Contents 1 Home Screen 10.3 Start or Stop an App 1.1 Home Screen and Channels 10.4 Manage Apps 11 Sources 1.2 Open the Home Screen 1.3 Home Screen Update 11.1 Switch to a device 2 Setting Up 12 Settings 2.1 Read Safety 12.1 Picture Settings 2.2 TV Stand and Wall Mounting 12.2 Sound Settings...
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21 Safety and Care 21.1 Safety 21.2 Screen Care 22 Terms of Use 23 Copyrights 23.1 HDMI 23.2 HEVC Advance 23.3 Dolby ATMOS 23.4 DTS-HD 23.5 Wi-Fi Alliance 23.6 Kensington 23.7 Other Trademarks 24 Disclaimer regarding services and/or software offered by third parties Index...
This channel contains your Recommended, Subscriptions or Trending YouTube videos. Home Screen Customize channels Click the Customize channels button to add and remove channels from your Home screen. Home Screen and Channels See also www.support.google.com/androidtv The Home launcher To enjoy the benefits of your Android TV, connect the Accessing settings from Home TV to the Internet.
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Home Screen Update You may receive the update notification from Google and have a new version of Home launcher installed. With the new Home launcher, you will have a new look and features on your TV’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.
• Make sure that the power plug, in the wall socket, is accessible at all times. • When you unplug the power cable, always pull the plug, never pull the cable • 32PHT6917 VESA MIS-F 100x100, M4 (Min.: 8mm, Max.: 10mm) • 43PFT6917 VESA MIS-F 100x200, M6 (Min.: 8mm, Max.: 11mm)
Antenna Cable Insert the antenna plug firmly into the Antenna socket at the back of the TV. You can connect your own antenna or an antenna signal from an antenna distribution system. Use an IEC Coax 75 Ohm RF antenna connector. Use this antenna connection for antenna digital or analog input signals.
Middle Remote Control Key Overview 1 - OK key To confirm a selection or setting. To open the channel list while watching TV. 2 - Back 1 - Power (Standby/On) • To return to previous menu or TV source. To switch the TV on or back to Standby. •...
control starts blinking. 2 - The remote control must be kept close to the TV (within 3 feet) during pairing in order to ensure success. 3 - If the TV does not launch the voice control field when you press Google Assistant™, pairing was unsuccessful.
Warning Do not put any objects in front of IR sensor of the TV as it may block the IR signal. Batteries If the TV does not react on a key press on the remote control, the batteries might be empty. To replace the batteries, open the battery compartment on the back-bottom of the remote control.
Switching On and Make sure the TV is connected to the mains AC power. The indicator light at the bottom of the TV lights up. Switch on Press Power on the remote control to turn the TV on. You can also press the small joystick key on the bottom of the TV to turn the TV on in case you can't find the remote control or its batteries are dead.
To install Antenna channels… Channel Installation 1 - Press Home > Settings > Channel > Channel Installation Mode and press OK. 2 - Select Antenna and then go back to Channel. 3 - Select Channel Setup > Channel Scan and press OK.
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Analog Channel Fine Tune Analog TV channels can be manually fine tuned. To fine tune a channel... 1 - While watching TV, press MENU > TV options > Settings > Channel > Channel Setup and press OK. 2 - Select Analog Channel Fine-tune and press OK.
About Channel Lists Channels After a channel installation, channels appear on the channel list. The channels displayed in All Channel list is listed based on TV source. Channels are shown with their name if this information is available. About Channels and Switch With a channel list selected, press Navigation keys Channels up or down to select a channel, then press OK to...
With Channel List Copy, you can copy the channels Watching channels installed* on one TV onto another Philips TV of the same range. It can avoid a time-consuming channel search by uploading a predefined channel list onto a Tune to a Channel TV.
4 - Press Navigation keys up or down to select the Change PIN channel you want to lock or unlock, and press OK. 5 - A locked channel is marked with a lock icon. Set new or reset PIN code. The PIN code is used to 6 - Alternatively, you can select Block all or Unblock lock or unlock channels or programs.
watch videos within iTV pages. list… 1 - Select a list of Favorites1 to Favorites4 you want to edit. Close iTV pages 2 - Press Yellow key for Select More. 3 - Select Operation > Move to move the channel Most iTV pages inform you which key to use to close.
