Philips 37PFL7403 manual

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    EN LCD television ________________________________ DE LCD-Fernsehgerät ________________________________ FR Téléviseur LCD ________________________________ NL LCD televisie ________________________________ IT T elevisor e LCD ________________________________ ES T elevisor LCD ________________________________ PT T elevisor LCD ____________________[...]

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    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 er vie w 4 2.2 Product highlights 5 3 Getting started 5 3.1 Position the TV 5 3.2 W all mounting - VESA 6 3.3 Remote control batteries 7 3.4 Antenna cable 7 3.5 Po wer cable 7 4 Use your TV 8 4.1 Switch on or off - Standby 8 4.2 W[...]

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    2008 © Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reser v ed. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Tr ademar ks are the proper ty of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . or their respective owners. Philips reser ves the right to change products at any time without being obliged to adjust earlier supplies accordingly . The ma[...]

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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 warr 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 o[...]

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    2Y our TV This section gives y ou an over view of the controls and functions of this TV . 2.1 T ele vision o verview Controls 1 Indicator light 2 Remote control sensor 3V olume up and down 4 Menu 5 Program/Channel up and down 6P ow er switch Connectors 1 Back connector s 2 Side connector s For more info see section 7 Connections . Remote control 1 [...]

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    ENGLISH 2.2 Pr oduct highlights Y our new TV is equipped with some of the most modern audio or video innovations. Y our TV offer s the follo wing advantages ... Full High Definition LCD displa y A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources. It offers a br illiant flicker - free progressive scan picture with optim um brig[...]

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    6 Y our TV 3.2 W all mounting - VESA ) Caution Consider the TV’ s weight when you wall mount it. Improper mounting can result in severe injur y or damage . K oninklijke Philips Electr onics N.V . bears no responsibility f or improper mounting or mounting that results in accident or injury . Y our TV is prepared for VESA compliant wall mounting. T[...]

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    3.3 Remote contr ol batteries ‡ Open the batter y cover on the back of the remote control. ® Inser t the 2 batteries supplied (T ype AA-R6- 1,5V). Make sure the + and - ends of the batteries line up cor rectly (inside of case is mar ked.) Ò Close the cov er . r Note Remov e the batter ies if not using the remote control for an extended period o[...]

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    4 Use y our TV Learn how to oper ate y our TV for daily use . 4.1 T urn on or off - Standby r Note The TV may take up to 15 seconds to turn on. To turn on the TV: • Press B Power at the r ight of the TV if the standby indicator is off. • Press B on the remote control if the standb y indicator is on. To switch to standby: • Press B on the remo[...]

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    9 ENGLISH 4.3 W atch channels fr om a digital receiv er ‡ Switch on the digital receiv er . The picture from your receiv er automatically appear s on the screen. ® Use the remote control of your digital receiv er to select TV channels. If the picture does not appear : ‡ Press the Source v key . ® Press o or œ to select where you connected y [...]

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    5.1 Remote contr ol 5.1.1 Remote contr ol ov er view 1 Standby B To switch the TV on or back to standby . 2 Source v •T o switch the Source menu on or off. •T o select a connected device or to return to TV . 3 T eletext To switch teletext on or off. 4 Colour k eys • Easy selection of teletext pages. • Easy selection of tasks. 5 Demo To swit[...]

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    Use more of your TV 15 +P- Channel up or down To switch to the next or previous channel in the channel list. 16 Menu To switch the menu on or off 17 On screen information INFO To show channel or programme information if a vailable. 18 Dual screen b To show teletext on the right and the picture on the left of the screen. 19 Subtitle To activate or d[...]

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    Use more of your TV 5.2.2 Use of the menu Learn to use the menus with this example . ‡ Press Men u . The TV menu appear s on the screen. ® Press o or œ to select Picture . Ò Press π to enter the picture settings. † Press œ to select Brightness. º Press π to enter the brightness setting. ◊ Press o or œ to adjust the setting. ‹ Press [...]

