Philips 29PT8419/79R manuale d’uso

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Contents 1 English Y our remote contr ol 2 Preparation 3 Installation 4 Store TV channels 4 Select the menu language 4 Automatic tuning 4 Manual tuning 5 Sorting of channels 6 Channel Edit 6 Naming of channels 6 Installation Operation Use of the menus Picture men u 7 Sound menu 8 Featur es menu 9-10 Picture in Pictur e / Dual Window (if pr ovided) [...]

2 A/CH MENU SURF SMART SMART CH V ¬ i bh f ◊ h î gU XC 5 1 3 2 4 6 7 9 8 0 AV PI P PIP CH UP DN ACTIVE CONTROL PROGRAM LIST DOLBY.V D æ q© ßê S M a B Sleep D Allows y ou to select a time period after which the set will switch to standby mode automatically . Standby B • Switch set off temporarily to standby mode. (The red light indicator l[...]

& Place the TV on a solid surface. For v entilation, leav e at least 5 cm free all ar ound the TV . Do not place the TV on a carpet. T o pr ev ent any unsafe situations, do not place any objects on top of the TV . Av oid heat, direct sunlight and exposur e to rain or water . é Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial socket x at the back [...]

4 Installation Stor e TV channels First, select your language. & Press the MENU key . é Select INST ALL with the cursor do wn. “ Press the cursor right to select LANGU A GE . ‘ Press the cursor right again. ( Select your language with the cursor up/do wn. § Press the MENU k ey to r eturn to the main menu. From no w onwards, all on-screen [...]

Manual tuning allows y ou to store channel by channel. Y ou must go thr ough every step of the manual store men u. & Select MANU AL ST ORE in the INST ALL menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the men u. “ Select COLOUR SY STEM and press the cursor right. If AUTO is selected, the respective colour system will be automaticall y selected acc[...]

6 Installation Sorting of channels According to y our prefer ence you can change the or der of the stored TV channels. & Select SOR T in the INST ALL menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the men u. “ K ey in the channel number in the FROM column y ou want to swap from. Use the digit k eys or the cursor left/right. ‘ Press the cursor do [...]

7 Use of the menus & Press the MENU k ey to displa y/cancel the MAIN MENU . é Use the cursor in the up/down dir ections to select the PICTURE , SOUND or FEA TURES menu. “ Press the cursor right to activate the selected men u. ‘ Press the MENU k ey r epeatedly to r eturn or press the i k ey to switch the menu off. Picture men u Brightness T[...]

8 Use of the menus Sound menu T reble T reble attenuates or amplifies the high-fr equency response of the audio output signal. Bass Bass attenuates or amplifies the low-fr equency response of the audio output signal. Balance Adjusts the balance of the right and left speak er ’ s sound output. A VL (Automatic V olume Le veller) A VL automatically [...]

9 Use of the menus F eatures menu Activating the timer The Timer feature allows y ou to set the timer to switch to a selected channel at a specified time while you ar e watching another channel or when the TV is on standby mode. Note: For the timer to function, the set must not be powered off. & Select TIMER in the FEA TURES men u. é Press the[...]

10 Use of the menus Child Lock The Child Lock featur e allows y ou to lock channels to pre vent children fr om watching certain programmes. Enter the access code & Select CHILD LOCK in the FEA TURES menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the A CCESS CODE . “ K ey in access code 0711 (the default access code). A message INCORRECT will appear[...]

11 Using the menus Selecting the screen f ormat Y ou ha ve the choice of differ ent screen f ormats: Auto, 4:3, Expand 4:3 and Compress 16:9. & Select FORMA T in the FEA TURES menu. é Press the cursor right r epeatedly to cycle through the diff erent scr een formats and select y our desired f ormat. • AUTO f ormat makes the picture to fill t[...]

12 Pictur e in Pictur e / Dual Scr een The Picture-in-Pictur e feature allows y ou to call up a subscreen within y our main screen enabling y ou to watch two channels or a channel and a peripheral at the same time. The Dual Window feature allo ws you to divide the main screen into tw o subscreens enabling tw o channels or a channel and an external [...]

13 T eletext Many TV channels br oadcast information via teletext. Each channel which broadcasts teletext transmits a page with inf ormation on how to use its teletext system. Look for the teletext page with the main index (usually p . 100). Depending on the TV channel, teletext is transmitted in differ ent systems. The colours used in the options [...]

14 T eletext Select the index teletext pa ge Press the i k ey to r eturn to the main index (usually p .100). Select subpag es When a selected teletext page consists of differ ent subpages, one of the subpages appears on the scr een. Arr ows in front of the page number indicate that other subpages ar e a vailable . The other subpages can be selected[...]

