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Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote control RC4404/01 . . . . . . 5 Use of the option key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 K eys at the left side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction: Digital TV . . . . . . . . [...]
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2 EN Safety warnings Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall befor e all connections are made. • Place or hang the TV wherev er you want, but mak e sure that air can cir culate freely thr ough the ventilation slots. • Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. • T o prev [...]
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Befor e you s witch on your TV , connect all your peripheral equipment. See T o make video and audio connections, p. 40. There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . See T o mak e audio and video connections, p. 40. EXT1 can handle CVBS, RGB and Audio L/R; EXT2 can handle CVBS, S-VIDEO , RGB, Audio L/R; EXT[...]
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< Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial socket x at the bottom of the TV . Getting started (Continued) EN 4 - T o connect a camera, camcorder or game, see T o make video and audio connections, p. 41. - T o connect a headphone, see T o make video and audio connections, p. 41. - T o connect a USB device, see Multimedia browser , p. 34. UK [...]
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B Standby Press to s witch the TV from or to standby mode. When switched to standby , a red indicator on the TV lights up. TV Press to select TV mode. D VD STB VCR AUX Press to select one of the system modes in which the remote contr ol can be used. See Audio and Video equipment k eys, p . 51. DEMO Press to s witch the Demo menu on or off. Colour k[...]
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Use of the remote contr ol RC4404/01 (continued) EN 6 +P- Channel selection - to br owse thr ough the TV channels and sour ces stored and mark ed in the Fa vourite channels lists; - to select a page in T eletext mode; - to quickly br owse through the lists in the menus; - to switch the TV on from standby mode. 0/9 Digit k eys T o select a TV channe[...]
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EN 7 The OPTION k ey allows y ou to display the Quick access men u which will give y ou direct access to some featur es and menu options. 1. Press the OPTION key . > The Quick access menu appears. 2. Press the cursor up/do wn to select a menu item. 3. Press the OK k ey to jump to the selected menu item in the TV menu. (Except for the Clock optio[...]
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EN 8 Intr oduction: Digital TV 8 Note : if the TV has already been installed bef ore and/or you want to change the First time installation settings, proceed with Use of the TV menu settings, p . 13. Next to analogue broadcast r eception, y our TV has a built-in TV tuner which receiv es, decodes and displa ys digital terrestrial signals. Digital TV [...]
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EN 9 After the W elcome screen y ou are ask ed to select a language of the TV's on-screen menus. The text of the header and the inf o on screen contin uously change language. Also the digital audio and subtitle language will be set to the selected menu language. 1. Press the cursor up/do wn to highlight your language. 2. Press the OK k ey on t[...]
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EN 10 By means of sev eral split screens/full screens y ou are prompted to select y our preferr ed Picture and Sound settings, to finally arrive at a complete setting which satisfies you. 1. Press the gr een colour key on y our remote contr ol to enter the Settings assistant menu. 2. Select your Location with the cursor up/do wn. > If you choose[...]
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EN 11 A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa yed on your TV when you use the menus or when y ou tr y to ex ecute an action. Read the help texts which are being displa yed on the specific item highlighted. The colour k eys at the bottom of the scr een refer to the differ ent actions which ma y be executed. Press the co[...]
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EN 12 Info TV menu TV settings Settings assistant Reset to standard Picture Sound TV settings Features Installation Exit Ho w to na vigate through the menus (contin ued) Use of the TV menu settings 12 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE key on the r emote control. > The main menu appears on the scr een. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > [...]
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Each time you'v e made a selection, pr ess the green k ey to confirm your selection. 1. Select Settings assistant and pr ess the cursor right. > By means of sev eral split screens/full screens y ou are prompted to select y our preferr ed Picture and Sound settings to finally arriv e at a complete setting which satisfies you. See First time [...]
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The picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. P ress the MENU/BRO WSE key on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV menu is moved to the left. 3. Select TV settings and press the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is moved to the left pane[...]
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EN 15 Adjust picture men u settings (Continued) 15 Custom tint (only when Tint is set to Custom) Fine tunes the white point (WP) and black lev el (BL) of the picture. 1. Select Custom tint and pr ess the cursor right. 2. Use the cursor k eys to select and adjust the settings of: R-WP : allows you to customise the colour tint by adjusting the red wh[...]
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EN 16 MPEG artefact reduction MPEG ar tefact reduction On smoothens the transitions on digital content. < Select On or Off . Colour enhancement Automatically contr ols green enhancement and blue stretch. It makes the colours mor e vivid. < Select Off , Minimum , Medium or Maximum . Active contr ol The TV continuously measures and cor rects al[...]
