Philips 37PF9730/10 manual

1 Contents Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 First time installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 K eys at the top of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote control RC4310 . . . . . . . .[...]

Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall befor e all connections are made. & W all mounting instructions/T ab le stand/Swivel How to mount the supplied stand and/or wall mount brack et and the swiv el, see the supplied separate Quick Star t Guide. Caution : Installing the TV requir es special skills that should [...]

3 The first time (and only the fir st time) you switch on your set, you see an installation introduction screen. The installation procedure consists of a series of screens that guide you through the process . & After an introduction screen, you are asked to select a language of the TV’s on-screen-menus. (The text of the header and the info on[...]

4 Note: For most keys pressing a k ey once will activate the function. Pressing a second time will de-activate it. When a key enables multiple options, a small list will be shown. Press repeatedly to select the next item in the list. The list will be removed automatically after 6 seconds or press OK to remove immediately . .@ TUV PQRS WXYZ JKL GHI [...]

5 ✓ MODE ON/OFF Ambilight + - + - DVD/R TV VCR AUX MENU 123 456 789 0 Ò ® ‡ π º † ® ® ® ® VIEW - FAVORITES - SELECT DEMO = SA T BROWSE b q i 0 MOT B v k T b ¬ P V OK .@ TUV PQRS WXYZ JKL GHI MNO ABC _- DEF q Picture f ormat Press this k ey repeatedl y to select another picture f ormat: Auto format, Super zoom, 4:3, Movie Expand 14:9,[...]

6 The Bro wse screen (and the underlying Multimedia content br owser) is intended to contain all content, ser vices, applications you are inter ested to consume. & Press the = k ey to activate. é Press the cursor up/do wn to mov e the highlight up and down in the list of menu items. “ Press the cursor right to g o deeper into the structure. [...]

7 The Demo menu allows the user to get an idea of the f eatures that ar e par t of the television. & Select Demo in the Settings menu and pr ess the cursor right. é Highlight a desired demo with cursor up/do wn. “ Press OK to start playing the highlighted demo . Note: The selected demo is played once. Press the r ed colour key to exit the de[...]

8 It is possible that the cable company or the TV channel displays a broadcast selection menu. Layout and items are defined by the cable company or the TV channel. Make your choice with the cursor and press the OK ke y. Searching for and storing TV channels is done channel by channel. Y ou must go thr ough every step of the Manual Installation menu[...]

9 Reshuffle/Rename channels Y ou can change the order of the stored TV channels. It is also possible to change the name stored in the memory or to assign a name to a TV channel or external for which a name has not yet been entered. A name with up to 5 letters or numbers can be giv en to the programme n umber 0 to 99 and to the externals. & Sele[...]

10 Software upgrade This menu allows y ou to upgrade your TV software using a USB device or Memor y Card de vice. USB de vice/Memor y Card upgrade It is possible to initiate an upgrade procedur e from a USB device or Memor y card de vice befor e starting up the TV . The memory device must be filled with the appr opriate upgrade image (and structure[...]

11 This menu is used to contr ol the settings of special TV functions, features and peripheral equipment. The Pref erences menu allo ws you to change settings that will typically be accessed only occasionally . The Source men u allows you to select a sour ce. The Decoder menu allows y ou to define one or more programme n umbers as decoder programme[...]

12 Menu pr efer ences OSD & Select OSD . é Press the cursor right to select Normal or Minimum . Normal to activate the continuous displa y of the channel number (for 10 minutes) and extended displa y of TV channel and programme information on screen. E.g. information on the main or auxiliary programme, input signal quality of connected periphe[...]

13 Decoder If a decoder or a descrambler is connected, see p. 24, you can define one or more channel n umbers as decoder channel numbers. & Select Decoder in the Setup menu. é Press the cursor right to select Channel . “ Select the channel number under which y ou ha ve stored the pr ogramme coming from y our decoder . ‘ Select Status . •[...]

