Philips DVD743/001 manual

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    DV D 743 DV D 743 D VD Video Pla y er[...]

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    Impor tant Note DK Advarsel: Laserrudstråling ved åbning når sikk erhesafbr ydere er ude af funktion. Undgå u tsættelse for stråling. Bemærk: Netafbryderen POWER er sekundært indkoblet og afbryder ikke strømmen fra nette. Den indbyggede netdel er derfor tilsluttet til lysnettet så længe netstikket sid der i stikkontakten. S Klass 1 laser[...]

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    3 English Espa ñ ol Suomi Italiano Dansk T urkish Sv enska P or tugu ê s Norge P olish  Index C A UTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIA TION WHEN OPEN A VOID EXPOSURE T O BEAM AD V ARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTR Å LING VED Å BNING UNDG Å UDS Æ TTELSE FOR STR Å LING V ARNING SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTR Å LNING N ?[...]

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    General Information The region code for this set is 2. Since it is usual for D VD movies to be released at different times in different regions of the world, all play er s hav e region codes and discs can hav e an optional region code . If you load a disc of a different region code to y our player , you will see the region code notice on the screen[...]

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    5 English Contents Intr oduction Envir onmental Information ------------------------ 6 Supplied accessories -------------------------------- 6 Safety Information ----------------------------------- 6 Symbols Used in this Manual ---------------------- 6 Functional Overview Front Panels ------------------------------------------ 7 Rear Panels -------[...]

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    6 English Thank you for purchasing this Philips D VD play er . This Owner ’ s Manual explains the basic operation of this DVD play er . En vironmental Information All unnecessar y packaging has been omitted. Packaging has been made easy to separate into three materials: cardboard (box), polystyrene foam (buff er) and polyethylene (bags, protectiv[...]

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    7 English Functional Ov er view Fr ont Panel ST ANDBY -ON SMART PICTURE SOUND OPEN/CLOSE PLAY/P AUSE OK PREV NEXT STOP DVD743 DVD VIDEO PLAYER DISC MENU ST ANDBY -ON – to switch the play er to standby mode or ON ST ANDBY INDICA T OR – lights red when the player is in Standby mode SMAR T PICTURE – to access the colour settings menu bar SOUND ?[...]

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    8 English COAXIAL OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/ MPEG2/ Dolby Digital SUB WF VIDEO OUT (CVBS) AUDIO OUT S-VIDEO OUT L R 1 2 TV OUT AUX/VCR IN CO AXIAL (Digital audio out) – connect to AUDIO inputs of a digital (coaxial) audio equipment OPTICAL (Digital audio out) – connect to digital (optical) audio equipment CVBS (VIDEO OUT) – connect to CVB[...]

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    9 English Functional Ov er view Remote Contr ol RETURN / RESUME – go back to previous menu / continue playback after pla y was stopped DISC MENU – access menu of a D VD disc 1 2 3 4 – (left/right/up/down) select an item in the menu OK – acknowledge menu selection S – search backward* / go to a previous chapter or track ST OP ( 9 ) – sto[...]

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    10 English Pr eparation Basic Connections ● Please refer to the instruction books of your TV , VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessar y to make the best connections. ● Make one of the following connections, depending on the capabilities of your existing equipment. The following guidelines are options for the best picture and sound qual[...]

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    11 English Cinemalink (on SCAR T) This D VD player is equipped with cinemalink feature (from Philips) which allows a more complete control of your home audio/video (A V) equipment. Cinemalink interconnection plug & playback will enable the AV system to recognise the users intention and automatically switch the necessar y controls or input sourc[...]

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    12 English If you connect to an activ e subwoofer , 1 Connect the SUBW OOFER AUDIO OUT on the D VD player to an optional active subw oofer . 2 The subwoofer reproduces the lo w bass sound effects (e.g. explosions, the r umble of spaceships, etc.). 3 Be sure to follow the instructions supplied with the subwoof er . Notes: – If the audio format of [...]

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    13 English NTSC/P AL Con v ersion This play er is equipped with an NTSC/P AL conversion feature that conver ts the video output of the disc to match your TV system. T o activate the conversion refer to page 15. Switching On 1 Connect the A C power cord to the pow er outlet. 2 Switch on the TV and DVD play er . 3 Set the TV to the cor rect Video IN [...]

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    14 English 16:9 4:3 Letter Bo x 4:3 P an Scan P ersonal Prefer ences In the P er sonal Preferences settings menu, you can customize y our player to suit y our own par 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 activate the P er sonal Preferences menu. [...]

