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N I H T I W D E D E E N N O I Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re entitled to. Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your pur- chase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within Your completed W
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment 1. Read these instructions. 16. Damage Requiring Service - The appliance should be serviced by qualified service personnel when: 2. Keep these instructions. A. The power supply cord or the plug has been damaged; 3. Heed all warnings. or 4. Follow all instructions. B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. appliance; or 6. Clean only with a dry cloth. C. The appliance has been
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Let's Look Inside! TABLE OF CONTENTS Here are a few of the special features built into this new Introduction Color Television: Welcome/Registration of Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 AutoLock™ feature allows you to block the viewing of cer- tain channels or external audio/video connections were you Picture Menu might
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HOW TO USE THE PICTURE ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS o adjust your TV picture controls, Tselect a channel and follow the steps shown below: Menu Picture Brightness Press the MENU button on the Sound Color remote to display the on-screen menu. Features Picture Picture Install Sharpness Press the CURSOR UP © or Brightness 50 Tint Color DOWN n buttons until the word PIC- More... Picture TURE is highlighted. Sharpness Tint Press the CURSOR RIGHT ©© Color Temp. button to display the PICTURE menu features. Pre
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HOW TO USE THE DNR (NOISE REDUCTION) CONTROL or reasons such as poor cable Freception, the picture can sometime appear slightly “speckled” (or signal noise shown in the picture). The DNR (Dynamic Noise Reduction) control can help eliminate this type of interference Menu and improve the quality of the picture. Picture Brightness Sound Color Features Picture Picture Press the MENU button on the Install Sharpness 50 Brightness remote to display the on-screen menu. Tint Color More... Picture Pres
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HOW TO USE THE CONTRAST + (BLACK STRETCH) CONTROL he Contrast + (Black Stretch) con- Ttrol helps to “sharpen” the picture quality. The black portions of the pic- ture become richer in darkness and the whites become brighter. Menu Picture Brightness Press the MENU button on the Sound Color remote to display the on-screen menu. Features Picture Picture Install Sharpness Brightness 50 Press the CURSOR UP © or CUR- Tint Color SOR DOWN n button until the word More... Picture PICTURE is highlighte
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HOW TO SET THE BASS AND TREBLE BOOST CONTROLS esides the normal volume level con- Btrol, your TV also has Bass and Treble Boost sound controls. The TRE- BLE Boost effects only the high fre- quency sound coming from the TV enhancing the highs; while the BASS Menu Boost effects only the low frequency Picture Brightness sound coming from the TV enhancing Main Sound Color the lows. Picture Treble Features Picture Sound Bass Install Sharpness Features Balance Tint Press the MENU button on the Insta
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HOW TO USE THE AVL (AUTOMATIC VOLUME LEVELER) CONTROL n most cases, the volume levels com- Iing from broadcast programming or commercials are never the same. With the AVL (Audio Volume Leveler) control turned ON, you can have the TV level out sound that is being heard. This makes for a more consistent sound by Menu reducing the peaks and valleys that Picture Brightness Main occur during program changes or com- Sound Color Treble Picture mercial breaks. To turn the AVL ON, Features Picture So
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SETTING THE INCREDIBLE SURROUND CONTROL he Incredible Surround feature Tadds greater depth and dimension to both monaural (MONO) and stereo TV sound. With the control turned ON the TV's speakers can add even wider sound separation to normal broadcasts. Menu Press the MENU button on the Picture Brightness Main remote to display the on-screen menu. Sound Color Picture Treble Features Picture Sound Bass Press the CURSOR UP © or CUR- Install Sharpness Features Balance SOR DOWN n button until the w
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SETTING THE TV FOR SAP (SECONDARY AUDIO PROGRAMS) SAP signal is an additional part of Athe stereo broadcast system. Sent as a third audio channel, a SAP signal can be heard apart from the current TV pro- gram sound. TV stations are free to use SAP for any number of purposes. If a SAP signal is not present with a selected program, the SAP option cannot Menu be selected. Also, if SAP is selected on a Picture Brightness Main channel (with SAP) and you select anoth- Sound Color Treble Picture er
