Philips 32pfl9606t User Manual
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Rent a video When you open a video store you will be asked to log in or to create a log in account. With a text entry field selected, press OK to open the on -screen keyboard. Consult the video store website for more information. Online TV With the online TV apps in Net TV you can watch programmes you missed. Most often, you can recognise such an online TV app by its broadcaster’s logo. What you need To watch online TV programmes, you need a high -speed (broadband) Internet connection to the TV. Read more about connecting to the network in Help > Setup > Network . Watch online TV To watch an online TV programme in Net TV, press h (Home), select Browse Net TV and press OK. Select the broadcaster app on the Net TV home page and press OK. You can add a online TV broadcaster app on your home page from the app gallery. Start a programme Select a programme from the online TV app page and press OK. Most often, you can use the x (Play) or U (Pause) keys on your remote control. Smart TV / Net TV31
3.2Interactive TV What is iTV? With interactive TV, some digital broadcasters combine their normal TV programme with information or entertainment pages. On some pages, you can respond to a programme or vote, do online shopping or pay for a video -on -demand programme. HbbTV, MHEG, MHP, DTVi, . . . Broadcasters use various interactive TV systems : HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) or iTV (Interactive TV - MHEG). Interactive TV is sometimes referred to as Digital Text or Red button. But each system is distinct. Visit the broadcasters Internet website for more information. What you need Interactive TV is only available on digital TV channels. To enjoy the full benefits of Interactive TV, you need a high -speed (broadband) Internet connection to the TV. Read more about connecting to the network in Help > Setup > Network . Open iTV pages Most channels that offer HbbTV or iTV invite you to press the red key or OK key to open their interactive programme. Close iTV pages Most iTV pages inform you which key to use to close. For Digital Text and Red button, press È (Back). To force an iTV page to close, switch to the next TV channel and switch back. Navigate iTV pages You can use the navigation and colour keys, the number keys and the È (Back) key to navigate the iTV pages. You can use the x (Play), U (Pause) and S (Stop) keys to watch videos within iTV pages. Digital Text (UK only) To open Digital Text, press TEXT. To close, press È (Back). HbbTV links Some HbbTV pages have links to the Internet. Your TV switches to Net TV to view these Internet websites. To switch back to normal TV viewing, you might need to press h (Home) and select Watch TV again to continue watching the TV channel. Block HbbTV pages To block the HbbTV pages from a specific channel, tune to the channel, press r OPTIONS and select HbbTV on this channel and select Off. To block HbbTV on all channels, press h (Home), select Setup and select TV settings > HbbTV and select Off. 32Smart TV / Interactive TV
3.3Videos, photos and music Browse USB You can view photos or play your music and videos from a USB memory device. Insert a USB device into the USB connection on the left-hand side of the TV while the TV is switched on. The TV detects the device and opens a list showing its content. If the list does not appear automatically, press h, select Browse USB and press OK . To close Browse USB, press h and select another activity or disconnect the USB device. View photos To view photos , select a photo in the list and press OK. If there are more photos in the folder, the TV starts a slideshow with these photos. To stop, press r OPTIONS and select Stop. To pause or play the slideshow again, press OK. To view the next photo, press W. To view the previous photo, press X. Options for photos Press r OPTIONS to select the following: • Show info • Stop • Play once / Repeat • Rotate • Shuffle on / off • Slideshow speed • Slideshow transition • Set as Scenea Shuffle on Plays the files randomly. Set as Scenea Sets the current photo as a wallpaper photo for Scenea. Play videos or music To play videos or music, select the file in the list and press OK. If there are more music or video files in the folder, the TV plays the files one after the other. To stop, press r OPTIONS . To pause or play, press OK. To play the next file in the folder, press W. To play to the previous file, press X. To fast forward, press x. To rewind, press w. Options for music and videos Press r OPTIONS to select the following: • Stop • Play once / Repeat • Shuffle on / off Music with photos You can play music and show photos at the same time. Start the photo slideshow after you started the music. 