ROW
FR970
Digital Audio/Video Receiver
Technical Specifications
Sound Enhancement
Dolby Digital Surround Sound
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Available on DVD,
Laserdisc *, satellite broadcasts. Digital Surround offers the
ultimate experience in home theater surround with six
discrete channels of digital CD sound. Discrete means that
each channel carries its own sound and depending on what
happens on screen each speaker plays its own unique role
in providing the right sound. Front left, center and right join
two surround speakers to reproduce highs, mid and bass
frequencies in five full-range channels of surround. Bass
rumble, explosions and low frequency effects you feel are
delivered through a dedicated sixth, subwoofer channel.
Dolby Digital (also known as AC-3 or Dolby 5.1) and
MPEG Multichannel delivered the expanded sense of depth,
localization and overall realism which was formerly only
known from digital surround sound equipped movie
cinemas.
MPEG MultiChannel Sound
- MPEG MultiChannel is
an audio coding method for digital multichannel surround
sound just as Dolby Digital (AC-3) is. Next to Dolby
Digital, MPEG MultiChannel is the alternative coding
format for DVD. With MPEG as the (exclusive) audio
coding format for multi channel digital TV broadcasting in
Europe, the Philips receiver guarantees compatibility for
the near future - making its purchase a save investment.
400W surround power output:
- The five, 3x100W
(left, right, center) and 2x50W (rear), receiver amplifiers
deliver 400 Watts of home theater power. The stereo
output power of 100W per channel is specified at 6
Ohm, DIN, 1kHz and 0.7% total harmonic distortion
(THD). The amplifiers have been designed with special
attention to a short 'rise' and 'fall' time, so characteristic
for the frequent and sudden drastic changes in dynamics
of movie sound in general. Furthermore, the amplification
reserves are designed such that they are more than
sufficient to follow sudden needs for more sound
pressure.
Digital Sound Processing via DUET CORE
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Philips Semiconductors is highly specialized in digital
sound processing. One of their crown digital sound
processing ICs is the 'DUET'. The DUET's huge
processing power of 80 MIPS (million instructions per
second) assures the highest possible accuracy in digital
audio processing. Other characteristics are automatic
detection of source (AC-3, MPEG or PCM audio) and
smooth (clicking free) automatic switching between
coding formats. Lastly DUET carries digital bass cross-over
filters (for subwoofer signal) and 3rd generation
virtualizer algorithms for highly realistic virtual surround.
3D Virtual Surround / Virtual Dolby Surround
- A
new Surround playback system that delivers amazingly
rich and convincing surround sound from only the two or
three front speakers. The ProLogic MPEG or Dolby Digital
surround channel is processed by a 'virtualizer' DSP to
add surround effect from just the front speakers. The
Philips virtualizer algorithm on the 'DUET' DSP is the
current state of the art reference for virtual surround
sound processing.
'Hall' feature
- For use with non-surround sound
sources in order to create a cinema effect through
normal stereo with rear speaker sound. This 'simulated'
surround provides an extra musical ('live') ambience to
stereo sound.
Loudness, bass and treble control
- Loudness is a
dynamic sound adjustment that amplifies high and low
frequencies depending on the volume (the higher the
volume, the less the amplification). Thereby it creates
'richer' sound impression already at low volume. Bass and
treble allows sound adjustment of high and low
frequencies to personal preferences.
* Dolby Digital laserdisc use requires optional AC-3 RF
demodulator.
Sound Enhancement
Equalizer Smart Sound
- Has 5 modes, specially
designed to match the sound of various TV (and Audio)
programs. 'Speech' is used for news, discussions and talk
show programs. 'Music' is used for music programs.
'Movie' is used for movies, TV-series or soaps. 'Multi-
Media' is used when video games are connected to the
TV. 'Personal' corresponds with the bass and treble
setting chosen by the user.
Screw terminals
- For left, right and center speaker
connection ensures a loss-less flow of electrical signals
from the set to all main loudspeakers.
Subwoofer output connection
-
Affords easy
access to greater dimensions in home theater sound
with output signals made available for connections to
a powered subwoofer.
Convenience
Night mode
- Establishes dynamic range compression
of digital sound to reduce the volume differences
between the loud and soft passages in source material
with digital surround sound where sound level
differences can be so dramatic. This feature is especially
useful at night when you don't want to disturb the
neighbors or wake up the kids!
Digitals input and output
- 3 digital inputs (2 coax, 1
optical) are foreseen to connect digital sound sources
(e.g. DVD player, CD player and Digital TV). A digital
output connection (coax) is foreseen to enable digital
(CD) recordings from any of the digital inputs.
Video Connections
- 4 video input connections and 2
outputs (incl. monitor) are foreseen to hook up video
sources. As these video inputs switch simultaneously with
the audio inputs, correct picture with correct sound is
guaranteed.
