Open The Home Screen - Philips 8729 Series User Manual

apps, personalised recommendations, and Google
Assistant to search and control your TV with your voice.
Some features are not available in Basic Mode. For more
information, please refer to Google support page.
Difference of Home screen
The Home screen of Basic Mode has only two rows and
without tabs. The first Home row contains Watch TV, TV
Guide, Sources and Dashboard icons for TV feature
operations. The second App row contains all pre-
installed Apps. The Dashboard on Basic Mode does not
include personal profile and can only perform setting
change and displaying system notifications.
The Home screen of Google TV has multiple tabs like
Home, Apps, Library and Search. Each tab contains rows
of apps, movies and shows from your services and
popular apps. You can get personalised
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
Search tab.

1.4. Open the Home Screen

To open the Home screen and open an item:
1 - Press  HOME.
2 - Select an item and press OK to open or start it.
3 - Press  Back continuously or press  HOME can go
back to Home screen.
When opening the Home screen, the background
application/content playback will stop. You have to
select the application or content from the Home screen
to resume.
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