Philips 42PFL9703, Manual

Page 1: ...enus 11 5 4 Picture and sound settings 12 5 5 Teletext 15 5 6 Create favourite channel lists 17 5 7 Timers and locks 18 5 8 Subtitles 19 5 9 Watch and play photos MP3 19 5 10 Software update 22 6 Channel installation 24 6 1 Automatic channel installation 24 6 2 Manual channel installation 25 6 3 Rearrange stored channels 26 6 4 Factory settings 26 7 Connections DVD receiver 27 7 1 Connections over...

Page 2: ... 3 years after the date of purchase of this product To obtain the source code write to Philips Innovative Applications N V Ass to the Development Manager Pathoekeweg 11 B 8000 Brugge Belgium Compliance with EMF Koninklijke Philips Electronics N V manufactures and sells many products targeted at consumers which like any electronic apparatus in general have the ability to emit and receive electromag...

Page 3: ...acket avoid force coming on the mains plugs Partly loosened mains plugs can cause arcing or fire 1 2 Care of the screen Unplug the TV before cleaning Clean the surface with a soft damp cloth Do not apply any other substance chemical or household cleaning agent This may damage the screen Do not touch push or rub or strike the screen with anything hard as this may scratch mar or damage the screen pe...

Page 4: ...me up and down 5 Menu 6 Program Channel up and down 7 Power switch Connectors 1 Back connectors 2 Side connectors For more info see section 7 Connections Remote control 1 Switch On or switch to Standby 2 Programme guide 3 Volume up or down 4 Program Channel up and down 5 Menu On or Off 6 Navigation key 7 Colour keys For more info see section 5 1 Remote control overview 4 Your TV ...

Page 5: ...I connectors for highest quality high definition connectivity USB connection PC network connection Multimedia connection for instantly view or play your photos or music 3 Getting started This section helps you with the positioning and the first time installation of the TV 3 1 Position the TV Warning Carefully read the safety precautions in section 1 1 Safety before you position the TV Large screen...

Page 6: ...epared for VESA compliant wall mounting This bracket is not included You need one of the VESA codes hereunder to purchase the bracket that fits your TV 42 107cm VESA MIS F 300 300 8 47 119cm VESA MIS F 400 400 8 52 132cm VESA MIS F 400 400 8 Ask your dealer for more info on stands and wallmount brackets The VESA fixation points Locate the four fixation points at the back of the TV Unmount the TV s...

Page 7: ...ed off completely and consumes energy unless the mains cord is physically unplugged Although this TV has a very low standby power consumption unplug the mains cord if you do not use the TV for a long time to save energy Verify that your mains voltage corresponds with the voltage printed on the sticker at the back of the TV Do not insert the mains cord if the voltage is different Insert the mains c...

Page 8: ...standby led switch off 4 2 Watch TV 4 2 1 Switch channels To switch TV channels Press a number 1 to 999 or press P or P on your remote control Press Program Channel or on the side controls of the TV Press R to return to the previously viewed TV channel or connected device 4 2 2 Adjust volume To adjust the volume Press V or on the remote control Press Volume or on the side controls of your TV To mu...

Page 9: ...rt a DVD disc in your player The DVD picture might automatically appear on your screen Ò Press Play πon the DVD player The picture from your player appears automatically on your screen If the picture does not appear Press the Source v key on the remote control Press o or œ to select where you connected your DVD player Ò Press OK Wait a few seconds until the picture appears Press Play π 4 6 Select ...

Page 10: ... device or to return to TV 3 TELETEXT To switch teletext on or off 4 Demo To switch the Demo menu on and to get a demonstration of the features of the TV 5 Colour keys Easy selection of teletext pages Easy selection of tasks 6 Guide a no function 7 Navigation key To navigate o œ p π to go through lists or settings 8 OK To display the channel list To activate a setting 9 Back key g To select the pr...

Page 11: ...o 4 5 3 TV menus The on screen menus help you install your TV adjust picture and sound settings and access features This section gives an overview of the menus and describes how to navigate 5 3 1 The menu Press MENU on the remote control to show the TV menu Press MENU to quit the TV menu The TV menu offers the following items Smart settings Select this item to set the TV to one of the predefined s...

