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Safety warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Getting started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Use of the remote control RC4404/01 . . . . . . 5
Use of the option key  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 
Keys at the left side of the TV  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Switch the TV on  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
First time installation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
How to navigate through the menus . . . . . . . 11

Use of the TV menu settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Adjust picture menu settings . . . . . . . . . . 14
Adjust sound menu settings  . . . . . . . . . . 17 
Adjust feature menu settings . . . . . . . . . . 19
Search for and store TV channels  . . . . . . 22
Rearrange the channel number list  . . . . . 24
Set your preferences  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Select your connections  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Select a decoder channel number  . . . . . . 26
Reset the factory settings  . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
How to upgrade the TV software  . . . . . . 27 

Create your favourite list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Multimedia Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Teletext  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

To make video and audio connections  . . . . . 34 

Side panel overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear panel overview  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Connect:

a VCR or DVD recorder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
two VCRs or VCR and DVD recorder  . . .38
a satellite receiver  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
a DVD player, Cable box/game console  . .39
a DVD player or Cable box . . . . . . . . . . . 39 
a DVD player, sat. receiver or cable box  .40
a PC  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
a Home Cinema amplifier  . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Select connected equipment  . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Record with your recorder  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Audio- and video equipment keys  . . . . . . . . . 44

Troubleshooting  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Annex 1:To set the remote control to 

work a Philips DVD or DVD/R  . . . . . . . . 46

Annex 2 - Philips TV software upgrade 

with portable memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Annex 3 - Philips TV-Slideshow Format 

with background music  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Annex 4 - Philips TV - Digital camera 

and USB issues  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Annex 5 - Issues referring to connected

peripherals with a HDMI connector  . . . . 53

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recycling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Product information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Contents

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If this instruction manual does not give an answer or if ‘Troubleshooting’ does not solve your TV
problem, you can call your Local Philips Customer or Service Centre. See the supplied Worldwide
guarantee booklet.

Please, have the Model and Product number which you can find at the back or the bottom of your television
set or on the packaging, ready, before calling the Philips customer support service.

Model: 32PF9531/10
Product No: ....................................

About this User Manual

This manual contains all information you will need to initially install and operate your new TV.
Also read the help texts which are being displayed at the bottom of the screen.

Summary of Contents for Cineos 32PF9531

Page 1: ... Cinema amplifier 42 Select connected equipment 43 Record with your recorder 43 Audio and video equipment keys 44 Troubleshooting 45 Annex 1 To set the remote control to work a Philips DVD or DVD R 46 Annex 2 Philips TV software upgrade with portable memory 47 Annex 3 Philips TV Slideshow Format with background music 50 Annex 4 Philips TV Digital camera and USB issues 52 Annex 5 Issues referring t...

Page 2: ...bright and stationary Moving or low contrast graphics are less likely to cause uneven aging of the screen Stock market stickers presented at the bottom of the TV screen Shopping channel logos and pricing displays bright and shown constantly or repeatedly in the same location on the TV screen Examples of still pictures also include logos computer images time display teletext and images displayed in...

Page 3: ... wall before all connections are made Warning disconnect all power sources before making any connections Tip it is preferable to connect peripherals with RGB output to EXT1 or EXT2 as RGB provides a better picture quality Before you start Overview of the rear connector panel Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p 576p 720p 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L ...

Page 4: ...pressor cable supplied Warning verify that the mains supply voltage corresponds to the voltage printed on the sticker at the rear of the TV USB Overview of the side connector panel Connect the antenna Connect the mains Insert the mains cord supplied into the mains at the bottom of the TV and in the wall socket Remote control Insert the 2 batteries supplied Type R6 1 5V Be sure the and ends of the ...

Page 5: ...enu which contains a few frequently used options like Picture format When in teletext press repeatedly to enlarge the teletext page display See Teletext p 33 ano function Cursor keys Press the cursor keys up down left right to navigate through the menus OK To activate a setting Starts playing content in the Multimedia Browser application BROWSE MENU To open and close the main menu See How to navig...

Page 6: ... connections p 26 0 Previous channel Press to alternate between the currently viewed and the previously viewed TV channel Ò π Audio and Video equipment keys See Audio and Video equipment keys p 44 See Multimedia browser functional keys p 29 CANCEL no function no function iOn screen information Press to display when available information about the selected TV channel and programme bDual screen Pres...

