Philips 42PF9641D/10 manual

Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote contr ol RC4401/01 . . . . . 5 Use of the option k ey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ke ys at the right side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introduction: Digital TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

2 EN Safety warnings Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall before all connections are made. • Place or hang the TV wherev er you want, but make sure that air can cir culate freely thr ough the v entilation slots. • Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. • T o preven[...]

Befor e you switch on y our TV , connect all y our peripheral equipment. See T o make video and audio connections, p . 43. There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . See T o mak e audio and video connections, p. 43. EXT1 can handle CVBS, RGB and Audio L/R; EXT2 can handle CVBS, S-VIDEO , RGB, Audio L/R; E[...]

< Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial socket x at the bottom of the TV . Getting started (Continued) EN 4 -T o connect a camera, camcorder or game , see T o make video and audio connections, p. 44. -T o connect a headphone, see T o make video and audio connections, p . 44. -T o connect a USB device, see Multimedia br owser , p. 37. UK [...]

B Standby Press to s witch the TV from or to standby mode. When switched to standby , a red indicator on the TV lights up. TV Press to select TV mode . D VD STB VCR AUX Press one of these k eys to set your r emote control to operate a peripheral device. See Audio and Video equipment k eys, p. 54. DEMO Press to s witch the Demo menu on or off. Colou[...]

+P- Channel selection - to bro wse through the TV channels and sources stored and mark ed in the Fav ourite channels lists; - to select a page in T eletext mode; - to quickly br owse through the lists in the men us; - to switch the TV on from standby mode. 0/9 Digit k eys To select a TV channel between 0 and 999. AV Select your peripherals See Inst[...]

Digital audio languag e: See Adjust sound menu settings, p . 18. Digital subtitle languag e: See Adjust feature menu settings, p. 23. Subtitles: See Adjust feature menu settings, p. 23. Picture f ormat: See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust picture menu settings, p . 17. Equalizer: See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust sound menu settings, p . [...]

Intr oduction: Digital TV EN 8 Note : if the TV has already been installed bef ore and/or you want to change the First time installation settings, proceed with Use of the TV menu settings, p. 13. Switch the TV on < Press the po wer switch B at the side of the TV . > An indicator on the front of the TV lights up and the screen comes on. < I[...]

After the W elcome scr een you ar e asked to select a language of the TV's on-screen men us. The text of the header and the info on screen contin uously change language. Also the digital audio and subtitle language will be set to the selected menu language. 1. Press the cursor up/do wn to highlight your language. 2. Press the OK ke y on the re[...]

By means of sev eral split screens/full scr eens you are prompted to select y our pref erred pictur e , sound and ambilight settings, to finally arrive at a complete setting which satisfies you. 1. Press the gr een colour ke y on your r emote control to enter the Settings assistant men u. 2. Select your Location with the cursor up/do wn. > If yo[...]

A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa yed on y our TV when you use the menus or when y ou tr y to ex ecute an action. Read the help texts which are being displa yed on the specific item highlighted. The colour k eys at the bottom of the screen r efer to the differ ent actions which may be ex ecuted. Press the cor res[...]

Ho w to na vigate through the menus (contin ued) EN 12 4. Use the cursor up/down to select a menu item. - TV settings allows y ou to adjust your pref erred pictur e, sound and ambilight settings - F eatur es allows y ou to control the settings of special TV f eatures - Installation allows y ou - to select your language pr eferences; - to search f o[...]

EN 13 Each time you'v e made a selection, pr ess the green k ey to confirm your selection. 1. Select Settings assistant and pr ess the cursor right. > By means of sev eral split screens/full scr eens you are prompted to select y our pref erred pictur e , sound and ambilight settings to finally arriv e at a complete setting which satisfies y[...]

EN 14 Use of the TV menu settings (continued) < Select Pictur e , Sound or Ambilight and pr ess the cursor right. > A menu appears which allo ws you to fine tune the picture, sound and ambilight settings. > To adjust the Picture settings, see Adjust pictur e menu settings, p . 15. > To adjust the Sound settings, see Adjust sound menu se[...]

Info TV menu TV settings Picture Contrast Brightness Colour Hue Sharpness T int .............. Settings assistant Reset to standard Picture Sound Ambilight The picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. P r ess the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess [...]

EN 16 Adjust picture men u settings (Continued) Custom tint (only when Tint is set to Custom) Fine tunes the white point ( WP ) and black lev el ( BL ) of the picture. 1. Select Custom tint and press the cursor right. 2. Use the cursor k eys to select and adjust the settings of: R-WP : allows y ou to customise the colour tint by adjusting the red w[...]

