Philips 37PF7320A/37, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...t P S To get the most from your PHlUPS purchase be sure to complete and return your Product Registration Card at once Know these safety symbols CAUTION TOREDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRICSHOCK DO NOT REMC_ ECC_ ER ORBACI NO USER ERVICEAELE PARTS INSIDE REFERSERVICING TO OUALIFIEO SERVICE PERSOMNEL This bolt of lightning indicates uninsuhted material within your unit may cause an electrical shock For the...

Page 2: ...ce or E The appliance has been dropped or the enclosure damaged 17 Tilt Stability Alltelevisions must comply with recommended international global safety standards for tilt and stability properties of its cabinets design Do not compromise these design standards by applying excessive pull force to the front or top of the cabinet which could ultimately overturn the product Also do not endanger yours...

Page 3: ...Preferences 12 Source 16 Clock 17 CahleCAIID applications 18 TM menu 19 Picture menu 19 Sound menu 21 Featuresmenu 22 Channels menu 23 Multimedia browser 26 Viewing content from a USB device 26 bluMmedia Browser menu 27 Connect Accessory Devices 2g Recorder vcr dvd rw 29 Recorder and other A V devices 30 Recorder and cable box with RF output 31 Satellite Receiver cable box with AV outputs 32 Recor...

Page 4: ...RD is required to receive premium digital TV channds and services where available through the cabJe_ A CabIeCARD functionality inchJdes conditional access and copy protection_ See settings menu CableCARD applications p 18 Note Do not insert a PCMCIA cord into the CableCARD slot Do not insert the power plug in a wall socket before aH connections are made Place theTV on a solid surface or place theT...

Page 5: ...CABLE ANTENNA 7B S__IP iack at the bottom of the T_ Note Your cable box may have a di_emnt label for the TO TV jack such as OUTPUT or OUT Set the OUTPUT CH switch _ of the cable box to CH 3 or 4 whichever is correct for your cable box then tune theTV to the corresponding channel Once tuned change channels at the cable box not the Tb Note This connection will not supply stereo sound to the TV The r...

Page 6: ...oprietary set top receiver boxes to decode their signals and send them to your digital TV set These boxes may include a digital TV tuner for off air DTV broadcasts Satellite broadcasters also provide major local channels depending on the market in which you live DBS also provides service in areas not covered by cable because they are in rural areas or other areas not passed by a cable line DBS als...

Page 7: ...u on off see p 10 VOL Volume Press or to adjust the volume MUTE Interrupt the sound or restore it A CH Press to alternate between the currendy viewed channel and the previously viewed channel O U OG JKL G G i G O menus Note If necessary you con adjust d le picture position to the center of the screen with the cursor keys PIP HDPll Dual screen PIP See p 12 To watch a broadcast and a HDPll source si...

Page 8: ... s reen Automatic makes the picture filI the screen as much as possible Super zoom removes the blad bars on the sides of 4 3 programs with minimaJ distortion When in Movie expand 14 9 Movie expand 16 9 or Super zoom picture format you can make subtitles visible wi_h the cursor up down Note Wlth lid sources not all screen _ormc_tswill be avail_bM FAVORITES _ _ D _ ViEw To dispJay a list of aJl chan...

Page 9: ...s been entered the cursor automatically advances to the next character position after the specified time out or by pressing the cursor right 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 space _ 1 space 1 etc a b c A B C 2 a b c etc d e f D E F 3 d e f etc _ h i G H I 4 g h i etc i k J K L 5 k J etc m n o I 1 N 0 6 m n o etc Lq r s P R S 7 p q r s etc t u v T U V 8 t u v etc w x y z W X Y Z 9 w x y Z etc 0 0 etc Also the c...

Page 10: ...nt menu and the underlying Multimedia browser is intended to contain all content_ services applications you are interested to consume Press the Od_ button to activate Press the cursor up down to move the highlight up and down in the list of menu items Press the cursor right to go deeper into the structure _Television TV channels leading to the list of TV channels the eft pane win contain the analo...

Page 11: ... other menu items hide away When the cursor left is pressed a ain the hi Iden menu items re appear and the highli ht moves to the left panel Press the cursor left to go one menu level up again Press the OK button on the highlighted item to activate and to dismiss the menu Press the MENU button again to exit the Settings menu Note The menu is also dismissed by pressing one of the color buttons if p...

