Philips 40PFS5501 Manual
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17 Internet 17.1 Start Internet You can browse the Internet on your TV. You can view any Internet website but most of them are not prepared for a TV screen. • Some plug-ins (e.g. to view pages or videos) are not available on your TV. • You cannot send or download files. • Internet pages are shown one page at a time and full screen. To start the Internet browser… 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Apps > Internet and press OK . 3 - Enter an Internet address and select , press OK . 4 - To close Internet, press HOME or EXIT . 17.2 Options on Internet Some extras are available for the Internet. To open the extras… 1 - With the website open, press OPTIONS . 2 - Select one of the items and press OK . 3 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Enter Address To enter a new Internet address. Show Favourites To view the pages you marked as favourites. Reload Page To load the Internet page again. Zoom Page Use the slider bar to set the zoom percentage. Security Info To view the security level of the current page. Mark as Favourite To mark the current page as a favourite. Subtitles To select subtitles if available. 51
18 Videos, Photos and Music 18.1 From a USB Connection You can view your photos or play your music and videos from a connected USB flash drive or USB Hard Drive. With the TV switched on, plug in a USB flash drive or a USB Hard Drive to one of the USB connections. The TV detects the device and will list your media files. If the list of files does not appear automatically… 1 - Press SOURCES , select USB and press OK . 2 - Select USB Devices and press (right) to select the USB device you need. 3 - You can browse your files in the folder structure you have organised on the drive. 4 - To stop playing videos, photos and music, press EXIT . Warning If you try to pause or record a programme with a USB Hard Drive connected, the TV will ask you to format the USB Hard Drive. This formatting will delete all current files on the USB Hard Drive. 18.2 From a Computer or NAS You can view your photos or play your music and videos from a computer or a NAS (Network Attached Storage) in your home network. The TV and computer or NAS must be in the same home network. On your computer or NAS, you need to install Media Server Software. Your Media Server must be set to share your files with the TV. The TV shows your files and folders as they are organised by the Media Server or as they are structured on your computer or NAS. The TV does not support subtitles on video streams from a computer or NAS. If the Media Server supports searching for files, a search field is available. To browse and play the files on your computer… 1 - Press SOURCES , select Network and press OK . 2 - Select SimplyShare Devices and press (right) to select the device you need. 3 - You can browse and play your files. 4 - To stop playing videos, photos and music, press EXIT . 18.3 From a Cloud Storage Service You can view photos or play music and videos you uploaded on a storage service in the online cloud*. With the Cloud Explorer app you can connect to Cloud Hosting Services. You can use your login and password to connect. 1 - Press HOME . 2 - Scroll down and select Apps > Cloud Explorer and press OK . 3 - Select the hosting service you need. 4 - Connect and sign in to the hosting service with your login and password. 5 - Select the photo or video you want to play and press OK . 6 - Press (left) to go back one step or press BACK to close the menu. * A storage service like Dropbox™. 18.4 Play your Videos Play Videos How you open the list of your media files on TV depends on the type of device where the files are stored. See the chapters above. To play a video on TV… Select Videos , and select the file name and press OK . • To pause the video, press OK . Press OK again to continue. • To rewind or go fast forward, press or . Press the keys several times to speed up - 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 32x. • To jump to the next video in a folder, press OK to pause and select on screen and press OK . • To stop the video playback, press (Stop). • To go back to the folder, press BACK . Progress Bar To show the progress bar when a video is playing (playhead position, duration, title, date, etc.), press INFO . Press again to hide the info. 52
Video Options During the video playback, press OPTIONS to… • Mark as Favourite – Set the selected video as favourite. • Play All – Play all video files in this folder. • Play One – Play this video only. • Subtitles – If available, you can switch subtitles On , Off or On During Mute . • Audio Language – If available, select an Audio Language. • Shuffle – Play your files in a random order. • Repeat – Plays all videos in this folder once or continuously. 18.5 View your Photos View Photos How you open the list of your media files on TV depends on the type of device where the files are stored. See the chapters above. To view all photos on TV… Select Photos , and select All and press OK . To view a photo on TV… Select Photos , and select the file name and press OK . To start a slide show on TV… If there are several photos in a folder, you can start a slide show. To start a slide show… 1 - Select the folder with photos. 2 - Press the colour key Slide Show . • To jump to the next or previous photo, press (right - next) or (left - previous). • To pause the slide show, press OK . To start again, press OK again. • To stop the slide show, press OK and press BACK . Info To view info on a photo (size, creation date, file path, etc.), select a photo and press INFO . Press again to hide the info. Slideshow with Music You can watch a slideshow of your photos and listen to your music at the same time. You must start the usic before you start the photo slideshow. To play music with the slide show… 1 - Select a song or a folder with songs and press OK . 2 - Press INFO to hide file info and progress bar. 3 - Press BACK . 