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29PT8811
Real Flat Television
29PT8841
29PT8842
User manual
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IMPORTANT Before you begin: Make sure your package includes the following items:TV and mains cord, remote control, user 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 under the w
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Table of Contents Peripherals General DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Video recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Useful information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wht’s Hot Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Picture Scanni
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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 you
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What’s Hot Picture scanning Your Philips TV has been built with scanning features to enhance your TV viewing. All you need is to select your desired mode to enjoy sharper and clearer pictures. The description below will help you make your choice. Auto If you are undecided of which mode to choose, select Auto and let your TV decide for you automatically! 100 Hz Digital Scan (available only for PAL signal) Philips’ digital scan doubles the rate of line flicker, making it undetectable. The resul
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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 dea
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Remote control keys 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. 12) , AV, A/CH or digit keys. Sleeptimer AV channel selection Not applicable. Press several times to select AV1, POWER CVI, AV2, YPbPr or Side. Delete Personal Zapping list Add Personal Zapping list Deletes stored channels from Adds and stores channels into Personal Zapping list (p. 12) Personal Zapping list (p. 12) Smart
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Language The Language feature is used to change the “ Use the key to select a language of display language for menus. your choice. MENU Ë ‘ To quit the menus, press . & Press the key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Language. Auto Store “ Use the key to start auto store. This menu is used to store all available All the available TV channels will be stored channels automatically. automatically. MENU & Press the key. This operation takes a few minutes. The display é
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Manual Store ‘ Sound Sys(tem): use the or This menu is used to store channels one at a key to select the desired sound system; time. Auto, BG or DK. MENU ( Search: Press .The search starts. & Press the key. Once a channel is found, the scanning é With the cursor, select the Install menu stops. Go to the next step. and follow by the Manual. If no picture is found, consult the possible solutions found on the Tips section. § Channel: enter the required channel with the , or digit keys. Fine
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Channel edit MENU This feature allows you to skip or edit & Press the key. The Main menu is channels which have bad or weak TV signal or displayed on the screen. channels you do not watch often. é With the cursor, select the Install menu followed by the Edit menu. Once a channel is skipped, you cannot have “ Enter into the menu and select the access to it by the Channel + or – key. You can channel number you wish to skip by the only access the channels by the digit (0-9) keys. digit keys. ‘ The
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Picture settings MENU & Press then . The Picture menu Description of the adjustments: • Brightness: this changes picture brillance. will be called up. • 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 in NTSC channel. • Colour Temp.: this changes the colour é Use the or keys to select a rendering: Cold(bluer), Normal(balanced)
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Child Lock You can block certain channels or inhibit use The Child Lock menu is displayed. of the TV set completely. ( Use the or key to select a function Note: You can only access the locked channels via and the key to enter or confirm the remote control. Keep the remote control in a selection. safe place. MENU & Press , use the key to select Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. Description of function: Lock Channel: use the or key to select a channel number to lock
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Active Control The Active Control monitors and adjusts & Enter Features menu as described in incoming video signals to help provide the best “Features settings” on the previous page. picture quality.When you choose to turn the é Use the key to select Active Control Active Control to On or Display On, the and press the key to select Off, On Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Contrast+ and or Display On. NR (noise reduction) features are controlled Ë “ Press the key to exit. automatically. Active
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Automatic Picture Booster " Use the key to turn Autopicture If the transmission signal is weak, the Automatic Picture Booster built into the TV set will Booster On or Off. increase the signal level to provide a good picture at all times. You have a choice to turn on or off the feature, depending on the signal conditions locally. & Enter Features menu as described in “Features settings” page. Scan On é Use the key to select Autopicture Booster. Personal Zapping A list or seri
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Connecting peripheral equipment DVD player & Connect the cable from the TV's "Y", "Pb" and "Pr" (AV1) sockets to the corresponding COMPONENT VIDEO OUT sockets of the player. Note: Do not connect the AV1 VIDEO IN socket. é Connect the red and white (R and L) cable from the TV's AUDIO IN sockets to the AV1 IN corresponding AUDIO OUT sockets of the player. “ Turn on the TV and DVD player. Set the TV to CVI and the DVD background screen will be displayed on the screen. You can now play your discs
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Connecting peripheral equipment Other equipment & Carry out the connections as shown. 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 AV1 IN either AV1 IN or AV2 IN. Note: Do not connect the VIDEO IN socket if you are using the S-VIDEO IN socket of the TV. & To connect to a hi
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Tips Colour patches on screen Poor reception Switch off the TV by the mains power The proximity of mountains or high button and wait for about 20 minutes buildings may be responsible for ghost before switching on again. pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case, try manually adjusting your picture: see Good picture but no sound Fine Tuning (refer to section on Manual Try to increase the volume level. Check Store) or modify the orientation of the that the sound is not set to “mute”. If it is, o
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Glossary 4:3 Contrast+ Refers to the ration between the length and enhances the darker portions of the picture the height of the screen. Wide screen to improve its picture quality. televisions have a ration of 16:9 while conventional televisions have a ratio of 4:3. Personal Zapping A Philips trade marked feature which allows 4:3 Expand any combination of favourite teletext pages The images recorded in “letterbox” format or TV channels to be stored in the coloured are expanded to fill the entire
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Specification Side Connections • S-Video Product type • Video and Audio inputs 29PT8811, 29PT8841, 29PT8842 • Headphone out Rear Connections PICTURE • AV1: (CVI), Video and Audio inputs • Picture screen diagonal: 29” (720 mm) • AV2: S-Video, Video and Audio inputs • Visible screen size: 27” (680 mm) • Picture Tube: Real Flat 4:3 • CVI for 480i • 100 Hz • YPbPr for 1080i • Progressive Scan • Monitor Out (Auto Switching with manual override) • Scan Velocity Modulation Reception • 3:2 Pulldown • Tu
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Specifi cations are subject to change without notice. Trademarks are the property of Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. or their respective owners. www.philips.com 313912536223
