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Directions For Use
GB 6 DVD712-722 3.
3. Directions For Use
6
E n g l i s h
Intr
oduction
Philips D
VD
Video
Intr
oduction
Your Philips D
VD
Video pla
yer will pla
yback digital video
discs conf
or
ming to the univ
er
sal D
VD
Video standard.
The
unique f
eatures of D
VD
Video
, such as selection of sound
tr
ack,
subtitle languages and diff
erent camer
a angles (disc
dependent),
are all suppor
ted.
In addition to D
VD
Video discs,
y
ou will be ab
le to pla
yback
all
Video CDs,
SVCDs and
Audio CDs.
D
VD Video
You will recognise D
V
D
Video discs b
y the logo sho
wn.
Depending on the mater
ial on the disc (a mo
vie
, video clips,
a dr
ama ser
ies,
etc
.) the disc ma
y ha
ve
one or more
Titles.
TITLE 1
T
ITLE 2
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
C
HAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
C
HAPTER 3
DVD-VIDEO DISC
Video CD
You will recognise
Video CDs b
y the logo
sho
wn.
Super
Video CD (SVCD)
SVCDs are based on the Super
VCD IO Standard,
ref
er
ring
to the Standard of Electronics Industr
y of the P
eople’
s
Repub
lic of China.
Audio CD
Audio CDs contain m
usic tr
acks onl
y.
You will recognise
Audio CDs b
y their logo
sho
wn.
MP3 (MPEG
Audio La
y
e
r-3)
This pla
yer suppor
ts the MP3 f
o
rmat which contains
compressed m
usic tr
acks.
Note: –
Only the f
ir
st session of m
ultisession discs is suppor
ted.
Unpacking
Fir
st check and identify the contents of y
our D
VD
Video
pla
yer package
.
You should ha
ve
the f
ollo
wing items.
–
D
VD Video
pla
ye
r
–
Remote Control with batter
ies
–
Audio cab
le
–
S
C
A
R
T
cab
le
–
Instr
uctions f
or use
If an
y item is damaged or missing,
contact y
our retailer or
Philips. Keep the packaging mater
ials f
or future tr
anspor
tation.
Remote Contr
ol Batter
y
Installation
¶
Inser
t batter
ies as indicated inside the batter
y
compar
tment.
Caution:
Do not mix old and ne
w batteries.
Ne
v
e
r
mix diff
er
ent types of batteries (standar
d,
alkaline
,
etc
.)
+ -
+ -
En
vir
onmental Information
¶
Your system consists of mater
ials which can be recycled
and reused if disassemb
led b
y a specializ
ed compan
y. Please
obser
ve
the local regulations regarding the disposal of
packaging mater
ials,
exhausted batter
ies and old equipment.
Saf
ety Inf
ormation
¶
Do not expose the system to excessiv
e moisture
, r
ain,
sand
or heat sources.
¶
Place the play
er on a f
ir
m
, flat surface
.
¶
Keep the pla
yer a
w
ay
from domestic heating equipment
and direct sunlight.
¶
In a cabinet,
allo
w about 2.5 cm (1 inch) of free space all
around the pla
yer f
or adequate v
entilation.
¶
If the D
V
D
Video pla
yer cannot read CDs/D
VDs cor
rectl
y,
use a commonly a
vailab
le cleaning CD/D
VD to clean the
lens bef
ore taking the D
VD
Video pla
yer to be repaired.
Other cleaning methods ma
y destro
y the lens.
Alwa
ys k
eep
the tr
ay
closed to a
void dust on the lens.
¶
The lens ma
y cloud o
ver when the D
V
D
Video pla
yer is
suddenl
y mo
ved from cold to war
m sur
roundings.
Pla
ying a
CD/D
VD is not possib
le then.
Lea
ve
the po
w
er on f
o
r
about one hour with no disc in the unit until nor
mal
pla
yback is possib
le
.
Cleaning Discs
¶
When a disc becomes dir
ty
, clean it with a cleaning cloth.
Wipe the disc from the centre out,
in a str
aight line
.
¶
Do not use solv
ents such as benzine
, thinner
, commerciall
y
availab
le cleaner
s, or anti-static spr
ay
intended f
o
r analog
discs.
I
NTRODUCTION
4
General Inf
ormation
G
ENERAL
I
NFORMA
TION
The region code f
or this set is 2.
Since it is usual f
or D
VD mo
vies to be released at
diff
erent times in diff
erent regions of the w
o
rld,
all pla
ye
rs
ha
ve
region codes and discs can ha
ve
an optional region
code
. If y
ou load a disc of a diff
erent region code to y
our
pla
ye
r, y
ou will see the region code notice on the screen.
The disc will not pla
yback,
and should be unloaded.
NO
TE
:
PICTURES SHO
WN MA
YBE DIFFERENT
BETWEEN COUNTRIES. NEVER MAKE OR CHANGE CONNECTIONS WITH
THE PO
WER SWITCHED ON.
CA
UTION
(W
ARNING LOCA
TION:
ON
THE BA
CKPLA
TE
OF SET)
The D
VD
VIDEO pla
yer is in conf
ormity
with the EMC dir
ectiv
e and lo
w-v
o
ltage
dir
ectiv
e
.
Manuf
actured under license from Digital
Theater Systems
,
Inc
. US P
at.
No
. 5,451,942 and other wor
ld-wide patents
issued and pending
. “DTS”
and
“DTS DIGIT
AL SURR
OUND”
are tr
ademar
ks of Digital
Theater Systems
, Inc
. © 1996
Digital
Theater Systems
, Inc
. All r
ights reser
ved.
T
ruSur
round and the SRS symbol are tr
ademar
ks of SRS
Labs.,
Inc
. T
ruSur
round technology is man
ufactured under
license from SRS Labs.,
Inc
.
For Customer Use: Read carefull
y the inf
or
mation located at the bottom of
your D
VD
VIDEO pla
yer and enter belo
w the Ser
ial
No
.Retain this inf
or
mation f
or future ref
erence
.
Model No
. D
VD
VIDEO
Ser
ial No
. __________________________
Laser saf
ety
This unit emplo
ys a laser
. Due to possib
le ey
e injur
y, only a
qualif
ied ser
vice per
son should remo
ve
the co
ver or
attempt to ser
vice this device
.
USE OF CONTR
OLS OR
ADJUSTMENTS OR
PERFORMANCE OF PR
OCEDURES O
THER
THAN
THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MA
Y
RESUL
T IN HAZARDOUS RADIA
TION
EXPOSURE.
LASER Type
Semiconductor laser GaAlAs
W
av
e
length
650 nm (D
VD)
780 nm (VCD/CD)
Output P
o
w
e
r
7
mW (D
VD)
10 mW (VCD/CD)
Beam div
er
gence
60 degree
2
C
A
UTION
VISIBLE
AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIA
TION
WHEN
OPEN
A
V
OID 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
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LNING N
Ä
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DENNA DEL
Ä
R
Ö
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TSO
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Ä
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V
ORSICHT
SICHTB
ARE UND UNSICHTB
ARE LASERSTRAHLUNG
WENN ABDECKUNG
GE
Ö
FFNET NICHT DEM
STRAHL A
USSETSEN
A
TTENTION
RA
Y
O
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