4 - Now use the navigation arrows to select the folder with photos. 5 - Select the folder with photos and press Slide Show . 6 - To stop the slideshow, press BACK . Photo Options With a photo on screen, press OPTIONS to… • Mark as Favourite – Set the selected photo as favourite. • Slide Show – Show photos one after the other. • Rotate – Rotate the photo to landscape or portrait format. • Shuffle – Play your files in a random order. • Repeat – Play the slide show once or continuously. • Stop Music – Stop the music playing in the background. • Slide Show Speed – Set the speed of the slide show. • Slide Show Transition – Set the style of the photo transitions. 18.6 Play your Music Play Music How you open the list of your media files on TV depends on the type of device where the files are stored. See the chapters above. To play a song on TV… Select Music , and select the file name and press OK If there are several songs in a folder, you can listen to them one after the other. • To pause a song, press OK . Press OK again to continue. • To rewind or go fast forward, press or . Press the keys several times to speed up - 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x, 53
32x. • To jump to the next song in a folder, press OK to pause and select on screen and press OK . • To go back to the folder, press BACK , the music will keep on playing. • To stop the music playback, press (Stop). Progress Bar To show the progress bar when a song is playing (playhead position, duration, title, date, etc.), press INFO . Press again to hide the info. Music Options Options for playing music... • Mark as Favourite – Set the selected song as favourite. • Play All – Play all songs in this folder. • Play One – Play this song only. • Shuffle – Play your files in a random order. • Repeat – Plays all songs in this folder once or continuously. 54
19 Smartphones and Tablets 19.1 Philips TV Remote App The new Philips TV Remote App on your smartphone or tablet is your new TV buddy. With the TV Remote App, you master your media around you. Send photos, music or videos to your big TV screen or watch any of your TV channels live on your tablet or phone. Look up what you want to watch on the TV Guide and watch it on your phone or TV. With the TV Remote App you can use your phone as a remote control. Download the Philips TV Remote App from your favourite app store today. The Philips TV Remote App is available for iOS and Android and is free of charge. Wi-Fi Smart Screen To watch digital TV channels on your smartphone or tablet with the Philips TV Remote App, you must switch on Wi-Fi Smart Screen. For more information, in Help , press the colour key Keywords and look up Wi-Fi Smart Screen . 19.2 Google Cast What You Need If an app on your mobile device has Google Cast, you can cast your app on this TV. On the mobile app, look for the Google Cast icon. You can use your mobile device to control what's on TV. Google Cast works on Android and iOS. Your mobile device must be connected to the same Wi-Fi home network as your TV. Apps with Google Cast New Google Cast apps come available every day. You can already try it with YouTube, Chrome, Netflix, Photowall … or Big Web Quiz for Chromecast. See also google.com/cast Some Google Play products and features aren't available in all countries. Find more information on support.google.com/androidtv Cast to Your TV To cast an app to the TV screen… 1 - On your smartphone or tablet, open an app that supports Google Cast. 2 - Tab the Google Cast icon. 3 - Select the TV you would like to cast to. 4 - Press play on your smartphone or tablet. What you selected should start playing on TV. 19.3 AirPlay To add the AirPlay functionality to your Android TV, you can download and install one of the several Android apps that do just that. You can find several of these apps in the Google Play Store. 19.4 MHL This TV is MHL™ compliant. If your mobile device is also MHL compliant, you can connect your mobile device with a MHL cable to the TV. With the MHL cable connected you can share what's on your mobile device on the TV screen. Your mobile device charges its battery at the same time. The MHL connection is ideal for watching movies or playing games from your mobile device on TV for a longer time. Charging With the MHL cable connected, your device will charge while the TV is switched on (not in standby). MHL Cable You need a passive MHL cable (HDMI to Micro USB) to connect your mobile device to the TV. You might need an extra adapter to connect to your mobile device. To connect the MHL cable to the TV use the HDMI 4 MHL connection. MHL, Mobile High-Definition Link and the MHL Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of the MHL, LLC. 55
20 Multi View 20.1 About Multi View The Multi View screen cannot display video in 3D or in Ultra HD. Multi View is not available for analogue TV channels. Not all Apps support Multi View. 20.2 Text and TV You can watch a TV channel in the small screen of Multi View when you're watching Text. To watch a TV channel while watching Text… 1 - Press to open TV Menu . 2 - Select Multi View , and press OK . 3 - Select Multi View: On on screen. The channel you were watching appears in the small screen. To hide the small screen, select Multi View: Off on screen. 20.3 Nettv and TV You can watch a TV channel in the small screen of Multi View when you're watching a Nettv app in App Gallery. To watch a TV channel while watching a Nettv app in App Gallery*… 1 - Press to open TV Menu . 2 - Select Multi View , and press OK . 3 - Select Multi View: On on screen. The channel you were watching appears in the small screen. 4 - Press or to switch channels in the small screen . To hide the small screen, select Multi View: Off on screen. * Not every Nettv app can support Multi View with a TV channel, if the app cannot support Multi View, then TV will show a message: Multi View is not supported . 20.4 HDMI and TV You can watch a TV channel in the small screen of Multi View when you're watching video from a connected HDMI device. To watch a TV channel while watching video from connected HDMI device*… 1 - Press to open TV Menu . 2 - Select Multi View , and press OK . 3 - Select Multi View: On on screen. The channel you were watching appears in the small screen. To hide the small screen, select Multi View: Off on screen. * You can only watch TV channel image in Multi view mode, the audio of TV channel will be mute. 56
