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Flat TV Register your product and get suppor t at 42PFL7803D 52PFL7803D User Manual www .philips.com/welcome[...]
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2007 © K oninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. Speci fi cations are subject to change without notice. T rademarks are the property of K oninklijke Philips Electr onics N.V . or their respectiv e owners. Philips reserves the right to change products at an y time without being obliged to adjust earlier supplies accordingly . The[...]
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Contents Important 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Overview of tele vision controls and 2. connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Side controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Side connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Rear connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Position [...]
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EN-5 Impor tant 1. Congratulations on your pur chase and welcome to Philips! T o fully benefit from the support that Philips offers, register y our product at www .philips.com/welcome. Read this user manual befor e you start to use this product. In particular , pa y close attention to this section and follow the saf ety and screen care instructions[...]
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EN-6 Permanent hearing loss ma y occur if you • use earphones or headphones at high volumes. Though high v olume may sound normal ov er time , it can damage your hearing. T o pr otect your hearing, limit the amount of time you use earphones or headphones at high volume. Although your TV consumes very little • pow er when in standby , energ y co[...]
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EN-7 Ov er view of 2. tele vision contr ols and connectors Side contr ols 2.1 V OLUME + / - 1. T o incr ease or decrease volume. MENU 2. T o displa y the on-screen men us or to exit from the on-scr een menus. The CH + /- buttons can be used to na vigate the menu items. The V OLUME + / - buttons can be used to select the menu items. CHANNEL + / - 3.[...]
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EN-8 If necessar y , r efer to the Quick Star t Guide for stand mounting instructions. P osition the TV 2.4 Consider the following bef ore positioning your TV: The ideal viewing distance for watching • TV is three times its scr een size . Position the TV wher e light does not fall • directl y on the screen. Connect your de vices before y ou •[...]
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EN-9 SIDE A V • : Headphone jack, Composite video and audio , and S-Video input. CVI 1 • : Component video (Y Pb Pr) with Component audio input. CVI 2 • : Component video (Y Pb Pr) with Component audio input. VG A • : Video Graphics Arra y with audio input. HDMI 1 • : High Definition Multimedia Interface input. HDMI 2 • : High Definitio[...]
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EN-10 Align the plate/brack et to the four 2. mounting nuts, placing the spacers (not supplied) between the plate/brack et and the mounting nuts. Using a spanner , inser t the bolts through the plate/brack et and spacers, tightly securing the bolts to the mounting nuts. Continue with the instructions pr ovided 3. with your VESA-compatible wall brac[...]
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EN-11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ov er view of 3. r emote control k eys and functions PO WER 1. . T o switch the TV to standby mode if it is already turned on. Or to turn on TV when it is in standby mode. SOURCE 2. T o displa y the input source list or to cycle through list of input sour ces by repeatedl y pressing button. SMAR T MODE 3. T o [...]
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EN-12 SAP 15. T o select SAP , Stereo or F orced Mono . A/CH 16. (Alternate Channel) T o displa y the last view ed channel and the curr ent channel. INCR. SURR 17. T o enable Incr edible Surround in ster eo mode and Spatial in mono mode. CHANNEL LIST 18. T o displa y the list of a vailable channels. GUIDE (Digital mode only) 19. Electronic Pr ogram[...]
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EN-13 Use y our TV in 4. digital mode Get Started 4.1 When the TV is power ed-on for the • first time you ar e prompted to run auto install to receiv e the channels that are broadcasted locall y . Auto installation tak es 20 to 40 minutes • depending on the number of channels that are transmitted b y the cable pro vider or broadcaster . When th[...]
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EN-14 Setup | Installation Close T otal 1 Channels Found A service scan is in progress, please press OK to stop. Current Scanning 69/69 Scan percentage Information Analog TV services: 1 Analog Radio services: 1 Digital TV services: 1 Digital Radion services: 0 Y es If no digital channels are detected, press 5. ANA/DIGI to switch to analog mode . Un[...]
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EN-15 Channels . If new services are a vailable , pr ess 5. Æ button to enter into the list of ser vices, and press Î or ï to move thr ough the list. Setup | Installation | Service List S etu p p | | Installation | | Service Lis t Installation I n Access restriction s At i t i Access restriction s 05.1 - TV GloboHD 05.3 - TV GLOBO M Close I t ll[...]
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EN-16 Caution: Reinstalling services C o verwrites all y our pre viously stored channels. Press 4. OK to start the installation. A search is f or digital ser vices is star ted. The ser vices are stor ed automatically . When the search is complete, the menu indicates the number of digital services found. When searching is complete, a list of stored [...]
