Philips 37PF9631D/37B manual

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Note to the CA TV system installer : this r eminder is pr ovided to call the CA TV system installer’ s attention to Ar ticle 820-40 of the NEC that pro vides guidelines for proper gr ounding and, in particular , specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entr y as pra[...]

English User Manual Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote control RC4348 . . . . . . . . 6 Buttons on the right side of the TV . . . . . . . . 9 My content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 T urn the TV on . . [...]

Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall sock et or hang the TV to the wall before all connections are made. • Place or hang the TV wherev er y ou want, but make sur e that air can circulate fr eely thr ough the v entilation slots. Lea ve at least 4” to 6” free all ar ound the TV . • Do not place the TV on a carpet. • Do not install the TV[...]

English User Manual 3 Befor e installing your TV or befor e hanging it on the wall, first connect your accessory devices. See T o make video and audio connections, p . 35. There is a wide range of audio and video de vices that can be connected to your TV . See T o make audio and video connections, p. 35. AV 1 can handle YPbPr , VIDEO and L/R Audio [...]

Getting star ted (Continued) Connect to the TV 4 - T o connect a camera, camcorder or game , see T o make video and audio connections, p. 40. - T o connect a headphone , see T o make video and audio connections, p . 40. - T o connect a USB device, see Multimedia br owser , p. 33. USB Overview of the side connector panel Y our Philips Digital TV wil[...]

English User Manual Getting star ted (Continued) 5 W arning : verify that the power suppl y voltage corr esponds to the voltage printed on the stick er at the back of the TV . Contact your local dealer if y our pow er supply is differ ent. < Insert the power cord supplied into the mains at the bottom of the TV and in the wall socket. Remote cont[...]

6 PO WER Press to turn on/off the TV fr om or to standby mode. D VD/R CBL TV VCR AUX Press the SELECT button r epeatedly to select one of the system modes in which the remote contr ol can be used. If no action is being undertaken within 60 seconds, the remote contr ol r eturns to TV mode . After an action in the selected system mode the remote cont[...]

7 AV + Press repeatedl y to select AV 1 , AV 2 , AV 3 , HDMI , Side or TV channels when in TV mode , according to where you connected the accessory devices (p . 35). Cursor buttons Press the cursor buttons up/do wn, left/right to na vigate through the men us. A/CH Press to alternate betw een the curr ently vie wed channel and the pre viously vie we[...]

q FORMA T Press this button to summon a list of a vailable display formats (depending on the r eceiving signal). This lets you choose the displa y format of y our pref erence. Press this button r epeatedly to select another pictur e format: Automatic , Super zoom, 4:3, Movie expand 14:9, Movie expand 16:9, 16:9 subtitle or Wide screen. Automatic ma[...]

English User Manual 9 Should your r emote be lost or br ok en you can still change some of the basic settings with the buttons on the right side of your TV . Press the po wer s witch B to switch the TV on. The MENU button can be used to summon the Settings menu without the r emote control. Use: - the V OLUME + and - buttons and the PROGRAM/CHANNEL [...]

10 Notes : - Once you completed the initial installation pr ocedur e you can access the screens fr om the Settings menu. See p . 11. - If the TV has already been installed befor e and/or y ou want to change the First time installation settings, proceed with How to na vigate thr ough the menus, p . 11. First time installation 1. After an intr oducti[...]

English User Manual A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa y ed on your TV when using the menus or when trying to ex ecute an action. Please, follow the instructions and r ead the help texts which are being displa y ed on the specific item highlighted. The color buttons ref er to differ ent actions which ma y be ex ec[...]

12 The Demo menu allows the user to get an idea of the f eatures that are part of the television. 1. Select Demo in the Settings menu and press the cursor right. 2. Highlight a desir ed demo with the cursor up/down. 3. Pr ess OK to star t pla ying the highlighted demo . 4. Pr ess the green color button to automatically run all demos in sequence. Pr[...]

English User Manual 13 Ho w to sear ch f or and store TV channels (contin ued) After language is set corr ectly , y ou can now sear ch for and store the TV channels. 1. Select Autoprogram in the Installation men u. 2. Pr ess the cursor right. 3. Pr ess the OK button. 4. Select Cable or Antenna in the Installation mode . > When Antenna is selecte[...]

14 Ho w to sear ch f or and store TV channels (contin ued) Available channels: - Cable (analog NTSC or digital QAM): max. from 1 to 135 - T errestrial (analog NTSC or digital A TSC): max. from 2 to 69 If a tuned channel is not yet in the master channel ma p , the TV will attempt to tune the channel and it will be added to the map . If the channel i[...]

