Philips 40PFS5501 Manual
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11 Home Menu 11.1 About the Home Menu To enjoy the benefits of your Android TV, connect the TV to the Internet. Like on your Android smartphone or tablet, the Home menu is the centre of your TV. From the Home menu you can start any application, switch to a TV channel, rent a movie, open a website or switch to a connected device. Depending on your TV setup and your country the Home menu can contain different items. The Home menu is organised in rows… Recommendations The first row suggests popular videos, music videos or Internet hits. You can set the Privacy settings in Terms of Use to allow suggestions based on your personal viewing habits. Philips Collection This row contains suggestions from Apps. Apps The row of Apps contain all Apps that come with the TV and the Apps you download from the Google Play store yourself. In this row you will also find the Apps for TV, like Watch TV , Sources , Media and others. Apps you started recently will appear in front of the row. Games From here, you can start a game on TV. If you download a game, it will appear in this row. Settings From here, you can open a selection of settings. However, to find all settings, press SETTINGS and select All Settings . You can also open Help here. See also www.support.google.com/androidtv 11.2 Open the Home Menu To open the Home menu and open an item… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Select an item and press OK to open or start it. 3 - Press BACK to close the Home menu without starting anything. 11.3 Search and Voice Search You can search for videos, music or anything else on the Internet with the icon in the Home menu. You can use the speak out or type what you are looking for. For more information, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up Voice Search for more information. 11.4 Restricted Profile You can restrict the use of certain apps by switching the TV to a restricted profile. This restricted profile will only allow the use of apps which you have selected. You can only switch out of this profile with a PIN code. With the TV switched to a restricted profile you cannot… • Find or open apps which are marked as Not allowed • Access the Google Play Store • Purchase through Google Play Movies & TV, nor Google Play Games • Use third-party apps that don't use the Google sign- in With the TV switched to a restricted profile you can… • Watch content already rented or purchased from Google Play Movies & TV • Play games already purchased and installed from Google Play Games • Access the following settings: Wi-Fi network, Speech and Accessibility • Add Bluetooth accessories The Google Account on TV will stay logged in. Using a restricted profile doesn't change the Google Account. 41
12 TV Menu 12.1 About TV Menu If the TV cannot be connected with the Internet, you can use the TV Menu as your Home menu. In the TV Menu, you will find every TV function. 12.2 Open TV Menu To open TV Menu and open an item… 1 - Press to open TV Menu. 2 - Select an item and press OK to open or start it. 3 - Press BACK to close TV Menu without starting anything. 42
13 Netflix If you have a Netflix menbership subscription, you can enjoy Netflix on this TV. Your TV must be connected to the Internet. To open Netflix, press to open the Netflix App. You can open Netflix immediately from a TV in standby. www.netflix.com 43
14 Sources 14.1 Options for a TV Input Some TV input devices offer specific settings. To set the options for a specific TV input… 1 - Press SOURCES . 2 - Select the TV input in the list and press OK . 3 - Press OPTIONS . You can set the options for the selected TV input here. 4 - Press OPTIONS again to close the Options menu. Possible options… Controls With this option you can operate the connected device with the TV remote control. The device must be connected with an HDMI cable and both TV and device must have HDMI CEC switched on. Device Info Open this option to view information on the connected device. 14.2 Device Name and Type When you connect a new device to the TV and the TV detects the device, you can assign an icon that fits the device type. If you connect a device with an HDMI cable and HDMI CEC, the TV detects the device type automatically and the device gets an appropriate icon. The device type determines picture and sound styles, resolution values, specific settings or the position within the Sources menu. You don't have to worry about the ideal settings. Rename or Change Type You can always change the name or change the type of a connected device. Look for the icon at the right of the device name in the Sources menu. Some TV input sources do not allow a name change. To change the device type… 1 - Select the device in the Sources menu. 2 - Press (right) to select the icon and press OK . 3 - Press BACK to hide the onscreen keyboard. 4 - Press (down) to find all available device types. Select the type you want and press OK . 5 - If you want to reset the type of the device to the original connector type, select Reset and press OK . 6 - Select Close and press OK to close this menu. To change the device name… 1 - Select the device in the Sources menu. 2 - Press (right) to select the icon and press OK . 3 - Use the on-screen Keyboard to delete the current name and enter a new one. Press to confirm. 4 - Press BACK to hide the on-screen keyboard. 5 - If you want to reset the name of the device to the original connector name, select Reset and press OK . 