Philips 37PFL7342 User Manual

FLAT TV

26PFL5322 32PFL5332

User Manual

32PFL7342 37PFL5332 37PFL7342 42PFL5332 42PFL5432 42PFL7342

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CONTENTS

Overview of television controls and

connectors .........................................................5

Side controls .................................................5

Overview of remote control keys and

functions .............................................................6

Using the on-screen menus ...........................8

Searching and storing your channels

automatically .....................................................9

Manual installation ...........................................10

Changing the Tuner Mode .........................10

Changing the TV System ............................11

Fine Tuning your channels .........................12

Naming your channels ....................................13

Storing your favorite channels ......................14

Adjusting your picture settings .....................15

Adjusting your sound settings .......................16

Using the timer .................................................17

Setting the TV time .....................................18

Displaying the TV time ...............................18

Setting the wake-up clock..........................19

Child-locking the TV ......................................21

Enabling Child Lock .....................................21

Disabling Child Lock ...................................21

Controlling access to TV channels ..............22

Accessing Parental Lock .............................22

Changing Access Code ...............................23

Locking channels ..........................................24

Controlling access to TV programs.............25

Using the movie rating lock

(for certain regions only) ...........................25

Using the TV Rating lock

(For certain regions only) ..........................27

Turning off Blocking ....................................29

Blocking other programs ...........................29

Using Active Control ......................................30

Turning off Active Control ........................30

Using Ambilight (certain models only) ........31

Turning on Ambilight ..................................31

Turning off Ambilight ..................................31

Adjusting brightness ....................................32

Selecting Ambilight modes .........................32

Selecting Ambilight color ...........................33

Using Custom color ....................................34

Setting Ambilight balance ...........................35

Turning on Closed Captions .........................36

Changing your picture format .......................37

Using the Auto Sound and Auto Picture

features ...............................................................38

Using the Surf feature .....................................39

Adding channels to your Surf list .............39

Removing channels from Surf list .............39

Using the Source List ......................................40

Using your TV as a computer monitor .......41

Picture settings (VGA mode) ....................41

Feature settings (VGA mode) ...................41

Using your TV in High Deﬁnition

(HD) mode ........................................................42

Connecting the HD equipment ................42

Controlling the TV settings in

HD mode .......................................................42

Using Mode Selection(Applicable to

480p and 720p only) ...................................43

Using Native 1080 mode

(For 1080p TV models only) .....................43

Troubleshooting ...............................................45

Speciﬁcations .....................................................47

Overview of television controls and connectors

- CHANNEL +

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Side controls

The side controls are on the left side or top of the TV set.

VOLUME + / -1. To increase volume level, press VOLUME +, to decrease level, press VOLUME -.

MENU2. To display the on-screen menus or to exit from the on-screen menus. The CHANNEL + /- buttons can be used to navigate the menu items. The VOLUME + / - buttons can be used to select the menu items.

CHANNEL + / -3. To select the TV channel numbers upwards or downwards.

POWER 4. . To turn off or turn on the TV set.

Overview of remote control keys and functions

Standby button 1. . To switch the TV to standby mode if it is already turned on. Or to turn on TV when it is in standby mode.

SAP button 2. To select SAP, Stereo and forced Mono.

Pixel Plus Demo button 3. To turn on or turn off Pixel Plus Demo. When turned on, a split-screen display shows Pixel Plus active on one half and Pixel Plus inactive on the other half.

SURF button 4. To channel surf up to 8 channels.

Auto Sound button 5. To select factory pre-set Sound settings.

Incredible Surround button 6. To enable Incredible Surround in stereo mode and Spatial in mono mode.

Cursor buttons 7. To navigate and select menu items and adjust indiividual settings

OK button 8. To select menu items or confirm selection.

Mute button 9. To turn up or turn down the sound level.

Volume buttons 10. To turn up or turn down the sound level.

Not applicable.11.

Numeric (0-9) buttons 12. To enter channel number, set time or timer.

Exit / Status button 13. To exit on-screen menus. Or to display information on the current channel.

Overview of remote control keys and functions

Picture Format button 14. To cycle through list of available picture formats.

AV button 15. To display AV source list or to cycle through list of AV sources by repeatedly pressing button.

Closed Captions button 16. To display current Closed Caption setting or cycle through list by repeatedly pressing button.

