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    D VD Micr o Theater MCD759D Thank you for choosing Philips. Need help fast? Read your Quick Star t Guide and/or User Manual first for quick tips that mak e using your Philips product more enjoy able. If you have read your instructions and still need assistance, you may access our online help at www .philips.com/welcome or call 1-888-PHILIPS (744-54[...]

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    2 Manufactur ed under license from Dolb y Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro-logic" and the double-D symbol are trademar ks of Dolby Laboratories. MANUFA CTURED UNDER LICENSE FR OM DIGIT AL THEA TER SYSTEMS, INC . US P A T . NO 5,451,942,5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 AND O THER W ORLD WIDE PA TENTS ISSUED AND PENDING. "DTS"[...]

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    3 Return your Pr oduct Registration Card or register online at www .philips.com/welcome toda y to get the very most from y our purchase. Registering your model with PHILIPS makes you eligible f or all of the valuable benefits listed belo w, so don't miss out. Complete and return your Product Registration Car d at once , or register online at w[...]

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    4 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Class II equipment symbol This symbol indicates that the unit has a double insulation system Clean only with dry cloth. Where the MAINS plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnet device, the disconnet device shall remain readily operable. materials 9 pg 001-046_MCD759D_37_Eng 2007.6.21, 14:39 4[...]

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    5 English F rançais Español English ------------------------------------------------ 6 Index F rançais -------------------------------------------- 49 Español --------------------------------------------- 92 pg 001-046_MCD759D_37_Eng 2007.6.21, 15:04 5[...]

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    6 English General Information Featur es .................................................................. 8 Supplied accessories ............................................ 8 En vironment information ................................... 8 Installation .............................................................. 9 Maintenance ....................[...]

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    7 English Contents System Menu Options Basic Operations ................................................ 30 GENERAL SETUP PA GE ........................... 30~31 TV DISPLA Y OSD LANGU A GE CLOSED CAPTIONS SCREEN SA VER DIVX(R) VOD registration code Audio Setup Page ........................................ 31~33 ANALOG AUDIO SETUP SPDIF SETUP DOLBY [...]

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    8 English F eatures Y our DVD Micro Theatre with 5.1-channel full digital amplif ier creates the same dynamic sound qualities that y ou find in full-fledged cinemas and incorpor ates some of the best features in home theater technology . Other features include: Built-in DTS and Dolby Digital decoder , suppor ting Incredible Surround and DSC sound s[...]

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    9 English General Information Installation ● Place the play er on a flat, hard, and stab le surface . ● In a cabinet, allo w 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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    10 English 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. –A separate po wer switch is pr ovided on the back of the subw oofer . Please s[...]

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    11 English Option 1 Connections Step 3: Connecting speakers and subw oofer 1 Connect the terminal mar ked CONNECT T O SUBW OOFER on the rear of the amplifier to CONNECT T O MAIN SET on the rear of the subw oofer with the supplied DIN cable by matching the pins. 2 Connect the center and front speakers to the corresponding ter minals on the rear of t[...]

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    12 English Option 3 Option 2 Connections 2 To hear the TV channels through this DVD system, use the audio connector s (white/ red) of the supplied audio and composite video cables (2-in1) to connect A UX IN jacks to the corresponding A UDIO OUT jacks on the TV . Using Component Video jacks (Y Pb Pr) IMPOR T ANT! – The pro gressive scan video qual[...]

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    13 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. 3 2 AUDIO IN R L VI[...]

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    14 English Connections AUDIO OUT L R AUDIO IN L R VIDEO IN VCR T elevision A B C Vie wing and listening to the playback of other equipment A ● Connect the system's A UX IN (R/L) jacks to the AUDIO OUT jacks on the other audio/visual device (such as a TV , VCR, Laser Disc player or cassette deck). Before star ting operation, press SOURCE on t[...]

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    15 English Connections Connecting to a TV with HDMI Jack D HDMI connects untouched and uncompressed digital tr ansmission f or the highest and crispest sound/image quality . It has plug and pla y 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 o[...]

