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Table of contents 7 7.1 1 1.1 1.2 About this User Manual.....................3 Digital Broadcasting...................................... 3 Analogue Broadcasting.................................. 3 7.2 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Important............................................4 General............................................................. 4 Care of the screen......................................... 4 Stationary images on the TV screen..........
13 Philips TV software upgrade with portable memory.............................53 13.1 Automatic software upgrade procedure...................................................... 53 13.2 Manual software upgrade procedure....... 54 14 Slideshow format with background music..................................................56 15 Digital camera and USB issues..... 59 16 Issues referring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector........................................ 61 17 Index....................
1 About this User Manual This manual contains all information you will need to initially install and operate your new TV. Also read the help text which are being displayed at the bottom of the screen. If this instruction manual does not give an answer or if ‘Troubleshooting’ does not solve your TV problem, you can call your Local Philips Customer or Service Centre. See the supplied Worldwide guarantee booklet.
2 Important 2.1 General Do not insert the power plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall before all connections are made. • Place or hang the TV wherever you want, but make sure that air can circulate freely through the ventilation slots. • Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. • To prevent any fire hazards, no naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed near the TV. • Avoid heat, direct sunlight and exposure to rain or water. 2.
3 3.2 Common Interface Slot Before you start Warning Do not insert the mains cord into the mains at the bottom of the TV and in a wall socket or hang the TV on the wall before all connections are made. Warning Switch off your TV before any module is inserted in the Common Interface slot. Note This functionality is only available in certain countries. Before you switch on your TV, connect all your peripheral equipment. See 'To make video and audio connections', p. 43. 3.
Insert a CA module 1 Insert the specified Conditional Access module into the Common Interface slot as far as it will go. It may take a few minutes before the CA module is activated and service information is downloaded. 3.4 Keys at the side of the TV In case your remote control is lost or broken, apart from channel selection and volume adjustment, you can still change some of the basic settings with the keys at the side of your TV.
4 Getting started 4.1 Connect the antenna 1 Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial socket x at the bottom of the TV. L HDMI 1 COMMON INTERFACE COMMON INTERFACE HDMI 2 75 AUDIO IN DIGITAL R AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT (DIGITAL) HDMI ANTENNA For most keys pressing a key once will activate the function. Pressing a second time will undo the action. COMMON INTERFACE 4.4 Switch on the TV 4.
Step 1: select your on-screen language After the Welcome screen you are asked to select a language of the TV's on-screen menus. The text of the header and the info on screen continuously change language. Also the digital audio and subtitle language will be set to the selected menu language. 1 2 3 Press the o or œ key to highlight your language. Press the OK key on the remote control. Follow the instructions on the screen to proceed. Menu language Please select your language.....
Notes - reception of digital terrestrial TV channels is applicable dependent on the country selected; - if you choose to install the channels at a later time, select the Automatic installation in the TV menu, Installation, Channels to scan available channels. 4 Press the red colour key again when the search is completed.
4.6 How to navigate through the menus Introduction A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be display on your TV when you use the menus or when you try to execute an action. • Read the help texts which are being displayed on the specific item highlighted. • The colour keys at the bottom of the screen refer to the different actions which may be executed. 1 Multimedia is only present when a USB device is connected. See Multimedia browser, p. 37.
TV menu TV settings Features Installation Exit TV settings Settings assistant Reset to standard Picture Sound away. When the p key is pressed, the hidden menu items reappear and the highlight moves to the left panel. 6 Press the key to exit the main menu. Info 4 Use the o or œ key to select a menu item.
5 Use of the remote control 1 2 17 16 3 4 15 5 6 7 14 13 8 9 10 11 12 12 1 B Standby Press to switch the TV from or to standby mode. When switched to standby, a red indicator on the TV lights up. Note The TV is never powered off completely unless it is physically unplugged. 2 Ò ‡ πº † See Multimedia browser functional keys, p. 37. 3 AV Audio Video To display source list to select TV or other equipment. Use the o or œ to select source and the OK key to confirm selection.
9 +P- Channel selection • to browse through the TV channels and sources stored and marked in the Favourite channels list; • to select a page in Teletext mode; • to quickly browse through the lists in the menus; • to switch on the TV from standby mode. 10 ¬ Mute key To turn off or on sound. 11 0/9 Digit keys To select a TV channel between 0 and 999. Previous channel 12 Press to alternate between the currently viewed and the previously viewed TV channel.
screen. Picture format: See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust picture menu settings, p. 16. Equalizer: See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust sound menu settings, p. 19. Clock: Select to call up or remove the clock display on the screen.