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    15 English – Smart Picture ¶ Colour settings Y ou can select one of f ive predefined sets of colour settings and one set (P er sonal) which you can define y our self. Y ou can also press SMAR T PICTURE key (front panel) to access the smar t picture in the menubar . ¶ When P ersonal is selected it allows you to f ine- tune saturation, br ightnes[...]

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    16 English Pr eparation – Analogue output Select Stereo, Dolby Surround compatible or 3D Sound (T r usur round) output to match your system ’ s playback capability . – Night Mode When set to ON, the dynamics of your sound output are optimised. High volume outputs are softened, enabling you to watch your fa vourite action movie without disturb[...]

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    17 English F eatures – Access Control Access Control contains the following f eatures: Child Lock - When Child Lock is set to ON, a 4- digit code needs to be entered in order to playback discs. Parental control - Allows the conditional presentation of D VDs containing Parental Control information (see ‘ Access Control ’ section). – Status W[...]

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    18 English Basic Pla yback 1 Press ST ANDBY 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 tr ay , with the label facing up. 4 Press OPEN/CLOSE / again to close the tray . ➜ READING appear s in the status window and on the play er display , and playback star ts automatical[...]

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    19 English Pla ying a Video CD ● Video CDs may ha ve one or more TRA CKS, and TRA CKS may hav e one or more INDEXES. ● T o make easy and convenient access, you can move betw een TRA CKS and INDEXES. ● Some Video CDs have Play Back Control (PBC), which is a predefined pla yback sequence stored on the disc (see Playback Control section) . TRACK[...]

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    20 English Subtitles 1 Select Z ( SUBTITLE ) in the menu bar or press the SUBTITLE button on the remote control directly . 2 Press SUBTITLE or 3 / 4 repeatedly to select the different subtitles. Special VCD & SVCD Featur es Pla yback Control (PBC) 1 Load a Video CD with PBC and press PLA Y . 2 Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the [...]

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    21 English Slo w Motion DV D VCD 1 Select (SLO W MO TION) in the menu bar and press 4 . ➜ Playback will pause. 2 Use the cur sor 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 pressed, the speed will be set to zero (P AUSE)[...]

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    22 English Shuffle DV D This shuffles the playing order of chapters within a title, if the title has more than one chapter . 1 Press SHUFFLE during playback. ➜ SHUFFLE appear s on the screen for about two seconds. 2 T o retur n to nor mal playback, press SHUFFLE again. VCD CD This shuffles the playing order of tracks within a disc , if the disc h[...]

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    23 English Storing titles/tracks 1 Press 4 to select TITLES/TRA CKS . 2 Use 2 and 1 to select the require title/tracks. 3 Press OK to store the entire selected title/tracks. ➜ The title number will be added to the list of selections. Storing chapters/index es 1 Press 4 on the selected chapter/indexes number . ➜ The chapter/indexes number will b[...]

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    24 English Operation MP3 Disc F eatures Suppor t following MP3-CD formats (ISO9660 format): ● Max. 30 char acter s ● 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 ● Suppor ted Bit-r ates of MP3 disc are: 32, 64, 96, 12[...]

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    25 English Child Lock DV D VCD Activating/deactivating the Child Lock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the P ersonal Preferences menu using the 3 / 4 keys. 2 Enter a 4-digit code of your own choice twice. 3 Mov e to “ CHILD LOCK ” using the 3 / 4 keys. 4 Mov e to Ç / É using the 2 k eys. 5 Select Ç using the 3 / 4 ke[...]

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    26 English Activating/Deactivating P arental Contr ol 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS CONTROL in the P ersonal Preferences menu using the 3 / 4 keys. 2 Enter your 4-digit code. If necessar y , enter the code a second time. 3 Mov e to P arental Control using the 3 / 4 keys. 4 Mov e to value adjustment (1-8) using the 2 key . 5 Then us[...]

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    27 English PLA YBA CK SYSTEM D VD Video Video CD & SVCD CD (CD-Recordable and CD-Rewritable) MP3 CD TV ST AND ARD (P AL/50Hz) (NTSC/60Hz) Number of lines 625 525 Playback Multistandard (P AL/NTSC) VIDEO PERFORMANCE Video output 1 Vpp into 75 ohm RGB (SC ART) output 0.7 Vpp into 75 ohm Black Level Shift On/Off Video Shift Left/Right AUDIO FORMA [...]

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    28 English T r oubleshooting W ARNING Under no circumstances should you tr y to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the w arranty. Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs , first check the points listed below before taking the system for repair . Prob lem Solution No po wer – Check if the A C[...]