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Philips 29PT9416/58R Instruction Manual Download Page 1

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

Keys on top of the TV

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

PiP - Picture in Picture

22

Teletext

23-24

Connect peripheral equipment

Connecting and selecting equipment

25-28

Remote control functions for peripherals

28-29

Recording

30

Tips

31

Index

31

Glossary

32

Help?
If this instruction manual does not give an answer or if
‘Tips’ do not solve your TV problem, you can call your
Local Philips Customer or Service Centre. See the
supplied World-wide guarantee booklet.
Please, have the Model and Product number which
you can find at the back of your television set or on
the packaging, ready, before calling the Philips helpline.

Model: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Product No: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Summary of Contents for 29PT9416/58R

Page 1: ...ed 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 PiP Picture in Picture 22 Teletext 23 24 Connect peripheral equipment Connecting and selecting equipment 25 28 Remote control functions for peripherals 28 29 Recording 30 Tips 31 Index 31 Glossary 32 Help If this instruction manual does...

Page 2: ... 9 i on screen info p 9 0 previous programme p 9 video recorder function p 9 X bilingual choice sound info p 11 TXT language group selection p 23 EasyLink p 28 INSTANT recording start q picture format p 11 b teletext on off p 23 Ï main menu on off p 12 cursor to select your choice p 4 Installation p 4 V volume up down p 9 sound mute p 9 P programme selection p 9 Peripherals p 28 w selection of EXT...

Page 3: ...tain 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 indicator on the ...

Page 4: ...and press the OK key Use the cursor up down to scroll through the list and to bring up other languages which are not displayed on the screen at present Select Country and press the OK key Select the country where you are now located and press the OK key Use the cursor up down to scroll through the list and bring up other countries which are not displayed on the screen at present Select Other when ...

Page 5: ...rsor 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 activate the searching All TV channels are searched for and stored automatically If a cable system which broadcasts ACI Automatic Channel Installatio...

Page 6: ...ll TV channels are allocated as you like 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 keys Only those TV channels which are in the favourite list will be displayed Non favourite TV channels can still be selected with the digit keys By default all stored channels are added to t...

Page 7: ...Line Select On and after the selection of a TV programme or after pressing the i key on the remote control a TV channel which broadcasts teletext may transmit the name of the TV channel the programme name or another message This is displayed on screen next to information about sound and DNR setting When selected Off only sound and DNR information is displayed after the selection of a TV channel or...

Page 8: ...l 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 In order for NEXTVIEW to function properly the first TV channel from the favourite list should also broadcast the corr...

Page 9: ...der are switched to standby Ò π Video recorder see p 28 O no function æ NEXTVIEW on off see p 17 OK Press this key to activate your choice when in the menus S Freeze To activate de activate the frozen picture or to hold the teletext picture Q Surround mode Press this key repeatedly to select another available surround mode Dolby Pro Logic 3D Surround Dolby 3 Stereo Stereo or Hall i Screen informat...

Page 10: ...ncement green enhancement and blue stretch is switched on with certain Smart Picture selections Press the cursor in the up down direction again to switch off the menu Smart Keys To select predefined picture and sound settings M Smart Sound Each time it is pressed a different sound setting is selected corresponding with specific factory settings of the equalizer a Smart Picture Each time it is pres...

Page 11: ...s 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 currently transmitting a programme of the selected theme appears on the screen ...

Page 12: ...ceable 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 stored for all TV channels Select Factory settings in the Setup menu to restore the predefined factory settings see p 7 Sound menu Surround settings see p 13 14 Graphic equal...

Page 13: ...e finished the adjustment of the speaker levels Surround mode Select the Surround Sound mode according to the sound mode being broadcast 3D Surround optimal with Dolby Surround broadcasting 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 symbol r ...

Page 14: ...he 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 through the avail...

Page 15: ...eakers do not produce any signal Hall The special sound signal is distributed over the rear loudspeakers which creates a hall effect from 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 Dolby Surround or to a mono signal Stereo This mode reproduces only the left and right front sound sign...

Page 16: ...el 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 Select ...

Page 17: ...trol 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 the program...

Page 18: ...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 NEXTVIEW NEXTVIEW menu is...

Page 19: ...rrent 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 programme has been...

Page 20: ... the OK key When Record R is activated Storing appears to indicate the video recorder is programmed When Remind is activated a message will appear on the screen 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...

Page 21: ...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 recorder timers are full the item Record in the menu will not be present Upload video...

Page 22: ...TV channels in the pip screen Press cursor left right to select peripheral equipment connected to EXT 1 2 3 or FRONT Note when teletext is selected cursor up down left right is disabled to select TV channels in the pip screen Setting the PiP position see p 16 Press b to switch pip on and off Press P in order to change the TV channels in the main screen Press c to exchange the picture in the main s...

Page 23: ...der 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 number has been stored in the memory A message appears when you have entered a non existent or incorrect page number Page numbers beginning with 0 or 9...

Page 24: ...not available Enter another page number Enlarge Press h repeatedly to display the upper part the lower part and then to return to the normal page size When the upper part is displayed you can scroll the text line by line using the cursor up down Reveal Press f to reveal conceal the hidden information such as solutions to riddles and puzzles Select Continuous Subtitles TV channels with teletext oft...

Page 25: ...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 EXTERNAL 1 or 2 with ...

Page 26: ...r 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 Men...

Page 27: ...ite There is only one cinch output for both speakers Use a mono to stereo adaptor Note Switch off the TV and the rear loudspeakers before connecting them é Select Rear speakersYes in the Setup menu See p 7 See Surround settings p 14 for the available Surround modes Rear Surround Sound loudspeakers should always be located behind or to either side of the listener at about 1 m above the seated liste...

Page 28: ...CR 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 keys 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 programme selection from...

Page 29: ...rd 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 to stop π to 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 disc increment CD CDR S paus...

Page 30: ... 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 EXTERNAL 1 3 or FRONT ...

Page 31: ...quisition 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 producing environmentally friendly in green focal areas Your new TV contains materials which can be recycled and reused At the end of its...

Page 32: ... 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 display of functions...

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