6 Use of the TV menu settings The TV menu allows you to access and change settings and preferences in case you want to change the First time installation settings and/or you want to control the settings of special TV functions, features and peripheral equipment. Television A. Change settings in an easy-to-use manner with the Settings assistant Each time you've made a selection, press the green key to confirm your selection.
1 2 Select Reset to standard and press the π key. • A menu appears which allows you to select one of the standard settings for viewing and listening. • Current shows your current settings for viewing and listening. • If you select Natural, it allows you to set your picture and sound settings to the recommended standard values. In most cases this will give the best balanced viewing experience.
8 Press the p key to return to the Picture menu. TV menu TV settings Settings assistant Reset to standard Picture Sound Contrast Adjusts the intensity of bright parts in the picture but keep the dark parts unchanged. Brightness Adjusts the light output of the complete picture, which will mainly affect the darker areas of the picture. Colour Adjusts the saturation level of the colours to suit your personal preference. Hue Compensates for the colour variations in NTSC encoded transmissions. Picture ......
Pixel Plus Pixel Plus is the most ideal setting, as it fully processes the image to make every single pixel the best it can be, improving contrast, sharpness, picture depth, and colour reproduction and brilliance from every source, including High Definition. 1 Select On or Off to activate/de-activate Pixel Plus. TV menu Digital Natural Motion Reduces the field and line flicker and reproduces smooth movement especially in movies.
Select TV settings and press the π key. The TV settings menu is moved to the left panel. 4 Select Sound and press the π key. The Sound menu is moved to the left panel. 5 Use the o or œ key to select the Sound menu items. 6 Press the π key to enter the selected Sound menu item. Note Dependent on the input signal, one or more menu items may not be selectable. 7 Use the o or œ, p or π keys to adjust the settings. 8 Press the p key to return to the Sound menu.
Equalizer Allows you to change the frequency response of the sound to match your personal taste. Tip This function is also accessible via the on the remote control. key Volume Allows you to adjust the sound output level. Balance Allows you to adjust the output of the right and left speakers to obtain the best stereo reproduction for your listening position.
6.3 Adjust feature menu settings The Features menu allows you to control the settings of special TV functions, features and accessory equipments. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Press the key on the remote control. The main menu appears. Select TV menu and press the π key. The TV Menu is moved to the left. Select Features and press the π key. The Features menu is moved to the left panel. Press the o or œ key to select the Features menu items. Press the π key to enter the selected Features menu item.
Sleeptimer This sets a time period after which the TV automatically switches to standby. 1 Select Sleeptimer. 2 Press the π key. 3 Select a value with the o or œ key. The list will have values from 0 to 180 minutes. When 0 is selected, the sleeptimer is switched off. Note You can always switch off your TV earlier or select another time set. Childlock With a 4-digit code, you are able to lock TV channels and external sources to prevent children from watching certain programmes. 1 2 3 Select Childlock.
Set code/Change code This allows you to set or change the personal 4-digit access code that is used in the different lock functions of the TV. 1 2 Select Set or Change code. • If no PIN-code exists yet, the menu item is set to Set code. Follow the instructions on screen. • If a PIN-code has previously been entered, the menu item is set to Change code. Follow the instructions on screen. Enter your code with the digit keys. All number combinations from 0000 to 9999 are valid numbers.
Common interface Note This functionality is only available in certain countries. Demo This allows you to get an idea of the features that are part of the television. 1 2 This allows you to access common interface applications defined by the service provider of the Common Interface (CI) module. The Common Interface (CI) module can contain one or more applications, which are used to communicate with the CI service provider and provide some additional facilities to the user.
6.4 Search for and store TV channels TV menu Installation Tip You will need this chapter only if you want to change the installation settings. TV settings Features Installation Exit Languages Country Time zone Channels Preferences Connections ............. Installation menu This menu will adjust settings related to the installation of the TV channels, language and country and to the initial installation of your TV. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Press the key on the remote control. The main menu appears.
TV menu Installation Languages Country Time zone Channels Preferences Connections Decoder ............. Languages Menu language Preferred audio l... Preferred subtitle... Hearing impaired Info This allows you to select your local time zone so that the clock display shows the correct time. Store TV and radio channels After language and country are set correctly, you can now search for and store the TV channels. 1 Select Channels in the TV Installation menu.