Page 12: ...ocal area _ihen Cable is sdected theTV will detect cable company supplied signals and wiJJ search for cane TV NTSC ATSC QAN modulated channels avaiJabJe in your area blake sure that registration with your cable TV provider and connection of equipment are completed Press the green button Next on the remote control Note All chcu_nelsmus_ be unlocked in order _o ou_oprogrcJm If requested enter your P...

Page 13: ...ways make a selection in tl _eInstallation menu between Antenna or Cable whether you wont to watch Antenna TV channels or Cable 7V channels If you make use of a signal splitter not _ u_et to put the switch in the corresponding position Weak channel installation This enables you to do a weak ATSC digital channel installation This is only available forTV channels installed via an antenna connection ...

Page 14: ...up down Now when the P P button on the remote control is pressed and when PiP is selected the TV shows a full screen of video with a pip window of video on top of it Dual screen is selected theTV splits the screen into two equally sized screens Press the cursor left right to highlight the PIP window or the lefdright screen in Dual screen Press the OH PAGE button to change the broadcast channel or ...

Page 15: ...s are necessarily being used by aTV channel during the transmission of a Closed Caption program_ O See Closed Caption in the TV Features menu see p 22 to turn the Caption service On or Off Note T_fistelevision _sovides displc y of television closed captioning conforming with tl _eEIA 608 stclndor_l and in occordc_nce witl _ Sections 15 1 19of tf_e f CCrules Digital caption service This allows you ...

Page 16: ...ce Select Default Automatic Small Standard or Large and press the OK button to confirm Style Select this option to select the font sWle of caption display according to your own preference Select Default Monospaced serif Serif Monospaced sans serif Sans serif_ Casual Cursive or Small caps Text Select this option to select the text color or the opaci W of the text box of caption display according to...

Page 17: ...e one of the following priorities Low Medium High or Maximum The Emergency aterr_ message with priority High or Maximum will always be presented Low or Medium will be present or ignored depending on _he selected setting lmport_n_ When tbe TV clock is undefined See tup rnenu Cloc p 18 the Emergency Alert s will be ignored 0 The Emergency Alert message display will contain following information The ...

Page 18: ... the source type e_g DVD this source will automatically be selected w hen your remote control is in DVD mode see p 6 and when you press the AV button on the remote control Digital Audio Select Digital Audio mn when the TV expects digital audio for a connected device to come from a Digital audio input Make your selection of the source to which the device with digital audio input has been connected ...

Page 19: ...n seIected and no dock search has been done the system will keep the entered time and d_y Time zone onlyavailablewhenAub clock mode isset to Aubma_c_ This function allows you to select your Iocal time zone Broadcasted time inform4on will correct the clod display for your local time SeJect Time zone with the cursor down Press the cursor right to select your Iocat time zone Day ight saving onlyavail...

Page 20: ...t O insert your CabIeCARD Select CableCARD applications in the Settings menu Press the cursor right to enter the list of available CableCARD applications offered by the cable providen A CabIeCARD application is initiated when you select an application item and when you press the el button to activate it Follow the messages displayed on screen The messages will remain on screen until the OK button ...

Page 21: ...arious auto picture modes to find the one that best suits your own viewing conditions Most consunlers will _nd that Na_uref is the correct choice Contrast This will adjust the intensity of bright parts in the _icture but keep the dark parts unchanged Brightness This wiJJ adjust the iight output of the complete picture which wi mainly affect the darker areas of the picture Color This will adjust th...

Page 22: ...s the cursor right Select On or Off in order to activate de activate Color enhancement with the cursor right Tint Allows you to select the color mix hue of the picture Picture format This menu item performs the same as the FORMAT button on the remote control See Use of the remote control p 6 Active Control The TV continuously measures and corrects aiI incoming signals in order to provide the best ...

Page 23: ...gh the headphones Sound mode This selects the modes for more spatial or surround sound reproduction dependent on the broadcast signals or signals from external inputs received Alternate audio only se ectab e with analog br0adcust siRnuls This gives you the possibility to swap between the Hain and Second audio Program SAP when it is _vailable Digitam Audio language only selec_ublewith diRital broad...

