Philips 37PF9631D/10 manual

Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote control RC4401/01 . . . . . . 5 Use of the option key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 K eys at the right side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction: Digital TV . . . . . . . . .[...]

2 EN Safety warnings Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall befor e all connections are made. • Place or hang the TV wherev er you want, but mak e sure that air can cir culate freely thr ough the ventilation slots. • Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. • T o prev [...]

Befor e you s witch on your TV , connect all your peripheral equipment. See T o make video and audio connections, p . 44. There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . See T o make audio and video connections, p. 44. EXT1 can handle CVBS, RGB and Audio L/R; EXT2 can handle CVBS, S-VIDEO , RGB, Audio L/R; EXT[...]

< Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial socket x at the bottom of the TV . Getting started (Continued) EN 4 - T o connect a camera, camcorder or game, see T o make video and audio connections, p. 45. - T o connect a headphone, see T o make video and audio connections, p . 45. - T o connect a USB device, see Multimedia browser , p. 38. UK[...]

B Standby Press to s witch the TV from or to standby mode. When switched to standby , a red indicator on the TV lights up. TV Press to select TV mode. D VD STB VCR AUX Press one of these k eys to set your r emote control to operate a peripheral device. See Audio and Video equipment k eys, p . 55. DEMO Press to s witch the Demo menu on or off. Colou[...]

+P- Channel selection - to br owse thr ough the TV channels and sour ces stored and mark ed in the Fa vourite channels lists; - to select a page in T eletext mode; - to quickly br owse through the lists in the menus; - to switch the TV on from standby mode. 0/9 Digit k eys T o select a TV channel between 0 and 999. AV Select your peripherals See In[...]

Digital audio languag e: See Adjust sound menu settings, p. 18. Digital subtitle languag e: See Adjust featur e menu settings, p . 23. Subtitles: See Adjust featur e menu settings, p . 23. Picture f ormat: See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust pictur e menu settings, p . 17. Equalizer: See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust sound men u settings,[...]

Intr oduction: Digital TV EN 8 Note : if the TV has already been installed bef ore and/or you want to change the First time installation settings, proceed with Use of the TV menu settings, p . 13. Next to analogue broadcast r eception, y our TV has a built-in TV tuner which receiv es, decodes and displa ys digital terrestrial signals. Digital TV an[...]

After the W elcome screen y ou are ask ed to select a language of the TV's on-screen menus. The text of the header and the info on screen contin uously change language. Also the digital audio and subtitle language will be set to the selected menu language. 1. Pr ess the cursor up/down to highlight your language. 2. Pr ess the OK ke y on the re[...]

By means of sev eral split screens/full screens y ou are prompted to select y our preferr ed picture, sound and ambilight settings, to finally arrive at a complete setting which satisfies you. 1. Pr ess the green colour k ey on your r emote control to enter the Settings assistant menu. 2. Select y our Location with the cursor up/down. > If you c[...]

A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa yed on your TV when you use the menus or when y ou tr y to ex ecute an action. Read the help texts which are being displa yed on the specific item highlighted. The colour k eys at the bottom of the scr een refer to the differ ent actions which ma y be executed. Press the cor resp[...]

Ho w to na vigate through the menus (contin ued) EN 12 4. Use the cursor up/do wn to select a menu item. - TV settings allows y ou to adjust your pr eferred pictur e , sound and ambilight settings - F eatures allo ws you to contr ol the settings of special TV featur es - Installation allows y ou - to select your language pr eferences; - to sear ch [...]

EN 13 Each time you'v e made a selection, pr ess the green k ey to confirm your selection. 1. Select Settings assistant and press the cursor right. > By means of sev eral split screens/full screens y ou are prompted to select y our preferr ed picture, sound and ambilight settings to finally arriv e at a complete setting which satisfies you.[...]

EN 14 Use of the TV menu settings (continued) < Select Pictur e , Sound or Ambilight and press the cursor right. > A menu appears which allo ws you to fine tune the picture, sound and ambilight settings. > T o adjust the Picture settings, see Adjust picture men u settings, p . 15. > T o adjust the Sound settings, see Adjust sound menu s[...]

Info TV menu TV settings Picture Contrast Brightness Colour Hue Sharpness T int .............. Settings assistant Reset to standard Picture Sound Ambilight The picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. P ress the MENU/BR O WSE k ey on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess [...]

EN 16 Adjust picture men u settings (Continued) Custom tint (only when Tint is set to Custom) Fine tunes the white point ( WP ) and black lev el ( BL ) of the picture. 1. Select Custom tint and press the cursor right. 2. Use the cursor k eys to select and adjust the settings of: R-WP : allows y ou to customise the colour tint by adjusting the red w[...]

