Philips 50PF9830 warranty Contents

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 1-888-PHILIPS (744-5477)

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 environmentally-friendly in green focal areas. Your new TV contains materials which can be recycled and reused. At the end of its life specialized companies can dismantle the discarded TV to concentrate the reusable materials and to minimize the amount of materials to be disposed of.

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 (vcr-dvd+rw)	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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