Page 7: ...enu settings p 16 Equalizer See Use of the TV menu settings Adjust sound menu settings p 17 Clock Select to activate deactivate the clock display on the screen Use of the OPTION key 7 a Quick access Subtitles Picture format Equalizer Clock In case your remote is lost or broken apart from channel selection and volume adjustment you can still change some of the basic settings with the keys at the si...

Page 8: ... the TV lights up and the screen comes on If the TV is in standby mode press the P keys or the B key on the remote control Note the first time and only the first time you switch on your TV you see a Welcome screen followed by the installation procedure See First time installation below First time installation The installation procedure consists of a series of screens that will guide you through th...

Page 9: ...matic channel installation All available TV channels are searched for and stored automatically This will take a few minutes When the search is complete the menu will indicate the number of channels found 4 Press the red colour key again when the search is completed Step 2 complete the initial TV installation procedure Previous Next Skip Stop PHILIPS Television System searching please wait Stop PHI...

Page 10: ...ow many screens there are in total The Settings assistant will step sequentially through the following settings Picture and Sound 5 Press the green colour key again to store all the settings and to return to the TV installation menu 6 Press the red colour key again to finish the First time installation procedure and to display the first stored TV channel First time installation Continued 10 Note w...

Page 11: ...al multimedia files Multimedia is only present when a USB device is connected See Multimedia browser p 29 2 Use the cursor up down to highlight and select a menu item 3 Use the cursor right to enter the highlighted menu item The right panel shows the content of the highlighted menu item 4 Use the cursor up down to select a menu item TV settings allows you to adjust your preferred Picture and Sound...

Page 12: ...e content of the right panel is moved to the left panel and the right panel now shows the content of the newly highlighted item in the left panel 6 Press the MENU BROWSE key to exit the main menu Note in some cases it is important that the picture can be watched while you adjust the settings This means that when the highlight is on the right side panel the other menu items hide away When the curso...

Page 13: ... 17 C Individual settings for Picture and Sound This allows you to reset your settings for viewing and listening to predefined factory settings 1 Select Reset to standard and press the cursor right A menu appears which allows you to select one of the standard settings for viewing and listening Current shows your current settings for viewing and listening If you select Natural it allows you to set ...

Page 14: ... unchanged Brightness Adjusts the light output of the complete picture which will mainly affect the darker areas of the picture Colour Adjusts the saturation level of the colours to suit your personal preference Hue Compensates for the colour variations in NTSC encoded transmissions Sharpness Adjusts the sharpness of fine details in the picture Tint Increases or decreases Warm red and Cool blue co...

Page 15: ...ng contrast sharpness picture depth and colour reproduction and brilliance from every source including High Definition Select On or Off to activate de activate Pixel Plus Digital Natural Motion Reduces the field and line flicker and reproduces smooth movement especially in movies Select Off Minimum or Maximum in order to activate de activate Digital Natural Motion and to really see the difference ...

Page 16: ...ovie Expand 14 9 Movie Expand 16 9 or 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 sides of 4 3 programmes with minimal distortion When in M...

Page 17: ...l taste Volume Allows you to adjust the sound output level Balance Allows you to adjust the output of the right and left speakers to obtain the best stereo reproduction for your listening position Dual I II Allows you to select per channel Dual I or II when dual sound transmission is available Mono Stereo Allows you to select per TV channel Mono or Stereo sound when stereo broadcasts are available...

Page 18: ... more constant overall level This will also reduce the dynamics of sound Delta volume Allows you to correct for any permanent volume differences between TV channels or external sources Auto surround When switched On this allows the TV to automatically switch to the best surround sound mode the broadcaster transmits Settings assistant Reset to standard Picture Sound Info TV menu TV settings Sound H...

Page 19: ...etext subtitle page must be stored for each TV channel 1 Switch on teletext and select the proper subtitle page from the index 2 Switch off teletext 3 Select Subtitle On to display the subtitles on the selected TV channels On during mute to automatically display the subtitles only when the sound has been muted with the key on the remote control Sleeptimer This sets a time period after which the TV...

Page 20: ... On to set the lock Press the cursor left Select Time and press the cursor right Enter the time with the cursor up down and right Channel lock to lock a certain TV channel or external Press the OK key to activate deactivate Select Unlock to disable all locks you have set Adjust feature menu settings Continued 20 Note you have to re enter your code each time you enter the Childlock menu Important y...

