Philips FTR9955/12 manual

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    VGA IN L R L R AUDIO VGA OUT 3 L R AUDIO IN Y C b CVBS Y/C S-VHS CVBS AV3 AV2 AV1 AV4 C r AUDIO 2 2 OUT AUDIO IN MAINS INLET ~ MAINS EXTERNAL 5 ANTENNA EXTERNAL 3 EXTERNAL 1 EXTERNAL 2 EXTERNAL 4 AUDIO OUT R L NO FUNCTION PL/MAC IN CENTER IN MONITOR OUT L L R R L R Pr Pb Y CABLE 1 4 AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO ~ MAINS RS232 DVI-D Y/C S-VHS L R L R AUDIO IN A[...]

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    Contents 1 English Y our remote contr ol 2 Preparation 3-4 To use the menus and the menu system 4 Select the menu language 5 Select the countr y 5 Store TV channels Automatic installation 6 Manual installation 6 Give name 6 Reshuffle the programme list 6 Select Fa vourite TV channels 6 Select TV setup 7-9 Installation Operation Use of the remote co[...]

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    2 M h a SMART ACTIVE CONTROL SMART 2 13 5 46 8 79 0 B w ® Ò ‡π † æ b Ï i Mq a SÌ b TV MOVIE SPORT CHILD NEWS OTHER VCR DVD SAT TAPE CD OK MENU TUNER CDR SMART SMART PICTURE SOUND ¬ V P 0 ◊ Ufih o œ pπ ® Q q c INSTANT ZOOM Y our remote contr ol Smart Controls M Smart sound p. 12 h Active contr ol p. 12 a Smart picture p. 12 U Time d[...]

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    3 Pr eparation & Place the receiv er box wher ever y ou want, but make sur e that air can circulate fr eely thr ough the ventilation slots. Do not install the receiv er box in a confined space such as a book case or a similar unit. To pre vent an y unsafe situations, no naked flame sour ces, such as lighted candles, should be placed on or in th[...]

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    4 Pr eparation To use the menus and the menu system 2 13 5 46 B w æ b Ï TV VCR DVD SAT TAPE CD TUNER CDR ¬ V P S bÌ MOVIE OTHER NEWS CHILD SPORT OK MENU OK ke y to activate cursor to select adjustments s witch main menu on/off TV (D VD) (VCR) (Receiver) Setup Install (Exit) Picture Sound F eatures Picture Sound Picture format Auto format Super [...]

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    5 Installation 2 13 5 46 B w æ b Ï TV VCR DVD SAT TAPE CD TUNER CDR ¬ V P S bÌ MOVIE OTHER NEWS CHILD SPORT OK MENU OK ke y to activate cursor to select adjustments r eturn or s witch main menu on/off Select the menu langua ge Language English Deutsch Français Install Select the countr y & Use the cursor right to select Countr y . é Selec[...]

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    6 Installation Reshuffle the pr ogramme list According to y our prefer ence you can change the order of the stored TV channels. & Select Reshuffle in the INST ALLA TION menu. é F ollow the instructions on scr een. Select Fa vourite TV channels A VGA source always belongs to the list of F avour ite programmes. & Select Fav ourite pr ogramme[...]

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    7 Installation The Setup menu allows y ou to adjust initial settings, i.e . those which ar e not r elated to the installation of the TV channels. The Setup menu contains items that contr ol the settings of the TV’ s functions, f eatur es, services and peripherals you ma y ha ve connected. General This menu allows y ou to change various settings t[...]

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    8 Installation F actory settings This function allows y ou to reset most of the picture and sound settings to their predefined factory values. & Select F actory settings with the cursor down. é Press OK to erase settings and reset them to their default values. OSD (On Screen Displa y) & Select OSD with the cursor down. é Press the cursor [...]

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    9 Installation Te l e text le vel 2.5 Some broadcasters off er the oppor tunity to see more colours, other background colours and nicer pictur es in the teletext pages. & Select T eletext le vel 2.5 with the cursor down. é Press the cursor right to select T eletext lev el 2.5 On to tak e advantage of this featur e . “ Press the cursor right [...]

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    10 Use of the r emote control M h a SMART ACTIVE CONTROL SMART PICTURE SOUND 2 13 5 46 8 79 0 B w ® Ò ‡π † æ b Ï i TV VCR DVD SAT TAPE CD TUNER CDR ¬ V P 0 ◊ S bÌ MOVIE SPORT CHILD NEWS OTHER OK MENU V V olume Press + or - to adjust the v olume. ¬ Sound Mute T emporarily inter rupt the sound or r estor e it. P Pro gramme selection To [...]

