Philips 42PFL9603D_10 - Manuals

ENGLISH 2.2 Product highlights Your new TV is equipped with some of the mostmodern audio or video innovations.Your TV offer s the following advantages ... Full High Definition LCD display A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highestresolution of HD sources. It offer s a brilliant flicker-free pro...

6 Your TV 3.2 Wall mounting - VESA ) Caution Consider the TV’s weight when you wall mount it.Improper mounting can result in severe injur y ordamage. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. bears no responsibility for improper mounting ormounting that results in accident or injury . Your TV is prepared...

3.3 Remote control batteries ‡ Open the batter y cover on the back of theremote control. ® Inser t the 3 batteries supplied (Type AAA-LR03-1,5V). Make sure the + and - ends of the batteries line up correctly (inside of case ismar ked.) Ò Close the cover. r Note Remove the batteries if not using the ...

4 Use your TV Learn how to operate your TV for daily use. 4.1 Turn on or off - Standby r Note The TV may take up to 15 seconds to turn on. To turn on the TV:• Press B Power at the right of the TV if the standby indicator is off. • Press B on the remote control if the standby indicator is on.The Ligh...

9 ENGLISH 4.2 Watch TV 4.2.1 Switch channels ‡ To switch TV channels:• Press a number (1 to 999) or press P+ or P- on your remote control. • Press Program/Channel - or + on the side controls of the TV. ® Press R to return to the previously viewed TV channel or connected device. 4.2.2 Adjust volume ‡...

4.5 Watch a DVD ‡ Switch on your DVD player. ® Inser t a DVD disc in your player.The DVD picture automatically appear s on thescreen. Ò Press Play π on the DVD player. If the picture does not appear : ‡ Press the Source v key. ® Press o or œ to select where you connected your DVD player. Ò Press OK ...

11 ENGLISH Use your TV 4.7 Change Ambilight mode You can adjust the speed at which Ambilightresponds to the on-screen images. Adjust the Ambilight mode: ‡ Press Ambilight to switch on. ® Press Mode to adjust Ambilight between a relaxed and a dynamic setting. The Mode settings are only available if A...

5 Use more of your TV This section helps you perform advanced TVoperations including how to:• use the menus • adjust picture, sound and Ambilight settings • make use of Teletext • create favourite channel lists • make advantage of Electronic Programme Guide • set locks and timer s • set subtitles an...

13 ENGLISH Use more of your TV 13 Number keys To select a TV channel. 14 Clock To display the time on screen. 15 Ambilight To switch Ambilight on or off. 16 Mode To adjust the dynamic effect of Ambilight 17 Previous channel R To return to the previously viewed channel 18 +P- Channel up or down To sw...

• Digital or Satellite receiver No change of functions. • Home Theatre SystemMenu key = HTS Disc menu V key = HTS volume P+/- = HTS Next/Previous 5.1.6 Remote control setup codes See the end of this manual. 5.2 LightGuide brightness The LightGuide at the front of the TV indicates thestar t up of the...

- to use the connection assistant which will help you to connect your devices to the TV. 5.3.2 Use of the menu Learn to use the menus with this example. ‡ Press Menu Ï . The TV menu appear s on the screen. ® Press o or œ to select Picture . Ò Press π to enter the picture settings. † Press œ to selec...

5.4.3 Picture settings This section describes how to adjust all picturesettings individually. ‡ Press Menu Ï . ® Select Picture and press π to enter the list. Ò Press o or œ to select a setting. • Contrast Changes the level of bright par ts in the picturebut keeps the dar k par ts unchanged. • Brigh...

5.6 Teletext Your TV has a 1200 pages memor y that storesbroadcasted teletext pages and subpages to reducewaiting time. To select a teletext page see section 4.6 Select a Teletext page . 5.6.1 Select a teletext language Some digital TV broadcaster s offer the possibility toselect your preferred tele...

• Language Some languages use a different set of character s.Switch to the other group to show the textcorrectly. ‡ Press Teletext . ® Press Menu Ï . Ò Press o or œ to select an option. † Press OK to change a setting. º Press Menu Ï to quit the teletext menu. ◊ Press Teletext to switch off teletext....

