Please have the Model and Serial Number ready before you call. You can find these numbers on the packaging label or on the back and bottom of your TV. Aurea registration 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 Controls LightGuide Indicator light Remote control sensor Volume up and down Menu Program/Channel up and down Power switch Connectors Back connectors Side connectors For more info see section 7 Connections.
- a Game console (Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3), connected to HDMI, with a HD game. Contact your dealer for more information. Go to www.philips.com/support FAQ’s to find the list of HD channels or providers in your country. Product highlights Your new TV is equipped with some of the most modern audio or video innovations.
Wall mounting the TV should meet safety standards according to the TV’s weight. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. bears no responsibility for improper mounting or mounting that results in accident or injury. Read also the safety precautions in section 1.1 Safety before you position the TV.
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† Mount the 2 spacers on the 2 lower discs at the back of the TV. º Calculate your TV’s ideal position. 37" 404mm 25kg 42" 402mm 30kg ◊Position and level the wall mount bracket and fix the bracket firmly to the wall. Your TV ‹...
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) Caution Consider the TV’s weight when you wall mount it. Improper mounting can result in severe injury or damage. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. bears no responsibility for improper mounting or mounting that results in accident or injury. Your TV is prepared for VESA compliant wall mounting.
Remote control batteries ‡ Open the battery cover on the back of the remote control. ® Insert the 3 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 TV 4.2.1 Switch channels ‡ To switch TV channels: • Press a number (1 to 999) or press P+ or P- on your remote control. • Press - or + on the side Program/Channel controls of the TV. ® Press R to return to the previously viewed TV channel or connected device.
Watch a DVD ‡ Switch on your DVD player. ® Insert a DVD disc in your player. The DVD picture automatically appears on the screen. Ò Press Play πon the DVD player. If the picture does not appear: ‡ Press the Source v key. ®...
Change Ambilight mode You can adjust the speed at which Ambilight responds to the on-screen images. Adjust the Ambilight mode: ‡ Press Ambilight to switch on. ® Press Mode to change the light intensity of Ambilight. Ò Slide the Ambilight switch up or down AUREA to change the light intensity.
Use more of your TV This section helps you perform advanced TV operations including how to: • use the menus • adjust picture, sound and Ambilight settings • make use of Teletext • create favourite channel lists Remote control 5.1.1 Remote control overview DEMO •...
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DVD players and recorders, digital receivers (Set- top boxes – STB) or Home Theatre Systems (HTS) of Philips and many other brands. ‡ Press DVD, STB or HTS to select a DVD, a cable receiver (STB) or a Home Theatre (HTS) device.
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® Enter the three-number code for the type and brand of your device. Some brands have several setup codes available and you need to select the known one. You can try them one by one. If you entered a known code, all universal mode keys will blink to confirm the selection.
• Digital or Satellite receiver No change of functions. • Home Theatre System Menu key = HTS Disc menu V key = HTS volume P+/- = HTS Next/Previous 5.1.6 Remote control setup codes See the end of this manual. LightGuide brightness The LightGuide at the front of the TV indicates the start up of the TV.
- to use the connection assistant which will help you to connect your devices to the TV. 5.3.2 Use of the menu Learn to use the menus with this example. ‡ Press Menu Ï. The TV menu appears on the screen. TV menu Smart settings Picture...
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5.4.3 Picture settings This section describes how to adjust all picture settings individually. ‡ Press Menu Ï. ® Select Picture and press π to enter the list. Ò Press o or œ to select a setting. TV menu Picture Contrast Smart settings Picture Brightness...
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5.4.4 Widescreen picture format Avoid black bars on the sides or on top and bottom of the picture. Change the picture format to a format that fills the screen. ‡ Press q to switch on the Picture format menu. DEMO ®...
• Volume – Visually impaired (UK only) Changes the volume of the selected Visually impaired audio language in the Setup, Installation menu. See section 6.1 Automatic installation. • Balance Sets the balance of the left and right loudspeakers to fit best your listening position. •...
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. 5.6.1 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 Ï. Teletext menu Reveal Cycle subpages Language Gr. II Ò Press o or œ to select an option. †...
5.7.3 Select a channel from a favourite list ‡ Press The last selected channel list appears. ® Use o or œ to highlight a channel. Ò Press The TV tunes to that channel. à Tip • Use to go through the TV channels of the selected favourite list.