Page 21: ... 6 Select Day and then a day of the week or select Daily 7 Select Time and enter the time with the digit keys or with the cursor up down 8 Press the OK key to activate 9 Press the cursor left to return to the Features menu or press the MENU BROWSE key to switch off the menu EN 21 Adjust feature menu settings Continued 21 Note From now on every week your TV will automatically switch to the selected...

Page 22: ...TV Menu is moved to the left 3 Select Installation and press the cursor right The Installation menu is moved to the left panel 4 Use the cursor up down to select the Installation menu items 5 Press the cursor right to enter the selected Installation menu item 6 Use the cursor keys to make a selection 7 Press the OK key to activate or to confirm 8 Press the cursor left to return to the Installation...

Page 23: ... the cursor right 2 Select System 3 Select your country or part of the world where you are now located 4 Select Search and press the cursor right 5 Select the red or green colour key to proceed 6 Press the cursor left to store the channel found or to search for another channel 7 Select Fine tune and press the cursor right Fine tuning can be useful when the frequency has shifted a bit or when inter...

Page 24: ... uninstall a stored channel or external so that it is no longer possible to tune to This also allows you to reinstall an earlier uninstalled channel 1 Select the channel you want to uninstall 2 Press the green colour key to uninstall the selected channel The uninstalled channel is indicated in the list by an icon in front of the uninstalled channel 3 Press the green colour key again to reinstall t...

Page 25: ...display of programme and channel information Select Minimum to activate the display of reduced channel information Select Normal to activate the display of extended channel and programme information For example information on the programme input signal quality of connected peripheral equipment the screen format and sound mode ratings remaining time of the sleeptimer setting Display a Programme tit...

Page 26: ...lby Digital audio via the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT connector to an external amplifier or receiver If your amplifier or receiver has a matching connector for Digital Audio In you can connect it with a single cable to the TV s DIGITAL AUDIO OUT See To make video and audio connections Connect a Home Cinema amplifier p 42 Select your connections Select a Decoder channel number This allows you to define one o...

Page 27: ...ter on Press the green colour key on your remote control to confirm you have read the message Once you have confirmed the message will not pop up again If however you want to see the last broadcasted announcement again select Announcement in the Software upgrade menu This allows you to reset most of the predefined factory states 1 Select and press the cursor right 2 Press the OK key to erase setti...

Page 28: ...ct a channel 7 Press the OK key to check or uncheck the highlighted channel and to add it to or remove it from your selected favourite list 8a Press the green colour key again to leave the Edit mode The modified favourite channel list appears Press the FAV key again to exit With the P key you will be able to browse through the TV channels of the selected list 8b Press the red colour key to remove ...

Page 29: ...y stick or a digital camera connect it to the USB connector at the side See To make video and audio connections Side panel overview p 35 When a USB device is inserted the Multimedia browser menu is displayed automatically See further To remove the USB device 1 Press the MENU BROWSE key on the remote control to switch off the main menu 2 Remove the USB device Multimedia Browser EN 29 a To view cont...

Page 30: ...e screen 10 To stop playing content press the key on the remote control Multimedia Browser Continued EN 30 Note press the green colour key to display all the image files in the current directory as thumbnails when browsing pictures Press the green key again to display the image files in a list Tip the blue colour key can if necessary be used to let the colour keys reappear Notes your TV supports s...

Page 31: ... zoom magnifications x1 x2 x4 with the cursor up down Additionally you can shift the selected zoom window over the screen with the cursor keys Full small screen to toggle between a full or a small screen Multimedia function keys on the remote control Ò to fast rewind displaying content to stop playing content π to play a single file start a slide show playback of a folder or other collection to pa...

Page 32: ... broadcasts Press i A T O P overview of the teletext subjects available is displayed Select with the cursor up down left right the desired subject and press the OK key Select subpages When a selected teletext page consists of different subpages a list of available subpages appears on the screen Press the cursor left or right to select the next or previous subpage Picture Teletext 1 Press the b key...

Page 33: ...xt part and then to return to the normal teletext page size Teletext Continued EN 33 The Teletext menu offers various functions to control teletext 1 Switch teletext on and press the MENU BROWSE key to activate the menu 2 Press the cursor up down to select the menu items 3 Press the OK key to activate 4 Press the MENU BROWSE key to leave the teletext menu Reveal Reveals conceals hidden information...