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SETTING THE TV TO RECEIVE STEREO PROGRAMMING ou can receive broadcast stereo TV Yprograms. The TV has both an amplifier and twin speakers through which the stereo sound can be heard. Press the MENU button on the remote to display the on-screen menu. Menu Picture Brightness Main Sound Color Press the CURSOR UP © or CUR- Picture Treble Features Picture SOR DOWN n button until the word Sound Bass Install Sharpness SOUND is highlighted. Features Balance Tint Install AVL More... Press the CURSOR R
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Let's Look Inside! HOW TO USE THE TIMER CONTROLS he Timer controls allow you to use Tyour TV as an alarm clock if set to turn itself on and off at a specific time. Menu It also can be set to tune to a specific Picture Brightness channel at a specific time. Sound Color Features Picture Menu Install Sharpness Picture Timer Press the MENU button on the Tint Sound AutoLock remote to display the on-screen menu. More... Features Closed Cap. Install Format Press the CURSOR UP © or CUR- SOR DOWN n butt
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UNDERSTANDING THE AUTOLOCK CONTROLS he AutoLock feature is an inte- Tgrated circuit that receives and processes data sent by broadcast- ers, or other program providers, Movie Rating TV Rating that contain program content advi- G TV-Y On On sories. When programmed by the PG TV-Y7 viewer, a TV with AutoLock can respond to the content advisories PG-13 TV-G and block program content that R TV-PG may be found objectionable (such NC-17 TV-14 as offensive language, violence, X TV-MA sexual situations,
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SETTING UP THE AUTOLOCK ACCESS CODE ver the next few pages you’ll learn Ohow to block channels and get a better understanding of the rating terms Menu for certain programming. Picture Brightness Sound Color First, let’s start by learning how to set a Features Picture Menu personal access code: Install Sharpness Picture Timer Tint Sound AutoLock More... Features Closed Cap. Install Format Press the MENU button on the remote to display the on-screen menu. Press the CURSOR UP © or DOWN n button un
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HOW TO BLOCK CHANNELS fter your personal access code has Abeen set (see previous page), you are now ready to select the channels you want to block out or censor. Menu Picture Brightness Sound Color Press the NUMBERED (or CH +, Features Picture Menu Install Sharpness –) buttons to tune the channel you Picture Timer Tint Sound AutoLock wish to block or censor. More... Features Closed Cap. Install Format Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on-screen menu. Press the CURSOR UP © or DOWN
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HOW TO CLEAR BLOCKED CHANNELS fter blocking specific channels there Amay come a time when you want to clear all the channels so they can be viewed. The following steps explain how to CLEAR ALL blocked channels. Menu Picture Brightness Sound Color Features Picture Menu Press the MENU button on the Install Sharpness Picture Timer Tint remote to show the on-screen menu. Sound AutoLock More... Features Closed Cap. Install Format Press the CURSOR UP © or DOWN n button until the word FEA- TURES is hi
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BLOCKING PROGRAMMING BASED ON MOVIE RATINGS here are two types of program rat- Tings within the AutoLock feature. One is based on the Movie Industry rat- ings while the other is based on the TV Menu Picture Brightness Industry ratings. Both can be used to Sound Color block or censor programming that has Features Picture Menu been rated in either manner. Install Sharpness Picture Timer Tint Sound AutoLock Let’s first look at the Movie Rating More... Features Closed Cap. options of AutoLock: Insta
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BLOCKING PROGRAMMING BASED ON TV RATINGS his portion of the AutoLock features Tcover program ratings based on the TV Industry rating system. This is know as TV Ratings within AutoLock. Menu Picture Brightness After selecting the Autolock feature and Sound Color Features entering your personal access code, the Picture Menu Install Sharpness Picture Timer AutoLock options screen appears; Tint Sound AutoLock More... Features Closed Cap. Install Format Scroll the menu using the CUR- SOR UP © or DOWN
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Let's Look Inside! HOW TO USE THE CLOSED CAPTION CONTROL losed Captioning (CC) allows you Cto read the voice content of televi- sion programs on the TV screen. Menu Designed to help the hearing impaired, Picture Brightness this feature uses on-screen “text boxes” Sound Color to show dialogue and conversations Features Picture Menu while the TV program is in progress. Install Sharpness Picture Timer Tint Sound AutoLock More... Features Closed Cap. Press the MENU button on the Install Format re
