Philips 256NS, 286NS User Manual

Contents

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Setting up your television – connections – the aerial, other equipment, the scart AV socket 1
Setting up your television – putting batteries in the remote control, power supply, moving the television 1
Switching the television on and off – switching on, stand-by mode, switching off, automatic power saving 2
Tuning in the programmes 2-3
Tips for tuning – changing the programme number of a television channel

– picture interference from other equipment

– changing channels without leaving the installation mode 4
Features on the television – main power switch, menu, menu adjustments, aerial socket, scart socket 4-5
The Timer 5
Using the remote control – stand-by, programme selection, numbered buttons, volume, mute, menu,

menu adjustments – volume, balance, tone, brightness, contrast, sharpness,
colour and 24-hour timer, storing menu adjustments, PP button,
screen information 5-6

Teletext – turning teletext on and off, selecting a teletext page, moving to the previous or next page,

newsflash and sub-title pages, fast text pages (the red, green, yellow and blue buttons),
sub-pages, page hold, large character display, reveal answer 7

The scart sockets – to select the scart channels, video and RGB, automatic AV mode,

equipment that can be connected 8
How to connect scart cables 9-10
Scart socket technical information 11
Auto store tuning 11
Hotel mode 12
If something doesn’t seem to work – sound, picture, power, tuning in and setting up 12-13
Interference 14
Extra information 14
Safety information 14
Using and caring for your Goodmans television – position, ventilation, water and moisture,

fitting the stand (if provided) 15

– cleaning your television 15
Safety warnings 15
Specifications 16

Setting up your television

Please read the safety information at the back of this booklet before you connect this television to the
electricity supply.

Make the connections

The aerial

Connect the aerial lead to the aerial socket at the back of the television (see diagram 1).
You will need a good-quality aerial to receive teletext and nicam sound.

• If an aerial cable is supplied with your television, connect it between your old aerial
cable and the television. One end only plugs into your aerial cable and the other
end only plugs into your television. If you have a video recorder, replace the aerial
cable between your video recorder and your television with the one we have
supplied.

Other equipment

If you have a video recorder, you will need to connect the aerial lead to the video
recorder. Then, connect the aerial output lead from the video recorder to the television
aerial socket. There is information about connecting aerials and other equipment in
‘How to connect scart cables’ on page 9.

The scart (AV) sockets

This television has two special interconnecting sockets called ‘scart’ (AV). You don’t
have to use these straight away, but using scart cables gives you the best picture and
sound quality and can get rid of picture interference. And you will only get stereo
sound from other equipment if it is connected with a stereo scart cable. If you have
other equipment with scart sockets, please read ‘How to connect scart cables’ on
page 9.

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• Slide your thumbnail under the edge of the battery cover where it says ‘open’ and
press with your thumbnail while lifting the cover up (see diagram 2).

• Put in the two batteries that came with your television (size AAA or LR3)

• Make sure that the (+) and (-) marks on the batteries agree with the (+) and (-)
marks inside the battery compartment.

• Replace the cover by sliding it into position and pressing down at the end marked
‘open’.

• Throw away the old batteries carefully. Do not put them on a fire.

Power suppl y

Plug your television into the mains supply (220 to 240 volts, 50Hz).

Moving the television

The earth’s magnetic field can affect the colour quality of the picture, but your television has a built-in
demagnetisation system to prevent this. The system works whenever the mains power is switched on while the
television is cool. So if you have to move the television, leave it for at least 15 minutes before you switch it on.

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Putting the batteries in the remote control

Switching the television on and off

Switching the television on

Switch the television on with the main power button A on the television. The red
light on the television control panel will light up. If the screen does not light up after a
few seconds, it probably means the television is in stand-by mode (see below).

Stand-by mode

Stand-by mode allows you to turn the television on and off with the remote control or the built-in timer. When
the television is on stand-by, it is nearly all switched off and uses little power. You can switch it back on again by
pressing any of the following buttons.