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EN 17 The sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the sound. 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE key on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is moved to the left. 3. Select TV settings and press the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is moved to the left pane[...]
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EN 18 Adjust sound menu settings (Continued) 18 Dual I/II Allows y ou to select, per channel, Dual I or II, when dual sound transmission is a vailable . Mono/Stereo Allows y ou to select, per TV channel, Mono or Stereo sound when stereo br oadcasts are a vailable . Surr ound mode Allows y ou to select the modes for mor e spatial or surr ound sound [...]
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EN 19 The Featur es menu allows you to contr ol the settings of special TV functions, features and accessory equipments. 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE key on the r emote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is moved to the left. 3. Select F eatures and press the cursor right. > The Feat[...]
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EN 20 Sleeptimer This sets a time period after which the TV automatically switches to standby . 1. Select Sleeptimer . 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Select a value with the cursor up/down. > The list will ha ve values from 0 to 180 min utes. When 0 is selected, the sleeptimer is switched off. Childlock With a 4-digit code, y ou are able to lock [...]
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EN 21 Set code/Change code This allows y ou to set or change the personal 4-digit access code that is used in the differ ent lock functions of the TV . < Select Set or Change code . > If no PIN-code exists yet, the menu item is set to Set code . Follow the instructions on screen. > If a PIN-code has pre viously been entered, the menu item [...]
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EN 22 Common interface This allows y ou to access common interface applications defined by the service provider of the Common Interface (CI) module. The Common Interface (CI) module can contain one or more a pplications, which are used to communicate with the CI ser vice pr ovider and provide some ad ditional facilities to the user . See Use the Co[...]
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EN 23 Ho w to search f or and store TV channels 23 This menu allows y ou to select your pref err ed language for menu, audio and subtitle . Menu languag e This allows y ou to select your men u language out of the list of the a vailable languages. Pref err ed audio language (only with Digital TV broadcasting) This allows y ou to select your audio la[...]
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EN 24 Ho w to search f or and store TV channels (Continued) 24 After language and countr y ar e set correctly , you can now search f or and store the TV channels. < Select Channels in the TV , Installation menu. Automatic installation The TV will scan the entire frequency spectrum based on the selected countr y . > All a vailable digital and [...]
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EN 25 Ho w to search f or and store TV channels (Continued) 25 Digital: test r eception (only with digital TV broadcasting) This allows y ou to see the quality and the strength of the signal reception f or a digital frequency . This enables y ou to find the antenna position that gives the best r eception. < Select Digital: test reception and pr [...]
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EN 26 Analogue: manual installation This gives y ou the possibility to manually install (tuning-in channel by channel) analogue channels. Manual installation will not find nor store an y D VB-T (digital) channels. 1. Select Analo gue: manual installation and press the cursor right. 2. Select System . 3. Select your country or par t of the w orld wh[...]
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EN 27 This allows y ou to rename, to reshuffle and to uninstall or reinstall the stor ed channels. < Press the cor responding colour k eys and follow the on screen instructions. Reshuffle This allows y ou to change the order of the stor ed TV channels. 1. Select the channel you want to change place. 2. Press the y ellow colour ke y to move up a [...]
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This menu contains items that can set or adjust various special TV functions and that will typically be accessed only occasionally . Select your location This allows y ou to select the location of your TV . If you choose f or Shop it will result in fixed settings of picture and sound. The location Home will give full flexibility to change any prede[...]
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EN 29 This allows y ou to select the peripheral equipment you ha ve connected to the audio and video connectors. 1. Select Connections . 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Select the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected. > When you select EXT1 , EXT2 , EXT3 , HDMI 1 , HDMI 2 , VG A , Side , Analogue Audio In or Digital Audio In , a li[...]
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EN 30 30 This allows y ou to upgrade your TV software using a USB device. USB de vice upgrade It is possible to initiate an upgrade procedur e from a USB device befor e you start up the TV . The memory device must be filled with the appr opriate upgrade image (and structure) which can be found on the www . philips.com/software website. How to uploa[...]
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EN 31 Create y our fa vourite list 31 This allows y ou to select up to four fa vourite channels lists with y our pr eferred TV channels and radio stations. F or example , each member of your famil y can create his/her o wn fa vourite list. In addition to the fa vourite channel lists you ma y also select a list with only digital TV channels or a lis[...]
