Philips DVD701 manual

D VD Video pla yer D VD701 T oll F r ee Help Line Ligne d'assistance en service libre Linea de a yuada telefónica sin cargo 800-531-0039[...]

Kno w these safety symbols t This “bolt of lightning” indicates uninsulated material within your unit ma y cause an electrical shock. For the safety of e veryone in y our household, please do not remo ve pr oduct covering. s The “exclamation point” calls attention to featur es for which y ou should read the enclosed literature closel y to p[...]

INDEX 3 Index CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT This unit employs a laser . Due to possible ey e injur y , only a qualified service person should remov e the cov er or attempt to ser vice this de vice. LASER SAFETY This product incorpor ates copyright protection technology that is pr otected by method claims of cer tain U.S. patents and other intellectual prop[...]

This symbol warns the user that uninsulated voltage within the unit may have sufficient magnitude to cause electric shock. Therefore, it is dangerous to make any kind of contact with any inside part of this unit. This symbol alerts the user that important literature concerning the operation and maintenance of this unit has been included. Therefore,[...]

IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS – Read befor e operating equipment This pr oduct was designed and manufactur ed to meet strict quality and safety standar ds. There ar e, howe v er , some installation and operation precautions which y ou should be particularly a ware of. 1. Read these instructions – All the safety and oper- ating instructions s[...]

D VD VIDEO PLA YER 90 Da ys Free Labor One Y ear Exchange W arranty on Par ts This pr oduct must be carried in f or r epair . LIMITED W ARRANTY WHO IS CO VERED? Y ou m ust ha v e pr oof of purchase to r eceiv e warranty service . A sales receipt or other document sho wing that you pur chased the product is considered pr oof of pur chase. WHA T IS C[...]

CONTENTS 7 Introduction Entertainment for the new millennium -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Unpacking ----------------------------------------------------------------------------[...]

8 INTR ODUCTION Intr oduction Enter tainment f or the ne w millennium Video was nev er lik e this befor e! Digital video discs provide perfect digital, studio-quality pictures; three dimensional digital, multi-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 subtit[...]

INTR ODUCTION 9 Video CD Y ou will recognize Video CDs by the logo shown at left. Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama series, etc .) the disc ma y ha ve one or mor e tracks. T racks ma y hav e one or more index es, as indicated on the disc case. T o make pla yback easy and conv enient, your pla yer lets y ou select [...]

10 FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW Functional o ver vie w F r ont panel 9 ST OP - stops video/audio pla y ; P A USE - interrupts video/audio pla y or advances to the next picture frame / OPEN/CLOSE - opens/closes the disc tra y Disc tra y PLAY PREV STOP NEXT SOUND OPEN / CLOSE PAUSE POWER ON/OFF DVD 701 DVD/VIDEO CD/CD PLAYER TRACK TITLE SCAN P AUSE TIME TRA[...]

FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW 11 Rear panel Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of the jacks on the rear panel connectors. Electrostatic discharg e ma y cause permanent damag e to the unit. L R CVBS VIDEO OUT COAXIAL AUDIO S-VIDEO OUT 1 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/MPEG2/AC3/DTS 1 2 2 MAINS Y/C Video Out (CVBS) - connect to a TV with CVBS video inputs Video Out [...]

12 FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW Displa y 1 Remote control activ e (flashing) 2 FTS active 3 SHUFFLE active 4 P AUSE active 5 REPEA T A-B/CHAPTER/TITLE/TRA CK mode activ e 6 Chapter or track calendar 7 T O T AL/REMaining/TRA CK TIME in hours, minutes and seconds 8 (V)CD disc inserted 9 D VD disc inser ted 0 D VD CHAPTER or VCD/CD TRA CK number ! D VD TITLE[...]

FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW 13 Remote contr ol 0-9 numerical k e y pad RETURN - go back to pr e vious menu OK - acknowledge men u selection t u v w - (left/right/up/down) cursor mov ement Q O - sear ch backward* / pre vious chapter or track 9 - stop 2 - pla y R P - sear ch forwar d* / next chapter or track 2 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 OK RETURN T- C 0 i DVD OSD ME[...]

14 PREP ARA TION Pr eparation General notes - Depending on y our TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there ar e various wa ys you could connect the pla yer . Possible connections are sho wn in the following dra wings. Please ref er to the manuals of y our TV , VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessary to make the best connections. - [...]

PREP ARA TION 15 Connecting to optional equipment Connecting to an amplifier equipped with digital stereo ● For multi-channel sound, your pla yer pr ovides both digital and analog audio outputs. Connecting to an A/V r eceiv er equipped with a multi- channel decoder (Dolb y Digital™ (A C-3) , MPEG 2 and DTS) Digital Multi-channel sound Digital m[...]

16 PREP ARA TION Connecting the po wer cor d 1 Plug the female end of the supplied pow er cor d into the Mains (A C) jack on the rear of the pla yer . 2 Connect the other end of the cord to an A C outlet. Note: When the player is in the “ST ANDBY” mode , it is still consuming some power . If you wish to disconnect your player completely from th[...]

PREP ARA TION 17 General explanation Switching ON 1 Switch on the TV and select the video input f or y our D VD-Video pla yer . 2 Press PO WER ON/OFF button. Remote contr ol operation - Unless otherwise stated, all operations can be carried out with the remote contr ol. Alwa ys point the remote contr ol directly at the pla yer , making sure ther e [...]