15 Connect P eripheral Equipment Connect P eripheral Equipment There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to your TV . The follo wing connection diagrams show you how to connect them. & Connect the RF cable 1 to the RF sock et x of your video r ecorder . é Connect another RF cable 2 from the output j of y our vide[...]

16 Connect P eripheral Equipment 75 CABLE VCR AV 2 in AV 1 in Monitor out COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT VIDEO L/ Mono R Y Pb Pr AUDIO S-VIDEO OUT OUT OUT IN j x 4 1 3 Video recor der and other A/V peripherals & Interconnect y our video recorder with extra RF cables 3 . é T o obtain better pictur e quality , also connect the Video, Audio left and Audio[...]

& Connect your camera or camcor der to sockets at the right side of y our TV . é Connect the equipment to VIDEO 2 and AUDIO L 1 for mono equipment. “ For ster eo equipment also connect AUDIO R 1 . S-VHS quality with an S-VHS camcorder is obtained by connecting the S-VHS cables with the S-VIDEO input 3 (instead of VIDEO 2 ) and AUDIO inputs 1[...]

18 Record Equipment connected with an aerial cable only : Select the channel number under which y ou ha ve stored the test signal with the digit k eys. Equipment connected to the back or to the right side of the TV Press the AV k ey r epeatedly to select AV 1 , CVI , AV 2 or FRONT , according to where y ou connected your equipment at the back or th[...]

19 Befor e Calling Ser vice Symptoms “ Ghost ” or double images No pow er No picture Good picture but no sound Good sound but poor colour or no picture Poor pictur e Snowish pictur e and noise Horizontal dotted line One white line across the screen T elevision not r esponding to remote contr ol NICAM sound distor tion (crackling noise) Wrong me[...]

20 Tips & Index Care of the scr een Clean the TV with a slightly damp soft cloth. Do not use abrasive solv ent as it can damage the TV screen. End of life dir ectives Philips is pa ying a lot of attention to producing en vironmentally-friendly in gr een focal ar eas. Y our new TV contains materials which can be recycled and r eused. At the end [...]

21 Glossar y and Specifications 100 Hz 100 Hertz provides a superior solution to the problem of pictur e flicker which is particularly noticeable with larger screen sizes. In a conventional TV , the picture area is scanned 50 times a second (50 Hertz) – a frequency which is still detectable b y the human ey e in the form of a flickering picture. [...]

22 International guarantee conditions This product is guaranteed b y Philips for a period of one year after the date of pur chase against defects due to faulty w orkmanship or materials. The guarantee co vers both parts and labour . Ser vice under guarantee is only pr ovided upon presentation of r easonable evidence (e.g. completed guarantee card o[...]

23 Consumer Information Centres W estern Europe AUSTRIA Philips K unden Information T riesterstrasze 64 A-1100 Wien Phone (01) 0660/6201 Fax (01) 60101 1312 BELGIUM Philips Consumer Products L é on Grosjeanlaan 2 B-1140 Brussel Phone (02) 702 03 03 Fax (02) 702 02 60 GERMANY Philips Infocenter Consumer Electronics Alexanderstra ß e 1 D-20099 Hamb[...]

24 Consumer Information Centres UNITED KINGDOM Philips Consumer Helpdesk P .O . Box 298 420 London Road Cro ydon-Surrey CR9 3QR Phone (0181) 665 6350 Fax (0181) 6894312 Eastern Europe CZECH REPUBLIC Philips Service V Mezihor í 2 180 00 Prage Phone (02) 6831581 Fax (02) 66310852 HUNGAR Y Philips Markaszerviz Kinizsi U 30-36 Budapest 1092 Phone (01)[...]

25 Consumer Information Centres North America CANADA Consumer Service Division 4977 Levy Str eet Ville St. Laurent Quebec H4R2N9 Phone (514) 9560120 Fax (514) 9560828 USA Philips Service Company P .O . Box 555 Jefferson City TN 37760 Phone (423) 4758869 Fax (423) 4750387 Pacific AUSTRALIA Philips Consumer Service Customer Information Centre 3 Figtr[...]

26 Consumer Information Centres MALA YSIA Philips Mala ysia Sdn. Berhad Service Dept. No.51, sect. 13 Jalan University 4620 Petaling Ja ya, Selangor P .O . Box 12163 50768 K uala Lumpur Phone (03) 7562144 Fax (03) 7560761 P AKIST AN Philips Electr . Ind. of Pakistan Ltd. Service Centre Mubarak Manzil 39 Garden Road Karachi-3 Phone (021) 7737411 16 [...]

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