MPEG artefact reduction MPEG artefact reduction On smoothens the transitions on digital content. < Select On or Off . Colour enhancement Automatically contr ols green enhancement and blue stretch. It makes the colours mor e vivid. < Select Off , Minimum , Medium or Maximum . Active contr ol The TV continuously measures and cor rects all incom[...]

Adjust sound menu settings The sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the sound. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE k ey on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is moved to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu i[...]

Dual I/II Allows y ou to select, per channel, Dual I or II, when dual sound transmission is a vailable . Mono/Stereo Allows y ou to select, per TV channel, Mono or Stereo sound when stereo br oadcasts are a vailable . Surr ound mode Allows y ou to select the modes for mor e spatial or surr ound sound reproduction dependent on the broadcasted signal[...]

The ambilight menu contains the settings for contr olling the ambient lighting. Using ambient light gives a more r elaxed viewing experience and impr oves per ceived picture quality . Analysis of the pictur e content adapts the colours continuousl y . But the lights can also be set to any fix ed colour and many shades of white. 1. Pr ess the MENU/B[...]

Mode Allows y ou to choose for constant backgr ound lighting or for backgr ound lighting that matches the images display ed on the screen. < Use the cursor k eys to select Colour , Relaxed, Moderate or Dynamic. - Colour : this will show constant light according to the settings in the Colour menu below . It allows man ual fine tuning in the next [...]

Custom colour Allows y ou to customise the ambilight colour . < Select P alette to select the general colour of the light output. < Select Saturation to adjust the colourfulness of the light. Separation Allows y ou to define the stereo eff ect in case, Relax ed, Moderate or Dynamic has been selected in the Mode menu. < Select Off for a mon[...]

The Featur es menu allows you to contr ol the settings of special TV functions, featur es and accessor y equipments. 1. Pr ess the MENU/BRO WSE k ey on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is moved to the left. 3. Select F eatures and pr ess the cursor right. > The Featu[...]

Sleeptimer This sets a time period after which the TV automatically switches to standby . 1. Select Sleeptimer . 2. Pr ess the cursor right. 3. Select a value with the cursor up/do wn. > The list will ha ve values from 0 to 180 min utes. When 0 is selected, the sleeptimer is switched off. Childlock With a 4-digit code, y ou are able to lock TV c[...]

Set code/Change code This allows y ou to set or change the personal 4-digit access code that is used in the differ ent lock functions of the TV . < 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 pre viously been entered, the menu item is set[...]

EN 26 Adjust featur e menu settings (Continued) Common interface This allows y ou 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 a pplications, which are used to communicate with the CI ser vice pr ovider and provide some ad dition[...]

Ho w to search f or and store TV channels EN 27 This menu allows y ou to select your pref err ed language for menu, audio and subtitle . Menu languag e This allows y ou to select your men u language out of the list of the a vailable languages. Pref err ed audio language (only with Digital TV broadcasting) This allows y ou to select your audio langu[...]

Ho w to search f or and store TV channels (Continued) EN 28 After language and countr y ar e set correctly , you can now search f or and store the TV channels. < Select Channels in the TV , Installation menu. Automatic installation The TV will scan the entire frequency spectrum based on the selected countr y . > All a vailable digital and ana[...]

Installation update (only with Digital TV br oadcasting) This allows y ou to automatically tune to and update all a vailable digital channels without altering the sor ting 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 encounter ed a[...]

Analogue: manual installation This gives y ou the possibility to manually install (tuning-in channel by channel) analogue channels. Manual installation will not find nor store an y D VB-T (digital) channels. 1. Select Analogue: manual installation and press the cursor right. 2. Select System . 3. Select y our countr y or part of the world where y o[...]

This allows y ou to rename, to reshuffle and to uninstall or reinstall the stor ed channels. < Press the cor responding colour k eys and follow the on screen instructions. Reshuffle This allows y ou to change the order of the stor ed TV channels. 1. Select the channel y ou want to change place . 2. Pr ess the yellow colour k ey to mov e up a sin[...]

This menu contains items that can set or adjust various special TV functions and that will typically be accessed only occasionally . Select your location This allows y ou to select the location of your TV . If you choose f or Shop it will result in fix ed settings of picture, sound and ambilight. The location Home will give full flexibility to chan[...]

This allows y ou to select the peripheral equipment you ha ve connected to the audio and video connectors. 1. Select Connections . 2. Pr ess the cursor right. 3. 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 a ppears which allows y ou to[...]

Reset the Factory settings EN 34 This allows y ou to upgrade your TV software using a USB device. USB de vice upgrade It is possible to initiate an upgrade procedur e from a USB device befor e you start up the TV . The memor y device m ust be filled with the appr opriate upgrade image (and structure) which can be found on the www . philips.com/soft[...]

