Contents 1 Important Safety and important notice Trademark notice 2 Your Home Theater System Feature highlights Product overview 3 Connect Place the Home Theater System Connect video cables Connect speakers and subwoofer Connect radio antenna Connect audio cables/other devices Connect power cord 4 Get started Insert the remote control batteries Find the correct viewing channel...
1 Important Safety and important notice Warning • Risk of overheating! Never install the Home Theater System in a confi ned space. Always leave a space of at least 4 inches around the Home Theater System for ventilation. Ensure curtains or other objects never cover the ventilation slots on the Home Theater System.
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2 Your Home Theater System Congratulations on your purchase, and welcome to Philips! To fully benefi t from the support that Philips offers, register your product at www.philips.com/welcome. Feature highlights Listen to rich uncompressed multi-channel surround sound This Home Theater System supports 5.1...
( Stop ) • Stops disc play. • In radio mode, erases the current preset radio station. f SOURCE • Selects a media to play or listen to audio from the connected device. g Display panel h VOLUME • Increases or decreases volume. i MP3 LINK •...
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( Navigation buttons ) • Navigates through the menus. • Press left and right for fast backward or forward search. • In radio mode, press up and down to tune the radio frequency. • In radio mode, press left or right to start auto search.
3 Connect Make the following connections to use your Home Theater System. Basic connections: • Video • Speakers and subwoofer • Power Optional connections: • Radio antenna • Audio • Audio from TV • Audio from cable box/recorder/ game console •...
Connect video cables Connect this Home Theater System to TV to view disc play. Select the best video connection that the TV can support. • Option 1: Connect to the VIDEO jack (for a standard TV). • Option 2: Connect to the component video jacks (for a standard TV or Progressive Scan TV).
Connect speakers and subwoofer Connect the speakers and subwoofer to the matching jacks on the Home Theater System. Note • Ensure that the colors of the plugs and jacks are matched. Connect radio antenna Connect the FM antenna to the FM75 jack on this Home Theater System (for some models, this cable is already connected).
Connect audio cables/other devices Route the audio from other devices to this Home Theater System to enjoy audio play with multi-channel surround capabilities. Connect audio from TV AUDIO OUT Connect the audio cables (not supplied) to the AUDIO IN-AUX1 jacks on the Home Theater System and the AUDIO output jacks on the TV.
Connect a 3.5mm stereo audio cable (not supplied) to the MP3 LINK jack on this Home Theater System and the phone jack on the portable media player (such as MP3 player). Note • To listen to the audio output from this connection, press AUDIO SOURCE repeatedly until ‘MP3 LINK’...
4 Get started Insert the remote control batteries Slide the battery cover off the back of the remote control. Insert the two supplied batteries (AAA). Be sure the + and - ends of the batteries line up with the markings inside the case. Slide the cover back into position.
• Go to the lowest channel on your TV, then press the Channel Down button until you see the Philips screen. SOURCE button repeatedly • Press on the remote control of your TV.
Select [Progressive] > [On] , then press OK . A warning message is displayed. » To proceed, select [Ok] and press OK . The progressive setup is complete. » Note • If a blank/distorted screen is displayed, wait for 15 seconds for the auto recover. •...
Press to change the volume level, then press OK . The test tone is emitted from the » speaker. • Repeat the above setting for other speakers until all the speakers output level sounds equally balance. • To exit the menu, press To set the output delay time (center and rear speakers only) Select [Speakers Delay] in the menu,...
5 Play Play a disc Caution • Never place any objects other than discs into the disc compartment. • Never touch the disc optical lens inside the disc compartment. Press to open the disc compartment. Insert a disc with its label facing up. •...
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Change video play Play a title. Use the remote control to change the video play. Button Action AUDIO Selects an audio language or SYNC channel on a disc. SUBTITLE Selects the subtitle language on a disc. REPEAT Selects or turns off repeat or shuffl...
• You can change the PBC setting (see ‘Adjust settings’ > ‘Preferences’ > [PBC] ). Sync audio output with video play If the video play is slower than the audio output (sound does not match with the pictures), you can delay the audio output to match the video.
Play DivX® video DivX video is a digital media format that retains high quality despite a high rate of compression. You can enjoy DivX video on this DivX® Certifi ed Home Theater System. Insert a disc or USB that contains the DivX videos.
