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Installation

Teletext level 2.5

Some broadcasters offer the opportunity to see more colours, other
background colours and nicer pictures in the teletext pages.

Select

Teletext level 2.5

with the cursor down.

Press the cursor right to select

Teletext level 2.5 On

to take advantage of

this feature.

“

Press the cursor right again to select

Teletext level 2.5 Off

if you like the

more neutral teletext layout.
The selection made is valid for all channels which broadcast teletext.

Note: It may take a few seconds before teletext broadcast switches over to

Teletext level 2.5.

Centre mode

When you have connected a multi channel audio receiver to the receiver box
(see Connect peripheral equipment, p. 26) and you have selected

Centre

mode On

, the loudspeakers of the monitor will act as centre speaker, making

a separate centre speaker unnecessary.

Source

This menu allows you to select the peripheral you connected to one of the
external inputs.

Select

Source

with the cursor right.

Press the cursor down to select one of the external inputs.

“

Press the cursor right to enter the list of types of peripherals attached to the
selected input.

‘

Select the peripheral device with the cursor up/down.

Once you have selected the source, e.g.VCR, this source will automatically be
selected when your remote control is in VCR mode, see p. 10, and you press
the

key on the remote control.

Decoder

If a decoder or a descrambler is connected, see p. 24, you can define one or
more programme numbers as decoder programme numbers.

Select

Decoder

with the cursor right.

Select

Programme

with the cursor down.

“

Select the programme number under which you have stored the programme
coming from your decoder.

‘

Select

Status

• Select the input used to connect your decoder:

None

EXT1

EXT2

• Select

None

if you do not want the selected programme number being

activated as a decoder programme number.

General

Teletext level 2.5

Setup

On / Off

General

Centre mode

Setup

Source

EXT1

EXT2

EXT3

EXT4

EXT5

Front

Setup

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Summary of Contents for 42PF9955

Page 1: ...FlatTV FlatTV ...

Page 2: ...OR OUT L L R R L R Pr Pb Y CABLE 1 4 AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO MAINS RS232 DVI D Y C S VHS L R L R AUDIO IN AUDIO IN G Y Y CVBS B Pb Cb R Pr Cr V H AUDIO IN R VGA 1 VGA 2 RC OUT AV2 AV1 AV3 L AUDIO VGA 1 VGA 2 DVI D 2 3 DVI D Y C S VHS G Y Y CVBS B Pb Cb R Pr Cr V H VIDEO 2 AV2 VIDEO 1 AV1 VIDEO 3 AV3 2 MAINS INLET 3 MAINS RS232 VGA 1 VGA 2 RC OUT CVBS 1 CVBS 2 Y C VGA R Cr Pr Y Cb Pb Cr Pr DVD HD1 RGB DV...

Page 3: ...ultipip FTR 9964 only 19 Teletext Guide 20 Teletext 21 23 Connect Peripheral Equipment Connecting and selecting equipment 24 27 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 ...

Page 4: ...tch to standby p 10 i Screen information p 10 0 Smart surf key p 11 Video recorder function p 28 b Teletext on off p 21 Ï Main menu on off p 4 Cursor to select your choice V Volume Up Down p 10 Sound mute p 10 P Programme selection p 10 w Peripherals p 27 Source selection of EXT1 EXT2 EXT3 EXT4 EXT5 FRONT VGA or TV channels Mode keys p 10 TV VCR DVD SAT TAPE CD TUNER or CDR selection Colour keys d...

Page 5: ...and or Cinema Link video recorder and or DVD player see the separate supplied instruction manual In order to obtain the best result please use only the supplied antenna cables between the receiver box and videorecorder and between videorecorder and antenna connector Insert the mains cord supplied 3 into the MAINS at the back of the monitor and the mains cord 4 at the back of the receiver Put both ...

Page 6: ...t the control you want to select or to adjust For instance see Picture menu Press the MENU Ï key again to turn off the main menu The menu system Pipes balls and a puck The hierarchy of menus and controls is represented by an animated visual mechanism of pipes balls and a puck The animated mechanism constantly shows the current whereabouts and continually expands the view of the immediate neighbour...

Page 7: ...ferent ways using Automatic Installation or Manual Installation tuning in channel by channel Select your choice with the cursor right After the new or extra TV channels have been stored the TV automatically transfers those TV channels to the video recorder if it is equipped with the EasyLink function The message EasyLink downloading appears on the screen The programme list of the video recorder is...

Page 8: ...nel passed by Press the cursor right A keyboard appears on the screen Press the cursor right to enter the keyboard Press the cursor up down left right to select the first character and press OK Repeat for every character you want to enter Select Space to enter a space Delete to erase the highlighted character in the name entered Shift to display upper or undercast characters on the keyboard Specia...

Page 9: ...or Small PIP with the cursor down When Dual screen mode is activated with the remote control b key and when Dual screen is selected the TV splits the screen into two equally sized screens PIP is selected the TV shows a full screen of video with a pip window of video on top if it Multipip format FTR 9964 only This menu allows you to select the preferred format which can then be displayed toggling t...

