Philips 711 manual

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5 Contents Intr oduction Entertainment for the new millennium ................................................. 6 Intr oduction ................................................................................................. 7 Unpacking ..................................................................................................... 7 Placemen[...]

6 Enter tainment for the ne w millennium Video was nev er lik e this befor e! Digital video discs pro vide perfect digital, studio-quality pictures; three dimensional digital, m ulti-channel audio; stor y sequences scr eened from y our choice of camera angle; sound tracks in as many as eight languages; and up to 32 subtitles (if available on disc).[...]

7 Video CD Y ou will recognize Video CDs by the logo sho wn at left. Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama series, etc.) the disc may ha ve one or mor e tracks. T racks ma y ha ve one or mor e index es, as indicated on the disc case . T o mak e playback easy and con venient, your pla yer lets y ou select tracks and in[...]

8 Fr ont panel Functional o v er vie w FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW TIME TRACK TOTAL CHAPTER TITLE TRACK PLAY PREV STOP NEXT SOUND OPEN / CLOSE PAUSE TRACK TITLE SCAN CHAPTER CD SHUFFLE V REPEA T -B A STANDBY-ON DVD 711 DVD/VIDEO CD/CD PLAYER ST ANDBY -ON - switches the pla yer to Standb y mode or ON Standby indicator - lights red when the pla y er is in [...]

9 Rear panel FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW L R (CVBS) VIDEO OUT DIG OUT AUDIO OUT S-VIDEO OUT OPT OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/MPEG2/AC3/DTS STEREO OUT (Y/C) I AUX/VCR IN II TV OUT MAINS MAINS (A C) power jack - connect to the power sour ce Digital audio out jack (optical) - connect to digital (optical) equipment Digital audio out jack (coaxial) - connect to [...]

10 Displa y D VD inser ted Video CD or Audio CD inserted Indicates curr ent pla yer function: Pla y , Pause, Search, etc . D VD TITLE number D VD CHAPTER number VCD/CD TRA CK number TRA CK TIME in hours, minutes and seconds T O T AL TIME in hours, minutes and seconds REPEA T CHAPTER/TITLE/TRA CK active Remote contr ol active (flashing) FTS activ e [...]

11 Remote contr ol FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW 2 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OK RETURN T- C 0 i DVD OSD MENU MENU à É á Ç REPEAT REPEAT SHUFFLE A-B í ë Å 0-9 numerical k ey pad RETURN - go back to pr evious menu OK - acknowledge menu selection t u w v - (left/right/up/down) cursor mov ement Q O - sear ch backward* / pr evious chapter or track 9 - stop 2 - pl[...]

12 Menu bar/Status windo w V Personal Pr eferences f Slow motion W Title/T rack g Fast motion X Chapter/Index h Time sear ch Y Audio language Z Subtitle language } Angle a Zoom c Video Program d Sound e Picture b y Picture Status windo w icons The status window displa ys the current status of the pla yer and appears with the first par t of the men [...]

13 T emporar y F eedback Field icons 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 ON SCREEN DISPLA Y INFORMA TION[...]

14 General notes - Depending on y our TV and other equipment y ou wish to connect, there are various wa ys you could connect the pla yer . Possible connections ar e shown in the follo wing dra wings. - Please ref er to the manuals of your TV , VCR, Ster eo System or other devices as necessary to make the best connections. - Do not connect your D VD[...]

15 Connecting to optional equipment Connecting to an amplifier equipped with tw o channel analog ster eo ● Connect the audio Left and Right out jacks of the D VD pla yer to the audio left and right in jack on your amplifier , receiv er or stereo system, using an audio cable (E) . Connecting to an amplifier equipped with tw o channel digital stere[...]

16 Connecting to an amplifier equipped with Dolb y Surr ound™ Dolby Sur round sound 1 Connect the pla yer to the TV , then connect the pla yer’ s audio Left and Right out jacks to the corr esponding in jacks on the Dolby Surround™ Audio/Video receiv er , using the audio/video cable supplied (D). If your amplifier is equipped with a Dolb y Dig[...]

17 General explanation About this manual This manual giv es the basic instructions for operating this D VD play er . Some D VDs requir e specific operation or allow only limited operation during pla yback. In these cases, the pla yer ma y not respond to all operating commands. When this occurs, please r efer to the instructions contained with the D[...]

18 T urning On the po wer 1 Switch on the TV and select the video input channel for your D VD-Video pla yer . 2 Press ST ANDBY -ON button. Initial Setup General In ‘Initial Setup’ y ou ma y hav e to set your prefer ences for some of the pla yer’ s featur es. (not applicable for all models) Operation After switching on the pla yer for the v er[...]

19 Country Select y our countr y . This also is used as input for the ‘Par ental Control’ featur e (see ‘Access Control’). Note: All these items may have to be set dur ing ‘Initial Setup’. After that, they can always be changed in the P ersonal Preferences Menu. P ersonal Pr efer ences Y ou can set your personal pr eferences for some of[...]

20 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 your equipment doesn't include a digital multi-channel decoder , set the digital output to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). Both coaxial and opti[...]