1 Select a folder with music files and press OK. 2 Select a folder with photo files and press OK. To stop, press r OPTIONS and select Stop. Screen off If you only listen to music, you can mute the TV screen to save energy. To mute the screen, press the green key, select Screen off and press OK. To switch the screen back on, press any key on the remote control. See the list of compatible playback formats in Help > Specifications > Multimedia . Browse PC You can view photos or play your music and videos from a PC in your home network. The TV is DLNA certified and is compatible with other DLNA certified devices. What you need To browse your PC files, you need to connect the TV to your home network. Also, do not forget to set your media server software to share the files with the TV. Browse PC To browse your PC files, press h, select Browse PC and press OK . To close Browse PC, press h and select another activity. If the network is not yet installed when you select Browse PC, the Network installation starts automatically. Follow the instructions on screen. To select, view and play your files, read Help > Smart TV > Videos, photos and music > Browse USB. Find the list of compatible playback formats and compatible media server software in Help > Specifications > Multimedia. Read more about connecting to a network in Help > Setup > Network . Scenea With Scenea, you can set a photo as a painting on your TV screen. Select your favourite photo from your collection. To open Scenea, press h, select Scenea and press OK. If you did not yet select a photo of your own, a preset photo is shown. To close the Scenea photo, press a key on the remote control. Smart TV / Videos, photos and music33
Select a photo for Scenea 1 Select a photo from a connected USB device or from a connected PC. This photo must be in JPEG format. 2 With the photo highlighted in the Browse USB or Browse PC list, press r OPTIONS , select Set as Scenea and press OK. By agreeing to overwrite the current photo, the new photo is set. Scenea lounge light To switch off Ambilight when Scenea is on, press t ADJUST . Or press Ambilight on the front of the TV. Energy saving To switch the TV to the energy saving mode, press t ADJUST , select Smart picture and press OK. Select Energy saving . Specifics With Scenea switched on, the TV will automatically switch to standby after 4 hours. You will be warned 1 minute before switch off. This automatic switch to standby prevents unnecessary energy use in case you forget that Scenea is on. If the sleep timer is set, the TV will also switch to standby after the set time has elapsed. Scenea has no sound. Wi- Fi Media Connect With Wi-Fi MediaConnect you can bring up (project) your PC screen on to the TV screen wirelessly. You can project video, music, presentations or other content playing on your laptop or desktop PC. Before you can project the PC screen on to TV, you must install the Wi-Fi MediaConnect software on your PC. Read more about installing the Wi-Fi MediaConnect software in Help > Setup > Network > Wi -Fi MediaConnect . Start projecting To start projecting the PC screen on to the TV, click on the small TV icon in the taskbar at the bottom right of the PC screen. Your PC screen appears on your TV screen. Stop projecting To stop projecting, click on the TV icon again. Wi -Fi MediaConnect Help To read the Wi-Fi MediaConnect Help, right-click the TV icon in the taskbar of the PC and select Help. Specifics The playback of video can be affected by your PC performance and your wireless network bandwidth. You can project high definition (HD) or standard definition (SD) video, depending on the processing power of your PC. The content protection on most DVD or Blu-ray Disc movies might restrict watching the movie on a TV when the disc is playing on a PC. The TV shows PC media files with a small delay. 34Smart TV / Videos, photos and music
3.4Pause TV and recording Smart USB recording With this TV you can pause a TV broadcast from a digital channel. You can pause a TV broadcast to watch it later. Simply connect a USB Hard Drive device to your TV and you can pause the broadcast. If your TV is connected to the Internet, you can also record or set a programmed recording of a digital broadcast. In some countries, recording is not supported. What you need Smart USB recording and Pause TV only work with digital TV channels (DVB broadcast or similar). To pause To pause a digital broadcast you need to connect a USB Hard Drive . Use a USB 2.0 compatible Hard Drive device with a minimum of 32GB Hard Drive space and a minimum writing speed of 30MB/s. Connect the USB Hard Drive to one of the two USB connectors on the side of the TV. To record First, check if the Programme guide supports recording. With the Internet connected, press h and select Programme guide . If there is a Recordings button on the Programme guide page, you can record programmes. To record programmes, you need a USB 2.0 compatible Hard Drive with 250GB and a high -speed (broadband) Internet connection to the TV. Read more about connecting to the network in Help > Setup > Network . USB Hard Drive installation Before you can pause or record a broadcast, you must format the connected USB Hard Drive. 