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Philips 37PF9731 User Manual

Philips 37PF9731 User Manual

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This manual contains all information you will need to initially install and operate your new TV.
Also read the help texts which are being displayed at the bottom of the screen.
If this instruction manual does not give an answer or if 'Troubleshooting' does not solve your TV problem, you
can call your Local Philips Customer or Service Centre. See the supplied Worldwide guarantee booklet.
Please, have the Model and Product number which you can find at the back or the bottom of your television
set or on the packaging, ready, before calling the Philips customer support service.
Model: 42PF9831/69; 37PF9731/69
Product No: ...........................................
Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Use of the option key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Keys at the right side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Switch the TV on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
First time installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Use of the TV menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Adjust picture menu settings . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adjust sound menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Enjoy Ambilight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Adjust feature menu settings . . . . . . . . . . 23
Set your preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Select your connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Reset the Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Create your favourite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Multimedia Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
About this User Manual
Contents
Side panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rear panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Select connected equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Record with your recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Audio- and video equipment keys . . . . . . . . . . 49
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Product information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
a VCR or DVD recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
a satellite receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
a DVD player or Cable box . . . . . . . . . . . 44
a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
a Home Cinema amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
peripheral equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
portable memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
background music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Keys at the right side of the TV ... . 8 Switch the TV on ..... . . 9 First time installation .

  • Page 2: Safety Warnings

    • Philips is committed to develop, produce and market products that cause no adverse health effects. • Philips confirms that if its products are handled properly for their intended use, they are safe to use according to scientific evidence available today.

  • Page 3: Getting Started

    Before you start Warning: do not insert the mains cord into the mains at the bottom of the TV and in a wall socket or hang the TV on the wall before all connections are made. Before you switch on your TV, connect all your peripheral equipment. See To make video and audio connections, p.
  • Page 4 Insert the mains cord supplied into the mains at the bottom of the TV and in the wall socket. Warning: verify that the mains supply voltage corresponds to the voltage printed on the sticker at the rear of the TV. Remote control <...

  • Page 5: Use Of The Remote Control Rc4420

    ¬ Mute key: interrupt the sound or restore it. Press to switch the TV from or to standby mode. When switched to standby, a red indicator on the TV lights up. Attention: the TV is never powered off completely unless it is physically unplugged.
  • Page 6 MODE : press this key repeatedly to toggle through the Ambilight modes. Note: when the TV is switched to standby, and you switch Ambilight On, Ambilight will be active. Only then less modes are available. Ò ‡ π † Audio and Video equipment keys See Audio and Video equipment keys, p.
  • Page 7 See p. 23. PIP allows you to call up a subscreen within the main screen enabling you to watch two TV channels or a TV channel and pictures from a peripheral at the same time. Dual screen allows you to divide the main screen into two...

  • Page 8: Use Of The Option Key

    TV. < Press the power switch B to switch the TV on or off. MENU without the remote control. <...

  • Page 9: Switch The Tv On

    Switch the TV on < Press the power switch B at the side of the TV. > An indicator on the front of the TV lights up and the screen comes on. < If the TV is in standby mode, press the key on the remote control.
  • Page 10 Step 1: select your on-screen language After the Welcome screen you are asked to select a language of the TV's on-screen menus.The text of the header and the info on screen continuously change language. 1. Press the cursor up/down to highlight your language.
  • Page 11 TV installation menu. Note: when you skip or stop the Settings Assistant, then the standard settings Philips selected for you will be chosen. 6. Press the green colour key again to finish the First time installation procedure and to display the first stored TV channel.
  • Page 12 Introduction A lot of guiding instructions, help texts and messages will be displayed on your TV when you use the menus or when you try to execute an action. Read the help texts which are being displayed on the specific item highlighted.

  • Page 13: How To Navigate Through The Menus

    > The TV settings menu is moved to the left. 4. Press the MENU/BROWSE To make it easier to change the settings of the TV, there are 3 ways of doing it. See next pages. key to exit the main menu.
  • Page 14 See First time installation, Step 3: Settings assistant: select your TV settings, p. 11. 2. Press the green colour key to return to the TV menu again. B. Use of the Standards settings (if present) This allows you to reset your settings for viewing and listening to predefined factory settings.

