Philips DVDQ35 manual

D VDQ35 Digital Video Disc Pla y er Owner's Manual Read this man ual fir st! Congratulations on purchasing this Philips pr oduct. W e’ve included ever ything you need to get star ted. If you have any pr oblems , Philips Representatives can help you get the most fr om your new product b y explaining: • Hookups , • First Time Setup, and ?[...]

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Contents 3 Getting Started Contents 3 Safety Information 4-5 Intr oduction 6 Pla yable Discs 7 General Information 8 Hookups 9-14 Quick Disc Pla yback Quick Disc Pla yback 15 D VD Pla y er Controls Remote Contr ol Buttons 16 Front Panel 17 Rear Panel 18 Disc Pla yback and Featur es Title/Disc Menus, Chapter/T rack Selection 19 Slow Motion, Fast For[...]

Safety Pr ecautions W arning: T o pre v ent fire or shock hazar d, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture. F ederal Communications Commission (FCC) W arning: Any unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the user’ s authority to operate it. Laser Safety This unit employs a laser . Only a qualified service person shoul[...]

Safety Information (cont’ d) 5 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1. Read instructions. Read all the safety and operating instruc- tions befor e operating the pr oduct. 2. Retain instructions. K eep the safety and operating instruc- tions for futur e ref er ence. 3. Heed warnings. Adhere to all warnings on the pr oduct and in the operating instructi[...]

6 Intr oduction W elcome! This Digital Video Disc Pla yer will allow y ou to enjo y better picture quality , clearer sound, and endless pla y- back featur es on Digital Video Discs (D VDs). Expanding technolog y allows y ou to add options to y our viewing - watch a dir ector’ s cut of a movie, listen to the producer’ s comments, or play y our f[...]

Play able Discs 7 Region Codes and Color Systems D VDs must meet the requir ements for Region Codes and Color Systems bef or e you can use them with the D VD Pla yer . D VDs must be labeled for ALL r egions or for Region 1 in order to pla y on this D VD Play er . Y ou cannot pla y Discs that are labeled f or other regions. These symbols must appear[...]

8 Gener al Information Batter y Installation 1 Remo v e the batter y compartment lid on the rear of the remote contr ol by pr essing in the tab, then lifting off the lid. 2 Place two AA batteries inside the batter y compar tment with their + and – ends aligned as marked. Do not mix old and new batteries or differ ent types of batteries (standard,[...]

Hookups 9 Determining the best possible connection... The capabilities of y our existing equipment, especially your TV , will determine your connection possibilities. How ev er , the following guidelines describe which options pr ovide the best pictur e and sound quality . .... Component Video or Pr ogressiv e Scan Video provides the best pictur e [...]

10 Hookups (cont’ d) Connecting to a TV Only TV has a yello w CVBS Video In jack Back of TV (example only) LEFT AUDIO IN VIDEO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN LEFT AUDIO IN S-VIDEO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN 2 1 3 Y Pb Pr 1 Connect the y ello w VIDEO (VIDEO OUT) jack of the D VD Pla yer to the corr esponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV . Use the supplied video cable. 2 Co[...]

1 Connect an S-Video cable (not supplied) to the S-VIDEO (VIDEO OUT) jack of the D VD Pla yer and to the TV’ s S- VIDEO In jack. 2 Connect the supplied audio cable to one pair of the r ed and white AUDIO OUT (left and right) jacks on the D VD Pla y er and to the left/right AUDIO IN jacks on the TV . Match the cable colors to the jack colors. 3 Co[...]

12 Hookups (cont’ d) Connecting to a TV Only TV has Component Video In J acks (green, blue , and red) Back of TV (example only) LEFT AUDIO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN Pr/Cr Y Pb/Cb LEFT AUDIO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN Pr/Cr Y Pb/Cb 1 2 3 Y Pb Pr 1 Connect the D VD Pla yer’ s green, blue, and red Y Pb Pr (VIDEO OUT) jacks to the corresponding COMPONENT VIDEO IN j[...]

Hookups (cont’ d) 13 Connecting to a TV and a two-channel Stereo (Stereo has Dolb y Pr o Lo gic or right/left Audio In jacks) Back of TV (example only) LEFT AUDIO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN 1 Stereo (example only) VIDEO IN 2 VIDEO IN 3 Y PB Pr 1 Connect the supplied video cable to the y ellow VIDEO (VIDEO OUT) jack of the D VD Pla yer and to the TV’ s V[...]

