Philips DVDQ40 - 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 play digital video discsconforming to the universal DVD Video standard. Theunique features on DVD Video, such as selection of soundtrack, subtitle languages and different camera angles (againdepending on the disc...

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 NEXT DVD Q40 DVD / VIDEO CD / CD PLAYER STANDBY-ON PREV STOP PLAY/PAUSE EJECT STANDBY-ON – switches the player to standby mode or ON S PREV – goes to previous chapter or tr ack T NEXT – goes to next chapter or tr ...

8 English F U N C T I O N A L O V E RV I E W * Press and hold key for about two seconds Remote Control 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 POWER REPEAT SHUFFLE SCAN REPEAT A-B STOP DISPLAY DIM RETURN DISC SYSTEM ANGLE ZOOM AUDIO SUBTITLE PLAY PAUSE FTS T-C RESUME TIME SEARCH MENU MENU É É É É OK É ë É ë Ç É Å T-C...

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...

11 English NTSC/PAL Settings You can switch the NTSC/PAL setting of the DVD player tomatch the video signal of your TV. This setting only affectsthe television’s on-screen display that shows the stop andsetup modes. You may select either NTSC or PAL. Tochange the DVD player setting to PAL or NTSC, f...

12 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...

13 English Menu Bar on TV Screen As there are multiple menu bars, the items on the menubar are arranged according to usage and availability ofdirect access keys. Pressing the SYSTEM MENU keysrepeatedly will toggle through menu bar 1, menu bar 2,menu bar 3 and OFF. Menu bar 1 Personal Preferences Sub...

14 English – Colour settings You can select one of five predefined sets of colour settingsand one set (Personal) which you can define yourself. – Personal colour Allows you to fine-tune the selected colour settingssaturation, brightness and contrast. – RGB/YUV switching (Video Output) This setting a...

15 English Language Select the required Menu, Audio and Subtitle language.Audio language and Subtitle language can also be adaptedusing the Menu bar. Features – Access Control Access Control contains the following features:Child Lock - When Child Lock is set to ON, a 4-digit codemust be entered in o...

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

17 English Search ¶ Select (FAST MOTION) in the menubar. ¶ Use the 4 keys to enter the FAST MOTION menu. ¶ Use the 1 2 keys to select the required speed: -32, -8 or -4 (backward), or +4, +8, +32 (forward). ¶ Select 1 to play the disc at normal speed again. ¶ To exit FAST MOTION mode, press B or 3 . ...

18 English Zoom The Zoom function allows you to enlarge the video imageand to pan through the enlarged image. ¶ Select ( ZOOM ). ¶ Press 3 / 4 to activate the ZOOM function and select the required zoom factor : 1.33 or 2 or 4. ➜ Playback will pause. ➜ The selected zoom factor appears below the Zoom ...

19 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 4 , 3 , 2 , 1 keys to highlight your selection, then press OK. Title/Disc menu ¶ Press...

20 English Moving to another track ¶ Press S or T briefly during playback to go to the next track or to return to the beginning of the currenttrack. ¶ Press S twice briefly to step back to the previous track. ¶ To go directly to any track, enter the track number usingthe numerical keys (0-9). Shuffl...

21 English MP3 Disc Features (for specific ver sion only) Support following MP3-CD formats (ISO9660format): ¶ 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 disc are: 32 kHz,44.1 kHz, 48 kHz ¶ Su...

22 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...

23 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 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 Mo...

24 English Before Requesting Service If it appears that the DVD Video player is faulty, first consult this checklist. Something may have been overlooked. Under nocircumstances should you attempt to repair the system yourself; this will invalidate the warranty. Look for the specific symptom(s). Then ...

25 English Appendix A P P E N D I X 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 s...

26 English Specifications PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD VideoVideo CD & SVCDCD (CD-Recordable and CD-Rewritable)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 1...