6 - Select Close and press OK to close this menu. 14.3 Game or Computer The device type determines picture and sound styles, resolution values and other specifics. You don't have to worry about the ideal settings. For some devices the type of the device is not that clear. A game console can have a built-in Blu-ray Disc player and the type is set to Player because it is used as a disc player most of the time. For this kind of devices, you can temporarily switch to the ideal settings for gaming. Or alternatively, switch to the ideal settings for a connected computer. You can only use the setting Game or Computer when you switch to a connected device in the Sources menu. The Game or Computer setting is stored for the selected device. To switch to the ideal settings for gaming or computer manually… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture > Advanced and press OK . 3 - Select Game , Computer or Off . 4 - Press (left) to go back one step or press BACK to close the menu. Remember to set this setting back to Off when you stop playing the game. 14.4 Rescan Connections You can rescan all TV connections to update the Sources menu with recently connected devices. To rescan the connections… 1 - Press SOURCES to open the Sources menu. 2 - Press (up) to select the icon at the top right of the Sources menu. 3 - Press OK to start scanning the connections. 44
Newly connected devices will be added to the Sources menu. 45
15 Apps 15.1 About Apps You can find all installed apps in the Apps section of the Home menu. Like apps on your smartphone or tablet, the apps on your TV offer specific functions for an enriched TV experience. Apps like YouTube, games, video stores or weather forecasts (a.o.). You can use the Internet app to surf the Internet. Apps can come from the Philips App Gallery or the Google Play™ Store . To get you started, some practical apps are pre-installed on your TV. To install apps from the Philips App Gallery or the Google Play Store, the TV must be connected to the Internet. You must agree to the Terms of Use to use apps from the App Gallery. You must sign in with a Google Account to use the Google Play apps and Google Play Store. For more information, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up App Gallery, Terms of Use or App Gallery, Privacy Settings for more information. 15.2 Google Play Movies and TV With Google Play Movies & TV, you can rent or buy movies and TV shows to watch on TV. What You Need • your TV must be connected with the Internet • you must sign in with your Google Account on TV • add a credit card to your Google Account to purchase movies and TV shows To rent or buy a movie or TV show… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Apps > Google Play Movies & TV and press OK . 3 - Select a movie or TV show and press OK . 4 - Select the purchase you want and press OK . You will be taken through the purchase procedure. 5 - Alternatively, press (right) and select Add to wishlist and press OK . This video will be added to My wishlist . To watch a rented or bought movie or TV show… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Apps > Google Play Movies & TV and press OK . 3 - Select My library and select My Movies or My TV Shows and press OK . 4 - Select what you want to watch and press OK . You can use the (stop), (pause), (rewind) or (fast forward) keys on the remote control. 5 - To stop the Movies & TV app, press BACK repeatedly or press EXIT . Some Google Play products and features aren't available in all countries. Find more information on support.google.com/androidtv Music With Google Play Music, you can play your favourite music on TV. With Google Play Music you can buy new music on your computer or mobile device. Or, on your TV, you can sign up for All Access, the Google Play Music subscription. Alternatively, you can play the music you already own, stored on your computer. What You Need • your TV must be connected with the Internet • you must sign in with your Google Account on TV • add a credit card to your Google Account to take a music subscription To start Google Play Music… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Apps > Google Play Music and press OK . 3 - Select the music you want and press OK . 4 - To stop the Music app, press BACK repeatedly or press EXIT. Some Google Play products and features aren't available in all countries. Find more information on support.google.com/androidtv Games With Google Play Games, you can play games on TV. Online or offline. You can see what your friends are playing currently or you can join the game and compete. You can track your achievements or start wherever you left off. What You Need • your TV must be connected with the Internet • you must sign in with your Google Account on TV • add a credit card to your Google Account to purchase new games Start the Google Play Games app to select and install 46
