Philips 42PF7621D/10 manual

Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote contr ol RC4350 . . . . . . . . 5 Use of the option k ey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ke ys at the right side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Introduction: Digital TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

2 EN Safety warnings Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall before all connections are made. • Place or hang the TV wherev er you want, but make sure that air can cir culate freely thr ough the v entilation slots. • Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. • T o preven[...]

Befor e you switch on y our TV , connect all y our peripheral equipment. See T o make video and audio connections, p . 41. There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . See T o mak e audio and video connections, p. 41. EXT1 can handle CVBS, RGB and Audio L/R; EXT2 can handle CVBS, S-VIDEO , RGB, Audio L/R; E[...]

< Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial socket x at the bottom of the TV . Getting started (Continued) EN 4 -T o connect a camera, camcorder or game , see T o make video and audio connections, p. 42. -T o connect a headphone, see T o make video and audio connections, p . 42. -T o connect a USB device, see Multimedia br owser , p. 35. UK [...]

Use of the remote contr ol RC4350 EN 5 B Standby Press to s witch the TV from or to standby mode. When switched to standby , a red indicator on the TV lights up. D VD STB TV VCR AUX Press the SELECT ke y r epeatedly to select one of the system modes in which the remote contr ol can be used. If no action is being undertaken within 60 seconds, the re[...]

Use of the remote contr ol RC4350 (Continued) EN 6 + - + - DVD STB TV VCR AUX MENU 123 456 789 0 ® ® ® ® SELECT DEMO BROWSE a 0 OPTION AV MHEG CANCEL OK B i b b ¬ P V v † π ‡ Ò FAV ® b T eletext On/Off Press to s witch teletext on. See T eletext, p . 38-40. Only for UK: Digital text/Interactive tele vision. V V olume Press + or - to adj[...]

EN 7 Use of the OPTION k ey ++ DVD STB TV VCR AUX MENU ® ® ® ® SELECT DEMO BROWSE a OPTION OK B i b b OPTION The OPTION ke y allows y ou to display the Quick access men u which will give y ou direct access to some featur es and menu options. 1. Pr ess the OPTION ke y . > The Quick access menu appears. 2. Pr ess the cursor up/down to select a[...]

EN 8 Ke ys at the right side of the TV In case your r emote is lost or brok en, apart from channel selection and volume adjustment, you can still change some of the basic settings with the k eys at the side of your TV . < Press the po wer switch B to switch the TV on or off. The MENU ke y can be used to summon the TV menu without the remote cont[...]

EN 9 Note : if the TV has already been installed bef ore and/or you want to change the First time installation settings, proceed with Use of the TV menu settings, p. 13. Switch the TV on < Press the po wer switch B at the side of the TV or the B ke y on the remote contr ol. Note : the first time (and only the first time) y ou switch on your TV ,[...]

EN 10 After the W elcome scr een you ar e asked to select a language of the TV's on-screen men us. The text of the header and the info on screen contin uously change language. Also the digital audio and subtitle language will be set to the selected menu language. 1. Pr ess the cursor up/down to highlight your language. 2. Pr ess the OK ke y on[...]

EN 11 By means of sev eral split screens/full scr eens you are prompted to select y our pref erred pictur e and sound settings, to finally arrive at a complete setting which satisfies y ou. 1. Pr ess the green colour ke y on your r emote control to enter the Settings assistant men u. 2. Select y our Location with the cursor up/down. > If you cho[...]

EN 12 A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa yed on y our TV when you use the menus or when y ou tr y to ex ecute an action. Read the help texts which are being displa yed on the specific item highlighted. The colour k eys at the bottom of the screen r efer to the differ ent actions which may be ex ecuted. Press the c[...]

EN 13 Ho w to na vigate through the menus (contin ued) 5. Pr ess the cursor right to enter the highlighted menu item. > The content of the right panel is mov ed to the left panel and the right panel now shows the content of the ne wly highlighted item in the left panel. 6. Pr ess the MENU/BRO WSE ke y to exit the main menu. Note : in some cases [...]

EN 14 Use of the TV menu settings (continued) Each time you'v e made a selection, pr ess the green k ey to confirm your selection. 1. Select Settings assistant and press the cursor right. > By means of sev eral split screens/full scr eens you are prompted to select y our pref erred pictur e and sound settings to finally arriv e at a complet[...]

EN 15 The picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. P r ess the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is mov ed to th[...]

EN 16 Adjust picture men u settings (Continued) Custom tint (only when Tint is set to Custom) Fine tunes the white point ( WP ) and black lev el ( BL ) of the picture. 1. Select Custom tint and press the cursor right. 2. Use the cursor ke ys to select and adjust the settings of: R-WP : allows y ou to customise the colour tint by adjusting the red w[...]

