Philips 24PW6324/01R manual

1 Intr oduction Thank you f or purchasing this television set. This handbook has been designed to help you install and operate y our TV set. W e w ould strongly advise y ou read it thoroughly . W e hope our technolog y meets entir ely with your satisfaction. Installation Installing the television set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

2 P ositioning the tele vision set Place y our TV on a solid, stable surface. T o a void an y dangerous situations and operating fault, do not place an ything on the TV set and lea ve a space of at least 5cm ar ound the appliance . Connections • Insert the aerial plug into the sock et at the rear of the set. • Insert the mains plug into a wall [...]

3 The r emote contr ol k e ys Screen information T o d isp la y / r e m o v e t he pr o g r a m m e n u m b e r , t h e na me (if it exi sts ), t h e t i m e , t h e s o u nd m ode a nd t he t ime re m a inin g o n th e t ime r . H o l d d o wn f or 5 sec ond s t o p e r m a n e n t l y di spl a y t he p r o g ramm e n umb er o n t he sc r e e n . [...]

4 T uning-in the TV channels Selecting the languag e and the countr y Automatic store Car r y out the abov e operations, then: If you wish to exit the menus , press the key twice (or once on the k ey). Press the k ey . The main men u is displayed on the scr een Press 3 times to select INST ALL. Pr ess . The INST ALL menu a ppears. The LANGU AGE opt[...]

5 Re-numbering pro grammes If the INST ALL men u is already displa yed on the scr een, go directl y to step . Displa y the programme y ou wish to re-number using k eys to (or P ). If, for example , you want to re-n umber pr ogramme 97 as 5: type . Repeat operations to for as many pr ogrammes as you wish to r e-number . Pr ess . Select INST ALL. Pr [...]

6 Manual store This men u allows you to stor e each programme manually . If the INST ALL menu is already displa yed on the scr een, go dir ectly to step . T o displa y the INST ALL menu Press . Select INST ALL. Pr ess . Select MANU AL ST ORE ( ) and press . The MANUAL ST ORE men u appears. Select SY STEM ( ). Use to select AUT O (automatic r ecepti[...]

7 Using other men us T o displa y a men u Pr ess . Select the PICTURE, SOUND or FEA TURES. Press .The menu appears. Use the k e ys to select an adjustment and to mak e that adjustment. The k ey is used to exit from the men u display ed. Sound menu Storing adjustments automatically Adjustments made in the PICTURE and SOUND men us and to v olume are [...]

8 Timer menu This men u allows you to use your TV as an alarm clock. In the FEA TURES men u: Select TIMER ( ) and pr ess . The TIMER menu appears. Use the k ey to select the following settings: TIME: enter the current time ( or k eys). N.B.: Ever y time the TV is switched on, the clock is automatically updated on the basis of the teletext informati[...]

9 T eletext is an information system, broadcast by certain TV channels, which can be consulted m uch lik e a ne wspaper . It also provides sub-titles for people with hearing difficulties or those who ar e unfamiliar with the language in which a particular pr ogramme is being broadcast (cable netw orks, satellite channels, etc .). T elete xt Switch [...]

10 The pictures you r e c e i v e ma y be tra nsm itted in 16:9 forma t (wi de scre e n) o r 4:3 format (co nv e n t i o n a l s c re e n ) . 4: 3 pictu res somet imes ha ve a black band at the to p an d bottom o f the sc r een (lette rbox f o r m a t ) . This function allo ws you to optimise the picture displa y on screen. Automatic switching This[...]

11 Subtitle Selecting the correct mode Diff erent modes can be selected to suit different pictur e formats, use the following diagrams as a guide to which mode to use. 4:3 Picture Ther e are 4 possible modes for this type of pictur e 4:3 Picture Letterbo x 16:9 Picture x2 x5[...]

12 Video recorder (onl y) Carry out the connections featur ed opposite . Use a good quality eur oconnector cable . If your video recor der does not have a euroconnector sock e t , the on ly con nection po ssible is via the a eri al ca b l e . Y ou will t h e r e f ore need to tune i n you r video rec order's t es t si gn al an d ass i gn it pr[...]

13 Carr y out the connections f eatured opposite. Using the k ey , select EXT3 for a VHS or 8mm camcor der and S-VHS3 * for an S-VHS or Hi-8 camcor der . For a mono sound camcorder , connect the sound signal to the A UDIO L. input. Use the key to reproduce the sound on the left and r ight loudspeak er s of the television. * Only available on certai[...]

14 P oor reception The pr oximity of mountains or high buildings ma y be r esponsible f or ghost pictur es, echoing or shadows. In this case , tr y manually adjusting your pictur e: see "fine tuning" (p.6) or modify the orientation of the outside aerial. Does your antenna enable you to r eceive broadcasts in this fr equency range (UHF or [...]