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Contents

1

English

Your remote control  2

Preparation  3

Installation  4

Store TV channels  4

Select the menu language and country  4

Automatic installation  5

Manual installation  5

Give name  6

Reshuffle the programme list  6

Select favourite TV channels  6

Install TV setup  7-8

EasyLink features are based on the “one touch operation” approach. This
means that a sequence of actions are executed at the same time in both
the television and the video cassette recorder,

provided both are fitted

with the EasyLink function

and connected with the eurocable

supplied with your video recorder.

Installation

Operation

Use of the remote control  9-11

Use of the menus

Picture menu  12

Sound menu  12-15

Features menu  16

NEX

TV

IEW

17-21

Teletext  22-24

The keys on top of the TV  24

Connect peripheral equipment

Connecting and selecting equipment  25-28

Remote control functions for peripherals  29-30

Recording  31

Tips  32

Index  32

Glossary  33

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Page 1: ...ence of actions are executed at the same time in both the television and the video cassette recorder provided both are fitted with the EasyLink function and connected with the eurocable supplied with your video recorder Installation Operation Use of the remote control 9 11 Use of the menus Picture menu 12 Sound menu 12 15 Features menu 16 NEXTVIEW 17 21 Teletext 22 24 The keys on top of the TV 24 ...

Page 2: ...obe B switch to standby p 9 i on screen info p 9 0 previous programme p 9 video recorder DVD function p 9 X bilingual choice sound info p 11 TXT language group selection p 22 EasyLink p 11 INSTANT recording q picture format p 11 b teletext on off p 22 Ï main menu on off p 9 cursor to select your choice p 12 Installation p 4 V volume up down p 9 sound mute p 9 P programme selection p 9 Peripherals ...

Page 3: ...upplied do not contain the heavy metals mercury and cadmium Nevertheless in many countries exhausted batteries may not be disposed of with your household waste Please check on how to dispose of exhausted batteries according to local regulations Note this remote control functions with TVs which use the RC6 signalling standard Switch the TV on Press the power switch A on the front of your TV A green...

Page 4: ... down to scroll through the list and bring up other countries which are not displayed on the screen at present Select Other when none of the countries applies You can now search for and store the TV channels in two different ways using automatic installation or manual installation tuning in channel by channel Select your choice and press the OK key Select the menu language and country Menu languag...

Page 5: ...ency with the cursor left right To store your TV channel select Store and press the OK key Repeat steps to to store another TV channel To exit from the menu press the Ï key on the remote control In the Automatic installation menu select Start and press the OK key to start the search All TV channels are searched for and stored automatically If a cable system which broadcasts ACI Automatic Channel I...

Page 6: ... with Press the OK key Repeat the operation until all TV channels are in your preferred positions Press the Ï key to return to the INSTALLATION menu Reshuffle the programme list After leaving the installation you can browse through the TV channels by pressing the P key Only those TV channels which are set as favourites will be displayed Non favourite TV channels can still be selected with the digi...

Page 7: ...lt with the cursor up down Keep the cursor left right pressed to adjust the rotation of the picture Information line When On is selected if the i key on the remote control is pressed or the channel is changed any programme name broadcast is displayed on the screen next to the information about sound picture format and DNR When Off is selected only sound picture format and DNR information is displa...

Page 8: ...nel stored in the favourite list as NEXTVIEW provider the selected TV channel will provide NEXTVIEW data and additional information of its own broadcasts as well as from other non selected TV channels Normally you will select the NEXTVIEW provider that transmits most information in your language You can make the best selection via information from TV announcements or from the newspapers Important ...

Page 9: ... seconds both the TV and video recorder are switched to standby Ò π Video recorder see p 29 æ NEXTVIEW on off see p 17 OK Press this key to activate your choice when in the menus S Freeze To freeze unfreeze the picture and when in teletext to hold a teletext page Q Surround mode Press this key repeatedly to select another available surround mode Dolby Pro Logic 3D Surround Dolby 3 Stereo Stereo or...

Page 10: ...een The TV screen is divided into 2 parts the left side for the normal main picture the right side for teletext broadcast by the selected TV channel or for NEXTVIEW Teletext Guide To operate NEXTVIEW Teletext Guide see p 17 To operate teletext see p 22 If Dual Screen is Off the picture teletext or NEXTVIEW Teletext Guide are displayed full screen é Press the q key under the door of the remote cont...

