Philips 42PFL9742D-19 User Manual

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1 Important 3

1.1 Safety 3

1.2 Care of the screen 3

1.3 Recycling 3

2Your TV 4

2.1 Television overview 4

2.2 Product highlights 5

3 Getting started 5

3.1 Position the TV 5

3.2 Wall mounting - VESA 5

3.3 Remote control batteries 7

3.4 Antenna cable 7

3.5 Connect the mains 7

3.6 First time installation 7

4 Use your TV 8

4.1 Switch on or off - Standby 8

4.2 Watch TV 9

4.3 Watch channels from a digital receiver 9

4.4 Watch connected devices 9

4.5 Watch a DVD 10

4.6 Select a Teletext page 10

4.7 Change Ambilight mode 11

5 Use more of your TV 12

5.1 Remote Control overview 12

5.2 TV menu overview 14

5.3 Picture and sound settings 16

5.4 Ambilight 19

5.5 Teletext 20

5.6 Create favourite channel lists 22

5.7 Electronic Programme Guide 23

5.8 Timers and locks 24

5.9 Subtitles 25

5.10 View and play photos, MP3... 26

5.11 Listen to digital radio channels 28

5.12 Software update 28

6 Channel installation 31

6.1 Automatic channel installation 31

6.2 Manual channel installation 32

6.3 Rearrange stored channels 32

6.4 Automatic channel management 33

6.5 Digital reception test 33

6.6 Factory settings 33

7 Connections (DVD, receiver, ...) 34

7.1 Connections overview 34

7.2 About connecting 35

7.3 Connect your devices 37

7.4 Connections setup 41

7.5 Preparing for digital services 42

8Technical data 43

9Troubleshooting 44

10 Index 46

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2007 © Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. All rights reserved. Specifications are subject to change without notice. Tr ademarks are the property of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. or their respective owners.

Philips reserves the right to change products at any time without being obliged to adjust earlier supplies accordingly. The material in this manual is believed adequate for the intended use of the system. If the product, or its individual modules or procedures, are used for purposes other than those specified herein, confirmation of their validity and suitability must be obtained. Philips warrants that the material itself does not infringe any United States patents. No further warranty is expressed or implied.

Warranty

No components are user-serviceable. Do not open or remove covers to the inside of the product. Repairs may only be done by Philips Service Centres and official repairshops. Failure to do so shall void any warranty, stated or implied. Any operation expressly prohibited in this manual, any adjustments, or assembly procedures not recommended or authorised in this manual shall void the warranty.

Pixel characteristics

This LCD product has a high number of colour pixels. Although it has effective pixels of 99,999% or more, black dots or bright points of light (red, green or blue) may appear constantly on the screen.This is a structural proper ty of the display (within common industry standards) and is not a malfunction.

Open source software

This television contains open source software. Philips hereby offers to deliver or make available, upon request, for a charge no more than the cost of physically performing source distribution, a complete machine-readable copy of the corresponding source code on a medium customarily used for software interchange. This offer is valid for a period of 3 years after the date of purchase of this product.To obtain the source code, write to Philips Innovative Applications N.V. Ass. to the Development Manager Pathoekeweg 11 B-8000 Brugge Belgium

Compliance with EMF

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. manufactures and sells many products targeted at consumers, which, like any electronic apparatus, in general have the ability to emit and receive electromagnetic signals. One of Philips’ leading Business Principles is to take all necessary health and safety measures for our products, to comply with all applicable legal requirements and to stay well within the EMF standards applicable at the time of producing the products. Philips is committed to develop, produce and market products that cause no adverse health effects. Philips confirms that if its products are handled properly for their intended use, they are safe to use according to scientific evidence available today. Philips plays an active role in the development of international EMF and safety standards, enabling Philips to anticipate further developments in standardisation for early integration in its products.

Copyrights

VESA, FDMI and the VESA

Mounting Compliant logo are trademarks of the Video Electronics Standards Association.

Manufactured under license

from Dolby Laboratories. ‘Dolby’,‘Pro Logic’ and the double D symbol

G, are trademarks of Dolby

Laboratories.

