User manual PHILIPS DVD978K/691

[. . . ] DVD Video Player Owner's Manual DVD978K 1 DVD978K English IFU 1 2000. 10. 12, 1:03 PM 3141 016 18131 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 Semiconductor laser GaAlAs 650 nm (DVD) 780 nm (VCD/CD) Output Power 7 mW (DVD) 10 mW (VCD/CD) Beam divergence 60 degree The region code for this DVD Video Player is 4. 4 Since DVD movies are released at different times in different regions of the world, all players have region codes and discs can have an optional region code. If you load a disc of a different region code into your player, you will see the region code notice on the screen. [. . . ] This icon indicates the description of functions for VCD. This icon indicates the description of functions for SVCD. E n gl i sh 20 DVD978K English IFU 20 Video control during playback PAUSE key on the remote control ¶ To get a still picture, press the PAUSE key during playback. The ; icon appears on the display screen. ¶ To step forward to the next picture frame, press the PAUSE key again. ¶ To return to play, press PLAY key. RESUME key ¶ If the screen prompts you to press the RESUME key when you reload a disc, press RESUME to resume play from the point at which you stopped. ¶ The RESUME feature applies not only to the disc in the player, but also to the last five discs you have played. Search forward/backward ¶ To search the content in fast speed, press the or § key for fast forward/backward searching. ¶ Press the key again to accelerate the speed during searching. ¶ While you find the point you want, press PLAY key to return to normal playback. Slow Forward ¶ To get slow motion effect during playback, press ) slow forward key. ¶ Press the ) key again to have different playback speeds (1/2, 1/4 or 1/8). ¶ Pressing the PLAY key will return to normal playback. Audio control during playback Mute ¶ Press the MUTE key to switch on/off the sound output. ¶ Playback is still normal even when the sound is muted. NOTE: ­ This function has no effect on digital coaxial output and digital optical output. Surround sound key ¶ The DVD decoder circuit can simulate virtual surround sound effects. ¶ You can press the Sound key to switch the sound effect. VOCAL (channel selection) key ¶ SVCD has two stereo audio channels which are used for playing karaoke or audio language selection. you can choose only one channel for the music background of the song while playback the karaoke. ) ¶ Press the VOCAL key on the remote control to select the audio channels you want. ¶ VCD has only one stereo audio channel, you can mute the left speaker or the right speaker by pressing the VOCAL key on the remote control. 2000. 10. 12, 1:04 PM 3141 016 1xxxx Playing a Super VCD/VCD/CD disc Using PBC (PlayBack Control) ¶ Playback control is a title/track index protocol between player and discs. When a disc is recorded with a standard VCD or SVCD format, there will be a menu which include titles/tracks for users to select the content of a movie or other video programs. [. . . ] Check the disc for fingerprints and clean the disc with a soft cloth, wiping from the center to the edge. Sometimes a small amount of picture distortion may appear. If the picture is distorted completely or if the picture rolls vertically, make sure the NTSC/PAL setting at the DVD player matches the video signal of your television. If your TV video signal is NTSC, select the NTSC setting at the DVD player. [. . . ]