Philips Mcd179 User Manual

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IMPORTANT!
–Depending on the DVD or VIDEO CD,
some operations may be different or
restricted.
–Do not push on the disc tray or put
any objects other than disc on the disc
tray. Doing so may cause the disc player
malfunction.
–If the inhibit icon appears on the TV
screen when a button is pressed, it
means the function is not available on
the current disc or at the current time.
Playable Discs
Your DVD Player will play:
–Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs)
–Video CDs (VCDs)
–Super Video CDs (SVCDs)...

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Playing discs
1
For DVDs and VCDs, make sure that the system
is properly connected to your TV (See
Connecting a TV), and your TV is turned on and
set to video-in channel (See Setting up the TV).
2Press SOURCE on the system once or more
to select DVD mode ( or DISC on the remote
control).
➜You should see the blue Philips DVD
background screen on the TV.
3Push OPEN/CLOSE on the top of the system
to open the disc tray.
4Inser t a disc with the print side facing up and
close the disc tray....

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Disc Operations
Fast forwarding/reversing
For DVD/VCD/DivX/WMA/MP3:
1During playback, press à / á repeatedly to
select fast search speed in forward or reverse
playback.
2To resume to normal playback, pressÉÅ.
      Or, press à / árepeatedly until  “É” i s
displayed on the TV screen.
Helpful hints:
 – Fast searching forward/backward is available
only within the same track.
Slow forwarding/reversing
For DVD/VCD:
1During playback, press 3 / 4 repeatedly to
select slow search speed in forward or...

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Disc Operations
Programming favourite
chapters/tracks
You can play the contents of the disc in the
order you want.
For DVD/VCD/SVCD/CD/CDG
1Press PROG on the remote control.
➜The programming menu appear s.
2Use the numeric keys (0-9) to input the track
/chapter number in the order you want. (two
digits must be entered, e.g., 
06 ).
➜If there are more than ten tracks to be
programmed in total, select {NEXT} on the
screen and press OK (or press 3I on the
remote control) to access the next...

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Disc Operations
Viewing from another angle
If the playing DVD disc is recorded with multiple
camera angles, this function allows you to view
the picture from different angles. Angle selection
is determined by the disc format.
1Press DISPLAY/CLOCK on the remote
control to display the message of title and
chapter.
2Use 4 / 3 to highlight “Angle” and press OK.
3Use numeric keys (0-9) to select desired
angle.
●Or,  you may directly press ANGLE to change
the views from different angles.
ZOOM...

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Kodak Picture disc
1Load a Kodak Picture disc.
➜The disc reading time may exceed 30
seconds due to complexity of the director y/file
configuration.
2During playback, press 9.
➜12 thumbnail pictures will appear on the TV
screen.
(example for picture disc menu)
3Press  ¡ / ™  to view the previous/next page (if
available).
4Press à / á / 4 / 3 to move within the menu
and press OK to select the desired picture to
play.
5Press PROG to select the slide-show mode.
During playback, you can:
●Press ¡...

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Disc Operations
Playing a Divx disc
The unit suppor ts the playback of Divx movies
which you can copy from your computer onto a
recordable disc. See {DVD Menu Operations} -
Divx(R)VOD Code for details.
1Inser t a Divx disc.
2Use à / á / 4 / 3 keys to navigate to the title
you want to play.
3Press OK to star t playback.
During playback:
●If the Divx disc has multilingual subtitles, you can
press SUBTITLE on the remote control to
change the subtitle language.
●If the Divx disc has different...

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System Menu Options
Basic operations
1
Press SYSTEM MENU to enter the Setup
Menu.
2Press à/á to select a page to be set.
3Press 5/4 to highlight an option.
4Enter its submenu by pressing á or OK.
5Move the cursor by pressing 5/4 to highlight
the selected item.
➜In cases of value setting. press 5/4 to adjust
values.
6Press OK to confirm.
To return to the upper-level menu
●Press à.
To exit from the menu
●Press SYSTEM MENU again.
➜The settings will be stored in the player’s
memory even if the...

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Video Setup Page
The options included in Video Setup Page are:
TV Display, Component and TV Type.
TV Display
Set the aspect ratio of the DVD Player according
to the TV you have connected.
➜
4:3 (panscan): If you have a normal TV and
want both sides of the picture to be trimmed or
formatted to fit your TV screen.
➜
4:3 (letterbox): If you have a normal TV. In
this case, a wide picture with black bands on the
upper and lower por tions of the TV screen will
be displayed.
➜
16:9: If you have a...

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System Menu Options
Component
Sets the video output according to your video
connection. This setting is not required if you are
using the COMPOSITE VIDEO jack (yellow)
to connect the DVD micro system to your TV.
➜S-Video: Select this if you have connected
the DVD micro system to your TV using S-Video
jack.
➜SCART: Select this for SCART connection.
TV Type
See Getting Star ted-Step 2: Setting up the TV
for details.
Preference Page
The options included in Preference Page are:
Audio, Subtitle,...