Philips MCD735 User manual - Page 21

Basic Operations English Switching the system on/off ● Press ECO POWER/STANDBY-ON B (B on the remote). ➜ "HELLO" is displayed briefly.The system will switch to the last selected source. ● Press DISC, TUNER or AUX on the remote. ➜ The system will switch to the selected source. To switch the system to standby mode ● Press ECO POWER/STANDBY-ON B (B on the remote). ➜ "BYE BYE" is displayed briefly.The interactive sound settings, last selected source and tuner presets will be retained in the player's memory. Switching the system to Eco Power Standby mode ● Press ECO POWER/STANDBY-ON B in the active mode. ➜ The system enters Eco power standby (the ECO POWER LED is on) or normal standby with clock display. ● The volume level (up to a maximum volume level of 12), interactive sound settings, last selected mode, source and tuner presets will be retained in the player's memory. ● If the system is normal standby with clock display, press and hold ECO POWER/STANDBYON Bfor 3 seconds or more to switch to Eco power standby or vice versa. Volume control Turn VOLUME (-/+) clockwise or anticlockwise (or press VOLUME +/- on the remote) to increase or decrease the volume level. ➜ "VOL XX" is displayed on the display panel. "XX" denotes the volume level. To listen through the headphone ● Connect the headphone plug to the n socket at the front of the amplifier. ➜ The speakers will be muted. To switch off the volume temporarily ● Press MUTE on the remote. ➜ Playback will continue without sound and "MUTING" flashes. ● To activate sound reproduction, you can: - press MUTE again; - adjust the volume controls; - change source. Sound Control DBB, DSC and LOUDNESS sound features cannot be activated at the same time. DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost) DBB enhances the bass response. ● Press DBB on the remote to enable/disable DBB feature. ➜ Some discs might be recorded in high modulation, which causes a distortion at high volume. If this occurs, switch off DBB or reduce the volume. DSC (Digital Sound Control) DSC provides a different type of preset sound equalizer setting. ● Press DSC on the remote repeatedly to select: CLASSIC, JAZZ, POP or ROCK. Selecting surround sound IMPORTANT! For proper surround sound, make sure the speakers and subwoofer are connected (see Connections-Step 3: Connecting speakers and subwoofer.) ● Press SURROUND to select surround or stereo mode. ➜ The availability of the various surround sound modes depends on the number of speakers used and the sound available on the disc. ➜ The center and surround speakers operate only in Multi-channel surround mode. ➜ The available output modes for multichannel include: Dolby Digital, Dolby Pro Logic or Dolby Pro Logic II surround sound. ➜ Stereo broadcasts or recordings will produce some surround channel effects when played in a surround mode. However, monaural (single channel sound) sources will not produce any sound from the rear speakers. 21