14 Press the MENU k ey on the remote contr ol to summon the Settings menu. The TV menu gives y ou an overview of the menus you can select. Note: Depending on the input signal, one or more menu items may not be selectable. Picture men u Note: Some menu items are not available in case of HD sources. & Press the cursor right to select Pictur e . ?[...]

15 Digital options Pix el Plus 2 is the most ideal setting, as it fully processes the image to mak e ev er y single pixel the best it can be, improving contrast, sharpness, picture depth, and colour reproduction and brilliance fr om every source, including High Definition. For the most optimum motion r eproduction of all sour ce materials, select t[...]

16 Sound menu & Select Sound in the TV Settings menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the sound men u. “ Select the menu items with cursor up/down. ‘ Press the cursor right. ( Adjust the settings with cursor k eys. Remember , control settings are at normal mid-range le vels when the bar scale is entered. Smart sound Select Smart sound to[...]

17 F eatures menu & Select F eatures in the TV Settings menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the F eatures menu. “ Select the menu items with cursor up/down. ‘ Press the cursor right. ( Adjust the settings with the cursor up/down. Select subtitles The subtitle page must be stor ed for each TV channel. Switch on teletext and select the p[...]

18 Smart colour modes: • P ersonal : Select any colour or hue to match to your personal taste, e .g. your interior , the programme content (sports, movie, etc .), the mood you ar e in, etc. • W arm white : The colour is matched to that of most normal lightbulbs. Select this setting if you want the Ambilight to fit best with normal living room l[...]

19 The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures or pla y audio files stored on a USB device or a memory card. The Multimedia bro wser application is invok ed from the Br owse menu (press the = k ey) by selecting a de vice and pressing the cursor right. Notes: - Following types of memor y cards can be read: Compact Flash I & II, Memor y st[...]

20 F ollo wing icons may appear: folder pictures music self made pla ylist/album 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 a transition during a slide show should be applied; Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa yed in a slide show[...]

21 Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will store most br oadcasted pages and subpages to reduce waiting time. After each programme change, the memor y is refreshed. Switch T eletext on and off Press b to switch the teletext on. Select a T eletext page - Enter the desired page n umber with the [...]

22 Camera, Camcorder , Game & Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. é Connect to VIDEO 2 and AUDIO L 3 for 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 inputs 3 . Do not connect cable 1 and 2 at the [...]

23 There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . The following connection diagrams sho w you ho w to connect them. Note: EXT1 can handle CVBS, RGB and Audio L/R; EXT2 CVBS, S-VIDEO , RGB and Audio L/R; EXT3 CVBS and Audio L/R; EXT4 YPbPr ; DV I (analogue and digital) and HDMI (digital); Side S-VIDEO or CVBS [...]

24 Note: Do not place your recorder too close to the screen as some recorders may be susceptible for signals from the display . Keep a minimum distance of 0,5 m from the screen. Connect the aerial cables 1 , 2 and, to obtain the optimum picture quality , eurocable 3 as shown. If your r ecorder does not ha ve a eur oconnector , the only possible con[...]

25 HDMI DVI IN1 IN2 DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO OUT L Pb Pr Y R L R EXT 4 EXT 1 EXT 2 EXT 3 OUT AUDIO CABLE 1 2 RECORDER SAT/STB 4 3 5 EXTERNAL 1/2/3 & Connect the aerial cables 1 , 2 and 3 as shown (only if y our peripheral has TV aerial in-/output). Connect your r ecorder to EXTERNAL 2 with a eur ocable 5 . Connect the other equipment with a eurocabl[...]

26 & Connect the three separate component video cables 1 to the peripheral equipment ha ving component video outputs (YPbPr), such as D VD-pla yers, laser -disc pla yers, videogame pla yers, satellite receivers or other equipment, and to the Y , Pb and Pr jacks of EXT4 on the TV . Note: EXT4 should always be used together with digital audio . ?[...]