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    16 English Functional Ov er view D VD play er and po wer amplifier 1 ST ANDBY -ON/ECO PO WER B – switches the system on or to Eco P ower standby/normal standb y with clock display . 2 Displa y – sho ws the cur rent status of the D VD player . 3 ÉÅ – star ts or inter r upts disc playback. 4 PRESET + – in tuner mode, selects a preset r adio[...]

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    17 English Remote contr ol 1 B – switches the system on or to Eco P ower standby/normal standb y with clock display . 2 0 – opens or closes the disc compar tment 3 Numeric K eypad (0-9) – inputs a track/title/chapter number of the disc. Functional Ov er view 4 PROGRAM – D VD/VCD/CD: enter s the program menu. – MP3/WMA-CD : adds/deletes a [...]

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    18 English Functional Ov er view $ SURROUND – selects 2.1 channel output (2.1CH) or 5.1 channel output (SUR5.1 or D VD5.1). % ÉÅ – star ts or inter r upts disc playback. ^ 9 – stops disc playback or erases a progr am. & DISC/TUNER/iP od/AUX – selects the respective sound source f or D VD/ DOCK/AUX/TUNER (FM)/TUNER (AM). – For tuner [...]

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    19 English Step 1: Inserting 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 put[...]

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    20 English Getting Star ted Setting up Pro gressive Scan f eature (for Progr essive Scan TV only) The progressive scan display twice the number of frames per seconds than inter laced scanning (ordinar y nor mal TV system). With near ly double the number of lines, progressive scan offer s higher picture resolution and quality . IMPOR T ANT! Befor e [...]

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    21 English Step 3: Setting language pref erence Y ou can select your own 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 rem[...]

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    22 English Switching the system on/off ● Press ECO PO WER/ST ANDBY -ON B ( B on the remote). ➜ “ HELLO ” is displayed briefly . The system will switch to the last selected source. ● Press DISC , TUNER , iP od or AUX on the remote control. ➜ The system will switch to the selected source . To switch the system to standby mode ● Press EC[...]

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    23 English Basic Operations Selecting surround sound IMPOR T ANT! F or pr oper surround sound, make sur e the speak ers and subwoofer are connected (see Connections-Step 3: Connecting speakers and subw oofer .) ● Press SURROUND to select sur round or stereo mode . ➜ The availability of the various surround sound modes depends on the number of s[...]

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    24 English IMPOR T ANT! – Depending on the D VD or VIDEO CD , some operations ma y be different 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 yer malfunction. – If the inhibit icon (ø) appears on the TV scr een when a button is pressed, it means the funct[...]

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    25 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 f eatur e 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 [...]

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    26 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/DiVX) 1 Press [...]

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    27 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 : displa ys 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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    28 English Disc Operations Pla ying JPEG Picture 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 eypad (0- 9) to highlight a picture file. 4 Press OK to conf irm. ➜ The playback will star t from the sel[...]

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    29 English Pla ying a DivX disc This D VD player suppor ts the DivX movie playback that y ou do wnload from y our computer onto a CD-R/RW (see “System Menu Options-DIVX(R) VOD registration code” for more information). 1 Load a DivX disc. ➜ Playback will star t automatically . If not press ÉÅ . 2 If the DivX mo vie contains external subtitle[...]

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    30 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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    31 English System Menu Options SCREEN SA VER This function is used to turn the screen saver on or off. CLOSED CAPTIONS ➜ ON : In ST OP , P AUSE or No DISC mode, if no actions are perf or med about 3 minutes, the screen sa ver will be activated. ➜ OFF : Screen sav er is disabled. DIVX(R) V OD registration code Philips pro vides you the DivX ® V[...]

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    32 English System Menu Options FRONT SPEAKER Adjusts the volume levels f or front speaker s. Options include "LARGE" and "SMALL". CENTER SPEAKER Adjusts the volume level for the center speak er . Options include "LARGE", "SMALL" and "OFF". Note: – This option is available only when you select &quo[...]

