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Register you product and get support at www.philips.com/welcome DVP3980 DVD Video Player...
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See Copyright Act 1956 and The Performer’s Protection Acts 1958 to 1972. Italia DICHIARAZIONE DI CONFORMITA’ Si dichiara che l’apparecchio DVP3980, Philips risponde alle prescrizioni dell’art. 2 comma 1 del D.M. 28 Agosto 1995 n. 548. Fatto a Eindhoven Philips Consumer Electronics...
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Advarsel: Usynlig laserstråling ved åbning når sikkerhedsafbrydere er ude af funktion. Undgå utsættelse for stråling. Bemærk: Netafbryderen er sekundært indkoblet og ofbryder ikke strømmen fra nettet. Den indbyggede netdel er derfor tilsluttet til lysnettet så længe netstikket sidder i stikkontakten. Klass 1 laseraparat Varning! Om apparaten används på...
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Laser Safety This unit employs a laser. Due to possible eye injury, only a qualifi ed service person should remove the cover or attempt to service this device. NOTE: Pictures shown maybe different between countries. CAUTION: WARNING LOCATION: ON THE BACKPLATE OF THE SET NEVER MAKE OR CHANGE CONNECTIONS WITH THE POWER...
Table of contents General General Information ... 8 Setup precautions ...8 Accessories supplied ...8 Cleaning discs ...8 About recycling ...8 Product Overview Your DVD Player ... 9 Remote Control ...10-12 Using the remote control ...12 Connections Basic Connections ...13-15 Step 1:Connecting to television ...13-14 Option 1: Using Scart socket ...13 Option 2: Using Component Video sockets (Y Pb Pr)...13 Option 3: Using HDMI or DVI TV socket ...14...
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Special Audio CD feature ... 28 Playing a DivX disc ...29 Playing a JPEG photo disc (slide show) ... 30 Preview function ... 30 Zooming... 30 Flip/Rotate picture ... 30 Playing a MP3/ WMA disc ...31 Playing music and photo fi les simultaneously ...32 Setup Options Setup Menu Options ...
General Information WARNING! This unit does not contain any user- serviceable parts. Please leave all maintenance work to qualifi ed personnel. Setup precautions Finding a suitable location – Place this unit on a fl at, hard and stable surface. Never place the unit on a carpet. –...
STANDBY-ON – Turns on this unit or turns off to normal standby mode. Disc Tray OPEN/CLOSE ç – Opens/closes the disc tray. Display panel – Show information about the current status of this unit. Your DVD Player Front Panel View IR Sensor –...
Remote Control – Turns on this unit or turns off to normal standby mode. ç (Open/Close) – Opens/closes the disc tray. DISPLAY – Displays the current status or disc information. – : Move cursor to up or down. : Press up or down for a slow forward or backward search.
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DISC MENU – Enters or exits disc contents menu. – For VCD 2.0 and SVCD, switches on or off the playback control mode. – Confi rms an entry or selection. RETURN/TITLE – Returns to the previous menu or shows title menu. .
Remote Control Using the remote control Open the battery compartment. Insert two batteries type R03 or AAA, following the indications (+-) inside the compartment. Close the cover. Point the remote control directly at the remote sensor (IR) on the front panel. Note: Never place any objects between the remote control and this unit while...
DVD player (rear) TV OUT HDMI OUT Step 1: Connecting to television This connection enables you to view the video playback from this unit. You only need to choose one of the options below to make the video connection. – For a Scart TV, follow option 1. –...
Basic Connections HDTV/ DVI TV HDMI OUT Option 3: Using HDMI or DVI TV socket HDMI (High Defi nition Multimedia Interface) is a digital interface that allows pure digital audio/video transmission without the loss of image quality. Connect a HDMI cable (not supplied) from the HDMI OUT socket on this unit to the HDMI input socket on a HDMI-compatible device (e.g., HDMI TV,...
Basic Connections (continued) HDMI OUT Step 2: Connecting the power cord After everything is connected properly, plug the AC power cord into the power outlet. Never make or change any connections with the power turned on. Helpful Hint: – Refer to the type plate at the rear or bottom of the product for identifi cation and supply ratings.
Optional Connections AUDIO DIGITAL STEREO Audio (red/white cables) TV OUT HDMI OUT Connecting to an Analog Stereo System You can connect this unit to a two channel stereo system (e.g. mini system, analog receiver) in order to enjoy stereo sound output. Connect the audio/video cables (red/white - not supplied) from the AUDIO OUT R/L socket on this unit...
