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N I H T I W D E D E E N N O I Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re entitled to. Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your pur- chase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed W
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment 1. Read these instructions. 16. Damage Requiring Service - The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: 2. Keep these instructions. A. The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged; 3. Heed all warnings. or 4. Follow all instructions. B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. appliance; or 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. C. The appliance has been
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS - Read before operating equipment encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the fol- Safety Precautions lowing measures: Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this equip- 1) Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. ment to rain or moisture. 2) Increase the separation between the equipment and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Warning: Any receiver. unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment void the 3) Connect
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction DVD Player Operation G Welcome/Registration of Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 G General DVD Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 G Safety/Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-4 G Personal Preference - Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 G Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 G Personal Preference - Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 G Features . . . . . .
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FEATURES Audio/Video Jack Panel allows direct connections with Playable Disc Types accessory devices, providing quality TV picture and sound This DVD Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs), Audio playback. CDs, CD-Rs and CD-RW discs. In order to play a DVD or Audio Volume Leveler (AVL) Control keeps the TV sound Audio CD on this DVD Player, make sure the Disc meets the at an even level. Peaks and valleys that occur during pro- requirements for the Region Code as described on page 4. gram
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ADJUSTING THE PICTURE o adjust your TV picture controls, Tselect a channel and follow these steps. Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on-screen menu. PICTURE will be highlighted. Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to the left. PICTURE BRIGHTNESS BRIGHTNESS will be highlighted and an SOUND COLOR adjustment bar will be shown to the right. FEATURES PICTURE PICTURE INSTALL SHARPNESS Use the CURSOR LEFT or CUR- BRIGHTNESS 30 TINT SOR RIGHT button to adjust the
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TURNING ON THE DYNAMIC NOISE REDUCTION CONTROL ue to many reasons, such as poor Dcable reception, the picture can sometimes appear slightly ÒspeckledÓ (an indication of signal noise in the picture). The DNR (Dynamic Noise Reduction) control can help eliminate this type of interference and improve the quality of the picture. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE BRIGHTNESS COLOR SOUND remote to show the on-screen menu. FEATURES PICTURE PICTURE PICTURE will be highlighted. SHARPNESS INSTALL BRIGHT
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TURNING ON THE CONTRAST + CONTROL he Contrast + Control helps you Tsharpen the picture quality by mak- ing dark portions of the picture darker and light portions of the picture brighter. Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on-screen menu. PICTURE will be highlighted. PICTURE BRIGHTNESS Press the CURSOR RIGHT but- SOUND COLOR FEATURES PICTURE ton and the menu will shift to the left. PICTURE INSTALL SHARPNESS BRIGHTNESS will be highlighted. BRIGHTNESS 30 TINT COLOR PICTURE Pre
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THE TIMER – SETTING THE CLOCK our television comes with an on- Yscreen clock. During normal oper- ation, the clock appears on the screen when the STATUS button is pressed or if the TIMER DISPLAY control is turned ON. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE TIMER SOUND AutoLock remote control to show the on-screen FEATURES FEATURES CLOSED CAP menu. TIMER INSTALL FORMAT TIMER TIME BLUE MUTE Press the CURSOR DOWN but- AutoLock START TIME ton twice to highlight FEATURES. STOP TIME CLOSED CAP FORMAT
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THE TIMER – SETTING THE START TIME ust as you would an alarm clock, Jyou can set the TV to turn itself ON once or at the same time every day. Follow these steps to set the Start Time. Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on- screen menu. PICTURE TIMER SOUND AutoLock Press the CURSOR DOWN FEATURES CLOSED CAP FEATURES INSTALL FORMAT button twice to highlight FEA- TIME TIMER BLUE MUTE TURES. AutoLock START TIME CLOSED CAP STOP TIME Press the CURSOR RIGHT FORMAT CHANNEL BLUE MUTE
