Care of the screen, Stationary images on the TV, Tip

2Important

2.1 General

Do not insert the power plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall before all connections are made.

•Place or hang the TV wherever you want, but make sure that air can circulate freely through the ventilation slots.

•Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit.

•To prevent any fire hazards no naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed near the TV.

•Avoid heat, direct sunlight and exposure to rain or water.

2.2 Care of the screen

•Do not touch, push or rub or strike the screen with anything hard as this may scratch or damage the screen permanently.

•Do not touch the surface with bare hands or greasy cloth (some cosmetics are detrimental to the screen).

•Unplug the TV before cleaning the screen.

•When the surface becomes dusty wipe gently with absorbent cotton or other soft material like chamois.

•Do not remove the protective sheet until you have completed the stand/wall mounting and connections. Please handle with care.

•Use only soft cloth provided to clean the glossy front of the TV.

•Wipe off water droplets as soon as possible. Their long time contact with the screen causes deformations and colour fading.

2.3 Stationary images on the TV

A characteristic of LCD and Plasma Panels is that displaying the same image for a long time can cause a permanent after-image to remain on the screen. This is called phosphor burn in. Normal use of the TV should involve the showing of pictures that contain constantly moving and changing images that fill the screen. Examples of stationary images (this is not an

all-inclusive list, you may encounter others in your viewing):

•TV and DVD menus: listings of DVD disk content;

•Black bars: when black bars appear at the left and right side of the screen, it is recommended to change to a picture format so that the picture fills the entire screen;

•TV channel logo: present a problem if they are bright and stationary. Moving or low-contrast graphics are less likely to cause uneven aging of the screen;

•Stock market stickers: presented at the bottom of the TV screen;

•Shopping channel logos and pricing displays: bright and shown constantly or repeatedly in the same location on the TV screen. Examples of still pictures also include logos, computer images, time display, teletext and images displayed in 4:3 mode, static images or characters, etc.

Tip

Reduce contrast and brightness when viewing.

2.4 Electric, Magnetic and Electromagnetic Fields (“EMF”)

•Philips Royal Electronics manufactures and sells many products targeted at consumers, which, like any electronic apparatus, in general have the ability to emit and receive electro magnetic signals.

•One of Philips’ leading Business Principles is to take all necessary health and safety measures for our products, to comply with all applicable legal requirements and to stay well within the EMF standards applicable at the time of producing the products.

•Philips is committed to develop, produce and market products that cause no adverse health effects.

•Philips confirms that if its products are handled properly for their intended use, they are safe to use according to scientific evidence available today.

•Philips plays an active role in the development of international EMF and safety standards, enabling Philips to anticipate further developments in standardisation for early integration in its products.