Philips 25PT5207/60 manual

Oper ating Instructions 25PT5207 25PT5207 25PT5207 Colour television 1-4_25PT5207/E 07/16/03, 2:20 PM 1[...]

2 Recycling Directiv e – T o minimise harm to the en vironment, the batteries supplied with the TV set do not contain mercury or nickel cadmium. If possible , when disposing of batteries, use recycling means a vailable to you. 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 continuousl y . –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 li[...]

4 B EFORE C ALLING S ER VICE Below is a list of frequentl y occurr ed symptoms. Before 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 power button. Wait f or 20 (unev eness) minutes befor e switchin[...]

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 •F or corr ect mains voltage, 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 e[...]

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 rear of the TV . – Connect the VIDEO and A UDIO 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 LA CKBA CK ) Y ou can view the playbac k of D VD discs by using the COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT sock ets on the r ear of the TV . – Connect the “Y”, “Pb” and the “Pr” INPUT sockets on the TV to the “Y”, “Pb” and “Pr” OUTPUT sockets on the D VD to view pla yback of DVD discs. AV soc k [...]

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

9 & Pow er 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 fr om standby 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 a[...]

10 F UNCTIONS OF R EMO TE C ONTROL 3 Main Index Button In teletext mode, press button to return to the main index page. 4 Fro wnie button Allows to delete stor ed personal prefer ence 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 Sma[...]

11 F UNCTIONS OF TV C ONTROLS 3 INST ALL MENU – VOLUME + 7 CHANNEL 6 & Mains Po wer button Switch mains pow er on or off. é Standby light indicator Indicate r ed light when standby 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 generally e xplains the operation of the TV set using the buttons on the remote contr ol unless otherwise stated. Please read the follo wing instructions carefully and follo w the steps as sho wn to familiarise y ourself with the installations and all features a vailable in your set. Note: When there is no signal input [...]

13 A UT OMA TIC T UNING OF C HANNELS Automatic tuning of channels allows y ou to store each programme automatically . Enter main menu. Pr ess button repeatedly 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 for 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 YSTEM This feature allo ws you to select your desir ed 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 r eception 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 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 ha ve access to the channel by the Digit (0 -9) buttons. Main o ■ Picture Language[...]

19 ¸ 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[...]

20 A DJUSTING THE TV S OUND The sound menu allows y ou to make adjustments to the sound. Displa y the main menu on screen. Select Sound menu. Enter Sound menu. Select item. Adjust lev el or select desired setting. Exit menu fr om screen. Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness ■ Sound Colour ■ Features Contrast ■ Install Sharpness Colour Temp. More.[...]

21 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 screen. Press button r epeatedly until F eatures is selected. Enter the Features men u. Press button r epeatedly until F ormat is selected. Press the butt[...]

22 A CTIV A TING THE S IGNAL S TRENGTH The Signal Strength f eature allows to view the signal str ength lev el when the On option is selected. The signal strength lev el will be indicated at the bottom of the screen whene ver y ou s witch channel. Displa y the main menu on screen. Press button r epeatedly until Signal Strength is selected. Press th[...]

23 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 r esets y our TV’ s video controls of pr ogram for a number of diff erent types of pr ograms and viewing conditions you ma y hav e in y[...]

24 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 curr ent program sour ce or content. The Smart Sound feature quickly resets y our TV’ s sound controls of pr ogram for a number of different types of pr ograms and viewing conditions y ou may ha ve in your home.[...]

25 P ERSONAL Z APPING A list or series of fa vourite TV programs can be selected and stored in the 4 colour ed buttons with the Personal Zapping f eature. 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 av ourite list Select a channel by the Digit buttons Press bu[...]

26 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[...]

27 U SING T HE T ELETEXT § Interrupt Pr ess the button to change to TV mode. Press the button again to r eturn 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 t[...]

28 S PECIFICA TIONS 25PT5207 Picture tube scr een size 630 mm Picture tube visible ar ea 590 mm Audio Output : Speaker 2 x 5 W TV System NTSC M P AL B/G 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 671 mm Depth 459 mm Height 518 mm Net W eight of Set (appro ximate ) 31 kg Note F [...]

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