Philips MCD708/58 user manual Basic Operations

Basic Operations

Switching the system on/off

●Press ECO POWER/STANDBY-ON B (B on the remote).

➜ÒHELLOÓ is displayed briefly.The system will switch to the last selected source.

●Press DISC, TUNER or AUX on the remote.

➜The system will switch to the selected source.

To switch the system to standby mode

●Press ECO POWER/STANDBY-ON B (B on the remote).

➜ ÒBYE BYEÓ is displayed briefly.The interactive sound settings, last selected source and tuner presets will be retained in the playerÕs memory.

Switching the system to Eco Power Standby mode

●Press ECO POWER/STANDBY-ON B in the active mode.

➜ The system enters Eco power standby (the ECO POWER LED is on) or normal standby with clock display.

●The volume level (up to a maximum volume level of 12), interactive sound settings, last selected mode, source and tuner presets will be retained in the player's memory.

●If the system is normal standby with clock display, press and hold ECO POWER/STANDBY- ON Bfor 3 seconds or more to switch to Eco power standby or vice versa.

Power-saving automatic standby

As a power-saving feature, the system will automatically switch to Standby mode if you do not press any buttons within 15 minutes after a disc has stopped playing.

Volume control

Turn VOLUME (-/+)clockwise or anticlockwise (or press VOLUME +/- on the remote) to increase or decrease the volume level.

➜ÓVOL XXÓ is displayed on the display panel. ÒXXÓ denotes the volume level.

To switch off the volume temporarily

●Press MUTE on the remote.

➜ Playback will continue without sound and ÒMUTINGÓ flashes.

●To activate sound reproduction, you can: Ð press MUTE again;

Ð adjust the volume controls; Ð change source.

Sound control

DBB, DSC and LOUDNESS sound features cannot be activated at the same time.

DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost)

DBB enhances the bass response.

●Press DBB on the remote to enable/disable DBB feature.

➜ Some discs might be recorded in high modulation, which causes a distortion at high volume. If this occurs, switch off DBB or reduce the volume.

DSC (Digital Sound Control)

DSC provides a different type of preset sound equalizer setting.

●Press DSC on the systme or remote control repeatedly to select: FLAT, POPS, JAZZ, CLASSIC or ROCK.

LOUDNESS

LOUDNESS feature enables the system to automatically increase the treble and bass sound effect at low volume (the higher the volume, the lower the treble and bass increase).

●Press LOUDNESS on the remote to enable or disable LOUDNESS feature.

➜ icon appears/disappears after this feature is enabled/disabled.

Dimming the display screen

●Press DIM repeatedly to select different levels of brightness for the display screen.

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