Contents Tour 3 Smart TV 3 Games 58 App gallery 3 Play a game 58 Rental videos 3 Two-player games 58 Online TV 3 Social networks 3 TV Specifications 59 Skype 4 Environmental 59 Smartphones and tablets 4 Power 59 Pause TV and recordings 4 Reception 60 Gaming 4...
To watch a rental video, you don't need to leave your home. Simply rent the latest movie from your regional online video Connect this Philips Smart LED TV to the Internet and store. discover a new world of television. You can make a wired connection to your router or you can link up wirelessly with Wi-Fi.
To use your smartphone or tablet as a TV remote control or If you select your game console in the Home menu, the TV as your media controller, download the Philips MyRemote app switches to the settings ideal for gaming automatically.
The TV uses 3D technology to show both screens. To play a two-player game with two different full screen pictures, you need a pair of 3D glasses for each player. In Help, press List and look up Game console or Two- player games for more information.
Quick Start Guide that came with the TV. In case you lost this improper mounting or any mounting that results in accident or guide, you can download the guide from www.philips.com injury. Use the product type number of the TV to look for the Quick Start Guide to download.
Wireless connection Power cable Insert the power cable into the POWER socket of the TV. What you need Make sure the power cable is securely inserted into the TV. Make sure that the power plug in the wall socket is accessible To connect the TV wirelessly to the Internet, you need a at all times.
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If your router has WPS, you can directly connect to the router • Look in your wireless router's user manual for information on without scanning. Go to the router, press the WPS button and indoor range, transfer rate and other factors of signal quality. return to the TV within 2 minutes.
Clear Internet memory With Clear Internet memory you clear all Internet files stored on your TV. You clear your Philips Smart TV registration and parental rating setting, your video store app logins, all Smart TV app favourites, Internet bookmarks and history. Interactive...
DVI to HDMI Use a DVI to HDMI adapter if your device only has a DVI Audio Out - Optical connection. Use one of the HDMI connections and add an Audio L/R cable (mini-jack 3.5 mm) to Audio In VGA/DVI for Audio Out - Optical is a high quality sound connection.
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Auto subtitle shift brands. Some examples are: Anynet, Aquos Link, Bravia If you play a DVD or Blu-ray Disc on a Philips disc player that Theatre Sync, Kuro Link, Simplink and Viera Link. Not all supports subtitles, the TV can move the subtitles upwards.
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Home Theatre System (HTS) Connect Use an HDMI cable to connect a Home Theatre System (HTS) to the TV. You can connect a Philips Soundbar or an HTS with a built-in disc player. Switch off timer Setting up / Connect devices...
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Use an HDMI cable to connect the Blu-ray Disc player to the Automatic audio to video sync With recent Philips Home Theatre Systems, the audio to video sync is automatically synchronised and always correct. Audio sync delay...
For best quality, use an HDMI cable to connect the game console to the side of the TV. If the game console is connected with HDMI and has EasyLink HDMI CEC, you can operate the game console with the TV remote control.
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Before you decide to buy a USB Hard Drive to record, you can check if you can record digital TV channels in your country. USB keyboard Press Guide on the remote control. If there is a Record button on the TV guide page, you can record programmes from digital Connect a USB keyboard (USB-HID type) to enter text on TV channels.
Use the USB connection on the left side of the TV to connect. Switch on the camera after you made the connection. Install the mouse Switch the TV on and connect the USB mouse to one of the USB connections on the side of the TV. You can also connect the USB mouse to a connected USB keyboard.
If your computer is added as a Computer type of device in the Source menu (list of connections), the TV is set to the ideal Computer setting automatically. Computer If you use your computer to watch movies or use it to play You can connect your computer to the TV and use the TV as games, you might want to set the TV back to the ideal TV a PC monitor.