Auto Picture button 17. To select factory pre-set Picture settings.

Program List button 18. To display the list of available channels which you can scroll through using the cursor buttons.

Menu button 19. To display the on-screen menus and exit menus from the screen.

Channel buttons 20. To select the channel number upwards or downwards.

Alternate Channel button 21. To display the last viewed channel and the current channel.

NOTE:

The u button is used to select menu items or conﬁrm your selection. You can also press the Æ button instead of the u button. Either buttons will work in the same context. For brevity, only the u button will be mentioned in the User Manual.

Using the on-screen menus

Main

Brightness

Color

Install

Picture

Features

Sound

Contrast

Sharpness

Color Temp

Contrast +

Install

English

Spanish

Manual

Language

Auto Program

Tu ner Mode

Portuguese

Name

Fav. Program

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Language

Tu ner Mode

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Picture

Features

Sound

Auto Program

Manual

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Manual

Auto Program

Tu ner Mode

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Name

Fav. Program

Language

Before using the on-screen menus, select your menu language.

Press 1. h button to display the on-screen menus.

Press 2. ï button untill Install is highlighted.

Press 3. u button to select Language.

The available languages for your TV will be displayed on the right panel.

Press 4. u button to highlight the first language or ï to select the other available languages.

Press 5. u button to select the language.

Press 6. h or EXIT button to exit the on-screen menus.

Searching and storing your channels automatically

Main

Language

Tu ner Mode

Install

Picture

Features

Sound

Auto Program

Manual

Name

Fav. Program

Install

Language

Manual

Name

Fav. Program

Press OK to continue

Tu ner Mode

Auto Program

Channel

471 MHz

When you are using the TV for the first time, you will need to run the automatic or manual searching of channels.

Press 1. h button to display the on-screen menus.

Press 2. ï button until Install is highlighted.

Press 3. u button to select Install.

Press 4. ï button until Auto Program is highlighted.

Press 5. u to start Auto Program.

Auto Program will start scanning for channels automatically. When scanning has completed, the progress bar display will exit from the screen. The first channel found will be displayed on the screen.

Press 6. h or EXIT button to exit the on-screen menus.

TIP:

To cancel or interrupt auto searching, press the h or EXIT button. Only channels that were found before interruption will be stored.

Manual installation

Main

Language

Tu ner Mode

Install

Picture

Features

Sound

Auto Program

Manual

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Fav. Program

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Cable

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Manual

Name

Fav. Program

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Antenna

Language

Tu ner Mode

You can manually set the TV tuner and system as well as fine tune the channels.

Changing the Tuner Mode

If you have problems using Auto Program to search for channels, you can manually set the tuner system.

Press 1. h button to display the on-screen menus.

Press 2. ï button until Install is highlighted.

Press 3. u button to select Install.

Press 4. ï button until Tuner Mode is highlighted.

Press 5. u button to select Tuner Mode.

Press 6. ï or Î button to select Auto, Antenna or Cable.

Press 7. u button to select the option.

Press 8. h or EXIT button to exit the on-screen menus.

Tuner Modes:

Automatic• : The TV will automatically

detect whether or not cable signal input is present.

Antenna• : The TV will detect antenna signals and will search for all antenna TV channels available in your local area.

Cable• : The TV will detect cable signals and will search for all cable TV channels available in your local area.

Manual installation

Main

Language

Tu ner Mode

Install

Picture

Features

Sound

Auto Program

Manual

Name

Fav. Program

Install

System

Fine Tune

Language

Tu ner Mode

Name

Fav. Program

Auto Program

Manual

P A L-M

P A L-N

Fine Tune

Auto

NTSC

System

Changing the TV System

Press 1. h button to display the on-screen menus.

Press 2. ï button until Install is highlighted.

Press 3. u button to select Install.

Press 4. ï button until Manual is highlighted.

Press 5. u button to select Manual.

Press 6. u button to select System.

Press 7. ï or Î button to select Auto, NTSC, PAL-M or PAL-N.

Press 8. u button to select the option.

Press 9. h or EXIT button to exit the on-screen menus.

TV Systems:

Automatic• : The TV will automatically

detect the tuner system.

NTSC• : Used mainly in North America and some South American countries.

PAL-M• : Used in Brazil.

PAL-N• : Used in Argentina, Uruguay and

Paraguay.