Installation update (only with Digital TV broadcasting) This allows you to automatically tune to and update all available digital channels without altering the sorting of existing channels. For example, the name of the channel is not altered. Notes • this will not reinstall uninstalled channels; • digital channels that are not encountered any longer will be removed; • new channels found will not be added to any favourite list; • already installed channels will not be renumbered.
Analogue: manual installation This gives you the possibility to manually install (tuning-in channel by channel) analogue channels. Manual installation will not find nor store any DVB-T (digital) channels. 1 8 Select Analogue: manual installation and press the π key. TV menu Installation Languages Country Time zone Channels Preferences Connections Decoder ............. Channels Autom. installation Installation update Digital: test recept.. Analogue: manual.. Rearrange Info 2 3 4 5 Select System.
6.5 Rearrange the channel number list This allows you to rename, to rearrange and to uninstall or reinstall the stored channels. 1 Press the corresponding colour keys and follow the on screen instructions. Rearrange This allows you to change the order of the stored TV channels. 1 Select the channel you want to change place. 2 Press the yellow colour key to move up a single position in the list. 3 Press the blue colour key to move down a single position in the list. 4 Repeat to rearrange other TV channels.
Uninstall - reinstall This allows you to uninstall a stored channel so that it is no longer possible to tune to. This also allows you to reinstall an earlier uninstalled channel. 1 Select the channel you want to uninstall. 2 Press the green colour key to uninstall the selected channel. The uninstalled channel is indicated in the list by an icon in front of the uninstalled channel. 3 Press the green colour key again to reinstall the uninstalled channel.
6.7 Select your connections This allows you to select the peripheral equipment you have connected to the audio and video connectors. 1 2 3 4 5 Select Connections. Press the π key. Select the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected. • When you select Ext1, Ext2, Ext3, HDMI 1, HDMI 2, Side or Digital Audio In, a list appears which allows you to identify which type of peripheral equipment is attached to this input.
6.9 Reset the Factory settings This allows you to reset most of the predefined factory states. 1 2 Select and press the π key. Press the ok key to erase settings and reset them to their default values. TV menu Installation ............. Time zone Channels Preferences Connections Decoder Factory settings Software upgrade Factory settings Reset Info 6.10 How to upgrade the TV software This allows you to upgrade your TV software using a USB device.
7 Create your favourite list All channels $ $ $ $ $ $ This allows you to create up to four favourite channels lists with your preferred TV channels and radio stations. For example, each member of your family can create his/her own favourite list. Note When this key is pressed the first time after you have finished the installation, it will bring up the full channel list. In other situations it will bring up the last selected channel list. 7.
Favourites All channels All channels Favourite 1 Favourite 2 $ EXT1 $ 1 VRT Favourite 3 Favourite 4 $ 2 CNN $ 3 VTM $ 4 BBC 5 ........ HDD $ HDM1 PC Rename list Note Press the red colour key again to display the list holding your favourites 8 Press the FAV key again to exit. With the –P+ key you will be able to browse through the TV channels of the selected list. Note With the digit keys you can still select channels which are not marked as favourite. 7.
8 EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) (only with Digital TV channels) The Electronic Programme Guide shows you detailed information about the current programme and also about the next programme (only for TV programmes that provide EPG information). Note These instructions may differ according to the type of Electronic Programme Guide. 1 • • • 2 3 Press the a key. The EPG screen appears. Dependent on conditions it may take some time to acquire EPG data.
4 5 6 36 The TV will wake up automatically or display a message when the programme is about to start. Follow the instructions on screen to watch the programme. Press the yellow colour key to jump to the Next or the Previous day or back to Today. Press the key, while Programme Guide is active, to activate the Programme Guide main menu. Press the o or œ key to highlight and select a menu item. • What's on allows you to browse through the programme guide information of your preferred EPG channels.
9 Multimedia Browser 2 Remove the USB device. The Multimedia browser lets you display pictures, movies or play audio files stored on a USB device. The Multimedia browser application is invoked from the main menu. • Following file formats can be reproduced: for pictures: JPEG for audio: MP3, MP3 Pro, LPCM for video: MPEG1, MPEG2 • Only FAT/DOS-formatted memory devices are supported. • Philips can not be held responsible if your USB device is not supported. 9.
3 4 5 6 Press the π key to enter the content. Press the o or œ key to select a content. Press the π key to enter the content. Press the o or œ key to select a file or a directory. USBDevice 1 Picture Music London 2005 Picture The Beatles Movies Xmas2004.alb arnold.jpg USBDevice 1 Picture London 2005 London2005 pic001.jpg The Beatles pic002.jpg Xmas2004.alb pic003.jpg arnold.jpg pic004.