27 • Digital MultiChannel Surr ound receiver Connect a digital MultiChannel Surr ound receiver to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connector at the bottom of the TV . • Analogue MultiChannel Surr ound receiver Connect an analogue MultiChannel Surr ound receiver to the A UDIO OUT L and R connectors at the bottom of the TV . The volume has to be contr olle[...]

28 Pb Pr L R EXT 1 EXT 4 EXT 2 EXT 3 CL Out HDMI ANTENNA 75 DVI IN1 IN2 OUT HDMI DIGITAL AUDIO HDMI L R Y Equipment to connect to a HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connector HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital video and audio inter connection. T o the HDMI connector you can connect HDMI peripheral equipments such as compatible[...]

29 DVI OUT Pb Y Pr EXT 1 EXT 4 EXT 2 EXT 3 HDMI ANTENNA 75 L R IN2 IN1 .... .... DV I HD AUDIO 1 2 3 DI G IT AL AUDI O PC DVI VGA 4 Equipment to connect to a D VI connector The DV I connector allows the f ollowing TV and monitor displa y modes, via the v k ey on the r emote control, for High Definition (HD) and computer (PC) equipment: HD Standard [...]

30 • Record a TV pro gramme with your recor der without EasyLink Y ou can record a TV programme using y our recorders tuner without affecting y our TV . & Select the channel number on y our recor der . é Set your r ecorder to recor d. See the handbook for y our recor der . Switching channel numbers on your TV does not disturb recording ! •[...]

31 ✓ MODE ON/OFF Ambilight + - + - DVD/R TV VCR AUX MENU 123 456 789 0 Ò ® ‡ π º † ® ® ® ® - FAVORITES - VIEW SELECT DEMO = _- SA T BROWSE b q i 0 MOT B v k T b ¬ P V OK .@ TUV PQRS WXYZ JKL GHI MNO ABC DEF B to switch to standby º for pause, ® for r ecord, Ò for r ewind ( VCR , CD ); search do wn ( DV D ) ‡ for stop , π for pl[...]

32 Y our TV remote contr ol gives you the opportunity to control all y our peripheral equipments with one single remote control. This can be done by selecting the corr ect brand and type out of the list of Direct Entr y codes for peripheral equipments. Press the SELECT k ey repeatedl y to select D VD/R , SA T , VCR or AUX according to the periphera[...]

33 CD Bose ..............................................................512 Hitachi..........................................................501 JVC................................................................504 K enwood .....................................................502 Panasonic .....................................................505 [...]

34 Y our TV remote contr ol suppor ts a learnable function which makes it possible to r ead out codes coming from another remote contr ol from equipment fr om another brand. This mak es it possible to use only one r emote control to contr ol all your other connected peripheral equipment. For the follo wing equipment the highlighted keys ar e progra[...]

35 T o put the remote contr ol function k eys back to the factor y mode & Press the SELECT k ey repeatedl y to select TV mode . é Press the OK k ey and the ¬ k ey simultaneously for at least 5 seconds. All the SELECT LEDS will light up . “ Press the SELECT key • 1x: D VD/R is lit up • 2x: SA T is lit up • 3x: VCR is lit up • 4x: AU [...]

36 Symptoms Items to Check and Actions to follow P oor Pictur e • Ha ve y ou selected the correct TV system in the manual installation menu? • Is your TV or house aerial located too close to loudspeakers, non-earthed audio equipment or neon lights, etc.? • Mountains or high buildings can cause double pictures or ghost images. Sometimes you ca[...]

37 Y our TV is equipped with a K ensington Security Slot, to pre vent it fr om getting stolen. An anti-theft K ensington lock has to be purchased separatel y . The K ensington lock is a plastic-coated steel cable with a lock. One end has to be fixed to the opening of the TV and locked with a special k ey . The other end is attached to a fix ed poin[...]

