Philips MCD396, User Manual

Page 1: ...MCD396 DVD MicroTheater Register your product and get support at www philips com welcome ...

Page 2: ...2 CAUTION Visible and invisible laser radiation If the cover is open do not look at the beam ...

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Page 5: ...ther than herein may rusult in hazardous radiation exposure or other unsafe operation 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 protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision Corporation and is inten...

Page 6: ...7 7 English Index English 8 45 ...

Page 7: ...7679 Latina 7665 Latvian 7686 Letzeburgesch 7666 Limburgan Limburger 7673 Lingala 7678 Lithuanian 7684 Luxembourgish 7666 Macedonian 7775 Malagasy 7771 Magyar 7285 Malayalam 7776 Maltese 7784 Manx 7186 Maori 7773 Marathi 7782 Marshallese 7772 Moldavian 7779 Mongolian 7778 Nauru 7865 Navaho Navajo 7886 Ndebele North 7868 Ndebele South 7882 Ndonga 7871 Nederlands 7876 Nepali 7869 Norsk 7879 Northern...

Page 8: ...Switching the system to Eco Power Standby mode 22 Power saving automatic standby 22 Sound control 22 DBB DSC LOUDNESS Volume control 22 Disc Operations Playing discs 23 Using the disc menu 23 Basic playback controls 23 25 Pausing playback Selecting a track chapter title Resuming playback from the last stopped point Zoom Repeat and shuffle modes Repeat A B Program Forward Reverse Searching Time sea...

Page 9: ...eception Tuning to radio stations 32 Programming radio stations 32 Automatic programming 32 Manual programming 32 Tuning to preset radio stations 32 USB Using a USB mass storage device 33 34 Playing a USB mass storage device Tape Operation Recording Tape playback 35 General information on recording 35 Preparation for recording 35 Synchro start CD recording 36 One touch recording 36 Clock Timer Clo...

Page 10: ...dio WMA DivX R disc on CD R W DivX 3 11 4 x and 5 x Supported MP3 CD format ISO 9660 UDF format Max title album name 10 characters Max title number plus album is 255 Max nested directory is 8 levels The max album number is 32 The max MP3 track number is 999 Supported sampling frequencies for MP3 disc 32 kHz 44 1 kHz 48 kHz Supported Bit rates of MP3 disc are 32 64 96 128 192 256 kbps The following...

Page 11: ...Standby mode it is still consuming some power To disconnect the system from the power supply completely remove the AC power plug from the wall socket Avoid condensation problem The lens may cloud over when the player is suddenly moved from cold to warm surroundings making it impossible to play a disc Leave the player in the warm environment until the moisture evaporates Do not block the vents Do n...

Page 12: ... can be deceiving Over time your hearing comfort level adapts to higher volumes of sound So after prolonged listening what sounds normal can actually be loud and harmful to your hearing To guard against this set your volume to a safe level before your hearing adapts and leave it there To establish a safe volume level Set your volume control at a low setting Slowly increase the sound until you can ...

Page 13: ... the wall outlet ensure that all other connections have been made Never make or change any connections with the power switched on High voltage Do not open You run the risk of getting an electric shock The machine does not contain any user serviceable parts Modification of the product could result in hazardous radiation of EMC or other unsafe operation To avoid overheating of the system a safety ci...

Page 14: ...he speaker wires to the SPEAKER terminals right speaker to R and left speaker to L coloured marked wire to and black unmarked wire to Fully insert the stripped portion of the speaker wire into the terminal as shown Notes Ensure that the speaker cables are correctly connected Improper connections may damage the system due to short circuit For optimal sound performance use the supplied speakers Do n...

Page 15: ...f yourTV set only has a single Antenna In jack or labelled as 75 ohm or RF In you will need a RF modulator in order to view the DVD playback viaTV See your electronics retailer or contact Philips for details on RF modulator availability and operations 1 Use the composite cable yellow to connect the system s VIDEO jack to the video input jack on the RF modulator 2 Use an RF coaxial cable not suppli...

Page 16: ...layer or CD Recorder Before starting operation press SOURCE on the front panel to select AUX or press AUX on the remote in order to activate the input source Note If you are connecting equipment with a mono output a single audio out terminal connect it to the AUX left terminal Alternatively you can use a single to double cinch cable the output sound still remain mono SPEAKER 4Ω R L DIGITAL IN C AU...

Page 17: ...olume upward downward adjusts the hours and minutes in clock timer setting mode 0 DSC selects different types of preset sound equalizer settings CLASSIC JAZZ POP or ROCK LOUDNESS DBB enables or disables automatic loudness adjustment enables or disables bass enhancement SOURCE to select the respective sound source DISC TUNER TAPE USB or AUX Display screen to view the current status of the system Ta...