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    33 English System Menu Options PR O LOGIC II This function provides a convincing three- dimensional sound f ield on conventional stereo m usic recordings. ➜ ON : Tu r ns on the Pro Logic II effect. ➜ OFF : Tu r ns off the Pro Logic II effect. In this case, all options below "Pro Logic II" will be unavailab le . ➜ AUT O : Allo ws aut[...]

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    34 English System Menu Options COMPONENT Sets the video output according to your video connection. This setting is not required if you are using the VIDEO OUTPUT jack (y ellow) to connect the D VD micro system to your TV . ➜ S-VIDEO : Select this if y ou have connected ➜ Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y : Select this if you ha ve connected the D VD micro system t[...]

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    35 English System Menu Options Note: –P re fe rence features can be selected only during “No Disc” condition or full ST OP mode . PARENT AL Some D VDs may ha ve a parental level assigned to the complete disc or to cer tain scenes on the disc. This feature lets you set a playback limitation level. The r ating lev els are from 1 to 8 and are co[...]

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    36 English System Menu Options -- - - PA SS WORD SETUP PAGE P ASSWORD MODE P ASSWORD ON OFF PASSW ORD MODE This feature is used to enable/disab le password by selecting “ON”/”OFF”. PASSW ORD Enter your four digit passw ord when a hint is display ed on the screen. The default password is 1234. 1 Press 3 4 to highlight “PASSW ORD”. 2 Ente[...]

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    37 English iP od Dock IMPOR T ANT! – Do not tr y to connect an y other dock accessories to this system! Compatible iP od pla y ers ● Most Apple iP od models with 30-pin dock connector s as follo ws: 20GB , 40GB , 20/30GB Photo , 40/60GB Photo, 30GB Video, 60GB Video, 80GB Video, Mini, Nano and Nano 2nd generation. Selecting the cor rect dock ad[...]

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    38 English iP od Dock Pla ying an iP od por table pla y er 1 Correctly dock your iP od por table play er in the cradle . Make sure the dock adaptor is compatible. ● Before selecting the iP od source , switch on your iP od play er and set: 1) "TV Out" to "On"; 2) "TV Signal" to "NTSC"; 3) "Widescreen&qu[...]

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    39 English Radio Reception T uning to radio stations 1 Press ST ANDBY -ON/ECO PO WER y (or y on the remote) to switch on the last selected source. 2 Press SOURCE ( TUNER on the remote) to select TUNER mode . 3 Press TUNER on the remote again to select the desired band: FM or AM . 4 Press and hold ¡ / ™ until the frequency indication star ts to c[...]

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    40 English Other Functions Setting sleep/wak e-up timer Sleep timer setting In pow er -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): SLEEP 00 ➜ SL[...]

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    41 English SY STEM Pow er supply ......................................... 120 V / 60 Hz T otal output power ................................................ 480W L, R Front ..................... 50Wx2 at 1KHz, THD 1% L, R Rear ...................... 50Wx2 at 1KHz, THD 1% Center ........................ 140W x1 at 1KHz, THD 1% Subwoof er ..........[...]

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    42 English W ARNING Under no circumstances should you try to repair the system your self, as this will invalidate the w arranty . Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a f ault occurs , fir st check the points listed below befor e taking the system for repair . If you are unable to r emedy a problem b y following these hin[...]

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    43 English The aspect ratio of the scr een cannot be changed e ven though you ha ve set the TV shape. No sound or distorted sound. There is no sound fr om the center and surr ound speakers. 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 [...]

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    44 English ✔ T une in to the correct frequency . ✔ Connect the antennas. ✔ Fully extend the FM wire antenna. Position f or best reception and secure to a wall. ✔ Connect an outdoor FM or AM antenna. ✔ Adjust the direction and position for best reception. ✔ Place the antenna far ther away from any equipment that may be causing the noise.[...]

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    45 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 ratio of ver tical and horizontal sizes of a display ed image . The horizontal vs. ver tical r atio of conv entional TV[...]

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