Philips LX7500R/01 manual

DVD Recorder Home Theater System User manual LX7500R/01/04[...]

This product is equipped with copy protection technology required by man y motion picture companies that produce high definition movies. Consumer s should note that not all high definition television sets are fully compatible with the applied technology and therefore may cause ar tifacts to be display ed in the picture. In case of 525 or 625 Prog[...]

General information Introduction ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5 Supplied Accessories –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 5 Setup –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––?[...]

Timer recor ding VPS and PDC –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 33 Programming a recording with the ShowView® system –––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 34 Programming a recording without the ShowView® system –––––––––?[...]

Intr oduction Record your o wn D VDs and enjoy the digital sur round sound and some of the best features of home cinema technology with your D VD recorder system. This set complies with the radio interfer ence requirements of the Eur opean Community . C A UTION Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedur es other than herein may resul[...]

Which discs can be used? There is a great number of disc types and y ou can use many of them on y our D VD recorder system. Some can be used for playback onl y , others for playback and recording, but there are a few types of discs which cannot be used with this D VD recorder system. T o deter mine which discs you can use on this D VD recorder syst[...]

Inser ting the batteries 1 Open the batter y compar tment of the remote control and inser t 2 alkaline batteries, type AA (R06, UM-3). 2 Close the batter y compar tment. Do not use old and new or different types of batteries in combination. Remov e batteries if they are empty or if the remote control will not be used for a long time. Batteries cont[...]

Remote contr ol buttons 1 REC/O TR star ts recording the TV channel or the video source selected on the D VD recorder system. 2 ST ANDBY 2 switches the D VD recorder system to standb y . 3 D VD/MON switches between the disc in the tray and the TV channel selected on the D VD recorder system. TV plays the sound of the TV on the D VD recorder system.[...]

9 FSS (Fav orite Scene Selection) enter s the “Fav orite Scene Selection” menu f or editing titles. 0 TIMER enter s the timer menu to program recordings. ! CLEAR clear s an entr y , e . g. in the timer menu. @ RETURN returns to the previous menu on a (Super) Video CD . # DISC MENU enter s the disc menu. $ SY STEM MENU D VD: enter s the system m[...]

Contr ols on the fr ont 1 2 ST ANDBY·ON switches the set on or to standby . 2 D VD recorder drawer 3 OPEN/CLOSE / opens/closes the D VD recorder drawer . 4 display 5 SOURCE selects a source . 6 IR sensor 7 Standby LED 8 2 star ts playback. ¢ D VD: skips to the beginning of the next chapter/title/track of the inser ted disc, searches forwards. TUN[...]

Connections on the r ear 1 MAINS ~ After all other connections have been made , connect the mains lead to the wall socket. 2 FRONT -R, FR ONT -L, REAR-R, REAR-L, SUB, CENTER connect the supplied speaker s. 3 TV ANTENNA / IN connect the TV antenna. 4 TV ANTENNA / OUT connect to the TV antenna input of your TV . 5 EXT -2 AUX I/O connect to the Scar t[...]

Speak er setup and connection The speaker plugs and the speaker sock ets are colour coded. Always match the colour s of the plugs and the sockets. 1 Fir st, assemble the speaker s as described in the supplied guide . 2 Place the front left and right speaker s at equal distances from your TV . The distance between the listener´s position and the fr[...]

Connections for the TV For the connection to the TV , the DVD recorder system has a Scar t socket and a Component Video output which suppor ts Progressive Scan. Scart is an easy to use connection which makes additional features possib le (e . g. Follo w TV , Direct Record). Pro gr essive Scan enhances the clarity of the picture and offers the best [...]

Case 2: Component Video / Pr o gr essiv e Scan connection This D VD recorder system suppor ts Progressiv e Scan (“P AL Progressive” or similar). T o appreciate the flexibility of the Scar t connection and the high picture quality of Progressive Scan, it is recommended to connect both, Scar t (EXT -1 T O TV -I/O) and the Component Video / Progr[...]

Connecting additional video equipment Y ou can connect more than one video equipment with a Scar t socket to EXT -2 AUX I/O b y means of a “Scar t chain”. For example: satellite receiver , set-top box, VCR, D VD pla yer , … In the illustration below , a satellite receiver is connected to a VCR and the VCR to the D VD recorder system. Please k[...]