Page 24: ... 14_This text can either be permanently displayed assuming that the service is _vailable in the broadcast or only when mute is active Press the cursor right after having selected Closed captions Select On Off or On during mute S eeptirner This sets a time period after which the TV automatically turns to standby Select eeptimer_ Press the cursor right_ O Select a value with the cursor up down The l...

Page 25: ...atings lock Your TV is equipped with a V chip This allows you to control access to individual programs based on their movie and TV ratings All settings apply to all AV inputs except HDPII The program content advisory data are sent by the broadcaster or program providen Select TV ratings lock with the cursor down A list appears showing the age based TV ratings and a corresponding content based rati...

Page 26: ... then All is automatically unsdected None is the selection for items that either h_ve no rating information or h_ve a rating of None Both will be locked When an item on the age based list is selected all items below that item of the same group are locked as well When you select a content based rating all identical content based ratings in the younger age based categories are also selected 24 ...

Page 27: ...with this rating are locked a blue colored box movies with this rating are unlocked When All has been selected all items on the movie ratings list become selected All movies are locked If while Am is selected any other item is unseJected then AH is automatically unseIected When NR has been selected no other item is selected When any other item has been seIected_ all ratings below are selected as w...

Page 28: ... cor_mct see the nlanual of your camera Philips cannot be responsible if your USB device is not supported Viewing content from a USB device mnserting a USB device Note USB devices are not supplied with this TV Insert a USB device in the USB connector at the left side of theT_ When a USB device is inserted the Hultimedia browser menu is displayed automatically see further If your USB device does no...

Page 29: ...o display all the image files in the current directory as thurnbnails when browsing pictures Press the green button again to display the image files in a list In case a tile is selected press the OK button to display a picture fiJe or to pl_y an audio file In case a directory aJbum or pJsyJist is seJected press the cursor right to enter the content or press the OK button to start a sJ de show or a...

Page 30: ...yourTY The following connection diagrams show you how co connect them to cheTb 4Vl can handle YPbPr S VIDEO RGB HV orVIDEO and L RAudio 4v2VIDEO or S VIDEO and L tR Audio AV _YPbPrand D_gJtal A_ldo Side VIDEOor S VIDEO and L R Audio iz _ IGITAL A_DIO AV1 S VIDEO AV2 28 ...

Page 31: ...r recorder Connect another RF cane C from the output OUT of your recorder to theTV s CABLE ANTENNA 75 _q _1_ jack Better pbyback quality can be obtained if you also connect theVideo Audio Leftsand Right only for stereo devices AV cables _ to the VIDEO AUDIO L and R input jacks of AVZ if your recorder has an S VHS video jack For improved picture quality connect an S_video cable with the S_VIDEO inp...

Page 32: ...ENNA 75 O _r iack To obtain better quality also connect theVideo or S Video Audio left and Audio right cables of both devices to AVl VIDEO or S M_DEO AUDIO L and R _ and to AV2 VIDEO or S M_DEO AUDIO L and R _ Notes In case of mona equipment only the left loudspeaker repro luces sound Use a mona to stereo adapter not supplied for sound reproduction via all internal loudspeakers When using tf e S W...

Page 33: ..._ to the cable box s IN iack_ Connect the other cable TV signal splitter output _ to the CABLE ANTENNA 5 _ T plug on the bottom of the T_v Connect the cable box s OUT iack O to the recorders RF IN socket_ O Connect theVideo Audio Left and Right only for stereo sound recorder AV cables _ to the VLDEO audio L and R input AV2 iacks on theT_v 31 ...

Page 34: ...DEO input instead of connecting the satellite receiver or cane box to the VIDEO jack Connect the audio cables to the device s AUDIO L and R iacks and to the L and R audioAVl jacks on the T_v Recorder and Satellite Receiver cable box with AV outputs _ Y _i _ _ _ OUT OUT IN STB RECORDER Connect the RF Antenna or Cable TV cable as described above Connect theAV cables _ to the satellite receiver s or ...

Page 35: ...ideo cable to the AVI or AV2 S VIDEO input _ Note When using the SWIDEO connector do not connect any device 0 the AV WDEO input that you am using O Connect the audio canes to the device s AUDIO L and R jacks and to the L and R audioAVl or AV2 iacks _ on theTV accordingly to where you connected the S Video cane NOteS If necessary you can aeljust the picture position to _he center of the semen with ...

