Philips DVD755/05 manual

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    DVD Video player DVD750 / 755 • Instructions for use • Mode d’emploi • Instrucciones de manejo • Bedienungsanleitung • Gebruiksaanwijzing • Istruzioni per l’uso • Manual de utilização[...]

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    Laser safety This unit employs a laser . Only a qualified service person should remov e the cov er or attempt to ser vice this device, due to possible ey e injur y . F or Customer Use: Read carefull y the information located at the bottom of your D VD-VIDEO play er and enter below the Serial N°.Retain this information for futur e ref erence. Model[...]

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    GENERAL INFORMA TION 3 English English ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5 Français -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 Français Español ---------------------------[...]

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    English 4 GENERAL INFORMA TION[...]

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    English Intr oduction Functional o v er view Fr ont of pla yer ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 Rear of pla y er ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9 Displa y -----------------------------[...]

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    English Intr oduction The enter tainment medium for the millenium Video was nev er lik e this befor e! P erfect digital studio-quality pictur es with truly 3- dimensional digital multichannel audio . Story sequences screened fr om y our own choice of camera angle. Language barriers br ok en down by sound tracks in as man y as eight languages, plus [...]

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    English Video CD Y ou will recognize Video CDs by the log o . Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama series, etc.) these discs may ha v e one or mor e tracks, and tracks ma y ha ve one or mor e index es, as indicated on the disc case. T o make access easy and conv enient, your pla yer lets you mo v e between tracks, an[...]

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    English Functional o v er view F r ont of pla y er PHONES - for connecting headphones LEVEL - headphone volume contr ol 9 STOP - stops video/audio pla y ; P AUSE - interrupts video/audio pla y or steps to the next picture frame 3 OPEN/CLOSE - opens/closes the disc tra y Disc loading tra y / TRACK TITLE TIME TRACK TOT AL CHAPTER CD SHUFFLE CHAPTER T[...]

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    English Rear of pla y er Caution: Do not touch the inner pins of rear panel connectors. Electrostatic discharg e ma y cause permanent dama ge to the unit. MAINS L R (CVBS) (Y/C) VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO OUT DIG OUT AUDIO STEREO OUT VIDEO OUT I AUX- I /O II TO TV- I /O OPT OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM/MPEG2/AC3/DTS TV connections Video (CVBS) - for connection[...]

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    English Displa y D VD disc inserted (V)CD disc inserted Indicates curr ent pla y er function: Pla y , Pause, Search, etc. D VD TITLE number D VD CHAPTER n umber VCD/CD TRA CK number TRA CK TIME in hours, minutes and seconds T O T AL TIME in hours, minutes and seconds REPEA T CHAPTER/TITLE/TRACK activ e Remote contr ol active (flashing) Program acti[...]

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    English Remote contr ol FUNCTIONAL O VER VIEW 11 0-9 numerical k ey pad RETURN - go back to pr evious menu step OK - acknowledge menu selection Q O - sear ch backward / pr evious chapter or track R P - sear ch forward / next cha pter or track 2 - pla y 9 - stop ; - pause or still frame /step frame REPEA T - repeat cha pter , track, title , disc REP[...]

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    English On scr een displa y inf ormation Menu bar/Status windo w V User pref erence f Slow motion W Title/T rack g Fast motion X Chapter/Index h Time sear ch Y Audio language Z Subtitle language } Angle a Zoom c Video Program d Sound e Picture b y Picture Status windo w icons The status window displa ys the cur rent status of the pla yer and is dis[...]

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    English T emporary Feedback Field icons Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat T rack Repeat Chapter Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Repeat A to end Repeat A-B Angle Child Lock On Child Safe Resume Action pr ohibited ON SCREEN DISPLA Y INFORMA TION 13[...]

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    English Pr eparation General notes - Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there ar e various wa ys y ou could connect the pla y er . These are shown in the following dra wing. Please ref er to your TV , VCR, Stereo System and any other User Manual(s) as necessary to make the optimal connections. - Do not connect your D VD-p[...]

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    English Connecting to optional equipment Connecting to an amplifier equiped with two channel analog ster eo ● Connect the audio Left and Right output sock ets to the corr esponding sock ets on your amplifier , receiv er or ster eo system. For this use the audio cable supplied (5) . Connecting to an amplifier equiped with two channel digital stere[...]

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    English Connecting to an amplifier equiped with Dolb y Surr ound™ Dolby Sur r ound sound ● Connect the pla y er to the TV and connect the pla y er’ s audio Left and Right output sock ets to the corr esponding inputs on the Dolby Surr ound™ Audio/Video receiver , using the audio cable supplied (4) . If y our amplifier is equipped with a Dolb[...]

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    English General explication About this manual This manual giv es the basic instructions for operating this D VD play er . Some D VD discs ho we ver ar e pr oduced in a wa y that r equir es specific operation or allows only limited operation during pla yback. In these cases the pla y er ma y not r espond to all operating commands. When this occurs, [...]

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    English Switching on 1 Switch on the TV and select the video input for y our D VD-Video pla yer . 2 Press ST ANDBY . ➤ The pla y er displa y lights up , and the ‘Virgin Mode Screen’ appears. The ‘Virgin Mode’ will only occur after the very first star t up of the pla y er . In ‘Virgin Mode’ you ma y hav e to set your personal pr efer e[...]

