Philips DVD963SA/P01 - Manuals

5 English Contents Introduction Environmental Information ------------------------ 6Supplied accessories -------------------------------- 6Safety Information ----------------------------------- 6Symbols Used in this Manual ---------------------- 6Reality reproduced: Super Audio CD ------------ 7The ...

6 English Thank you for purchasing this Philips DVD/SACD player. This Owner’s Manual explains the basicoperation of this DVD/SACD player. Environmental Information All unnecessar y packaging has been omitted. Thepackaging has been made easy to separate intothree materials: cardboard (box), polystyre...

7 English Reality reproduced: Super AudioCD The future in digital sound reproduction is nolonger limited to a close simulation of reality. Thenew audio standard IS reality! The human ear isno longer capable of distinguishing audible realityfrom digital reproduction. At Philips the futurestar ts toda...

8 English Functional Overview Front Panel STANDBY-ON SOUND MODE AUDIO DIRECT OPEN/CLOSE PLAY REPEAT PREV STOP PAUSE NEXT PROGRESSIVE SCAN PROGRESSIVE SCAN UPSAMPLING DVD 963SA DVD VIDEO/SACD PLAYER STANDBY-ON – to switch the player to standby mode or ON STANDBY INDICATOR – lights up when the player ...

9 English Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of the jacks on the rear panel. Electrostaticdischarge may cause permanent damage to the unit. Rear Panel Functional Overview COAXIAL OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/MPEG2/AC-3/DTS I AUX/VCR IN II TV OUT FRONT FRONT CVBS VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT S-VIDEO Y Pb/C...

10 English Functional Overview * Press and hold key for about two seconds 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 POWER REPEAT SHUFFLE SCAN REPEAT A-B STOP DISPLAY RETURN DISC SYSTEM ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SUBTITLE PLAY PAUSE FTS T-C DIM SOUND MODE MENU MENU É É É É OK É ë É ë Ç É Å T-C – select title/chapter DIM – to sele...

11 English Preparation Basic Connections ● Please refer to the instruction books of your TV,VCR, Stereo System or other devices asnecessar y to make the best connections. ● Make one of the following connections,depending on the capabilities of your existingequipment. The following guidelines are opt...

12 English Cinemalink (on SCART) This DVD player is equipped with cinemalinkfeature (from Philips) which allows a morecomplete control of your home audio/video(AV) equipment. Cinemalink interconnection plug & playback willenable the AV system to recognise the usersintention and automatically swi...

13 English Connecting to an Audio System 1 You can also listen to the sound of audio CDs,stereo SACDs and DVD Video discs byconnecting to an optional stereo system. 2 Connect the FRONT LEFT/RIGHT AUDIOOUT on the DVD player multichannel audiooutput to the Left and Right AUDIO IN on thestereo system. ...

14 English Connecting to a Digital AudioEquipment If your receiver has an Dolby Digital, DTSor MPEG2 decoder, 1 Connect the COAXIAL or OPTICAL DIGITALAUDIO OUT of the DVD player to theCOAXIAL or OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO IN onyour receiver. 2 Set the DVD player’s digital output to ALL (see “Personal Pre...

15 English NTSC/PAL Conversion DVD discs are recorded according to coloursystem eg. NTSC and PAL. Your TV also operatesaccording to a colour system.This DVD player is compatible with NTSC andPAL. To play on this DVD player, the coloursystem of the DVD disc, the TV and the DVDplayer should match. If ...

16 English 16:9 4:3Letter Box 4:3Pan Scan Personal Preferences In the Personal Preferences settings menu, youcan customize your player to suit your ownpar ticular requirements. General operation: 1 Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control. 2 The will be highlighted in the menu bar. 3 Press 4 to activ...

17 English Preparation – Smart Picture ¶ Colour settings (not applicable on Component Video Output) You can select one of five predefined sets ofcolour settings and one set (Personal) which youcan define your self.You can also press SMART PICTURE key (on thefront panel) to access the colour settings...

18 English Sound – Digital output ¶ Digital output selection enables you to specifythe type of digital output suitable for yourreceiver. ¶ Select OFF to deactivate the DIGITAL AUDIOOUT. ¶ Select PCM only if your receiver is not capableof decoding multichannel audio. ¶ Select ALL (default setting), i...

19 English – PCM Output Allows to select PCM digital output between48kHz and 96kHz. When 48kHz has beenselected, 96kHz PCM data, (if available on disc)will be conver ted to 48kHz.Some 96kHz DVD are copy protected. If yourPCM output selection is 96kHz, the digital outputwill be muted to comply with t...