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Programme guide Around 09:55 BBC ONE 07:50 Commonwealth 12:30 09:50 Tweenies 10:15 BBC TWO 09:00 The Wright Stuff 10:30 five 05:32 This is BBC THREE 12:00 BBC THREE 05:32 This is BBC FOUR 12:00 BBC FOUR 09:20 Moonlighting 10:15 abc1 Remind Watch Jump to ...
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. 5.9.1 Automatically switch to standby Sleeptimer switches the TV to standby after a time. ‡ Press Menu Ï on the remote control and select Features >...
Philips is not responsible if your USB device is not supported nor shall Philips accept any liability for damage or loss of stored data. 5.11.1 Insert the USB device ‡...
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5.11.3 Watch your pictures, start a slideshow and play music Look up your pictures in the Picture album of your USB device. ‡ Select the Picture folder for the picture files you have stored on your USB device. Picture Picture Afrika_2001 Music Paris_2006...
Watch a slideshow with background music Watch a slideshow of your stored pictures accompanied with your stored background music. ‡ Select an album of songs first and press ® Highlight the Picture folder and select an album of pictures and press 5.11.4 Watch photos or listen to music from your PC To watch photos and listen to music from a...
5.13 Software update Philips continually tries to improve its products. To benefit, update the TV software regularly. To update your TV software you need a USB Memory device (not supplied). Verify that your USB memory device has at least 128Mb free space. Make sure the write protection is switched off.
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† The update process starts automatically. Please wait. The update is finished when the message ‘Operation successful’ appears on the screen. º Remove the USB memory device from the TV. ◊Press B on the remote control. Do not press more than once and do not use the Power B switch on the TV.
Channel installation The first time you turned on your TV • you have selected the language of the TV menus and the country where you are located • all the available TV Channels have been installed. This chapter provides instructions on how to reinstall channels as well as other useful channel installation features.
Step 3: Select Antenna or Cable This selection is only available when this TV is prepared to receive DVB-C channels in your country. Select Antenna to install all digital terrestrial (DVB- T) and analogue channels available. Select Cable to install all digital cable (DVB-C) and analogue channels available.
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 Ï and select Setup > Installation > Channel installation > Analogue: Manual installation. ® Press π to enter the Manual installation menu. System is highlighted.
Ò Press o or œ in the channel list to select the channel you want to uninstall or reinstall. † Press the green key to uninstall or reinstall the channel. º Press Menu Ï to quit the menu. 6.3.3 Reorder the channels Change the order of the stored channels.
Connections Connection overview Side connectors Headphones Stereo Mini jack Audio L/R Audio L/R input to be used together with Video or S-Video on the side of the TV. Video Video input to be used together with the Audio L/R on the side of the TV. S-Video S-Video input to be used together with the Audio L/R on the side of the TV.
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.
Video - Basic quality Use a Video (cinch) cable together with an Audio L/R (cinch) cable. Match the cable colours when you connect. Combined Video - yellow and Audio L/R cable - red and white 7.2.2 HDMI with EasyLink Connected devices that are compliant with the HDMI CEC standard can work together.
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7.4.1 DVD player Use a scart cable to connect the device to the EXT1 input at the back of the TV. EXT 3 EXT 2 SERVICE UART Y Pb Pr DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO 7.4.2 DVD Recorder or Digital Receiver Use a scart cable and 2 antenna cables. EXT 3 EXT 2 SERVICE...
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7.4.4 DVD Recorder and Home Theatre System Use a scart cable, 2 antenna cables and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. EXT 3 EXT 2 SERVICE UART Y Pb Pr DIGITAL DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO 7.4.5 DVD Recorder and DVD Home Theatre System Use 2 scart cables, 2 antenna cables and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable.
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7.4.7 HD Digital receiver / HD satellite receiver Use an HDMI cable and 2 antenna cables. NETWORK AUDIO HDMI HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 7.4.8 DVD-R, Home Theatre System and Digital receiver Use 3 scart cables, 3 antenna cables and 1 audio (cinch) cable.
