Philips 32PT543S/17 manual

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2 Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’[...]

3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before 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 instructions[...]

4 C ONTENTS Introduction W elcome/Registration of Y our TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 T able of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Getting Started Basic T elevision Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

5 VOL 1 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 VOL- UME – button to lower the sound level. 3 Press the CHANNEL UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ button to select TV chan- nels. 4 Point the remote control toward the [...]

6 D ESCRIPTION OF R EMOTE C ONTROL B UTTONS VOL QUADRA SURF Buttons (Red, Green, Y ellow , Blue) Allows you to store and surf up to 10 channels you choose for each colored button. A V Button - Press to select an accessory signal input from the front A V Inputs. SMILEY Button - Press to add channels in the “Quadra Surf” lists. W orks with all co[...]

7 ANT 75‰ L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO AV1 in Y Pb Pr A V2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT 1 Y our Cable TV input into your home may be a single (75 ohm) cable. If so, this con- nection is very simple. Follow the steps below to connect your cable signal to your new tele- vision. Direct Cable Connections: 1 Connect the open end of the round C[...]

8 CABLE IN TO TV VIDEO OUT LR AUDIO OUT 3 4 OUTPUT CH TO TV CABLE IN 4 2 3 ANT 75‰ L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO A V1 in Y Pb Pr AV2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT 24 L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO A V1 in Y Pb Pr A V2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT ANT 75‰ L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO AV1 in Y Pb Pr A V2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO[...]

9 L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO A V1 in Y Pb Pr A V2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT 24 SVHS CVI AV1 AUDIO OUT R L S-VIDEO OUT ANT/CABLE OUT VIDEO OUT 3 AUDIO OUT R L S-VIDEO OUT ANT/CABLE OUT VIDEO OUT 3 4 5 7 1 AV2 2 4 2 1 5 7 VOL 6 T he TV’ s audio/video input jacks ar e for dir ect picture and sound connections between the TV and a VCR (o[...]

10 AV2 CVI AV1 24 Front L/Mono Monitor out VIDEO S-VIDEO A V1 in Y Pb Pr A V2 in AUDIO R COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT AUDIO OUT L R S-VIDEO OUT ANT/CABLE OUT VIDEO OUT SVHS 1 2 1 2 3 5 VOL 4 T he S(uper)-V ideo connection on the r ear of the TV can pr ovide you with better pic- tur e detail and clarity for the playback of accessory sour ces such as DBS (d[...]

11 C omponent V ideo inputs pr ovide for the highest possible color and pictur e resolu- tion in the playback of digital signal sour ce material, such as with DVD players. The color differ ence signals (Pb, Pr) and the lumi- nance (Y) signal ar e connected and received separately , which allows for impr oved color bandwidth information (not possibl[...]

12 T he Monitor (Audio/V ideo) out jacks ar e gr eat for recor ding with a VCR or used to connect an external audio system for better sound r eproduction. For Audio System 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 amplifier or sound system. Set the audio syst[...]

13 A udio and V ideo Side Inputs ar e available for a quick connection of a VCR, to play- back video fr om a camera or attach a gaming device. Use the A V button on the r emote con- tr 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 (yel- low) Input located on the [...]

14 F or our Spanish speaking TV owners an on- scr een LANGUAGE option is present. W ith the LANGUAGE contr ol you can set the TV’ s on-scr een menu to be shown in either English or Spanish. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ buttons to scroll through the on- screen menu until th[...]

15 T he TUNER MODE contr ol allows you to change the TV’ s signal input to either ANTENNA, CABLE or AUT O mode. It’ s important for the TV to know what type of signal to look for . (Fr om a Cable TV signal or a normal Antenna signal.) In the AUTO mode, when the AUT O PROGRAM feature is activated, the TV will automatically choose the corr ect mo[...]

16 Y our TV can automatically set itself for local ar ea (or Cable TV) channels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV stations in your ar ea when the CHANNEL (+), (–) buttons ar e pressed. Note: Make sur e the antenna or cable signal connection has been completed befor e AUTO PROGRAM is activated. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote[...]

17 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 to show the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ buttons to scroll through the on- screen menu until the word INST ALL is highlighted. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT  but- to[...]

18 T o adjust your TV pictur e contr ols, select a channel and follow the steps shown below: 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to display the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ buttons until the word PICTURE is highlighted. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT  but- ton to display the PICTURE menu features. 4 Press CURSOR UP ▲ or DO[...]

19 B esides the normal volume level contr ol, your TV also has T r eble Boost, Bass Boost, Balance, A VL (automatic volume level- er), and Sound (Ster eo/Mono) controls. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to display the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP ▲ or CUR- SOR DOWN ▼ button until the word SOUND is highlighted. 3 Press the CURSOR R[...]

20 M any times while watching movies fr om a DVD player the image is shown in “let- ter box” format. 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 bottom of the scr een. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to display the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN ?[...]

21 T he AutoLock™ featur e is an integrat- ed cir cuit that receives and pr ocesses data sent by br oadcasters, or other pro- gram pr oviders, that contain program con- tent advisories. When pr ogrammed by the viewer , a TV with AutoLock™ can respond to the content advisories and block pr o- gram content that may be found objection- able (such [...]

22 O ver the next few pages you’ll learn how to block channels and get a better under- standing of the rating terms for certain pr o- gramming. First, let’ s start by learning how to set a per- sonal access code: 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to display the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ button until the word FEA [...]

