Philips 42PF9541/93 manual

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    1 1 Contents Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote contr ol RC4401/01 . . . . . . 5 Use of the option k ey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Ke ys at the right side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Switch the TV on . . . . . . . [...]

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    2 EN Safety warnings Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall befor e all connections are made. • Place or hang the TV wherev er you want, but make sure that air can cir culate freely thr ough the v entilation slots. • Do not install the TV in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. • T o pr ev[...]

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    3 Getting started EN Befor e you switch on y our TV , connect all your peripheral equipment. See T o make video and audio connections, p . 37. There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . See T o make audio and video connections, p . 37. AV 1 can handle YPbPr , S-VIDEO , RGB+HB or CVBS and Audio L/R; AV 2 c[...]

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    -T o connect a camera, camcorder or game, see T o mak e video and audio connections, p . 37. -T o connect a headphone, see T o make video and audio connections, p . 37. -T o connect a USB device, see Multimedia bro wser , p. 32. < Insert the aerial plug firmly into the aerial socket x at the bottom of the TV . < Insert the mains cord supplied[...]

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    EN 5 B Standby Press to s witch the TV from or to standby mode. When switched to standby , a red indicator on the TV lights up. TV Press to select TV mode . D VD STB VCR AUX Press to select one of the system modes in which the r emote contr ol can be used. See Audio and Video equipment k eys, p . 48. DEMO Press to s witch the Demo menu on or off. C[...]

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    6 +P- Channel selection - to bro wse through the TV channels and sources stored and mark ed in the Fav ourite channels lists; - to select a page in T eletext mode; - to quickly br owse through the lists in the men us; - to switch the TV on from standby mode. 0/9 Digit k eys To select a TV channel between 0 and 999. AV Select your peripherals See In[...]

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    EN 7 The OPTION ke y allows y ou to display the Quick access men u which will give y ou direct access to some featur es and menu options. 1. Press the OPTION key . > The Quick access menu appears. 2. Press the cursor up/do wn to select a menu item. 3. Press the OK ke y to jump to the selected menu item in the TV menu. (Except for the Clock optio[...]

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    EN 8 Switch the TV on < Press the po wer switch B at the right side of the TV . > An indicator on the front of the TV lights up and the screen comes on. < If the TV is in standby mode, press the -P+ ke ys or the B ke y on the remote contr ol. Note : the first time (and only the first time) y ou switch on your TV , you see a W elcome screen[...]

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    The first time (and only the first time) y ou switch on your TV , y ou see a W elcome screen f ollowed by the installation procedur e. The installation procedur e consists of a series of screens that will guide you thr ough the installation of your TV . F ollow the instructions on scr een. After the W elcome scr een you ar e asked to select a langu[...]

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    EN 10 First time installation (Continued) By means of sev eral split screens/full scr eens you are prompted to select y our pref erred pictur e , sound and ambilight settings, to finally arriv e at a complete setting which satisfies you. 1. Press the gr een colour ke y on your r emote control to enter the Settings assistant men u. 2. Select your Lo[...]

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    EN 11 A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displa yed on y our TV when you use the menus or when y ou tr y to ex ecute an action. Read the help texts which are being displa yed on the specific item highlighted. The colour k eys at the bottom of the screen r efer to the differ ent actions which may be ex ecuted. Press the c[...]

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    EN 12 5. Press the cursor right to enter the highlighted men u item. > The content of the right panel is mov ed to the left panel and the right panel now shows the content of the ne wly highlighted item in the left panel. 6. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y to exit the main menu. Note : in some cases it is important that the picture can be watched w[...]

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    EN 13 Use of the TV menu settings (continued) Info TV menu TV settings Settings assistant Reset to standard Picture Sound Ambilight TV settings Features Installation Each time you'v e made a selection, press the gr een ke y to confirm your selection. 1. Select Settings assistant and press the cursor right. > By means of sev eral split scree[...]

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    The picture men u contains the settings that affect the quality of the picture. 1. P r ess the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote control. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is mov ed to the left[...]

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    Custom tint (only when Tint is set to Custom) Fine tunes the white point ( WP ) and black lev el ( BL ) of the picture. 1. Select Custom tint and press the cursor right. > The right panel will mov e to the left to rev eal the Custom sliders in the right panel. 2. Use the cursor k eys to select and adjust the settings of: R-WP : allows y ou to cu[...]

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    MPEG artefact reduction MPEG r eduction On smoothens the transitions on digital content. < Select On or Off Colour enhancement Automatically contr ols green enhancement and blue stretch. It makes the colours more vivid. < Select Off , Minimum , Medium or Maximum . Active contr ol The TV continuously measures and corr ects all incoming signals[...]