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EN 32 When the All channels list is displa yed or selected you ma y filter the list and select a list with only the TV channels or a list with only the radio channels. 1. Press the FAV key . > The last selected channel list appears. 2. Press the cursor left. 3. Select the All channels list and press the cursor right. 4. Press the r ed colour key[...]
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EPG (Electr onic Programme Guide) (Contin ued) EN 33 2. Press the gr een colour key on the r emote control to watch/listen to the selected programme cur rently on air . 3. Press the r ed colour key to mark/unmark a r eminder on the selected programme. Y ou can set up to a maximum of 10 reminders. > The TV will wake up automatically or displa y a[...]
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EN 34 The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures, mo vies or pla y audio files stored on a USB device. The Multimedia br owser application is inv oked fr om the main menu. -Following file f ormats can be reproduced: for pictur es: JPEG for audio: MP3, MP3 Pr o, LPCM for video: MPEG1, MPEG2 - Only F A T/DOS-formatted memory devices are suppo[...]
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EN 35 Multimedia Bro wser menu 1. Insert a USB device. 2. Select the USB device under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows you to br owse content stored on the inserted USB device. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left panel containing the content types (Music, Pictur es, Movies). > The right pa[...]
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EN 36 Function k eys at the bottom of the scr een Details to displa y a description of the selected file or directory T ransitions to select if you lik e to apply a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa yed in a slide show Rotate to rotate a pictur e Repeat one/all to repeat the pla yback of a mus[...]
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EN 37 Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will store most broadcasted pages and subpages to r educe waiting time . After each programme change, the memor y is refr eshed. < Press b to switch the teletext on. > The main index page appears on the scr een. Select a T eletext page < Enter [...]
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EN 38 Hypertext With h yper text you can quickl y jump to a pagenumber or search f or a specific word shown on the cur rent teletext page. 1. Press the OK k ey to highlight the first w ord or a number on the page. 2. Use the cursor up/down, left/right to select any other wor d or number y ou want to search f or . 3. Press the OK k ey to confirm. Th[...]
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EN 39 Some digital channels offer dedicated digital text services (for instance BBCi). 1. Press b to switch Digital text on. 2. T o use the digital text, follow the instructions on screen. 3. Depending on the ser vice, y ou may be ask ed to use the cursor k eys, the OK k ey , the coloured ke ys, the teletext k ey and sometimes the digit k eys. 4. W[...]
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EN 40 T o mak e video and audio connections Tip : use the inputs that are a vailable on your equipment that pr ovide the best video or audio performance, as belo w . Note : your TV comes with all types of connectors with the exception of the D VI connector but some of your equipment ma y be equipped with this type. In this case y ou'll need a [...]
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EN 41 Camera, Camcor der , Game 1. Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and AUDIO L 3 for mono equipment. For stereo equipment also connect AUDIO R 3 . S-VHS quality with an S-VHS camcorder is obtained by connecting the S-VHS cables with the S-VIDEO input 1 and AUDIO inputs 3 . Headphone 1. Insert the plug into the[...]
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42 EN Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o o o PC-VGA EXT2 EXT1 o o AUDIO IN L/R Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO[...]
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EN 43 Connect a VCR or D VD recor der With a eurocab le 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect the eurocable 3 as shown. 3. Mak e your selection of the sour ce to which the VCR has been connected in the Installation menu, Select your connections, p. 29. With the aerial cable only 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. [...]
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EN 44 ANTENNA EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA 75 o EXT2 EXT1 RECORDER CABLE 1 2 RECORDER 3 5 EXT 1/2 4 Connect two VCRs or VCR and D VD r ecorder With eurocab les 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect your VCRs or D VD-recorder to EXT1 and 2 with the eur ocables 4 and 5 . 3. Select the equipment you ha ve connected in the Installation menu, S[...]
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EN 45 Connect a D VD pla y er , Cable bo x or game console Note : in case of any problems, see Annex 5: Issues ref erring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector , p. 60. With a HDMI connector HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital video and audio interconnection. 1. Connect your equipment with the HDMI connector . 2. Select the equip[...]
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EN 46 Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT 1 EXT3 : YPbPr EXT3 : AUDIO IN R / L 3 DVD / STB 2 DIGIT AL AUDIO IN Connect a D VD pla y er , a satellite receiv er or Cable bo x With Component Video Connectors 1. Connect the three separat[...]
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EN 47 Notes: - only a PC with digital sound can be connected to the HDMI connection; - if your PC does not ha ve digital sound output, connect your PC via a V GA connector ; - befor e connecting your PC to the TV , select your PC monitor settings to a refr esh frequency of 60 Hz; - supported PC monitor modes: V GA 640 x 480 SV GA 800 x 600 XGA 1024[...]