  • Page 15: Adjust Picture Menu Settings

    > The TV menu is moved to the left. Select TV settings and press the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is moved to the left panel. Select Picture and press the cursor right. > The Picture menu is moved to the left panel.
  • Page 16 Adjust picture menu settings (Continued) TV menu TV settings Picture Settings assistant Custom tint Reset to standard Pixel Plus Picture Dig. Natural Motion Sound Clear LCD Ambilight Dynamic contrast Info Custom tint (only when Tint is set to Custom) Fine tunes the white point ( the picture.
  • Page 17 Tip: this function is also accessible via the the remote control. How to navigate through the TV settings menu, see p. 13 : Use of the TV menu settings. Choose among the following picture formats: Auto format, Super zoom, 4:3, Movie Expand 14:9, Movie Expand 16:9 or Wide screen.

  • Page 18: Adjust Sound Menu Settings

    > The TV Menu is moved to the left. Select TV settings and press the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is moved to the left panel. Select Sound and press the cursor right. > The Sound menu is moved to the left panel.
  • Page 19 Delta volume Allows you to correct for any permanent volume differences between TV channels or external sources. Auto surround When switched On, this allows the TV to automatically switch to the best surround sound mode the broadcaster transmits.

  • Page 20: Enjoy Ambilight

    > The TV Menu is moved to the left. 3. Select TV settings and press the cursor right. > The TV settings menu is moved to the left panel. 4. Select Ambilight and press the cursor right. > The Ambilight menu is moved to the left panel.
  • Page 21 Enjoy Ambilight (Continued) TV menu TV settings Ambilight Settings assistant Mode Reset to standard Colour Picture Custom colour Sound Separation Ambilight Colour boost Balance Info Mode Allows you to choose for constant background lighting or for background lighting that matches the images displayed on the screen.
  • Page 22 Ambilight in standby mode When the TV is switched off, the ambient lights will also be switched off.When the TV is in standby mode, ambilight can be used to provide a unique ambience for the room.

  • Page 23: Adjust Feature Menu Settings

    2. Switch off teletext. 3. Select - Subtitle On to display the subtitles on the selected TV channels. A symbol will indicate that the mode is on. - On during mute to automatically display the subtitles only when the sound has been muted with the ¬ key on the remote control.
  • Page 24 Exit On timer Demo Info Childlock With a 4-digit code, you are able to lock TV channels and external sources to prevent children from watching certain programmes. 1. Select Childlock. 2. Press the cursor right to enter the Childlock menu.
  • Page 25 3. Select Timer and press the cursor right. 4. Select On. 5. Select Channel and then the TV channel you want your TV to switch to on a selected time and day 6. Select Day and then a day of the week or select Daily.

  • Page 26: How To Search For And Store Tv Channels

    Select Channels in the TV, Installation menu. Automatic installation The TV will scan the entire frequency spectrum. > All available TV channels are searched for and stored automatically.This will take a few minutes. > When the search is complete, the menu will indicate the number of channels found.
  • Page 27 How to search for and store TV channels (Continued) TV menu Installation Channels Autom. installation Language Manual installation Channels Rearrange Preferences Connections Factory settings Software upgrade Info TV menu/Installation Channels Manual installation System Autom. installation Search Manual installation Fine tune Rearrange Store current chan.

  • Page 28: Rearrange The Channel Number List

    Press the corresponding colour keys and follow the on screen instructions. Reshuffle This allows you to change the order of the stored TV channels. 1. Select the channel you want to change place. 2. Press the yellow colour key to move up a single position in the list.

  • Page 29: Set Your Preferences

    TV functions and that will typically be accessed only occasionally. Select your location This allows you to select the location of your TV. If you choose for Shop it will result in fixed settings of picture, sound and ambilight. The location Home will give full flexibility to change any predefined settings for picture, sound and ambilight.

  • Page 30: Select Your Connections

    5. Select the peripheral equipment with the cursor up/down. Digital Audio In < If a peripheral equipment has a digital audio output, you can connect this with a single cable to the TV’s Digital Audio In connector. < In the Connections menu, assign the Digital Audio In to the corresponding external input to which your peripheral equipment is connected..