English User Manual 15 Ho w to sear ch f or and store TV channels (contin ued) W eak channel installation This allows y ou to manually tune w eak A TSC channels in order to adjust the antenna and thus optimize signal quality for that channel. This is only a vailable for TV channels installed via an antenna connection (see p . 4). 1. Select a channe[...]

1. Pr ess the MENU button. 2. Select Setup with the cursor down and press the cursor right to select the Pref erences men u. 3. Pr ess the cursor right again to select Picture/sound pref erences . 4. Pr ess the cursor right once more to enter the Picture/sound pr efer ences menu. Adjust picture/sound pr efer ences Auto surr ound Sometimes the broad[...]

English User Manual Digital caption service This allows y ou to configure the wa y you choose to view the digital captioning. < Select one of the digital ser vice channels made a vailable by the caption pr ovider . There ar e 6 standard services. - Service 1 is designated as the Primar y Caption Service . This ser vice contains the verbatim, or [...]

Adjust menu pr efer ences OSD 1. Select OSD . 2. Press the cursor right to select Minimum or Normal . Minimum to activate the temporarily displa y of the channel number/input sour ce when either channel or input are changed. Normal to activate the temporarily displa y of the v olume bar , after a volume adjustment, as well as of the channel number/[...]

19 Set/Change PIN 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 . 1. Select Set or Change PIN with the cursor down. > If no PIN-code exists yet, the menu item is set to Set PIN . Follow the instructions on scr een. > If a PIN-code has pre viously been enter ed, the m[...]

This allows y ou to use your TV as a clock. Auto clock mode 1. Select Clock in the Setup menu. 2. Pr ess the cursor right to select the Auto clock mode . 3. Pr ess the cursor right to instruct the TV to get the time automatically or manuall y . 20 This menu allows y ou to identify the accessory devices you ha v e connected to the external inputs/ou[...]

English User Manual Auto clock channel (only a vailable when Auto clock mode is set to Automatic) With the cursor buttons, select the channel number where time can be found by the TV . T ypically time can be found on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) as w ell as some other channels. Time - Da y (only a vailable when Auto clock mode is set to Manual)[...]

The Picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. Select Picture and press the cursor right. > The Picture men u is mov ed to the left panel. 2. Select the menu items with the cursor up/do wn. 3. Adjust the settings with the cursor left/right or enter the list of submenu items with the cursor right. Select a subm[...]

English User Manual 23 Adjust Pictur e menu settings (continued) Digital pr ocessing - Standard = line doubling eliminates the flick er . - Pix el Plus = for ev eryday vie wing, Pix el Plus is the most ideal setting, as it fully pr ocesses the image to mak e ev ery single pix el the best it can be, improving contrast, sharpness, picture depth, and [...]

24 The Sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the the sound. 1. Pr ess the MENU button on the remote contr ol. > The Settings menu appears on the scr een. 2. Select TV and press the cursor right. > The TV menu is displa y ed and gives an o verview of the menus y ou can select. 3. Select Sound and press the cursor right. &[...]

English User Manual Digital Audio language (only selectable with digital broadcast signals) Allows y ou to select your language pr efer ence in case of multilingual audio track pr ograms if a vailable with digital broadcast signal. Mono/Stereo Allows y ou to select, per TV channel, Mono or Ster eo sound when analog stereo br oadcasts ar e a vailabl[...]

26 The ambilight menu contains the settings for contr olling the ambient lighting. Using ambient light gives a mor e relax ed viewing experience and impr ov es per ceived pictur e quality . Analysis of the pictur e content adapts the colors continuousl y . But the lights can also be set to any fix ed color and man y shades of white. 1. Pr ess the M[...]

27 7. In case Color has been selected in the Mode menu: < Select Color in the Ambilight menu and press the cursor right. < Select Auto Color and press the cursor right again to select P ersonal , W arm white , Cool white or Blue . < Select P alette to select the general color of the light. < Select Saturation to adjust the colorfulness [...]

This menu allows y ou to contr ol special functions for the TV channels. 1. Pr ess the MENU button on the remote contr ol. > The Settings menu appears on the scr een. 2. Select TV and press the cursor right. > The TV Menu is displa y ed and gives an o verview of the menu items y ou can select. 3. Select Channels and press the cursor right. &g[...]

29 When All has been selected, all items in the age-based and in the contents-based lists are lock ed. If, while All is selected, any other item, either an age-based or content-based item, is unselected, then All is automatically unselected. No rating is the selection for items that either ha ve no rating information or ha v e a rating of None. Bot[...]

