Philips 28PW9611/01 manual

English 1 Contents Installation Preparation ________________________________________________3 Switch TV on ______________________________________________4 Select your Menu language ____________________________________5 Search for and Store TV channels Automatic installation ___________________________________6 Manual installation __________________[...]

2 SMART CONTROLS PICTURE SOUND VCR 1 VCR 2 SAT AMP TUNER TAPE DCC CD TV selection of EXT1 , EXT2 , EXT3 or FRONT. selection of connected peripheral equipment TV operation a M TV volume key sound temporarily switched off a c picture format bilingual choice continuous subtitles E e c teletext on/off direct txt page or subject selection txt index page[...]

English 3 Pr eparation Place the TV on a solid surface. For ventilation, leave a space of at least 5 cm free all around the set. To prevent any fault and unsafe situations, please do not place any objects on top of the set. Insert the aerial plug tightly into the aerial socket g at the back of the TV with an aerial cable of good quality. 4 Check if[...]

Remote contr ol Remove the cover of the battery compartment on the back of the remote control. Insert the 2 batteries supplied (Type R03G-1,5V). Click the cover back into place. The Philips batteries supplied do not contain the heavy metals mercury and cadmium. Nevertheless in many countries exhausted batteries may not be disposed of with your hous[...]

English 5 You can now choose which language the menus are presented in. When you switch on your set for the first time , the MENU LANGUAGE automatically appears on the screen. See the explanation on your screen. Alternately the explanation automatically appears in the different languages. If the MENU LANGUAGE menu does NOT automatically appear on t[...]

6 Stor e TV channels This can be done in two different ways : automatically or manually. Automatic installation ........................ All TV channels are searched for and stored automatically. If connected to a cable system or a TV channel which transmits the correct information a programme number and a name is attributed automatically as well a[...]

English 7 Manual installation 4 Select Manual Installation with the keys V or W and press OK . 5 The MANUAL INSTALLATION menu appears. In the left upper corner of the screen a programme number, a system, a frequency or possibly a channel number are displayed. 5 Selection Mode is only present and lights up if the country you selected in the COUNTRY [...]

Direct selection of a TV channel If you know the frequency, or the C- or S-channel number, it can be entered directly with the digit keys on the remote control and in this way call up the TV channel. Ask for a list from your cable company or dealer, alternatively consult the Table of frequencies on the inside backcover of this handbook. 4 Select Se[...]

English 9 It is possible to change the name stored in the memory or to assign a name to a TV channel which has not yet been entered. A name with a maximum of 5 letters or numbers can be given to the programme numbers 0 to 99. For example SUPER, BBC1,... Between 99 and 0, you can also name any peripherals that are connected. 4 Select Give Name with [...]

10 Select F a v ourite TV channels During the installation all the stored TV channels have automatically been placed into the favourite list. This will make selection of only your favourite TV channels a lot easier and faster. In the Favourite Programmes menu you can indicate for each TV channel if you want to keep that TV channel as a favourite. Y[...]

English 11 The following items deal with the installation of the Dolby Surround Sound possibilities. 4 Select with the keys V or W the desired menu possibility. 4 Select with the keys C or B the desired menu adjustment. TV CONFIG. Audio Output Ext2 Output CD-i/Photo CD Surround Mode Centre Mode Ext. Amplifier Information Line TV CONFIG. Audio Outpu[...]

12 Define Decoder/Descrambler pr o g. numbers If you have connected a decoder or a descrambler, see p. 38, you can define one or more programme numbers as decoder programme numbers. 4 Select Decoder/Descrambler with the keys V or W and press OK . 5 The DECODER/DESCRAMBLER menu appears. 4 Select Programme with the keys V or W . 5 Programme lights up[...]

English 13 Operation VCR 1 VCR 2 SAT AMP TUNER TAPE DCC CD TV TV M a 0 a K L K L B MENU 1 23 456 789 0 E e a c c B B B B OK 2 J To be operational with the remote control your TV should be in the TV operation position. If this is not the case, first press the TV key left of the display. The letters TV in the display of the remote control appear in a[...]

14 Main Menu SMART CONTROLS PICTURE SOUND Select the pictur e settings During manufacture four types of picture setting have been pre-defined. You can choose between these four different settings with the PICTURE key of the smart controls on the door of the remote control. 4 Press the Smart Controls' key PICTURE repeatedly to select : Soft , N[...]

English 15 If you want to store the modified adjustments for Contrast, Brightness, Colour, Tint and Dynamic Contrast for all TV channels. 4 Press MENU . 5 The MAIN MENU reappears. 4 Select FEATURES with the keys V or W and press OK . 5 The FEATURES menu appears. 4 Select General PP store with the keys V or W and press OK . 5 The message Stored appe[...]

