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Philips 42PF9531 User Manual

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2560.5 en
14-11-2006
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: 32-37-42PF9531/93
42PF9541/93
Product No: ...........................................
Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Use of the option key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Keys at the right side of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Switch the TV on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
First time installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Use of the TV menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Adjust picture menu settings . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjust sound menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Enjoy Ambilight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Adjust feature menu settings . . . . . . . . . . 22
Set your preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Select your connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Reset the Factory settings . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Create your favourite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Multimedia browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Teletext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Pagina 1
About this User Manual
Contents
Side panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear panel overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
a VCR or DVD recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
or Cable box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
a DVD player or Cable box . . . . . . . . . . . 44
a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
a Home Cinema amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Select connected equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Record with your recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Audio- and video equipment keys . . . . . . . . . .48
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
to work peripheral equipment . . . . . . . . . 50
with portable memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
with background music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
and USB issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Product information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

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

  • Page 2: Safety Warnings

    • One of Philips’ leading Business Principles is to take all necessary health and safety measures for our products, to comply with all applicable legal...

  • Page 3: Getting Started

    14:12 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 Connect the mains < 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.

  • Page 5: Use Of The Remote Control Rc4401/01

    Pagina 5 B Standby 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. Press to select TV mode.
  • 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: Use Of The Option Key

    Subtitles: See Adjust feature menu settings, p. 22. Picture format: See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust picture menu settings, p. 16. Equalizer: See Use of the TV menu settings, Adjust sound menu settings, p. 17.

  • Page 8: Keys At The Right Side Of The Tv

    Switch the TV on < Press the power switch B at the right 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 9: First Time Installation

    System searching: please wait... Stop Pagina 9 First time installation The first time (and only the first time) you switch on your TV, you see a Welcome screen followed by the installation procedure. The installation procedure consists of a series of screens that will guide you through the installation of your TV.
  • Page 10 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 11: How To Navigate Through The Menus

    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 12: Use Of The Tv Menu Settings

    > 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. key to exit the main menu. key on the remote control.
  • Page 13 See First time installation, Step 3: Settings assistant: select your TV settings, p. 10. 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 14: 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 15 2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 Adjust picture menu settings (Continued) TV menu TV settings Picture Settings assistant Custom tint Reset to standard Pixel Plus Picture Dig. natural motion Sound Dynamic contrast Ambilight Info Pagina 15 Custom tint (only when Tint is set to Custom) Fine tunes the white point ( the picture.
  • Page 16 This allows you to adjust the size of the picture dependant on the broadcasted format and your preferred setting. How to navigate through the TV settings menu, see p. 12, Use of the TV menu settings. Tip: this function is also accessible via the the remote control.

  • Page 17: 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 18 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 19: 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 20 2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 TV menu TV settings Ambilight Settings assistant Mode Reset to standard Colour Picture Custom colour Sound Separation Ambilight Balance Info Pagina 20 Enjoy Ambilight (Continued) Mode Allows you to choose for constant background lighting or for background lighting that matches the images displayed on the screen.
  • Page 21 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 22: 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 23 On timer Demo Info Pagina 23 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 24 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 25: 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 26 2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 How to search for and store TV channels (Continued) TV menu/Installation Channels Manual installation System Autom. installation Search Manual installation Fine tune Rearrange Store current chan. Store as new chan. Info Pagina 26 Manual installation This gives you the possibility to manually install (tuning-in channel by channel) TV channels.

  • Page 27: 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 28: 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 29: 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 30: 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. 51. Automatic software announcement When you switch on your TV a message may appear that a new software upgrade is available.

  • Page 31: Create Your Favourite List

    In addition to the favourite channel lists you may also select a list with only digital TV channels or a list with only the radio channels or a list with only the analogue channels.

  • Page 32: Multimedia Browser

    MP3, MP3 Pro for video: MPEG2 - Only FAT/DOS-formatted memory devices are supported. - Philips can not be held responsible if your USB device is not supported. To view content from a USB device Tip: if your USB device does not fit into the USB connector at the side, use an USB extend cable to connect the USB device to the USB port.
  • Page 33 - more technical remarks can be found in Annex 4, Philips TV-Digital camera and USB issues, p. 56. Following icons may appear:...
  • Page 34 2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 Multimedia Browser (Continued) Pagina 34 Function keys at the bottom of the screen Details to display a description of the selected file or directory Transitions to select if you like to apply a transition during a slide show Slide time to select the duration a picture will be displayed in a slide show...

