Philips 42PFL7423 manual

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 Product highlights 5 3 Getting started 5 3.1 Position the TV 5 3.2 W all mounting - VESA 6 3.3 Remote control batteries 7 3.4 Antenna cable 7 3.5 Po wer cable 7 4 Use your TV 8 4.1 Switch on or off - Standby 8 4.2 W[...]

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ENGLISH Impor tant 3 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, do not expose the product to rain or water . •T o[...]

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 Indicator light 2 Remote control sensor 3V olume up and down 4 Menu 5 Program/Channel up and down 6P ow er switch Connectors 1 Back connector s 2 Side connector s For more info see section 7 Connections . Remote control 1 [...]

ENGLISH 2.2 Pr oduct highlights Y our new TV is equipped with some of the most modern audio or video innovations. Y our TV offer s the follo wing advantages ... Full High Definition LCD displa y A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources. It offers a br illiant flicker - free progressive scan picture with optim um brig[...]

6 Y our TV 3.2 W all mounting - VESA ) Caution Consider the TV’ s weight when you wall mount it. Improper mounting can result in severe injur y or damage . K oninklijke Philips Electr onics N.V . bears no responsibility f or improper mounting or mounting that results in accident or injury . Y our TV is prepared for VESA compliant wall mounting. T[...]

3.3 Remote contr ol batteries ‡ Open the batter y cover on the back of the remote control. ® Inser t the 2 batteries supplied (T ype AA-R6- 1,5V). Make sure the + and - ends of the batteries line up cor rectly (inside of case is mar ked.) Ò Close the cov er . r Note Remov e the batter ies if not using the remote control for an extended period o[...]

4 Use y our TV Learn how to oper ate y our TV for daily use . 4.1 T urn on or off - Standby r Note The TV may take up to 15 seconds to turn on. To turn on the TV: • Press B Power at the r ight of the TV 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 the remo[...]

9 ENGLISH 4.3 W atch channels fr om a digital receiv er ‡ Switch on the digital receiv er . 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 v key . ® Press o or œ to select where you connected y our dig[...]

5.1 Remote contr ol 5.1.1 Remote contr ol ov er view 1 Standby B To switch the TV on or back to standby . 2 Input v •T o switch the source menu on or off. •T o select a connected device or to return to TV . 3 Dual screen b To show teletext on the right and the picture on the left of the screen. 4 Widescreen Pictur e format q To select a picture[...]

Use more of your TV 16 Menu To switch the menu on or off 17 Option To switch the Quick access menu on or off. 18 Demo To switch the Demo menu on and to get a demonstration of the features of the TV . 19 Subtitle j To activate or deactivate the subtitle mode . 20 MHEG Cancel (only for UK) To cancel only Digital text or Interactive ser vices. See sec[...]

Use more of your TV 5.2.2 Use of the menu Learn to use the menus with this example . ‡ Press Men u . 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. ‹ Press [...]

Use more of your TV 5.3 Picture and Sound settings The first time you switched on the TV you ha ve selected your pref er red settings for picture and sound. The following sections describe how to modify or read just those settings. 5.3.1 Smart settings Sets the TV to one of the predefined settings. Each setting combines picture and sound. ‡ Press[...]

Use more of your TV - Dynamic contrast Sets the level at which the TV automatically enhances the details in dar k, middle and light areas of the picture . - Dynamic backlight Sets the level at which po wer consumption can be reduced by dimming the brightness intensity of the screen. Choose for the best pow er consumption or for the picture with the[...]

5.3.5 Sound settings This section describes how to adjust all sound settings. ‡ Press Men u and select Sound . ® Press π to enter the list. Ò Press o or œ to select a setting. • Equalizer Changes the bass and treble of the sound. Select each bar to change the setting. •V olume Changes the volume. When adjusting the volume with V a v olume[...]

Use more of your TV 5.4 T elete xt Y our TV has a 1200 pages memor y that stores broadcasted teletext pages and subpages to reduce waiting time . To select a teletext page see section 4.6 Select a T eletext page . 5.4.1 Select a teletext langua ge Some digital TV broadcaster s offer the possibility to select your pref er red teletext language. See [...]

• Language Some languages use a different set of character s. Switch to the other group to show the text correctly . ‡ Press b . ® Press Men u. Ò Press o or œ to select an option. † Press OK to change a setting. º Press Men u to quit the teletext menu. ◊ Press b to switch off teletext. 5.4.8 Digital text services (UK only) Some digital [...]

Use more of your TV 5.5.3 Select a channel fr om a fav ourite list ‡ Press OK . The last selected channel list appear s. ® Use o or to highlight a channel. Ò Press OK . The TV tunes to that channel. à Tip • Use -P+ to go through the TV channels of the selected fav our ite list. • With the number keys y ou can still select channels which ar[...]

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, EPG is a vailable [...]

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 . ® Select Features > Sleeptimer and press π to enter the sleeptimer bar . Ò Press o or œ to set the time up t[...]

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 or œ to select an [...]

5.9.3 W atch your pictures, start 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 OK to watch the pictur[...]

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 photos and listen to m[...]

Step 2: Software do wnload from the PC to the USB de vice ‡ Inser t the USB memor y device into a PC linked to the internet. ® Locate and open the file update.htm on your USB device . Ò Read the instr uctions on screen and click on the Send ID b utton. If new software is availab le , the update is downloaded on the USB memor y device . † Remo[...]

≈ The TV switches back on again. The update is done . 5.11.2 Software update b y digital broadcast (D VB-T) Y our TV might receive new software from the digital broadcast system automatically . If you receiv e an update message on screen it is strongly advised to update the software immediately - select Now . If you want to be reminded later on, [...]