14 Hookups (cont’ d) Connecting to a TV and a Stereo Receiver (Stereo has Digital Theater Systems (DTS), Dolb y Digital TM or MPEG2) Back of TV (example only) COAXIAL DIGIT AL AUDIO IN 2 1 Stereo Receiver (example only) VIDEO IN VIDEO IN 3 Y PB Pr 1 Connect either the CO AXIAL or OPTICAL jack of the D VD Pla yer to the cor responding DIGIT AL AUD[...]

Quick Disc Playback 15 There ar e many pla yback featur es and options available on Discs. After familiarizing yourself with the D VD Pla yer , see pages 19 and following to tr y additional pla yback features. 1 Press the PO WER ON/OFF button on the front of the D VD Pla yer to turn on the Pla yer . T urn on your TV . Set it to the correct Video In[...]

16 Remote Contr ol Buttons Number Buttons Press to select n umbered items in a menu. During pla yback, press the Number buttons to select a Chapter (within the curr ent Title) or T rack for pla yback, then press OK. Details are on page 19. Press and hold the Number 1 button for tw o seconds (or until OPEN or CLOSE appears on the displa y panel) to [...]

F r ont P anel 17 Displa y Curr ent Disc information a ppears here, includ- ing elapsed pla ying time , curr ent T rack number , or active f eature (NEXT when y ou move to the next Chapter , RPT ALL when playing a Disc repeatedl y , etc.). Disc T ray Insert a Disc here. Load the Disc with the label facing up . Details are on pag e 15. OPEN/CLOSE bu[...]

18 Rear P anel Y Pb Pr Y Pb Pr (VIDEO OUT) jacks Connect component video cables (not sup- plied) here and to the Component Video In jacks of a TV . Details are on page 12. VIDEO (VIDEO OUT) jack Connect the supplied video cable here and to the TV’ s Video In jack. Details are on page 10. MAINS jack Connect the supplied A C pow er cord her e and t[...]

Title/Disc Men us , Chapter/T r ack Selection 19 Title/Disc menus 1 Press DISC MENU during D VD pla yback. The main Disc menu (or Root menu) will a ppear . The menu ma y list camera angles, spoken language and subtitle options, and Chapters for the Title . Or , if the current Title has a specific Title men u, press the RETURN/TITLE button to access[...]

Fast F orward and F ast Re verse 1 T o fast forward a D VD or Video CD at twice the normal pla yback speed, press 2 . Pr ess 2 repeatedly to fast forwar d the D VD or Video CD at four , six, or eight times the normal pla yback speed. FF 2X, FF 4X, FF 6X, or FF 8X will appear on the TV scr een. FF repr esents Fast Forward. Sound will be mute. Or , p[...]

Still Picture/F rame-b y-Fr ame Playback, Time Search 21 Still Picture/F rame-by-F rame Pla yback 1 T o pause a D VD or Video CD picture, press P AUSE k on the remote contr ol during playback. 2 Press P AUSE k r epeatedly to advance the still pictur e one frame at a time. 3 Press PLA Y 2 to resume r egular pla yback. DV D VIDEO CD 1, 2 3 Time Sear [...]

22 Zoom, Camer a Angle Zoom Zooming lets you enlarge the video image during pla yback and scan through the enlarged image. 1 Press ZOOM r epeatedly during Disc pla yback to choose ZOOM X2 or ZOOM X4. ZOOM X2 or Z00M X4 will appear in the top left corner of the TV screen briefly . The picture will be twice (ZOOM X2) or four (ZOOM X4) times as large.[...]

Repeat, Repeat A-B 23 Repeat Y ou ma y pla y a Chapter , T rack, Title or entire Disc r epeatedly . 1 During Disc pla yback, press REPEA T repeatedly to choose a Repeat option. Depending on the type of Disc , you ma y choose to pla y the Chapter (CHAPTER REPEA T ON), T rack (REP-ONE), Title (TITLE REPEA T ON), or Disc (REP-ALL) repeatedly . 2 T o c[...]

