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Philips 42PF9830/69-79 manual

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    1 Contents Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 To operate the motorised swiv el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Ke ys at the top of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Use of the remote contr ol RC4310 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    2 Do not insert the pow er plug in a wall socket or hang the TV to the wall befor e all connections are made. & W all mounting instructions/T able stand/Motorised swivel How to mount the supplied stand and/or wall mount brack et and the s wivel, see the supplied separate Quick Star t Guide. Caution : Installing the TV requires special skills th[...]

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    3 + - + - DVD/R TV VCR AUX MENU 123 ® ® ® ® SELECT DEMO OK ABC DEF = _- SA T BROWSE b MOT B v k T b ¬ P V Should your r emote be lost or brok en you can still change some of the basic settings with the k eys on the top of y our TV . Press the po wer s witch B to switch the TV on. Press: • the V - or + k eys to adjust the volume; • the P/CH[...]

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    4 Note: For most k eys pressing a key once will activ ate the function. Pressing a second time will de-activ ate it. When a key enables multiple options, a small list will be shown. Press repeatedly to select the next item in the list. The list will be removed automatically after 6 seconds or press OK to remove immediately . .@ TUV PQRS WXYZ JKL GH[...]

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    5 ✓ MODE ON/OFF Ambilight + - + - DVD/R TV VCR AUX MENU 123 456 789 0 Ò ® ‡ π º † ® ® ® ® VIEW - FAVORITES - SELECT DEMO = SA T BROWSE b q i 0 MOT B v k T b ¬ P V OK .@ TUV PQRS WXYZ JKL GHI MNO ABC _- DEF q Picture f ormat Press this k ey repeatedl y to select another picture f ormat: Auto format, Super zoom, 4:3, Movie Expand 14:9,[...]

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    6 The Bro wse screen (and the underlying Multimedia content br owser) is intended to contain all content, ser vices, applications you ar e interested to consume. & Press the = ke y to activate. é Press the cursor up/do wn to mov e the highlight up and down in the list of menu items. “ Press the cursor right to g o deeper into the structure. [...]

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    7 The Demo menu allo ws the user to get an idea of the features that are part of the television. & Select Demo in the Settings menu and pr ess the cursor right. é Highlight a desired demo with cursor up/do wn. “ Press OK to start playing the highlighted demo . Note: The selected demo is played once. Press the r ed colour key again to exit th[...]

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    8 Searching for and storing TV channels is done channel by channel. Y ou must go through every step of the Manual Installation menu. Select the menu langua ge & Press the MENU ke y on the remote contr ol. é Use the cursor down to select Installation in the Settings menu. “ Use the cursor right to enter the Installation menu. ‘ Select Langu[...]

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    9 Reshuffle/Rename channels Y ou can change the order of the stored TV channels. It is also possible to change the name stored in the memory or to assign a name to a TV channel or external for which a name has not yet been entered. A name with up to 5 letters or numbers can be giv en to the programme n umber 0 to 99 and to the externals. & Sele[...]

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    10 Software upgrade This menu allows y ou to upgrade your TV softwar e using a USB device or Memor y Car d device. USB de vice/Memor y Car d upgrade It is possible to initiate an upgrade procedur e from a USB device or Memor y car d device befor e star ting up the TV . The memor y device must be filled with the appr opriate upgrade image (and struc[...]

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    11 This menu is used to contr ol the settings of special TV functions, features and peripheral equipment. The Pr eferences menu allows y ou to change settings that will typically be accessed only occasionally . The Sour ce menu allows you to select a sour ce . Pref erences & Press the MENU key . é Select Setup with the cursor down and pr ess t[...]

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    12 Menu pr efer ences OSD & Select OSD . é Press the cursor right to select Normal or Minimum . Normal to activate the continuous displa y of the channel number (for 10 minutes) and extended displa y of TV channel and pr ogramme information on screen. E.g. information on the main or auxiliary programme, input signal quality of connected periph[...]

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    13 Sour ce This menu allows y ou to select the peripheral equipment you ha ve connected to the external inputs/outputs. & Select Sour ce in the Setup menu. é Press the cursor right. “ Select the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected. ‘ Press the cursor right again to enter the list of types of peripherals connected to the se[...]

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    14 Press the MENU ke y on the remote contr ol to summon the Settings menu. The TV menu gives you an o ver view of the men us you can select. Note: Depending on the input signal, one or more menu items may not be selectable. Picture men u Note: Some menu items are not av ailable in case of HD sources. & Press the cursor right to select Pictur e [...]

