Philips HTS3506 User Manual - Page 10

2. FEATURES Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to Philips! To fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register your product at www.philips.com/support 2.1. Features Blu-ray Disc™ You can enjoy Blu-ray Disc™ which is capable of storing five times more data than a conventional DVD. Playing back Blu-ray 3D™ Disc This unit can play back Blu-ray 3D™ discs which contain stereoscopic 3D video. In order to enjoy 3D video, connect this unit to a 3D capable TV using a 3D compatible HDMI cable. BD-Java With some Blu-ray™ discs which contain Java applications, you can enjoy interactive functions such as games or interactive menus. DVD upscaling for enhanced picture quality Your current DVD will look even better than before thanks to video upscaling. Upscaling will increase the resolution of standard definition DVD to high definition up to 1080p over an HDMI connection. The picture will be less jagged and more realistic for a near high definition experience. Enjoy your content on different kinds of media Full backwards compatibility with DVD, CD and SD card ensures that you can continue to enjoy your current audio-video collection. Additionally, you can enjoy AVCHD / MP3 / WMA / JPEG files. Listen to rich multi-channel surround sound Multi-channel surround sound, which realizes real-to-life sound and makes you feel that you are really there. Intuitive user interface and remote control The Philips logical user interface allows you to easily navigate through your content and settings, so you can quickly find what you are looking for. Easy and simple connection to your HDTV via HDMI Connect your HTS3506 to your HDTV with one single HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) cable. Philips recommends High Speed HDMI cable for better compatibility. The high definition video output signal will be transferred to your HDTV without conversion to analog signals, so you will get excellent picture and sound quality, completely free from noise. Thanks to other multiple outputs, you can also easily connect to your home theater system or amplifier. About EasyLink (HDMI CEC) (Consumer Electronics Control) EasyLink allows you to operate the linked functions of this home theater system with Philips brand TV with EasyLink feature. Philips does not guarantee 100 % interoperability with other brands of HDMI CEC compliant devices. PiP (BONUSVIEW™) Some BD-videos have the PiP function which enables you to display the secondary video in the primary video. You can call up the secondary video by pressing [BONUSVIEW (PiP)] whenever the scene contains a secondary video. BD-Live™ BD-Live™ (BD-ROM version 2 Profile 2.0) that allows interactive functions to be used when this unit is connected to the Internet in addition to the BONUSVIEW™ function. The various functions differ depending on the disc. Pop-up menu Some BD-videos have a pop-up menu which is a navigation menu that can be called up and be operated on the TV screen without interrupting playback. You can call up the pop-up menu by pressing [DISC MENU / POP-UP MENU]. Contents in the pop-up menu vary depending on the disc. HDMI Deep Color Deep Color reduces posterization (color banding) effect of the playback image. Refer to "HDMI Deep Color" on page 36. HDMI 1080p/24 output (Blu-ray Disc™ only) This unit is equipped with the feature which can provide smooth movement during playback of film originated material with the frame rate of 24 frames per second with progressive. (Available only when the display device is connected by an HDMI cable.) Refer to "HDMI Video" on page 39. Playing back contents from an SD card You can play back AVCHD / MP3 / WMA / JPEG files stored in an SD card. BD-ROM Profile 2.0 (BD-Live™) and Profile 1.1 discs sometimes store picture-in-picture commentary, subtitles or other extras in the SD card for use during playback with the BD-video. Playing back AVCHD files This unit supports playback of AVCHD format files (new format for high definition video camcorders) recorded on disc / SD card. Your high definition personal archive is playable in HD quality. EN - 10