Philips 14PT3685/05 manual

1 Intr oduction When setting up y our television set for the first time, we advise y ou to use the quick installation guide included belo w . Please r ead the following instructions carefully to familiarise y ourself with all the featur es available on y our set. W e hope our technology meets entir ely with your satisfaction. Installation Pr esenta[...]

2 Pr esentation of the tele vision set The k eys on the TV set: The a k eys are used to adjust the sound lev el. T h e P k eys ar e used to se lect t he p r o g r a m m e s . T o a cc e ss the men u s , hol d d own th e and k eys sim u l t a n e o u s l y . T h e n , u se the k ey s to sel ect a sett ing and the ke ys t o m a k e a n a djustm e nt [...]

3 The r emote contr ol k e ys Sound mode T o swit ch f ro m FM S T ERE O ( and N I C AM S TER EO) p ro g ra mmes to M ONO or , fo r bi li ng ual t ran smi ssi on s, to cho o s e b etw ee n D U A L f a n d D U A L g (an d N I C A MD U A L f , N I C A MD U A L g a n d m ono) . Timer T o select an automatic standby period (from 0 to 240 min utes). Sel[...]

4 æ P ositioning your tele vision set Place y our TV on a solid, stable surface , lea ving a space of at least 5 cm ar ound the appliance . T o a void accidents, do not put anything on the set such as a cloth or co ver , a container full of liquid (vase) or a heat sour ce (lamp). The set m ust not be exposed to water . Â Connecting the aerials Th[...]

5 T uning in to channels Quick installation (first use) The f ollowing operations are all described in the enclosed quick installation guide . W e advise y ou to use it. The first time you s witch on the television, a menu appears on the screen. This menu asks y ou to choose the language of the other menus. If the menu does not appear , hold down P[...]

6 æ In TV mode , pr ess . The main menu is displa y ed on-screen. Â Pr ess once to select INST ALLA TION and press . The INST ALLA TION men u appears. ê Use to select a setting and to adjust: • LANGUAGE : to change the menu language. • COUNTR Y : to select the country you are in ( GB for Gr eat Britain). This setting aff ects the automatic p[...]

7 T uning in to FM radio stations Automatic tuning æ Press j on the r emote control to change to radio mode. The scr een g oes blank. Â Pr ess to bring up the main menu. The menu appears with the INST ALLA TION option highlighted. ê Pr ess . The INST ALLA TION menu appears with the AUTOSTORE option highlighted. ® Pr ess . The search begins. The[...]

8 Manual tuning of the radio stations æ Ensur e the television set is in radio mode ( j ). Â Pr ess to bring up the main menu. The men u appears with the INST ALLA TION option activated. ê Pr ess . The INST ALLA TION menu appears. ® Pr ess twice to select MANUAL STORE and press . THE MANUAL STORE menu appears. † Select SEARCH and press . The [...]

9 Standar d use Y our set ma y receiv e both TV programmes and FM radio stations. The j k ey on the remote control is used to s witch between TV mode and radio mode . TV mode The TV pr ogrammes appear on-screen. Radio mode The television scr een is off. The sound fr om the radio comes out of the speakers on the left and right of the set. Note: in r[...]

10 The tele vision set is equipped with an analogue clock on the front of the set. It is set using the menus. Aut omati c r e s e t : The time is automaticall y reset, each time the set is switched on, using teletext inf ormation taken fr om TV programme 1. • If it does not ha ve teletext, the time will not be updated. • If the appliance has be[...]

11 Adjusting pictur e and sound Y ou can store y our own sound and picture settings. æ First carr y out y our menu settings. Â Next, select P E R S O N A L and pr ess . The message S T O R E D a ppears. The settings ar e stored. V alues are saved under PERSONAL in the Smar t sound and picture controls ( and ). Note: volume and VOLUME are automati[...]

12 T his fu n cti on allo ws y ou to l ock the se t in or der t o l im it i ts use comp lete ly or p a rt i a l l y . Thi s m e nu c an onl y be acc ess ed w hen t he se t is in T V m o de. K e y lock æ P r ess , s el ect TV L O CK ( ) and pr ess . Â S et t he L O C K to O N .The k eys ar e lock e d . ê S witch off t he set an d put th e rem ote[...]

13 Alarm function Th is fu nct ion allo ws you to use y our TV as an alar m c lock . Y ou can pr ogramme your alarm to wak e you up to the TV , radio or 3 diff erent melodies. Setting the alarm æ Press SET ALARM on the r emote control. The ALARM menu is displa yed on the scr een. Y ou can also access this menu by pressing , then selecting the A L [...]

14 T elete xt T eletext is an inf ormation system, br oadcast by cer tain channels, which can be read lik e a ne wspaper . It also pr ovides subtitles for people with hearing difficulties or those who ar e unfamiliar with the language in which a par ticular pr ogramme is being broadcast (cable netw orks, satellite channels, etc .). Pr ess: T o obta[...]

15 T o select connected equipment Pr ess to select the EXT socket. The switch is automatic on most appliances (decoder , etc .). The h ead ph on es s o ck et is on th e rig ht- han d si d e of t he s et. W h e n the head pho nes are p l ug ged in, the so und on the s et i s cu t o ff . Ad just the v o lu me us ing the a k eys o n the r e m o t e c [...]

16 P oor reception or no pictur e The p ro ximi ty of mo untain s or h igh b uildi ngs can cause ghost pictur e s , ec hoing or s h a d ow s . If th is is the cas e, t r y tu ning t he pi ctur e usin g F I N E T U N E ( p . 6 ) . Do yo u ha ve the righ t s yst em (p . 6)? Che ck t hat the ae ri al pl ug o r eur oconn ect or is pr o p e r l y co nne[...]