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1 English Deutsch Français Nederlands 3104 315 2457.1 Read this first ! Help? If this instruction manual does not giv e an answ er or if ‘Befor e calling ser vice’ do not solve y our TV problem, you can call y our Local Philips Customer or Service Centre. See the supplied W orld-wide guarantee booklet. Please, ha ve the Model and Pr oduct n um[...]
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2 Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Connect antenna and peripheral equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]
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3 English & W all mounting instructions/T able stand According to the type of TV you’ ve pur chased a wall mount bracket and/or stand ma y be supplied. How to mount the supplied stand and/or wall mount brack et, see the supplied separate leaflet. Make sur e that the wall mount is being fix ed securel y enough so that it meets safety standards[...]
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4 MODE ON/OFF Ambilight + - + - DVD/R SA T TV VCR AUX MENU MENU 123 456 789 0 Ò ® ‡ π º † ® ® ® ® OPTIONS MHEG CANCEL Select DIGITAL b q h b æ j i 0 A/D TV DIGITAL OK B v ¬ P V Note: For most keys pressing a k ey once will activate the function. Pressing a second time will de-activ ate it. When a key enables multiple options, a small [...]
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5 English MODE ON/OFF Ambilight + - + - DVD/R SA T TV VCR AUX MENU MENU 123 456 789 0 Ò ® ‡ π º † ® ® ® ® OPTIONS MHEG CANCEL Select DIGITAL b q h b æ j i 0 A/D TV DIGITAL OK B v ¬ P V q Picture f ormat Press this k ey repeatedl y or press the cursor up/do wn to select another picture f ormat: Auto format, Super zoom, 4:3, Movie Expan[...]
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6 MODE ON/OFF Ambilight + - + - DVD/R SA T TV VCR AUX MENU MENU 123 456 789 0 Ò ® ‡ π º † ® ® ® ® OPTIONS MHEG CANCEL Select DIGITAL b q h b æ j i 0 A/D TV DIGITAL OK B v ¬ P V Digital or Analogue TV channels ? To r eceive TV channels, your television is equipped with 2 tuners. One is f or digital channels, the other is for analogue c[...]
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7 English The first time the TV is switched on, a congratulation message will a ppear on screen. The language of which changes ev er y 5 seconds. Note: If the menu is not displayed, see Reinstall all ser vices , p. 10. & Press the OK ke y on the remote contr ol, the moment y our preferr ed languag e is visible on the screen .The Setup menu is d[...]
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8 When you select a digital pr ogramme , an information banner is displa yed for a fe w seconds at the top of the screen. Note: Y ou can also use the i k ey of the remote control to display this banner . A second press displays more information about the programme (when available). The banner contains information on the channel number , channel nam[...]
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9 English This menu allows y ou to change the order of the stored digital channels and radio stations. & From the digital mode, press the DIGIT AL MENU ke y to displa y the Setup menu. Note: If the digital menu does not appear , the TV might be in analogue mode. Press the A/D k ey to switch the TV to digital mode and press the DIGIT AL MENU k e[...]
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10 This menu allows y ou to search for ne w TV channels or radio stations that ha ve been launched by the broadcaster after the initial installation. & From the digital mode, press the DIGIT AL MENU ke y to displa y the Setup menu. é Use the cursor down to select Installation and press the cursor right. “ Select Service setup with the cursor[...]
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11 English This menu allows y ou to check the strength of the signal you ar e receiving through y our aerial. & From the digital mode, press the DIGIT AL MENU ke y to displa y the Setup menu. é Use the cursor down to select Installation and press the cursor right to displa y the Installation menu. “ Use the cursor down to select T est recept[...]
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12 This menu allows y ou to setup the access r estrictions of the digital channels. & From the digital mode, press the DIGIT AL MENU ke y to displa y the Setup menu. é Use the cursor down to select Access r estriction and press the cursor right. “ Press the cursor right to enter into the Set pin code protection menu. ‘ Use the cursor left/[...]