Page 11: ...els by theme If programmes in the TV guide of NEXTVIEW have defined themes it is possible to quickly select TV programmes with the coloured keys Press the red green yellow or blue key to select one of the four predefined theme categories MOVIES SPORTS CHILDREN NEWS The TV switches to the first TV channel broadcasting a programme of the selected theme At the same time a list of all the TV channels ...

Page 12: ...Digital options is not present first select a 4 3 picture format with the q key Dynamic Contrast To make the contrast in the darker and the brighter picture areas more noticeable select the Med setting In certain circumstances it may be preferred to select Min Max or Off The modified adjustments for Contrast Brightness Colour Sharpness Tint Digital options and Dynamic Contrast are automatically st...

Page 13: ... OK key when you have finished the adjustment of the speaker levels Surround mode Select the Surround Sound mode according to the sound mode being broadcast 3D Surround with Dolby Surround broadcasts 3D Surround enables you to experience the effect of Dolby Surround Pro Logic without the need of having rear speakers connected The graphical representation of the rear loudspeakers is replaced by the...

Page 14: ...d the level of the 3D effect can be adjusted With two extra rear surround loudspeakers connected The menu item Test which only appears in Dolby 3 Stereo 3D Surround mode or Pro Logic enables you to have a reference of the internal and the rear loudspeakers loudness Select Dolby 3 Stereo 3D Surround or Pro Logic é Select Test start and press the OK key A steady noise tone is switched sequentially t...

Page 15: ...y signal and there is no rear 3D effect Hall The sound source is distributed over the rear loudspeakers which creates a hall effect at the rear The centre loudspeaker does not reproduce any signal This mode is recommended when you wish to add surround sound to a broadcast which is not encoded in Dolby Surround or to a mono signal Stereo This mode only reproduces the left and right front sound sign...

Page 16: ...nnel In this way you can prevent unauthorised use of your TV If the message Child lock On appears the child lock must be switched off before you can use the P and keys on top of the TV to select a TV channel Subtitle TV channels with teletext often transmit certain programmes with subtitling See Teletext Continuous Subtitles p 24 how to select the proper subtitle page from the teletext index Selec...

Page 17: ...emote control to display cancel the Teletext Guide NEXTVIEW menu é Use the cursor in the up down left right directions to select the date DAY for the daily guide and the time block in steps of 15 minutes CHANNEL for the channel guide THEME for the theme guide OVERVIEW for an overview of all the programmes which are marked as reminders or for recording the programme guide page number or to enter th...

Page 18: ... press one of the function keys e g Record or Remind See Basic functions further on The Info item is enabled if the selected programme contains a page number with an optional subcode referring to a page with more info about the programme NEXTVIEW modes to sort and represent information Menu If in the Setup menu see p 8 you have selected a TV channel as NEXTVIEW provider which also supports NEXTVIE...

Page 19: ...tem will be the current or next programme on the current TV channel The THEME selection is only present if programmes in the TV guide have defined themes Overview The Overview menu provides a list of programmes that are marked as reminders and those that have to be recorded When more than one programme to be recorded has an overlap in time these programmes will be marked by a red colour After the ...

Page 20: ...When Record R is activated Storing is displayed to indicate the video recorder is programmed When Remind is activated a message will be displayed the moment the tagged programme with starts when watching the TV later on the TV switches on the moment the tagged programme with starts when the TV is in standby Note Recordings and reminders are not possible when the broadcaster does not transmit dates...

Page 21: ...IEW The Record item and the automatic recording will only be present and possible if your video recorder is equipped with NEXTVIEWLink Your video recorder should be connected to EXTERNAL 2 See Connect Peripheral Equipment p 25 The daily weekly and series options the number of recordings set and the way overlapping recordings are managed depend on the type of video recorder you have When all video ...

Page 22: ... not correspond with the characters used in your language press the X key under the door of the remote control repeatedly to select Language group 1 or 2 Select a Teletext page With the digit keys Enter the desired page number with the digit keys The page counter seeks the page or the page appears immediately when the page has been previously stored in the memory A message appears when you have en...

