Philips 42pfl8404 User Manual

							4.2.4      Digital  reception  quality
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If you receive digital TV broadcasting (DVB) from your
own antenna (DVB-T) or use the TV tuner to receive digital
cable channels (DVB-C), you can verify the quality and
signal strength of a channel.
If the reception is poor, you can reposition your antenna
to try to improve the reception. For best results, contact a
specialised antenna installer. To verify the reception quality of such a digital channel,
select the channel, press h > Setup > Installation >
Channel installation > Reception test > Search and press
OK.
The digital frequency is shown for this channel.
If the reception is poor, you can reposition your antenna.
Select Search and press OK to verify the signal quality of
this frequency again.
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You can enter a specific digital frequency yourself.
Select the frequency, position the arrows on a number
with x and w and change the number with u and v. Press
Search to verify this frequency. If you receive the channel with DVB-C, the options Symbol
rate mode and Symbol rate are shown.
For Symbol rate mode, select Automatic unless your cable
provider supplies a specific symbol rate value. You can
enter this supplied value in Symbol rate using the number
keys. 
						

							4.2.5   Manual installation of analogue channels
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Analogue TV channels can be manually tuned-in channel
by channel.
To start the manual installation of analogue channels,
press h > Setup > Installation > Channel installation >
Manual install - analogue.
Follow each step in this menu.
You can redo these steps until you have all available
analogue TV channels. 1 System — If you have your own antenna, you need
to select the country or part of the world where the TV
channel comes from. If you receive TV channels via a cable
system, you only need to select the country or part of the
world once.
2 Find channel — Search for an analogue TV channel. The
search starts automatically but you can manually enter a
frequency. If the channel reception is bad, select Search
next to search again. Select Done and press OK if you want
to store this TV channel.
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3 Fine tune — Fine tune the found channel with u and v.
Press Done once the channel is fine tuned.
4 Store — A found channel can be stored on the current
channel number with Store current channel or as a new
channel number with Store as new channel. 
						

							4.2.6   Fine tune analogue channels
If the reception of an analogue TV channel is poor, you can
try to fine tune the TV channel.
To fine tune analogue channels, press h > Setup >
Installation > Channel installation > Manual install -
analogue > Fine tune.
Fine tune the channel with u and v. Press Done once the
channel is fine tuned.
You can store this fine tuned channel on the current
channel number with Store current channel or as a new
channel number with Store as new channel. 
						

							4.2.7   DVB-T or DVB-C
If both DVB-T and DVB-C reception is available in your
country, and this TV is prepared for both DVB-T and DVB-
C for your country, you need to select DVB-T or DVB-C
before you install TV channels.
To select DVB-T or DVB-C reception, press h > Setup >
Installation > Channel installation > Antenna/Cable DVB.
Select Antenna for a DVB-T installation.
Select Cable for a DVB-C installation.
DVB-C channel installation
All DVB-C TV settings are set to automatic but the DVB-C
network might need some settings supplied by the DVB-
C provider. Enter these settings or values when the TV asks
for them.
You can install your TV for DVB-T and DVB-C. In that case,
you need to carry out two channel installations. First, carry
out an installation with Antenna selected followed by an
installation with Cable selected. Afterwards, the Channel
overview will show both DVB-T and DVB-C TV channels. 
						

							4.2.8   Clock settings
In some countries, digital TV broadcasts do not send UTC
— Coordinated Universal Time information. Therefore,
winter and summer time changes might be ignored. You
can correct this with the clock settings.
If the TV shows the incorrect time, press h > Setup >
Installation > Clock > Auto clock mode and select Manual.
In the Daylight saving menu, select Standard time (winter)
or Daylight saving time (summer) according to your local
time. 
						

							4.3.1   Network benefits
PC network
If the TV is connected to your PC network, you can play
photos, music and movies from a computer or storage
device in that network.
Once the network is installed, select Browse PC network in
the Home menu to view the PC content.
Net TV
If the TV is connected to the PC network, which is
connected to the internet, you can link up your TV to Net
TV. The Net TV start page offers you movies, pictures,
music, infotainment, games and many more, all fit for
your TV screen.
Once the network is installed, select Browse Net TV in the
Home menu or simply press Net TV on the remote control
to open the Net TV start page. 
						

							4.3.2      What  you  need
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To connect the TV to a PC network and internet you need
a router in your PC network. The router needs to be set to
DHCP On.
To enjoy Net TV you need to connect the TV to a router with
a high speed connection to the internet.
To connect the router to the TV, you need a network
(Ethernet) cable.
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The PC network feature is DLNA certified.
You can use Microsoft Windows XP or Vista,
Intel Mac OSX or Linux on your computer.
To share PC content on your TV, you need recent media
server software on your computer.
A Windows Media Player 11 or similar.
Some media server software needs to be set to share files
with the TV.
For the list of supported media server software, read
Technical data > Multimedia.