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Philips DVD795SA/99 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 IRST TIME ETUP EATURES E WANT YOU TO START ENJOYING YOUR NEW PRODUCT RIGHT AWAY ALL US BEFORE YOU CONSIDER RETURNING THE PRODUCT 1-800-531-0039 PHILIPS DVD795SA Important! Return your Warranty Registration Card within 10 days. See why inside. AND ANY...
  • Page 2 Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby,” “Pro Logic,” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. “DTS” and “DTS DIGITAL SURROUND” are registered trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. SmartPicture is a trademark of Philips Consumer Electronics North America. Copyright 2002 Philips Consumer Electronics North America.

  • Page 4: Safety Information

    Macrovision Corporation. Reverse engineering or disassembly is prohibited. Declaration of Conformity Model Number: DVD795SA Trade Name: Philips Responsible Party: Philips Consumer Electronics North America P.O. Box 14810, Knoxville, TN 37914-1810 (865) 521-4316...

  • Page 5: Safety Information

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS. READ BEFORE OPERATING EQUIPMENT. 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

  • Page 6: Introduction

    6 Introduction Welcome! We hope you enjoy this DVD/SACD Player and learn to appreciate its fea- tures. Read this manual carefully to learn to use the following features. Features • Access Control* • Favorite Track Selection • Forward/Reverse Search • Language choices for Subtitles*, System Menu, and Audio* •...

  • Page 7: Playable Discs 7

    Playable Discs This Player will play Digital Video Discs (DVDs), Video Compact Discs (VCDs), Super Video CDs, Audio CDs, and Super Audio CDs. This Player also will play MP3 files (music tracks compressed with MPEG Audio Layer 3 technology) recorded onto a Compact Disc Recordable (CD-R) or a Compact Disc Rewritable (CD-RW).

  • Page 8: Hookups

    You need a “splitter” audio cable to go from the left/right AUDIO OUT jacks of the Player to the single Audio In jack on your TV. See an electronics retailer or contact Philips for details. Before you begin...

  • Page 9: Connecting To A Tv Only

    Antenna or Cable TV Signal Before you begin, make sure you have an RF modulator and extra RF coaxial cables. These are not supplied with the Player, but are available from Philips or most con- sumer electronics retailers. Connect the supplied video cable (which has yellow ends) to the Player’s yellow CVBS VIDEO OUT jack.
  • Page 10 10 Hookups (cont’d) Back of TV (example only) LEFT AUDIO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN VIDEO IN Connect the supplied yellow video cable to the Player’s yel- low CVBS (VIDEO OUT) jack and to the corresponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV. There are two CVBS (VIDEO OUT) jacks in case you want to connect the Player to two separate TVs.
  • Page 11 Back of TV (example only) LEFT AUDIO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN S-VIDEO IN Connect an S-Video cable (not supplied) to the Player’s S- VIDEO (VIDEO OUT) jack and to the TV’s S-VIDEO IN jack. Connect the supplied red and white audio cables to the Player’s red and white (right and left) AUDIO OUT jacks and to the right/left AUDIO IN jacks on the TV.
  • Page 12 12 Hookups (cont’d) TV has Component Video In (Interlace) Jacks OR TV has Progressive Scan Component Video In Jacks Back of TV (example only) LEFT AUDIO IN Pb/Cb RIGHT AUDIO IN Pr/Cr Connect the Player’s Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y (VIDEO OUT) jacks to the corresponding Pr/Cr Pb/Cb Y VIDEO IN jacks on the TV.

  • Page 13: Connecting To A Tv And A Two-Channel Stereo

    Connecting to a TV and a two-channel Stereo (Stereo has Dolby Pro Logic or right/left Audio In jacks) Back of TV (example only) VIDEO IN VIDEO IN Connect the supplied yellow video cable to the Player’s yel- low CVBS (VIDEO OUT) jack and to the corresponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV.