21 Settings 21.1 Picture Picture Style Select a Style For easy picture adjustment, you can select a preset Picture Style. 1 - While watching a TV channel, press . 2 - Select Picture Style , and select one of the styles in the list. 3 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. The available styles are… • Personal - The picture preferences you set during the first start up. • Vivid - Ideal for daylight viewing • Natural - Natural picture settings • Standard - Most energy conscious setting - Factory setting • Movie - Ideal for watching movies • Photo - Ideal for viewing photos Customise a Style Any picture setting you adjust, like Colour or Contrast, is stored in the currently selected Picture Style . It allows you to customise each style. Only the style Personal can save its settings for each connected device in the Sources menu. Restore a Style With a Picture Style selected, you can adjust any picture setting in All Settings > Picture … The selected style will store the changes you made. We recommend to adjust the picture settings for the style Personal only. The Picture Style - Personal can save its settings for each individual connected device in Sources menu. To restore the style to its original setting… 1 - While watching a TV channel, press . 2 - Select Picture Style , and select the Picture Style you want to restore. 3 - Press the colour key Restore Style , and press OK . The style is restored. 4 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Home or Shop If the Picture Style is switched back to Vivid every time you switch on the TV, the TV location is set to Shop . A setting meant for in-store promotion. To set the TV for Home use… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select General Settings and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Location > Home and press OK . 4 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Picture Settings Colour With Colour , you can adjust the colour saturation of the picture. To adjust the colour… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Colour and press (right) . 4 - Press the arrows (up) or (down) to adjust the value. 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Contrast With Contrast , you can adjust the contrast of the picture. To adjust the contrast… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Contrast and press (right). 4 - Press the arrows (up) or (down) to adjust the value. 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Sharpness With Sharpness , you can adjust the level of sharpness in fine detail of the picture. To adjust the sharpness… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the 57
menu. 3 - Select Sharpness and press (right). 4 - Press the arrows (up) or (down) to adjust the value. 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Advanced Picture Settings Game or Computer When you connect a device, the TV recognizes its type and gives each device a correct type name. You can change the type name if you wish. If a correct type name for a device is set, the TV automatically switches to the ideal TV settings when you switch to this device in the Sources menu. If you have a game console with a built-in Blu-ray Disc player, you might have set the type name to Blu- ray Disc. With Game or Computer you can switch to the ideal settings for gaming manually. Don't forget to switch the Game or Computer setting off, when you return to watch TV. To switch the setting manually… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Game or Computer , and select the device type you want to use. To switch back to TV, select Off . 4 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Colour Settings Colour Enhancement With Colour Enhancement , you can enhance the colour intensity and the details in bright colours. To adjust the level… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Colour > Colour Enhancement and press OK . 4 - Select Maximum , Medium , Minimum or Off . 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Colour Temperature With Colour Temperature , you can set the picture to a preset colour temperature or select Custom to set a temperature setting yourself with Custom Colour Temperature . Colour Temperature and Custom Colour Temperature are settings intended for expert users. To select a preset… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Colour > Colour Temperature and press OK . 4 - Select Normal , Warm or Cool . Or select Custom if you want to customise a colour temperature yourself. 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Custom Colour Temperature With Custom Colour Temperature , you can set a colour temperature yourself. To set a custom colour temperature, first select Custom in the Colour Temperature menu. Custom Colour Temperature is a setting intended for expert users. To set a custom colour temperature… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Colour > Custom Colour Temperature and press OK . 4 - Press the arrows (up) or (down) to adjust the value. WP is white point and BL is black level. You can also select one of the presets in this menu. 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Contrast Settings Contrast Modes With Contrast Mode , you can set the level at which power consumption can be reduced by dimming the intensity of the screen. Choose for the best power consumption or for the picture with the best intensity. To adjust the level… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Contrast > Contrast Mode and press OK . 4 - Select Standard , Best Power , Best Picture , or Off . 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. 58