5.7.3 Select a channel from a favourite list ‡ Press OK . The last selected channel list appear s. ® Use o or œ to highlight a channel. Ò Press OK . The TV tunes to that channel. à Tip • Use -P+ to go through the TV channels of the selected favourite list. • With the number keys you can still select...

® Use the colour keys to activate the availableactions at the bottom of the screen. • Next : to show information about the next programme. • Remind : to mar k or unmar k a programme as a reminder. • Watch : to watch or listen to a current programme. • Jump to.. .: to jump to the next or previous day...

Use more of your TV 5.9 Timers and locks This section describes how to switch the TV on oroff at a specified time and to lock or unlock the TV. 5.9.1 Automatically switch to standby Sleeptimer switches the TV to standby after a time. ‡ Press Menu Ï on the remote control and select Features > Slee...

Set an age rating to a digital programme Some digital broadcaster s have their programmesrated (depending on your countr y). When therating is higher than your child’s age, theprogramme will be locked. ‡ Select Custom lock . ® Press π to enter. Ò Press o or œ to select Parental rating . † Press π . ...

Use more of your TV 5.11.3 Watch your pictures, start a slideshow and play music Look up your pictures in the Picture album of yourUSB device. ‡ Select the Picture folder for the picture files youhave stored on your USB device. ® Press π to enter the Picture folder. Ò Press o or œ to select a pictur...

Watch a slideshow with background music Watch a slideshow of your stored picturesaccompanied with your stored background music. ‡ Select an album of songs fir st and press OK . ® Highlight the Picture folder and select an albumof pictures and press OK . 5.11.4 Watch photos or listen to music from yo...

Use more of your TV 5.13 Software update Philips continually tries to improve its products. Tobenefit, update the TV software regular ly. To updateyour TV software you need a USB Memor y device(not supplied). Verify that your USB memor y device has at least128Mb free space. Make sure the write prote...

Use more of your TV † The update process star ts automatically. Please wait. The update is finished when the message‘ Operation successful ’ appears on the screen. º Remove the USB memor y device from the TV. ◊ Press B on the remote control. Do not press more than once and do not usethe Power B swit...

Channel installation 6 Channel installation The fir st time you turned on your TV • you have selected the language of the TV menus and the countr y where you are located • all the available TV Channels have been installed.This chapter provides instr uctions on how toreinstall channels as well as oth...

Channel installation 6.2 Analogue: Manual installation You can tune-in analogue TV channels channel bychannel manually with Manual installation. 6.2.1 Select the system ‡ Press Menu Ï and select Setup > Installation > Channel installation > Analogue: Manual installation . ® Press π to enter...

Ò Press o or œ in the channel list to select the channel you want to uninstall or reinstall. † Press the green key to uninstall or reinstall thechannel. º Press Menu Ï to quit the menu. 6.3.3 Reorder the channels Change the order of the stored channels. ‡ Press Menu Ï and select Setup > Installat...

Connections 34 7 Connections 7.1 Connection overview Side connectors 1 Headphones Stereo Mini jack 2 Audio L/R Audio L/R input to be used together with Videoor S-Video on the side of the TV. 3 Video Video input to be used together with the Audio L/R on the side of the TV. 4 S-Video S-Video input to ...

7.2 About connections 7.2.1 What you need to know Connect your device with the highest possiblequality connection.Look for the highest quality connection on yourdevice. Use that connection to your TV. HDMI - Highest quality ★★★★★ An HDMI connection has the best picture andsound quality. One cable co...

Connections Video - Basic quality ★ Use a Video (cinch) cable together with an AudioL/R (cinch) cable. Match the cable colour s whenyou connect. Combined Video - yellow and Audio L/R cable - red and white 7.2.2 HDMI with EasyLink Connected devices that are compliant with theHDMI CEC standard can wor...

7.4.1 DVD player Use a scar t cable to connect the device to the EXT1 input at the back of the TV. 7.4.2 DVD Recorder or Digital Receiver Use a scar t cable and 2 antenna cables. 7.4.3 DVD Recorder and Digital Receiver Use 3 scar t cables and 3 antenna cables. Connections 37 ENGLISH EXT 3 VGA SERVIC...

