Philips 21PT2252 manual

1 21PT2252 21PT2252 21PT2252 Oper ating Instructions 1-4/E 11/9/01, 3:30 PM 1[...]

2 Recycling Dir ective – T o minimise harm to the en vironment, the batteries supplied with the TV set do not contain mercury or nickel cadmium. If possible , when disposing of batteries, use recycling means a vailable to y ou. Y our TV set uses materials which are r eusable or which can be recycled. T o minimise the amount of waste in the enviro[...]

3 S AFETY I NFORMA TION AND U SEFUL T IPS Safety Information • Disconnect mains plug when : – the red light below the TV screen is flashing continuously. – a bright white line is displayed across the screen. – cleaning the TV screen. Never use abrasive cleaning agents. Use a slight damp chamois leather or soft cloth. – there is a lightnin[...]

4 B EFORE C ALLING S ER VICE Below is a list of frequentl y occurr ed symptoms. Befor e you call f or ser vice, make these simple checks. Some of these symptoms can easily be r ectified if you know what to do . Symptom What you should do Colour patch • Switch off the TV by the mains pow er button. W ait f or 20 (unev eness) minutes befor e switch[...]

5 Antenna Connection • Connect the aerial plug to the antenna socket ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ ¬ on the backcov er . • Insert the mains plug into the wall socket. Mains Connection • For correct mains voltage, refer to type sticker at the rear of the TV set • Consult your dealer if mains supply is different. Note : This diagram is not representative of t[...]

6 Y ou can view the playbac k of VCR tapes (Video Disc play ers , camcorders , etc .) by using the A UDIO and VIDEO INPUT sock ets on the r ear of the TV . – Connect the VIDEO and AUDIO IN sockets on the r ear of the TV to the AUDIO and VIDEO OUT sock ets on the VCR. The S-Video connection on the rear of the TV is used f or the playback of S-VHS [...]

7 C ONNECTING THE A UDIO /V IDEO S OCKETS (P LA CKBA CK ) For more convenient direct playback connections, the Side Audio/Video Input sockets allow for quick and easy connections, particularly Camcorder tape recordings. – Connect the VIDEO sock et from the Camcorder to the Side VIDEO in socket of the TV . – Connect the AUDIO OUT sock ets (Right[...]

8 C ONNECTING THE A UDIO /V IDEO S OCKETS (R ECORDING ) Connection for r ecording from the TV channel – Connect the corresponding INPUT sock ets of the VCR to the MONIT OR OUTPUT sockets on the r ear of the TV . – T o enhance the sound of your TV , connect the AUDIO L and R sockets to an external audio system instead of the VCR. For mono equipm[...]

9 & P o wer button – Switch set off temporarily to standb y mode . (The red light indicator lights up when the set is on standby mode). – T o s witch on set from standby mode, press Channel +/– , Digit (0 -9) or Po wer button. é Teletext Colour/Personal Zapping buttons – In teletext mode, the colour buttons allow you to access directly[...]

10 F UNCTIONS OF R EMO TE C ONTROL 3 Main Index Button In teletext mode, press button to r eturn to the main index page. 4 Frownie button Allows to delete stored personal preference channels in your Personal Preference list. For detailed description of functions, refer to section on “Personal Zapping ”. 5 Smart Picture Button Press the Smart Pi[...]

11 F UNCTIONS OF TV C ONTROLS 3 INST ALL MENU – VOLUME + 7 CHANNEL 6 & Mains P ower button Switch mains power on or off. é Standby light indicator Indicate red light when standb y mode is activated. “ Remote Sensor Acts as a sensor for activating the contr ols of the TV when remote contr ol handset is aimed at it. ‘ V olume + / – butto[...]

12 ¸ Operating instructions generally e xplains the operation of the TV set using the buttons on the remote contr ol unless otherwise stated. Please read the f ollo wing instructions carefully and follo w the steps as sho wn to familiarise yourself with the installations and all features a vailable in your set. Note: When there is no signal input [...]

