Philips 34PW981799 Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1: Congratulations On Your Purchase

    Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of...
  • Page 2: Important Safety Instructions

    IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Installation Your remote control ...4 Preparation ...5-7 Installation Select the menu language ...8 Store TV channels ...8 Operation Use of the remote control ...9-11 TV menu Picture menu...12-13 Sound menu ...14-16 Channels menu Channel Lock ...16 TV Ratings Lock...17 Movie Ratings Lock ...18 Set/Change PIN ...19 Settings menu...
  • Page 4: Your Remote Control

    p. 9 SOURCE SELECT selection of AV1, AV2, AV3 AV4 or SIDE Mode buttons p. 9 TV, HD, CBL, SAT,VCR, DVD, AMP or CD selection Display Format p. 9 Alternate Audio p. 9 Sound Mode p. 9 Freeze Format p. 9 activate your choice p.
  • Page 5: Preparation

    ANT. / CABLE AA - 1,5V SOURCE POWER SELECT NATURAL INFO + DNR VCR prog EXIT MOTION Preparation Do not insert the power plug in a wall socket before all connections are made. & Place the TV on a solid surface. For ventilation, leave at least 2”...
  • Page 6: Preparation

    SOURCE SELECT POWER NATURAL INFO + DNR VCR Prog EXIT MOTION return or switch main menu on/off MENU Ï cursor to select adjustments ¬ OK button to activate Picture Natural Motion On (Progressive) On (1050i lines) Brightness Color Tint Contrast Dynamic Contrast puck pipes...
  • Page 7: Preparation

    Picture Sound Automatic Superzoom Display Format Movie Expand 14:9 Movie Expand 16:9 16:9 Subtitle Widescreen Interaction bars Every pathway in the menu structure leads eventually to a bar, where users can set levels, change values or adjust some aspect of system performance. List controls A list control is used to select one or more items from a list of options.
  • Page 8: Installation

    SOURCE SELECT POWER NATURAL INFO + DNR VCR Prog EXIT MOTION return or switch MENU main menu on/off Ï cursor to select adjustments ¬ OK button to activate Picture Sound Install Settings Menu Language Install English French Spanish Autoprogram Install Automatic Start Antenna...
  • Page 9: Operation

    Source Select Press this button repeatedly to select when in TV mode, according to where you connected the peripherals (p. 37). TV CBL VCR AMP HD SAT DVD CD Press one of these buttons to use the remote control in the TV, CBL,VCR or Amplifier mode as indicated above the button.
  • Page 10: Use Of The Remote Control

    NATURAL MOTION Press this button repeatedly to select Off, On (Progressive) or On (1050i lines). See TV menu, Picture menu, p. 12. DNR Digital Noise Reduction Press this button repeatedly to select Off, Minimum, Medium or Maximum. See TV menu, Picture menu, p. 13. VCR Prog (Only functional in VCR mode.) Many VCRs have an automatic programming function.
  • Page 11 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 in which the TV is situated, the contrast, dynamic contrast, brightness and color picture settings are adjusted automatically.
  • Page 12: Tv Menu

    SOURCE SELECT POWER NATURAL INFO + DNR VCR Prog EXIT MOTION return or switch main menu on/off MENU Ï cursor to select adjustments ¬ OK button to activate Picture Sound Install Settings Picture Natural Motion On (Progressive) Brightness On (1050i lines) Color Tint Contrast...
  • Page 13: Picture Menu

    Picture Natural Motion Brightness Color Tint Contrast Dynamic Contrast Sharpness Color Temperature Display Format Color Enhancement Auto Picture Color temperature This control allows you to select from TV channels, the color temperature of the TV picture. & Press the cursor right to enter the list. é...
  • Page 14: Sound Menu

    Sound Stereo Treble 3 Stereo Bass 3D Surround Sound Mode Hall Alt Audio Pro Logic 3D Surround Effect Headphone Volume Auto Sound ‘Dolby’ ‘Pro Logic’ and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
  • Page 15 Stereo Stereo This mode reproduces only the left and right front sound signals. You only hear a stereo sound if the broadcast which you are receiving is transmitted in stereo. 3 Stereo The sound signal is now distributed over the front left, the front right and the 3 Stereo center TV speakers.
  • Page 16: Channels Menu Channel Lock

    Sound Treble Bass Sound Mode Alt Audio 3D Surround Effect Headphone Volume Auto Sound Picture Sound Channels Channel Lock Install TV Ratings Lock Movie Ratings Lock Settings Set/Change PIN Use of the menus Alt Audio When you tune a channel where SAP (Second Audio Program) is available, you can toggle between Main Press the cursor right to enter the list and make your preferred audio...
  • Page 17: Tv Ratings Lock