Connections 7.4.7 HD Digital receiver / HD satellitereceiver Use an HDMI cable and 2 antenna cables. 7.4.8 DVD-R, Home Theatre System andDigital receiver Use 3 scar t cables, 3 antenna cables and 1 audio(cinch) cable. 7.4.9 Blu-ray Disc player Use an HDMI cable. 39 ENGLISH L R HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 A...

Connections 7.4.10 Game console The most practical connections for a game consoleare at the side of the TV. Connected at the side of the TV Use the HDMI connection or the S-Video andAudio L/R connections or the Video and Audio L/Rconnections. Connected at the back of the TV Use an HDMI connection or...

Connections 7.4.12 Personal Computer You can connect your PC directly to the TV.The TV wor ks as a monitor of your PC .For more features you can connect your PC in aPC networ k. See section 7.7 PC network . As a monitor the PC can be connected at the sidewith a DVI to HDMI adaptor or with a PC to TV...

Connections 7.5 Connection setup The TV needs to know what connections you havemade and which device is connected to whichconnector.If you have used the Connection assistant theconnection setup is already done. 7.5.1 Naming your devices Name the connected devices for easy selection andbest signal ha...

Connections 7.6 Preparing for digital services Scrambled digital TV channels can be decoded witha Conditional Access Module (C AM) and a Smar tcard provided by a digital TV ser vice operator. TheC AM may enable several ser vices depending on theoperator you choose (e.g. Pay TV).Contact your digital ...

Connections 7.7 PC network You can link up your TV on a PC networ k in yourhome. Watch your photos and listen to your musicfrom any linked PC on the TV. The PC networ kfeature of this TV is DLNA cer tified.You can use Microsoft Windows XP or Vista, IntelMac OSX or Linux.An example of a home PC netwo...

Connections 45 ENGLISH 7.7.4 Media server settings Media ser ver s need to be set for sharing their filesand folder s. Follow the instr uctions closely to setyour specific ser ver. Windows Media Player v11on Windows Vista Set for network sharing In Windows Media Player select Library from the menu a...

With Advanced Options open, you can add specific folder s to the list to share. Click Add . In the Add Folder window select a folder with music, photos or videos you want to share withother devices (your TV). Click OK . In the Add To Library window the newly added folder is shown. You can add more f...

50 Technical data 8 Technical data Picture / Display • Display type: LCD Full HD W-UXGA• Panel resolution: 1920x1080p• Perfect Pixel HD picture enhancement• 1080p 24/25/30/50/60Hz processing• 100 Hz Clear LCD (if present) Supported display resolutions • Computer formats Resolution Refresh rate 640 x...

Technical data 51 ENGLISH Power • Mains power : AC 220-240V (±10%)• Power and standby power consumption: See technical specification on www.philips.com • Ambient temperature: 5°C - 35°C Specifications are subject to change without notice.For more specification details of this product seewww.philips....

52 Troubleshooting 9 Troubleshooting Television and remote control The TV does not switch on • Verify the mains cord connection.• Verify if the batteries of the remote control are not empty or weak. Verify their + / - orientation.You can use the keys on the TV to switch the TV on. • Unplug the mains...

Troubleshooting 53 ENGLISH • Verify the sound has not been muted with the ¬ key. • Verify if all cables are connected properly.• If no sound signal is detected, the TV automatically switches off the sound.This is proper operation and is not a malfunction. The sound is poor • Verify if the sound is s...

Index 55 ENGLISH Language subtitle 25 LightGuide 15Light sensor 17Location 47Locks 24LoungeLight 11 Menu key 13Mono 19Movie expand 18MPEG ar tefact reduction 17Music 25Mute key 12 Naming devices 42Networ k setup 44Noise reduction 17 OK key 12On timer 24 Perfect Pixel HD 17Per sonal Computer connect ...

Information about how tore-tune your TV during the digital TV switchover. Keep this user manual safe- you'll need it. ......................................... Television in the UK is going digital, bringing us allmore choice and new ser vices. Star ting in late 2007and ending in 2012, television se...

57 ENGLISH When does switchover happen? * Calls charged at BT rate of 3p pr minute daytime and 1p per minute evenings and weekends. Rates may var y for calls from non-BT lines. Visit us at digitaluk.co.ukCall us on 0845 6 50 50 50* * Copeland switches on October 17, 2007 The exact date you switchdep...

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