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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 5 3.3 Remote control batteries 7 3.4 Antenna cable 7 3.5 Connect the mains 7 3.6 First time installation 7 4 Use your TV 8 4.1 S[...]

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    2007 © Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reser ved. 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 mat[...]

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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 war r 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 [...]

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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 Side controls 1V olume up and down 2 Menu 3 Program or Channel up and down 4P ow er switch 5 Led indicator (Blue: On; Red: Standby) 6 Remote control sensor Side connectors To connect a camera, game console , headphone or a USB memo[...]

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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 off er s the following advantages ... Full High Definition LCD displa y A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources. It offer s a br illiant flicker - free progressive scan picture with optim um bri[...]

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    3.2 W all mounting - VESA Y our TV is prepared for VESA compliant wall mounting. This bracket is not included. Use a VESA compliant br acket with code VESA MIS-F , 600, 400 M8 . ç W arning Consider the TV’ s weight if you wall mount it. Improper mounting could result in severe injur y or damage . K oninklijke Philips Electr onics N.V . bears no [...]

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    ENGLISH 3.3 Remote contr ol batteries ‡ Open the batter y cover on the back of the remote control. ® Inser t the 2 batter ies 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 you don’t use the remote control for a lon[...]

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    4 Use y our TV Learn how to oper ate your TV for daily use . 4.1 Switch on or off - Standb y To switch on the TV: • Press B Powe r at the right side of the TV if the standby led is off. • Press B on the remote control if the standby led in on. To switch to standby: • Press B on the remote control. To switch on from standby without remote cont[...]

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    ENGLISH 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 Program/Channel - or + on the side controls of the TV . ® Press R to return to the previously viewed TV channel . 4.2.2 Adjust v olume ‡ To adjust the volume: • Press V + or - on the remote co[...]

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    10 Use your TV 4.5 W atch a D VD ‡ Inser t a DVD disc in y our play er . ® Press Pla y π . The picture from your pla yer appears automatically on y our screen. If the picture does not appear : ‡ Press v on the remote control. ® Press v repeatedly to select the D VD player . W ait a f ew seconds until the picture appear s. Ò Press OK . † P[...]

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    ENGLISH Use your TV 11 4.7 Change Ambilight mode Y ou can choose among four Ambilight modes: • Colour Sets Ambilight to a constant colour . • Relax ed Sets Ambilight to change soft and smoothly with the images on screen. • Moderate Sets Ambilight between Relaxed and Dynamic. • Dynamic Sets Ambilight to change quick and responsive. To change[...]

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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 Input v To select a connected device or to return to TV . 3 TV D VD STB HTS To control connected Philips devices. 4 Colour k eys • Easy selection of teletext pages. • Easy selection of tasks. 5 Guide a To switch on or of[...]

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    ENGLISH Use more of your TV 17 Subtitles j To activate or deactivate the subtitle mode . 18 ‡ MHEG cancel No function. 19 Ambilight To switch Ambilight on or off. 20 On screen inf ormation i To show channel or programme information if a vailable. 21 V olume up or down V To adjust the v olume . 22 Menu To switch the menu on or off. 23 Option To sw[...]

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    5.1.4 Set to operate a particular STB Y ou may need to switch the factor y setting for STB on the remote control to fit y our par ticular Digital or Satellite receiver . ‡ Press the STB k ey and the appropriate number k ey at the same time . • STB and number key 1 (factor y setting) • STB and 2 All Philips device control keys will blink f or [...]

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    5.2.2 Use of the menu Learn to use the menus with this example . ‡ Press Menu on the remote control. The main menu appear s on the screen. ® Press navigation k ey r ight to enter the TV menu . Ò Press navigation k ey r ight to enter the TV settings menu. † Press navigation k ey down to select Pictur e . º Press navigation k ey r ight to ente[...]

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    5.2.3 Quick access menu The Quick access menu gives direct access to some often needed menu items. When digital channels are installed and broadcasted the relevant digital options are shown in the menu. ‡ Press Option on the remote control. ® Press navigation k ey up or down to select an option. Ò Press OK to show the selected option menu. † [...]

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    5.3.3 Pictur e settings This section describes how to adjust all picture settings. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > TV settings > Picture and press navigation k ey r ight to enter the list. ® Press navigation k ey up or down to select a setting. • Contrast Changes the level of bright par ts in the picture b ut keep[...]

