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    Register your pr oduct and get support at 42T A648BX 47T A648BX 52T A648BX EN : For further assistance , call the customer suppor t service in your country . U.S.A., PUER T O RICO, OR U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: • 1-888-PHILIPS (1-888-744-5477) CANADA: 1-800-661-6162 (French speaking), • 1-888-PHILIPS (1-888-744-5477) - (English or Spanish) Enter belo[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-1 Registering your model with PHILIPS mak es you eligible for all of the valuable benef its listed below , so don't miss out. Complete and return your Pr oduct Registration Car d at once , or register online at www .philips.com/ welcome to ensure: Return y our Pr oduct Registration Card or r egister online at ww[...]

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    EN-2 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL )-0/24!.43!&%49).3425#4)/.3 2EADBEFOREOPERATINGEQUIPMENT 2EADTHESEINSTRUCTIONS +EEPTHESEINSTRUCTIONS (EEDALLWARNINGS &OLLOWALLINSTRUCTIONS $ONOTUSETHISAPPARATUSNEARWATER [...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-3 2007 © K oninklijk e Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. Speci fi cations are subject to change without notice. T rademarks are the pr operty of K oninklijk e Philips Electronics N.V . or their respectiv e owners. Philips reserves the right to change pr oducts at any time without being obliged to adjus[...]

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    EN-4 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Contents Important 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Product information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Screen care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Envir onmental car e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-5 1.2 Screen care T urn off and unplug the pow er cord befor e cleaning the screen. • Clean the screen with a soft, dr y cloth. Do not use substances such • as household cleaning agents as these ma y damage the screen. T o a void def ormations or color fading, wipe off water droplets as • soon as possible. Do n[...]

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    EN-6 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Y our TV 2. This section describes the controls and functions of y our TV . 2.1 T elevision o verview Front and side contr ols 1 2 4 3 POWER CHANNEL MENU VOLUME 5 Po wer switch 1. Channel up/down 2. Menu 3. The MENU key can be used as an OK k ey in some submen us. V olume up/down 4. Remote control sensor 5. Side co[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-7 Get star ted 3. This section describes how to position and connect y our TV , and how to perform y our first-time installation. 3.1 P osition the TV W arning B Do not insert the power plug into the wall sock et before all the • connections are made. Large screen TVs are hea vy . T wo people ar e required to car r[...]

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    EN-8 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Connect to a Dir ect Broadcast Satellite (DBS) There ar e two main DBS systems: DirecTV and DishNetwork. These systems requir e a separate, proprietar y set-top box to decode signals and send them to the TV . The set-top box contains a digital TV tuner for r eceiving off-air digital television broadcasts. Contact y[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-9 3.5 Manage cables Route your po wer cord, antenna cable and all other device cables through the cable holder at the back of the TV . This holder helps keep your cables tidy and easil y manageable . 3.6 Switch on and setup the TV The TV switches on automatically after connecting the pow er cord. Press the GREEN Next[...]

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    EN-10 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Use y our TV 4. This section helps you perf orm basic TV operations. Switch y our TV on/off or to standby 4.1 T o switch the TV on Press • . PO WER at the right side of the TV . POWER T o switch to standby Press • . on the r emote control. T o switch on from standb y without the remote contr ol Press • . PO [...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-11 W atch channels from a set-top bo x 4.3 Switch on the set-top box. 1. The picture fr om your set-top bo x might appear automatically on your scr een. Use the remote contr ol of your set-top bo x to select channels. 2. If the picture does not a ppear Press 1. SOURCE repeatedl y to select the connected set-top box a[...]

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    EN-12 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL 5. Use mor e of y our TV This section describes the advanced featur es of your TV . 5.1 Understand the remote contr ol 21 4 2 3 9 15 6 12 13 16 18 14 1 11 19 8 7 17 10 20 5 . 1. Switches the TV on from standby or back to standb y . The TV is nev er power ed off completely unless it is ph ysically unplugged. SOURCE[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-13 5.2 Use the quick access men u The quick access menu giv es direct access to some often needed menu items. Note D When digital channels are installed and br oadcast, the rele vant digital options are displa y ed in the quick access menu. Press 1. OPTION on the remote contr ol. Press 2. Î or ï and then OK to acce[...]