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13 English This menu enables y ou to create a fa vourite list with your pr eferred TV channels and radio stations. F or example, each member of y our family can create his/her o wn fa vourite list. & From the digital mode, press the DIGIT AL MENU ke y to displa y the Setup menu. é Press the cursor right to enter into the Fav ourites list menu.[...]
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14 This menu pr ovides information about the software v ersion and the installation of ne w software. & From the digital mode, press the DIGIT AL MENU ke y to displa y the setup menu. é Use the cursor down to select Information and press the cursor right twice. The software v ersion is displa yed. “ Y ou can activate the menu to automaticall[...]
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15 English The TV guide is an Electronic Service Guide that allows y ou to look up digital programmes as y ou w ould in a ne wspaper or TV magazine. Y ou can na vigate through the list of digital programmes and obtain detailed inf ormation on the programmes. Y ou can also program the TV to pro vide a digital channel to be recorded. & From the d[...]
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16 This featur e enables you to r ecord a digital channel while the TV is in standby mode. Y ou will still hav e to program y our video recorder . If you wish to contin ue watching another digital channel after setting a timer , you can do so by changing channels in the normal wa y . Impor tant : The video recorder must be connected to EXT2 (see Co[...]
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17 English & Mak e sure y ou are in Analogue mode. If necessar y , press the A/D ke y on the remote contr ol. é Press the MENU TV ke y on the remote contr ol to summon the main menu. At any moment y ou can exit the menu by pr essing the MENU TV ke y again. “ Use the cursor in the up/down dir ection to select the TV , Setup , Demo or Install [...]
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18 Y ou can search f or and store the analogue TV channels in two differ ent ways: using Automatic Installation or Manual Installation (tuning-in channel by channel). Select your choice with the cursor right. Manual install Install Selection mode System Programme Search Fine tune Store Automatic install Install Start Install & Select Automatic [...]
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19 English It is possible to change the name stored in the memor y or to assign a name to a TV channel or external for which a name has not y et been entered. A name with up to 5 letters or numbers can be given to the pr ogramme numbers 0 to 99 and to the externals. & Select Give Name in the Install menu and press the cursor do wn. é Select th[...]
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This menu allows y ou to change various settings that are pr esumably adjusted less frequently than most other settings. Menu backgr ound Select Ye s or No to turn the menu background on or off. F actory settings This resets the pictur e and sound settings to their predefined factory values, but maintains the channel installation settings. OSD (On [...]
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If a decoder or a descrambler is connected, see p. 30, you can define one or more pr ogramme n umbers as decoder pr ogramme numbers. & Select Decoder with the cursor right. é Select Pro gramme . “ Select the programme n umber under which y ou ha ve stor ed the programme coming fr om y our decoder . ‘ Select Status . • Select the input us[...]
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22 The Demo menu allows to demonstrate the TV features separately or in a loop . Note: T oggling through all the Ambilight modes will display each mode for 10 seconds each. Before switching to the ne xt mode the light will first fade to off and then fade up in the next mode. Ambilight T eletext Active Contr ol TV Setup Demo Install Press the MENU T[...]
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23 English Smart picture Select Smart picture to display a list of predefined pictur e settings, each corr esponding with specific factor y settings. P ersonal ref ers to the personal preference settings of picture in the pictur e menu. Note: This Philips TV has been set at the factor y to look best in bright store environments which use fluorescen[...]
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24 & Press the cursor right to select Sound . é Select the menu items in the Sound menu with the cursor up/down and adjust the settings with the cursor left/right.Remember , control settings are at normal mid-range lev els when the bar scale is centred. Smart sound Select Smart sound to display a list of pr edefined sound settings, each corr e[...]
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25 English E.g. in Relaxed mode, the rate of brightness and colour change is smoothly and soft which giv es you a mor e immersive y et r elaxed viewing. Ambiance is the rate of brightness and colour change as predefined in the factory . Mo vie will influence the perception of a movie wher eas Action mode will influence the dynamic impression. Notes[...]
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26 & Press the cursor right to select F eatures . é Select the menu items with the cursor up/down and adjust the settings with the cursor left/right. Pro gramme list Press the OK ke y to switch ov er to the selected TV channel or external. Select subtitles The subtitle page must be stor ed for each TV channel: Switch on teletext and select the[...]
