Philips Hts8141 User Manual

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Play
Play from portable media 
player
Simply connect your portable media player (e.g. 
MP3 player) to this unit to enjoy superb sound 
quality from your music collections.
MP3 LINK
1 Connect a 3.5mm stereo audio cable 
(supplied) from the MP3 LINK socket on 
this unit to the ‘headphone’ socket on your 
portable media player.
2 Press AUDIO SOURCE repeatedly until 
‘MP3 LINK’ is displayed.
3 Start play on your portable media player.
See chapter ‘Adjust Sound’ to enhance  • 
the audio...

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Control iPod music
DOCK
 
1 Connect the docking station to the DOCK 
socket on this unit.
2 Dock your iPod to the docking station and 
turn it on.
3 Press IPod DOCK. 
It may require longer time to  • 
authenticate the compatibility of certain 
iPod range. 
4 Start play on your iPod.  
To view iPod video play, connect a  • 
video cable from the docking station to 
your TV and turn on ‘TV ON’ setting in 
your iPod.
5During playback, you can use the remote 
control to control the music play....

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Play
Play from radio 
Check if the FM antenna has been connected 
to the subwoofer.  If not, connect the supplied 
FM antenna to the FM 75 socket and  x its 
ends to the wall.
 Note
For China /Latin America region only, if you want to • 
receive AM/MW r adio band, connec t the AM loop 
antenna (supplied) to the AM/MW sockets on this 
DVD Home Theatre unit.
   Tips
For bet ter FM stereo reception, connec t an ex ternal • 
FM antenna (not supplied).
Position the antenna as far away as...

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Listen to radio 
1 Press RADIO repeatedly to select ‘FM’ or 
‘AM/MW’ band.
2 Use the remote control to control the 
radio. 
Button Action
Select a preset radio station.
m  MTune the radio frequency 
backward/ forward.
Toggle between FM stereo 
and FM mono mode.
Press and hold this but ton to 
delete the preset station from 
the preset list.
The preset number for  • 
other radio stations 
remain unchanged.
Reinstall all the radio stations
1 Press RADIO repeatedly to select ‘FM’ or 
‘AM/MW’...

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Adjust sound
6 Adjust sound
Control the volume
1 
Press VOL +- to increase or decrease 
the volume level.
To mute the volume, press  • H.
To restore the volume, press  • H again 
or press the volume button.
Adjust Bass/Treble
1 Press BASS / TREBLE.
2 Press VOL +-repeatedly to set the 
level for low (BASS) or high (TREBLE) 
tone.
 Note
If the volume control is not used within 10 seconds, it • 
resumes nor mal volume control func tion. 
Select Ambisound
1 Press AMBISOUND repeatedly to...

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Select a preset sound effect
1 Press SOUND MODE repeatedly to select 
a sound effect that most suits the video or 
music you play.
Video /
Music / Descriptions
ACTION /
ROCK / 
Enhanced low and high 
range for great sounding 
movie effects and 
atmosphere.  Great for 
action movies and rock/pop 
music.
DRAMA /
JAZZClear mid and high range. 
Recreates the atmosphere 
of a live club with the artist 
just in front of you. Good 
for Jazz music and watching 
dramas.
CONCERT /
CLASSICFlat and pure...

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Adjust settings
7 Adjust settings
This section describes the various setting 
options of this unit.  
Symbol Options
[ General Setup ]
 
[ Audio Setup ]
[ Video Setup ]
[ Preference Setup ]
 Note
Underlined options are the fac tor y default set tings• 
General setup
1 
Press  OPTIONS.

 [ General Setup ] menu is displayed.
2 Press B.
3 Select an option, then press OK.
General Setup
Screen Saver
DivX(R) VOD Code Sleep Timer Display DimDisc Lock
OSD Language EasyLink
Standby Mode
See the...

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[ Audio Input 
Mapping ]Map the audio input to 
the connected TV/
devices correctly to 
enable automatic 
switching of input source.  
Press  1. OK to star t 
scanning of devices.
Select the audio input  2. 
to map (e.g. AUX1 
Input, AUX2 Input), 
then press B.
Select the correct  3. 
device that connected 
to this audio input, 
then press OK.
 Note
Your T V and other connec ted devices must be • 
compliant with HDMI CEC.
You must turn on the HDMI CEC oper ations on 
• 
your T V/devices before...

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Adjust settings
Audio setup
1 
Press  OPTIONS.

 [ General Setup ] menu is displayed.
2 Press V to select  [ Audio Setup ], then 
press B.
3 Select an option, then press OK.
Audio Setup
Ambisound Setup
HDMI Audio
Night Mode
4 Select a setting, then press OK.
To return to the previous menu, press  • 
 BACK.
To exit the menu, press  • 
 OPTIONS.
[ Ambisound Setup ]
Change the Ambisound setup.  
Options Descriptions
[ Setup 
Guide ]Select this if you want to 
go through the complete...

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Video setup
1 
Press  OPTIONS.

 [ General Setup ] menu is displayed.
2 Press V to select  [ Video Setup ], then 
press B.
3 Select an option, then press OK.
Video Setup
Picture Settings
Advanced Picture TV Display TV Type
Progressive Closed Caption
See the explanations of the above  • 
options in the following pages.
4 Select a setting, then press OK.
To return to the previous menu, press  • 
 BACK.
To exit the menu, press  • 
 OPTIONS.
[ TV Type ]
Change this setting only if the video does...