Basic Operations; Switching The System To Standby Mode; Power-Saving Automatic Standby; Sound Control - Philips FWD18/98 User Manual

Basic Opeations
Basic function
Switching the system on
●
Press STANDBY-ON B.
➜
The system will switch to the last selected
source.
●
Press DISC, USB/MP3 LINK, TUNER or
TAPE/AUX on the remote).
Switching the system to Standby
mode
●
Press STANDBY -ON B in the active mode.
➜
The system enters standby mode 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.

Power-saving automatic standby

As a power-saving feature, the system will
automatically switch to Standby mode if you do
not press any buttons within 15 minutes after a
disc has stopped playing.

Sound Control

DBB and DSC sound features cannot be
activated at the same time.
DBB (Dynamic Bass Boost)
DBB enhances the bass response.
●
Press DBB on the remote twice 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:
OPTIMAL, JAZZ, ROCK, or TECHNO.
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Volume control

Turn the VOLUME control on the set or VOL
+/- on the remote to increase or decrease the
volume level.
➜ "VOL XX" is displayed on the display panel.
"XX" denotes the volume level.
To switch off the volume temporarily
●
Press MUTE on the remote.
➜
Playback will continue without sound and
"MUTE" appears.
●
To activate sound reproduction, you can:
– press MUTE again;
– adjust the volume controls;
– change source.

Karaoke

Connecting a microphone (not supplied) to the
system allowing you to sing along with the music
source.
1
Connect microphone(s) to the KARAOKE jack
or/and the MIC IN jack.
●
Before connecting the microphone, set the
microphone MIC LEVEL +/- to the minimum
level to prevent howling sound.
2
Press SOURCE repeatedly on the set or DISC
on the remote control to select the source to be
mixed and start playback.
3
Adjust the volume level of the source with the
master VOLUME control.
4
Adjust the microphone volume with the
microphone MIC LEVEL +/- control.
5
To set the echo level, press SYSTEM MENU
on the remote, and then select AUDIO
SETUP > ECHO.
Note:
– Keep the microphone away from the speakers to
prevent howling.
– The ECHO can be set only when MIC SETUP is
set to AUTO.