1 Connect the USB Hard Drive to one of the two USB ports on the side of the TV. Do not connect another USB device to the other USB port when formatting. 2 Switch on the device and the TV. 3 When the TV is tuned to a digital TV channel, press U (Pause) to start formatting. Formatting will remove all data from the connected USB Hard Drive. Follow the instructions on screen. When the USB Hard Drive is formatted, leave the device connected permanently. Warning The USB Hard Drive is formatted exclusively for this TV, you cannot use the stored recordings on another TV or PC. Do not copy or change recording files on the USB Hard Drive with any PC application. This will corrupt your recordings. When you format another USB Hard Drive, the content on the former will be lost. Pause TV While watching a TV broadcast from a digital channel, you can pause the broadcast and continue watching later on. Answer a phone call or take a break. Meanwhile, the broadcast is stored on the USB Hard Drive. You can pause a broadcast for a maximum time span of 90 minutes. To pause a TV broadcast, press U (Pause). A progress bar appears briefly on screen. To call up the progress bar, press U (Pause) again. To continue watching, press x (Play). To switch to TV broadcast again, press S (Stop). Once you switch to a digital channel, the USB Hard Drive starts storing the broadcast. When you switch to another channel, the new channel broadcast is stored and the broadcast of the former channel is cleared. Also when you switch the TV to standby, the stored broadcast is cleared. When you start watching a programme of another device - a connected Blu-ray Disc player or digital receiver - the USB Hard Drive clears all broadcast storage. Whilst recording a programme on the USB Hard Drive, you cannot pause a TV broadcast. Instant replay Whilst watching a TV broadcast from a digital channel, you can easily instant replay the broadcast. To replay the last 10 seconds of a TV broadcast, press U (Pause) and press w (Left). You can press w repeatedly until you reach the start of the broadcast storage or the maximum time span. Progress bar With the progress bar on screen, press T (Rewind) or press Q (Forward) to select from where you want to start viewing the stored broadcast. Press these keys repeatedly to change their speed. Smart TV / Pause TV and recording35
Specifics The Audio Description audio (commentary) for the visually impaired is not available for playback in Smart USB Recording. Recording If the TV is connected to the Internet and there is a Recordings button on the Programme guide page, you can record a digital TV broadcast on the USB Hard Drive. You can manage all recordings in the Programme guide on TV. If the Recordings button is not available, check if the Programme guide data is set to update from the network. Press h (Home) and select Setup > TV settings > Preferences > Programme guide > From network . Record now To record the programme you are watching, press R (Record). While the recording has already started, you can adjust the end time of the recording in the pop -up window of the Programme guide. Press Schedule to confirm the end time. To stop recording immediately, press S. Schedule a recording You can schedule a recording of an upcoming programme for today or a few days from today (maximum of 8 days away). 1 To schedule a recording, press h (Home) and select Programme guide . On the Programme guide page, select the channel and programme you wish to record. You can enter the channel number to jump to the channel in the list. Press x (Right) or w (Left) to scroll the programmes of a channel. To change the date of the list, select the date at the top of the page and press OK. Select the day you want and press OK again. 2 With the programme highlighted, press r OPTIONS and select Record . The TV adds some time buffer at the end of the program. You can add some extra buffer if needed. 3 Select Schedule and press OK. The programme is scheduled for recording. A warning will show automatically when overlapping recordings are scheduled. If you plan to record a programme in your absence, remember to leave the TV on standby and the USB Hard Drive switched on. List of recordings To view the list of recordings and scheduled recordings, select Recordings on the Programme guide page and press OK. In this list, you can select a recording to watch, remove recorded programmes, check the free drive space or schedule a recording not linked to a specific TV programme. Expired recording Broadcasters can limit the number of days a recording can be viewed. A recording in the list can show the number of days before it expires. Failed recording When a scheduled recording was prevented by the broadcaster or when the download was interrupted, a recording is marked as Failed . Watch a recording In the list of recordings, select the arrow in front of the