Philips 37PF9731 manual

Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote contr ol RC4420 . . . . . . . . . 5 Use of the option k ey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Ke ys at the right side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Switch the TV on . . . . . . . . . [...]

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 v entilation slots. • Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. • T o pre [...]

Befor e you switch on y our TV , connect all your peripheral equipment. See T o make video and audio connections, p. 39. 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. 41. EXT1 can handle CVBS, RGB and Audio L/R; EXT2 can handle CVBS, S-VIDEO , RGB, Audio L/R; EXT3[...]

< 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. 40. -T o connect a headphone, see T o make video and audio connections, p. 40. -T o connect a USB device, see Multimedia browser , p. 33. Tip :f[...]

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 to select one of the system modes in which the r emote contr ol can be used. See Audio and Video equipment ke ys, p . 49. DEMO Press to s witch the Demo menu on or off. Colour [...]

+P- Channel selection - to browse thr ough the TV channels and sources stor ed and mark ed in the Fav ourite channels lists; - to select a page in T eletext mode; - to quickly browse thr ough the lists in the menus; - to switch the TV on fr om standby mode. 0/9 Digit k eys To select a TV channel between 0 and 999. AV Select y our peripherals See In[...]

b Dual screen/PIP Press the b ke y to switch on or off Dual scr een or PIP , according to the format selection made in the PIP f ormat list. See p. 23. PIP allows y ou to call up a subscreen within the main screen enabling you to watch tw o TV channels or a TV channel and pictures fr om a peripheral at the same time. Dual screen allo ws you to divi[...]

EN 8 Subtitles : See Adjust featur e menu settings, p. 23. Picture f ormat : See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust picture menu settings, p. 16. Equalizer : See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust sound menu settings, p. 18. PIP format : See Adjust featur e menu settings, p. 23. Clock : < Select to activate/deactivate the clock displa y on the[...]

EN 9 Note : if the TV has already been installed befor e and/or you want to change the First time installation settings, proceed with Use of the TV menu settings, p. 13. Switch the TV on < Press the po wer switch B at the side of the TV . > An indicator on the front of the TV lights up and the screen comes on. < If the TV is in standby mod[...]

First time installation (Continued) EN 10 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. 1. Press the cursor up/down to highlight y our language. 2. Press the OK ke y on the remote contr ol. 3. Follow the instructions on sc[...]

First time installation (Continued) EN 11 By means of sev eral split screens/full scr eens you are prompted to select y our pref erred pictur e , sound and ambilight settings, to finally arrive at a complete setting which satisfies you. 1. Press the gr een colour ke y on your remote contr ol to enter the Settings assistant men u. 2. Select your Loc[...]

Ho w to na vigate thr ough the menus EN 12 A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa yed on y our 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 y ed on the specific item highlighted. The colour k eys at the bottom of the screen r efer to the differ ent actio[...]

Ho w to na vigate thr ough the menus (continued) EN 13 Use of the TV menu settings 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE ke y on the r emote control. > The main menu appears on the scr een. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV menu is displa yed. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is mov ed to [...]

Use of the TV menu settings (continued) EN 14 Each time you'v e made a selection, press the green k ey to confirm your selection. 1. Select Settings assistant and pr ess the cursor right. > By means of sev eral split screens/full scr eens you are prompted to select y our pref erred pictur e , sound and ambilight settings to finally arriv e [...]

Adjust picture men u settings EN 15 The picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. P r ess the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV men u and press the cursor right. > The TV menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV[...]

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 : allo ws you to customise the colour tint by adjusting the red whitepoint of the pictur e. G-WP : allo ws you to[...]

DNR DNR automatically filters out and reduces the image noise. This improv es picture quality when r eceiving weak signals. < Select Off , Minimum , Medium or Maximum according to the image noise in the picture. MPEG artifact reduction MPEG ar tifact r eduction On smoothens the transitions on digital content. < Select On or Off . Colour enhan[...]

The sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the sound. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote contr ol. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV men u and press the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is mov ed to the left panel[...]

Adjust sound menu settings (Continued) EN 19 Surr ound mode Allows y ou to select the modes for more spatial or surr ound sound repr oduction dependent on the broadcasted signals or signals fr om external inputs receiv ed. Headphone volume Allows y ou to control the lev el of sound through the headphones. A VL (Automatic V olume Lev eler) Automatic[...]

Enjo y Ambilight EN 20 The ambilight menu contains the settings for contr olling the ambient lighting. Using ambient light gives a more r elax ed viewing experience and impr oves per ceived pictur e quality . Analysis of the pictur e content adapts the colours continuously . But the lights can also be set to any fix ed colour and many shades of whi[...]

Enjo y Ambilight (Continued) EN 21 Colour Allows y ou to select or adjust the colour of the light to y our own personal choice. - W arm white is matched to that of most normal lightbulbs. Select this setting if you want the Ambilight to fit best with normal living room lighting. - Cool white is matched to that of normal daylight (6500K). Select thi[...]