Page 18: ...rious repeat modes or the shuffle play mode for a disc SUBTITLE selects a subtitle language SLEEP TIMER Standby mode sets a time for switching on the system automatically Playback mode sets the sleep timer function auto off LOUD DBB enables or disables automatic loudness adjustment enables or disables bass enhancement DSC selects different types of preset sound equalizer settings CLASSIC JAZZ POP ...

Page 19: ...e battery compartment back to the original position 1 2 3 CR2025 CAUTION Batteries contain chemical substances so they should be disposed of properly Step 1 Setting the clock 1 Go to Standby mode 2 Press and hold CLOCK on the front panel The hour digits flash on the display screen 3 Turn the VOL control on the front panel or press VOL on the remote to set the hours 4 Press CLOCK again The minute d...

Page 20: ... set use this setting you must also set your widescreen TV to full size available on a disc then the disc s own preference will be used Step 2 Setting video preference IMPORTANT Make sure you have completed all the necessary connections See Connections ConnectingTV Turn on theTV set and set it to the correct Video In channel You may go to channel 1 on yourTV set then press the channel button repea...

Page 21: ...ach disc will be selected 3 Press 5 4 to select a language and press OK 4 Repeat steps 2 3 for other settings To exit the menu Press SYSTEM MENU again Note The format you select must be available on the disc If it is not the setting forTVType will not affect the picture during playback To exit the menu Press SYSTEM MENU again Step 3 Setting language preference You can select your preferred languag...

Page 22: ... Control DSC provides a different type of preset sound equalizer setting Press DSC repeatedly to select CLASSIC JAZZ POP or ROCK LOUDNESS LOUDNESS feature enables the system to automatically increase the treble and bass sound effect at low volume the higher the volume the lower the treble and bass increase Press LOUDNESS DBB on the front panel or press LOUD DBB on the remote to enable disable LOUD...

Page 23: ... facing up 5 Playback will start automatically depending on the disc type If a disc menu appears on theTV see Using the Disc Menu If the disc is locked by parental control you must enter your four digit password See SYSTEM SETUP PASSWORD 6 At any time simply press 9 to stop playback Disc Operations Using the disc menu For disc with Table Of Contents a menu may appear on theTV screen once you load ...

Page 24: ...sen starting point 2 Press REPEAT A B again at your chosen end point The section A and B can be set only within the same chapter track The section will now repeat continuously 3 To exit the sequence press REPEAT A B again A B CANCEL is displayed on the TV screen Program not for Picture CD To select favourite tracks chapters for playback in preferred sequence 1 Press PROG ANGLE on the remote contro...

Page 25: ... CD Elapsed playback time of the current track title Remaining playback time of the current track title Elapsed playback time of the whole disc Remaining playback time of the whole disc Display off For MP3 CD Elapsed playback time of the current track Remaining playback time of the current track Special disc features Playing aTitle DVD 1 Press DISC MENU The disc title menu appears on theTV screen ...

Page 26: ...ring playback you can Press PRESETí ë to select another file in the current folder Use 22 33 5 4 on the remote to rotate flip the picture files Press 2 repeatedly to pause resume playback Press 9 to stop playback and return to the disc content menu Playing mixed mode disc for example a disc contains MP3 photo and MPEG files You can play a mixed mode disc through this DVD micro system After loading...

Page 27: ...rotate the picture on theTV screen 5 flip the picture vertically 4 flip the picture horizontally 22 rotate the picture anti clockwise 33 rotate the picture clockwise Disc Operations Playing a DivX disc This DVD player supports the DivX movie playback that you download from your computer onto a CD R RW 1 Load a DivX disc 1 PressÉ Åon the remote control to start playack 2 If the DivX movie contains ...

Page 28: ... VOD TV SYSTEM See Preparations Step 3 Setting video preference for details SCREEN SAVER This function is used to turn the screen saver on or off ON In STOP PAUSE or No DISC mode if no actions are performed about 3 minutes the screen saver will be activated OFF Screen saver is disabled TV TYPE See Preparations Step 3 Setting video preference for details PASSWORD You can enter your four digit passw...

Page 29: ...ugh the movie rating may be printed on the Disc cover The rating level feature does not work for such Discs Rating explanations 1 KID SAFE Suitable for children 2 G General Audience recommended as acceptable for viewers of all ages 3 PG Parental Guidance suggested 4 PG 13 Material is unsuitable for children under age 13 Parental Guidance suggested 5 6 PG R R Parental Guidance Restricted recommende...

