Philips DVD957 - Manuals

5 English Contents Introduction Philips DVD-Video Introduction ------------------------- 6Unpacking ---------------------------------------------------- 6Remote Control battery installation -------------------- 6Safety Information ------------------------------------------ 6Cleaning Discs ----------...

6 English Introduction Philips DVD-VideoIntroduction Your Philips DVD-Video player will playback digital videodiscs conforming to the universal DVD-Video standard.With it, you will be able to enjoy full-length movies withtrue cinema picture quality, as well as stereo or multi-channel sound (dependin...

7 English Functional Overview DVD/VIDEO CD/CD PLAYER STANDBY-ON HEADPHONE LEVEL MIN MAX PLAY/PAUSE STOP OPEN/CLOSE EASY JOG SOUND TRACK TITLE SCAN TIME TRACK TOTAL CHAPTER CD SHUFFLE CHAPTER TITLE TRACK V REPEAT -B A STANDBY-ON – switches the player to Standby mode or ON STANDBY INDICATOR – lights r...

8 English Remote control 2 RETURN OK 5 1 3 2 4 6 7 9 8 0 TV PLAY STOP á á SYSTEM MENU DISC MENU ON/OFF FTS REPEAT REPEAT SHUFFLE SCAN TIME BIT SEARCH RATE SLOW ZOOM A-B DVD PBC RESUME DISC / LOCK STANDBY STANDBY 2 É ë Å É Ç í É É É Ö i T- C + - TV P + - TV VOL SUBTITLE ANGLE TTL/CHAP AUDIO TV STANDB...

9 English DIG OUT OPT OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/MPEG2/AC-3/DTS I AUX/VCR IN II TV OUT MAINS RIGHT SUBW. REAR RIGHT FRONT LEFT CENTER MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT REAR LEFT FRONT L R (CVBS) VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT S-VIDEO OUT (Y/C) Y C B C R MAINS (AC) – connect to power source OPT OUT (Digital audio out jack)...

10 English Preparation General notes ¶ Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish toconnect, there are various ways you could connect theplayer. ¶ Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, Stereo Systemor other devices as necessar y to make the bestconnections. ¶ For better sound reproduct...

12 English General explanation About this manual This manual gives the basic instr uctions for operating theDVD player. Some DVDs require specific operation orallow only limited operation during playback which may notrespond to all operating commands. When this occurs, thesymbol Ä appears on the TV ...

13 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...

14 English Sound – Digital output Factor y setting: ALL. This means that both coaxial andoptical outputs are switched on. If you are not connectingequipment with a digital input, change the setting to OFF.If your equipment doesn't include a digital multi-channeldecoder, set the digital output to PCM...

15 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 (also when adouble sided DVD is inser ted). 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE again, to close the tray. ➜ READ appear s in the status window and on the player display, and pla...

17 English Zoom The Zoom function allows you to enlargethe video image and to pan through theenlarged image. ¶ Select a ( ZOOM ). ¶ Press w / v to activate the ZOOM function and select the required zoom factor : 1.33 or 2 or 4. ➜ The player will go into Pause mode. ➜ The selected zoom factor appears...

18 English Special DVD features Checking the contents of DVD-Video discs:Menus DVDs may contain menus to navigate the disc and accessspecial features. To use the menu, press the appropriatenumerical key; or use the w , v , u , t keys to highlight your selection, then press OK. Title menus ¶ Press DI...

19 English Moving to another track ¶ Press P or O briefly during playback to go to the next or to return to thebeginning of the current track. ¶ Press O twice briefly to step back to the previous track. ¶ To go directly to any track, enter the track number usingthe numerical keys (0-9). Shuffle ¶ Pr...

20 English Access control; child lock(DVD and VCD) Activating/deactivating the child lock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the features menu using the w / v keys. ¶ Alternatively, you can press DISC LOCK on the remote control if the child lock has been activated. 2 Enter a 4...

21 English A C C E S S C O N T R O L Activating/Deactivating Parental Control 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the features menu using the w / v keys. 2 Enter your 4-digit code. If necessar y, enter the code asecond time. 3 Move to Parental Control using the w / v keys. 4 Mo...

22 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 ...

23 English Appendix Speaker Settings 6 Channel settings Front speaker L (Lar ge): When the front speaker s can reproduce low frequency signals below 120Hz S (Small): When the front speaker s cannot produce low frequency signals below 120Hz Center Speaker* L (Lar ge): When the center speaker can repr...

24 English Specification PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD-VideoVideo CDCD (CD-R and CD-RW)DVD+RW 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 time One layer...