Real Flat Television User manual 29PT8811 29PT8841
IMPORTANT Before you begin: Make sure your package includes the following items:TV and mains cord, remote control, user 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. The tips provided in this manual will save you time and money as charges for TV installation and adjustments of customer controls are not covered under the warranty.
Table of Contents General Peripherals Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Useful information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Video recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wht’s Hot Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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.
What’s Hot Picture scanning Your Philips TV has been built with scanning features to enhance your TV viewing. All you need is to select your desired mode to enjoy sharper and clearer pictures. The description below will help you make your choice. Auto If you are undecided of which mode to choose, select Auto and let your TV decide for you automatically! 100 Hz Digital Scan (available only for PAL signal) Philips’ digital scan doubles the rate of line flicker, making it undetectable.
Installing your television set Positioning the television set 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. If you have access to a recycling facility, please do not discard your used batteries (if in doubt, consult your dealer).
Remote control keys Standby Lets you place the TV set on standby. To turn on the TV, press CH + or –, , AV, A/CH or digit keys. Personal Zapping You can surf up to 10 personal channels for each key (p. 12) Sleeptimer Not applicable. AV channel selection Press several times to select AV1, CVI, AV2, YPbPr or Side. POWER Delete Personal Zapping list Deletes stored channels from Personal Zapping list (p. 12) Add Personal Zapping list Adds and stores channels into Personal Zapping list (p.
Language The Language feature is used to change the display language for menus. & Press the key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Language. MENU “ Use the key to select a language of your choice. ‘ To quit the menus, press Ë . Auto Store This menu is used to store all available channels automatically. & Press the key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Auto Store. MENU “ Use the key to start auto store.
Manual Store This menu is used to store channels one at a time. MENU & Press the key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Manual. “ Colour Sys(tem): use the or key to select the desired colour system; Auto, PAL or SECAM. ‘ Sound Sys(tem): use the or key to select the desired sound system; Auto, BG or DK. ( Search: Press .The search starts. Once a channel is found, the scanning stops. Go to the next step.
Channel edit This feature allows you to skip or edit channels which have bad or weak TV signal or channels you do not watch often. Once a channel is skipped, you cannot have access to it by the Channel + or – key.You can only access the channels by the digit (0-9) keys. MENU & Press the key. The Main menu is displayed on the screen. é With the cursor, select the Install menu followed by the Edit menu. “ Enter into the menu and select the channel number you wish to skip by the digit keys.
Picture settings MENU & Press then . The Picture menu will be called up. or keys to select a é Use the or keys to adjust. setting and the Note: during the picture adjustment, only the selected line remains displayed. Press or to display the menu again. “ Press Ë to exit. Description of the adjustments: • Brightness: this changes picture brillance. • Colour: this changes the intensity of the colour. • Contrast: this changes the difference between the light and dark tones.
Child Lock You can block certain channels or inhibit use of the TV set completely. Note:You can only access the locked channels via the remote control. Keep the remote control in a safe place. key to select & Press , use the Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. The Child Lock menu is displayed. ( Use the or key to select a function and the key to enter or confirm selection. MENU key to select Child Lock é Use the and press the key to enter. “ Key in the 4-digit access code.
Active Control 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.
Automatic Picture Booster key to turn Autopicture If the transmission signal is weak, the Automatic " Use the Booster On or Off. Picture Booster built into the TV set will increase the signal level to provide a good picture at all times.You have a choice to turn on or off the feature, depending on the signal conditions locally. & Enter Features menu as described in “Features settings” page. Scan On é Use the Booster.
Connecting peripheral equipment DVD player & Connect the cable from the TV's "Y", "Pb" and "Pr" (AV1) sockets to the corresponding COMPONENT VIDEO OUT sockets of the player. Note: Do not connect the AV1 VIDEO IN socket. AV1 IN Video recorder é Connect the red and white (R and L) cable from the TV's AUDIO IN sockets to the corresponding AUDIO OUT sockets of the player. “ Turn on the TV and DVD player. Set the TV to CVI and DVD background screen will come on the screen.You can now play your disc.
Connecting peripheral equipment Other equipment & Carry out the connections shown opposite. AV1 IN Amplifier Side connections 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. Note: Do not connect the VIDEO IN socket if you are using the S-VIDEO IN socket of the TV.
Tips Poor reception The proximity of mountains or high buildings may be responsible for ghost pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case, try manually adjusting your picture: see Fine Tuning (refer to section on Manual Store) 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 (see section on Picture Settings).
Glossary 4:3 Refers to the ration between the length and the height of the screen. Wide screen televisions have a ration 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 29PT8811, 29PT8841 Side Connections • S-Video • Video and Audio inputs • Headphone out PICTURE • Picture screen diagonal: 29” (720 mm) • Visible screen size: 27” (680 mm) • Picture Tube: Real Flat 4:3 • 100 Hz • Progressive Scan (Auto Switching with manual override) • Scan Velocity Modulation • 3:2 Pulldown • EDDI - Smoothing Edge De-interlacer • Contrast • Active Control Plus with Luminance Transient Improver (LTI) • Colour Transient Improver (CTI) • Colour Temperature Control
Specifications are subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the property of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. or their respective owners. www.philips.
