Philips 32pfl8605h User Manual
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• Auto zoom Automatically zooms the picture in to fill the screen as much as possible without distortion. Black bars may be visible. Not fit for PC input. • Super zoom Removes the black bars on the side of 4:3 broadcasts. The picture is adjusted to fit the screen. • Movie expand Scales the picture to a 16:9 format. • Wide screen Stretches the picture to a 16:9 format. • Unscaled Expert mode for HD or PC input. Pixel for pixel display. Black bars may appear with pictures from a PC. Switch to standby If the TV is on, press O on the remote control to switch to standby. The red standby key indicator is on. Although the TV consumes very little power when on standby, energy does continue to be consumed. When the TV is not in use for an extended period of time, we recommend you switch the TV off completely with the power switch. Use your TV / Watch TV 31
2.4Watch a connected device Select a device When a connected devices is added to the Home menu, you can easily select it. To select and watch a connected device or activity, press h to open the Home menu and select the device or its activity and press OK . Make sure the device is switched on. Read more about Add your devices in Help > Use your TV > Menus > Home menu. Use the TV remote control The TV remote control can operate a device if the device is connected with HDMI and has EasyLink (HDMI -CEC). Read more about EasyLink Remote control in Help > Use your TV > Remote control > EasyLink Remote control . 32 Use your TV / Watch a connected device
2.5Ambilight Benefits With Ambilight, you enjoy a more relaxed viewing experience and improved perceived picture quality. Dim the lighting conditions in the room and position the TV up to 25cm away from the wall for the best Ambilight effect. To prevent poor infrared remote control reception, position your devices out of sight of Ambilight. Adjust You can use the Adjust menu to set the most used Ambilight settings. While watching TV, press s to open the Adjust menu. To close the Adjust menu, press s again. Switch Ambilight on or off In the Adjust menu, select Ambilight and press OK. Switch Ambilight On or Off. Ambilight dynamic In the Adjust menu, select Ambilight dynamic and press OK. Adjust the speed at which Ambilight responds to onscreen images. Ambilight brightness In the Adjust menu, select Ambilight brightness and press OK. Adjust the light output of Ambilight. Ambilight colour In the Adjust menu, select Ambilight colour and press OK. Select Dynamic , if Ambilight should respond to onscreen images or select one of the fixed colours. Select Custom if you want to set a specific fixed colour. Read more about Ambilight settings in Help > Use your TV > Use Ambilight > Setup. Setup As well as the settings in the Adjust menu, Ambilight offers some advanced settings. You can set a fixed colour of your own or a delayed Ambilight switch off after you switched off the TV. To open the Ambilight menu, press h and select Setup > TV settings > Ambilight . Custom colour To set a Ambilight colour of your own, select Custom in the Ambilight Colour menu. With Custom selected, you can open the Custom colour menu. Select Palette to choose your own colour. Ambilight Custom colour is a fixed (non -dynamic) colour setting. Separation To set the difference in colour level between the lights on each side of the TV, select Separation. Separation Off gives a dynamic but uniform Ambilight colour. TV switch off To set Ambilight to fade out and switch off a few seconds after you have switched off the TV, select TV switch off. Allow Ambilight to fade out and switch off completely before you switch the TV back on again. Scenea lounge light To always switch off Ambilight when Scenea is switched on, select Scenea lounge light and select Off. Wall colour The colour of the wall behind your TV can influence the colour effect of Ambilight. To correct this influence, select Wall colour and select a colour that matches the wall colour. Ambilight will correct its colours to mix best with the colour of the wall behind the TV. Lounge light mood Read more about Lounge light mood in Help > Use your TV > Use Ambilight > Lounge light mood . Lounge light mood When the TV is on standby, you can switch Ambilight on and create a Lounge light mood in your room. To switch Ambilight on while the TV is on standby, press J on the TV. Use your TV / Ambilight 33
To change the Lounge light mood colour scheme, press J on the TV again. To switch off Lounge light mood, press and hold J on the TV for 3 seconds. You can also set up the colour scheme in the Setup menu. With the TV switched on, press h and select Setup. Select TV settings > Ambilight > Lounge light mood . Select the colour scheme with which Lounge light mood will start up. 34 Use your TV / Ambilight