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    Use more of your TV • Sharpness Changes the level of sharpness of fine details. • Noise reduction Filter s out and reduces the noise in the picture. Set the level to Minim um, Medium, Maximum or Off. • Tint Sets the colour s to Normal, W ar m (reddish) or Cool (bluish). Select Custom to make a setting of y our own in the Custom men u. • Cus[...]

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    Use more of your TV • Auto format (Not for PC .) Enlarges the picture automatically to fill the screen. Subtitles remain visible. Y ou can set Auto for mat in two diff erent modes. ‡ In the TV menu, select Picture > Auto format mode . ® Select Auto-fill to f ill the screen as much as possible. Select Auto- zoom to keep the original picture [...]

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    • TV speak ers If you ha ve connected an audio system to y our TV , you can switch off the TV speaker s. This option is only a vailable if EasyLink is set to On. See Menu > Setup > Installation > Preferences > EasyLink. Select Automatic (EasyLink) to ha ve the sound from your TV automatically reproduced b y your audio system. • Surr[...]

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    Use more of your TV 5.4.4 Dual screen telete xt (not available f or channels with Digital T ext ser vices) View the TV channel and teletext next to each other . ‡ Press b f or Dual screen teletext. ® Press T eletext again to sho w nor mal teletext. Ò Press T eletext to switch off teletext. 5.4.5 Sear ch teletext pages Quickly jump to a subject [...]

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    5.5 Create fa vourite channel lists View the All channels list or set up a Favourite list of your o wn with your preferred TV channels and r adio stations. 5.5.1 Select a fa vourite list Y ou can select one of the favourite channel lists. ‡ Press OK . The first time after you hav e finished the installation, the All channels list is shown. In oth[...]

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    Use more of your TV 5.6 Electr onic Pro gramme Guide - EPG - The Electronic Programme guide is an on screen guide to scheduled digital TV progr ammes. Y ou can navigate , select and view progr ammes by time , title or genre . There are two types of EPG, ‘Now and Next’ and ‘7 or 8 day’ EPG. When digital channels are installed and broadcasted[...]

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    5.7 Timers and locks This section describes how to switch the TV on or off at a specified time and to lock or unlock the TV . 5.7.1 Automatically switch to standb y Sleeptimer switches the TV to standby after a time. ‡ Press Men u . ® Select Features > Sleeptimer and press π to enter the sleeptimer bar . Ò Press o or œ to set the time up t[...]

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    Set an age rating to a digital programme Some digital broadcaster s ha ve their programmes r ated (depending on your countr y). When the r ating is higher than your child’ s age , the programme will be locked. ‡ Select Custom lock . ® Press π to enter . Ò Press o or œ to select Parental rating . † Press π . º Press o or œ to select an [...]

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    5.9.3 W atch your pictures, start a slidesho w and pla y music Look up your pictures in the Picture alb um of your USB device . ‡ Select the Picture folder for the picture f iles you hav e stored on your USB device. ® Press π to enter the Picture f older . Ò Press o or œ to select a picture or a picture album. † Press OK to watch the pictur[...]

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    W atch a slideshow with backgr ound music W atch a slidesho w of your stored pictures accompanied with your stored background m usic . ‡ Select an album of songs f ir st and press OK . ® Highlight the Picture folder and select an album of pictures and press OK . 5.10 Listen to digital radio channels If digital broadcasting is availab le , digita[...]

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    Step 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. If new software is availab le , the update is downloaded on the USB memor y device . † Remo[...]

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    ≈ The TV switches back on again. The update is done . 5.11.2 Softwar e update by digital br oadcast Y our TV might receive new software from the digital broadcast system automatically . If you receiv e an update message on screen it is strongly advised to update the software immediately - select Now . If you want to be reminded later on, select L[...]

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    6 Channel installation The first time you turned on your TV •y ou ha ve selected the language of the TV menus and the countr y where you are located • all the availab le TV Channels have been installed. This chapter provides instructions on how to reinstall channels as well as other useful channel installation features. r Note : Re-installation[...]

