Philips 46pfl8505h User Manual
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2.4Watch a connected device Select a device When a connected devices is added to the Home menu, you caneasily select it. To select and watch a connected device or activity, press h toopen the Home menu and select the device or its activity andpress 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 isconnected with HDMI and has EasyLink (HDMI -CEC). Read more about EasyLink Remote control in Help > Use yourTV > Remote control > EasyLink Remote control. Use your TV / Watch a connected device31
2.5Ambilight Benefits With Ambilight, you enjoy a more relaxed viewing experienceand improved perceived picture quality. Dim the lighting conditions in the room and position the TV upto 25cm away from the wall for the best Ambilight effect. Toprevent poor infrared remote control reception, position yourdevices out of sight of Ambilight. Adjust You can use the Adjust menu to set the most used Ambilightsettings. While watching TV, press s to open the Adjust menu. To close the Adjust menu, press s again. Switch Ambilight on or offIn the Adjust menu, select Ambilight and press OK. SwitchAmbilight On or Off. Ambilight dynamicIn the Adjust menu, select Ambilight dynamic and press OK.Adjust the speed at which Ambilight responds to onscreenimages. Ambilight brightnessIn the Adjust menu, select Ambilight brightness and press OK.Adjust the light output of Ambilight. Ambilight colourIn the Adjust menu, select Ambilight colour and press OK. SelectDynamic, if Ambilight should respond to onscreen images orselect one of the fixed colours. Select Custom if you want to seta 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 someadvanced settings. You can set a fixed colour of your own or adelayed Ambilight switch off after you switched off the TV. To open the Ambilight menu, press h and select Setup > TVsettings > Ambilight. Custom colourTo set a Ambilight colour of your own, select Custom in theAmbilight Colour menu. With Custom selected, you can openthe Custom colour menu. Select Palette to choose your owncolour. Ambilight Custom colour is a fixed (non-dynamic) coloursetting. SeparationTo set the difference in colour level between the lights on eachside of the TV, select Separation. Separation Off gives a dynamicbut uniform Ambilight colour. TV switch offTo set Ambilight to fade out and switch off a few seconds afteryou have switched off the TV, select TV switch off. AllowAmbilight to fade out and switch off completely before youswitch the TV back on again. Scenea lounge lightTo always switch off Ambilight when Scenea is switched on,select Scenea lounge light and select Off. Wall colourThe colour of the wall behind your TV can influence the coloureffect of Ambilight. To correct this influence, select Wall colourand select a colour that matches the wall colour. Ambilight willcorrect its colours to mix best with the colour of the wall behindthe TV. Lounge light moodRead 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 createa Lounge light mood in your room. To switch Ambilight on while the TV is on standby, press J onthe TV. 32Use your TV / Ambilight
To change the Lounge light mood colour scheme, press J onthe TV again. To switch off Lounge light mood, press and hold J on the TVfor 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 TVsettings > Ambilight > Lounge light mood. Select the colourscheme with which Lounge light mood will start up. Use your TV / Ambilight33
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 moviefrom a video store. Net TV pagesThe most popular websites in your country have tailored theirweb pages for use on TV. Read the newspaper headlines, watchthe latest video hit or check the weather forecast. Net TV programme guideOnce you are connected to Net TV, the TV programme guideuses the Internet to gather its information. Video storesWith Net TV you can rent your favourite movie from an onlinerental video store. Missed a programme ?If a broadcaster offers this service, you can catch -up with afavourite programme you missed. Watch this programme when itsuits you. Read more about Net TV in the following chapters. New servicesNew services are added regularly. Consult the Net TV pagesfrom 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 canview any website you like but remember that most Internetwebsites are not tailored to be viewed on a TV screen andcertain plug -ins (e.g. to view pages or videos) are not availableon 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 witha high -speed connection to the Internet. Read Help > Setup > Network. Once the connection is made, select Browse Net TV in theHome 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 registerTo register, you need an email address and a PC connected tothe Internet. If you skip the registration at first use, you canregister from the Net TV Start page later on. To start the Net TV registration, enter your email address onscreen. To open the on -screen keyboard, press OK with thetext field highlighted. Enter the characters one by one. SelectRegister and press OK. A message will appear if a registration email has been send toyour email address. Open the email on your PC and click the linkto the registration form. Complete the form and click the buttonto submit. On the TV, select OK and press OK to open the Net TV Startpage. Switch on Parental controlThe first time you open the Net TV Start page, you can switchon Parental control. If you switch on Parental control, you needto enter a personal lock/unlock code. Enter a 4 digit code as yourNet TV lock/unlock code. Use the number keys on the remote control. Enter the samecode again to confirm. Net TV is ready to use. Registration benefitsWhen you have registered, your favourite or locked Net TVpages are stored as a back -up. Also, the last 16 web addresses(URLs) you visit are stored. You can share these pages withanother Net TV television if you register that TV with the sameemail address. When registered, you can restore these selected pages after anaccidental reset of Net TV with Clear history. Parental control benefitsWith Parental control switched on ...• you can lock and unlock services and/or categories of services• some services that are not suitable for children are lockedfrom 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 allcountries. Browse Net TV 34Use your TV / Net TV
