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4  To stop play, press  or remove the USB 
device.
Note
If the device does not  t into the USB jack , 
connect it through a USB ex tension cable.
If you connect a multiple USB card/device 

reader, only one card/device can be accessed. 
Digital cameras that need PC sof tware or use 

PTP protocol are not suppor ted.
Play from radio
Check if the FM antenna has been connected 
to this Home Theater System. If not, connect 
the supplied FM antenna to theFM75
 jack 
and  x its ends to the wall.
Tip
For the best reception, place the antenna away 
from your T V or other sources of radiation.
For even bet ter reception of FM stereo, 

connect an ex ternal FM antenna (not 
supplied).
FM 
(75 Ω) 
ANTENNA
Play musical slideshow
Play MP3/ WMA music  les and JPEG 
photo  les simultaneously to create musical 
slideshow. The MP3/ WMA and JPEG  les 
must be stored on the same disc or USB 
device.
1  Play MP3/ WMA music. 
2  Navigate to the photo folder/album and 
press  OK to star t slideshow play.
Slideshow begins and continues till the  »
end of the photo folder or album. 
Audio continues to play till the end of  »
the disc.
To stop slideshow play, press  
.
To stop music play, press   
 again.
Play from USB device
This product plays/views MP3, WMA, DivX 
(Ultra) or JPEG  les on the following USB 
devices:
 ash drive 
memory card reader 
HDD (ex ternal power source needed) 
1  Connect a USB storage device to the  
(USB) jack.
2 Press  USB.
A contents menu is displayed. »
3  Select a  le to play, then press  .
Play star ts. »
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Reinstall all the radio stations
1 Press  RADIO.
2  Press and hold  PROGRAM for more than 
5 seconds.
All previously stored radio stations are  »
replaced.
Note
Check the radio antenna connection if no 
stereo signal is detected or less than 5 stations 
are detected during radio installation.
Search and store radio stations 
individually
1 Press  RADIO.
2 Press   /.
It star ts searching until a radio station  »
is detected.
3  Repeat step 2 until you tune to the radio 
station you wish to store.
To  netune the radio frequency,  
press  
 /.
4 Press  PROGRAM.
The preset station number blinks. »
If no action is carried out within 20  »
seconds after the above step, it exits 
the preset mode.
5 Press   /  (or the  Numeric buttons) to 
select a preset number to store.
6 Press  PROGRAM to con rm.
First time tuning
When you access to radio mode for the  rst 
time, follow the instruction to install the radio 
stations. 
1 Press  RADIO.
’AUTO INSTALL ... PRESS PLAY’ is  »
displayed. 
2 Press  .
All detected radio stations are stored. »
Once complete, it tunes to the  rst  »
preset radio station.
To stop auto tuning, press   
.
Note
This Home Theater System can store up to a 
maximum of 40 radio stations.
If auto installation is not activated or less 

