Philips DVD953 Operation, Loading Discs, Playing DVD and Video CD discs, General Features

Operation

Loading Discs

1Press OPEN/CLOSE on the front of the player to open the disc tray.

2Load your chosen disc in the tray, with the label facing up. When a double-sided DVD is inserted, make sure the side you want to play is facing up.

3Press OPEN/CLOSE again to close the tray.

➜ READING appears on the TV screen, and playback starts automatically. In some cases, the disc menu might appear instead.

Note:

–If ‘Parental Control’ is set and the disc is not within the ‘Rating’ settings (not authorized), the 4-digit code must be entered and/or the disc must be authorized (see ‘Parental Control’ on pages 15-16).

Playing DVD and Video CD discs

¶ After inserting the disc and closing the tray,

playback starts automatically, depending on the disc.The player’s display shows the type of disc loaded, as well as the disc’s information and playing time.

¶The disc may invite you to select an item from a menu. If the selections are numbered, press the appropriate numerical key; if not, use the 3/4, 1/2 keys to highlight your selection, then press OK.

¶The number of the current title and chapter are displayed.

¶Playback may stop at the end of the Title, and you may return to the disc menu.To go to the next title, press PLAY.

¶To stop playback, press STOP.

➜The default screen will appear.

➜The screen saver picture appears when you leave the DVD Player in stop mode for about five minutes.

➜After the Screen Saver has been engaged for about five minutes, the DVD Player will automatically turn itself off.

¶You can resume playback from the point at which you

stopped playback. If you see the Resume icon on the screen when you stop playback, press PLAY to resume playback from that point.

Notes:

– DVDs may have a region code.

– Your player will not play discs that have a region code different from your player.The region code for this player is 1 (one).

General Features

Note:

–Unless stated, all operations described are based on remote control use. Some operations can be carried out using the DVD Player’s menu.

Moving to another TITLE			POWER
When a disc has more than one title, you	1	2	3
	4	5	6
can move to another title as follows:
	7	8	9
¶ Press DISPLAY when playback is stopped,	RETURN		DISPLAY
	DISC	0	SYSTEM
then press the appropriate numerical key
	MENU		MENU
(0-9) to select a title number.
Moving to another CHAPTER/	DISC		SYSTEM
	MENU		MENU
TRACK		OK
When a title on a disc has more than one	STOP	PLAY	PAUSE
chapter or a disc has more than one track,
	CLEAR	MARKER FTS TITLE
you can move to another chapter/track as
follows:

¶Press T or S briefly during playback to select the next chapter/track or to return to the beginning of the current chapter/track.

¶Press S twice briefly to step back to the previous chapter/track.

¶To go directly to any chapter during DVD playback, press DISPLAY. Then, press 3/4 to select C (chapter) (or for a Video CD, select T for track).Then, enter the chapter/track number using the numerical keys (0-9).

Note:

– For two-digit numbers, press the keys in rapid succession.

Slow Motion	RETURN	DISPLAY
	DISC	SYSTEM
		0
	MENU	MENU

¶Press PAUSE during playback.

OK

➜The player will enter PAUSE mode.

¶ Use the 1/2 keys to enter the SLOW	STOP	PLAY PAUSE
mode.

¶Use the 1/2 keys to select the required speed: , 1/16, , 1/8, , 1/4 or , 1/2 (backward), or

. 1/16, . 1/8, . 1/4 or . 1/2 (forward).

¶If PAUSE is pressed again, the speed will be set to zero (PAUSE) and playback will pause.

¶To exit slow motion mode, press PLAY.

Note:

– Slow motion playback in reverse is not applicable for Video CD.

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