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Philips MAGNAVOX TP2785C199 Instructions For Use Manual

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TP2785C1
Instructions for use
3135 015 18341

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  • Page 1 Color Television TP2785C1 Instructions for use 3135 015 18341...
  • 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 MAGNAVOX “family,” you’re entitled to protection by one of the most comprehensive warranties and outstanding service networks in the industry.
  • Page 3 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS - Read before operating equipment This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and 11. Power-Cord Protection - Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed safety standards.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    • Channel Editing • Basic TV and Remote Control Operation • Tuner Settings • External Input Naming SmartPicture™, SmartSound™, SmartSurf™, and SmartLock™ are all registered trademarks of Philips Consumer Electronics Company. Copyright © 2000 Philips Consumer Electronics Company. All rights reserved.

  • Page 5: Features

    EATURES NOTE: This owner's manual content is used SmartLock™ feature allows you to block the view- with several different television models. Not ing of certain channel or external audio/video con- all features (and drawings) discussed in this nections where you might not want your children viewing inappropriate material.
  • Page 6 TV P OW TO DJUST THE ICTURE o adjust your TV picture con- trols, select a channel and follow the steps shown below: BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to display the onscreen menu. Press the CURSOR UP SETUP DOWN buttons until the word...
  • Page 7 CTIVATING THE ONTRAST LACK TRETCH ONTROL he Contrast Plus (Black Stretch) feature helps to “sharpen” the picture quality. The black portions of the picture become richer in dark- ness and the whites become brighter. BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to display the onscreen menu.
  • Page 8 CTIVATING THE OISE EDUCTION ICTURE ONTROL or reasons such as poor cable reception, the picture can some- times appear slightly “speckled” (or signal noise shown in the picture). The NOISE REDUCTION control can help eliminate this type of interference and improve the quality of the picture.

  • Page 9: Setting The Tv's Clock

    TV’ ETTING THE LOCK our television comes with an onscreen clock. During normal operation the clock appears on the screen when the STATUS/EXIT but- ton is pressed or when a channel change occurs. BEGIN Press the CLOCK button on the remote to display the onscreen CLOCK menu.
  • Page 10 TV’ CTIVATING THE IMER ONTROL ust like an alarm clock you can set the TV to turn itself on at the same time everyday. BEGIN Press the CLOCK button to display the Clock onscreen menu. Press the CURSOR UP CURSOR DOWN button until the words TIMER ACTIVE are highlighted.

  • Page 11: Activating The Start-Up Channel

    CTIVATING THE TART HANNEL sed along with the Clock fea- tures, you can select a specific channel that the television will tune to when the Timer Active control is turned ON. BEGIN Press the CLOCK button to display the Clock onscreen menu. SET CLOCK 10:00 AM Press the CURSOR UP...

  • Page 12: Setting The Tv's Start Time Control

    TV’ ETTING THE TART sed along with the Clock fea- ture, you can select a specific time the television will turn on when the Timer Active control is turned ON. BEGIN Press the CLOCK button to TIMER ACTIVE display the Clock onscreen menu. CHANNEL TIMER ACTIVE START TIME...
  • Page 13 SING THE LOSED APTION ONTROL losed Captioning (CC) allows you to read the voice content of NOTE: Not all TV programs and product commercials are made for broadcast television programs on the TV with Closed Caption (CC) information included. Neither are all Closed Caption screen.

  • Page 14: Using The Sleep Timer Control

    SING 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 screeching in your ears? Well, your TV can save you all that trouble by automatical- ly turning itself off.
  • Page 15 ™ C NDERSTANDING THE MART ONTROL he SmartLock feature is an inte- grated circuit that receives and processes data sent by broadcast- ers, or other program providers, TV-Y that contain program content advi- sories. When programmed by the TV-Y7 viewer, a TV with SmartLock can PG-13 TV-G respond to the content advisories...