16 Select the sound settings During manufacture 6 types of sound style have been pre-defined. You can choose between these six different styles with the SOUND key of the smart controls on the door of the remote control. 4 Press the Smart Controls' key SOUND repeatedly to select : In concert , Classic , Jazz, Pop, Stadium or Personal . 5 The so[...]

English 17 Select the sound mode Depending on the sound the TV channel transmits and if your set is equipped with Nicam, your TV will choose between stereo or digital sound unless you make a sound choice. In case of weak stereo or digital sound signals, due to the transmission, select analogue (digital sound available) or mono. 4 Select Sound Mode [...]

18 Dolby* Pro Logic Install 4 Select Dolby Pro Logic Install with the keys W or V and press OK . 5 The DOLBY PRO LOGIC INSTALL menu appears and Test lights up. Most programmes will sound good with the volume balance between the centre, left and right and rear loudspeakers in an equally loud position. Which loudspeakers are active depends on the sel[...]

English 19 Adjust the basic pictur e and sound settings with the Local Menu k e y Should your remote control be lost or broken you can still change some of the basic picture and sound settings. 4 Press the LOCAL MENU key behind the door at the front of the TV. 5 The adjustment Volume , including a bar, appears on the screen. 4 Press the key V - or [...]

20 F eatur es 4 Select FEATURES in the MAIN MENU with the keys W or V and press OK . 5 The FEATURES menu appears. 4 Use the keys W and V to make your selection in the FEATURES menu. 5 Your selection lights up. Sleeptimer With the aid of the sleeptimer you can set a time period after which the TV should switch itself off to standby. 4 Hold the B key[...]

English 21 Message With this function you can enter a personal message which will be displayed automatically when the set is switched on from standby. E.g. I'll be late this evening. Don't wait for dinner . 4 Select Message with the keys W or V . 4 Press OK . 5 The MESSAGE menu appears and consists of a message part and a selection menu. [...]

22 Timers With the Timers menu you can make your TV automatically switch to a specific programme number from standby or switch over to a different programme number at a specific time. 4 Select Timers with the keys W or V in the FEATURES menu and press OK . 5 The TIMERS menu appears and Actual Time lights up. Actual time If you filled in an incorrec[...]

English 23 Select Pr o gramme list 4 Select PROGRAMMES with the keys W or V in the MAIN MENU and press OK . 5 A page with an overview of stored TV channels, together with the names you entered for the connected peripheral equipment appears. Programme numbers from the favourite list are displayed in white characters. Programme numbers which are not [...]

24 g b j f h m VCR 1 VCR 2 SAT AMP TUNER TAPE DCC CD TV TV M a 0 a K L K L B MENU 1 23 456 789 0 a c B B B B OK E e c E 2 J Pictur e format 4 Press E repeatedly to select a picture format : • a conventional 4:3 picture format • an expanded 14:9 picture format • a full expanded 16:9 picture format • a super wide picture format • a wide scr[...]

English 25 Super Wide Wide Screen 4:3 transmission 16:9 transmission (letterbox) Selected Picture format Making subtitles visible When you are in Movie Expand 14:9 or 16:9 picture format you can manipulate your picture with the keys V or W . 4 Press the key V to scroll up the picture to make subtitles visible. 4 Press the key W to scroll down the p[...]

26 g b f h j m B F G L N P j K L K L A VCR 1 VCR 2 SAT AMP TUNER TAPE DCC CD TV TV M a 0 a K L K L B MENU 1 23 456 789 0 a c B B B B OK E e c J e J 2 2 Bilingual br oadcast 4 Press the key e repeatedly to select language f or g when the TV channel broadcasts in 2 languages, dubbed or original language (e.g. Eurosport) or to select analogue or digit[...]

English 27 P ermanent Pr ogramme Number 4 Press J for a long time. 5 The permanent programme number remains in the upper right corner of the screen when it was off, or disappears when it was on. Clock 4 Open the door of the remote control. 4 Press m . 5 The time, downloaded from the TV channel (with teletext) stored on programme number 1 or under t[...]

28 DNR With DNR you can reduce the image noise and so improve picture quality when receiving weak signals. 4 Open the door of the remote control. 4 Press H repeatedly to select DNR Min , DNR Med , DNR Max or DNR Off . DNR Med offers you optimum picture quality and is the usual setting for normal strength signals . DNR Max should only be used for po[...]

English 29 Mosaic scr een (for TV sets with the Picture in Picture option) 4 Open the door of the remote control. 4 Press u . 5 A menu line MOSAIC appears on the bottom of the screen. It contains three functions : Scan , Photo Fin. , Strobe . 4 Select with the keys C or B the function you want to activate and press OK . Scan 5 A scan of the stored [...]

