
Directions for use
GB 9
DVD 950
3.
Video CD
Y
ou will r
ecognize
Video CDs b
y the log
o sho
wn at left.
Depending on the material on the disc (a mo
vie
,video clips,
a drama
series,
etc
.) the disc ma
y ha
ve
one or mor
e
tracks.
T
racks ma
y ha
ve
one
or mor
e index
es,
as indicated on the disc case
.T
o mak
e
pla
yback easy
and con
venient,
your pla
yer lets y
ou select tracks and index
es.
Audio CD
Audio CDs contain m
usic tracks onl
y.
Y
ou will r
ecognize CDs b
y their log
o which is sho
wn at left.
Y
ou can pla
y them in con
ventional style thr
ough a ster
eo system,
using
the k
e
ys on the r
emote contr
ol and/or fr
ont panel,
or via the
TV using
the On-Scr
een Displa
y (OSD).
Unpacking
First check and identify the contents of y
our D
V
D-Video pla
yer package
.
Y
ou should ha
ve
the f
ollo
wing items.
-
D
VD-Video pla
ye
r
-
Remote Contr
ol with tw
o
AA batteries
-
A/C po
w
er cor
d
- Audio/Video
cor
d
- S-Video
cor
d
-
Instructions f
or use
If an
y item is damaged or missing,
contact y
our r
etailer or Philips.
K
eep the packaging materials;
you ma
y need them to transpor
t y
our
pla
yer in the futur
e
.
Placement
●
Place the pla
yer on a firm,
flat surface
.
●
K
eep the pla
yer a
w
ay
fr
om domestic heating equipment and dir
ect
sunlight.
●
In a cabinet,
allo
w about 2.5 cm (1 inch) of fr
ee space all ar
ound the
pla
yer f
or adequate v
entilation.
●
If the D
V
D-Video pla
yer cannot r
ead CDs/D
VDs cor
rectl
y,
use a
commonl
y a
vailable cleaning CD/D
VD to clean the lens bef
or
e taking the
D
VD-Video pla
yer to be r
epair
ed.
Other cleaning methods ma
y destr
o
y
the lens.
Al
wa
ys k
eep the tra
y closed to a
void dust on the lens.
●
The lens ma
y cloud o
ver when the D
V
D-Video pla
yer is sud
denl
y mo
ve
d
fr
om cold to warm sur
roundings.
Pla
ying a CD/D
VD is not possible then.
Lea
ve
the D
VD-Video pla
yer in a warm en
vir
onment until the moistur
e
e
va
porates.
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TRACKS
AUDIO CD
TRACK 1
TRACK 2
INDEX 1
INDEX 2
INDEX 1
INDEX 2
INDEX 3
VIDEO CD
INTR
ODUCTION 9
Intr
oduction
Enter
tainment f
or the ne
w millennium
Video was ne
ver lik
e this bef
or
e! Digital video discs pr
o
vide perf
ect
digital,
studio-quality pictur
es;
with thr
ee dimensional digital,
m
ulti-
channel audio
,stor
y sequences scr
eened fr
om y
our choice of camera
angle;
sound tracks in as man
y as eight languages;
and up to 32 subtitles if
available on disc
.W
hether y
ou watch D
VD-Video on wide-scr
een or
regular
TV
,y
ou al
wa
ys see it the wa
y it was meant to be
.
Digital video
D
VD-Video uses state-of-the-ar
t MPEG2 data compr
ession technolog
y
to r
egister an entir
e mo
vie on a single 5-inch disc
.D
VD
’s variable bitrate
compr
ession,
running at up to 9.8 Mbits/second,
ca
ptur
es e
ven the most
complex pictur
es in their original quality
.
The cr
ystal-clear digital pictur
es ha
ve
a horizontal r
esolution of o
ver 500
lines,
with 720 pix
els (pictur
e elements) to each line
.This r
esolution is
mor
e than double that of
VHS,
superior to Laser Disc
,and entir
el
y
comparable with digital masters made in r
ecor
ding studios.
D
VD-Video discs conf
orm to either the P
AL or NTSC video standar
d.
This pla
yer can pla
y both P
AL and NTSC discs,
pr
esenting them in the
best possible wa
y on y
our m
ulti-standar
d
TV scr
een.
As the univ
ersal video system of the futur
e
,D
VD-Video off
ers optimal
pictur
es on an
y
TV scr
een.
Intr
oduction
Y
our Philips D
VD-Video pla
yer will pla
y digital video discs conf
orming to
the univ
ersal D
VD-Video standar
d.
With it,
you will be able to enjo
y full-
length mo
vies with true cinema pictur
e quality
,as w
ell as ster
eo or
m
ulti-channel sound (depending on the disc and y
our pla
yback setup).
The unique f
eatur
es of D
V
D-Video
,such as selection of sound track,
subtitle languages and diff
er
ent camera angles (again depending on the
disc),
ar
e all included.
What
’s mor
e
,Philips Child Lock lets y
ou decide
which discs y
our childr
en will be able to see
.
In ad
dition to D
VD-Video discs,
you will be able to pla
y all
Video CDs
and
Audio CDs (including finalized CD Recor
dable and CD Re
writable).
Y
ou will find the On-Scr
een Displa
y,
pla
yer displa
y,
and r
e
mote contr
ol
mak
e the pla
yer easy to use
.The man
ual pr
o
vides all inf
ormation y
ou will
need,
so r
ead on!
D
VD-Video
Y
ou will r
ecognize D
VD-Video discs b
y the log
o sho
wn on left.
Depending on the material on the disc (a mo
vie
,video clips,
a drama
series,
etc
.) the disc ma
y ha
ve
one or mor
e
Titles.
Each
Title ma
y ha
ve
one or mor
e Cha
pters.
To
mak
e pla
yback easy and con
venient,
your
pla
yer lets y
ou select
Titles and pla
yback Cha
pters.
TITLE 1
TITLE 2
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
DVD-VIDEO DISC
8
INTR
ODUCTION