Philips MCD300 User Manual Download

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Contents

System Menu Options

Basic Operations ................................................ 60
General Setup Page ............................................ 60

TV Display
Screen Saver

Audio Setup Page ........................................ 61~62

SPDIF Setup
Dolby Digital Setup
3D Processing
HDCD
Post DRC

Video Setup Page ................................................ 62

Component
TV Mode
Quality

Preference Page .................................................. 63

Parental
Default

Password Setup Page ......................................... 64

Password mode
Password

Tuner

Tuning to radio stations .................................... 65
Storing preset radio stations............................. 65

Manual programming
Auto store: Automatic programming
Listening to preset radio stations

Clock/Timer

Setting the clock ................................................. 66
Setting sleep/wake-up timer ............................ 66

Sleep timer setting
Wake-up timer setting

Specifications

........................................... 67

Troubleshooting

.............................. 68-70

Glossary

......................................................... 71

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Summary of Contents for MCD300

Page 1: ...MCD300 DVD MicroTheatre ...

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Page 3: ...3 English Index English 38 4 ...

Page 4: ...ting the OSD Language Setting the Audio Subtitle and Disc Menu language Basic Functions Switching the system on off 50 Volume control 50 Sound Control 51 DBB Dynamic Bass Boost DSC Digital Sound Control LOUDNESS Dimming the display screen 51 Disc Operations Playable Discs 52 Region Codes 52 Playing discs 53 Using the Disc Menu 53 Selecting and searching 53 54 Selecting a different track chapter Sk...

Page 5: ...onent TV Mode Quality Preference Page 63 Parental Default Password Setup Page 64 Password mode Password Tuner Tuning to radio stations 65 Storing preset radio stations 65 Manual programming Auto store Automatic programming Listening to preset radio stations Clock Timer Setting the clock 66 Setting sleep wake up timer 66 Sleep timer setting Wake up timer setting Specifications 67 Troubleshooting 68...

Page 6: ...y Please observe the local regulations regarding the disposal of packaging materials exhausted batteries and old equipment General Information Installation Place the player on a flat hard and stable surface In a cabinet allow about 10cm 4 inches of free space all around the player for adequate ventilation Do not expose your player to extreme temperatures or humidity The apparatus shall not be expo...

Page 7: ...er to L red wire to and silver wire to Fully insert the stripped portion of the speaker wire into the terminal as shown Notes Ensure that the speaker wires are correctly connected Improper connections may damage the system due to short circuit For optimal sound performance use the supplied speakers Do not connect more than one speaker to any one pair of speaker jacks Do not connect speakers with a...

Page 8: ...ent setting will need to be set accordingly Details are shown under Video Setup Page Connect the VIDEO jack to the video input jack on theTV using a video cable yellow OR Option 1 Connect the S VIDEO output jack to the S Video input jack on theTV using an S Video cable not supplied OR Option 2 Use the component video cables red blue green to connect the DVD micro system s COMPONENT video output ja...

Page 9: ...on the remote repeatedly in order to activate the input source AUX Connecting an active subwoofer Connect the DVD micro system s SUB WOOFER OUT jack to the AUDIO INPUT jack on an active woofer not supplied Recording digital Connect the system s COAXIAL digital output jack to the DIGITAL IN jack on a digital recording device such as DTS DigitalTheatre compatible with Dolby Digital decoder Before st...

Page 10: ... the remote control towards this sensor 7 OPEN CLOSE opens or closes the disc door 8 É Å PRESET3 Disc starts or interrupts disc playback TUNER selects a preset radio station upward 9 9 PRESET 4 Disc stops disc playback or erases a program TUNER selects a preset radio station backward 0 4 Disc press to skip to the previous next chapter title track TUNING 34 Tuner press to tune to a higher lower rad...

Page 11: ...ntrol PBC mode on or off MP3 WMA switches between Album and Filelist 8 4 3 2 1 selects an item in a menu moves an enlarged picture up down left right 9 OK confirms a selection 0 ZOOM DVD VCD Picture CD enlarges or reduces a picture or active image on the TV screen MUTE disables or enables sound output TU à á Tuner press to tune to a lower higher radio frequency gradually press and hold then releas...

Page 12: ...plays information onTV screen during playback AUDIO forVCD sets Stereo Mono Left or Mono Right sound mode for DVD selects an audio language A B repeats playback of a specific section on a disc MODE selects various repeat modes or the shuffle play mode for a disc SLOW selects different slow playback modes for aVCD SVCD DVD DBB enables or disables bass enhancement ª SURROUND unavailable for this ver...