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    English TV Shape If you ha v e a wide scr een (16:9) TV , select 16:9. If you ha v e a r egular (4:3) TV , select 4:3. In this case you can also select betw een: Letterbox for a ‘wide-screen’ pictur e with black bars top and bottom, or Pan Scan, for a full-height pictur e with the sides trimmed. If a disc has Pan Scan, the picture then mo ves ([...]

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    English Sound - Digital output Factor y setting ALL means that both coaxial and optical outputs are switched on. If y ou are not connecting equipment with a digital input, change the setting to OFF . If your equipment doesn't include a digital m ulti channel decoder , set the digital output to PCM (Pulse Code Modulation). Both coaxial and opti[...]

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    English Access contr ol; child lock (D VD and VCD) Activating/deactivating the child lock 1 In Stop mode, select ACCESS CONTR OL in the Featur es menu using the w / v k eys. 2 Enter a 4-digit PIN code of your o wn choice. 3 Enter the code a second time. 4 Mov e to Child lock using the w / v ke ys. 5 Mov e to Ç / É using the u ke y . 6 Select Ç u[...]

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    English Access contr ol; P arental contr ol (D VD- Video only) Movies on D VD discs may contain scenes not suitable f or children. Theref ore discs ma y contain ‘Parental Contr ol’ inf ormation which applies to the complete disc or to certain scenes on the disc . These scenes are rated from 1 to 8 and alternativ e, more suitable scenes ar e a v[...]

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    English OPERA TION 23 Operation Loading discs 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the pla yer . The disc loading tra y opens. 2 La y y our chosen disc in the tra y , label side up (also when a double sided D VD disc is inserted). Mak e sure it is sitting pr operly in the cor rect recess. 3 Gently push the tra y , or press OPEN/CLOSE , to close the t[...]

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    English Pla ying a video CD Pla ying a disc - After inser ting the disc and closing the tra y , pla yback starts automatically and the status window and the pla yer displa y show the type of disc loaded as well as inf ormation about the disc’ s contents and pla ying time - The disc may in vite you to select an item fr om a men u. If the selection[...]

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    English Slo w Motion ● Select f (Slow motion) in the menu bar . ● Use the w k eys to enter the Slo w Motion menu. ➤ The pla y er will now go into P AUSE mode. ● Use the t u k eys to select the r equir ed speed: -1, -1/2, -1/4 or -1/8 (backward); +1/8, +1/4, +1/2 or +1 (forwar d). ● Select 1 to pla y at normal speed again. ● If ; is pres[...]

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    English 26 OPERA TION Repeat A-B T o repeat or loop a sequence in a title: ● Press REPEA T A-B at your chosen starting point; ➤ A appears on the scr een. ● Press REPEA T A-B again at your chosen end point; ➤ A - B REPEA T appears on the displa y , and the repeat sequence begins. ● T o exit the sequence, press REPEA T A-B . Shuffle D VD-Vi[...]

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    English OPERA TION 27 ● When OK is pressed onl y the zoomed picture will be sho wn on the screen. ● If you wish to zoom at an y moment, pr ess a (Zoom) and select the requir ed zoom factor as described abov e. ● T o exit Zoom mode: – Press 2 ➤ Pla yback will r esume – Press ST OP , MENU OSD . Video-pr ogram - The Video-Program function [...]

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    English 28 OPERA TION Special D VD-featur es Checking the contents of D VD-Video discs: Menus For titles and chapters, selection men us ma y be included on the disc. The D VD’ s menu feature allo ws you to mak e selections fr om these menus. Pr ess the appr opriate numerical k e y; or use the w , v , u , t key s to highlight your selection, and p[...]

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    English Special VCD-F eatur es Pla yback Contr ol (PBC) ● Load a Video CD with PBC and press 2 . ➤ The PBC menu appears on the TV screen. ● Go thr ough the menu with the k eys indicated on the TV screen until your chosen passage starts to pla y . If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title dir ectly . ● Enter your cho[...]

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    English Shuffle ● Press SHUFFLE during pla y . ➤ The order of the tracks is changed. ● T o return to normal pla y , press SHUFFLE again. Repeat track/disc ● T o repeat the cur rentl y pla ying track, pr ess REPEA T . ➤ REPEA T TRA CK appears on the displa y . ● T o repeat the entir e disc, press REPEA T a second time . ➤ REPEA T appea[...]

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    English Audio-Pr o gram - The Audio-Pr ogram featur e allows y ou to store y our fa v ourite tracks for a particular disc in the pla yer memory . - Each Audio-Program can contain 20 tracks. Storing an Audio-Pro gram 1 Load a disc and go to ST OP mode. 2 Use t or u to select ON. 3 Use w to go to the list of a vailable tracks. 4 Use t or u to select [...]

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    English Befor e requesting ser vice If it appears that the D VD-Video play er is faulty , first consult this checklist. It ma y be that something has been o verlook ed. Under no circumstances attempt to r epair the system y ourself; this will invalidate the warranty . Look for the specific symptom(s). Then perform only the actions listed to remedy [...]

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    English Cleaning discs Some problems occur because the disc inside the pla yer is dirty . T o a v oid these pr oblems clean your discs r egularly , in the following wa y: ● When a disc becomes dirty , clean it with a cleaning cloth. Wipe the disc from the centr e out. Caution: Do not use solv ents such as benzine, thinner , commer cially a vailab[...]

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    Notes 34 NO TES English[...]