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    5.3.4 Widescr een picture format Av oid black bar s on the sides or on top and bottom of the picture . Change the picture for mat to a format that fills the screen. ‡ Press q to switch on the Picture format menu. ® Press navigation k ey up or down to select an a vailable picture f or mat. Ò Press navigation k ey up to shift the picture upwards [...]

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    • Audio language A list of audio languages for the current programme may be availab le when digital channels are installed and broadcasted. See also section 5.2.3 Quick access menu. To permanently change the audio language , see section 6 Channel installation . • Dual I/II If broadcasted, you can choose between two different languages. • Mono[...]

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    ç Caution To av oid bad infr ared remote control reception, place your devices out of sight of Ambilight. TV standby with Ambilight When the TV is in standby , you can switch Ambilight on. In this case Ambilight is only a vailable as constant colour . ‡ Press Ambilight on the remote control when the TV is in standby . ® Press Mode repeatedly to[...]

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    5.5.4 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 b . ® Press OK to highlight the first word or number . Ò Press navigation k ey left, right or up, down to jump to the next word or number on the page. † Press OK to search a page which holds the highligh[...]

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    5.6 Create fa vourite channel lists View the All channels list or set up a Fav our ite list of your o wn with your pref er red TV channels and r adio stations. For example , each member of your family can create his or her own fa vour ite list. 5.6.1 Select a fa vourite list Learn how to select one of the fav our ite channel lists. ‡ Press OK . T[...]

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    5.7 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 available. [...]

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    5.8 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 . 5.8.1 Automatically s witch to standby Sleeptimer switches the TV to standby after a time. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Features > Sleeptimer and press navigation k ey r ight to enter the s[...]

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    Lock one or more channels and connected de vices ‡ Select Custom lock . ® Press navigation k ey r ight to enter . Ò Press navigation k ey up or down to select Channel lock . † Press navigation k ey r ight. º Press navigation k ey up or down to select the channel(s) you want to lock or unlock. ◊ Each time press OK to lock or unlock the chan[...]

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    5.10 View and pla y: photos, MP3, ... W atch pictures or listen to m usic stored on a memor y card or USB device (not supplied with the TV). W atch your pictures as a slidesho w or listen to a self made music pla ylist. r Note Philips can not be held responsible if y our memor y card or USB device is not suppor ted nor shall Philips accept any liab[...]

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    † Press OK to view the picture or to star t a slideshow of the pictures in the album. º Press OK to pause the slideshow . 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. Press the b lue key to stop the show and to see more functions. If the [...]

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    5.11 Listen to radio channels If digital broadcasting is availab le , digital r adio channels will be installed during installation. To listen to a digital radio channel: ‡ Press OK on the remote control. The All channels menu is display ed. ® Use the number keys to select a radio channel a vailable from channel n umber 400 onwards. To reorder s[...]

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    5.12.2 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. The software update is downloaded on the USB memor y device . † Remov e the USB memor [...]

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    ◊ The TV switches off. The screen stays b lack for about 10 seconds. Please , wait. ‹ The TV switches back on again. The update is done . 5.12.4 V erify the curr ent software v ersion Updating software is only possible if the v er sion of the new availab le software is different from the current one . Y ou can verify your cur rent software ver [...]

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    6 Channel installation The first time you switched on your TV you’ve selected the language of the TV menus and all the a vailable channels ha ve been installed. This chapter will help you if y ou find it necessar y to re-do the initial installation or if you want to tune in a new analogue TV channel. r Notes : -Y ou do not hav e to follow ev er y[...]

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    6.2 Analogue: Manual installation Y ou can tune-in analogue TV channels channel b y channel manually with Man ual installation. 6.2.1 Select the system ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Installation > Channel installation > Analogue: Manual installation . ® Press navigation k ey r ight to enter the Manual installat[...]

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    6.3.2 Uninstall or r einstall a channel To uninstall a stored channel so that it is no longer possible to tune to . Reinstall an ear lier uninstalled channel. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Installation > Channel installation > Rearrange . ® Press navigation k ey r ight to enter the channel list. Ò Press naviga[...]

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    Back connectors 1 EXT1 Scar t connector for D VD , VCR, digital receiver , game console , etc . 2 EXT2 Second scar t connector . 3 EXT3 Component Video Y Pb Pr and Audio L/R connector s for D VD , digital receiver or game console , etc. 4 Common Interface Slot for Conditional Access Modules (C AM) 5 Audio Out L/R Sound output cinch connector s for [...]

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    7.2 About connecting Learn here how to make the best connection for y our device. Six connections are ready to use at the back of the TV - EXT1, EXT2, EXT3, HDMI1 and HDMI2. Connect your device with the highest possib le quality connection. Look for the highest quality connection on your device. Use that connection to y our TV . Connection set up W[...]

