Introduction; Important Information; Electric, Magnectic And Electromagnectic Fields ("Emf") - Philips 15/20HF5234 User Manual

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Introduction

Thank you for purchasing this television set.
This manual contains all information you
will need to initially install and operate your
new TV.
If this instruction manual does not
give an answer to your problem or
if Troubleshooting page does not solve
your TV problem, you can call your Local
Philips Customer or Service Centre. See the
supplied Worldwide guarantee booklet for
details. Please have the Model and Product
number (which you can find at the back or
the bottom of your television set or on the
packaging) ready, before calling the Philips
customer support service.
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Important information

1.1.1 Stationary images on the TV
screen
A characteristic of LCD and Plasma Panels
is that displaying the same image for a long
time can cause a permanent after-image to
remain on the screen. This is called
phosphor burn in. Normal use of the TV
should involve the showing of pictures
that contain constantly moving and changing
images that fill the screen.
Examples of stationary images (this is not
an all inclusive list, you may encounter
others in your viewing).
• TV and DVD menus: listings of DVD
disk content.
• Black bars: when black bars appear at
the left and right side of the screen, it is
recommended to change to a picture
format so that the picture fills the entire
screen;
• TV channel logo: present a problem if
they are bright and stationary. Moving
or low-contrast graphics are less likely
to cause uneven aging of the screen;
• Stock market stickers: presented at the
bottom of the TV screen;
• Shopping channel logos and pricing
displays: bright and shown constantly or
repeatedly in the same location on the
TV screen.
• Examples of still pictures also include
logos, computer images, time display,
teletext and images displayed in 4:3
mode, static images or characters, etc.
Tip:
Reduce contrast and brightness when
viewing.
1.1.2 Electric, Magnetic and
Electromagnetic Fields ("EMF")
• Philips Royal manufactures and sells many
products targeted at consumers, which,
like any electronic apparatus, in general
have the ability to emit and receive
electro magnetic 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.
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