Philips 42PFL7862D manual

Ta b le of contents 1 Important 3 1.1 Safety 3 1.2 Care of the scr een 3 1.3 Recycling 3 2Y our TV 4 2.1 T elevision ov erview 4 2.2 Product highlights 5 3 Getting started 6 3.1 Position the TV 6 3.2 W all mounting - VESA 7 3.3 Remote control batteries 8 3.4 Antenna cable 8 3.5 Connect the mains 9 3.6 First time installation 9 4 Use your TV 10 4.1 [...]

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ENGLISH Impor tant 3 1 Impor tant Read this user manual before y ou star t to use this product. Pa y attention to this section and closely follo w the instr uctions. The war r anty does not apply to damage caused by not taking into account the instr uctions. 1.1 Safety •T o av oid shor t circuit, do not expose the product to rain or water . •T [...]

2Y our TV This section gives y ou an ov er view of the controls and functions of this TV . 2.1 T ele vision o ver view Side controls 1V olume up and down 2 Menu 3 Program or Channel up and down 4P ow er switch 5 Led indicator (Blue: On; Red: Standby) 6 Remote control sensor Side connectors To connect a camera, game console , headphone or a USB memo[...]

ENGLISH Remote control 1 Standby or On 2 Colour keys 3N a vigation k ey (up, down, left, right) OK 4T eletext key 5 Menu key 6 Programme up or down 7V olume up or down 8D VD , STB,... device selection Find more on your remote control in section 5.1 Remote control o verview . 2.2 Pr oduct highlights Y our new TV is equipped with some of the most mod[...]

6 Y our TV 3 Getting star ted This section helps you with the positioning and the fir st time installation of the TV . 3.1 P osition the TV ) W arning Carefully read the safety precautions in section 1.1 Safety before y ou position the TV . Large screen TVs are hea vy . Carr y and handle the TV with at least two persons. Connect your devices f ir s[...]

Y our TV 7 ENGLISH Unmount the TV stand ‡ Locate the 4 screws of the TV stand. ® Unscrew the 4 screws. Ò Lift the TV off the stand. à Tip Make all connections at the back of the TV before y ou wall mount the TV . See section 7 Connections . 3.2.2 42” / 107 cm (42PFL7862D) Y our TV is prepared for VESA compliant wall mounting. This bracket is[...]

Ò To remov e the TV stand locate the 4 screws of the TV stand. † Unscrew the 4 screws. º Lift the TV off the stand. ◊ Make all connections at the back of the TV before y ou wall mount the TV . See section 7 Connections . Now go on with the instructions supplied with the VESA wall bracket. 3.3 Remote contr ol batteries ‡ Open the batter y co[...]

3.5 Connect the mains cord ‡ Ve r ify that your mains voltage corresponds with the voltage printed on the sticker at the back of the TV . Do not inser t the mains cord if the v oltage is different. ® Inser t the mains cord tightly . 32” / 80 cm (32PFL7862D) 42” / 107 cm (42PFL7862D) The TV is never pow ered off completely unless the mains co[...]

10 Use your TV 4 Use y our TV Learn how to oper ate your TV for daily use . 4.1 Switch on or off - Standb y To switch on the TV: • Press B Powe r at the right side of the TV if the standby led is off. • Press B on the remote control if the standby led in on. To switch to standby: • Press B on the remote control. To switch on from standby with[...]

Use your TV 11 ENGLISH If the picture does not appear : ‡ Press AV v on the remote control. ® Press AV v repeatedly to select the device. W ait a f ew seconds until the picture appear s. Ò Press OK . † Use the remote control of the digital receiver to select TV channels. 4.4 W atch connected devices ‡ Switch on the device . The picture from[...]

12 Use more of your TV 5.1 Remote contr ol 5.1.1 Remote contr ol o verview 1 Standby B To switch the TV on or back to standby . 2 D VD STB TV VCR AUX SELECT To control connected Philips devices or to return to TV . 3 Dual screen b To show teletext on the right and the picture on the left of the screen. 4 Colour k eys • Easy selection of teletext [...]