than 5 radio stations are stored, you will be 
prompted to install the radio stations again.
Listen to radio
1 Press  RADIO.
2  Use the remote control to control the 
radio. 
Button  Action
Selects a preset radio station.
Tunes the radio frequency up or 
down.
Press and hold this button to 
erase the current radio station 
from the preset list.
The preset number for  
other radio stations remain 
unchanged.
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Select a preset sound
1 Press  SOUND repeatedly to select the 
sound effect that most suitable for the 
video or music you play.
Video/Music   Description
ACTION / 
ROCKEnhanced low and high range 
for great sounding movie 
effects and atmosphere. Great 
for action movies and rock /
pop music.
CONCERT/
CLASSICFlat and pure sound mode. 
Ideal for listening to classical 
music and watching live 
concer t disc.
DRAMA / 
JAZZClear mid and high range. 
Recreates the atmosphere of 
a live club with the ar tist just 
in front of you. Good for jazz 
music and watching dramas.
SPORTSModerate mid range and 
surround effects for clear 
vocals and the atmosphere of 
a live spor ts venue. It is also 
ideal for video gaming.
NIGHTDynamically controlled 
sound mode suitable for 
watching movies at night or 
for nonintrusive background 
music.
6 Adjust sound
Control the volume
1 Press  VOL +/- to increase or decrease 
the volume.
To mute, press   
.
To restore the volume, press   
 again 
or press  VOL +.
Select surround sound
1 Press  SURR repeatedly to select the best 
surround output that’s available on the 
disc.
Option   Description
5 CH 
STEREOEnhances the stereo 
channel output by 
duplicating the sound 
output to the center and 
rear speakers. Ideal for 
par ty music.
MULTI-
CHANNEL
/ DPLIIMulti-channel surround 
output: Dolby Digital, and 
Dolby Pro Logic II.
STEREOStereo sound
Note
“Dolby Prologic II” 5-channel mode is the 
default surround mode whenever you turn on 
this Home Theater System or change to other 
play source.
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3  Select an option, then press  OK.
4  Select a setting, then press  OK.
To return to the previous menu,  
press  
 BACK.
To exit the menu, press   
 SETUP.
Note
See the explanations of the above options in 
the following pages.
[Disc Lock]
Sets play restriction for a speci c discs. 
Before you star t, place the disc in the disc 
compar tment (maximum 40 discs can be 
locked).
[Lock] – Restricts access to the current 
disc. Once activated, a password is 
needed to unlock and play the disc. 
[Unlock] – Plays all discs.
Tip
You can set or change the password (see 
‘Adjust set tings’ > ‘Preferences’ >  [Password]).
[Display Dim]
Changes the brightness level of the display 
panel on this Home Theater System.
[10 0%] – Normal brightness.
[70%] – Medium brightness.
[4 0%] – Dimmest display.
[OSD Language]
Selects the default on-screen menu language.
[Screen Saver]
Turns off or on the screen saver mode. Helps 
to protect the T V screen from being damaged 
due to over exposure to a static image for too 
long.
[On] – Sets the screen saver to appear 
af ter 15 minutes of inactivity (for 
example, in pause or stop mode).
[Of f ] – Disables screen saver mode.
7 Adjust settings
You can customize various kinds of settings as 
you prefer. Refer to the following instructions to 
navigate through the setup menus. 
Symbol  Options
[General Setup]
[Audio Setup]
[Video Setup]
[Preference]
Note
If the setup option is grayed out, it means the 
set ting cannot be changed at the current state.
General setup
1 Press   SETUP.
»[General Setup] menu is displayed.
2 Press  .
Screen Saver
DivX(R) VOD Code Sleep Timer Display Dim Disc Lock
OSD Language
General Setup
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Note
See the explanations of the above options in 
the following pages.
[Speakers Volume]
Sets the volume level of each speaker to get 
the ideal audio balance.
1) To star t, press  OK.
2) Select a speaker in the menu, then press  
 to adjust the volume level.
3) Press  OK to con rm and exit.
Note
The test tone is emit ted from the speaker 
which you adjust.
[Speakers Delay]
Sets the delay time for the center and rear 
speakers if they are placed closer to the 
listening position, so that the sound output 
from all speakers reach the listening position 
at the same time. 
1) To star t, press  OK.
2) Select a speaker in the menu, then press  
 to set the delay time.
3) Press  OK to con rm and exit.
Note
Allow 1ms set ting for ever y 1 foot distance 
between the speaker and the listening position.
[Night Mode]
Makes loud sound level sof ter and sof t sound 
level louder so that you can watch the DVD 
movies at a low volume, without disturbing 
others.
[On] – Enjoys quiet viewing at night.
[Of f ] – Enjoys surround sound with a full 
dynamic range.
[Sleep Timer]
Switches to standby automatically af ter the 
preset time.
[15 mins],[30 mins],[45 mins],[60 mins]
– Selects the count down time before 
the Home Theater System switches to 
standby.
[Of f ] – Disables sleep timer mode.
[DivX(R) VOD Code]
Displays the DivX® registration code.
Tip
Enter this Home Theater System DivX 
registration code when you rent or purchase 
video from w w w.div x.com/vod. The DivX 
videos rented or purchased through the 
DivX® VOD ( Video On Demand) ser vice 
can be played only on the device to which it is 
registered.
Audio setup
1 Press   SETUP.
»[General Setup] menu is displayed.
2 Press   to select  [Audio Setup], then 
press  
.
3  Select an option, then press  OK.
4  Select a setting, then press  OK.
To return to the previous menu,  
press  
 BACK.
To exit the menu, press   
 SETUP.
Speakers Volume
Speakers Delay
Night Mode
CD Upsampling
Audio Setup
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[TV Display]
Selects one of the following display formats:
[4:3 Pan Scan] – For 4:3 screen T V: full-
height display with the trimmed sides.
[4:3 Let ter Box] – For 4:3 screen T V: 
wide-screen display with black bars on 
the top and bottom of the screen.
[16:9 Wide Screen] – For wide-screen 
T V: display ratio 16:9.
[Picture Settings]
Selects a prede ned set of picture color 
settings or customize the personal setting.
[Standard] – Original color setting.
[Bright] – Vibrant color setting.
[Soft] – Warm color setting.
[Personal] – Customizes the color set ting. 
Set the level of brightness, contrast, 
sharpness/tint and color saturation, then 
press  OK.
4:3 Letter Box (LB) 4:3 Pan Scan (PS)
16:9 (Wide Screen)
Note
Applicable only to Dolby Digital encoded discs.
Video setup
1 Press   SETUP.
»[General Setup] menu is displayed.
2 Press   to select  [Video Setup], then 
press  
.
3  Select an option, then press  OK
4  Select a setting, then press  OK.
To return to the previous menu,  
press  
 BACK.
To exit the menu, press   
 SETUP.
Note
See the explanations of the above options in 
the following pages.
[TV System]
Changes this setting if the video does not 
appear correctly. By default, this setting 
matches the most common setting for T Vs in 
your country.
[PAL] – For PAL-system T V.
[NTSC] – For NTSC-system T V.
[Multi] – For T V that is compatible with 
both PAL and NTSC .
Video Setup
TV System
TV Display
Picture Settings
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Note
If the language you have set is not available on 
the disc, the disc uses its own default language.
For some discs, the subtitle/audio language can 