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    15 Digital options Pix el Plus 2 is the most ideal setting, as it fully processes the image to mak e ev er y single pixel the best it can be, improving contrast, sharpness, picture depth, and colour reproduction and brilliance fr om every source, including High Definition. F or the most optimum motion r eproduction of all sour ce materials, select [...]

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    16 Sound menu & Select Sound in the TV Settings menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the sound men u. “ Select the menu items with cursor up/down. ‘ Press the cursor right. ( Adjust the settings with cursor k eys. Remember , control settings ar e at normal mid-range levels when the bar scale is entered. Smart sound Select Smart sound to[...]

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    17 F eatures men u & Select F eatures in the TV Settings menu. é Press the cursor right to enter the F eatures menu. “ Select the menu items with cursor up/down. ‘ Press the cursor right. ( Adjust the settings with the cursor k eys. Select subtitles The subtitle page must be stor ed for each TV channel. Switch on teletext and select the pr[...]

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    18 Smart colour modes: • P ersonal : Select any colour or hue to match to y our personal taste, e .g. your interior , the programme content (sports, movie, etc.), the mood you ar e in, etc. • W arm white : The colour is matched to that of most normal lightbulbs. Select this setting if you want the Ambilight to fit best with normal living r oom [...]

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    19 The Multimedia bro wser lets you displa y pictures, audio or movies or pla y audio files stored on a USB de vice or a memor y card. The Multimedia bro wser application is invok ed from the Br owse menu (press the = ke y) by selecting a device and pr essing the cursor right. Notes: - Following types of memor y cards can be read: Compact Flash I &[...]

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    20 Fo llo wing icons ma y appear : f older pictures m usic self made pla ylist/album video Function k eys at the bottom of the scr een Details to displa y a description of the selected file or directory; T ransitions to select if a transition during a slide sho w should be applied; Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displa yed in a[...]

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    21 Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memor y that will stor e most broadcasted pages and subpages to reduce waiting time. After each programme change, the memory is refr eshed. Switch T eletext on and off Press b to switch the teletext on. Select a T eletext page - Enter the desired page n umber with the [...]

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    22 Camera, Camcorder , Game & Connect your camera, camcorder or game as shown. é Connect to VIDEO 2 and A UDIO L 3 f or mono equipment. F or 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 . Do not connect cable 1 and 2 at[...]

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    23 There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to y our TV . The following connection diagrams sho w you ho w to connect them. Note: AV 1 can handle YPbPr , S-VIDEO, RGB + HV or VIDEO and L/R Audio; AV 2 VIDEO or S-VIDEO and L/R Audio; AV 3 YPbPr and Digital Audio; DV I (analogue and digital) and HDMI (digital); Side VI[...]

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    24 Note: Do not place your recorder too close to the screen as some recorders may be susceptible to signals from the display . Keep a minimum distance of 0,5 m from the screen. & Connect the RF Antenna cable 1 to the RF IN sock et of your recor der . é Connect another RF cable 2 from the output OUT of y our recorder to the TV’ s input CABLE/[...]

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    25 AV 1 AV 2 RECORDER OUT IN CABLE OUT IN 1 4 2 5 3 AV2 : L + R + VIDEO AV1 : L + R + VIDEO ANTENNA 75 & Connect the RF antenna cable 1 of the RF IN sock et of your other A V device. é Connect the RF output of the A V device to the RF input of the recor der 2 . “ Connect another RF cable 4 from the output OUT of y our recorder to the TV’ s[...]

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    26 D VD Pla yer or other accessory digital source equipment De vices with Component Video Output Connectors (YPbPr) This TV is capable of displaying 1080i, 720p, 576p and 480p DTV signals when connected to a DTV tuner Set T op Box. Select the output of the Set T op Box to either 1080i, 720p, 576p or 480p. A DTV signal must be a vailable in your ar [...]

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    27 • Digital MultiChannel Surr ound receiver Connect a digital MultiChannel Surr ound receiver to the DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT connector at the bottom of the TV . DIGIT AL A UDIO DIGITAL AUDIO OUT MultiChannel Surr ound receiv er[...]

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    28 HDMI DVI HDMI ANTENNA 75 HDMI De vices to connect to a HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connector HDMI is the leading new standar d for Digital video and audio inter connection. To the HDMI connector y ou can connect HDMI peripheral equipments such as compatible DVD-R or D VD play er with HDMI. So you can displa y high-definition pict[...]

