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Register your product and get support at www.philips.com/welcome LCD television ________________________________ 32PFL7403 42PFL5603 47PFL5603 42PFL5403...
Digital reception test 27 Factory settings 27 Table of contents Connections (DVD, receiver, ...) 28 Connections overview 28 About connections 29 Connect your devices 31 Setup devices 34 Technical data 36 Troubleshooting 37 Index 39 Register your product and get support at www.philips.com/welcome.
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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.
Important Read this user manual before you start to use this product. Pay attention to this section and closely follow the instructions. The warranty does not apply to damage caused by not taking into account the instructions. Safety • To avoid short circuit, do not expose the product to rain or water.
Your TV This section gives you an overview of the controls and functions of this TV. Television overview Control Power switch Program/Channel up and down Menu Volume up and down Remote control sensor Connectors Back connectors Side connectors For more info see section 7 Connections. Remote control VOLUME TELETEXT...
Product highlights Your new TV is equipped with some of the most modern audio or video innovations. Your TV offers the following advantages ... Full High Definition LCD display (42-47PFL5603D only) A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources. It offers a brilliant flicker- free progressive scan picture with optimum brightness and superb colours.
Wall mounting - VESA ) Warning Wall mounting of the TV should only be performed by qualified installers. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. bears no responsibility for improper mounting that results in accident or injury. Step 1 Purchase a VESA-compatible wall...
Remote control batteries ‡ Open the battery cover on the back of the remote control. ® Insert the 2 batteries supplied (Type AAA- LR03-1,5V). Make sure the + and - ends of the batteries line up correctly (inside of case is marked.) Ò...
Use your TV Learn how to operate your TV for daily use. Turn on or off - Standby rNote The TV may take up to 15 seconds to turn on. To turn on the TV: • Press B Power at the right of the TV if the standby indicator is off.
Watch channels from a digital receiver ‡ Switch on the digital receiver. The picture from your receiver automatically appears on the screen. ® Use the remote control of your digital receiver to select TV channels. If the picture does not appear : ‡...
Use more of your TV This section helps you perform advanced TV operations including how to: • use the menus • adjust picture and sound settings • make use of Teletext • create favourite channel lists Remote control 5.1.1 Remote control overview SOURCE TELETEXT SUBTITLE...
17 Back key To select the previous programme or the previous TXT page. To remove the channel list. 18 Guide a To switch on or off the Electronic Programme Guide. 19 Demo To switch the Demo menu on and to get a demonstration of the features of the TV.
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5.2.2 Use of the menu Learn to use the menus with this example. ‡ Press Menu. The main menu appears on the screen. Television TV menu Channel list Programme guide Multimedia ® Press π to enter the TV menu. TV menu TV settings settings Settings assistant...
® Select Picture and press π to enter the list. Ò Press o or œ to select a setting. rNote: Not all menu items are available on all models. To verify availability, refer to the product leaflet at www. philips.com/support. TV settings Picture Settings assistant Contrast...
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• Sharpness Changes the level of sharpness of fine details. • Tint Sets the colours to Normal, Warm (reddish) or Cool (bluish). Select Custom to make a setting of your own in the Custom menu. • Custom Press the green key to select each bar to change the value of: - R-WP red whitepoint - G-WP green whitepoint...
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Unscaled (Only for HD and PC.) Maximum sharpness. Distortion may appear on borders. Black bars may appear with pictures from your PC. rNote Do not forget to name the connection in the Connection menu. See section 7.4.1 Assign devices to connectors. 5.3.5 Sound settings This section describes how to adjust all sound...
Teletext Your TV has a 1200 pages memory that stores broadcasted teletext pages and subpages to reduce waiting time. To select a teletext page see section 4.6 Select a Teletext page. 5.4.1 Select a teletext language Some digital TV broadcasters offer the possibility to select your preferred teletext language.
• Language Some languages use a different set of characters. Switch to the other group to show the text correctly. ‡ Press Teletext. ® Press Menu. Teletext menu Reveal Cycle subpages Language Gr. II Ò Press o or œ to select an option. †...
Electronic Programme Guide - EPG - The Electronic Programme guide is an on screen guide to scheduled digital TV programmes. You can navigate, select and view programmes by time, title or genre. There are two types of EPG, ‘Now and Next’ and ‘7 or 8 day’ EPG. When digital channels are installed and broadcasted, EPG is available.
Timers and locks This section describes how to switch the TV on or off at a specified time and to lock or unlock the TV. 5.7.1 Automatically switch to standby Sleeptimer switches the TV to standby after a time. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select Features >...
Set an age rating to a digital programme Some digital broadcasters have their programmes rated (depending on your country). When the rating is higher than your child’s age, the programme will be locked. ‡ Select Custom lock. ® Press π to enter. Ò...
Philips can not be held responsible if your USB device is not supported nor shall Philips accept any liability for damage or loss of stored data. See section 8 Technical data for the playback formats supported.