EN 17 MPEG artefact reduction MPEG artefact reduction On smoothens the transitions on digital content. < Select On or Off . Colour enhancement Automatically contr ols green enhancement and blue stretch. It makes the colours mor e vivid. < Select Off , Minimum , Medium or Maximum . Active contr ol The TV continuousl y measures and corr ects al[...]

EN 18 The sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the sound. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote contr ol. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is mov ed to the left[...]

EN 19 Adjust sound menu settings (Continued) Dual I/II Allows y ou to select, per channel, Dual I or II, when dual sound transmission is a vailable . Mono/Stereo Allows y ou to select, per TV channel, Mono or Stereo sound when stereo br oadcasts are a vailable . Surr ound mode Allows y ou to select the modes for more spatial or surr ound sound repr[...]

EN 20 The Featur es menu allows y ou to control the settings of special TV functions, features and accessory equipments. 1. Pr ess the MENU/BRO WSE ke y on the remote contr ol. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select F eatur es and press the cursor right. > The [...]

EN 21 Sleeptimer This sets a time period after which the TV automatically s witches to standby . 1. Select Sleeptimer . 2. Pr ess the cursor right. 3. Select a value with the cursor up/do wn. > The list will ha ve values fr om 0 to 180 minutes. When 0 is selected, the sleeptimer is switched off. Childlock With a 4-digit code, you ar e able to lo[...]

EN 22 Adjust featur e menu settings (Continued) Set code/Change code 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 . < Select Set or Change code . > If no PIN-code exists yet, the menu item is set to Set code .F ollow the instructions on screen. > If a PIN-code ha[...]

EN 23 Common interface This allows y ou to access common interface applications defined by the service provider of the Common Interface (CI) module. The Common Interface (CI) module can contain one or more a pplications, which are used to comm unicate with the CI ser vice pr ovider and pr ovide some additional facilities to the user . See Use the C[...]

EN 24 This menu allows y ou to select your pr eferr ed language for menu, audio and subtitle . Menu languag e This allows y ou to select your menu language out of the list of the a vailable languages. Pref erred audio langua ge This allows y ou to select your audio language pref erence in case sev eral languages are br oadcasted. Pref erred subtitl[...]

EN 25 Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (Continued) After language and countr y ar e set correctl y , y ou can now search f or and store the TV channels. < Select Channels in the TV , Installation menu. Automatic installation The TV will scan the entire fr equency spectrum based on the selected countr y . > All a vailable digital and[...]

EN 26 Digital: test reception (onl y with digital TV broadcasting) This allows y ou to see the quality and the strength of the signal reception f or a digital frequency . This enables you to find the antenna position that gives the best r eception. < Select Digital: test reception and pr ess the cursor right. > Y ou obtain an indication of th[...]

EN 27 Analogue: manual installation This gives y ou the possibility to manually install (tuning-in channel by channel) analogue channels. Manual installation will not find nor store an y D VB-T (digital) channels. 1. Select Analogue: manual installation and press the cursor right. 2. Select System . 3. Select y our countr y or par t of the w orld w[...]

EN 28 This allows y ou to rename, to reshuffle and to uninstall or r einstall the stor ed channels. < Press the cor responding colour k eys and follow the on screen instructions. Reshuffle This allows y ou to change the order of the stored TV channels. 1. Select the channel y ou want to change place . 2. Pr ess the yellow colour k ey to mov e up[...]

EN 29 This menu contains items that can set or adjust various special TV functions and that will typically be accessed only occasionally . Select your location This allows y ou to select the location of your TV . If you choose f or Shop it will result in fix ed settings of picture and sound. The location Home will give full flexibility to change an[...]

EN 30 This allows y ou to select the peripheral equipment you ha ve connected to the audio and video connectors. 1. Select Connections . 2. Pr ess the cursor right. 3. Select the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected. > When you select EXT1 , EXT2 , EXT3 , HDMI 1 , HDMI 2 , Side or DIGIT AL A UDIO IN ,a list appears which allows y[...]

EN 31 This allows y ou to upgrade your TV software using a USB device. USB de vice upgrade It is possible to initiate an upgrade procedur e from a USB device befor e you start up the TV . The memor y device m ust be filled with the appr opriate upgrade image (and structure) which can be found on the www . philips.com/support w ebsite. How to upload[...]