2.6Net TV What is Net TV ? Net TV offers Internet services and websites tailored for your TV. You can visit popular sites, look at infotainment, or rent a movie from a video store. Net TV pages The most popular websites in your country have tailored their web pages for use on TV. Read the newspaper headlines, watch the latest video hit or check the weather forecast. Net TV programme guide Once you are connected to Net TV, the TV programme guide uses the Internet to gather its information. Video stores With Net TV you can rent your favourite movie from an online rental video store. Missed a programme? If a broadcaster offers this service, you can catch-up with a favourite programme you missed. Watch this programme when it suits you. Read more about Net TV in the following chapters. New services New services are added regularly. Consult the Net TV pages from time to time to discover the newly -added services. Specifics • The availability of Net TV services vary per country. • With Net TV you can also link up to the Internet. You can view any website you like but remember that most Internet websites are not tailored to be viewed on a TV screen and certain plug -ins (e.g. to view pages or videos) are not available on your TV. • Net TV online services can be added, changed or stopped. • Net TV shows one page at a time and full screen. • You cannot download and save files or install plug -ins. What you need To enjoy Net TV, you need to connect the TV to a router with a high -speed connection to the Internet. Read Help > Setup > Network . Once the connection is made, select Browse Net TV in the Home menu to start the Net TV on -screen setup. Read Help > Use your TV > Net TV > First use . First use 1 Agree to the Terms of Use. 2 Register for Net TV. 3 Switch on Parental control. Net TV is ready for use. How to register To register, you need an email address and a PC connected to the Internet. If you skip the registration at first use, you can register from the Net TV Start page later on. To start the Net TV registration, enter your email address on screen. To open the on -screen keyboard, press OK with the text field highlighted. Enter the characters one by one. Select Register and press OK. A message will appear if a registration email has been send to your email address. Open the email on your PC and click the link to the registration form. Complete the form and click the button to submit. On the TV, select OK and press OK to open the Net TV Start page. Switch on Parental control The first time you open the Net TV Start page, you can switch on Parental control. If you switch on Parental control, you need to enter a personal lock/unlock code. Enter a 4 digit code as your Net TV lock /unlock code. Use the number keys on the remote control. Enter the same code again to confirm. Net TV is ready to use. Registration benefits When you have registered, your favourite or locked Net TV pages are stored as a back -up. Also, the last 16 web addresses (URLs) you visit are stored. You can share these pages with another Net TV television if you register that TV with the same email address. When registered, you can restore these selected pages after an accidental reset of Net TV with Clear history. Parental control benefits With Parental control switched on ... • you can lock and unlock services and/or categories of services • some services that are not suitable for children are locked from the start but can be unlocked Parental control specifics • Only services on the Net TV pages can be locked. Advertisements and Internet websites cannot be locked. • Services are locked per country. Categories are locked for all countries. Browse Net TV Use your TV / Net TV 35
To open Net TV, close this Help and press h, select Browse Net TV and press OK. The TV links up to Net TV and opens the Start page. To exit Net TV, press h and select another activity. The F Start page The F Start page shows your favourite services and some recommended services. You can browse Net TV from this page. To return to the F Start page, press e (Browse). Open a Net TV service Select a Net TV service with u or v, w or x keys. To open a selected service, press OK. A closing lock animation means that the page you have opened is a secure page. Navigate a Net TV service Navigating a Net TV service can differ from using another service. You can mainly use the navigation keys and the OK key to browse the service. Some services indicate how to browse their service. To go back one page, press b (Back). All services To view the available services for your country, select † Services and press OK. On this page, you can view all services or view them by category, e.g. News or Entertainment . To view the services by category, select a category in the column at the left and press OK. Options Press o (Options) to select the following: • Lock service • Mark favourite • Disable parental control • Show remote control • Reload page • Zoom page • Security info • Clear Net TV memory Lock service To lock a Net TV service, select its icon and press o (Options). Select Lock service and press OK. The service icon is marked with a k . To open a locked service, you must enter your 4 digit code. Once you have opened a locked service, you can delete the lock. Mark favourites To mark a service as a favourite, select the service icon and press o (Options). Select Mark favourite and press OK. You can mark up to 12 services as favourites. All of your favourite services are shown in the F Start page. In † Services, favourite services are marked with a star F. Only Net TV services can be marked as favourites. Advertisements and Internet websites cannot be marked. Unmark favourites To Unmark a favourite, select the icon of a favourite service and press o (Options) and select Unmark favourite. Disable parental control To switch off Parental control, press o (Options) and select Disable parental control . Enter the 4 digit code to disable Parental control. Show remote control Keys like Play x, Rewind T and Fast Forward Q can be called up with Show remote control . Press o (Options) and select Show remote control . With these keys on screen, you can operate audio or video players. Select a key and press OK to carry out its function. Press b (Back) to hide these on -screen keys. Reload page If something went wrong during the loading of a page, you can try and reload it. Press o (Options) and select Reload page. Zoom page To zoom an Internet page in or out, press o (Options) and select Zoom page . Use the slider bar to set the enlargement. To scroll through an Internet page, use the navigation keys to jump from highlight to highlight. Security info To view a pages security information, press o (Options) and select Security info . Clear Net TV memory ‹ Warning - this option resets Net TV completely. To clear the Net TV memory completely, including your Favourite, the Parental control code, passwords, cookies and history, press o (options) and select Clear Net TV memory . Net TV services for another country Another country might have other services available. To switch to the services of another country, select Country : … at the bottom right of the page and press OK. Select a country and press OK. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. bears no responsibility regarding the content and the quality of the content provided by the content service providers. Internet websites With Net TV you can also link up to the Internet. You can view any website you like but remember that most Internet websites are not meant to be viewed on a TV screen and certain plug -ins (e.g. to view pages or videos) are not available on your TV. Open an Internet site To go to an Internet page, select fi Internet and press OK. Using the on -screen keyboard, you can enter the web address you need. Select a character and press OK to enter it in the address line at the top of the page. Once you entered the address, select Go and press OK to load the Internet website. Use the u or v, w or x keys to navigate to the available links on an open Internet page, press OK to go to the link. Internet history Net TV will automatically add every site you visit to the history list. Later, you can select a site icon in the list and press OK to open it. To scroll through the history list, use the navigation keys. 36 Use your TV / Net TV
Clear Net TV history With a site icon selected in the history list, you can clear the whole list. Press o (Options) and select Clear history. Video stores With this TV, you can rent a video from an online video store. 1 Open a video store. 2 Select a video. 3 Make the online payment. 4 Download the video. 5 Start watching. What you need To rent and download a video, you need a high -speed Internet connection to the TV. Read more about connecting to the network in Help > Setup > Network . You also need an SD memory card to insert in the TV SD card slot. Formatting an SD card To format an SD memory card as video memory, insert the SD card in the SD slot. The TV will automatically start the formatting the SD card. The TV could reject the SD card if the write speed is insufficient for video transfer. Once formatted, leave the card permanently in the slot. View a video store To view a video store, press h, select Net TV > Video stores and press OK. The Video stores page shows the available stores for your country. To view a store, select its icon and press OK. Rent a video To rent a video, select its icon on the video store page and press OK. In most cases you can rent a video for 1 day or for a couple of days or even just 1 hour. The way you select and rent a video varies from store to store. Payment The store will ask you to log in or to open a new log in account if you dont already have one. The login might consist of your email address and a personal PIN code. When you are logged in, you can select the payment method, a credit card or a value code in most cases. Consult the video store website for more information on their payment terms. To enter a number code (PIN), use the numbers on the remote control. To enter an email address, select the text field on the page and press OK. Select a character on the keyboard and press OK to enter it. Download the video Once the payment is complete, you can download the video on the video memory. During the download, you can carry on watching the normal programme until the TV notifies you that the video is ready to play. If you cancel a