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27 English Switch T eletext on and off Press b to switch the teletext on. Select a T eletext page - Enter the desired page n umber with the digit ke ys, the cursor k eys up/down, left/right or with the -P+ key . - Select the options at the bottom of the screen with the colour k eys. Pre viously selected teletext pag e (Only possible in case there i[...]
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T eletext menu & Press the MENU TV ke y to activate the menu. é Press the cursor up/do wn to select the menu items. “ Press the cursor right to activate. Re veal Rev eals/conceals hidden information on a page, such as solutions to riddles and puzzles. Press the cursor right to activate. Fav ourite Y ou ma y create a list of eight fa vourite [...]
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29 English There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . The following connection diagrams sho w you ho w to connect them. Note: EXT1 can handle CVBS, RGB and Audio L/R; EXT2 CVBS, Y/C , RGB and Audio L/R; EXT3 CVBS and Audio L/R; DV I can handle VGA, SVGA, XGA and 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i and 1152i Side can [...]
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30 Note: Do not place your recorder too close to the screen as some recorders may be susceptible for signals from the display . Keep a minimum distance of 0,5 m from the screen. Connect the aerial cables 1 , 2 and, to obtain the optimum picture quality , eur ocable 3 as shown. If your r ecorder does not ha ve a eur oconnector , the only possible co[...]
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31 English & Connect the aerial cables 1 , 2 and 3 as shown (only if y our peripheral has TV aerial in-/output). Connect your r ecorder to EXTERNAL 2 with a eurocable 5 . Connect the other equipment with a eurocable 4 to one of the eur oconnectors EXTERNAL 1 or EXTERNAL 3 to obtain a better picture quality . If your r ecorder does not ha ve a e[...]
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32 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT CENTRE IN 3 2 & Connect the audio cable to the MultiChannel Surr ound receiver and to A UDIO OUT L and R at the bottom of your TV 1 . é If you want the loudspeak ers of your TV to act as centre speak er , also connect an audiocable to the m ulti channel Surr ound receiver and to the CENTRE IN at the bottom of you[...]
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33 English The DV I connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor displa y modes, via the v ke y on the remote control, for High Definition (HD) and computer (PC) equipment: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x576i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x576p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC VG A 640x480 60 Hz SV GA 8[...]
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34 To enhance the sound repr oduction of your TV you can connect an externally pow ered subwoof er (between 20 and 250 Hz). & Connect the audio cable of the external subwoof er to the SUBW OOFER socket at the r ear of your TV . é Select Subwoof er in the Setup , General menu, p . 20. “ Adjust the frequency of the external subw oofer to 100-1[...]
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35 English The recor der or DVD can be operated with the r emote control via the Recor der or DV D menu on screen. & Press the MENU TV ke y on the remote contr ol. é Select the Recorder or DV D menu with the cursor up/down. “ Press the cursor left/right, up/down to select one of the recor der or DVD functions. The key ® f or recording can b[...]
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36 This system remote contr ol operates the following Philips equipment: TV , VCR, DVD , DVD/R, SA T (RC5/RC6), AMP (+TUNER), CD , CD/R. Press the Select ke y to operate any of the equipment indicated in the displa y ( AUX = CD , CDR, VCR; D VD/R = D VD , SA T = SA T (RC5). Another device can be selected by pr essing Select r epeatedly within 2 sec[...]
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37 English Symptoms Items to Check and Actions to follow P oor Picture •H av e you selected the corr ect TV system in the manual installation menu? • Is your TV or house aerial located too close to loudspeakers, non-earthed audio equipment or neon lights, etc? • Mountains or high buildings can cause double pictures or ghost images. Sometimes [...]
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38 W arning concerning stationar y images on the TV screen A characteristic of Plasma Displa y Panels is that displaying the same image f or a long time can cause a permanent after -image to remain on the screen. This is called phosphor burn in. Normal use of the TV should involv e the showing of pictures that contain constantly mo ving and changin[...]