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N I H T I W D E D E E N N O I Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re entitled to. Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your pur- chase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed W
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment 1. Read these instructions. 16. Damage Requiring Service - The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: 2. Keep these instructions. A. The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged; 3. Heed all warnings. or 4. Follow all instructions. B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. appliance; or 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. C. The appliance has been
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Let's Look Inside! TABLE OF CONTENTS Here are a few of the special features built into this new Introduction Color Television: Welcome/Registration of Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 AutoLock™ feature allows you to block the viewing of cer- Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 tain channels or external audio/video connections where you Getting Started mi
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OUT IN HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC CABLE TV CONNECTIONS) our Cable TV input into your Yhome may be a single (75 ohm) cable, or a Converter Box installa- tion. In either case the connection to the TV is very easy. Just put the threaded end of the cable signal to the TV's antenna plug and screw it down finger tight. If your Cable TV signal is a single round cable (75 ohm) then you're ready to connect to the TV. If you have a Cable Converter Box: Connect the Cable TV signal to the Cable Signal IN(pu
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HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC ANTENNA TV CONNECTIONS) combination antenna receives Anormal broadcast channels Note: For homes with separate UHF and VHF antennas (VHF 2-13 and UHF 14-69). Your you will need an optional combiner to connect to the TV. connection is easy since there is only one 75Ω (ohm) antenna plug U/V Combiner on the back of your TV - and that’s where the antenna goes. If your antenna has a round cable (75 ohm) on the end, then you're ready Back of TV to connect it to the TV. If
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HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC TV TO VCR CONNECTIONS) he basic Antenna, or Cable TV, Tto VCR to TV connection is shown to the right. For more infor- mation on other hookups (possible when Cable Converter/Descrambler boxes are included) refer to your accessory VCR and Cable Converter Owner's Manual for details. Connect your Antenna or Cable 75 V TV signal to the IN FROM ANT(enna) plug on the VCR. Connect the OUT TO TV plug on the VCR to the 75Ω plug on the TV (connecting cable supplied with the VCR.
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BASIC TV/REMOTE OPERATIONS TELEVISION 7 MONO Press the POWER button to turn the TV ON. Note: You can also press any button on the front of the TV to turn the TV ON. Headphone Jack Headphones can be used with this Press the VOLUME + button to television by simply plugging them increase the sound level, or the VOL- into the headphone jack located on the UME – button to lower the sound VIDEO AUDIO INSTALL/MENU – VOLUME + CHANNEL front of the television. Sound coming level. from the headpho
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DESCRIPTION OF REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS QUADRA SURF Buttons - (Red, POWER button - Press the Power but- Green, Yellow, Blue) Allows you to ton to turn the TV on or off. store and surf up to 10 channels you choose for each colored button. A/CH Button - (Alternate Channel) Press to toggle between the last view channel and the channel presently AV Button - Press to select an accesso- being viewed. ry signal input from the front AV Inputs. FROWNIE Button - Allows you to delete stored channels within t
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USING THE LANGUAGE CONTROL or our Spanish speaking TV owners Fan on-screen LANGUAGE option is present. With the LANGUAGE control you can set the TV’s on-screen menu to be shown in either English or Spanish. Main Picture Brightness Press the MENU button on the Sound Color remote to show the on-screen menu. Features Picture Main Install Sharpness Picture Language Press the CURSOR UP s or Tint Sound Tuner Mode DOWN t buttons to scroll through More... Features Auto Program the on-screen menu until t
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HOW TO USE THE TUNER MODE CONTROL he TUNER MODE control allows Tyou to change the TV’s signal input to either ANTENNA, CABLE or AUTO mode. It’s important for the TV to know what type of signal to look for. (From a Cable TV signal or a normal Antenna Main signal.) In the AUTO mode, when the Picture Brightness AUTO PROGRAM feature is activated, Sound Color the TV will automatically choose the Features Picture Main correct mode. Install Sharpness Picture Language Tint Sound Tuner Mode More... Feat
