Philips 42-50-63PF9631D/37 manual

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Note to the CA TV system installer : this r eminder is pro vided to call the CA TV system installer’ s attention to Ar ticle 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 the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entr y as pra[...]

Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote control RC4403 . . . . . . . . 6 My content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Buttons on the right side of the TV . . . . . . . 11 T urn the TV on . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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[...]

3 EN 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 . 38. 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. 38. AV 1 can handle YPbPr , VIDEO , S-VIDEO , RGB-HV and L/R Audi[...]

Getting started (Continued) Connect to the TV EN 4 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 [...]

Getting started (Continued) EN 5 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 th[...]

EN 6 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 . 13. Color buttons When functions are attached to the color buttons, the color buttons are sho wn on screen. MY CONTENT / OPTION T o [...]

EN 7 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 . 33); - 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 An[...]

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 screen. Automatic mak [...]

Use of the MY CONTENT / OPTION button EN 9 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. Press the MY CONTENT/OPTION button. > The Quick access menu appears. 2. Press the cursor up/do wn to select a menu item. 3. Press the OK button to jum[...]

EN 10 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. Press the OK button. > A ✔ 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 channel. Digital audi[...]

EN 11 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 s witch 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 PROGRAM/CHANNEL + and - buttons [...]

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 ecuted depending on the [...]

Ho w to na vigate through the menus (contin ued) EN 13 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 press the cursor right. 2. Highlight a desired demo with the cursor up/do wn. 3. Press OK to start playing the highlighted demo . 4. Press the gr een color butt[...]

After language is set corr ectly , you can no w sear ch for and store the TV channels. 1. Select Autoprogram in the Installation men u. 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Press 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 antenna TV (NTSC and A [...]

Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (continued) EN 15 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 [...]

Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (continued) EN 16 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 . 4). 1. Select a channel in the displa y [...]

Use of the Setup menu EN 17 1. Press the MENU button. 2. Select Setup with the cursor down and press the cursor right to select the Pref erences menu. 3. Press the cursor right again to select Pictur e/sound pref erences . 4. Press the cursor right once mor e to enter the Picture/sound pr efer ences menu. Adjust picture/sound pr efer ences PIP form[...]

EN 18 Use of the Setup menu (Continued) Define the position of the PIP screen 1. Press the cursor right to highlight the PIP scr een. 2. Press the r ed color button on the r emote control 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 Su[...]

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. This ser vice contains the verbatim, or near -verbatim capti[...]

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/[...]

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 down. > 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 pre viously been enter ed, the menu[...]

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. Press the cursor right to enter the list of types of external inputs. 3. Select the appr opriate input with the cursor up/down. > When you select AV 1 , AV 2 , AV 3 , HDMI 1 , HDMI 2 or Side , a list[...]

EN 23 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) With the curs[...]

The Picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. Select Picture and press the cursor right. > The Picture men u is moved to the left panel. 2. Select the menu items with the cursor up/down. 3. Adjust the settings with the cursor left/right or enter the list of submenu items with the cursor right. Select a submen[...]

Digital processing - Standard = line doubling eliminates the flick er . - Pix el Plus = for ev eryday vie wing, Pix el Plus is the most ideal setting, as it fully pr ocesses the image to mak e ev ery single pix el the best it can be, improving contrast, sharpness, picture depth, and color reproduction and brilliance fr om ev er y sour ce, including[...]

The Sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the the sound. 1. Press the MENU button on the r emote contr ol. > The Settings menu appears on the scr een. 2. Select TV and press the cursor right. > The TV menu is displa yed and gives an ov erview of the menus y ou can select. 3. Select Sound and press the cursor right. > [...]

Digital Audio language (only selectable with digital broadcast signals) Allows y ou to select your language pr efer ence in case of multilingual audio track pr ograms if a vailable with digital broadcast signal. Mono/Stereo Allows y ou to select, per TV channel, Mono or Stereo sound when analog stereo br oadcasts ar e a vailable. A VL (Automatic V [...]

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. 1. Press the MENU b[...]

EN 29 7. In case Color has been selected in the Mode menu: < Select Color in the Ambilight menu and press 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 colorfulne[...]

Contr ol TV channels’ special functions This menu allows y ou to contr ol special functions for the TV channels. 1. Press the MENU button on the r emote contr ol. > The Settings menu appears on the scr een. 2. Select TV and press the cursor right. > The TV Menu is displa yed and gives an ov erview of the menu items y ou can select. 3. Selec[...]

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[...]

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. Press the cursor right to enter the list. Y ou are ask ed to enter y our code. (See[...]

Contr ol TV channels’ special functions (continued) 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 contr ol y ou can bro wse through the list of the TV channels. Only those channels which are[...]

