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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment 1. Read these instructions. information, please contact your local authorities or the Electronic Industries Alliance: www.eiae.org. 2. Keep these instructions. 16. Damage Requiring Service - The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: 3. Heed all warnings. A. The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged; or B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the appliance; or 4. Follow all instructi
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Content 1 Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11 To connect and operate accessory devices . . . . . . . . 24 1.2 Care of the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 11.1 Side panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1.3 Warning concerning stationary images on the TV screen . . . 2 11.2 To make video and audio connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1.4 Mounting . . . . . .
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_________________________ HD programming You must get HD programming to get an HD picture ! Call your Cable or Satellite service to order HDTV Programming. _________________________ _________________________ 1.3 Warning concerning stationary images on the TV 1 Safety warnings screen _________________________ 1.1 General A characteristic of LCD Panels is that displaying the same image for a long time can cause a permanent after-image to remain on the screen. ç Do not insert the power plug in a wa
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600 M8 400 _________________________ 1.6 Pixel characteristics _________________________ 1.8 Kensington Security Slot (if present) Your TV display is made with high-precision technology with a high number of color pixels.Although it has effective pixels of 99,999% or Your TV is equipped with a Kensington Security Slot, to prevent more, black dots or bright points of light (red, green or blue) may appear it from getting stolen. constantly on the screen.This is a structural property of the display
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_________________________ à Before installing your TV or before hanging it on the wall, first 2 Getting started connect your accessory devices. Welcome to the growing family of owners of Philips. ) Do not insert the power plug into the mains at the bottom of the TV and in a wall socket before all connections are made. _________________________ 2.1 Connection overview There is a wide range of audio and video devices that can be connected to your TV. See Chapter 11 How to connect and operate acce
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_________________________ you can also watch the unscrambled programs by simply tuning to 2.1.3 Connect to the TV the desired channel.You must first use Autoprogram, however, to store channels in the TV’s memory. See Chapter 7.3. Your Philips Digital TV will allow you to enjoy digital programs directly This connection will supply stereo sound to the TV if it is being from your cable or off air. broadcast by the station you are watching. Connect directly to the TV or connect via your current cabl
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_________________________ 1 POWER Press to turn the TV on/off. 3 Use of the remote control RC 4451 2 SELECT/INPUT Press repeatedly to select AV1, AV2, AV3, HDMI 1, HDMI 2, HDMI 3, Side or TV channels according to where you connected the accessory devices. 3 Backlighting button To activate the backlighting of the buttons VOL, CH, ¬ and the numeric buttons. POWER 4 Color buttons When functions are attached to the color buttons, 1 the color buttons are shown on screen. 5 DEMO Demo on/off. S
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_________________________ 3.1 Use of the OPTION button Movie expand 14:9 (Not for HD.) The OPTION button allows you to display the Quick access menu Scales classical 4:3 format to 14:9. which will give you direct access to some features and menu options. ‡ Press the OPTION button. > The Quick access menu appears. Movie expand 16:9 (Not for HD.) Quick access Scales classical 4:3 format to 16:9. Audio language Closed captions Picture format Equalizer Wide screen Stretches 4:3 format to 16:9. Cloc
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_________________________ Step 3 - Settings assistant: select your TV settings The Settings assistant will help you to select your preferred picture, 4 First time installation sound and ambilight settings. Finally you will arrive at a complete setting which satisfies you. The installation procedure consists of a series of screens that will guide you through the installation of your TV. Follow the instructions on ‡ Press the green color button on your remote control to enter the screen. Settings
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_________________________ - to reset your picture, sound and ambilight settings to the factory standard settings; 5How to navigate through the menus - to update your TV software. _________________________ - Software update allows you to update your current software. 5.1 Introduction º Press the cursor right to enter the highlighted menu item. > The content of the right panel is moved to the left panel and the A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displayed on right panel
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A. Change settings in an easy-to-use manner with the Settings TV menu assistant TV settings Picture Each time you've made a selection, press the green color button to Contrast confirm your selection. Settings assistant Brightness Reset to standard ‡ Select Settings assistant and press the cursor right. Color Picture > By means of several split screens/full screens you are prompted to Tint Sound select your preferred picture, sound and ambilight settings to finally Sharpness Ambilight arrive at
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Perfect Pixel HD TV menu Perfect Pixel HD is the most ideal setting as it fully processes the image TV settings Sound to make every single pixel the best it can be, improving contrast, Settings assistant Equalizer sharpness, picture depth, color reproduction and brilliance from every source, including High Definition. Reset to standard Volume < Select On or Off to activate/de-activate Perfect Pixel HD. Picture Balance Sound Audio language 120 Hz Clear LCD (if present) Ambilight Alternate audio
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Headphone volume < Use the cursor buttons to select Color, Relaxed, Moderate or Allows you to control the level of sound through the headphones. Dynamic. - Color: this will show constant light according to the settings in the Auto Volume Leveling Color menu below. It allows manual fine tuning in the next Automatically reduces the volume differences between channels and Ambilight menu items. programs, providing a more constant overall level.This will also reduce - The options Relaxed, Moderate o
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_________________________ _________________________ 6.3 Digital caption service 6 Adjust Feature menu settings This allows you to configure the way you choose to view the digital The Features menu allows you to control the settings of special TV captioning. functions, features and accessory equipment. < Select one of the digital service channels made available by the caption provider. ‡ Press the MENU button on the remote control. There are 6 standard services. > The main menu appears. - CS 1 is
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- Background _________________________ Select this option to select the character background color or one 6.6.1 Lock after of the background opacity options of caption display according to ç Lock after is only selectable if time and date are known. See your own preference. Chapter 7.6 - Set your Clock. < Select a color and one of the opacity options. This allows you to prevent the viewing of the selected channel after - Edge type a selectable time delay. Locked channels can still be tuned, but
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Age-based rating Content-based rating _________________________ 6.6.4 Movie ratings lock All None This function allows you to control access to individual movies based on None None their MPAA ratings (Motion Picture Association of America). TV-Y None) TV-Y7 (FV) Fantasy Violence ‡ Select Movie ratings lock with the cursor down.A list appears, TV-G None) showing all valid MPAA content ratings. TV-PG (D) Dialog (L) Language TV menu / Features (S) Sex Child lock Movie ratings lock (V) Violence Al
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_________________________ ç From now on, your TV will automatically turn to the selected 6.6.5 Region ratings lock (if present) channel, on the selected day, at the selected time, until the On timer This allows you to control access to individual programs based on their function is turned off again. broadcasted regional rating. ) Only one On timer can be set. ‡ Select Region ratings lock with the cursor down. > A list appears, showing all valid region ratings. ® Press the cursor right to ente
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________________________ _________________________ 7.3 Store TV channels 7How to search for and store TV channels After language is set correctly, you can now search for and store the TV à You will need this chapter only if you want to change the installation channels. settings. _________________________ ‡ Select Channel installation and press the cursor right. 7.1 Installation menu ® Select Autoprogram. This menu will adjust settings related to the installation of the TV TV menu / Installation
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Channel tuning _________________________ ç After the installation of the TV channels has been done, always make 7.3.3 Installation mode a selection in the Installation menu, Installation mode between Antenna This allows you to select the already stored terrestrial or cable TV or Cable whether you want to watch Antenna TV channels or Cable TV channels. Choose for Antenna or Cable whether these signals are channels. present. ) If you make use of a signal splitter do not forget to put the switc