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    Step 3: Select Antenna or Cable This selection is only a vailable when this TV is prepared to receive D VB-C channels in your countr y . Select Antenna to install all digital terrestr ial (D VB- T) and analogue channels availab le . Select Cable to install all digital cab le (DVB-C) and analogue channels availab le . ‡ Press o or œ to select Ant[...]

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    6.2 Analogue: Manual installation Y ou can tune-in analogue TV channels channel by channel manually with Man ual installation. 6.2.1 Select the system ‡ Press Men u. ® Select Setup > Installation > Channel installation > Analogue: Manual installation . Ò Press π to enter the Man ual installation menu. System is highlighted. † Press [...]

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    Ò Press π to enter the channel list. † Press o or œ in the channel list to select the channel you want to uninstall or reinstall. º Press the green key to uninstall or reinstall the channel. ◊ Press Men u to quit the menu. 6.3.3 Reorder the channels Change the order of the stored channels. ‡ Press Men u. ® Select Setup > Installation [...]

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    Side connectors 1 Headphones Stereo Mini jack 2 Audio L/R Audio L/R input to be used together with Video or S-Video on the side of the TV . 3 Video Video input to be used together with the Audio L/R on the side of the TV . 4 S-Video S-Video input to be used together with the Audio L/R on the side of the TV . 5 USB USB connector . 6 HDMI Side HDMI i[...]

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    7.2 About connections 7.2.1 What y ou need to know Connect your device with the highest possib le quality connection. Look for the highest quality connection on y our device . Use that connection to your TV . HDMI - Highest quality ★★★★★ An HDMI connection has the best picture and sound quality . One cable combines video and audio signals[...]

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    Video - Basic quality ★ Use a Video (cinch) cable together with an Audio L/R (cinch) cable. Match the cable colour s when y ou connect. Combined Video - yellow and Audio L/R cable - red and white 7.2.2 HDMI with EasyLink Connected devices that are compliant with the HDMI CEC standard can work together . ‡ Press Men u > Setup > Installatio[...]

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    7.4.1 D VD pla yer Use a scar t cab le to connect the device to the EXT1 input at the back of the TV . 7.4.2 D VD Recorder or Digital Receiv er Use a scar t cab le and 2 antenna cables. 7.4.3 D VD Recorder and Digital Receiv er Use 3 scar t cab les and 3 antenna cables. 32 Connections EXT 3 VGA SERVICE UART OUT YP b Pr L R L R EXT 2 EXT 1 AUDIO OUT[...]

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    7.4.4 D VD Recorder and Home Theatr e System Use a scar t cab le , 2 antenna cab les and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. 7.4.5 D VD Recorder and D VD Home Theatre System Use 2 scar t cab les, 2 antenna cables and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. 7.4.6 Satellite receiv er Use a scar t cab le and 2 antenna cables. Connections 33 ENGLISH EXT 3 VGA SERVIC[...]

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    7.4.7 HD Digital receiv er / HD satellite r eceiv er Use an HDMI cable and 2 antenna cab les. 7.4.8 D VD-R, Home Theatre System and Digital receiv er Use 3 scar t cab les, 3 antenna cables and 1 audio (cinch) cable. 7.4.9 Blu-ra y Disc pla yer Use an HDMI cable. 34 Connections LR HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 AUDIO HDMI [] DVI IN Blu-ra y Disc play er OUT H[...]

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    7.4.10 Game console The most practical connections for a game console are at the side of the TV . r Note To prevent picture dela y , set the TV in game mode . Press Menu > TV menu > Smar t settings > Game . Connected at the side of the TV Use the HDMI connection or the S-Video and Audio L/R connections or the Video and Audio L/R connection[...]

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    7.4.12 P ersonal Computer Y ou can connect your PC directly to the TV . The TV wor ks as a monitor of y our PC . As a monitor the PC can be connected at the side with a D VI to HDMI adaptor or with a PC to TV cable. Alternatively y ou can connect the PC at the back with the V GA connection. ç Caution Before connecting the PC , set the PC monitor r[...]

