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Repeat

DVD Video  Discs
Repeat chapter/title/disc

To repeat the current chapter, press REPEAT.

 

REPEAT

 

CHPT

 

appears on the player display.

To repeat the current title, press REPEAT a second time.

 

REPEAT

 

TITL

 

appears on the display.

To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a third time.

 

REPEAT

 appears on the display.

To exit Repeat mode, press REPEAT a fourth time.

Video CDs
Repeat track/disc

To repeat the current track, press REPEAT.

 

REPEAT

 

TRK

 

appears on the player display.

To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a second time.

 

REPEAT

 appears on the display and the TV screen.

To exit Repeat mode, press REPEAT a third time.

Repeat A-B

To repeat a specific portion of a title:

Press REPEAT A-B at your chosen starting
point.

 

A

-

 appears briefly on the screen.

Press REPEAT A-B again at your chosen
end point.

 

REPEAT

 

A

-

B

 appears briefly on the display, and the repeat

sequence begins.(

REPEAT

 

A

-

B

 is displayed on the front panel

of the player)

To cancel the sequence and continue playback, press
REPEAT A-B.

Shuffle

DVD Video  discs

This shuffles the playing order of chapters within a title, if
the title has more than one chapter.

Press SHUFFLE during playback.

 

SHUFFLE

 appears on the TV screen for about two

seconds.

To return to normal playback, press SHUFFLE again.

Video CDs

Press SHUFFLE during playback.

 

SHUFFLE

 appears on the TV screen for about two

seconds.

To return to normal playback, press SHUFFLE again.

Time search

The Time Search function allows you to start playing at any
chosen time on the disc.

Select   (TIME SEARCH) in the menu bar.

Press 

4

.

 Playback will pause.

 A time edit box appears on the screen, showing the

elapsed playing time of the current disc.

Use the numeric keys to enter the required start time.
Enter hours, minutes and seconds from left to right in the
box.

 Each time an item has been entered, the next item will

be highlighted.

Press OK to confirm the start time.

 The time edit box will disappear and playback starts

from the selected time on the disc.

Zoom

The Zoom function allows you to enlarge the video image
and 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 icon

in the menu bar, and ‘

Press OK to pan

’ appears below the

menu bar.

 The picture will change accordingly.

Press OK to confirm the selection.

 The panning icons appear on the screen.

Use the 

1

 

2

 

3

 

4

 keys to pan across the screen.

When OK is pressed only the zoomed picture will be
shown on the screen.

To exit 

ZOOM 

mode:

– Press 

B

 to resume playback.

Easy Jog

EASY JOG

 consists of 

JOG

 and 

SHUTTLE 

control

which allows you to playback in various steps:

In playback mode

 - search forward/backward within a

chapter/index or move to the next/previous chapter/index.

 

SHUTTLE control

: +4x, +8x, +32x, Next (clockwise

direction), -4x, -8x, -32x, Previous (anti-clockwise direction).

In pause mode

 - change playback speed or select next/

previous frame-by-frame picture.

 

SHUTTLE control

: +1/8x, +1/4x, +1/2x, +1x

(clockwise direction), -1/8x, -1/4x, -1/2x, -1x (anti-clockwise
direction).

 

JOG control

: to select Next Picture Frame (clockwise

direction), or Previous Picture Frame (anti-clockwise
direction).

PLAY/PAUSE STOP

OPEN/CLOSE

EASY JOG

SOUND

O

PERATION

SHUTTLE

JOG

Summary of Contents for DVD952

Page 1: ...1 DVDVideo Player Owner s Manual DVD952 ...

Page 2: ...ing uses only unless otherwise authorized by Macrovision Corporation Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential Unpublished Works 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories Inc All rights reserved Important Note for Users in the UK Mains plug This apparatus is fitted with an a...

Page 3: ...3 English D e u t s c h Nederlands S ve n s k a Dansk Suomi Norge Français Index INDEX English 5 Français 25 Deutsch 45 Nederlands 65 Svenska 85 Dansk 105 Suomi 125 Norge 145 ...

