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Switching on

1

Switch on the TV and select the video input for your DVD-Video player.

2

Press STANDBY.

The player display lights up, and the ‘Virgin Mode Screen’ appears.

The ‘Virgin Mode’ will only occur after the very first start up of the 
player. In ‘Virgin Mode’ you may have to set your personal preferences
for some of the player’s most relevant items. See ‘Virgin Mode’ in the 
following.

Virgin Mode

General:

In ‘Virgin Mode’ you may have to set your preferences for some of the
player features. Depending on the kind of TV, settings will have to be
made manually or they will be taken over automatically from the TV.
When the DVD-player is connected to a Home Cinema system, settings
will also be taken over automatically.

Manual operation:

After switching on the player for the very first time the ‘Virgin Mode
Screen’ will appear (see ‘Switching On’).
The menu for the first item to be set is displayed and the first option is
highlighted.

Use the 

w v

keys to go through the options in the menu.

The icon of the selected option will be highlighted.

Use OK to confirm your selection and to select the next menu.

Automatic setting:

When settings will be taken over from your TV or Home Cinema sys-
tem, the message ‘Auto configuring in process’ will appear.
Menus for which no settings are available will be displayed.They have to
be set manually.

Note: Preferences have to be set in the order in which the item menus will
appear on the screen.
The ‘Virgin Mode’will only be cancelled after the settings for the last item have
been confirmed.
If any other keys than 

w v 

or OK are pressed,

will appear on the

screen.
If the player is switched off while setting personal preferences, all preferences
have to be set again after switching the player on again.

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PHONES

STAND BY

DVD 950    DVD  VIDEO CD  CD  PLAYER

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DIGITAL OUT

OPEN/ CLOSE

PAUSE

3D-SOUND

PLAY

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Summary of Contents for DVD950

Page 1: ...DVD Video player DVD950 955 956 Instructions for use Mode d emploi Instrucciones de manejo Bedienungsanleitung Gebruiksaanwijzing Istruzioni per l uso Manual de utilização ...

Page 2: ...LNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN VARO AVATTAESSA OLET ALTTIINA NÄKYVÄLLE JA NÄKYMÄTTÖMÄLLE LASER SÄTEILYLLE ÄLÄ KATSO SÄTEESEEN VORSICHT SICHTBARE UND UNSICHTBARE LASERSTRAHLUNG WENN ABDECKUNG GEÖFFNET NICHT DEM STRAHL AUSSETSEN DANGER VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID DIRECT EXPO SURE TO BEAM ATTENTION RAYONNEMENT LASER VISIBLE ET INVISIBLE EN CAS D OUVERTURE ...

Page 3: ...GENERAL INFORMATION 3 English English 5 Français 39 Français Español 73 Español Deutsch 107 Deutsch Nederlands 141 Nederlands Italiano 175 Italiano Português 209 Português ...

Page 4: ...4 GENERAL INFORMATION English ...

Page 5: ...m SRS Labs Inc Products with Dolby Digital and Pro Logic Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby Pro Logic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential Unpublished Works 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories Inc All rights reserved This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is pro tected by method claims of certain U S patents and other inte...

Page 6: ...t possible way on your multistandard TV screen As the universal video system of the future DVD Video offers optimal pictures on any TV screen Introduction Your Philips DVD Video player is a player for digital video discs con forming to the universal DVD Video standard With it you will be able to enjoy full length movies with true cinema picture quality and stereo or multichannel sound depending on...

Page 7: ... Video cable User Manual If any item should be damaged or missing please inform your supplier without delay Keep the packaging materials you may need them to transport your player in the future Placement Place the player on a firm flat surface Keep away from domestic heating equipment and direct sunlight In a cabinet allow about 2 5 cm 1 inch of free space all around the player for adequate ventil...

Page 8: ...3D SOUND MATCH LINE PLAY PHONES MPEG Multichannel STAND BY DVD 950 DVD VIDEO CD CD PLAYER LEVEL DIGITAL OUT 3D SOUND selects stereo Dolby Surround 3D Sound or Multichannel sound S selects previous title chapter track index or beginning current title chapter track index 2 PLAY starts video audio play T selects next title chapter track index Display displays the current status of the player Standby ...

Page 9: ... REAR RIGHT FRONT LEFT CENTER MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM MPEG2 AC3 DTS REAR LEFT FRONT TV connections Video CVBS for connection to a TV with CVBS video inputs S Video Y C for connection to a TV with S Video Y C inputs TV OUT TV for connection to a TV with Euroconnector Euroconnector AUX for connection to your VCR Audio connections Digital audio output connector optical connection...

