Philips 29PT6433/11 manual

1 T ab le of contents Intr oduction Installation TV set and remote contr ol ...................................................................................... 2 Switching on ................................................................................................................. 2 The ke ys on the remote contr ol........................[...]

2 Installation  C on nec ti n g th e aeri al a nd t he m ain s Inser t the aerial plug into the sock et M at the r ear of the set. Inser t the mains plug into a wall sock et (220-240 V/50 Hz). ê Sur r ound loudspeak ers Connect the 2 Surround loudspeak ers as illustrated opposite. The loudspeakers should be located at the rear or on either side [...]

3 Remote contr ol k eys The k eys on the TV set EXT sockets selection (p . 9) Scr een information (p. 9) INSTALLATION Menu (p . 4) Press the and ke ys P ersonal Prefer ences (p. 9) sound mode (p . 9) 16/9 f ormats (p. 9) Video recorder k e y (p . 9) Menu (p . 10) (red) pictur e menu (green) sound menu (yellow) features men u (blue) exit fr om menu [...]

4 Installation Menu This Menu enables you to tune in the channels on the TV set. Selecting the menu langua ge and the countr y Fr om the INST ALLA TION menu: æ Select the LANGUAGE adjustment using the k e ys. Â Select the language you wish to use b y means of the or k eys. The text for all the menus will appear in the language you ha ve chosen. ?[...]

5 T uning-in the TV channels There are tw o wa ys the television can be tuned in : automatic store or manual store (tuning - in channel by channel). Automatic stor e From the INST ALLA TION men u ( and ke ys) (after ensuring LANGUAGE and COUNTR Y have been set cor rectl y) æ Select AUTO STORE ( keys) and press . The AUTO STORE menu appears. Search[...]

6 Man ual store This menu allows you to stor e each programme manuall y . From the INST ALLA TION men u ( and ke ys). æ Select MANUAL STORE ( k eys) and press . The MANUAL STORE menu appears. Â Select CHANNEL/FREQUENCY ( ). F or certain countries this adjustment is not available. Use the k eys to select tuning mode. F R E Q . ( f r e q u ency s e[...]

7 F a vourite Pr o grammes This menu allows y ou to choose which programmes can be accessed using the k ey on the remote control. From the INST ALLA TION menu: æ Select FA VOURITE PRG ( k eys) and press The F A VOU RITE PR G m e n u a p p e a r s . All pr og ramme s f o u n d du ring the s ear ch ar e a utomati call y in clu d e d in the menu and [...]

These allow direct access to an y adjustment made in the PICTURE and SOUND menus (see p . 10) T o program the k e ys: If, for example , you wished to gain direct access to the BRIGHTNESS adjustment. Display the PICTURE menu (red k ey) and select BRIGHTNESS ( ). Use ke ys and to adjust, rather than the k e ys. The k eys are no w programmed. Exit fro[...]

9 Other functions Press: Result: Press the k ey and one of the following k eys sim ultaneousl y . v r ecor d, s r ewind, r fast forward, u stop , q pla y , G pr ogramming (on certain models), 3 1- or 2- digit pr ogrammes, pr ogramme selection, to enter a programme number , standby Th ese keys f uncti on wi th v ideo r eco rd ers i n ou r r ange a n[...]

10 Pictur e æ Displa y PICTURE menu (r ed ke y). Â Use the keys to select y our adjustments and the keys Use to select the adjustments and to adjust. Y ou can now access the adjustments BRIGHTNESS , COLOUR , CONTRAST and: SHARPNESS adjusts the clarity of the picture , TINT adjusts the colour temperature of the pictur e from “cool” (blue white[...]

11 Sound Press the green k e y to display the SOUND menu. Sound mode This menu allows y ou to select the diff er ent Dolb y Surround modes. æ Select SOUND MODE (the k eys) and press the key . The SOUND MODE menu a ppears. Â Use the ke ys to select the NORMAL , DOLBY PRO LOGIC , DOLBY 3 STEREO or HALL SURROUND sound modes. For each setting, the ac[...]

12 Equalizer æ Select EQUALIZER ( k eys) and pr ess the k e y . The EQUALIZER menu a ppears. Â Use the keys to select each fr equency (fr om bass: 100 Hz to treble: 10 kHz) ê Use the keys to adjust the le vel. T o exit fr om the menu : Press the blue key . Spatial This setting increased the stereo effect giving the impr ession that the loudspeak[...]

13 Storing adjustments for each pr ogramme This function allows you to cor rect any differ ences in levels which ma y exist between TV channels and/or EXT sock ets. It allows you to store BRIGHTNESS , COLOUR , SHARPNESS , NOISE REDUCT , SOUND MODE and volume adjustments ( key). æ Carr y out desir ed corrections to settings f or the programme (or E[...]

14 T elete xt Press: Result: Switch telete xt on/off Display or exit fr om teletext. The main index page presents a list of subjects to which you ha ve access. Each subject has a corresponding page number (alwa ys 3 digits). If t he s electe d TV c hanne l d oes n ot br oad cas t tele t e x t , P100 is d ispla yed an d the scr een rem ai ns b lack [...]

15 Certain pages hav e sub-pages which follow on automatically . If this is the case , this ke y will allow y ou to stop or star t the sequence. The message I a ppears on the top left-hand corner of the screen. Press: Result: Stop the sequence of sub- pages (hold) Direct selection of a sub-pa ge T o access a sub-page directl y , press . The page n [...]

16 Connecting peripheral equipment The EXT1 socket has audio and video inputs/outputs and RGB inputs. The EXT2 socket has audio and video inputs/outputs and S-VHS inputs. For fur ther information, see glossar y (p. 20). • If your video r ecorder has a eur oconnector socket, carr y out the abo ve connections. Euroconnector sock ets ensure better p[...]

17 T o select connected equipment Use ke y to select E1 (EXT1) , E2 (EXT2) or , for S-VHS or Hi-8 equipment, E2 Y/C . Most equipment (decoder , video recorder) car r ies out the switcho ver itself. Headphones T o adjust the head p h o nes v o l u m e , use t he HEA DPHON ES adju s tm e n t i n the S O U N D m e n u (p . 1 2 ) . T o adjust the volum[...]

18 T o mak e a cop y of r ecor dings: Carr y out one of the follo wing connections, then: Pr ess to select E1 . On the video r ecorder , select the euroconnector sock et as the recording sour ce . N.B.: Copying is not possible using front connections. External loudspeak ers For impro ved sound, y ou can connect 2 external L and R loudspeak ers in t[...]

19 Tips P oor reception The proximity of mountains or high buildings ma y be r esponsible f or ghost pictur es, echoing or shadows. If this is the case, modify the orientation of the outside aerial. Ch e c k t hat the T V c han nel is tun ed in corr e c t l y or t r y us i n g fin e t unin g: see " fine tun ing " (p . 6 ) . The equipment [...]

20 20 16/9 (f ormats) ............................................ 9 Child lock .................................................. 12 Connections ............................................. 16 Decoder , ( C DV ) , (CD I) an d Games ......16 Dolby Surr ound .......................................11 External loudspeakers ...........................[...]