MPEG artefact reduction MPEG artefact reduction On smoothens the transitions on digital content. < Select On or Off . Colour enhancement Automatically contr ols green enhancement and blue stretch. It makes the colours mor e vivid. < Select Off , Minimum , Medium or Maximum . Active contr ol The TV continuousl y measures and corr ects all inco[...]

Adjust sound menu settings The sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the sound. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote contr ol. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu [...]

Dual I/II Allows y ou to select, per channel, Dual I or II, when dual sound transmission is a vailable . Mono/Stereo Allows y ou to select, per TV channel, Mono or Stereo sound when stereo br oadcasts are a vailable . Surr ound mode Allows y ou to select the modes for more spatial or surr ound sound repr oduction dependent on the broadcasted signal[...]

The ambilight menu contains the settings for contr olling the ambient lighting. Using ambient light gives a more r elaxed viewing experience and impr oves per ceived picture quality . Analysis of the pictur e content adapts the colours continuously . But the lights can also be set to any fix ed colour and many shades of white. 1. Press the MENU/BR [...]

Mode Allows y ou to choose for constant background lighting or f or backgr ound lighting that matches the images display ed on the screen. < Use the cursor k eys to select Colour , Relaxed, Moderate or Dynamic. - Colour : this will show constant light according to the settings in the Colour menu below . It allows manual fine tuning in the next A[...]

Custom colour Allows y ou to customise the ambilight colour . < Select P alette to select the general colour of the light output. < Select Saturation to adjust the colourfulness of the light. Separation Allows y ou to define the stereo effect in case, Relax ed, Moderate or Dynamic has been selected in the Mode menu. < Select Off f or a mon[...]

The Featur es menu allows y ou to control the settings of special TV functions, features and accessory equipments. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote contr ol. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select F eatures and pr ess the cursor right. > The Featur[...]

Sleeptimer This sets a time period after which the TV automatically s witches to standby . 1. Select Sleeptimer . 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Select a value with the cursor up/down. > The list will ha ve values fr om 0 to 180 minutes. When 0 is selected, the sleeptimer is switched off. Childlock With a 4-digit code, you ar e able to lock TV ch[...]

Set code/Change code This allows y ou to set or change the personal 4-digit access code that is used in the differ ent lock functions of the TV . < Select Set or Change code . > If no PIN-code exists yet, the menu item is set to Set code .F ollow the instructions on screen. > If a PIN-code has pre viously been entered, the menu item is set[...]

EN 26 Adjust featur e menu settings (Continued) Common interface This allows y ou to access common interface applications defined by the service provider of the Common Interface (CI) module. The Common Interface (CI) module can contain one or more a pplications, which are used to comm unicate with the CI ser vice pr ovider and pr ovide some additio[...]

Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels EN 27 This menu allows y ou to select your pr eferr ed language for menu, audio and subtitle . Menu languag e This allows y ou to select your menu language out of the list of the a vailable languages. Pref erred audio langua ge (only with Digital TV broadcasting) This allows y ou to select your audio langu[...]

Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (Continued) EN 28 Info TV menu Installation Channels Autom. installation Installation update Digital: test recept.. Analogue: manual.. Rearrange Languages Country T ime zone Channels Preferences Connections Decoder ............. After language and countr y ar e set correctl y , y ou can now search f or and[...]

Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (Continued) EN 29 Info TV menu Installation Channels Autom. installation Installation update Digital: test recept.. Analogue: manual.. Rearrange Languages Country T ime zone Channels Preferences Connections Decoder ............. Analogue: manual installation This gives y ou the possibility to manually inst[...]

This allows y ou to rename, to reshuffle and to uninstall or r einstall the stor ed channels. < Press the cor responding colour k eys and follow the on screen instructions. Reshuffle This allows y ou to change the order of the stored TV channels. 1. Select the channel you want to change place. 2. Press the y ellow colour k ey to mov e up a singl[...]

This menu contains items that can set or adjust various special TV functions and that will typically be accessed only occasionally . Select your location This allows y ou to select the location of your TV . If you choose f or Shop it will result in fix ed settings of picture, sound and ambilight. The location Home will give full flexibility to chan[...]

This allows y ou to select the peripheral equipment you ha ve connected to the audio and video connectors. 1. Select Connections . 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Select the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected. > When you select EXT1 , EXT2 , EXT3 , HDMI 1 , HDMI 2 , VG A , Side , A UDIO IN L/R or DIGIT AL A UDIO IN ,a list appear[...]

