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- Page 1 AMBILIGHT tv 8500 Series User Manual 43PUS8500 50PUS8500 55PUS8500 65PUS8500 Register your product and get support at www.philips.com/TVsupport...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Content 1 Home Screen Overview 9 Videos, Photos and Music 9.1 From a USB Connection 9.2 From a Computer or NAS 2 Get Support 9.3 Photos 2.1 Identify and Register your TV 9.4 Videos 2.2 TV Help and User Manual 9.5 Music 2.3 TV Diagnose and Self-diagnose 2.4 Consumer Care / Repair... - Page 3 20.3 Display Resolution 20.4 Supported Input Resolution 20.5 Sound 20.6 Multimedia 20.7 Connectivity 21 Troubleshooting 21.1 Tips 21.2 Switch On 21.3 Remote Control 21.4 Channels 21.5 Satellite 21.6 Picture 21.7 Sound 21.8 HDMI - UHD 21.9 USB 21.10 Wi-Fi and Internet 21.11 Wrong Menu Language 22 Safety and Care 22.1 Safety...
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Page 4: Home Screen Overview
You can access All Settings menu via the icon at the top right corner. You can also find the Frequent settings and Quick menu with common settings in the Philips TV Menu, which can be invoked directly from the remote control. -
Page 5: Get Support
- Sound participate in special surveys about new releases. - Connect external devices - Network Go to www.philips.com/TVsupport - TV tuner - Clear cache memory - Apps 4 - Select OK to close the result page and go back to TV 2.2. -
Page 6: Consumer Care / Repair
Find the telephone number in the printed documentation that came with the TV. Or consult our website www.philips.com/TVsupport and select your country if needed. TV model number and serial number You might be asked to provide the TV product model number and serial number. -
Page 7: Quick Guide
3. Quick Guide Alexa Press and hold to talk to Alexa, interrupt an Alexa response, or stop an Alert. When Alexa is responding to your utterance or playing media, press again to stop or attenuates playback. 3.1. Remote Control Middle Key Overview The feature of Hidden keys... -
Page 8: Pair Your Remote Control To Tv
11 - TV / EXIT 6 - To switch back to watch TV or to stop an interactive TV To launch the Amazon prime video App. application. However, it might not work on some 7 - applications; behaviour is dependent on third party TV To launch the Titan Channels App. -
Page 9: Ir Sensor
(Home) > Settings > Wireless & network > Remote For more information, check on Help > User manual > control > Update remote control software End of use. Check available remote control software for updates. Cleaning Your remote control is treated with a scratch-resistant 3.3. -
Page 10: Setting Up
TV. you lost this guide, you can download it • Make sure the power cable is securely inserted in the from www.philips.com/TVsupport. connector. • Make sure that the power plug, in the wall socket, is Use the model number of the TV to look for the Quick accessible at all times. - Page 11 Although this TV has a very low standby power consumption, unplug the power cable to save energy if you do not use the TV for a long period of time. On or Standby Before you switch on the TV, make sure you plugged in the mains power in the POWER connector on the back of the TV.
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Page 12: Connections
5. Connections 5.1. Connectivity guide Always connect a device to the TV with the highest quality connection available. Also, use good quality cables to ensure a good transfer of picture and sound. When you connect a device, the TV recognizes its type and gives each device a correct type name. -
Page 13: Mobile Device
TV screen. Scan the QR code with your mobile device and follow the instruction to download and install the Philips Smart TV app. When using the app, your mobile device and Philips TV need to connect to the same Wi-Fi network. -
Page 14: Other Device
Smart Card Digital TV operators provide a CI+ module (Conditional Access Module - CAM) and an accompanying smart card, when you subscribe to their premium programmes. Insert the smart card into the CAM module. See the instruction you received from the operator. To insert the CAM in the TV…... -
Page 15: Bluetooth
USB Storage Device Pairing a Device You can view photos or play your music and videos Position the wireless speaker within a distance of 5 from a connected USB flash drive. Insert a USB flash meters from the TV. Read the user manual of the device drive in one of the USB connections on the TV while the for specific information on pairing and on wireless TV is switched on. -
Page 16: Computer
(limited RGB) shall be set in computer graphic card. To pair a Philips easy-pair headphones with the TV: 1 - Put the Philips easy-pair headphones into pairing mode, and place it within a distance of 5 metres from the TV. -
Page 17: Switch Source
6. Switch Source 6.1. Source List • To open the sources menu, press SOURCES. • To switch to a connected device, select the device with the Arrow / navigation keys and press OK. • To view the technical information of the connected device you are watching, press OPTIONS and select Device info. -
Page 18: Channels
7. Channels 2 - Press OK to search channels. This can take a few minutes. Quick reinstall (Home) > Settings > Channels > Antenna/Cable 7.1. About Channels and installation* > Search for channels 1 - Select Quick reinstall or Channel reinstall (if country Switch Channels setting is UK) to install all channels again with default settings. - Page 19 If this results in having no channels installed or if some Channel Update Message channels are missing, you can search in smaller steps of 1MHz. Using the 1MHz steps will take more time to (Home) > Settings > Channels > Antenna/Cable search for and install channels.
