Philips 42PF9976 User Manual

Philips Matchline
widescreen flat TV with
Pixel Plus 2 and Ambilight

42"

plasma Progressive Scan

42PF9976

The ultimate viewing experience

with Pixel Plus 2 and Ambilight

Enjoy the ultimate viewing experience as Ambilight and Pixel Plus 2 elevate pictur e qu ali ty
to a new level. Unprecedented viewing comfort, the latest Plasma Display technology and
a stunning design enhance your interior.

Be an eyewitness

• High-definition plasma WXGA display, 1024x768p

• Pixel Plus 2 for better details, depth and clarity

• Digital Natural Motion for smooth moving images

• Progressive Scan component video for optimized image quality

• 3D combfilter separates colors for a razor-sharp image

Add a new dimension to your viewing

• Full-color ambient lighting enhances the viewing experience

Impressive sound

• Virtual Dolby Surround for a cinema-like audio experience

Connects to your premium audio/video products

• HDMI input for full digital HD connection in one cable

Widescreen flat TV with Pixel Plus 2 and Ambilight

42" plasma Progressive Scan

42PF9976/37

Specifications Product highlights

Picture/Display

• Aspect ratio: 16:9

• Brightness: 1000 cd/m²

• Contrast ratio (typical): 3000:1

• Diagonal screen size: 42 inch / 107 cm

• Display screen type: Plasma HD panel

• Picture enhancement: Pixel Plus, Digital Crystal
Clear, Progressive Scan, 3D Combfilter, Active
Control + Light sensor, Digital Natural Motion,
Jagged Line Suppression, Movie Plus, Widescreen
Plus

• Screen enhancement: Anti ageing circuit, Anti­Reflection coated screen

• Viewing angle (h / v): 160 / 160 degree

• Panel resolution: 1024 x 768p

Ambilight

• Ambilight Features: Auto adaptive to video
content, Full operation in stand-by

• Color Settings: Full Multi Color

• Dimming Function: Manual and via Light Sensor

• Preset modes: 2 Active Adaptive preset modes, 6
Preset modes and user preset

Supported Display Resolution

• Computer formats
Resolution Refresh rate
640 x 480 60Hz
800 x 600 60Hz
1024 x 768 60Hz

• Video Formats
Resolution Refresh rate
640 x 480i 1Fh
640 x 480p 2Fh
720 x 576i 1Fh
720 x 576p 2Fh
1280 x 720p 3Fh
1920 x 1080i 2Fh

Sound

• Sound Enhancement: Auto Volume Leveller,
Digital Signal Processing, Dynamic Bass
Enhancement, Graphic Equaliser, Smart Sound

• Sound System: Virtual Dolby Surround

• Output power (RMS): 2x15W

Loudspeakers

• Built-in speakers: 4

• Loudspeaker types: Dome tweeter, Integrated
woofers with wOOx

Issue date 2007-11-09

Version: 2.0

12 NC: 8670 000 21272
UPC: 0 37849 94933 7

Convenience

• Ease of Installation: Automatic Tuning System
(ATS), PLL Digital Tuning, Plug & Play

• Ease of Use: 9-channel smart surf list, Backlighted
side controls, Channel list, Delta Volume per
preset, Smart Picture Control, Smart Sound
Control

• Remote control type: RC4307

• Teletext: Closed Captioning Full Text

• Remote Control: Universal

• Remote control: TV, VCR, DVD/R, SAT, CBL,
AMP

• Screen Format Adjustments: 6 Widescreen
Modes, Auto Format, Subtitle and Heading Shift

• Clock: Smart Clock

• Child Protection: Child Lock+Parental Control

• Picture in Picture: 2 tuner PIP, Mozaic

Tuner/Reception/Transmission

• TV system: NTSC

• Video Playback: NTSC

• Aerial Input: 75 ohm F-type

Connectivity

• Other connections: Analog audio Left/Right out,
Centre Speaker connection in, Monitor out,
CVBS, L/R (cinch), Subwoofer out