‡ Select a picture album. ® Press π to enter the picture list. Ò Press the green key. † Press o, œ, p , π to highlight a picture. º Press to view the picture. ◊Press p to return to the thumbnail overview. Afrika_2001 Kenya.jpg Kenya.jpg...
5.11 Software update Philips continuously tries to improve its products. It may be recommended for you to update the TV’s software. To update your TV software you need a USB Memory device (not supplied). rNote The device must have at least 48Mb free space.
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Ò The update process starts automatically. Please wait. The update is finished when the message ‘Operation successful’ appears on the screen. † Remove the USB memory device from the TV. º Press B on the remote control. rNote Do not press more than once and do not use the Power B switch on the TV.
Channel installation The first time you switched on your TV you’ve selected the language of the TV menus and allthe available channels have been installed. This chapter will help you if you find it necessary to re-do the initial installation or if you want to tune in a new analogue TV channel.
6.2 Analogue: Manual installation You can tune-in analogue TV channels channel by channel manually with Manual installation. 6.2.1 Select the system ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Installation > Channel installation > Analogue: Manual installation. ®...
6.3.2 Uninstall or reinstall a channel To uninstall a stored channel so that it is no longer possible to tune to. Reinstall an earlier uninstalled channel. ‡ Press Menu on the remote conrol and select TV menu > Installation > Channel installation > Rearrange.
Connections Connection overview Back connectors EXT 1 First SCART connector for DVD players,VCRs, digital receivers, game consoles and other SCART devices. Supports Audio L/R, CVBS in/out, RGB. EXT 2 Second SCART connector. Supports Audio L/R, CVBS in/out, RGB. EXT 3 Component video (Y Pb Pr) and Audio L/R input connectors for DVD players, digital receivers, game consoles and other component video...
About connections 7.2.1 What you need to know Connect your device with the highest possible quality connection. Look for the highest quality connection on your device. Use that connection to your TV. HDMI - Highest quality An HDMI connection has the best picture and sound quality.
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S-Video - Good quality Use an S-Video cable together with an Audio L/R (cinch) cable. Match the cable colours when you connect. An S-Video cable Audio L/R cable - Red, White Video - Basic quality Use a Video (cinch) cable together with an Audio L/R (cinch) cable.
Connect your devices The connections shown in this section are recommendations for the most used cases. Other solutions are possible. When a device is connected the TV needs to know what connection you made. See section 7.5 Setup devices. 7.3.1 Blu-ray Disc player For full high-definition video, connect a HDMI cable as illustrated:...
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7.3.3 Satellite receiver To receive analogue channels via antenna and digital channels via a satellite receiver, connect an antenna cable and SCART cable as illustrated: 7.3.4 HD digital receiver To receive analogue channels via antenna and digital channels via a HD digital receiver, connect two antenna cables and HDMI cable as illustrated: 7.3.5 Combined DVD recorder and digital...
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7.3.6 Separate DVD recorder and receiver To receive analogue channels via antenna and record programmes on a separate DVD recorder and receiver, connect three antenna cables and three SCART cables as illustrated. 7.3.7 DVD recorder and home theatre system To receive analogue channels via antenna, output sound to a home theatre system and record programmes on a DVD recorder, connect two antenna cables, one SCART cable...
7.3.8 Game console or camcorder The most practical connection for a mobile game console or camcorder may be at the side of the TV. You can, for example, connect the game console or camcorder to VIDEO/S-Video and AUDIO L/R connnectors at the side of the TV.
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7.4.2 Assign the AUDIO IN mini-jack connector If you connect audio from a PC to the AUDIO IN mini-jack connector at the back of the TV, you must associate it to the HDMI connector. ‡ Press Menu and select TV menu > Installation > Connections >...
Troubleshooting Television and remote control The TV does not switch on • Verify the mains cord connection. • Verify if the batteries of the remote control are flat or weak. Verify their + / - orientation. You can use the keys on the TV to switch the TV •...
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If your problem is not solved Switch your TV off and on again. If the problem is not solved, call the Customer Support Centre or consult our website www.philips.com/support. See the Customer Support Centre telephone numbers on the last page of this user manual.
33 DVD recorder/Receiver 32 Game console/ camcorder 34 HD digital receiver 32 PC 34 Satellite receiver 32 USB 21 Philips Easylink Enable/disable 30 Use 30 Setup devices Assign channel decoder 30 Assign to connectors 29 Side connectors 28 Contrast 13...
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Parental rating 20 Philips EasyLink 30 Photos and music Connect USB device 26 Listen to music 22 View photos 21 View slide show with music Picture Adjust settings Active Control 14 Brightness 13 Colour 13 Colour enhancement 14 Contrast 13...
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Stand 6 Subtitles 20 Switch Off 8 On 8 On from standby 8 To standby 8 Teletext Advanced use 16 Basic use 9 Timers On timer 19 Sleeptimer 19 Volume 8 Wall mount 6 Watch Channels 9 Devices 9 Uninstall channels 27 USB device Connect 21 Disconnect 21...