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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 erview 4 2.2 Product highlights 5 3 Getting started 5 3.1 Position the TV 5 3.2 W all mounting - VESA 5 3.3 Remote control batteries 7 3.4 Antenna cable 7 3.5 Connect the mains 7 3.6 First time installation 7 4 Use your TV 8 4.1 S[...]

  • Page 2

    2007 © Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reser ved. 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 mat[...]

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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 [...]

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    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[...]

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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 off er s the following advantages ... Full High Definition LCD displa y A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources. It offer s a br illiant flicker - free progressive scan picture with optim um bri[...]

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    3.2 W all mounting - VESA Y our TV is prepared for VESA compliant wall mounting. This bracket is not included. Use a VESA compliant br acket with code VESA MIS-F , 600, 400 M8 . ç W arning Consider the TV’ s weight if you wall mount it. Improper mounting could result in severe injur y or damage . K oninklijke Philips Electr onics N.V . bears no [...]

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    ENGLISH 3.3 Remote contr ol batteries ‡ Open the batter y cover on the back of the remote control. ® Inser t the 2 batter ies 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 you don’t use the remote control for a lon[...]

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    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 without remote cont[...]

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    ENGLISH 4.2 W atch TV 4.2.1 Switch channels ‡ To switch TV channels: • Press a number (1 to 999) or press P+ or P- on your remote control. • Press Program/Channel - or + on the side controls of the TV . ® Press R to return to the previously viewed TV channel . 4.2.2 Adjust v olume ‡ To adjust the volume: • Press V + or - on the remote co[...]

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    10 Use your TV 4.5 W atch a D VD ‡ Inser t a DVD disc in y our play er . ® Press Pla y π . The picture from your pla yer appears automatically on y our screen. If the picture does not appear : ‡ Press v on the remote control. ® Press v repeatedly to select the D VD player . W ait a f ew seconds until the picture appear s. Ò Press OK . † P[...]

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    ENGLISH Use your TV 11 4.7 Change Ambilight mode Y ou can choose among four Ambilight modes: • Colour Sets Ambilight to a constant colour . • Relax ed Sets Ambilight to change soft and smoothly with the images on screen. • Moderate Sets Ambilight between Relaxed and Dynamic. • Dynamic Sets Ambilight to change quick and responsive. To change[...]

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    Use more of your TV 5.1 Remote contr ol o ver view 1 Standby B To switch the TV on or back to standby . 2 Input v To select a connected device 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 Widescreen Pictur e format q To select a picture format. 5 Colour k eys • Easy selection of t[...]

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    ENGLISH Use more of your TV 17 V olume up or down V To adjust the v olume . 18 Menu To switch the menu on or off. 19 Option To switch the Quick access menu on or off. 20 Demo To switch the Demo menu on and to get a demonstration of the features of the TV . 21 Subtitles j To activate or deactivate the subtitle mode . 22 MHEG cancel No function. See [...]

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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 Menu on the remote control. The main menu appear s on the screen. ® Press π to enter the TV menu . Ò Press π to enter the TV settings menu. † Press œ to select Picture . º Press π to enter the picture settings. ◊ Press œ to select Brightness .[...]

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    ENGLISH 5.2.3 Quick access menu The Quick access menu gives direct access to some often needed menu items. When digital channels are installed and broadcasted the relevant digital options are shown in the menu. ‡ Press Option on the remote control. ® Press o or œ to select an option. Ò Press OK to show the selected option menu. † Press o , ?[...]

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    Use more of your TV 5.3.3 Pictur e settings This section describes how to adjust all picture settings. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > TV settings > Picture and press π to enter the list. ® Press o or œ to select a setting. • Contrast Changes the level of bright par ts in the picture b ut keeps the dar k par ts [...]

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    ENGLISH 5.3.4 Widescr een picture format Av oid black bar s on the sides or on top and bottom of the picture . Change the picture for mat to a format that fills the screen. ‡ Press q to switch on the Picture format menu. ® Press o or œ to select an available picture for mat. Ò Press o to shift the picture upwards to make par tly covered subtit[...]

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    Use more of your TV • Audio language A list of audio languages for the current programme may be availab le when digital channels are installed and broadcasted. See also section 5.2.3 Quick access menu. To permanently change the audio language , see section 6 Channel installation . • Dual I/II If broadcasted, you can choose between two different[...]

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    ENGLISH TV standby with Ambilight When the TV is standby , you can switch Ambilight on. In this case Ambilight is only a vailable as constant colour . ‡ Press Ambilight on the remote control when the TV is in standby . ® Press Mode repeatedly to select an a vailable colour . 5.5 T eletext Y our TV has a 1200 pages memor y that stores broadcasted[...]

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    Use more of your TV 5.5.6 T eletext menu With the options in the teletext menu y ou can reveal hidden info , let cycle subpages automatically and change the character setting. •R e v eal Hide or unhide hidden information on a page , such as solutions to riddles or puzzles. • Cycle subpages If subpages are availab le for the selected page, y ou [...]