Front A/V, Game Input
- For quick and easy
connection to e.g. a camcorder or video game.
Cinema Link System Control Bus
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When
connected to a Philips TV with 'Cinema Link' (and even
better, in addition a Philips VCR and or DVD player), the
combination offers an interesting range of extra user
benefits:
One Touch Cinema
- upon starting your e.g. DVD
disc, the complete system will automatically switch to the
correct source and sound mode.
High Resolution OSD
-
the onscreen display of the television will feature the
'receiver' menu option. This option can be used for easier
receiver set-up and receiver settings.
Multiple Languages
-
depending on the languages offered by the TV (likely are
Spanisch, French and English) the user can operate the
set via the TV menu in his/her native language.
TV as
Center speaker
- allows to get rid of the separate center
speaker and use all the speakers and amplifiers in the TV
to function as center speaker (most large screen Philips
TVs provide over 100W of output power).
One Touch
End
- puts your complete home theater system into
standby after some exciting hours of cinema enjoyment.
51-key Audio/Video Multi Brand Universal
remote control
- To operate all main receiver
functions and Philips or any other mainstream branded
CD player, tape deck, VCR, television, DVD player or
Satellite receiver. The remote will operate your non-
Philips equipment by simply entering a code from the
instruction manual in the remote control. The remote has
a clear ergonomically designed lay-out (see picture).
30 tuner presets with station name display
- The
available tuner presets can be randomly used to store
AM and FM stations (30 in total). Each of the presets can
be given a user defined name of up to 8 characters.
Giving the preset a name is as easy as 1-2-3 with the
menu navigator. For RDS stations, station name, RDS
clock and RDS text information is available (/00, /14).
Convenience
RDS EON News & Traffic Announcement (TA)
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Many RDS capable radio stations are of the so called
EON (Enhanced Other Network) type. These stations are
able to detect news broadcasts and traffic announcements
of other stations in the same 'network'. The receiver
display indicates when the active station is EON-capable.
When 'News' and/or 'Traffic Announcement' are
activated by the user, the tuner will automatically switch to
the correct station when a news bulletin or traffic
announcement is broadcasted. Afterwards the tuner
conveniently switches back to the original station. News
and TA not only work in tuner mode; when the receiver is
set to any of its other sources (e.g. CD, VCR, CDR, etc.) it
switches to the tuner whenever there is a news or traffic
bulletin. Whatever you're listening to, Philips keeps you
informed on the most recent traffic and news affairs!
(Note : although all EON stations offer 'TA', 'News' might
not be widely available in every country).
Set up Menu Navigator
- The menu navigator rotary
knob takes away many buttons from the set, thereby
reducing complexity and enhancing usability of the set. The
menu navigator is a menu-based user interface used for all
kinds of initial set-up operations (speaker set-up, tuner
installation etc.) Via icons in the display, the system
conveniently guides the user to the next step in the
receiver set-up. In normal mode, the menu rotary
functions as tuner preset dial.
Tuner sensitivity adjustment
- The tuner sensitivity to
pick up radio stations can be set to high and low. In case
of low, only the 'strong' stations will be picked up during a
search. When even some of the weaker stations are of
interest, the 'low' option will pick up every station the
tuner can possibly receive.
Display brightness adjustment
- Conveniently adjusts
the brightness of the display in 3 steps. (/01 only)
2 switched mains outlets
- Allows to connect 2 other
HiFi components. Switching the receiver to standby will
automatically switch off the connected set.
Standby power <2W
- To help save energy
consumption, the standby transformer of this set has been
designed not to consumer more than 2 Watt in standby
mode.
Scart audio adapter
- For easy connection
between TV and VCR. (cable includes 'Cinema Link'
connection) (/00, /14)
Design
Harmonized Philips Home Cinema Components
Design
- The design of this component follows the design
language of the Philips Harmonized Home Cinema design.
Characteristics of this design language are stylish, simple,
capable, powerful and rich. All Philips Home Cinema
components and HiFi components will follow this design
(e.g. VCR, CD Changer, DVD, etc).
Display
- Color and graphic/character size are defined
such that visibility remains clear even at larger distances.
Speaker icons are used to show the actual sound mode.
Remote Control
- The form of the remote control
has proven very successful in usability test. The weight,
shape and button follow the book in terms of
ergonomic design, thereby offering maximum
convenience.