Page 30: ... only be played back on this DVD player Time search feature is not available during DivX movie playback LANGUAGE SETUP The options included in LANGUAGE SETUP page are OSD LANGUAGE AUDIO LANG SUBTITLE LANG and MENU LANG See Preparations Step 4 Setting language preference for details VIDEO SETUP The options included inVIDEO SETUP page are COMPONENT BRIGHTNESS CONTRAST HUE and SATURATION BRIGHTNESS A...

Page 31: ...kers LPCM If you connect the DVD Player to a PCM compatible receiver via the coaxial terminal you may need to adjust LPCM Discs are recorded at a certain sampling rate The higher the sampling rate the better the sound quality 48K Playback a disc recorded at the sampling rate of 48kHz 96K Playback a disc recorded at the sampling rate of 96kHz 192K Playback a disc recorded at the sampling rate of 19...

Page 32: ...d radio stations will be overridden 1 Press PRESETí ë to select the preset number where programming should start Note If no preset number is selected default is preset 1 and all your presets will be overridden 2 Press PROG ANGLE on the remote for more than three seconds to activate programming All available stations are programmed Manual programming 1 Tune to your desired station refer to Tuning t...

Page 33: ... file formats are skipped This means that e g Word documents doc or MP3 files with extension dlf are ignored and will not be played AAC WAV PCM audio files DRM protected WMA files WMA files in Lossless format How to transfer music files from PC to a USB mass storage device By dragging and dropping music files you can easily transfer your favorite music from PC to a USB mass storage device For the ...

Page 34: ...compliant to the USB MSD standards i Most common Mass storage class devices are flash drives memory sticks jump drives and etc ii If you see a Disc Drive showing up on your computer after you have plugged the mass storage device into your computer most likely it is MSD compliant and it will work with this micro system b If your Mass storage device requires a battery power source please make sure y...

Page 35: ...mes files broadcasts and sound recordings may be an infringement of copyrights and constitute a criminal offence This equipment should not be used for such purposes IMPORTANT Recording is permissible if copyright or other rights of third parties are not infringed upon Tape playback 1 Press SOURCE on the front panel repeatedly or TAPE on the remote control to select the TAPE source The display show...

Page 36: ... in progress To stop recording press STOP OPENÇ0 It is not possible to listen to another source It is not possible to activate the timer function Synchro start CD USB recording 1 Select CD or USB source Press í ë select the desired track 2 Press RECORD to start recording Playing of the CD programme starts automatically from the beginning of the CD It is not necessary to start the CD player separat...

Page 37: ... panel 5 Turn the VOL control on the front panel or press VOL on the remote to set the minutes and press SLEEP TIMER to confirm Activating and deactivating TIMER In standby mode press SLEEP TIMER on the remote once or more to activate or deactivate the timer Display shows if activated and disappears if deactivated Sleep timer setting The sleep timer enables the system to switch off by itself after...

Page 38: ...dB 1 kHz Total harmonic distortion 0 1 1 kHz TUNER FM wave range 87 5 108 MHz Sensitivity at 75 Ω mono 26 dB signal to noise ratio 2 8 µV stereo 46 dB signal to noise ratio 61 4 µV Selectivity 28 dB Total harmonic distortion 5 Frequency response 63 5500 Hz 6 dB Signal to noise ratio 50 dBA USB PLAYER USB V2 0 V1 1 support MP3 WMA JPEG files Number of albums folders maximum 99 Number of tracks titl...

Page 39: ...ntil the moisture condensed at the lens has cleared Replace or clean the disc see Maintenance Use a readable disc or correctly recorded format MP3 CD Select the appropriate video input mode on the TV set Check if theTV set is switched on Check the video connection Check if the system is securely connected Sometimes a slight picture distortion may appear This is not a malfunction Clean the disc Con...

Page 40: ...tem is in pause slow motion or fast forward reverse mode press PLAY PAUSE 2 to resume the normal play mode Make sure the MP3 CD was recorded within 32 256 kbps bit rate with sampling frequencies at 48 kHz 44 1 kHz or 32 kHz Ensure that the DTS disc also supports Dolby Digital output If the signal is too weak adjust the antenna or connect an external antenna for better reception Increase the distan...

Page 41: ... the USB mode Select USB mode The device is not securely connected to MCD396 s USB port Re connect the device The device is not supported by MCD396 or the audio file format stored on the device is not supported by MCD396 Use a compatible device playable audio file format Troubleshooting ...

Page 42: ...ugh the MP3 format one CD R or CD RW can contain about 10 times as much data volume as a regular CD can Multichannel DVD is specified to have all sound tracks constitute one sound field Multichannel refers to a structure of sound tracks having three or more channels Parental control A function of the DVD to limit playback of the disc by the age of the users according to the limitation level in eac...

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