recording and press OK. The playback of the recording starts. You can use the x (Play), Q (Forward), T (Rewind), U (Pause) or S (Stop) keys on the remote control. Set a timed recording To set a recording not linked to a programme, select Schedule recording above the list of recordings and press OK. Set the channel, date and time span. To confirm the recording, select Schedule and press OK. Remove a scheduled recording To remove a scheduled recording, select the red circle in front of the recording and press OK. Delete a recording To remove a recording, select the recording in the list and press r OPTIONS and select Delete recording . Programme information To view more information on a programme, select the programme in any programme guide list and press OK. Depending on the status of this programme you can start watching, schedule its recording, playback the recording or delete the recording from this page. Specifics • While recording a programme, you can watch a previously recorded programme. • While recording, you cannot switch TV channels. • While recording, you cannot pause the TV broadcast. • The Audio Description audio (commentary) for the visually impaired is not available for playback in Smart USB Recording. 36Smart TV / Pause TV and recording
3.5Games Play a game Add a game console In the Home menu, start Add your devices to add the console to the Home menu for easy selection later on. When adding a game console to the Home menu, select Game when the TV asks for the device type. If your game console is an EasyLink HDMI -CEC device it might add itself to the Home menu. Smart setting - Game The Smart picture setting Game sets the TV to the ideal Game settings without picture lag. If your game console is added as Game in the Home menu, the TV switches to the Game setting automatically. If your game console has added itself in the Home menu as a Blu -ray Disc player or DVD player , you need to switch the Smart picture setting to Game before you start playing. To switch the Smart picture setting to Game, press t ADJUST and select Smart picture > Game and press OK. The TV is ready for gaming. Do not forget to switch back to your normal Smart picture setting when you stop gaming. Read more about how to connect a game console in Help > Connections > Connect more devices > Game or HD Game . Two- player games Some games offer multi -player and split screen gaming. On this TV, you can set the split screen as two full screen views. Two players watch the same TV but see two different screens to play the game. The TV uses 3D technology to do this. To watch each screen, you need a pair of 3D glasses for each player. What you need With this TV, use the active 3D glasses - Philips PTA516 (sold separately). For two-player split screen gaming, the game console must be connected with HDMI. Start a two -player game 1 Select the game console in the Home menu and press OK. 2 On the game console, start the game and select the multi or two-player mode. Select the mode for split screen viewing. 3 On the TV, press t ADJUST and select Two-player game . 4 Select the format in which the split screen game is shown on screen, Side by side or Top / bottom and press OK. The TV shows the 2 screens as full screens. To watch the 2 different screens, put on the 3D glasses. To switch the glasses to watch the Player 1 screen or Player 2 screen, press the Player 1/2 selection key on the glasses. In and out of split screen view In two-player split screen view, you can switch back and forth from split screen to combined view, to be able to read the game menu or game scores. To switch views back and forth, press OK on the remote control of the TV. Stop Two-player game To stop the two-player split screen view, press h (Home) and select another activity. Specifics To make Two -player gaming available in the menu, select 3D in the same menu, select 2D in the list and press OK. Smart TV / Games37
3.6Text Text pages Open Text To access Text while you are watching TV channels, press TEXT . To close Text, press TEXT again. 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 pages within Text, press r OPTIONS and select T.O.P. overview . Search Text You can select a word and scan Text for all occurrences of this word. 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 on the device, press r OPTIONS , select Show device keys and select the B key and press OK. Press È (Back) to hide the device keys. To close Text, press È (Back) again. Digital Text (UK only) Some digital TV broadcasters offer dedicated Digital Text or interactive TV on their digital TV channels. This includes normal Text using the number, colour and navigation keys to select and navigate. To close Digital Text, press È (Back). Text options In Text, press r 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 r OPTIONS and select Freeze page . Dual screen / Full screen To show the TV channel and Text alongside each other, press r 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 r OPTIONS and select T.O.P. overview . Enlarge To enlarge the Text page for more comfortable reading, press r OPTIONS and select Enlarge. To scroll down the page, press v or u. Reveal To unhide hidden information on a page, press r OPTIONS and select Reveal. Cycle subpages To cycle subpages when these are available, press r OPTIONS and select Cycle subpages . Language To switch the group of characters that Text uses to display correctly, press r OPTIONS and select Language. Text setup 38Smart TV / Text