Page 36: ..._ustthe picture position to the center of the screen with the eumor keys Due to legal requirements it is possible that with certain copy pm ected PC VI audio qualities from a device connected to the HDMI input the DIGITAL AUDIO OUTPUT signal is muted Your TV supports HDCP High bandwidth Digital Content Protection This is a system for protecting DVD content outputted via DVI fin_mbeing copied It pr...

Page 37: ...the S_VIDIEO input _ and AUDIO inputs _ Do not connect cable O and 1_ at the same _irrle This may cause picture distor_ion Headphone Insert the plug into the headphone socket _uc u _ as shown O Press the MUTE button on the remote control to switch off the internal loudspeakers of the i _ Yhe headphone impedance mus_ be between 8 and 4000 Ohm The headphone socket has a 3_5 rnm jack In the Sound men...

Page 38: ... on your TV and the correct input on your recorder Set your recorder to record Do not switch channels or turn off your TV when you are recorffing through MONITOR OUT Notes When a q channel or AV sourre is blocked because of a r_ting set via the Channels menu see p 24 also the recorff output picture and sound are muted In case of an analog copy protected recording the audio outputs are not muted i ...

Page 39: ...c CD left right to select the previous or following track CD Notes If no action is being undertaken within 60 seconds the remote control returns to TV rrJode After an action in the selected system nlode the remote control will remain in this mode for 60 seconds and will then return to FVmode or press the SELECT button to return to TV mode immediatelH I _ Kensinlyton Security Slot 0f present Your T...

Page 40: ... correctly positioned the receiver box controls will need to be ud usted No photo music Check if the source complies with a supported code_ or video play or in poor quality only No sound Increase theVOLUHE Check that theTV is not muted press the MUTE button on the remote control When no signal is detected the TV automatically switches off the sound_ This is proper operation and does not indicate a...

Page 41: ...ps as soon as possible Their long time contact with the screen causes deformations and color fading Plasma display characteristics This Plasma display is designed to be used at altitudes up to 6S62 ft above sea level and or Iocal air pressure equal or above 800 hPa Operating this set at higher altitude lower air pressure is possible However at high altitudes or local air pressure equal or below 80...

Page 42: ... DOS _ rrnatted portable memory is supported New software can be obtained from your dealer or can be downloaded from the www philips com support website 0 Go to www philips cornlsupport using the web browser on your PC Follow the procedure to find the information and the software related to your T_ O Select the latest software upgrade file and download it to your PC O Decompress the ZIP file and c...

Page 43: ...e memory and restart yourTV with the POWER button on your remote control Your TV will start up with the new software Note Once the upgrade is finished use your PC to remove the TV software from your USB portable memory4 ManuaJ software upgrade procedure For a manual software upgrade copy the utorun upg file in a directory called Upgrades located in the root of the USB portable memory Insert the po...

Page 44: ...on a Portable Memory PN doesn t have a gtobal address as a result content from a PN can never be referenced from a slideshow not stored on the PM itself To maintain portability a slideshow stored on a PN should ONLY reference content on the same PN Referencing global addresses can result in inconsistencies if the Pbl is used on a non networked CE device The latter is however not forbidden it is on...

Page 45: ...d of the pJaylist The defauk dispby time in 0 1 second of a slide TheTV application isn t obliged to support this tag The TV application can force the use of one or mukiple predefined display times Identifies the slides to show Examples See on this CD in the directory Fi es Slideshw Cop the director with the s ideshow flies to our portable memory_ xml version lo0 eneoding ISO 885hg l philips slide...

Page 46: ...al camera and theTV isn t working you can try the solutions below to resolve your problem Make sure your digital camera is switched on and verify if the configuration of your digital camera is correct see the manual of your digital camera for more information Some digitai cameras allow you to switch off the USB interface Make sure that the USB interface is switched on before connecting to the T_ I...

Page 47: ...ge supply abuse neglect misuse accident unauthorized repair or other cause not within the control of Philips A product that requires modification or adaptation to enable it to operate in any country other than the country for which it was designed manufactured approved and or authorized or repair of products damaged by these modifications Damage occurring to product during shipping when improperly...