Philips 26PW6341/37 manual

Color TV Color TV 32PT6441/37 26PW6341/37 30PW6341/37 3121 235 22191 Model No .:_______________ Serial No .: User Manual Thank you for choosing Philips. Need help fast? Read your User Manual first for quick tips that make using your Philips product more enjoyable. If you have read your instructions and still need assistance you may access our onlin[...]

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IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTR UCTIONS Read befor e operating equipment 1. Read these instructions. 2. Keep these instructions. 3. Heed all warnings. 4. Follow all instructions. 5. Do not use this apparatus near water . 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. 7. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturers instructio[...]

COVER SAFETY INFO MODEL REGISTRATION INFORMATION PANEL 1 PANEL 2 PANEL 4 PANEL 6 PANEL 3 PANEL 5 PANEL 7 PANEL 8 PANEL 10 PANEL 12 PANEL 9 PANEL 11 PANEL 13 PANEL 14 PANEL 19 PANEL 20 PANEL 22 PANEL 24 PANEL 21 PANEL 23 PANEL 25 PANEL 26 PANEL 28 PANEL 30 PANEL 27 PANEL 29 PANEL 31 PANEL 16 PANEL 18 PANEL 15 PANEL 17 Panel Sequence and Panel Index [...]

B ASIC A NTENNA AND C ABLE C ONNECTIONS Y our home’ s signal input might come fr om a single (75 ohm) r ound cable, a Converter Box, or from an antenna. In either case the connec- tion to the TV is very easy . 1 If your Cable TV signal or Antenna signal is a round cable (75 ohm) then you're ready to connect to the TV . If your antenna has fl[...]

TO TV/VCR CABLE IN IR USB DVD-D OUT AUDIO IN SPDIF VIDEO IN OUT S-VIDEO R L AUDIO OUT TV PASSCARD Y Pb Pr OPTICAL SPDIF 4 24 ANT 75‰ L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO AV1 in Y Pb Pr AV2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO A V1 in Y Pb Pr A V2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT 6 5 C ABLE B OX C ONNECTIONS 2 I f your cab[...]

POWER 3 + – VOLUME + – CHANNEL 2 1 B ASIC TV AND R EMOTE C ONTROL O PERATION 3 1 Press the POWER button to turn the TV ON. Note: Y ou can also press any button on the front of the TV to turn the TV ON. 2 Press the VOLUME + button to increase the sound level, or the VOLUME – button to lower the sound level. Pressing both buttons at the same ti[...]

AV (A UDIO /V IDEO ) I NPUT C ONNECTION 4 L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO A V1 in Y Pb Pr A V2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT AUDIO OUT R L S-VIDEO OUT ANT/CABLE OUT VIDEO OUT 1 AUDIO OUT R L S-VIDEO OUT ANT/CABLE OUT VIDEO OUT 3 4 5 7 1 2 2 4 3 5 7 Audio and video cables are not sup- plied with the TV , but are available from Philips or electro[...]

S IDE AV C ONNECTIONS 5 A udio and V ideo Side Inputs are available for a quick connec- tion of a VCR, to playback video fr om a camera, or attach a gam- ing device. Use the A V button on the r emote contr ol to tune these inputs. 1 Connect the video (yellow) cable from the V ideo output on the Camera (or accessory device) to the V ideo (yellow) In[...]

S-V IDEO (S-V HS ) I NPUT C ONNECTIONS T he S(uper)-V ideo connection on the r ear of the TV can pr ovide you with better pictur e detail and clarity for the playback of accessory sour ces such as DBS (digital br oad- cast satellite), DVD (digital video discs), video games, and S-VHS VCR (video cassette r ecor der) tapes than the normal antenna pic[...]

C OMPONENT V IDEO (CVI) I NPUT C ONNECTIONS C omponent V ideo inputs provide for the highest possible color and pictur e r esolution in the play- back of digital signal sour ce materi- al, such as with DVD players. The color differ ence signals (Pb, Pr) and the luminance (Y) signal ar e con- nected and r eceived separately , which allows for impr o[...]

M ONITOR O UT ( PUT ) C ONNECTIONS 8 T he Audio/V ideo (Monitor) Output jacks ar e gr eat for r ecor ding with a VCR or used to connect an exter- nal audio system for better sound r eproduction. A UDIO SY STEM CONNECTION: 1 Connect one end of the R(ight) and L(eft) AUDIO (Monitor Out) jacks on the TV to the R and L audio input jacks on your amplifi[...]

R EMOTE C ONTROL B UTTON D ESCRIPTIONS 9 QUADRASURF Buttons (Red, Green, Y ellow , Blue) Allows you to store and surf up to 10 channels you choose for each colored button. SMILEY Button - Press to add channels to the “QuadraSurf” lists. W orks with all colored buttons. TV/VCR/ACC Mode Switch - Slide to position of TV to control TV functions, VC[...]