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EN 48 Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT 1 Connect a Home Cinema amplifier Digital Home Cinema amplifier < Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to the DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT connecto[...]
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EN 49 Use the Common Interface slot T o receiv e scrambled DTV signals you will need a CA (Conditional Access) module and a Smar t card pro vided by the ser vice pro vider . A CA module can enable additional ser vices, for example Pa y TV . Contact your Common Interface service provider to get more inf ormation about these modules. Although CA modu[...]
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EN 50 Select connected equipment Befor e operating your connected equipment y ou hav e to make a selection in the Installation, Select your connections menu, p . 29. 1. Press the MENU/BRO WSE ke y . 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. 3. Select Installation . 4. Press the cursor right. 5. Select Connections . 6. Press the cursor right. 7[...]
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EN 51 Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the r emote control of y our TV . Press one of the k eys after you pr essed one of the mode ke ys ( DV D , STB , VCR , AU X ) according to the equipment you want to operate with this remote contr ol. See Use of the Remote control, p . 5-6. B to s witch to st[...]
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52 EN Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy No picture < V erify if the supplied cables ar e connected properly . (The aerial cable to the TV , the other aerial to y our recor der , the pow er cables, ..) < V erify if y ou selected the correct sour ce . < V erify if the child lock has been s witched off. P oor picture < V erify in the Man ual [...]
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53 EN Annex 1: T o set the r emote control to w ork a Philips D VD or D VD/R Y our TV r emote control gives y ou the oppor tunity to contr ol your Philips D VD or DVD/R. 1. Press the DV D mode key f or 4 seconds until the LED lights up constantly 2. Enter the code 500 with the digit k eys for a Philips D VD pla yer . Enter the code 542 with the dig[...]
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EN 54 Introduction Philips offers softwar e upgrade capability for y our TV using portable memor y . After y ou hav e completed a software upgrade, y our TV will typically perform better . What impro vements are made depends on the upgrade software y ou are using as well as the softwar e your TV contained befor e the upgrade. Y ou can execute the s[...]
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EN 55 Annex 2 (Continued) Automatic software upgrade pr ocedure 1. Switch off your TV and remov e all memor y devices. 2. Insert the USB por table memory that contains the downloaded softwar e upgrade. 3. Switch on your TV with the power k ey B at the side of the TV . 4. At startup the TV will scan the USB portable memor y until it finds the update[...]
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EN 56 Annex 2 (Continued) Manual softwar e upgrade pr ocedure For a manual softwar e upgrade copy the “autorun.upg” file in a directory called “Upgrades” located in the root of the USB portable memor y . Y ou can r ename the file if you lik e but k eep the .upg extension. 1. Insert the por table memory that contains the downloaded software [...]
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57 EN Annex 3 - Philips TV -Slidesho w F ormat with background m usic Introduction This document explains how to mak e a Philips slideshow file with background audio . Be a ware that the content of this document is addressing technical or softwar e skilled users. T o start the slideshow open the slideshow file in the Multimedia bro wser of your TV [...]
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58 EN Annex 3 (Continued) Supported XML-tags The following table giv es a description of the XML syntax. T ag Name philips-slideshow title audio slide-duration slides slide Use mandator y optional optional optional mandator y optional Description Philips slideshow signatur e including the version. The title of the pla ylist. The audio-URL following[...]
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59 EN Digital Camera Issues If a USB connection between y our digital camera and the TV isn’ t working, you can try the solutions below to r esolve y our problem. - Mak e sure your digital camera is switched on and v erify if the configuration of your digital camera is corr ect (see the manual of y our digital camera for mor e information). - Som[...]
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60 EN Annex 5 - Issues r eferring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector The HDMI IN connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor display modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p 720x576p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC V GA 640x480 SV GA 800x600 X[...]
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61 EN active contr ol ........................... 16 analogue: manual installation . 26 antenna ......................................... 4 audio receiv er .......................... 48 audio equipment k eys ............. 51 auto format ............................... 16 automatic installation.............. 24 a vl (audio volume lev eller)..... 18 [...]
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62 EN Recycling R The packaging of this product is intended to be recycled. Apply to the local authorities for corr ect disposal. Disposal of your old pr oduct Y our product is designed and manufactur ed with highly quality material and components, which can be recycled and r eused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product,[...]
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63 Contents EN[...]