Philips 34PT9421-56R, 29PT9421-69R, 34PT9421-69R, 29PT9421-56R User Manual

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: 29-34PT9421 /69 /56

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

Due to continuous product improvements this manual is subject to change without notice.

R End 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

Keypad on top of the TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Use of the remote control RC4301 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 7 Reshuffle the programme list 7 Select Favourite TV channels 7

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

Speakers 8 General 9 Source 10

Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

TV menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Picture menu 11 Sound menu 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 16 Select the index teletext page 16 Select subpages 16 Special teletext functions 16 Hypertext 16 Select continuous subtitles 16

Teletext menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connect Peripheral Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Recorder 18 Side connections 20 Connect extra speakers 21 To select connected equipment 22

Video equipment keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Record with your recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Before calling service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

English

Preparation

min.

& Place the TV on a solid surface.

For ventilation, leave at least 5 cm free all around the TV.

Do not place the TV on a carpet. To prevent any unsafe situations, do not place any objects on top of the TV.Avoid heat, direct sunlight and exposure to rain or water. Keep mobile telephones at a safe distance to avoid disturbances in picture and sound.

é Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial

socket x at the back of the TV. For best picture quality use the suppressor-aerial cable supplied.

“ Remote control: Remove the cover of the

battery compartment. Insert the 2 batteries supplied (Type R6-1,5V).

The batteries supplied do not contain the heavy metals mercury and cadmium. Nevertheless in many countries exhausted batteries may not be disposed of with your household waste.

Please check on how to dispose of exhausted batteries according to local regulations. Note: this remote control functions with TVs and other equipment which use the RC6 signalling standard.

‘ Insert the mains plug of the TV in the wall

socket having a mains voltage of 220V-240V. To prevent damaging the mains (AC) cord which could cause a fire or electric shock, do not place the TV on the cord.

( Switch the TV on:Press the power switch A

on the front of your TV. A green indicator on the front of the TV lights up and the screen comes on. If the indicator is red, press the

-P+ keys on the

remote control.

The green lamp blinks every time you press a key on the remote control. When you switch on your set for the first time, the menu

Language automatically appears on the

screen.The explanation appears in different languages one at a time. Choose your own language and press the

OK key

on the remote control.

Keys on top of the TV

Should your remote be lost or broken you can still change some of the basic settings with the keys on top of your TV.

Press

• the V - or + key to adjust the volume.

• the

CH- and + key to browse through the TV

channels or sources stored and to select them.

• the

M key to summon the main menu.

Use

• the V - and + keys to select the menu items in the

horizontal axis.

• the

CH- and + keys to select submenu items in the

vertical axis.

Note:

- Sometimes not all the menu items are visible on the screen. Press the

Exit lets you dismiss the menu.

Select

Exit and press the M key.

CH- key to reveal all items.

Use of the remote control RC4301

Select

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Active Control

Note: For most keys pressing a key once will activate the function. Pressing a second time will de-activate it. When a key enables multiple options, a small list will be shown. Press repeatedly to select the next item in the list. The list will be removed automatically after 6 seconds or press

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See ‘Audio- and Video equipment keys’, p. 22.

v Select peripherals

See p. 22.

OK to remove immediately.

B Standby

Press to switch the TV on or off. When switched off, a red indicator on the TV lights up.

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Video equipment keys, see p. 22.

U Time display

The time is displayed on the screen.

Q Surround mode

Press this key repeatedly to select another available surround mode: Stereo, Dolby 3 Stereo, 3D Surround, Hall or Dolby Pro Logic.

Ì no function

æ no function

OK Press this key

• to activate your choice, when in the menus.

• to display the channel list.

S Freeze

To activate/de-activate the frozen picture and to hold a teletext page (see p. 16) .

i On Screen information

Press to display (when available) information about the selected TV channel and programme and the strength of the signal you are receiving through your aerial.

Menu info

When a menu is on screen, press

i to display info on the

selected menu item.

x Pixel Plus 2 demo on/off

In the right part of the screen Pixel Plus 2 and Digital Natural Motion are switched on.

b Teletext On/Off see p. 15

MENU Main menu on/off see p. 5

V To adjust the volume.

¬ Interrupt the sound or restore it.

PChannel selection

To browse through the TV channels and sources stored. Only those channels which are in the favourite list can be selected with the

-P+ keys.

0/9 Digit keys

To select a TV channel.

For a two digit programme number, enter the second digit within 2 seconds. To s witch immediately to a selected one digit TV channel, keep the digit key pressed a bit longer.

b Dual screen/PIP/Multipip

see p. 14.

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Active Control

Auto format

Ver tical squeeze

h Active control

Active control is a pro-active and automatic system.The TV continuously measures and corrects all incoming signals in order to provide the best picture possible.Thanks to the Ambient Light Sensor which measures the light conditions of the room, the contrast, dynamic contrast, brightness and colour picture settings are adjusted automatically. The light sensor is active when the Active control function is switched to Medium or Maximum. Press the h key repeatedly to select the Active Control values Off, Minimum, Medium (recommended) or Maximum.

Off Sharpness and Dynamic Contrast are controlled automatically. Minimum Sharpness, Dynamic Contrast and Noise Reduction are

controlled automatically.

Medium Sharpness, Dynamic Contrast, Noise reduction and

Colour are controlled automatically.

Maximum Sharpness, Dynamic Contrast, Noise reduction, Colour

and Contrast are controlled automatically. Press the cursor right to select INFO+. The Active Control demo menu appears. The picture settings are being adapted continuously and automatically. The menu items cannot be selected. The sliders will be moving, showing how the TV is tweaking the current picture. None of the sliders is user controllable. Press the OK key to switch off the Demo.

