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Philips 34PW850H99 Directions For Use Manual

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Directions for Use
Philips representatives are ready to help you with any ques-
tions about your new product. We can guide you through
Connections, First-time Setup, or any of the Features.
We want you to start enjoying your new product right away!
CALL US BEFORE YOU CONSIDER
Need help?
Call us!
RETUNING THE PRODUCT.
1-800-531-0039
or
Visit us on the web at
www.philips.com
3121 235 20991
Color TV
Color TV
Important!
Return your
Warranty
Registration Card
within 10 days.
See why inside.
Model No.:
Serial No.:

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  • Page 1 See why inside. Need help? Call us! Philips representatives are ready to help you with any ques- tions about your new product. We can guide you through Connections, First-time Setup, or any of the Features. We want you to start enjoying your new product right away! CALL US BEFORE YOU CONSIDER RETUNING THE PRODUCT.
  • Page 2 And we’ll do everything in our power to keep you happy with your purchase for many years to come. As a member of the PHILIPS “family,” you’re entitled to protection by one of the most comprehensive war- ranties and outstanding service networks in the industry.
  • Page 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment Read these instructions. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the appli- ance; or Keep these instructions. C. The appliance has been exposed to rain; or Heed all warnings. D. The appliance does not appear to operate normally or Follow all instructions.
  • Page 4 ONTENTS How to use the AutoLock™ Controls: NTRODUCTION Welcome/Registration of Your TV .....2 Understanding the AutoLock™ Feature ....28 Safety/Precautions .
  • Page 5 Active Control, APAC, AutoPicture, AutoSound, AutoChron, the edges of curved or angled surfaces. and Incredible Surround are trademarks of Philips Consumer Infrared Remote Control works your TV and other remote- Electronics Company. Copyright 2001 Philips Consumer controlled devices, such as VCRs, DVD players, cable convert- Electronics.
  • Page 6 OW TO SE THE ANGUAGE ONTROL or or Spanish and French-speaking TV owners, an onscreen LANGUAGE option is present. The LANGUAGE control enables you to set the TV’s onscreen menu to be shown in either English, Spanish, or French. PICTURE BRIGHTNESS Press the MENU button on the remote SOUND...
  • Page 7 OW TO SE THE UNER ONTROL he TUNER MODE feature allows you to change the TV’s signal input to CABLE, ANTENNA, or AUTO mode. It’s important for the TV to know if you want to receive chan- nels from a cable TV signal or a normal antenna signal.
  • Page 8 OW TO UTOMATICALLY ROGRAM HANNELS our TV can automatically set itself for local area (or cable TV) channels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV stations in your area by pressing the CHANNEL (+) or (–) button.
  • Page 9 OW TO DD OR ELETE HANNELS HANNEL EDIT makes it easy for you to add or delete channels from the list of chan- nels stored in the TV’s memory. Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. PICTURE BRIGHTNESS Press the CURSOR DOWN button...
  • Page 10 OW TO SE THE ONTROL HANNEL ABEL he channel NAME feature allows you to list the “call” letters of your favorite stations beside their channel numbers when they appear on the screen. The TV has in memory a list of the 50 most popular channel names (for example, ABC, NBC, FOX, etc.).
  • Page 11 ™ OW TO ET THE LOCK WITH HRON utoChron can automatically set the TV’s onscreen clock. Because the time is received from a broadcast signal, you must be sure that a cable TV or antenna signal is pres- ent before you attempt to use the AutoChron feature.
  • Page 12 DJUSTING THE ICTURE ONTROLS o adjust your TV picture controls, select a channel and follow these steps. Press the MENU button on the remote PICTURE BRIGHTNESS control to show the onscreen menu. PIC- SOUND COLOR FEATURES PICTURE TURE will be highlighted. PICTURE INSTALL SHARPNESS...
  • Page 13 OW TO SE THE IGITAL PTIONS ONTROL he Digital Options (Eye Fidelity) control gives you a choice between two different picture scanning modes: Progressive Scan and Interlaced (1050i). Digital Options are only available in 4:3 and Widescreen Picture Format. PICTURE BRIGHTNESS Progressive Scan doubles the number of pic- SOUND...
  • Page 14 OW TO ET THE YNAMIC ONTRAST ONTROL he Dynamic Contrast control allows you to sharpen the picture quality by making dark portions of the picture darker and light portions of the picture more noticeable. Normally, you will probably want to select MED.
  • Page 15 DJUSTING THE REBLE ALANCE ONTROLS esides the normal volume level control, your TV also has individual sound-adjust- ment controls. The TREBLE (high frequen- cy), BASS (low frequency), and Speaker BAL- ANCE may all be used to adjust the sound playback of TV programs. PICTURE TREBLE SOUND...
  • Page 16 AVL C OW TO SE THE ONTROL n most cases, the volume levels coming from broadcast programming or commer- cials 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.