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THE TIMER – SETTING THE STOP TIME se the START TIME control to Uset the TV to turn itself ON once or at the same time every day (see page 13 for details). The fol- lowing steps will guide you in set- ting the TV to turn itself OFF once or at the same time every day. PICTURE TIMER Press the MENU button on the SOUND AutoLock remote control to show the on- FEATURES CLOSED CAP FEATURES screen menu. INSTALL FORMAT TIMER TIME BLUE MUTE AutoLock START TIME Press the CURSOR DOWN CLOSED CAP STOP TIME b
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THE TIMER – SELECTING THE START UP CHANNEL ou can select a specific channel Ythat the television will tune to when the timer turns the set ON. Follow these steps to select the channel. Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on- screen menu. PICTURE TIMER SOUND AutoLock Press the CURSOR DOWN FEATURES CLOSED CAP FEATURES INSTALL FORMAT button twice to highlight FEA- TIMER TIME BLUE MUTE AutoLock START TIME TURES. CLOSED CAP STOP TIME FORMAT CHANNEL Press the CURSOR RIGHT BLUE MUTE
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THE TIMER – SETTING ACTIVATE TO ON OR OFF fter you have set the Time, Start ATime, Stop Time, and Start Channel, the timer must be set to come on ONCE or DAILY, or turned OFF through the ACTIVATE control. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE TIMER remote control to show the on- SOUND AutoLock screen menu. FEATURES CLOSED CAP FEATURES INSTALL FORMAT TIMER TIME Press the CURSOR DOWN BLUE MUTE AutoLock START TIME button twice to highlight FEA- CLOSED CAP STOP TIME TURES. FORMAT CHANNEL BLUE MUTE A
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THE TIMER – TURNING ON THE TIMER DISPLAY fter the TVÕs clock has been set, Ayou can use your TV as a clock. The TIMER DISPLAY control allows you to permanently display the time in the upper right corner of the screen. Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on-screen PICTURE TIMER SOUND AutoLock menu. FEATURES CLOSED CAP FEATURES INSTALL FORMAT Press the CURSOR DOWN TIMER TIME BLUE MUTE button twice to highlight FEA- AutoLock START TIME CLOSED CAP STOP TIME TURES. CHANNEL FORMAT BLUE MUT
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USING THE CLOSED CAPTIONING CONTROL losed Captioning (CC) allows Cyou to read the voice content of NOTE: Not all TV programs and product commercials are broadcast with Closed television programs on the TV Captioning (CC). Nor are all Closed Captioning MODEs (CAPTION 1Ð4 or TEXT screen. Designed to help the hear- 1Ð4) necessarily being used by broadcast stations during the transmission of a pro- ing impaired, this feature uses on- gram offering Closed Captioning. Refer to your areaÕs TV progr
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SELECTING THE SCREEN FORMAT SIZE ou can change the screen for- Ymat size to match the type of program youÕre watching. Select the normal 4:3 aspect ratio or expand the 4:3 aspect ratio to com- pletely fill the screen. There also is a compressed 16:9 aspect ratio, PICTURE TIMER which allows movies to be viewed SOUND AutoLock FEATURES CLOSED CAP in their full width (known as letter- FEATURES INSTALL FORMAT box style). TIMER TIME BLUE MUTE AutoLock START TIME CLOSED CAP STOP TIME FORMAT CHANNEL Pre
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ACTIVATING THE BLUE MUTE CONTROL he Blue Mute feature will elimi- Tnate annoying snow from the screen when no video signal is pres- ent by displaying a pleasant blue screen. This occurs in cases such as when a VCR tape is removed or an PICTURE TIMER antenna signal is broken. To turn the SOUND AutoLock Blue Mute feature ON or OFF, fol- FEATURES CLOSED CAP FEATURES low the steps below. INSTALL FORMAT TIMER TIME BLUE MUTE AutoLock START TIME CLOSED CAP STOP TIME Press the MENU button on FORMAT CHAN
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USING THE SLEEP TIMER ave you ever fallen asleep in Hfront of the TV, only to have it wake you up at two in the morning with a test pattern sound screeching in your ears? Well, your TV can enable you to avoid that discomfort by automatically turning itself off. SLEEP OFF With the Sleep Timer feature, you can set a timer to automatically switch the TV OFF after a period SLEEP 15 of time you choose (15-minute increments up to 60 minutes, then 2 30-minute increments up to 90 min- 1 POWER utes, the
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UNDERSTANDING AUTOLOCK™ he AutoLock™ feature receives Tand processes data sent by broadcasters or other program providers that contain program con- AutoLock AutoLock tent advisories. When programmed MOVIE RATING TV RATING by the viewer, a TV with AutoLock™ can respond to the content advisories G ON TV-Y ON and block program content that may PG TV-Y7 be found objectionable (such as PG-13 TV-G offensive language, violence, sexual situations, etc.). This is a great fea- R TV-PG ture to censor the t