    Picture Sound Channels Channel Lock Install TV Ratings Lock Movie Ratings Lock Settings Set/Change PIN TV-Y TV-Y7 (D) Dialogue TV Ratings Lock TV-PG (L) Language TV-14 (S) Sex TV-MA (V) Violence Age-based Rating Content-based Rating none No Rating none TV-Y none TV-Y7 (FV) Fantasy Violence...
  • Page 18: Movie Ratings Lock

    Channels Movie Ratings Lock PG-13 NC-17 Use of the menus Movie Ratings Lock This function allows you to control access to individual movies based on their MPAA ratings (Motion Picture Association of America). & Select with the cursor down. Movie Ratings Lock A list appears, showing all valid MPAA content ratings.
  • Page 19: Set/Change Pin

    Set/Change PIN This function allows you to create or change a Personal Identification Number (PIN) in the menu. & Select with the cursor down. Change PIN é If no PIN exists yet, the menu item is set to on screen. If a PIN has previously been entered, the menu item is set to Follow the instructions on screen.
  • Page 20: Settings Menu

    Install Speakers General Source Settings Speakers Settings Center Mode Surround Spkrs Test Tone Front L Trim Front R Trim Center Trim Surround Trim Availability of Speaker menu items • • • Center Mode Surround Spkrs • • • Test tone •...
  • Page 21 Speakers Settings Test Tone Front L Trim Front R Trim Center Trim Surround Trim Test Tone and Trim Controls The menu item enables you to have a reference of the speakers Test Tone loudness and to adjust the level of each until they are balanced in loudness. The speakers activated light up in the screen graphic.
  • Page 22: General

    General Settings Menu Background Surf Dual Screen Format Multi-PIP Format Freeze Format Closed Captions Caption Service Sleep Timer On Timer Time Zone Daylight Saving Tilt Adjust Reset AV Settings General Settings Dual Screen Format Dual Screen Large PIP Medium PIP Small PIP Use of the menus General...
  • Page 23 General Settings PIP 3 Multi-PIP Format PIP 8 PIP 12 General Settings Freeze Freeze Format Replay Photo Finish Multi-PIP Format (not available for digital signals via AV4) Multi-PIP format allows you to view multiple channels or sources at one time, hearing audio from the main screen through the speakers.
  • Page 24 General Settings Closed Captions On with Mute General Settings CC 1,2,3,4 Caption Service T 1,2,3,4 Use of the menus Closed Captions Closed Captioning allows you to read the voice content of television programs on the TV screen. Designed to help the hearing impaired, this feature uses on-screen ‘text boxes’...
  • Page 25 Sleep Timer With the Sleep Timer function you can set a time period after which the TV will turn itself off. & Select with the cursor down. Sleep Timer é Press the cursor right to set the time. The counter runs from 0 up to 180 mins (in 5-min increments).When set to 0, the sleep timer is turned off.
  • Page 26 Use of the menus Daylight Saving Daylight saving time is automatically set by specially broadcasted signals. This menu item allows you to disable the automatic setting of daylight saving time.This is useful if you live in an area or state where daylight saving is not applied, but you receive channels from other areas where daylight saving signals are broadcasted.
  • Page 27: Source

    Source Settings Select Side: Name AV1: Name AV2: Name AV3: Name AV4: Name Side Source This menu allows you to select and/or name the accessory device you connect to one of the AV inputs. & Select with the cursor right. Source The Source menu items appear.
  • Page 28: Dual Screen/Pip

    SURF ACTIVE SOUND CONTROL PICTURE fi ZOOM Dual Screen / PIP Dual Screen/PIP Press the b button to turn on or off Dual Screen or Single PIP, according to the format selection made in the Dual Screen Format list in the General menu.
  • Page 29: Multi-Pip

    PIP 3 PIP 8 PIP 12 Multi-PIP In the Settings menu, General, p. 23 you selected which Multi-PIP format you prefer to see in Multi-PIP. & Press the fi button on the remote control to toggle the selected format on or off.
  • Page 30: Connect Accessory Devices

    Connect Accessory Devices Connect Accessory Devices There is a wide range of audio and video devices that can be connected to your TV.The following connection diagrams show you how to connect them. Video Cassette Recorder ANT. / CABLE & Connect the cable TV cable 1 to the é...
  • Page 31: Connecting Accessory Devices

