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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 How to enjo y HD TV 5 2.3 Product highlights 5 3 Getting started 5 3.1 Position the TV 5 3.2 Position the Essence Connectivity hub 5 3.3 Mount the speak er bar 6 3.4 W all mounting 6 3.5 Low er the TV stand 6 3.6 Re[...]
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2008 © 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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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, never expose the product to rain or water . •T o av oid a r isk of f i[...]
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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 Remote control sensor 2P ow er switch 3 Program/Channel up and down 4 Menu 5V olume up and do wn Connectors 1 Back connector s 2 Left side connector s For more info see section 7 Connections . Remote control 1 Switch On or[...]
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ENGLISH 2.2 Ho w to enjo y HD TV ? This TV can display High Definition TV programmes. But to enjoy HD TV y ou need to get progr ammes in HD first. The picture quality of this TV without HD programmes is just nor mal TV . Y ou can receive HD progr ammes from ... -a Blu-ray Disc play er , connected to HDMI, with a HD Movie -a digital HD receiv er , c[...]
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3.3 Mount the speak er bar Y ou can mount the supplied attachable speaker bar to the TV screen. See the supplied Star t booklet. Y ou can also download this booklet from www .philips.com/suppor t. 3.4 W all mounting Y ou can wall mount the TV screen with the supplied wall mount bracket. How to mount the TV screen, see the supplied Star t booklet. Y[...]
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3.6 Remote contr ol batteries ) Caution This product contains lithium batteries. There is danger of explosion if the batteries are incor rectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type . ‡ Open the batter y cover on the back of the remote control. ® Make sure the + and sides of the batteries line up correctly (inside of case is ma[...]
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4 Use y our TV Learn how to oper ate y our TV for daily use . 4.1 Switch on or off - Standb y r Note The TV may take up to 15 seconds to turn on. To switch on the TV: • Press B Power at the front of the TV hub 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 t[...]
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4.3 W atch channels fr om a digital receiv er ‡ Switch on the digital receiver . 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 our digital[...]
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Use more of your TV 5 Use mor e of y our TV This section helps you perf or m advanced TV operations including how to: • use the menus • adjust picture and sound settings • make use of T eletext • create fav our ite channel lists • make advantage of Electronic Programme Guide • set locks and timer s • set subtitles and select a subtitl[...]
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15 +P- Channel up or down To switch to the next or previous channel in the channel list. 16 Menu Ï 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 deactivate the su[...]
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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 Ï . 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. ‹ Pre[...]
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Use more of your TV 5.3.3 Picture settings This section describes how to adjust all picture settings individually . ‡ Press Men u Ï . ® Select Pictur e and press π to enter the list. Ò 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 unchanged. • Brightness Changes[...]
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Use more of your TV 5.3.4 Widescreen pictur e 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 f or mat menu. ® Press o or œ to select an availab le picture for mat. Ò Press OK . † Press o to shift the picture upwards [...]
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Use more of your TV • V olume – Visually impaired (UK onl y) Changes the volume of the selected Visually impaired audio language in the Setup, Installation menu. See section 6.1 Automatic installation . • Balance Sets the balance of the left and right loudspeaker s to f it best your listening position. • Audio language A list of audio langu[...]
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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 Quickly jump to a subject linked[...]
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Use more of your TV 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 l[...]
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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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Use more of your TV 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 Ï on the remote control and select Features > Sleeptimer and press π to enter the sleeptimer[...]
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Use more of your TV 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[...]
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Use more of your TV 5.9.3 W atch your pictures, star t 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 O[...]
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Use more of your TV 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 . 5.9.4 W atch photos or listen to music from y our PC To watch ph[...]
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Use more of your TV 5.11 Software update Philips continually tries to improv e its products. T o benefit, update the TV software regular l y . T o update y our TV software you need a USB Memor y device (not supplied). Ve r ify that your USB memor y device has at least 128Mb free space . Make sure the wr ite protection is switched off. Some USB devi[...]
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Use more of your TV † The update process star ts automaticall y . Please wait. The update is finished when the message ‘ Operation successful ’ appear s on the screen. º Remov e the USB memor y device from the TV hub. ◊ Press B on the remote control. Never press more than once and nev er use the Powe r B switch on the TV hub. ‹ The TV sw[...]
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Channel installation 6 Channel installation The first time you switched 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[...]
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Channel installation 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 [...]
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Channel installation 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 Ï and select Setup > Installation > Channel installation > Analogue: Manual installation . ® Press π to enter the Man ual installation menu. System is[...]
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Channel installation Ò Press o or œ in the channel list to select the channel you want to uninstall or reinstall. † Press the green key to uninstall or reinstall the channel. º Press Men u Ï to quit the menu. 6.3.3 Reorder the channels Change the order of the stored channels. ‡ Press Men u Ï and select Setup > Installation > Channel [...]
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Connections 7 Connections 7.1 Connection o ver view 29 ENGLISH Back connectors 1 Singe cable connector 2 EXT1, EXT2 Scar t connectors for D VD , VCR, Digital receiver , Game console , etc . 3a V GA-EXT3 V GA connector for a PC . 3b A UDIO L/R Audio L/R input to be used together with the V GA connector or the YPbPr connector . 4 Audio Out L/R Sound [...]
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Connections 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 hub. HDMI - Highest quality ★★★★★ An HDMI connection has the best picture and sound quality . One cable combines video an[...]
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Connections 7.2.2 HDMI with EasyLink Connected devices that are compliant with the HDMI CEC standard can work together . ‡ Press Men u Ï > Setup > Installation > Pref erences and press π to enter the list. ® Press o or œ to select EasyLink . Ò Press π to enter . † Press o or œ to select On or Off . º Select On to activate EasyL[...]