Note • For disc recorded in multiple sessions, only the fi rst session is played. • This Home Theater System does not support MP3PRO audio format. • If any special characters are present in the MP3 track name (ID3) or album name, it might not be displayed correctly on the screen because these characters are not supported.
Control photo play Play photo slideshow. Use the remote control to control the photo. Button Action Skips to the previous photo. Skips to the next photo. Rotates the photo clockwise. Rotates the photo anti- clockwise. ZOOM Zooms in or out of the picture.
Play from portable media player Simply connect your portable media player (e.g. MP3 player) to this Home Theater System to enjoy superb sound quality from your music collections. (MP3 LINK applicable only to model HTS3172) Connect a 3.5mm stereo audio cable (not supplied) from the MP3 LINK jack on this Home Theater System to the ‘headphone’...
Listen to radio Press RADIO . Use the remote control to control the radio. Button Action Selects a preset radio station. Tunes the radio frequency up or down. Press and hold this button to erase the current radio station from the preset list. The preset number for other radio stations remain unchanged.
6 Adjust sound Control the volume Press VOL +/- to increase or decrease the volume. • To mute, press • To restore the volume, press or press VOL + . Select surround sound Press SURR repeatedly to select the best surround output that’s available on the disc.
Adjust microphone volume level Connect a microphone (not supplied) to MIC jack on this Home Theater System. Turn on the microphone output. (see ‘Karaoke settings’.) Press MIC ( VOL +/- ) to adjust the microphone volume. ‘LEVEL XX’ is displayed. »...
7 Adjust settings You can customize various kinds of settings as you prefer. Refer to the following instructions to navigate through the setup menus. Symbol Options [General Setup] [Audio Setup] [Video Setup] [Preferences] Note • If the setup option is grayed out, it means the setting cannot be changed at the current state.
[Sleep Timer] Switches to standby automatically after the preset time. • [15 mins] , [30 mins] , [45 mins] , [60 mins] – Selects the count down time before the Home Theater System switches to standby. [Off] – Disables sleep timer mode. •...
Video setup Video Setup TV System TV Display Picture Setting Progressive Press SETUP . » [General Setup] menu is displayed. to select [Video Setup] , then Press press . Select an option, then press OK Select a setting, then press OK . •...
Preferences Note • Stop disc play before you can access to [Preferences] . Preferences Audio Subtitle Disc Menu Parental MP3/JPEG Display Password DivX Subtitle Press SETUP . » [General Setup] menu is displayed. to select [Preferences] , then Press press . Select an option, then press OK .
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Theater System. • This information is required when you want to fi nd out if a newest software version is available at the Philips website that you may download and install on this Home Theater System. [Default] Resets all the settings of this Home Theater System to factory default, except for [Disc Lock] , [Password] and [Parental] settings.
OK . Write down the version number, then SETUP to exit the menu. press Go to www.philips.com/support to check the latest software version available for this Home Theater System. If the latest software version is higher than the software version of this Home Theater System, download it and store onto a CD-R or USB fl...
9 Specifications Note • Specifi cation and design are subject to change without notice (MP3 LINK applicable only to model HTS3172) (DTS applicable only to model HTS3172) Playback media • DVD-Video, DVD+R/+RW, DVD-R/- RW, DVD+R DL, CD-R/CD-RW, Audio CD, Video CD/SVCD, Picture CD, MP3- CD, WMA-CD, DivX-CD, USB fl...
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Speakers • System: full range satellite • Speaker impedance: 8 ohm (center), 4 ohm (Front/Rear) • Speaker drivers: 3” full range • Frequency response: 150 Hz - 20 kHz • Dimensions (WxHxD): • Center - HTS3172: 266.6 x 102.3 x 78 (mm) - HTS3021: 100 x 100 x 75 (mm) •...
Home Theater System and get support at www.philips.com/ welcome. If you contact Philips, you will be asked for the model and serial number of your Home Theater System. The model number and serial number are on the back or bottom of your Home Theater System.
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No surround sound effect from the speakers. • SURR to select a correct surround Press sound setting. • If the Home Theater System supports DTS playback, press AUDIO SYNC to select other audio track. • Ensure that the source you are playing is recorded or broadcast in surround sound (Dolby Digital, etc).
11 Glossary Aspect ratio Aspect ratio refers to the length to height ratio of TV screens. The ratio of a standard TV is 4:3, while the ratio of a high-defi nition or wide TV is 16:9. The letter box allows you to enjoy a picture with a wider perspective on a standard 4:3 screen.