Philips Hts3000 User Manual

							  
[nstalllngthelatestsoftware 
PeriodicallyPhilipswillissuesoftware 
upgradestoenhancetheuserexperience, OtherFeatures 
@Getthesoftwareversionofthisunitby 
pressingOPEN/CLOSE_toopenthe 
disccompartment 
OPressDISPLAYontheremotecontrol. 
Writedowntheinformationforyour 
currentsoftwareversion. 
@ 
VisitthePhilipswebsite 
www.philips.com/supporttocheckthe 
availabilityofthelatestsoftwareupgrade 
anddownloadthesoftwaretoaCD-R. 
InserttheCD-Rtothedisctray. 
Thesoftwarestartstoinstallonthis 
unitautomatically. 
Note: 
Neverunplugorturnoffthisunit 
duringtheupgrade. 
Whenthedisccompartmentopens, 
removetheCD-R. 
Thesoftwareupgradingisinprocess. 
OOncecomplete,itturnsofftostandby 
modeautomatically. SettingtheSleeptimer 
Thesleeptimerenablesthisunitto 
switchtostandbymodeautomaticallyat 
apresettime. 
PressSLEEPontheremotecontrol 
repeatedlytoselectapresetswitch-off 
time.(15,30,45,60minutesorOFF). 
Beforethisunitswitchestothe 
standbymode,acountdownof60 
secondsisdisplayed. 
SLEEP6O_%LEEP59.... 
SLEEPI_SLEEP 
Tocancelthesleeptimer 
@PressSLEEPrepeatedlytoselect_OFF 
orpresstheO(STANDBY-ON) 
button. 
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Troubleshooting 
WARNING 
Undernocircumstancesshouldyoutrycorepairthesystemyourself,asthiswill 
invalidatethewarranty.Neveropenthesystemasthereisariskofelectricshock. 
Ifafaukoccurs,firstcheckthepointslistedbelowbeforetakingthesystemforrepair. 
Ifyouareunabletosolveaproblembyfollowingtheseinstructions,consukyourdealeror 
Philipsforhelp. 
Nopower. 
Nopicture, 
Completelydistortedpicture 
orblacldwhitepicture. 
Nosoundordistortedsound. 
Nosurroundsoundeffect 
fromthespeakers. 
Theremotecontroldoesnot 
functionproperly. 
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Theunitdoesnotstart 
playback. 
Theaspectratioofthescreen 
cannotbechangedeven 
thoughyouhavesettheTV 
display. 
Cannotactivatesomefeatures 
e.g.Angles,Subtitles,or 
multi-languageAudio. 
Notabletoselectsomeitems 
inthesetup/systemmenu. 
UnabletoplayDivXmovies. 
Radioreceptionispoor. Troubleshooting(continued) 
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Glossary 
Analogueaudio:Soundthathasnotbeen 
turnedintonumbers.Analoguesoundis 
availablewithyouusetheAUDIOLEFT/ 
RIGHT.Theseredandwhitesocketssend 
audiothroughtwochannels,theleftand 
right. 
Aspectratio:Aspectratioreferstothe 
lengthtoheightratioofTVscreens.The 
ratioofastandardTVis4:3,whiletheratio 
ofahigh-definitionorwideTVis16:9.The 
letterboxallowsyoutoenjoyapicturewith 
awiderperspectiveonastandard4:3screen. 
AUDIOOUTsockets:Redandwhite 
socketsonthebackoftheunitthatsend 
audiotoanothersystem(TV,Stereo,etc)_ 
BitRate:Theamountofdatausedtohold 
agivenlengthofmusic;measuredinkilobits 
persecond,orkbps.Or,thespeedatwhich 
yourecord.Generally,thehigherthebit 
rate,orthehighertherecordingspeed,the 
betterthesoundquality.However,higherbit 
ratesusemorespaceonadisc. 
Chapter:Sectionsofapictureoramusic 
pieceonaDVDthataresmallerthantitles. 
Atitleiscomposedofseveralchapters.Each 
chapterisassignedachapternumber 
enablingyoutolocatethechapteryouwant. 
Compositevideo(CVBS):Asinglevideo 
signalcommonlyusedinmostconsumer 
videoproducts. 
Discmenu:Ascreendisplaypreparedfor 
allowingaselectionofimages,sounds, 
subtitles,multi-angles,etc.,recordedona 
DVD. DolbyDigital:Asurroundsoundsystem 
developedbyDolbyLaboratoriescontaining 
uptosixchannelsofdigitalaudio(frontleft 
andright,surroundleftandright,centreand 
subwoofer). 
DolbySurroundProLogicI1:Itisan 
improvedmatrixdecodingtechnologythat 
providesbetterspatialityanddirectionality 
onDolbySurroundprogrammematerial, 
providesaconvincingthreedimensional 
soundfieldonconventionalstereomusic 
recordingsandisideallysuitedtobringthe 
surroundexperiencetoautomotivesound. 
