound. The micro D VD play er does not start pla yback. The D VD micro system does not r espond when the buttons ar e pressed. Cannot activate some featur es, such as Angles, Subtitles, or multi-language Audio. Considerable n[...]
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40 English The remote contr ol does not function. The displa y is dark. Low hum or buzz sound. Lo w bass response. Unable to select Pro gressiv e Scan. No sound is output from the HDMI jack. ✔ Select the correct source (DISC or TUNER, for example) before pressing the function button. ✔ P oint the remote control at the remote sensor of the unit.[...]
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41 English Glossar y Analog: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific n umer ical values. These jacks send audio through two channels, the left and right. Aspect ratio: The r atio of ver tical and horizontal sizes of a display ed image. The horizontal vs. ver tical r atio of conventional TVs[...]
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4 English Abkhazian 6566 Afar 6565 Afrikaans 6570 Amharic 6577 Arabic 6582 Armenian 7289 Assamese 6583 Av estan 6569 Aymara 6589 Azerhaijani 6590 Bahasa Mela yu 7783 Bashkir 6665 Belarusian 6669 Bengali 6678 Bihari 6672 Bislama 6673 Bokmål, Norwegian 7866 Bosanski 6683 Brezhoneg 6682 Bulgarian 6671 Burmese 7789 Castellano, Español 6983 Catalán 6[...]
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5 English General Information Featur es .................................................................. 7 Supplied accessories ............................................ 7 En vironment information ................................... 7 Installation .............................................................. 8 Maintenance ....................[...]
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6 English Contents System Menu Options Basic Operations ................................................ 29 GENERAL SETUP PA GE ........................... 29~30 TV DISPLA Y OSD LANGU A GE SCREEN SA VER DIVX CODE AUDIO SETUP PA GE ................................ 30~31 ANALOG AUDIO SETUP SPDIF SETUP DOLBY DIGIT AL SETUP 3D PR OCESSING HDCD NIGHT MO[...]
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7 English Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to Philips! To fully benef it from the suppor t that Philips off er s, register your product at www .philips.com/ w elcome. F eatures Y our D VD Micro Theatre with 2.1 channel full digital amplif ier creates the same dynamic sound qualities that y ou find in full-fledged cinemas and incorpor at[...]
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8 English General Inf ormation Installation ● Place the play er on a flat, hard, and stab le surface . ● In a cabinet, allow about 10cm (4 inches) of free space all around the play er for adequate v entilation. ● Do not expose y our player to extreme temperatures or humidity . ● The apparatus shall not be exposed to dr ipping or splashing. [...]
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9 English Connections Speaker (right) Speak er (left) FM antenna Subwoof er AC Po w e r IMPOR T ANT! – The type plate is located at the bottom of the system. – Before connecting the A C po wer cord to the wall outlet, ensure that all other connections ha ve been made. –N ev er mak e or change an y connections with the po wer switched on. Step[...]
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10 English Step 3: Connecting the control cable ● Connect the serial por t mar ked “CONTROL C ABLE” at the rear of the DVD pla yer to the same por t at the rear of the power amplif ier with the supplied flat control cab le . Step 4: Connecting TV IMPOR T ANT! –Y ou only need to make one video connection fr om the follo wing options, dependi[...]
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11 English Connections Using Component Video jacks (Y Pb Pr) IMPOR T ANT! – The pro gressive scan video quality is onl y possible when using Y Pb Pr , and a pr ogressiv e scan TV is requir ed. 1 Use component video cables (red/b lue/green - not supplied) to connect the D VD system's COMPONENT (Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y) jacks to the corresponding Compon[...]
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12 English Connections Using an accessor y RF modulator IMPOR T ANT! – If your TV onl y has a single Antenna In jack (labeled as 75 ohm or RF In), you will need an RF modulator in order to vie w D VD playback on the TV . See your electronics r etailer or contact Philips for details on RF modulator a vailability and operations. 1 Use the composite[...]
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13 English Connections Step 6: Connecting the pow er cor d After e ver ything is connected pr operly , plug in the AC po w er cord to the po wer outlet. Never make or change any connection with the po wer switched on. Additional: Connecting additional equipment IMPOR T ANT! – Some discs are cop y-protected. Y ou cannot recor d the disc through a [...]
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14 English Connections Connecting to a TV with HDMI Jack E HDMI connects untouched and uncompressed digital transmission for the highest and crispest sound/image quality . It has plug and play capability using only one cab le for both audio/video output. ● Use a HDMI cable (not supplied) to connect the HDMI jack on the D VD Player to HDMI IN on a[...]
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15 English Functional Ov er view D VD play er and pow er amplifier 1 ST ANDBY -ON B – switches the system on or to standb y mode . 2 Displa y – sho ws the cur rent status of the D VD player . 3 ÉÅ – starts or inter r upts disc playback. 4 PRESET + – in tuner mode, selects a preset r adio station f orward. 5 PRESET -/ 9 – stops disc play[...]
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16 English 2 1 4 8 7 0 ⁄ • ∞ § ≤ £ ™ ¡ ) ^ º @ 3 5 9 ! # $ % & ≥ ( * ª 6 Remote contr ol 1 B – switches the system on or to standb y mode . 2 0 – opens or closes the disc compar tment 3 DISC/TUNER/AUX – selects the respective sound source f or D VD/ A UX/TUNER. – exits P-SC AN (progressiv e scan). (Only for DISC) Functi[...]
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17 English Functional Ov er view # ZOOM –D VD/VCD/Picture CD: enlarges or reduces a picture or activ e image on the TV screen. $ ¡ / ™ – Disc: skips to the previous/next chapter/title/ track –T uner : selects a preset r adio station. % ÉÅ – star ts or inter rupts disc playback. ^ 9 – stops disc playback or erases a progr am. & LO[...]
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18 English Step 1: Inser ting batteries into the Remote Control 1 3 2 1 Open the batter y compar tment. 2 Inser t two AAA batter ies following the indications (+/-) inside the compar tment. 3 Close the co ver . Using the Remote Control to operate the Pla yer 1 Aim the Remote Control directly at the remote sensor (IR) on the front panel. 2 Do not pu[...]
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19 English Getting Star ted 9 Tu rn on y our TV progressive scan mode (ref er to y our TV user manual). ➜ The below menu appears on the TV . 0 Press 1 2 to highlight “OK” in the menu and press OK to conf irm. ➜ The setup is complete now and you can star t enjoy the high quality picture. To deactivate Pro gressiv e manually ● When the dist[...]
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20 English Step 3: Setting language pref erence Y ou can select your o wn preferred language settings. This DVD system will automaticall y switch to the selected language whenever y ou load a disc. If the language selected is not a vailable on the disc, the disc’ s default language will be used instead. The OSD language in the system menu will re[...]
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21 English Switching the system on/off ● Press ST ANDBY -ON B ( B on the remote). ➜ “ HELLO ” is displayed briefly . The system will switch to the last selected source. ● Press DISC , TUNER or AU X on the remote . ➜ The system will switch to the selected source . To switch the system to standby mode ● Press ST ANDBY -ON B ( B on the r[...]
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22 English Basic Operations Note: – See “System Menu Options-AUDIO SETUP PA GE-ANALOG AUDIO SETUP” for more D VS setup options. Dimming the displa y screen ● Press DIM repeatedl y to select different levels of brightness for the display screen. Demonstration mode The system has a demonstr ation mode that shows the various features offered b[...]
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English Printed in China CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT MCD728 PDCC-JS-JW -0731 Meet Philips at the Internet http://www .philips.com PageBack_MCD728_93 2007.7.24, 16:38 94[...]