Page 12: ...nter the list Ò Press o or œ to select a setting Press OK º Press MENU to quit the TV menu Smart settings Personal Vivid Standard Movie Energy saving Game 5 4 2 Settings assistant Use the Settings assistant to guide you through basic picture and sound settings in an easy way Press MENU on the remote control select Settings assistant and press π to enter Press the green key on the remote control to...

Page 13: ...ter black level high contrast with a flicker free quiet image and a larger viewing angle Advanced sharpness Enables superior sharpness especially on lines and contours in the picture Dynamic contrast Sets the level at which the TV automatically enhances the details in dark middle and light areas of the picture Dynamic backlight Sets the level at which power consumption can be reduced by dimming th...

Page 14: ...rmat to 14 9 Movie expand 16 9 Not for HD Scales the format to 16 9 Wide screen Stretches the format to 16 9 Unscaled Only for HD and PC Maximum sharpness Distortion may appear on borders Black bars may appear with pictures from your PC rNote Do not forget to name the connection in the Connection menu See section 7 5 1 Naming your devices 5 4 5 Sound settings This section describes how to adjust a...

Page 15: ...and change the volume level Auto surround Switches the TV automatically to the best surround sound mode dependant on the broadcast Select on or off 5 5 Teletext If available only English Teletext is supported China does not support this function due to no Teletext available Your TV has a 1200 pages memory that stores broadcasted teletext pages and subpages to reduce waiting time To select a telete...

Page 16: ...With the options in the teletext menu you can reveal hidden info let cycle subpages automatically and change the character setting Reveal Hide or unhide hidden information on a page such as solutions to riddles or puzzles Cycle subpages If subpages are available for the selected page you can make subpages cycle automatically Language Some languages use a different set of characters Switch to the o...

Page 17: ...ss OK The last selected list appears Press the red key to show all favourite lists Ò Press o or œ to select a list Press OK º Press the green key to enter the Edit mode The selected list brings up a full channel list Press o or œ to highlight a channel Press OK to mark or unmark the highlighted channel The channel is added to or removed from the selected list Press the green key again to leave the...

Page 18: ...ress MENU on the remote control and select Features Set or Change code and press π to enter your code Enter your code with the number keys The Features menu reappears with a message confirming that your code has been created or changed Did you forget your code Select Change code Press π Ò Enter the overriding code 8 8 8 8 Enter a new personal code º Confirm your new entered code The previous code ...

Page 19: ...Note Philips is not responsible if your USB device is not supported nor shall Philips accept any liability for damage or loss of stored data 5 9 1 Insert the USB device Insert a device at the side of the TV while the TV is switched on A message appears that a USB device has been detected and the USB device automatically breaks in rNote In case the USB device does not automatically break in press S...

Page 20: ...evice Select the Music folder for the music files you have stored on your USB device Press π to enter the Music folder Ò Press o or œ to select a song or a music album Press OK to play the selected song or to play a song followed by the next song in the same album º Press one of the colour keys on the remote control to perform the corresponding function shown at the bottom of the screen If the fun...

Page 21: ...you want to watch or listen to and press π Use p or π o or œ to go through the photo or music files or folders º Press OK to watch or listen Press p to go back to the previous list See section 9 Troubleshooting in case of problems playing files or in case your PC does not appear in the PC network menu Use more of your TV 21 ENGLISH ...

Page 22: ...s the green key again to finish πRemove the USB memory device from the TV Step 2 Software download from the PC to the USB device Insert the USB memory device into a PC linked to the internet Locate and open the file update htm on your USB device Ò Read the instructions on screen and click on the Send ID button If new software is available the update is downloaded on the USB memory device Remove th...

Page 23: ... on the screen º Remove the USB memory device from the TV Press B on the remote control Do not press more than once and do not use the Power B switch on the TV The TV switches off The screen stays black for about 10 seconds Please wait The TV switches back on again The update is done 23 ENGLISH B S U Operation Successful Re Pr g B S U B S U ...