EN 32 Create y our fa vourite list ® ® ® ® MHEG CANCEL v † π ‡ Ò FAV ® FAV 1. Pr ess the FAV ke y (or the OK ke y). > The last selected channel list appears. 2. Use the cursor up/do wn to select a channel. 3. Pr ess the OK ke y to displa y the selected channel. 1. Pr ess the FAV key. > The last selected channel list appears. 2. Pr [...]

33 Create y our fa vourite channels list (Continued) EN EPG (Electr onic Pro gramme Guide) (only with Digital TV channels) The Electronic Pr ogramme Guide shows you detailed information about the curr ent programme and also about the next programme (onl y for TV pr ogrammes that provide EPG information). 1. Pr ess the a ke y . > The EPG screen a[...]

EPG (Electr onic Pro gramme Guide) (Continued) EN 34 2. Pr ess the green colour ke y on the remote contr ol to watch/listen to the selected programme cur rently on air . 3. Pr ess the red colour ke y to mark/unmark a reminder on the selected programme. Y ou can set up to a maximum of 10 reminders. > The TV will wak e up automatically or displa y[...]

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 a pplication is inv oked fr om the main menu. -Following file f ormats can be repr oduced: f or pictures: JPEG f or audio: MP3, MP3 Pro , LPCM - Only F A T/DOS-formatted memory devices are supported. - Philips can not be he[...]

Fo llo wing icons may appear: f older self made pla ylist/album pictures m usic EN 36 Multimedia Bro wser menu 1. Insert a USB device. 2. Select the USB de vice under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows you to br owse content stored on the inserted USB device. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left[...]

EN 37 37 37 Function k eys 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 apply a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa yed in a slide show Rotate to rotate a pictur e Repeat one/all to repeat the pla yback of [...]

EN 38 38 38 T eletext Most TV channels broadcast inf ormation via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will stor e most broadcasted pages and subpages to r educe waiting time. After each programme change, the memor y is refr eshed. < Press b to switch the teletext on. > The main index page appears on the scr een. Select a T eletext[...]

EN 39 39 39 T eletext (Continued) Hypertext With h yper text y ou can quickly jump to a pagenumber or search f or a specific word sho wn on the current teletext page. 1. Pr ess the OK ke y to highlight the first wor d or a number on the page. 2. Use the cursor up/do wn, left/right to select an y other word or number y ou want to search for . 3. Pr [...]

EN 40 40 40 T eletext (Continued) + - + - DVD STB TV VCR AUX MENU 123 456 789 0 ® ® ® ® SELECT DEMO BROWSE a 0 OPTION AV MHEG CANCEL OK B i b b ¬ P V v † π ‡ Ò FAV ® b Some digital channels offer dedicated digital text services (for instance BBCi). 1. Pr ess b to switch Digital text on. 2. T o use the digital text, follow the instructio[...]

EN 41 41 41 To make video and audio connections Tip : use the inputs that are a vailable on your equipment that pro vide the best video or audio performance, as below . Note :y our TV comes with all types of connectors with the exception of the D VI connector but some of your equipment ma y be equipped with this type . In this case you'll need[...]

EN 42 42 42 Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect y our camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and A UDIO L 3 for mono equipment. For stereo equipment also connect A UDIO 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 A UDIO inputs 3 . Headphone 1. Insert the plug[...]

43 EN To make video and audio connections - Rear panel o verview Pr Pb Y R B G AUDIO L/R H V EXT2 EXT1 EXT3 MON INTERFACE HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OU T A U DI O o D IGITAL 75 oo o o Pr Pb Y R B G AUDIO L/R H V EXT2 EXT1 EXT3 COMMON INTERFACE HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o RO UT AUDIO o DIGITAL[...]

EN 44 44 44 EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL 75 o o 1 3 EXT 1 / 2 2 CABLE RECORDER With a eurocab le 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect the eur ocable 3 as shown. 3. Mak e your selection of the source to which the VCR has been connected in the Installation menu, Select your connections,[...]

EN 45 45 45 EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o RO UT AUDIO o DIGITAL 75 o o RECORDER CABLE 1 2 RECORDER 3 5 EXT 1/2 4 EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO IN L o AUDIO OUT o R OUT AUDIO o DIGITAL 75 o o 1 3 EXT 1 / 2 2 Connect two VCRs or VCR and D VD r ecorder With eurocab les 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect y [...]

EN 46 46 46 Connect a D VD pla y er , HD receiv er or game console Note : in case of any pr oblems, see Annex 4: Issues ref erring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector , p. 61. With a HDMI connector HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital video and audio interconnection. 1. Connect y our equipment with the HDMI connector . 2. Select[...]