Connecting a camcorder to CAM 1 or CAM 2 Y ou can connect a camcorder to the connections C AM 1 or C AM 2 on the front of the set. The picture quality depends on the type of connection between the camcorder and the D VD recorder system: – good quality: Composite Video (Video CVBS) – better quality: S-Video – best quality: i.LINK (IEEE 1394, F[...]

Initial installation During the initial installation, you will perf orm some basic settings of the D VD recorder system. Y ou can change all settings of the initial installation later on. See “System settings” on pages 46 – 55. Please obser ve the screen of y our TV and the display of the D VD recorder system. 1 If you ha v e not done yet, sw[...]

10 ➜ Time , Y ear , Month and Date appear . If the settings are correct continue with step 13, else press 4 repeatedly to select either Time , Y ear , Month or Date . 11 Press 1 or 2 or 0–9 repeatedly to set the correct value . 12 If necessar y , repeat steps 10 and 11 until all settings of the time and date are correct. 13 Press OK. ➜ The sc[...]

Selecting a sour ce With the source buttons on the remote control or with SOURCE on the set you select – which sound you want to pla y on the D VD recorder system, – what you want to record with the D VD recorder system: a TV progr amme , a satellite progr amme , a video tape you pla y on y our VCR or camcorder , etc. The following sources are [...]

Adjusting the v olume of all speak ers ● Press V OL+ or V OL– or tur n V OLUME on the D VD recorder system to adjust the volume. ➜ VOLUME and the actual volume lev el are display ed. 0 0 T o switch off the sound on the D VD recorder system, press MUTE. ➜ MUTE is display ed. 0 0 T o switch the sound on again, press MUTE again. 0 0 T o switch[...]

Selecting a surr ound effect The D VD recorder system automatically detects if a surround sound is available. The available surr ound effects depend on the signal (stereo or surr ound signal) and the number of connected speakers . ● Press SURR. repeatedly to select either : ➜ STEREO for standard stereo reproduction. All sur round effects are sw[...]

Loading a disc 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE / on the set or press and hold ST OP 9 on the remote control for 2 seconds to open the dr awe r . 2 Inser t a disc (printed side up) in the tr ay . Note: The labels of D VD-V ideo discs which are recorded on both sides are placed in the middle of the disc . Make sure the label of the side you want to play is f acin[...]

Pla ying a (Super) Video CD 1 Load a (Super) Video CD in the tray . 2 Press PLA Y 2 . ➜ Playback star ts. PBC (Pla yback Contr ol) Some (Super) Video CDs are equipped with Playback Control (PBC). Such discs offer additional features. Check the disc case for details. 1 Load a (Super) Video CD that contains PBC in the tray . 2 On some (Super) Video[...]

Selecting a title/chapter Selecting a title directl y 1 Press T/C . ➜ The system menu bar appear s and B is selected. 2 Press 4 or 3 or the number buttons as often as necessar y to select the desired title number . ➜ Playback continues with the selected title. Selecting a chapter dir ectly 1 Press T/C repeatedly to select C . 2 Press 4 or 3 or [...]

L Sear ching b y k eying in a time (not on MP3-CDs) Within a title/track you can select the elapsed playing time where to star t playback. This feature ma y not be availab le on all discs. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU during playback to enter the system menu. 2 Press 2 as often as necessar y to select L . 3 Press 4 to confirm the selection. ➜ Playback is[...]

Still pictur e ● Press P AUSE ; during playback to pause playback. ➜ The still picture is shown. 0 0 T o resume playback press PLA Y 2 . I F rame b y frame pla yback 1 Press P AUSE ; during playback to pause playback. ➜ The still picture is shown. 2 Press P AUSE ; to select the next picture. 0 0 T o resume playback press PLA Y 2 . Frame b y f[...]

D Changing the audio languag e D VD-Video discs are often recorded in diff erent languages. This means, you can watch the same movie in e.g. French, Spanish, etc. 1 Press SYSTEM MENU during playback to enter the system menu. 2 Press 2 as often as necessar y to select D . 3 Press 4 or 3 as often as necessar y to select the desired language or use th[...]

Discs for r ecording For recording with this D VD recorder system, you can use 2 different types of D VD discs. These discs are mar ked with the logos shown belo w . – D VD+R W can be recorded on, er ased and re-recorded many times and pla yed on D VD+R W compatible D VD play er s and D VD recorder s. – D VD+R can be recorded on once . Recordin[...]

