Philips DVD950 manual

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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 co vering. s The “exclamation point” calls attention to featur es for which y ou should read the enclosed literature closel y to [...]

3 Index CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT This unit employs a laser . Due to possible ey e injury , 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 protected b y method claims of cer tain U.S. patents and other intellectual property r [...]

4 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. Therefor[...]

5 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, how ev er , some installation and operation precautions which y ou should be particularly a war e of. 1. Read these instructions – All the safety and operating instructions [...]

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

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

Intr oduction Enter tainment f or the new millennium Video was nev er lik e this befor e! Digital video discs pr ovide perfect digital, studio-quality pictures; with 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 subtitles if a [...]

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

Functional o ver vie w F r ont panel PHONES - for connecting headphones LEVEL - headphone volume contr ol 9 STOP - stops video/audio pla y ; P AUSE - interrupts video/audio pla y or advances to the next picture frame / OPEN/CLOSE - opens/closes the disc tra y Disc tra y / TRACK TITLE SCAN TIME TRACK TOT AL CHAPTER CD SHUFFLE CHAPTER TITLE TRACK V R[...]

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.[...]

Displa y Front (left and right) speak ers active Center speak er active T est tone active Active audio f ormat Surr ound (left and right) speak ers active Subwoof er active D VD disc inserted (V)CD disc inserted Indicates curr ent pla y er function: Pla y , Pause , Search, etc. D VD TITLE number D VD CHAPTER n umber VCD/CD TRA CK number TRA CK TIME[...]

Remote contr ol FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW 13 TV ON-OFF TV/D VD - mode selector TV/D VD D VD ON-OFF TITLE - activate TITLE TV MUTE H - D VD-mode: selects Stereo , Dolby Surr ound, 3D Sound repr oduction - TV -mode: mute ON/OFF MENU - D VD menu RETURN - go back to pr e vious menu 2 - pla y ENTER - acknowledge men u selection J - pr evious cha pter or tra[...]

On-scr een displa y information Menu bar/Status windo w V Personal Pr efer ences 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 b Color Setting d Sound e Picture b y Picture Status windo w icons The status window displa ys the cur rent status of the pla y[...]

T emporar y F eedback Field icons Scan 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[...]

Pr eparation General notes - Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there ar e various wa ys y ou could connect the pla y er . 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. - Do not connect y[...]

Connecting to optional equipment Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel analog ster eo ● Connect the audio Left and Right out jacks of the D VD pla yer to the audio left and right on your amplifier , receiver or ster eo system, using the optional audio cable (D) . Connecting to an amplifier equipped with two channel digital stereo ([...]

Analog connection to a m ulti-channel A/V r eceiv er with 6 CH connectors This D VD pla yer contains a Dolby Digital ™ (A C-3) multi-channel decoder . This enables pla yback of D VDs recorded in Dolb y Digital ™ (A C-3) Multi-channel Sur round without the need f or an external decoder . 1 Connect the audio out jacks for Center speak er and Subw[...]

PREP ARA TION 19 Connecting the po wer cor d 1 Plug the female end of the supplied pow er cord 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 fr om the[...]

20 PREP ARA TION General explanation About this manual This manual giv es the basic instructions for operating this D VD play er . Some D VDs r equir 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 refer to the instructions contai[...]

PREP ARA TION 21 T urning On the po w er 1 Switch on the TV and select the video in jack channel for your D VD Video pla y er . 2 Press ST ANDBY -ON or any other button ➤ The pla y er displa y lights , and the ‘Initial Setup Screen’ a ppears. The ‘Initial Setup’ will only appear the v ery first time you turn on the pla y er . In ‘Initia[...]

22 PREP ARA TION The follo wing items ma y hav e to be set in Initial Setup: Menu languag e The On Screen Men us will be displa y ed in the language you choose. Y ou can choose from diff erent languages. Audio languag e The sound will be in the language you choose if it is a vailable on the disc in pla y . If the language you select is not a vailab[...]

PREP ARA TION 23 - Black le vel shift (NTSC onl y) Adapts the color dynamics to obtain richer contrasts. Select ON or OFF . - Video shift The factor y centers the video on y our scr een. Use this setting to personalize the position of the picture on y our TV by scrolling it to the left or right. - Color settings (F or YUV only) Y ou can select one [...]

24 PREP ARA TION F eatures - Access Control Access Control contains the f ollowing featur es: Child Lock - When Child Lock is set to ON, a 4-digit code needs to be entered in or der to pla y discs. Parental contr ol - Allows the conditional pr esentation of D VDs containing Parental Contr ol information. (see ‘Access Control’) - Status Windo w [...]

