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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 you
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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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PRECAUTIONS Additional Safety Precautions • Ensure that LCD TV stand is tightened properly to the set (see Quick Guide on the right way of tightening of the screw of the stand to the set. Improper tightening of screw may render the set unsafe. • If LCD TV is installed on the wall, installation should be carried out by qualified servicemen. Improper or incorrect installation may render the set unsafe. • Disconnect mains plug when : – cleaning the TV screen, never use abrasive cleaning agents.
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CONTENTS IMPORTANT INFORMATION INTRODUCTION Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Welcome/Registration of Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Safety/Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3-4 Care and Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Index . . . . . . .
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURE LANGUAGE TV Menu or our Spanish and French-speaking TV owners, an Picture Brightness TV Menu Sound Color onscreen Language option is present.The Language F Picture Language Features Picture control enables you to set the TV’s onscreen menu to Sound Tuner Mode Install Sharpness be shown in either English, Spanish, or French. Features Auto Program Mode Tint Install Channel Edit Press the MENU button on the remote Mode 1 control to show the onscreen me
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURE AUTO PROGRAM TV Menu our TV can automatically set itself for local area (or cable TV) channels. This makes it easy for you Y Picture Brightness Sound Color to select only the TV stations in your area by pressing Features Picture the CHANNEL (+) or (–) button. Install Sharpness TV Menu Mode Tint Press the MENU button on the remote Picture Language control to show the onscreen menu. 1 Sound Tuner Mode Features Auto Program Press the CURSOR DOWN button
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HOW TO USE THE PICTURE ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS o adjust your TV picturols, select a channel and follow these steps. TV Menu T Picture Brightness Sound Color Picture Features Picture Press the MENU button on the remote Install Sharpness 1 Brightness Ñ 48… É control to show the onscreen menu. Mode Tint Color É Picture É Sharpness É Press the CURSOR DOWN button to Tint É 2 highlight Picture. Color Temp É Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to 3 enter the Picture menu. Brightness will be highlighted. Pict
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HOW TO USE THE SOUND ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS TV Menu o adjust your TV sound controls, select a channel and T follow these steps. Picture Equaliser Sound Balance Features AVL Install Dolby Virtual Press the MENU button on the remote Mode SAP Sound 1 control to show the onscreen menu. Equalizer 120 Hz É Balance É 500 Hz AVL É 1500 Hz Press the CURSOR DOWN button to Dolby Virtual É 5 KHz 2 highlight Sound. SAP É 10 KHz Sound É Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to 3 6 enter the Sound menu. 4 Sound Press
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HOW TO USE THE TIMER MENU CONTROLS our television comes with an onscreen clock. The TV Menu Y TV can also be set to turn on or off at a specific Picture Timer time and tune to a specific channel when it powers Features Sound Autolock itself on. Features Contrast + Timer Time Install DNR Autolock É Start Time Press the MENU button on the remote Mode PIP Contrast + É Stop Time 1 control to show the onscreen menu. DNR É Program No. PIP É Activate Press the CURSOR DOWN button to highlight Featur
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UNDERSTANDING THE AUTOLOCK™CONTROLS he AutoLock™ feature receives and Tprocesses data sent by broadcasters or Movie Rating TV Rating other program providers that contain pro- Ñ É Ñ É GOn TV-Y On gram content advisories. When programmed PG É TV-Y7 É by the viewer , a TV with AutoLock™ can PG-13 É TV-G É R É TV-PG É respond to the content advisories and block NC-17 É TV-14 É program content that may be found objection- X É TV-MA É able (such as offensive language, violence, sexual situations, et
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SETTING UPAN AUTOLOCK™ACCESS CODE TM utoLock allows par ents to block out or “censor” A any channels they think children should not watch. TM A channel blocked by the AutoLock control cannot be TV Menu viewed until a correct access code is used to unlock the channel for viewing. First, let’s set your AutoLock access Picture Timer Features code. Sound Autolock Features Contrast + Timer É Install DNR Press the MENU button on the remote Autolock É Mode PIP 1 control to show the onscreen me
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HOW TO LOCK CHANNELS USING AUTOLOCK™ fter your personal access code has been A set (see the previous page), you are ready to select the channels or inputs you want to TV Menu block out or censor. Features Picture • Timer Sound • Autolock Timer É Press the MENU button on the remote Autolock É Features • Contrast + 1 control to show the onscreen menu. Contrast + É Install • DNR • DNR É Mode PIP Press the CURSOR DOWN button to É PIP 2 highlight Features. Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to
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HOW TO LOCK A HD (HIGH DEFINITION) CHANNEL IN TV MODE ou can also lock the HD (High Definition) Y channel while in TV Mode using the TV Menu AutoLock™ feature. Features Picture • Timer Timer É Sound • Autolock Press the MENU button on the remote Autolock É Features • Contrast + control to show the onscreen menu. Contrast + É 1 Install • DNR DNR É • PIP Mode PIP É Press the CURSOR DOWN button to 2 highlight Features. Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to Features 3 display the Features menu.