new game apps on your TV. Some games are free of charge. A message appears if a particular game needs a gamepad to play the game. To start or stop a Google Play Game… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Apps > Google Play Games and press OK . 3 - Select a game to play or select a new game to install and press OK . 4 - When done, press BACK repeatedly or press EXIT or stop the app with its dedicated exit/stop button. The games you install will also appear in the row of Games in the Home menu Some Google Play products and features aren't available in all countries. Find more information on support.google.com/androidtv Google Play Store From the Google Play Store you can download and install new apps. Some apps are free of charge. What You Need • your TV must be connected with the Internet • you must sign in with your Google Account on TV • add a credit card to your Google Account to purchase apps To install a new app… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Apps > Google Play Store and press OK . 3 - Select the app you want to install and press OK . 4 - To close the Google Play Store , press BACK repeatedly or press EXIT . Content Filtering (Parental controls) In the Google Play Store, you can hide apps according to users/buyers maturity. You need to enter a PIN code to select or change the level of maturity. To set the parental control… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Apps > Google Play Store and press OK . 3 - Select Settings > Content Filtering and press OK . 4 - Select the level of maturity you want. 5 - On request, enter the PIN code. 6 - To close the Google Play Store , press BACK repeatedly or press EXIT . Some Google Play products and features aren't available in all countries. Find more information on support.google.com/androidtv Payments To make a payment on Google Play on TV, you must add a form of payment - a credit card (outside the United States) - to your Google Account. When you purchase a movie or TV show, you will be charged on this credit card. To add a credit card … 1 - On your computer, go to accounts.google.com and sign in with the Google Account you will use with Google Play on TV. 2 - Go to wallet.google.com to add a card to your Google Account. 3 - Enter your credit card data and accept the terms and conditions. 15.3 App Gallery Connect the TV to the Internet to enjoy apps selected by Philips. These apps are made specially for TV. The Philips App Gallery offers a wide diversity of apps. For some countries, you can install apps of a local Videostore or apps from TV broadcasters in your country. The latter can offer Catch-Up TV services. Downloading and installing App Gallery apps is free of charge. The Philips App Gallery collection of apps can differ per country or region. Some App Gallery apps are pre-installed on your TV. To install other apps from the App Gallery, you will be asked to agree to the Terms of Use. You can set the Privacy Settings according to your preference. To install an app from the App Gallery… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Philips Collection > App Gallery and press OK . 3 - Select an app icon and press OK . 4 - Select Install and press OK . 15.4 Start or Stop an App You can start an app from the Home menu. To start an app… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down to Apps and select the app you want and press OK . 3 - To stop an app, press BACK or press EXIT or stop the app with its dedicated exit/stop button. 47
15.5 Lock Apps About App Locks You can lock apps unsuited for children. You can lock 18+ rated apps from the App Gallery or set up a restricted profile in the Home menu. 18+ The 18+ app lock will ask for a PIN code when you try to start an 18+ rated app. This lock is only valid for 18+ rated apps from the Philips App Gallery. Restricted profile You can set up a restructed profile for the Home menu where only the apps you allow are available. You need to enter a PIN code to set up and switch on the restricted profile. Google Play Store - Maturity In the Google Play Store, you can hide apps according to users/buyers maturity. You need to enter a PIN code to select or change the level of maturity. The level of maturity will determine which apps are available for instalation. For more information, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up Google Play Store for more information. Lock 18+ rated apps You can lock 18+ rated apps from the Philips App Gallery. This setting controls the 18+ setting in the Philips App Gallery Privacy Settings. To lock 18+ rated apps… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Child Lock , select App Lock and press OK . 3 - Select On and press OK . 4 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. For more information, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up Child Lock, Set PIN code for more information. Restricted Profile About Restricted Profile You can restrict the use of certain apps by switching the TV to a restricted profile. The Home menu will only show the apps you allowed. You need a PIN code to switch out of the restricted profile. With the TV switched to a restricted profile you cannot… • Find or open apps which are marked as Not allowed • Access the Google Play Store • Purchase through Google Play Movies & TV, nor Google Play Games • Use third-party apps that don't use the Google sign- in With the TV switched to a restricted profile you can… • Watch content already rented or purchased from Google Play Movies & TV • Play games already purchased and installed from Google Play Games • Access the following settings: Wi-Fi network, Speech and Accessibility • Add Bluetooth accessories The Google Account on TV will stay logged in. Using a restricted profile doesn't change the Google Account. Set Up To set up the restricted profile… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Android Settings and press OK . 3 - Press (down) and select Personal > Security & restrictions and press OK . 4 - Select Restricted Profile and press OK . 5 - Select Settings and press OK . 