Manufactured under license

from BBE Sound, Inc. Licensed by BBE, Inc under one or more of the following US patents: 5510752,

5736897. BBE and BBE symbol are registered trademarks of BBE Sound Inc.

Windows Media is either a registered trademark or trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries

® Kensington and MicroSaver are registered US trademarks of ACCO Wor ld Corporation with issued registrations and pending applications in other countries throughout the world. All other registered and unregistered trademarks are the proper ty of their respective owners.

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Important 3

1 Important

Read this user manual before you start to use this product.

Pay attention to this section and closely follow the instructions. The warranty does not apply to damage caused by not taking into account the instructions.

1.1 Safety

•To avoid short circuit, do not expose the product to rain or water.

•To avoid a risk of fire or electric shock do not place naked flame sources (e.g. lighted candles) close to the TV.

• Leave a space of at least 10cm (4 inches) all around the TV for ventilation.

• Keep away from radiators or other heat sources.

• Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case. Make sure that curtains, cupboards and so on cannot obstruct the air flow through the ventilation slots.

• Make sure the TV can not fall down. Place the TV on a solid and flat surface and only use the stand provided with the TV.

•To prevent damaging the mains cord which may cause a fire or electric shock, do not place the TV on the cord or anything else that can pinch te cord.

• When mounted on a swivel stand or VESA wall bracket avoid force coming on the mains plugs. Partly loosened mains plugs can cause arcing or fire.

1.2 Care of the screen

• Unplug the TV before cleaning.

• Clean the surface with a soft damp cloth. Do not apply any other substance (chemical or household cleaning agent).This may damage the screen.

• Do not touch, push or rub or strike the screen with anything hard as this may scratch, mar or damage the screen permanently.

•To avoid deformations and colour fading, wipe off water drops as soon as possible.

• Stationary images Avoid stationary images as much as possible. If you can not, reduce screen contrast and brightness to prevent damage to the screen. Stationary images are images that remain on the screen for a long time. Examples of stationary images are: on screen menus, teletext pages, black bars, stock market information,TV channel logos, time displays, and so on.

1.3 Recycling

•Take the packaging to your local recycling centre.

• Dispose old batteries safely according local regulations.

• This product is designed and manufactured for material recycling and re-use.

• This product should not be disposed with other household waste. Inform yourself or ask your dealer about local environmentally safe recycling and local regulations. Uncontrolled waste disposal harms the environment and human health. (EEC 2002/96/EC)

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2Your TV

This section gives you an overview of the controls and functions of this TV.

2.1 Television overview

Side controls

1Volume up and down 2 Menu 3 Program or Channel up and down 4Power switch 5 Led indicator (Blue: On; Red: Standby) 6 Remote control sensor

Side connectors

To connect a camera, game console, headphone or a USB memory device.

Back connectors

To connect the antenna, DVD, VCR or other device.

Remote control

1 Standby or On 2DVD, STB, ... device selection 3 Colour keys 4Navigation key (up, down, left, right)

5Teletext key 6 Menu key 7 Programme up or down 8Volume up or down 9 Ambilight on or off

Find more on your remote control in section 5.1 Remote control overview.

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2.2 Product highlights

Your new TV is equipped with some of the most modern audio or video innovations. Your TV offers the following advantages ...

Full High Definition LCD display

A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources. It offers a brilliant flickerfree progressive scan picture with optimum brightness and superb colours.

Ambilight

For a more relaxed viewing experience and improved perceived picture quality.

Perfect Pixel HD

Offers perfect picture quality from any source.

100Hz Clear LCD

100Hz Clear LCD results in superior sharpness of motion reproduction, better black level,high contrast with a flicker-free, quiet image and a larger viewing angle.

DVB-T integrated tuner

Next to normal analogue TV broadcast your TV receives digital terrestrial TV and radio broadcasts.

Electronic Programme Guide - EPG

The EPG shows the scheduled digital TV programmes on screen.The guide can remind you when programmes start, switch the TV on, etc.

