Real Flat Television User manual 29/34PT8845
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Useful Tips . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Video recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 What’s Hot Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Picture Scanning mode . . . .
Safety information • Remove 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 such as scouring powder. Use a slightly 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.
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 AA-sized 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 (Choose the right remote control that came with your TV set) 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. 14) Sleeptimer Not applicable. POWER Delete Personal Zapping list Deletes stored channels from Personal Zapping list (p. 14) Add Personal Zapping list Adds and stores channels into Personal Zapping list (p.
Remote control keys (Choose the right remote control that came with your TV set) Standby Lets you place the TV set on standby. To turn on the TV, press CH + or –, , AV , A/CH or digit keys Teletext /Personal Zapping In teletext mode; the colour keys allows direct access to an item or corresponding pages (p 15-16) In Personal Zapping mode; you can surf up to 10 personal channels for each key (p14) Teletext keys (p. 15-16) Delete Personal Zapping list Deletes stored channels from Personal Zapping list (p.
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. Ø MENU & Press the key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and followed by Language. “ Use the key to select a language of your choice. ‘ To quit the menus, press Ë .
Manual Store (applicable to certain TV models only) ‘ Sound Sys(tem): use the or key to select the desired sound system; Auto, BG, I, DK or M. ( Search: press . The search starts. Once a channel is found, the scanning stops. Go to the next step. If no picture is found, consult the possible solutions ('Tips' page). § Channel: enter the required channel with the , or digit keys. Fine Tune: if the reception is not or satisfactory, adjust using the keys. ! Store: press .The channel is stored.
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 using the digit keys.
Picture settings MENU & Press then . The Picture menu will be called up. (On screen display may differ from actual TV) é Use the or keys to select a 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 brilliance. • Colour: this changes the intensity of the colour.
Child Lock (applicable to certain TV models only) You can block certain channels or prevent 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. & Press , use the key to select 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.
Format This feature enhances your viewing pleasure by providing you with a choice of two picture formats:- 4:3 and Expand 4:3. & Press , use the or key to select Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. é Use the key to select Format and press the key to select 4:3 or Expand 4:3. “ Press the Ë key to exit. MENU Description of function: 4:3 – select this format if you want to display a conventional picture using the full surface of the screen.
Demo The screen is split to dramatically show the comparative images side by side. The split screen display shows the image performance before and after enhancements to present clearly the effects of the picture enhancement features. without picture enhancements & Enter Features menu as described in “Features settings” on the previous page. é Use the key to select Demo and press the key to select On or Off.
Personal Zapping (applicable to certain TV models only) A list or series of favourite TV programs can be selected and stored in the 4 coloured keys with the Personal Zapping feature. With this feature you can easily view up to a total of 10 preferred channels for each coloured key. To add channels: & Select a channel with the digit keys. to display list. é Press “ Press your favourite colour key to store the channel in step & . ‘ Repeat steps & to “ to store more channels. ( Press Ë to exit.
Teletext (applicable to TV with Teletext function only) Teletext 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 9 This is used to call teletext, change to transparent mode and then exit.
Teletext (applicable to TV with Teletext function only) Press: 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 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 HOLD appears on the top left. Hidden information To display or hide the concealed information (games solutions).
Connecting peripheral equipment The television has 4 sets of external sockets situated at the back of the set (AV1 in,AV2 in, YPbPr and Monitor out). The AV1 in has Y, Pb, Pr and audio and video inputs. The AV2 in has S-Video, audio and video inputs. The Y, Pb, Pr has Y, Pb, Pr input (refer to details in “What’s Hot” section). The Monitor out socket has audio and video outputs.
Connecting peripheral equipment Other equipment & 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). 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 (p. 8) or modify the orienta tion 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 (p. 9).
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 29PT8845, 34PT8845 Teletext (on certain models only) • Easy Text (10 pages) Side Connections • S-Video • Video and Audio inputs • Headphone out PICTURE • Picture screen diameter: 34” (850 mm) 29” (720 mm) • Visible screen size: 32” (800 mm) 27” (680 mm) • Picture Tube: Real Flat 4:3 • 100 Hz • Progressive Scan (Auto Switching with manual override) • Scan Velocity Modulation • 3D Digital Combfilter • 3:2 Pulldown • EDDI - Smoothing Edge De-interlacer • Contrast • A
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