OK to confi rm. Note: – To synchronise with a Philips ‘EasyLink’ TV, the OSD language must be set to { Auto (xxx) }. This is the language available from the Philips ‘EasyLink’ TV.
Getting Started Audio, Subtitle and Menu language for DVD playback You can select your preferred language settings for DVD playback. If the selected language is not available on the disc, the disc’s default language is used instead. Press Ç twice to stop playback (if any), then press SETUP.
Setting up Progressive Scan feature (for Progressive Scan TV only) The progressive scan displays twice the number of frames per second than interlaced scanning (ordinary normal TV system). With nearly double the number of lines, progressive scan offers higher picture resolution and quality. Before you start...
One touch control Notes: – To enable one touch play function, a video disc must be placed in the disc compartment before operation. – Philips does not guarantee 100% interoperability with all HDMI CEC compliant devices. One touch play Press 2.
Playable discs This unit plays: – Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs) – Video CDs (VCDs) – Super Video CDs (SVCDs) – Finalised DVD Recordable (DVD±R), DVD Rewritable (DVD±RW) – Audio Compact Discs (CDs) – MP3/ WMA discs – The fi le extension has to be ‘.mp3’, ‘.wma’...
Disc Operations Notes: – If the inhibit icon appears on TV when a button is pressed, it means the function is not available on the current disc or at the current time. – Never put any objects other than discs in the disc tray. Doing so may cause this unit to malfunction.
Helpful Hints: – For video disc, playback always resumes from the point where it was last stopped. To start playback from the beginning, press . while the message ‘Play from the start, press [ PREV ]’ is displayed. – This is a power-saving feature, this unit automatically switches to low power standby mode if you do not press any buttons within 15 minutes after a disc has stopped playing.
Disc Operations Repeating a specifi c section (A-B) While playing a disc, press REPEAT A-B at the start point. Press REPEAT A-B again to end the section. The section will now repeat continuously. Press REPEAT A-B again to resume normal playback. Helpful Hints: –...
Changing sound track language This operation works only on DVDs with multiple sound track languages, or VCD/ SVCDs with multiple audio channels. For DVD Press AUDIO repeatedly to select the available audio languages. For VCD/SVCDs Press AUDIO repeatedly to select the available audio channels provided by the disc.
Disc Operations Using Display menu options This unit can display the disc playback information (for example, title or chapter number, elapsed playing time), a number of operations can be done without interrupting disc playback. During playback, press DISPLAY on the remote control.
Viewing playing time It shows the remaining/elapsed time display of the current disc. Move to { Time Disp } in the display menu and press The information and display are differ depending on the disc type. For DVD Display Descriptions Title/Chapter Title or Chapter elapsed Elapsed...
Disc Operations Special Audio CD feature This is a time search option for audio CD playback. Playback skips to the time you input, within the disc or track. During playback, press DISPLAY repeatedly to toggle between different time input options. Display Descriptions Disc Go To...
Playing a DivX disc This unit supports the playback of DivX movies which you can copy from your computer onto a recordable disc. See ‘Setup Menu Options - { General Setup Page - DivX(R) VOD code }’ for details. Load a DivX disc. keys to select the title you want to play.
Disc Operations Playing a JPEG photo disc (slide show) Before you start ... Turn on your TV to the correct Video In channel. See ‘Finding the correct viewing channel’ for details. Load a photo CD (Kodak Picture CD, JPEG). The picture menu appears on the TV. For Kodak disc, the slide show begins automatically.
Playing a MP3/ WMA disc This unit can playback most of the MP3 and WMA fi les recorded on a recordable disc or commercial CD. Before you start ... Turn on your TV to the correct Video In channel. See ‘Finding the correct viewing channel’...
Disc Operations Playing music and photo fi les simultaneously You can create a musical slide show playback if the disc contains both the MP3/WMA music and JPEG picture fi les. Load a disc that contains both MP3/WMA and JPEG fi les. keys to select a MP3/WMA fi le from the disc menu and press OK to start playback.
Accessing the setup menu You can change the settings in this unit to suit your particular requirements. Press SETUP on the remote control. The setup menu appears. keys to select one of the setup menu. If you are not able to access the { Preference Page }, press SETUP to exit the menu.
Setup Menu Options General Setup Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) Not all discs are rated or coded by the disc maker. You can Disc Lock prevent play of specifi c discs with the disc lock function. Up to 20 discs can be locked.