HDMI ARC Connect Devices Only HDMI 1 connection on the TV has HDMI ARC (Audio Return Channel). If the device, typically a Home Theater System (HTS), About Connections also has the HDMI ARC connection, connect it to HDMI 1 on this TV. With the HDMI ARC connection, you do not need to connect the extra audio cable Connectivity Guide that sends the sound of the TV picture to the HTS.
Home Theater System - HTS Connect with HDMI ARC Use an HDMI cable to connect a Home Theater System (HTS) to the TV. You can connect a Philips Soundbar or an HTS with a built-in disc player. HDMI ARC If your Home Theater System has an HDMI ARC...
Warning The USB Hard Drive is formatted exclusively for this TV, you cannot use the stored recordings on another TV or PC. Do not copy or change recording files on the USB Hard Drive with any PC application. This will corrupt your recordings.
3 - Select the device you want to assign and press 4 - Select Set timeshift to assign the device for Time shift data storage. The device will be marked with TSHIFT on Device info list. 5 - Select Set PVR to assign the device for recording data storage.
Select a Device Bluetooth® To select a wireless device… 1 - Press MENU > TV What You Need options > Settings > Remote & Accessories and press OK. You can connect a wireless device with Bluetooth® to 2 - In the list, select the wireless device and this TV –...
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4 - Press Back, repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu.
• If the connection to the router is OK, check the router connection to the Internet. To enjoy the full capabilities of your Philips Android The PC and Internet connection are slow TV, your TV must be connected to the Internet.
IP addressing, set the TV to Static IP. Google Account Sign In To enjoy the full capabilities of your Philips Android TV, you can sign in to Google with your Google Account. By signing in you'll be able to play your favorite games across phone, tablet and TV.
Find more information on www.support.google.com/androidtv Apps Music 10.1 About Apps With YouTube Music you can play your favorite music on TV and buy new music on your computer or You can find your favorite Apps on Apps row in the mobile device.
4 - When done, press Back repeatedly or Payments press EXIT or stop the app with its dedicated exit/stop button. To make a payment on Google Play on TV, you must If the App is not on you Home screen, you can add add a form of payment - a credit card (outside the via the Apps page or by the Add app to favorites United States) - to your Google Account.
Sources 11.1 Switch to a device From the list of Sources, you can switch to any of the connected devices. You can switch to a tuner to watch TV or switch to your connected devices to watch their program, a digital receiver or a Blu-ray Disc player.
Stretches the picture to a 16:9 format. Settings Full Automatically enlarges the picture to fill the screen. Picture distortion is minimal, subtitles remain visible. 12.1 Not suitable for PC input. Some extreme picture Picture Settings content can still show black bars. Picture content aspect ratio may change.
MPEG Noise Reduction feature to improve the quality If you select TV speakers, the TV speakers are always of pictures by reducing the noise without compromising the picture resolution. With an audio device connected with HDMI CEC, • Adaptive Luma Control select HDMI sound system.
Power > Picture off. Blue Mute Select Picture off, the TV screen is turned off, to turn the TV screen back on, press any key on the remote MENU > TV options > Advanced Options > Blue control. Mute. Turn the blue mute on or off. Set TV switch off timer Power >...
About Teletext To show the information about this TV or perform MENU > TV options > Advanced Factory reset operation for the TV. Options > Teletext. Some digital TV broadcasters have several Text Date & Time languages available. Adjust the date and time settings. Text language and decoding Timer To set your Text language .
12.6 Reboot Retail Mode Switch On or Off the retail mode. If you set the retail Home > Settings > Device Preferences > Reboot. mode to on. You can set the retail message type and demo. Note: • Disconnect the external USB hard disc before rebooting.
audio in one of these languages is available, the TV correctly, you can set the time manually. will switch to this audio. Set time zone or set a time offset for your region Subtitle Language Date & time > Set time zone. Select the time zone of your preference.
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When Audio Description is on, more Visually Impaired options are available. Set the speaker, headphone volume of the normal audio with the audio commentary or set the extra audio effects in the commentary audio. You can adjust the effect with below settings.