Page 10: ...gramme title When selected No the programme title will only appear after pressing the i key and not after the selection of a TV channel Set Change code The Child lock feature see TV Features p 16 allows you to lock channels to prevent children from watching certain programmes To watch locked channels you need to enter an access code The Set Change code menu item allows you to create or change a Pe...

Page 11: ...pheral you connected to one of the external inputs Select Source with the cursor right é Press the cursor down to select one of the external inputs Press the cursor right to enter the list of types of peripherals attached to the selected input Select the peripheral device with the cursor up down Once you have selected the source e g VCR this source will automatically be selected when your remote c...

Page 12: ...oth the TV and video recorder are switched to standby b Dual screen PIP on off FTR 9964 only See Setup General menu p 7 and Dual screen PIP p 18 S Freeze Press the S key to activate de activate a frozen picture S Freeze format on off FTR 9964 only This function is not available with a VGA source See Setup menu General Freeze format p 8 where you can select among three modes to be displayed when th...

Page 13: ...icture format Auto format Super zoom 4 3 Movie Expand 14 9 Movie Expand 16 9 Subtitle zoom Wide screen Auto format makes the picture fill the screen as much as possible In case of subtitles in the bottom black bar Auto format makes the subtitles visible In case of a broadcaster logo in the corner of the top black bar the logo disappears from the screen Super zoom removes the black bars on the side...

Page 14: ...select predefined picture and sound settings Note The Smart keys are disabled when a VGA source is being displayed M Sound Each time it is pressed a different sound setting is selected corresponding with specific factory setting of bass and treble a Picture Each time it is pressed a different picture setting is selected corresponding with specific factory settings of Contrast Colour Sharpness Colo...

Page 15: ...rol allows you to adjust the edge definition of a picture Tint This control allows you to select the colour temperature of the picture Normal Warm or Cool Digital natural motion Line doubling eliminates line flicker motion compensation reduces jitter and offers smooth yet sharp motion reproduction in movie broadcasts Select On or Off to really see the difference in picture quality Dynamic Contrast...

Page 16: ...rsor up down and adjust the settings with the cursor left right Remember control settings are at normal mid range levels when the bar scale is centered Note In case of a Cinema Link configuration and the Cinema Link is activated the menu functions Surround mode Night mode and Audio only of the Sound menu are steered by the audio receiver instead of by the receiver box See the separate Cinema Link ...

Page 17: ...n a selected programme and the TV is placed in Stereo mode the sound coming from the set will remain monaural Your selection is stored per TV channel Nicam Analogue Only selectable in case of Nicam transmission Select Nicam or Analogue if the TV channel transmits digital sound In case of weak digital sound signals due to the transmission select Analogue Your selection is stored per TV channel Nigh...

Page 18: ...l automatically be displayed on the selected TV channels if subtitles are in the transmission A symbol will indicate that the mode is on Select On during mute when you want to have the subtitles automatically been displayed when the sound has been temporarily interrupted with the key on the remote control Child lock The Child lock feature allows you to lock TV channels and externals to prevent chi...

Page 19: ... to enter the channel list Select the TV channel or external you want your TV to switch to on a selected time and day Not possible with a VGA source Press the cursor right again to select a day of the week or to select Daily Press the cursor right once again to enter the time è Enter the time with the digit keys or with the cursor up down Press the OK key to activate ç Press the MENU Ï key to turn...

Page 20: ...ternal sources in the highlighted screen Making the PIP screen movable Select a PIP format é Highlight the PIP picture with the cursor left right Press the OK key to make the PIP screen movable The PIP screen can now be moved This is made visible with a blue border around the PIP screen Press the cursor up down left right to move the PIP screen in the direction of the cursor press Press the OK key...

Page 21: ...ng the P or the 0 key or the digit keys changes the channel or source for the currently highlighted screen Note channels cannot be added or deleted from the Smart surf list when Multipip is activated Press the c key to swap the highlighted screen and the main screen With PIP 3 and PIP 8 press the cursor up down to display a following series of PIP screen With PIP 12 highlight the PIP picture in th...

Page 22: ...Press one of the grey red green yellow or blue keys to activate a Teletext Guide function The keys appear in grey if the function is not available Review this menu provides a list of programmes that are marked as reminders those that have to be recorded and those that are locked This menu can be used to change or remove marked programmes Record to programme the recording of the video recorder if i...

Page 23: ...etext broadcast by the selected TV channel Press the b key to return to a full screen picture or press the b key to return to a full teletext picture Quickly run through the teletext pages Press the cursor up down or the P key to run through the previous or the following pages Select the previously selected teletext page Press the 0 key Note Only possible when teletext pages are active not when th...

Page 24: ...ory list on the right Whether upper or lowercase is used has no influence Searching for numbers is not possible é Select Search and press OK again The message Searching appears When the word is found it is highlighted in the teletext page To continue the search press the OK key twice When a word is not found a message appears To search for a new word select Keyboard and press OK Select the new wor...