Page 13: ...ually these channels are between the lowest and highest channels and may be called FRONT A V IN orVIDEO See yourTV manual for more details Or you may go to channel 1 on yourTV then press the Channel up button repeatedly until you see theVideo In channel Or theTV Remote Control may have a button or switch that chooses different video modes Or set theTV to channel 3 or 4 if you are using an RF modul...

Page 14: ...s on theTV CONFIRM TO USE P SCAN IF PICTURE IS GOOD PRESS OK BUTTON ON REMOTE TIME LAST 01 SECOND 0 Press 1 2 to highlight OK in the menu and press OK to confirm The setup is complete now and you can start enjoying the high quality picture To deactivate Progressive manually When the distorted sign still appears on theTV it may be due to the connectedTV does not accept progressive signals and progr...

Page 15: ...Move to OSD Lang and press 2 4 Select a language and press OK To exit the menu Press SYSTEM on the remote control again Setting the Audio Subtitle and Disc Menu language 1 In the stop mode press SYSTEM on the remote control 2 Press 1 2 to select PREFERENCE PAGE 3 Press 3 4 to highlight the following in the Preference Page Audio disc s soundtrack Subtitle disc s subtitles Disc Menu disc s menu 4 En...

Page 16: ...t time See Setting the clock on page 66 Helpful hints The interactive sound settings last selected source and tuner presets will be retained in the player s memory Volume control Turn VOLUME clockwise or anticlockwise or press VOLUME on the remote to increase or decrease the volume level The display shows VOL and a volume value from 1 to 30 MIN or MAX is displayed when the volume level is adjusted...

Page 17: ...igital Sound Control DSC provides a different type of preset sound equalizer setting Press DSC on the remote repeatedly to select CLASSIC JAZZ POP or ROCK The display shows the selected sound setting LOUDNESS LOUDNESS feature enables the system to automatically increase the treble and bass sound effect at low volume the higher the volume the lower the treble and bass increase Press LOUDNESS on the...

Page 18: ...alVersatile Discs DVDs Video CDs VCDs SuperVideo CDs SVCDs Digital Versatile Discs Recordable DVD R DigitalVersatile Discs Rewritable DVD RW Compact Discs CDs MP3 disc on CD R W Supported sampling frequencies 8 kHz 48 kHz Supported Bit rates 8 320 kbps variable bitrates WMA CDs CD ROMs with WMA tracks Picture JPEG files on CD R W Region Codes DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or Region 6 in ord...

Page 19: ... only PBC playback allows you to playVideo CDs interactively following the menu on the display such as allowing you to select favourit songs To switch PBC on or off press DISC MENU during playback If PBC was ON it will switch to OFF and continue playback If PBC was OFF it will switch of ON and return to menu screen Selecting and searching Selecting a different track chapter For DVD VCD CD MP3 Duri...

Page 20: ... ALL when the repeat of the entire disc is selected or shows SHUFF when shuffle play is selected Repeat A B For DVD VCD CD MP3 WMA 1 Press A B at your chosen starting point 2 Press A B again at your chosen end point The section will now repeat continuously 3 To exit the sequence press A B again GOTO 1 During playback press GOTO ST once or more on the remote control TV screen shows various search b...

Page 21: ...3 4 on the remote control to select Start then press OK on the remote control The display on the system shows PROG Erasing program To exit program menu without programming navigate to select Exit then press OK or simply press PROG During playback of program press PROG to pop up the program menu to select Stop then press OK When playback of program comes to an end the playback will come to the stop...

Page 22: ... time of current chapter Chapter Remain remaining time of current chapter Display Off turns off the display information For VCDs CDs By pressing DISPLAY TV screen shows current total track number By pressing DISPLAY repeatedly TV screen also shows time option in the sequence as follows Single Elapsed elapsed playback time of current track Single Remain remaining time of current track Total Elapsed...

Page 23: ...t the desired language for sound track The feature is disc dependant For VCDs Press AUDIO repeatedly to select the audio channel for sound output displayed on theTV screen Mono Left Mono Right and Stereo SUBTITLE DVD only Press repeatedly SUBTITLE on the remote control to select different subtitle languages The feature is disc dependant Camera Angle DVD only Press ANGLE repeatedly to select differ...

Page 24: ...DRM Windows Media Digital Rights Management 1 Load an MP3 WMA disc The file list of the entire disc is displayed on theTV screen 2 Use 3 4 or Numeric Keypad 0 9 on the remote control to highlight a file 3 To playback the highlighted file press OK Press DISC MENU to view the album folder display of the entire disc To open the selected folder press 2 or OK To exit the opened folder press 1 To switch...

Page 25: ...g press 9 12 thumbnail pictures appear on the TV screen 2 Use 1 2 3 4 to highlight 1Prev or Next2 then press OK to go to the previous or next screen To slide show press OK when a picture or Slide Show is highlighted by using 1 2 3 4 Zooming pictures JPEG During slideshow press ZOOM repeatedly to display a picture at enlarged sizes 125 150 or 200 or reduced sizes 75 or 50 Use 1 2 3 4 to pan across ...

