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About this handbook
This is a handbook to help you with the installation and operation of
your new menu TV.
With a menu TV, menus can be called up on the screen. These menus
provide information either about operations to be carried out or about
functions you can select.
This handbook consists of two parts :
Installation
This part helps you with installing your TV,
selecting your menu language, locating and
storing your TV channels and composing
your favourite list of programme numbers.
To do this, follow the directions of the
menu very closely.
SYSTEM INSTALLATION
The installation menu is shown as it will
appear on your screen.
SYSTEM INSTALLATION
a
I
language
I
b
tv installation
I
c
photo CD/CD-I
select : a-c
menu
off
4
This circle in front of a sentence indicates that you have to do
something.
5
This arrow in front of a sentence indicates the result of what you have
done.
In the stripe under each menu you are told which keys you can press
and how you can switch the menus off again.
Contents
Preparation .......................................................3
Switching TV on ...............................................4
Selecting your Menu language.......................5
- Automatic ..................................................6
- Manual .......................................................7
English
Operation
After you have stored the TV channels, you
can call them up on the screen. You can
adjust the picture and sound via the main
menu. The
is shown here as it will
MAIN MENU
appear on the screen. Feel free to try out all
the different possibilities of your TV. Use this
part of the handbook to help you do this.
MAIN MENU 1
a
I
picture
b
I
sound
I
c
programme list
I
d
special features
I
e
>>>>>
select : a-e
menu off
MAIN MENU 2
I
a
recording source
b
I
system installation
c
I
>>>>>
select : a-c
menu
off
Operation
Operation........................................................14
Main Menu .....................................................15
Other Functions..............................................20
Pip Picture in Picture......................................24
Teletext ...........................................................26
Peripheral Equipment ....................................29
Tips..................................................................35
Index ..............................................................36
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    English About this handbook This is a handbook to help you with the installation and operation of your new menu TV. With a menu TV, menus can be called up on the screen. These menus provide information either about operations to be carried out or about functions you can select.
  • Page 2 12 SAT LD TUNER CD TAPE Source selection standby - switch-off TV selection source selection picture format connect MENU Menu MENU enter or leave a menu . programme selection a...e selection of your . favourite TV channel choice in the menus selection switch off all menus 0...9...

  • Page 3: Installation

    Insert the 2 batteries supplied (type R03G-1,5V). Click the cover back into place. The Philips batteries supplied with the remote control unit of your new TV set do not contain the heavy metals mercury and cadmium. Nevertheless in many countries exhausted batteries may not be disposed of with your household waste.

  • Page 4: Switching Tv On

    Switching TV on Press the switch on the left side of your TV set. A green or red lamp lights up on the front of your TV set. green ............red ............. The TV is switched on. The TV is switched on but the screen stays The screen lights up.

  • Page 5: Selecting Your Menu Language

    Installation Selecting your menu language You can choose for yourself the language of the menus - the instructions and the various possible choices - which you call up on your screen. Press the key on the right side of your TV set. INSTALL INSTALL VOLUME...