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EN-17 Repeat the abov e steps to move other 8. channels. Press 9. Í to return to the pr evious menu or press DIGIT AL MENU to exit. Tip: E Press ANA/DIGI to s witch be- tween the digital and analog modes. Set y our prefer ences 4.5 Set your languag e Select your pr eferred language, time zone, and digital audio output. Press 1. SOURCE and Î or ï[...]
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EN-18 Setup | Preferences S etu p p | | Preference s Color T em p C C C C C lT C C Color T em p C C C C C Contrast + C C C Ct t C C C Contrast C C C C N R N Preferences Digital Audio Output Transparency Time Zone Close Language AAC PCM GMT - 04:00) Manaus G (G GMT 04 00) M G ( G GMT 04:00) Manaus G (G ( G GMT-05:00) Acre G G G (G ( G GMT 05 00) A G[...]
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EN-19 Audio languag e: • Set to Brazilian Portuguese. Menu languag e: • Set to Brazilian Portuguese. Digital audio output: • Set to PCM. Time zone: • Set to Broadcasted time. Pin Code: • Reset to “ 1234 ”. Contr ol access to digital 4.7 channels Restrict access to the digital channels by blocking them with an access PIN code. T urn on[...]
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EN-20 The TV displays Incorrect Pin and prompts y ou to enter the PIN code again. Please enter your pin code Cancel ** ** Incorrect Pin Enter “ 8. 0711 ”. The PIN code is reset to the default 9. factor y setting of “ 1234 ”. Please enter your pin code The default pin code is set. Please change it to your own system pin code Please enter you[...]
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EN-21 Setup | Access restrictions S etu p p | | Access restrictions Maturity Rating C C C C C lT C C Color T em p C C C C C Contrast + C C C Ct t C C C Contrast C C C C N R N Access restrictions Block Content TV Channels Change Pin Code Block Content Close TV GloboHD Set Pin Protection Globo M Select the TV channels you want to lock Note: D T o unl[...]
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EN-22 Setup | Favorites List 1 Favorite List 1 S etu p p | | Favorites L i s t 1 F a v o r i t e L i s t 1 F a F a List 1 Favorite List 1 F Fa List 3 L L Li t 3 L L Li s t 3 L L L List 4 L L L L L Li t 4 L L L List 4 L L Color T em p C C C C C lT C C Color T em p C C C C C Contrast + C C C Ct t C C C Contrast C C C C N R N Close Press [O K ] to add[...]
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EN-23 Setup | Information | New Software Select file USB disk1 Close Select USB disk Select file to upgrade. upgrade.zim Confirmation Do you really want to update? Ye s N o A pop-up window displa ys an indicator bar while the update is in progr ess. Setup | Information | New Software Select file USB disk1 Close Select USB disk Select file to upgrad[...]
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EN-24 Use y our TV in 5. analog mode Select y our location 5.1 Set the location to suit a shop floor or home envir onment. Press 1. SOURCE and Î or ï to select TV from the sour ce list. Press 2. ANALOG MENU to displa y the on-screen men u. Select 3. Location and press OK . Press 4. ï or Î to select the location and press OK to confirm. Main Pic[...]
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EN-25 Install channels 6. Automatically install 6.1 channels Press 1. SOURCE and Î or ï to select TV from the sour ce list. Press 2. ANALOG MENU to displa y the on-screen men u. Select 3. Install > Auto Pro gram and press OK . Auto Program Program 3 TV 196 MHz Auto Pro gram star ts scanning for channels automatically . When scanning is complet[...]
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EN-26 Manual System Fine Tune Auto NTSC PAL-M PAL-N Press 5. Í to return to the pr evious menu or press ANALOG MENU to exit. TV Systems Auto • : Detects the tuner system automatically . NTSC • : F or Nor th American and some South American countries. P AL-M • : For Brazil. P AL-N • : For Argentina, Urugua y and Paragua y . Fine tune your c[...]
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EN-27 displa yed on the top left of the screen. Press 10. Í to return to the pre vious menu or press ANALOG MENU to exit. Store y our fav orite channels Fav . Pro gram lets you store onl y the channels you want on a fa vorite list. Press 1. SOURCE and Î or ï to select TV from the sour ce list. Press 2. ANALOG MENU to displa y the on-screen men u[...]
