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    Register your pr oduct and get support at www .philips.com/w elcome EN User manual 32PFL5604/77 32PFL5604/78 42PFL5604/77 42PFL5604/78 Downloaded From TV-Manual.com Manuals[...]

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    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturers instructions. 8[...]

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    1 Use Philips EasyLink 23 Use a Kensington lock 25 8 Pr oduct information 26 Suppor ted display resolutions 26 T uner/Reception/T r ansmission 26 Multimedia 26 Remote control 26 Connections 26 P o wer 27 Suppor ted TV mounts 27 9 T r oubleshooting 28 Gener al TV issues 28 TV channel issues 28 Picture issues 28 Sound issues 29 HDMI connection issues[...]

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    2 procedures not recommended or author ised in this manual shall v oid the war r anty . Compliance with EMF Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . manufactures and sells many products targeted at consumer s, which, like an y electronic appar atus, in gener al ha ve the ability to emit and receiv e electromagnetic signals. One of Philips’ leading B[...]

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    3 R is k of inj ur y or da ma ge to th e T V ! T wo p eo ple a re r e qui re d to li f t a nd ca r r y a T V th at wei ghs mo r e tha n 25 kg. W he n s ta nd mo un tin g th e T V , us e only the supplied st and. Sec ur e the s t an d to th e T V ti ght ly. Pla ce th e T V o n a  at , lev el su r f ace t hat c an suppor t the combined weight o f [...]

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    4 R is k of dam age to t he T V scr ee n! N eve r tou ch, p us h, r u b or s tr i ke th e scr ee n wi th any objec t. T o avo id de for ma tio ns a nd colo r fa din g, wi pe of f w ate r dr ops a s so on a s pos si ble . Recycling Y our pr oduct is designed and manufac tured wi t h hig h qu ali t y ma ter i als a nd co mpo ne nt s , whi ch can be r[...]

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    5 Remote contr ol 1 29 2 3 4 7 8 9 10 11 14 15 18 20 21 19 16 17 28 25 24 22 23 27 26 13 12 6 5 BROWSE OPTIONS INFO A/CH BACK FORMA T PICTURE SOUND INCR.SURR SOURCE SLEEP SCENEA SAP CC DEMO TV a ( Standby- On ) Swi tc hes t he T V to s t a ndby i f the T V is on. Swi tc hes t he T V on if t he T V is in sta nd b y . • • 3 Y our pr oduct Congr a[...]

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    6 s FORMA T Se le c t s a pic tu r e for ma t . t 0- 9 ( Numeric buttons ) Se le c t s a cha nne l or s et t ing. u PICTURE ( Smart p ictu re ) L au nch es th e sm ar t p ic tu re m en u. v SOUN D ( Smar t Soun d ) L au nch es th e sm ar t s oun d me nu. w +/- ( V olume + /- ) I ncr ea ses o r de cr ea ses vo lum e. x BA CK A/ C H ( Previous channe[...]

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    7 Switch channels Press BA CK A/ C H on t he r em ote con tr ol to r e tur n t o the p r evi ous ly viewed channel. Press CH +/ - o n th e r emo te con tr ol o r P/C H + /- o n th e sid e of th e T V . Press OK t o use t he ch an nel m at r ix . En ter a c han ne l num be r us ing t he Numeric buttons . Note W he n you u se a f avor i te l is t , y[...]

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    8 Adjust TV v olume T o increase or decrea se volume Press +/- . Press VO LU M E +/- o n th e sid e of th e T V . T o m ute o r unm ute s ound Press to m u te th e sou nd . Press a gai n to r es to re t he s oun d. • • • • FORMA T FORMA T W atch connected de vices Use the sour ce button 1 P r ess SO UR CE . The source list appear s. 2 Pr e [...]

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    9 3 Press OK to co n r m yo ur ch oice . 4 Pr ess ( Home )to exit . Tip Af ter selec ting [Add new devic e] , fo llow t he on -s cr ee n in s tr u c ti ons to s el ec t t he co r re c t devic e and c onnec t or . • Remov e devices fr om the home menu If a device is no longer c onnec ted to the T V , r em ove it f r om th e ho me me nu . 1 Pr e[...]

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    10 [ Color temperature ] : I nt ro du ces more orange t ones or blue tones t o the p ic ture. [P ixel P lu s HD] : F in e tun es ea ch pi xel to ma tch s ur r oun ding p ixe ls . This produces a br illiant , hig h- de nition image. [Dynamic contrast ] : Automat ically enhances contr a st in an image. [Dynamic backlight] : Ad ju s ts t he br i gh[...]

