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User Manual
Color TV
Color TV
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30PW850H
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Return your Product Registration Card today to get the very most from your purchase. Registering your model with PHILIPS makes you eligible for all of the valuable benefits listed below,so don't miss out. Complete and return your Product Registration Card at once to ensure: *Proof of *Product Safety *Additional Benefits Purchase Notification of Product Ownership Returning the enclosed card guarantees By registering your product, you'll receive Registering your product guarantees that that your
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment 1. Read these instructions. B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the appli- ance; or 2. Keep these instructions. C. The appliance has been exposed to rain; or 3. Heed all warnings. D. The appliance does not appear to operate normally or 4. Follow all instructions. exhibits a marked change in performance; or 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. E. The appliance has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged. 6. Clean
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CONTENTS Features INTRODUCTION Active Control™ continuously measures and corrects all incoming Welcome/Registration of Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 signals to help provide the best picture quality. This feature moni- Safety/Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2–3 tors and corrects both the sharpness control and noise reduction con- Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 trol.
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURES LANGUAGE Menu or our Spanish and French-speaking TV own- Picture Brightness Fers, an onscreen LANGUAGE option is pres- Sound Color Features Contrast ent. The LANGUAGE control enables you to set Menu Install Sharpness the TV’s onscreen menu to be shown in either Color Temp. Picture Language English, Spanish, or French. Sound Tuner Mode Features Auto Program Install Channel Edit Press the MENU/SELECT button on the Name remote control to s
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURES AUTO PROGRAM Menu our TV can automatically set itself for local Picture Brightness Yarea (or cable TV) channels. This makes it Sound Color Features Contrast easy for you to select only the TV stations in your Menu Install Sharpness Color Temp. Picture Language area by pressing the CHANNEL (+) or (–) button. Sound Tuner Mode Features Auto Program Press the MENU/SELECT button on the Install Channel Edit Name remote control to show the onsc
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURES NAME CONTROL (PICK LIST) Menu he channel NAME feature allows you to list Picture Brightness Tthe “call” letters of your favorite stations Sound Color beside their channel numbers when they appear Features Contrast Menu Install Sharpness on the screen. The TV has in memory a list of the Color Temp. Picture Language 50 most popular channel names (for example: Sound Tuner Mode ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, etc.). You can also enter Features Auto Pro
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURES NAME CONTROL (PERSONAL) he channel NAME feature allows you to list Menu Tthe “call” letters of your favorite stations Picture Brightness beside their channel numbers when they appear Sound Color Features Contrast on the screen. You can enter a custom name (up Menu Install Sharpness to five characters) for each channel. Color Temp. Picture Language Sound Tuner Mode Tune to the specific channel you want to name, then Features Auto
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HOW TO USE THE PICTURE ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS o adjust your TV picture controls, select a channel and Tfollow these steps. Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on the remote Picture Brightness control to show the onscreen menu. Sound Color Menu 1 Features Contrast Picture Install Sharpness Brightness 40 Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN but- Color Temp. Color ton to highlight PICTURE. Contrast 2 Sharpness Color Temp. Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to enter the Picture menu. 3 Press the CURSO
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HOW TO USE THE SOUND ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS o adjust your TV sound controls, select a channel and Tfollow these steps. Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on the remote Menu Picture Brightness control to show the onscreen menu. Picture Treble Sound Color 1 Sound Bass Features Contrast Features Balance Install Sharpness Install Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN but- AVL Color Temp. Dynamic Bass ton to highlight Sound. 2 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to enter the sound menu. Menu 3 Sou
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HOW TO USE THE TIMER MENU CONTROLS our television comes with an onscreen clock. The YTV can also be set to turn on or off at a specific time and tune to a specific channel when it powers itself on. Press the CLOCK button on the remote con- Menu trol to display the Timer onscreen menu. Features 1 Timer Time Features Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN Auto Lock Start Time Timer Wide Screen Stop Time button to highlight one of the Timer controls. Time – – : – – AM Closed Caption Program No.