• One of the number buttons 0 to 9 on the remote control.

• The P + or P- button on the remote control.

• The + or - button on the front panel of the television.
The stand-by light will get dimmer and after a few seconds the screen will light up.

Press the red B button on the remote control to put the television back on stand-by. The red light on the
television control panel will light up when the television is on stand-by.

Switching the television off

The television remembers if it is on stand-by. If the main power switch is switched off when the television is on
stand-by, when you switch the television back on with the main power switch, the television will stay on
stand-by. Please see ‘Stand-by mode’ above for how to switch the television on.

Automatic po wer-saving featur e

If no signal is received through the aerial cable after about five minutes, the television will automatically turn to
stand-by mode (see ‘Stand-by mode’ above).

Tuning in the pr ogrammes

Before you star t

1 If you have a video recorder connected with the aerial lead, switch it on to produce a test picture, or play a

video tape.

2 If you have a satellite receiver (or any other equipment as well as the video recorder) connected with the

aerial lead, make sure that mains power is supplied to it, and that it is on stand-by.

3 Switch your television on. If the screen does not light up, please see ‘Switching the television on’ on page 2.
We recommend that you follow the instructions below, but there is another way of tuning in the programmes

which automatically stores all the signals your television can receive. Afterwards you can store the channels on
the appropriate programme numbers. For example, BBC 1 on programme one, BBC 2 on programme two and
so on. To do it this way, please read ‘Auto store tuning’ on page 11.

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Which buttons to press
on the remote control

What the screen will sho w

When N and Q are pressed together, the
installation menu will appear on the screen.
The symbols are just underneath the buttons.

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Press the menu + button and ‘manual store’ will
appear on the screen.

Press the menu + button again and ‘searching’ will
appear on the screen. A bar on the screen will
move to show the progress of tuning. When the
television finds a signal, ‘searching’ will go off the
screen, and the programme number will flash.
If the picture quality is poor, there may be a better
signal on another frequency, so start searching
again by pressing the menu + button again.
The best signals are usually in a group, one after
the other.

When your television has found a good signal,
decide which programme number you want it on,
for example programme 1 for BBC1. Make sure
you can recognise the test picture from any other
pieces of equipment if you have them connected.
While the programme number is flashing, press the
P+ or P- button to change the number. You can’t
use zero.

When you press N and Q together again, ‘stored’
will appear on the screen and the television will
store the television channel on the programme
number you have chosen.

STORED

MANUAL STORE

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Repeat steps 3 to 6 to store each programme.

Press the menu button twice to leave the manual
store display.

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Tips for tuning

Changing the pr ogramme number
of a television channel

1 Press the N and Q buttons together to get the

installation menu on the screen.

2 Press the menu + button to get the manual store

menu on the screen.

3 Select the channel you want to change by

pressing the P+, P- or the 0 to 9 buttons.

4 Press the N and Q buttons together again to

make the programme number flash.

5 Press P+, P- or the 0 to 9 buttons to enter the

programme number you want to give to that
channel. You can’t use 0 because it is reserved for
the scart (AV) channel.

6 Press the N and Qbuttons together once more

to make ‘stored’ appear.The television has now
stored the television channel on the programme
number you have chosen.

7 Repeat steps 3 to 6 if you want to change the

programme numbers of other channels.

8 Press the menu button twice to get back to

normal viewing. (You can turn off any of the
on-screen displays by pressing the menu button
several times.)

Picture interference from other
equipment

If you have used the aerial lead to connect a video
recorder, satellite receiver or other piece of equipment,

switch the equipment on one piece at a time and
check the picture on all your programmes. The pieces
of equipment that are not switched on must be on
stand-by. If any of your programmes have wavy lines
on the picture when the equipment is switched on,
you will have to change the output frequency of the
equipment. Please read the instruction book for the
equipment to find out how to do this. Change the
output frequency a little at a time (or in 8MHz steps)
and keep checking all your programmes.
When there are no wavy lines (or other interference)
on any of the pictures, re-tune the programme
number that you have chosen for your equipment (see
‘Tuning in the programmes’ on pages 2 to 3).
Do the same for each piece of equipment, but after
you’ve finished with each one, leave it switched on
while you check the next piece of equipment.
Continue until you have all the pieces of equipment
working together without interfering with each other.
If you cannot get rid of the interference, you may
have to connect the equipment with a scart cable, (see
‘How to connect scart cables’ on page 9).