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    EN-14 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Summar y of pictur e settings The following pictur e settings can be configured. Depending on the format of the pictur e source, some picture settings might not be a vailable . • Contrast - Sets the lev el of white in the picture. • Brightness - Sets the brightness of the picture. • Color - Sets the lev el o[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-15 Change sound settings This section describes how to adjust y our sound settings. Press 1. MENU on the remote contr ol and select TV settings > Sound . Sound Equalizer Balance Digital audio language Alternate audio Mono/Stereo Incredible surround AVL BBE TV Settings TV menu Settings assistant Picture Sound Press[...]

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    EN-16 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Press the gr een ke y to exit. 6. Switch to one of the channels on a list Press the 1. OK k ey on the remote contr ol to displa y the last list that you selected. Press 2. Î or ï to highlight a channel. Press 3. OK select the channel. The TV switches to that channel. Set the clock This section describes how set [...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-17 Press • Î or ï to highlight Automatic or Off. Press • Í to confirm your choice. Press 6. MENU to exit. Set the time manually Press 1. MENU on the remote contr ol and select Installation > Clock > Auto clock mode . Press 2. Î or ï to select Manual , and pr ess Í to confirm your choice. Auto clock mo[...]

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    EN-18 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Enter your PIN. 2. If you do not ha v e a PIN, set one as described in Set or change your PIN on the pre vious page . Channel lock Channel 1 Sport Child Lock T V menu Features Lock after Channel lock T V ratings lock Movie ratings lock Canada English ratings lock Canada Fr ench ratings lock Region ratings lock Cha[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-19 Summar y of TV ratings Age rating Content rating All None None None TV -Y Appropriate f or children of all ages with themes and elements suitable for children aged 2-6. None TV -Y7 Programs designed f or children age 7 and older . Fantasy Violence (FV) TV -G Programs suitable f or all ages. These programs contain [...]

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    EN-20 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Summary of US movie ratings Mo vie rating Description All All items in the ratings list are lock ed. NR Not rated. G Movies with a mild content, suitable for all ages. PG Movies for which par ental guidance is recommended. They ma y contain a few racy or violent scenes or ma ybe some bad language. PG -13 Movies fo[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-21 5.9 Vie w closed captions (subtitles) The caption service displays transmitted CC-, T -, and CS- text. The caption text can be displa yed permanentl y or only when the TV is muted. This section describes how to use the caption service . Note D This television pr ovides a displa y of television closed captioning ?[...]

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    EN-22 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Inser t a USB de vice While your TV is on, connect your USB de vice to the USB port on 1. the side of your TV . The main menu appears automatically and the name of the USB device is highlighted next to Multimedia . Multimedia T V menu T V settings Features Installation Multimedia MyUSB Remo ve a USB de vice Cautio[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-23 If the color k eys disappear fr om the screen, pr ess • OK to mak e them rea ppear . Press 4. Í to select another song or album. Accompany a slidesho w with music Y ou can accompany a slidesho w with background music. The audio continues to be pla yed e ven if the slideshow is stopped. The audio stops when anot[...]

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    EN-24 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL resolutions. Press 5. MENU to exit. Note D Mode Selection item only appears f or the following input signals: - 720x480p@60 Hz - 1280x720p@60 Hz - 1920x1080p@24/25/30/50/60 Hz 5.13 Use Philips EasyLink Y our TV suppor ts Philips EasyLink, which enables one-touch pla y and one-touch standby betw een EasyLink-compli[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-25 Change y our TV installation 6. The first time you s witch on your TV you select the language for the TV menus and mak e basic choices for picture and sound settings. Use this chapter to r einstall the TV , to set pref erences in the TV menus, or to tune new TV channels. 6.1 Select y our menu languag e Press 1. ME[...]

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    EN-26 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Uninstall and reinstall channels 6.5 This section describes how to uninstall and r einstall a stored channel. When a channel is uninstalled it is remo ved fr om the list of channels. Uninstalled channels are not r einstalled during an installation update. Press 1. MENU on the remote contr ol and select Installatio[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-27 Do wnload the software On your PC, open a web br owser and go to 1. www .philips.com/ welcome . Find information and softwar e related to your TV and download the 2. latest software upgrade file to y our PC . Decompress the ZIP-file and cop y the “ 3. autorun.upg ” file to the root dir ector y of y our the USB[...]

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    EN-28 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Connect de vices 8. 8.1 Connection o v er view SER V . U SPDIF OUT VIDEO S-VIDEO DVI AUD IO IN HDMI 3 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 AV 3 AV 1 AV 2 Y Pb Pr L R L R L R Y Pb Pr L R TV ANTENNA HDMI 4 S-VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R USB SERV. U RR R TV ANTENNA SE R V . U V V R R R R R R TVANTEN N A 1 23 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Anten[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-29 S-Video - Good quality An analog connection, S-Video pro vides better picture quality than composite video . When connecting y our device with S-Video , plug the S-Video cable to the S-Video connector on the side of the TV . Y ou must connect a separate Audio L/R cable from the de vice to the red and white Audio L[...]