  • Page 17 OW TO SE THE NCREDIBLE URROUND ONTROL he Incredible Surround feature adds greater depth and dimension to both mon- aural (MONO) and stereo TV sound. With the control set to INCR. SURROUND (Incredible Surround), the TV’s speakers can add even wider sound separation to normal PICTURE TREBLE broadcasts.
  • Page 18 OW TO ET THE TEREO ONTROL ou can receive broadcast stereo TV pro- grams. The TV has both an amplifier and twin speakers through which the stereo sound can be heard. PICTURE TREBLE SOUND BASS FEATURES BALANCE Press the MENU button on the remote SOUND INSTALL TREBLE...
  • Page 19 OW TO SE THE UDIO ONTROL f you have connected the TV’s AUDIO OUTPUT jacks to the AUDIO INPUT jacks on a stereo receiver, set AUDIO OUT to either VARIABLE or FIXED to determine whether you adjust the volume at the stereo or at the TV.
  • Page 20 TV S OW TO URN THE PEAKERS N OR sing the TV’s Audio (Monitor) Output jacks and TV Speaker ON/OFF control an external audio system can be used to hear the sound coming from the TV. The Speaker Control will allow you to turn the television’s PICTURE TREBLE SOUND...
  • Page 21 TV C ETTING THE LOCK SING THE IMER ONTROL our television comes with an on-screen clock. During normal operation, the clock appears on the screen when the STATUS/EXIT button is pressed or if the TIMER DISPLAY con- trol is turned ON. PICTURE TIMER SOUND...
  • Page 22 ETTING THE TSELF SING THE TART ONTROL ust as you would an alarm clock, you can set the TV to turn itself ON once or at the same time every day. Follow these steps to set the Start Time. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE TIMER remote control to show the onscreen...
  • Page 23 ETTING THE TSELF SING THE ONTROL he following steps will guide you in set- ting the TV to turn itself OFF at a specific time. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE TIMER remote control to show the onscreen SOUND ACTIVE CTRL menu.
  • Page 24 ETTING THE TARTUP ON A PECIFIC HANNEL ou can select a specific channel that the television will tune to when the timer turns the set ON. Follow these steps to select the channel. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE TIMER remote control to show the onscreen SOUND...
  • Page 25 OW TO CTIVATE THE IMER ONTROL SING THE CTIVATE ONTROL fter you have set the Time, Start Time, Stop Time, and Start Channel, the timer must be set to come on ONCE or DAILY, or turned OFF through the ACTIVATE Control. PICTURE TIMER Press the MENU button on the...
  • Page 26 OW TO IEW THE SING THE ISPLAY ONTROL fter the TV’s clock has been set, you can use your TV as a clock. The TIMER DIS- PLAY control allows you to permanently dis- play the time in the upper right corner of the screen.
  • Page 27 OW TO SE THE CTIVE ONTROL he Active Control monitors and adjusts incoming video signals to help provide the best picture quality. When you choose to turn the Active Control ON, the picture sharpness and noise reduc- PICTURE TIMER SOUND ACTIVE CTRL tion are controlled automatically.
  • Page 28 ™ F NDERSTANDING THE EATURE he AutoLock™ feature receives and processes data sent by broadcasters or other program providers that contain pro- gram content advisories. When programmed AutoLock AutoLock MOVIE RATING by the viewer, a TV with AutoLock™ can TV RATING respond to the content advisories and block TV-Y TV-Y7...
  • Page 29 ™ A ETTING P AN CCESS utoLock allows parents to block out or “censor” any channels they think chil- dren should not watch. A channel blocked by PICTURE TIMER the AutoLock control cannot be viewed until SOUND ACTIVE CTRL a correct access code is used to unlock the FEATURES AutoLock FEATURES...
  • Page 30 ™ OW TO LOCK HANNEL SING fter your personal access code has been set (see the previous page), you are ready to select the channels or inputs you want to block out or censor. PICTURE TIMER SOUND ACTIVE CTRL Press the MENU button on the FEATURES AutoLock FEATURES...
  • Page 31 ™ OW TO LEAR LOCKED HANNELS SING arious onscreen messages will appear when someone tries to view blocked pro- gramming. The message is determined by how the current programming is blocked. You may view the blocked programming and turn OFF PICTURE TIMER the AutoLock™...
  • Page 32 OW TO LOCK ROGRAMMING ASED ON OVIE ATINGS fter your personal access code has been set, you can select specific movie ratings that you want to censor. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE TIMER SOUND ACTIVE CTRL remote control to show the onscreen FEATURES AutoLock FEATURES...
  • Page 33 TV R OW TO LOCK ROGRAMMING ASED ON ATINGS ou can select specific TV ratings that you want to censor by following these steps. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE TIMER remote control to show the onscreen SOUND ACTIVE CTRL FEATURES AutoLock menu.