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 . Smart TV / Text39
4 4.1 Setup Picture and sound Picture In the Picture menu, you can adjust all picture settings individually. To open the Picture settings , press h > Setup > TV settings > Picture . • Contrast Sets the contrast level of the picture. • Brightness Sets the brightness level of the picture. • Colour Sets the level of colour saturation. • Hue If NTSC is broadcast, hue compensates the colour variations. • Sharpness Sets the level of sharpness of fine detail. • Noise reduction Filters out and reduces the image noise in the picture. • Tint Sets the colours to Normal, Warm (reddish) or Cool (bluish). Select Custom to set up your own personal settings in the Custom menu. • Custom tint Use the slider bar to set the colour temperature of the picture. • Perfect Pixel HD Controls the advanced settings of the Perfect Pixel HD Engine. — Perfect Natural Motion removes motion judder and reproduces smooth movement, especially in movies. — Clear LCD gives a superior motion sharpness, better black level, high contrast with a flicker -free, quiet image and a larger viewing angle. — Super resolution enables superior sharpness, especially on lines and contours in the picture. — Perfect contrast sets the level at which the TV automatically enhances the details in the dark, middle and light areas of the picture. — Dynamic backlight sets the level at which power consumption can be reduced by dimming the brightness intensity of the screen. Choose for the best power consumption or for the picture with the best brightness intensity. — MPEG artefact reduction smooths the digital transitions in the picture. — Colour enhancement makes the colours more vivid and improves the resolution of details in bright colours. — Gamma is a non-linear setting for picture luminance and contrast. Use the slider bar to set a higher or lower gamma value. • PC mode Sets the TV to the ideal pre-defined computer setting if a computer has been connected. • Light sensor Adjusts the picture and Ambilight settings automatically to the lighting conditions of the room. • Picture format Read Help > Basics > Watch TV > Picture format . • Screen edges Slightly enlarge the picture to hide distorted edges. • Picture shift Move the picture up / down or left / right with the cursor keys. Sound In the Sound menu, you can adjust all sound settings individually. To open Sound settings , press h > Setup > TV settings > Sound . • Bass Sets the level of low tones in the sound. • Treble Sets the level of high tones in the sound. • Surround Sets the surround sound effect from internal speakers. • Headphones volume Sets the volume for the headphone connection of the TV. • Auto volume levelling Reduces sudden volume differences like at the beginning of adverts or when switching from one channel to another. • Balance Sets the balance of the left and right speakers to best fit your listening position. Eco settings Eco settings bundle the TV settings that help the environment. While you are watching TV channels, press the Green key to open Eco settings . Active settings are marked with a ê. Press again to close. Energy saving This Smart picture setting sets the picture, together with Ambilight, in the most ideal energy conscious setting. To switch on, select Energy saving in Eco settings and press OK. To switch off Energy saving, select another Smart picture setting. Screen off If you only listen to music, you can switch off the TV screen to save energy. Select Screen off and press OK. To switch the screen back on, press any key on the remote control. Light sensor The built -in light sensor automatically adjusts the picture, together with Ambilight, to the lighting conditions of the room. To switch on, select Light sensor and press OK. To switch off, press OK again. Auto switch off If no keys on the TV remote control were pressed during a 4 - hour period, the TV switches off automatically to save energy. You can switch off this Auto switch off . If you use the TV as a monitor or use a digital receiver to watch TV (a set top box - STB) and you do not use the remote control of the TV, switch off the automatic switch off. Smart settings If you select a Smart setting in the ADJUST menu, you can again change the settings of the selected Smart setting with the Picture and sound settings in Setup. The Smart setting remembers your changes. 40Setup / Picture and sound