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7.4.10 Game console The most practical connections for a game console are at the side of the TV. Note: To prevent picture delay, set the TV in game mode. Press Menu > TV menu > Smart settings > Game. Connected at the side of the TV Use the HDMI connection or the S-Video and Audio L/R connections or the Video and Audio L/R connections.
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7.4.12 Personal Computer You can connect your PC directly to the TV. The TV works as a monitor of your PC. For more features you can connect your PC in a PC network. See section 7.7 PC network. As a monitor the PC can be connected at the side with a DVI to HDMI adaptor or with a PC to TV cable.
Connection setup The TV needs to know what connections you have made and which device is connected to which connector. If you have used the Connection assistant the connection setup is already done. 7.5.1 Naming your devices Name the connected devices for easy selection and best signal handling.
Preparing for digital services Scrambled digital TV channels can be decoded with a Conditional Access Module (CAM) and a Smart card provided by a digital TV service operator. The CAM may enable several services depending on the operator you choose (e.g. Pay TV). Contact your digital TV service operator for more information and terms.
8 Technical data, a step by step setting instruction is available in the online User manual. Type in your TV model number on www.philips.com/support. In the extended User manual, see section 7.7 PC network. A firewall, a security system on your computer, could also block the network connection.
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7.7.4 Media server settings Media servers need to be set for sharing their files and folders. Follow the instructions closely to set your specific server. Windows Media Player v11on Windows Vista Set for network sharing In Windows Media Player select Library from the menu and select Media sharing.
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With Advanced Options open, you can add specific folders to the list to share. Click Add. In the Add Folder window select a folder with music, photos or videos you want to share with other devices (your TV). Click OK. In the Add To Library window the newly added folder is shown.
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In the Media Sharing window, check the Share my media box. When the TV is connected, by the router, to the PC and everything is switched On, the Media sharing window will show the TV as an Unkown Device. Select the device and click Allow. You can open the Settings window to change particular settings on sharing.
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Now everything is set to enjoy music, photos and videos on your TV. TVersity v.0.9.10.3 on Windows XP Set for network sharing Click the Settings tab and click the Start Sharing button. A pop-up window tells you that the media server service is started.
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Twonky Media v4.4.2 on Macintosh OS X Set for network sharing In Twonky Media click Basic Setup > First steps. In this window you can change the server name that appears on your TV. Click Basic Setup > Clients/Security. Check the box next to Enable sharing for new clients automatically.
• Macrovision Network Media Server (on Windows XP) • Fuppes (on Linux) • UShare (on Linix) • Philips Media Manager (on Microsoft Windows • Philips NAS SPD8020 * For this media server software a step by step setting instruction is available in the online User manual on www.philips.com/support.
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Power • Mains power: AC 220-240V (±10%) • Power and standby power consumption: See technical specification on www.philips.com • Ambient temperature: 5°C - 35°C Specifications are subject to change without notice. For more specification details of this product see www.philips.com/support.
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 not empty or weak.Verify their + / - orientation. You can use the keys on the TV to switch the TV on. •...
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If your problem is not solved Switch your TV off and on again, that may help. If not, call our Consumer Care or consult our website www.philips.com/support. Find the Consumer Care telephone numbers on the back cover of this manual.
10 Index 100 Hz Clear LCD 5,19 Active control 19 Advanced sharpness 19 Ambilight active mode 21 LoungeLight 13 menu / settings 21 modes 21 Analogue manual installation 34 TV channels 34 Antenna cable 9 connect 9 with devices 36 Audio setup 44 Auto clock mode 33 Auto format 20...
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Language subtitle 27 LightGuide 17 Light sensor 19 Location 54 Locks 26 LoungeLight 13 Menu key 15 Mono 21 Movie expand 20 MPEG artefact reduction 19 Music 27 Mute key 14 Naming devices 44 Network setup 46 Noise reduction 19 OK key 14 On timer 26 Perfect Pixel HD 19...
Information about how to re-tune your TV during the digital TV switchover. Keep this user manual safe - you'll need it. Television in the UK is going digital, bringing us all more choice and new services. Starting in late 2007 and ending in 2012, television services in the UK will go completely digital, TV region by TV region.
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Digital UK, the body leading the digital TV switch- over, will advise you when you need to re-tuner during the switchover. If you choose to connect your TV to satellite or cable with a digital box then it will no be affected by switchover, and you won't need to re-tune.