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21PT3324
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IMPORTANT Before you begin: Make sure your package includes the following items: TV and mains cord, remote control, Instruction manual, antenna cable (optional) and Coaxial cable (optional). Attention: 1. Read your manual first – your Philips TV comes with a well-designed remote control and onscreen display to ensure your TV is easy to operate. 2. The tips provided in this manual will save you time and money as charges for TV installation and adjustments of customer controls are not covered un
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Table of Contents Installation Installing your television set .............................................................................. 3 The keys on the TV set ...................................................................................... 3 Remote control keys .......................................................................................... 4 Language ................................................................................................................ 6 Tuner Mo
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Safety information • Disconnect mains plug when : – the indicator light below the TV screen is flashing continuously. – a bright white line is displayed across the screen. – there is a lightning storm. – the set is left unattended for a prolonged period of time. • cleaning the TV screen. Never use abrasive cleaning agents. Use a slight damp chamois leather or soft cloth. • No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on top of the TV or in the vicinity. • Do not place your T
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(Diagrams are for illustration only. Installing your television set May differ from actual TV sets) Positioning the television set Remote control 10 cm 10 cm 10 cm Insert the two R6-type batteries (supplied) making sure that they are the right way Place your TV on a solid, stable surface, round. leaving a space of at least 10 cm around the The batteries supplied with this appliance do appliance. not contain mercury or nickel cadmium. If you have access to a recycling facility, please do Connecti
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(Choose the right remote control Remote control keys that comes with your TV) Standby Lets you place the TV set on standby. Teletext /Personal Zapping To turn on the TV, press CH + or –, In teletext mode; the colour keys 2 , AV, A/CH or digit keys allows direct access to an item or corresponding pages (p. 10) Teletext keys (p. 10) In Personal Zapping mode; you can Delete Personal Zapping list surf up to 10 personal channels for each key (p. 9) Deletes stored channels from Personal Zapping list (
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(Choose the right remote control Remote control keys that comes with your TV) Standby Personal Zapping Lets you place the TV set on standby. You can surf up to 10 personal To turn on the TV, press CH + or –, channels for each key (p. 9) 2, AV, A/CH or digit keys. Sleeptimer AV channel selection Selects a period of time after Press several times to select AV1, which the TV will go into standby AV2, FRONT or CVI. mode automatically. Delete Personal Zapping list Add Personal Zapping list Deletes st
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Language When there is no signal input to the TV, you The Language feature is used to change the may encounter instability of the screen display. display language for menus. & Press the MENU key. In this instance, please use the key to select an AV channel. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Language. “ Use the key to select a language of your choice. ‘To quit the menus, press . (On screen display may differ from actual TV) (applicable to certain TV models only) Tune
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(applicable to certain TV models only) Manual Store This menu is used to store channels one at a ‘ Sound System: use the or key time. to select the desired sound system; Auto, BG, I, DK or M. & Press the MENU key. ( Search: Press MENU. The search starts. é With the cursor, select the Install menu Once a channel is found, the scanning and follow by the Manual Store. stops. Go to the next step. If no picture is found, consult the possible solutions (p. 14) § Channel: enter the required channel
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Picture settings & Press MENU then . The Picture Description of the adjustments: menu is displayed: • Brightness: this changes picture brillance. • Colour: this changes the intensity of the colour. • Contrast: this changes the difference between the light and dark tones. • Sharpness: this changes the picture definition. • Hue: this adjusts the skin colour tone. • Colour T emp.: this changes the colour (On screen display may differ from actual TV) rendering: Cold (bluer), Normal (balanced) or W