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    11 Use smar t sound Us e sma r t so und to a pp ly p re - de  ned s oun d set tings. 1 Pr ess SOUN D . The [Smart sound] menu appear s. 2 Press to se le c t one of t he fo llow ing sm ar t s oun d set ti ngs . [Standar d] A dju s t s sou nd se t ti ngs t o su it m os t env ir on me nt s an d ty pe s of audio. [News ] A pplies sound set tings ide[...]

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    12 Add a channel to a fa v orite list Tip V iew a ll c han ne ls b efo re a ddi ng a ch an ne l to a fav or ite list . • 1 W he n wa tchi ng T V , s w it ch to th e cha nn el you w an t to add to a f avor i te lis t (s e e ‘ Switch chan nels’ o n page 7 ) . 2 Pr ess to sele c t a chan nel to add to a favo r it e lis t . 3 Pr ess OP T ION S . [...]

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    13 2 Pr ess to selec t [Setup ] > [Features ] > [O n t im e r] . 3 Pr ess to e nte r th e [O n t im e r] menu. 4 Pr ess to se le c t [Ac ti v a t e] a nd se t a day of t he we ek or f r equ en cy. 5 Pr ess OK t o con r m. 6 Pr ess to selec t [Ti me ] a nd se t th e s tar ting time. 7 Pr ess [Done ] to co n r m . 8 Pr ess to selec t [Pro[...]

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    14 2 Selec t [ Clock] . 3 Pr ess OK . The clock is display ed. Note T he cl oc k is di sa bl ed a ut oma ti ca ll y af te r te n mi nu te s. T o d isa bl e th e cl ock b efo re t ha t , repeat this pr oc edure . • Change the clock mode Note Not a vailable in all models. • 1 Press ( Home ). 2 Selec t [Inst allation ] > [ Clock] > [A u t o [...]

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    15 Tip P re ss B ROW S E to s w it ch be t we en thumbnail and  le br o wsing vie ws . • Disconnect a USB storage device Caution Fo ll ow th is p ro ced ur e to avo id da ma ge to yo ur U SB s to r age d ev ice . • 1 Pr ess ( Home ) to ex i t th e [U SB ] menu. 2 Wai t for  ve seco nds b efor e di scon ne c tin g th e US B s tor a ge de v[...]

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    16 View a slide sho w with music Y o u ca n vie w a sli de s how of you r s tor ed pictures with b ackground mu sic. 1 S el ec t a n alb um of so ng s. 2 Pr ess OK . 3 S el ec t a n alb um of pi c tu re s . 4 Pr ess OK . W atch video fr om a USB device 1 I n th e US B con ten t br owse r t , pr es s to en ter t he [VI D EO ] fol der . 2 Pr ess to s[...]

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    17 Upload a wallpaper pictur e fr om a USB device B efor e pe r for m ing t his p ro cedu r e, b e su re to have av ai lab le a U SB s to r ag e dev ice con t ain ing t he pi c tur e you i nte nd to us e as w all pap er . Note T he  l e si ze of th e pic t ur e mu s t not b e mo re than 1 MB . • 1 C onn ec t t he U SB s to r age d ev ice to t [...]

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    18 Star t a TV demo Y o u ca n use d em ons t r at ion s to be t te r un de r s ta nd t he fe atu re s of your T V . So me de mo s ar e not av ail ab le on ce r t ain m od els . W he n a de mo is av ail abl e, i t is d is played i n th e menu list . 1 Press DE MO o n th e re mot e cont r ol. 2 Pr ess to se le c t a de mo a nd pr es s OK to v iew i [...]

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    19 Step 2 Sear ch and store ne w TV channels 1 Pr ess ( Home ). 2 Pr ess to selec t [Setup ] > [Inst allation ] > [ Channel inst all. ] > [Manu al inst all] . The [Manual install] menu appear s. 3 Press to s el ec t a nd en ter [Searc h ] . 4 Pr ess or u se Numeric buttons to ma nua ll y ent er t he t hr ee d igi t fr eq ue nc y . 5 Pr ess[...]

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    20 Rearrange channels After you install channels, you can rear range the order in which they appear . 1 Wh en w atc hing T V , pr es s OK to di splay t he cha nn el g ri d . 2 P r ess OPTIONS . The channel options menu appear s. 3 Pr e ss to s ele c t an d en ter [Reorder ] . 4 S el ec t t he cha nn el you w an t to re or de r an d pr es s OK . 5 P[...]

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    21 e A V OU T ( VIDEO OUT a nd AU DI O OUT L/R ) Au dio a nd v ide o ou tp u t to ana log d ev ices su ch a s an oth er T V or a r eco rd ing d ev ice . f AV 1 ( V ID EO IN a nd AU DI O IN L /R ) A nal og au dio a nd vi de o inp u t fr om a nal og or d igi t al d evi ces s uch a s DVD p layer s , sa te lli te r ece ive r s an d VCR s . g CVI 1/ 2 ([...]

