DVD Micro Theatre MCD706
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby", "Pro-logic", “Pro-logic II” and the doubleD symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. MANUFACTURED UNDER LICENSE FROM DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS, INC. US PAT. NO 5,451,942,5,956,674, 5,974,380, 5,978,762 AND OTHER WORLDWIDE PATENTS ISSUED AND PENDING. "DTS" AND "DTS DIGITAL SURROUND" ARE RESISTERED TRADEMARKS OF DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS, INC. COPYRIGHT 1996, 2000 DIGITAL THEATER SYSTEMS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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Contents English General Information Disc Operations Features ................................................................ 40 Supplied accessories .......................................... 40 Environment information ................................. 40 Installation ............................................................ 40 Maintenance ........................................................ 41 Playable Discs ...................................................... 54 Playing discs ..............
English Contents System Menu Options Basic Operations ................................................ 60 General Setup Page ..................................... 60~61 TV Display OSD Lang Screen Saver DIVX(R) VOD Audio Setup Page ........................................ 61~62 SPDIF Setup Dolby Digital Setup 3D Processing HDCD Night Mode Video Setup Page ......................................... 62~63 Component TV Mode Quality Preference Page ............................................
General Information English Features Supplied accessories Your DVD Micro Theatre with 2.0 channel full digital amplifier creates the same dynamic sound qualities that you find in full-fledged cinemas and incorporates some of the best features in home theater technology. – – – – Other features include: Built-in DTS and Dolby Digital decoder, supporting Incredible Surround and DSC sound setting.
English General Information ● Do not expose your player to extreme temperatures or humidity. ● The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing. ● No objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus. ● No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, shall be placed on the apparatus. ● Install this unit near the AC outlet and where the AC power plug can be reached easily.
Connections English AC power MW antenna FM antenna Speaker (right) Speaker (left) IMPORTANT! – The type plate is located at the bottom of the system. – Before connecting the AC power cord to the wall outlet, ensure that all other connections have been made. – Never make or change any connections with the power switched on.
Step 2: Connecting speakers English Connections Step 4: Connecting TV Connect the speaker wires to the SPEAKERS terminals, right speaker to “R” and left speaker to “L”, coloured (marked) wire to “+” and black (unmarked) wire to “–”. Fully insert the stripped portion of the speaker wire into the terminal as shown. IMPORTANT! – You only need to make one video connection from the following options, depending on the capabilities of your TV. – Connect the DVD system directly to the TV.
Connections English Using Component Video jacks (Y Pb Pr) Using S-Video jack IMPORTANT! – The progressive scan video quality is only possible when using Y Pb Pr, and a progressive scan TV is required. IMPORTANT! – If S-Video is used for DVD playback connection, the system’s VIDEO OUT setting will need to be changed accordingly.
Using an accessory RF modulator Step 5: Connecting FM/MW antennas IMPORTANT! – If your TV only has a single Antenna In jack (labeled as 75 ohm or RF In), you will need an RF modulator in order to view DVD playback on the TV. See your electronics retailer or contact Philips for details on RF modulator availability and operations.
Connections English Step 6: Connecting the power cord After everything is conec ted properly, plug in the AC power cord to the power outlet. Never make or change any connection with the power switched on. Additional: Connecting additional equipment IMPORTANT! – Some discs are copy-protected.You cannot record the disc through a VCR or digital recording device. – When making connections, make sure the colour of cables matches the colour of jacks.
1 2 English Functional Overview 6 43 6 758 9 0 DVD player and power amplifier 1 STANDBY-ON B – 6 ¡/™ – switches the system on or to standby mode. 2 Display – ! shows the current status of the DVD player. – – 3 ÉÅ – starts or interrupts disc playback. 7 4 PRESET + – – 8 in tuner mode, selects a preset radio station forward. – 5 PRESET-/9 – – – stops disc playback or erases a program. in tuner mode, selects a preset radio station backward.
Functional Overview English 4 PROG Remote control – – 1B – switches the system on/ off. – 20 – opens or closes the disc compartment – 3 Numeric Keypad (0-9) – inputs a track/title/chapter number of the disc. 5 GOTO/ST – – 6 – 1 2 – – 5 7 4 – DVD/VCD: enters or exits the disc contents menu. VCD2.0: switches the playback control mode on or off . MP3/WMA: switches between Album and Filelist. 84 – – / 3 / 2 / 1 selects an item in a menu. moves an enlarged picture up/down/left/right.
# VOLUME +/– – – adjusts the volume upward/downward. adjusts the hours and minutes in clock/timer setting mode. switches the set timer ON or OFF. $ CH +/- (¡ / ™) – – Disc: skips to the previous/next chapter/title/ track Tuner: selects a preset radio station. % ÉÅ – starts or interrupts disc playback. ^9 – stops disc playback or erases a program. & DISC/TUNER/AUX – – – selects the respective sound source for DVD/ AUX1/AUX2/FM/MW.