6 - Enter a PIN code with the remote control. 7 - Select Allowed apps and press OK . 8 - In the list of available apps, select an app and press OK to allow or not allow this app. 9 - Press BACK to go back one step or press EXIT to close the menu. Now you can enter the restricted profile. With the PIN code, you can always change the PIN code or edit the list of allowed or not allowed apps. Enter To enter (switch to) the restricted profile… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Android Settings and press OK . 3 - Press (down) and select Personal > Security & restrictions and press OK . 4 - Select Enter restricted profile and press OK . 5 - Enter a PIN code with the remote control. 6 - Press BACK to go back one step or press EXIT to close the menu. You can see when a restricted profile is entered if an icon appears in the Home screen. Scroll down to Settings and scroll to the far right. 48
Exit To exit the restricted profile… 1 - Press HOME , scroll down to Settings and scroll far right. 2 - Select Restricted Profile and press OK . 3 - Select Exit restricted profile and press OK . 4 - Enter the PIN code. The TV will exit the restricted profile. 15.6 Manage Apps If you stop an app and return to the Home menu, the app is not really stopped. The app is still running in the background to be readily available when you start it again. To run fluently, most apps need to save some data in the cache memory of the TV. It might be good to stop an app completely or clear the cache data of a particular app to optimise the overall performance of apps and to keep memory usage low on your Android TV. Also, it is best to uninstall apps that you are not using anymore. To open the list of downloaded and system apps… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Android Settings and press OK . 3 - Select Device > Apps and press OK . 4 - Select an app and press OK . If the app is still running, you can force it to stop or you can clear the cache data. You can uninstall apps you downloaded. 5 - Press BACK to go back one step or press EXIT to close the menu. If you are using a USB Hard Drive to store apps, you can move the app from the USB Hard Drive to the TV memory or vice versa. 15.7 Storage You can see how much storage space - the internal TV memory - you are using for your apps, videos, music, etc. You can see how much free space you still have available for installing new apps. Check your storage if apps start to run slow or in case of app trouble. To see how much storage you are using… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Android Settings and press OK . 3 - Select Device > Storage & reset and press OK . 4 - View the storage usage of the TV memory. 5 - Press BACK to go back one step or press EXIT to close the menu. USB Hard Drive If you connect a USB Hard Drive, you can use the drive to extent the TV memory to store more apps. Allow the USB Hard Drive to be used as an additional TV memory during the formatting process. The TV will try to store new apps on the USB Hard Drive first. Some apps do not allow to be stored on a USB Hard Drive. 49
16 Games 16.1 What You Need On this TV, you can play games… • from the App Gallery in the Home menu • from the Google Play Store in the Home menu • from a connected Game Console Games from the App Gallery or the Google Play Store must be downloaded and installed on TV before you can play them. Some games need a gamepad to play. To install game apps from the Philips App Gallery or the Google Play Store, the TV must be connected to the Internet. You must agree to the Terms of Use to use apps from the App Gallery. You must sign in with a Google Account to use the Google Play apps and Google Play Store. For more information, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up App Gallery, Terms of Use or App Gallery, Privacy Settings for more information. For more information on connecting to the Internet, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up Network Installation . 16.2 Gamepads To play games from the Internet on this TV, you can connect a selected range of wireless Gamepads. The TV can support 2 connected Gamepads at a time. When you connect the Gamepad, you can use it immediately. For more information on connecting a gamepad, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up Gamepad, connect . 16.3 Play a Game From the Home menu To start a game from the Home menu… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down to Games , select a game and press OK . 3 - Press BACK repeatedly or press EXIT or stop the app with its dedicated exit/stop button. From a Game Console To start a game from a Game Console… 1 - Switch on the Game Console. 2 - Press SOURCES and select a game console or the name of the connection. 3 - Start the game. 4 - Press BACK repeatedly or press EXIT or stop the app with its dedicated exit/stop button. For more information on connecting a Game Console, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up Game Console, connect . 16.4 Ideal Game Settings If you start playing a game app from the Home menu, the TV will switch to the ideal game settings automatically. If you start a game from a connected game console with the device type set to 'Game Console', also then the TV switches to the ideal game settings automatically. You can always switch the TV to the ideal game settings manually. For more information, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up Game or Computer for more information. 50