Deauthorizing discs ● Insert the disc . See ‘Loading disc’. ➤ Pla yback starts automatically . ● Press 9 while { is visible. ➤ The | will a ppear and the disc is now deauthorized. Access contr ol; P ar ental contr ol (D VD- Video only) Movies on D VDs may contain scenes not suitable f or children. Therefor e, disc ma y contain ‘Par en[...]

26 PREP ARA TION Changing the 4-digit code 1 When disc pla yback is stopped, select A CCESS CONTROL in the Featur es menu using the w / v k e ys. 2 Enter the old code. 3 Mov e to CHANGE CODE using the w key . 4 Press the u key . 5 Enter the new 4-digit code. 6 Enter the code a second time and reconfirm b y pressing ENTER . 7 Press t to exit the men[...]

Operation Loading discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the pla yer . The disc tra y opens. 2 Load your chosen disc in the tra y , label side up (also when a double sided D VD is inserted). Make sur e it is sitting pr operly in the corr ect recess. 3 Gently push the tra y , or press OPEN/CLOSE , to close the tra y . ➤ READ appears in the statu[...]

Pla ying a Video CD Pla ying a disc - After inser ting the disc and closing the tra y , playback starts automatically and the status window and the pla yer displa y show the type of disc loaded, as well as information about the disc’ s contents and pla ying time. - The disc ma y invite y ou to select an item fr om a menu. If the selections are n [...]

OPERA TION 29 Slo w Motion ● Select f (Slo w motion) in the menu bar . ● Use the w k eys to enter the Slow Motion men u. ➤ The pla y er will now go into P AUSE mode. ● Use the cursor k eys t u to select the requir ed speed: -1, -1/2, -1/4 or - 1/8 (backward), or +1/8, +1/4, +1/2 or +1 (forward). ● Select 1 to pla y at normal speed again. [...]

30 OPERA TION Repeat A-B T o repeat a sequence in a title: ● Press REPEA T A-B at your chosen starting point; ➤ A - appears briefly on the scr een. ● Press REPEA T A-B again at your chosen end point; ➤ A - B REPEA T appears briefly on the displa y , and the repeat sequence begins.( A - B REPEA T is displa y ed on the front panel of the pla [...]

OPERA TION 31 Zoom The Zoom function allows y ou to enlarge the video image and to pan through the enlarged image. ● Select a (Zoom) in the men u bar . ● Press w / v to activate the ZOOM function and select the requir ed zoom factor : 1.33 or 2 or 4. ➤ The pla y er will go into Pause mode. ➤ The selected zoom factor appears below the Zoom i[...]

32 OPERA TION If you wish to erase all selections: ● In ST OP mode , select Video FTS c in the menu bar . ● Use w to select CLEAR ALL . ● Press ENTER . ➤ All selections will now be erased. ● Press MENU OSD m to exit. Special D VD-featur es Checking the contents of D VD-Video discs: Menus For titles and chapters, selection menus ma y be in[...]

OPERA TION 33 Special VCD-F eatur es Pla yback Contr ol (PBC) ● Load a Video CD with PBC and press 2 . ● Go through the men u with the k eys indicated on the TV screen until your chosen passage starts to pla y . If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title dir ectly . ● Enter your choice with the n umerical k eys (0-9) .[...]

34 OPERA TION Mo ving to another track ● Press P briefly during pla y to go to the next track. ● Press O briefly during pla y to r eturn to the beginning of the curr ent track. Press O briefly again to step back to the pre vious track. ● T o go dir ectly to an y track, enter the track number using the numerical k eys (0-9) . Shuffle ● Press[...]

OPERA TION 35 FTS (F a vorite T rack Selection) - The FTS feature allows y ou to stor e your fa vorite tracks for a particular disc in the play er memory . - Each FTS pr ogram can contain 20 tracks. - Each time an FTS pr ogram is pla y ed it will be placed on top of the list. When the list is full and a new pr ogram is added, the last program in th[...]

36 BEFORE REQUESTING SER VICE Befor e requesting ser vice If it appears that the D VD-Video play er is faulty , first consult this checklist. It may be that something has been o verlook ed. Under no circumstances attempt to r epair the system y ourself; this will invalidate the warranty . Look for the specific symptom(s). Then perform only the acti[...]

Cleaning discs Some problems occur because the disc inside the pla yer is dirty . T o av oid these pr oblems 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 , commerciall y a vailable cleaner[...]

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 a v 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 w o side 4.30[...]