  • Page 6: Searching For And Storing Tv Channels

    Searching for and storing TV channels After you have switched on your TV and selected your menu language, you can search for and store your TV channels. This can be done in two different ways : automatically or manually. Automatic installation........Manual installation .........
  • Page 7 Installation Manual TV installation MANUAL TV INSTALLATION Press the green key b in the menu TV INSTALLATION system The menu appears. MANUAL TV INSTALLATION search programme store step Selecting the TV system select : - + a-d 0-9 menu off The television picture is not broadcast in the same way in all countries.
  • Page 8 step Entering the programme number Now you must assign a number of your choice to the TV channel located. In this way you decide for yourself the order of all your TV channels. With the assigned programme number you can call up your TV channel again later.
  • Page 9 Installation Entering or modifying a programme name It is possible that to change the name transmitted by the broadcaster or to assign a name to the TV channels of which no name is filled in yet. A name of maximum 5 letters or numbers can be given to the programme numbers 0 to 99.
  • Page 10 Modifying the programme list According to your preference you can modify the programme list of the stored TV channels by swapping, deleting or inserting certain TV channels. Press the blue key d. menu appears. PROGRAMME SORT PROGRAMME SORT pr.name pr.name pr.name 1 ..
  • Page 11 Installation c. insert You can add a TV channel at the place you like in the programme list with the insert-function of the programme sort menu. Press the red key a. lights up. FIRST SELECTION Select, with the digit keys or with P - or +, the programme number where you want to create an empty place to insert a new TV channel.
  • Page 12 Preselection preferences TV INSTALLATION All the stored TV channels have been automatically placed into the automatic programme list. In the menu you yourself PRESELECTION PREFERENCES manual should indicate for each stored TV channel if you want to keep that programme name programme sort programme number as a favourite.
  • Page 13 Installation Photo CD/CD-I In case you have connected a photo Compact Disc or a Compact Disc Interactive see Peripheral Equipment, p. 30 : Press the yellow key c in the menu. SYSTEM INSTALLATION lights up. PHOTO CD/CD-I Press + to select MENU This offers you an optimum picture quality for your Photo CD or CD-I.

  • Page 14: Operation

    Operation The letters TV in the display of the remote control 12 SAT LD must be in a grey block if you want to operate TUNER CD TAPE your TV. If this is not the case, first press the TV key under the display.

  • Page 15: Main Menu

    Operation Main Menu You use the keys in the grey area of the drawing to operate the main menu. With the colour keys a-b-c-d-e you select your choice in the menus. MAIN MENU 1 The main menu is split into 2 menus and you can: picture sound .

  • Page 16: Adjusting The Sound

    Adjusting the sound Press MENU. SOUND 1 Press the corresponding colour key for SOUND volume menu appears. SOUND 1 balance treble bass Volume, balance, treble, bass >>>>> Press one of the colour keys to select the adjustment you want to select : a-e menu off regulate.
  • Page 17 Operation Sound mode Press the corresponding colour key for in the menu. SOUND MODE SOUND 2 lights up. SOUND MODE If the TV channel which you are now watching transmits stereo or digital sound and if your set is equipped with Nicam, you can choose between : .
  • Page 18 Special features SPECIAL FEATURES 1 Press MENU. child lock Press the corresponding colour key for SPECIAL FEATURES sleeptimer menu appears. SPECIAL FEATURES 1 pp store demonstration >>>>> Press a colour key in order to choose between child lock, sleeptimer, select : a-e menu pp store, demonstration, pip size (for sets with the Picture in Picture option) or picture format.
  • Page 19 Operation Pip size You can select either a large or a small pip format. Press the corresponding colour key for in the PIP SIZE SPECIAL FEATURES 2 menu. Press - or +. MENU For more information about Pip, see Pip, Picture in Picture, p. 24. Picture format A programme in the conventional picture format can be expanded so that you can take full advantage of your wide screen.

  • Page 20: Other Functions

    Other functions M J e Picture format Press repeatedly to select . or a conventional picture format . or a panoramic picture format . or a full expanded picture format . or a wide screen picture format. The information appears briefly on the screen if a panoramic PANORAMA picture format has been selected.

  • Page 21: Information On Screen

    Operation Selecting satellites The keys - and + are only functional when having connected a satellite tuner in combination with a satellite positioner and an automatically rotatable polarmount antenna to select satellites. PP key With the green PP-key you can call up again the picture and sound adjustments which have been stored with the PP store in the Special Features menu, p.18.

  • Page 22: Freezing The Picture

    F H u Time 10:10/20 The time can only be called up if the TV channel you are watching is also broadcasting teletext. Teletext does not need to be switched on. Open the door of the remote control. Press The time appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen. Press again in order to switch off.
  • Page 23 Operation Mosaic screen For TV sets with the Picture in Picture option. With the mosaic screen, you can scan the TV channels stored in the favourite list, display successive frozen pictures with the photo finish function and reproduce the main picture image by image with the strobe function.

