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EN LCD television ________________________________ NL LCD televisie ________________________________ Register your product and get suppor t at www .philips.com/welcome 42PFL7503 cover 2732.1 13-11-2008 13:35 Pagina 1[...]
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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 erview 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 6 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 a[...]
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2008 © Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reser v ed. 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 ma[...]
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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 risk of fire[...]
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2Y our TV This section gives y ou an ov er view of the controls and functions of this TV . 2.1 T ele vision o ver view 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 [...]
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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[...]
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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[...]
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3.4 Antenna cable ‡ Locate the antenna connection at the back of the TV . ® Inser t the antenna cab le tightly into the Antenna x socket. 3.5 P ow er cable Keep the mains plug at the wall socket accessible at all time . The TV is never pow ered off completely and consumes energy unless the mains cord is physically unplugged. Although this TV has[...]
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4.2 W atch TV 4.2.1 Switch channels ‡ To switch TV channels: • Press a number (1 to 999) or press P+ or P- on your remote control. • Press Pr ogram/Channel - or + on the side controls of the TV . ® Press R to return to the previously viewed TV channel or connected device . 4.2.2 Adjust volume ‡ To adjust the volume: • Press V + or - on t[...]
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4.5 W atch a D VD ‡ Switch on your D VD player . ® Inser t a D VD disc in your play er . The D VD picture automatically appear s on the screen. Ò Press Pla y π on the DVD pla yer . If the picture does not appear : ‡ Press the Source v key . ® Press o or œ to select where you connected y our D VD play er . Ò Press OK . W ait a f ew seconds[...]
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Use more of your TV 5.1 Remote control 5.1.1 Remote contr ol o verview 1 Standby B To switch the TV on or back to standby . 2 Source v •T o switch the Source menu on or off. •T o select a connected device or to return to TV . 3 TV Sets the remote control in TV mode . 4 Demo To switch the Demo menu on and to get a demonstration of the features o[...]
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Use more of your TV 15 Net TV To link up your TV on a the Net TV star tpage. 16 Guide a To switch on or off the Electronic Programme Guide . 17 Pre vious channel R To retur n to the previously view ed channel 18 +P- Channel up or down To switch to the next or previous channel in the channel list. 19 Menu Ï To switch the menu on or off 20 On screen[...]
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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 • Contrast Changes the level of bright par ts in the picture b ut keeps the dar k par ts unchanged. • Brightness Changes the level of light of the total picture. • Colour Changes the level of saturation. • Hue If NTSC is broadcasted, this level compensates the colour variations. • Sharpness Changes the level of sharpne[...]
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Use more of your TV • Auto format (Not for PC .) Enlarges the picture automatically to fill the screen. Subtitles remain visible. Y ou can set Auto for mat in two diff erent modes. ‡ In the TV menu, select Picture > Auto format mode . ® Select Auto-fill to f ill the screen as much as possible. Select Auto- zoom to keep the original picture [...]
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Use more of your TV • Auto volume le velling Reduces sudden volume diff erences like at the beginning of commercials or when switching from one channel to another . Select on or off. • Delta volume Levels out v olume differences between channels or connected devices. ‡ Switch to the channel or device you want to level out the v olume differen[...]
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Use more of your TV 5.4.4 Sear ch teletext Quickly jump to a subject linked to a series of pagenumber s or search for specif ic words in teletext pages. ‡ Press T eletext . ® Press OK to highlight the f ir st word or n umber . Ò Press p or π , o or œ to jump to the next w ord or number on the page. † Press OK to search a page which holds th[...]
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Use more of your TV 5.5.2 T o set up a fav ourite list Create or modify your o wn fav our ite list. ‡ Press OK . The last selected list appear s. ® Press the red key to show all fa vourite lists. Ò Press o or œ to select a list. † Press OK . º Press the green key to enter the Edit mode. The selected list brings up a full channel list. ◊ P[...]
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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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5.8 Subtitles For each TV channel, subtitles can be set, coming from T eletext. 5.8.1 Subtitling fr om TV channels ‡ Select aTV channel. ® Press T eletext to switch on T eletext. Ò Enter the three number pagenumber of the subtitle page . † Press T eletext to switch off T eletext. r Note The T eletext subtitle page must be stored for each TV c[...]
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Use more of your TV † Press OK to watch the picture or to star t a slideshow of the pictures in the album. º Press OK to pause the slidesho w . Press again to restar t. ◊ Press one of the colour keys on the remote control to perform the cor responding function shown at the bottom of the screen. If the function bar at the bottom disappeared, pr[...]
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5.10 Net TV Y ou can link up your TV to inter net online ser vices. View photos, play games, consult a progr amme guide or buy online. To prepare your TV to wach Net TV see section 7.5 Net TV set up . 5.10.1 W atch Net TV ‡ Press Net TV on the remote control. The Next TV star t page appear s and sho ws some content providers. ® Use the cur sor k[...]