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    7.5 Connection setup The TV needs to know what connections you ha ve made and which device is connected to which connector . If you ha ve used the Connection assistant the connection setup is already done . 7.5.1 Naming y our devices Name the connected devices for easy selection and best signal handling. Assign the type of device (D VD , VCR, Game [...]

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    7.6 Preparing f or digital ser vices Scrambled digital TV channels can be decoded with a Conditional Access Module (C AM) and a Smar t card provided b y a digital TV ser vice operator . The C AM may enab le several ser vices depending on the operator you choose (e .g. Pay TV). Contact your digital TV ser vice oper ator for more information and ter [...]

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    T echnical data 8T echnical data Picture / Displa y • Display type: LCD Full HD W -UXGA •P anel resolution: 1920x1080p • Pixel Plus picture enhancement • 1080p 24/25/30/50/60Hz processing • 100 Hz Clear LCD (if present) Supported display r esolutions • Computer formats Resolution Refresh rate 640 x 480p 60 Hz (V GA/HDMI) 600 x 800p 60Hz[...]

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    9T r oubleshooting T elevision and remote contr ol The TV does not switch on •V erify the mains cord connection. •V erify if the batter ies of the remote control are not empty or weak. V er ify their + / - orientation. Y ou can use the keys on the TV to switch the TV on. • Unplug the mains cord, wait a minute and plug it back in. T r y again [...]

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    Sound There is a pictur e but no sound •V erify the volume is not set to 0. •V erify the sound has not been muted with the ¬ key . •V erify if all cables are connected proper ly . • If no sound signal is detected, the TV automatically switches off the sound. This is proper operation and is not a malfunction. The sound is poor •V erify if[...]

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    10 Index 100 Hz Clear LCD 5,13 Active control 13 Advanced sharpness 13 Analogue manual installation 27 TV channels 27 Antenna cable 7 connect 7 with devices 29 Audio setup 37 Auto clock mode 26 Auto format 14 Automatic installation 25 Auto surround 15 Auto V olume levelling 15 Balance sound 14 Batteries 3,7 Blacklevel 13 Blu-ray Disc 34 Brightness [...]

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    Music 21 Mute key 10 Naming devices 37 Noise reduction 13 OK key 10 On timer 19 Pe r sonal Computer connect 36 display resolutions 39 Photo viewer 21 Picture album 21 for mat 14 menu 13 Pixel Plus 13 P osition the TV 5 P ow er cable 7 Preferred audio format 25 Radio channel 22 Rearr ange channels 27 Recorder 32 Recycling 3 Remote control batteries [...]

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    Inf ormation about how to r e-tune y our TV during the digital TV switcho v er . K e e p t hi s use r m a n ua l sa f e - y ou'll need it . ......................................... T elevision in the UK is going digital, br inging us all more choice and new ser vices. Star ting in late 2007 and ending in 2012, television ser vices in the UK w[...]

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    When does switcho v er ha pp en ? * Calls char g ed at BT rate of 3 p p r minute da y time an d 1 p p er minute evenin g s and weekends. Rates ma y var y f o r ca ll s fr o m n o n-BT lin es. Visit us at digitaluk.co .uk Ca ll us o n 08 4 5 6 50 50 50 * * Co p eland switches on October 17, 200 7 The exact date y ou switch depends on the transmitter[...]

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    Pr inted in Belgium Contact information T ype no . Product no . België / Belgique 078 250 145 € 0.06/min Danmark 3525 8759 Local Deutschland 01803 386 852 € 0.09/min France 0821 611 655 € 0.09/min E§§A™ 0 0800 3122 1280 ¢ˆÚÂ¿Ó España 902 888 784 € 0.10/min Ireland 01 601 1777 Local Italia 8403 20086 € 0.08/min Lux embourg 40 6[...]