Philips 50PF9731D manual

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Note to the CA TV system installer : this reminder is provided to call the CA TV system installer’ s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC that provides guidelines f or proper gr ounding and, in particular , specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to t he grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entr y as pract[...]

English User Manual Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Digital Cable TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Connect to the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Connect the mains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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 you want, but mak e sure that air can cir culate fr eely thr ough the ventilation slots. Lea v e 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. 41. 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. 41. AV 1 can handle YPbPr , VIDEO , S-VIDEO , RGB[...]

Y our new TV is pro vided with a special slot called a CableCARD™ which means that you do not need a separate set top box to r eceive digital cable SDTV and HDTV pr ograms. How ev er it is still possible to connect a set top box to y our TV . The CableCARD , which will be a vailable fr om your cable system operator , is designed only for that par[...]

Connect to the TV 5 English User Manual Y our Philips Digital TV will allow you to enjo y digital programs directl y from y our cable or off air . Connect directl y to the TV or connect via your curr ent cable box or Satellite Receiv er box. • Directl y to the TV (you will not be able to receiv e pa y channels) 1. Connect the cable TV signal or t[...]

6 W arning : verify that the power suppl y voltage cor responds 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 control < Insert the 2 batteries supplied (T ype R[...]

7 English User Manual PO WER Press to turn on/off the TV from or to standby mode. TV Press to select TV mode. D VD STB VCR AUX Press to select one of the system modes in which the remote contr ol can be used. DEMO Demo on/off See p . 14. Color buttons When functions are attached to the color buttons, the color buttons are sho wn on screen. MY CONTE[...]

VO L V olume Press + or - to adjust the v olume. MUTE Interrupt the sound or r estore it. CH Channel selection - T o browse thr ough the TV channels or sources stor ed and mark ed in the Prefer red channels list (see p . 36); - T o quickly bro wse through the list in the men us; - T o switch the TV on from standby mode; - T o select between Antenna[...]

English User Manual 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 sc[...]

The m y MY CONTENT/OPTION button allows y ou to displa y the Quick access menu which will giv e you dir ect access to some featur es and menu options. 1. Pr ess the MY CONTENT/OPTION button. > The Quick access menu appears. 2. Pr ess the cursor up/down to select a menu item. 3. Pr ess the OK button to jump to the selected menu item in the TV men[...]

11 English User Manual My Content (Continued) (Un)Mark This allows y ou to add TV channels to or remov e TV channels from y our fa v orite channels list. 1. Select (Un)Mark . 2. Pr ess the OK button. > A 4 icon appears to indicate that the selected TV channel has been added to the fa v orite channels list. 3. Repeat to Unmark a selected TV chann[...]

Buttons on the right of the TV 12 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 switch 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 PROGR[...]

English User Manual A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa yed on y our 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 yed on the specific item highlighted. The color buttons ref er to different actions which ma y be ex ecut[...]

14 Ho w to na vigate through the menus (contin ued) 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 pr ess 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 but[...]

English User Manual After language is set corr ectly , you can no w sear ch for and store the TV channels. 1. Select Autoprogram in the Installation menu. 2. Pr ess the cursor right. 3. Pr ess the OK button. 4. Select Cable or Antenna in the Installation mode. > When Antenna is selected, the TV will detect antenna signals and will search f or an[...]

Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (continued) 16 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 is [...]

English User Manual Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (continued) 17 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 . 5). 1. Select a channel[...]

A CableCARD is a removable card distributed b y cable companies, that is inserted into the CableC ARD slot at the bottom of your tele vision. See CableC ARD , p. 38. It enables you to decode digitall y encr ypted, or scrambled content deliver ed fr om the cable system. CableCARD functionality includes conditional access and copy protection. T o rec[...]

English User Manual This menu is used to contr ol the settings of special TV functions, features and accessory devices. The Pref erences menu allows y ou to change settings that will typically be accessed only occasionall y . The Sour ce menu allows you to select a sour ce. The Clock menu allows you to use y our TV as a clock. This setup is necessa[...]

Define the position of the PIP screen 1. Pr ess the cursor right to highlight the PIP screen. 2. Pr ess the red color button on the r emote contr ol to select P osition . 3. Use the cursor k eys to define the position of the PIP screen. Auto surr ound Sometimes the broadcaster transmits special signals f or Surr ound sound encoded programs. > Wh[...]

English User Manual Use of the Setup menu (continued) 21 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 Ser vice. Thi[...]

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/[...]

English User Manual 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 do wn. > 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 previously bee[...]

Use of the Setup menu (continued) 24 This menu allows y ou to identify the accessory devices you ha v e connected to the external inputs/outputs. 1. Select Source in the Setup menu. 2. Pr ess the cursor right to enter the list of external inputs. 3. Select the appr opriate input with the cursor up/down. > When you select AV 1 , AV 2 , AV 3 , HDM[...]

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 menu 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 subme[...]