Enjo y Ambilight (Continued) EN 22 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 effect in case, Relaxed, Moderate or Dynamic has been selected in the Mod[...]

Adjust featur e menu settings EN 23 The Featur es menu allows y ou to control the settings of special TV functions, features and accessory equipments. 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE ke y on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select F eatures and press[...]

Childlock With a 4-digit code, y ou are able to lock TV channels and external sources to pr ev ent children fr om watching cer tain programmes. 1. Select Childlock . 2. Press the cursor right to enter the Childlock menu. 3. Enter your 4-digit code. 4. Select one of the menu items of the Childlock menu and press the cursor right: - Lock to lock all [...]

Adjust featur e menu settings (Continued) EN 25 On timer From standb y , this automatically s witches the TV to the specified channel number , at a specified time. 1. Select On timer . 2. Press the cursor right to enter the On timer menu. 3. Select Timer and press the cursor right. 4. Select On . 5. Select Channel and then the TV channel you want y[...]

EN 26 Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels Tip :y ou will need this chapter only if y ou want to change the installation settings. This menu will adjust settings r elated to the initial installation of y our TV . 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE ke y on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. &[...]

EN 27 Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (Continued) Manual installation This gives y ou the possibility to manually install (tuning-in channel by channel) TV channels. 1. Select Manual installation and pr ess the cursor right. 2. Select System . 3. Select Sear ch and press the cursor right. 4. Select the red or gr een colour ke y to procee[...]

EN 28 This allows y ou to rename, to r eshuffle and to uninstall or r einstall 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 stored TV channels. 1. Select the channel you want to change place. 2. Press the y ellow colour ke y to move up a[...]

EN 29 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 t[...]

EN 30 Select y our connections This allows y ou to select the peripheral equipment you ha ve connected to the audio and video connectors. 1. Select Connections . 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Select the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected. > When you select EXT1 , EXT2 , EXT3 , HDMI 1 , HDMI 2 , VG A , Side , A UDIO IN L/R or Di[...]

EN 31 Reset the Factory settings This allows y ou to reset most of the predefined factory states. 1. Select and press the cursor right. 2. Press the OK ke y to erase settings and r eset them to their default values. Info TV menu Installation Factory reset Reset Language Channels Preferences Connections Factory settings Software upgrade Ho w to upgr[...]

EN 32 Create y our fa v ourite list 32 32 2555.3 EN 29-01-2007 16:26 Pagina 32 This allows y ou to select up to four fa vourite channels lists with y our pr eferr ed TV channels and radio stations. F or example , each member of your famil y can create his/her own fa vourite list. In addition to the fa vourite channel lists y ou ma y also select a l[...]

EN 33 33 The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures and/or mo vies or pla y audio files stored on a USB de vice or a memor y card. The Multimedia bro wser application is inv oked fr om the main menu. - Following types of memory cards can be r ead: Compact flash I & II, Memor y stick, memor y stick PR O , SD Card/Mini SD Car d, Smart Med[...]

EN 34 34 Multimedia Br o wser (Continued) To r emo ve the Memory card/USB device 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE ke y on the r emote control to s witch off the main menu. 2. Remove the Memory card/USB device. Card data pr otection • Do not remo ve the card/USB de vice when the content is being read or when br owsing. Such action ma y damage the memor y[...]

EN 35 35 Multimedia Bro wser men u 1. Inser t a USB de vice or memor y card. 2. Select the USB device or memory card under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows you to br owse content stored on the inserted USB device or memory card. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left panel containing the content[...]

EN 36 36 Function k eys 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 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 m[...]

EN 37 37 T eletext Most TV channels broadcast inf ormation via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will stor e most broadcasted pages and subpages to r educe waiting time. After each programme change, the memor y is r efreshed. < Press b to switch the teletext on. > The main index page appears on the scr een. Select a T eletext pa[...]

EN 38 38 T eletext (Continued) Hypertext With h yper text y ou can quickly jump to a pagenumber or search f or a specific word sho wn on the current teletext page. 1. Press the OK ke y to highlight the first word or a n umber on the page. 2. Use the cursor up/down, left/right to select any other wor d or number y ou want to search for . 3. Press th[...]

EN 39 39 To mak e video and audio connections 39 39 Tip : use the inputs that are a vailable on your equipment that pr ovide the best video or audio performance, as below . Note :y our TV comes with all types of connectors with the exception of the D VI connector but some of your equipment ma y be equipped with this type. In this case you'll n[...]

EN 40 40 To mak e video and audio connections - Side panel o v er view 40 Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and A UDIO 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-VID[...]

41 Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o o o PC-VGA EXT2 EXT1 o o AUDIO IN L/R Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OU[...]

EN 42 42 ANTENNA EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA 75 o EXT2 EXT1 2 RECORDER 1 CABLE 3 EXT 1/2 Connect a VCR or D VD recor der 42 42 W arning : do not place your r ecorder too close to the screen as some r ecorders ma y be susceptible f or signals fr om the display . K eep a minimum distance of 0,5 m from the scr een. ANTENNA ANTENNA 75 o EXT2 RECORDER 1 CABLE 2 W[...]