  • Page 34 THER LOCKING PTIONS LOCKING ONTROL he BLOCKING control is what can be thought of as the “master switch” for AutoLock™. This control affects the settings PICTURE TIMER you have chosen for blocking programs SOUND ACTIVE CTRL according to movie ratings or TV ratings, or FEATURES AutoLock FEATURES...
  • Page 35 THER LOCKING PTIONS NRATED AND ATING ome programming is not encoded with content advisory data by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) or TIMER PICTURE the television broadcasters (see the explana- SOUND ACTIVE CTRL FEATURES AutoLock tion on page 28). To block such program- FEATURES INSTALL CLOSED CAP...
  • Page 36 ™ S OW TO EVIEW THE TATUS CREEN o remind you which ratings you have blocked and which Block Options you MOVIE RATING TV RATING have selected, a review screen is available to review your AutoLock settings. To access this screen follow the steps below. NC17 Press the STATUS/EXIT button on your remote control TWICE.
  • Page 37 OW TO USE THE LOSED APTIONING ONTROL losed Captioning (CC) allows you to NOTE: Not all TV programs and product commercials are broadcast with Closed read the voice content of television pro- Captioning (CC). Nor are all Closed Captioning Modes (CAPTION 1–4 or TEXT grams on the TV screen.
  • Page 38 OW TO SE THE CREEN ORMAT ONTROL ou can change the screen format size to match the type of program you’re watching. Select the normal 4:3 aspect ratio or any of the PICTURE TIMER zoom or wide screen aspect ratios. SOUND ACTIVE CTRL FEATURES...
  • Page 39 OW TO USE THE OTATION ONTROL n rare cases the video supplied to the TV screen might show slightly tilted one way or another. The Tilt Adjust control will allow you to correct the problem by adjusting the screen in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction. Press the MENU button on the PICTURE TIMER...
  • Page 40 OW TO SET THE ONTROL ormally, the television would display a “snowy” looking screen with a lot of static sounds when the signal is lost. The Blue Mute control will automatically set the screen to a pleasant blue background when it detects PICTURE TIMER no signal available if turned on.
  • Page 41 OW TO ET THE LEEP IMER ONTROL ave you ever fallen asleep in front of the TV, only to have it wake you up at two in the morning with a test pattern sound screeching in your ears? Well, your TV can enable you to avoid that discomfort by auto- matically turning itself off.
  • Page 42 OW TO SE THE REEZE ONTROL ave you ever wished you could freeze the picture on the television broadcast to write down a special telephone number or to capture a needed address? Your television will allow you to do just that with the press of just one button on the remote control.
  • Page 43 ™ C OW TO SE THE ICTURE ONTROL hether you’re watching a movie or a video game, your TV has automatic video control settings that will match with your current program source or content. AutoPicture™ quickly resets your TV’s video controls for a number of different types of programs and viewing conditions that you may have in your home.
  • Page 44 ™ C OW TO SE THE OUND ONTROL utoSound™ allows you to select from three factory-set controls and a personal control that you set according to your own preferences through the onscreen Sound menu. The three factory-set controls (Voice, Music, and Theatre) enable you to tailor the TV sound so as to enhance the particular pro- gram you are watching.
  • Page 45 OW TO ONTROL LTERNATE HANNEL list or series of previously viewed chan- nels can be selected with the SURF button on your remote control. With this feature, you can easily switch between different TV chan- nels that currently interest you. The SURF SURF control allows you to set up to ten channels in ADD?
  • Page 46 If NO, go to the next page to try the Code- Entry method. ELPFUL It is recommended that you use Philips brand external accessory devices with your Philips television to insure proper remote control functions. If you are using Philips...
  • Page 47 Search method to set up your remote control. ELPFUL It is recommended that you use Philips brand external accessory devices with your Philips television to insure proper remote control functions. If you are using Philips...
  • Page 48 1–4. Should a channel change still not occur, the remote control will not work the desired device. It is recommended that you use Philips brand external accessory devices with your Philips television to insure proper remote control functions. If you are using Philips...
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  • Page 51 VCR S EMOTE ONTROL PECIFIC UTTONS hen using the TV remote control with a VCR, first make certain it is set to con- trol your VCR (by the REMOTE CODE or SEARCH method). Set the TV/VCR/ACC mode switch to VCR on the remote control. Point the top of the remote toward the front of the VCR (remote sensor window) when pressing the buttons.
  • Page 52 ROUBLESHOOTING No Power Remote Does Not Work Continued • Check the TV power cord. Unplug the TV, wait 10 seconds, • Clean the remote control and the remote control sensor win- then reinsert the plug into the outlet and push the POWER dow on the TV.
  • Page 53 LOSSARY OF ELEVISION ERMS Active Control • Active Control continuously measures and corrects the Incredible Stereo (or Surround) • False acoustic management of the incoming signals to provide the best picture possible. audio signal that produces a dramatic expansion of the wall of sound that surrounds the listener and heightens overall viewing pleasure.
  • Page 54 RENEWED 90 DAY LIMITED WARRANTY...