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Connections 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 hub. 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 2730.3 en 05-03-2009 15:15 Pagina 32 Downloaded From TV-Manua[...]
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7.4.4 D VD Recorder and Home Theatr e System Use a scar t cab le , 2 antenna cables 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 2730.3 en 05-03-2[...]
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Connections 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 2730.3 en 05-03-2009 15:15 Pagina 34 Downloaded From TV-Manual.com Manua[...]
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Connections 7.4.10 Game console The most practical connections for a game console are at the side of the TV hub. 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 hub Use the HDMI connection or the Video and Audio L/R connections. Connected at the b[...]
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Connections 7.4.12 P ersonal Computer Y ou can connect your PC directly to the TV hub. The Essence Full HD screen works as a monitor of y our PC . For more features y ou can connect your PC in a PC network. See section 7.7 PC network . As a monitor the PC can be connected with a D VI to HDMI adaptor . Alternatively y ou can connect the PC with the [...]
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Connections 7.5.2 Decoder channels Decoder s that decode an antenna channel are connected to EXT1 or EXT2 (scar t). Y ou have to assign the TV channel as a channel to be decoded. Then assign the connection where the decoder is connected. ‡ Press Men u Ï on the remote control and select Setup > Installation > Decoder > Channel . ® Press[...]
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Connections 7.7 PC network Y ou can link up your TV on a PC networ k in your home . Watch y our photos and listen to your music from any linked PC on the TV . The PC network f eature of this TV is DLNA cer tif ied. Y ou can use Microsoft Windows XP or Vista, Intel Mac OSX or Linux. An example of a home PC network. 7.7.1 What you need To set up your[...]
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7.7.4 Media ser v er settings Media ser ver s need to be set for sharing their files and folder s. Follow the instr uctions closely to set y our specific ser ver . Windo ws Media Pla yer v11on Windows Vista Set f or netw ork sharing In Windows Media Play er select Library from the menu and select Media sharing . In the Media Sharing window , check [...]
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With Advanced Options open, you can add specific f older s to the list to share . Click Add . In the Add Folder windo w select a folder with m usic, photos or videos you want to share with other devices (your TV). Click OK . In the Add T o Librar y window the newly added f older is shown. Y ou can add more folders to share . Click the OK b utton to[...]
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In the Media Sharing window , check the Share m y media box. When the TV is connected, by the router , to the PC and ever ything is switched On, the Media sharing window will sho w the TV as an Unkown Device . Select the device and click Allow . Y ou can open the Settings window to change par ticular settings on sharing. When the device icon (the T[...]
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Now ev er ything is set to enjo y music, photos and videos on your TV . TV ersity v .0.9.10.3 on Windows XP Set f or netw ork sharing Click the Settings tab and click the Start Sharing b utton. A pop-up window tells y ou that the media ser ver ser vice is star ted. Click OK . Click the Sharing tab. Set f olders for sharing Click the green plus icon[...]
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Tw onky Media v4.4.2 on Macintosh OS X Set f or netw ork sharing In Tw onky Media click Basic Setup > First steps . In this window y ou can change the ser v er name that appear s on your TV . Click Basic Setup > Clients/Security . Check the box next to Enable sharing f or new clients automatically . Set f olders for sharing Click on Basic Set[...]
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8T echnical data Picture / Displa y • Display type: LCD Full HD W -UXGA •P anel resolution: 1920x1080p •P erfect Pix el HD picture enhancement • 1080p 24/25/30/50/60Hz processing • 100 Hz Clear LCD Supported display r esolutions • Computer formats Resolution Refresh rate 640 x 480p 60Hz (V GA/HDMI) 600 x 800p 60Hz (V GA/HDMI) 1024 x 768[...]
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T echnical data 45 ENGLISH Powe r • Mains pow er : A C 220-240V (±10%) •P ow er and standby po wer consumption: See technical specification on www .philips.com • Ambient temperature: 5°C - 35°C Specifications are subject to change without notice. For more specification details of this product see www .philips.com/suppor t. Dimensions and w[...]
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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 both connector s of the single cable are connected proper ly to the TV hub and to the TV screen. •V erify if you pulled out the plastic insulation sheet from the batteries of the remote control. •V erify if the batter[...]
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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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If your pr oblem is not solv ed Switch your TV off and on again, that may help . If not, call our Consumer Care or consult our website www .philips.com/suppor t. Find the Consumer Care telephone number s on the back cov er of this manual. Please, hav e the TV Model and Pr oduct Number r eady before y ou call. Y ou can find these n umber s on the pa[...]
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10 Index 100 Hz Clear LCD 13 Active control 13 Advanced sharpness 13 Analogue manual installation 27 TV channels 27 Antenna cable 7 connect 7 with devices 29 Auto clock mode 26 Auto format 14 Automatic installation 25 Auto surround 15 Auto V olume levelling 15 Balance sound 15 Batteries 3,7 Blacklevel 13 Blu-ray Disc 34 Brightness 13 CA module 37 C[...]
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Menu key 11 Mono 15 Movie expand 14 MPEG ar tefact reduction 13 Music 20 Mute key 10 Naming devices 37 Network setup 38 unplug the network cable 47 Noise reduction 13 OK key 10 On timer 19 PC network 38 P erfect Pixel HD 13 Pe r sonal Computer connect 36 display resolutions 44 Photo viewer 21 Picture album 21 delay 35 for mat 13 menu 13 P osition t[...]
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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 66[...]