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Select this to switch this unit to standby mode when it is not in use for a period of time. { On } { Off } DivX(R) VOD Code Philips provides you with the DivX registration code that allows you to rent or purchase videos from DivX downloaded videos from DivX this unit.
Setup Menu Options Audio Setup Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) This setting is only required if you have connected the audio Analog Output output of this unit to a stereo device or TV using the analog output socket. { LT/RT } { Stereo } { V SURR }...
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Audio Setup Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) HDMI Audio This setting is only required if you are using the HDMI OUT socket to connect your TV or other display device. { On } { Off } Select the type of preset digital sound effect that can match the Sound Mode disc’s content or optimise the sound of the musical style you are playing.
Setup Menu Options Audio Setup Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) Night Mode This mode optimises playback of sound at low volume. High volume outputs will be softened and low volume outputs will be enhanced to an audible level. This feature is only applicable for DVD video discs with Dolby Digital mode.
Video Setup Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) TV Type Select the colour system that matches the connected TV. It enables playback of a different type of disc (PAL or NTSC disc) on this unit. { PAL } { Multi } { NTSC } The picture shape can be adjusted to fi t your TV.
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Setup Menu Options Video Setup Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) Picture Setting This unit provides three predefi ned sets of picture colour settings and one personal setting which you can defi ne yourself. { Standard } { Vivid } { Cool } { Personal } Personal Picture Setup...
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Video Setup Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) HDMI Setup It provides the picture settings to enhance the appearance and picture quality for disc playback. This feature is only applicable if you have connected this unit to a HDMI-compatible TV/device. { Resolution } Note: –...
– You must turn on the HDMI CEC operations on your TV/devices before you can enjoy the EasyLink controls. See your TVs/devices manual for details. – Philips does not guarantee 100% interoperability with all HDMI CEC compliant devices. Note: – If a notifi cation message appears, confi rm your setting by selecting { OK } in the menu and press OK to proceed.
Preference Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) Audio Select the preferred audio language for DVDs with multiple sound tracks. Subtitle Select the preferred subtitle language for DVDs playback. Disc Menu Select the preferred disc menu language for DVDs playback. Note: If the selected audio/subtitle/disc menu language is not available on the DVDs, the disc’s default language will be used instead.
Setup Menu Options Preference Page (underlined options are the factory default settings) Mp3/Jpeg Nav Mp3/Jpeg Navigator can only be set if the disc is recorded with a menu. It allows you to select different display menus for easy navigation. { Without Menu } { With Menu } Password Select this to set the password for Parental control and Disc...
To check the updates, compare the current software version of this unit with the latest software version available at the Philips website. Press ç to open the disc tray. Press numeric keypad ‘55’ on the remote control.
Do not open this unit as there is a risk of electric shock. If a fault occurs, fi rst check the points listed below before taking this unit for repair. If you are unable to remedy a problem by following these hints, consult your dealer or Philips for help.
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Problem The remote control does not function properly. The unit does not start playback. The buttons on the unit do not work. The aspect ratio of the screen cannot be changed even though you have set the TV display. Not able to select some items in the setup/system menu.
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Troubleshooting Problem ® No sound during DivX movies playback. ® An DivX movies does not repeat. ® Certain DivX fi les does not play or are skipped. No audio output from HDMI connection. No video output from HDMI connection. (continued) Solution –...
TV STANDARD (PAL/50Hz) (NTSC/60Hz) Number of lines 625 Playback Multistandard (PAL/NTSC) VIDEO PERFORMANCE Video DAC 12 bit, 108 MHz Y Pb Pr 0.7 Vpp ~ 75 ohm RGB (SCART) 0.7 Vpp ~ 75 ohm VIDEO FORMAT Digital MPEG 2 for DVD, SVCD Compression MPEG 1 for VCD ®...
HDMI or DVI products without HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection) result in no Video or Audio output. EasyLink: Philips EasyLink uses the HDMI CEC industry standard protocol to share functionalities between the unit and its connected devices. This feature is only available if you connect this unit to a HDMI CEC compliant TV with a HDMI cable.
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JPEG: A very common digital still picture format. A still-picture data compression system proposed by the Joint Photographic Expert Group, which features small decrease in image quality in spite of its high compression ratio. Files are recognised by their fi le extension ‘JPG or JPEG’. MP3: A fi le format with a sound data compression system.