9.5 Function keys at the bottom of the screen Details to display a description of the selected file or directory Transitions to select if you like to apply a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displayed in a slide show Rotate to rotate a picture Repeat one/all to repeat the playback of a music file Shuffle to shuffle music collections in a random way Zoom to select one of the zoom magnifications (x1, x2, x4) with the o or œ keys.
10 Teletext Note Teletext is not available via equipment connected to the hdmi connector. Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memory that will store most broadcasted pages and subpages to reduce waiting time. After each programme change, the memory is refreshed. Select Teletext on 1 Press b to switch the teletext on. The main index page appears on the screen. Select a Teletext page 1 Enter the desired page number with the digit keys or with the -p+ key.
Hypertext With hypertext you can quickly jump to a pagenumber or search for a specific word shown on the current teletext page. 1 2 3 4 Press the ok key to highlight the first word or a number on the page. Press the o or œ, p or π key to select any other word or number you want to search for. Press the OK key to confirm. The search starts. A message appears at the bottom of the screen to indicate the searching, or that the word or page is not found.
Text info Some digital channels also offer information on the programme being broadcast. In that case a message may appear at the bottom of the screen for a few seconds. Follow the instructions on screen and use the o or œ, p or π keys to scroll through the next pages. Note Digital text will not be available when Subtitles are set to On in the Features menu.
11 To make video and audio connections 11.1 Side panel overview Camera, Camcorder or Game 1 Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2 Connect to video 2 and audio L 3 for mono equipment. For stereo equipment also connect audio R 3. S-VHS quality with an S-VHS camcorder is obtained by connecting the S-VHS cables with the S-video input 1 and audio inputs 3. 3 Warning Do not connect cable 1 and 2 at the same time.
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11.3 Connect a DVD or VCR recorder Warning Do not place your recorder too close to the screen as some recorders may be susceptible for signals from the display. Keep a minimum distance of 0.5 m from the screen. With a eurocable 1 Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2 Connect the eurocable 3 as shown. 3 Make your selection of the source to which the DVD or VCR has been connected in the Installation menu, 'Select your connections', p. 31.
11.5 Connect two VCRs or VCR and DVD recorder Note You can not record signals from equipment connected to the YPbPr input. With eurocables 1 Connect the aerial cables 1, 2 and 3 as shown. 2 Connect your VCRs or DVD-recorder to ext1 and EXT2 with the eurocables 4 and 5. 3 Select the equipment you have connected in the Installation menu, 'Select your connections', p. 31, and link it to ext1 or EXT2. With aerial cables only 1 Connect the aerial cables 1, 2 and 3 as shown.
11.7 Connect a DVD player, Cable box or game console Tip If necessary, you can adjust the picture position to the centre of the screen with the cursor keys. With a HDMI connector HDMI is the leading new standard for Digital video and audio interconnection. With a DVI connector Note Only a DVD player with DVI with digital sound can be connected to the hdmi connector. 1 2 3 1 2 Connect your equipment with the HDMI connector.
11.8 Connect a DVD player, satellite receiver or Cable Box 1 Connect the three separate component video cables 1 to the YPbPr jacks on the DVD player and to the Y, Pb and Pr jacks of ext3 on the TV. 2 Connect the audio cable 2 to the digital out of the equipment and to the digital audio in connector of the TV. 3 Select the equipment you have connected in the Installation menu, 'Select your connections', p. 31 and link it to ext3. Also select Digital audio in in the same Connections menu.
11.9 Connect a PC Notes • only a PC with digital sound can be connected to the HDMI connection; • if your PC does not have digital sound output, connect your PC via a VGA connector; • before connecting your PC to the TV, select your PC monitor settings to a refresh frequency of 60 Hz; • supported PC monitor modes: VGA 640 x 480 SVGA 800 x 600 XGA 1024 x 768 PC equipped with a DVI connector: 1 Press a DVI to HDMI cable to connect to one of the HDMI connectors of your TV 1.
11.10 Connect a Home Cinema amplifier Digital Home Cinema amplifier 1 Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to the digital audio out connector 1 at the bottom of the TV. Tip To avoid visible delay between picture and sound, use this digital audio out connector to connect your Home Cinema amplifier.
