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Stereo Color Television
13PT30L
Instructions for use
13" Stereo Remote Color Portable
(screen size measured diagonally)
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N I H T I W D E D E E N N O I Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re entitled to. 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 pur- chase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS - Read before operating equipment This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and 11. Power-Cord Protection - Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed safety standards. There are, however, some installation and operation pre- upon or against them, paying particular attention to cords and plugs, cautions which you should be particularly aware of. convenience receptacles, and the point where
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Here are a few of the special features built into this Welcome/Registration of Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 new Color Television: Safety/Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 AutoLock™ feature allows you to block the viewing Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 of certain channel or external audio/video connec- Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 t
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OUT IN HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC CABLE TV CONNECTIONS) SMART CABLE TV HELP our Cable TV input into your Yhome may be a single (75 Remember: ohm) cable, or a Converter Box Set the TV for the type signal you've installation. In either case the just connected (see connection to the TV is very easy. the “Tuner” section Just put the threaded end of the on page 12 of this cable signal to the TV's antenna manual.) plug and screw it down tight. BEGIN To select only the If your Cable TV signal is a sin-
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HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC ANTENNA TV CONNECTIONS) SMART ANTENNA HELP combination antenna receives Anormal broadcast channels Remember: Be sure to set the (VHF 2-13 and UHF 14-69). Note: For homes with separate UHF and VHF antennas TV for the type sig- Your connection is easy since you will need an optional combiner to connect to the TV. nal you've connect- there is only one 75Ω (ohm) ed (see the “Tuner” U/V antenna plug on the back of your Combiner section on page 12 TV - and that’s where the a
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HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC TV TO VCR CONNECTIONS) TV TO VCR he basic Antenna, or Cable TTV, to VCR to TV connection is shown to the right. For more information on other hookups (possible when Cable Converter/Descrambler boxes are included) refer to your accessory VCR and Cable Converter Owner's Manual for details. BEGIN Connect your Antenna or Cable TV signal to the IN FROM ANT(enna) plug on the VCR. Connect the OUT TO TV plug on the VCR to the 75Ω plug on the TV (connecting cable supplied with
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, BASIC TV/REMOTE OPERATIONS TELEVISION BEGIN The VOL and CH buttons are located on the top of the TV. Press the POWER button to turn the TV ON. Press the VOLUME . button to increase the sound level or the 6 VOLUME , button to lower the sound level. Pressing both buttons at the same time will display the onscreen menu. Once in the menu, use these buttons to make adjustments or selections. Headphone Jack Press the CHANNEL UP s or Digital Clock DOWN t button to select TV chan- (Us
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TV REMOTE BUTTONS Power Button Press to turn the TV ON and OFF. Sleep Button Press to set the TV to automatically turn itself OFF. POWER SLEEP Multi Media Button Press to select the EXT 1 input and change the AutoPicture control. A/CH STATUS/EXIT CC MULTI MEDIA A/CH Button Press to toggle between the currently viewed channel and the previously viewed channel. Status/Exit Button 1 23 Press to see the current channel number on the TV screen. Also press to clear the TV screen after control adju
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USING THE LANGUAGE CONTROL or our Spanish and French speak- Fing TV owners an onscreen LAN- GUAGE option is present. With the LANGUAGE control you can set the TV’s onscreen menu to be shown in either English, Spanish, or French. BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to show the onscreen menu. DEMO OFF © WAKEUP Press the CURSOR UP s or © SETUP DOWN t buttons to scroll through © AutoLock REVIEW the onscreen menu until the word BRIGHTNESS 30 SETUP is highlighted. LANGUAGE ENGLISH © AUTOCHRON Pr
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> > > > > > SETTING THE TV CLOCK (AUTOCHRON) utoChron is a feature that can Aautomatically set the TV’s clock for you. Setup is easy and only takes a few seconds. AutoChron also allows the TV’s clock to be set manually. BEGIN Press the MENU button on the DEMO OFF remote to show the onscreen menu. © WAKEUP © Press the CURSOR UP s or SETUP DOWN t buttons to scroll through © AutoLock REVIEW LANGUAGE ENGLISH the onscreen menu until the word BRIGHTNESS 30 © AUTOCHRON SETUP is highlighted. TUNE