only be changed from the disc menu.
To select the languages that are not listed 

in the menu, select  [Others]. Then check 
the Language Code list at the back of this 
user manual and enter the respective 4-digit 
language code.
[Parental]
Restricts access to discs that are unsuitable 
for children. These types of discs must be 
recorded with ratings.
1) Press  OK.
2) Select a rating level, then press  OK.
3) Press the  Numeric buttons to enter the 
password.
Note
Rated discs above the level you set in 
[Parental] require a password to be played.
The ratings are countr y-dependent. To allow 

all discs to play, select ‘ 8’.
Some discs have ratings printed on them but 

are not recorded with ratings. This function 
has no effect on such discs.
Tip
You can set or change the password (see 
‘Preference’ >  [Password]).
[PBC]
Turns off or on the content menu of VCDs/
SVCDs with PBC (playback control) feature.
[On] - Displays index menu when you 
load a disc for play.
[Of f ] - Skips the menu and star t play 
from the  rst title.
Preference
Note
Stop disc play before you can access to 
[Preference].
1 Press   SETUP.
»[General Setup] menu is displayed.
2 Press   to select  [Preference], then press 
.
3  Select an option, then press  OK.
4  Select a setting, then press  OK.
To return to the previous menu,  
press  
 BACK.
To exit the menu, press   
 SETUP.
Note
See the explanations of the above options in 
the following pages.
[Audio]
Selects the default audio language for disc play.
[Subtitle]
Selects the default subtitle language for disc 
play.
[Disc Menu]
Selects the language for disc menu.
Parental
MP3/JPEG Display PBC SubtitleAudio
Preference
Disc Menu
DivX Subtitle Password
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[DivX Subtitle]
Selects a character set that suppor ts the DivX 
subtitle.
[Standard]English, Irish, Danish, Estonian, 
Finnish, French, German, Italian, 
Por tuguese, Luxembourgish, 
Nor wegian (Bokmål and 
Nynorsk), Spanish, Swedish, 
Tu r k i s h
[Central 
Europe]Polish, Czech, Slovak, Albanian, 
Hungarian, Slovene, Croatian, 
Serbian (Latin script), Romanian
[Cyrillic]Belarusian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, 
Macedonian, Russian, Serbian
[Greek]Greek
Note
Ensure that the subtitle  le has the exact same 
 le name as the movie  le. If for example the 
 le name of the movie is ‘Movie.avi’, then you 
will need to name the tex t  le ‘Movie.sub’ or 
‘Movie.srt’. 
[Version Info.]
Displays the sof tware version of this Home 
Theater System.
Tip
This information is required when you want 
to  nd out if a newest sof tware version is 
available at the Philips website that you may 
download and install on this Home Theater 
System.
[Default]
Resets all the settings of this Home Theater 
System to factor y default, except for  [Disc 
Lock],[Password] and  [Parental] settings.
[MP3/JPEG Display]
Selects to display the folders or display all the 
 les.
[View Folders] – Displays the folders of 
MP3/WMA  les.
[View Files] – Displays all the  les.
[Password]
Sets or changes the password for locked discs 
and play restricted DVDs.
1) Press the  Numeric buttons to enter 
‘136900’ or the last set password at  [Old 
Password] eld.
2) Enter the new password at  [New 
Password] eld.
3) Enter the new password again at  [Con rm 
Password] eld.
4) Press  OK to exit the menu.
Note
If you forget the password, enter ‘13690 0’ 
before you set a new password.
Old Password
New Password
Confirm Password
OK Change Password
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Note