6 Channel installation The first time you turned 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 Note : Re-installation[...]

Step 3: Install TV and radio channels Y our TV will search for and store all a vailable digital and analogue TV channels and all availab le digital r adio channels. ‡ Press the green key to star t. The installation may take a f ew minutes. ® When the channel search is completed, press the red key to return to the Installation menu. Ò Press Men [...]

6.2.3 Fine tune a channel Fine tune a found channel when the reception is poor . ‡ Press Men u . ® Select Setup > Installation > Channel installation > Analogue: manual installation > Fine tune . Ò Press π to enter the Fine tune men u. † Press o or œ to adjust the frequency º Press p when you f inished fine tuning. ◊ Select S[...]

6.5 Digital reception test If you receiv e Digital TV broadcasting you can verify the quality and signal strength of a specific channel. ‡ Select a channel. ® Press Men u . Ò Select Setup > Installation > Channel installation > Digital: T est r eception . † Press π to enter º Press OK . ◊ Press the green key to star t the test. I[...]

Side connectors 1 Headphones Stereo Mini jack 2 Audio L/R Audio L/R input to be used together with Video or S-Video on the side of the TV . 3 Video Video input to be used together with the Audio L/R on the side of the TV . 4 S-Video S-Video input to be used together with the Audio L/R on the side of the TV . 5 USB USB connector . 6 HDMI Side HDMI i[...]

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 . HDMI - Highest quality ★★★★★ An HDMI connection has the best picture and sound quality . One cable combines video and audio signals[...]

Video - Basic quality ★ Use a Video (cinch) cable together with an Audio L/R (cinch) cable. Match the cable colour s when y ou connect. Combined Video - yellow and Audio L/R cable - red and white 7.2.2 HDMI with EasyLink Connected devices that are compliant with the HDMI CEC standard can work together . ‡ Press Men u > Setup > Installatio[...]

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 . 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. Connections 33 ENGLISH EXT 3 VGA SERVICE UART OUT YP b Pr L R L R EXT 2 EXT 1 A[...]

7.4.4 D VD Recorder and Home Theatr e System Use a scar t cab le , 2 antenna cab les 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. 34 Connections EXT 3 VGA SERVICE UART O[...]

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. Connections 35 ENGLISH LR HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 AUDIO HDMI [] DVI NETWORK IN Blu-ra y Di[...]

7.4.10 Game console The most practical connections for a game console are at the side of the TV . Connected at the side of the TV Use the HDMI connection or the S-Video and Audio L/R connections or the Video and Audio L/R connections. Connected at the back of the TV Use an HDMI connection or the EXT3-YPbPr and Audio L/R connections for HD quality 7[...]

Connections 37 ENGLISH 7.4.12 P ersonal Computer Y ou can connect your PC directly to the TV . The TV wor ks as a monitor of y our PC . As a monitor the PC can be connected at the side with a D VI to HDMI adaptor or with a PC to TV cable. Alternatively y ou can connect the PC at the back with the V GA connection. ç Caution Before connecting the PC[...]

7.5 Connection setup The TV needs to know what connections you ha ve made and which device is connected to which connector . If you ha ve used the Connection assistant the connection setup is already done . 7.5.1 Naming y our devices Name the connected devices for easy selection and best signal handling. Assign the type of device (D VD , VCR, Game [...]

7.6 Preparing f or digital ser vices Scrambled digital TV channels can be decoded with a Conditional Access Module (C AM) and a Smar t card provided b y a digital TV ser vice operator . The C AM may enab le several ser vices depending on the operator you choose (e .g. Pay TV). Contact your digital TV ser vice oper ator for more information and ter [...]

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 networ k 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 TV in a ho[...]

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 [...]

With Advanced Options open, you can add specific f older s to the list to share . Click Ad d . 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 t[...]

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[...]

Now ev er ything is set to enjo y music, photos and videos on your TV . TV ersity v .0.9.10.3 on Windo ws 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 ico[...]

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[...]

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 (if present) Supported display r esolutions • Computer formats Resolution Refresh rate 640 x 480 60Hz 800 x 600 60Hz 1024 x 768 60Hz 1280 x [...]

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. T echnical data 47 ENGLISH Dimensions and w[...]

9T r oubleshooting T elevision and remote contr ol The TV does not switch on •V erify the mains cord connection. •V erify if the batter ies of the remote control are not empty or weak. V er ify their + / - orientation. Y ou can use the keys on the TV to switch the TV on. • Unplug the mains cord, wait a minute and plug it back in. T r y again [...]

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[...]

10 Index 100 Hz Clear LCD 5,13 Active control 14 Advanced sharpness 13 Analogue manual installation 27 TV channels 27 Antenna cable 7 connect 7 with devices 30 Audio setup 38 Auto clock mode 27 Auto format 14 Automatic installation 26 Auto surround 15 Auto V olume levelling 15 Balance sound 15 Batteries 3,7 Blacklevel 13 Blu-ray Disc 35 Brightness [...]

Mute key 10 Naming devices 38 Noise reduction 13 OK key 10 On timer 20 Pe r sonal Computer connect 37 display resolutions 46 Photo viewer 22 Picture album 22 for mat 14 menu 13 Pixel Plus 13 P osition the TV 5 P ow er cable 7 Preferred audio format 26 Radio channel 23 Rearr ange channels 28 Recorder 33 Recycling 3 Remote control batteries 7 ov er v[...]

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[...]

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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