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Register your product and get support at www.philips.com/welcome HTS3021 EN User manual...
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Electronics Home Theater System: Home Theater System home theater Home Theater System Home Theater System. Visit us on web at www.philips.com/support or Call us on Tel. No.: 1860-180-1111 (BSNL / MTNL)* 011-6600-1111 (GSM / WLL)* * “standard call rates apply”...
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.
Trademark notice CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. Dolby, Pro Logic and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. DivX, DivX Ultra Certifi ed, and associated logos are trademarks of DivX, Inc. and are used under license. Offi...
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...
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( Open/Close ) • Opens or closes the disc compartment. c Source buttons AUDIO SOURCE : Selects an audio • input source. RADIO : Switches to FM band. • • USB : Switches to the USB source. • DISC : Switches to the disc source. SETUP •...
Main unit c d e f g h ( Standby-On ) • Turns on the Home Theater System or switches to standby mode. b Disc compartment ( Open/Close ) • Opens or closes the disc compartment. ( Play/Pause ) • Starts, pauses or resumes disc play.
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 •...
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Option 1: Connect to the Video (CVBS) jack VIDEO IN Connect a composite video cable to the VIDEO jack on this Home Theater System and the VIDEO input jack on the Note • The video input jack on the TV might be labeled as A/V IN, VIDEO IN, COMPOSITE or BASEBAND.
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 from cable box/ recorder/game console AUDIO OUT Connect the audio cables (not supplied) to the AUDIO IN-AUX2 jacks on the Home Theater System and the AUDIO output jacks on the device. Note • To listen to the audio output from this connection, press AUDIO SOURCE repeatedly until ‘AUX2’...
4 Get started Insert the remote control batteries Slide the battery cover off the back of the remote control. Insert the 2 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.
Press to select [Video Setup] in the menu, then press . Select [Progressive] > [On] , then press OK . A warning message is displayed. » To proceed, select [Ok] and press OK . The progressive setup is complete. » Note •...
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...
[Disc Interval] Divides the total disc time by six and play the fi rst few seconds of these intervals. [Track Interval] Divides the current track by six and play the fi rst few seconds of these intervals. This option is not available in stop mode. •...
View video play from different camera angles During play, press INFO . The disc status menu is displayed. » Select [Angle] , then press . Press the Numeric buttons to select an angle, then press OK . Play changes to the selected angle. »...
Play MP3/WMA music MP3/WMA is a type of highly compressed audio fi le (fi les with .mp3 or .wma extensions). Insert a disc or USB that contains the MP3/WMA music. Press DISC or USB . A contents menu is displayed. »...
Note • You may require longer time to display the disc content on the TV due to the large number of songs/photos compiled onto one disc. • If the JPEG photo is not recorded with an ‘exif ’ type fi le, the actual thumbnail picture is not be shown on the display.
To stop play, press or remove the USB device. Note • If the device does not fi t into the USB jack, connect it through a USB extension cable. • If you connect a multiple USB card/device reader, only one card/device can be accessed. •...
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Reinstall all the radio stations Press RADIO . Press and hold PROGRAM for more than 5 seconds. All previously stored radio stations are » replaced. Note • Check the radio antenna connection if no stereo signal is detected or less than 5 stations are detected during radio installation.
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. ‘MIC 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.
[Display Dim] Changes the brightness level of the display panel on this Home Theater System. • [100%] – Normal brightness. [70%] – Medium brightness. • • [40%] – Dimmest display. [OSD Language] Selects the default on-screen menu language. [Screen Saver] Turns off or on the screen saver mode.
[Speakers Delay] Sets the delay time for the center and rear speakers if they are placed closer to the listening position, so that the sound output from all speakers reach the listening position at the same time. 1) To start, press OK . 2) Select a speaker in the menu, then press to set the delay time.
[TV Display] Selects one of the following display formats: 4:3 Pan Scan (PS) 4:3 Letter Box (LB) [4:3 Pan Scan] – For 4:3 screen TV: full- • height display with the trimmed sides. [4:3 Letter Box] – For 4:3 screen TV: •...
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Note • If the language you have set is not available on the disc, the disc uses its own default language. • For some discs, the subtitle/audio language can only be changed from the disc menu. • To select the languages that are not listed in the menu, select [Others] .
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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 press SETUP to exit the menu. 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...
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. • Press SURR to select a correct surround 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.