Recording a TV pr o gramme or r ecording fr om external video equipment 1 Switch your TV set on. If necessar y set the TV to the correct audio/video channel for the D VD recorder system. Such channels may be called A UX or AUXILIAR Y IN, AUDIO/VIDEO or A/V IN, EXT1, EXT2 or EXTERNAL IN, etc. These channels are often near channel 00. 2 Load a disc o[...]

Safe r ecord When you star t recording on a DVD+R W disc by pressing RECORD on the D VD recorder system or REC/O TR once , a recording will be made from the current position. T o prevent this y ou can do a safe record, which means star ting the recording at the end of all existing recordings. ● Keep REC/O TR pressed until SAFE RECO is displayed. [...]

Selecting the r ecording mode By selecting a recording mode , you determine the picture quality of recordings and the time availab le for recording on a disc. T o judge the picture quality of the different recording modes, make a br ief recording with each mode. Selecting the recor ding mode with REC / PLA Y MODE 1 Switch your TV set on. If necessa[...]

Dir ect Record Imagine you are watching a TV progr amme on the TV , the D VD recorder system is switched off and suddenly a film star ts which you want to record. With “Direct Record” activated, simply press REC/O TR. The D VD recorder system will search automatically f or the TV channel you are watching among its stored TV channels and record[...]

Timer recording allows y ou to automatically star t and stop a recording at a later date . The D VD recorder system switches to the right progr amme number and star ts recording at the time entered. Y ou can pre-programme up to 6 recordings within a per iod of one month. Following information has to be key ed in to make a timer recording: – the d[...]

Pr o gramming a r ecording with the Sho wView ® system Y ou do not need to tediously enter the date, the programme number , the star t and end time . All infor mation needed for programming is contained in the ShowView ® programming number . Y ou can find this number in most of the TV magazines, indicated next to the star t time of the TV progra[...]

Pr o gramming a r ecording without the Sho wView ® system 1 Switch your TV set on. If necessar y set the TV to the correct audio/video channel. Such channels may be called AUX or AUXILIAR Y IN, AUDIO/VIDEO or A/V IN, EXT1, EXT2 or EXTERNAL IN, etc . These channels are often near channel 00. 2 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 3 Press TIMER. 4 [...]

Checking, changing or deleting a timer r ecording 1 Switch your TV set on. If necessar y set the TV to the correct audio/video channel. Such channels may be called AUX or AUXILIAR Y IN, AUDIO/VIDEO or A/V IN, EXT1, EXT2 or EXTERNAL IN, etc . These channels are often near channel 00. 2 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 3 Press TIMER. 4 Press 4 o[...]

Changing the name of a r ecording After the recording has been made , you can change the name of the recording. 1 Press ST OP 9 when playback is stopped or press DISC MENU during playback. 2 Press 4 or 3 as often as necessar y to select the desired title for editing. 3 Press 2 to confirm the selection. ➜ The editing menu appear s. 4 Press 4 or 3[...]

F a vorite Scene Selection men u In this menu, you can adjust a title to y our per sonal preferences. Y ou can select a new index screen or split the title . Y ou can also inser t or delete chapter mar ker s and hide chapter s, which can be helpful for cutting of scenes or searching more quickly through y our D VD+R or D VD+R W disc. Inser ting cha[...]

Hiding chapters Y ou can hide chapter s (e . g. commercials) during playback and make them visible again. On a standard D VD pla yer , hidden chapter s will not show only after preparing the disc for playback on another D VD play er (see page 42). 1 As soon as the desired chapter to be hidden is play ed, press FSS. ➜ The menu F a v orite Scene Se[...]

Changing the index pictur e The fir st picture of your recording is automaticall y used as the index picture . Y ou can, how ever , choose any picture from the recording as the index picture . 1 As soon as the desired sequence that you want to choose as the new index picture is play ed, press P AUSE ; . ➜ The still picture is shown. 2 Press FSS.[...]

Settings for a disc 1 Press ST OP 9 when playback is stopped or press DISC MENU during playback. 2 Press 3 as often as necessar y until y ou reach the fi rst title of the disc menu. 3 Press 3 again. ➜ The disc info screen appear s. The disc info screen shows – the name of the disc , – the TV system of the disc (P AL or NTSC), – if the disc[...]

