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29/34PT8805
Real Flat Television
29/34PT8825
29/34PT8865
User manual
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IMPORTANT Before you begin: Make sure your package includes the following items:TV and mains cord, remote control, Instruction manual, antenna cable (optional) and Coaxial cable (optional). Attention: 1. Read your manual first – your Philips TV comes with a well-designed remote control and onscreen display to ensure your TV is easy to operate. 2. The tips provided in this manual will save you time and money as charges for TV installation and adjustments of customer controls are not covered unde
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Table of Contents Peripherals General DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Video recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Useful Tips . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wht’s Hot Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Safety information � Disconnect mains plug when : – the indicator light below the TV screen is flashing continuously. – a bright white line is displayed across the screen. – there is a lightning storm. – the set is left unattended for a prolonged period of time. � cleaning the TV screen. Never use abrasive cleaning agents. Use a slight damp chamois leather or soft cloth. � No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on top of the TV or in the vicinity. � Do not place your T
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What’s Hot Picture scanning Your Philips TV has been built with scanning features to enhance your TV viewing. All you need is to select your desired mode to enjoy sharper and cleaner pictures. The description below will help you make your choice. Auto If you are undecided of which mode to choose, select Auto and let your TV decide for you automatically! 100 Hz Digital Scan (available only for PAL signal) Working with three lines of picture information, the 3-line digital comb filter in the TV vi
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Installing your television set Positioning the television set Remote control 10 cm 10 cm 10 cm Insert the two R6-type batteries (supplied) making sure that they are the right way Place your TV on a solid, stable surface, round. leaving a space of at least 10 cm around the The batteries supplied with this appliance do appliance. not contain mercury or nickel cadmium. If you have access to a recycling facility, please do Connections not discard your used batteries (if in doubt, consult yo
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Remote control keys Standby Personal Zapping Lets you place the TV set on standby. You can surf up to 10 personal To turn on the TV, press CH + or –, channels for each key (p. 12) . , AV, A/CH or digit keys. Sleeptimer AV channel selection Not applicable. Press several times to select AV1, POWER CVI, AV2, YPbPr or Side. . Delete Personal Zapping list Add Personal Zapping list Deletes stored channels from Adds and stores channels into Ø Personal Zapping list (p. 12) ` Personal Zapping list (p. 1
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Language When there is no signal input to the TV, you “ Use the key to select a language of may encounter instability of the screen display. your choice. Ø Ë In this instance, please use the key to select ‘ To quit the menus, press . an AV channel. Auto Store The Language feature is used to change the display language for menus. MENU & Press the key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Language. Auto Store “ Use the key to start auto store. This menu is used to store
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Manual Store ‘ Sound Sys(tem): use the or This menu is used to store channels one at a key to select the desired sound system; time. Auto, BG, I, DK or M. MENU MENU ( Search: Press .The search starts. & Press the key. Once a channel is found, the scanning é With the cursor, select the Install menu stops. Go to the next step. and follow by the Manual. If no picture is found, consult the possible solutions (p.15) § Channel: enter the required channel with the , or digit keys. Fine Tune: if
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Channel edit MENU This feature allows you to skip or edit & Press the key. The Main menu is channels which have bad or weak TV signal or displayed on the screen. channels you do not watch often. é With the cursor, select the Install menu followed by the Edit menu. Once a channel is skipped, you cannot have “ Enter into the menu and select the access to it by the Channel + or – key. You can number you wish to skip by the channel only access the channels by the digit (0-9) keys. digit keys. ‘ Th
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Picture settings MENU & Press then . The Picture menu Description of the adjustments: will be called up. • Brightness: this changes picture brillance. • Colour: this changes the intensity of the colour. • Contrast: this changes the difference between the light and dark tones. • Sharpness: this changes the picture definition. • Hue: this adjusts the skin colour tone in NTSC channel. • Colour Temp.: this changes the colour é Use the or keys to select a rendering: Cold(bluer), Normal(balanced)
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Child Lock You can block certain channels or inhibit use The Child Lock menu is displayed. of the TV set completely. ( Use the or key to select a function Note: You can only access the locked channels via and the key to enter or confirm the remote control. Keep the remote control in a selection. safe place. MENU & Press , use the key to select Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. Description of function: Lock Channel: use the or key to select a channel number to lock
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Format This feature enhances your viewing pleasure Description of function: by providing you with a choice of two picture 4:3 – select this format if you want to display formats:- 4:3 and Expand 4:3. a conventional picture using the full surface of MENU the screen. & Press , use the or key to select Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. é Use the key to select Format and press the key to select 4:3 or Expand 4:3. Ë “ Press the key to exit. 4:3 Expand 4:3 – select this
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Demo The split screen display shows the image The screen is split to dramatically show the performance before and after enhancements comparative images side by side. to present clearly the effects of the picture enhancement features. without picture with picture enhancements enhancements & Enter Features menu as described in “Features settings” on the previous page. é Use the key to select Demo and press the key to select On or Off. Personal Zapping A list or series of favourite TV programs ca
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Connecting peripheral equipment The television has 4 sets of external sockets situated at the back of the set (AV1 in, AV2 in, YPbPr and Monitor out). The AV1 in has Y, Pb, Pr and audio and video inputs. The AV2 in has S-Video, audio and video inputs. The Y, Pb, Pr has Y, Pb, Pr input (refer to details in “What’s Hot” section). The Monitor out socket has audio and video outputs. DVD player & Connect the TV’s green, blue and red Y Pb Pr (AV1 in) jacks to the corresponding COMPONENT VIDEO OUT jack
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Satellite receiver, decoder, games, etc. Connecting peripheral equipment Other equipment & Carry out the connections shown opposite. é To optimise picture quality, connect the equipment which produces the video signals (digital decoder, games, etc) to AV1 in and equipment which produces the S-VHS signals (S-VHS and Hi-8 video recorders, certain DVD drives to AV2 in and all other equipment to either AV1 in or AV2 in. & To connect to a hi-fi system, use an audio Amplifier connection cable and con
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Tips Poor reception Good sound but poor colour or no The proximity of mountains or high picture buildings may be responsible for ghost Try to increase the contrast and pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case, brightness setting. try manually adjustingyour picture: see Fine Tuning (p. 7) or modify the orienta- Snowish picture and noise tion of the outside aerial. Does your Check antenna connection at the rear of antenna enable you to receive broadcasts the TV. in this frequency range (UHF or V
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Glossary 4:3 Contrast+ Refers to the ration between the length and enhances the darker portions of the picture the height of the screen. Wide screen to improve its picture quality. televisions have a ration of 16:9 while conventional televisions have a ratio of 4:3. Personal Zapping A Philips trade marked feature which allows 4:3 Expand any combination of favourite teletext pages The images recorded in “letterbox” format or TV channels to be stored in the coloured are expanded to fill the entire
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Specification Side Connections Product type � S-Video 29PT8805, 34PT8805, 29PT8825, 34PT8825, 29PT8865, 34PT8865 � Video and Audio inputs � Headphone out PICTURE Rear Connections � Picture screen diameter: 34” (850 mm) � AV1: 1 FH (CVI), Video and Audio inputs 29” (720 mm) � Visible screen size: 32” (800 mm) � AV2: S-Video, Video and Audio inputs 27” (680 mm) � AV3: 2 FH (HD-CVI) � Monitor Out � Picture Tube: Real Flat 4:3 � 100 Hz Reception � Progressive Scan (Auto Switching with manual overri
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