Whileconventionalsurroundprogramming 
isfullycompatiblewithDolbySurroundPro 
LogicIIdecoders,soundtrackswillbeableto 
beencodedspecificallytotakefulladvantage 
ofProLogicIIplayback,includingseparate 
leftandrightsurroundchannels.(Such 
materialisalsocompatiblewithconventional 
ProLogicdecoders). 
JPEG:Averycommondigitalstillpicture 
format.Astill-picturedatacompression 
systemproposedbytheJointPhotographic 
ExpertGroup,whichfeaturessmalldecrease 
inimagequalityinspiteofitshigh 
compressionratio.Filesarerecognisedby 
theirfileextensionJPGorJPEG. 
MP3:Afileformatwithasounddata 
compressionsystem.MP3isthe 
abbreviationofMotionPictureExperts 
GroupI(orMPEG-I)AudioLayer3.By 
usingtheMP3format,oneCD-RorCD-RW 
cancontainaboutl0timesmoredatathana 
regularCD. 
DivX:TheDivXcodeisapatent-pending, 
MPEG-4basedvideocompression 
technology,developedbyDivXNetworks, 
Inc.,thatcanshrinkdigitalvideotosizes 
smallenoughtobetransportedoverthe 
internet,whilemaintaininghighvisualquality. 
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MPEG:MotionPictureExpertsGroup.A 
collectionofcompressionsystemsfordigital 
audioandvideo, 
Multi-channel:DVDsareformattedto 
haveeachsoundtrackconstituteonesound 
field.Multi-channelreferstoastructureof 
soundtrackshavingthreeormorechannels. 
PBC:PlaybackControl.Asystemof 
navigatingaVideoCD/SuperVCDthrough 
on-screenmenusrecordedontothedisc, 
Youcanenjoyinteractiveplaybackand 
searching, 
ProgressiveScan:Theprogressivescan 
displaystwicethenumberofframesper 
secondthaninanordinaryTVsystem.It 
offershigherpictureresolutionandquality. 
code:Asystemallowingdiscstobe 
playedonlyintheregiondesignated.This 
unitwillonlyplaydiscsthathavecompatible 
regioncodes.Youcanfindtheregioncode 
ofyourunitbylookingattheproductlabel. 
Somediscsarecompatiblewithmorethan 
oneregion(orALLregions). 
Surround:Asystemforcreatingrealistic 
threedimensionalsoundfieldsfullofrealism 
byarrangingmultiplespeakersaroundthe 
listener. 
Title:Thelongestsectionofamovieor 
musicfeatureonDVD.Eachtitleisassigned 
atidenumber,enablingyoutolocatethe 
tideyouwant. 
WMA:WindowsMediaTMAudio.Refersto 
anaudiocompressiontechnologydeveloped 
byMicrosoftCorporation.WMAdatacanbe 
encodedbyusingWindowsMediaPlayer 
version9orWindowsMediaPlayerfor 
WindowsXP.Filesarerecognisedbytheir 
fileextensionWMA, Glossary(continued) 
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Specifications 
AHPLIFIER Totaloutputpower 
HomeTheatremode: 
FrequencyResponse: 
Signal-to-NoiseRatio: 
InputSensitivity 
-AUXin: 
-TVIn: 200W 
180Hz-18kHz/+3dB 
>60dB(A-weighted) 
500mV 
250mV 
RADIO 
TuningRange: 
26dBQuieting 
Sensitivity: 
IFRejectionRatio: FM87.5M08MHz 
(50/100kHz) 
AM53I-1602kHz(9kHz) 
AM530-1700kHz(10kHz) 
FM22dBf,AM5000pV/m 
FM60dB,AM24dB 
Signal-to-NoiseRatio:FMS0dB,AM30dB 
AMSuppressionRatio:FM30dB 
HarmonicDistortion:FMMono3% 
FMStereo3% 
AM5% 
FrequencyResponseFM180Hz-9kHz/+6dB 
StereoSeparationFM26dB(IkHz) 
StereoThresholdFM23.5dB 
DiSC 
LaserType 
DiscDiametre 
VideoDecoding 
VideoDAC 
SignalSystem 
VideoFormat 
VideoS/N 
CompositeVideo 
Output 
AudioDAC 
FrequencyResponse 
PCM 
DolbyDigital Semiconductor 
12cm/8cm 
MPEG-I/MPEG-2/ 
/DivX3/4/5/6 
12Bits 
PAL/NTSC 
4:3/16:9 
56dB(minimum) 
1.0Vp-p,75f_ 
24Bits/96kHz 
4Hz-20kHz(44.1kHz) 
4Hz-22kHz(48kHz) 
4Hz-44kHz(96kHz) 
IEC60958 
IEC60958,IEC61937 HAINUNiT 
PowerSupplyRating:110-240V;50-60Hz 
PowerConsumption:40W 
Dimensions:360x48x332(mm) 
(wxhxd) 
Weight:2.58kg 
FRONTANDREARSPEAKERS 
System:Fullrangesatellite 
Impedance:4 
Speakerdrivers:3fullrangespeaker 
Frequencyresponse:150Hz-20I
						

							  
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