Page 10: ...se Search etc DVD TITLE number DVD CHAPTER number VCD CD TRACK number TRACK TIME in hours minutes and seconds TOTAL TIME in hours minutes and seconds REPEAT CHAPTER TITLE TRACK active Remote control active flashing FTS active SCAN active REPEAT A B active SHUFFLE active SHUFFLE REPEAT B A SCAN TRACK TITLE SCAN TIME TRACK TOTAL CHAPTER CD SHUFFLE CHAPTER TITLE TRACK V REPEAT B A TIME TOTAL TIME TRA...

Page 11: ...step frame 9 stop x slow motion STANDBY REPEAT repeat chapter track title disc REPEAT A B repeat sequence SHUFFLE playback in random order SCAN playback of the first 10 seconds of each chapter within a title DVD or the first 10 seconds of each track on a disc VCD CD DVD MENU select DVD defined menu MENU OSD On Screen Display on off PROG DVD mode up down cursor movement TV mode Program up down VOL ...

Page 12: ...us window displays the current status of the player and is dis played together with the first part of the menu bar if activated in the Features menu see Personal Preferences General Disc type Tray status Default screen The default screen is displayed when the player is in STOP mode It may contain a status window see Status Window and a Temporary Feedback Field Giving information concerning prohibi...

Page 13: ...y Feedback Field icons Scan Repeat All Repeat Title Repeat Track Repeat Chapter Shuffle Shuffle Repeat Repeat A to end Repeat A B Angle Child Lock On Child Safe Resume Action prohibited ON SCREEN DISPLAY INFORMATION 13 ...

Page 14: ... TV Connect the Euroconnector to the corresponding connector on the TV using the Euroconnector cable supplied 1 If your TV is not equipped with a Euroconnector you can select one of the following alternative connections S Video Y C connection 1 Connect the S Video socket to the corresponding socket on the TV using an optional S Video cable 2 2 Connect the audio Left and Right output sockets to the...

Page 15: ...anual and the logos on the front of the receiver 1 Connect the player s digital audio output optical 7 or coaxial 6 to the corresponding input on the receiver using an optional digital optical 7 or coaxial 6 audio cable 2 You will need to activate the player s digital output see Personal Preferences Note If the audio format of the digital output does not match the capabilities of your receiver the...

Page 16: ...ings for Analog Output and Speaker Settings in the Personal Preferences menu Connecting to an amplifier equiped with Dolby Surround Dolby Surround sound 1 Connect the player to the TV and connect the player s audio Left and Right output sockets to the corresponding inputs on the Dolby Surround Audio Video receiver using the audio cable supplied 4 2 Make the appropriate Sound settings for Analog Ou...

Page 17: ...some power If you wish to disconnect your player completely from the mains withdraw the plug from the AC Outlet Caution Only qualified service personnel should remove the cover or attempt to service this device Infra red remote control Loading the batteries 1 Open the battery compartment cover 2 Insert two AA LR 6 batteries as indicated inside the battery compartment 3 Close the cover Caution Do n...

Page 18: ... Menu bar operation A number of operations can also be carried out via the menu bar on the screen The menu bar can be called up by pressing any of the fol lowing keys on the remote control MENU OSD T C Angle Audio Language Subtitle Language Zoom and FTS The following functions can be operated via the menu bar Personal Preferences Title track selection Chapter Index selection Audio language Subtitl...

Page 19: ...ll appear see Switching On The menu for the first item to be set is displayed and the first option is highlighted Use the w v keys to go through the options in the menu The icon of the selected option will be highlighted Use OK to confirm your selection and to select the next menu Automatic setting When settings will be taken over from your TV or Home Cinema sys tem the message Auto configuring in...

Page 20: ... and bottom or Pan Scan for a full height picture with the sides trimmed If a disc has Pan Scan the picture then moves scans horizontally to keep the main action on the screen Country Select your country This is used as input for the Parental Control fea ture see Access Control Note All these items may have to be set after first start up Virgin Mode After that they can always be adapted in the Per...

Page 21: ...setting to OFF If your equipment doesn t include a digital multi channel decoder set the digital output to PCM Pulse Code Modulation Both coaxial and optical outputs are then switched on See appendix Analog output Select Stereo Dolby Surround 3D Sound or Multi Channel See appendix Night Mode Optimizes the dynamics of the sound with low volume playback Speaker settings Allows you to select speaker ...

Page 22: ... Note Reconfirmation of the 4 digit PIN code is necessary when The code is entered for the very first time see above The code is changed see Changing the 4 digit code The code is cancelled see Changing the 4 digit code Both Child Lock and Parental Control are switched Off and the code is requested Authorizing discs Insert the disc See Loading a disc in the following The child protect dialog will a...

Page 23: ...ng a disc in the following Playback starts automatically Press 9 while is visible The child protect dialog will appear Play always is highlighted If 2 is pressed playback continues and the disc is NOT deauthorized Press v to select Play Once The disc is now deauthorized ...