Page 24: ...ENU on the remote control and select Setup Installation Language Press π to enter the menu language Ò Press o or œ to select your language Press OK to confirm º Press p to return to the Installation menu Step 2 Install TV channels Your TV will search for and store all available TV channels Press œ to select Channel installation Press π to enter the Channel installation menu Automatic installation ...

Page 25: ...y enter the three numbers of the frequency with the number keys of the remote control Press p when the new channel has been found º Select Store as new channel to store the new channel under a new channel number Press π to enter Press OK Done appears Press MENU to quit the channel installation menu 6 2 3 Fine tune a channel Fine tune a found channel when the reception is poor Press MENU on the rem...

Page 26: ...er uninstalled channel Press MENU on the remote control and select Setup Installation Channel installation Rearrange Press π to enter the channel list Ò Press o or œ in the channel list to select the channel you want to uninstall or reinstall Press the green key to uninstall or reinstall the channel º Press MENU to quit the menu 6 3 3 Reorder the channels Change the order of the stored channels Pr...

Page 27: ...Back connectors 7 AV1 AV connector for DVD VCR Digital receiver Game console etc 8 AV2 Second AV connector VGA connector for a PC 9 Service UART For service only 10 Digital Audio Out Sound output cinch connector for a Home Theatre System etc 11 Audio Out L R Sound output cinch connectors for a Home Theatre System etc 12 AV3 Third AV connector 13 Antenna input 14 Network Home network connector 15 H...

Page 28: ...nly a DVI connection Connect an Audio L R cable to Audio In L R DVI to HDMI for sound You need to assign this Audio In DVI to HDMI connector to the HDMI 1 2 or 3 connector you are using for this device See section 7 5 2 Audio setup r Note HDMI supports HDCP High bandwidth Digital Contents Protection HDCP is a copy protection signal that comes with HD content DVD disc or Blu ray Disc YPbPr Higher q...

Page 29: ... devices for ex Home Theatre System is properly set up 7 2 3 Display synchronised audio out For the best match of image and sound in speech on screen connect a Home Theatre System to Audio Out L R or Digital Audio outputs See diagrams 7 4 4 and 7 4 8 Do not connect the audio signal of a DVD player digital receiver or other audio video device directly to the Home Theatre System 7 3 Connect with the...

Page 30: ...r Use an YPbPr cable and an audio L and R cinch cable and 2 antenna cables 7 4 3 DVD Recorder and Digital Receiver Use 2 YPbPr cables and 2 audio L and R cinch cables and 3 antenna cables Receiver Cable box DVD Recorder IN OUT IN OUT YPbPr AV1 AV2 AUDIO L R AV1 AV2 YPbPr AV1 AV2 AUDIO L R AV1 AV2 DVD Player YPbPr AV1 AV2 AUDIO L R AV1 AV2 DVD Player IN OUT YPbPr AV1 AV2 AUDIO L R AV1 AV2 ...

Page 31: ...nd 1 digital audio cinch cable 7 4 6 Satellite receiver Use an YPbPr cable and an audio L and R cinch cable and 2 antenna cables Home Theatre System DVD Recorder DIGITAL AUDIO IN OUT IN DIGITAL AUDIO OUT YPbPr YPbPr AV1 AV2 AV1 AV2 AUDIO L R AUDIO L R AV1 AV2 AV1 AV2 YPbPr AV1 AV2 AUDIO L R AV1 AV2 Satellite receiver YPbPr AV1 AV2 AUDIO L R AV1 AV2 Receiver Cable box DVD Recorder IN OUT IN OUT YPb...

Page 32: ... audio cinch cable 7 4 9 Blu ray Disc player Use an HDMI cable L R HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 AUDIO HDMI DVI NETWORK IN Blu ray Disc player OUT HDMI L R HDMI 1 HDMI 2 HDMI 3 AUDIO HDMI DVI NETWORK IN OUT HD Digital receiver HD Satellite receiver IN OUT HDMI Home Theatre System Digital Receiver DVD Recorder DIGITAL AUDIO IN IN OUT OUT IN DIGITAL AUDIO OUT YPbPr AV1 AV2 AUDIO L R AV1 AV2 YPbPr AV1 AV2 AUD...

