Philips 46PFL8007, 40PFL8007, 55PFL8007 manual Parental rating, TV a

What you need

To watch TV on your smartphone or tablet with Wi-Fi smart screen . . .

•you must have digital TV channels installed on your TV

•the TV must be switched on

•your home network must be a secured network. Secure your network with WEP, WPA, WPA2 or set it up using WPS.

•you must have the setting Wi-Fi smart screen switched on. Press h (home) > Setup > Network settings > Wi-Fi smart screen.

How to buy

Tap Wi-Fi smart screen in the App menu to open the function. If you did not purchase this function yet, you will be asked to buy it online. After the purchase, Wi-Fi smart screen opens automatically and you can start watching TV.

Parental rating

Some digital broadcasters have rated their programmes. When the rating is equal or higher than the rating you have set for your child's age, the programme will be locked. You will need a PIN code to unlock and watch the programme.

To switch on Parental rating, tap the Setup button on the App menu. Switch on Parental rating, set your PIN code and set an age. The parental rating in the MyRemote App is set for watching TV on your smartphone or tablet, not the TV.

If you have forgotten your PIN code, you need to reinstall the MyRemote App from the App store. On the purchase page for Wi-Fi smart screen, you can restore your purchase without cost.

*The Wi-Fi smart screen function is available in MyRemote version 3.0 and will be available in second half 2012.

Watch a TV channel

Watch a TV channel

To watch a TV channel with the Wi-Fi smart screen function, tap Wi-Fi smart screen in the App menu. Wi-Fi smart screen will show the TV channel currently on TV. If the TV is switched to a connected device, you need to switch the TV back to Watch TV or to Watch Satellite (if a built-in satellite tuner is available).

Switch TV channels

To switch TV channels, swipe the touchscreen of your smartphone or tablet. Swipe to the right to watch the previous channel or swipe to the left to watch the next channel. The sequence of channels follows the TV channel list.

You can also use the Channel bar to look for and switch to TV channels.

Pause TV and Recording

If you pause the TV broadcast on TV or start recording a broadcast with the TV (on a connected USB Hard Drive), the Wi-Fi smart screen function will stop.

Sound

The sound that comes with the TV channel is mono sound.

Subtitles

Subtitles on Wi-Fi smart screen are not supported.

Channel bar

Channel bar

To switch to a channel further up or down the TV channel list, you can call up the Channel bar.

To call up the Channel bar, tap the middle of your touchscreen once. The Channel bar appears at the bottom of the screen, together with the Tool bar at the top. You can swipe the Channel bar and look for a TV channel.

To switch to a TV channel, tap the channel icon once.

To close the Channel bar and Tool bar, tap the middle of the screen again.

TV guide info

If you have a tablet and you linked up the TV guide of your TV with the MyRemote App, you can view TV guide information. Above each TV channel icon the TV guide shows the current and next programme for that channel.

Tool bar

Tool bar

In the Wi-Fi smart screen tool bar, you can select the picture format, select the TV or Satellite channel list (if available on TV), open the tool tips or switch the TV on standby.

To call up the Tool bar, tap the middle of your touchscreen once. The Tool bar appears at the top of the screen, together with the Channel bar.

To close the Tool bar and Channel bar, tap the middle of the screen again.

App menu button

To go back to the MyRemote App menu, tap the App menu button.

Scale

To scale the picture to just fit or completely fill the screen, tap the Scale button to toggle between fill or fit.

TV or Satellite

If you have a built-in satellite tuner in your TV, you can select the channel list of Watch TV or Watch satellite. The button shows which channel list is currently selected.

To change the current channel list, tap the button and tap TV or Satellite to select the channel list you want. If you do not have a built-in satellite tuner, there is no selection button.

Tool tips I

To read some Tool tips, tap the I icon. The tool tips appear on top of the available buttons.

To close the Tool tips, tap anywhere on the touchscreen.

TV A

With Wi-Fi smart screen you can switch the TV on standby. But with the network connection lost, you cannot start Wi-Fi smart screen again from a TV on standby.

If you activated Quick start and the TV is in a Quick start time frame, you can still start Wi-Fi smart screen and watch TV. You can stop and start Wi-Fi smart screen as long as the TV is within the Quick start time frame.

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