13 A UT OMA TIC T UNING A UT OMA TIC T UNING OF C HANNELS Automatic tuning of channels allows you to stor e each programme automatically . Enter main menu. Press button r epeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Select Auto Store . Start automatic tuning of channels. When tuning is completed, exit menu fr om screen. ¸ Main o ✔ Pi[...]

14 M ANU AL T UNING OF C HANNELS Manual tuning of channels allows y ou to select your pref erred channel number f or every available pr ogramme. MENU ¸ ˙ ¸ ˙ Enter main menu. Press button r epeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Press button r epeatedly until Manual Store is selected. Enter manual store menu. Press button r ep[...]

15 C HANNELS M ANU AL T UNING OF C HANNELS ¸ Manual Store o ■ Colour System ■ Sound System ■ Search ✔ Channel 2 π ■ Fine Tune ■ Store œ Manual Store o ■ Colour System ■ Sound System ■ Search ■ Channel ■ Fine Tune ✔ Store Store? π œ ˙ ¸ 9 10 11 Manual Store o ■ Colour System ■ Sound System ■ Search ■ Channel ?[...]

16 S ELECTING THE C OLOUR /S OUND S Y STEM This featur e allows you to select y our desired Colour and Sound system. If Auto is selected, the respectiv e colour and sound system will be automatically selected according to the transmission system. Note : Select your desir ed colour and sound system manually if reception is poor at Auto mode. Repeat [...]

17 F INE T UNING OF C HANNELS This feature allo ws you to adjust picture reception in ar eas of weak r eception. Enter main menu. Press button r epeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Press button r epeatedly until Manual Stor e is selected. Enter manual store menu. Press button r epeatedly until Fine T une is selected. Fine tune [...]

18 S OR TING OF C HANNELS This feature r earranges channel numbers. Enter main menu. Press button r epeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Press button r epeatedly until Sort is selected. Enter sort mode . Select the channel number you want to change from (e.g. 002). Confirm selection. Select the channel number you want to change [...]

19 E DITING OF C HANNELS This feature allo ws you to skip or edit channels which hav e bad or weak TV signal or channels that you do not watch often. Note : Once a channel is skipped, you cannot ha ve access to it by the CH (Channel) + or – button. Y ou can only hav e access to the channel by the Digit (0 -9) buttons. Main o ■ Picture Language [...]

20 N AMING OF C HANNELS This feature enables y ou to name or rename channels. Enter main menu. Press button r epeatedly until Install is selected. Enter install menu. Press button r epeatedly until Name is selected. Enter name mode. Select the channel you want to name. Mov e to first character slot. A cursor appears for y ou to star t the input of [...]

21 ¸ A DJUSTING THE TV P ICTURE The picture menu allows you to make adjustments to the picture. Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness ■ Sound Colour ■ Features Contrast ■ Install Sharpness Colour Temp More... œ Picture o ✔ Brightness p ❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘ ❘ ❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘❘ 59 π ■ Colour ■ Contrast ■ Sha[...]

22 A DJUSTING THE TV S OUND The sound menu allows you to make adjustments to the sound. Displa y the main menu on screen. Select Sound menu. Enter Sound menu. Select item. Adjust lev el or select desired setting. Exit menu fr om screen. Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness ■ Sound Colour ■ Features Contrast ■ Install Sharpness Colour Temp. More..[...]

23 ¸ U SING THE T IMER The Timer feature allo ws you to set the timer to switch to another channel at a specified time while you ar e watching another channel or when the TV is on standby mode . Note : For the timer to function, the set must not be switched off. Once the set is switched off, the timer is disabled. Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness [...]

24 U SING THE T IMER Select Stop Time . Key in the time you want the programme to be switched off. Select Channel . K ey in the channel y ou want to switch to . Select Activate . Activate timer . Y ou can select Once , Daily or Off . Select Displa y . Select On mode if you want to displa y the time on the TV scr een. Exit menu fr om screen. Note : [...]

25 A CTIV A TING THE C HILD L OCK (A CCESS C ODE ) The Child Lock feature allo ws you to lock channels to prev ent your childr en from watching programmes y ou deem undesirable . Note : Y ou can only hav e access to the locked channels via the r emote control. K eep the remote contr ol out of reach so as to pre vent your childr en from ha ving acce[...]