24 D VD Audio Language Some D VDs are r ecorded in m ultiple languages; some may ha ve extra audio options such as a director’ s commentar y or a music soundtrack. Y ou can choose the language or the soundtrack that you want to hear b y adjusting AUDIO in the D VD Pla yer’ s PREFERENCES P A GE. T o do so, follow the steps below . Or , the easie[...]

D VD Subtitle Language 25 Some D VDs include subtitles. Choose the language you want f or a vailable subtitles by adjusting SUBTITLE in the D VD Pla y er’ s PREFERENCES P A GE. T o do so , follow the steps below . Or , the easiest way to choose subtitles is to pr ess the SUBTITLE button on the remote contr ol repeatedly during D VD pla yback. The[...]

26 D VD Disc Men u Language D VDs hav e a Disc menu that allows you to choose options such as Audio Language, Subtitles, or other special featur es. Features vary among D VDs, so the Disc menus ar e differ ent for e v er y D VD . Some D VD Disc menus ma y be a vailable in multiple languages. T o choose a language for a Disc menu using the D VD Pla [...]

P arental Contr ols P asswor d 27 Parental Contr ols limits viewing of D VDs. When a D VD has been Lock ed or if a D VD has a movie rating that exceeds the Parental Le v el you select, a viewer must enter a passw ord before vie wing the D VD . T o set your passw or d, follow the steps below . T o adjust the P ARENT AL level so D VDs cannot play if [...]

28 P arental Contr ols Disc Lock Not all D VDs are rated or coded by the Disc mak er . Y ou can specifically lock or unlock a D VD , regardless of its rating. If you lock a specific D VD , you m ust enter your Pass w ord bef ore y ou can watch the D VD . P asswor d details are on page 27. 1 Press SY STEM MENU. 2 GENERAL SETUP will be selected. Pres[...]

P arental Contr ols Le vels 29 Y ou can set the D VD Play er to block or allow D VD pla yback according to the movie rating of the D VD . If someone tries to pla y a D VD that has a rat- ing that exceeds the lev el y ou selected, they must know y our password. Y ou must enter the passw ord bef or e the D VD will pla y . P asswor d details are on pa[...]

30 Pr o gr ammed Playback Y ou ma y pla y T racks in an order y ou specify instead of pla ying the T racks in normal order (1, 2, 3, etc .). The order in which y ou set the T racks to pla y is a Pr ogram. For example , if you want to set up an Audio CD so T rack 12 will pla y first, put T rack 12 in Program position n umber one (1). T o set up a Pr[...]

Pre view 31 If you ar e not sure of the contents of a Video CD or its T racks, use the Pre vie w featur es to see the content of the T racks. This feature ma y not be a vailable with all Video CDs. 1 While pla yback is stopped, press PREVIEW . The following menu will appear . 2 Press the cor responding Number button on the r emote control to select[...]

32 Smar t Navig ator , JPEG and MP3 Featur es Smart Navigator This D VD Pla yer can pla y some Compact Disc-Recordable (CD-R) discs that you r ecord on your computer . These CD-Rs ma y contain pictures in a JPEG format or audio files/tracks in an MP3 format. For example, you ma y ha v e photographic film de veloped b y a r etailer that places the p[...]

• Most D VDs only play in the format in which they were recor ded. For example , if the D VD case says the D VD is recor ded in Letterbox or Widescreen f ormat, you may play the D VD only with the black bar s showing at the top and bottom of the picture. Even if you set the D VD Player’ s TV DISPLA Y to NOR- MAL/PS, the picture will still show [...]

34 Picture Brightness , Video Output Picture Brightness Just as y ou can adjust your picture on y our TV , you can adjust the brightness of the picture fr om Discs playing on the D VD Play er by f ollowing these steps. 1 Press SY STEM MENU. 2 Press 4 repeatedly to select SETUP VIDEO OUTPUT , then press OK. 3 Press 4 repeatedly to select BRIGHTNESS,[...]

Pr o gr essive Scan, Pictur e Source 35 Picture Sour ce Some D VDs are r ecorded using either Component/Interlaced video or Pr ogressiv e Scan video. The D VD Play er may not r ecognize whether the D VD is in Interlaced video (also ref err ed to as 480i or 480 pictur e lines interlaced) or Pr ogressiv e Scan. If a D VD is not pla ying corr ectly , [...]

