Philips HTS3500S/98 user manual Disc Operations, Playable discs, Playing discs

Disc Operations

IMPORTANT!

–If the inhibit icon (ø or X) appears on the TV screen when a button is pressed, it means the function is not available on the current disc or at the current time.

–DVD discs and players are designed with regional restrictions. Before playing a disc, make sure the disc is for the same zone as your player.

–Do not push on the disc tray or put any objects other than discs on the disc tray. Doing so may cause the disc player to malfunction.

Region Codes	ALL
DVDs must be labelled for ALL
regions or Region 3 in order to
play on this DVD system. You	3
cannot play discs that are labelled
for other regions.

Helpful Hints:

–It may not be possible to play CD-R/RW or DVD-R/RW in all cases due to the type of disc or condition of the recording.

–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 DVD system.

English

Playable discs

Your DVD home theatre system will play:

–Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs)

–Video CDs (VCDs)

–Super Video CDs (SVCDs)

–Super Audio CDs (SACDs)

–Finalised DVD+Recordable[Rewritable] (DVD+R[W])

–Audio Compact Discs (CDs)

–MP3/Windows Media™ Audio discs, picture (Kodak, JPEG) files on CD-R(W).

–JPEG/ISO 9660/UDF format

–JPEG resolution support up to 3072 x 2048

–Supported sampling frequencies :

32 kHz, 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz

–Supported Bit-rates : 32~256 (kbps), variable bit rates

–MPEG-4 files on CD-R[W]:

–Simple profile

–Advanced simple profile (640-480)

–DivX disc on CD-R[W]/DVD+R[W]:

–DivX 3.11, 4.x and 5.x

–GMC (Global Motion Compensation) and QP (Quarter Pixel) not supported.

Playing discs

1Press SOURCE control until “DISC” appears on the display panel (or press DISC on the remote).

2Turn on the TV power and set to the correct Video In channel. (See page 17 “Setting the TV”).

➜ You should see the blue DVD background screen on the TV.

3Press OPEN CLOSE 0 to open the disc tray and load a disc, then press the same button again to close the disc tray. ➜ Make sure the disc label is facing up. For double-sided discs, load the side you want to play facing up.

4Playback will start automatically.

➜If a disc menu shows on the TV, see page 23 “Using the Disc Menu”.

➜If the disc is locked by parental control, you must enter your six-digit password. (See pages 36~37).

TIPS: Some discs cannot be played on this DVD system due to the configuration and characteristics of the disc, or due to the condition of recording and authoring software that was used.

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