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5.11 Software update Philips continually tries to improv e its products.T o benefit, your TV may need occasional software updates. Y ou can update your TV software: - from the Internet - with a USB memor y device (not supplied) To update the TV’ s software either from the Internet or a USB device , the Update assistant can help you. 5.11.1 Update[...]
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‡ Switch on the TV . ® Inser t the USB memor y device to the USB connector at the side of the TV . Ò The TV switches off. The screen stays black f or about 10 seconds. W ait and never use the pow er switch B on the TV . † The update process star ts automaticall y . Please wait. The update is finished when the message ‘ Operation successful [...]
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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 hav e been installed. This chapter provides instructions on how to reinstall channels as well as other useful channel installation features. r Note : Re-installatio[...]
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6.2.2 Sear ch for and store a ne w channel ‡ Press Men u Ï and select Setup > Installation > Channel installation > Manual installation > Search . ® Press π to enter the Search men u. Ò Press the red key to enter the frequency y our self or press the green key to search f or a next channel. à Tip If you kno w the frequency , ente[...]
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6.4 Channel update At any time y ou can tune and update al availab le channels without altering the sor ting of existing channels. ‡ Press Men u Ï and select Setup > Installation > Channel installation > Installation update . ® Press π to enter the Installation update menu. Ò Press OK . † Press the green key to star t. The update s[...]
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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[...]
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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 cab le combines video and audio signal[...]
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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 Ï > Setup > Installa[...]
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7.4.1 D VD pla y er 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. 30 Connections Receiver / Cable box D VD Recorder IN OU T I N OUT D VD Pla yer[...]
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7.4.4 D VD Recorder and Home Theatre 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 31 ENGLISH Home Theatre Syste[...]
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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 y er Use an HDMI cable. 32 Connections Blu-ra y Disc play er OUT HDMI OUT HD Digital receiv er / HD Satellite [...]
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7.4.10 Game console The most practical connections for a game console are at the side of the TV . rNote : 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 Use the HDMI connection or the S-Video and Audio L/R connections or the Video and Audio L/R connectio[...]
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Connections 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 . For more features y ou can connect your PC in a PC network. See section 7.6 PC network . 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 you can connect the[...]
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Connections 7.5 Net TV set up Y ou can link up your TV to inter net. View online ser vices, photos, play games, consult a programme guide or buy online. 7.5.1 What y ou need To set up the TV for Net TV you need: •a networ k cable •a router in a home networ k • an internet connection to the router 7.5.2 Connect the TV ‡ Connect the network c[...]
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Connections 7.6.3 Manual netw ork setup Some exper t netw or k settings can be set on the TV . The DHCP is set to On to automatically connect to the network. Press Men u Ï > Setup > Installation > Manual network installation. 7.7 Connection setup The TV needs to know what connections you ha ve made and which device is connected to which c[...]
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8T echnical data Picture / Displa y • Display type: LCD Full HD W -UXGA •P anel resolution: 1920x1080p • Pixel Plus 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 768p 60Hz [...]
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38 T echnical data Powe r • Mains pow er : AC 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 weights (a[...]
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9T r oub leshooting T elevision and r emote control The TV does not switch on •V er ify the mains cord connection. •V er ify if the batteries 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 agai[...]
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•V er ify if all cables are connected properly . • 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 er ify if the sound is set to Stereo. •V er ify the Equalizer in the Sound menu. • Select any of the Smar t settings in the menu. The sound [...]
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10 Index 100 Hz Clear LCD 5,13 Active control 13 Advanced sharpness 13 Antenna cable 7 connect 7 with devices 27 Audio setup 36 Auto format 14 Automatic installation 24 Auto V olume levelling 15 Balance sound 14 Batteries 3,6 Blacklevel 13 Blu-ray Disc 32 Brightness 13 Cable HDMI 28 Scar t 28 S-Video 28 Video 29 YPbPr 28 Camcorder 33 Camera (photo)[...]
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Photo viewer 20 Picture album 19 for mat 14 menu 12 Pixel Plus 13 P osition the TV 5 P ow er cable 7 Rearr ange channels 25 Recorder 30,31 Recycling 3 Remote control batteries 6 ov er view 10 Rename 25 Reorder 25 Safety 3 Satellite receiver 32 Scar t connection 28 Screen cleaning 3 Search channels 25 teletext pages 15 Set code 18 Settings assistant[...]
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Pr inted in Belgium Contact information T ype no . Product no . België / Belgique 078 250 145 € 0.06/min Nederland 0900 8407 € 0.10/min United Kingdom 0870 900 9070 Local cover 2732.1 13-11-2008 13:35 Pagina 4[...]