Home menu, Smart TV Apps, Configure | Philips 55PDL890 manual

Smart TV

6.1

Home menu

From the Home menu, you can start any activity you can do with the TV.

Open the Home menu to start watching TV or start watching a disc on your Home Theatre System. Also in the Home menu, you can open Smart TV to surf the Internet, start Skype or open Help if you need information on using the TV.

Open the Home menu

To open the Home menu, press h.

Select an activity using the arrow keys and press OK to start the activity.

To close the Home menu without changing the current activity, press b.

6.2

Smart TV Apps

What you need

To enjoy Smart TV Apps you must connect the TV to a router with a high-speed (broadband) connection to the Internet. You can use a home network connected to the Internet. You do not need a computer.

In Help, press *List and look up Network for more information.

Tip

To enter text or to navigate an Internet page more easily, you can consider to connect a USB keyboard and a USB mouse to the TV.

In Help, press *List and look up USB keyboard or USB mouse for more information.

-TV

Select TV and press OK to watch TV channels.

-Satellite

Select Satellite and press OK to watch satellite channels (only for TVs with a built-in satellite tuner).

-Smart TV

Select Smart TV and press OK to open the Smart TV start page.

-Source

Select Source and select a connected device in the list underneath the icon. Press OK to switch to the selected device.

-TV guide

Select TV guide and press OK to open a list of the current and scheduled TV programmes of your channels.

-Recordings

Select Recordings and press OK to open the list of your recordings.

-Skype

Select Skype to make video calls for free.

-Setup

Select Setup to install channels or adjust all TV settings.

-Help

Select Help and press OK to open the on screen Help. You can look up a topic in an alphabetical list.

Configure

The first time you open Smart TV, you need to configure your connection. Read and agree to the terms and conditions to continue. To leave Smart TV, press b.

Enter your email address, select Continue and press OK. Confirm the email address.

Parental control

To lock Adult 18+ rated apps, switch on Smart TV parental control by selecting Enable and then press OK.

Enter an unlock PIN code of your choice.

Confirm your PIN code. Adult 18+ rated apps are now locked.

To open a locked app, select the app and press OK. The TV will ask you to enter your 4-digit code.

Reconfigure

To reconfigure your connection with Smart TV, clear the Internet memory on the TV.

To clear the Internet memory, press hand select S Setup and press OK.

Select Network settings > Clear Internet memory and press OK.

Smart TV start page

The Smart TV start page is your link to the Internet. You can rent movies online, read newspapers, watch videos and listen to music, also shop online, open your social network page (Facebook, Twitter, . . .) or watch TV programmes when it suits you with Online TV. To do this, you open Apps - Internet sites which are tailored for TV. With your TV connected to the Internet, you can open Smart TV.

Smart TV / Smart TV Apps