Philips 25PT2252 manual

1 25PT2252 25PT2252 25PT2252 29PT2252 29PT2252 29PT2252 Oper ating Instructions p1-4/E 4/6/01, 2:30 pm 1[...]

2 Recycling Directiv e – T o minimise harm to the envir onment, the batteries supplied with the TV set do not contain mercury or nickel cadmium. If possible , when disposing of batteries, use recycling means available to y ou. Y our TV set uses materials which are r eusable or which can be recycled. T o minimise the amount of waste in the envir o[...]

3 S AFETY I NFORMA TION AND U SEFUL T IPS Safety Information • Disconnect mains plug when : – the red light belo w the TV screen is flashing contin uously . – a bright white line is displa y ed across the scr een. – cleaning the TV screen. Never use abrasiv e cleaning agents. Use a slight damp chamois leather or soft cloth. – there is a l[...]

4 B EFORE C ALLING S ER VICE Below is a list of frequentl y occurr ed symptoms. Befor e you call f or ser vice, make these simple checks. Some of these symptoms can easily be r ectified if you know what to do . Symptom What y ou should do Colour patch • Switch off the TV by the mains pow er button. W ait f or 20 (unev eness) minutes befor e switc[...]

5 Antenna Connection • Connect the aerial plug to the antenna socket ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ on the backcov er . • Insert the mains plug into the wall socket. Mains Connection • For corr ect mains v oltage, refer to type stick er at the rear of the TV set • Consult your dealer if mains suppl y is different. Note : This diagram is not repr esentativ [...]

6 Y ou can view the playbac k of VCR tapes (Video Disc players , camcorder s, etc .) by using the A UDIO and VIDEO INPUT soc k ets on the r ear of the TV . – Connect the VIDEO and AUDIO IN sock ets on the rear of the TV to the AUDIO and VIDEO OUT sock ets on the VCR. The S-Video connection on the rear of the TV is used for the playback of S-VHS V[...]

7 C ONNECTING THE A UDIO /V IDEO S OCKETS (P LACKBA CK ) For more con venient direct playbac k connections, the Side Audio/Video Input sock ets allow f or quick and easy connections, par ticularly Camcorder tape recor dings . – Connect the S-VIDEO sock et (if available) fr om the Camcorder to the Side S-VIDEO socket of the TV . Y ou need not conn[...]

8 C ONNECTING THE A UDIO /V IDEO S OCKETS (R ECORDING ) Connection for r ecording fr om the TV channel – Connect the corresponding INPUT sock ets of the VCR to the MONIT OR OUTPUT sockets on the r ear of the TV . – T o enhance the sound of your TV , connect the AUDIO L and R sock ets to an external audio system instead of the VCR. For mono equi[...]

9 & P o wer button – Switch set off temporarily to standby mode. (The red light indicator lights up when the set is on standby mode). – T o switch on set from standb y mode, press Channel +/– , Digit (0 -9) or Po wer button. é T eletext Colour/P ersonal Zapping buttons – In teletext mode, the colour buttons allow you to access directly[...]

10 F UNCTIONS OF R EMO TE C ONTROL 3 Main Index Button In teletext mode, press button to r eturn to the main index page. 4 Fr ownie button Allows to delete stor ed personal pr eference channels in your P ersonal Prefer ence list. For detailed description of functions, refer to section on “P ersonal Zapping ”. 5 Smart Picture Button Press the Sm[...]

11 F UNCTIONS OF TV C ONTROLS 3 INST ALL MENU – VOLUME + 7 CHANNEL 6 & Mains P ow er button Switch mains power on or off. é Standby light indicator Indicate red light when standb y mode is activated. “ Remote Sensor Acts as a sensor for activating the contr ols of the TV when remote contr ol handset is aimed at it. ‘ V olume + / – butt[...]

12 ¸ Operating instructions generall y explains the operation of the TV set using the buttons on the remote contr ol unless otherwise stated. Please read the follo wing instructions carefull y and follo w the steps as sho wn to familiarise y ourself with the installations and all features a vailable in y our set. The Languag e featur e allows y ou[...]