26 A CTIV A TING THE C HILD L OCK (C HANGE C ODE ) Note : Y ou need to k ey the access code only once. Repeat Steps 1 to 8 as The Child Lock menu will in “A CTIV A TING THE now appear . Y ou can pr oceed C HILD L OCK to change code. (A CCESS C ODE )” Select Change Code . Enter change code mode . K ey in your pr eferred code (4-digit). K ey in t[...]

27 A CTIV A TING THE C HILD L OCK (L OCK C HANNEL ) Repeat Steps 1 to 8 as The Child Lock menu will in “C HILD Lock (A CCESS now appear . Y ou can proceed C ODE )” to lock channel. Enter lock channel mode . Select the channel you want to lock. Activate blocking of channel. A ke ylock symbol will appear beside the channel number indicating that [...]

28 A CTIV A TING THE C HILD L OCK (L OCK A LL ) Y ou can choose to lock all channels in the Lock All mode in the Child Lock menu. Repeat Steps 1 to 8 as The Child Lock menu will in “C HILD Lock (A CCESS now appear . Y ou can proceed C ODE )” to lock all channels. Select Lock All . Select the On option to lock all channels. Exit menu fr om scree[...]

29 U SING THE S CREEN F ORMA T Y ou can ha ve a choice of tw o formats for y our viewing pleasur e , namely : - 4:3 mode and the EXPAND 4:3 mode thr ough the FORMAT menu. Displa y the main menu on screen. Press button r epeatedly until F eatures is selected. Enter the Features men u. Press button r epeatedly until F ormat is selected. Press the but[...]

30 S MAR T P ICTURE C ONTROL Whether you ar e watching a movie or video game , your TV has automatic video contr ol settings matched to your cur rent pr ogram source or content. The Smar t Picture f eature quickly resets y our TV’ s video controls of pr ogram for a number of differ ent types of programs and viewing conditions y ou ma y hav e in y[...]

31 S MAR T S OUND C ONTROL Whether y ou are watching a movie or video game, your TV has automatic sound contr ol settings matched to your cur rent pr ogram source or content. The Smart Sound feature quickly resets y our TV’ s sound controls of pr ogram for a number of different types of pr ograms and viewing conditions y ou may ha ve in y our hom[...]

32 P ERSONAL Z APPING A list or series of fa vourite TV programs can be selected and stor ed in the 4 coloured buttons with the P ersonal Zapping featur e . With this feature y ou can easily viewed up to a total of 10 prefer red channels for each coloured button. Ad ding Channels to the F av ourite list Select a channel by the Digit buttons Press b[...]

33 A UT OMA TIC P ICTURE B OOSTER If the transmission signal is weak, the Automatic Picture Booster built into the TV set will increase the signal le vel to pro vide a good picture at all time. Y ou hav e a choice to turn on/off the featur e, depending on the signal conditions locally . Main o ✔ Picture π Brightness ■ Sound Colour ■ Features[...]

34 U SING T HE T ELETEXT If a TV channel broadcast contains teletext inf ormation, each channel that broadcasts teletext transmits a page (index page) with information on how to use the teletext system, usually on page 100. The system transmitted is indicated in the option line at the bottom of the screen. & On/Off teletext Press the button onc[...]

35 U SING T HE T ELETEXT § Interrupt Press the button to change to TV mode. Press the button again to return to teletext mode and to the teletext page. è Enlarge Press the button once to enlarge and view the top half of the page. Press the button the second time to enlarge and view the bottom half of the page. Press the button the third time to r[...]

36 S PECIFICA TIONS 21PT2252 Picture tube scr een size 540 mm Picture tube visible ar ea 510 mm Audio Output : Speaker 2 x 5 W TV System NTSC M P AL B/G P AL D/K P AL I SECAM B/G SECAM D/K SECAM K1 Pla yback System NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43, P AL 60 Set Dimensions : Width 600 mm Depth 487 mm Height 458 mm Net W eight of Set (appro ximate ) 24kg Note For[...]

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