HDMI connectors

2 HDMI connectors for highest quality high definition connectivity.

Memory card and USB connection

Multimedia connections for instantly view or play your photos or music.

MPEG 4 broadcast

The highest quality videostandard offered by HD transmitted broadcasts.

3 Getting started

This section helps you with the positioning and the first time installation of the TV.

3.1 Position the TV

) Warning

Carefully read the safety precautions in section 1.1 Safety before you position the TV.

Large screen TVs are heavy. Carry and handle the TV with at least two persons.

Connect your devices first before you position your TV or mount it on the wall.

The ideal viewing distance for watching TV is three times its diagonal screensize.

For ideal viewing conditions, position the TV where light does not fall directly on the screen.

Best Ambilight effect is watched in a room with dimmed lighting conditions.

For the best Ambilight effect, position the TV 10 to 20 cm away from the wall. Position the TV where sunlight does not fall directly on the TV.

Kensington Security Slot

Your TV is equipped with a Kensington Security Slot at the back of the TV for an anti-theft lock. An anti-theft Kensington lock has to be purchased separately.

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3.2 Wall mounting - VESA

Your TV is prepared for VESA compliant wall mounting.This bracket is not included. Use a VESA compliant bracket with code VESA MIS-F, 600, 400 M8.

ç Warning

Consider the TV’s weight if you wall mount it. Improper mounting could result in severe injury or damage. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. bears

no responsibility for improper mounting that results in accident or injury.

‡ Locate the 4 small discs at the back of the TV.

® Unscrew the discs and use the free holes (M8)

for fixing the VESA wall bracket.

ÒTo remove the TV stand locate the 4 screws of

the TV stand.

† Unscrew the 4 screws.

º Lift the TV off the stand.

◊Make all connections at the back of the TV

before you wall mount the TV. See section 7 Connections.

Now go on with the instructions supplied with the VESA wall bracket.

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3.3 Remote control batteries

‡ Open the battery cover on the back of the

remote control.

® Insert the 2 batteries supplied (Type AA-R6-

1,5V). Make sure the + and - ends of the batteries line up correctly (inside of case is marked.)

ÒClose the cover.

rNote

Remove the batteries if you don’t use the remote control for a long time.

3.4 Antenna cable

‡ Locate the antenna connection at the back of

the TV.

® Insert the antenna cable tightly into the antenna

socket x Antenna.

3.5 Connect the mains cord

‡ Verify that your mains voltage corresponds with

the voltage printed on the sticker at the back of the TV. Do not insert the mains cord if the voltage is different.

® Insert the mains cord tightly.

The TV is never powered off completely unless the mains cord is physically unplugged.Therefore the mains plug must be accessible at all time.

3.6 First time installation

The first time, and only the first time, the mains cord is inserted, the installation procedures star ts up automatically. Follow the instructions on screen.

à Tips

• If you notice you have selected a wrong language, press the red key on the remote control to return to the language selection menu.

•To rearrange the stored channels, see section 6.3 Rearrange stored channels.

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4 Use your TV

Learn how to operate your TV for daily use.

4.1 Switch on or off - Standby

To switch on the TV:

• Press B Power at the right side of the TV if the standby led is off.

• Press B on the remote control if the standby led in on.

To switch to standby:

• Press B on the remote control.

To switch on from standby without remote control:

• Press B Power at the side of the TV to switch off first and press B Power again to switch on.

To switch off:

• Press B Power at the side of the TV.

rNote

Energy consumption contributes to air and water pollution. As long as the mains cord is plugged in, the TV consumes energy.This TV has a very low standby power consumption.

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4.2 Watch TV

4.2.1 Switch channels

‡ To switch TV channels:

• Press a number (1 to 999) or press P+ or P-

on your remote control.

• Press

Program/Channel - or + on the side

controls of the TV.

® Press R to return to the previously viewed TV

channel .

4.2.2 Adjust volume

‡ To adjust the volume:

• Press V + or - on the remote control

• Press Volume + or - on the side controls

of your TV.