  • Page 31: Reset The Factory Settings

    How to upload a new software version on your memory device, see Annex 2, Philips TV software upgrade with portable memory, p. 52. Automatic software announcement When you switch on your TV a message may appear that a new software upgrade is available.

  • Page 32: Create Your Favourite List

    32 32 Create your favourite list This allows you to create up to four favourite channels lists with your preferred TV channels and radio stations. For example, each member of your family can create his/her own favourite list. Note: when this key is pressed the first time after you have finished the installation, it will bring up the full channel list.

  • Page 33: Multimedia Browser

    - remove the memory card from your camera and insert it in the memory card slot. Refer to www.philips.com/support for more information. - Philips can not be held responsible if your USB device is not supported. To view content from a Memory Card/USB device...
  • Page 34 SD Card • Malfunctions of the unit or card may result in data loss or damage to the card. • Philips shall not accept any liability for damage or loss of stored data. Warning: memory cards can be swallowed by young children.
  • Page 35 - more technical remarks can be found in Annex 4, Philips TV-Digital camera and USB issues, p. 57. Following icons may appear:...
  • Page 36 36 36 Multimedia Browser (Continued) Function keys at the bottom of the screen Details Transitions Slide time Rotate Repeat one/all Shuffle Zoom Full/small screen Note: to rotate a picture or to select one of the zoom magnifications, first stop the slide show with the the blue colour key.

  • Page 37: Teletext

    Note:Teletext will not be available via equipment connected to a HDMI connector. Most TV channels broadcast information via teletext. This TV has a 1200 pages memory that will store most broadcasted pages and subpages to reduce waiting time. After each programme change, the memory is refreshed.
  • Page 38 Menu Reveal Cycle subpages Language Gr. II 38 38 Teletext (Continued) Hypertext With hypertext you can quickly jump to a pagenumber or search for a specific word shown on the current teletext page. 1. Press the key to highlight the first word or a number on the page.

  • Page 39: To Make Video And Audio Connections

    Tip: use the inputs that are available on your equipment that provide the best video or audio performance, as below. Note: your TV comes with all types of connectors with the exception of the DVI connector but some of your equipment may be equipped with this type. In this case you'll need a DVI to HDMI adapter or a HDMI to DVI cable and separate audio cables, all available at your local dealer.

  • Page 40: Side Panel Overview

    3.5 mm jack. In the Sound menu select Headphone volume to adjust the headphone volume. Tip: Press ¬ on the remote control to switch off the internal loudspeakers of the TV. See Multimedia browser, p. 33. 3 for AUDIO L...

  • Page 41: Rear Panel Overview

    To make video and audio connections - Rear panel overview AUDIO OUT AUDIO DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO DIGITAL DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO HDTV & Progressive EXT3 EXT3 480p, 576p, 720p, 1080i HDMI ANTENNA EXT2 EXT1 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 AUDIO PC-VGA ANTENNA...

  • Page 42: Vcr Or Dvd Recorder

    2. Tune in your recorder’s testsignal and store the testsignal under programme number 0. See Manual installation, p. 27. EXT2 See also the handbook of your recorder. position) to connect socket of your recorder. of your recorder to the TV’s input ø x jack.

  • Page 43: Two Vcrs Or Vcr And Dvd Recorder

    2. Connect the RF output of the AV device to the RF input of the recorder 2. 3. Connect another RF cable 4 from the RF EXT1 output of your recorder to the TV’s input 75 ø x jack. EXT 1/2 4. Tune in your recorder’s testsignal and store the testsignal under programme number 0.

  • Page 44: Dvd Player, Cable Box Or Game Console

    30 and link it to 4. Also select Analogue audio In in the same Connections menu HDMI HDMI 1 connectors of your TV 1. HDMI connector of the TV. HDMI 1 connector of your TV 1. input of the TV.

  • Page 45: Connect A Dvd Player, A Satellite Receiver Or Cable Box

    1 to the YPbPr jacks on the DVD player and to the Y, Pb and Pr jacks of on the TV. Connect the audio cable to the DVD’s audio AUDIO IN 5. In case of a cable box and/or a satellite...