• AV 1: (1, 2, 3Fh autoranging), Audio L/R in,
Component Video in, Y/C, YPbPr

• AV 2: (1, 2, 3Fh autoranging), Audio L/R in,
Component Video in, CVBS, RGB+H/V, Y/C,
YPbPr

• AV 3: Audio L/R in, HDCP, HDMI (Digital Stream
& S/PDIF)

Power

• Power consumption: 426 W

• Standby power consumption: 2.6

• Mains power: AC 110-120V (+/-10%)

• Ambient temperature: +5 -/+ 40 C

Dimensions

• Product weight: 42 kg

• Weight incl. Packaging: 54 kg

• Color cabinet: Pearl White Sliver 11092

Accessories

• Included Accessories: HDMI-DVI adapter cable,
Table top stand, Wall mounting bracket

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All Rights reserved.

Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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Electronics N.V. or their respective owners.

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Plasma WXGA Panel, 1024 x 768p

This state-of-the-art plasma screen technology gives you
widescreen HD resolution of up to 1024 x 768p pixels.
It produces brilliant flicker-free progressive scan pictures
with optimum brightness and superb colors. This vibrant
and sharp image will provide you with an enhanced
viewing experience.

Pixel Plus 2

Pixel Plus 2 is a digital picture processing technology that
improves the resolution of still and moving pictures. It
does more than adding pixels, it also makes the pixels
better, resulting incredible sharpness and picture depth
every time and from any source. And it does not just
improve the resolution either, because you also benefit
from improved color reproduction, resulting in the finest
color details and superior brilliance.

Digital Natural Motion

Philips invented Digital Natural Motion to eliminate
juddering effects that are visible with moving picture
content. Digital Natural Motion estimates motion in the
picture and corrects juddering movements in both
broadcast and recorded movie material (such as DVD).
The resulting smooth motion reproduction and excellent
sharpness take the viewing experience to a higher level.

Progressive Scan

Progressive Scan doubles the vertical resolution of the
image resulting in a noticeably sharper picture. Instead of
se nd ing a fi eld compris ing the od d lines to the s creen first ,
followed by the field with the even lines, both fields are
written at one time. A full image is created
instantaneously, using the maximum resolution. At such a
speed, your eye perceives a sharper picture with no line
structure.

3D Combfilter

The 3D comb filter separates brightness and color signals
better in 3D domain to eliminate cross-color, cross­luminance and dot-crawl distortion - all of which detract
from your viewing pleasure. The 3D digital comb filter
performs field-by-field comparisons of the television
image to accurately separate the color from the black­and-white information and remove both horizontally and
vertically hanging dots, as well as dot crawl. The result is
a razor sharp image.

Ambilight

The full-color ambient lights offers you relaxed viewing
and a unique ambiance via a soft light glow on the walls
surrounding the TV. Research has shown that watching
television with adapted ambient lighting promotes more
relaxed TV viewing. the Ambilight colors automatically
ad ap t to the ima ge s o n th e s creen t o add a new sensat ion
to the viewing experience. The light can also be switched
to fixed colors or various shades of white. In standby
mode, the lights can be operated to any color and create
a unique ambiance in the room.

Virtual Dolby Surround

Virtual Dolby Surround is a processing technology for
enhancing surround sound effects. It will create the
sensation of Dolby Pro Logic without the necessity of
additional rear speakers. You become totally immersed in
your television experience.

HDMI input

HDMI makes an uncompressed digital RGB connection
from the source to the screen. By eliminating conversion
to an analog signal, it delivers an unblemished image. The
non-degraded signal reduces flicker and leads to a clearer
picture. HDMI intelligently communicates the highest
ou tp ut reso lution with th e so ur ce device. The HDMI input
is fully backward compatible with DVI sources but
includes digital audio. HDMI uses HDCP copy protection.