  • Page 14: Helpful Hints

    14 Hookups (cont’d) Connecting to a TV and a Digital Stereo (Receiver has PCM, Dolby Digital Digital Stereo (example only) COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO IN Connect the supplied yellow video cable to the Player’s yel- low CVBS (VIDEO OUT) jack and to the corresponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV.
  • Page 15 Connecting to a TV and to a Six-channel Receiver (Dolby Digital or DTS) Back of TV (example only) VIDEO IN VIDEO IN Connect the supplied yellow video cable to the Player’s yel- low CVBS (VIDEO OUT) jack and to the corresponding VIDEO IN jack on the TV.
  • Page 16 16 Hookups (cont’d) Connecting to a TV and a Cable Box or Satellite Receiver ANT IN TO TV VIDEO AUDIO CH3 CH4 Satellite or Cable TV Signal Back of Cable Box or Satellite Receiver (example only) If you want to connect other equipment to the TV and DVD Player, make sure the DVD Player is still connected directly to the TV.

  • Page 17: Quick Disc Playback 17

    DVD 795SA Many playback features and options are available on Discs. Familiarize yourself with the Player and its remote as described on pages 18-22. Then see pages 23 and following to try other features. Press STANDBY-ON y y to turn on the Player. The red Standby light will disappear from the front of the Player.

  • Page 18: Remote Control Buttons

    18 Remote Control Buttons DIM Button Press repeatedly to adjust the bright- ness of the Player’s display panel. There are four levels of brightness from which to choose. DISC Button Press to select a Disc for playback. Number Buttons Press to select numbered items in a DVD Disc menu.

  • Page 19: Front Panel 19

    STANDBY-ON y Button Press to turn the Player on or off. The Standby light is red when the Player is in Standby mode (power off). The light does not appear if the power is on. SACD, MULTI CH, PROGRESSIVE lights These lights appear if the corresponding feature is active.

  • Page 20: Rear Panel

    20 Rear Panel AC Power cord Connect to a standard AC outlet to supply power to the Player. COAXIAL (DIGITAL AUDIO OUT) Connect an optional audio coaxial digital cable here and to the coaxial digital Audio In jack of a Stereo. Details are on page 14. OPTICAL (DIGITAL AUDIO OUT) Connect an optional audio optical cable here and to the optical digital Audio In jack of a Stereo.

  • Page 21: System Menu Bars 21

    Use the System Menu Bars to operate features. Press SYSTEM MENU on the remote control repeatedly to select System Menu Bar 1, System Menu Bar 2, or System Menu Bar 3. Press SYSTEM MENU again to remove all the System Menu Bars from the TV screen. Press 9 8 ;...

  • Page 22: On-Screen Symbols

    22 On-screen Symbols, Bit Rate Indicator On-Screen Symbols The following symbols appear in the top left corner of the TV screen when you activate a feature. Scan The first 10 seconds of each scan Chapter or Track will play. Details are on page 29. Repeat All The entire Disc will play repeat repeatedly.

  • Page 23: Title/Disc Menus, Chapter/Track Selection 23

    Title/Disc Menus Press DISC MENU. If the current Title of the current Disc has a menu, the Title menu will appear on the screen. Otherwise, the main DVD Disc menu will appear. The menu may list camera angles, spoken language and subtitle options, Chapters for the Title, or other Disc features.

  • Page 24: Forward And Reverse Searching, Slow Motion

    24 Forward and Reverse Searching, Slow Motion AUDIO CD VIDEO CD Forward and Reverse Searching On a DVD or Video CD, to search the Disc at four times the normal speed, press and hold H or G for about two seconds during playback. To search at 32 times the nor- mal speed, press and hold H or G again.

  • Page 25: Still Picture/Frame-By-Frame Playback, Time Search 25

    Still Picture/Frame-by-Frame Playback, Time Search 25 VIDEO CD Still Picture/Frame-by-Frame Playback During playback, press PAUSE k on the remote control. A still picture will appear on the TV screen. To advance the still picture one frame at a time, press PAUSE k repeatedly.

  • Page 26: Zoom, Camera Angle

    26 Zoom, Camera Angle VIDEO CD Zoom Zooming lets you enlarge the video image during playback and pan through the enlarged image. Press ZOOM during playback. a Zoom will be selected in the System Menu Bar. Within five seconds, press 8 or 9 to choose 1.33, 2 or 4.

  • Page 27: Repeat, Repeat A-B 27

    AUDIO CD VIDEO CD Repeat You may play a Chapter, Track, Title, or entire Disc repeatedly. During playback, press REPEAT repeatedly to choose a Repeat mode. To repeat the current Chapter/Track, press REPEAT once. REPEAT CHPT or REPEAT TRK will appear on the display panel.