Getting Started English ➜ Usually these channels are between the lowest and highest channels and may be called FRONT, A/V IN, or VIDEO. See your TV manual for more details. ➜ Or, you may go to channel 1 on your TV, then press the Channel down button repeatedly until you see the Video In channel. ➜ Or, the TV Remote Control may have a button or switch that chooses different video modes. ➜ Or, set the TV to channel 3 or 4 if you are using an RF modulator.
6 7 Press 1 2 repeatedly to select "VIDEO SETUP PAGE". 1 Select "TV MODE" to "P-SCAN", then OK to confirm. ➜ The instruction menu appears on the TV. 2 1. ENSURE TV HAS P-SCAN. 2. CONNECT YPRPB CABLE. 3. IF TV ABNORMAL: WAIT 15 SEC RECOVERY. 8 9 Turn off your TV progressive scan mode or turn on to interlaced mode (refer to your TV user manual). Press SYSTEM on the remote to exit the system menu and then DISC and “1” to exit progressive scan. ➜ The DVD blue background screen will appear on the TV.
Getting Started English Step 3: Setting language preference Setting the Audio, Subtitle and Disc Menu language You can select your own preferred language settings. This DVD system will automatically switch to the selected language whenever you load a disc. If the language selected is not available on the disc, the disc’s default language will be used instead. The OSD language in the system menu will remain once selected. Setting the OSD Language 1 2 3 4 Press SYSTEM in stop mode.
Switching the system on/off ● Press STANDBY-ONB (B on the remote). ➜ “HELLO” is displayed briefly. The system will switch to the last selected source. ● Press DISC, TUNER or AUX on the remote. DSC (Digital Sound Control) DSC provides a different type of preset sound equalizer setting. ● Press DSC on the systme or remote control ➜ The system will switch to the selected source. repeatedly to select: FLAT, POPS, JAZZ, CLASSIC or ROCK.
Disc Operations English IMPORTANT! – Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD, some operations may be different or restricted. – Do not push on the disc tray or put any objects other than disc on the disc tray. Doing so may cause the disc player malfunction. – If the inhibit icon (ø) appears on the TV screen when a button is pressed, it means the function is not available on the current disc or at the current time. Region Codes DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or Region 6 in order to play on this DVD system.
Using the Disc Menu Depending on the disc, a menu may appear on the TV screen once you load the disc. English Disc Operations Resuming playback from the last stopped point (DVD/VCD/CD) ● In stop mode and when a disc has not been removed, press ÉÅ. To select a playback feature or item To cancel resume mode ● Use 1 2 3 4 and OK or Numeric Keypad (0-9) on the remote. ➜ Playback will start automatically. ● In stop mode, press PRESET-/9 (9 on the remote) again.
Disc Operations English 1 2 3 Repeat A-B (DVD/VCD/CD/MP3/DivX/ WMA) 1 Press A-B at your chosen starting point. 2 Press A-B again at your chosen end point. ➜ The section A and B can be set only within the same chapter/track. ➜ The section will now repeat continuously. To exit the sequence, press A-B again. 3 4 For MP3/WMA In Stop mode, press DISC MENU to switch the menu between Album and Filelist.
For Super VCD/VCD/DivX/CD ➜ Single/Total Elapsed: displays the elapsed time of the current single/total track. ➜ Single/Total Remain: displays the remaining time of the current single/total track. ➜ Display Off: switches time display off. Playing MP3/WMA disc IMPORTANT! For DRM protected WMA files, use Windows Media Player 10 (or later) for CD burning/conversion. Visit www.microsoft.com for details about Windows Media Player and WM DRM (Windows Media Digital Rights Management).
Disc Operations Playing JPEG Picture CD General operation 1 To enter the remote key function menu Use 1 2 3 4 to highlight “Menu” and press OK. Load a JPEG Picture CD. ➜ The data disc menu appears on the TV screen. 2 Use 3 4 to select a folder and press OK to open the folder. 3 Press 3 4 or use the Numeric Keypad (0-9) to highlight a picture file. 4 2 Press OK to confirm. ➜ The playback will start from the selected picture to the end of the folder.
Disc Operations Playback with multi-angles (JPEG) ● During playback, press 1 2 3 4 to rotate the picture on the TV screen. 3: flip the picture vertically. 4: flip the picture horizontally. 1: rotate the picture anti-clockwise. 2: rotate the picture clockwise. Playing a DivX disc 1 2 This DVD player supports the DivX movie playback that you download from your computer onto a CD-R/RW (see “System Menu Options-DIVX(R) VOD registration code” for more information). Load a DivX disc.