Pr eparing a D VD+R W f or pla yback on another D VD pla y er – making edits compatible If one title or several titles hav e been edited (chapter mar ker s ha ve been inser ted or deleted, or chapter s ha ve been hidden) a standard D VD pla yer ma y still show the original title . Y ou can prepare your disc in such a way that a standard D VD pla [...]

With Access control you can restrict playback of video discs in 2 ways: – Some D VDs contain P arental control information. With “ P arental le vel ”activated, such DVDs will not pla y or will play alternative scenes for y our children. – With “ Child lock ” you can prevent an y video disc (D VD , DVD+R, D VD+R W , Video CD and Super Vi[...]

Child lock When you activate Child lock, you will be ask ed to enter the 4 digit PIN code for ever y video disc you inser t into the D VD recorder system. After enter ing the code you can choose if the inser ted disc should be play ed once or if it can be play ed alwa ys. 1 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . 3 Press 1 as of[...]

Changing the 4-digit code 1 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . 3 Press 1 as often as necessar y to select A . 4 Press 4 or 3 as often as necessar y to select s Disc featur es . Next, press 2 to confirm. 5 Press 4 , 3 as often as necessar y to select the line Access control . Next, press 2 to confir m. 6 Use the numerical [...]

In the system menu the follo wing menus are a vailab le: – t Picture – u Languag e – w F eatures – x Remote control settings – s Disc featur es – z Record settings – y Installation In the menu y Installation , you can – do all settings for the TV channels on your D VD recorder system (add, sor t and delete TV channels, set which TV [...]

Video output On a Scar t connection RGB and CVBS or S-Video signals can be transmitted. ➜ RGB + CVBS is the standard setting and should wor k in most cases. ➜ Select S-Video in the following cases: if you connected the D VD recorder system to a Scar t socket on y our TV which is suited for S-Video signals only or if you connected a video equipm[...]

w F eatures 1 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . 3 Press 1 as often as necessar y to select A . 4 Press 4 or 3 as often as necessar y to select w F eatur es . Next, press 2 to confir m. 5 Press 4 , 3 as often as necessar y to select the desired function. Next, press 2 to confirm. 6 Press 4 , 3 as often as necessar y to se[...]

s Disc featur es 1 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . 3 Press 1 as often as necessar y to select A . 4 Press 4 or 3 as often as necessar y to select s Disc featur es . Next, press 2 to confirm. 5 Press 4 , 3 as often as necessar y to select the desired function. Y ou can choose following functions: Access control Restrict [...]

Sear ching TV channels 1 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . 3 Press 1 as often as necessar y to select A . 4 Press 4 or 3 as often as necessar y to select y Installation . Next, press 2 to confirm. 5 Press 4 as often as necessar y to select ➜ Autom. Search : to search for TV channels automatically , ➜ Manual sear ch : [...]

Changing the order of TV channels and deleting TV channels 1 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . 3 Press 1 as often as necessar y to select A . 4 Press 4 or 3 as often as necessar y to select y Installation . Next, press 2 to confirm. 5 Press 4 as often as necessar y to select ➜ F ollo w TV to make the order of TV channel[...]

Additional TV channel settings Y ou can change the name of a TV channel. If the reception of a TV channel is poor , y ou can change the “TV system”, switch off Stereo/2-channel sound and change the tuning of the TV channel slightly . 1 Press D VD/MON as often as necessar y to see the TV channel currently selected on the D VD recorder system. 2 [...]

Using a decoder to decode a TV channel Some TV channels are encoded and can be watched without distor tions only with a decoder . If you hav e connected a decoder , please set which TV channel should be decoded with the decoder . Note: The decoder must be connected to EXT -2 AUX I/O . 1 Press D VD/MON as often as necessar y to see the TV channel cu[...]

Input settings The D VD recorder system allo ws you to connect a varity of equipment: a satellite receiver or set-top box, a VCR, a CD play er etc. Please set to which input sockets y ou connected the equipment. 1 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . 3 Press 1 as often as necessar y to select A . 4 Press 4 or 3 as often as ne[...]

Settings for TV 1 Press 2 as often as necessar y to select – EXT1 : if you connected the TV to the Scar t socket EXT -1 T O TV -I/O only , – DIG or OPT : if you connected the digital audio output of the TV to IN DIGIT AL or IN OPTIC AL. – LIN1 or LIN2 : if you connected the analogue audio output of the TV to AUDIO LIN1 or LIN2. Y ou need this[...]