Page 25: ...e the cursor up down left right to select the word or number you want to search for Press the OK key to confirm A message appears at the bottom of the screen to indicate that the searching is going on or that the word or page is not found Press the cursor right to leave hypertext Select Continuous Subtitles TV channels with teletext often transmit programmes with subtitling For each TV channel you...

Page 26: ...ith the EasyLink function the eurocable supplied with it should be connected to EXTERNAL 2 to benefit of the EasyLink function Only if you do not connect the eurocable 3 you have to do the following Search for and store the test signal of the video recorder Unplug the aerial cable 1 from the aerial socket x of your video recorder é Switch on your TV and put the video recorder on the test signal Se...

Page 27: ... VHS quality with an S VHS Hi 8 or Digital camcorder is obtained by connecting the S VHS cables with the S VHS input 3 instead of VIDEO IN 2 and AUDIO inputs 1 Camera camcorder S VH S VID EO IN A U D IO L R 1 2 3 Video recorder and other peripherals EXTERNAL 2 1 VCR 1 CABLE 1 5 2 4 3 Connect the aerial cables 1 2 and 3 as shown opposite Better picture quality can be obtained if you also connect eu...

Page 28: ...eiver See the separate supplied instruction manual with your monitor Connect your computer AUDIO OUT L R 1 2 CENTRE Insert the plug into the headphone socket L behind the door at the front side of the receiver Press the centre of the door to open é Press to switch off the internal loudspeakers of the TV The headphone impedance must be between 8 and 2000 Ohm The headphone socket has a 3 5 mm jack I...

Page 29: ...nt to watch with the digit keys To select connected equipment Only available when a VGA source has been connected and activated See also the separate supplied instruction manual with your monitor Select VGA with the w key and press the OK key to confirm é Press the MENU Ï key to switch on the VGA menu Select one of the menus with the cursor left right Select one of the menu items with the cursor u...

Page 30: ...st of the audio and video equipment from our range of products can be operated with the remote control of 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 10 Video recorder without EasyLink Press one of the video recorder keys after you pressed the VCR key for record Ò for rewind for stop ...

Page 31: ...ng 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 æ RDS news TA tuner select following disc CD CDR S pause CD CDR tape b RDS display tuner info on screen CD CDR P next previous CD Q surround modes CD ...

Page 32: ... being displayed on the TV screen Press the INSTANT record key under the door of the remote control of the TV or of the video recorder or the record key on the video recorder 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 é Press the key to stop the recording Do not switch ...

Page 33: ...an End of life directives We are paying a lot of attention to using environmentally friendly production methods Your new flat colour television contains materials which can be recycled and reused At the end of life specialised companies can dismantle the discarded flat colour television to concentrate the reusable materials and to minimise the amount of materials to be disposed of Please ensure yo...

Page 34: ...CR Scart connection required Turns source selection and control into a one key operation EasyText Teletext memory that automatically memorises Teletext pages and gives you instant access to them Euroconnector A 21 pins connector system enabling you to simply connect various types of audio video and computer equipment Menu On screen display of functions and facilities in a well organised survey NTS...

Page 35: ......

Page 36: ... DIGITAL IN DIGITAL AUDIO OUT EXT 2 DVD Recorder 2 EXTERNAL 1 4 2 3 CENTRE OUT CENTRE DIGITAL IN AUDIO RECEIVER BOX CENTRE TV IN VCR IN CINEMA LINK EXT 5 EXT 1 VGA EXT 4 EXT 3 CINEMA LINK Y Pb Pr R L AUDIO NO FUNCTION R L AUDIO OUT IN MAINS ANTENNA 75 SERVICE CENTRE IN 2 EXTERNAL FTV LCD TV ...

Page 37: ...dition Cinema link is enabled on behalf of the TV The TV or monitor can function as the centre speaker of your system making a separate centre speaker unnecessary only in case your TV or receiver box is equipped with a Centre IN connector By pressing the standby key B on the remote control for at least 3 seconds the complete Cinema Link system will be switched to standby Preparation and Operation ...

Page 38: ...you to experience the effect of Dolby Surround Pro Logic without the need of having rear speakers connected or activated Select the level of 3D effect with the cursor left right Continue to press the Ì key on the remote control for more than 4 seconds The TV or receiver box sends a play command to the Cinema Link DVD player if present é The DVD player will start playing and the audio receiver auto...

Page 39: ...nished the adjustment of the speaker levels Speakers menu Dependent on the audio receiver speakers configuration you may not be able to select certain menu items Once the number and position of the loudspeakers has been fixed selecting Centre speaker Rear Speakers and Subwoofer Yes or No you can adjust the initial receiver settings size and distance for optimal surround sound Note after changing t...

Page 40: ... until a radio station is found If you know the 3 digit frequency enter it directly with the digit keys 0 to 9 Select Preset to enter the preset number using a three digit entry with the digit keys To store your radio station select Store and press the OK key Repeat steps to to store another radio station Manual installation To assign or change a name to a radio station or to change the order of t...

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