- Page 20 available analogue TV channels. Automatic channel update Once a day, at 6 AM, the TV updates the channels and stores new channels. New channels are stored in the All Satellite channels list but also in the New channels list. Empty channels are removed.
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Page 21: Channel List Copy
With Channel list copy/Satellite list copy, you can copy To Installed TVs the channels installed on one TV onto another Philips TV of the same range. You can avoid the time- Depending on whether your TV is already installed or... -
Page 22: Channel Options
* Note: HD+ OpApp is only available for HD+ subscriber and the country setting is Germany. You need internet connection and accept the Philips Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy and Smart TV Terms of Use to install the Freely App. You can install the App... - Page 23 languages. One of these subtitle languages must also the channel info. be part of the broadcast. You can select your preferred subtitle languages in Subtitle language. HbbTV on This Channel If you want to avoid access to HbbTV pages on a Subtitles Language specific channel, you can block the HbbTV pages for this If none of the preferred subtitle languages are...
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Page 24: Channel List
HbbTV Device ID reset Channel List Options You can reset your TV unique device identifier. A new Open Options Menu identifier will be created. To open the channel list option menu: • Press TV / EXIT, to switch to TV. ... -
Page 25: Favourite Channels
of channels. Create a Favourites List 1 - While watching a TV channel, press Channel list Search Channels to open the channel list. 2 - Select the channel, and press Mark as TV / EXIT > OK > OPTIONS > Search channel ... -
Page 26: Text / Teletext
you know"-channel provides useful tips to improve the Text Options way you use your TV. In Text/Teletext, press OPTIONS to select the following… • Freeze page / Unfreeze page 7.5. Text / Teletext To stop the automatic rotation of subpages. •... - Page 27 Watch Streaming channels Your TV must be connected to a home network with an Internet connection. You will need to accept the Streaming channels Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. To install and watch Streaming channels: 1 - Press the SOURCES key on the remote control to open the Sources menu.
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Page 28: Tv Guide
8. TV Guide Update TV Guide You can update the TV guide to get the latest programmes information. 8.1. What You Need To update the TV guide, press OPTIONS and select Update TV guide. It may take few minutes to complete the update. -
Page 29: Videos, Photos And Music
9. Videos, Photos and View Photos Music 1 - Press SOURCES, select USB and press OK. 2 - Select USB Flash Drive and then select the USB device you need. 3 - Select one of photos, and press OK to view the 9.1. -
Page 30: Video Options
9.4. Videos During the video playback, press OPTIONS to get more options. Subtitle settings Set the Font size, Subtitle colour, Subtitle position and Play Videos Time sync offset if the options are available. To play a video on TV: Info Show video file information. -
Page 31: Open Tv Setting Menus
10. Open TV Setting • Update software — Check for TV software update. You can press Customise to enable or disable the Menus items from the list of Frequent settings. All settings menu: 10.1. Quick Menu and Press (Home) key on the remote control will go back to the Home screen. - Page 32 entertainment experience. Backlight Contrast • ECO - Most energy conscious setting • Movie - Ideal for watching movies with original studio (Home) > Settings > Picture > Contrast > Brightness effect. > Backlight contrast. • Game* - Ideal for playing games. Adjust the contrast value of the picture.