Page 4: ...the region code notice on the screen The disc will not play and should be unloaded NOTE PICTURES SHOWN MAY BE DIFFERENT BETWEEN COUNTRIES NEVER MAKE OR CHANGE CONNECTIONS WITH THE POWER SWITCHED ON CAUTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM WARNING LOCATION ON THE BACKPLATE OF SET The DVDVIDEO player is in conformity with the EMC directive and low voltage directive La...

Page 5: ...General Explanation 11 Initial Setup Virgin Mode 11 12 Menu Bar on TV Screen 12 Temporary Feedback Field Icons 12 Personal Preferences 13 14 Operation Loading Discs 15 Playing a DVDVideo andVideo CD 15 General Features 15 17 Special DVD Features 17 SpecialVideo CD SVCD Features 18 Playing an Audio CD 18 Favorite Track Selection FTS Program 18 19 MP3 Disc Features 19 Access Control Access Control C...

Page 6: ...our retailer or Philips Keep the packaging material for future transportation Remote Control Battery Installation Insert batteries as indicated inside the battery compartment Caution Do not mix old and new batteries Never mix different types of batteries standard alkaline etc Environmental Information Your system consists of materials that can be recycled and reused if disassembled by a specialize...

Page 7: ...e to the unit COAXIAL OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT PCM MPEG2 AC 3 DTS I AUX VCR IN II TV OUT MAINS FRONT MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT FRONT CVBS VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT S VIDEO Y Pb Cb Pr Cr SURROUND SURROUND L R CENTER SUB WF L R 1 2 MAINS AC Power connect to power source COAXIAL Digital audio out connect to digital coaxial audio equipment OPTICAL Digital audio out connect to digital optical audio equipment M...

Page 8: ...ic segment SHUFFLE play tracks in random order SCAN play the first 10 seconds of each track chapter within a disc POWER B switches DVD Video player ON or to standby mode 0 9 numerical key pad select numbered items in a menu DIM to select 3 different brightnesses for the display DISPLAY display bit rate indicator during playback SYSTEM MENU access or remove the player s menu 1 2 3 4 left right up d...

Page 9: ...theY C S VIDEO OUT jack on the DVD player to the S Video in jack on theTV using an optional S Video cable Y 2 Connect the Left and Right AUDIO OUT jacks of the DVD player to the audio left right in jacks on theTV A CVBS connection 1 Connect the CVBS VIDEO OUT jack on the DVD player to the video in jack on theTV using the video cable supplied X 2 Connect the Left and Right AUDIO OUT jacks of the DV...

Page 10: ...capabilities of your receiver the receiver will produce a strong distorted sound or no sound at all Six Channel Digital Surround Sound via digital connection can only be obtained if your receiver has a Digital Multi channel decoder To see the selected audio format of the current DVD in the StatusWindow press SYSTEM MENU or Audio button Cinemalink on SCART This DVD player is equipped with cinemalin...

Page 11: ...playback When this occurs the symbol Ä appears on theTV screen indicating that the operation is not permitted by the player or the disc Remote control operation Unless stated all operations can be performed by the remote control Always point the remote control directly at the player making sure there are no obstructions between the remote and the player Corresponding keys on the front panel of the...

Page 12: ...nd bottom or Pan Scan for a full height picture with the sides trimmed If a disc supports the format the picture will be shown accordingly Country Select your country This is used as input for the Parental Control feature see Access Control Note All these items may have to be set during Initial Setup After that they can always be changed in the Personal Preferences Menu Menu Bar on TV Screen As th...

Page 13: ...sets of colour settings and one set Personal which you can define yourself Personal colour on Pr Cr Pb Cb YVideo CVBS and S Video output only Allows you to fine tune the selected colour settings saturation brightness and contrast RGB YUV switching This setting allows you to toggle the output of the video signal between RGB on scart andY PRCR PBCB YUV Warning When the player is set toY PrCr PbCb YU...

