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Philips 42PFL9742D/19 User Manual

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03-07-2007

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Pagina 1 Connections (DVD, receiver, ...) 34 Connections overview 34 About connecting 35 Connect your devices 37 Connections setup 41 Preparing for digital services 42 Technical data 43 Troubleshooting 44 Index 46 Register your product and get support at www.philips.com/welcome.
  • Page 2 No components are user-serviceable. Do not open or remove covers to the inside of the product. Repairs may only be done by Philips Service Centres and official repairshops. Failure to do so shall void any warranty, stated or implied. Any operation expressly prohibited in...

  • Page 3: Important

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 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.

  • Page 4: Your Tv

    Side connectors To connect a camera, game console, headphone or a USB memory device. Back connectors To connect the antenna, DVD, VCR or other device. Pagina 4 Remote control INPUT PHILIPS DEVICE CONTROL DEMO GUIDE OPTION LIST MENU BROWSE ¬...

  • Page 5: Product Highlights

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 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 A full HD resolution of 1920x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources.

  • Page 6: Wall Mounting - Vesa

    ç Warning Consider the TV’s weight if you wall mount it. Improper mounting could result in severe injury or damage. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. bears no responsibility for improper mounting that results in accident or injury. ‡ Locate the 4 small discs at the back of the TV.

  • Page 7: Remote Control Batteries

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Remote control batteries ‡ Open the battery cover on the back of the remote control. ® Insert the 2 batteries supplied (Type AA-R6- 1,5V). Make sure the + and - ends of the batteries line up correctly (inside of case is marked.) Ò...

  • Page 8: Use Your Tv

    Energy consumption contributes to air and water pollution. As long as the mains cord is plugged in, the TV consumes energy. This TV has a very low standby power consumption. INPUT PHILIPS DEVICE CONTROL DEMO GUIDE OPTION Use your TV...

  • Page 9: Watch Tv

    ® Press v on the remote control. Ò Press v repeatedly to select the device. Wait a few seconds until the picture appears. † Press º Use the remote control of your device to select TV channels. INPUT PHILIPS DEVICE CONTROL DEMO GUIDE OPTION...

  • Page 10: Watch A Dvd

    The picture from your player appears automatically on your screen. If the picture does not appear: ‡ Press v on the remote control. PHILIPS DEVICE CONTROL DEMO OPTION ® Press v repeatedly to select the DVD player. Wait a few seconds until the picture appears.

  • Page 11: Change Ambilight Mode

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Change Ambilight mode You can choose among four Ambilight modes: • Colour Sets Ambilight to a constant colour. • Relaxed Sets Ambilight to change soft and smoothly with the images on screen. • Moderate Sets Ambilight between Relaxed and Dynamic. •...

  • Page 12: Use More Of Your Tv

    To return to the previously viewed channel. 13 Mode To toggle through the Ambilight modes 14 Audio and video keys Ò‡π†® To use with connected Philips devices. 15 Widescreen Picture format q To select a picture format. 16 Dual screen b To show teletext on the right and the picture on the left of the screen.
  • Page 13 (STB) or Home Theatre System (HTS) to operate. To set to operate a particular DVD or STB device see sections 5.1.3 or 5.1.4. ‡ Press one of the Philips device control keys to switch the remote control to operate the device you need.

  • Page 14: Tv Menu Overview

    ‡ Press the STB key and the appropriate number key at the same time. • STB and number key 1 (factory setting) • STB and 2 All Philips device control keys will blink for 1 second to confirm the setting. 5.1.5 Device functions overview...
  • Page 15 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 5.2.2 Use of the menu Learn to use the menus with this example. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control. MENU MENU BROWSE BROWSE The main menu appears on the screen. TV menu Television Channel list Programme guide Multimedia ®...

  • Page 16: Picture And Sound Settings

    Ò Press to show the selected option menu. † Press navigation key up, down, left, right to adjust the settings in the menu. º Press Option to quit the menu. PHILIPS DEVICE CONTROL DEMO OPTION OPTION • Audio language See section 5.3.5 Adjust sound settings.
  • Page 17 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 5.3.3 Picture settings This section describes how to adjust all picture settings. ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > TV settings > Picture and press navigation key right to enter the list. ®...
  • Page 18 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 5.3.4 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.

  • Page 19: Ambilight

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 • Audio language A list of audio languages for the current programme may be available when digital channels are installed and broadcasted. See also section 5.2.3 Quick access menu. To permanently change the audio language, see section 6 Channel installation.

  • Page 20: Teletext

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 ç Caution To avoid bad infrared remote control reception, place your devices out of sight of Ambilight. TV standby with Ambilight When the TV is in standby, you can switch Ambilight on. In this case Ambilight is only available as constant colour.
  • Page 21 ‡ Press Menu on the remote control and select TV menu > Installation > Preferences > Teletext 2.5 and press navigation key right to enter the list. ® Select on or off. PHILIPS DEVICE CONTROL GUIDE LIST Gr. II to change a setting.

  • Page 22: Create Favourite Channel Lists

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Create favourite channel lists View the All channels list or set up a Favourite list of your own with your preferred TV channels and radio stations. For example, each member of your family can create his or her own favourite list. 5.6.1 Select a favourite list Learn how to select one of the favourite channel...