® To m ute the sound:

• Press ¬ on the remote control

• Press ¬ again to restore the sound.

4.3 Watch channels from a

digital receiver

‡ Switch on the digital receiver.

The picture from your receiver might appear automatically on your screen.

® Use the remote control of your digital receiver

to select TV channels.

If the picture does not appear:

‡ Press v on the remote control.

® Press v repeatedly to select the device.Wait

a few seconds until the picture appears.

ÒPress

OK.

† Use the remote control of the digital receiver

to select TV channels.

4.4 Watch connected devices

‡ Switch on the device.

The picture from your device might appear automatically.

If the picture does not appear:

® Press v on the remote control. ÒPress v repeatedly to select the device. Wait

a few seconds until the picture appears.

† Press

OK.

º Use the remote control of your device to select

TV channels.

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4.5 Watch a DVD

‡ Insert a DVD disc in your player. ® Press Play π.

The picture from your player appears automatically on your screen.

If the picture does not appear:

‡ Press v on the remote control.

® Press v repeatedly to select the DVD player.

Wait a few seconds until the picture appears.

ÒPress

OK.

† Press Play π.

4.6 Select a Teletext page

Most TV channels broadcast information via Teletext. To watch Teletext: ‡ Press b.

The main index page appears.

® To select a page of your choice:

• Enter the page number with the number keys.

• Press P- or P+ or navigation key up or down

to view the next or the previous page.

•Press a colour key to select one of the colour coded items at the bottom of the screen.

à Tip

Press R to return to the previously viewed page.

ÒPress b again to switch Teletext off.

For more information on teletext, see section 5.5 Teletext.

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4.7 Change Ambilight mode

You can choose among four Ambilight modes:

• Colour

Sets Ambilight to a constant colour.

• Relaxed

Sets Ambilight to change soft and smoothly with the images on screen.

• Moderate

Sets Ambilight between Relaxed and Dynamic.

• Dynamic

Sets Ambilight to change quick and responsive.

To change the Ambilight mode:

‡ Press Ambilight to switch on or off.

® Press Mode repeatedly to toggle through the

Ambilight modes.

ÒPress

OK.

For more information on Ambilight, see section 5.4 Ambilight.

à Tip

To fully enjoy Ambilight, switch off or dim the room lights.

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Use more of your TV

5.1 Remote control

5.1.1 Remote control overview

1 Standby B

To switch the TV on or back to standby.

2 Input v

To select a connected device or to return to TV.

3 TV DVD STB HTS

To control connected Philips devices.

4 Colour keys

• Easy selection of teletext pages.

• Easy selection of tasks.

5 Guide a

To switch on or off the Electronic Programme Guide.

OK/List

•To display the channel list.

•To activate a setting.

7 Navigation keys (up, down, left, right)

To navigate the menu.

8 Teletext b

To switch teletext on or off.

9 +P- Channel up or down

To switch to the next or previous channel in the channel list.

10 Mute ¬

To m ute the sound or restore it.

11 Number keys

To select a TV channel.

12 Previous channel R

To return to the previously viewed channel.

13 Mode

To toggle through the Ambilight modes

14 Audio and video keys Ò‡π†®

To use with connected Philips devices.

15 Widescreen Picture format q

To select a picture format.

16 Dual screen b

To show teletext on the right and the picture on the left of the screen.

5 Use more of your TV

This section deals with the more advanced use of your TV:

•how to use the menus

• to adjust the picture, sound and Ambilight settings

• more about Teletext

•how to create favourite channel lists

• the advantages of Electronic Programme Guide

•how to set locks and timers

• to set subtitles and select a subtitle language

•how you can view your photos or play your favourite music from a memory card or USB memory device.

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17 Subtitles j

To activate or deactivate the subtitle mode.

18 ‡

MHEG cancel

No function.

19 Ambilight

To switch Ambilight on or off.

20 On screen information i

To show channel or programme information if available.

21 Volume up or down V

To adjust the volume.

22 Menu

To switch the menu on or off.

23 Option

To switch the Quick access menu on or off.