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    29 DVI OUT HDMI ANTENNA 75 L R IN2 IN1 .... .... DVI AUDIO 1 2 3 DIGITAL AUDIO De vices to connect to a D VI connector The DV I connector allows the follo wing TV and monitor displa y modes, via the v ke y on the remote contr ol, for High Definition (HD) and computer (PC) equipment: HD Standard Definition TV (SDTV) 640x480i 720x480i 720x576i Enhanc[...]

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    30 Record a TV pr ogramme Y ou can record a TV programme using y our recorders tuner without affecting y our TV . & Select the channel number on y our recor der . é Set your r ecorder to recor d. See the handbook for y our recor der . Switching channel numbers on your TV does not disturb recording ! Record a pr ogramme from MONIT OR OUT Y ou c[...]

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    31 ✓ MODE ON/OFF Ambilight + - + - DVD/R TV VCR AUX MENU 123 456 789 0 Ò ® ‡ π º † ® ® ® ® - FAVORITES - VIEW SELECT DEMO = _- SA T BROWSE b q i 0 MOT B v k T b ¬ P V OK .@ TUV PQRS WXYZ JKL GHI MNO ABC DEF B to switch to standby º f or pause, ® f or recor d, Ò f or re wind ( VCR , CD ); search do wn ( DV D ) ‡ f or stop , π f [...]

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    32 Y our TV r emote control gives y ou the oppor tunity to contr ol all your peripheral equipments with one single r emote control. This can be done by selecting the corr ect brand and type out of the list of Direct Entr y codes for peripheral equipments. Press the SELECT ke y repeatedl y to select D VD/R , SA T , VCR or A UX according to the perip[...]

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    33 CD Bose ..............................................................512 Hitachi..........................................................501 JVC................................................................504 K enwood .....................................................502 Panasonic .....................................................505 [...]

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    34 Y our TV r emote control supports a learnable function which makes it possible to r ead out codes coming from another r emote control from equipment fr om another brand. This mak es it possible to use only one r emote control to contr ol all your other connected peripheral equipment. F or the follo wing equipment the highlighted k eys ar e progr[...]

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    35 To put the remote contr ol function k eys back to the factory mode & Press the SELECT ke y repeatedl y to select TV mode . é Press the OK ke y and the ¬ ke y simultaneously for at least 5 seconds. All the SELECT LEDS will light up . “ Press the SELECT key • 1x: D VD/R is lit up • 2x: SA T is lit up • 3x: VCR is lit up • 4x: AU X [...]

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    36 Symptoms Items to Check and Actions to follo w P oor Picture •H av e you selected the corr ect TV system in the manual installation menu? • Is your TV or house aerial located too close to loudspeakers, non-ear thed audio equipment or neon lights, etc.? • Mountains or high buildings can cause double pictures or ghost images. Sometimes you c[...]

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    37 Intr oduction Philips offers softwar e upgrade capability for y our TV using portable memor y . After you ha ve completed a softwar e upgrade , your TV will typically perform better . What impro vements are made depends on the upgrade softwar e you are using as well as the softwar e your TV contained before the upgrade. Y ou can execute the soft[...]

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    38 Manual softwar e upgrade procedur e F or a manual softwar e upgrade copy the “autorun.upg” file in a dir ector y called “Upgrades” located in the r oot of the USB portable memor y . & Insert the por table memory that contains the downloaded software upgrade. é Select Softwar e Upgrade in the Installation menu. Go to Local upgrades/a[...]

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    39 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-885h9-1" ?> <philips-slideshow version="1.0" > <title>Title of the slideshow</title> <audio>audio_url</audio> <slide-duration>30</slide-duration> <slides> <slide>slide_1_url</slide> <slide>slide_2_url</slide&[...]

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    40 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 this tag will define the m usic pla ying in the background during the slidesho w . A single song or p[...]

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    41 Notes: - The latest version of this document can be found on the Philips suppor t website (www .philips .com/support). - The software of your TV is upgradeable. If you have problems fir st check if you have the latest software installed on your TV . T he latest software, together with instr uctions, can be found on the Philips support website. U[...]

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    42 USB Memor y De vice Issues •D e vices connected to the USB port of your TV must be “Mass Storage Class” compliant. If your device (digital camera. MP3 pla yer , por table har ddisk, …) is not “Mass Storage Class” compliant it will not be detected by the content br owser of the TV . • The following subsets of the Mass Storage Class [...]