Page 34: ... YPbPr connection is necessary to view video sources for example digital broadcastings coming from a settop box in 1080i 720p 576i 576p 480i or 480p PC equipped with a VGA connector see p 41 S VIDEO HDMI VIDEO 75 EUROCONNECTOR Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV Progressive 480p 576p 720p 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV Progressive 480p 576p 720p 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 Pr Pb Y DIG...

Page 35: ... 3 Headphone 1 Insert the plug into the headphone socket L as shown 2 The headphone impedance must be between 8 and 4000 Ohm The headphone socket has a 3 5 mm jack In the Sound menu select Headphone volume to adjust the headphone volume USB See Multimedia browser p 29 To make video and audio connections Side panel overview EN 35 35 Warning do not connect cable 1 and 2 at the same time This may cau...

Page 36: ...DMI 1 HDMI ETHERNET ANTENNA VGA EXT2 EXT1 AUDIO OUT DIGITAL AUDIO IN HDMI 2 ANTENNA 75 o o o PC VGA AUDIO IN L R o o EXT3 EXT2 EXT1 ETHERNET o AUDIOINL R VGA AUDIOINL R DVI DVI DVI AUDIOINL R DIGITAL AUDIO IN CABLE YPbPr AUDIO IN VCR DVD player Satellite receiver 1 DVD recorder 1VCR 2 DVD recorders 2VCRs Decoder PC DVI PC VGA DVD player Cable box DVD player Cable box Cable box Decoder VCR Digital ...

Page 37: ...ur recorder s testsignal and store the testsignal under programme number 0 See Manual installation p 23 See also the handbook of your recorder Connect a decoder and a VCR Connect a eurocable 4 to your decoder and to the special euroconnector of your recorder See also the handbook of your recorder Warning do not place your recorder too close to the screen as some recorders may be susceptible for si...

Page 38: ...1 or 2 With aerial cables only 1 Connect the aerial cables 1 2 and 3 as shown 2 Tune in your recorder s testsignal and store the testsignal under programme number 0 See Manual installation p 23 See also the handbook of your recorder With a eurocable 1 Connect the aerial cables 1 and 2 as shown 2 Connect your satellite receiver to EXT1 or 2 with a eurocable 3 3 Select the equipment you have connect...

Page 39: ...ITAL AUDIO AUDIO HDTV Progressive DISPLAY SYNCHRONIZED 480p 576p 720p 1080i IN IN L R EXT3 AUDIO OUT AUDIO OUT L R DIGITAL AUDIO OUT HDMI 1 HDMI DIGITAL AUDIO IN HDMI 2 o o PC VGA AUDIO IN L R o o EXT3 HDMI DVI DIGITAL AUDIO IN 1 2 With a DVI connector 1 Connect the DVI to HDMI cable to one of the HDMI connectors of your TV 1 2 Connect the audio cable 2 to the DIGITAL AUDIO IN connector of the TV ...

Page 40: ... the aerial cable 5 Tip if necessary you can adjust the picture position to the centre of the screen with the cursor keys Notes cables are often colour coded Connect red to red white to white etc the labels for the component video sockets may differ depending on the DVD player connected Although the abbreviations may vary the letters B and R stand for the blue and red component signals respectivel...

Page 41: ...d to the VGA connector at the bottom of the TV Fix the connector firmly with the screws on the plug 2 In case of a Multimedia computer connect the audio cable 2 to the AUDIO outputs of your computer and to the L R AUDIO input of the TV 3 Select VGA in the Installation menu Select your connections p 26 and link it to VGA 4 Also select Analogue audio In in the same Connections menu PC equipped with ...

Page 42: ...e Home Cinema amplifier According to the type of connector cables and the connector input available on your Home Cinema amplifier connect your receiver to the AUDIO OUT L and R connectors 3 or to EXT1 or 2 2 at the bottom or the rear of the TV Tip to avoid visible delay between picture and sound use this DIGITAL AUDIO OUT connector to connect your Home Cinema amplifier Pr Pb Y DIGITAL AUDIO AUDIO ...