13.3 View your Photos Videos, Photos, Music & Text View Photos View a photo 13.1 1 - Press Home, select MMP from the Apps list and From a USB Connection press OK. 2 - Use Navigation keys to select Photo. 3 - Select one of the photos, and press OK.
Display the information of the picture file. Press OK to play or pause the text file preview. Photo Frame image Repeat Set the picture as Photo Frame image. Preview the text files repeatedly or once. Picture Shuffle On, Shuffle Off Adjust the picture settings.
TV guide 14.1 TV Guide Data With the TV Guide you can view a list of the current and scheduled TV programs of your channels. Not all channels offer TV Guide information. The TV Guide receives information (data) from broadcasters. The TV can collect TV Guide information for the channels that are installed on the TV.
3 - Select Set PVR to assign the device for recording data storage. The device will be marked with PVR on Recording and Time Device info list. Shift You cannot record when you are using Time shift function. 15.1 In terms of enforcement of copyright legislation, some Record Options channel providers can apply different restriction by means of DRM (Digital Right Management)
List of Recordings Pause a program You can view and manage your recordings in the list To pause and resume a broadcast… of recordings. • To pause a broadcast, press Pause. A progress bar To open the list of recordings… at the bottom of the screen appears briefly.
Smartphones and Tablets 16.1 Google Cast What You Need If an app on your mobile device has Google Cast, you can cast your app on this TV. On the mobile app, look for the Google Cast icon. You can use your mobile device to control what's on TV.
Netflix If you have a Netflix subscription, you can enjoy Netflix on this TV. Your TV must be connected to the Internet. In your region, Netflix might only come available with future software updates. To open Netflix, press NETFLIX on the remote control to open the Netflix App.
Software 18.1 Update Software Local Updates You need a computer with a high-speed Internet connection and a USB flash drive to upload the software on the TV. Use a USB flash drive with at least 2GB free space. Make sure that write protection is switched off.
Specifications Product specifications are subject to change without 19.1 notice. For more specification details of this product, Environmental www.philips.com/TVsupport Power End of Use • Mains power: AC 110-240V +/-10% • Ambient temperature: 5°C to 35°C • Power saving features: Sleep timer, Switch off timer, Disposal of your old product and batteries Picture off, No Signal Auto Power Off, Auto sleep.
Philips startup screen influence reception quality. If possible, try to improve When the TV is in standby, a Philips startup screen is the reception quality by changing the antenna displayed, then the TV returns to standby mode. This direction or moving devices away from the TV.
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this channel with Manual Installation. HDMI and USB Poor picture from a device • Make sure that the device is connected properly. HDMI Make sure the device's output video setting is the • Note that HDCP (High-bandwidth Digital Content highest possible resolution if applicable. Protection) support can delay the time taken for a TV •...
6 - Press Back or EXIT repeatedly to close the menu. 20.3 Online Help To solve any Philips TV related problem, you can consult our online support. You can select your language and enter your product model number. Go to www.philips.com/TVsupport...
If liquids are spilled on or into the TV, disconnect the controls. TV from the power outlet immediately. • ALWAYS route cords and cables connected to the Contact Philips TV Consumer Care to have the TV television so that they cannot be tripped over, pulled checked before use. or grabbed.
• Disposal of a battery into fire or a hot oven, or 21.2 mechanically crushing or cutting of a battery, that can Screen Care result in an explosion. • Leaving a battery in an extremely high temperature • Never touch, push, rub or strike the screen with any surrounding environment that can result in an object.
23.4 DTS-HD Copyrights DTS-HD 23.1 For DTS patents, see http://patents.dts.com. HDMI Manufactured under license from DTS Licensing Limited. DTS, the Symbol, DTS and the Symbol HDMI together, DTS-HD, and the DTS-HD logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of DTS, Inc. in The terms HDMI, HDMI High-Definition Multimedia the United States and/or other countries.
23.7 Other Trademarks All other registered and unregistered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Channel, switch to a channel Register your product Channel, TV guide Remote control, batteries Connectivity Guide Repair Consumer Care Contact Philips Safety Instructions Screen care Display Mode Search for a Channel Disposal of TV or batteries Set PIN Code Software, Update...
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