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Ambilight+hue
What You Need
With Ambilight+hue, you can set up your Philips Hue lamps to
follow the Ambilight colours of the TV. The Philips Hue lamps
will expand the Ambilight effect across the room. If you don't
have any Philips Hue lamps yet, buy the Philips Hue Starter Kit
(includes a Hue Bridge and 3 Hue bulbs) and install the bulbs
and Bridge. You can buy extra Philips Hue bulbs separately.
To set up Ambilight+hue on your TV you need...
• a Philips Hue Bridge
• a few Philips Hue bulbs
• this TV connected to your home network
You can do the complete Ambilight+hue setup on TV and don't
need the Ambilight+hue App.
If you do download the free Ambilight+hue App on your
smartphone or tablet later, you can use this App to adjust some
Ambilight+hue settings.
Configure
Configuration Steps
To configure Philips Hue bulbs as Ambilight+hue bulbs, follow
the steps on the following pages...
1 - Network
2 - Hue Bridge
3 - Hue bulbs
4 - Configure bulb
Network
In this first step, you will prepare the TV to find the Philips Hue
Bridge.
The TV and the Philips Hue Bridge must use the same network.
Connect the Philips Hue Bridge to the router with an Ethernet
cable — the router of the network the TV is using.
Switch on the Hue bulbs.
To start the configuration...
1 - Press (Ambilight) and click on any Ambilight Style.
2 - Press and press (left) Setup.
3 - Click Ambilight > Ambilight+hue. and click Switch On.
4 - Click Configure.
5 - If the TV is connected to your home network, it will start
looking for the Philips Hue Bridge immediately.
If the TV is not yet connected to your network, the TV will start
the network setup first. You must connect the TV to your home
network.
With the TV connected to your network, go to page Hue
Bridge.
For more info on connecting the TV to your home network,
press the colour key
wireless.
Hue Bridge
In the next step, you will link up the TV with the Philips Hue
Bridge.
The TV can only be linked up to one Hue Bridge.
To link the Hue Bridge...
1 - With the TV connected to your home network, it will show
the available Hue Bridges. If the TV did not find your Hue Bridge
yet, you can click Scan again.
If the TV found the only Hue Bridge you have, click Next.
If you have more than one Hue Bridge available, click on the
Hue Bridge you want to use and then click Next.
2 - Now go to the Philips Hue Bridge and press the link button
in the middle of the device. This will link the Hue Bridge with the
TV. Do this within 30 seconds. The TV will confirm if a Hue
Bridge is now linked to the TV.
3 - On this confirmation, click OK.
With the Philips Hue bridge linked to the TV, go to page Hue
bulbs.
Hue Bulbs
In the next step, you will select the Philips Hue bulbs that have
to follow the Ambilight.
You can select a maximum of 9 Philips Hue bulbs for
Ambilight+hue.
To select the bulbs for Ambilight+hue...
1 - In the Configure Ambilight+hue menu, click Hue bulbs.
2 - Mark the bulbs that have to follow the Ambilight. To mark a
bulb, click on the bulb name.
3 - When you're done, click OK.
With the bulbs marked for Ambilight+hue, go to page
Configure bulb.
Configure Bulb
In the following step, you will configure each Philips Hue bulb.
To configure each Hue bulb...
1 - Click on the bulb name in the Configure Ambilight+hue
menu. The bulb you selected is blinking.
2 - First indicate where you placed the bulb relative to the TV. A
correct setting of the Angle will send the correct Ambilight
colour to the bulb. Click inside the slider bar to adjust the
position.
3 - Secondly, indicate the Distance between the bulb and the
TV. The further away from the TV, the weaker the Ambilight
colour. Click inside the slider bar to adjust the distance.
4 - Finally, set the Brightness of the bulb. Click inside the slider
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