13 ENGLISH Use more of your TV 15 AV v To select a connected device . 16 V olume up or down V To adjust the volume. 17 Menu To switch the menu on or off. 18 Option To switch the Quick access menu on or off. 19 Demo To switch the Demo menu on and to get a demonstration of the features of the TV . 20 On screen inf ormation i To show channel or progra[...]

14 5.2 TV menu o verview With the on screen menus y ou install your TV , adjust picture and sound settings and access f eatures. This section gives an o ver view of the menus and describes how to navigate. 5.2.1 The menu ‡ Press Menu on the remote control to show the main menu. ® Press Menu to quit the menu. The main menu offers the following it[...]

15 ENGLISH º Press navigation k ey r ight to enter the picture settings. ◊ Press navigation k ey down to select Brightness . ‹ Press navigation k ey r ight to enter the Brightness setting. ≈ Press navigation k ey up or down to adjust the setting. Ú Press navigation k ey left to retur n to the Picture settings or press Menu to quit the menu.[...]

16 5.3 Picture and Sound settings This section describes how to adjust picture and sound in the menus. 5.3.1 Settings assistant Use the Settings assistant to guide you through basic picture and sound settings in an easy way . ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > TV settings > Settings assistant and press navigation k ey r[...]

17 ENGLISH • Pix el Plus Enables or disab les Pixel Plus, the most ideal picture setting. • HD Natural Motion Reduces the field and line flick er and reproduces smooth mov ement especially in movies. Set the level to Minim um, Maximum or Off. • 100 Hz LCD Switches 100 Hz LCD on or off. • Dynamic contrast Enhances the contrast in the picture[...]

18 5.3.5 Sound settings This section describes how to adjust all sound settings. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > TV settings > Sound and press navigation k ey r ight to enter the list. ® Press navigation k ey up or down to select a setting. • Equalizer Changes the bass and treble of the sound. Select each bar to c[...]

19 ENGLISH Use more of your TV 5.4 T eletext Y our TV has a 1200 pages memor y that stores broadcasted teletext pages and subpages to reduce waiting time . To select a teletext page see section 4.6 Select a T eletext page . 5.4.1 Select pag enumber subpag es A teletext page number can hold several subpages. The pages are shown on a bar next to the [...]

20 Use more of your TV ‡ Press b . ® Press Menu . Ò Press navigation k ey up or down to select an option. † Press OK to change a setting. º Press Menu to quit the teletext menu. ◊ Press b to switch off teletext. 5.4.7 Digital text services (UK only) Some digital TV broadcaster s offer dedicated digital text or interactive ser vices (for ex[...]

21 ENGLISH Use more of your TV 5.5.3 Select a channel fr om a fa vourite list ‡ Press OK . The last selected channel list appear s. ® Use navigation k ey up or down to highlight a channel. Ò Press OK . The TV tunes to that channel. à Tip • Use -P+ to go through the TV channels of the selected fav ourite list. • With the number keys y ou ca[...]

22 Use more of your TV 5.6.2 More on ‘7 or 8 da y’ EPG Search by genre, scheduled reminder s, etc . are managed in the Programme guide menu. ‡ Press a on the remote control. ® Press Menu . The Programme guide menu appear s. Ò Press navigation k ey up or down to select a menu option. † Press navigation k ey r ight to enter . º Press navig[...]

23 ENGLISH Use more of your TV Did you f orget your code ? ‡ Select Change code . ® Press navigation k ey r ight. Ò Enter the ov er riding code 8-8-8-8. † Enter a new per sonal code . º Confirm your new entered code. The previous code is erased and the new code is stored. 5.7.4 Activate or deactivate Child lock If your code is set, you can l[...]

24 Use more of your TV 5.8.2 Activate or deactivate subtitling ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Features > Subtitle and press navigation k ey r ight to enter the list. ® Press navigation k ey up or down to select On to show the subtitles alwa ys or On during mute to show the subtitles only when the sound is m uted wi[...]

