Philips 55PFT6309/12 - User Manual

2 Setting up 2.1 Read safety Read the safety instructions first before you use the TV. In Help, go to Safety and care > Safety . 2.2 TV stand and wall mounting TV stand You can find the instructions for mounting the TV stand in theQuick Start Guide that came with the TV. In case you lost thisguid...

2.5 Antenna cable Insert the antenna plug firmly into the ANTENNA socket at the back of the TV. You can connect your own antenna or an antenna signal froman antenna distribution system. Use an IEC Coax 75 Ohm RFantenna connector. Use this antenna connection for DVB-T and DVB-C inputsignals. 8

3 Network 3.1 Wireless network What you need To connect the TV wirelessly to the Internet, you need awireless router. Use a high-speed (broadband) connection tothe Internet.. Network devices The TV can connect to other devices in your wireless network,like your computer or smartphone. You can use a ...

Network problems Wireless network not found or distorted • Microwave ovens, DECT phones or other Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/ndevices in your proximity might disturb the wireless network.• Make sure that the firewalls in your network allow access tothe TV's wireless connection.• If the wireless network does not...

4 Connections 4.1 Tips on connections Connectivity guide Always connect a device to the TV with the highest qualityconnection available. Also, use good quality cables to ensure agood transfer of picture and sound. If you need help to connect several devices to the TV, you canvisit the Philips TV con...

You can set the type of the audio out signal to fit the audiocapabilities of your Home Theatre System.For more information, press  Keywords and look up Audio Out settings . If the sound does not match the video on screen, you can adjustthe audio to video synchronisation.For more information, press ...

Auto subtitle shift If you play a DVD or Blu-ray Disc on a Philips disc player thatsupports subtitles, the TV can move the subtitles upwards.Subtitles will be visible whatever Picture format you select. TheTV comes with Auto subtitle shift switched on.To switch off Auto subtitle shift, in the EasyLi...

Select TV settings > General settings > Switch off timer and set the slider bar to Off . 4.5 Home Theatre System - HTS Connect HTS Use an HDMI cable to connect a Home Theatre System (HTS)to the TV. You can connect a Philips Soundbar or an HTS with abuilt-in disc player.Alternatively, you can u...

format . 3 - Select Multichannel or Stereo . 4 - Press  , repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Audio Out levelling Use the Audio Out levelling setting to level the volume(loudness) of the TV and the Home Theatre System when youswitch over from one to another. Volume differences can becaused ...

Y Pb Pr - Audio L R Connect the game console with a component video cable (Y PbPr) and an audio L/R cable to the TV. • Y shares the same jack with CVBS.• Component and Composite share audio jacks. CVBS - Audio L R / Scart Connect the game console to the TV with a composite cable(CVBS) and an audio L...

Installation Before you can pause or record a broadcast, you must connectand format a USB Hard Drive. If you want to record a broadcastwith TV guide data from the Internet, you need to have theInternet connection installed on your TV before you install theUSB Hard Drive. Formatting removes all files...

CVBS - Audio L R Use a Video Audio L/R cable to connect the camcorder to theTV. • Y shares the same jack with CVBS.• Component and Composite share audio jacks. 4.14 Computer Connect You can connect your computer to the TV and use the TV as aPC monitor. With HDMI Use an HDMI cable to connect the comp...

5 Switch on 5.1 On or Standby Make sure you plugged in the mains power on the back of theTV before you switch on the TV.If the red indicator light is off, press the Joystick on the right sideor on the back of the TV to put the TV in standby - the redindicator will light up. With the TV in standby, p...

6 Remote control 6.1 Key overview Top 1 -  Standby / On To switch the TV On or back to Standby. 2 - Playback and record keys • Play  , to playback. • Pause  , to pause playback • Stop  , to stop playback • Rewind  , to rewind • Fast forward  , to go fast forward • Record  , to record now 3 - ...

7 TV channels 7.1 Watching TV channels Switch channels To watch TV channels, press  . The TV tunes to the TV channel you last watched. Alternatively, press  to open the Home menu and select Watch TV and press OK . To switch channels, press  + or  - . If you know the channel number, type in the n...

 key or OK key to open their interactive programme. Navigate iTV pages You can use the arrow and colour keys, the number keys andthe  key to navigate the iTV pages. You can use the  (Play),  (Pause) and  (Stop) keys to watch videos within iTV pages. Digital Text (UK only) To open Digital Text, ...

