Philips FW-C870, Service Manual

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En gli sh
Dolb
y ProLogic Sur
round Sound pro
vides the
cur
rent industr
y standard f
or home cinema
sound from
VCR and
TV broadcasts.
The front
left and r
ight speak
er
s deliv
er detailed,
directional
sound as the center speak
er "steer
s" dialogue/
vocal sound and center screen action to
ward the
TV screen.
Both sur
round speaker
s add a
greater sense of depth with special eff
ects.
Audio and video tapes and discs with the
Dolb
y Sur
round mar
k are
encoded f
or m
ulti channel Dolb
y Sur
round
sound.
The DOLBY PR
O LOGIC sound setting
allo
ws y
ou to listen to audio tr
acks as they w
ere
recorded through the left,
r
ight,
center
, and rear
channels. IMPOR
T
ANT!
–
Dolb
y Pr
o Lo
gic Surr
ound sound can only
be r
epr
oduced if the pr
o
g
ram is br
oadcast
in Dolb
y Surr
ound Sound.
–F
or the best Dolb
y Pr
o Lo
gic sound,
switch on DPL with DSC set to
“Classic”
and with
VEC off.
–
Dolb
y Pr
o Lo
gic mode will automatically
switch to normal Ster
eo mode when
headphones is connected. –
When r
ecor
ding,
s
witch to normal ster
eo
mode
.
Setting up the Dolb
y
Pr
o Lo
gic
system
You m
ust set up the system proper
ly
in order to
exper
ience and enjo
y a Home Cinema sound
ambience
.
Connecting the Speak
ers
5-Speak
ers Connection
(ref
er to
“Prepar
ations - Rear Connections”)
●
Fr
ont speak
er
s:
Connect the front speak
er
s.
●
Center speak
er
:
Connect the center speak
er
.
●
Rear (surr
ound) speak
er
s:
Connect either the
wired rear sur
round speak
er
s or a pair of
wireless rear speak
er
s (not supplied) to the
SURR
OUND OUT ter
minals.
P
ositioning the Speak
ers
To
get the best sur
round sound eff
ect,
place the
speak
er
s as f
ollo
ws.
TV
CENTER
SPEAKER
SURROUND
RIGHT
SURROUND
LEFT
FRONT
LEFT
FRONT
RIGHT
MINI HIFI
SYSTEM
SUB-
WOOFER
Fr
ont Left and Right Speak
ers
For the best sound,
place the left and r
ight
speak
er
s at an angle of appro
ximatel
y 45
degrees to the listener
.
Note: –T
o avoid magnetic interf
er
ence with the pictur
e
on your
TV
, do not position the fr
ont speak
er
s too
close to the
TV
.
Rear (sur
round) Speak
ers
The sur
round speak
er
s should be placed at
nor
mal listening ear lev
el or mounted on the
wall at the back of the room.
Most impor
tantl
y,
exper
iment when placing the sur
round speak
er
s
to obtain the best sound. Center Speak
er
For the best sound,
place the center speak
er at
the same height as the left and r
ight speak
er
s.
Place the center speak
er directl
y abo
ve
or
beneath the television.
Te
st T
one
This f
eature enables y
ou to adjust the Front Left,
Front Right,
Center and Sur
round Sound lev
els
of the respectiv
e speak
er
s in Dolb
y Pro Logic
mode
.
Y
ou m
ust sit at the ideal sitting position and
use the r
emote contr
ol to perform this
oper
ation.
1
Press
CD
,
TUNER
,
T
APE
or
AU
X
to switch
on the system.
2
Press
TEST T
ONE
on the
remote control.
➜
A test signal is gener
ated;
it
will mo
ve
through the Left,
Center
, Right,
and Sur
round
speak
er
s.
Dolb
y Pr
o Lo
gic
BA
CENTER
R
DPL
TEST TONE
S
REPEA
T
L
+
Ad
ditional F
eatur
es F
or FW
-P880/37
E n g l i s h
➜
"
TEST TONE
" f
ollo
w
ed b
y "
ADAPT
BALANCE
,
CENTER AND REAR LEVEL
" will
be displa
yed.
➜
The test signal will last f
or about 90 seconds.
Adjust the sound le
v
e
l
BALANCE
CENTER
REAR
DPL
TEST TONE
LR
+
-
+
-
Fr
ont speak
ers
●
Press
BALANCE L
on the remote control f
o
r
left speak
er and press
BALANCE R
on the
remote control f
or r
ight speak
er
.
➜
"
BAL L +XX
" or "
BAL R +XX
" will be
displa
yed.
Center speak
er
●
Press
CENTER
+
or
-
on the remote
control.
➜
"
CENT +XX
" or "
CENT-XX
" will be displa
yed.
Sur
round speak
ers
●
Press
REAR
+
or
-
on the remote control.
➜
"
REAR +XX
" or "
REAR -XX
" will be
displa
yed.
To
s
witch off the
TEST
T
ONE
●
Press
TEST T
ONE
.
Notes: –
It is advisable to set the speak
er
s’ le
vel at
normal listening le
vel.
–"
XX
" denotes the sound le
vel.
Switching the Dolb
y
Pr
o Lo
gic
●
Press
DPL (PR
O LOGIC
)
repeatedl
y to select and cycle
through the var
ious sound
modes.
➜
The Dolb
y Pro Logic displa
y
panel will light up with the selection. Dolb
y Surr
ound
➜
Dolb
y Center Phantom
➜
Dolb
y 3 Ster
eo
➜
Ster
eo
➜
Dolb
y
Surr
ound …
Dolb
y Sur
round
This setting is for a full Dolb
y Sur
round Pro Logic
mode
.
➜
“
DOLBY SURROUND
”
will be displa
yed.
Dolb
y Center Phantom
This setting is for use without the center speak
er
.
It redistr
ib
utes the center
speak
er sound to the left
and r
ight speak
er
s,
pro
viding con
ventional
stereo across the front.
➜
“
DOLBY CENTER PHANTOM
”
will be
displa
yed.
Dolb
y 3 Ster
eo
Use this setting when full sur
round is not required,
but a wide stereo sound is desired.
It requires onl
y the
left,
r
ight and center
speak
er
s.
➜
“
DOLBY 3 STEREO
”
will be displa
yed.
Normal Ster
eo
This setting is f
or nor
mal
stereo sound without Dolb
y Pro Logic
. It requires
only the left and r
ight
speak
er
s.
➜
“
STEREO
” will be
displa
yed.
Dolb
y Pr
o Lo
gic
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NT
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O LO
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ditional F
eatur
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