25 ENGLISH Use more of your TV † Press OK to view the picture or to star t a slideshow of the pictures in the album. º Press OK to pause the slideshow . Press again to restar t. ◊ Press one of the colour keys on the remote control to perform the cor responding function shown at the bottom of the screen. Press the b lue key to stop the show and[...]

26 Use more of your TV 5.10 Listen to radio channels If digital broadcasting is availab le , digital radio channels will be installed during installation. To listen to a digital radio channel: ‡ Press OK on the remote control. The All channels menu is display ed. ® Use the number keys to select a radio channel a vailable from channel n umber 400[...]

27 ENGLISH Use more of your TV 5.11.2 Software do wnload from the PC to the USB de vice ‡ Inser t the USB memor y device into a PC linked to the internet. ® Locate and open the file “update.htm” on your USB device . Ò Read the instr uctions on screen and click on the Send ID b utton. The software update is downloaded on the USB memor y devi[...]

28 Use more of your TV ‹ The TV switches back on again. The update is done . 5.11.4 V erify the curr ent software v ersion Updating software is only possible if the v er sion of the new availab le software is different from the current one . Y ou can verify your cur rent software ver sion. ‡ Select Software update in the TV menu. ® Press navig[...]

29 ENGLISH Use more of your TV 6 Channel installation The first time you switched on your TV you’ve selected the language of the TV menus and all the a vailable channels ha ve been installed. This chapter will help you if y ou find it necessar y to re-do the initial installation or if you want to tune in a new analogue TV channel. r Notes : -Y ou[...]

30 Use more of your TV 6.2 Analogue: Manual installation Y ou can tune-in analogue TV channels channel b y channel manually with Man ual installation. 6.2.1 Select the system ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Installation > Channel installation > Analogue: Manual installation . ® Press navigation k ey r ight to ent[...]

31 ENGLISH Use more of your TV 6.3.2 Uninstall or r einstall a channel To uninstall a stored channel so that it is no longer possible to tune to . Reinstall an ear lier uninstalled channel. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Installation > Channel installation > Rearrange . ® Press navigation k ey r ight to enter th[...]

32 Connections Back connectors 1 EXT1 Scar t connector for D VD , VCR, digital receiver , game console , etc . 2 EXT2 Second scar t connector . 3 EXT3 Component Video Y Pb Pr and Audio L/R connector s for D VD , digital receiver or game console , etc. 4 Common Interface Slot for Conditional Access Modules (C AM) 5 Audio Out L/R Sound output cinch c[...]

33 ENGLISH Connections Back connectors 1 EXT1 Scar t connector for D VD , VCR, digital receiver , game console , etc . 2 EXT2 Second scar t connector . 3 EXT3 Component Video Y Pb Pr and Audio L/R connector s for D VD , digital receiver or game console , etc. 4 Common Interface Slot for Conditional Access Modules (C AM) 5 Audio Out L/R Sound output[...]

34 Connections 7.2 About connecting Learn here how to make the best connection for y our device. Six connections are ready to use at the back of the TV - EXT1, EXT2, EXT3, HDMI1, HDMI2 and HDMI3. Connect your device with the highest possible quality connection. Look for the highest quality connection on your device. Use that connection to your TV .[...]

35 ENGLISH Connections 7.2.4 Scar t - Good quality ★★★ One cable combines video and audio signals. Scar t connector s can handle RGB video but no HD TV signals. Scar t cable 7.2.5 S-Video - Good quality ★★ Use a S-Video cable together with an Audio L/R (cinch) cable. Match the cable colour s when you connect. An S-Video cable Audio L/R ca[...]

36 Connections 7.3 Connect y our de vices The connections shown in this section are recommendations for the most used cases. Other solutions may be possib le . 7.3.1 D VD play er Use a scar t cable to connect the device to the EXT1 input at the back of the TV . 7.3.2 D VD Recorder or Digital Receiver Use a scar t cable and 2 antenna cables. 7.3.3 D[...]