30 Mo vie ratings lock This function allows y ou to control access to individual movies based on their MP AA ratings (Motion Picture Association of America). 1. Select Movie ratings lock with the cursor do wn. A list appears, showing all valid MP AA content ratings. 2. Pr ess the cursor right to enter the list. Y ou are ask ed to enter y our code. [...]

Contr ol TV channels’ special functions (continued) 31 Pref err ed channels After ha ving finished to sear ch for and to store TV channels, all the installed, non-scrambled,TV channels are mark ed as pref err ed by default. With the -CH/P A GE+ button on the remote contr ol y ou can bro wse thr ough the list of the TV channels. Only those channel[...]

32 The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures or pla y audio files stored on a USB de vice. The Multimedia browser application is inv ok ed fr om the My Contents menu (pr ess the = button) by selecting a device and pr essing the cursor right. -Following file f ormats can be repr oduced: for pictur es: JPEG for audio: MP3, MP3 Pro - Only F A[...]

33 English User Manual Multimedia Br o wser menu 1. Insert a USB device. 2. Select the USB device under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows y ou to bro wse content stored on the inserted USB device. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left panel containing the content types (Music, Pictures). > Th[...]

Multimedia Br o wser (Contin ued) 34 Function buttons at the bottom of the screen Details to displa y a description of the selected file or directory T ransitions to select if you lik e to appl y a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa y ed in a slide show Rotate to rotate a pictur e Repeat one/al[...]

English User Manual 35 T o mak e video and audio connections Tips : - use the inputs that are a vailable on your equipment that pro vide the best video or audio performance, as below; - if necessar y , you can adjust the pictur e position to the centre of the scr een with the cursor buttons. Note : - your TV comes with all types of connectors with [...]

36 T o mak e video and audio connections (Continued) Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect y our camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and AUDIO L 3 fo r mono equipment. For ster eo equipment also connect AUDIO 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[...]

English User Manual 37 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV2 L R VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AV3 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV1 S-VIDEO ANTENNA HDMI For DVI-HDMI convertor cable connect AV1 Audio L/R 75 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV2 L R VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AV3 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV1 S-VIDEO ANTENNA HDMI For DVI-HDMI convertor cable connect AV1 Audio L/R 75 C[...]

38 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV2 L R VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AV3 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV1 S-VIDEO ANTENNA HDMI For DVI-HDMI convertor cable connect AV1 Audio L/R 75 CABLE RECORDER OUT IN AV1 / AV2 / AV3 : L + R + VIDEO 3 Connect a VCR or D VD recor der 1. Connect the RF Antenna or Cable TV cable (eventuall y via an optional two-wa y signal splitte[...]

English User Manual 39 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV2 L R VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AV3 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV1 S-VIDEO ANTENNA HDMI For DVI-HDMI convertor cable connect AV1 Audio L/R 75 RECORDER OUT IN CABLE OUT IN 2 4 AV1 / AV2 / AV3 : L + R + VIDEO 3 AV1 / AV2 / AV3 : L + R + VIDEO 5 1 Connect a r ecorder and other A/V de vices 1. Connect the RF [...]

40 Connect a r ecorder and Cab le bo x with RF output 1. Use an optional signal splitter . 2. Connect one of the cable TV signal splitter outputs 1 to the cable box’ s IN jack. 3. Connect the other cable TV signal splitter output 2 to the CABLE/ANTENNA 75 Ω x plug on the bottom of the TV . 4. Connect the cable box’ s OUT jack 3 to the recorder[...]

English User Manual 41 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV2 L R VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AV3 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV1 S-VIDEO ANTENNA 75 CABLE BOX IN CABLE OUT AV1 / AV2 / AV3 : L + R + VIDEO 3 2 Connect a satellite r eceiver or Cab le bo x with A/V outputs 1. Connect the satellite antenna cable or the Cable TV cable 1 to the satellite receiv er’ s or c[...]

42 Connect a r ecorder and satellite r eceiv er or Cable bo x with A/V outputs Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV2 L R VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AV3 Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO AV1 S-VIDEO ANTENNA 75 RECORDER OUT IN AV1 / AV2 / AV3 : L + R + VIDEO 4 3 2 OUT IN CABLE BOX 1 CABLE 1. Connect the satellite antenna cable or the Cable TV cable 1 to the satellite recei[...]