R EMOTE C ONTROL B UTTON D ESCRIPTIONS 10 VOL POWER Button - Press to turn the TV on or off. FROWNIE Button - Allows you to delete channels from the “Quadra Surf” lists for the colored buttons. W orks with all colored buttons. AUT O PICTURE Button - Press repeatedly to choose from 5 different factory predefined pic- ture settings. Choose from P[...]

VOL Main Picture Sound Features Install Brightness Color Picture Sharpness Tin t More... Main Picture Sound Features Install Language T uner Mode Auto Program Channel Edit Install Language T uner Mode Auto Program Channel Edit English OR Instalar Idioma Sinton a Auto Programa Editar Canal Espa ol 6 2 4 3 5 Installation Langue Mode synt. Progr. auto[...]

H OW TO USE THE T UNER M ODE C ONTROL 12 T he TUNER MODE contr ol allows you to change the TV’ s input signal to either ANTENNA, CABLE, or AUT O mode. It’ s important for the TV to know what type of signal to look for (Cable TV or an Antenna). In the AUTO mode, when the AUTO PROGRAM featur e is activated, the TV will automatically choose the co[...]

A UTOMATICALLY P ROGRAM 13 VOL 2 4 6 1 Auto Program Channel 12 Main Picture Sound Features Install Brightness Color Picture Sharpness Tin t More... Main Picture Sound Features Install Language T uner Mode Auto Program Channel Edit Install Language T uner Mode Auto Program Channel Edit Auto Program Channel 13 Auto Program Channel 14 3 5 2 4 Y our TV[...]

C HANNEL E DIT 14 C hannel Edit makes it easy for you to ADD or DELETE channels fr om the list of channels stor ed in the TV’ s memory . 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP 2 2 or DOWN 9 9 buttons to scroll though the onscreen menu until the word Install is highlighted. 3 Press the CURSOR[...]

P ICTURE M ENU C ONTROLS 15 Picture Brightness Color Picture Sharpness T int Color T emp. 50 Brightness 65 Color 50 Picture 50 Sharpness 50 Color T emp. Normal W arm or Cool DNR On Off T int 0 Contrast + On Off T o adjust your TV pictur e con- tr ols, select a channel and use the Pictur e Menu Contr ols listed below: 1 Brightness Contr ol - Pr ess [...]

S OUND M ENU CONTROLS 16 T o adjust your TV sound, select and use the Sound Menu Contr ols listed below: 1 T r eble :P r ess the CURSOR 6 6 or 5 5 buttons to adjust the con- trol. The control will enhance the high frequency sounds. 2 Bass :P r ess the CURSOR 6 6 or 5 5 buttons to adjust the con- trol. The control will enhance the low frequency soun[...]

H OW TO USE THE R OTATION C ONTROL I n rare cases the video supplied to the TV scr een might show slightly tilted one way or another . The T ilt Adjust contr ol will allow you to cor- r ect the pr oblem by adjusting the scr een in a clockwise or counter clock- wise dir ection. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu.[...]

H OW TO USE THE T IMER M ENU C ONTROLS 18 VOL 1 2 5 Main Picture Sound Features Install Brightness Color Picture Sharpness T int More... Main Picture Sound Features Install Tim er Rotation AutoLock Active Control Digi. Pic. Demo Tim er Tim e Start Time Stop Time Channel Activate Display --:-- AM 3 4 6 5 Features Tim er Rotation AutoLock Active Cont[...]

H OW TO USE THE T IMER M ENU C ONTROLS (C ONT ’ D ) 19 Tim er Tim e Start Time Stop Time Channel Activate Display 10:35 AM VOL 6 7 6 Tim er Tim e Start Time Stop Time Channel Activate Off Display OR 6 Tim er Tim e Start Time Stop Time Channel Activate Display 10:35 AM Tim er Tim e Start Time Stop Time Channel Activate Display 10:35 AM Tim er Tim [...]

A CTIVE C ONTROL O PTIONS 20 T he Active Contr ol monitors and adjusts incoming video signals to help pr ovide the best pictur e quality . When you choose to turn the Active Contr ol On, the pictur e sharpness and noise r eduction ar e contr olled automatically . Active Contr ol adjusts these pictur e set- tings continuously and automati- cally . 1[...]

U NDERSTANDING A UTO L OCK C ONTROLS 21 T he AutoLock™ featur e is an inte- grated cir cuit that r eceives and pr ocesses data sent by br oadcasters, or other pr ogram pr oviders, that contain pr ogram content advisories. When pr o- grammed by the viewer , a TV with AutoLock™ can r espond to the content advisories and block pr ogram content tha[...]

S ETTING U PA N A CCESS C ODE 22 O ver the next few panels you’ll learn how to block channels and get a better understanding of the rating terms for certain pr o- gramming. First, let’ s start by learning how to set a personal access code: 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to display the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP 2 2 or DOWN 9 9 [...]

B LOCK C HANNELS 23 A fter your personal access code has been set (see pr evious page), you ar e now r eady to select the channels or the A/V Inputs you want to block out or censor . Once you’ve enter ed your access code and the AutoLock™ featur es ar e displayed on the scr een: 1 Press the CURSOR UP 2 2 or DOWN 9 9 buttons until the words Bloc[...]

