Philips Hts8100 User Manual

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SelectBackChange
Select the Sound Bar system placement position 
in your room:
ds
Room Placement
         Middle of the room
         Corner of room
         Wall on the right
         Wall on the left
D Select Sound Bar system placement 
position in the room and press cursor 
right key to confi rm.
SelectBackChange
Select the height at which your SoundBar system 
is placed:
         High (> 1.2m / 3.9 ft)
         Default (0.8-1.2m / 2.6-3.9 ft)
         Low (< 0.8m / 2.6 ft )
ds
Height
HTS8100
E Select the height of which the Sound Bar 
system is placed and press cursor right 
key to confi rm.

						

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EnglishSetting language preferences
The language options are different 
depending on your country or region.  It 
may not correspond to the illustrations 
shown in the user manual.
On-screen display (OSD) language
The OSD (On-Screen Display) language 
for this unit remains as you have set it, 
regardless of the changes made to the 
DVD disc language.
A In disc mode, press SETUP on the 
remote control.

						

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If the language you want is not 
available in the list, select { Others. }
Use the numeric keypad 0-9 on the 
remote control to enter the 4-digit 
language code ‘XXXX’ (see last page) and 
press OK to confi rm.
E Repeat steps C ~ D for other settings.
Helpful Hints:
– During DVD playback, you can switch the 
audio and subtitle languages by pressing the 
AUDIO and SUBTITLE buttons on the 
remote control.  However, this does not 
change the default settings you have made 
here.
– For some DVDs, the subtitle/audio/menu 
language can only be changed via the DVD 
disc menu.
Setting the TV Display
Set the aspect ratio of this unit according 
to the TV type you have connected. The 
format you select must be available on 
the disc.  If it is not, the setting for TV 
display will not affect the picture during 
playback.
A In disc mode, press SETUP on the 
remote control.
B Press cursor right key repeatedly to 
select { Video Setup Page. }
C Select { TV Display } in the menu and 
press cursor right key. 
Video Setup PageTV Type
TV Display
Picture Setting
Progressive
Adv Picture
Closed Caption 4:3 Pan Scan
4:3 Letter Box
16:9 Wide Screen
{ 4:3 Pan Scan } 
Select this if you have a 
conventional TV and 
want both sides of the 
picture to be trimmed or formatted 
to fi t your TV.
{ 4:3 Letter Box } 
Select this if you have a 
conventional TV.  In this 
case, a wide picture with 
black bands on the upper and lower 
portions of the TV will be displayed.
{ 16:9 Wide Screen } 
Select this if you have a 
wide-screen TV.
D Select one of the options and press OK 
to confi rm. 
Getting Started (c o n t i n u e d )
 
						

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Getting Started (c o n t i n u e d )
Setting up Progressive Scan 
feature
(for Progressive Scan TV only)
The progressive scan displays twice the 
number of frames per second than 
interlaced scanning (ordinary normal TV 
system.) With nearly double the number 
of lines, progressive scan offers higher 
picture resolution and quality.
Before you start...
Ensure that you have connected this unit 
to a progressive scan TV using the Y Pb 
Pr connection (see ‘Option 3: Connecting 
to a Progressive Scan TV or component 
video input’.)
A Turn on the TV to the correct viewing 
channel for this unit.

						

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Switching to different play 
source
z Press the SOURCE button on the main 
unit repeatedly to select:
   DISC  SOURCE 
						

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Disc Operations
Playable discs
Your DVD home theater system 
plays:
–  Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs)
– Video CDs (VCDs) 
–  Super Video CDs (SVCDs)
–  Finalized DVD Recordable (DVD±R),  
  DVD Rewritable (DVD±RW)
–  Audio Compact Discs (CDs)
–  MP3/ Windows Media™ Audio discs,
  picture (Kodak, JPEG) fi les on 
 CD-R(W)
 – ISO 9660
  –  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 (average 128 kbps)
–  DivX fi les on CD-R(W)/DVD+R(W):
 –  DivX 3/4/5/6, DivX Ultra
Region Codes for DVD discs
DVD discs and players are designed with 
regional restrictions. Before playing a disc, 
make sure the disc is for the same region 
as your player.  The regional code for this 
unit is indicated at the rear panel.Notes: 
–  If the inhibit icon (ø or X) appears 
on the TV when a button is pressed, 
it means the function is not 
available on the current disc or at 
the current time.
–  Never put any objects other than 
discs on the disc tray.  Doing so may 
cause the disc player to malfunction.
Playing a disc
A Press SOURCE repeatedly until ‘DISC 
SOURCE’ appears on the display panel 
(or press DISC on the remote control.)
B Turn on the TV to the correct viewing 
channel for this unit.

						

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Disc Operations (c o n t i n u e d )
Basic playback controls
Pausing playback
z  During playback, press u.

						

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Disc Operations (c o n t i n u e d )
Programming disc tracks
(not for Picture CD/MP3) 
You can play the contents of the disc in 
the order you want by programming the 
playing order of the tracks. 
A Press SELECT/PROGRAM on the 
remote control.

						

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Viewing playback information
This unit can display the disc playback 
information (for example, title or chapter 
number, elapsed playing time, audio/
subtitle language) and a number of 
operations can be done without 
interrupting disc playback.  
A During playback, press DISPLAY.

						

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EnglishChanging sound track language
This operation works only on DVDs with 
multiple sound track languages, or VCDs 
with multiple audio channels.
z Press AUDIO repeatedly to select the 
available audio languages.
For VCD – changing the audio 
channel
z Press AUDIO repeatedly to select the 
available audio channels provided by the 
disc (STEREO, MONO LEFT, MONO 
RIGHT or MIX MONO.)
Setting the delay times for audio 
playback
This feature allows you to adjust the 
audio delay times if the video playback is 
slower than the audio output streams, 
hence resulting in ‘Lip-sync.’ The only 
way to correct ‘Lip-sync’ error caused by 
delayed video is to delay audio by an 
equal amount.
A Press AUDIO SYNC.
B Within fi ve seconds, use the VOL +- 
to set the audio output delay times (0 ~ 
150 ms).