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D VD Video Player DV DVD D723 723
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Important Note DK S Advarsel: Klass 1 laserapparat Laserrudstråling ved åbning når sikkerhesafbrydere er ude af Varning! funktion. Undgå u tsættelse for stråling. Om apparaten används på annat sätt än i denna bruksanvisning specificerats, kann användaren utsättas för laserstrålning, som Bemærk: översjruder gränsen för läserklass 1. Netafbryderen POWER er sekundært indkoblet og afbryder ikke strømmen fra nette. Den indbyggede netdel er derfor tilsluttet til Observera! lysnettet så længe netstikk
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Index English ------------------------------------------------- 5 Français ---------------------------------------------- 27 Deutsch --------------------------------------------- 49 Nederlands ----------------------------------------- 71 CAUTION VISIBLE AND INVISIBLE LASER RADIATION WHEN OPEN AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM ADVARSEL SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING VED ÅBNING UNDGÅ UDSÆTTELSE FOR STRÅLING VARNING SYNLIG OCH OSYNLIG LASERSTRÅLNING NÄR DENNA DEL ÄR ÖPPNAD BETRAKTA EJ STRÅLEN VARO! AVATTAESS
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General Information The region code for this set is 2. Laser safety Since it is usual for DVD movies to be released This unit employs a laser. Due to possible eye at different times in different regions of the injury, only a qualified service person should world, all players have region codes and discs can remove the cover or attempt to service this have an optional region code. If you load a disc device. of a different region code to your player, you will see the region code notice on the scree
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Contents Introduction Access Control Environmental Information ------------------------ 6 Access Control: Child Lock ---------------------- 23 Supplied accessories -------------------------------- 6 Access Control: Parental Control ---------- 23-24 Safety Information ----------------------------------- 6 Symbols Used in this Manual ---------------------- 6 Specifications Specifications --------------------------------------- 25 Functional Overview Front and Rear Panels --------------------------
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English Introduction In cabinet, allow about 2.5cm (1 inch) of free Thank you for purchasing this Philips DVD player. space all around the player for adequate This Owner’s Manual explains the basic ventilation. operation of this DVD player. Do not expose your player to extreme of temperature or humidity. Environmental Information If the DVD player is brought directly from a cold All unnecessary packaging has been omitted. We to a warm location, or is placed in a very damp have tried to mak
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Functional Overview Front and Rear Panels STANDBY-ON T NEXT – to switch the player to standby mode or – goes to next chapter or track ON S PREV SMART PICTURE – goes to previous chapter or track – to access the colour settings menubar 9 STOP Disc Tray – to stop playback / OPEN/CLOSE B PLAY – to open/close the disc tray – to start playback DVD 723 DVD VIDEO PLAYER SMART STANDBY-ON PLAY STOP PREV NEXT PICTURE OPEN/CLOSE COAXIAL (Digital audio out) – connect to AUDIO inputs of a digital (coaxial)
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English Functional Overview Remote Control RETURN / RESUME POWER B – go back to previous menu / – switch DVD ON or go to continue playback after play standby-on mode was stopped 0-9 numerical key pad DISC MENU – select numbered items in a – access menu of a DVD disc menu 1 2 3 4 CD TEXT / DISPLAY – (left/right/up/down) select an – activate/deactivate CD text if item in the menu available on the disc (audio CDs) OK – to display bit rate indicator – acknowledge menu selection during playback (DVD,
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Preparation Basic Connections Connecting to a TV Please refer to the instruction books of your TV, 1 Connect the SCART (TV OUT) on the DVD VCR, Stereo System or other devices as player to the corresponding connector on the necessary to make the best connections. TV IN. Make one of the following connections, Note: depending on the capabilities of your existing – Ensure that the “TV” indication on SCART equipment. cable is connected to the TV set and “DVD” indication on SCART cable is connecte
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English L O R T N O C L E V Preparation Connecting to an Audio System 1 You can also listen to the sound of audio CDs and DVD video discs by connecting to an optional stereo system. 2 Connect the Left and Right AUDIO OUT on the DVD player to the Left and Right AUDIO IN on REAR REAR SPEAKERS SPEAKERS the stereo system. RECEIVER with MPEG 2 or Dolby Active Digital™ decoder Subwoofer AUDIO SYSTEM STANDBY ON E MIN CUT OFF FREQUENCY MAX HIGH POWER SUBWOOFER 60Hz 150Hz TO SCART IN TO VIDEO IN OR OR