This allows y ou to create up to f our fa vourite channels lists with your pr eferred TV channels and radio stations. F or example, each member of y our family can cr eate his/her own fa vourite list. 1. Pr ess the FAV key . > The last selected channel list appears. 2. Use the cursor k eys to select a channel. 3. Pr ess the OK ke y to display th[...]

The Electronic Pr ogramme Guide shows you detailed information about the curr ent programme and also about the next programme (onl y for TV programmes that pro vide EPG information). 1. Pr ess the a key. > The EPG screen a ppears. Dependent on conditions it ma y take some time to acquir e EPG data. > The EPG screen updates automaticall y if t[...]

EPG (Electr onic Programme Guide) (Contin ued) EN 37 2. Pr ess the green colour k ey on the remote contr ol to watch/listen to the selected programme cur rently on air . 3. Pr ess the red colour k ey to mark/unmark a reminder on the selected programme. Y ou can set up to a maximum of 10 reminders. > The TV will wake up automatically or displa y [...]

38 The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures, mo vies or pla y audio files stored on a USB device. The Multimedia bro wser application is inv oked fr om the main menu. -Following file f ormats can be reproduced: for pictur es: JPEG for audio: MP3, MP3 Pr o, LPCM for video: MPEG1, MPEG2 - Only F A T/DOS-formatted memory devices are supporte[...]

Multimedia Bro wser menu 1. Insert a USB device. 2. Select the USB de vice under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows you to br owse content stored on the inserted USB device. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left panel containing the content types (Music, Pictur es, Movies). > The right panel w[...]

Function k eys at the bottom of the scr een Details to displa y a description of the selected file or directory T ransitions to select if you lik e to apply a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa yed in a slide show Rotate to rotate a pictur e Repeat one/all to repeat the pla yback of a music fil[...]

Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will store most broadcasted pages and subpages to r educe waiting time . After each programme change, the memor y is refr eshed. < Press b to switch the teletext on. > The main index page appears on the scr een. Select a T eletext page < Enter the de[...]

Hypertext With h yper text you can quickl y jump to a pagenumber or search f or a specific word shown on the cur rent teletext page. 1. Pr ess the OK ke y to highlight the first word or a number on the page. 2. Use the cursor up/do wn, left/right to select any other w ord or number y ou want to search f or . 3. Pr ess the OK ke y to confirm. The se[...]

Some digital channels offer dedicated digital text services (for example BBCi). 1. Pr ess b to switch Digital text on. 2. T o use the digital text, follow the instructions on scr een. 3. Depending on the service, you ma y be ask ed to use the cursor k eys, the OK ke y , the coloured ke ys, the teletext k ey and sometimes the digit k eys. 4. When y [...]

T o mak e video and audio connections EN 44 44 L/R V H EXT3 AUDIO L / R L/R V H EXT3 AUDIO L / R S-VIDEO HDMI VIDEO 75 EUROCONNECTOR Pr Pb Y R B G AUDIO L/R V H Pr Pb Y R B G EXT3 EXT3 44 Tip : use the inputs that are a vailable on your equipment that pr ovide the best video or audio performance, as belo w . Note : your TV comes with all types of c[...]

Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect y our camera, camcor der or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and AUDIO L 3 for mono equipment. For stereo equipment also connect A UDIO 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 . Headphone 1. Insert the plug into the hea[...]

Pr Pb Y R B G AUDIO L/R H V EXT2 EXT1 EXT3 ON INTERFACE HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OU T A U DI O o DIGITAL 75 oo o o Pr Pb Y R B G AUDIO L/R H V EXT2 EXT1 EXT3 COMMON INTERFACE HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL 75 oo o o VGA DVI DVI DVI CABLE VCR D VD play er Satellite receiv [...]

EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL 75 o o 1 3 EXT 1 / 2 2 CABLE RECORDER Connect a VCR or D VD recor der 47 47 47 EN With a eurocab le 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect the eur ocable 3 as shown. 3. Mak e your selection of the sour ce to which the VCR has been connected in the Installati[...]

EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL 75 o o RECORDER CABLE 1 2 RECORDER 3 5 EXT 1/2 4 With eurocab les 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect y our VCRs or D VD-recorder to EXT1 and 2 with the eur ocables 4 and 5 . 3. Select the equipment y ou hav e connected in the Installation menu, Select yo[...]

DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL o HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o o o HDMI 1/2 HDMI Connect a D VD pla y er , Cable bo x or game console EN 49 Note : in case of any problems, see Annex 5: Issues ref erring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector , p. 64. With a HDMI connector HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital vi[...]

Pr Pb Y R B G AUDIO L/R H V EXT2 EXT1 EXT3 DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL o 2 1 DIGIT AL AUDIO IN EXT3 : YPbPr 3 EXT3 : AUDIO L/R DVD With Component Video Connectors 1. Connect the thr ee separate component video cables 1 to the YPbPr jacks on the D VD pla yer and to the Y , Pb and Pr jacks of EXT3 on the TV . 2. Connect the[...]