Page 14: ...playback is stopped it is displayed with the Temporary Feedback Field in the default screen See On Screen Display information The factory setting is ON Select OFF to suppress display of the Status Window DIM You can select the desired brightness for the front panel display Normal brightness will appears on the display when you press DISPLAY DIM on the remote control Medium brightness will appears ...

Page 15: ... B again Note DVDs may have a region code Your player will not play discs that have a region code different from the region code of your player General Features Note Unless stated all operations described are based on remote control use Some operations can be carried out using the menu bar on the screen Moving to another title chapter When a disc has more than one title or chapter you can move to ...

Page 16: ...he menu bar Press 4 Playback will pause A time edit box appears on the screen showing the elapsed playing time of the current disc Use the numeric keys to enter the required start time Enter hours minutes and seconds from left to right in the box Each time an item has been entered the next item will be highlighted Press OK to confirm the start time The time edit box will disappear and playback sta...

Page 17: ...Use 4 to select PROGRAM Use 2 and 1 to select the required number Press OK to erase the selection Press SYSTEM MENU to exit Erasing all selections While playback is stopped select VIDEO FTS c in the menu bar Use 4 to select CLEAR ALL Press OK All selections will be erased Press SYSTEM MENU to exit Special DVD Features Checking the contents of DVDVideo discs Menus DVDs may contain menus to navigate...

Page 18: ... again If theTV is on search speed and direction are indicated on the screen each time S or T is pressed To end the search press B to resume playback or press 9 to stop playback 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 current track Press S twice briefly to step back to the previous track To go directly to any track e...

Page 19: ...und Quality Bit Rate Approximate Reduction Ratio Approximate total MP3 CD time Comment AM radio FM radio Near CD CD like CD CD 32 kbps 64 kbps 96 kbps 128 kbps 256 kbps 320 kbps 40 1 20 1 15 1 10 1 5 1 3 1 40 hrs 20 hrs 15 hrs 10 hrs 5 hrs 3 hrs Sound quality significantly affected not recommended Balanced sound quality compression rate Compression rate low suggest to play CDs instead You may expe...

Page 20: ... even if the Child Lock is set to ON Notes The player memory maintains a list of 120 authorized Child safe disc titles A disc will be placed in the list when Playback Always is selected in the child protect dialog Each time a child safe disc is played it will be placed on top of the list When the list is full and a new disc is added the last disc in the list will be removed from the list Double si...

Page 21: ...the 4 digit code 1 When disc playback is stopped select ACCESS CONTROL in the features menu using the 3 4 keys 2 Enter the old code 3 Move to CHANGE CODE using the 4 key 4 Press the 2 key 5 Enter the new 4 digit code 6 Enter the code a second time and reconfirm by pressing OK 7 Press 1 to exit the menu If you forget your 4 digit code 1 Press 9 to exit the Child Protect screen 2 Select ACCESS CONTR...

Page 22: ...f your video signal is PAL see NTSC PAL Conversion No sound Check audio connections If you are using a HiFi amplifier try another sound source Distorted sound from HiFi Check to make sure that no audio connections are made to the amplifier s amplifier phono input No audio at digital output Check the digital connections Check the settings menu to make sure the digital output is set to ALL or PCM Ch...

Page 23: ...nchronized Digital Surround Sound in a listening area where the surround speakers are about 150cm nearer to the listening position than the front speakers and the center speaker is in line with the front speakers To adjust for other listening area arrangements adapt delay times according to the following Digital Surround Measure the distances in centimeters from the front speaker plane and from th...

Page 24: ...Output Mini DIN 4 pins Video Output Cinch yellow Audio L R output Cinch white red 6 Channel Analog Output Audio Front Left Right Cinch white red Audio Surround Left Right Cinch white red Audio Centre Cinch blue Audio Subwoofer Cinch black Digital Output 1 coaxial 1 optical IEC958 for CDDA LPCM IEC1937 for MPEG1 2 Dolby Digital and DTS Cinemalink on SCART CABINET Dimensions w x h x d 435 x 100 x 32...

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