- Page 33 in the dark, middle and light areas of the picture. selected colour temperature of the picture. Note: Not available when HDR signal is detected. Not available in Monitor mode. Sharpness Enhancement HDR Control (Home) > Settings > Picture > Sharpness > HDR Effect Settings Enhancement.
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Page 34: Screen Settings
Screen Settings IntelliSound Engine IntelliSound Engine comprises of various impactful Picture Format audio processing technologies that capture the essence of sound and how it enhances the total sound (Home) > Settings > Screen > Picture format experience. You can select from three IntelliSound If the picture is not filling the whole screen, if black bars engine modes. - Page 35 (Home) > Settings > Sound > Custom settings > Bass enhancement Immersive level (Home) > Settings > Sound > Custom settings > Bass Set the amount of Immersive effect, only available enhancement when Dolby Atmos is set to On or Auto. Adjust the amount of bass enhancement level.
- Page 36 Vocal boost Custom Equaliser (Home) > Settings > Sound > Custom settings > Vocal (Home) > Settings > Sound > EasyLink 2.0 > Custom boost Equaliser. Adjust the amount of the dialogue content. Adjustable frequency bands when the Sound style is set to Custom.
- Page 37 • Off - Crystal Sound Stage, good for listening to music acoustics in your room and provide optimised sound and dialogue. quality on the TV speakers that best match the acoustics. You need to pair your remote control with the TV Subwoofer before starting the setup and make sure the TV Audio out setting is TV speakers.
- Page 38 * Note: Delta volume is available when the input source • Stereo (uncompressed): If your audio playback is set to HDMI or Analogue sources and the Audio out is devices have no multichannel sound processing, select set to TV speakers or HDMI sound system. to only output stereo content to your audio playback devices.
- Page 39 TV speakers as the setup affects TV speakers This function is available when you control Ambilight only. The hearing test works best when carried out in with Philips Smart TV app. silence, make sure your environment is quiet when testing.
- Page 40 personalisation / Ambilight personalisation (current Lounge selected style) > Reset all to default Lounge mode Reset all of Ambilight personalisation settings back to The Lounge mode of your TV allows you to switch on the original factory settings. the Ambilight when the TV is in standby. So you can light up your room with Ambilight.
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Page 41: Wireless And Networks
Wireless and Networks Set alarm To enable or disable the alarm. Home Network To enjoy the full capabilities of your Philips Smart TV, your TV must be connected to the Internet. Time Connect the TV to a home network with a high-speed Set the alarm time. - Page 42 Connect to Network Wireless Connection What You Need To connect the TV to the Internet wirelessly, you need a Wi-Fi router with a connection to the Internet. Use a high-speed (broadband) connection to the Internet. Make the Connection (Home) > Settings > Wireless & networks > Wired or Wi-Fi >...
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Page 43: General Settings
DMR is switched on. Control4® is the provider of personalised automation and control solutions, helping to control multiple devices in your home. To join your Philips Smart TV to Switch on Wi-Fi connection Control4®, please make sure your Control4®... - Page 44 Power and Energy HDMI-CEC Connection - EasyLink Connect HDMI CEC-compatible devices to your TV, you Set the Power-on behaviour can operate them with the TV remote control. EasyLink (Home) > Settings > General settings > Power and HDMI CEC must be switched on on the TV and the energy >...
- Page 45 To avoid the malfunctioning of such a device, you can Location - Home or Shop adjust HDMI Ultra HD setting when TV is in the HDMI source. Recommended setting for legacy device is (Home) > Settings > General settings > Location Standard.
