Philips PR 1309B manual

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    POWER CHANNEL MENU VOLUME EARPHONE T ABLE OF C ONTENTS 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 COLOR TELEVISION AND REMOTE CONTROL PR1309B Owner’ s Manual (Use and Setup Guide) F EATURES • First Time Setup automatically sets the TV for local channels and the correct pic- ture signal (antenna or cable). • Infrared Remote Control operates your TV and helps [...]

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    ANT.IN OR ANT.IN OR UHF VHF 300 Ω 75-300 Ω ADAPTOR H OOKING U P Y OUR TV (A NTENNA /C ABLE C ONNECTIONS ) A combination antenna receives normal broadcast channels (VHF 2-13 and UHF 14-69). Your connection is easy since there is only one 75 Ω (ohm) antenna jack on the back of your TV - and that’s where the antenna goes. A NTENNA C OMBINATION[...]

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    ANT.IN IN OUT OR Y our Cable TV signal may be a single (75 V ) cable or a Cable Box installation. In either case, the connection to the TV is very easy. C ABLE TV C ABLE /C ABLE B OX If you do not have a Cable Box, then you're ready to connect your Cable TV sig- nal to the TV. If you have a Cable Box: Connect the Cable TV signal to the IN jack[...]

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    - 4 - POWER CHANNEL MENU VOLUME EARPHONE POWER CHANNEL MENU VOLUME H OW TO S ET U P AND U SE Y OUR TV Press the POWER button to turn ON the TV. Be sure to connect the TV power cord to a standard AC outlet. Press the VOLUME ▲ / ▼ buttons to adjust the sound level. Press the CHAN- NEL ▲ / ▼ buttons to select TV channels. T ELEVISION The curre[...]

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    - 5 - O N -S CREEN F EATURES A utomatic Channel Setup (see above) adds all the channels it can find (on your Antenna or Cable TV system) into the TV's memory. Save/Delete channels makes it easy for you to add other channels or drop unwant- ed channels from the TV's memory. S AVE /D ELETE C HANNELS A lthough the TV can memo- rize channels [...]

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    O N -S CREEN F EATURES (C ONT ’ D ) - 6 - H ave you ever fallen asleep in front of the TV, only to have it wake you up at 2 a.m. with a test pattern screeching in your ears? Well, your TV can save you all that trouble by automatically turning itself off. S LEEP T IMER Press the SLEEP button repeatedly to pick the amount of time (30 minutes to 120[...]

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    C losed Captioning allows you to read the voice content of television programs on the TV screen. Designed to help the hearing impaired, this feature uses on-screen text boxes to show dialogue and conversations while the TV program is in progress. Note: Broadcast stations will often use spelling abbreviations, symbols, dropouts and other grammatical[...]

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    P lease make these simple checks before calling for ser- vice. These tips can save you time and money since charges for TV installation and adjust- ment of customer controls are not covered under your warranty. T ROUBLESHOOTING No Power • Check the TV power cord. • Make sure the power outlet is not on a wall switch. No Picture • Check antenna[...]