Help?
If this instruction manual does not give an answer or if ‘Before Calling Service’ does not solve your TV problem, you can call your Local Philips Customer or Service Centre. See the supplied World- wide guarantee booklet.
Please, have the Model and Serial number which you can find at the back of your television set or on the packaging, ready, before calling the Philips helpline
Model: 42PF9830A/37 50PF9830A/37 42PF9730A/96
Serial No: .................................................
Care of the screen
See Tips, p. 44.
REnd of life directives
Philips is paying a lot of attention to producing
Please ensure you dispose of your old TV according to local regulations.
Contents
Digital Cable TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 To operate the motorised swivel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Buttons on the right of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Use of the remote control RC4318 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 My Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 To use the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Introduction | 9 |
How to navigate through the Settings menus | 9 |
Demo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Select the menu language | 10 |
Store TV channels | 10 |
Weak channel installation | 11 |
Software upgrade | 11 |
Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Preferences | 12 |
Source | 16 |
Clock | 17 |
CableCARD applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 TV menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Picture menu | 19 |
Sound menu | 21 |
Features menu | 22 |
Ambilight menu | 23 |
Channels menu | 24 |
Multimedia browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Viewing content from a Memory card / USB device | 27 |
Multimedia Browser menu | 28 |
Connect Accessory Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Recorder | 30 |
Recorder and other A/V devices | 31 |
Recorder and cable box with RF output | 32 |
Recorder and Satellite Receiver / cable box with AV outputs | 33 |
Satellite Receiver / cable box with AV outputs | 33 |
DVD Player or other accessory digital source devices | 34 |
Digital Surround receiver | 35 |
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connectors | 35 |
Side connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 To select connected devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Record with your recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Record a TV program | 37 |
Record a program from monitor out | 37 |
Audio- and video equipment buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Setting the remote control to work accessory devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Code setup | 39 |
To cancel the selected mode | 39 |
Learnable remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
To put the remote control function buttons back to the factory mode | 42 |
Before Calling Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Annex 1 - Philips TV software upgrade with portable memory . . . . . . . 46 Annex 2 - Philips TV Slideshow Format with background music . . . . . . 48 Annex 3 - Philips TV - Portable Memory and USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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