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Page 46: Universal Access Settings
few minutes. Manage Demos (Home) > Apps > Demo me > Manage demos Universal Access Settings If the TV is set to Shop, you can manage the demo videos in Demo me app. (Home) > Settings > Universal access With Universal Access switched on, the TV is prepared Play demo video for use for the deaf, hard of hearing, blind or partially... -
Page 47: Lock Settings
The time information comes from the broadcasted UTC rated app. This lock is only valid for 18+ rated apps from - Coordinated Universal Time information. the Philips apps. • If the clock is not correct, you can set the TV clock to Country dependent. -
Page 48: Eco Settings
10.3. Eco Settings Settings for Energy saving MENU > Eco settings > Energy saving Press MENU key on the remote control to find the Quick Menu, select Eco settings to set the options. Select and confirm to apply the Eco settings on TV. This may reset some picture settings to original and reduce some brightness of the Ambilight*. -
Page 49: Game Bar
11. Game Bar to Profile name bar and press OK to enable or disable the game tools. Move the cursor to Game tool icon and press OK can turn on the green light on icon and enable the tool. Press OK again will disable the tool. Move down to select ... - Page 50 Profile restore: restore default settings for the current profile. * Ambilight setting is only for models that support Ambilight function.
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Page 51: Smart Tv And Apps
You can sort the Apps in Apps by different categories like New, Video, Entertainment, News or Lifestyle. Featured Apps In this area, Philips presents a range of recommended Apps for you. You can select and install them to enrich your Smart TV life. -
Page 52: Netflix
13. Netflix If you have a Netflix membership subscription, you can enjoy Netflix on this TV. Your TV must be connected to the Internet. To open Netflix, press to open the Netflix App. You can open Netflix immediately from a TV in standby. www.netflix.com... -
Page 53: Amazon Prime Video
14. Amazon Prime Video With an Amazon prime membership, you gain access to thousands of popular movies and TV show, including exclusive Prime Originals. Press the key to open the Amazon Prime Video app. Your TV must be connected to the Internet to use the app. -
Page 54: Youtube
15. YouTube YouTube provides a platform to connect to the world. Watch and discover popular videos that uploaded by YouTube users around the world. Use the YouTube app to explore the latest topics on music, news, and more. Press the app icon to open the YouTube app. Your TV must be connected to the Internet to use the app. -
Page 55: Alexa
"Alexa, next channel on TV" To use Alexa, you need to first setup the Alexa client "Alexa, change channel to 5 on TV“ service on your Philips Smart TV. Start the setup by CHANGE VOLUME launching the "Amazon Alexa" app from the Home screen of your TV. - Page 56 NAVIGATE MENUS** "Alexa, go right" "Alexa, move down" "Alexa, select this" SEARCH VIDEO CONTENT** "Alexa, show me hot news on YouTube" "Alexa, search for Mr. Bean" Note: ** Supported voice commands may not be available for certain countries. *** Skill is only available in supported countries and languages.
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Page 57: Google Assistant
TV with voice commands. 5 - On Google Home app, select “Set up device”, then select 'Works with Google' and search for Philips Smart TV. Sign in to link to your Google account and enable TV control on Google Home app. -
Page 58: Software
18. Software on again. Please wait. Do not . . . • use the remote control • remove the USB memory device from the TV 18.1. Update Software • press twice • press the power switch on the TV The TV switches itself off (for 10 seconds) and then back on again. - Page 59 18.4. View Software Update History (Home) > Settings > Update software > View software update history Display the list of software versions that are successfully update on the TV.