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    The sound menu contains the settings that affect the quality of the sound. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote contr ol. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select TV settings and pr ess the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is mov ed to the left panel[...]

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    EN 18 Adjust sound menu settings (Continued) 18 18 18 Headphone volume Allows y ou to control the lev el of sound through the headphones. A VL (Automatic V olume Lev eler) Automatically r educes the volume differ ences between channels and programmes, providing a mor e constant overall lev el. This will also reduce the dynamics of sound. Delta volu[...]

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    EN 19 The ambilight menu contains the settings for contr olling the ambient lighting. Using ambient light gives a mor e relax ed viewing experience and impr oves per ceived picture quality . Analysis of the pictur e content adapts the colours continuously . But the lights can also be set to any fix ed colour and many shades of white. 1. Press the M[...]

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    Colour Allows y ou to select or adjust the colour of the light to y our own personal choice. - W arm white is matched to that of most normal lightbulbs. Select this setting if you want the Ambilight to fit best with normal living room lighting. - Cool white is matched to that of normal da ylight (6500K). Select this setting if you pr efer mor e coo[...]

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    Custom colour Allows y ou to customise the ambilight colour . < Select P alette to select the general colour of the light output. < Select Saturation to adjust the colourfulness of the light. Separation Allows y ou to define the stereo effect in case, Relax ed, Moderate or Dynamic has been selected in the Mode menu. < Select Off f or a mon[...]

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    The Featur es menu allows y ou to control the settings of special TV functions, featur es and accessor y equipment. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote contr ol. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and press the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select F eatures and pr ess the cursor right. > The Featur[...]

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    Childlock With a 4-digit code, you are able to lock TV channels and external sources to pr ev ent children fr om watching cer tain programmes. 1. Select Childlock . 2. Press the cursor right to enter the Childlock men u. 3. Enter your 4-digit code. 4. Select one of the menu items of the Childlock menu and press the cursor right: - Lock to lock all [...]

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    On timer From standb y , this automatically switches the TV to the specified channel number , at a specified time . 1. Select On timer . 2. Press the cursor right to enter the On timer men u. 3. Select Timer and press the cursor right. 4. Select On . 5. Select Channel and then the TV channel you want your TV to switch to on a selected time and da y[...]

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    This menu will adjust settings r elated to the initial installation of y our TV . 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote contr ol. > The main menu appears. 2. Select TV menu and press the cursor right. > The TV Menu is mov ed to the left. 3. Select Installation and press the cursor right. > The Installation menu is mov ed to the lef[...]

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    Ho w to sear ch for and stor e TV channels (Continued) EN 26 Manual installation This gives y ou the possibility to manually install (tuning-in channel by channel) TV channels. 1. Select Manual installation and press the cursor right. 2. Select System . 3. Select Search and press the cursor right. 4. Select the red or gr een colour ke y to proceed.[...]

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    This allows y ou to rename, to reshuffle and to uninstall or r einstall the stor ed channels. < Press the cor responding colour k eys and follow the on screen instructions. Reshuffle This allows y ou to change the order of the stored TV channels. 1. Select the channel you want to change place. 2. Press the y ellow colour k ey to mov e up a singl[...]

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    This menu contains items that can set or adjust various special TV functions and that will typically be accessed only occasionally . Select your location This allows y ou to select the location of your TV . If you choose f or Shop it will result in fix ed settings of picture, sound and ambilight. The location Home will give full flexibility to chan[...]

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    Select y our connections EN 29 This allows y ou to select the peripheral equipment you ha ve connected to the audio and video connectors. 1. Select Connections . 2. Press the cursor right. 3. Select the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected. > When you select AV 1 , AV 2 , AV 3 , HDMI 1 , HDMI 2 , Side or Digital Audio In ,a list [...]

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    Reset the Factory settings EN 30 This allows y ou to upgrade your TV software using a USB device. USB de vice upgrade It is possible to initiate an upgrade procedur e from a USB device befor e you start up the TV . The memory device must be filled with the appr opriate upgrade image (and structure) which can be found on the www . philips.com/softwa[...]

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    Create y our fa vourite list EN 31 2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 Pagina 31 This allows y ou to select up to four fa vourite channels lists with y our pr eferr ed TV channels and radio stations. For example, each member of your famil y can create his/her own fa vourite list. In addition to the fa vourite channel lists y ou ma y also select a list with [...]

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    The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures or pla y audio files stored on a USB de vice . The Multimedia browser a pplication is inv oked fr om the main menu. - Following file f ormats can be repr oduced: f or pictures: JPEG f or audio: MP3, MP3 Pro f or video: MPEG2 - Only F A T/DOS-formatted memory devices are supported. - Philips can not[...]