36 TV T ype TV T ype D VDs are r ecorded accor ding to a color system, the most common of which are NTSC and P AL. NTSC is the most common in the United States.Y our TV also operates according to a color system. This D VD Pla yer is compatible with NTSC and P AL. Howe v er , in order for a D VD to pla y on this D VD Pla yer , the color system of th[...]

Speaker Setup, 3D Sound 37 Speak er Setup Adjust DO WNMIX according to how you connected the D VD Pla yer to your TV and/or Stereo . Balance the volume during pla yback by adjusting Dynamic Range Control (D .R.C.). 1 Press SY STEM MENU. 2 Press 4 to select SPEAKER SETUP , then press OK. 3 Press 3 or 4 to select DO WNMIX or D .R.C., then press 2 and[...]

38 SPDIF , LPCM 96K Setup LPCM 96K Setup If you connected the D VD Play er to a Stereo using the OPTICAL or COAXIAL jack as shown on page 14, you ma y need to adjust the LPCM 96K setting. Discs are r ecorded in a certain sampling rate . (The higher the sampling rate, the better the sound quality .) Some Discs are r ecor ded in a high sampling rate [...]

D VD Player On-Scr een Display Language 39 Y ou can set the D VD Play er’ s Setup menus and on-screen messages to appear in English French, or Spanish. English, French, and Spanish are the only thr ee languages a vailable . This language selection will not affect the lan- guages of D VD Disc or Title menus or an y audio or subtitle languages. T o[...]

40 Display Dim, Screen Saver Displa y Dim Y ou can adjust the brightness of the displa y panel on the fr ont of the D VD Pla yer . Choose the setting that best enables you to see the displa y information fr om a distance. Or , you ma y want to disable the displa y completely so it is alwa ys dark. Follow the steps below to adjust the brightness of [...]

D VD Player Def aults 41 T o restor e the original settings of the D VD Pla yer , follow the steps below . 1 Press ST OP 9 twice to stop Disc pla yback completely . 2 Press SY STEM MENU. 3 Press 4 repeatedly to select PREFERENCES, then press OK. 4 Press 4 repeatedly to select DEF AUL TS, then press 2 to select RESET , then press OK. The original se[...]

42 Helpful Hints If you ar e having pr oblems with y our pr oduct, check this list of problems and possible solutions befor e requesting service . Y ou ma y be able to solve the pr oblem yourself. If you need to call a customer service repr esentativ e, please know the model number and serial num- ber of your pr oduct before y ou call. This informa[...]

Helpful Hints (cont'd) 43 Disc will not pla y . • Make sur e the Disc label is facing up. If you ar e pla ying a two-sided Disc, make sur e the side y ou want to pla y is facing up. Details are on page 15. • Check the Parental Contr ols. Details are on pages 27-29. • Check the Region Code of the D VD . The D VD must be coded for All r eg[...]

Analog: Sound that has not been turned into n umbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. Analog sound is a vailable when y ou use the red and white audio jacks on y our equipment. These jacks send audio thr ough two channels, the left and right. A UDIO OUT Jacks: Jacks on the r ear of the D VD Pla y er that send[...]

Specifications 45 PLA Y ABLE DISCS Audio CD CD Recordable (CD-R) CD Rewritable (CD-R W) D VD-Video MP3-CD Picture CD (JPEG files) Super Video CD Video CD TV ST AND ARD P AL/50Hz NTSC/60Hz Number of lines 625 525 Pla yback Multistandard (P AL/NTSC) VIDEO PERFORMANCE VIDEO OUT 1Vpp---75 Ω S-VIDEO OUT Y : 1.00Vpp---75 Ω C: 0.30Vpp---75 Ω Y PB PR[...]

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Limited W arranty (cont’ d) 47 T o exchange y our product with Philips (per the war ranty conditions stated pr e viously), remember: • If you exchange the pr oduct within 90 da ys of the original purchase, there is no cost to y ou.* • If you exchange the pr oduct mor e than 90 da ys after but less than one year after the da y of original purc[...]

IB8371E001 3141 015 20012 Printed in China This owner’ s manual is made of recyclable materials. Remember to recycle! A C power cord............................................................................... 18 ANGLE button............................................................................16, 22 Arr ow KLs B buttons..................[...]