Philips 42PFL7623 manual

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

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 (42PFL7623D only) A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources. It offers a br illiant flicker - free progressive scan picture [...]

6 Y our TV 3.2 W all mounting - VESA ) Caution Consider the TV’ s weight when you wall mount it. Improper mounting could 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.[...]

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 Switch on or off - Standb y r Note The TV may take up to 15 seconds to switch on. To switch 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. The LightGuide flashes during star t up[...]

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[...]

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 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 until [...]

4.7 Change Ambilight mode Y ou can adjust Ambilight between a relaxed to a dynamic setting so that it changes soft and smoothly to quick and responsive with the images on screen. Adjust the Ambilight mode: ‡ Press Ambilight to switch on. ® Press Mode to adjust Ambilight between a relaxed and a dynamic setting. The Mode settings are only a vailab[...]

Use more of your TV 5 Use mor e of y our TV This section helps you perf or m advanced TV operations including how to: • use the menus • adjust picture , sound and Ambilight settings • make use of T eletext • create fav our ite channel lists • make advantage of Electronic Programme Guide • set locks and timer s • set subtitles and sele[...]

17 V olume V To adjust the volume . 18 Menu To switch the menu on or off 19 Option No function. 20 Demo To switch the Demo menu on and to get a demonstration of the features of the TV . 21 Subtitle j To activate or deactivate the subtitle mode . 22 MHEG Cancel (only for UK) To cancel only Digital text or Interactive ser vices. See section 10 Index [...]

Use more of your TV 5.3.2 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 • Colour Changes the level of saturation. • Hue If NTSC is broadcasted, this level compensates the colour variations. • Sharpness Changes the level of sharpness of fine details. • Noise reduction Filter s out and reduces the noise in the picture. Set the level to Minim um, Medium, Maximum or Off. • Tint Sets the colour[...]

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 [...]

• TV speak ers If you ha ve connected an audio system to y our TV , you can switch off the TV speaker s. This option is only a vailable if EasyLink is set to On. See Menu > Setup > Installation > Preferences > EasyLink. Select Automatic (EasyLink) to ha ve the sound from your TV automatically reproduced b y your audio system. • Surr[...]

5.6 T eletext 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 . 5.6.1 Select a teletext langua ge Some digital TV broadcaster s offer the possibility to select your pref er red teletext language. See section 6.1 Automatic[...]

• 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. 5.6.8 Digital text services (UK only) Some digital [...]

5.7.3 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 are not mar ked as fa [...]

® Use the colour keys to activate the a vailable actions at the bottom of the screen. • Next : to show information about the next programme . • Remind : to mar k or unmar k a programme as a reminder . • W atch : to watch or listen to a cur rent programme . • J ump to .. .: to jump to the next or previous day . • Info : to display inf or [...]

† Enter a new per sonal code. º Confirm your new entered code. The previous code is erased and the new code is stored. 5.9.4 Activate or deactivate Child lock Set your code and y ou can: • Lock all channels and devices, • Lock specific channels and devices, • Set a time after which all channels and devices are locked, • Set the maximum a[...]

5.10.3 Select a digital subtitle languag e If subtitle broadcasting is availab le with digital channels, you can select a pref er red subtitle language out of a list of broadcasted languages. The preferred subtitle languages set in the Installation menu are o verr uled tempor arily . ‡ Press Men u . ® Select Features > Subtitle language and p[...]

• Start/Show/Pause To stop, pause and restar t the slideshow . Thumbnails W atch the pictures of a selected alb um in an ov er view . ‡ Select a picture album. ® Press π to enter the picture list. Ò Press the blue key . † Press o or œ , p or π to highlight a picture. º Press OK to watch the picture. ◊ Press p to return to the thumbnai[...]

5.13 Software update Philips continually tries to improv e its products. T o benefit, update the TV software regular ly . T o update y our TV software you need a USB Memor y device (not supplied). Ve r ify that your USB memor y device has at least 128Mb free space . Make sure the wr ite protection is switched off. Some USB devices do not work with [...]

† The update process star ts automaticall y . Please wait. The update is finished when the message ‘ Operation successful ’ appear s on the screen. º Remov e the USB memor y device from the TV . ◊ Press B on the remote control. Do not press more than once and do not use the Power B switch on the TV . ‹ The TV switches off. The screen sta[...]

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[...]

7 Connections 7.1 Connection o ver view Connections 31 ENGLISH 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 o[...]

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. 34 Connections EXT 3 VGA SERVICE UART OUT YP b Pr L R L R EXT 2 EXT 1 AUDIO OUT[...]

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. Connections 35 ENGLISH EXT 3 VGA SERVIC[...]

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. 36 Connections LR HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 AUDIO HDMI [] DVI IN Blu-ra y Disc play er OUT H[...]

7.4.10 Game console The most practical connections for a game console are at the side of the TV . r Note 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 connection[...]

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 , set the PC monitor r[...]

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 [...]

8T echnical data Picture / Displa y • Display type: LCD Full HD W -UXGA •P anel resolution: 1920x1080p (42/47PFL7623) 1366x768p (32PFL7623) •P erfect Pix el HD picture enhancement • 1080p 24/25/30/50/60Hz processing Supported display r esolutions • Computer formats Resolution Refresh rate 640 x 480p 60 Hz (V GA/HDMI) 600 x 800p 60Hz (V GA[...]

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 Active control 15 Advanced sharpness 15 Ambilight active mode 17 LoungeLight 11 menu / settings 17 modes 17 Analogue manual installation 28 TV channels 28 Antenna cable 7 connect 7 with devices 31 Audio setup 39 Auto clock mode 28 Auto format 16 Automatic installation 27 Auto surround 17 Auto V olume levelling 17 Balance sound 16 Batteries[...]

Menu key 13 Mono 16 Movie expand 16 MPEG ar tefact reduction 15 Music 23 Mute key 12 Naming devices 39 Noise reduction 15 OK key 12 On timer 21 P erfect Pixel HD 15 Pe r sonal Computer connect 38 display resolutions 41 Photo viewer 23 Picture album 23 for mat 15 menu 15 P osition the TV 5 P ow er cable 7 Preferred audio format 27 Radio channel 24 R[...]

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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