  • Page 24: Pip Picture In Picture

    Pip - Picture in Picture For TV sets with the Picture in Picture option. With pip, picture in picture, you can call up a little screen within the main TV screen. Thus at the same time you can watch a programme from other equipment, connected with a eurocable.

  • Page 25: Still Picture

    Operation Switching screens Press The main screen and the pip screen exchange places. If the TV channel is only in the pip screen and not in the main screen, then use - P + of the pip keys in order to change your TV channel in the pip screen.

  • Page 26: Teletext

    Teletext Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. Each channel which broadcasts teletext transmits a page with information on how to use its teletext system. Look for the - P + - P + teletext page with the index (usually page 100). TV programmes are sometimes subtitled for the hard of hearing.

  • Page 27: Selecting A Teletext Page

    Operation Selecting a Teletext Page With the digit keys ..........With the options line........Enter the desired page number with the Select with the colour keys, corresponding digit keys. to the coloured options at the bottom of the The page counter seeks the page or the screen and depending on the teletext the page appears immediately when the page selected TV channel transmits,...

  • Page 28: Special Teletext Functions

    Special teletext functions Open the door of the remote control. Hold You can stop the page counter from seeking when you have entered a wrong page number or when the page is not available. Press appears in the first information line. The page counter stops seeking the entered page number.

  • Page 29: Peripheral Equipment

    Peripheral Equipment Peripheral Equipment There is a wide range of electronic equipment that can be connected to your TV. CABLE The following connection diagrams show you where the different equipment should be connected at the back or the right side of the TV. EXTERNAL 2 TV and video recorder Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown...
  • Page 30 CABLE EXTERNAL 3 EXTERNAL 1 EXTERNAL 2 TV, video recorder 1 and one or more peripherals Connect the aerial cables 1, 2 and 3 as shown alongside. A better picture quality is obtained if you connect the eurocable 4 to and the EXTERNAL 1 eurocable 5 to...
  • Page 31 Peripheral Equipment Camera and camcorder Connect your camera or camcorder to at the FRONT right side of your TV. Connect the equipment to VIDEO 1 AUDIO L 2 mono equipment. In the menu select mono sound. See Main SOUND Menu, Adjusting the sound, Sound mode, p. 17. AUDIO Connect also for stereo equipment.
  • Page 32 Decoders Cable TV offers you a wide choice of programmes. Most of them are free, others are to be paid for by the viewer. This means that you will need to subscribe to the broadcasting organisation whose programmes you wish to receive. This organisation will supply you a corresponding decoder unit to allow the programmes to be unscrambled.
  • Page 33 Peripheral Equipment Reproducing Picture and Sound Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the remote control of your TV. VCR 1 2 SAT LD Then press M on the remote control repeatedly until TUNER CD TAPE the designation VCR1, VCR2, SAT, LD, TUNER, CD or TAPE appears in a grey block, according to the...
  • Page 34 Recording with your video recorder 1. Recording a TV programme only using an aerial cable Select the programme number on your video recorder. Set your video recorder to record. (See the handbook for your video recorder.) using a eurocable connected to the using a eurocable connected to the euroconnector euroconnector...

  • Page 35: Tips

    Tips Tips Poor Picture Menu Have you selected the correct TV system ? Did you select the wrong menu ? Once more press or off to exit from the menu. Is your TV set or house aerial located too MENU close to loudspeakers,non-earthed audio equipment or neon lights, etc.

  • Page 36: Index

    Index photo finish ...........23 analogue ............17 picture............15 automatic............6 pip - picture in picture ........24 balance ............16 preselection preferences ......12 bass..............16 programme list..........17 bilingual broadcast ........21 programme name ...........9 brightness............15 programme sort ..........10 camcorder .............31 recording ............34 child lock............18 recording source ...........19 colour.............15 S-VHS.............29 connections ...........29...
  • Page 37 Printed in Belgium 3104 305 4412.2...

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