Page 33: ...Use an HDMI connection or the YPbPr AV1 or AV2 input and Audio L R connections for HD quality 7 4 11 Camcorder The most practical connection for a camcorder is at the side of the TV Connected at the side of the TV Use the HDMI connection or the Video and Audio L R connections or use the S Video and Audio L R connections Connected at the back of the TV Use an HDMI connection or the YPbPr AV1 or AV2...

Page 34: ...V picture format to Unscaled in the Picture format menu for maximal PC picture sharpness See section 5 4 4 Widescreen picture format DVI to HDMI connection Use a DVI to HDMI adaptor to connect to the HDMI side connection Connect the Audio L R at the side for sound PC to TV connection Use a PC TV out cable to S Video and Audio L R cable to connect to the side of the TV VGA connection Use a VGA cabl...

Page 35: ...tup Installation Rename devices Press π to enter the list Ò Press o or œ to select the connector you used for the device you connected Press π º Press o or œ to select the type of device Press MENU to quit the menu 7 5 2 Audio setup If you use the Audio In L R DVI to HDMI connector for a device connected to HDMI at the back of the TV assign this Audio In to the HMDI 1 2 or 3 where the device is co...

Page 36: ...TV In the media server this TV will present itself as a number a MAC or IP number Have the TV and router switched on for this number to appear in the media server Select the TV number in the media server and set the server to share files with this number For media server software marked with an in sections 8 Technical data a step by step setting instruction is available in the online User manual T...

Page 37: ...erver on Microsoft Windows XP or Vista TVersity v 0 9 10 3 on Windows XP Nero 8 Nero MediaHome on Microsoft Windows XP DiXiM on Windows XP Macrovision Network Media Server on Windows XP Fuppes on Linux UShare on Linix Philips NAS SPD8020 For this media server software a step by step setting instruction is available in the online User manual on www philips com support Supported USB Memory device fo...

Page 38: ...8 47PFL9703 98 52PFL9703 98 width 1054mm 1167mm 1300mm height 658mm 722mm 803mm depth 100mm 101mm 127 5mm weight 28kg 35 5kg 45 5kg TV stand width 1054mm 1167mm 1300mm height 731mm 795mm 875mm depth 265mm 290mm 320mm weight 31kg 40 5kg 49kg Technical data ...

Page 39: ...antenna is connected properly Verify if the correct device is selected The sound is on but there is no picture Verify the contrast or brightness setting in the menu The TV picture is poor Verify if the antenna is connected properly Non earthed audio devices neon lights high buildings or mountains can influence the picture quality Try to improve the picture by changing the antenna direction or plac...

Page 40: ...e camera to Mass Storage Class compliant The USB device may need specific driver software Unfortunately this software can not be downloaded to your TV I can not see my files in the Multimedia menu Not all audio and picture files are supported See section 8 Technical data Photo and music files do not playback smoothly The transfer performance of the USB device limits the transfer rate Personal comp...

Page 41: ...t 27 receiver 30 Dual I II 15 Dual screen 10 DVD connect 30 playback 9 player 30 recorder 30 31 Dynamic backlight 13 contrast 13 EasyLink 29 Energy saving 7 Equalizer 14 Factory settings 26 Favourite channel lists 17 Fine tune 25 Game console 33 HDCP 28 HDMI connection 28 HD digital receiver 32 HD natural motion 13 Headphone connect 4 27 volume 15 Home location 39 Home theatre system 31 Hue 13 Ins...

Page 42: ...oftware update 22 Sound menu 14 surround mode 15 Standby 8 10 Super zoom 14 Stationary images 3 Stereo 15 Subtitle 19 Switch on 8 Table of Pages T O P 15 Technical data 37 Teletext 15 teletext 2 5 16 dual screen 15 language 16 menu 16 page 15 Timers 18 Tint 13 Troubleshooting 39 TV settings menu 12 TV speakers 15 Unscaled 14 USB connector 27 device 19 photo viewer 20 VCR connect 30 VGA 33 Video ca...