21 Access contr ol; child lock (D VD and VCD) Activating/deactivating the child lock 1 When disc pla yback is stopped, select Access Control in the featur es menu using the w / v k eys. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your o wn choice. 3 Enter the code a second time. 4 Mov e to “Child Lock” using the w / v ke ys. 5 Mov e to LOCK/UNLOCK using the u ke[...]

22 Access contr ol; P arental contr ol (D VD-Video only) Movies on D VDs ma y contain scenes not suitable for children. Therefor e , disc ma y contain ‘Parental Contr ol’ information which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc . These scenes are rated from 1 to 8, and alternative, more suitable scenes are a vailable on t[...]

23 Changing the 4-digit code 1 When disc pla yback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the featur es menu using the w / v ke ys. 2 Enter the old code. 3 Mov e to CHANGE CODE using the w key . 4 Pr ess the u key . 5 Enter the new 4-digit code. 6 Enter the code a second time and reconfirm b y pressing OK. 7 Pr ess t to exit the menu. Note: If you fo[...]

24 Loading discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the fr ont of the pla yer . The disc tray opens. 2 Load your chosen disc in the tra y , label side up (also when a double sided D VD is inser ted). Make sure it is sitting pr operly in the corr ect recess. 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE , to close the tray . ➤ READ appears in the status window and on the pla yer displa [...]

25 Pla ying a Video CD Pla ying a disc - After inserting the disc and closing the tray , playback starts automatically and the status window and the pla yer displa y show the type of disc loaded, as well as inf ormation about the disc’ s contents and pla ying time . - The disc ma y invite y ou to select an item from a men u. If the selections are[...]

26 Still Picture and F rame-by-frame pla yback ● Select e (picture b y picture) in the men u bar . ● Use the w k ey to enter the pictur e by picture menu. ➤ The pla yer will now go into P AUSE mode. ● Use the cursor ke ys t u to select the previous or next pictur e frame . ● T o exit Picture by pictur e mode, press 2 or v . Y ou can also [...]

27 Shuffle D VD-Video discs This shuffles the pla ying order of chapters within a title, if the title has more than one. ● Pr ess SHUFFLE during pla y . ➤ SHUFFLE appears on the scr een for about 2 seconds. ● T o return to normal pla y , press SHUFFLE again. Video CDs This shuffles the pla ying order of the tracks, if the disc has more than o[...]

28 FTS-Video - The FTS-Video function allows you to stor e your fa vorite titles and chapters (D VD) and fav orite tracks and indexes (VCD) f or a par ticular disc in the pla yer memor y . - Each FTS program can contain 20 items (titles, chapters). - Each time an FTS pr ogram is pla yed it will be placed on top of the list. When the list is full an[...]

29 Special D VD featur es Checking the contents of D VD-Video discs: Menus For titles and chapters, selection menus ma y be included on the disc . The D VD’ s menu feature allo ws you to mak e selections from these men us. Press the appr opriate numerical k ey; or use the w , v , u , t ke ys to highlight your selection, then press OK . Title menu[...]

30 Special VCD-F eatures Pla yback Control (PBC) ● Load a Video CD with PBC and pr ess 2 . ● Go thr ough the menu with the k eys indicated on the TV screen until y our chosen passage starts to play . If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title directly . ● Enter your choice with the n umerical k eys (0-9). ● Press RET[...]

31 Shuffle ● Pr ess SHUFFLE during play . ➤ The order of the tracks is changed. ● T o return to normal pla y , press SHUFFLE again. Repeat track/disc ● T o repeat the track curr ently pla ying , press REPEA T . ➤ REPEA T TRACK a ppears on the display . ● T o repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a second time. ➤ REPEA T appears on the [...]

32 FTS Pr ogram - FTS Pr ogram allows you to stor e your fa v orite tracks for a particular disc in the pla yer memor y . - Each FTS Program can contain 20 tracks. Storing an FTS Pro gram 1 Load a disc and stop pla yback. 2 Use w to go to the list of a vailable tracks. 3 Use t or u to select tracks fr om the list. T o go directly to an y track, ent[...]

33 Symptom Remedy No po wer Mak e sure the AC cor d is properl y connected. Check if there is pow er at the A C outlet by plugging in another appliance . No picture Check if the TV is switched on. Check the video connection. Distorted picture Check the disc for fingerprints and clean with a soft cloth, wiping from center to edge . Sometimes a small[...]

34 Cleaning discs Some pr oblems occur because the disc inside the pla yer is dirty . T o av oid these problems clean y our discs regularl y , in the following wa y: ● When a disc becomes dirty , clean it with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the center out. Caution: Do not use solvents such as benzine, thinner , commer cially a vailable clea[...]

35 Specifications PLA YBACK SY STEM D VD-Video Video CD CD (CD-R and CD-R W) OPTICAL READOUT SY STEM Lasertype Semiconductor AlGaAs Numerical Aperture 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) Pla ying time One la yer 2.15 h* (12cm) Dual la yer 4 h* T wo side 4.30 [...]