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The “exclamation point” calls attention to features for which you should read the

enclosed literature closely to prevent operating and maintenance problems.

WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIP-
MENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE.

CAUTION: To prevent electric shock, match wide blade of plug to wide slot, and fully insert.

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INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

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Page 1: ...Philips Representatives can help you get the most from your new product by explaining Hookups First Time Setup and Feature Operation Do not attempt to return this product to the store For fast help call us first 1 800 531 0039 Thank you for making Philips a part of your home Important Return your Warranty Registration Card within 10 days See why inside 3121 235 20422 Model No Serial No ...

Page 2: ... shock For the safety of everyone in your household please do not remove product cov ering s The exclamation point calls attention to features for which you should read the enclosed literature closely to prevent operating and maintenance problems WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIP MENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION To prevent electric shock match wide blade of plug to w...

Page 3: ...ave fallen or liquid has been spilled into the appli ance or C The appliance has been exposed to rain or D The appliance does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance or E The appliance has been dropped or the enclosure damaged 17 Tilt Stability All televisions must comply with recommended international global safety standards for tilt and stability properties of i...

Page 4: ...IN OR EXCESSIVE MOISTURE Color TV Color TV CONTENTS Your Cable TV input into your home may be a single 75 ohm cable or a converter box installation In either case the con nection to the TV is very easy Follow the steps below to connect your cable signal to your new television If your cable signal comes directly from a round 75Ω coaxial cable use the following steps 1 Connect the open end of the ro...

Page 5: ...receivers Onscreen Menu shows helpful messages and instructions for setting TV feature controls can be viewed in English French or Spanish Sleep Timer automatically turns the TV OFF after a set amount of time that you choose Standard Broadcast VHF UHF or Cable TV CATV chan nel capability allows for viewing by antenna or cable Stereo capability including a built in audio amplifier and twin speaker ...

Page 6: ...cable connects signals from an antenna or a cable TV company to the antenna jack on the back of the TV Coaxial cables use F connectors A two way signal splitter enables you to take a single antenna or cable TV signal and supply it to two differ ent inputs A 300 to 75 ohm twin lead adapter accepts the antenna cables called twin lead wires from an antenna allowing you to connect the antenna signal t...

Page 7: ...e AUDIO red and white cables to the AUDIO left and right OUT jacks on the rear of the VCR 5 Turn the VCR accessory device and the TV ON 6 Press the AV button on the remote control to select the AV channel AV will appear in the upper left corner on the TV screen 7 With the VCR or accessory device ON and a prerecorded tape CD DVD etc inserted press the PLAY button to view the tape on the television ...

Page 8: ... to scroll the available channels until CVI appears in the upper left cor ner of the TV screen 5 Insert a DVD disc into the DVD player and press the PLAY button on the DVD Player 75 L AUDIO R AV out CVI AV in VOL S VIDEO OUT OUT OUT L R AUDIO VIDEO COMP VIDEO Y Pb Pr CVI 2 1 3 5 4 4 USING THE CVI COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT JACKS The description for the component video connectors may differ depending on...

Page 9: ...ur watching it 3 Connect one end of the yellow Video Cable to the AV out VIDEO plug Connect the other end to the VIDEO IN plug on the second VCR 4 Connect one end of the red and white Audio cable from the AV out AUDIO L and R plugs on the TV to the AUDIO IN plugs on the VCR 5 Turn the Second VCR ON insert a black VHS tape and it s ready to record what s being viewed on the TV screen USING THE AV O...

Page 10: ...he TINT and COLOR TEMP 5 Press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the screen ADJUSTING THE PICTURE CONTROLS Remember when the bar scale is centered the control settings are at normal mid range levels Picture adjust ments are described here NOTE The SHARPNESS and TINT Controls will not be available for adjust ments when tuned to the CVI Inputs CVI Channel BRIGHTNESS adds or subtracts li...

Page 11: ...the PICTURE menu fea tures 4 Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to scroll the Picture menu features until the word DNR is highlighted 5 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button turn the DNR feature ON or OFF 6 When finished press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the TV s screen HOW TO USE THE DNR DIGITAL NOISE REDUCTION CONTROL VOL 1 6 3 5 2 4 2 4 Noise Reduction is a video adjustment fe...

Page 12: ...SOR DOWN button until the word PIC TURE is highlighted 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to display the PICTURE menu fea tures 4 Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to scroll the Picture menu features until the word CON TRAST is highlighted 5 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button turn the CONTRAST feature ON or OFF 6 When finished press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the TV s screen HO...