  • Page 28: Audio Language, Subtitles

    28 Audio Language, Subtitles Audio Language Some DVDs are recorded in different languages. You may be able to watch the same movie in French, Spanish, etc. The movie may have spe- cial audio features, such as a director’s commentary or music soundtrack. If these are available on the DVD, access the different languages or fea- tured soundtracks by following these steps.

  • Page 29: Scan, Shuffle 29

    VIDEO CD AUDIO CD Scan Scanning plays the first 10 seconds of each Chapter/Track on the Disc. Press SCAN during playback. Starting at the beginning of the current Chapter/Track, the first 10 seconds of each Chapter/Track will play. SCAN will appear briefly on the Player’s display panel.

  • Page 30: Access Control

    Access Control limits viewing of Discs that exceed the limits you set. This feature will not limit viewing if the Disc manufacturer did not code the Disc. Philips cannot guarantee the availability of Access Control with all Discs, and therefore denies any liability associated with unintended watching of Discs.

  • Page 31: Child Lock

    Play Once/Play Always With Play once or Play always, you can disable or enable viewing of a specific Disc. The Player memorizes settings for 120 Discs. When you select Play Always, the current Disc moves to the top of the list. When the list is full and you add a new Disc, the last Disc in the list will drop out of the list.
  • Page 32 32 Access Control (cont’d) Setting Parental Levels DVDs may contain alternative scenes that conform to the Parental Level, or movie rating, that you select. The Parental Level may apply to the complete Disc or to certain scenes on the Disc. Follow the steps below to set the Parental Level at which you want DVDs to play.

  • Page 33: Access Control

    Changing the Country If a DVD has Parental Level coding, the codings are applicable only for the country specified on the Disc. The DVD manufacturer sets these codings. For example, a DVD may be coded at Level 3 for the United States.

  • Page 34: Favorite Track Selection (Fts)

    34 Favorite Track Selection Favorite Track Selection (FTS) lets you play your favorite Tracks in the order you select. A Program can contain 100 Tracks from Super Audio CDs, Audio CDs, MP3 (files on CD-R or CD-RW), Video CDs, or Super Video CDs.

  • Page 35: Favorite Track Selection (Fts)

    AUDIO CD An Audio CD Favorite Track Selection (FTS) lets you play your favorite Tracks in the order you set. An FTS Program can contain 20 Tracks. Setting a Program Put an Audio CD in the Player. Press STOP C to stop playback if necessary.

  • Page 36: Mp3 Playback

    36 MP3 Playback MP3 is a compression method that makes digital music files up to 10 times smaller without losing significant sound quality. MP3 is common on the Internet, letting you transfer Tracks to your computer and onto a CD Recordable or CD Rewritable disc. Materials and equipment with which to make MP3 recordings are not supplied with this Player.

  • Page 37: Sacd Sound Mode 37

    There are three types of Super Audio CDs: single-layer, dual-layer, and hybrid. Each may contain two areas of recorded audio or sound modes: High Quality Stereo and High Quality Multi-channel. A single-layer SACD may contain both Stereo and Multi-channel. A dual layer SACD may contain both Stereo and Multi-channel, but twice the amount.

  • Page 38: Playback Control

    38 Playback Control VIDEO CD Activating Playback Control (PBC) This feature is available only on Video CDs. The Video CD must be compatible with Playback Control. Check the Video CD case for details. Load a Video CD with PBC and press PLAY :. The Video CD will show instructions or options on the TV screen.

  • Page 39: Tv System (Ntsc/Pal) 39

    TV System (NTSC/PAL) DVDs are recorded according to a color system, the most common of which are NTSC and PAL. NTSC is the most common in the United States. This Player is compatible with NTSC and PAL. Your TV also oper- ates according to a color system.

  • Page 40: Black Level Shift, Video Shift

    40 Black Level Shift, Video Shift Black Level Shift If you set the Player to NTSC, adjust Black level shift to improve the color contrast during Disc playback. Black level shift has no effect if the Player is set to PAL. Press SYSTEM MENU.

  • Page 41: Tv Shape 41

    TV Shape You may set the Player to display the DVD picture in one of three for- mats: Letterbox, Pan & Scan, or Wide. The TV Shape you select must be available on the DVD. If not, TV Shape settings will not affect the picture. Press SYSTEM MENU.