18 OPERA TION Operation Pla ying a D VD-video disc NO TE During play, various icons will appear on the TV screen for about 2 seconds to confirm that a function has been selected.Y ou can get rid of these icons by pressing MENU OSD . At any time during play, you can press MENU OSD to call up the Play Banner , which shows you which functions are acti[...]

OPERA TION 19 Pla ying a title ● With Autopla y ON, play starts when you close the disc dra wer . ● With Autopla y OFF, press 2 . NO TE Some D VD-Video discs carr y their own Autoplay, in whic h case play alw ays star ts automatically . ● The disc ma y in vite you to select an item fr om a menu. If the selections are n umbered, press the appr[...]

20 OPERA TION P ar ental Contr ol ● If you activate Par ental Control, only discs that you ha ve alr eady authorized as suitable for all ages can be pla yed as abov e. ● T o pla y an y other D VD-Video disc , the OSD will ask for the Parental Control PIN code to be enter ed. When this has been done, pla y star ts automatically . ● T o activat[...]

OPERA TION 21 Repeat A-B T o repeat or loop a sequence in a title: ● Press REPEA T A-B at y our chosen starting point; ➤ A - appears on the pla yer displa y . ● Press REPEA T A-B again at y our chosen end point; ➤ A - B appears on the displa y , and the repeat sequence begins. ● T o exit the sequence, press Repeat A-B again. Camera Angle [...]

22 OPERA TION Changing the audio languag e and channel configuration This changes the language and the audio channel configuration when alternatives ar e available on the disc. (e .g. Dolby Digital, DTS and etc…) ● Press Audio during pla yback. ➤ The audio language and channel configuration icons appear on the screen f or 2 seconds. ● Press[...]

OPERA TION 23 Pla ying a Video CD NO TE During play, various icons will appear on the TV screen for about 2 seconds to confirm that a function has been selected.Y ou can get rid of the icon by pressing MENU OSD . At any time during play, you can press MENU OSD to call up the Play Banner , which shows you which functions are active , for about 2 sec[...]

24 OPERA TION Mo ving to another track When a disc has more than one track (which y ou can see from both the OSD and the pla y er displa y if you press 9 , you can mov e to another track as follows: ● Press T -C, then press K briefl y during pla y to step forward to the next track. ● Press T -C, then press J briefl y during pla y to return to t[...]

OPERA TION 25 Still Picture and Step F rame ● T o get a still picture, press ; during pla y . ● T o step forward to the next pictur e frame , press ; again. ● T o return to pla y , press 2 . Sear ch ● T o search f orwards or backwar ds thr ough the disc at 4x normal speed, hold down K or J for about 1 second during pla y . ➤ Search begins[...]

26 OPERA TION Time Sear ch The time search function allo ws y ou to start playing at an y chosen time on the disc. ● Press TIME SEARCH during pla y for about 2 seconds. ➤ The pla y er will go into P AUSE mode. ➤ TIME SEARCH menu appears showing elaspsed pla ying time on curr ent disc. ● Use the digit k eys to enter the r equir ed start time[...]

OPERA TION 27 Repeat track/disc ● T o repeat the cur rentl y-pla ying track, pr ess REPEA T for about 1 second: ➤ REPEA T TRACK appears on the displa y . ● T o repeat the entir e disc, press REPEA T a second time for about 1 second; ➤ REPEA T appears on the displa y . ● T o exit Repeat mode, press REPEA T a thir d time for about 1 second.[...]

28 OPERA TION T o select T racks: 1 Load a disc and go to the Stop mode. 2 Press u . 3 Use the t or u k ey to mov e to the first track number y ou want to select. 4 Press the v key . 5 Select further track numbers in the same wa y . If y ou change your mind, you can de-select track n umbers in re v erse order b y pr essing the w key as requir ed. 6[...]

SETTINGS 29 Settings In the settings menu, you can customize y our pla yer to suit y our own particular requirements. In Stop mode: ● Press SETUP to obtain the Settings scr een. ● Mov e to the function you want to change using ( v / w ) then use ( t / u ) to scroll to y our preferr ed option. ● T o exit Settings menu, press RETURN or SETUP. T[...]

30 SETTINGS Factor y setting Off means that ther e is no audio signal at the digital output. If you ar e connecting equipment with a digital input, change the setting to ALL. If your equipment does not include a digital decoder , (e .g. digital speak ers) set the digital output to PCM. For VCD set, digital output to PCM. Select Stereo ,Dolby Surr o[...]

SETTINGS 31 P arental Contr ol Activating P ar ental Contr ol This can only be done in Stop mode. 1 Press Setup to obtain the Settings men u. 2 Mov e to Parental Contr ol using the ( v / w ) ke ys. 3 Press t or u to change Par ental Contr ol to Active. 4 Y ou will be asked to enter a 4-digit pin code of y our own choice, and then to confirm your ch[...]

32 BEFORE REQUESTING SER VICE Befor e r equesting ser vice If it appears that the D VD-Video pla y er is faulty , first consult this checklist. It ma y be that something has been ov erlook ed. Under no circumstances should you tr y to repair the play er yourself; as this will inv alidate the w arranty . Only qualified ser vice personnel can remo ve[...]

BEFORE REQUESTING SER VICE 33 Cleaning discs Some problems occur because the disc inside the pla yer is dirty . T o av oid these problems clean your discs r egularly , 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 , comm[...]

34 SPECIFIC A TIONS Specifications PLA YBACK SY STEM D VD-Video Video CD CD (CD-R and CD-R W) SVCD OPTICAL READOUT SY STEM T ype Semiconductor laser GaAlAs Numerical Aperture 0.60 (D VD) 0.45 (VCD/CD) W av e length 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 l[...]