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HOW TO CLEAR ALL LOCKED CHANNELS AT THE SAME TIME arious onscreen messages will appear when Vsomeone tries to view blocked programming. The message is determined by how the current TV Menu Features programming is blocked. You may view the Picture • Timer Timer É blocked programming and turn OFF the Sound • Autolock Autolock É AutoLock™ feature by using the Clear All Features • Contrast + Contrast + É control or by entering your access code. Install • DNR DNR É Mode • PIP É PIP Press the
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BLOCKING PROGRAMS BASED ON MOVIE RATINGS fter your personal access code has been A set, you can select specific movie ratings that you want to censor. TV Menu Features Picture • Timer Timer É Sound • Autolock Press the MENU button on the remote Autolock É Features • Contrast + Contrast + É control to show the onscreen menu. 1 Install • DNR DNR É Mode • PIP PIP É Press the CURSOR DOWN button to 2 highlight Features. Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to Features 3 display the Features menu.
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BLOCKING PROGRAMS BASED ON TV RATINGS ou can select specific TV ratings that you TV Menu Y want to censor by following these steps. Picture • Timer Features Sound • Autolock Press the MENU button on the remote Features • Contrast + Timer É 1 control to show the onscreen menu. Install • DNR Autolock É • Mode PIP Contrast + É DNR É Press the CURSOR DOWN button to É PIP 2 highlight Features. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to 12 3 display the Features menu. 5 Features 8 Timer É Access Code Pr
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OTHER AUTOLOCK™BLOCKING OPTIONS he AutoLock™ control offers the viewer TV Menu Tother blocking options as well/ With Block Options, the censoring can be turned Picture • Timer On or Off. Features Sound • Autolock Features • Contrast + Timer É Press the MENU button on the remote Install • DNR Autolock É Mode • PIP control to show the onscreen menu. 1 Contrast + É DNR É É Press the CURSOR DOWN button to PIP highlight Features. 2 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to 3 11 display the Features menu
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USING THE AUTOLOCK™REVIEW SCREEN o remind you which rating you have locked Tand which Block Options you have selected, Movie Rating TV Rating a review scr een is available to review your TM AutoLock settings. To access this screen follow G Off TV-7 Off the steps below. PG On TV-Y7 On PG-13 On TV-G On R On TV-PG On Press the STATUS/EXIT button on NC-17 Off TV-14 On the remote control TWICE. Your X Off MA On 1 AutoLock™ settings will appear on the Unrated On screen. No Rating On NOTE : If you h
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HOW TO USE THE CONTRAST+ CONTROL ne Contrast + function helps to sharpen the pic- TV Menu Tture quality . The black portions of the picture Picture • Timer become richer in darkness and the white portions Features Sound • Autolock become brighter . Features • Contrast + Timer É Install • DNR Autolock É Mode • PIP Press the MENU button on the remote Contrast + É 1 DNR É control to show the onscreen menu. PIP É Press the CURSOR DOWN button to 2 highlight Features. Press the CURSOR RIGHT bu