  • Page 42: Clear Voice, Color Settings

    42 Clear Voice, Color Settings (Smart Picture) Clear Voice This feature enhances the dialog while playing DVDs recorded in 5.1 channel audio. This allows you to hear dialog and conversations more clearly while keeping down the overall volume. Press SYSTEM MENU. Press 9 repeatedly to select G, then press :.

  • Page 43: Digital Output, Pcm Output 43

    Digital Output Adjust Digital output if you used one of the Player’s DIGITAL AUDIO OUT jacks (COAXIAL or OPTICAL) to connect the Player to a Stereo. Press SYSTEM MENU. Press 9 repeatedly to select G, then press :. Digital output will be selected. Press :. Press 8 or 9 to select Off, PCM only, or All.

  • Page 44: Analog Output

    44 Analog Output If you connected the Player’s red and white AUDIO OUT or FRONT MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT jacks to a Stereo as shown on page 13, or if you connected the Player to a six-channel Receiver as shown on page 15, choose a setting for Analog Output.

  • Page 45: Speakers 45

    The Player lets you adjust the speaker settings, volume balance, and delay time for your audio system. You only need to adjust the speaker settings if you used the Player’s MULTICHANNEL AUDIO OUT jacks to connect the Player to a six-channel Receiver (Dolby Digital or DTS) as shown on page 15.

  • Page 46: Cd Upsampling, Intelliplay

    46 CD Upsampling, IntelliPlay CD Upsampling CD Upsampling lets you adjust your CD’s sampling rate to improve the sound. You can increase the sampling rate from the standard 44.1 kHz/16 bit to the higher rates of 88.2 kHz/24bits or176.4 kHz/24bits. Or, you can turn off this feature.

  • Page 47: Wake-Up Timer, Night Mode 47

    Wake-up Timer This feature turns on the Player within an amount of time you select. Press SYSTEM MENU. Press 9 repeatedly to select Press 9 repeatedly to select Wake up Timer. Press :. Access control Status window Beeper Help text Smart Power-off Wake up timer Press 8 or 9 repeatedly to select an amount of time...

  • Page 48: Karaoke Vocal, Language

    48 Karaoke Vocal, Language Karaoke Vocal Turn on Karaoke Vocal when you are playing a Disc that has multiple karaoke channels. For example, perhaps lyrics are recorded on one chan- nel, while the music is on a separate channel. Set Karaoke to On so the multiple channels will mix together, allowing you to hear both the lyrics and the music together in normal stereo sound.

  • Page 49: Smart Power-Off, Beeper 49

    Smart Power-off If Smart Power-off is enabled, the Player’s power will turn off if Disc play- back stops and you do not use the Player or its remote control for 20 minutes. Press SYSTEM MENU. Press 9 repeatedly to select Press 9 repeatedly to select Smart Power-off.

  • Page 50: Status Window, Help Text

    50 Status Window, Help Text Status Window The Status window (example below) may indicate when the disc tray is opening or closing, what type of Disc is installed, and total or remaining Disc playback time. To set Status window to On or Off, follow these steps. pause 2:45:23 0:00:34...

  • Page 51: Specifications, Glossary 51

    Specifications CABINET Dimensions (w x h x d): 17.13 x 4.53 x 16.38 inches (435 x 115 x 416 mm) Weight: Approximately 13.01 lbs (5.9 kg) POWER SUPPLY Power supply 120V, 60 Hz Power consumption Approximately 30W Standby power consumption <1W TV STANDARD PAL/50Hz...

  • Page 52: Helpful Hints

    52 Helpful Hints If you are having problems with your product, check this list of problems and possible solutions before requesting service. You may be able to solve the problem yourself. If you need to call a customer service representative, please know the model number and serial num- ber of your product before you call.

  • Page 53: Helpful Hints

    Disc will not play. • Make sure the Disc label is facing up. If you are playing a two-sided Disc, make sure the side you want to play is facing up. Details are on page 19. • Check the Access Control settings for the Disc. Details are on pages 30-33. •...

  • Page 54: Limited Warranty

    RENEWED 90 DAY LIMITED WARRANTY...

  • Page 55: Information Index

    56 Information Index ac power cord ....20 access control ....30-33 album .

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