24 Demo

To switch the Demo menu on and to get a demonstration of the features of the TV.

See section 10 Index to find the section in the manual about a specific remote control key.

5.1.2 Operate Philips Audio/Video devices

This TV remote control can operate most of the Philips Audio/Video devices. You can select a DVD, a Digital or Satellite receiver (STB) or Home Theatre System (HTS) to operate. To set to operate a particular DVD or STB device see sections 5.1.3 or 5.1.4. ‡ Press one of the Philips device control keys to

switch the remote control to operate the device you need.

® Use the relevant keys on the TV remote control

to operate the device.

ÒPress the TV key to return to normal TV mode.

When no key is pressed for 30 seconds the remote control will switch back to normal TV.

5.1.3 Set to operate a particular DVD device

The factory setting for the DVD key is the DVD player. You can also set the DVD key to operate a particular DVD type like a DVD recorder, DVD-R with Hard Disk Drive or Blu-ray Disc player. ‡ Press the DVD key and the appropriate number

key at the same time to set the remote control to operate a particular device.

• DVD key and number key 1 for a DVD player (factory setting)

• DVD and 2 for a DVD recorder

• DVD and 3 for a DVD-R Hard Disk Drive

• DVD and 4 for a Blu-ray Disc player

All Philips device control keys will blink for 1 second to confirm the setting.

From now on the DVD key will switch the remote control to the correct DVD device.

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5.1.4 Set to operate a particular STB

You may need to switch the factory setting for STB on the remote control to fit your particular Digital or Satellite receiver. ‡ Press the STB key and the appropriate number

key at the same time.

• STB and number key 1 (factory setting)

• STB and 2

All Philips device control keys will blink for 1 second to confirm the setting.

5.1.5 Device functions overview

When the remote control is set for a particular device all keys have the same function except the keys mentioned here.

• DVD player

Option key = DVD System menu Menu key = DVD Disc menu P+/- = DVD Next/Previous track

• DVD Recorder Option key = DVD-R System menu Menu key = DVD-R Disc menu

Ò key = DVD-R previous track † key = DVD-R next track

• DVD Recorder with Hard Disc Drive Option key = DVD-R HDD Disc menu Menu key = DVD-R HDD, HDD browser

Ò key = DVD-R HDD previous track † key = DVD-R HDD next track

• Blu-ray Disc player Option key = BD Home screen

a key = BD Content menu

Menu key = BD Disc menu

• Digital or Satellite receiver No change of functions.

• Home Theatre System

Option key = HTS Set up Menu key = HTS Disc menu

V key = HTS volume

P+/- = HTS Next/Previous

5.2 TV menu overview

With the on screen menus you install your TV, adjust picture, sound and Ambilight settings and access features.This section gives an overview of the menus and describes how to navigate.

5.2.1 The menu

‡ Press Menu on the remote control to show the

main menu.

® Press Menu to quit the menu.

The main menu offers the following items:

• TV menu

Select this menu for installation, picture and sound settings, Ambilight and other feature settings.

• Channel list

Select this item to show the Channel list. Create your Favourite channel lists here.

•Programme guide

Available when digital channels are installed, this item shows information about the digital programmes. According to the type of Electronic Programme Guide, you can also access the table of scheduled Digital TV programmes and easily select and tune to a desired programme. See section 5.7 Electronic Programme Guide.

• Multimedia

Select this item to view photos or play music stored on a memory card or USB device. See section 5.10 View and play photos, MP3, ...

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Learn to use the menus with this example. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control.

The main menu appears on the screen.

® Press navigation key right to enter the TV

menu.

ÒPress navigation key right to enter the TV

settings menu.

† Press navigation key down to select Picture.

º Press navigation key right to enter the picture

settings.

◊Press navigation key down to select Brightness.

‹Press navigation key right to enter the

Brightness setting.

≈Press navigation key up or down to adjust the

setting.

ÚPress navigation key left to return to the Picture

settings or press Menu to quit the menu.

rNote: More choices come available when digital channels are installed and broadcasted.

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