37 ENGLISH Connections 7.3.4 D VD Recorder and Home Theatre System Use a scar t cable, 2 antenna cables and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. 7.3.5 D VD Recorder and D VD Home Theatre System Use 2 scar t cables, 2 antenna cab les and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. 7.3.6 Satellite receiver Use a scar t cable and 2 antenna cables. EXT 3 Y Pb Pr AUDIO L/[...]

38 Connections 7.3.7 HD Digital receiver / HD satellite r eceiv er Use a HDMI cable and 2 antenna cab les. 7.3.8 D VD-R, Home Theatre System and Digital receiv er Use 3 scar t cables, 3 antenna cab les and 1 audio (cinch) cable. 7.3.9 Blu-ray Disc pla yer Use a HDMI cable. EXT 3 Y Pb Pr AUDIO L/ R HDMI 3 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 EXT 1 EXT 2 Blu-ra y Disc play[...]

39 ENGLISH Connections 7.3.10 Game console The most practical connection for a game console is at the side of the TV . More qualitative connections are at the back of the TV . Connected at the side of the TV Use the Video and Audio L/R (cinch) connector s. 32” / 80 cm (32PFL7862D) 42” / 107 cm (42PFL7862D) Connected at the back of the TV Use a [...]

40 Connections Add an audio cable with a Stereo mini jack for sound. Connect the Stereo mini jack to EXT3 on the TV . 32” / 80 cm (32PFL7862D) 42” / 107 cm (42PFL7862D) In the Connections menu, link this EXT3 audio to the HDMI connector you are using. See section 7.4 Connections setup . Connected at the side of the TV If your PC has no D VI con[...]

41 ENGLISH Connections 7.4.3 Naming your de vices Name the connected devices for easy selection and best signal handling. Assign the type of device (D VD , VCR, Game ...) to the connector you use f or that device . ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Installation > Connections > EXT1 . ® Press navigation k ey r ight [...]

42 T echnical data 8T echnical data Picture / Displa y • Display type: 32” / 80 cm: LCD , HD W -XGA 42” / 107 cm: LCD , Full HD W -UXGA •P anel resolution: 32” / 80 cm: 1366x768p 42” / 107 cm: 1920x1080p • Pixel Plus picture enhancement • 1080p 24/25/30/50/60Hz processing • 100 Hz LCD Supported display r esolutions • Computer fo[...]

43 ENGLISH T roubleshooting 9T r oubleshooting Te le vision and remote contr ol The TV does not switch on •V er ify the mains cord connection. •V er ify if the batter ies of the remote control are flat or weak. V er ify their + / - or ientation. Y ou can use the keys on the TV to switch the TV on. • Unplug the mains cord, wait for one minute [...]

44 T roubleshooting The picture position on scr een is not corr ect • Some picture signals from some devices do not f it the screen correctly . Y ou can shift the picture with the navigation k ey on the remote control. Check the signal output of the device . Sound There is a pictur e but no sound •V er ify the volume is not set to 0. •V er if[...]

45 ENGLISH Index 10 Index 100 Hz LCD 17 Active Control 17 Analogue manual installation 30 TV channels 31 Antenna cable 8 connect 8 with devices 32 Auto format 17 Automatic installation 29 Auto surround 18 Automatic V olume Leveler 18 Balance 18 Batteries 3,9 Blacklevel 16 Blu-ray 32,34,38 Brightness 16 CA module 32,41 Cable HDMI 34 Scar t 35 YPbPr [...]

46 Index Naming devices 40 Noise reduction 17 OK key 12 On timer 22 Pixel Plus 17 Pe r sonal Computer connect 39 display resolutions 42 Photo viewer 24 Picture for mat 17 menu 16 P osition the TV 5 P ow er 10 Programme up/down 12 Quick access menu 15 Radio channel 26 Rearr ange channels 30 Recorder 36 Recycling 3 Remote control batteries 8 ov er vi[...]