Page 13: ...ed 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to display the SOUND menu features 4 Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to scroll the Sound menu features until the words TRE BLE BASS or BALANCE are high lighted 5 Press the CURSOR RIGHT or LEFT button to adjust the Treble Bass or Balance controls 6 When finished press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the TV s screen ADJUSTING THE TREBLE BAS...

Page 14: ...ollow these steps 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button once to highlight SOUND 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to the left TREBLE will be highlighted and an adjustment bar will be shown to the right 4 Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until AVL is highlighted 5 Press the CURSOR RIGHT or CUR SOR LEFT but...

Page 15: ...Surround 5 Press the CURSOR RIGHT or CUR SOR LEFT button to toggle the INCR SURROUND control settings If signal is Stereo Select STEREO INCR SURROUND or DOLBY VIRTUAL If signal is MONO Select MONO or SPATIAL 6 Press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the screen HOW TO USE THE INCREDIBLE SURROUND CONTROL VOL 1 6 5 2 4 3 5 If the TV signal is being received from a mono source pressing th...

Page 16: ...iginal channel SAP will be OFF You will have to reselect the SAP feature 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to display the on screen menu 2 Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button until the word SOUND is highlighted 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to display the SOUND menu features 4 Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to scroll the Sound menu features until the word SAP is highlighted ...

Page 17: ...u will shift to the left TREBLE will be highlighted and an adjustment bar will be shown to the right 4 Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until STEREO is highlight ed 5 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to select STEREO or MONO 6 Press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the screen SETTING THE TV TO RECEIVE STEREO PROGRAMMING VOL 1 6 3 5 2 4 Remember if stereo is not present on a selec...

Page 18: ...n to move to the AM PM area and use the Cursor Left and Right buttons to toggle AM or PM START TIME Use the Numbered but tons to enter a start up time for the TV to turn on or tune a specific channel STOP TIME Use the Numbered but tons to enter a time for the TV to shut itself off CHANNEL Use the Numbered buttons or the CH or buttons to select a spe cific channel for the TV to tune to at the speci...

Page 19: ...ts may find unsuit able for younger children This type of pro gramming contains one or more of the follow ing Moderate violence V some sexual situa tions S infrequent coarse language L or some suggestive dialogue D TV 14 Parents Strongly Cautioned This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age This type of programming contains one or ...

Page 20: ...creen and you will need to enter 0 7 1 1 again 7 The screen will ask you to enter a New Code Enter a new 4 digit code using the NUMBERED buttons The screen will then ask you to CONFIRM the code you just entered Enter your new code again XXXX will appear when you enter your new code and then display the AutoLock menu options Proceed to the next page to learn more SETTING UP AN AUTOLOCK ACCESS CODE ...

Page 21: ...S are highlighted 9 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to turn blocking ON or OFF for that channel When ON is selected the channel will be blocked Press the CH or button to select other channels you wish to block Repeat step 9 to block the new chan nel HOW TO BLOCK CHANNELS USING AUTOLOCK VOL 3 5 8 2 1 7 10 1 4 6 9 3 5 8 Remember that 0711 is the default AutoLockTM code If your access code has been cha...

Page 22: ...oLock menu options will be displayed 7 Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN buttons until the words CLEAR ALL are highlighted 8 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to clear all blocked channels The Clear All option will read Cleared 9 When finished press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the TV s screen HOW TO CLEAR ALL BLOCKED CHANNELS USING AUTOLOCK VOL 2 4 7 9 1 2 4 7 3 5 8 6 If you tune to a spe...

Page 23: ...de num ber XXXX shows on the Access Code display as you press the NUM BERED buttons AutoLock menu options will be displayed 7 Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN buttons until the words BLOCK ALL are highlighted 8 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to turn Block All ON or OFF When ON is selected ALL available channels will be blocked 9 When finished press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the scre...

Page 24: ... display the MOVIE RATINGS options G PG PG 13 R NC17 or X 9 Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN button to highlight any of the Movie Ratings options When highlighted all these options can be turned ON which will allow blocking or OFF which will allow viewing Use the CURSOR RIGHT button on the remote to turn the rating option ON or OFF HOW TO BLOCK PROGRAMMING BASED ON MOVIE RATINGS VOL 2 4 7 9 1 6 3 5 8 1...

