Philips LX7500R User Manual

User manual

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Quick use guide
General information
- Introduction
- Supplied Accessories
- Setup
- Maintenance
- Disc handling
- Environmental information
- Which discs can be used?
- Region code
- Trademark and license information
Remote control
- Inserting the batteries
- Using the remote control
- Double function buttons
- Controlling other Philips equipment
- How to type text with the number buttons
- Remote control buttons
Controls and connections
- Controls on the front
- Connections on the front
- Connections on the rear
Connecting speakers and antennas
- Speaker setup and connection
- Connecting the tuner antennas
- Connecting the TV antenna
Connecting the TV
- Connections for the TV
- Case1: Scart connection
- Case2: Component Video / Progressive Scan connection
- Switching the DVD recorder system to Progressive Scan
Connecting other equipment
- Connecting additional video equipment
- Connecting additional audio equipment
- Analogue connection for audio playback
- Analogue connection for audio recording with other equipment
- Digital connection for audio playback
- Digital connection for audio recording with other equipment
- Connecting a camcorder to CAM1 or CAM2
- Connecting headphones
Mains
Initial installation
Sources
- Selecting a source
- Selecting another source while recording
- Selecting an S-Video recorder connected to EXT-2 AUX I/O
Volume and sound
- Adjusting the volume of all speakers
- Adjusting the volume of the rear speakers and of the subwoofer
- Adjusting bass and treble
- Volume balance between the speakers
- Selecting a surround effect
- ClearVoice
- Night mode
Disc playback
- Loading a disc
- Playing a DVD, DVD+R or DVD+RW disc
- Disc menu
- Playing a (Super) Video CD
- Playing an audio CD
- Playing an MP3-CD
- Selecting a title/chapter
- Selecting a title directly
- Selecting a chapter directly
- Selecting a title/chapter with 4 or ¢
- Searching (not on MP3-CDs)
- Searching via the menu bar
- Searching by keying in a time (not on MP3-CDs)
- Scan
- Repeat and playback in random order
- Repeating a specific sequence (not on MP3-CDs)
- Still picture
- Frame by frame playback
- Frame by frame playback in the system menu bar
- Slow motion
- Slow motion via the menu bar
- Changing the audio language
- Subtitles
- Camera angle
- Zoom
Recording
- Discs for recording
- Copyright protection
- Before you start recording
- Recording a TV programme or recording from external video equipment
- Safe record
- Recording with automatic stop (OTR - One Touch Recording)
- Lining up recordings within a title – assemble cut (DVD+RW discs only)
- Selecting the recording mode
- Selecting the recording mode with REC / PLAY MODE
- Direct Record
- Switching Direct Record on or off
- Starting Direct Record
Timer recording
- VPS and PDC
- Programming a recording with the VIDEO Plus® system
- Programming a recording without the VIDEO Plus® system
- Checking, changing or deleting a timer recording
- Automatic recording from a satellite receiver
Editing a recording
- Changing the name of a recording
- Erasing an entire recording/title
- Favorite Scene Selection menu
- Inserting chapter markers
- Deleting chapter markers
- Hiding chapters
- Making a hidden chapter visible
- Playing the entire title including hidden chapters
- How to hide part of a title e. g. a commercial
- Changing the index picture
- Dividing titles (on DVD+RW discs only)
Editing a disc
- Settings for a disc
- Changing the disc name (DVD+R, DVD+RW)
- Activating or deactivating the write protection
- Editing a disc
- Preparing a DVD+RW for playback on another DVD player – making edits compatible
- Finalising a DVD+R disc
- Erasing an entire DVD+RW disc
Access control
- Parental level (DVD only)
- Child lock
- Authorising a disc
- Locking authorised discs
- Changing the 4-digit code
- If you have forgotten your 4-digit code
System settings
- Picture
- TV shape
- Horizontal video shift
- Video output
- Component video output
- Black level shift
- Language
- Playback audio
- Recording audio
- Subtitle
- Menu
- Country
- Features
- Status box
- Standby
- Display
- Remote control settings
- Disc features
- Access control
- Auto resume
- PBC
- Finalise disc (available only for unfinalised DVD+R discs)
- Adapt disc format
- Record settings
- Record mode
- Direct Record
- Sat record
- Auto chapters
- Filter mode
- Searching TV channels
- Autoinstall
- Manual search
- Changing the order of TV channels and deleting TV channels
- Follow TV
- Sort TV channels
- Additional TV channel settings
- TV channel name
- TV system
- NICAM
- Fine tuning
- Using a decoder to decode a TV channel
- Setting the time and date
- Input settings
- Settings for SAT, VCR, GAME
- Settings for TV
- Settings for CD, CDR, TAPE
- Digital output setting
- Speaker setup
Tuner
- Selecting a preset radio station
- Tuning to a radio station
- Switching between mono and stereo radio reception
- RDS – Radio Data System
- Storing radio stations
- Automatic searching and storing
- Manual searching and storing
- Changing the order of favourite radio stations
Troubleshooting
Technical data
Helpline