download, you can still download the video until the rental period expires. Start watching To start watching a downloaded video, press h, select Net TV > Video stores and press OK. With your log in, enter the store were you rented the video and select the video from the list of downloaded videos. Select the video and press OK to play. Online TV Some digital broadcasters offer an Online TV service. With Online TV you can watch a programme you missed. Link up with the broadcasters Online TV page to see what programmes are available. What you need To link up with an Online TV service, you need a high -speed Internet connection to the TV. Read more about connecting to the network in Help > Setup > Network . Open Online TV from Net TV To open an Online TV service from Net TV, press h, select Browse Net TV and press OK. In the Net TV services, look for the icon of the TV channel that broadcasts the programme you want. Select the service and press OK. Open Online TV on a channel To open the Online TV service of a TV channel directly, press the Red key. If this service is available, the TV will open the page of the broadcaster. The availability of Online TV services varies by country. Use your TV / Net TV 37
3 3.1 More on ... Text Text pages Open Text To open Text, while watching TV, press e (Browse) and select Text . To close Text, press b (Back). Select a Text page To select a page … • Enter the page number with the number keys. • Press W or X • Press u or v. • Press a colour key to select a colour -coded subject at the bottom of the screen. Text sub-pages A Text page number can hold several subpages. The subpage numbers are shown on a bar next to the main page number. To select a subpage, press w or x. T.O.P. Text pages Some broadcasters offer T.O.P. Text. To open T.O.P. Text within Text, press o (Options) and select T.O.P. overview . Search Text You can select a word and scan Text for all instances where this word reoccurs. This a practical way to look for a specific subject. Open a Text page and press OK. Select a word or number with the navigation keys. Now press OK again to jump immediately to the next occurrence of this word or number. Press OK again to jump to the subsequent occurrence. To stop the search, press u until nothing is selected. Text from a connected device Some connected devices that receive TV channels can also offer Text. To open Text from a connected device, press h, select the device and press OK. While watching a channel, press o (Options), select Show remote control and select the B key and press OK. Press b (Back) to hide the remote control keys. To close Text, press b (Back). Digital text (UK only) Some digital TV broadcasters offer dedicated digital text or interactive services on their digital TV channels. These services include normal Text using the number, colour and navigation keys to select and navigate. To close Digital text, press b (Back). Digital text is blocked when subtitles are broadcast and Subtitle On is set in the Subtitle menu. Select Subtitles Off to allow Digital text. Text options 38 More on ... / Text
In Text, press o (Options) to select the following: • Freeze page • Dual screen • T.O.P. overview • Enlarge • Reveal • Cycle subpages • Language Freeze page To stop the automatic rotation of subpages, press o (Options) and select Freeze page . Dual screen / Full screen To show the TV channel and Text alongside each other, press o (Options) and select Dual screen. Select Full screen to switch back to full screen view. T.O.P. overview To open T.O.P. Text, press o (Options) and select T.O.P. overview . Enlarge To enlarge the Text page for more comfortable reading, press o (Options) and select Enlarge. To scroll down the page, press v or u . Reveal To unhide hidden information on a page, press o (Options) and select Reveal . Cycle subpages To cycle subpage when these are available, press o (Options) and select Cycle subpages . Language To switch the group of characters that Text uses to display correctly, press o (Options) and select Language. Text setup Text language Some digital TV broadcasters have several Text languages available. To set your primary and secondary Text language, press h > Set up > Channel settings and select Primary or Secondary Text and select your preferred Text languages. Text 2.5 If available, Text 2.5 offers more colours and better graphics. Text 2.5 is activated as a standard factory setting. To switch it off, select h > Setup > TV settings > Preferences > Text 2.5 . More on ... / Text 39
3.2Interactive TV Benefits Interactive TV can offer additional infotainment or programmes on a digital TV channel. Interactive TV is dependent on the country or broadcast. Benefits range from enhanced text to online TV and much more. For some iTV services, you need a high -speed connection to the Internet. Read Help > Setup > Network . Use iTV To open iTV, press the Red key while watching a digital channel. If interactive TV is available, the Home page of the broadcaster opens. To close iTV, press b (Back) repeatedly until the iTV page closes. 40 More on ... / Interactive TV