12 Troubleshooting Symptom Possible cause/Remedy No picture • Verify if the supplied cables are connected properly. (The aerial cable to TV, the other aerial to your recorder, the power cables, ..) • Verify if you selected the correct source. • Verify if the child lock has been switched off. Poor picture • Verify in the Manual installation menu if you have selected the correct TV system.
The remote control of connected equipment does not work well • The infrared signals of the screen may influence the reception sensibility of other peripherals. • Solution: replace the batteries of the remote of other peripheral equipment. Occasional appearance of red, blue, green, and black spots on screen • The sympton is not a problem. The liquid crystal panel is built with very high precision technology giving you the fine picture details.
13 Philips TV software upgrade with portable memory Introduction Philips offers software upgrade capability for your TV using portable memory. After you have completed a software upgrade, your TV will typically perform better. What improvements are made depends on the upgrade software you are using as well as the software your TV contained before the upgrade. You can execute the software upgrade procedure yourself.
5 Software Upgrade Application Upgrade busy... Software Id: TL32E-234 Loading Done Validating Done Programming Switch on your TV with the power key B at the side of the TV. At startup the TV will scan the USB portable memory until it finds the update content. The TV will automatically go to the upgrade mode. After a few seconds it will display the status of the upgrade procedure.
3 Select the correct upgrade version and press the red colour key to start the upgrade. Your TV will restart and will automatically go to the upgrade mode. After a few seconds it will display the status of the upgrade procedure. Warning If you try to upgrade to a software version equal or lower than the current version, a confirmation will be asked. Downgrading to older software should only be done in case of real necessity.
14 Slideshow format with background music Notes: • the latest version of this document can be found on the Philips support website (www. philips.com/support). Use the type number of your TV to find this documentation and other related files. • Philips can’t be held responsible for any problems that may occur as a result of the content in this document. Errors reported to Philips will be adapted and published on the Philips support website as soon as possible.
General Format The format and syntax below will be used to create the slideshow file (simple ascii text) with the extension .alb (.ALB). Examples: slshow1.alb, summer_holiday_2004.ALB, test.alb, … The following syntax should be used to create the text file: PAGE 59Supported XML-tags The following table gives a description of the XML syntax. Tag Name Use Description philips-slideshow mandatory Philips slideshow signature including the version. title optional The title of the playlist. audio optional The audio-URL following this tag will define the music playing in the background during the slideshow. A single song or playlist (.m3u & .pls) are the only valid audio references. Other reference will not result in any audio playback.
15 Digital camera and USB issues Notes: • the latest version of this document can be found on the Philips support website (www. philips.com/support); • the software of your TV is upgradeable. If you have problems first check if you have the latest software installed on your TV. The latest software, together with instructions, can be found on the Philips support website. Use the type number of your TV to find this documentation and other related files.
Digital Content Issues • Only FAT (DOS) formatted (initialized) portable memory is supported. Errors in this formatting can result in unreadable content. If such problems appear try to re-format the card. Be aware that formatting the card will also delete all the content on it (pictures, music, …). • The maximum size of any multimedia file should never exceed 4Gbyte. • Do not use a dot “.” in folder naming.
16 Issues referring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector Note Teletext will not be available via equipment connected to a hdmi connector. The hdmi in connector allows the following TV and monitor display modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i • Proper working is only guaranteed with HDMI compliant consumer products. Limit the cable length to max. 5 m.
17 Index A Active control 18 Analogue broadcasting 3 Analogue: manual installation 28 Antenna 7 Auto format 19 Automatic installation 26 AVL (audio volume leveller) 20 Digital broadcasting 3 Digital natural motion 18 Digital subtitle language 21 Digital text 41 Digital: test reception 27 DNR 18 Dual I/II 20 DVB-T 3 DVD player 47 DVD recorder 45 DVI connector 47 Dynamic contrast 18 B Balance 20 Batteries 7, 51 Brightness 17 E EPG 35 Equalizer 14 Euroconnector 45 C Camera 43 Camcorder 43 Care of th
L Language preferences 25 Light sensor 18 Location 30 M Manual installation 28 Menu key 13 MPEG artefact reduction 18 Multimedia browser 37 Mute key 13 N Navigate through the menus 10 O On screen language 8 On screen information 13,30 On timer 23 Option key 12 OK key 12 Reinstall 30 Remote control 7 Reset factory settings 32 Rename 29 S Satellite receiver 46 Search for channels 25 Select your connections 31 Set code 23 Settings assistant 9 Side connectors 6 Sharpness 17 Sleeptimer 22 Slideshow format
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