Page 25: ... desired rating 4 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button on the remote to turn the TV Y or TV G rating ON or OFF Or press the CUR SOR RIGHT button to enter the sub menus for the TV Y7 TV PG TV 14 or TV MA ratings 5 If the TV Y7 TV PG TV 14 or TV MA sub menu is accessed press the CUR SOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to select one of the options Block All V S L D or FV 6 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button on the remo...

Page 26: ...are highlighted 8 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to display the Blocking Options BLOCKING UNRATED or NO RATING menu 9 Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN buttons to highlight the desired fea ture When highlighted each feature can be turned ON or OFF using the CUR SOR RIGHT or LEFT buttons on the remote USING THE AUTOLOCK BLOCKING OPTIONS VOL 2 4 7 9 1 10 3 5 8 10 6 2 4 7 9 10 BLOCKING OPTIONS BLOCKING This...

Page 27: ...o gram is broadcasting CC information 3 When finished press the STATUS EXIT button to remove the menu from the TV s screen or let the option time out and disappear from the TV screen HOW TO USE THE CLOSED CAPTIONING CONTROL CCOff CC1 CC2 CCMute VOL 1 2 1 Not all TV programs and product com mercials are made with Closed Caption CC information included Neither are all Closed Caption modes CC 1 or CC...

Page 28: ... SLEEP timer onscreen display will appear in the upper part of the screen 2 Within five seconds press the SLEEP button repeatedly to pick the amount of time 15 minute increments up to 60 minutes then 30 minute increments up to 90 minutes then 60 minute increments up to 240 minutes before the TV will turn itself off An onscreen countdown will appear during the last minute before the TV shuts itself...

Page 29: ...een menu 1 Press the AUTO PICTURE button on the remote control The current AutoPictureTM setting will appear in the middle of the screen 2 Press the AUTO PICTURE button repeatedly to select either PERSON AL MOVIES SPORTS WEAK SIG NAL or MULTIMEDIA picture set tings Note The PERSONAL setting is the setting that you setup using the PICTURE options within the on screen menu This is the only Auto Pict...

Page 30: ... Press the AUTO SOUND button on the remote control The current AutoSoundTM setting will appear in the middle of the screen 2 Press the AUTO SOUND button repeatedly to toggle among the four settings PERSONAL VOICE MUSIC or THEATRE Note Only the PERSONAL control can be changed by the viewer This changes the set tings in the main on screen menu s sound con trols THEATRE Preset sound options for watch...

Page 31: ...r Blue button to add the channel to that button s Surf list Up to ten channels per button can be stored Repeat steps 1 through 3 to add additional channels up to 10 to each of the the SURF lists To remove a channel from one of the SURF lists 4 Press the COLORED Quadra Surf button until the desired channel appears The screen will display the channel number with a colored Smiley face to indicate the...

Page 32: ...e with the first programmed channel for that surf list 2 While the colored smiley face still appears on the screen press the same COLORED button on the remote to tune the second channel programmed for that specific surf list 3 Repeatedly pressing the same COL ORED button while the smiley face appears will tune all the programmed channels for that specific surf list After the last channel is tuned ...

Page 33: ...empting to hook up auxiliary equipment check the audio jack connections located on the front of the TV Remote Does Not Work Check the batteries If necessary replace them with AA Heavy Duty Zinc Chloride or Alkaline batteries Remote Does Not Work Continued Clean the remote control and the remote control sensor win dow on the TV Check the TV power cord Unplug the TV wait 10 seconds then reinsert the...

Page 34: ... uneven aging of the picture tube Stock market tickers presented at the bottom of the TV screen Shopping channel logos and pricing displays bright and shown constantly or repeatedly in the same location on the TV screen PLACEMENT OF THE TV To avoid cabinet warping cabinet color changes and increased chance of set failure do not place the TV where temperatures can become excessively hot for example...

Page 35: ...or Surround False acoustic management of the audio signal that produces a dramatic expansion of the wall of sound that surrounds the listener and heightens overall viewing pleasure Menu An onscreen list of feature controls available for you to adjust or set Onscreen Displays OSD The wording or messages generat ed by the television or VCR to help you with specific feature controls color adjustment ...

Page 36: ...ntrol 12 Contrast Control 14 DNR Noise Reduction Control 13 Feature Highlights 5 Glossary of Terms 36 Incr edible Surround Control 17 Index 37 Jack Panel Input Output Connections Audio Video Cables 6 AV1 Input Jacks 7 AV2 Input Jacks 8 CVI Component Video Input Jacks 9 Jack Panel Descriptions 6 Monitor Output Jacks 11 S Video Input Jacks 10 Picture Control 12 Registration of TV Information 2 Safet...

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