Manual installation

Main

Language

Tu ner Mode

Install

Picture

Features

Sound

Auto Program

Manual

Name

Fav. Program

Install

System

Fine Tune

Language

Tu ner Mode

Name

Fav. Program

Auto Program

Manual

System

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Fine Tune

Fine Tuning your channels

You can fine tune the channels after you have searched them automatically by using the Fine Tune feature.

Switch to the channel number that you want to fine tune.

Press 1. h button to display the on-screen menus.

Press 2. ï button until Install is highlighted.

Press 3. u button to select Install.

Press 4. ï button until Manual is highlighted.

Press 5. u button to select Manual.

Press 6. ï button until Fine Tune is highlighted.

Press 7. u button to select Fine Tune.

The Fine Tune level bar will be displayed.

Press 8. ï or Î button to manually fine tune the channel reception.

Press 9. h or EXIT button to exit the on-screen menus.

Naming your channels

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Auto Program

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Fav. Program

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Auto Program

Manual

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Auto Store

Manual Store

Sort

Fav. Program

Language

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Tu ner Mode

Auto Program

Manual

Fav. Program

Language

002 D O C U

Name

You can assign a short name for your channels with the Name feature.

Press 1. h button to display the on-screen menus.

Press 2. ï button until Install is highlighted.

Press 3. u button to select Install.

Press 4. ï button until Name is highlighted.

Press 5. u button to select the first channel number on the list.

Press 6. u button to start naming the channel number.

Press 7. Æ button until a rectangular block cursor appears next to the channel number.

Press 8. ï or Î button to cycle through the list (A-Z, 0-9) to select the characters or numbers to use for the channel name.

Press 9. u button to move the cursor to the second space and repeat step 7.

You can use up to a combination of 5 characters or numbers for naming your channels.

Press 10. u button to store the name to the channel. The channel number and name will be displayed on the top left of the screen.

Press 11. h or EXIT button to exit the on-screen menus.

Storing your favorite channels

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Language

Tu ner Mode

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Picture

Features

Sound

Auto Program

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Fav. Program

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The Favorite Program feature lets you store only the channels you want on your favorite list which you can access using the remote control channel buttons.

Press 1. h button to display the on-screen menus.

Press 2. ï button until Install is highlighted.

Press 3. u button to select Install.

Press 4. ï button until Fav. Program is highlighted.

The list of channel numbers are displayed on the right panel. All channel numbers will have a tick () beside them to indicate as favorite channel by default.

Press 5. u button to select the first channel number on the list or ï button to move down the list.

Press 6. u button to remove the tick or add the tick to the corresponding number.

Only channel numbers with the tick will be added to your favorite list. When you use the Channel + / - buttons, you will only have your favorite channels.

Press 7. h or EXIT button to exit the on-screen menus.

TIP:

To access channels not in the favorite list, use the numeric (0-9) buttons.

Adjusting your picture settings

Main

Brightness

Color

Install

Picture

Features

Sound

Contrast

Sharpness

Color Temp

Contrast +

Picture

Color Temp

Contrast +

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Color

100

5 3

Picture

Cool

Normal

Color Temp

Contrast +

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Color

Warm

Picture

Off

Color Temp

Contrast +

Sharpness

Brightness

Contrast

Color

The Picture sub-menu features let you adjust the various picture settings.

Press 1. h button to display the on-screen menus.

Press 2. u button to select the Picture sub-menu.

Press 3. ï or Î button to highlight the sub-menu items.

Press 4. u button to select the Picture sub-menu item.

Press 5. ï or Î button to adjust the settings of the sub-menu items.

Press 6. u button to select the Picture sub-menu item.

Press 7. ï or Î button to adjust the settings of the sub-menu items. Depending on which Picture item you are adjusting, some items will have the level indicator bar, some with discreet settings such as Cool, Warm and Normal, or On and Off.

Press 8. h or EXIT button to exit the on-screen menus.

Picture settings:

Brightness• : Adjust how bright the

picture should be.

Color• : Adjust the intensity of the colors.

Contrast• : Adjust how light or dark the

tones should be.

Sharpness• : Adjust the detail level of the picture.

Color Temp• : Set the color to Cool (moreblue), Normal (balanced) or

Warm (more red).

Contrast +• : Enhances the contrast of

the picture.

NR• : Noise Reduction. Reduces picture noise (random dots).

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