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HOW TO AUTOMATICALLY PROGRAM TV CHANNELS our TV can automatically set itself Yfor local area (or Cable TV) chan- nels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV stations in your area when the CHANNEL (+), (–) buttons are pressed. Main Note: Make sure the antenna or cable Picture Brightness Sound Color signal connection has been completed Features Picture Main Picture before AUTO PROGRAM is activated. Install Sharpness Sound Language Tint Features Tuner Mode More... Install Auto Program Pr
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HOW TO ADD OR DELETE TV CHANNELS hannel Edit makes it easy for you Cto ADD or DELETE channels from the list of channels stored in the TV’s memory. Main Press the MENU button on the Picture Brightness remote to show the on-screen menu. Sound Color Features Picture Main Press the CURSOR UP s or Install Sharpness Picture Language DOWN t buttons to scroll through Tint Sound Tuner Mode the on-screen menu until the word More... Features Auto Program INSTALL is highlighted. Install Channel Edit Press
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HOW TO USE THE PICTURE ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS o adjust your TV picture controls, Tselect a channel and follow the steps shown below: Main Picture Brightness Press the MENU button on the Sound Color remote to display the on-screen menu. Features Picture Picture Install Sharpness 50 Brightness Press the CURSOR UP s or Tint Color DOWN t buttons until the word PIC- More... Picture TURE is highlighted. Sharpness Tint Press the CURSOR RIGHT © Color Temp. button to display the PICTURE menu features. Pres
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HOW TO USE THE DNR (NOISE REDUCTION) CONTROL or reasons such as poor cable recep- Ftion, the picture can sometimes appear slightly “speckled” (or has signal noise shown in the picture). The DNR (Dynamic Noise Reduction) control can help eliminate this type of interference Main and improve the quality of the picture. Picture Brightness Sound Color Features Picture Picture Press the MENU button on the Install Sharpness 50 Brightness remote to display the on-screen menu. Tint Color More... Picture
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HOW TO USE THE CONTRAST + (BLACK STRETCH) CONTROL he Contrast + (Black Stretch) con- Ttrol helps to “sharpen” the picture quality. The black portions of the pic- ture become richer in darkness and the whites become brighter. Main Picture Brightness Press the MENU button on the Sound Color remote to display the on-screen menu. Features Picture Picture Install Sharpness Brightness 50 Press the CURSOR UP s or CUR- Tint Color SOR DOWN t button until the word More... Picture PICTURE is highlighte
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HOW TO SET THE BASS AND TREBLE BOOST CONTROLS esides the normal volume level con- Btrol, your TV also has Bass and Treble Boost sound controls. The TRE- BLE Boost effects only the high fre- Main quency sound coming from the TV Picture Brightness Main enhancing the highs; while the BASS Sound Color Picture Treble Boost Boost effects only the low frequency Features Picture Sound Bass Boost Install Sharpness sound coming from the TV enhancing Features AVL Tint the lows. Install More... Press the M
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HOW TO USE THE AVL (AUTOMATIC VOLUME LEVELER) CONTROL n most cases, the volume levels com- Iing from broadcast programming or commercials are never the same. With the AVL (Audio Volume Leveler) control turned ON, you can have the TV level out sound that is being heard. This makes for a more consistent sound by reducing the peaks and valleys that Main occur during program changes or com- Picture Brightness Main Sound Color mercial breaks. To turn the AVL ON, Picture Treble Boost Features Pictu
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Let's Look Inside! HOW TO THE TIMER CONTROLS he Timer controls allow you to use Tyour TV as an alarm clock if set to turn itself on and off at a specific time. It also can be set to tune to a specific channel at a specific time. Timer Time 10 :30 AM Press the CLOCK button on the Start Time remote to display the Timer on-screen Timer Stop Time menu. Time Channel Start Time 12 :30 PM Activate Press the CURSOR UP s or Stop Time Display DOWN t button to highlight one of Channel Activate the Timer c
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UNDERSTANDING THE AUTOLOCK CONTROLS he AutoLock feature is an inte- Tgrated circuit that receives and processes data sent by broadcast- ers, or other program providers, Movie Rating TV Rating that contain program content advi- G TV-Y On On sories. When programmed by the PG TV-Y7 viewer, a TV with AutoLock can respond to the content advisories PG-13 TV-G and block program content that R TV-PG may be found objectionable (such NC-17 TV-14 as offensive language, violence, X TV-MA sexual situations,
