User manual PHILIPS DVD VIDEO PLAYER DVD615AT - Quick start guide

Quick Use Guide DVD615 There are many ways to connect your new DVD Player to your Television and other equipment.This Quick Use Guide shows the easiest, most common connection between the DVD Player and a TV using the supplied cables. Higher quality connections are explained in the accompanying owner's manual and will provide better sound or picture if your TV and/or audio system is compatible. 3 RED RIGHT AUDIO IN RIGHT AUDIO IN LEFT AUDIO IN S-VIDEO IN Back of TV (example only) WHITE LEFT AUDIO IN 4 VIDEO IN YELLOW Y PB Pr 2 1 2 3 4 5 q Disconnect all equipment from the power outlets. Connect the equipment to the power outlets only after you have finished hooking up everything. Never make or change connections with equipment connected to the power outlet. Connect the yellow VIDEO (VIDEO OUT) jack of the DVD Player to the corresponding VIDEO IN jack on your TV. Use the supplied video cable, which has yellow ends. On the TV, the Video In jack is usually yellow and might be labeled video, CVBS, composite, or baseband. Connect the supplied audio cable to the red and white AUDIO OUT (right and left) jacks on the DVD Player and to the right/left AUDIO IN jacks on the TV. The supplied audio cable has red and white ends. Match the cable colors to the jack colors. On the TV, the Audio In jacks are usually labeled Audio.The red jack is the right (stereo channel) and the white jack is the left (stereo channel). Plug the power cords of the DVD Player and the TV into an active power outlet. Press the POWER ON/OFF button on the front of the DVD Player to turn on the DVD Player. Turn on the TV power. Set the TV to the correct Video In channel. Such channels may be called AUX or AUXILIARY IN, AUDIO/VIDEO or A/V IN, EXT1 or EXT2 or External In, etc.These channels are often near channel 00. See your TV manual for details. Or, change TV channels until you see the blue Philips DVD background screen or the player's screen saver on the TV. Remember... Connect the DVD Player directly to the TV. For example, do not connect the DVD Player to a VCR, then connect the VCR to a TV.This type of connection may distort the picture and sound or give you a black and white picture. Also, your VCR might have the copy protection system, which could distort the DVD image or prevent playback of some Discs. q If your TV does not have red, white, and yellow Audio and Video In jacks, refer to the owner's manual for other hookup options. If your TV only has a single Antenna In or RF In jack, you will need an RF modulator. See the owner's manual for details. Quick Use Guide (cont'd) 1 To simply play a Disc, follow these steps. Additional playback features are described in the accompanying owner's manual. 3,4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Press POWER ON/OFF on the front of the DVD Player to turn on the Player. (You can turn on the DVD Player by pressing POWER 2 on the remote control only if the POWER ON/OFF button on the front of the Player is depressed.) Turn on your TV. Set it to the correct Video In channel. You should see the blue Philips DVD background screen or the player's screen saver on the TV (if no Disc is in the Player). Press OPEN/CLOSE / on the front of the DVD Player to open the disc tray. Load your Disc in the tray, with the label facing up and the shiny side facing down. If the Disc (DVD) is two-sided, make sure the side you want to play is facing up. Press OPEN/CLOSE / again to close the tray. Playback may start automatically. If not, press PLAY 2. If a Disc menu appears, use the 341 2 and OK buttons or the Number buttons to select features or start playback from a menu. Follow the instructions in the Disc menu. To stop playing the Disc, press STOP C. 6 5 Playable Discs This DVD Player will play the following types of Discs: DVD (Digital Video Disc) Audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio) Video CD Recordable CD-R (CD-Recordable) Super Video CD ReWritable CD-RW (CD-Rewritable) Region Codes DVDs must be labeled for ALL regions or for Region 1 in order to play on this DVD Player. You cannot play Discs that are labeled for other regions. If one of these logos appears on your DVD or its case, it should play on this DVD Player. Color Systems Recordings are made according to a color system.The most common color system in the United States is NTSC. This DVD Player is compatible with NTSC and PAL. Make sure the Discs you play were recorded in NTSC or PAL and your TV is NTSC or PAL compatible. Look for the color system of the DVD on the DVD or on the Disc case. NTSC PAL DVD615 /EL6533E001