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Connect Peripheral Equipment

Stereo amplifier and two extra FRONT speakers

To enhance the sound reproduction of your TV you can connect two extra
speakers via an external amplifier.

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Connect the audio cables to the audio input of your amplifier and to 

AUDIO L

and 

R

at the back of your TV.

The output level is controlled by the volume control of your TV.

Note: Switch off the TV and your audio amplifier before connecting them.

Set the audio amplifier’s volume to minimum.

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Select 

Extra front speakers Yes (Amp)

in the Setup menu. See p. 7.

See Surround settings, p. 14 for the available Surround modes.

Adjust the volume of the audio amplifier.
You may make use of the Test tone function 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 as the whole configuration operates with the volume 
adjustment of your TV.

REAR multimedia loudspeakers

You can enjoy Dolby Pro Logic Surround sound by connecting two rear
loudspeakers with built in amplifiers (or an audio amplifier with rear
loudspeakers).

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Connect the audio cables to the rear loudspeakers and to the Dolby
surround output 

S

at the back of your TV as shown opposite.

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.

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Select 

Rear speakers Yes

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 listener’s head.

Adjust the volume of the rear loudspeakers.
You may make use of the Test tone function 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 rear loudspeakers, do not change it

while watching TV as the whole configuration operates with the volume 
adjustment of your TV.

Dolby Pro Logic Surround amplifier

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Connect the Dolby Pro Logic Surround amplifier to the 

AUDIO L

and 

R

at

the back of your TV.

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Select 

Extra front speakers No

in the Setup menu. See p. 7.

The audio output is now independent of volume, equalizer and surround
settings.

Switch off the volume of the TV with the mute key 

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.

All volume settings, tone control and speaker connections have to be done
via the external Dolby Pro Logic amplifier.

Attention: the sound info on screen will not correspond with the actual sound 

reproduction.

If you want to connect more equipment to your TV, consult your dealer.

Connect Extra loudspeakers / Amplifier

AUDIO

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AUDIO

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Summary of Contents for Matchline 29PT9015

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: ... 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 p 28 w selection of EXT1 ...

Page 3: ...e 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 front o...

Page 4: ...rough 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 TITLE Menu language Count...

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

Page 6: ...operation until all 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 key 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 All stored channels are autom...

Page 7: ...on 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 picture format and DNR setting When selected Off only sound picture format and DNR information is displayed after...

Page 8: ...efined menus will not be available If you select a programme number of a TV channel 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 s...

Page 9: ... seconds both the TV and video recorder are switched to standby Ò π Video recorder see p 28 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 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 Hall ...

Page 10: ...he Active Control menu appears The picture settings are being adapted continuously and automatically The menu items cannot be selected Colour enhancement skintone correction green enhancement and blue stretch is switched on with certain Smart Picture selections Press the cursor in the up down directions again to switch off the menu bcd no function U Time display The time downloaded from the TV cha...

Page 11: ...gnals Press the P key to select Off Minimum Medium or Maximum Select TV channels 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 pr...

Page 12: ... 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 Scan 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 equalizer Here...

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 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 replac...

Page 14: ...and 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...

Page 15: ...rs The rear loudspeakers 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 righ...

Page 16: ... 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 Subtitle On or...

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: ...y 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 dat...

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

Page 22: ... or off The main index page appears on the screen together with two information lines at the top and one option line at the bottom of the screen Remark if the displayed teletext characters on screen do 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 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: ...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 Volume...

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: ... a euroconnector 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 I...

Page 27: ... TV as shown opposite 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 abov...

Page 28: ...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 29: ... 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 CD CD...

Page 30: ...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 31: ...again to exit from the 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 mate...

Page 32: ...on 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 ...

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