Page 23: ...ct with the cursor left right the previous or the following subpage With the U key Enter the subpage number yourself Press U Enter the desired subpage with the digit keys e g 3 for the third page of seven subpages The TV searches for the selected subpage Automatically rotating subpages Press U again to cancel the entered digit key for the subpage Now the subpages rotate automatically Press U again...

Page 24: ...l if subtitles are in the transmission Select Subtitle On or Off in the Features menu see p 16 The subtitle symbol j appears when Subtitle On is selected Remark you are in teletext mode so only teletext functions are available Should your remote control be lost or broken you can still change some of the basic picture settings with the keys on top of the TV Press the M key repeatedly to select Volu...

Page 25: ...ramme number 0 or between 90 and 99 Replace the aerial cable in the aerial socket x of your video recorder after you have stored the test signal Decoder and video recorder Connect a eurocable 4 to your decoder and to the special euroconnector of your video recorder See also the video recorder handbook See Define Decoder Descrambler prog numbers p 7 You can also connect your decoder directly to EXT...

Page 26: ... FRONT in case you connected to the right side of the TV Press the Ï key to switch off all menus Note the low quality of some digital picture material may be the cause of digital image distortion In this case select Eco under the SMART PICTURE a key on the remote control as this setting is intended to improve distorted picture quality Digital equipment DVD digital satellite tuner INSTALLATION Menu...

Page 27: ...ut 1 m above the seated listener s head Adjust the volume of the rear loudspeakers You can use the Test tone function in the Surround settings menu see p 13 as a reference to set the volume level of the separate loudspeakers Note Once you have adjusted the volume of the rear loudspeakers do not change it while watching TV the volume level of all the speakers is changed with the volume control of t...

Page 28: ...ion in the Surround Settings menu see p 13 to have a reference of the loudness of the separate loudspeakers Note Once you have adjusted the volume of the amplifier do not change it while watching TV the volume level of all the speakers is changed with the volume control of the TV Dolby Pro Logic Surround amplifier Connect the Dolby Pro Logic Surround amplifier to the AUDIO L and R at the back of y...

Page 29: ...f your TV Press the VCR DVD SAT TUNER CD TAPE or CDR key according to the equipment you want to operate with this remote control See Use of the remote control p 9 Video recorder Press one of the video recorder keys after you pressed the VCR key for record Ò for rewind for stop π for play for fast forward for selecting 1 or 2 digit programme numbers from the video recorder P for sequential programm...

Page 30: ...Tuner CD Tape and CDR keys Press one of the following keys after you have pressed the TUNER CD TAPE or CDR key Ï to switch the menu on or off tuner 0 to select a frequency tuner to record Ò to search down tuner rewind CD tape speed down CDR stop π play to search up tuner forward CD tape speed up CDR b RDS display tuner info on screen CD CDR æ RDS news TA tuner select following disc CD CDR S pause ...

Page 31: ...ng displayed on the TV screen Press the INSTANT record key under the door of the remote control The video recorder switches on from standby and a message of what is being recorded appears on the screen The video recorder starts recording the programme you are watching Switching programme numbers on your TV does not disturb recording When recording a programme from a peripheral connected to EXTERNA...

Page 32: ...he menu NEXTVIEW No information See Acquisition and updating of NEXTVIEW information p 21 No solution Switch your TV off and then on again once Never attempt to repair a defective TV yourself Check with your dealer or call aTV technician End of life directives Philips is paying a lot of attention to produce environmentally friendly in green focal areas Your new TV contains materials which can be r...

Page 33: ... Easy Link Digital intelligent ESI bus system between TV and VCR Scart connection required Turns source selection and control into a one button operation EasyText Teletext memory that automatically memorises Teletext pages and gives you instant access to them Euroconnector A 21 pin connector system enabling you to simply connect various types of audio video and computer equipment Menu On screen di...

Page 34: ...ed on the type plate on the rear panel of the TV If the mains voltage is different consult your dealer Important This apparatus is fitted with an approved moulded 13 Amp plug To change a fuse in this type of plug proceed as follows 1 Remove fuse cover and fuse 2 Fit new fuse which should be a BS1362 5A A S T A or BSI approved type 3 Refit the fuse cover In order to maintain conformity to the EMC d...

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