8 Home menu From the Home menu, you can start any activity you can dowith the TV. Open the Home menu to start watching TV or start watching adisc on your Home Theatre System. Also in the Home menu,you can open Smart TV to surf the Internet, start Skype or openHelp if you need information on using th...

9 TV guide 9.1 What you need With the TV guide you can view a list of the current andscheduled TV programmes of your channels. Depending onwhere the TV guide information (data) is coming from, analogueand digital channels or only digital channels are shown. Not allchannels offer TV guide information...

10 Sources 10.1 Sources list In the list of connections - the Source menu - you can find thedevices connected to the TV. From this Source menu, you canswitch to a device. Sources menu To open the Sources menu, press  SOURCES . To switch to a connected device, select the device with thearrows  (lef...

11 Timers and clock 11.1 Sleeptimer With the sleep timer, you can set the TV to switch to standbyautomatically after a preset time. To set the sleep timer . . . 1 - Press  and select Setup and press OK . 2 - Select TV settings > General settings > Sleep timer . With the slider bar you can set...

12 3D 12.1 What you need For Passive 3D sets This is a Passive 3D TV. To watch 3D you need to : • Tune to a TV channel that broadcasts programmes in 3D.• Rent a movie in 3D from an online video store with Smart TV.• Watch a movie in 3D from a 3D Blu-ray Disc, a USB device orcomputer. 12.2 The 3D gla...

sunlight as they may interfere with the 3D experience. 12.6 Health warning • Watching 3D is not recommended for children under the ageof six.• If you or your family have a history of epilepsy orphotosensitive seizures, consult a medical professional beforeexposing yourself to flashing light sources,...

13 Games 13.1 Play a game With a game console connected to the TV, you can play gameson TV. For more information on connecting a game console, press  Keywords and look up Game console, connect . Start a game 1 - Press  SOURCES , select the game console and press OK . 2 - On the game console, start...

15 Pause TV You can pause a TV broadcast and resume watching it later.Only digital TV channels can be paused. You must connect aUSB Hard Drive to buffer the broadcast. You can pause abroadcast for a maximum time span of 90 minutes.For more information, press  Keywords and look up USB Hard Drive . P...

16 Recording 16.1 What you need To record a TV programme you need . . . • a connected USB Hard Drive formatted on this TV• digital TV channels installed on this TV (the channels youwatch with Watch TV)• to receive channel information for the built-in TV guide (fromthe broadcaster or from the Interne...

16.3 Watch a recording To watch a recording . . . 1 - Press  , select  Recordings and press OK . 2 - In the list, select the recording and press  (Play) to start the playback. You can use the  (Forward),  (Rewind),  (Pause) or  (Stop) keys on the remote control. Expired recording Broadcasters...

17 Skype 17.1 About Skype With Skype™ you can make video calls on your TV for free. You can call and see your friends from anywhere in the world.Talk to your friends while watching them on the big screen ofyour TV. 17.2 What you need To make a video call on Skype, you need the separately sold Philip...

password cannot contain a space. If you don't have a Skype Name and Password yet, you cancreate a new account on the sign in page on TV. 1 - On the sign-in page, select New account and press OK.2 - Create your new account.• Full nameEnter your full name.• Skype nameEnter a name as your Skype name. Y...

View or change your email address, check the amount of credityou have or view the subscription information, or write amessage that reflects your mood. • Profile picture If you did not upload a profile picture with your computer yet,you can select one of the available avatars as Profile picturehere. ...

Remove or rename You can Remove or Rename contacts. To remove a contact… 1 - On the Contacts page, select the contact you want to remove. 2 - Press  OPTIONS and select Remove and press OK . The contact is removed from the list. To rename a contact… 1 - On the Contacts page, select the contact you w...

Outgoing calls and press OK . To view new contact requests, select Contact requests and press OK . To view and listen to your voicemails, select Voicemails and press OK . For how long your Skype events are kept in this history listdepends on the amount of contacts you have and howintensively you use...

18 Smart TV 18.1 About Smart TV Connect this Philips Smart LED TV to the Internet and discover a new world of television. You can make a wired connection toyour router or you can link up wirelessly with Wi-Fi. With the TV connected to your home network, a smartphonecan show a photo on TV, you can pl...