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    7.2.4 S-Video - Good quality ★★ Use a S-Video cable together with an Audio L/R (cinch) cable. Match the cable colour s when you connect. An S-Video cable Audio L/R cable - Red, White 7.2.5 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 - yel[...]

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    7.3 Connect y our de vices The connections shown in this section are recommendations for the most used cases. Other solutions may be possib le . 7.3.1 D VD play er Use a scar t cable to connect the device to the EXT1 input at the back of the TV . 7.3.2 D VD Recorder or Digital Receiver Use a scar t cable and 2 antenna cables. 7.3.3 D VD Recorder an[...]

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    7.3.4 D VD Recorder and Home Theatre System Use a scar t cable , 2 antenna cables and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. 7.3.5 D VD Recorder and D VD Home Theatre System Use 2 scar t cables, 2 antenna cables and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. 7.3.6 Satellite receiver Use a scar t cable and 2 antenna cables. 38 Connections EXT 3 Y Pb Pr AUDIO L/ R HDMI [...]

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    7.3.7 HD Digital receiver / HD satellite r eceiv er Use a HDMI cable and 2 antenna cab les. 7.3.8 D VD-R, Home Theatre System and Digital receiv er Use 3 scar t cables, 3 antenna cables and 1 audio (cinch) cable. 7.3.9 Blu-ray Disc pla yer Use a HDMI cable. Connections 39 ENGLISH EXT 3 Y Pb Pr AUDIO L/ R HDMI 1 HDMI 2 EXT 1 EXT 2 Blu-ra y Disc play[...]

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    7.3.10 Game console The most practical connection for a game console is at the side of the TV . More qualitative connections are at the back of the TV . Connected at the side of the TV Use the Video and Audio L/R (cinch) connector s. Connected at the back of the TV Use a HDMI or the YPbPr (EXT3) input for HD quality . 7.3.11 Camcorder The most prac[...]

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    7.4 Connections setup When all devices hav e been connected the TV needs to know what connections y ou hav e made , which device is connected to which connector . 7.4.1 Digital Audio In (if present) If you use the Digital Audio In connection, assign this connection, in the menu, to the device from where the sound comes from. ‡ Press Menu on the r[...]

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    7.5 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 oper ator . The C AM may enab le several ser vices depending on the operator you choose (e .g. Pa y TV). Contact your digital TV ser vice operator for more information and ter[...]

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    8T echnical data Picture / Displa y • Display type: LCD Full HD W -UXGA •P anel resolution: 1920x1080p •P erf ect Pixel HD picture enhancement • 1080p 24/25/30/50/60Hz processing • 100 Hz Clear LCD Supported display r esolutions • Computer formats Resolution Refresh rate 640 x 480 60Hz 800 x 600 60Hz 1024 x 768 60Hz 1280 x 768 60Hz 1360[...]

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    9T r oubleshooting Te le vision and remote contr ol The TV does not switch on •V er ify the mains cord connection. •V er ify if the batter ies of the remote control are flat or weak. V er ify their + / - or ientation. Y ou can use the keys on the TV to switch the TV on. • Unplug the mains cord, wait for one minute and plug in the mains again.[...]

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    The picture position on scr een is not corr ect • Some picture signals from some devices do not f it the screen correctly . Y ou can shift the picture with the navigation k ey on the remote control. Check the signal output of the device . Sound There is a pictur e but no sound •V er ify the volume is not set to 0. •V er ify the sound has not [...]

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    10 Index 100 Hz Clear LCD 17 Active Control 17 Ambilight colour 19 menu / settings 19 modes 19 with TV standby 20 Analogue manual installation 32 TV channels 31 Antenna cable 7 connect 7 with devices 34 Auto format 18 Automatic installation 31 Auto surround 19 Automatic V olume Leveler 19 Balance Ambilight 19 sound 18 Batteries 3,7 Blacklevel 17 Bl[...]

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    Mains cord 8 Menu key 14 Mono 19 Movie expand 18 MPEG ar tefact reduction 17 Music 27 Mute key 12 Naming devices 41 Noise reduction 17 OK key 12 On timer 24 P erfect Pix el HD 17 Pe r sonal Computer connect 40 display resolutions 43 Photo viewer 26 Picture for mat 17 menu 17 P osition the TV 5 P ow er 8 Programme up/down 12 Quick access menu 16 Rad[...]

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