13 A UT OMA TIC T UNING OF C HANNELS Automatic tuning of channels allows y ou to store each pr ogramme automatically . Enter main menu. Pr ess button repeatedl y until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Select Auto Store . Start automatic tuning of channels. When tuning is completed, exit menu fr om screen. ¸ Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness[...]

14 M ANU AL T UNING OF C HANNELS Manual tuning of channels allows y ou to select your prefer red channel number f or ev er y a vailable pr ogramme. MENU ¸ ˙ ¸ ˙ Enter main menu. Press button r epeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Press button r epeatedly until Manual Stor e is selected. Enter manual stor e menu. Press button[...]

15 C HANNELS M ANU AL T UNING OF C HANNELS ¸ Manual Store o ■ Colour System ■ Sound System ■ Search ✔ Channel 2 π ■ Fine Tune ■ Store œ Manual Store o ■ Colour System ■ Sound System ■ Search ■ Channel ■ Fine Tune ✔ Store Store? π œ ˙ ¸ 9 10 11 Manual Store o ■ Colour System ■ Sound System ■ Search ■ Channel ?[...]

16 S ELECTING THE C OLOUR /S OUND S Y STEM This feature allo ws you to select y our desired Colour and Sound system. If Auto is selected, the respective colour and sound system will be automaticall y selected according to the transmission system. Note : Select your desir ed colour and sound system manually if reception is poor at Auto mode. Repeat [...]

17 F INE T UNING OF C HANNELS This featur e allows y ou to adjust picture r eception in areas of weak r eception. Enter main menu. Pr ess button repeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Pr ess button repeatedly until Manual Stor e is selected. Enter manual stor e menu. Pr ess button repeatedly until Fine T une is selected. Fine tun[...]

18 S OR TING OF C HANNELS This featur e rear ranges channel numbers. Enter main menu. Press button r epeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Press button r epeatedly until Sort is selected. Enter sort mode . Select the channel number y ou want to change from (e.g. 002). Confirm selection. Select the channel number y ou want to chan[...]

19 E DITING OF C HANNELS This featur e allows y ou to skip or edit channels which hav e bad or weak TV signal or channels that you do not watch often. Note : Once a channel is skipped, you cannot ha ve access to it by the CH (Channel) + or – button. Y ou can only hav e access to the channel by the Digit (0 -9) buttons. Main o ■ Picture Language[...]

20 N AMING OF C HANNELS This featur e enables y ou to name or rename channels. Enter main menu. Press button r epeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Press button r epeatedly until Name is selected. Enter name mode . Select the channel you want to name . Mov e to first character slot. A cursor appears for y ou to start the input o[...]

21 ¸ A DJUSTING THE TV P ICTURE The picture menu allo ws you to mak e adjustments to the picture. Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness ■ Sound Colour ■ Features Contrast ■ Install Sharpness Colour Temp More... œ Picture o ✔ Brightness p ❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘ ❘ ❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘ 59 π ■ Colour ■ Contrast ■ S[...]

22 A DUSTING THE TV S OUND The sound menu allows y ou to make adjustments to the sound. Displa y the main menu on scr een. Select Sound menu. Enter Sound menu. Select item. Adjust level or select desir ed setting. Exit menu fr om screen. Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness ■ Sound Colour ■ Features Contrast ■ Install Sharpness Colour Temp. More.[...]

23 ¸ U SING THE T IMER The Timer feature allo ws you to set the timer to s witch to another channel at a specified time while you ar e watching another channel or when the TV is on standby mode. Note : For the timer to function, the set must not be switched off. Once the set is switched off, the timer is disabled. Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness [...]

24 U SING THE T IMER Select Stop Time . K ey in the time you want the programme to be s witched off. Select Channel . K ey in the channel y ou want to switch to . Select Activate . Activate timer . Y ou can select Once , Daily or Off . Select Displa y . Select On mode if you want to displa y the time on the TV screen. Exit menu fr om screen. Note :[...]

25 A CTIV A TING THE C HILD L OCK (A CCESS C ODE ) The Child Lock feature allo ws you to lock channels to pr event your childr en from watching programmes y ou deem undesirable . Note : Y ou can only ha ve access to the lock ed channels via the remote contr ol. K eep the remote contr ol out of reach so as to pre vent y our children from ha ving acc[...]

