Philips DVD963SA98 owner manual Speaker settings Advance Bass Management

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Preparation

Night Mode

When set to ON, the dynamics of your sound output are optimized. High volume outputs are softened, enabling you to watch your favorite action movie without disturbing others.

Karaoke vocal

Put this setting to ON only when a multi-channel karaoke DVD is being played.The karaoke channels on the disc will then be mixed into a normal stereo sound.

SACD Bass Management Bypass

Allows you (with suitable speaker system) to bypass the bass management system for multi- channel SACD playback.

This helps to preserve maximum sound quality of your SACD.

Warning!

When SACD Bass Management Bypass is ON, speaker setting will not be applied during multi-channel SACD playback.

PCM Output

Allows to select PCM digital output between 48kHz and 96kHz. When 48kHz has been selected, 96kHz PCM data, (if available on disc) will be converted to 48kHz.

Some 96kHz DVD are copy protected. If your PCM output selection is 96kHz, the digital output will be muted to comply with the standards. In such cases, select 48kHz to enable digital output.

CD Upsampling

Allows you to upsample your CD from 44.1 kHz

/16 bit to various higher sampling rate for superior CD reproductions.

The selections are: OFF, 96kHz/24bits, 172kHz/ 24bits.

The upsampling of CD can be toggle “ON/OFF” via the AUDIO key on the remote control.

Speaker settings (Advance Bass Management)

Allows you to select speaker settings, volume balance and delay time, and to test the speaker settings.

Speaker settings are only active on the Multi- Channel Audio outputs for both DVD and SACD.

Movie mode

When movie mode is set, speaker settings will not be applied during playback in the SACD Stereo mode.

Music mode

When music mode is set, speaker settings will be applied during playback in the SACD Stereo mode only.

Additional adjustments available in SACD bass managements are:

Cross over frequency adjustment: 80Hz, 100Hz and 120Hz.

Filter slop adjustment: 12dB/oct, 18dB/oct and 24db/oct.

Note:

These additional adjustments are

available in the subwoofer adjustments.

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DVD963SA98 specifications

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