  • Page 46: Dvd Player, A Sat. Receiver Or Cable Box . 45 A Pc

    - if your PC does not have digital sound output, connect your PC via a VGA connector or via and the HDMI 2 - before connecting your PC to the TV, select your PC monitor settings to a refresh frequency of 60 Hz; - supported PC monitor modes: 640 x 480...

  • Page 47: Home Cinema Amplifier

    DIGITAL AUDIO OUT the bottom of the TV. Analogue Home Cinema amplifier < Connect your Home Cinema amplifier to the AUDIO OUT L 2 at the bottom of the TV. EXT1 EXT1 EXT1 EXT 1 / 2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT...

  • Page 48: Select Connected Equipment

    9. Select the peripheral equipment with the cursor up/down. Record with your recorder Record a TV programme You can record a TV programme using your recorders tuner without affecting your TV. 1. Select the channel number on your recorder. 2. Set your recorder to record.

  • Page 49: Audio- And Video Equipment Keys

    Audio- and video equipment keys Most of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the remote control of your TV. < Press one of the keys after you pressed one of the mode keys ( you want to operate with this remote control.

  • Page 50: Troubleshooting

    < Verify if you selected the correct source. < Verify if the child lock has been switched off. < Verify in the Manual installation menu if you have selected the correct TV system. < Verify if your TV or house aerial isn't located too close to loudspeakers, non-earthed audio equipment or neon lights, etc.

  • Page 51: Annex 1:To Set The Remote Control To Work

    Annex 1:To set the remote control to work a Philips DVD or DVD-R Your TV remote control gives you the opportunity to control your Philips DVD or DVD-R with one single remote control. 1. Press the mode key for 4 seconds until the LED lights up constantly.

  • Page 52: Annex 2 - Philips Tv Software Upgrade With Portable Memory

    Annex 2 - Philips TV software upgrade with portable memory TV menu Installation Software upgrade Current softw. info Local upgrades Channels Announcement Preferences Connections Factory settings Software upgrade Info 52 52 52 Introduction Philips offers software upgrade capability for your TV using portable memory.
  • Page 53 2. Insert the USB portable memory that contains the downloaded software upgrade. 3. Switch on your TV with the power key B at the side of the 4. At startup the TV will scan the USB portable memory until it finds the update content.The TV will automatically go to the upgrade mode.
  • Page 54 4. When the software upgrade was successful, remove the USB portable memory and restart your TV with the power switch B at the side of the TV.Your TV will start up with the new software.

  • Page 55: Annex 3 - Philips Tv-Slideshow Format With Background Music

    Use the type number of your TV to find this documentation and other related files. - Philips can’t be held responsible for any problems that may occur as a result of the content in this document. Errors reported to Philips will be adapted and published on the Philips support website as soon as possible.
  • Page 56 The default display time (in 0,1 second) of a slide. The TV application isn’t obliged to support this tag. The TV application can force the use of one or multiple predefined display times.

  • Page 57: Annex 4 - Philips Tv - Digital Camera And Usb Issues

    Philips support website. Use the type number of your TV to find this documentation and other related files. - Philips can’t be held responsible neither for any errors in the content of this document nor for any problems as a result of the content in this document. Errors reported to Philips will be adapted and published on the Philips support website as soon as possible.
  • Page 58 TV. • If you have a digital camera with only internal memory (no removable memory) you can try to copy the content manually to a memory card or a USB memory device (e.g. Philips personal computer.

  • Page 59: Annex 5 - Issues Referring To Connected Peripherals With A Hdmi Connector

    DVD content outputted via HDMI from being copied. It provides a secure digital link between a video source (DVD, PC, etc.) and your TV. Content is encrypted at the source peripheral equipment to prevent unauthorised copies from being made.

  • Page 60: Index

    ... 6 programme title ... 29 quick access menu... 8 rear panel overview ... 41 rearrange channel list ... 28 record a TV programme ... 48 recycling... 60 reinstall ... 28 remote control... 5 reset factory settings... 31 reset to standard ...

  • Page 61: Recycling

    - Your TV consumes energy in standby mode. Energy consumption contributes to air and water pollution.Very low standby power consumption. - Specifications: see the product leaflet on www. philips. com/support. - If you need further assistance, please call the customer support service in your country.

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