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Format This feature enhances your viewing pleasure Description of formats: 4:3 by providing you with a choice of two picture formats:- 4:3 and Expand 4:3. – select this format if you want to display a conventional picture using the full surface of the screen. Expand 4:3 – select this format if you want to expand pictures transmitted in ‘letterbox’ format (black horizontal bars at the top and bottom of the screen) to fill up the entire screen. & Press MENU, use the or key to select Features and
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(applicable to certain TV models only) Active Control “ Press the key to exit. The Active Control monitors and adjusts incoming video signals to help provide the best picture quality.When you choose to turn the Description of option: Active Control to On or Display On, the Off: the Active Control will not be activated. Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Contrast+ and On: the Active Control will work to give the NR (noise reduction) features are controlled viewer the best possible picture, but wil
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(applicable to TV with Teletext function only) Teletext Teletext is an information system broadcast by certain channels which can be consulted like a newspaper. It also offers access to subtitles for viewers with hearing problems or who are not familiar with the transmission language (cable networks, satellite channels, etc.). Press: You will obtain: Teletext call This is used to call teletext, change to transparent mode and then exit. The summary appears with a list of items that can be accesse
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(applicable to TV with Teletext function only) Teletext Press: You will obtain: Stop sub-page Certain pages contain sub-pages acquisition which are automatically displayed successively. This key is used to stop or resume sub-page acquisition. The indication 2 appears on the top left. Hidden To display or hide the concealed information information (games solutions). Favourite For teletext programs 0 to 40, you pages can store 4 favourite pages which can then be accessed directly using the coloure
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Connecting peripheral equipment The television can have the following external sockets situated at the back of the set (depending on the TV models). The AV1 in socket has Y, Pb, Pr and/or audio/video inputs. The AV2 in socket has S-Video and/or audio/video inputs. The Monitor out socket has audio and video outputs. (Diagrams are for illustration only. May differ from actual TV sets) DVD player For TV with Y, Pb, Pr connection (Note: Y, Pb, Pr and S-video connection are for certain TV models.) C
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(Diagrams are for illustration only. Connecting peripheral equipment May differ from actual TV sets) Other equipment (where applicable) Satellite receiver, decoder, games, etc. & Carry out the connections shown opposite. é To optimise picture quality, connect the equipment which produces the video signals (digital decoder, games, etc) to AV1 in and equipment which produces the S-VHS signals (S-VHS and Hi-8 video recorders, certain DVD drives to AV2 in and all other equipment to either AV1 in or
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Tips Good sound but poor colour or no Poor reception The proximity of mountains or high picture buildings may be responsible for ghost Try to increase the contrast and pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case, brightness setting. try manually adjustingyour picture: see Snowish picture and noise Fine Tuning or try skipping channels with bad or weak TV signals or modify the Check antenna connection at the rear of orientation of the outside aerial. Does the TV. your antenna enable you to receive
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Glossary 4:3 Refers to the ratio between the length and the height of the screen. Wide screen televisions have a ratio of 16:9 while conventional televisions have a ratio of 4:3. 4:3 Expand The images recorded in “letterbox” format are expanded to fill the entire screen and the black horizontal bars at the top and bottom are removed. Active Control Is a unique, intelligent, and proactive control system, which measures and analyzes the incoming analog signal 60 times per second to automatically a
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Specification Product type 21PT2115 21PT2325 21PT3324 Picture Picture screen diameter 525 mm 525 mm 520 mm Visible screen size 510 mm 510 mm 510 mm Smart Picture Modes x x x Brightness Control x x x Colour Control x x x Contrast Control x x x Sharpness Control x x x Colour Temperature Control x x x Contrast Plus x x Noise Reduction x x Active Control x x Signal Strength Indicator x x Sound Sound output 2x 2W 2x 2W 2x 5W Loudspeakers; Full range x x x Smart Sound Modes x x x Auto Volume Leveller
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Specification Video playback NTSC 4.43/3.58 x x x NTSC Playback x x x PAL 60* x x x Sound Systems AV Stereo x Bisonic x x Teletext* Reception standards: TOP x x x Smart text: 1 page memory x x x Connectors Front Headphone out (3.5 mm) x Mono Audio/Video input x Side Headphone out (3.5 mm) x Mono Audio/Video input x Stereo headphone out (3.5 mm) x Stereo Audio/Video input x Rear Mono Audio/Video input x x Mono Audio/Video output x x Stereo Audio/Video input x 2 x Stereo Audio/Video output x1 x Co