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    11 Use of the r emote control U Q ®q c fih INSTANT ZOOM 2 13 5 46 8 79 0 B w ® Ò ‡π † æ b Ï i TV VCR DVD SAT TAPE CD TUNER CDR ¬ V P 0 ◊ SÌ MOVIE SPORT CHILD NEWS OTHER OK MENU 0 U Time displa y on/off The time is displa yed on the scr een. fi Multipip (FTR 9964 only) Press fi to turn on/off Multipip. The Multipip format that launc[...]

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    12 Use of the r emote control 2 13 5 46 8 79 0 i0 h SMART SMART ACTIVE CONTROL h Ma h Active Contr ol Active Contr ol is a pro-activ e and automatic system. The TV continuously measures and corr ects all incoming signals in order to pro vide the best picture possible. According to the monitor connected (with or without an Ambient Light Sensor which[...]

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    13 Use of the menus TV menu Press the MENU Ï ke y on the remote contr ol to summon the main menu. Note: When the main menu is accessed from the keypad in front of the TV receiver box, it has an additional Exit item, which lets you dismiss the menu. Wa rn ing: The main menu is completely different when a VGA source is displayed. See p. 27. Picture [...]

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    14 Use of the menus Colour enhancement When activated, this feature automatically contr ols green enhancement and blue stretch. It makes the colours more vivid. Select On or Off in order to activate/de-activate Colour Enhancement with the cursor right. Hue (only available when a NTSC peripheral is connected) This control allo ws you to adjust the c[...]

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    15 Use of the menus Headphone volume This control allo ws you to adjust the v olume level of the headphone. Surr ound mode Only selectable with a Cinema Link configur ation. See separate booklet supplied. Dependent on the Cinema Link configuration and the sound signal broadcasted, select one of the Surround modes. Dual I-II (Only available with dua[...]

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    16 Use of the menus F eatures Programme Sleeptimer Subtitle Child lock On timer Lock Custom lock Unlock Lock after Programme lock TV F eatures menu Select the menu items in the Featur es menu with the cursor up/down and adjust the settings with the cursor left/right. Pro gramme list This list will displa y all the stored TV channels. Select a progr[...]

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    17 Use of the menus On timer With the On timer function you can mak e your TV automatically s witch to a specific programme n umber from standby or s witch over to a diff erent programme n umber at a specific time . Note: Y our TV receiver box and your monitor should not be powered off with the B power key . & Select On timer with the cursor do[...]

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    18 Dual scr een/PIP Press the b ke y to turn on or off Dual screen or PIP , according to the f ormat selection made in the Dual scr een format list in the General menu. See Setup , General, p. 7. Audio from the main scr een (the left screen in Dual scr een and the full size screen in PIP) pla ys to the speak ers; Audio from the right scr een or fro[...]

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    19 Multipip PIP 12 In the Setup menu, General, p. 8 you selected which Multipip format y ou pref er to see . & Press the fi ke y on the remote contr ol to toggle the selected Multipip f ormat On or Off . The main screen displa ys the channel or sour ce tuned before Multipip was activated and the highlight is on the main screen. é Press the cu[...]

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    20 T elete xt Guide TV channels which broadcast teletext also transmit a page with the programme guide of the da y . If the displa yed teletext pr ogramme guide page satisfies the Video Programming via T eletext (VPT) requir ements, it will be possible to r ecord, r emind, watch or lock programmes. & Press the æ key . é Select a TV channel wi[...]

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    21 T elete xt Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. Depending on the TV channel, teletext is transmitted in different systems. The colours used in the bottom line of the teletext page corr espond with the colour k eys of your r emote control. Switch T eletext on and off Press b to switch the teletext on or off. The main index page ap[...]

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    22 T elete xt Select subpag es When a selected teletext page consists of differ ent subpages, one of the subpages appears on the scr een. Press the cursor right to highlight the subpagen umber . Press the cursor up/do wn to select the next or previous subpage or enter the subpagenumber with the digit k eys. T eletext menu (only availab le in full s[...]

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    23 T elete xt Languag e If the displa yed characters on scr een do not correspond with the characters used by the teletext br oadcaster , you can change the language group her e. Select Group 1 or Group 2 with the cursor keys left/right. To lea ve the T eletext men u & Press the Ï MENU key . é Press the cursor right. “ Press the cursor left[...]

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    24 Connect P eripheral Equipment Connect P eripheral Equipment There is a wide range of audio and video equipment that can be connected to your r eceiver . The following connection diagrams sho w you how to connect them to the back or the front side of the r eceiver . Note: in case of the monitor in a stand alone situation without the receiver bo x[...]

