Home Screen; Introduction; Dashboard And Settings; Basic Mode And Full Mode - Philips 43PUG7908 User Manual

1. Home Screen

1.1. Introduction

To enjoy the benefits of your Google TV, connect the TV
to the Internet. Press HOME on your remote control to
get your Home screen. Like on your Android smartphone
or tablet, the Home screen is the center of your TV. From
the Home screen you can decide what to watch by
browsing entertainment options from app and live TV.
The Home screen is organized in rows to let you discover
great content from your favorite apps. You can also add
additional rows or find new apps to get more content.
Apps may populate their recommendation (if available)
with their own choices as an individual row on the home
screen.
Highlights on your home screen
With multiple tabs like Home, Apps, Library and Search,
you can discover movies and shows from your services
and popular apps. Sign in to your Google Account to get
personalized recommendations from your streaming
services based on what you have watched and what
interests you. You can also trigger Google search with
voice or text input in the Search tab.
Apps
The Apps tab of the Home screen contains all installed
Apps that come with the TV and the Apps you have
installed from Google Play™ Store. You can also install
and add more apps as favorites from the Apps tab.
Navigation
Decide what to watch next with easy-to-use navigation.
Browse your personalized recommendations, pick up
where you left off, or quickly find a certain app using the
new tab system.
Discover personalized recommendations
Browse shows and movies that you will love on all your
favorite 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.
See also www.support.google.com/googletv

1.2. Dashboard and Settings

Dashboard
The Dashboard is a side panel in Google TV that provides
access to Settings, device controls, notifications and
more.
The Dashboard can be accessed in two ways as follows:
1 - Navigating to the profile icon in the upper right of the
home screen.
2 - Pressing the DASHBOARD key on the remote control.
The dashboard contains the following features.
• Profile: to display the current user profile icon or to add
a new user profile
• Settings: to access all setting menus for adjusting the
TV settings.
• Clock and screensaver: to indicate the system clock
and to activate screen saver immediately.
• Source: to launch the input source list for switching to
any of the connected devices.
• Picture: quick link to adjust picture settings.
• Notifications: to provide you messages about the
Google TV system; press Clear all to dismiss all
notifications.
Adjust settings
You can access the Settings menu via the dashboard in
the top-right corner. Alternatively, you can access the
Settings menu directly from the remote control by
pressing the DASHBOARD key and selecting Settings.

1.3. Basic Mode and Full Mode

Feature differences
You can set your Google TV to Basic Mode or Full Mode.
Basic Mode contains only Live TV and External devices
(e.g. HDMI) features. Full Mode requires you to log in
with your Google account and Internet connection. With
Full Mode, you have all Basic Mode features and more of
Google's personalized services. For example, movies and
TV shows from your favorite streaming apps,
personalized recommendations, and Google Assistant to
search and control your TV with your voice.
Home screen differences
The Home screen in Basic Mode has only two rows with
no tabs. The first Home row contains Live TV, Sources
and Dashboard icons to control the TV's features. The
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