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Preparation Inserting batteries into the NTSC/PAL Conversion Remote Control This player is equipped with an NTSC/PAL conversion feature that converts the video 1 Open the battery cover. output of the disc to match your TV system. To 2 Insert batteries (AA size) with the correct activate the conversion refer to page 13. polarity as indicated by the + and - symbols inside the battery compartment. 3 Close the cover. Switching On 1 Connect the AC power cord to the power outlet. 2 Switch on the TV a
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English Preparation Menu Bars on TV Screen Personal Preferences Operations can be carried out directly via the In the Personal Preferences settings menu, you multiple menu bars on the TV screen. can customize you player to suit your own The following functions are available via the particular requirements. menu bars. Pressing SYSTEM MENU keys repeatedly will toggle through menu bar 1, menu General operation: bar 2, menu bar 3 and menu bar OFF: 1 Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control. Menu
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Preparation – Black level shift (NTSC output only) – Smart Picture Select ON for adapting the colour dynamics to ¶ Colour settings obtain richer contrasts. You can select one of five predefined sets of colour settings and one set (Personal) which you can define yourself. You can also press SMART PICTURE key (front panel) to access the smart picture in the menubar. – Video shift Use this setting to personalize the position of the picture on your TV by scrolling it to the left or right. ¶ When Per
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English Preparation – Subwoofer cut-off Sound The frequency of the subwoofer output can be – Digital output set to HIGH (200Hz) or LOW (100Hz) to ¶ Digital output selection enables you to specify match your system’s playback sound quality. the type of digital output suitable for your receiver. – PCM Output ¶ Select ALL (default setting), if you had connected Allows to select PCM digital output between your DIGITAL AUDIO OUT to a multichanel 48kHz and 96kHz. When 48kHz has been decoder receiver.
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Preparation – Bit Rate Indicator Language Press the DISPLAY key to activate the bit rate Selecting disc languages: indicator. When activated, the bit rate for video and audio, as well as the total bit rate is Menu/Audio/Subtitle language displayed. This is only applicable during playback This is to select the audio language, subtitle of DVD and SVCD discs. language and the language used in TV screen menus or DVD menus which will always be used for every disc to be played back. If the languag
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English POWER ON/OFF Operation Basic Playback Playing a DVD-Video 1 Press STANDBY ON on the front panel. DVD video discs may have one or more TITLES, 2 Press OPEN/CLOSE / on the front panel to and each TITLE may have one or more open disc loading tray. CHAPTERS. 3 Place the chosen disc in the tray, with the label Playback stops at the end of each TITLE. facing up. DVD-VIDEO DISC TITLE 1 TITLE 2 4 Press OPEN/CLOSE / again to close the tray. CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 ➜
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Operation Playing a disc Playing a Video CD 1 Insert a disc and close the tray, playback starts Video CDs may have one or more TRACKS, and automatically. TRACKS may have one or more INDEXES. ➜ The TV screen will display the number of To make easy and convenient access, you can tracks for selection and current playing status. move between TRACKS and INDEXES. 2 Playback will stop at the end of the disc. Some Video CDs have Play Back Control (PBC), 3 To stop playback, press STOP. which is a p
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English Operation Subtitles General Features 1 Select Z (SUBTITLE) in the menu bar or Note: press the SUBTITLE button on the remote – Unless stated, all operations described are control directly. based on remote control use. Some operations 2 Press SUBTITLE or 3/4 repeatedly to select can be carried out using the menu bar on the TV the different subtitles. screen. Moving to another title/chapter Special VCD & SVCD Features DVD VCD Playback Control (PBC) When a disc has more than one title/trac
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Operation DVD VCD Slow Motion Repeat DVD 1 Select (SLOW MOTION) in the menu bar and press 4. Repeat chapter/title/disc ➜ Playback will pause. To repeat the current chapter, press REPEAT. 2 Use the cursor keys 1 2 to select the required ➜ REPEAT CHP appears on the front display. speed: -1, -1/2, -1/4 or -1/8 (backward), or +1/8, To repeat the current title, press REPEAT a +1/4, +1/2 or +1 (forward). second time. 3 Select 1 to play the disc at normal speed again. ➜ REPEAT TTL appears on the
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English Operation DVD VCD Shuffle Zoom DVD The Zoom function allows you to enlarge the video image and to pan through the enlarged This shuffles the playing order of chapters within image. a title, if the title has more than one chapter. 1 Select (ZOOM). 1 Press SHUFFLE during playback. 2 Press 3/4 to activate the ZOOM function and ➜ SHUFFLE appears on the screen for about select the required zoom factor: 1.33 or 2 or 4. two seconds. ➜ Playback will continue. 2 To return to normal playback, p
