Philips FW-R55/21, Service Manual, Page: 8 / 92

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7
En gli sh
General Inf
ormation
¶
The type plate (which contains the serial n
umber) is located at the r
ear of the player
.
¶
Recor
ding is permissible if cop
yright or
other rights of th
rd par
ties ar
e not
infringed.
En
vir
onmental Inf
ormation
All unnecessar
y packaging has been omitted.
W
e
ha
ve tr
ied to make the packaging easy to
separ
ate into three mater
ials:
cardboard (bo
x),
polystyrene f
oam (b
uff
er) and poly
eth
ylene (bags,
protective f
oam sheet).
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.
Supplied Accessories
–
Remote control
–
Batter
ies (tw
o
AA siz
e) f
or remote control
–
AM loop antenna
–
FM wire antenna
–A
C po
w
er cord
–
One
Video cinch cab
le
Saf
ety Inf
ormation
¶
Before oper
ating the pla
yer
, check that the
oper
ating v
oltage indicated on the typeplate (or
the v
oltage indication beside the v
oltage
selector) of y
our pla
yer is identical with the
voltage of y
our local po
w
er suppl
y. If not,
please
consult y
our dealer
. The typeplate is located at
the rear of y
our pla
yer
.
¶
When the pla
yer is switched on,
do not mov
e it
around.
¶
Place the pla
yer on a solid base (e
.g.
a cabinet).
¶
Place the pla
yer in a location with adequate
ventilation to prev
ent inter
nal heat b
uild-up in
your pla
yer
.
Allo
w at least 10 cm (4 inches)
clear
ance from the rear and the top of the unit
and 5 cm (2 inches) from the each side
.
¶
Do not expose the pla
yer to excessiv
e moisture
,
rain,
sand or heat sources.
¶
Under no circumstances should y
ou repair the
pla
yer y
our
self,
as this will in
validate the
war
ranty!
¶
If the pla
yer is brought directly from a cold to a
war
m location,
or is placed in a v
er
y damp room,
moisture ma
y condense on the lens of the disc
unit inside the pla
yer
. Should this occur
, the CD
pla
yer will not oper
ate nor
mall
y. Lea
ve the
po
wer on f
or about one hour with no disc in the
pla
yer until nor
mal pla
yback is possib
le
.
¶
Electrostatic dischar
ge ma
y cause unexpected
problems.
See whether these prob
lems
disappear if y
ou unplug the
A
C po
w
er cord and
plug it in again after a f
ew seconds.
¶
To
disconnect the pla
y
er fr
om the po
w
er
supply completel
y,
r
emo
v
e the
A
C po
w
er
plug fr
om the wall sock
et.
IMPOR
T
ANT
:
PLEASE NO
TE
THA
T
THE
V
OL
T
A
GE
SELECT
OR LOCA
TED
A
T
THE REAR
OF
THIS SY
STEM IS PRESET
A
T 220V
FR
OM THE
F
A
CT
OR
Y
.
FOR COUNTRIES
THA
T OPERA
TE
A
T
110-127V
, PLEASE
ADJUST
T
O 110-127V
BEFORE
Y
OU SWITCH ON
THE
SY
STEM.
8
E n g l i s h
Pr
eparations
AM ANTENNA
AUX
N
R
+
L
+
AUDIO OUT
L
R
FM AER
AL
75‰
AC
MA
NS
~
OL
AGE
SELEC
OR
2
V
4
V V
2
V
R
+ —
L
+
V
DEO
OUT
R
surr
.
REAR SURROUN
FRONT
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
L
surr
.
Rear Connections
A
AM Loop
Antenna Connection
Connect the supplied loop antenna to the
AM
ANTENNA ter
minal.
Place the
AM loop antenna
far a
wa
y from the system and adjust its position
for the best reception.
B
FM Wir
e
Antenna
Connection
Connect the supplied FM wire antenna to the FM
AERIAL (FM
ANTENNA) 75
Ω
ter
minal.
Adjust the position of the FM antenna f
or the
best reception. Outdoor Antenna For better FM stereo reception, connect an outdoor FM antenna to the FM
AERIAL (FM
ANTENNA) 75
Ω
ter
minal using a 75
Ω
coaxial
wire
.
FM ANTENNA 75
Ω
FM AERIAL 75
Ω
OR
C
Speak
ers Connection
¶
Connect the r
ight speak
er to Front ter
minal R,
with the colored wire to
+
and the b
lack wire
to
-
.
¶
Connect the left speak
er to Front ter
minal L,
with the colored wire to
+
and the b
lack wire
to
-
.
¶
Clip the str
ipped por
tion of the speak
er wire as
sho
wn.
unlock
lock
12 mm
CA
UTION:
–F
or optimal sound performance
, it is
recommended to use the supplied speak
er
s.
–
Do not connect mor
e than one speak
er to any
one pair of
+
/
-
speak
er terminal.
–
Do not connect speak
er
s with impedance lo
wer
than the speak
er
s supplied.
Please ref
er to
SPECIFIC
ATION section of this manual.
D
Rear Sur
round Speak
ers Connection
Connect the optional Rear Sur
round Speaker
s
to the REAR SURR
OUND ter
minals.
Be sure to
follo
w the instr
uctions supplied with the Rear
Sur
round Speak
er
s.
E
Connecting other equipment to y
our
pla
y
er
You can connect the audio left and r
ight OUT
ter
minals of a
TV
, VCR,
Laser Disc pla
yer
, D
VD
pla
yer or CD Recorder to the
A
UX IN ter
minals
at the rear of the system.