Page 24: ...ted The Disc will be played in full Ratings 1 to 8 The disc contains scenes not suitable for children If you set a rating for the player all scenes with the same rating or lower will be played Higher rated scenes will not be played unless an alternative is available on the disc The alternative must have the same rating or a lower one If no suit able alternative is found play will stop and the 4 di...

Page 25: ...our selection and press OK The currently playing title and chapter number are displayed in the menu bar and the player display The elapsed playing time is shown in the status window and the player display If required you can use the 3D SOUND key to select Stereo Dolby Surround 3D Sound or Multichannel reproduction Play may stop at the end of the Title this can result in return to menu To go on to ...

Page 26: ... control operation A number of operations can also be carried out via the menu bar on the screen see Menu bar operation Moving to another title TRACK When a disc has more than one title or track which you can see from both the menu bar and the player display you can move to another title as follows Press T title then press P briefly during play to select the next title track Press T title then pre...

Page 27: ...t motion in the menu bar Use the w keys to enter the Fast Motion menu Use the t u keys to select the required speed 32 8 or 4 backward 4 8 32 forward Select 1 to play at normal speed again To exit Fast Motion mode press 2 or v To search forward or backward through diffirent speeds you can also hold down Q or R Repeat DVD Video Discs Repeat chapter title disc To repeat the currently playing chapter...

Page 28: ...eturn to normal play press SHUFFLE again Video CDs This shuffles the playing order of the tracks if the disc has more than one Press SHUFFLE during play The SHUFFLE icon appears on the screen for about 2 seconds To return to normal play press SHUFFLE again Time search The Time Search function allows you to start playing at any chosen time stamp Select h Time Search in the menu bar Press w The play...

Page 29: ... tracks and indexes VCD for a particu lar disc in the player memory Each FTS program can contain 20 items titles chapters Each time an FTS program is played it will be placed on top of the list When the list is full and a new program is added the last program in the list will be removed from the list The selections can be called up and played at any time Storing a FTS Video Program In STOP mode se...

Page 30: ...le the disc menu will be displayed The menu can list camera angles spoken language and subtitle options and chapters for the title To remove the title menu press DVD MENU again Disc menu Press T followed by DVD MENU The disc menu is displayed To remove the disc menu press T again followed by DVD MENU Camera Angle If the disc contains sequences recorded from different camera angles the angle icon a...

Page 31: ...ly If the TV is on the Audio CD screen appears The number of tracks and the total playing time will be shown on the screen and the player display During play the current track number and its elapsed playing time will be shown on the screen and the player display Playback will stop at the end of the disc To stop play at any other time press 9 Pause Press during play To return to play press 2 Search...

Page 32: ...isc To repeat the currently playing track press REPEAT REPEAT TRACK appears on the display To repeat the entire disc press REPEAT a second time REPEAT appears on the display To exit Repeat mode press REPEAT a third time Repeat A B To repeat or loop a sequence Press REPEAT A B at your chosen starting point A appears on the player display Press REPEAT A B again at your chosen end point A B appears o...

Page 33: ...directly to any track enter the track number using the numerical keys 0 9 5 Store each track by pressing OK The track numbers will be added to the list of selected tracks The number of tracks and the playing time of the program will be shown on the audio screen and the player display When your FTS program is complete press 2 to start play the FTS pro gram will be automatically memorized Erasing a ...

Page 34: ...Check if the disc is defective by trying another disc No sound Check audio connections If using a HiFi amplifier try another sound source Distorted sound from HiFi amplifier Check to make sure that no audio connections are made to amplifier phono input No return to start up screen when disc is removed Reset by switching the player off then on again Check to see if the program requires another disc...

Page 35: ...ached After a few minutes the message on the local display changes over from BUSY to ERROR or to PASS If the message ERROR appears on the display there is apparently a failure in your player and your player should be repaired 3 Consult your dealer or the Philips Customer Care Centre for the near est Service Repair Shop in your country The phone number is given in your warranty booklet 4 If the mes...

Page 36: ...stances in centimeters from the front speaker plane and from the surround speaker plane to the listening positioning plane Subtract the surround distance from the front distance and divide by 30 The result is the required Surround Channel delay time in milliseconds If the center speaker is on the front speaker plane no center speaker delay is needed If however it is nearer the listening position m...

Page 37: ...ereo A V receiver with multi channel decoder On Stereo or Dolby Surround Dolby AC 3 MPEG DTS Multichannel A V receiver with 6 ch connectors Off Multi channel 3D Sound In a setup without rear speakers analog stereo output 3D Sound remixes the six channels of digital surround AC 3 MPEG 2 into a two speaker output while retaining all of the original audio information The result is the listening sensa...

Page 38: ...Notes 38 NOTES ...

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