Philips 550W manual Contents

Help?

If this instruction manual does not give an answer or if ‘Tips’ do 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 Product number which you can find at the back of your television set or on the packaging, ready, before calling the Philips helpline.

Model: 42PF9986/69 /98*

32/42/50PF9966/69 /98

Product No: ...........................................

Care of the screen

See Tips, p. 24.

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 specialised companies can dismantle the discarded TV to concentrate the reusable materials and to minimise the amount of materials to be disposed of.

Your TV contains a (tolerated) small amount of mercury. Please ensure you dispose of your old TV according to local regulations.

Contents

Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Keys on top or on the right side of the TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Use of the remote control RC4302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 To use the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Select the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Store TV channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Automatic installation	6
Manual installation	6
Give name	6
Reshuffle the channel list	7
Select Favourite TV channels	7

TV Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

General	8
Source	10

Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 TV menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Picture menu	11
Active Control	12
Sound	12
Ambilight	12
Features menu	13

Dual screen / PIP / Multipip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Switch Teletext on and off	15
Select a Teletext page	15
Previously selected teletext page	15
Select the index teletext page	15
Select subpages	15
Enlarge a Teletext page	15
Picture/Teletext	15
Hypertext	15
Teletext menu	16

Connect Accessory Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Recorder (vcr-dvd+rw)	17
Recorder and other A/V devices	17
DVD Player or other accessory digital source devices	18
Multi channel Surround receiver	18
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connector	19
Connect extra subwoofer	19
Side connections	20
To select connected peripherals	20

Record with your recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Audio- and video equipment keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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