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    Multimedia Bro wser menu 1. Insert a USB device. 2. Select the USB device under Multimedia with the cursor up/down. > The Multimedia bro wser allows you to br owse content stored on the inserted USB device. > The 2-panel bro wser will be shown with the left panel containing the content types (Music, Pictures, Video). > The right panel will[...]

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    Function k eys at the bottom of the screen Details to displa y a description of the selected file or directory T ransitions to select if you lik e to apply a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa yed in a slide show Rotate to rotate a pictur e Repeat one/all to repeat the pla yback of a music file[...]

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    Most TV channels broadcast inf ormation via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will stor e most broadcasted pages and subpages to r educe waiting time. After each programme change, the memory is refreshed. < Press b to switch the teletext on. > The main index page appears on the scr een. Select a T eletext page < Enter the des[...]

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    T eletext (Continued) EN 36 The T eletext menu offers various functions to contr ol teletext. 1. Switch teletext on and press the MENU/BR O WSE key to activate the menu. 2. Press the cursor up/do wn to select the menu items. 3. Press the OK ke y to activate. 4. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y to leav e the teletext menu. Re veal Rev eals/conceals hidd[...]

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    To make video and audio connections EN 37 S-VIDEO HDMI VIDEO 75 AUDIO L / R DIGIT AL AUDIO IN L Pr R Pb Y /R /B /G AV 1 DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO L Pr R Pb Y /R /B /G AV 1 DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO AUDIO L / R L Pr H R Pb V Y /R /B /G AV 1 VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO VGA (PC) via RGB-HV L Pr R Pb Y /R /B /G AV 1 DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO L R AUDIO AUDIO L [...]

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    Camera, Camcorder , Game 1. Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. 2. Connect to VIDEO 2 and A UDIO L 3 for mono equipment. For ster eo equipment also connect A UDIO R 3 . S-VHS quality with an S-VHS camcorder is obtained by connecting the S-VHS cables with the S-VIDEO input 1 and A UDIO inputs 3 . Headphone 1. Insert the plug into the he[...]

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    L Pr H R Pb V Y /R /B /G Pr Pb L Y R S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO AV2 AV3 AV1 VIDEO VIDEO 75 DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO VGA (PC) via RGB-HV HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o DIGITAL AUDIO OUT o DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED o o o o o AUDIO LR VIDEO OUT MONITOR L Pr H R Pb V Y /R /B /G Pr Pb L Y R S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO AV 2 AV 3 AV 1 VIDEO VIDEO 75 DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO VGA [...]

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    L Pr H R Pb V Y /R /B /G Pr Pb L Y R S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO AV 2 AV3 AV1 VIDEO VIDEO 75 DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO VGA (PC) via RGB-HV ANTENNA 75 o DIGITAL AUDIO OUT o DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED o o o AUDIO LR VIDEO OUT MONITOR CABLE RECORDER OUT IN OUT 3 AV2 : L + R + VIDEO Connect a VCR or D VD r ecorder EN 40 1. Connect the RF Antenna cable 1 to the RF IN [...]

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    75 ANTENNA 75 o L Pr H R Pb V Y /R /B /G Pr Pb L Y R S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO AV2 AV3 VIDEO VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO IN AUDIO VGA (PC) via RGB-HV AV1 RECORDER OUT IN CABLE OUT IN 5 1 4 3 2 AV1 : L + R + VIDEO AV2 : L + R + VIDEO DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED o o o AUDIO LR VIDEO OUT MONITOR RECORDER OUT IN 6 Connect two VCRs or VCR and D VD r ecorder EN 41 1. Conne[...]

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    With an S-Video connector 1. Connect an S-Video cable to the AV 1 or AV 2 S-VIDEO input 1 . 2. Connect the audio cables to the device’ s audio L and R jacks and to the L and R AUDIO A V1 or AV 2 jacks 2 on the TV accordingl y to where y ou connected the S-Video cable. EN 42 L Pr H R Pb V Y /R /B /G Pr Pb L Y R S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO AV 3 VIDEO VID[...]

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    Connect a D VD pla y er , a satellite receiv er or Cable bo x (cont.) EN 43 - with analogue audio : 1. In case of a D VD play er with analogue audio, connect the three separate component video cables 1 to the YPbPr jacks on the D VD pla yer and to the Y , Pb and Pr jacks of AV 1 on the TV . Connect the audio cable to the D VD’ s audio L and R jac[...]

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    HDMI 75 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o o o Connect a D VD pla y er , Cable bo x or game console EN 44 Note : in case of any pr oblems, see Annex 5: Issues ref erring to connected peripherals with a HDMI connector , p. 57. With a HDMI connector HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital video and audio interconnection. 1. Connect your equipment with [...]

