Philips 42PF9630A/37 Manual page 5

CABLE
-I
CABLE/ANTENNA
"T"
TO TV
OUTPUT
OUT
STB
CABLE / ANTENNA
"11"
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J
STB
0
Basic connections to the
TV
Your integrated digital TV automatically decodes and displays the four basic
DTV picture resolution standards.
- SDTV (Standard Definition TV) are broadcast as 480i (480-line interlaced)
or 480p (480-line progressive scan) video.
- HDTV (High-Definition TV) are broadcast either in the 1080i or 720p
formats, always with a widescreen picture.
Note: Progressive scan video (p) is more like that you see in a movie theater:
Images am much rnom distinct and free of flicker; and motion is smoothen
Next to analog NTSC broadcast reception, your TV has an integrated High
Definition TV tuner which receives, decodes and displays terrestrial ATSC
and unscrambled cable (QAM) signals. HDTV quality is only reproduced
when a broadcaster or cable provider broadcasts HDTV signals.
Note:Ask your broadcaster or cable box provider to transmit/enable HD content
to your home, and possibly upgrade, to a CableCard for the decription of HD
signals
There are 2 ways to get
HDTV
content:
- via cable,
- via antenna.
Note:This drawing is used wherever you can connect cable or antenna.
- Cable TV
Connect the cable TV signal to the CABLE/ANTENNA 7S £-2"11_jack at
the bottom of the TV. See page 10 for details on using Autoprogram to
store channels in the TV's memory.
Note: this connection will supply stereo sound to the TV if it is being broadcast by
the station you am watching.
- Cable box with RF IN/OUT
. Connect the incoming cable TV signal to the cable IN jack (_) on the
back of the cable box.
. Connect a coaxial cable (not supplied) from the TOTV jack on the
back of the cable box to the CABLE/ANTENNA 75 _-2-li- jack (_ at
the bottom of the iV.
Note:Your cable box may have a different label for the TO TV jack, such as
OUTPUT or OUT,
. Set the OUTPUT
CH
switch (_) of the cable box to CH 3 or 4
(whichever is correct for your cable box), then tune the TV to the
corresponding channel.
Once tuned, change channels at the cable box, not the iV.
Note: This connection will not supply sterna sound to the 7V The mason is that
the RF output on a cable box - labeled TO TV, OUT or OUTPUT for example -
will not send a stereo signal to the tuner (VHF/UHF) input on a 7V
- Cable box with A/V outputs
. Connect the incoming cable TV signal (_) to a signal splitter (not
supplied).The signal splitter enables you to avoid having to use theTO
TV jack on the back of the cable box.This jack will not supply stereo
sound to the TV.
Note:Your cable box may have a diffbrent label for the TO TV jack, such as
OUTPUT or OUT,
. Connect a coaxial cable (not supplied) to a connector on the signal
splitter and to the CABLE/ANTENNA 75 £-2-li- jack (_ on the TV.
. Connect another coaxial cable (not supplied) to a connector on the
signal splitter and to the cable IN jack (_) on the back of the cable
box.
" ConnectA/V cables (not supplied) to the VIDEO and AUDIO L and R
outputs on the back of the cable box and to the AV2 video (labeled
VIDEO) and AUDIO (labeled L and R) jacks (_ on the back of the TV.
. To view programs from your cable box, first press the AV+ button on
the remote control.
. Press the cursor clown or up buttons until the AV2 signal source is
selected.
. Press the OK button to confirm your selection.The AV2 input source
becomes current for the viewing of cable iV programs through your
cable box.
Note: If your cable box Audio/Video outputs will not supply video and stereo
audio to the TV,, y ou will need to make the connection shown above in the
example "Cable box with RF INIOUT".