EN 47 Connect a D VD pla y er , a satellite receiv er or HD receiv er 47 47 With Component Video Connectors 1. Connect the thr ee separate component video cables 1 to the YPbPr jacks on the D VD pla yer and to the Y , Pb and Pr jacks of EXT3 on the TV . 2. Connect the audio cable 2 to the digital out of the equipment and to the DIGIT AL A UDIO IN c[...]

EN 48 Connect a PC 48 48 Notes: - only a PC with digital sound can be connected to the HDMI connection; - if your PC does not ha ve digital sound output, connect your PC via a VGA connector; - befor e connecting your PC to the TV , select your PC monitor settings to a r efresh frequency of 60 Hz; - supported PC monitor modes: VG A 640 x 480 SV GA 8[...]

EN 49 49 49 Connect a Home Cinema amplifier Digital Home Cinema amplifier < Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connector 1 at the bottom of the TV . Analogue Home Cinema amplifier < According to the type of connector cables and the connector input a vailable on your Home Cinema amplifier , connect your r eceiver[...]

EN 50 50 50 To r eceive scrambled DTV signals y ou will need a CA (Conditional Access) module and a Smart card pro vided by the ser vice pr ovider . A CA module can enable additional ser vices, for example Pa y TV . Contact your Common Interface service provider to get more inf ormation about these modules. Although CA module types may vary depende[...]

EN 51 51 51 Befor e operating your connected equipment you ha ve to mak e a selection in the Installation, Select your connections menu, p. 30. 1. Pr ess the MENU/BRO WSE key . 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. 3. Select Installation . 4. Pr ess the cursor right. 5. Select Connections . 6. Pr ess the cursor right. 7. Select the input t[...]

EN 52 52 52 Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the r emote control of y our TV . Press one of the k eys after you pr essed the SELECT ke y r epeatedly accor ding to the equipment you want to operate with this remote contr ol. See Use of the remote contr ol, p. 5-6. B to switch to standby ® f or re[...]

53 EN Tr oubleshooting Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy No picture < V erify if the supplied cables are connected properl y . (The aerial cable to the TV , the other aerial to your r ecorder , the power cables, ..) < V erify if you selected the correct sour ce . < V erify if the child lock has been switched off. P oor pictur e < V erify i[...]

EN 54 Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy The remote does < V erify if the remote is set corr ectly for the equipment y our are using. not function < V erify if the batteries are not dead. Replace the batteries. Y ou can still use the keys at the left side of the TV . < Select TV mode on your remote contr ol. < When pressing a k ey and some [...]

Annex 1 - Philips TV software upgrade with portable memor y EN 55 Info TV menu Installation Software upgrade Current softw . info Local upgrades Announcement ............. T ime zone Channels Preferences Connections Decoder Factory settings Software upgrade Introduction Philips continuously tries to impr ov e its products and it wants you to pr ofi[...]

EN 56 Upgrade the TV software 1. Switch off y our TV and remove all memory devices. 2. Insert the USB portable memor y that contains the downloaded softwar e upgrade . 3. Switch on y our TV with the power k ey B at the side of the TV . 4. The upgrade pr ocess star ts automatically . After a few seconds the status of the upgrade procedur e is displa[...]

EN 57 Local software upgrade pr ocedure New softwar e , or the currentl y installed software version, can also be obtained from the www .philips.com/support w ebsite. 1. Go to www .philips.com/support using the web br owser of your PC. 2. F ollow the pr ocedure to find the information and the software r elated to your TV . 3. Select the latest soft[...]

Annex 2 - Philips TV -Slidesho w Format with backgr ound music 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 addr essing technical or software skilled users. To star t the slideshow open the slidesho w file in the Multimedia browser of y our TV . 1. P[...]

Annex 2 (Continued) 59 EN Supported XML-tags The following table giv es a description of the XML syntax. Ta g 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 Digital Camera Issues If a USB connection between y our digital camera and the TV isn’ t working, you can try the solutions below to r esolve your pr oblem. - Mak e sure your digital camera is s witched on and verify if the configuration of y our digital camera is corr ect (see the manual of yo[...]

Annex 4 - Issues r eferring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector 61 EN The HDMI IN connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor display modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p 720x576p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC VG A 640x480 SV GA 800x600 X[...]

active contr ol ........................... 17 analogue: manual installation . 27 antenna ......................................... 4 audio receiv er .......................... 49 audio equipment k eys ............. 52 auto format ............................... 17 automatic installation.............. 25 a vl (audio volume lev eller)..... 19 balanc[...]

Recycling 63 EN R The packaging of this product is intended to be recycled. Apply to the local authorities for corr ect disposal. Disposal of your old pr oduct Y our product is designed and manufactur ed with highly quality material and components, which can be recycled and r eused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product,[...]