Contents 1 Important Safety and important notice Trademark notice 2 Your Home Theater System Feature highlights Product overview 3 Connect Place the Home Theater System Connect video cables Connect speakers and subwoofer Connect radio antenna Connect audio cables/other devices Connect power cord 4 Get started Insert the remote control batteries Find the correct viewing channel...
1 Important Safety and important notice Warning • Risk of overheating! Never install the Home Theater System in a confi ned space. Always leave a space of at least 4 inches around the Home Theater System for ventilation. Ensure curtains or other objects never cover the ventilation slots on the Home Theater System.
Copyright notice This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is protected by method claims of certain U.S. patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision Corporation and other rights owners. Use of this copyright protected technology must be authorised by Macrovision Corporation, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authorised by Macrovision...
2 Your Home Theater System Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to Philips! To fully benefi t from the support that Philips offers, register your product at www.philips.com/welcome. Feature highlights Listen to rich uncompressed multi-channel surround sound This Home Theater System supports 5.1...
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( Standby-On ) • Turns on the Home Theater System or switches to standby mode. ( Open/Close ) • Opens or closes the disc compartment. c Source buttons AUDIO SOURCE : Selects an audio • input source. RADIO : Switches to FM band. •...
w REPEAT / PROGRAM • Selects or turns off repeat or shuffl e mode. • In radio mode, resets the list of preset stations: press to manually reset; press and hold to automatically reset. x REPEAT A-B • Marks the section for repeat play or turns off repeat mode.
3 Connect Make the following connections to use your Home Theater System. Basic connections: • Video • Speakers and subwoofer • Power Optional connections: • Radio antenna • Audio • Audio from TV • Audio from digibox/recorder/game console • Other devices •...
Option 1: Connect to the SCART jack SCART Connect a scart cable (not supplied) to the SCART TO TV jack on this Home Theater System and the SCART input jack on the TV. Note • Scart connection allows TV’s audio output through the speakers.
Connect radio antenna Connect the FM antenna to the FM75 jack on this Home Theater System (for some models, this cable is already connected). Extend the FM antenna and fi x its ends to the wall. • For better FM stereo reception, connect to an external FM antenna.
Connect the audio cables (not supplied) to the AUDIO IN-AUX2 jacks on the Home Theater System and the AUDIO output jacks on the device. Note • To listen to the audio output from this connection, press AUDIO SOURCE repeatedly until ‘AUX2’ is displayed on the display panel.
• Go to the lowest channel on your TV, then press the Channel Down button until you see the Philips screen. SOURCE button • Press the repeatedly on the remote control of...
• The video-in channel is between the lowest and highest channels and may be called FRONT, A/V IN, VIDEO, HDMI etc. See the TV user manual on how to select the correct input on the TV. Select menu display language General Setup Disc Lock English...
Press to change the volume level, then press OK . The test tone is emitted from the » speaker. • Repeat the above setting for other speakers until all the speakers’ output level sounds equally balance. • To exit the menu, press To set the output delay time (centre and rear speakers only) Select [Speakers Delay] in the menu,...
5 Play Play a disc Caution • Never place any objects other than discs into the disc compartment. • Never touch the disc optical lens inside the disc compartment. Press to open the disc compartment. Insert a disc with its label facing up. •...
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Button Action AUDIO Selects an audio language or SYNC channel on a disc. SUBTITLE Selects the subtitle language on a disc. REPEAT Selects or turns off repeat or shuffl e mode. Repeat options vary depending on the disc type. For VCDs, repeat play is only possible if the PBC mode is turned off.
Sync audio output with video play If the video play is slower than the audio output (sound does not match with the pictures), you can delay the audio output to match the video. Press and hold AUDIO SYNC until ‘AUDIO SYNC XXX’ is displayed. ‘XXX’ denotes the delay time.
Button Action AUDIO Selects an audio language or SYNC channel. SUBTITLE Select DVD or DivX subtitle languages. Stops play. For DivX Ultra video, press this button again to display the contents menu. INFO Displays DivX Ultra video information. Note • You can only play DivX videos that were rented or purchased with the DivX registration code of this Home Theater System (see ‘Adjust settings’...
Note • For disc recorded in multiple sessions, only the fi rst session is played. • This Home Theater System does not support MP3PRO audio format. • If any special characters are present in the MP3 track name (ID3) or album name, it might not be displayed correctly on the screen because these characters are not supported.
Button Action Skips to the previous photo. Skips to the next photo. Rotates the photo clockwise. Rotates the photo anti- clockwise. ZOOM Zooms in or out of the picture. Play pause in zoom mode. Stops play. Play musical slideshow Play MP3/WMA music fi les and JPEG photo fi...
• For better FM stereo reception, connect an external FM antenna (not supplied). • Position the antenna as far away as possible from your TV, VCR or other radiation source to prevent interference. First time tuning When you access radio mode for the fi rst time, follow the instructions to install the radio stations.
6 Adjust sound Control the volume Press VOL +/- to increase or decrease the volume. • To mute, press • To restore the volume, press or press VOL + . Select surround sound Press SURR repeatedly to select the best surround output that’s available on the disc.
7 Adjust settings You can customise various kinds of settings as you prefer. Refer to the following instructions to navigate through the setup menus. Symbol Options [General Setup] [Audio Setup] [Video Setup] [Preferences] Note • If the setup option is greyed out, it means the setting cannot be changed in the current state.
[Sleep Timer] Switches to standby automatically after the preset time. [15 mins] , [30 mins] , [45 mins] , [60 mins] • – Selects the count down time before the Home Theater System switches to standby. • [Off] – Disables sleep timer mode. [DivX(R) VOD Code] Displays the DivX®...
Video setup Video Setup TV System TV Display Picture Setting SETUP . Press » [General Setup] menu is displayed. to select [Video Setup] , then Press press . Select an option, then press OK Select a setting, then press OK . •...
Preferences Note • Stop disc play before you can access to [Preferences] . Preferences Audio Subtitle Disc Menu Parental MP3/JPEG Display Password DivX Subtitle SETUP . Press » [General Setup] menu is displayed. Press to select [Preferences] , then press . Select an option, then press OK .
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• This information is required when you want to fi nd out if a newest software version is available at the Philips website that you may download and install on this Home Theater System. [Default] Resets all the settings of this Home Theater System to factory default, except for [Disc Lock] , [Password] and [Parental] settings.
OK . Write down the version number, then SETUP to exit the menu. press Go to www.philips.com/support to check the latest software version available for this Home Theater System. If the latest software version is higher than the software version of this Home Theater System, download it and store onto a CD-R or USB fl...
Home Theater System and get support at www.philips.com/ welcome. If you contact Philips, you will be asked for the model and serial number of your Home Theater System. The model number and serial number are on the back or bottom of your Home Theater System.
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DivX subtitle does not display correctly. • Ensure that the subtitle fi le name is the same as the movie fi le name. • Select the correct character set: 1) Press SETUP . 2) Select [Preferences] , then press . 3) Select [DivX Subtitle] , then press OK .
11 Glossary Aspect ratio Aspect ratio refers to the length to height ratio of TV screens. The ratio of a standard TV is 4:3, while the ratio of a high-defi nition or wide TV is 16:9. The letter box allows you to enjoy a picture with a wider perspective on a standard 4:3 screen.