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EN-28 Use y our TV 7. Adjust TV settings 7.1 Adjust your pictur e settings Press 1. SOURCE and Î or ï to select TV from the sour ce list. Press 2. ANALOG MENU to displa y the on-screen men u. Select 3. Picture Setting and pr ess OK . Press 4. ï or Î to highlight the menu items and press OK to select. Picture Setting Brightness Color Contrast Sh[...]
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EN-29 Sound Equaliser Balance Auto Vol. Leveler Incr. Surround BBE Off On Forced Mono SAP Sound Equaliser Balance Auto Vol. Leveler Incr. Surround BBE Mono Spatial Forced Mono SAP Press 6. Í to return to the pr evious menu or press ANALOG MENU to exit. Sound settings : Equalizer • : Adjusts each individual frequency (tone). Balance • : Adjusts[...]
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EN-30 lea ving the subtitles area visible. The top of the picture is cr opped. Superzoom • : Remov es black bands on the sides of the screen of 4:3 f ormat programs. Widescreen • : The picture is displa yed in its original proportions. Use Smart Mode settings 7.3 Smart modes are preset settings to match the differ ent viewing and listening envi[...]
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EN-31 Use the Surf featur e 7.4 Store up to 8 of y our fav orite channels in the Surf list. Add channels to y our Surf list Press the n umeric ( 1. 0-9 ) buttons or CH + / - to switch to y our fav orite channel. Press 2. SURF to displa y the Surf list. Only one channel number is displa yed on the list. This is the same channel number curr ently sel[...]
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EN-32 Use mor e of your TV 8. Use the Advance Picture 8.1 featur es Use Contrast + Contrast + optimizes the contrast for ov erall picture quality . Press 1. SOURCE and Î or ï to select TV from the sour ce list. Press 2. ANALOG MENU to displa y the on-screen men u. Select 3. Advance Picture > Contrast + and press OK . Press 4. ï or Î to highl[...]
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EN-33 Advance Picture Contrast + Active Control Artifacts Reduction* Dig. Natural Motion* Off On Press 5. Í to return to the pr evious menu or press ANALOG MENU to exit. Use the Timer 8.2 T o switch the TV to standby mode or to a specified channel at a specified time from standby mode or while the TV is switched on. Set the sleep timer Press 1. SO[...]
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EN-34 Timer Sleep Time Start Time Stop Time Channel No. Activate 20 : 00 Press the n umeric ( 4. 0-9 ) buttons of the remote contr ol to enter the time in the 24-hour format. For example , 13:00 (for 1.00 p .m). Press 5. Í to return to the pr evious menu and select Stop Time , and pr ess OK . Timer Sleep Time Start Time Stop Time Channel No. Activ[...]
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EN-35 Features Timer Child Lock Parental Lock Off On Closed Caption Demo* Press 4. ï or Î to highlight On and press OK . Switch off the TV or put it on standby 5. mode. Note: D Once Child Lock is enabled, you cannot access an y TV channels with the CH + / - buttons on the TV panel or operate any of its buttons except the PO WER button. The TV dis[...]
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EN-36 Features Timer Child Lock Parental Lock Confirmed * *** Closed Caption Demo* Y ou can access the Parental Lock men u now . Change Access Code Access the 1. P arental Lock menu as described in Access P arental Lock on the pre vious page . Press 2. ï to highlight Change Code and press OK to select. Enter your ne w four -digit access code 3. wi[...]
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EN-37 Press 2. ï to highlight Clear All and press OK to select. Parental Lock Lock Channel Change Code Clear All Lock All Movie Rating TV Rating Block Options Yes Cleared Press 3. OK to select Ye s . Note: D A message is displa yed to inform you that the channel is block ed when you tr y to access it. Y ou can choose to enter the Parental Lock acc[...]
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EN-38 R • : Material not suitable for childr en under 17 years of age. Requir es parental guidance. NC-17 • : Not suitable for children under 17 years of age. Has excessiv e violence , sex or offensiv e language . X • : Not suitable for childr en under 17 years of age. Content is pornographic. Use the TV Rating lock (F or cer tain regions onl[...]
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EN-39 Channel 5 Blocked By TV - 14 Access Code : ---- Unblock pr ograms Access 1. Par ental Lock menu as described in Access P arental Lock on page 35 . Press 2. ï to select Block Options and press OK to select. Press 3. ï or Î to highlight Off and press OK . Block Options Unrated No Rating Blocking Off On Block other pro grams Block programs th[...]
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EN-40 CC2 or CC Mute , and press OK to select. Press 5. Í to return to the pr evious menu or press ANALOG MENU to exit. Closed Caption choices : CC Off • : T urn off closed captioning. CC1 • : Most channels transmit closed captions in CC1 mode. Closed captions can be in Spanish, P or tuguese or English. CC2 • : Br oadcasters may transmit clo[...]