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USING THE TUNER CONTROL he TUNER feature allows you to Tchange the TV’s signal input to either CABLE, AUTO or ANTENNA mode. It’s important for the TV to know what type of signal to look for. (From a Cable TV signal or a nor- mal Antenna signal.) In the AUTO mode, when the AUTO PROGRAM feature is activated, the TV will auto- matically choose the correct mode. DEMO OFF © WAKEUP BEGIN © SETUP LANGUAGE ENGLISH Press the MENU button on the © AutoLock REVIEW © AUTOCHRON remote to show the onscreen me
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USING THE AUTO PROGRAM CONTROL our TV can automatically set itself Yfor local area (or Cable TV) chan- nels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV stations in your area when the CHANNEL (+), (–) but- tons are pressed. Note: Make sure the antenna or cable signal connection has been completed before AUTO PROGRAM is activated. DEMO OFF © WAKEUP BEGIN © SETUP © AUTOCHRON Press the MENU button on the © AutoLock REVIEW TUNER CABLE remote to show the onscreen menu. BRIGHTNESS 30 © AUTO PROGR
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HOW TO ADD AND DELETE CHANNELS hannel Edit makes it easy for you Cto ADD or DELETE channels from the list of channels stored in the TV’s memory. BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to show the onscreen menu. Press the CURSOR UP s or DEMO OFF DOWN t buttons to scroll through © WAKEUP the onscreen menu until the word SETUP is highlighted. © SETUP TUNER CABLE © AutoLock REVIEW © AUTO PROGRAM Press the CURSOR RIGHT © BRIGHTNESS 30 © CHANNEL EDIT button to display the SETUP menu © MANUAL featu
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HOW TO MANUALLY FINE TUNE CHANNELS MANUAL he Fine Tune (Manual) feature of Tthis television will help adjust the reception of some channel signals being received. This can help to reduce noise (snow) in the picture giving the best possible viewing image. BEGIN DEMO OFF Tune to the channel you wish to © WAKEUP adjust. © SETUP © AUTO PROGRAM © AutoLock REVIEW © CHANNEL EDIT Press the MENU button on the BRIGHTNESS 30 © MANUAL remote control to show the onscreen © menu. EXTERNAL Press the CURSOR UP
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USING THE EXTERNAL CONTROL he External feature allows you to Trename your input source selec- tions. When the Input feature (refer to Owner’s Manual for details) is accessed to change audio/video jacks, your source selection will be called by the name you choose. This name will also appear onscreen when using the audio/video inputs. DEMO OFF BEGIN © WAKEUP © SETUP Press the MENU button on the © CHANNEL EDIT © remote to show the onscreen menu. AutoLock REVIEW © MANUAL BRIGHTNESS 30 © EXTERNAL Pre
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HOW TO ADJUST THE TV PICTURE o adjust your TV picture con- Ttrols, select a channel and follow the steps shown below: BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to display the onscreen menu. Press the CURSOR UP s or DOWN t buttons until the © SETUP word BRIGHTNESS is highlighted. © AutoLock REVIEW (Or, COLOR, PICTURE, SHARP- BRIGHTNESS 30 © AutoLock REVIEW NESS, TINT, COL. TEMP depend- COLOR 30 BRIGHTNESS 30 ing on the adjustment you want to PICTURE 30 make.) COLOR 30 PICTURE 30 Press the CURSOR
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ACTIVATING THE CONTRAST PLUS (BLACK STRETCH) CONTROL he Contrast Plus (Black Stretch) Tfeature helps to “sharpen” the picture quality. The black portions of the picture become richer in dark- TINT 0 ness and the whites become brighter. COL TEMP NORMAL TINT 0 CONTRAST PLUS 0FF BEGIN COL TEMP NORMAL NOISE REDUCTION OFF Press the MENU button on the CONTRAST PLUS 0N VOLUME 15 remote to display the onscreen menu. NOISE REDUCTION OFF VOLUME 15 Press the CURSOR UP s or CURSOR DOWN t buttons until t
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USING THE SLEEP TIMER CONTROL ave you ever fallen asleep in Hfront of the TV only to have it wake you up at two in the morning with a test pattern screeching in your ears? Well, your TV can save you all that trouble by automatical- ly turning itself off. 12 BEGIN 15 MIN 12 Press the SLEEP button on the 30 MIN remote control and the SLEEP timer display will appear on the screen. 12 Press the SLEEP button 45 MIN repeatedly to pick the amount of time (In 15 minute increments up to 12 60 minutes;
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USING THE CLOSED CAPTION CONTROL losed Captioning (CC) allows Cyou to read the voice content of NOTE: Not all TV programs and product commercials are made for broadcast television programs on the TV with Closed Caption (CC) information included. Neither are all Closed Caption screen. Designed to help the hear- modes (CC-1, or CC-2) necessarily being used by a broadcast station during the transmission of a closed caption program. Refer to your area's TV program listings ing impaired, this feature
