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Home Screen
1.1
Home Screen
To enjoy the benefits of your Android display,
connect the display to the Internet. Press HOME
on your remote control to get your Android Home
screen. Like on your Android smartphone or tablet,
the Home screen is the centre of your display. From
the Home sreen you can decide what to watch by
browsing entertainment options from app.
Your Home let you discover great contents from your
favourite apps. You can also find new apps to get
more contents.
The Home screen is organized in channels. Apps may
populate their recommendation (if available)
according to their own choice as an individual
channels in the home screen.
Apps
Your favourite Apps are placed on the first row. This
row contains number of apps pre-installed. The order
of these apps are according to business agreements
with content service providers. In this row you will
also find the Apps, like Smart TV Collection, Media
and others.
Help
This contains "How to..." tutorial videos to let you
know how to unbox, how to connect external devices,
etc.
YouTube
This contains your Recommended, Subscriptions or
Trending YouTube videos.
Customize
Click the CUSTOMIZE CHANNELS button to add and
remove channels from your Home screen.
Accessing settings from Home
You can access All Settings menu via the icon at the
top right corner. You can also find the Frequent
settings menu and common menu items in the Philips
TV Menu, which can be invoked directly from the
remote control.
System bar on Home screen
The System bar on the top of Home screen contains
following features.
- Search button: to trigger Google search with voice
or text input. The search result and its order are
rendered according to business agreements with
content service providers.
- Input source: to launch the input source list and
switch to any of the connected devices.
- Notifications: to provide you the messages about
your Smart display system.
- Settings: to access all setting menu and adjust the
display settings.
- Clock: to indicate the system clock.
See also www.support.google.com/androidtv
1.2
Home Screen Update
You may receive the update notification from Google
and have new version of Home launcher installed.
With the new Home launcher, you will have a new
look and features on display's Home screen.
New highlights on your home screen
With multiple tabs like Home, Discover, Apps and
Search, you can discover movies and shows from
your services and popular apps. Sign in to your
Google Account to get personalised
recommendations from your streaming services
based on what you have watched and what interests
you.
New look, new navigation
Decide what to watch next with easy-to-use
navigation. Browse your personalised
recommendations, pick up where you left off, or
quickly find a certain app using the new tab system.
Discover personalised recommendations
Browse shows and movies that you will love on all
your favourite media services. Sign in to your Google
Account to get started.
Get recommendations across Google
Your services are saved to your Google Account so
you can get better recommendations across Google.
1.3
Apps and Smart TV
Collection
Apps
The Apps tab of Home screen contains all installed
Apps that come with the display and the Apps you
have installed from Smart TV Collection or Google
Play™ Store. You can also install and add more apps
as favourite from the Apps tab.
Smart TV Collection
All your premium apps are available within the Smart
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