System Menu Options English 1 2 3 4 5 6 Basic operations TV Display Press SYSTEM to enter the Setup Menu. Set the aspect ratio of the DVD Player according to the TV 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 your TV screen. Press 1 2 to select a page to be set. Press 3 4 to highlight an option. Enter its submenu by pressing 2 or OK. Move the cursor by pressing 3 4 to highlight the selected item.
1 DIVX(R) VOD registration code SPDIF Setup Philips provides you the DivX® VOD (Video On Demand) registration code that allows you to rent and purchase videos using the DivX® VOD service. For more information, visit us at www.divx.com/ vod. In ‘General Setup Page’, press 3 4 to highlight DIVX(R) VOD, then press 2 or OK to ener its submenu and press OK again to confirm. ➜ The registration code will appear.
System Menu Options English 3D Processing Night Mode The option included in 3D Processing is: “Reverb Mode”. In this mode, the high volume outputs are softened and low volume outputs are brought upward to an audible level. It is useful for watching your favourite action movie without disturbing others at night. ➜ On: Select this to level out the volume. This feature is only available for movies with Dolby Digital mode.
TV Mode Preference Page Selects interlace or P-SCAN video output mode when Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y is selected. ➜ P-SCAN and Interlace. The options included in Preference page are: “TV Type”, “Audio”, “Subtitle”, “Disc Menu”, “Parental” and “Default”. English System Menu Options In the progressive scan mode, you can enjoy the high quality picture with less flickers. It only works when you have connected the DVD player's Y Pb Pr jacks to your TV that suppor ts the progressive video input.
System Menu Options English ➜ DVDs that are rated above the level you selected will not play unless you enter your fourdigit password and choose a higher level rating. Password Setup Page The options included in Password Setup page are: “Password Mode” and “Password”. 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.
Radio Reception 3 Tuning to radio stations 1 2 3 4 Press STANDBY-ONB (B on the remote) to switch on the last selected source. Press PRESET+ or PRESET-/9 (or CH +/(¡ / ™) on the remote) to select the desired preset number. ➜ If “PROG” icon goes off before you select the desired preset number, press PROG on the remote. Press SOURCE (TUNER on the remote) to select TUNER mode. 4 Press TUNER on the remote again to select the desired band: FM or MW. ● Repeat steps 1-4 to store other radio stations.
Other Functions English Setting sleep/wake-up timer 5 Sleep timer setting In power-on mode, the sleep setting enables the system to switch to standby mode automatically at a preset time. 1 2 In power-on mode, press SLEEP/TIMER on the remote repeatedly to select a preset time. ➜ The selections are as follows (time in minutes): 00 ➜ 10 ➜ 20 ➜ 30 ➜ 40 ➜ 50 ➜ 60 ➜ 70 ➜ 80 ➜ 90 ➜ 00 When you reach the desired length of time, stop pressing SLEEP/TIMER. ➜ ”SLEEP” appears.
SYSTEM SPEAKERS Power supply ........................................... ~220V/50 Hz Rated working power consumption (1/8 rated output power) ........................................................ ≤ 55W AUX input sensitivity ..................................... ≤ 350mV Channel Separation ............................................. 40dB Distortion ....................................................................... 0.7% Impedance ....................................................................
Troubleshooting English WARNING Under no circumstances should you try to repair the system yourself, as this will invalidate the warranty. Do not open the system as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, first check the points listed below before taking the system for repair. If you are unable to remedy a problem by following these hints, consult your dealer or Philips for help. Problem No power. Solution ✔ Check if the AC power cord is properly connected.
The aspect ratio of the screen cannot be changed even though you have set the TV shape. ✔ No sound or distorted sound. ✔ ✔ The aspect ratio is fixed on the DVD disc. Depending on the TV, it may not be possible to change the aspect ratio. Adjust the volume. Check that the speakers are connected correctly. ✔ Replace the speaker cables. ✔ Disconnect the headphones. ✔ The system is in pause, slow motion or fast forward/reverse mode, press PRESET/ÉÅ (or ÉÅ on the remote) to resume normal play mode.
Troubleshooting English The remote control does not function. ✔ ✔ Select the correct source (DISC or TUNER, for example) before pressing the function button. Point the 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. The display is dark. ✔ Press DIM again. Low hum or buzz sound.
Analog: Sound that has not been turned into numbers. Analog sound varies, while digital sound has specific numerical values. These jacks send audio through two channels, the left and right. Aspect ratio: The ratio of vertical and horizontal sizes of a displayed image. The horizontal vs. vertical ratio of conventional TVs. is 4:3, and that of wide-screens is 16:9. AUDIO OUT Jacks: Jacks on the back of the DVD System that send audio to another system (TV set, Stereo, etc.).
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