Connections
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Audio inputs/outputs : 7 analogue input sources, 3 analogue output connections
- Phono
: in
- CD
: in
- CDR/Tape
: in/out
- TV
: in
- VCR
: in/out
- SAT
: in
- DVD
: see digital audio inputs/outputs
- Front AV/Game
: in
- Headphone
: 6.3 mm
•
Digital audio inputs/outputs : 3 digital input sources, 1 digital output connection
- 2 digital coax connections
: in
- 1 optical toslink connection
: in
- 1 digital coax connection
: out
- all spdif acc. IEC 60958
•
Video inputs/outputs : 4 input sources, 2 output connections
- DVD
: in
- SAT
: in
- VCR
: in/out
- Monitor
: out
- Front AV/Game
: in
•
Speaker connections suitable for speakers
≥
6 Ohm
- left, right, center
: screw connection
- rear left, right
: click-fit connection
•
Miscellaneous connections
- Cinema Link system control bus : 2
- subwoofer pre-out
: 1
- center pre-out
: 2
- mains outlets
: 2 (maximum 100W total)
- AM antenna
: loop type
- FM antenna
: coaxial 75 Ohm
Amplifier
•
Power output stereo mode 6 Ohms, DIN, 1 Khz, 0,7% THD
- left, right
: 2 x 100 W
•
Power output surround mode 6 Ohms, 1Khz, 0,7% THD
- left, right
: 2 x 100 W
- center
: 100 W
- rear left, right
: 2 x 50 W
•
Amplifier characteristics
- total harmonic distortion
: 0.05 % (1 kHz, 1W output)
- power bandwidth (D<0.7%)
: 40 Hz – 20 kHz
- frequency response (linear)
: 20 Hz – 20 kHz,
±
3 dB
- signal-to-noise ratio (weighted) : > 82 dBA, (acc. IHF, 1 kOhm)
- channel separation (crosstalk) :
≥
-65 dB, 1 kHz
•
Controls
- bass
: 100 Hz, (-10dB … +10dB)
- treble
: 10 kHz, (-10dB … +10dB)
- loudness
: +6 dB (100Hz,-30dB), +3 dB (10kHz,-30dB)
•
Surround
- modes
: Dolby Digital AC-3, MPEG Multichannel,
ProLogic, Center Phantom, 3-Stereo, Hall
- delay
rear
: 15 to 30ms (steps of 5ms)
center
: 1 to 5ms (steps of 1ms)
•
Audio input sensitivity
- Phono
: 5 mV / 47 kOhms
- CD
: 250 mV / 47 kOhms
- CDR/Tape
: 250 mV / 47 kOhms
- TV
: 250 mV / 47 kOhms
- VCR
: 250 mV / 47 kOhms
- SAT
: 250 mV / 47 kOhms
Amplifier
•
Audio output sensitivity
- CDR/Tape
: 250 mV / 1 kOhm
- VCR
: 250 mV / 1 kOhm
- subwoofer pre-out
: 0.8 V / 1 kOhm
- center pre-out
: 2.5 V / 1 kOhm
- headphone
: 3 V / 120 Ohm
Tuner (typical values)
•
FM section
- wave range
: see table on back side
Sensitivity at 75 Ohm
- Mono 26 dB S/N
: 17 dBf (/01, /14)
15 dBf (/00)
- Stereo 46 dB S/N
: 41 dBf
- Selectivity
: 55 dB at 300 kHz
- Distortion mono/stereo
: 0.9%, 0.8% (/01, /14)
0.85%,0.3% (/00)
- Frequency response
: 63Hz-12.5KHz,
±
1dB
- S/N ratio mono/stereo
: 60 / 55 dB
- Stereo separation (1KHz)
: 27 dB (/01, /14)
35 dB (/00)
- Image rejection
: 48 dB (/01, /14)
100 dB (/00)
- IF suppression
: 85 dB (/01, /14)
100 dB (/00)
Sub carrier suppression
- for 19 KHz
: 30 dB
- for 38 KHz
: 50 dB (/01, /14)
37 dB (/00)
•
AM section
- Wave ranges
: see table on back side
- Sensitivity (MW)
: 1.5 V/m
- Selectivity
: 30 dB
- IF rejection
: 64 dB (/01, /14)
50dB (/00)
- S/N ratio
: 48 dB (/01, /14)
50dB (/00)
General
•
Power supply
- mains voltage
: see table on back side
- power consumption
: < 2W (in standby)
:
≈
200W (in 5 channel operation)
- electrical requirements
: IEC65, FCC stereo
•
Remote control
- keys
: 51-keys
- codes
: RC5, RC6
- type
: Universal
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Set
- material / finish
: metal, hot-stamp foil on ABS
- dimensions (incl. feet)
: 435mm x 135mm x 350mm ( W x H x D )
- display
: 2 color starburst FTD
- weight
: 9.4 kg
•
Package
- dimensions
: 519mm x 216mm x 488mm ( W x H x D )
- weight (incl. set)
: 10.8 kg
•
Accessories
-
remote
control
- 2 AA carbon/zinc batteries
-
instruction
manual
-
warrantee
information
- AM loop FM wire antenna
- scart audio adaptor (/00, /14)