  • Page 35: 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 36 2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 Menu Reveal Cycle subpages Language Gr. II Pagina 36 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 37: 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 38: 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. 32. 2 and 3 for...

  • Page 39: Rear Panel Overview

    2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 To make video and audio connections - Rear panel overview AUDIO VIDEO DIGITAL AUDIO VGA (PC) via RGB-HV S-VIDEO VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO AUDIO MONITOR HDMI 1 HDMI 2 ANTENNA DIGITAL AUDIO OUT DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED VIDEO CABLE 1 DVD recorder - 1 VCR 2 DVD recorders 2 VCRs...

  • Page 40: Vcr Or Dvd Recorder

    1. Connect the RF Antenna cable 1 to the socket of your recorder. 2. Connect another RF cable 2 from the output of your recorder to the TV’s input CABLE/ANTENNA 75 3. Better playback quality can be obtained if you...

  • Page 41: Two Vcrs Or Vcr And Dvd Recorder

    3. Connect another RF cable 4 from the output AV2 : L + R + VIDEO of your recorder to the TV’s input 75 ø x jack. 4. To obtain better picture quality, also connect the Video or S-Video, Audio left and Audio right...

  • Page 42: Dvd Player, A Satellite Receiver Or Cable Box

    AV1/AV2 : L + R 2. Connect the audio cables to the device’s audio jacks and to the jacks 2 on the TV accordingly to where you connected the S-Video cable. With Component Video Connectors - with digital audio : 1.
  • Page 43 1 to the YPbPr jacks on the DVD AUDIO player and to the Y, Pb and Pr jacks of VIDEO on the TV. Connect the audio cable to the AV1 : DIGITAL L + R AUDIO VGA (PC) DVD’s audio...

  • Page 44: Dvd Player Or Cable Box

    VGA (PC) AUDIO S-VIDEO VIDEO 1. Connect the DVI to HDMI cable to one of the HDMI connectors of your TV 1. S-VIDEO AUDIO 2. Connect the audio cable 2 to the AUDIO IN 3. Select the equipment you have connected in the Installation menu, Select your connections, p.
  • Page 45 Notes: - only a PC with digital sound can be connected to the HDMI connection; - before connecting your PC to the TV, select your PC monitor settings to a refresh frequency of 60 Hz; - supported PC monitor modes:...

  • Page 46: Home Cinema Amplifier

    DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Digital Home Cinema amplifier < Connect a digital Home Cinema amplifier to DIGITAL AUDIO OUT MONITOR VIDEO the bottom of the TV. Analogue Home Cinema amplifier < Connect your Home Cinema amplifier to the MONITOR AUDIO OUT L VIDEO bottom of the TV.

  • Page 47: En 14-11-2006 14:12 Pagina

    MONITOR OUT 1. Switch on the device. 2. Select the channel or wanted device on your TV and the correct input on your recorder. 3. Select your recorder to record. You record the tuner channel of the TV or selected device.

  • Page 48: Audio- And Video Equipment Keys

    Audio- and video equipment keys Pagina 48 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 49: Troubleshooting

    TV, the other aerial to your recorder, the power cables, ..) < 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 Poor picture system.

  • Page 50: Annex 1 - To Set The Remote Control

    2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 Annex 1:To set the remote control to work a Philips DVD or DVD-R Pagina 50 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 51: Annex 2 - Philips Tv Software Upgrade With Portable Memory

    2560.5 en 14-11-2006 14:12 Annex 2 - Philips TV software upgrade with portable memory TV menu Installation Software upgrade Current softw. info Languages Local upgrades Channels Announcement Preferences Connections Factory settings Software upgrade Info Pagina 51 Introduction Philips offers software upgrade capability for your TV using portable memory.
  • Page 52 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 Done the upgrade mode.
  • Page 53 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 54: 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 55 If a playlist is referenced the playlist will be played in sequence with a repeat at the end of the playlist. 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 56: 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 57: Annex 5: Issues Referring To Connected Peripherals With A Hdmi Conector

    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 58: Index

    ... 6 programme title ... 28 quick access menu... 7 rear panel overview ... 39 rearrange channel list ... 27 record a TV programme ... 47 recycling... 59 reinstall ... 27 remote control... 5 reset factory settings... 30 rename ...

  • Page 59: 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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