DVD Video Player Owner’s Manual DVD952 1
Important Note DK S Advarsel: Laserrudstråling ved åbning når sikkerhesafbrydere er ude af funktion. Undgå u tsættelse for stråling. Klass 1 laserapparat Varning! Om apparaten används på annat sätt än i denna bruksanvisning specificerats, kann användaren utsättas för laserstrålning, som översjruder gränsen för läserklass 1. Bemærk: Netafbryderen POWER er sekundært indkoblet og afbryder ikke strømmen fra nette.
English Index Français English -------------------------------------------------------- 5 Deutsch Français ------------------------------------------------------ 25 Nederlands Deutsch ----------------------------------------------------- 45 S ve n s k a Nederlands ------------------------------------------------- 65 Dansk Svenska ------------------------------------------------------ 85 Suomi Dansk ------------------------------------------------------ 105 Norge Suomi ------------------------
General Information Laser safety This unit employs a laser. Due to possible eye injury, only a qualified service person should remove the cover or attempt to service this device. USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED HEREIN MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE. LASER Type Wave length Output Power Beam divergence The region code for this DVD Video Player is 2.
Contents English Introduction Philips DVD Video Introduction ------------------------- 6 Unpacking ---------------------------------------------------- 6 Remote Control Battery Installation ------------------- 6 Environmental Information ------------------------------- 6 Safety Information ------------------------------------------ 6 Cleaning Discs ---------------------------------------------- 6 Functional Overview Front and Rear Panels ------------------------------------- 7 Remote Control -------------
Introduction ¶ Insert batteries as indicated inside the battery compartment. Caution: Do not mix old and new batteries. Never mix different types of batteries (standard, alkaline, etc.). DVD Video You will recognise DVD Video discs by the logo shown. Depending on the material on the disc (a movie, video clips, a drama series, etc.) the disc may have one or more Titles. + + Your Philips DVD Video player will play digital video discs conforming to the universal DVD Video standard.
Functional Overview English Front and Rear Panels SOUND – selects Stereo, Dolby Surround 3D-Sound (TruSurround) or multichannel STANDBY-ON – switches the player to Standby mode or ON ST EASY JOG – controls Fast Forward/Rewind/Previous/ Next and Slow in various steps DISC TRAY DISPLAY – shows the current status of the player 9 STOP – stops video/audio playback / OPEN/CLOSE – opens/closes the disc tray 2; PLAY/PAUSE – star ts or interrupts playback DVD952 DVD/VIDEO CD/CD PLAYER STANDBY-ON PLAY/PAUSE
English Remote Control T-C – select title/chapter TIME SEARCH – star ts playback at any chosen time on a disc RETURN – go back to previous menu DISC MENU – access menu of a DVD disc S – search backward* / go to a previous chapter or track REPEAT – repeat chapter, track, title, disc REPEAT (A-B) – repeat a specific segment TIME SEARCH FTS RESUME 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DISPLAY DIM RETURN 0 DISC SYSTEM MENU É FTS – activate/deactivate Favourite Track Selection 2 T-C MENU É OK É ë É É R
Preparation ¶ ¶ ¶ English General Notes Depending on your TV and other equipment you wish to connect, there are various ways you could connect the player. Use only one of the connections described below. Please refer to the manuals of your TV, VCR, Stereo System or other devices as necessary to make the best connections. For better sound reproduction, connect the player’s audio out jacks to the audio in jacks of your amplifier, receiver, stereo or audio/video equipment.
Note: – If the audio format of the digital output does not match the capabilities of your receiver, the receiver will produce a strong, distorted sound or no sound at all. – Six Channel Digital Surround Sound via digital connection can only be obtained if your receiver has a Digital Multichannel decoder. – To see the selected audio format of the current DVD in the Status Window, press SYSTEM MENU or Audio button.
Remote control operation You can switch the NTSC/PAL setting of the DVD player to match the video signal of your TV. This setting only affects the television’s on-screen display that shows the stop and setup modes. You may select either NTSC or PAL. To change the DVD player setting to PAL or NTSC, follow the steps below. 1 Unplug the DVD player from the mains. 2 Press and hold 9 and SOUND, on the front of the DVD 3 4 player. While holding 9 and SOUND, plug in the mains.
English The following items may have to be set in Initial Setup: Menu language You can choose from different languages. The On Screen Menus will be displayed in the selected language. Audio language You can choose from different languages. If available on the disc, the player will play the audio in the selected language. If the selected language is not available, speech will revert to the first spoken language on the disc. Subtitle language You can choose from different subtitle languages.
– Personal colour (on Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y Video , CVBS and S-Video output only) You can set your own personal preferences on the player. Allows you to fine-tune the selected colour settings saturation, brightness and contrast. English Personal Preferences General operation: ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control. Select in the menu bar. ➜ The Personal Preferences menu appears. Use the 1 2 3 4 keys to toggle through the menus, submenus and submenu options.