Page 43: ... the input to which the peripheral equipment is connected 8 Press the cursor right again to enter the list of types of peripherals connected to the selected input 9 Select the peripheral equipment with the cursor up down a Record a TV programme You can record a TV programme using your recorders tuner without affecting your TV 1 Select the channel number on your recorder 2 Set your recorder to reco...

Page 44: ... or the previous disc CD cursor left right to select the previous or following track CD 0 to select a DVD title chapter index AUX b to select your choice of subtitle language DVD Normal mode if no action is being undertaken within 30 seconds the remote control returns to TV mode Expert mode in Expert mode the remote will stay in the selected mode even when the 30 seconds time out is elapsed To sel...

Page 45: ... the key Verify the connections between the optional equipment and the TV The remote does Verify if the remote is set correctly for the equipment your are using not function Verify if the batteries are not dead Replace the batteries You can still use the keys at the left side of the TV Select TV mode on your remote control When pressing a key and some key leds are blinking with a higher speed and ...

Page 46: ...de 500 with the digit keys for a Philips DVD player Enter the code 542 with the digit keys for a Philips DVD recorder All mode LEDs will blink fast for 3 seconds as a confirmation you entered the correct code If you entered a wrong code all mode LEDs will stay on for 2 seconds Redo Step 2 Your remote control is in the DVD or DVD R mode To cancel the selected mode Press the DVD mode key for 4 secon...

Page 47: ... the web browser on your PC 2 Follow the procedure to find the information and the software related to your TV 3 Select the latest software upgrade file and download it to your PC 4 Decompress the ZIP file and copy the file autorun upg to the root directory of the USB portable memory To verify the version of the TV software Before you start the software upgrade procedure it is advised to check wha...

Page 48: ...not allowed to remove the USB portable memory during the software upgrade procedure in case of a power drop during the upgrade procedure don t remove the USB portable memory from the TV The TV will continue the upgrade as soon as the power comes back if you try to upgrade to a software version lower than the current version a confirmation will be asked Downgrading to older software should only be ...

Page 49: ...de version and press the red colour key to start the upgrade Your TV will restart and will automatically go to the upgrade mode After a few seconds it will display the status of the upgrade procedure 4 When the software upgrade was successful remove the USB portable memory and restart your TV with the power switch B at the side of the TV Your TV will start up with the new software Warning if you t...

Page 50: ...referencing PM content are based on a relative path starting from the directory where the slideshow is stored This path includes the device or drive name of the PM An absolute path to content will also be supported relative path pictures test1 jpg tamper jpg new bird jpg absolute path USB1 pictures1 foo_bar jpg C f1 jpg organization jpg General Format The format and syntax below will be used to cr...

Page 51: ... background during the slideshow A single song or playlist m3u pls are the only valid audio references Other reference will not result in any audio playback If a single song is referenced the song will be repeated forever If a playlist is referenced the playlist will be played in sequence with a repeat at the end of the playlist The default display time in 0 1 second of a slide The TV application ...

Page 52: ...nly Transport bInterfaceProtocol 50h Full support of SubClass Code 05h SFF 8070i spec Full support of SubClass Code 06h SCSI transparent command set For large USB memory devices when you are in the Content Browser it may take a long time before you can access your files When using a USB portable harddisk Due to the high power consumption of the harddisk it is advised to use the external power supp...

Page 53: ... is muted Your TV supports HDCP High bandwidth Digital Content Protection This is a system for protecting DVD content outputted via HDMI from being copied It provides a secure digital link between a video source DVD PC etc and your TV Content is encrypted at the source peripheral equipment to prevent unauthorised copies from being made Proper working is only guaranteed with HDMI compliant consumer...

Page 54: ...tion 23 menu key 11 menu language 22 MPEG reduction 16 multimedia browser 29 mute key 5 navigate through the menus 11 on screen language 9 on screen information 6 on timer 21 option key 7 OK key 5 PC 41 picture adjustment menu 14 picture format 16 PIN code 21 pixel plus 15 preferences menu 25 previous channel 6 programme title 25 quick access menu 7 rear panel overview 36 rearrange channel list 24...

Page 55: ...Please check on how to dispose of exhausted batteries according to local regulations Recycling Product information Your TV consumes energy in standby mode Energy consumption contributes to air and water pollution Very low standby power consumption Specifications see the product leaflet on www philips com support If you need further assistance please call the customer support service in your countr...

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