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

39 Manual softwar e upgrade procedur e 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 . & Insert the por table memor y that contains the downloaded software upgrade. é Select Software Upgrade in the Installation menu. Go to Local upgrades/appli[...]

40 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-885h9-1" ?> <philips-slideshow version="1.0" > <title>Title of the slideshow</title> <audio>audio_url</audio> <slide-duration>30</slide-duration> <slides> <slide>slide_1_url</slide> <slide>slide_2_url</slide&[...]

41 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 this tag will define the m usic pla ying in the background during the slidesho w . A single song or p[...]

42 Notes: - The latest ver sion of this document can be found on the Philips support website (www.philips.com/suppor t). - The software of your TV is upgradeable. If you have problems first check if you have the latest software installed on your TV . T he latest software, together with instr uctions , can be found on the Philips suppor t website. U[...]

43 USB Memor y De vice Issues • Devices connected to the USB port of your TV must be “Mass Storage Class” compliant. If your de vice (digital camera. MP3 pla yer , por table harddisk, …) is not “Mass Storage Class” compliant it will not be detected by the content br owser of the TV . • The following subsets of the Mass Storage Class s[...]

1 Contents What is Connected Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What you need to enjoy Connected Planet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Step 1: Installing the Philips Media Manager . . . . . . .[...]

2 & I nsert the supplied CD into your c omputer’ s CD driv e . If the CD does not start automatically, double-click My Computer , then the CD-ROM dr ive icon and finally star t.htm to star t the CD . é Please select your lang uage, click on Install Media Manag er and follow the on-screen instructions. Notes: - If the screen Product Configura[...]

3 A dding files in the Philips Media Manag er (PMM) & Select the PMM from y our Windows Star t-menu or double-click on the PMM symbol in the task bar . é Click on Music , Pictures or Mo vies at the top of the PMM window . “ Select Add Music , Add Pictures or Add Mo vies . ‘ Click on Add Files or F olders... . ( Select a folder or one or mo[...]

4 N e t w o r k c o nn.2 p c . 0 2. e p s W e will focus on the two main PC configurations found in modern households toda y . Check the glossar y for explanations of technical terms used. OR Step 2: Identifying your PC configuration Configuration A Befor e connecting your TV Configuration B Befor e connecting your TV ne t w o r k c o nn .1 p c . 0[...]

Configuration B Mak e sure DHCP/Auto IP (automatic network addr essing) is enabled on your PC . On most of the recentl y purchased PCs, automatic network addr essing is already enabled. Y ou can check this on your PC with the Network Utility on the supplied CD . If DHCP/Auto IP is not enabled, see Annex 4, p. 14 to enable DHCP/Auto IP on y our PC .[...]

6 Mak e sure the PC with Philips Media Manager installed on it (see p. 2) is switched on. & Switch on your TV . é Press the BR O WSE/MENU k ey on the remote contr ol to displa y the Browse men u. “ Select y our PC from which y ou want to access the content and press the cursor right. Note: It may take up to 2 minutes after switching on the T[...]

- Use the colour keys on the r emote control to perform the corresponding function mentioned at the bottom of the screen. - Press an y colour key or the i k ey to mak e the function bar at the bottom of the screen visible again. Multimedia bro wser functional keys: ‡ to stop pla ying your content † f or fast f orwar d Ò for re wind π for pla [...]

8 T o av oid implementation problems we r ecommend using a Wireless Access Point device (e.g. Philips CPWBS054) in combination with a wireless Ethernet bridge (also called a “Game adapter”). Wireless de vices use a wireless protoco l to communicate by means of radio wa ves.Wireless radio wa ves tra vel ou twards fr om the antenna in all directi[...]

9 Configuring a wireless Ethernet bridg e Mak e sure DHCP/Auto IP (automatic network addr essing) is enabled on ALL y our network devices (Wireless Access Point, PCs). Note: Nowadays the functionality of a W ireless Access P oint and a router are mostly combined into one box. If this is not the case, the installation may slightly differ from the in[...]