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Page 60: Environmental
On the label, you can find the energy efficiency class, the average power consumption of this product in use. You can also find the power consumption values for this product on the Philips website for your country www.philips.com/TVsupport 19.2. EPREL Registration... -
Page 61: Specifications
Product specifications are subject to change without Video Inputs - Max frame rate is 60Hz (TV can be in notice. For more specification details of this product, Video/Game/Computer mode) www.philips.com/TVsupport • 640 x 480 - 60Hz • 576p - 50Hz Power •... -
Page 62: Multimedia
• HDMI 3 input - UHD - HDR • HDMI 2 input - UHD - HDR 20.6. Multimedia • HDMI 1 input - ARC/eARC - UHD - HDR • Antenna (75 ohm) • Satellite tuner • USB 1 - USB 2.0 Connections •... -
Page 63: Troubleshooting
The TV goes back to standby after showing the Philips startup screen When the TV is in standby, a Philips startup screen is 21.1. Tips displayed, then the TV returns to standby mode. This is normal behaviour. When the TV is disconnected and reconnected to the power supply, the startup screen is displayed at the next startup. -
Page 64: Satellite
Press Quick Menu > Help > TV diagnose > Check the The TV cannot find the satellites I want or the TV TV. If the video clip stays black, call Philips. Wait until the clip ends and select Contact info in the Help menu. -
Page 65: Sound
input signal might be poor. A weak digital signal is seen as a picture that is breaking up in square blocks and 21.7. Sound freezes occasionally. Much sooner than a bad analogue signal, a bad digital signal will fall away. •... -
Page 66: Usb
• Check if your HDMI devices are HDMI-CEC compatible. EasyLink features only work with devices that are HDMI- 21.11. Wrong Menu CEC compatible. Language HDMI eARC is not working well • Make sure the HDMI cable is connected to HDMI 1. •... -
Page 67: Safety And Care
• ALWAYS use cabinets or stands or mounting methods from the power outlet immediately. recommended by the manufacturer of the television Contact Philips TV Consumer Care to have the TV set. checked before use. • ALWAYS use furniture that can safely support the •... -
Page 68: Lightning Storms
placed inside any part of the body, seek immediate The condensation moisture will not harm the TV or medical attention. cause malfunction. • Risk of fire or explosion if the battery is replaced by an incorrect type. • Replacement of a battery with an incorrect type that can defeat a safeguard (for example, in the case of 22.2. -
Page 69: Terms Of Use
Backlight characteristics All Philips TV have gone through stringent tests and checks before shipping to you. You can be rest assured 2025 © TP Vision Europe B.V. All rights reserved. -
Page 70: Copyrights
24. Copyrights 24.4. Dolby ATMOS 24.1. HDMI Dolby, Dolby ATMOS, and the double-D symbol are registered trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. The terms HDMI, HDMI High-Definition Multimedia Confidential unpublished works. Copyright © Interface, HDMI trade dress and the HDMI Logos are 2012–2024 Dolby Laboratories. -
Page 71: Open Source
25. Open Source regardless of the platform on which their software is built, relieving them of the need to code special-case conditions to work around or take 25.1. Open Source Software advantage of platform-specific deficiencies or features. Source: https://github.com/apache/apr bind ( 9.11.36) This television contains open source software. - Page 72 provides a bus daemon that does things like: features: - notify applications when other apps exit Efficient support for all types of audio interfaces, from - start services on demand consumer sound cards to professional multichannel - support single-instance applications audio interfaces.
- Page 73 terms and conditions of the libpng license, which can The Linux kernel is a mostly free and open-source,[11] be found below. monolithic, modular, multitasking, Unix-like operating Source: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libpng/files/ system kernel. It was originally authored in 1991 by Linus Torvalds for his i386-based PC, and it was soon libffi (3.2.1) adopted as the kernel for the GNU operating system, Compilers for high level languages generate code that...
- Page 74 syntax and semantics as Perl 5. PCRE has its own native API, as well as a set of wrapper functions that correspond to the POSIX regular expression API. The PCRE library is free, even for building proprietary software. https://www.pcre.org/ procps (ps, top) (3.3.15) procps is the package that has a bunch of small useful utilities that give information about processes using the /proc filesystem.
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Page 75: Disclaimer Regarding Services And/Or Software Offered By Third Parties
26. Disclaimer regarding services and/or software offered by third parties Services and/or software offered by third parties may be changed, suspended, or terminated without prior notice. TP Vision does not bear any responsibility in these sorts of situations. -
Page 76: Index
Index Digital Out Delay Digital Out Format Advanced Ambilight Settings Digital Out Levelling Advanced Sound Settings Digital Out Menu Alexa Digital Out Offset Alexa Dolby Atmos for Headphone Ambient Light Level Optimisation Ambilight Ambilight Personalisation EasyLink 2.0 Ambilight Style Eco Settings Ambilight Suite End of Use Ambilight Suite, Lounge... - Page 77 TV Guide Pair Your Remote Control TV Information Parental Rating TV Network Name Philips easy-pair TV Placement Philips Smart TV App TV Speaker Photos, Videos and Music Picture Contrast Menu Picture Contrast Mode Universal Access Picture Format Universal Access, Audio Description...
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