Pr Pb Y R B G AUDIO L/R H V EXT2 EXT1 EXT3 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL 75 o o o o HDMI DVI DIGITAL AUDIO IN 1 2 Notes: - only a PC with digital sound can be connected to the HDMI connection; - if your PC does not ha ve digital sound output, connect your PC via a V GA connector ; - befor e connecting [...]

Pr Pb Y R B G AUDIO L/R H V EXT2 EXT1 EXT3 DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL o DIGI AU O 1 Connect a Home Cinema amplifier EN 52 Digital Home Cinema amplifier < Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connector 1 at the bottom of the TV . Analogue Home Cinema amplifier < According to the type of [...]

T o receiv e scrambled DTV signals you will need a CA (Conditional Access) module and a Smar t card pro vided by the ser vice pro vider . A CA module can enable additional ser vices, for example Pa y TV . Contact your Common Interface service provider to get more inf ormation about these modules. Although CA module types may vary dependent on the m[...]

Befor e operating your connected equipment y ou hav e to make a selection in the Installation, Select your connections menu, p . 33. 1. Pr ess the MENU/BRO WSE key . 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. 3. Select Installation . 4. Pr ess the cursor right. 5. Select Connections . 6. Pr ess the cursor right. 7. Select the input to which the[...]

Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the r emote control of y our TV . Press one of the k eys after you pr essed one of the mode ke ys ( DV D , STB , VCR , AUX ) according to the equipment you want to operate with this remote contr ol. See Use of the Remote control, p. 5-6. B to switch to standby ® [...]

56 EN Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy No picture < V erify if the supplied cables are connected pr operly . (The aerial cable to the TV , the other aerial to your recorder , the power cables, ..) < V erify if you selected the corr ect source. < V erify if the child lock has been switched off. P oor picture < V erify in the Manual install[...]

Y our TV r emote control gives y ou the oppor tunity to contr ol your Philips D VD or DVD/R. 1. Pr ess the DV D mode k ey for 4 seconds until the LED lights up constantly 2. Enter the code 500 with the digit k eys for a Philips D VD pla yer . Enter the code 542 with the digit k eys for a Philips D VD recor der . > All mode LEDs will blink fast f[...]

Introduction Philips offers softwar e upgrade capability for y our TV using portable memor y . After you ha ve completed a software upgrade, y our TV will typically perform better . What impro vements are made depends on the upgrade software y ou are using as well as the softwar e your TV contained befor e the upgrade. Y ou can execute the softwar [...]

Automatic software upgrade pr ocedure 1. Switch off y our TV and r emove all memory devices. 2. Insert the USB portable memor y that contains the downloaded softwar e upgrade. 3. Switch on y our TV with the pow er ke y B at the side of the TV . 4. At startup the TV will scan the USB por table memory until it finds the update content. The TV will au[...]

Manual softwar e upgrade pr ocedure For a manual softwar e upgrade copy the “autorun.upg” file in a directory called “Upgrades” located in the root of the USB portable memor y . Y ou can rename the file if y ou like but k eep the .upg extension. 1. Insert the portable memor y that contains the downloaded software upgrade. 2. Select Software[...]

Annex 3 - Philips TV -Slidesho w F ormat with background m usic Introduction This document explains how to mak e a Philips slideshow file with background audio . Be a ware that the content of this document is addressing technical or softwar e skilled users. T o start the slideshow open the slideshow file in the Multimedia bro wser of your TV . 1. P[...]

Annex 3 (Continued) 62 EN Supported XML-tags The following table giv es a description of the XML syntax. T ag Name philips-slideshow title audio slide-duration slides slide Use mandator y optional optional optional mandator y optional Description Philips slideshow signatur e including the version. The title of the pla ylist. The audio-URL following[...]

Annex 4 - Philips TV - Digital camera and USB issues 63 EN Notes : - the latest version of this document can be f ound on the Philips suppor t website (www .philips.com/support); - the software of y our TV is upgradeable. If you ha ve pr oblems first check if you ha ve the latest software installed on y our TV . The latest softwar e, together with [...]

The HDMI IN connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor display modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p 720x576p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC V GA 640x480 SV GA 800x600 XGA 1024x768 - If necessar y , y ou can adjust the picture position to the centre [...]

active contr ol ........................... 17 ambilight .................................... 20 analogue: manual installation . 30 antenna ......................................... 4 audio receiv er .......................... 52 audio equipment k eys ............. 55 auto format ............................... 17 automatic installation............[...]

R The packaging of this product is intended to be recycled. Apply to the local authorities for corr ect disposal. Disposal of your old pr oduct Y our product is designed and manufactur ed with highly quality material and components, which can be recycled and r eused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product, it means the pr[...]