Changing channels without leaving
the installation mode

As long as the programme number is not flashing,
you can change channels while the installation menu
is still on the screen.

Features on the television

Main po wer
switch

Menu adjustments

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Push to
open the
control
flap

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Please read ‘Switching the television on and off’ on page 2.

To open the control cover flap near the front right-hand corner of your television,
push on the raised pips near its upper edge and release it. The flap opens to reveal
the menu buttons and headphone socket. Push the flap to close it.

Keep pressing the menu button to display the symbols for the items you can
adjust: a (volume), b (balance), tone l (treble) or m (bass), A (brightness),
B(contrast), R (sharpness), C (colour) and C (the timer). If you don’t make
any adjustments, the menu display will automatically disappear after 10 seconds.
When there is no symbol shown on the screen, the - button selects the previous
programme number and the + button selects the next programme number.
Brightness, contrast, colour and sharpness are picture adjustments. Your television
displays a bar to show the adjustment. Press + to increase the item you are
adjusting, and the bar will get longer. Press – to reduce the item you are adjusting,
and the bar will get shorter. Volume is for making the sound louder or quieter.
Balance changes the balance of sound between the left and right loudspeakers.
Tone emphasises the bass in the sound if the on-screen bar is short, or the treble
in the sound if the on-screen bar is long.

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The timer

When the timer symbol is displayed during menu adjustments, you can set the television to automatically go on
s t a n d - by after a certain length of time. The time is displayed like a 24-hour digital clock (for example, 7pm is show n
as 19:00). Each press of the menu + button increases the time in 10 minute steps up to 24 hours, then it goes back
to ze ro again. You can reduce the time by pressing the menu - button. When 00:00 is displayed, the timer is off.
If you need to check how much time is left before the television will go on stand-by, press the J ( s c re e n
information) button on the remote control. During the last minute before the television switches off, a seconds
c o u n t - d own will be displayed. Press the J button again to make the time display go off the scre e n .

Connecting headphones

The headphone socket is under the control cover flap, next to the menu buttons.
How to open the flap is described in ‘Features on the television’ on page 4. You
can use headphones which have 32 ohms or greater impedance and a stereo

3.5mm headphone plug. When headphones are connected, no sound will come
from the television speakers. Use the – a + buttons on the remote control to
adjust the volume.

You connect your aerial to this socket; (see ‘Setting up your television’ on page 1).

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Aerial socket

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Scart sockets

If you want to connect other equipment which has scart sockets, please read ‘How
to connect scart cables’ on page 9. You will only get stereo sound from other
stereo equipment if it is connected with a stereo scart cable.

Using the remote control

When you press one of the buttons on the remote control, point the remote control at the television control
panel. Stay within 7 metres of the control panel and keep more-or-less straight in front of it.

The button The result

Standb y

Programme
selection

Numbered k eys

Volume

The television goes on stand-by (see ‘Stand-by mode’ on page 2).
The number is displayed on the picture for a short time.

P- selects the previous programme number and P+ selects the next
programme number. If the television is on stand-by, pressing P+ or P­will turn it back on.

The number is displayed on the picture for a short time and the
programme changes. For a 2-digit number, you must press the second
number before the dash after the displayed number disappears.

+ turns the sound up.

- turns the sound down.
* If the sound won't get loud enough, hotel mode might be working.

Please read 'Hotel mode' on page 12.

Mute

If you press the button once, the sound will go off and cwill appear
on the screen. If you press the button again, the sound will come back
on and c will disappear.

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