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    EN-30 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Connect a set-top bo x, D VD pla y er/recor der and game console via HDMI SER V . U SPDIF OUT VIDEO S-VIDEO DVI A UDIO IN HDMI 3 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 AV 3 AV 1 AV 2 Y Pb Pr L R L R L R Y Pb Pr L R TV ANTENNA Connect a D VD pla y er/r ecorder via HDMI-D VI and DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connectors SER V . U SPDIF OUT VIDEO S-VIDE[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-31 Connect a digital home theater ampli fi er SER V . U SPDIF OUT VIDEO S-VIDEO DVI A UDIO IN HDMI 3 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 AV 3 AV 1 AV 2 Y Pb Pr L R L R L R Y Pb Pr L R TV ANTENNA DIGIT AL AUDIO IN DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT W arning B Due to legal requir ements, it is possible that with certain copy protected PCM audio qualities [...]

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    EN-32 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Connect a PC with an HDMI connector SER V . U SPDIF OUT VIDEO S-VIDEO DVI A UDIO IN HDMI 3 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 AV 3 AV 1 AV 2 Y Pb Pr L R L R L R Y Pb Pr L R TV ANTENNA HDMI Connect a PC Connect a PC with an S-Video connector at the back SER V . U SPDIF OUT VIDEO S-VIDEO DVI A UDIO IN HDMI 3 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 AV 3 AV 1 AV 2[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-33 Glossar y 9. T erm Meaning DV I Digital Visual Interface A digital interface standard cr eated by the Digital Displa y W orking Gr oup (DD WG) to conv er t analog signals into digital signals to accommodate both analog and digital monitors. RGB signals Red, Green and Blue signals These are the thr ee video signals[...]

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    EN-34 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL T roub leshooting 10. Symptoms P ossib le cause What should you do No power or indicator light. The TV is not connected to the pow er . 1. Press . PO WER at the right side of the TV , or pr ess . on the remote control. 2. Ensure the pow er cord is connected tightly to the TV power connector and to the power sock e[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-35 11. Notes for the use of USB de vices Digital Content Issues Only F A T (DOS) formatted (initialized) por table memory is • supported. Errors in this formatting can r esult in unreadable content. If such problems a ppear tr y to re-f ormat the card. Be a ware that formatting the car d will also delete all the co[...]

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    EN-36 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL 12. T echnical specifications PICTURE ENHANCEMENT T ype 1080p 60Hz Brightness 500 cd/m2 Aspect Ratio 16:9 Viewing Angles 178 (V) by 178 (H) Built-in digital tuner A TSC/QAM Dynamic Dimming BL Y es Ambient Light Sensor Y es SOUND ENHANCEMENT Mono/Stereo/BBE Mono, Stereo, Incredible sur round, BBE Po wer output (RMS[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-37 Index 13. A Active contr ol 14 Antenna, connect 7 Audio 15 Alternate 15 Language 15 Auto format 14 Automatic Channel installation 25 Surround 15 V olume leveling 15 Auto Mode 15 B Back connectors 6 Batteries 7 Blu-ra y 28 Brightness Picture 14 C Cable Component 29 Composite 29 HDMI 29 Management 9 Quality comparis[...]

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    EN-38 ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL Movie ratings 20 MPEG artefact reduction 14 Multimedia 21 Music. See Photos and music N Noise reduction 14 O One-touch pla y 24 Overview , TV 6 P Parental contr ol. See Child lock PC mode 23 Photos and music 21 Connect USB device 22 Listen to music 22 View photos 22 View slide show with m usic 23 Picture Adjust se[...]

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    ENGLISH FRANÇAISE ESP AÑOL EN-39 W arranty 14. Philips, P.O. Box 671539, Marietta, GA. 30006-0026 PHILIPS LIMITED WARRANTY ONE (1) YEAR WARRANTY COVERAGE: PHILIPS warranty obligation is limited to the terms set forth below. WHO IS COVERED: Philips warrants the product to the original purchaser or the per- son receiving the product as a gift again[...]

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    12NC: 3139 125 40202 © 2007 K oninklijk e Philips Electronics N.V . All rights reserved. Document order number: TA64-DFU.indb 1 2008-03-26 1:36:19 PM[...]