20 English 6 Channel settings Front speaker L (Lar ge): When the front speaker s can reproduce low frequency signalsbelow 120Hz S (Small): When the front speaker s cannot produce low frequency signalsbelow 120Hz Center Speaker L (Lar ge): When the center speaker can reproduce low frequency signalsbe...

21 English Dolby Pro Logic If the delay times for Surround Channel andCenter Channel are set for Digital Surroundmode, the delay times for Dolby Pro Logic modewill automatically be calculated and set. 15 ms 0 ms 15 ms 15 ms 20 ms 25 ms 30 ms 30 ms 30 ms 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms 10 ms PreferredAccepta...

22 English Basic Playback 1 Press STANDBY ON on the front panel. 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE / on the front panel to open disc loading tray. 3 Place the chosen disc in the tray, with the labelfacing up. 4 Press OPEN/CLOSE / again to close the tray. ➜ READING appear s in the status window and on the player di...

23 English Video CD and Super Video CD The current VCD 2.0 and Super Video CD 1.0standard features are: Support following VCD and SVCD formats: Features Video CDs 2.0 Super Video CDs 1.0 Video MPEG-1 MPEG-2 bit rate constant 1,150 Kbps variable up to 2.6 Mbps resolution NTSC 352x240, 29.97Hz 480x480...

24 English 1 Press STOP to stop the playback. 2 Press Sound Mode button on the remotecontrol or the player front to toggle betweenSACD multi channel, SACD stereo and CDlayers (depending on availability of the mode onthe disc). ➜ The mode change will be indicated on the player front display. Playing ...

25 English Special VCD & SVCD Features Playback Control (PBC) Playback control is a feature on some VideosCDs / Super Video CDs that enables interactiveuse.Video CD discs with Playback Control featuresenables user to access a selected track directlyfrom the disc menu. 1 Load a Video CD with PBC ...

26 English Slow Motion DVD VCD 1 Select (SLOW MOTION) in the menu bar and press 4 . ➜ Playback will pause. 2 Use the cursor keys 1 2 to select the required speed: -1, -1/2, -1/4 or -1/8 (backward), or +1/8,+1/4, +1/2 or +1 (forward). 3 Select 1 to play the disc at normal speed again. 4 If ; is press...

27 English Time search DVD VCD The Time Search function allows you to star tplaying at any chosen time on the disc. 1 Select (TIME SEARCH) in the menu bar and press 4 . ➜ Playback will pause. ➜ The elapsed playing time is displayed in a time edit box. 2 Enter hour s, minutes and seconds from left to...

29 English Operation MP3 Disc Features Support following MP3-CD formats(ISO9660 format): ● Max. 30 characters ● Max. nested director y is 8 levels ● The max. ALB number is 32 ● Suppor ted VBR bit-rate ● Suppor ted sampling frequencies for MP3 discare: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz ● Suppor ted Bit-rates ...

30 English Child Lock DVD VCD Activating/deactivating the ChildLock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using the 3 / 4 keys. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your own choice twice. 3 Move to “ CHILD LOCK ” using the 3 / 4 keys. 4 Move to Ç / É using the ...

31 English Activating/Deactivating ParentalControl 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the Personal Preferences menu using the 3 / 4 keys. 2 Enter your 4-digit code. If necessar y, enter thecode a second time. 3 Move to Parental Control using the 3 / 4 keys. 4 Move to value adj...

32 English PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD VideoSACD multi channel and SACD stereoVideo CD & SVCDCD (CD-Recordable and CD-Rewritable)MP3 CD TV STANDARD (PAL/50Hz) (NTSC/60Hz) Number of lines 625 525 Playback Multistandard (PAL/NTSC) VIDEO PERFORMANCE RGB output 0.7 Vpp into 75 ohm YUV output Y: 1Vpp into 75...

33 English Cleaning the Cabinet ¶ Use a soft cloth slightly moistened with a milddetergent solution. Do not use a solutioncontaining alcohol, spirits, ammonia or abrasives. Cleaning Discs ¶ When a disc becomes dir ty, clean it with acleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the centre out.Do not wipe in a ...

34 English Troubleshooting Problem Solution No audio at digital output – Check the digital connections. – Check the settings menu to make sure the digitaloutput is set to ALL or PCM. – Check if the audio format of the selected audiolanguage matches your receiver capabilities. No sound and picture – ...