Dynamic Contrast With Dynamic Contrast , you can set the level at which the TV automatically enhances the details in the dark, middle and light areas of the picture. To adjust the level… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Contrast > Dynamic Contrast and press OK . 4 - Select Maximum , Medium , Minimum or Off . 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Perfect Contrast With Perfect Contrast , you can set the level at which the TV automatically enhances the details in the dark, middle and light areas of the picture. To adjust the level… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Contrast > Perfect Contrast , and press OK . 4 - Select Maximum , Medium , Minimum or Off . 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Brightness With Brightness , you can set the level of brightness of the picture signal. Brightness is a setting intended for expert users. We recommend non-expert users to adjust the brightness of the picture with the Contrast setting. To adjust the level… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Contrast > Brightness , and press OK . 4 - Press the arrows (up) or (down) to adjust the value. 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Video Contrast With Video Contrast , you can decrease the range of the video contrast. To adjust the level… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Contrast > Video Contrast , and press OK . 4 - Press the arrows (up) or (down) to adjust the value. 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Gamma With Gamma , you can set a non-linear setting for picture luminance and contrast. Gamma is a setting intended for expert users. To adjust the level… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Contrast > Gamma , and press OK . 4 - Press the arrows (up) or (down) to adjust the value. 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Sharpness Settings Super Resolution With Super Resolution , you switch on a superior sharpness in line edges and contours. To switch on or off… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Sharpness > Super Resolution , and press OK . 4 - Select On or Off . 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Noise Reduction With Noise Reduction , you can filter out and reduce the level of image noise. To adjust the noise reduction… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Sharpness > Noise Reduction , and press (right) to enter the menu. 4 - Select Maximum , Medium , Minimum or Off . 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close 59
the menu. MPEG Artefact Reduction With MPEG Artefact Reduction , you can smoothen the digital transitions in the picture. MPEG artefacts are mostly visible as small blocks or jagged edges in images. To reduce the MPEG artefacts… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Sharpness > MPEG Artefact Reduction , and press (right) to enter the menu. 4 - Select Maximum , Medium , Minimum or Off . 5 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. Picture Format Basic If the picture is not filling the whole screen, if black bars are showing on the top or bottom or at both sides, you can adjust the picture to fill the screen completely. To select one of the basic settings to fill the screen… 1 - While watching a TV channel, press . 2 - Select Picture Format > Fill Screen or Fit to Screen , and press OK . 3 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. • Fill Screen – automatically enlarges the picture to fill the screen. Picture distortion is minimal, subtitles remain visible. Not suitable for PC input. Some extreme picture formats can still show black bars. • Fit to Screen – automatically zooms in the picture to fill the screen without distortion. Black bars may be visible. Not suitable for PC input. Advanced If the two basic settings are inadequate to format the picture you want, you can use the advanced settings. With the advanced settings you manually format the picture on your screen. You can zoom, stretch and shift the picture until it shows what you need – e.g. missing subtitles or scrolling text banners. If you format the picture for a specific Source – like a connected game console – you can return to this setting the next time you use the game console. The TV stores the last setting you did for each connection. To format the picture manually… 1 - While watching a TV channel, press . 2 - Select Advanced and press OK . 3 - Use Shift , Zoom , Stretch or Original to adjust the picture. Select Undo to return to the setting the picture had when you opened Picture Format . • Shift – Select on the arrows to shift the picture. You can only shift the picture when it is zoomed in. • Zoom – Select on the arrows to zoom in. • Stretch – Select on the arrows to stretch the picture vertically or horizontally. • Undo – Select to return to the picture format you started with. • Original – Shows the original format of the incoming picture. This is a 1:1 pixel on pixel format. Expert mode for HD and PC input. Quick Picture Setting During the first installation, you did some picture settings in a few easy steps. You can redo these steps with Quick Picture Setting . To do these steps, make sure the TV can tune to a TV channel or can show a programme from a connected device. To set the picture in a few easy steps… 1 - Press , select All Settings and press OK . 2 - Select Picture and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Advanced > Quick Picture Setting , and press OK . 4 - Select Start . 5 - Select the picture setting you prefer and go to the next setting. 6 - Finally select Finish . 7 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. 21.2 Sound Sound Style Select a Style For easy sound adjustment, you can select a preset setting with Sound Style. 1 - While watching a TV channel, press . 2 - Select Sound and press (right) to enter the menu. 3 - Select Sound Style , and select one of the styles in the list. 4 - Press (left) repeatedly if necessary, to close the menu. The available styles are… 60