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IMPORTANT Before you begin: Make sure your package includes the following items: TV and mains cord, remote control, Instruction manual, antenna cable (optional) and Coaxial cable (optional). Attention: 1. Read your manual first – your Philips TV comes with a well-designed remote control and onscreen display to ensure your TV is easy to operate. 2.
Table of Contents Installation Installing your television set .............................................................................. 3 The keys on the TV set ...................................................................................... 3 Remote control keys .......................................................................................... 4 Language ................................................................................................................ 6 Tuner Mode .........
Safety information • – – – – Disconnect mains plug when : the indicator light below the TV screen is flashing continuously. a bright white line is displayed across the screen. there is a lightning storm. the set is left unattended for a prolonged period of time. • cleaning the TV screen. Never use abrasive cleaning agents. Use a slight damp chamois leather or soft cloth. • No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on top of the TV or in the vicinity.
Installing your television set Positioning the television set (Diagrams are for illustration only. May differ from actual TV sets) Remote control 10 cm 10 cm 10 cm Place your TV on a solid, stable surface, leaving a space of at least 10 cm around the appliance. Connections Insert the two R6-type batteries (supplied) making sure that they are the right way round. The batteries supplied with this appliance do not contain mercury or nickel cadmium.
Remote control keys Teletext /Personal Zapping In teletext mode; the colour keys allows direct access to an item or corresponding pages (p. 10) In Personal Zapping mode; you can surf up to 10 personal channels for each key (p. 9) Add Personal Zapping list Adds and stores channels into Personal Zapping list (p. 9) Smart Sound Used to access a series of stored settings: Theatre, Music,Voice or Personal. Menu To call up or exits menus. Volume To adjust the sound level. Mute To mute or restore sound.
Remote control keys Personal Zapping You can surf up to 10 personal channels for each key (p. 9) Sleeptimer Selects a period of time after which the TV will go into standby mode automatically. (Choose the right remote control that comes with your TV) Standby Lets you place the TV set on standby. To turn on the TV, press CH + or –, 2, AV, A/CH or digit keys. AV channel selection Press several times to select AV1, AV2, FRONT or CVI.
Language When there is no signal input to the TV, you may encounter instability of the screen display. In this instance, please use the key to select an AV channel. The Language feature is used to change the display language for menus. & Press the MENU key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Language. “ Use the key to select a language of your choice. .
Manual Store (applicable to certain TV models only) This menu is used to store channels one at a time. & Press the MENU key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Manual Store. “ Colour System: use the or key to select the desired colour system; Auto, PAL, NTSC 3.58 or NTSC 4.43. ‘ Sound System: use the or key to select the desired sound system; Auto, BG, I, DK or M. ( Search: Press MENU. The search starts. Once a channel is found, the scanning stops. Go to the next step.
Picture settings & Press MENU then menu is displayed: . The Picture (On screen display may differ from actual TV) é Use the or keys to select a setting and the or keys to adjust. Note: during the picture adjustment, only the selected line remains displayed. Press or to display the menu again. “ Press to exit. Description of the adjustments: • Brightness: this changes picture brillance. • Colour: this changes the intensity of the colour.
Format This feature enhances your viewing pleasure by providing you with a choice of two picture formats:- 4:3 and Expand 4:3. Description of formats: 4:3 – select this format if you want to display a conventional picture using the full surface of the screen. Expand 4:3 – select this format if you want to expand pictures transmitted in ‘letterbox’ format (black horizontal bars at the top and bottom of the screen) to fill up the entire screen.
Active Control (applicable to certain TV models only) The Active Control monitors and adjusts incoming video signals to help provide the best picture quality.When you choose to turn the Active Control to On or Display On, the Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Contrast+ and NR (noise reduction) features are controlled automatically. Active Control adjusts these picture settings continuously and automatically & Enter Features menu as described in “Features settings” on the previous page.
Teletext (applicable to TV with Teletext function only) Teletext is an information system broadcast by certain channels which can be consulted like a newspaper. It also offers access to subtitles for viewers with hearing problems or who are not familiar with the transmission language (cable networks, satellite channels, etc.). Press: You will obtain: Teletext call 0 Operation p8-12 9 This is used to call teletext, change to transparent mode and then exit.
Teletext (applicable to TV with Teletext function only) Press: 12 p8-12 You will obtain: Stop sub-page acquisition Certain pages contain sub-pages which are automatically displayed successively. This key is used to stop or resume sub-page acquisition. The indication 2 appears on the top left. Hidden information To display or hide the concealed information (games solutions).
Connecting peripheral equipment The television can have the following external sockets situated at the back of the set (depending on the TV models). The AV1 in socket has Y, Pb, Pr and/or audio/video inputs. The AV2 in socket has S-Video and/or audio/video inputs. The Monitor out socket has audio and video outputs. (Diagrams are for illustration only. May differ from actual TV sets) DVD player For TV with Y, Pb, Pr connection (Note: Y, Pb, Pr and S-video connection are for certain TV models.
Connecting peripheral equipment (Diagrams are for illustration only. May differ from actual TV sets) Other equipment (where applicable) Satellite receiver, decoder, games, etc. & Carry out the connections shown opposite. é To optimise picture quality, connect the equipment which produces the video signals (digital decoder, games, etc) to AV1 in and equipment which produces the S-VHS signals (S-VHS and Hi-8 video recorders, certain DVD drives to AV2 in and all other equipment to either AV1 in or AV2 in.
Tips Poor reception The proximity of mountains or high buildings may be responsible for ghost pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case, try manually adjustingyour picture: see Fine Tuning or try skipping channels with bad or weak TV signals or modify the orientation of the outside aerial. Does your antenna enable you to receive broadcasts in this frequency range (UHF or VHF band)? In the event of difficult reception (snowy picture) switch the NR on the Picture menu to ON (where applicable).
Glossary 4:3 Refers to the ratio between the length and the height of the screen. Wide screen televisions have a ratio of 16:9 while conventional televisions have a ratio of 4:3. 4:3 Expand The images recorded in “letterbox” format are expanded to fill the entire screen and the black horizontal bars at the top and bottom are removed.
Specification Product type Picture Picture screen diameter Visible screen size Smart Picture Modes Brightness Control Colour Control Contrast Control Sharpness Control Colour Temperature Control Contrast Plus Noise Reduction Active Control Signal Strength Indicator Sound Sound output Loudspeakers; Full range Smart Sound Modes Auto Volume Leveller Reception Tuning system PLL tuning Tuner UV,S and Hyperband Pal Multisystem * Channel Selection 100 presets* 125 presets, full cable* Aerial input 75 ohm coaxial T
Specification Video playback NTSC 4.43/3.58 NTSC Playback PAL 60* Sound Systems AV Stereo Bisonic x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Teletext* Reception standards: TOP Smart text: 1 page memory Connectors Front Headphone out (3.5 mm) Mono Audio/Video input Side Headphone out (3.5 mm) Mono Audio/Video input Stereo headphone out (3.
