Real Flat Television User manual 29/34PT8805 29/34PT8825 29/34PT8865
IMPORTANT Before you begin: Make sure your package includes the following items:TV and mains cord, remote control, Instruction manual, antenna cable (optional) and Coaxial cable (optional). Attention: 1. Read your manual first – your Philips TV comes with a well-designed remote control and onscreen display to ensure your TV is easy to operate. 2.
Table of Contents General Peripherals Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Useful Tips . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Video recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Wht’s Hot Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety information • – – – – Disconnect mains plug when : the indicator light below the TV screen is flashing continuously. a bright white line is displayed across the screen. there is a lightning storm. the set is left unattended for a prolonged period of time. • cleaning the TV screen. Never use abrasive cleaning agents. Use a slight damp chamois leather or soft cloth. • No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on top of the TV or in the vicinity.
What’s Hot Picture scanning Your Philips TV has been built with scanning features to enhance your TV viewing. All you need is to select your desired mode to enjoy sharper and cleaner pictures. The description below will help you make your choice.
Installing your television set Positioning the television set Remote control 10 cm 10 cm 10 cm Place your TV on a solid, stable surface, leaving a space of at least 10 cm around the appliance. Connections Insert the two R6-type batteries (supplied) making sure that they are the right way round. The batteries supplied with this appliance do not contain mercury or nickel cadmium. If you have access to a recycling facility, please do not discard your used batteries (if in doubt, consult your dealer).
Remote control keys Standby Lets you place the TV set on standby. To turn on the TV, press CH + or –, . , AV, A/CH or digit keys. Personal Zapping You can surf up to 10 personal channels for each key (p. 12) Sleeptimer Not applicable. AV channel selection Press several times to select AV1, CVI, AV2, YPbPr or Side. POWER . Add Personal Zapping list Adds and stores channels into Personal Zapping list (p. 12) Smart Sound Used to access a series of stored settings: Theatre, Music,Voice or Personal.
Language When there is no signal input to the TV, you may encounter instability of the screen display. In this instance, please use the key to select an AV channel. Ø The Language feature is used to change the display language for menus. & Press the key. é With the cursor, select the Install menu and follow by the Language. “ Use the key to select a language of your choice. ‘ To quit the menus, press Ë . Auto Store MENU Auto Store This menu is used to store all available channels automatically.
Manual Store This menu is used to store channels one at a time. ‘ Sound Sys(tem): use the or key to select the desired sound system; Auto, BG, I, DK or M. ( Search: Press .The search starts. Once a channel is found, the scanning stops. Go to the next step. If no picture is found, consult the possible solutions (p.15) § Channel: enter the required channel , or digit keys. with the Fine Tune: if the reception is not or satisfactory, adjust using the keys. ! Store: Press .The channel is stored.
Channel edit This feature allows you to skip or edit channels which have bad or weak TV signal or channels you do not watch often. Once a channel is skipped, you cannot have access to it by the Channel + or – key.You can only access the channels by the digit (0-9) keys. MENU & Press the key. The Main menu is displayed on the screen. é With the cursor, select the Install menu followed by the Edit menu. “ Enter into the menu and select the channel number you wish to skip by the digit keys.
Picture settings MENU & Press then . The Picture menu will be called up. Description of the adjustments: • Brightness: this changes picture brillance. • Colour: this changes the intensity of the colour. • Contrast: this changes the difference between the light and dark tones. • Sharpness: this changes the picture definition. • Hue: this adjusts the skin colour tone in NTSC channel. • Colour Temp.: this changes the colour rendering: Cold(bluer), Normal(balanced) or Warm(redder).
Child Lock You can block certain channels or inhibit use of the TV set completely. Note:You can only access the locked channels via the remote control. Keep the remote control in a safe place. & Press , use the key to select Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. The Child Lock menu is displayed. ( Use the or key to select a function and the key to enter or confirm selection. MENU é Use the key to select Child Lock and press the key to enter. “ Key in the 4-digit access code.
Format This feature enhances your viewing pleasure by providing you with a choice of two picture formats:- 4:3 and Expand 4:3. & Press , use the or key to select Features and press the key. The Features menu is displayed. é Use the key to select Format and press the key to select 4:3 or Expand 4:3. “ Press the Ë key to exit. MENU Description of function: 4:3 – select this format if you want to display a conventional picture using the full surface of the screen.
Demo The split screen display shows the image performance before and after enhancements to present clearly the effects of the picture enhancement features. The screen is split to dramatically show the comparative images side by side. without picture enhancements & Enter Features menu as described in “Features settings” on the previous page. é Use the key to select Demo and press the key to select On or Off.
Connecting peripheral equipment The television has 4 sets of external sockets situated at the back of the set (AV1 in, AV2 in, YPbPr and Monitor out). The AV1 in has Y, Pb, Pr and audio and video inputs. The AV2 in has S-Video, audio and video inputs. The Y, Pb, Pr has Y, Pb, Pr input (refer to details in “What’s Hot” section). The Monitor out socket has audio and video outputs.
Satellite receiver, decoder, games, etc. Connecting peripheral equipment Other equipment & Carry out the connections shown opposite. é To optimise picture quality, connect the equipment which produces the video signals (digital decoder, games, etc) to AV1 in and equipment which produces the S-VHS signals (S-VHS and Hi-8 video recorders, certain DVD drives to AV2 in and all other equipment to either AV1 in or AV2 in.
Tips Poor reception The proximity of mountains or high buildings may be responsible for ghost pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case, try manually adjustingyour picture: see Fine Tuning (p. 7) or modify the orientation of the outside aerial. Does your antenna enable you to receive broadcasts in this frequency range (UHF or VHF band)? In the event of difficult reception (snowy picture) switch the NR on the Picture menu to ON (p. 8). No picture If the television does not switch on, press the standby key .
Glossary 4:3 Refers to the ration between the length and the height of the screen. Wide screen televisions have a ration of 16:9 while conventional televisions have a ratio of 4:3. 4:3 Expand The images recorded in “letterbox” format are expanded to fill the entire screen and the black horizontal bars at the top and bottom are removed.
Specification Side Connections • S-Video • Video and Audio inputs • Headphone out Product type 29PT8805, 34PT8805, 29PT8825, 34PT8825, 29PT8865, 34PT8865 PICTURE • Picture screen diameter: 34” (850 mm) 29” (720 mm) • Visible screen size: 32” (800 mm) 27” (680 mm) • Picture Tube: Real Flat 4:3 • 100 Hz • Progressive Scan (Auto Switching with manual override) • Scan Velocity Modulation • 3D Digital Combfilter • 3:2 Pulldown • EDDI - Smoothing Edge De-interlacer • Contrast • Active Control Plus with Luminance
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