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    ENGLISH 5.6.3 Select a channel fr om a fa vourite list ‡ Press OK . The last selected channel list appear s. ® Use o or œ 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 can still select channels which are not mar [...]

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    22 Use more of your TV Or ‘7 or 8 da y’ EPG It may take some time to receiv e the EPG data. The list of TV progr ammes will show ® Use the colour keys to activate the a vailable actions at the bottom of the screen. • Next : to show information about the next programme . • Remind : to mar k or unmar k a progr amme as a reminder . • W atch[...]

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    Use more of your TV 23 ENGLISH Did you f orget your code ? ‡ Select Change code . ® Press π . 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. 5.8.4 Activate or deactivate Child lock If your code is set, you can lock all channels an[...]

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    5.9.2 Activate or deactivate subtitling ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Features > Subtitle and press π to enter the list. ® Press o or œ to select On to show the subtitles always or On during m ute to show the subtitles only when the sound is muted with the ¬ k ey on the remote control. Ò Press p to return to t[...]

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    † 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 blue key to stop the sho w and to see more functions. If the [...]

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    5.11 Listen to radio channels If digital broadcasting is availab le , digital r adio 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 onwards. To reorder s[...]

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    ® The TV switches off. The screen stays black f or about 10 seconds. W ait and do not use the pow er switch B on the TV . Ò The update process star ts automatically . Please wait. The update is finished when the message ‘ Operation successful ’ appear s on the screen. † Remov e the USB memor y device from the TV . º Press B on the remote c[...]

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    6 Channel installation The first time you switched on your TV you’ve selected the language of the TV menus and allthe 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 do not hav e to follow ev er y [...]

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    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 π to enter the Manual installation menu. System is [...]

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    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 π to enter the channel list. Ò Press o or œ in the channel lis[...]

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    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 connector s for [...]

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    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 and HDMI2. Connect your device with the highest possib le quality connection. Look for the highest quality connection on your device. Use that connection to y our TV . Connection set up W[...]

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    7.2.4 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 cable - Red, White 7.2.5 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 - yel[...]

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    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 VD Recorder an[...]

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    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 cables and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. 7.3.6 Satellite receiver Use a scar t cable and 2 antenna cables. Connections 35 ENGLISH EXT 3 Y Pb Pr AUDIO L/[...]

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    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 cables and 1 audio (cinch) cable. 7.3.9 Blu-ray Disc pla yer Use a HDMI cable. 36 Connections EXT 3 Y Pb Pr AUDIO L/ R HDMI 1 HDMI 2 EXT 1 EXT 2 Blu-ra y Disc play er AUDI[...]

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    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. Connected at the back of the TV Use a HDMI or the YPbPr (EXT3) input for HD quality . 7.3.11 Camcorder The most prac[...]

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    7.4 Connections setup When all devices hav e been connected the TV needs to know what connections y ou hav e made , which device is connected to which connector . 7.4.1 Digital Audio In (if present) If you use the Digital Audio In connection, assign this connection, in the menu, to the device from where the sound comes from. ‡ Press Menu on the r[...]

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    7.5 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 oper ator . The C AM may enab le several ser vices depending on the operator you choose (e .g. Pa y TV). Contact your digital TV ser vice operator for more information and ter[...]

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    8T echnical data Picture / Displa y • Display type: LCD Full HD W -UXGA •P anel resolution: 1920x1080p •P erf ect Pixel HD picture enhancement • 1080p 24/25/30/50/60Hz processing • 100 Hz ClearLCD (if present) Supported display r esolutions • Computer formats Resolution Refresh rate 640 x 480 60Hz 800 x 600 60Hz 1024 x 768 60Hz 1280 x 7[...]

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    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 and plug in the mains again.[...]

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    Sound There is a pictur e but no sound •V er ify the volume is not set to 0. •V er ify the sound has not been muted with the ¬ key . •V er ify 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 does not indicate malfunction. The sound is poor ?[...]

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    10 Index 100 Hz ClearLCD 16 Active Control 16 Ambilight colour 18 colour boost 18 menu / settings 18 modes 11 with TV standby 19 Analogue manual installation 29 TV channels 29 Antenna cable 7 connect 7 with devices 31 Auto format 17 Automatic installation 28 Auto surround 18 Automatic V olume Leveler 18 Balance Ambilight 18 sound 17 Batteries 3,7 B[...]

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    Mains cord 8 Menu key 13 Mono 18 Movie expand 17 MPEG ar tefact reduction 16 Music 25 Mute key 12 Naming devices 37 Noise reduction 16 OK key 12 On timer 22 P erfect Pix el HD 16 Pe r sonal Computer connect 37 display resolutions 40 Photo viewer 24 Picture for mat 16 menu 16 P osition the TV 5 P ow er 8 Programme up/down 12 Quick access menu 15 Rad[...]