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    22 H DM I cab le an d HD MI - DVI ada pt or VG A c a b l e Use dual view 1 Press ( Home ). 2 Selec t [Setup ] > [Fe atur e s ] > [Du al View ] . 3 Selec t [O n] . 4 Pr ess OK . 5 Press OK to ex i t . Note W he n th e du al v iew m od e is tu r ne d on , a s mal l wi ndo w for T V inp u t ap pe ar s o n th e up pe r r ig ht-h an d cor n er of [...]

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    23 EasyLink featur es On e -to uch p lay W he n you con ne c t your T V to de vi ces th at su pp or t on e -tou ch play, you ca n con tr ol yo ur T V a nd t he d evi ces w it h on e re mo te con tr ol . Fo r ex amp le , wh en yo u pr es s Play o n your DVD r e mote co nt rol , you r T V a uto ma tic al ly s wi tch es to t he co r re c t cha nn el t[...]

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    24 Enable or disable EasyLink Note D o not e na bl e Phi li ps Ea s yL in k if yo u do n ot in te nd to u se i t . • 1 Pr ess ( Home ). 2 Selec t [Inst allation ] > [Pre fere nces ] > [Ea syLink ] . 3 Selec t [O n] or [O f f ] . Enable or disable r emote control k e y forwar ding 1 Pr ess OP T ION S . 2 Selec t [En. /Dis. RC pa ss. ] . 3 Pr[...]

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    25 Use a K ensington lock There is a Kensington secur ity slot at the back of the TV . Prev ent theft by looping a Kensington lock between the slot and a permanent object, such as a hea vy table . English EN Downloaded From TV-Manual.com Manuals[...]

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    26 T uner/Reception/ T ransmission A nte nna i npu t : 75oh m coa xi al (I E C75) T V s ys t em: N TS C , P A L - M , P A L - N Video pla yback: NTS C , SECAM , P AL Multimedia Connec tion: USB Pl ayba ck fo r mat s: M P4, R M , R M VB , J PE G , MP3 Container Video Codec Audio Codec File extension mpeg1 MPEG -1 MPEG audio .dat .mpg mpeg4 MPEG -4 A[...]

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    27 Po we r Ma ins p ower : AC 1 10 - 24 0V ; 50 - 60 H z St and by powe r : < 0. 1 5 W A mbi en t tem per atu re : 5 to 35 deg r ees Celsius Suppor ted TV mounts T o mount the TV , purchase a Philips TV mount or a VESA-compatible TV mount. T o prevent damage to cables and connector s, be sure to lea ve a clear ance of at least 5.5 cm from the ba[...]

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    28 TV channel issues Pre viously installed channels do not appear in the channel list: Ch eck t ha t th e cor r ec t c han ne l lis t i s selec t ed . No digital channels wer e found during the installation: Ch eck t ha t th e T V su ppo r t s D V B - T o r DVB - C in you r cou nt r y. See t he l is te d cou nt r ies o n th e bac k of the T V . Pic[...]

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    29 audio cable is c onnec ted to AU DI O L /R or AU D IO I N ( mini- jac k only ). Computer connection issues The computer displa y on the TV is not stable: Ch eck t ha t a sup po r ted r es olu ti on a nd r efr es h r at e is se lec t ed o n the co mp ut er . Se t th e T V p ic tu re fo r mat to u nsc al ed . Contact us If yo u ca nnot r es ol ve [...]

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    30 Facto r y settings 18 Fa vorite list selec t 12 se t up 12 H HDMI cable troubleshooting 29 Home mode 18 I Installation au to mat ic 19 manual 19 L Lan gu ag e troubleshooting 28 Location 18 M Menu language 28 main menu 9 troubleshooting 28 Multimedia techn ical speci cation s 26 Music U SB 16 with slideshow 16 P Picture format troubleshooting[...]

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    31 upload a pic ture fr om 17 view photos 15 V Video format vi de o for ma t tec hni cal s pe ci c at ion s 26 V olume adjus t 8 W Wa ll p a p er 17 troubleshooting 28 S Scr een sa v er 17 Settings assistant 9 S lee p ti mer 13 Sli desho w wi t h mus ic 16 Smart s et ti ngs 10 , 11 Soft wa re update analog 18 ve r sio n 17 Soun d s et ti ngs 11 [...]

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    © 2009 K oninklijk e Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. Document order number: 72-PNS000-X781A Downloaded From TV-Manual.com Manuals[...]