10 Configuring the wireless Ethernet bridge & Disconnect y our PC from y our network. • In case of a wireless USB dongle, remov e the dongle from y our PC . • In case of an integrated wireless netw ork adapter (e.g. laptop PC), disable the network adapter . • In case your PC has a wired connection, unplug the Ethernet cable from y our PC [...]

11 Re-securing y our wireless netw ork Also see Anne x 2:W ireless networ k secur ity, p. 12. & Consult the user manual of y our Wireless Access Point to appl y its security setting according to the details you wr ote down earlier . • Switch off the SSID broad cast. • Switch on wireless security (WEP/WP A ke ys). Note: If you don’t have y[...]

12 DO • Viruses, spywar e and other mali cious programs can undermine the security of your netw ork. Use the appr opriate software to protect y our PC from these threats. • Change the default passw ords for y our network devices. Leaving these at default mak es it easy for an outsider to gain access. Note: If you change passwords, wr ite them d[...]

13 This menu allows y ou to do the network installation yourself and to determine y our own network configuration. & Select Manual network installation in the Installation menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the Man ual netw ork installation menu. According to y our personal network setup , the a vailable menu items are pr esent and can be[...]

14 Windo ws XP & On the Windows desktop , click S tart and select C ontrol P anel . é In the Control Panel windo w , click Netw ork and Internet Connections . “ The Network Connections window will open. Double-click on the LAN-connection for this PC . ‘ On the connection status screen, click Properties . ( Double-click Internet Protocol (T[...]

15 W indo ws 98/Me Y ou may find that the instructions in this section do not exactly match y our version of Windows.This is because these steps and screen shots w ere created fr om Windows 98.Windows Millennium Edi tion is similar , but not identical, to Windows 98. & On the Windows desktop , click Start > Settings > Control P anel . é [...]

16 Apple Macintosh Computers Mac OS 10.x Y ou may find that the instructions her e do not exactly match your operating system.Th is is because these steps wer e created using Mac OS 10.3. Earlier or later versions of Mac OS 10 will be similar , but ma y not be identical. & Pull down the Apple Menu. é Select System Preferences.. . “ Click on [...]

17 Annex 5 : Suppor ted file formats A codec (encoder/decoder) is a technology for compressing and decompr essing data. Codecs convert digital signals to and from analog, and can be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of both. Standard codecs are used to encode and compress audio and video data f or streaming acr oss networks. O ver[...]

Detailed Audio codec specifications Content T ype Sample Rate Restrictions MP3 MPEG1 La yer I: 32, 44.1 & 48 kHz 32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 288, 320, 352, 384, 416 & 448 kbps M PEG1 La yer II: 32, 44.1 & 48 kHz 32, 48, 56, 64, 80, 96, 112, 128, 160, 192, 224, 256, 320 & 384 kbps MPEG1 La yer III: 32, 44.1 & 48 kHz 32, [...]

19 General restrictions • The maximum size of any m ultimedia file should nev er ex ceed 4Gbyte. • Do not use a dot “. ” in folder naming. • The minimum bitrate f or ALL video streams f ormats is 256kbps. Any stream with a bitrate lo wer than 256kbps can result in visual artifacts and stopping video . • The maximum bitrate f or streamin[...]

20 Prob lem The Installation CD will not s tart. The software will not install. My PC is not detected in the Bro wse menu. ( Media servers is display ed) I can’ t see the files on my PC. No wireless connection or intermittent drop-out of the wireless connection. New featur es as advertised on the Internet ar e not a vailable. P ossib le cause •[...]

21 Glossar y Access point : This is a wireless device that is often added to a wir ed network to enable wir eless operation. It can also be used in an ad-hoc network configuration. Ad-Hoc network : A direct network connection between tw o devices ( two PCs, or a PC and a TV). DHCP : Refers to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol used b y many router[...]