Philips Rear-Projection HDTV Monitor manual

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  • Page 1

    T his section shows you how to make a basic TV connection using a cable TV or antenna signal. If you have cable TV service, you’ll simply connect the coaxial cable lead-in fr om the cable TV company to your TV . If you intend to connect a VHF/UHF antenna, you may need a 300- to 75-ohm adapter , which is not supplied with your TV . NOTE: Y ou shou[...]

  • Page 2

    U SING THE TV B UTT ONS S hould your r emote control be lost or br oken, you can still change some of the basic pictur e and sound settings with the buttons on the TV . Follow the steps below to familiarize yourself with the functions of the TV buttons. 1 Press POWER/ST ANDBY to turn the TV on (or off). Allow about 10 seconds for the TV to power on[...]

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    3 PIP 2 13 5 46 8 79 0 TV SWAP PIP CH DN UP FREEZE SOUND MUTE SURF A/CH POWER PICTURE STATUS/ EXIT POSITION VCR ACC MENU/ SELECT VOL CH TV/VCR ACTIVE CONTROL 1 SOUND BALANCE AVL INCR . SURROUND HEADPHONE STEREO MONO STEREO STEREO PICTURE SOUND FEATURES INSTALL TREBLE BASS BALANCE AVL INCR . SURROUND TREBLE 30 BASS BALANCE AVL INCR . SURROUND SOUND [...]

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    T he AUT O PROGRAM featur e will scan for channels with active br oadcast signals and stor e those channels in the TV’ s memory . It will tune up to 69 channels for antenna, and up to 125 channels for cable. After you run AUTO PROGRAM, you can use the CH(annel) +/– buttons to quickly and easily select stations. Y ou can also pr ess the PROG. LI[...]

  • Page 5

    S ETTING T IME M ANU ALL Y 1 Follow steps 1–3 above, then press the CURSOR RING DOWN to highlight MANUAL and CURSOR RING RIGHT to enter the MANUAL time input area. 2 Use the number buttons on your remote contr ol to input the first digit for the time. Y ou can also press the CURSOR RING UP or DOWN to select a digit. Press the CURSOR RING RIGHT to[...]

  • Page 6

    T he channel NAME featur e allows you to list the “call” letters of your favorite stations beside their channel numbers when they appear on the scr een. The TV has in memory a list of the 50 most popular channel names (NBC, ABC, or FOX, for example). Y ou also can enter a custom name (up to five characters). 1 Press the NUMBER buttons, the CH(a[...]

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    7 V IEWING P ICTURES A DJUSTING C OLOR AND T INT T he Pictur e-in-Pictur e (PIP) COLOR and TINT contr ols allow you to make fine-tune adjustments to the PIP pictur e settings. 1 Press the MENU/SELECT button. The onscreen menu appears. Then press the CURSOR RING DOWN twice to highlight FEA TURES. 2 Press the CURSOR RING RIGHT to enter the FEA- TURES[...]

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    8 A DJUSTING THE M ANU AL C ONVERGE C ONTROLS C ONVERGE R ED /B LUE C onver gence is the corr ect lining up of the r ed and blue light paths on the TV scr een. If the paths don’ t line up, color fringes will appear ar ound objects on scr een. If no color fringes show , then no convergence adjustments ar e necessary . NOTE: Allow the TV to warm up[...]