Ho w to upgrade the TV softwar e Reset the Factory settings EN 33 This allows y ou to upgrade your TV software using a USB de vice. USB de vice upgrade It is possible to initiate an upgrade procedur e from a USB device befor e you start up the TV . The memor y device must be filled with the appr opriate upgrade image (and structure) which can be fo[...]

Create y our fa vourite list EN 34 This allows y ou to select up to four fa vourite channels lists with y our pr eferr ed TV channels and radio stations. For example, each member of your famil y can create his/her own fa vourite list. In addition to the fa vourite channel lists y ou ma y also select a list with only digital TV channels or a list wi[...]

Create y our fa vourite channels list (Continued) EN 35 The Electronic Pr ogramme Guide shows you detailed information about the curr ent programme and also about the next programme (onl y for TV pr ogrammes that provide EPG information). 1. Press the a key . > The EPG screen a ppears. Dependent on conditions it ma y take some time to acquir e E[...]

2. Press the gr een colour ke y on the remote contr ol to watch/listen to the selected programme cur rently on air . 3. Press the r ed colour ke y to mark/unmark a reminder on the selected programme. Y ou can set up to a maximum of 10 reminders. > The TV will wak e up automatically or displa y a message when the programme is about to start. Foll[...]

The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures, movies or pla y audio files stored on a USB de vice . The Multimedia br owser a pplication is inv oked fr om the main menu. - Following file f ormats can be repr oduced: f or pictures: JPEG f or audio: MP3, MP3 Pro , LPCM f or video: MPEG1, MPEG2 - Only F A T/DOS-formatted memory devices are suppo[...]

Multimedia Bro wser menu 1. Insert a USB device. 2. Select the USB device under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows you to br owse content stored on the inserted USB device. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left panel containing the content types (Music, Pictures, Movies). > The right panel wil[...]

Function k eys at the bottom of the screen Details to displa y a description of the selected file or directory T ransitions to select if you lik e to apply a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa yed in a slide show Rotate to rotate a pictur e Repeat one/all to repeat the pla yback of a music file[...]

Most TV channels broadcast inf ormation via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will stor e most broadcasted pages and subpages to r educe waiting time. After each programme change, the memor y is refr eshed. < Press b to switch the teletext on. > The main index page appears on the scr een. Select a T eletext pa ge < Enter the [...]

Hypertext With h yper text y ou can quickly jump to a pagenumber or search f or a specific word sho wn on the current teletext page. 1. Press the OK ke y to highlight the first wor d or a number on the page. 2. Use the cursor up/down, left/right to select any other wor d or number y ou want to search for . 3. Press the OK ke y to confirm. The sear [...]

Some digital channels offer dedicated digital text services (for example BBCi). 1. Press b to switch Digital text on. 2. T o use the digital text, follow the instructions on scr een. 3. Depending on the ser vice, y ou ma y be asked to use the cursor k eys, the OK ke y, the coloured k eys, the teletext key and sometimes the digit k eys. 4. When you [...]

To make video and audio connections EN 43 Tip : use the inputs that are a vailable on your equipment that pro vide the best video or audio performance, as below . Note :y our TV comes with all types of connectors with the exception of the D VI connector but some of your equipment ma y be equipped with this type . In this case you'll need a D V[...]

Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and A UDIO L 3 for mono equipment. For stereo equipment also connect A UDIO R 3 . S-VHS quality with an S-VHS camcorder is obtained by connecting the S-VHS cables with the S-VIDEO input 1 and A UDIO inputs 3 . Headphone 1. Insert the plug into the hea[...]

Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o o o PC-VGA EXT2 EXT1 o o AUDIO IN L/R Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L[...]

Connect a VCR or D VD r ecorder EN 46 With a eurocab le 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect the eurocable 3 as sho wn. 3. Mak e your selection of the sour ce to which the VCR has been connected in the Installation menu, Select your connections, p. 32. With the aerial cable only 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2.[...]

Connect a satellite receiv er ANTENNA EXT2 EXT1 ANTENNA 75 o EXT2 EXT1 RECORDER CABLE 1 2 RECORDER 3 5 EXT 1/2 4 Connect two VCRs or VCR and D VD r ecorder EN 47 With eurocab les 1. Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown. 2. Connect your VCRs or D VD-recorder to EXT1 and 2 with the eur ocables 4 and 5 . 3. Select the equipment you ha ve connect[...]

Connect a D VD pla y er , HD receiv er or game console EN 48 Note : in case of any pr oblems, see Annex 4: Issues ref erring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector , p. 62. With a HDMI connector HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital video and audio interconnection. 1. Connect your equipment with the HDMI connector . 2. Select the eq[...]

Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT 1 EXT3 : YPbPr EXT3 : AUDIO IN R / L 3 DVD / STB 2 DIGIT AL AUDIO IN Connect a D VD pla y er , a satellite receiv er or HD receiv er EN 49 With Component Video Connectors 1. Connect the three separ[...]

Notes: - only a PC with digital sound can be connected to the HDMI connection; - if your PC does not ha ve digital sound output, connect your PC via a VGA connector; - befor e connecting your PC to the TV , select your PC monitor settings to a r efresh frequency of 60 Hz; - supported PC monitor modes: VG A 640 x 480 SV GA 800 x 600 XGA 1024 x 768 C[...]

Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO OUT 1 Connect a Home Cinema amplifier EN 51 Digital Home Cinema amplifier < Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connector[...]

To r eceive scrambled DTV signals y ou will need a CA (Conditional Access) module and a Smart card pro vided by the ser vice pr ovider . A CA module can enable additional ser vices, for example Pa y TV . Contact your Common Interface service provider to get more inf ormation about these modules. Although CA module types may vary dependent on the ma[...]

Record with y our recorder Select connected equipment EN 53 Befor e operating your connected equipment you ha ve to mak e a selection in the Installation, Select your connections menu, p. 32. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE key . 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. 3. Select Installation . 4. Press the cursor right. 5. Select Connections . 6.[...]

Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the r emote control of y our TV . Press one of the k eys after you pr essed one of the mode ke ys ( DV D , STB , VCR , AUX ) according to the equipment you want to operate with this remote contr ol. See Use of the Remote control, p. 5-6. B to switch to standby ® [...]

55 EN Tr oubleshooting Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy No picture < V erify if the supplied cables are connected properl y . (The aerial cable to the TV , the other aerial to your r ecorder , the power cables, ..) < V erify if you selected the correct sour ce . < V erify if the child lock has been switched off. P oor pictur e < V erify i[...]

EN 56 Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy The remote does < V erify if the remote is set corr ectly for the equipment y our are using. not function < V erify if the batteries are not dead. Replace the batteries. Y ou can still use the keys at the right side of the TV . < Select TV mode on your remote contr ol. < When pressing a k ey and some[...]

EN 57 57 Info TV menu Installation Software upgrade Current softw . info Local upgrades Announcement ............. T ime zone Channels Preferences Connections Decoder Factory settings Software upgrade Annex 1 - Philips TV software upgrade with portable memor y Introduction Philips continuously tries to impr ov e its products and it wants you to pr [...]

EN 58 58 Upgrade the TV software 1. Switch off your TV and remov e all memor y devices. 2. Insert the USB por table memory that contains the downloaded softwar e upgrade . 3. Switch on your TV with the power k ey B at the side of the TV . 4. The upgrade process starts automatically . After a few seconds the status of the upgrade procedur e is displ[...]

EN 59 59 Info TV menu Installation Software upgrade Current softw . info Local upgrades Announcement ............. T ime zone Channels Preferences Connections Decoder Factory settings Software upgrade Annex 1 (Continued) Local software upgrade pr ocedure New softwar e , or the currentl y installed software version, can also be obtained from the www[...]

Annex 2 - Philips TV -Slidesho w Format with backgr ound music 60 EN Notes : - the latest version of this document can be f ound on the Philips suppor t w ebsite (www .philips.com/suppor t). Use the type number of y our TV to find this documentation and other related files. - Philips can’ t be held responsible for an y problems that ma y occur as[...]

Annex 2 (Continued) 61 EN Supported XML-tags The following table giv es a description of the XML syntax. Ta g Name philips-slideshow title audio slide-duration slides slide Use mandator y optional optional optional mandator y optional Description Philips slideshow signatur e including the version. The title of the pla ylist. The audio-URL following[...]

Annex 3 - Philips TV - Digital camera and USB issues 62 EN Notes : - the latest version of this document can be f ound on the Philips suppor t w ebsite (www .philips.com/suppor t); - the software of y our TV is upgradeable. If you ha ve pr oblems first check if you ha ve the latest software installed on y our TV . The latest software, together with[...]

63 EN Annex 4 - Issues r eferring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector The HDMI IN connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor display modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p 720x576p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC VG A 640x480 SV GA 800x600 X[...]

active contr ol ........................... 17 ambilight .................................... 20 analogue: manual installation . 29 antenna ......................................... 4 audio receiv er .......................... 51 audio equipment k eys ............. 54 auto format ............................... 17 automatic installation............[...]

65 EN R The packaging of this product is intended to be recycled. Apply to the local authorities for corr ect disposal. Disposal of your old pr oduct Y our product is designed and manufactur ed with highly quality material and components, which can be recycled and r eused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product, it means [...]