BLOCK / CLEAR ALL CHANNELS AT THE SAME TIME 24 A fter blocking specific channels ther e may come a time when you want to block or clear all the channels at the same time. Once you’ve enter ed your access code and the AutoLock™ featur es ar e displayed on the scr een: 1 Press the CURSOR UP 2 2 or DOWN 9 9 buttons to select either Clear All or Bl[...]

M OVIE R ATINGS 25 T he AutoLock™ feature can block pr ogramming based on the Movie Industry ratings. Once you’ve enter ed your access code and the AutoLock™ featur es ar e displayed on the scr een: 1 Press the CURSOR UP 2 2 or DOWN 9 9 buttons to high- light the words Movie Rating. 2 Press the CURSOR RIGHT 6 6 button to display the Movie Rat[...]

TV R ATINGS 26 T he AutoLock™ feature can block pr ogramming based on the TV Industry ratings. Once you’ve enter ed your access code and the AutoLock™ featur es ar e displayed on the scr een: 1 Press the CURSOR UP 2 2 or DOWN 9 9 buttons to high- light the words TV Rating. 2 Press the CURSOR RIGHT 6 6 button to display the TV Rating options ([...]

BLOCKING OPTIONS 27 VOL AutoLock Setup Code Clear All Block All Movie Rating TV Rating Block Options Blocking On Unrated On No Rating On 1 3 2 4 4 1 3 A utoLock™ offers the viewer other blocking featur es as well. W ith these Blocking Options, the censor- ing can be turned ON or OFF . Once you’ve enter ed your access code and the AutoLock™ fe[...]

H OW TO USE THE F ORMAT C ONTROL VOL CLOCK DEMO 1 4:3 1 Zoom 14:9 Zoom 16:9 Subtitle Zoom Super Zoom Widescreen 2 2 M any times while watching movies fr om a DVD player the image is shown in “letter box” for- mat. This is the format that is shown in movie theaters. when shown on a TV scr een, the image will have ar eas of black on top and botto[...]

C LOSED C APTIONING 29 C losed Captioning (CC) allows you to r ead the voice content of television pr ograms on the TV scr een. Designed to help the hear- ing impair ed, this featur e uses onscr een “text boxes” to show dia- logue and conversations while the TV pr ogram is in progr ess. 1 Press the CC button on the remote to display the current[...]

A UTO P ICTURE 30 A UTO S OUND W hether you’r e watching a movie or a sporting event, your TV has automatic video con- tr ol settings matched for your cur- r ent pr ogram sour ce or content. 1 Press the AUTO PICTURE button on the remote control. The current Auto Picture set- ting will be displayed on the screen. 2 Press the AUTO PICTURE button re[...]

Q UADRA S URF 31 T he QuadraSurf™ contr ol allows you set up four differ ent person- al channel Surf lists using the col- or ed buttons (on the r emote con- tr ol), each holding up to ten chan- nels in its quick viewing“list.” 1 Press the CHANNEL (+) or (–) buttons (or the NUMBER buttons) to select a channel to add to one of the SURF lists.[...]

Q UADRA S URF 32 T he Quadra Surf buttons on your r emote control allow you to stor e up to 10 channels per button (40 total). Y ou can even program the A/V Input channels for each button making them a “sour ce” button. Assuming channels have now been added to the four Quadra Surf lists (the four color ed buttons, see the pr evious page), let?[...]

R EMO TE U SE - C ODE E NTR Y FOR A CCESSORIES 33 I f your r emote contr ol will not operate your accessory devices, look up the four- digit code listed by your brand on panels 35-37. Please r ead thr ough steps 1-5 befor e beginning. 1 Place the TV/VCR/ACC Mode Switch in the proper position. 2 Press the VCR • RECORD button on the remote control [...]

R EMO TE U SE - S EARCH M ETHOD FOR A CCESSORIES T he Search Method of pr ogramming your r emote can take as long as 12 minutes to perform so we r ecommend you use it as a last r esort. Please r ead all the steps below befor e begin- ning. 1 Press the POWER button on the device your are attempting to program to turn it ON. 2 If programming a VCR or[...]

VCR CODES Admiral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2027, 2052 Aiwa . .2001, 2017, 2062, 2070, 2072 Akai . .2021, 2029, 2038, 2060, 2063 Audiovox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2017 Blaupunkt . .2003, 2005, 2010, 2014, . .2041, 2042, 2048, 2054, 2055, 2075 Broksonic . . . . . . . . . . . . .2002, 2040, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2046, 2052, 20[...]

DIGIT AL VIDEO DISC CODES Akai ..............................................5316 Harman/Kardon ...........................5314 JVC ....................................531 1, 5318 Kenwood ......................................5307 Magnavox ....................................5302 Mitsubishi ....................................5303 Onkyo ...........[...]

SA TELLITE CODES Philips .....................4007, 401 1, 4020, ..................................4037, 4048, 4059 Pioneer ...............................4021, 4059 Planet ...........................................4061 Promax .........................................4037 Prosat ...........................................4019 Quadral .............[...]

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