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HOW TO USE THE TIMER MENU CONTROLS (CONT’D) AUTO CHRON Menu utoChron™ can automatically set the TV’s onscreen Features Aclock. Since the time is received from a broadcast Features Timer Time Auto Lock Start Time Timer signal, you must be sure that a cable TV or Antenna Wide Screen Stop Time Time – – : – – AM Closed Caption Program No. signal is present before you use the AutoChron™ fea- Start Time Rotation Activate Stop Time ture. Program No. Activate Press the CLOCK button on the remote contr
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UNDERSTANDING THE AUTOLOCK™CONTROLS he AutoLock™ feature receives and Tprocesses data sent by broadcasters or other program providers that contain pro- Auto Lock Auto Lock gram content advisories. When programmed Movie Ratings TV Ratings by the viewer, a TV with AutoLock™ can G Off On TV-Y Off On respond to the content advisories and block PG TV-Y7 program content that may be found objection- TV-G PG-13 able (such as offensive language, violence, TV-PG R TV-14 sexual situations, etc.). This is
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SETTING UPAN AUTOLOCK™ACCESS CODE TM utoLock allows parents to block out or A“censor” any channels they think children should not watch. A channel blocked by the TM AutoLock control cannot be viewed until a cor- Menu rect access code is used to unlock the channel Picture Timer for viewing. First, let’s set your AutoLock access Sound Auto Lock code. Features Wide Screen Install Close Caption Rotation Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on Features the remote control to show the onscreen 1 Timer
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HOW TO LOCK CHANNELS USING AUTOLOCK™ fter your personal access code has been Aset (see the previous page), you are ready to select the channels or inputs you want to Menu block out or censor. Picture Timer Sound Auto Lock Features Press the MENU/SELECT button on Wide Screen Menu Install Close Caption Features the remote control to show the Rotation 1 Timer Access Code onscreen menu. Auto Lock – – – – Wide Screen Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR Closed Caption Rotation DOWN button to highlight Fea
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HOW TO CLEAR ALL LOCKED CHANNELS AT THE SAME TIME arious onscreen messages will appear Vwhen someone tries to view blocked pro- gramming. The message is determined by how the current programming is blocked. You may Menu view the blocked programming and turn OFF Picture Timer the AutoLock™ feature by using the Clear All Sound Auto Lock control or by entering your access code. Features Wide Screen Menu Install Closed Caption Features Rotation Press the MENU/SELECT button on Timer Access Code the
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BLOCKING PROGRAMS BASED ON MOVIE RATINGS fter your personal access code has been Aset, you can select specific movie ratings that you want to censor. Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on Picture Timer the remote control to show the Sound Auto Lock 1 Features Wide Screen onscreen menu. Menu Install Closed Caption Features Rotation Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR Timer Access Code Auto Lock – – – – DOWN button to highlight Features. 2 Wide Screen Closed Caption Press the CURSOR RIGHT button Rotatio
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BLOCKING PROGRAMS BASED ON TV RATINGS ou can select specific TV ratings that you Ywant to censor by following these steps. Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on Picture Timer the remote control to show the 1 Sound Auto Lock onscreen menu. Features Wide Screen Menu Install Closed Caption Features Rotation Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR Timer Access Code DOWN button to highlight Features. Auto Lock – – – – 2 Wide Screen Closed Caption Press the CURSOR RIGHT button Rotation to display the Features
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OTHER AUTOLOCK™BLOCKING OPTIONS he AutoLock™ control offers the viewer Tother blocking options as well/ With Menu Block Options, the censoring can be turned Picture Timer On or Off. Sound Auto Lock Wide Screen Features Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on Install Closed Caption Features Rotation the remote control to show the 1 Timer Access Code onscreen menu. Auto Lock – – – – Wide Screen Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR Closed Caption DOWN button to highlight Features. Rotation 2 Press the CU
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USING THE AUTOLOCK™REVIEW SCREEN o remind you wich rating you have locked Tand which Block Options you have selected, Movie Rating - TV Rating - a review screen is available to review your - Y7 TM AutoLock settings. To access this screen follow - TV-G the steps below. R TV-PG NC-17 TV-14 Press the STATUS/EXIT button on the remote control TWICE. Your TV-MA X 1 AutoLock™ settings will appear on the Block Unrated Off screen. No Rating Off NOTE: I