Adjust Picture men u settings (Continued) 27 Color Adjusts the saturation lev el of the colors to suit your personal pref erence. Sharpness Adjusts the sharpness of fine details in the picture. Color temperature Increases or decr eases W arm (red) and Cool (blue) colors to suit personal pref erences. < Select Cool to give the white colors a blue[...]

Adjust Sound menu settings Color enhancement Automatically contr ols green enhancement and blue str etch. It mak es the colors more vivid. < Select On or Off in order to activate/de-activate . Tint Allows y ou to select the color mix (hue) of the picture. Picture f ormat This menu item performs the same as the FORMA T button on the remote contr [...]

English User Manual V olume Allows y ou to adjust the sound output lev el. Balance Allows y ou to adjust the output of the right and left speak ers to obtain the best stereo r epr oduction for your listening position. Headphone volume Allows y ou to control the le vel of sound thr ough the headphones. Sound mode Allows y ou to select the modes for [...]

The Featur es menu allows y ou to contr ol the settings of special featur es. 1. Pr ess the MENU button on the remote control. > 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 Featur es and press the cursor right. &g[...]

English User Manual 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 continuously . But the lights can also be set to any fix ed color and man y shades of white.[...]

7. In case Color has been selected in the Mode menu: < Select Color in the Ambilight menu and pr ess 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 of[...]

English User Manual This menu allows y ou to contr ol special functions for the TV channels. 1. Pr ess the MENU button on the remote control. > 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 t[...]

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. Both w[...]

English User Manual 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 e[...]

Pref err ed channels After ha ving finished to search f or and to store TV channels, all the installed, non-scrambled,TV channels are mark ed as pref erred b y default. With the -CH+ button on the remote control y ou can bro wse through the list of the TV channels. Only those channels which are in the pr eferr ed list will be displa yed. In this me[...]

English User Manual The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures or pla y audio files stored on a USB de vice or a memor y card. The Multimedia bro wser application is inv ok ed fr om the My Contents menu when a USB device is inserted. 1. Pr ess the MY CONTENT/OPTION button on the remote control. > The Quick access menu appears. 2. Select [...]

Multimedia Br o wser (Continued) 38 T o inser t a Memor y card/USB de vice < lnsert a memor y card in one of the cardslots at the left side of the TV . Insert it to be clicked in. < In case of a memor y stick or a digital camera, connect it to one of the USB connectors. When a memor y card or a USB de vice is inserted, the Multimedia bro wser[...]

English User Manual 39 Multimedia Bro wser menu 1. Insert a USB device or memory card. 2. Select the USB device or memory card under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia browser allows y ou to br owse content stored on the inserted USB device or memory card. 3. Pr ess the cursor right. > The 2-panel browser will be shown with [...]

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 yed in a slide sho w Rotate to rotate a pictur e Repeat one/all to repeat the pla yback of a music [...]

English User Manual T o mak e video and audio connections 41 Tips : - use the inputs that are a vailable on your equipment that pro vide the best video or audio performance, as below; - if you experience a discolor ed line on the left or right side of the set, adjust the picture position to the centre of the scr een with the cursor buttons. Note : [...]

Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect y our camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. 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 . Headphone 1. Insert the plug into the head[...]

English User Manual L Pr H R Pb V Y /R /B /G Pr Pb L Y R S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO AV 2 AV 3 AV 1 VIDEO VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO VGA (PC) via RGB-HV HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o DIGITAL AUDIO OUT o DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED o o o o AUDIO OUT LR DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED L Pr H R Pb V Y Pr Pb L Y R S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AV2 AV3 AV1 VIDEO VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO IN HDMI 1[...]

L Pr H R Pb V DIGITAL AUDIO IN Y Pr Pb Y S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AV 2 AV 3 AV 1 VIDEO L R VIDEO ANTENNA 75 o CABLE RECORDER OUT IN 3 AV2 : L + R + VIDEO Connect a VCR or D VD recor der 44 1. Connect the RF Antenna or Cable TV cable (eventually via an optional tw o-wa y signal splitter and/or Cable TV converter box) 1 to the RF IN socket of y our recor der [...]

English User Manual Connect a recor der and other A/V devices 45 L Pr H R Pb V DIGITAL AUDIO IN Y Pr Pb Y S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AV 3 AV 2 AV 1 VIDEO L R VIDEO ANTENNA 75 o RECORDER OUT IN CABLE OUT IN VIDEO R 5 1 4 3 2 AV1 : L + R + VIDEO AV2 : L + R + VIDEO 1. Connect the RF antenna cable 1 of the RF IN socket of y our other A V device. 2. Connect the R[...]

Connect a recor der and Cable bo x with RF output L Pr H R Pb V DIGITAL AUDIO IN Y Pr Pb Y S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AV 2 AV 3 AV 1 VIDEO L R VIDEO ANTENNA 75 o CABLE Cable box RECORDER OUT IN OUT IN SIGNAL SPLITTER 4 2 1 AV2 : L + R + VIDEO 3 46 1. Use an optional signal splitter . 2. Connect one of the cable TV signal splitter outputs 1 to the cable box’[...]