30 Pip - Pictur e in Pictur e a 0 L L 1 23 456 789 0 a c B H F M g b j f h E e c 2 J m t P p K L s r q p A K L N B F G L u Switch pip on and off 4 Open the door of the remote control. 4 Press p . 5 The pip screen appears and the picture is the same as in the main screen. 5 The name of the pip programme appears briefly on the main screen. 4 Press p [...]

English 31 Switch scr eens 4 Press r . 5 The main screen and the pip screen exchange places. If the TV channel is only in the pip screen and not in the main screen, then use - P + of the pip keys in order to change your TV channel in the pip screen. Select Still Pictur e 4 Press s . 5 The picture in the pip screen stands still. Even when pip is not[...]

32 T eletext About the Easy T ext system The Easy Text system makes use of a memory with a high level of intelligence. By making maximum use of this intelligence it is possible that in most cases the selected page appears on the screen almost immediately. The only condition is that the teletext broadcast of the particular TV channel is switched on [...]

English 33 Quickly run thr ough the teletext pa ges 4 Press W to run through the previous pages. 4 Press V to run through the following pages. Select the pr e viously selected teletext pa ge 4 Press the 2 key. 5 The previously selected teletext page is displayed. Select subpag es When a selected teletext page consists of different subpages, one of [...]

34 Select Continuous Subtitles TV channels which broadcast teletext often transmit certain programmes with subtitling. Sometimes more than one subtitle page is available. For each TV channel you can store a subtitle page which will be displayed continuously if the programme being broadcast is transmitted with subtitles. 4 Press a in order to switch[...]

English 35 There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to your TV. The following connection diagrams show you where the different equipment should be connected at the back or the front side of the TV. TV and video r ecorder 4 Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown opposite. Better picture quality can be obtained if [...]

36 TV and a CD-i/Photo CD 4 Connect eurocable 1 as shown opposite. 4 Press MENU on the remote control. 5 The MAIN MENU appears on the screen. 4 Keep the key W pressed and select INSTALLATION . 5 INSTALLATION lights up. 4 Press OK . 5 The INSTALLATION menu appears. 4 Select TV-Configuration with the keys W or V and press OK . 5 The TV-CONFIG. menu a[...]

English 37 n Headphone 4 Insert the plug into the headphone socket n at the front of the TV. 4 Press c on the remote control to switch off the internal loudspeakers of your TV. The headphone socket has an impedance of between 8 and 4000 Ohm and is of the 3.5 mm jack type. In the SOUND menu select Headphone to adjust the headphone volume and balance[...]

38 Decoder Cable TV offers you a wide choice of programmes. Most of them are free, others are to be paid for by the viewer. This means that you will need to subscribe to the broadcasting organisation whose programmes you wish to receive. This organisation will supply you a corresponding decoder unit to allow the programmes to be unscrambled. For fu[...]

English 39 Repr oduce Picture and Sound of connected peripheral equipment 1 23 c E B B B B OK a 0 K L K L B MENU VCR 1 VCR 2 SAT AMP TUNER TAPE DCC CD TV M a TV Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the remote control of your TV. Press M on the remote control repeatedly until the arrow in the display [...]

40 Record with a video r ecorder If you have connected a S-VHS video recorder you can only record S-VHS- quality from a S-VHS peripheral connected to the front side of the TV or from a S-VHS peripheral connected immediately to the S-VHS video recorder. (E.g. from a S-VHS camcorder). In this case go on as follows : 4 Press MENU . 4 Select TV-Configu[...]

English 41 Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the remote control of the TV. 4 Press repeatedly on the M key of the remote control until the designation VCR1 or VCR2 is indicated by the arrow and according to which connected video recorder you want to operate. 4 Press one of the video recorder keys [...]

42 Tips Care of the screen Clean the TV with a slightly damp soft cloth. Do not use abrasive solvent as it can damage the TV screen coating layer. Poor Picture Have you selected the correct TV system ? Is your TV set or house aerial located too close to loudspeakers, non-earthed audio equipment or neon lights, etc. ? Mountains or high buildings can[...]

English 43 Index a analogue, 17 audio equipment, 36 audio output, 10 automatic installation, 6 b balance, 16 bass, 16 bilingual broadcast, 26 brightness, 27 c C-channels, 8 camcorder, 36 CD-i / Photo CD, 36 centre volume, 18 child lock, 20 clock, 27 colour, 14 colour keys, 32 contrast, 14 country, 5 d decoder/descrambler, 12 digital, 17 digital opt[...]