Philips launches India's first mobile DVD player

Company Release, November 24

New Delhi

Philips Electronics India Limited, a subsidiary of Netherlands-based Royal Philips Electronics has introduced the Mobile DVD Player PET 710. Philips is the only consumer durable brand in the country to currently offer a product in this category.

There is an increasing need for ‘entertainment on the move’. Especially on long journeys, when kids travelling with parents get bored and become irritable. The new Philips Mobile DVD Player PET 710 makes travelling a pleasure and keeps kids occupied by letting them watch their favourite movies.

“The Mobile DVD Player PET 710 is a ‘must-have’ and a boon for parents who have cars and drive their kids around in them”, said Mr Gunjan Srivastava, Director Audio and Video Business Group – Consumer Electronics, Philips Electronics India Limited.

Weighing just 900 gms. It becomes easy for kids to handle. The Philips PET 710 costs Rs 19,990 and has a wide screen to enhance the movie viewing experience. The super-sleek Philips PET 710 has a 7” TFT screen. There is also the provision for 2 headphone connections, to ensure that two kids can watch it without fighting over it.

The rechargeable battery of the Philips PET 710 has a standby time of 2.5 hrs. and also has a car cigarette outlet adaptor so that the battery can be charged while travelling in the car for unlimited entertainment. The built-in electronic skip protection helps avoid the video and audio "hiccups" that can arise from vibration and bumps often experienced while using your DVD player in a moving vehicle.

The Philips Mobile DVD PET 710 plays virtually all formats like DVD, DVD+RW, DVD+R, Picture CD, SVCD, Video CD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW, MP3-CD. The functions on the Philips PET 710 include ‘Disc Menu’, ‘Fast Backward’, ‘Fast Forward’, ‘Repeat’, ‘Shuffle Play’, ‘Slow Backward’, ‘Slow Forward’, ‘Zoom’. It also has a battery life indicator.

Some car brands offer high-quality, expensive, built-in DVD-based entertainment systems. The Philips Portable DVD PET 710 on the other hand, costs (a lot) less; can be used in multiple vehicles, then taken out of the car into the home, hotel, tent, bus, train, boat or waiting room and used with or without a big-screen TV. And, of course, their very portability makes them less susceptible to theft.

The Philips Mobile DVD PET 710 can be connected to a Home Theatre. A 5.1 Coaxial Digital Out makes connection to the Home Theatre Decoder also very easy. It can be plugged in to the TV, and used as a DVD player or used as CD Portable in the car connected to your existing Car Deck through the Car Kit.

For information contact:

Ms Gauri Ambardekar-Raje

Asst. Manager, Consumer &

Market Intelligence and Media Relations

Philips Electronics India Limited

Phone: 022 5691 2122 – Extn: 2276 / 2274

Fax: 022 26879268 / 76

Aseem Bhargava / Neha Chadda

IPAN

Phone: 011-5249 2100

E-mail: abhargava@ipan.com

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