  • Page 23: Electronic Programme Guide

    • set reminders when programmes will start • set up preferred EPG channels • etc. 5.7.1 Switch on EPG ‡ Press a. PHILIPS DEVICE CONTROL GUIDE DEMO OPTION The following type of EPG appears: ‘Now and Next’ EPG Detailed information about the current programme is shown.

  • Page 24: Timers And Locks

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 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. 5.8.1 Automatically switch to standby Sleeptimer switches the TV to standby after a time. ‡...

  • Page 25: Subtitles

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Lock one or more channels and connected devices ‡ Select Custom lock. ® Press navigation key right to enter. Ò Press navigation key up or down to select Channel lock. † Press navigation key right. º Press navigation key up or down to select the channel(s) you want to lock or unlock.

  • Page 26: View And Play Photos, Mp3

    TV). Watch your pictures as a slideshow or listen to a self made music playlist. rNote Philips can not be held responsible if your memory card or USB device is not supported nor shall Philips accept any liability for damage or loss of stored data.
  • Page 27 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Afrika_2001 Afrika_2001 Kenya.jpg Congo.jpg Victoria.jpg Dakar.jpg Kenya.jpg Cairo.jpg † Press to view the picture or to start a slideshow of the pictures in the album. º Press to pause the slideshow. Press again to restart. ◊Press one of the colour keys on the remote control to perform the corresponding function shown at the bottom of the screen.

  • Page 28: Listen To Digital Radio Channels

    Ò Press Pagina 28 5.12 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.
  • Page 29 † 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. INPUT PHILIPS DEVICE CONTROL DEMO GUIDE...
  • Page 30 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 ◊The TV switches off.The screen stays black for about 10 seconds. Please, wait. ‹The TV switches back on again.The update is done. 5.12.4 Verify the current software version Updating software is only possible if the version of the new available software is different from the current one.You can verify your current software version.

  • Page 31: Channel Installation

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Channel installation The first time you switched on your TV you’ve selected the language of the TV menus and all the 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.

  • Page 32: Manual Channel Installation

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 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.

  • Page 33: Automatic Channel Management

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 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 control and select TV menu > Installation > Channel installation > Rearrange.

  • Page 34: Connections (Dvd, Receiver

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Connections Connection overview AUDIO L/ R EXT 3 EXT 2 EXT 1 COMMON INTERFACE DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED Back connectors EXT1 Scart connector for DVD,VCR, digital receiver, game console, etc. EXT2 Second scart connector. EXT3 Component Video Y Pb Pr and Audio L/R connectors for DVD, digital receiver or game console, etc.

  • Page 35: About Connecting

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 About connecting Learn here how to make the best connection for your device. Six connections are ready to use at the back of the TV - EXT1, EXT2, EXT3, HDMI1 and HDMI2. Connect your device with the highest possible quality connection.
  • Page 36 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 7.2.4 S-Video - Good quality Use a 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 7.2.5 Video - Basic quality Use a Video (cinch) cable together with an Audio L/R (cinch) cable.

  • Page 37: Connect Your Devices

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Connect your devices The connections shown in this section are recommendations for the most used cases. Other solutions may be possible. 7.3.1 DVD player Use a scart cable to connect the device to the EXT1 input at the back of the TV. AUDIO L/ R EXT 3...

  • Page 38: Satellite Receiver

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 7.3.4 DVD Recorder and Home Theatre System Use a scart cable, 2 antenna cables and 1 digital audio (cinch) cable. AUDIO L/ R DIGITAL EXT 3 AUDIO HDMI 1 HDMI 2 AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO 7.3.5 DVD Recorder and DVD Home Theatre System Use 2 scart cables, 2 antenna cables and 1 digital...
  • Page 39 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 7.3.7 HD Digital receiver / HD satellite receiver Use a HDMI cable and 2 antenna cables. AUDIO L/ R EXT 3 HDMI 1 HDMI 2 AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO 7.3.8 DVD-R, Home Theatre System and Digital receiver Use 3 scart cables, 3 antenna cables and 1 audio (cinch) cable.
  • Page 40 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 7.3.10 Game console The most practical connection for a game console is at the side of the TV. More qualitative connections are at the back of the TV. Connected at the side of the TV Use the Video and Audio L/R (cinch) connectors. S-VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO...

  • Page 41: Connections Setup

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Connections setup When all devices have been connected the TV needs to know what connections you have made, which device is connected to which connector. 7.4.1 Digital Audio In (if present) If you use the Digital Audio In connection, assign this connection, in the menu, to the device from where the sound comes from.

  • Page 42: Preparing For Digital Services

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 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.

  • Page 43: Technical Data

    USB, Card reader 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...

  • Page 44: Troubleshooting

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 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 •...
  • Page 45 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.

  • Page 46: 10 Index

    2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 10 Index 100 Hz Clear LCD 17 Active Control 17 Ambilight colour 19 menu / settings 19 modes 19 with TV standby 20 Analogue manual installation 32 TV channels 31 Antenna cable 7 connect 7 with devices 34 Auto format 18 Automatic installation 31 Auto surround 19...
  • Page 47 2661.1 eng 03-07-2007 11:57 Mains cord 8 Menu key 14 Mono 19 Movie expand 18 MPEG artefact reduction 17 Music 27 Mute key 12 Naming devices 41 Noise reduction 17 OK key 12 On timer 24 Perfect Pixel HD 17 Personal Computer connect 40 display resolutions 43...

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