General Information/Maintenance

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Features

Your DVD Mini Hi-Fi System with 2-channel full digital amplifier creates the same dynamic sound qualities that you find in full-fledged cinemas and incorporates some of the best features in home theater technology.

Other features include:

Built-in DTS and Dolby Digital decoder, supporting virtual surround and stereo.

Additional Component Connections

Lets you connect other audio and audio/visual components to the system so you can use the system’s surround sound speakers.

Night mode

Lets you compress the dynamic range, reducing the difference in loudness between different sounds in Dolby Digital mode.

Parental control (rating level)

Lets you set a rating level so that your children cannot watch a DVD that has a rating higher than you set.

Sleep timer

Enables the system to switch to standby mode automatically at a preset time.

Discs for playback

Your DVD Mini Hi-Fi System will play:

Digital Video Discs (DVDs)

Video CDs (VCDs)

Super Video CDs (SVCDs)

Digital Video Discs + Rewritable (DVD+RW)

Compact Discs (CDs)

Picture (Kodak, JPEG) files on CDR(W)

DivX(R) disc on CD-R(W):

DivX 3.11, 4.x and 5.x

WMA

Supported MP3-CD format.

ISO 9660 / UDF format

Max. title/album name –12 characters Max. title number plus album is 255.

Max. nested directory is 8 levels.

The max. album number is 32.

The max. MP3 track number is 999.

Supported sampling frequencies for MP3 disc: 32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz.

Supported Bit-rates of MP3 disc are: 32, 64, 96, 128, 192, 256 (kbps).

– Following formats can’t be supported

The files like *.VMA, *.AAC, *.DLF, *.M3U, *.PLS, *.WAV

Non-English Album/Title name

The discs recorded under Joliet format

MP3 Pro and MP3 with ID3 tag

Region codes

DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or for Region 4 in order to play on this system.You cannot play discs that are labeled for other regions.

4

ALL

Notes:

For mixed mode discs, only one mode will be selected for playback according to the recording format.

If you are having trouble playing a certain disc, remove the disc and try a different one. Improperly formatted discs will not play on this system.

Supplied accessories

Composite video cable (yellow)

Component video cables (red/blue/green)

Audio cables (white, red)

FM wire antenna

MW loop antenna

DIN OUT cable

Remote Control and two AA batteries

AC power cable

– This instruction booklet and a Quick Use Guide

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Philips FWD796/21 manual General Information/Maintenance, Features, Discs for playback, Supplied accessories, Region codes

FWD796/21 specifications

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