26 A CTIV A TING THE C HILD L OCK (C HANGE C ODE ) Note : Y ou need to key the access code only once. Repeat Steps 1 to 8 as The Child Lock menu will in “A CTIV A TING THE now appear . Y ou can proceed C HILD L OCK to change code. (A CCESS C ODE )” Select Change Code . Enter change code mode . K ey in your pr eferred code (4-digit). K ey in the[...]

27 A CTIV A TING THE C HILD L OCK (L OCK C HANNEL ) Repeat Steps 1 to 8 as The Child Lock menu will in “C HILD Lock (A CCESS now appear . Y ou can proceed C ODE )” to lock channel. Enter lock channel mode . Select the channel you want to lock. Activate blocking of channel. A ke ylock symbol will appear beside the channel number indicating that [...]

28 A CTIV A TING THE C HILD L OCK (L OCK A LL ) Y ou can choose to lock all channels in the Lock All mode in the Child Lock menu. Repeat Steps 1 to 8 as The Child Lock menu will in “C HILD Lock (A CCESS now appear . Y ou can proceed C ODE )” to lock all channels. Select Lock All . Select the On option to lock all channels. Exit menu fr om scree[...]

29 U SING THE S CREEN F ORMA T Y ou can hav e a choice of tw o formats for your vie wing pleasure, namely : - 4:3 mode and the EXP AND 4:3 mode through the FORMA T menu. Displa y the main menu on scr een. Press button r epeatedly until F eatures is selected. Enter the Features men u. Press button r epeatedly umtil F ormat is selected. Press the but[...]

30 S MAR T P ICTURE C ONTROL Whether you ar e watching a movie or video game, your TV has automatic video control settings matched to your cur rent pr ogram source or content. The Smar t Picture f eature quickly resets y our TV’ s video controls of pr ogram for a number of differ ent types of programs and viewing conditions y ou ma y hav e in you[...]

31 S MAR T S OUND C ONTROL Whether y ou are watching a movie or video game, your TV has automatic sound control settings matched to your cur rent pr ogram sour ce or content. The Smart Sound feature quickly resets y our TV’ s sound controls of pr ogram for a number of diff erent types of pr ograms and viewing conditions y ou may ha ve in your hom[...]

32 P ERSONAL Z APPING A list or series of fa vourite TV programs can be selected and stor ed in the 4 coloured buttons with the P ersonal Zapping featur e . With this feature you can easil y viewed up to a total of 10 prefer red channels f or each coloured button. Ad ding Channels to the F a v ourite list Select a channel by the Digit buttons Press[...]

33 A UT OMA TIC P ICTURE B OOSTER If the transmission signal is weak, the Automatic Picture Booster built into the TV set will increase the signal le vel to pr ovide a good pictur e at all time . Y ou hav e a choice to turn on/off the featur e, depending on the signal conditions locally . Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness ■ Sound Colour ■ Featur[...]

34 U SING T HE T ELETEXT If a TV channel broadcast contains teletext inf ormation, each channel that broadcasts teletext transmits a page (index page) with information on how to use the teletext system, usually on page 100. The system transmitted is indicated in the option line at the bottom of the screen. & On/Off teletext Pr ess the button on[...]

35 U SING T HE T ELETEXT § Interrupt Press the button to change to TV mode. Press the button again to return to teletext mode and to the teletext page. è Enlarge Pr ess the button once to enlarge and view the top half of the page. Press the button the second time to enlarge and view the bottom half of the page. Press the button the third time to [...]

36 S PECIFICA TIONS 25PT2252 29PT2252 Picture tube scr een size 630 mm 705 mm Picture tube visible ar ea 600 mm 675 mm Audio Output : Speaker 2 x 5 W TV System NTSC M P AL B/G P AL B/H (only for certain versions) P AL D/K P AL I SECAM B/G SECAM D/K SECAM K1 Pla yback System NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43, P AL 60 Set Dimensions : Width 670 mm 778 mm Depth 52[...]

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