In Help, press List and look up Software, Internet update or Software, USB update, for more information. TV settings TV settings Software settings In the TV settings menu you can set all Picture, 3D, Sound and Ambilight settings. The item General settings in the menu holds a collection of settings like Menu language, Sleep timer, Software settings Switch off timer, Universal access and more.
• When wall mounted, ensure that the wall mount can safely • Avoid stationary images as much as possible. Stationary bear the weight of the TV set. TP Vision Netherlands B.V. images are images that remain onscreen for extended periods bears no responsibility for improper wall mounting that results of time.
Quick start With Quick start, the TV can start up faster than usual. When you switch the TV on from standby the TV picture already appears after a few seconds, if Quick start is activated. Switch on The TV can remember your daily habit of watching TV. Some time before you usually switch on the TV, Quick start will activate automatically, allowing you to switch on quickly.
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Top half Bottom half 1 - CH-, Channel - To switch to the previous channel in the channel list, the previous page in Text or the previous chapter on a disc. 2 - CH+, Channel + To switch to the next channel in the channel list, the next Standby page in Text or the next chapter on a disc.
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3 - y Spacebar key 4 - Arrow keys 5 - Enter Press Enter to confirm the text you entered. 6 - Backspace Deletes the character in front of the text cursor. Shift 7 - àö! Special character key To type an uppercase character, press and hold the ( Press àö! to open the onscreen keyboard to select a special (Shift) key (2) and type the uppercase character you need.
TV or for a remote Channels control that is not paired yet. • The remote control is paired with another TV To pair, hold the Remote control close to the Philips logo Switch channels (about 10cm) and press the Red and Blue key at the same time.
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For digital broadcast, you can select an available subtitle language temporarily if none of your preferred languages are available. In Help, press List and look up Subtitles for more information. Audio languages For digital broadcast, you can select an available audio language temporarily if none of your preferred languages are available.
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To close the channel lists without switching channel, press L Alternatively, if your remote control has a keyboard on the LIST again. back, you can use that keyboard. In Help, press List and look up Remote control keyboard Mark as favourite for more information.
Find the telephone number on the documentation that came with the TV or go to You can search for and reinstall channels and leave all other TV www.philips.com/support. settings untouched. Alternatively, you can do a full new TV installation.
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With Channel list copy, you can copy the channels installed on If the country is not correct, you need to start a reinstallation. one TV onto another Philips TV of the same range. With To start the reinstallation, press h, select S Setup and Channel list copy, you avoid the time-consuming channel press OK.
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Select Channel installation > Antenna connection > Antenna With the Symbol rate mode set to Manual, you can enter (DVB-T) or Cable (DVB-C) and press OK. Select the DVB here a second symbol rate value you received from your cable setting you want.
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If you have a subscription and a CAM - Conditional Access Select Store current channel or Store as new channel. Module for pay TV services, select Free + scrambled. If you did not subscribe to pay TV channels or services, you can You can redo these steps until you found all available analogue select Free channels only.
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Freeze page To stop the automatic rotation of subpages, press o OPTIONS and select Freeze page. Dual screen / Full screen To show the TV channel and Text alongside each other, press o OPTIONS and select Dual screen. Select Full screen to switch back to full screen view. Select a Text page T.O.P.
Visit the broadcasters Internet website for more information. View programme details To call up the details of the selected programme, press i What you need INFO. Interactive TV is only available on digital TV channels. To enjoy Change day the full benefits of Interactive TV, you need a high-speed (broadband) Internet connection to the TV.
If TV guide information comes from the Internet, the TV guide If the TV does not detect the device automatically, select the can also list analogue channels next to the digital channels. In connection where you connected the device and adjust the the TV guide menu, you can view the current channel you are Device type and name.
Audio language Subtitles and languages Digital TV channels can broadcast audio with several spoken languages for a programme. You can set a preferred primary Subtitles and secondary audio language. If audio in one of these languages is available, the TV will switch to this audio. If none of the preferred audio languages is available, you can Switch subtitles on select another audio language which is available.