EPG (Electr onic Pr ogram Guide) (onl y with Digital TV channels) EN 34 The Electronic Pr ogram Guide shows y ou detailed information about the curr ent program and also about the next pr ogram (if this information is a vailable). 1. Press the GUIDE button. > The EPG screen a ppears. Dependent on conditions it ma y tak e some time to acquire EPG[...]

EN 35 The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures or pla y audio files stored on a USB de vice. The Multimedia browser application is inv ok ed fr om the My Contents menu when a USB device is inserted. 1. Press the MY CONTENT/OPTION button on the r emote control. > The Quick access menu appears. 2. Select My Content and press the OK butto[...]

Multimedia Bro wser menu 1. Insert a USB device. 2. Select the USB device under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows y ou to bro wse content stored on the inserted USB device. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left panel containing the content types (Music, Pictures). > The right panel will displ[...]

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 [...]

T o mak e video and audio connections EN 38 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 : - your TV comes w[...]

T o mak e video and audio connections (Continued) EN 39 Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and AUDIO L 3 fo r 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 AUD[...]

40 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 UART SERVICE HDM[...]

EN 41 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 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 d[...]

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 Connect a recor der and other A/V devices EN 42 1. Connect the RF antenna cable 1 of the RF IN socket of your other A V device. 2. Connect the RF output of the A [...]

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 EN 43 Connect a recor der and Cable bo x with RF output 1. Use an optional signal splitter . 2. Connect one of the cable TV signal splitter outputs 1 to the cable box[...]

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 EN 44 1. Connect the satellite antenna cable or the Cable TV cable 1 to the satellite receiv er’ s or cable box’ s IN jack. 2. Connect [...]

Connect a recor der and satellite r eceiv er or Cable bo x with A/V outputs 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 EN 45 1. Connect the satellite antenna cable or the Cable TV cable 1 to the satellite receiv er’ s or c[...]

Connect a D VD Pla y er or other accessory digital source de vices EN 46 Note : This TV is capable of displa ying 1080i, 720p and 480p DTV signals when connected to a DTV tuner cable box. Select the output of the cable box to either 1080i, 720p or 480p . A DTV signal must be a vailable in your ar ea. L Pr H R Pb V Y Pr Pb Y S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AV2 AV3 [...]

Connect a D VD Pla y er or other accessory digital source de vices EN 47 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 / AV2 : 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 c[...]

HDMI 1 HDMI 2 o o HDMI EN 48 Connect a de vice to the HDMI (High Definition Multimedia interface) connector De vices with a HDMI connector : 1. Connect your HDMI device with the HDMI connector . 2. Select the equipment you ha ve connected in the Setup menu, Select y our sour ce , p . 22 and link it to HDMI 1 or 2 . Note : in case of any pr oblems, [...]

DIGITAL AUDIO OUT o DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED o o AUDIO OUT LR DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED EN 49 Connect a Digital Surr ound r eceiv er < Connect a MultiChannel Surr ound receiv er to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connector at the bottom of the TV . Record a TV pr ogram Y ou can recor d a TV program using y our recor ders tuner without affecting y our TV . 1. Sele[...]

EN 50 Audio- and video equipment buttons 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 , AU X ) according to the equipment you want to operate with this r emote contr ol. See Use of the Rem[...]

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[...]

EN 52 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. synchroniz ed V GA See Annex 4, Issues referring to connecte[...]

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[...]

Annex 1 (Continued) 54 EN Automatic software upgrade pr ocedur e 1. T urn off your TV and remov e all memor y devices. 2. Insert the por table memor y that contains the downloaded software upgrade. 3. Switch on your TV with the PO WER button on your remote contr ol. 4. At startup the TV will scan the portable memor y until it finds the update conte[...]

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 . 1. Press the MY CONTENT/OPTION button on the r emote control aft[...]

Annex 2 (Continued) 56 EN 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 audio-URL following[...]

Annex 3 - Philips TV - Digital camera and USB issues EN 57 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 [...]

Annex 4 - Issues r efer ring to connected esuipment with a HDMI connector 58 EN The HDMI IN connector allows the following TV and monitor display modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC V GA 640x480 SV GA 800x600 XGA 1024x768 - If nec[...]

active contr ol .............................25 adjust picture men u settings ..24 adjust sound menu settings ....26 adjust featur es menu settings .27 alternate audio .........................26 ambilight ....................................28 antenna .........................................4 audio/video equipment buttons ........................[...]

Recycling EN 60 This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital de vice, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to pr ovide r easonable protection against harmful interference in a r esidential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, [...]

Pr oduct information EN 61 - 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 country . The corr es[...]

62 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 arr[...]