  • Page 16: Smartlock

    ™ C NDERSTANDING THE MART ONTROL CCESS ver the next few pages you’ll learn how to block channels and get a better understanding of the rating terms for certain pro- gramming. INPUT First, let’s start by learning how to set a personal access code: SLEEPTIMER SmartLock SmartLock...
  • Page 17 ™ C NDERSTANDING THE MART ONTROL LOCK HANNEL fter your personal access code has been set (see previous page), you are now ready to select the channels you want to block out or censor. INPUT BEGIN SLEEPTIMER Press the MENU button on the SmartLock SmartLock remote to show the onscreen menu.
  • Page 18 ™ C NDERSTANDING THE MART ONTROL LOCKING PTIONS martLock offers the viewer other blocking features as well. With these Blocking Option features, the censoring can be turned ON or INPUT OFF. SLEEPTIMER SmartLock SmartLock BEGIN CLOCK Press the MENU button on the ACCESS CODE remote to display the onscreen _ _ _ _...
  • Page 19 ™ C NDERSTANDING THE MART ONTROL OVIE ATINGS MART here are two types of program ratings within the SmartLock feature. One is based on the Movie Remember: Industry ratings while the other is Selecting to based on the TV Industry ratings. block any rating Both can be used to block or censor will cause all the...
  • Page 20 ™ C NDERSTANDING THE MART ONTROL ARENTAL UIDELINES MART his portion of the SmartLock features cover program ratings based on the TV Industry rating Remember: system. This is know as Parental Selecting to Guideline within SmartLock. block any rating After selecting the SmartLock fea- BLOCK will cause all the CHANNELS BLOCKED...
  • Page 21 ™ C NDERSTANDING THE MART ONTROL EVIEW CREEN ow that you’ve learn how to block channels or censor your viewing using the Movie Ratings or Parental (TV) Guidelines let’s review what you’ve done. The SmartLock Review feature allows CHANNELS BLOCKED SETUP you to see what has been blocked.
  • Page 22 SING THE REBLE ASS AND ALANCE ONTROLS esides the normal volume level control, your TV also has BALANCE, BASS and TREBLE controls for sound adjustments. The NOISE REDUCTION BALANCE control allows the listen- VOLUME er to adjust the sound being heard BALANCE between the right and left TV speak- TREBLE...
  • Page 23 TV V SING THE OLUME ONTROL se the Volume Bar control to see the TV’s volume level settings on the TV screen. The Volume Bar will be seen each time the VOLUME CONTRAST PLUS buttons (on the TV or remote) are NOISE REDUCTION pressed.
  • Page 24 OW TO ET THE TEREO ROGRAMS our TV can detect a stereo sig- nal and will set itself automat- ically so the stereo sound can be heard. However, there may be occasions when you might want to set the TV to mono. The following BASS steps describe how to change the INCREDIBLE SURR...
  • Page 25 (A/V I OW TO SE THE NPUT ONTROL NPUTS UDIO IDEO NPUTS The TV’s Audio/Video Input jacks are for direct picture and sound connections between the TV and BACK OF TV a VCR (or similar device) that has Audio/Video Output jacks. 75Ω...
  • Page 26 OW TO SE THE UDIO IDEO NPUT ACKS IDEO NPUT NOTE: If there is an accessory device plugged into The S(uper)-Video connection on the S-VIDEO jack and one plugged into the VIDEO the rear of the television can give IN 2 jack, the video signal coming from the S-VIDEO you better picture detail and clar- plug will be dominate when tuned to EXT 2 within ity, for the playback of S-VHS...

  • Page 27: Input Jacks

    SING THE UDIO IDEO UPUT ACKS A/V O UTPUTS ould you like to hear TV programs through your audio hi-fi system? The TV's Audio output jacks can be used BACK OF TV to perform this TV sound option. BEGIN Connect the R(ight) and MONITOR L(eft) AUDIO MONITOR VIDEO...

  • Page 28: Using The Smartpicture™ Control

    ™ C SING THE MART ICTURE ONTROL hether you’re watching a movie or a video game, your TV has automatic video control set- tings matched for your current pro- gram source or content. The SmartPicture feature quickly resets your TV’s video controls for a num- ber of different types of programs and viewing conditions you may have in your home.
  • Page 29 ™ C SING THE MART OUND ONTROL he SmartSound feature allows MART the listener to select between four different factory set sound Remember, options. Personal (which can be set SmartSound works by the user), Theater (for movie only with the programs viewing), Music (for musical type coming through the 75 programming) and Voice (when the...
  • Page 30 TV’ ™ C SING THE MART ONTROL “list” or series of previously viewed channels can be select- ed with the SURF button on your remote control. With this feature you can easily switch between dif- ferent TV programs that currently interest you.

