Philips HP1500, Instructions For Use Manual

Page 1: ...is 30 Bedienungsanleitung Deutsch 56 Gebruiksaanwijzing Nederlands 82 Instrucciones de manejo Español 108 Manual de utilização Português 134 Instruzioni per l uso Italiano 160 Bruksanvisning Svenska 186 HP1500 HP1500 0912HP_EU 09 12 2003 12 12 Pagina 1 ...

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Page 3: ...alia 39 039 203 1 Nederland 0900 8406 Norge 47 22 748 000 Österreich 43 1 601 01 Portugal 351 21 416 33 33 Schweiz Suisse Svizzera 41 1 48 82 211 Suomi 358 9 615 800 Sverige 468 598 520 00 UK United Kingdom 44 208 689 2166 Dolby Pro Logic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories DTS and DTS Virtual are trademarks of Digital Theater Systems Inc 0912HP_EU 09 12 2003 12 12 Pagina ...

Page 4: ...ation 27 Problem solving 28 Maintenance 28 Technical specifications 29 European Regulations Introduction SBC HP1500 Congratulations You have just bought a most sophisticated digital headphone system This system uses state of the art digital technology offering you the freedom of enjoying your favourite music or movies in the purest digital quality Even silent passages in classical music and plain ...

Page 5: ...ort of your headphone The base station can decode Dolby Pro Logic II signals as well as Dolby Digital and DTS signals The Dolby Headphone technology will ensure that these signals are converted to audio signals that can be handled by the headphone whilst still maintaining the directional information as in the original signals The base station has an analogue stereo input as well as a digital elect...

Page 6: ...olby Headphone technology will process these signals in such a way that you will experience the sound through your headphone as if it were coming from an actual five speaker home entertainment set up And even when listening to conventional stereo signals Dolby Headphone will give you a much more natural and less fatiguing listening experience equivalent to a good two speaker playback system in a r...

Page 7: ... before it reaches our ears Reflections and absorption all will influence the sense of distance and direction we associate with a sound Combining IID and ITD will allow the brain to determine the direction of sounds only in a rough way It is in through the combination of IID and ITD and the way sounds are filtered because of the structure of the pinna the outer ear that allows to brain to accurate...

Page 8: ...s its unique HRTF However we can identify crucial parts in an HRTF that are responsible for localization of sound as if this sound would be radiated by a typical home cinema speaker set up When these parts are synthesized in an optimal way a typical 5 speaker set up listening experience is created HRTFs are implemented in real time Digital Signal Processors DSP and will then be applied to audio si...

Page 9: ...lligent user interface After a digital analysis of the audio input signal the display will indicate which sound processing features can be activated No more frustrating pressing of all buttons Just read the display and select out of the active sound menus Headphone construction The headphone s semi open construction will benefit the transparency of the sound This will make you experience your favo...

Page 10: ...ANUAL CAREFULLY Important information Please read the following instructions carefully and retain this booklet for future reference All the safety and operating instructions should be read before using the digital headphone system Check if the voltage indicated on the type plate located at the bottom of the set corresponds to the local mains voltage before connecting to the mains power supply Remo...

Page 11: ...gital and DTS allow you to listen to DVD movies or concerts in full surround sound Dolby Headphone In case of multi channel audio signals Dolby Headphone technology will make you hear the sound through your headphone as if it is coming from five speakers In case of a stereo signal Dolby Headphone will give you a much more natural and less fatiguing listening experience equivalent to a good two spe...

Page 12: ...en base station in active mode 2 Source select section a button to toggle between the analogue and digital coaxial inputs b Source menu yellow LED c ANALOG indication green LED d DIGITAL indication illuminated by dual colour LED Red input signal is locked but invalid for instance 96 kHz or unlocked no signal Green input signal is locked and valid signal accepted 3 The input signal detection sectio...

Page 13: ...ED lights up whenever Dolby Pro Logic II is possible also when Dolby Pro Logic II is not selected but actually possible the yellow LED will remain to be on MOVIE indicator green LED in case of movie mode selection MUSIC indicator green LED in case of music mode selection 5 Dolby Headphone DH section a button to toggle between the three DH room modes and bypass mode b Dolby Headphone menu field yel...

Page 14: ...ht Mode menu field yellow LED lights up whenever Night mode is possible c NIGHT indicator green LED lights up whenever Night mode is activated 8 Dynamic Bass Boost section a button to toggle the DBB function b DBB menu field illuminated by yellow LED c DBB indicator green LED lights up whenever DBB is active 9 Headphone output section a 2 x 6 3mm headphone jack sockets b rotary volume control Base...

Page 15: ...nditions Audio connections OPTION 1 ANALOGUE STEREO SOURCE Connecting the digital base station to an analogue stereo source stereo TV stereo VCR S VCD player tape recorder etc Base station 1 Connect one side of the RCA stereo audio cable included to the line output of the audio source and the other side to the analogue input of the base station Make sure the red RCA plug right channel is connected...