Page 26: ...Some of the features in the System Menu Options are described in Getting Started General Setup Page The options included in General Setup page are TV Display OSD Lang and Screen Saver TV Display default Normal PS Set the aspect ratio of the DVD Player according to theTV you have connected Normal PS panscan If you have a normal TV and want both sides of the picture to be trimmed or formatted to fit...

Page 27: ...Reverb Mode Reverb Mode default Off Reverb mode provides a virtual surround sound experience using just two speakers Off Concert Living Room Hall Bathroom Cave Arena and Church Audio Setup Page The options included in Audio Setup page are SPDIF Setup Dolby Digital Setup 3D Processing HDCD and Post DRC SPDIF Setup default SPDIF RAW The options included in SPDIF Sony Phillips Digital Interface Forma...

Page 28: ...ts the contrast level Range 16 16 Gamma Adjusts the gamma level High Medium Low and None Hue Adjusts the hue level Range 9 9 Saturation Adjusts the saturation level Range 9 9 Luma Delay Adjusts the luma delay 0T and 1T HDCD The option included in HDCD High Definition Compatible Digital is Filter Filter default Off Sets the audio output cutoff frequency point when playing an HDCD disc Off 44 1K and...

Page 29: ...d will not play unless you enter your four digit password and choose a higher level rating Note Some DVDs are not encoded with a rating though the movie rating may be printed on the Disc cover The rating level feature does not work for such Discs Rating explanations 1 KID SAF Kids material recommended especially for children and viewers of all ages 2 G General Audience recommended as acceptable fo...

Page 30: ...screen The default password is 1234 1 Press 3 4 to highlight Password 2 Enter its submenu by pressing 2 3 Press OK to open the page for inputting a new password 4 Enter the existing 4 digit code 5 Enter the new 4 digit code 6 Enter the new 4 digit code a second time to confirm The new 4 digit code will take effect 7 Press OK to exit Notes If the password has been changed the parental and disc lock...

Page 31: ...n refer to Tuning to radio stations 2 Press PROG on the remote PROG icon flashes 3 Press PRESET3 4 or CH on the remote to select the desired preset number 4 Press PROG on the remote again to store the radio station PROG disappears on the display Repeat steps 1 4 to store other radio stations Helpful hints You can erase a preset station by storing another frequency in its place Autostore automatic ...

Page 32: ...time in minutes 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 00 2 When you reach the desired length of time stop pressing SLEEP TIMER When sleep function is activated is displayed To deactivate the sleep timer Press SLEEP TIMER repeatedly until 00 is displayed or press STANDBY ONB B on the remote When sleep function is deactivated is disappears on the display Wake up timer setting In standby mode the timer setti...

Page 33: ...s 163 W x 150 H x 240 D mm Weight 3 1 kg TUNER FM Frequency range 87 5 108 MHz FM Noise limit sensitivity 20µV M FM S N 46dB MW Frequency range 531 1602 kHz MW Noise limit sensitivity 3 0µV m MW S N 40dB SPEAKER Impedance 8 Ω Input power 35W Sensitivity 80 4dB Frequency response 80Hz 16kHz Dimensions 134 W x 218 H x 220 D mm Weight 2 3 kg each Specifications REMOTE Distance 6m Angle 300 Specificat...

Page 34: ...DVD or press DISC on the remote Set yourTV to the correctVideo In channel This channel is usually near channel 00 Or you may have a button on theTV remote control that selects Auxiliary or A V IN channel See yourTV owner s manual for details Or change channels at theTV until you see DVD screen on theTV If the progressive scan feature is activated but the connectedTV does not support progressive si...

Page 35: ...playback side facing down Check the disc type colour system and regional code Check for any scratches or smudges on the disc Press SYSTEM MENU to turn off the setup menu screen Cancel the parental control rating function or change the rating level Moisture has condensed inside the system Remove the disc and leave the system turned on for about an hour Disconnect the power plug from the outlet and ...

Page 36: ...e remote control at the remote sensor of the unit Reduce the distance to the player Remove any possible obstacles Replace the batteries with new ones Check that the batteries are loaded correctly Press DIM again Place the DVD micro system as far away as possible from electrical devices that may be causing interference Check all speakers for correct polarity Check that the output of the video signa...

Page 37: ...or CD RW can contain about 10 times as much data volume as a regular CD can Multichannel DVD is specified to have all sound tracks constitute one sound field Multichannel refers to a structure of sound tracks having three or more channels Parental control A function of the DVD to limit playback of the disc by the age of the users according to the limitation level in each country The limitation var...

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