English – Speaker settings – DIM Allows you to select speaker settings, volume balance and delay time and to test the speaker settings. Speaker settings are only active on the Analog MultiChannel Output. (See appendix) You can select the desired brightness for the front panel display. ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Normal brightness will appears on the display when you press DISPLAY DIM on the remote control. Medium brightness will appears on the display when you press DISPLAY DIM a second time on the remote control.
Loading Discs General Features 1 Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the player to open the Note: – Unless stated, all operations described are based on remote control use. Some operations can be carried out using the menu bar on the screen. disc tray. 2 Load your chosen disc in the tray, label side up. 3 Press OPEN/CLOSE again to close the tray. ➜ READ appears in the status window and on the player display, and playback starts automatically.
English Repeat ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ DVD Video Discs Repeat chapter/title/disc To repeat the current chapter, press REPEAT. ➜ REPEAT CHPT appears on the player display. To repeat the current title, press REPEAT a second time. ➜ REPEAT TITL appears on the display. To repeat the entire disc, press REPEAT a third time. ➜ REPEAT appears on the display. To exit Repeat mode, press REPEAT a fourth time. Video CDs Repeat track/disc To repeat the current track, press REPEAT.
¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ The FTS-Video function allows you to store your favourite titles and chapters (DVD) and favourite tracks and indexes (VCD) for a particular disc in the player memory. FTS programme can contain 20 items (titles, chapters etc.). A programmed FTS will be placed on top of the list when playback is activated. When the list is full, a new programme will replace the last programme on the list. The programme can be selected and played at any time.
English Special Video CD & SVCD Features Playback Control (PBC) ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ ¶ Load a Video CD with PBC and press B. Go through the menu with the keys indicated on the TV screen until your chosen passage starts to play. If a PBC menu consists of a list of titles, you can select a title directly. Enter your choice with the numerical keys (0-9). Press RETURN to go back to the previous menu. You may also select PBC OFF under Personal Preferences.
1 Load a disc and stop playback. 2 Use 4 to go to the list of available tracks. 3 Use 2 or 1 to select tracks from the list. 4 To go directly to any track, enter the track number using the numerical keys (0-9). Store each track by pressing OK. ➜ The track numbers will be added to the list. ➜ The number of tracks and the playing time of the programme will be shown on the TV screen and the player display.
Access Control English Access Control: Child Lock (DVD Video and Video CD) Activating/deactivating the Child Lock 1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CONTROL in the features menu using the 3/4 keys. Enter a 4-digit code of your own choice. Enter the code a second time. Move to “CHILD LOCK” using the 3/4 keys. Move to LOCK/UNLOCK using the 2 key. Select LOCK using the 3/4 keys. Press OK or 1 to confirm, then press 1 again to exit the menu.
1 When disc playback is stopped, select ACCESS 2 3 4 5 CONTROL in the features menu using the 3/4 keys. Enter your 4-digit code. If necessary, enter the code a second time. Move to Parental Control using the 3/4 keys. Move to VALUE ADJUSTMENT (1-8) using the 2 key. Then use the 3/4 keys or the numerical keys on the remote control to select a rating from 1 to 8 for the disc inserted. Rating 0 (displayed as ‘– –’): Parental Control is not activated. The Disc will be played in full.
Before Requesting Service English If it appears that the DVD Video player is faulty, first consult this checklist. Something may have been overlooked. Under no circumstances should you attempt to repair the system yourself; this will invalidate the warranty. Look for the specific symptom(s). Then perform only the actions listed to remedy the specific symptom(s). Symptom Remedy No power – Make sure the power cord is properly connected.
Speaker Settings Delay times 6 Channel settings Front speaker L (Large): When the front speakers can reproduce low frequency signals below 120Hz S (Small): When the front speakers cannot produce low frequency signals below 120Hz The DVD player is set to reproduce correctly synchronized Digital Surround Sound in a listening area where the surround speakers are about 150cm nearer to the listening position than the front speakers, and the center speaker is in line with the front speakers.
Specifications English PLAYBACK SYSTEM DVD Video Video CD & SVCD CD (CD-Recordable and CD-Rewritable) DVD+RW MP3 OPTICAL READOUT SYSTEM Lasertype Semiconductor AlGaAs Numerical Aperture 0.60 (DVD) 0.45 (VCD/CD) Wavelength 650 nm (DVD) 780 nm (VCD/CD) DVD DISC FORMAT Medium Diameter Playing time (12cm) VIDEO FORMAT DA Converter Signal handling Digital Compression Optical Disc 12cm (8cm) One layer Dual layer Two side Single layer Two side Dual layer 2.15 h* 4 h* 4.