EN 43 43 ANTENNA EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA 75 o EXT2 EXT1 RECORDER CABLE 1 2 RECORDER 3 5 EXT 1/2 4 Connect two VCRs or VCR and D VD recor der 43 43 With eurocab les 1. Connect the RF antenna cable 1 of the RF IN sock et of your other A V device. 2. Connect the RF output of the A V device to the RF input of the recor der 2 . 3. Connect another RF cable 4 f[...]

EN 44 44 Connect a D VD pla y er , HD receiver bo x or game console 44 44 With a D VI connector With Digital audio 1. Use a D VI to HDMI cable to connect to one of the HDMI connectors of your TV 1 . 2. Connect the audio cable 2 to the DIGIT AL A UDIO IN connector of the TV . 3. Select the computer you ha ve connected in the Installation menu, Selec[...]

EN 45 45 Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT 1 EXT3 : YPbPr EXT3 : AUDIO IN R / L 3 DVD / STB 2 DIGIT AL AUDIO IN Connect a D VD pla y er , a satellite receiver or HD r eceiv er 45 45 With Component Video Connectors 1. Connect the th[...]

EN 46 46 Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT o PC-VGA AUDIO IN L/R o VGA 2 1 VGA AUDIO in R/L 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 yo[...]

EN 47 47 Connect a Home Cinema amplifier 47 Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT 47 Digital Home Cinema amplifier < Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT co[...]

EN 48 48 48 Select connected equipment Befor e operating your connected equipment you ha v e to make a selection in the Installation, Select your connections menu, p. 30. 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE ke y . 2. Select TV MENU and press the cursor right. 3. Select Installation . 4. Press the cursor right. 5. Select Connections . 6. Press the cursor righ[...]

EN 49 49 49 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 y ou pressed one of the mode ke ys ( DV D , STB , VCR , AUX ) according to the equipment y ou want to operate with this r emote control. See Use of the Remote control, p. 5-6. B to swi[...]

50 EN Tr oubleshooting Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy No picture < V erify if the supplied cables are connected properl y . (The aerial cable to the TV , the other aerial to your recor der , 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 [...]

51 EN Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy The remote of < The infrared signals of the scr een ma y influence the reception sensibility connected equip- of other peripherals. ment does not Solution :r eplace the batteries of the remote of other peripheral function well equipment. No photo or music < V erify if the source complies with a supported c[...]

EN 52 52 52 Annex 1 - Philips TV software upgrade with portable memor y Info TV menu Installation Software upgrade Current softw . info Local upgrades Announcement ............. Channels Preferences Connections Factory settings Software upgrade Introduction Philips continuously tries to impr ov e its products and it wants you to pr ofit of that ev [...]

EN 53 53 53 Annex 1 (Continued) Software Id: TL32E-234 Loading Done Val id a ting Done Programming Software Upgrade Application Upgrade busy... Upgrade the TV software 1. Switch off your TV and remo ve all memory devices. 2. Inser t the USB portable memor y that contains the downloaded softwar e upgrade . 3. Switch on your TV with the pow er ke y B[...]

EN 54 54 54 Annex 1 (Continued) Info TV menu Installation Software upgrade Current softw . info Local upgrades Announcement ............. Channels Preferences Connections Factory settings Software upgrade Local software upgrade pr ocedure New softwar e , or the currently installed softwar e version, can also be obtained from the www .philips.com/su[...]

55 EN Introduction 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 addr essing technical or software skilled users. To start the slideshow open the slideshow file in the Multimedia bro wser of your TV . 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE ke y on the r emote control after ha [...]

56 EN Annex 2 (Continued) Supported XML-tags The following table giv es a description of the XML syntax. Ta g 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[...]

57 EN Digital Content Issues • Onl y F A T (DOS) formatted (initialized) portable memor y is supported. Errors in this formatting can r esult in unr eadable content. If such problems appear try to re-format the car d. Be a ware that f ormatting the card will also delete all the content on it (pictur es, music, …). • The f ollowing file types [...]

Annex 3 - Philips TV - P ortable memor y and USB issues (Continued) EN 58 Digital Camera Issues If a USB connection between y our digital camera and the TV isn’ t working, you can try the solutions below to r esolve your pr oblem. • Mak e sur e your digital camera is switched on and v erify if the configuration of your digital camera is corr ec[...]

59 EN Annex 4 - Issues r eferring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector The HDMI IN connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor display modes: HD Standar d Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p 720x576p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC VG A 640x480 SV GA 800x600 [...]

60 EN active contr ol ........................... 17 ambilight .................................... 20 antenna ......................................... 4 audio equipment k eys ............. 49 auto format ............................... 17 automatic installation .............. 26 auto surr ound .......................... 58 a vl (audio volume lev [...]

61 EN Recycling 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 pr oduct is designed and manufactured 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,[...]

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