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Real Flat Television
21PT5217
21PT5117
User manual
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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 unde
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Table of Contents General Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Useful Tips . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Installation Installing your television set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Remote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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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 TV
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Installing your television set 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 Connections not discard your used batteries (if in doubt, consult your dealer
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Remote control keys Standby Teletext /Personal Zapping Lets you place the TV set on standby. In teletext mode; the colour keys To turn on the TV, press CH + or –, allows direct access to an item or 2 , AV, A/CH or digit keys corresponding pages (p. 10) In Personal Zapping mode; you can Teletext keys (p. 10) surf up to 10 personal channels Delete Personal Zapping list for each key (p.9) Deletes stored channels from Add Personal Zapping list Personal Zapping list (p. 9) Adds and stores channels in
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Language When there is no signal input to the TV, you “ Use the key to select a language of may encounter instability of the screen display. your choice. In this instance, please use the key to select ‘To quit the menus, press . an AV channel. Auto Store The Language feature is used to change the display language for menus. & Press the key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Language. Auto Store All the available TV channels will be stored. This menu is used to stor
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Manual Store ‘ Sound System: use the or key This menu is used to store channels one at a to select the desired sound system; Auto, time. BG, I, DK or M. & Press the key. ( Search: Press . 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 with the , or digit keys. Fine T une: if the re
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Picture settings Description of the adjustments: & Press then . This will call up the • Brightness: this changes picture brillance. Picture menu. • 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. • Colour T emp.: this changes the colour rendering: Cold(bluer), Normal(balanced) or Warm(redder). é Use the or keys to select a • NR: attenuates picture noise (snow) in set
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Features settings Description of the features: & Press , select Features ( ) and press • Format: see explanation on the next few . This will call up the Features menu. pages. • Signal Strength : see explanation on the next few pages. Format This feature enhances your viewing pleasure Description of function: by providing you with a choice of two picture 4:3 – select this format if you want to display formats:- 4:3 and Expand 4:3. a conventional picture using the full surface of the screen. & Pr
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Signal Strength This feature displays the signal strength level at the bottom of the screen. Select the option On and it will appear each time you switch to a new channel. & Press , use the or key to select Features and press the key. This will call up the Features menu. é Use the key to select Signal Strength. “ Use the key to select On or Off. ‘ Press the key to exit. Personal Zapping A list or series of favourite TV programs can To delete channels: be selected and stored in the 4 colour
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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 accessed. Each item has a corresponding 3 digit page
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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 g appears on the top left. Hidden To display or hide the concealed information information (games solutions). Operation User manual-21PT5217_5117 11 p7-11_21PT5217_5117.p65 11 07/07/04, 2:52 PM
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Connecting peripheral equipment The television has 3 external sockets situated at the back of the set (AV1 in, AV2 in and Monitor out). The AV1 in socket has audio and video inputs. The AV2 in socket has S-Video, audio and video inputs. The Monitor out socket has audio and video outputs. Video recorder & Connect the TV’s yellow, white and red (AV2 in) jacks to the corresponding Video and Audio jacks on the player. é Turn on the TV and VCR player. Set the TV to channel AV2. You can now play your
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Connecting peripheral equipment Other equipment 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 AV2 in. Side connections (for 21PT5117) Make the connections as shown opposite. With the
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Tips Poor reception Good sound but poor colour or no 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 Fine Tuning (p. 6) or modify the orienta- Snowish picture and noise tion of the outside aerial. Does your Check antenna connection at the rear of antenna enable you to receive broadcasts the TV. in this frequency range (UHF or V
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Glossary 4:3 Refers to the ration between the length and the height of the screen. Wide screen televisions have a ration 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. Personal Zapping A Philips trade marked feature which allows any combination of favourite teletext pages or TV channels to be stored in the coloured Favourite Cha
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Specification Product type Connectors 21PT5217, 21PT5117 • Rear: Stereo Audio/Video input x 2 Stereo Audio/Video output x 1 Picture S-Video input • Picture screen diameter: 550 mm • Side (for 21PT5117): Headphone out • Visible screen size: 510 mm (3.5 mm) • Smart Picture Modes Stereo Audio/Video • Contrast Control input • Sharpness Control •Front (for 21PT5217): Headphone out • Tint (in NTSC system) (3.5 mm) • Colour Temperature Control • Noise Reduction Ease of use • Signal Strength Indicator •
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