Philips DVD870 - Manuals

5 English Contents Introduction Philips DVD Video Introduction ------------------------- 6Unpacking ---------------------------------------------------- 6Remote Control Battery Installation ------------------- 6Environmental Information ------------------------------- 6Safety Information -----------...

6 English Introduction Philips DVD VideoIntroduction Your Philips DVD Video player will playback digital videodiscs conforming to the universal DVD Video standard. Theunique features of DVD Video, such as selection of soundtrack, subtitle languages and different camera angles (discdependent), are al...

7 English Functional Overview F U N C T I O N A L O V E RV I E W Front and Rear Panels STANDBY-ON OPEN/CLOSE PLAY STOP PAUSE NEXT PREV SOUND STANDBY-ON ( B /I) – switches the player to Standby mode or ON SOUND – selects Stereo, Dolby Sur round or3D Sound (Tr uSur round) ; PAUSE – inter r upts playba...

8 English F U N C T I O N A L O V E RV I E W * Press key for about 2 seconds Remote Control RETURN / RESUME – go back to previous menu / to continue playback after play was stopped DISC MENU – access menu of a DVD disc 1 2 3 4 – (left/r ight/up/down) select an item in the menu OK – acknowledge menu ...

9 English Preparation General Notes ¶ Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish toconnect, there are various ways you could connect theplayer. Use only one of the connections described below. ¶ Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, Stereo Systemor other devices as necessar y to make t...

10 English Connecting to an active subwoofer 1 Connect the active subwoofer to the SUBWOOFER OUTaudio out jack (C) . The subwoofer reproduces just the low bass sound effect (e.g. explosions, the rumble of spaceships,etc.). Be sure to follow the instructions supplied with thesubwoofer. TV Z X Y COAXI...

11 English Initial Setup (Virgin Mode) General In ‘Initial Setup’ you may have to set your preferences forsome of the player’s features. (not applicable for all models) Operation After switching on the player for the ver y first time, the‘Initial Setup Screen’ will appear.The menu for the first item...

12 English Temporar y Feedback FieldIcons Scan Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat Track Repeat Chapter Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Repeat A to end Repeat A-B Angle Child Lock On Child Safe Resume Action prohibited Personal Preferences You can set your own personal preferences on the player. General operation...

13 English P R E PA R AT I O N Sound – Digital output Factor y setting: ALL. This means that both coaxial andoptical outputs are on. If you are not connecting toequipment with a digital input, change the setting to OFF.If your equipment doesn't include a digital multi-channeldecoder, set the digital...

14 English Loading Discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the player to open disctray. 2 Load your chosen disc in the tray, label side up. 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE again, to close the tray. ➜ READ appear s in the status window and on the player display, and playback star ts automatically. Note:– If ‘Chi...

15 English Repeat DVD Video DiscsRepeat chapter/title/disc ¶ To repeat the current chapter, press REPEAT. ➜ REPEAT CHPT appears on the player display. ¶ To repeat the current title, press REPEAT a second time. ➜ REPEAT TITL appears on the display. ¶ To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a third ti...

16 English FTS-Video ¶ The FTS-Video function allows you to store your favouritetitles and chapters (DVD) and favourite tracks and indexes(VCD) for a par ticular disc in the player memor y. ¶ FTS program can contain 20 items (titles, chapters etc.). ¶ A programmed FTS will be placed on top of the li...

17 English Special VCD & SVCD Features Playback Control (PBC) ¶ Load a Video CD with PBC and press B . ¶ Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the TVscreen until your chosen passage star ts to playback. If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title directly. ¶ Enter...

18 English Storing an FTS Programme 1 Load a disc and stop playback. 2 Use 4 to go to the list of available tracks. 3 Use 2 or 1 to select tracks from the list. To go directly to any track, enter the track number usingthe numerical keys (0-9). 4 Store each track by pressing OK. ➜ The track numbers w...

19 English Access Control; Child Lock(DVD Video and Video CD) Activating/deactivating the child lock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the features menu using the 3 / 4 keys. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your own choice. 3 Enter the code a second time. 4 Move to “ CHILD LOCK ” u...

20 English Activating/Deactivating Parental Control 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the features menu using the 3 / 4 keys. 2 Enter your 4-digit code. If necessar y, enter the code asecond time. 3 Move to Parental Control using the 3 / 4 keys. 4 Move to VALUE ADJUSTMENT (1-...

21 English Before Requesting Service If it appears that the DVD Video player is faulty, first consult this checklist. It may be that something has been overlooked. Underno circumstances attempt to repair the system your self; this will invalidate the warranty. Look for the specific symptom(s). Then ...

22 English Specification PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD VideoVideo CD & SVCDCD (CD-R and CD-RW)DVD+RWMP3 OPTICAL READOUT SYSTEM Laser type Semiconductor AlGaAs Numerical Aper ture 0.60 (DVD)0.45 (VCD/CD) Wavelength 650 nm (DVD)780 nm (VCD/CD) DVD DISC FORMAT Medium Optical Disc Diameter 12cm (8cm) Playing ...