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    EN Notes: - only a PC with digital sound can be connected to the HDMI connection; - befor e connecting your PC to the TV , select your PC monitor settings to a refr esh frequency of 60 Hz; - supported PC monitor modes: VG A 640 x 480 SV GA 800 x 600 XGA 1024 x 768 45 Connect a PC L Pr H R Pb V Y /R /B /G Pr Pb L Y R S-VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO AV2 AV3 AV[...]

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    EN 46 DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED o o o AUDIO LR VIDEO OUT MONITOR DIGITAL AUDIO OUT o Connect a Home Cinema amplifier Digital Home Cinema amplifier < Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to the DIGIT AL AUDIO OUT connector 1 at the bottom of the TV . Analogue Home Cinema amplifier < Connect your Home Cinema amplifier to the A UDIO OUT L and R co[...]

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    Select connected equipment EN 47 Befor e operating your connected equipment you ha ve to mak e a selection in the Installation, Select your connections men u, p. 47. 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE key . 2. Select TV Menu and press the cursor right. 3. Select Installation . 4. Press the cursor right. 5. Select Connections . 6. Press the cursor right. 7.[...]

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    Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the r emote control of y our TV . < Press one of the k eys after you pr essed one of the mode ke ys ( DV D , STB , VCR , AUX ) according to the equipment y ou want to operate with this r emote control. See Use of the Remote control, p. 5-6. B to switch to stand[...]

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    Symptom P ossible cause/Remedy No picture < V erify if the supplied cables ar e connected properl y . (The aerial cable to the TV , the other aerial to y our recorder , the pow er cables, ..) < V erify if y ou selected the correct sour ce . < V erify if the child lock has been s witched off. P oor picture < V erify in the Manual install[...]

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    Y our TV remote control giv es you the opportunity to control y our Philips D VD or D VD-R with one single remote contr ol. 1. Press the DV D mode k ey for 4 seconds until the LED lights up constantly . 2. Enter the code 500 with the digit k eys for a Philips D VD pla yer . Enter the code 542 with the digit k eys for a Philips D VD r ecor der . >[...]

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    EN 51 Introduction Philips offers softwar e upgrade capability for your TV using portable memor y . After you ha ve completed a softwar e upgrade, your TV will typically perform better . What impro vements ar e made depends on the upgrade software y ou are using as w ell as the software y our TV contained befor e the upgrade . Y ou can execute the [...]

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    EN 52 Automatic software upgrade pr ocedure 1. Switch off your TV and remov e all memor y devices. 2. Insert the USB por table memory that contains the downloaded softwar e upgrade . 3. Switch on your TV with the power k ey B at the side of the TV . 4. At startup the TV will scan the USB por table memory until it finds the update content. The TV wi[...]

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    EN 53 Manual softwar e upgrade procedur e F or a manual softwar e upgrade cop y the “autorun.upg” file in a directory called “Upgrades” located in the r oot of the USB portable memor y . Y ou can rename the file if y ou like but k eep the .upg extension. 1. Insert the por table memory that contains the downloaded software upgrade. 2. Select[...]

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    54 EN Introduction This document explains how to mak e a Philips slideshow file with backgr ound audio. Be a ware that the content of this document is addr essing technical or software skilled users. To star t the slideshow open the slideshow file in the Multimedia br owser of y our TV . 1. Press the MENU/BR O WSE ke y on the remote contr ol after [...]

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    55 EN Annex 3 (Continued) Supported XML-tags The following table giv es a description of the XML syntax. Ta g Name philips-slideshow title audio slide-duration slides slide Use mandator y optional optional optional mandator y optional Description Philips slideshow signatur e including the version. The title of the pla ylist. The audio-URL following[...]

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    56 EN Annex 4 - Philips TV - Digital camera and USB issues Notes : - the latest version of this document can be f ound on the Philips suppor t w ebsite (www .philips.com/suppor t); - the software of y our TV is upgradeable. If you ha ve pr oblems first check if you ha ve the latest software installed on y our TV . The latest software, together with[...]

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    57 EN The HDMI IN connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor display modes: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i Enhanced Definition TV (EDTV) 640x480p 720x480p 720x576p High Definition TV (HDTV) 1920x1080i 1280x720p PC VG A 640x480 SV GA 800x600 XGA 1024x768 - If necessar y , you can adjust the picture position to the ce[...]

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    58 EN active contr ol ........................... 16 antenna ......................................... 4 ambilight ......................................19 audio receiv er .......................... 46 audio equipment k eys ............. 48 auto format ............................... 16 automatic installation .............. 25 auto search mode.....[...]

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    59 Recycling EN R The packaging of this product is intended to be recycled. Apply to the local authorities f or corr ect disposal. Disposal of your old pr oduct Y our product is designed and manufactur ed with highly quality material and components, which can be recycled and r eused. When this crossed-out wheeled bin symbol is attached to a product[...]

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