Timers and clock Picture settings Sleeptimer Picture settings With the sleep timer, you can set the TV to switch to standby In the Picture menu, you can adjust all picture settings automatically after a specified time. individually. To set the sleep timer, press h, select S Setup and press To open the Picture settings, press h, select SSetup and press OK.
— Picture format: look up and read Picture format with L List. — Screen edges to slightly enlarge the picture to hide Location distorted edges. — Picture shift to move the picture up / down or left / right Location with the cursor keys.
3.10 Sound style Ambilight settings For easy sound adjustment, you can select a preset setting with Sound style. Switch Ambilight on and off While watching a TV channel, press oOPTIONS to open the Options menu and select Sound style. Select a Sound style and press OK.
Select Static. Choose your preferred colour. The Ambilight static colours are fixed (non-dynamic) colours. Ambilight settings More Ambilight settings are available in the Ambilight menu in TV settings. To change the Lounge light colour scheme, press AMBILIGHT To change these settings, press h, select SSetup and press again.
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If Universal access does not appear in the Options menu, 4 - Press b, repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. switch on Universal access in Setup. In Help, press List and look up Universal access for more information. Key beep Key beep gives an audio feedback each time you press a key Visually impaired on the remote control.
Also, to watch 3D on this TV, you will need one of these • Red - if there is less than 1 hour of 3D viewing remaining types of Philips 3D Max active glasses. . . • Orange - 1 to 3 hours remaining •...
Care of the 3D glasses 1 - A, On or off switch • Do not expose the 3D glasses to direct sunlight, heat, fire or 2 - Player 1/2, Player 1 or player 2 selection water. This may result in a product malfunction or fire. 3 - Receiver lens •...
To change the 3D depth, press oOPTIONS and select 3D • Use a clean soft cloth (microfiber or cotton flannel) to clean depth. Select Off (no 3D), Less (less 3D depth), Normal the lenses to avoid scratching them. Never spray cleaner (optimal 3D quality) or More (more 3D depth).
Read and agree to the terms and conditions to continue. To leave Smart TV, press b. Register - TV Register with Club Philips. Select TV and press OK to watch TV channels. Select Register and press OK. Enter your email address, select Continue and press OK.
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To view the Apps from another country, press Recommended Apps select a country and press OK. In this window, Philips presents a range of recommended Lock. To lock an App, select the App icon and press Apps for your country, Apps for Online TV or a selection of When you lock an App, you must enter the 4 digit PIN code rental movies from Video stores.
Consult the video store regarding the rental duration of rental To return to the Smart TV start page, press L LIST or b. movies. Add an App to your list Internet traffic In the App gallery, select the App icon and press OK. Streaming or downloading many videos may exceed your Select Add and press OK.
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If you try to pause or record a programme with a USB Hard Options Drive connected, the TV will ask you to format the USB Hard Press o OPTIONS. - Shuffle Drive. This formatting will delete all current files on the USB Hard Drive.
To make a 10-second jump forward or backward in a video, press x or w. DivX®, DivX Certified® and associated logos are trademarks To rewind or go fast forward, press ! or ‹. Press the keys of Rovi Corporation or its subsidiaries and are used under several times to speed up - 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x.
You can press w repeatedly until you reach the start of the To change the date of the list, press o OPTIONS and select broadcast buffer or the maximum time span. Select day. In the list, select the day you want and press OK. If the TV guide comes from the Internet, you can select the date Progress bar at the top of the page and press OK.
Delete a recording MyRemote App with other TVs To delete a made recording, select the recording in the list, You can use the MyRemote App on Philips TV models built press o OPTIONS and select Delete recording. from 2009 onwards.
Store and look for the Philips MyRemote App. You can check the compatibility of MyRemote with your other Philips products at the online support page of your product at www.philips.com/support. Also ensure your Philips product has been updated with the latest software.