When you select the tuner f or the fir st time , AUTO INST will be display ed. The D VD recorder system searches for availab le radio stations and stores them in its memor y . Selecting a pr eset radio station 1 Press and hold TUNER for 1 second to select the radio tuner . 2 Press CH + or CH – repeatedly to skip to a preset radio station or use [...]

Manual sear ching and storing 1 Press and hold TUNER for 1 second to select the radio tuner . 2 Press SYSTEM MENU . ➜ AUTO INST MENU is display ed on the D VD recorder system. 3 Press 4 to select MAN INST MENU . Next, press 2 . ➜ The preset number , the waveband and frequency of the current r adio station appear . 4 Press CH + or CH – to chan[...]

W ARNING Under no circumstances should you tr y to repair the set yourself as this will inv alidate the guar antee . Do not open the set as there is a risk of electric shock. In case you need any support, 1) check the points listed belo w , 2) visit http://www .philips .com/suppor t for online suppor t, 3) call our help line (see page 63). Laser sa[...]

Pr oblem Solution COPY PROT is displa y ed – The video source (D VD , video tape , …) from which you want to record, is copy protected. Recording is not possible. Insert recordable disc indication – Make sure a recordable D VD+R or D VD+R W disc is inser ted. Disc lock ed is indicated brie fl y – A wr ite protected disc has been inser ted.[...]

Pr oblem Solution Does not pla y back – Make sure there is a recording on the disc. – Make sure the disc is not scratched or dir ty . Replace or clean the disc . – Make sure the disc has been inser ted, pr inted side up. – Check if the r ight disc type has been inser ted: D VD-Video disc, D VD-R(W), (Super) Video CD , Audio CD , CDR(W), MP3[...]

Pr oblem Solution No sound – Disconnect the headphones. – Switch on the selected source or select another source . No picture, only sound is a vailable – Set the TV to the cor rect video channel for the selected source. In a Scart chain: Problems seeing/hearing – Switch any other equipment in the Scar t chain to standb y . the corr ect vide[...]

Subject to modification without notice . General P ower supply rating ––––––––––––––––––– 230V / 50 Hz P ower consumption Active ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– ≥ 100 W Eco-Standby * –––––––––––––––––––––?[...]

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1 Supplied accessories 11 1 1 2 1 4 5 6 ! 0 9 8 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 LX7500R Quick use guide English Discs for r ecording Y our D VD recorder system is deliv ered with 1 2 front, 1 centre and 2 rear speaker s (see page 2) 2 1 subwoof er 3 6 speaker cables 4 1 remote control with 2 AA batter ies 5 1 Scar t cable 6 1 TV antenna cable 7 1 FM antenna cable 8 [...]

2 Quick use guide LX7500R Speak ers click FR ONT -L REAR-L FR ONT -R REAR-R click 1 34 2 or[...]

3 Speak ers Connections ➜ User manual: see pages 12–16 VIDEO OUT COMPONENT FOR PLA YBACK Front left Front right Center Subwoofer Rear left Rear right Front left Front right Center Subwoofer Rear left Rear right After finishing all other connections connect the mains cable to the w all socket. FM antenna cable TV antenna cable[...]

4 Initial installation 1 Inser t the batteries into the remote control. 2 Switch on your TV . 3 Press D VD/MON to switch on the D VD recorder system. IS TV ON? will be display ed on the D VD recorder system. 4 Press 4 , 3 to select the language in which the display messages should appear on the TV screen. Next, press OK . If the previous menu does [...]

5 Pla ying a disc Pla ying a radio station Selecting a sour ce 1 Press and hold D VD/MON for 1 second. 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE / on the set to open the drawer . 3 Inser t a disc (printed side up) in the tr ay . 4 Press OPEN/CLOSE / on the set to close the drawer . 5 If playback does not star t automatically , press PLA Y 2 to star t playback. 0 0 T o in[...]

Quick use guide LX7500R Recor ding aTV pr o gramme Selecting a r ecor ding mode 1 Switch your TV set on. If necessar y set the TV to the correct audio/video channel for the D VD recorder system. Such channels may be called AUX or AUXILIAR Y IN, AUDIO/VIDEO or A/V IN, EXT1, EXT2 or EXTERNAL IN, etc. These channels are often near channel 00. 2 Inser [...]