English User Manual 43 Connect a D VD Pla y er or other accessory digital source de vices Note : This TV is capable of displa ying 1080i, 720p and 480p DTV signals when connected to a DTV tuner Set T op Box. Select the output of the Set T op Box to either 1080i, 720p or 480p . A DTV signal must be a vailable in y our area. Pb Y Pr AUDIO R L VIDEO A[...]

44 Connect a de vice to the HDMI (High Definition Multimedia interface) connector ANTENNA HDMI For DVI-HDMI convertor cable connect AV1 Audio L/R 75 HDMI De vices with a HDMI connector : 1. Connect y our HDMI device with the HDMI connector . 2. Select the equipment y ou ha ve connected in the Setup menu, Select y our source , p . 20 and link it to [...]

English User Manual 45 Connect a Digital Surr ound r eceiv er < Connect a Digital Multichannel Surr ound receiv er to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connector at the bottom of the TV . L R VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AV3 S-VIDEO Record a TV pro gram Y ou can recor d a TV program using y our recor ders tuner without affecting y our TV . 1. Select the channel[...]

Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the r emote contr ol of your TV . Normal mode Press one of the buttons after y ou pr essed the SELECT button repeatedl y according to the equipment y ou want to operate with this remote contr ol. See Use of the remote control, p . 6. Expert mode When you do not wa[...]

English User Manual Symptoms Items to Check and Actions to follo w “Ghost” or • This ma y be caused by obstruction to the antenna due to high rise buildings double imag es or hills. Using a highly dir ectional antenna ma y impr ove the pictur e. No po wer • Check that the TV’ s AC po wer cor d is plugged into the mains sock et. • Unplug[...]

Befor e Calling Ser vice (continued) Glossar y 48 Symptoms Items to Check and Actions to follo w The software will Possibl y the operating system is wr ong. Go to www .philips.com/support to not install see which operating systems are supported. No stable or not Check if you ha ve selected the correct VGA mode in y our PC. synchroniz ed V GA See An[...]

English User Manual Intr oduction Philips offers softwar e upgrade capability for y our TV using portable memor y . After you ha v e completed a software upgrade, your TV will typically perform better . What impro vements ar e made depends on the upgrade software y ou ar e using as well as the softwar e your TV contained befor e the upgrade. Y ou c[...]

50 Automatic software upgrade pr ocedur e 1. Switch off y our TV and remov e all memor y devices. 2. Insert the USB por table memor y that contains the downloaded softwar e upgrade. 3. Switch on y our TV with the PO WER B button on your remote contr ol. 4. At startup the TV will scan the USB portable memor y until it finds the update content. The T[...]

English User Manual Annex 2 - Philips TV -Slidesho w F ormat with background music Intr oduction This document explains how to mak e a Philips slideshow file with backgr ound audio . Be a ware that the content of this document is ad dressing technical or softwar e skilled users. T o star t the slideshow open the slideshow file in the Multimedia br [...]

Annex 2 (Contin ued) 52 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 t[...]

English User Manual Annex 3 - Philips TV - Digital camera and USB issues 53 Notes : - the latest version of this document can be f ound on the Philips support website (www .philips.com/suppor t); - the software of y our TV is upgradeable. If you ha ve pr oblems first check if y ou ha ve the latest software installed on y our TV . The latest softwar[...]

54 The HDMI IN connector allows the following TV and monitor displa y modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC V GA 640x480 SV GA 800x600 XGA 1024x768 - If necessar y , you can adjust the pictur e position to the centre of the scr een [...]

55 English User Manual active contr ol .............................23 adjust picture men u settings ..22 adjust sound menu settings ....24 adjust featur es menu settings 25 alternate audio ..........................24 ambilight ......................................26 antenna ..........................................4 audio/video equipment button[...]

56 Recycling R The packaging of this product is intended to be recycled. Apply to the local authorities for corr ect disposal. Disposal of y our old product Y our product is designed and man ufactured with highly quality material and components, which can be recycled and r eused. Please inform y ourself about the local separate collection system fo[...]

English User Manual Pr oduct information 57 - Y our TV consumes energ y in standby mode. Energ y consumption contributes to air and water pollution. V er y low standby pow er consumption. - Specifications: see the product leaflet on www . philips. com/support. - If you need further assistance, please call the customer suppor t ser vice in your coun[...]

58 PHILIPS LIMITED W ARRANTY ONE (1) YEAR W ARRANTY CO VERA GE: PHILIPS warranty obligation is limited to the terms set forth below . WHO IS CO VERED: Philips warrants the pr oduct to the original purchaser or the person receiving the pr oduct as a gift against defects in materials and workmanship as based on the date of original purchase (“W arr[...]