Page 16: ... line output level of the audio source to the highest acceptable undistorted level Note In case of certain TVs the line output level can only be adjusted through the TV s on screen menu 6 Power on the base station switch on the digital base station The power indication LED of the base station will change from red to green 7 Sensitivity switch if your audio source s output signal is relatively weak...

Page 17: ...ass mode DH1 DH2 DH3 are both off By passing Dolby Headphone processing will also de activate Dolby Pro Logic II The following table will illustrate the different combinations of Dolby Pro Logic II and Dolby Headphone and the resulting indication in the display of the base station For example when DPL II is on in Music or Movie mode Dolby Headphone will automatically be activated all green virtual...

Page 18: ...onnected to the 6 3 mm headphone outputs Headphone 1 HP1000 headphone jack connect the headphone jack to one of the headphone outputs on the base station You can connect up to 2 headphones simultaneously 2 Headphone stereo audio extension cable 4 m you can connect the extension cable in between one of the base station s headphone outputs and the HP1000 headphone 3 Flexifit headband adjust the comf...

Page 19: ...tput of the base station When connecting your audio equipment in this way you will be able to benefit from the Automatic Audio Signal Routing AASR feature As long as the base station is powered even in stand by mode the audio signal from the audio source will be made available not only to the digital base station but it will be routed through to the rest of your home entertainment set up Without t...

Page 20: ...tal MP3 data stream the digital indicator will be RED blinking The device will recognize the following digital input signals Stereo LPCM with sample frequencies 44 1 kHz and 48kHz Dolby Digital AC 3 up to 5 1 channels DTS up to 5 1 channels 7 Input signal detection after the input signal has been analyzed its nature will automatically be indicated on the display of the base station Stereo will lig...

Page 21: ... mode which was selected in previous listening sessions will be activated first By pressing the Dolby Pro Logic II button again the other mode will be selected 9 Dolby Digital or DTS in case of digital multichannel signals the base station will automatically detect whether the signal is Dolby Digital encoded or DTS encoded In any of these cases Dolby Headphone will be activated automatically 10 Do...

Page 22: ...ction when Dolby Headphone is bypassed resulting in Dolby Pro Logic II automatically being bypassed too the green stereo indicator lights up indicating normal stereo sound reproduction For example when Dolby Digital is on then Dolby Headphone will automatically be activated all green virtual multi channel indicators will light up switching off Dolby Headphone in case of a Dolby Digital multichanne...

Page 23: ... to headphones connected to the 6 3 mm headphone outputs Headphone 1 HP1000 headphone jack connect the headphone jack to one of the headphone outputs on the base station You can connect up to 2 headphones simultaneously 2 Headphone stereo audio extension cable 4 m you can connect the extension cable in between one of the base station s headphone outputs and the HP1000 headphone 3 Flexifit headband...

Page 24: ...tation IMPORTANT When playing Super Audio CDs you should not use the digital electrical S PDIF output of your SACD player when connecting it to the HP1500 base station The digital electrical S PDIF output will ONLY be able to output audio CD signals and not Super Audio CD signals As per the SACD standard SACD audio is not available on digital electrical S PDIF output 2 Using the analogue 5 1 outpu...

Page 25: ...n case of connecting a Super Audio CD player to the HP1500 base station making use of the SACD player s digital outputs do not upsample the Super Audio CD digital output signal higher than 44 1 kHz When connecting a DVD player to the HP1500 base station do not upsample the DVD digital output signal higher than 48 kHz In case an invalid digital signal is detected for example a digital MP3 data stre...

Page 26: ...e or digital In case of analogue input source you can select Dolby Prologic II activation of Dolby Headphone is optional In case of digital input source Dolby Digital or DTS will be activated automatically together with Dolby Headphone 4 In case you activate Dolby Headphone you can toggle between the 3 modes and bypass mode 5 In case you want to listen to a corded headphone You can connect up to 2...

Page 27: ...al from your SACD player is upsampled Lower the sampling rate through the SACD player s menu to 44 1 kHz The audio signal from your DVD player is upsampled lower the PCM sampling rate through the DVD player s menu to 48 kHz Invalid digital audio signal the DIGITAL indication LED in the HP1500 display window will be illuminated in red Change the digital audio signal for exampling by changing from M...

Page 28: ...smitter Use a slightly dampened chamois cloth to clean the housing Do not use cleaning agents containing alcohol spirits ammonia or abrasives as these may harm the housing Technical specifications Input sensitivity 500 mVrms 1 kHz sine wave Power supply base station SBC HP 1500 00 05 230 VAC 50Hz Signal Noise ratio 85 dB typical 1 kHz sine wave A weighted HP 1000 Headphone Distortion 0 8 THP typic...

Page 29: ...roduct has been designed tested and manufactured according the European EMC directive 89 336 ECC The EMC equipment category class 2 has been used for compliance demonstration to these directives Following this Directive this product can be brought into service in the following states SBC HP 1500 00 SBC HP 1500 05 ENGLISH 29 B DK E GR F IRL I L NL A P SU S UK N D CH B DK E GR F IRL I L NL A P SU S ...

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