Philips MCD288 user manual General Information, Features, Discs for playback, Region Codes

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General Information

Features

Your DVD Micro Theatre with 2.1 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 Dolby Digital decoder, supporting Incredible Surround and DSC sound setting.

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.

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.

Night Mode

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

Progressive Scan

Provides high quality flicker-free images for film based sources.When a picture refreshes, its vertical resolution can double to 525 lines.

Note:

–To fully enjoy the progressive scan feature, you need a progressive scan TV.

Discs for playback

Your DVD 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)

–Windows Media Audio (WMA)

–DivX(R) disc on CD-R(W):

–DivX 3.11, 4.x and 5.x

–Supported MP3-CD format.

•ISO 9660 / UDF format

•Max. title/album name –10 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).

The following formats can’t be supported

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

•The discs recorded under Joliet format

Region Codes

DVDs must be labeled as shown below in order to play on this DVD system.You cannot play discs that are labeled for other regions.

ALL 2

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.

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