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Net TV With the Net TV button in the MyRemote home menu, you Tap the Control button to select the TV (or Philips Blu-ray can open Net TV / Smart TV on your TV. Disc player or Home Theatre System) to control.
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What you need To watch TV on your smartphone or tablet with Wi-Fi smart Channel bar screen . . . • you must have digital TV channels installed on your TV Channel bar • the TV must be switched on To switch to a channel further up or down the TV channel list, •...
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If you stop Wi-Fi smart screen outside a Quick start time frame, the TV stays in Quick start for 5 minutes to allow you to start Wi-Fi smart screen again without having to switch on the TV itself. In Help, press List and look up Quick start for more information on Quick start.
Start Skype on your computer to get a temporary password from Skype. To make a video call on Skype, you need the separately sold Philips PTA317 TV camera with a built-in microphone and a Create a new account good connection to the Internet.
Your contacts can see that you are online but you do not wish to be disturbed. They can call you and you will be alerted with sound. No emergency calls - Invisible You will appear to be offline to all of your contacts, but you can No emergency calls - Skype is not a replacement for your still use Skype as usual.
On a voice call, you can still switch to a Video call. To switch to Video call, press Camera on. Block a contact A contact can add you to a voice call with more than one participant. You cannot add an extra participant yourself. You can block any Skype user from finding you online.
To play a voicemail, select the voicemail icon œ in the menu Also, new contact requests will be shown immediately. bar, select the new voicemail in the list and press OK. You can listen to the new voicemail as many times you want. Skype during rental movies and Pause TV However, when you leave the œ...
Select Sign out to quit Skype on your TV. Navigate to the menu bar and select S Settings to open the Settings page. Select Online status and then select the online status you want your contacts to see when you are online and press OK. Terms of Use Read the Terms of Use of Skype at www.skype.com/go/tou Ringtone volume...
What you need To play a two-player game with this TV, you need 2 active 3D glasses - Philips PTA507 or PTA517 (sold separately). Also, the game console must be connected with HDMI. Start a two-player game 1 - Press c Source, select the game console and press OK.
1 year. You can also find the power consumption values for this product on the Philips While you are watching TV channels, press to open Eco website for your country at settings.
Weight ±21 kg – PacketVideo - TwonkyManager • Mobile devices UMv 3104 327 0069.5 - 120926 – Philips MyRemote - iOS, Android – Interoperability and performance may vary, depending on the capabilities of the mobile device and the software used. ESD regulations This apparatus meets performance criteria A for ESD.
To obtain the source memory device to upload the software on the TV. Use a USB code, please contact open.source@philips.com memory device with 256MB free space. Make sure that write If you prefer not to use email or if you do not receive a protection is switched off.
To download the Help (user manual) go to www.philips.com/support 10.3 Online help To solve any Philips TV related problem, you can consult our online support. You can select your language and enter your product model number. Go to www.philips.com/support .
11.5 Copyrights and licences Microsoft Windows Media 11.1 Windows Media is either a registered trademark or trademark HDMI of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft PlayReady Content owners use Microsoft PlayReady™ content access technology to protect their intellectual property, including HDMI®...
Index Device icon 32 Digital Text 30 DivX® VOD 46 DMR - Digital Media Renderer 9 DVB 27 3D glasses PTA507, use 39 DVB, settings 28 3D glasses PTA508, use 40 DVI, connect 10 3D glasses, type 39 3D, 2D to 3D 40 3D, cleaning glasses EasyLink 10 3D, health warning 41...
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USB Hard Drive, info 14 USB Hard Drive, installation 15 USB keyboard 15 USB mouse 15 VESA 6 VGA connection, tips 10 Video files, playback 45 Video store 44 Viewing distance 6 Wall colour 37 Wall mounting 6 Watch TV 23 Wi-Fi smart screen, channel bar 51 Wi-Fi smart screen, tool bar 51 Wi-Fi smart screen, watch TV 51...
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