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EN-41 T urn on Ambilight Press 1. SOURCE and Î or ï to select TV from the sour ce list. Press 2. ANALOG MENU to displa y the on-screen men u. Select 3. Ambilight > On . Ambilight Ambilight Brightness Mode Balance Off On Press 4. Í to return to the pr evious menu or press ANALOG MENU to exit. T urn off Ambilight Press 1. SOURCE and Î or ï to[...]
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EN-42 Select Ambilight color T urn on 1. Ambilight as described in Tu r n on Ambilight on the pre vious page . Press 2. ï until Mode is highlighted and press OK to select. Press 3. ï until Color is highlighted and press OK to select. Press 4. ï or Î to highlight the color . Ambilight Ambilight Brightness Mode Color Custom Color Balance Warm Whi[...]
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EN-43 Use y our TV as a 9. computer monitor Connect the TV to a computer via the V GA port to use your TV as a computer monitor . Note: D Refer to the Quick Star t Guide for connecting the computer to your TV . Connect your computer to the TV via 1. the V GA cable (not supplied). Press 2. SOURCE to displa y the audio and video source list. Source L[...]
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EN-44 Use y our TV in High 10. Definition mode High Definition (HD) mode lets you enjo y clearer and sharper pictur es using HD equipment. Connect the HD 10.1 equipment Connect the HDMI or D VI output from 1. your HD equipment to the HDMI 1, HDMI 2 or Side HDMI socket of the TV . Use a D VI-to-HDMI cable if D VI output is connected. Connect the aud[...]
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EN-45 Press 2. ANALOG MENU to displa y the on-screen men u. Select 3. F eatures > Mode Selection > PC or HD , and press OK . Features Timer Child Lock Parental Lock Mode Selection Closed Caption Display Demo* PC HD Press 4. Í to return to the pr evious menu or press ANALOG MENU to exit. Use Native 1080 mode 10.4 The Nativ e 1080 option in th[...]
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EN-46 Symptoms P ossible cause What should you do No power or indicator light. The TV is not connected to the power . 1. Press . at the right side of the TV , or press . on the remote contr ol. 2. Ensure the pow er cord is connected tightly to the TV power connector and to the mains sock et outlet. 3. Connect the TV to a different mains socket outl[...]
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EN-47 The picture is mostly red and green, or the picture is missing red when the TV is connected to an accessory device via component cables. Insecure/incorr ect connection. 1. Ensure all the connections ar e made according to the color code. 2. Push the component cables all the wa y into the YPbPr sockets on the TV . No sound on the TV loudspeake[...]
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EN-48 Specifications 12. Model no. 42PFL7803D 52PFL7803D PICTURE ENHANCEMENT T ype 1080p 1 2 0 Hz Aspect Ratio 16:9 Advance Picture Contrast +, Active Contr ol, Dig. Natural Motion, Ar tifacts Reduction Ambilight Y es SOUND ENHANCEMENT Mono/Stereo/BBE Mono, Stereo, Incredible Surround, BBE, wOOx Po wer output (RMS W atts) 2 x 15 W EASE OF USE Video[...]
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EN-49 Connect de vices 13. Connection o verview 13.1 HDMI 2 AV1 IN RL AUDIO IN VGA SPDIF OUT L R VIDEO HDMI 1 CVI-1 L Pr Pb Y R CVI-2 L Pr Pb Y R SERV . C PBS SX TV ANTENNA 75X R AUDIO IN SPDIF OUT HDMI 1 CVI-1 L Pr Pb Y R SERV. C PBS SX TV ANTENNA 75X R A UDIO IN SPDIF OUT HDMI1 CV I- 1 L Pr Pb Y R SERV. C P BS SX TV ANTENN A 7 5X 2 1 3 4 5 6 8 9 [...]
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EN-50 HDMI - Highest quality HDMI produces the best audio visual quality possible. Both audio and video signals are combined in one HDMI cable, providing an uncompressed, digital interface between your TV and HDMI devices. Use HDMI to experience full high-definition video . Tip E : If y our device only has a D VI con- nector , use a DVI-HDMI ada pt[...]
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EN-51 Composite - Basic quality Composite video pro vides basic analogue connectivity , usually combining a (y ellow) video cinch cable with (red and white) Audio L/R cinch cable. Match the cable colors when connecting to the composite Video and Audio L/R input connectors on the side of the TV . Audio L/R cable - Red, White Composite audio/video ca[...]
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