English User Manual L Pr H R Pb V DIGITAL AUDIO IN Y Pr Pb Y S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AV 2 AV 3 AV 1 VIDEO L R VIDEO AV 1 ANTENNA 75 o Cable box IN CABLE OUT 2 AV1 : L + R + VIDEO Connect a satellite receiv er or Cable box with A/V outputs 47 1. Connect the satellite antenna cable or the Cable TV cable 1 to the satellite receiv er’ s or cable box’ s IN [...]

L Pr H R Pb V DIG AUDIO IN Y Pr Pb Y S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AV 2 AV 3 AV 1 VIDEO L R VIDEO AV 1 ANTENNA 75 o AV1 : L + R + VIDEO RECORDER OUT OUT IN IN 2 1 OUT Cable box OUT 3 Connect a recor der and satellite r eceiv er or Cable bo x with A/V outputs 48 1. Connect the satellite antenna cable or the Cable TV cable 1 to the satellite receiv er’ s or cabl[...]

English User Manual De vices with Component Video Output Connectors (YPbPr) 1. Connect the thr ee separate component video cables 1 to the device ha ving component video outputs (YPbPr), such as cable box es, D VD-play ers, laser -disc pla yers, videogame pla yers, satellite receivers or other equipment, and to the Y , Pb and Pr jacks of AV 1 or AV[...]

Connect a D VD Pla y er or other accessory digital source de vices 50 L Pr H R Pb V DIGITAL AUDIO IN Y Pr Pb Y S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AV2 AV3 AV1 VIDEO L R VIDEO AV 1 AV 2 DVD / Cable box A V1/A V2 : S-VIDEO 1 2 AV 1 / AV 2 : L + R De vices with an S-Video connector 1. Connect an S-Video cable to the AV 1 or A V2 S-VIDEO input 1 . 2. Connect the audio cab[...]

English User Manual HDMI 1 HDMI 2 o o HDMI Notes : - HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital video and audio inter connection. T o the HDMI connector you can connect HDMI de vices such as a Cable box or compatible D VD-R or D VD pla yer with HDMI, or D VI-equipped devices lik e a computer . - If the accessor y device has D VI output only , us[...]

Select connected equipment DIGITAL AUDIO OUT o DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED o o AUDIO OUT LR DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED Connect a Digital Surr ound r eceiv er 52 Befor e operating your connected equipment y ou ha ve to mak e a selection in the Setup , Select your sour ce menu, p . 24. 1. Pr ess the AV button repeatedly or select Sour ce in the Setup menu (see p.[...]

English User Manual Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the r emote contr ol of your TV . Press one of the buttons after y ou pressed one of the mode buttons ( DV D , STB , VCR , AUX ) according to the equipment you want to operate with this r emote contr ol. See Use of the Remote control, p. 7-8. P[...]

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 A C power cor d is plugged into the mains sock et. • Unplug the tele vision, wa[...]

English User Manual Befor e Calling Ser vice (continued) 55 Glossar y Symptoms Items to Check and Actions to follo w The software will Possibl y the operating system is wrong. 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. synchr[...]

Introduction 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 are using as w ell as the softwar e your TV contained befor e the upgrade. Y ou can ex ecute the softw[...]

English User Manual Annex 1 (Continued) 57 Manual softwar e upgrade procedur e For a manual softwar e upgrade cop y the “autorun.upg” file in a directory called “Upgrades” located in the root of the portable memor y . 1. Inser t the por table memory that contains the downloaded software upgrade. 2. Select Software Upgrade in the Installatio[...]

Annex 2 - Philips TV -Slidesho w F ormat with background music 58 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 ad dressing technical or softwar e skilled users. T o star t the slideshow open the slideshow file in the Multimedia br owser of y our TV [...]

English User Manual Annex 2 (Continued) 59 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 au[...]

Annex 3 - Philips TV - Digital camera and USB issues 60 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 software, together with ins[...]

English User Manual Digital Camera Issues If a USB connection between y our digital camera and the TV isn’ t working, you can tr y the solutions below to r esolve your pr oblem. < Make sur e your digital camera is switched on and v erify if the configuration of your digital camera is cor rect (see the manual of y our digital camera for more in[...]

Annex 4 - Issues r efer ring to connected esuipment with a HDMI connector 62 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 VGA 640x480 SV GA 800x600 XGA 1024x768 < If you[...]

English User Manual active contr ol .............................28 adjust picture men u settings ..26 adjust sound menu settings ....28 adjust featur es menu settings .30 alternate audio .........................29 ambilight ....................................31 antenna .........................................4 audio/video equipment buttons ....[...]

Recycling 64 R The packaging of this pr oduct 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 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 f[...]

English User Manual Pr oduct information 65 - Y our TV consumes energ y in standby mode. Energ y consumption contributes to air and water pollution. V er y low standby po wer 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[...]

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 arrant[...]