  • Page 31: Devices (Code Entry)

    ETTING THE EMOTE ONTROL THER EVICES our remote control is set to work your TV and many infrared remote (IR) control VCRs, Cable Boxes, Satellite Systems, DBS, etc. However, an easy onetime step may be neces- sary before the remote will work SLEEP your VCR.

  • Page 32: Devices (Search Method)

    ETTING THE EMOTE ONTROL THER EVICES Direct Access Method ow that you have looked up the three-digit Remote Code Number for your brand of device, POWER you are ready to follow the four SLEEP simple steps below. A/CH STATUS/EXIT CLOCK Please read through steps 1-4 before beginning.
  • Page 33 ETTING THE EMOTE ONTROL THER EVICES Search Method our TV remote can be set to work various external devices such as VCRs, Cable Boxes, Satellite Receivers, DBS, etc. by Satellite Receiver what is called the search method of remote control programming. If the “DIRECT ACCESS”...
  • Page 34 Videosonic ..... .240 ..068, 088, 121, 164, 208, 209, Philips ..035, 062, 081, 110, 403 Wards . .000, 035, 042, 047, 048, 060, 062, .
  • Page 35 Fuba ..... . .369, 396 Philips ......539 Tocom .
  • Page 36 ’ VCR B SING THE EMOTE UTTONS hen using the TV remote with a VCR, first make cer- tain it is set to control your VCR (by the REMOTE CODE or SEARCH method). BEGIN Set the TV/VCR/ACC mode POWER BUTTON switch to VCR on the remote.

  • Page 37: Picture-In-Picture (Pip)

    PIP (P SING THE ICTURE ICTURE EATURE Hooking up PIP Picture-In-Picture (PIP) is the show- ing of two pictures on the TV screen at the same time. (One main screen picture and one small inset picture - or PIP). Please Note: A VCR (or Accessory Device) is needed to supply the PIP signal.

  • Page 38: Choosing The Pip Picture Source

    PIP (P ELECTING THE ICTURE ICTURE OURCE PIP S HOOSING THE OURCE The picture for the PIP window can come through either the 75Ω MAIN SCREEN PICTURE PIP INSET PICTURE Input or any the the external Audio/Video Inputs (in 1, in 2 or S-VIDEO) at the rear of the TV.
  • Page 39 PIP (P SING THE ICTURE ICTURE EATURE EMOTE ONTROL UTTONS By using the PIP buttons on the remote control the PIP picture can be moved and swapped with the main screen. The PIP inset picture can also be frozen within the PIP window.
  • Page 40 PIP T DJUSTING THE he Picture-In-Picture (PIP) Tint control is used to make fine tune adjustments to the tint setting for PIP (when it is shown on the TV screen). BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to show the onscreen menu. Press the CURSOR UP CLOCK the CURSOR DOWN...
  • Page 41 PIP (P ICTURE ICTURE ONNECTIONS IP hookup with a Cable Box and VCR. BEGIN First use an optional signal splitter and connect the original cable TV signal to both the CABLE IN on the Cable Converter and the 75Ω plug on the rear of the televi- 75Ω...

  • Page 42: More Pip Connections

    PIP (P ICTURE ICTURE ONNECTIONS IP hookup with a VCR and a Digital Video Disc Player (or similar device). BEGIN First connect the original cable TV signal or Antenna signal to the ANT IN jack on the back of the REAR OF TV VCR.

  • Page 43: Tips If Something Isn't Working

    OMETHING ORKING lease make these simple CAUTION: A video source (such as a video game, Compact Disc Interactive - CDI, or checks before calling for ser- TV information channel) which shows a constant non-moving pattern on the TV screen, vice. These tips can save you time can cause picture tube damage.
  • Page 44 LOSSARY OF ELEVISION ERMS Coaxial Cable • A single solid antenna wire normally matched Programming • The procedure of adding or deleting channel with a metal plug (F-type) end connector that screws (or pushes) numbers into the Television’s memory circuits. In this way the directly onto a 75 Ohm input found on the Television or VCR.

  • Page 45: Index

    NDEX Accessories/Optional ......(*Q/U-1) Programming Channels ......(*Q/U-4) Adapter Connector .

  • Page 46: Warranty

    RENEWED 90 DAY LIMITED WARRANTY...

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