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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com Mini Hi-Fi System with 3 CD changer 3139 116 19611 pg 01-29/C85-C83/22-Eng 3/6/00, 1:00 PM...
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This apparatus is fitted with an approved 13 Amp plug. To change a fuse in this type of plug proceed as follows: Si dichiara che l’apparecchio FW-C85, FW-C83 1 Remove fuse cover and fuse. Philips risponde alle prescrizioni dell’art. 2 2 Fix new fuse which should be a BS1362 5 Amp, A.S.T.A.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com INDEX English ........5 FW-C85 Français .........30 Español ........56 Deutsch ........82 Nederlands ......110 Italiano .........136 Svenska .......162 FW-C83 Dansk ........188 Suomi ........214 Português ......238 ∂ÏÏËÓÈο ......264 3139 116 19611 pg 01-29/C85-C83/22-Eng 3/6/00, 1:00 PM...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CONTENTS General Information .................. 5 Safety Information ..................5 Preparation ................... 6 - 7 Controls ....................8 - 10 Operating The System ..............10 - 13 CD ......................14 - 16 Tuner ....................17 - 19 AUX/CDR ....................
CD player will not operate normally. As an ENERGY STAR Partner; Philips has copyright or other rights of third system is identical with the voltage of Leave the power on for about one hour determined that this product meets the parties are not infringed.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PREPARATION Rear Connections A AM Loop Antenna Connection Connect the supplied loop antenna to the AM ANTENNA terminal. Place the AM loop antenna far away from the system and STANDBY ON adjust its position for the best reception. CUT OFF FREQUENCY HIGH POWER SUBWOOFER 60Hz...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com PREPARATION CAUTION: Note: G Digital Out Connection Inserting batteries into the – For optimal sound performance, it is – Availability of wireless transmitter and Remote Control You can record the digital sound from the recommended to use the supplied its peripherals are subjected to the CD, through this output, on any audio...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CONTROLS DISC CHANGE OPEN•CLOSE DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 MUTE fi • C H A N G E R CD 123 TUNER TAPE 1/2 AUX/CDR MINI HIFI SYSTEM STANDBY DOLBY B NR ›...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CONTROLS ! DISPLAY SCREEN STOP•CLEAR Ç Controls on the system and – to select the desired Virtual – to view the current setting of the for CD .... to stop CD playback or remote control Environment Control effect : HALL, system.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CONTROLS OPERATING THE SYSTEM £ BASS/TREBLE CONTROL – to › DIGIT 0 – 9 MINI HIFI SYSTEM adjust BASS/TREBLE level : (numbers consisting of two figures STANDBY BASS 3 4 (BASS +/-) DOLBY B NR must be keyed in within 2 seconds) –...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OPERATING THE SYSTEM To start the demonstration mode ™ After a radio station is found, "EASY Switching the system to Dim mode SET" will be displayed and followed • Press and hold Ç (on the system only) standby mode You can select the desired brightness for for 5 seconds when the system is in...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OPERATING THE SYSTEM DIM 3 - half brightness with Spectrum 3 Adjust the JOG to select the desired Notes: Sound Control Analyzer Off and all LEDs on the Spectrum Analyzer band level for low –...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com OPERATING THE SYSTEM • Press TREBLE 3 or 4 to select the VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT CONTROL Automatic DSC-wOOx / VEC-wOOx (VEC) high tone level. selection ™ "TREBLE -X or TREBLE +X" The VEC feature enables you to adjust the The best wOOx setting is generated system to select a type of environment.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CD Text Loading the CD Changer It will enable you to know which album and 1 Press CD to select CD mode. DISC CHANGE OPEN•CLOSE DISC 1 DISC 2 DISC 3 its track you are selecting or playing on 2 Press OPEN•CLOSE.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 6 Press Ç once to end programming. 3 Press OPEN•CLOSE to close the CD Playing a CD Searching for a particular carousel tray. ™ The total number of tracks 1 Press PLAYÉ Å to start playback. passage during playback programmed and total playing time ™...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com 2 Press SHUFFLE again to resume normal Playing the program Erasing the program (when playback. 1 Press PLAYÉ Å to start program playback is stopped) ™ The disappears from the SHUFFLE • Press Ç. playback.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TUNER 4 Press à or á to tune to the desired ™ The system will start searching for all MINI HIFI SYSTEM radio stations with RDS and then frequency. STANDBY followed by radio stations on FM, •...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TUNER Note: Note: 2 When NEWS or TA is selected; Receiving RDS Radio Station – When you press the RDS button and the – Some RDS station may be transmitting a • It will scan stations stored in the first 5 Ç...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TUNER AUX/CDR – During News bulletin or Traffic MINI HIFI SYSTEM Announcement, you can press any STANDBY DOLBY B NR available source or Tuner function keys to cancel NEWS/TA function and NEWS/TA execute the relevant source mode. POWER SAVE –...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TAPE Loading a tape Auto Reverse Playback (only on MINI HIFI SYSTEM 1 Press on the tape deck to open the tape STANDBY tape deck 2) DOLBY B NR deck door. • Press A. REV to select the different NEWS/TA 2 The tape deck door opens.
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TAPE 3a(for playback on tape deck 2 only) During playback Dolby B Noise Reduction • Press í or ë to select tape side (see • Press and hold à or á until the System Tape Side) .
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com RECORDING Notes: Recording from other sources MINI HIFI SYSTEM – It is not possible to change tape side (only on tape deck 2) STANDBY DOLBY B NR during recording. 1 Press TAPE ( TAPE 1•2 ) to select tape –...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com RECORDING – During high speed dubbing in Tape Dubbing tapes One Touch Recording (from tape deck 1 to mode, the sound is reduced to a low tape deck 2) • For One Touch Recording, as soon as you volume.
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com CLOCK TIMER 5 Press CLOCK/TIMER again to store the Timer Setting MINI HIFI SYSTEM setting. STANDBY • The system can switch on to CD, DOLBY B NR ™ The clock starts. TUNER, or TAPE 2 mode automatically NEWS/TA •...
All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TIMER SLEEP TIMER 5 Press CLOCK/TIMER to store the start To switch off the TIMER Sleep (only on remote control) time. • Press TIMER ON/OFF on the remote This feature allows you to select a length ™...
Output power Normal tape (type I) ....... 60 – 15000 Hz (5 dB) Power Consumption FW-C85 ....2 x 240 W MPO / 2 x 120 W RMS Signal-to-noise ratio (without Dolby B NR) Active FW-C83 ....2 x 160 W MPO / 2 x 80 W RMS tape (type II) ..........
“NO RDS TEXT” is displayed. good playback quality, clean the CD lens warped. • RDS text message is not available. with Philips CD Lens Cleaner or any ™ Clean or replace the CD. ™ Select another RDS station. commercially available cleaner. Follow •...
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All manuals and user guides at all-guides.com TROUBLESHOOTING Remote control has no effect on the There is a howling sound at the Tape Deck Operation General system. external source. Recording or playback cannot be System does not react when any •...
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