23 A fter your personal access code has been set (see pr evious page), you are now r eady to select the channels you want to block out or censor . 1 Press the NUMBERED (or CH +, –) buttons to tune the channel you wish to block or censor . 2 Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on-screen menu. 3 Press the CURSOR UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ butto[...]

24 A fter blocking specific channels ther e may come a time when you want to clear all the channels so they can be viewed. The fol- lowing steps explain how to CLEAR ALL blocked channels. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ button until the word FEA TURES is highlighted. 3 Press th[...]

25 T her e may come a time when you want to Block All the television’ s channels. Maybe you don’ t want your childr en to watch TV for a given time. W ith the Block All contr ol, ALL available channels (including the A/V Inputs) can be set to block at the same time. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on-screen menu. 2 Press the C[...]

26 T her e are two types of pr ogram ratings within the AutoLock™ featur e. One is based on the Movie Industry ratings while the other is based on the TV Industry ratings. Both can be used to block or censor pr ogramming that has been rated in either manner . Let’ s first look at the Movie Rating options of AutoLock™: 1 Press the MENU button [...]

27 T his portion of the AutoLock™ featur es cover pr ogram ratings based on the TV Industry rating system. This is known as TV Ratings within AutoLock™. After selecting the Autolock™ featur e and entering your personal access code, the AutoLock™ options scr een appears; 1 Scroll the menu using the CURSOR UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ buttons until the[...]

28 A utoLock™ offers the viewer other block- ing featur es as well. W ith these Blocking Options, the censoring can be turned ON or OFF . 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR UP ▲ or DOWN ▼ button until the word FEA TURES is highlighted. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT  but- ton to display the FEA T[...]

29 15 Min 30 Min 45 Min 60 Min 90 Min 120 Min 180 Min 45 Sec Good Bye 9 Sec 240 Min VOL 1 2 H ave you ever fallen asleep in fr ont of the TV only to have it wake you up at two in the morning with a test pattern scr eeching in your ears? W ell, your TV can save you all that tr ouble by automatically turning itself off. 1 Press the SLEEP button on th[...]

30 C losed Captioning (CC) allows you to r ead the voice content of television pro- grams on the TV scr een. Designed to help the hearing impair ed, this feature uses on-scr een “text boxes” to show dialogue and conversa- tions while the TV pr ogram is in pr ogr ess. 1 Press the CC button on the remote to display the current Closed Caption set-[...]

31 W hether you’r e watching a movie or a sporting event, your TV has automatic video contr ol settings matched for your cur- r ent program sour ce or content. The AutoPictur e™ feature quickly r esets your TV’ s video controls for a number of differ ent types of pr ograms and viewing conditions you may have in your home. Each AutoPictur e™[...]

32 T he AutoSound™ featur e allows the listen- er to select between four differ ent factory set sound options. Personal (which can be set by the user), Theatr e (for movie viewing), Music (for musical type pr ogramming) and V oice (when the pr ogram is mainly dialogue). These setting affect the Sound menu’ s Bass, Tr eble, A VL, and Incr edible[...]

33 A “list” or series of pr eviously viewed channels can be selected with the QuadraSurf™ (color ed) buttons on your r emote control. W ith this featur e you can easi- ly switch between differ ent TV pr ograms that curr ently interest you. The QuadraSurf™ con- tr ol allows you set up four different personal Surf lists using the color ed but[...]

34 T he QuadraSurf™ buttons on your r emote contr ol allow you to store up to 10 chan- nels per button (40 total). This is a gr eat fea- tur e if you want to store all your favorite Sports channels, Movie channels, or News channels in one surf list. Family members can have ther e own favorite list of channels. Y ou can even pr ogram the external [...]

35 T ROUBLESHOOTING C ARE AND C LEANING WARNING Concerning Stationary Images on the TV Screen: Do not leave stationary or letterbox images on screen for extended periods of time. This can cause uneven picture-tube aging. Normal use of the TV should involve the showing of pictures that contain constantly moving and changing images that fill the scre[...]

36 Auto Programming • The procedure of adding or deleting channel numbers into the T elevision’ s memory circuits. In this way the T elevision “remembers’ ’ only the locally available or desired channel numbers and skips over any unwanted channel numbers. Coaxial Cable • A single solid antenna wire normally matched with a metal plug (F-[...]

37 I NDEX Alternate Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Antenna TV Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Audio/V ideo Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Audio/V ideo Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

38 F AC T O R Y S ER VICE L OCA TIONS Rev . GG - 1 1/20/2002 NOTE: If you reside in one of our Philips Factory Ser vice Branch areas (see directory on back), you can contact the nearest Ser vice Branch to obtain efficient and expedient repair for your product. If your product is In-Warranty , you should have proof-of-purchase to ensure No Charge Se[...]

39 F AC T O R Y S ER VICE L OCA TIONS Q UALITY SERVICE IS AS CLOSE AS YOUR TELEPHONE ! S IMPL Y LOOK OVER THE LIST BELOW FOR THE NUMBER OF A F ACTORY S ERVICE C ENTER NEAR YOU . Y OUR PRODUCT WILL RECEIVE EFFICIENT AND EXPEDIENT CARRY - IN , MAIL - IN , OR IN - HOME SERVICE , AND YOU WILL RECEIVE PEACE OF MIND , KNOWING YOUR PRODUCT IS BEING GIVEN [...]

40 L IMITED W ARRANTY COLOR TELEVISION 90 Days Free Labor One Year Free Replacement of Parts (Two Years Free Replacement on Color Picture Tube) This product can be repaired in-home. WHO IS COVERED? You must have proof of purchase to receive warranty service. A sales receipt or other document showing that you purchased the product is considered proo[...]