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    25 Connect P eripheral Equipment With euroconnector Connect your D VD play er with a eurocable to one of the eur oconnectors EXTERNAL 1 or 2 . With Component Video Output Connectors (EXTERNAL 5) & Connect the three separate component video cables to the D VD play er’ s Y , U (Pb) and V (Pr) jacks and to the Y , Pb and Pr jacks on the receiver[...]

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    26 Connect P eripheral Equipment & Connect the audio cable to the multi channel Surr ound receiv er and to A UDIO OUT L and R at the back of your TV receiver bo x 1 . é If you want the loudspeak ers of your monitor to act as centr e speak er , also connect an audiocable to the multi channel Surr ound receiv er and to the SURROUND SOUND CENTRE [...]

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    27 Connect P eripheral Equipment Equipment connected with an aerial cable only : Select the programme n umber under which you ha ve stor ed the test signal with the digit k eys. Equipment connected to a euroconnector , to the V GA MONIT OR IN connector or to the front side of the r eceiver bo x Press the w ke y repeatedl y to select EXT1 , EXT2, EX[...]

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    28 Remote Contr ol functions for peripherals The video recor der can be operated via the VCR menu on scr een. & Press the MENU Ï ke y on the remote contr ol. é Select the VCR menu with the cursor up/down. “ Press the cursor left/right, up/down to select one of the VCR functions: Rwd re wind, Pla y pla y back: scan at Slow , Min , Med , Max [...]

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    29 Remote Contr ol functions for peripherals D VD k eys Press one of the f ollowing ke ys after you ha ve pr essed the DV D key . Ï to switch the D VD menu on or off DV D to select a D VD cha pter b to select a D VD title æ to select your choice of subtitle language Ò f or sear ch backward ‡ f or stop π f or pla y † f or sear ch forward ® [...]

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    30 Record To r ecord S-VHS quality , connect an S-VHS peripheral directly to the video r ecor der . Record a TV pr ogramme & Select the programme n umber on your video r ecorder . é Set your video r ecorder to r ecord. See the handbook for y our video recorder . Switching programme numbers on your TV does not disturb recording ! Record a pr og[...]

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    31 Tips & Index P oor Pictur e •H av e you selected the corr ect TV system? • Is your monitor or house aerial located too close to loudspeak ers, non-ear thed audio equipment or neon lights, etc.? • Mountains or high buildings can cause double pictures or ghost images. Sometimes you can impr ove the pictur e quality by changing the dir ec[...]

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    32 Glossar y Automatic Channel Installation (ACI) Automatically installs all TV channels in the same order as offer ed by y our cable company , provided of course that the data is transmitted. It also automatically includes programme n umber and programme name. With A CI, channel installation is fully automatic, simple and fast. Child Lock F eatur [...]

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    1 4 2 2 3 2 5 1 1 TV CENTRE TV IN CENTRE OUT VCR IN CINEMA LINK AUDIO CENTRE IN DIGITAL IN DIGITAL IN DIGITAL AUDIO OUT EXT 2 DVD Recorder 2 EXTERNAL 1 4 2 3 CENTRE OUT CENTRE DIGITAL IN AUDIO RECEIVER BOX CENTRE TV IN VCR IN CINEMA LINK EXT 5 EXT 1 VGA EXT 4 EXT 3 CINEMA LINK Y Pb Pr R L AUDIO NO FUNCTION R L AUDIO OUT IN MAINS ANTENNA 75 SERVICE [...]

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    The connection diagram in the inside cov er shows you how to connect the Cinema Link peripherals with each other . Notes: - Besides the TV or receiver box at least one peripheral should be pro vided with the Cinema Link functionality to benefit from this feature. - T o take advantage of the highest quality of multi channel Surround sound it is advi[...]

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    2 Receiver men u Note: When Cinema Link is enabled, certain items of the Sound menu (see TV menu) are steered by the audio receiver instead of by the TV or receiver box. & Press the MENU ke y on the remote contr ol. é Press the cursor do wn to select Receiver . “ Press the cursor right to enter the Receiv er menu items. ‘ Press the cursor [...]

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    3 Night mode (only functional with Dolby Digital sound broadcasting input) The loud parts of the sound are low ered and the soft passages are raised. Y ou can enjoy surr ound sound without disturbing sleeping children or neighbours. Audio only This control enables y ou to blank the TV picture if the TV or monitor is used as centre speak er in the C[...]

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    4 In the Automatic installation menu select Start to activate the automatic searching of all radio stations which can be r eceiv ed. The programme list is automaticall y filled with all the n umbers and names of the radio stations transmitted. Automatic installation Automatic install Install Start Receiver Y ou can also search f or a known radio st[...]