    VCR with other AV peripherals S VIDEO ANT. / CABLE & Interconnect your VCR with an extra RF cable 2. é To obtain better picture quality, also connect the Video, Audio left and Audio right (only for stereo devices) cables 3 to the input jacks.
  • Page 32: Dvd Player

    AV 2 AV 1 S VIDEO Connect Accessory Devices Satellite Receiver with a VCR ANT. / CABLE & Connect the cable TV cable 1 to the é Connect another RF cable 2 from the output of your VCR to the TV’s jack.
  • Page 33 AV 3 VIDEO L AUDIO R AUDIO S VIDEO AV 4 VIDEO 1080i - 2Fh AUDIO Peripherals connected to AV3 There are three possible ways to connect your Accessory Devices to the input. & • In case of a peripheral with CVBS output, connect the video cable to the video input of the TV.
  • Page 34: Camera And Camcorder

    Connect Accessory Devices Camera and Camcorder & Connect your camera or camcorder to the AV inputs at the right side of your TV. é Connect the device to “ For stereo devices also connect S-Video quality with an S-VHS, Hi-8 or Digital camcorder is obtained by connecting the S-Video cables with the 2) and VIDEO...
  • Page 35 Connect External Speakers / Amplifier Stereo amplifier and two extra FRONT speakers To enhance the sound reproduction of your TV you can connect two extra speakers via an external amplifier. & Connect the audio cables to the audio input of your amplifier and to the AUDIO OUT L The output level is controlled by the volume control of your TV.
  • Page 36: Setting The Remote Control To Work Accessory Devices

    Connect Accessory Devices Setting the remote control to work accessory devices Your remote control is set to work your TV and many infrared remote (IR) control VCRs, Cable TV Converter Boxes, DVD players, Satellite Receivers, etc. Press the accessory device you want to operate with this remote control. Toggle if needed by pressing more than one second until the correct colored LED lights up.
  • Page 37: Selecting Accessory Devices

    SOURCE SOURCE POWER SELECT SELECT NATURAL INFO + DNR VCR Prog EXIT MOTION SOURCE SELECT POWER NATURAL INFO + DNR VCR Prog EXIT MOTION MENU Ï ¬ SURF ® º Ò ‡ π † To select connected devices Devices connected to the rear or on the right side of the TV Press the button repeatedly to select SOURCE SELECT...
  • Page 38: Record With Your Vcr

    Record Record with your VCR To record S-VHS quality, connect an S-VHS peripheral directly to the VCR. Record a TV program You can record a TV program using your VCR’s tuner without affecting your & Select the channel number on your VCR. é...
  • Page 39: Remote Control Direct Entry Codes For Accessory Devices

    Panasonic ......0335 Philips ..... . .0296, 0919 Pioneer .
  • Page 40: Remote Control Direct Entry Codes For Accessory Devices

    Panasonic ....0517, 0659 Philips ..... . .0530, 0566 Pioneer .
  • Page 41: Before Calling Service

    If your problem is not solved Turn your TV off and then on again once. Never attempt to repair a defective TV yourself. Check with your dealer or call a TV technician. Telephone number Philips Customer Care Center 800-531-0039 Before calling Service...
  • Page 42: Tips

    Modifications - The FCC requires the user to be notified that any changes or modifications made to this device that are not expressly approved by Philips Consumer Electronics may void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. Cables - Connections to this device must be made with shielded cables with metallic RFI/EMI connector hoods to maintain compliance with FCC Rules and Regulations.
  • Page 43: Glossary

    Multichannel Television sound (MTS) The broadcast standard that allows for stereo sound to be transmitted with the TV picture. Natural Motion Philips Technology that makes movement on television less jerky and appear more natural. NTSC (analog video signals) National Television Standards Committee format devised for TV broadcasting signals in the 1940s (525 lines: 60 Hz.)
  • Page 44: Service/Warranty Information

    Indicates In-Home/Carry-In Service Note: If you reside in one of our Philips Factory Service Branch areas (see directory on back), you can contact the nearest Service Branch to obtain efficient and expedient repair for your product. If your product is In-Warranty, you should have proof-of-purchase to ensure No Charge Service.
  • Page 45 Philips’ Factory Service. And, if the phone number listed for your area is long distance, call 1-800-242-9225 for Factory Service.
  • Page 46: Limited Warranty

    This warranty gives you specific legal rights.You may have other rights which vary from state/province to state/province. Philips Service Company, P.O. Box 2976, Longview, Texas 75606 (903) 242-4800. LIMITED WARRANTY One Year Free Labor One Year Free Service on Parts MAKE SURE YOU KEEP ...

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