Philips 42PFL6805H manual Menus, Home, Browse

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hHome

With the Home menu, you can start watching TV or a movie disc or start any other activity. You can add an activity when you connect a device to the TV.

Press h to open the Home menu.

To start an activity, select it with the navigation keys and press OK. To close the Home menu, press h again.

Operate a selected device

The TV remote control can operate a device if the device is connected with HDMI and has EasyLink (HDMI-CEC).

Read more about EasyLink Remote control in Help > Use your TV

>Remote control > EasyLink Remote control.

Add a device

Devices connected with EasyLink (HDMI-CEC) automatically show their activity in the Home menu. A single device can add several activities. The device must be connected with an HDMI cable.

If your connected device does not show itself in the Home menu, EasyLink on the device may be switched off.

If your connected device does not have EasyLink (HDMI-CEC) or is not connected with an HDMI cable, you need to manually add your device with Add your devices in the Home menu.

Add your devices

In the Home menu, select Add your devices and press OK. Follow the instructions on screen.

The TV asks you to select the device and the connection to which the device is connected.

The device or its activities are now added to the Home menu.

Rename a device

To rename an added device or activity, press o (Options) and select Rename. Use the keypad on the remote control as you do for SMS/text messaging to enter the new name.

Delete a device

To delete a device or activity from the Home menu, select the item and press o (Options) and then select Remove this device. If a device or activity keeps appearing in the Home menu after you deleted it, switch off the EasyLink setting on the device to prevent this automatic pop-up appearing again.

Read more about EasyLink in Help > Setup > EasyLink HDMI-CEC.

Options for a device

To view the available options for a device or activity in the Home menu, select it and press o (Options). You can Rename or Remove devices and activities, Reorder the sequence of them or Restore activities if you deleted one of several activities of a device.

Reorder

To reorder a device or an activity in the Home menu, select it and press o (Options).

1Select Reorder.

2With the navigation keys, reposition the device or activity where you want it. You can only reorder the sequence of the added devices and activities.

3Press OK to confirm the position. All devices and activities shift to the right.

You can highlight another device or activity and reposition it.

To stop Reorder, press o (Options) and select Exit reorder.

Restore activities

To recall a deleted activity from a device with several activities, select the device or one of its activities and press o (Options). Select Restore activities and press OK. All deleted activities of this device appear again.

eBrowse

With the Browse menu, you find the channel you want to watch from the Channel list, a future programme from the onscreen Programme guide or a Text page.

Press e to open the Browse menu.

Select your choice with the navigation keys and press OK. To close the Browse menu, press e again.

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