With this TV, you can watch rental movies sent as a streamingvideo format. You can almost instantly watch the movie. Youmight need a USB Hard Drive to store some video buffer. If youhave a USB Hard Drive connected, you can also downloadrental movies from video stores that offer movie downloadingonly...

19 Multi room 19.1 About Multi room With Multi Room you can watch a TV programme that comesfrom another TV in your home. The programme is streamedfrom one TV to the other. You can stream a programme to aTV that has no antenna connection or has no Smart cardsubscription of its own. You can also strea...

20 Settings 20.1 Setup menu Quick picture and sound settings With Quick picture and sound settings you can set your basic picture preferences in a few easy steps. The settings you madeare stored under the Picture style - Personal . You can return to your picture preference if some settings were chan...

20.2 Picture Picture style For easy picture adjustment, you can select a preset setting with Picture style . 1 - While watching a TV channel, press  , then select Picture style . 2 - Select a style and press OK . The available Picture styles are . . . • Personal - Your preferences made in Quick pic...

20.4 Ambilight Ambilight style Ambilight can have a preset mode or a static mode.With preset mode, the TV follows the colours of the image onscreen. With Static , Ambilight has a constant static colour. You can create an Ambilight static colour yourself.First, select the Ambilight style you prefer. ...

behind the TV and press OK . 4 - Press  , repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. TV switch off With TV switch off , you can set Ambilight to switch off immediately or slowly fade out when you switch off the TV. Theslow fade out gives you some time to switch on the lights inyour living room. To...

21 Specifications 21.1 Environmental Saving energy The Eco settings bundle the settings that help the environment. While you are watching TV channels, press  icon, then select Eco settings , press OK . Active settings are marked with a  . You can mark or unmark each setting with the OK key. Press ...

Type • Diagonal screen size :- 61 cm / 24 inch- 81 cm / 32 inch- 102 cm / 40 inch- 107 cm / 42 inch- 119 cm / 47 inch- 122 cm / 48 inch- 127 cm / 50 inch- 140 cm / 55 inch- 164 cm / 65 inch • Display resolution :- PFxxxx9 : 1920x1080p - PHxxxx9 : 1366x768p Input resolution for HD/FHD TVs Video forma...

21.6 Multimedia Connections • USB 2.0• Ethernet LAN RJ-45*• Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n (built-in)* Supported USB file systems • FAT 16, FAT 32, NTFS Playback formats • Containers : 3GP, AVCHD, AVI, MPEG-PS, MPEG-TS,MPEG-4, Matroska (MKV), Quicktime (MOV, M4V, M4A),Windows Media (ASF/WMV/WMA)• Video Codecs : ...

22 Software 22.1 Software update Update from USB It might be necessary to update the TV software. You need acomputer with an high-speed Internet connection and a USBmemory device to upload the software on the TV. Use a USBmemory device with 256MB free space. Make sure that writeprotection is switche...

23 Troubleshooting andsupport 23.1 Troubleshooting Channels No digital channels found during the installation See the technical specifications to make sure that your TVsupports DVB-T or DVB-C in your country.Make sure that all cables are properly connected and that thecorrect network is selected. Pr...

Picture signals from some devices may not fit the screencorrectly. Check the signal output of the connected device. Computer picture is not stable Make sure that your PC uses the supported resolution andrefresh rate. Connections HDMI • Note that HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection)suppor...

23.5 Consumer Care / Repair For support and repair, call the Consumer Care hotline in yourcountry. Find the telephone number in the printeddocumentation that came with the TV.Or consult our website www.philips.com/support . TV model number and serial number You might be asked to provide the TV produ...

24 Safety and care 24.1 Safety Important Read and understand all safety instructions before you use theTV. If damage is caused by failure to follow instructions, thewarranty does not apply. Secure the TV from falling over Always use the supplied wall bracket to secure the TV fromfalling over. Mount ...

Lightning storms Disconnect the TV from the power outlet and antenna beforelightning storms.During lightning storms, never touch any part of the TV, powercord or antenna cable. Risk of hearing damage Avoid using earphones or headphones at high volumes or forprolonged periods of time. Low temperature...

Index 3 3D backlight contrast 60 3D, 2D to 3D conversion 39 3D, health warning 40 3D, optimal viewing 39 A Active control 59 Activity style 62 Ambilight+hue 65 Ambilight, Lounge light 67 Ambilight, mode 65 Ambilight, TV placement 7 Ambilight, TV switch off 67 Ambilight, wall colour 66 Amplifier, aud...

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