Philips HTS3172-98 User Manual

Philips
DVD home theatre system

HTS3172

Spectacular surround sound with superb clarity

Just like in the movies

Experience sensational home entertainment with the powerful surround-sound delivered
by this system. Enjoy endless entertainment with Karaoke Scoring, playback from USB
drives, portable media players and practically any type of disc.

Connect and enjoy multiple sources

• MP3 Link plays music from portable media players

• USB Media Link for media playback from USB flash drives

Brings audio and video to life

• DTS, Dolby Digital and Pro Logic II surround sound

• Karaoke scoring for fun and exciting song contests at home

• Advanced Class D Amplifier for compact, powerful sound

Plays all your movies and music

• DivX Ultra Certified for enhanced playback of DivX videos

• Plays DivX, MP3, WMA and JPEG digital camera photos

• Plays CD, (S)VCD, DVD, DVD+R/RW, DVD-R/RW, DVD+R DL

• Built-in FM tuner

Easy to set up

• Easy-fit™ connectors with colour-coding for a simple setup

DVD home theatre system

Highlights

HTS3172/98

USB Media Link

The Universal Serial Bus or USB is a protocol
standard that is conveniently used to link PCs,
peripherals and consumer electronic
equipment. With USB Media Link, all you have
to do is plug in your USB device, select the
movie, music or photo and play away.

DTS, DolbyDigital, ProLogic II

A built-in DTS and Dolby Digital decoder
eliminates the need for an external decoder by
processing all six channels of audio information
to provide a surround sound experience and
an astoundingly natural sense of ambience and
dynamic realism. Dolby Pro Logic II provides
five channels of surround processing from any
stereo source.

room. The DivX media format is an MPEG4­based video compression technology that
enables you to save large files such as movies,
trailers and music videos on media, e.g. CD-R/
RW and DVD recordable discs. DivX Ultra
merges DivX playback with great features
including integrated subtitles, multiple audio
languages, multiple tracks and menus into one
convenient file format.

Karaoke scoring

Add a dash of fun to your Karaoke sessions
with Karaoke Scoring. Allow your
performance to be judged for further
improvement, or for friendly competitions.
Karaoke Scoring automatically rates your
singing and gives you a humorous picture that
is tied to how well you did. The fun never ends.

Plays it all

Plays it all

Play virtually any disc you want - whether they
are CDs, (S)VCDs, DVDs, DVD+R, DVD-R,
DVD+RW, DVD-RW or DVD+R DL.
Experience unbeatable flexibility and the
convenience of playing all your discs on the
one device.

Advanced Class D Amplifier

Advanced Class D Amplifier for compact,
powerful sound

Easy-fit™ connectors

DivX Ultra Certified

With DivX support, you can enjoy DivX
encoded videos in the comfort of your living

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Play virtually any media format you want ­whether it is DivX, MP3, WMA or JPEG.
Experience the unbeatable convenience of
great playability and the luxury of sharing
media files on your TV or home theatre system

- in the comfort of your living room.

Colour-coded connectors provide a simple
and user-friendly solution for connecting the
speakers and subwoofer to the centre unit of
the home entertainment system simply by
plugging the connectors into the matching
coloured interface at the rear of the centre
unit.