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Real Flat Television
29/34PT8845
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 u
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Table of Contents Peripherals General DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 17 Video recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Useful Tips . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 What’s Hot Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Picture Scanning mod
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Safety information • Remove 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 such as scouring powder. Use a slightly 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
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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) Working with three lines of picture information, the 3-line digital comb filter in th
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Installing your television set Positioning the television set Remote control 10 cm 10 cm 10 cm Insert the two AA-sized 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 throw away your used batteries (if in doubt,
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(Choose the right remote control that Remote control keys came with your TV set) 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. 14) , 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 cha
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(Choose the right remote control that Remote control keys came with your TV set) 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 , AV, A/CH or digit keys corresponding pages (p 15-16) In Personal Zapping mode; you can Teletext keys (p. 15-16) surf up to 10 personal channels Delete Personal Zapping list for each key (p14) Deletes stored channels from N
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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. Ø In this instance, please use the key to select MEN U & Press the key. an AV channel. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and followed by Language. “ Use the key to select a language of your choice. Ë ‘ To quit the menus, press . (On screen display may differ from actual TV) Auto Store (applicable to ce
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Manual Store (applicable to certain TV models only) This menu is used to store channels one at a ‘ Sound Sys(tem): use the or time. key to select the desired sound system; Auto, BG, I, DK or M. MENU & Press the key. ( Search: press . The search starts. é With the cursor, select the Install menu Once a channel is found, the scanning and followed by the Manual. stops. Go to the next step. If no picture is found, consult the possible solutions ('Tips' page). § Channel: enter the require
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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 number you wish to skip by channel only access the channels by the digit (0-9) keys. using the
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Picture settings MENU & Press then . The Picture menu Description of the adjustments: will be called up. • Brightness: this changes picture brilliance. • 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. (On screen display may differ from actual TV) • ColourTemp.: this changes the colour é Use the or ke
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(applicable to certain TV models only) Child Lock You can block certain channels or prevent 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. MEN U & Press , use the key to select Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. Description of function: Lock Channel: use the o
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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 MENU the screen. & Press , use the or key to select Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. é Use the key to select Format and press the key to select 4:3 or Expand 4:3. Ë “ Press the key to exit. 4:3 Expand 4:3 – sele
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Demo The split screen display shows the image The screen is split to dramatically show the performance before and after enhancements comparative images side by side. to present clearly the effects of the picture enhancement features. without picture with picture enhancements enhancements & Enter Features menu as described in “Features settings” on the previous page. é Use the key to select Demo and press the key to select On or Off. Automatic Picture Booster If the transmission signal is
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(applicable to certain TV models only) Personal Zapping A list or series of favourite TV programs can To delete channels: be selected and stored in the 4 coloured keys & Select and press a colour key that has with the Personal Zapping feature. With this stored channels repeatedly to select the feature you can easily view up to a total of channel you want to delete. 10 preferred channels for each coloured key. é Press to display list. “ Press to remove channel. To add channels: ‘ Repe
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(applicable to TV with Teletext function only) T eletext 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 t
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Teletext (applicable to TV with Teletext function only) 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 HOLD 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 usi
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Connecting peripheral equipment The television has 4 sets of external sockets situated at the back of the set (AV1 in,AV2 in, YPbPr and Monitor out). The AV1 in has Y, Pb, Pr and audio and video inputs. The AV2 in has S-Video, audio and video inputs. The Y, Pb, Pr has Y, Pb, Pr input (refer to details in “What’s Hot” section). The Monitor out socket has audio and video outputs. DVD player & Connect the TV’s green, blue and red Y Pb Pr (AV1 in) jacks to the corresponding COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
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Connecting peripheral equipment Other equipment & 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). Note: Do not connect the VIDEO IN socket if you are using the S-VIDEO IN socket of the TV. & To connect to a