0 Smart surf

With this feature you can easily switch between up to 9 different TV channels/sources. In the menu system, you can set Smart surf to 2- or 9-programme. Press this key to select the previously viewed TV channel or source in case of a 2 programme surf, or to select the surf ring in case of a 9 programme surf. In case of a 9 programme surf, a list appears at the right side of the screen. On top, the most recent programme is displayed.The puck is on the channel number currently viewed. Press the

0 key to turn to the next channel in the list or press

cursor up/down to immediately select the desired TV channel of the list.

To add a new channel or source: tune to the channel or source you wish to add. Press the

0 key. Press the cursor right to add.

If there are already nine channels/sources in the list, the one at the bottom of the list will be removed.

To r emove a channel or source: select the channel number you want to remove. Press the Press the

0 key. Press the cursor right to remove.

OK key or wait for the time out to dismiss the Smart surf

display.

q Picture format

Press this key repeatedly to select another picture format:Auto format, 4:3 or Vertical squeeze. Auto format makes the picture fill the screen as much as possible. Ver tical squeeze squeezes the picture to a wide screen picture format.

To use the menus

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cursor to select adjustments

OK key to

activate

return or switch main menu on/off

Press the i key to get information about the selected menu item.

& Press the MENU key on the remote control to summon the

main menu.At any moment you can exit the menu by pressing the

MENU key again.

Note: Should your remote control be lost or broken you can still use the keys on top of the TV. See p. 2.

Picture Sound Features

Setup

Demo

Install

é Use the cursor in the up/down direction to select the TV,

Setup, Demo or Install menu.

Use the cursor left/right to select

Picture, Sound or

Features.

Note: Sometimes not all the menu items are visible on the screen (indicated by a cluster of blue balls). Use the cursor down or right to reveal all items.

“ Use the cursor in the left/right direction to select the menu

item.

‘ Use the cursor up/down again to select the control you

want to select or to adjust.

Note: Items temporary not available or not relevant are displayed in a light grey colour and cannot be selected.

Installation

The installation menu contains the following items:

Language Automatic Manual Give name Reshuffle Favourite

install install channels

Install

Select the menu language

Install

Language

English

.....

& Press the MENU key on the remote control. é Use the cursor down to select Install. “ Use the cursor right to select Language.

‘ Use the cursor up/down to select your preferred language

( Proceed with the Install menu.

Follow the instructions on screen.

and press the OK key to confirm your selection.

Store TV channels

After language is set correctly, you can now search for and store the TV channels in two different ways: using Automatic Installation or Manual Installation (tuning-in channel by channel). Select your choice with the cursor right.

Automatic installation

Automatic install

Install

Install Start

Manual installation

Manual install

Install

System

Channel

Fine tune

Antenna level

Store

& Select Automatic install in the Install menu.

Note: All channels must be unlocked in order to autoprogram. If requested, enter your code to unlock all channels. (See TV, Features menu, Childlock, p. 13.)

é Press the cursor down.

The autoprogramming option label

“ Press the cursor right. ‘ The message Searching appears and the progress of

Start appears.

autoprogramming is displayed.

When the Automatic installation is complete, the puck navigates to Install again. The channel list is automatically filled with all the channel numbers of the TV channels transmitted.

Note: Channel numbers and names will always be written in Latin characters, even when a language has been selected which uses other characters.

Searching for and storing TV channels is done channel by channel.You must go

through every step of the Manual

Installation menu.

& Select Manual install in the Install menu. é Press the cursor down.

Follow the instructions on screen.

Note: Search or direct selection of a TV channel. If you know the frequency, the C- or S-channel number, enter the 3 or 2 digits of the frequency or the channel number directly with the digit keys 0 to 9 (e.g. 048).

Repeat to search for another TV channel after you have stored the selected TV channel.

Give name

Install

It is possible to change the name stored in the memory or to assign a name to a TV channel or external for which a name has not yet been entered.A name with up to 5 letters or numbers can be given to the channel numbers 0 to 99 and to the externals.

& Select Give Name in the Install menu and

press the cursor down.

é Select the channel number.

Note: keep the cursor up/down pressed to scroll through the channel list quickly.

Give name

VCR1 BBC1 BBC2

CNN

TVE

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® Space ® Delete

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ABCDEFG 123 HIJKLMN 456 OPQRSTU 789 VWXYZ 0

® Shift ® Special

“ Press the cursor right.

A keyboard appears on the screen. Only European characters are displayed.

Note:

- Dependent on the language selected in the language menu, the key

Special is available or not.

-When having selected Arabic, you can toggle the Special key to display Arabic or English characters. The

Shift key is changed to More.

Press the More key to toggle between part 1, 2 or 3 of the Arabic character sets.

Press the cursor right to enter the keyboard. Press the cursor up/down, left/right to select the first character and press

OK. Repeat for

every character you want to enter. Select

Space to enter a space; Delete to erase

the highlighted character in the name entered;

Shift to display upper- or lowercase characters

on the keyboard; characters on the keyboard. Press

Special to display special

OK to

confirm.

‘ Press the cursor left repeatedly when you have

finished the name giving.

( Select another channel number and repeat steps

“ to ‘.

Reshuffle the channel list

Install

Reshuffle

BBC1 BBC2 TV1 CNN ARD NED 1

You can change the order of the stored TV channels.

& Select Reshuffle in the Installation menu.

é Follow the instructions on screen.

Select Favourite TV channels

Install

Favourite channels

BBC1 BBC2

NED 1

TV1

CNN

ARD

Ye s Ye s No Ye s Ye s No

& Select Favourite channels in the Install menu.

é Select your channel number with the cursor up/down.

“ Select Ye s or No with the cursor right.

‘ Repeat é and “ for every TV channel or external you want

to make a favourite or a non-favourite TV channel or external.

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