Do not remove the CD-R or USB when 
sof tware updating is in progress.
8  Disconnect the power cord for a few 
seconds and connect again to reboot the 
system.
Care
Caution
Never use solvents such as benzene, thinner, 
cleaners available commercially, or anti-static 
sprays intended for discs.
Clean discs
Wipe the disc with a micro  bre cleaning cloth 
from the centre to the edge in a straight line 
movement.
Clean main unit screen
Wipe the screen surface with a micro  bre 
cleaning cloth.
8 Additional 
Information
Update software
To check for new updates, compare the current 
software version of your Home Theater System 
with the latest software version (if available) at 
the Philips website.
1 Press   SETUP.
2 Select  [Preference] >[Version Info.],
then press  OK.
3  Write down the version number, then 
press  
 SETUP to exit the menu.
4  Go to w w w.philips.com/suppor t to check 
the latest sof tware version available for 
this Home Theater System.
5  If the latest sof tware version is higher 
than the sof tware version of this Home 
Theater System, download it and store 
onto a CD-R or USB  ash drive.
6  Inser t the CD-R or USB  ash drive to this 
Home Theater System.
7 Press  DISC or  USB, then follow the 
instruction on the T V to con rm update 
operation.
Once software update is complete,  »
this Home Theater System turns off to 
standby automatically.
MP3/JPEG Display
DivX Subtitle Password ParentalDisc Menu
Preference
PBC
Default Version Info.
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Frequency response: FM 180 Hz~10 kHz  
/ ±6dB
Stereo separation: FM 26 dB (1 kHz) 
Stereo Threshold: FM 23.5 dB 
USB
Compatibility: USB 
Class suppor t: UMS (USB Mass Storage  
Class)
File s ys te m: FAT12 , FAT16 , FAT 32 
Main Unit
Power supply: 220 -240V; ~50 Hz 
Power consumption: 60 W  
Standby power consumption: < 1 W  
Dimensions ( WxHxD): 360 x 55 x 332  
(m m)
Weight: 2.64 kg 
Speakers 
System: full range satellite 
Speaker impedance: 8 ohm (center), 4  
ohm (Front/Rear)
Speaker drivers: 3” full range  
Frequency response: 150 Hz - 20 kHz 
Dimensions ( WxHxD): 100 x 100 x 75  
(m m)
Weight: 0.38 kg/each 
Subwoofer
Impedance: 8 ohm 
Speaker drivers: 165 mm (6.5”) woofer 
Frequency response: 45 Hz ~ 150 Hz 
Dimensions ( WxHxD): 122.6 x 309. 5 x  
369 (mm)
Weight: 3. 54 Kg 
Laser speci cation
Type: Semiconductor laser GaAIAs (CD) 
Wave leng th: 645 - 665 nm (DVD), 770  
- 800 nm (CD)
Output power: 6 mW (DVD), 7 mW  
(VCD/CD)
Beam divergence: 60 degrees. 
9 Specifications
Note
Speci cation and design are subject to change 
without notice
Playback media
DVD -Video, DVD+R /+RW, DVD - R /- 
RW, DVD+R DL, CD-R /CD-RW, Audio 
CD, Video CD/SVCD, Picture CD, MP3-
CD, WMA-CD, DivX-CD, USB  ash 
drive
Ampli er 
Total output power: 300 W RMS (30% THD) 
Frequency response: 180 Hz~18kHz / ±3dB 
Signal-to-noise ratio: > -60 dB (A-weighted) 
Input sensitivity: 
AUX: 500 mV 
SCART TO T V: 500 mV 
Disc
Laser Type: Semiconductor 
Disc diameter: 12cm / 8cm 
Video decording: MPEG1/ MPEG2 / DivX  
/ DivX Ultra
Video DAC: 12 bits, 108 MHz 
Signal system: PAL / NTSC 
Video S/N: 56 dB  
Audio DAC: 24 bits / 96 kHz 
Frequency response:  
4 Hz - 20 kHz (44.1 kHz) 
4 Hz - 22 kHz (48 kHz) 
4 Hz - 44 kHz (96 kHz) 
PCM: IEC 60958 
Dolby Digital: IEC 60958, IEC 61937 
Radio
Tuning range: FM 87. 5-108 MHz (50 kHz) 
26 dB quieting sensitivity: FM 22 dBf 
IF rejection ratio: FM 50 dB 
Signal-to-noise ratio: FM 30 dB 
Harmonic distor tion: FM 3% 
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