To open Net TV, close this Help and press h, select BrowseNet TV and press OK. The TV links up to Net TV and opensthe 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 somerecommended 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 aselected service, press OK.A closing lock animation means that the page you have openedis a secure page. Navigate a Net TV serviceNavigating a Net TV service can differ from using another service.You can mainly use the navigation keys and the OK key tobrowse the service. Some services indicate how to browse theirservice. 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 bycategory, e.g. News or Entertainment. To view the services bycategory, select a category in the column at the left and pressOK. 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 favouritesTo 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 favouritesTo 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 selectDisable parental control. Enter the 4 digit code to disableParental control. Show remote control Keys like Play x, Rewind T and Fast Forward Q can be calledup with Show remote control. Press o (Options) and select Show remote control. With thesekeys on screen, you can operate audio or video players. Select a key and press OK to carry out its function. Press b (Back) tohide these on -screen keys. Reload pageIf 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) andselect Zoom page. Use the slider bar to set the enlargement.To scroll through an Internet page, use the navigation keys tojump from highlight to highlight. Security info To view a pages security information, press o (Options) andselect Security info. Clear Net TV memory ‹ Warning - this option resets Net TV completely.To clear the Net TV memory completely, including yourFavourite, the Parental control code, passwords, cookies and history, press o (options) and select Clear Net TV memory. Net TV services for another countryAnother 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 countryand press OK. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. bears no responsibility regardingthe content and the quality of the content provided by thecontent service providers. Internet websitesWith Net TV you can also link up to the Internet. You can viewany website you like but remember that most Internet websitesare 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 addressyou need. Select a character and press OK to enter it in theaddress line at the top of the page. Once you entered theaddress, select Go and press OK to load the Internet website. Use the u or v, w or x keys to navigate to the available linkson an open Internet page, press OK to go to the link. Internet historyNet TV will automatically add every site you visit to the historylist. Later, you can select a site icon in the list and press OK toopen it. To scroll through the history list, use the navigation keys. Use your TV / Net TV35
Clear Net TV historyWith 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 needTo rent and download a video, you need a high -speed Internetconnection to the TV. Read more about connecting to thenetwork in Help > Setup > Network.You also need an SD memory card to insert in the TV SD cardslot. Formatting an SD cardTo format an SD memory card as video memory, insert the SDcard in the SD slot. The TV will automatically start the formattingthe SD card. The TV could reject the SD card if the write speedis insufficient for video transfer. Once formatted, leave the cardpermanently in the slot. View a video store To view a video store, press h, select Net TV > Video storesand press OK. The Video stores page shows the available storesfor your country. To view a store, select its icon and press OK. Rent a videoTo rent a video, select its icon on the video store page and pressOK. In most cases you can rent a video for 1 day or for acouple of days or even just 1 hour. The way you select and renta video varies from store to store. PaymentThe store will ask you to log in or to open a new log in accountif you dont already have one. The login might consist of youremail address and a personal PIN code. When you are logged in,you can select the payment method, a credit card or a valuecode in most cases. Consult the video store website for moreinformation on their payment terms. To enter a number code (PIN), use the numbers on the remotecontrol.To enter an email address, select the text field on the page andpress OK. Select a character on the keyboard and press OK toenter it. Download the videoOnce the payment is complete, you can download the video onthe video memory. During the download, you can carry onwatching the normal programme until the TV notifies you thatthe video is ready to play. If you cancel a download, you can stilldownload 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 storewere you rented the video and select the video from the list ofdownloaded videos. Select the video and press OK to play. Online TV Some digital broadcasters offer an Online TV service. With Online TVyou can watch a programme you missed. Link up with thebroadcasters Online TV page to see what programmes are available. What you needTo link up with an Online TV service, you need a high -speedInternet 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, selectBrowse Net TV and press OK. In the Net TV services, look forthe icon of the TV channel that broadcasts the programme youwant. Select the service and press OK. Open Online TV on a channelTo open the Online TV service of a TV channel directly, pressthe Red key. If this service is available, the TV will open the pageof the broadcaster. The availability of Online TV services varies by country. 36Use your TV / Net TV
3 3.1 More on ... Text Text pages Open Text To open Text, while watching TV, press e (Browse) and selectText. To close Text, press b (Back). Select a Text pageTo 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 thebottom of the screen. Text sub -pagesA Text page number can hold several subpages. The subpagenumbers are shown on a bar next to the main page number. To select a subpage, press w or x. T.O.P. Text pagesSome broadcasters offer T.O.P. Text. To open T.O.P. Text within Text, press o (Options) and selectT.O.P. overview. Search TextYou can select a word and scan Text for all instances where thisword reoccurs. This a practical way to look for a specific subject. Open a Text page and press OK. Select a word or number withthe navigation keys. Now press OK again to jump immediately tothe next occurrence of this word or number. Press OK again tojump to the subsequent occurrence. To stop the search, press u until nothing is selected. Text from a connected deviceSome connected devices that receive TV channels can also offerText. 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 orinteractive services on their digital TV channels. These servicesinclude normal Text using the number, colour and navigation keysto select and navigate. To close Digital text, press b (Back). Digital text is blocked when subtitles are broadcast and SubtitleOn is set in the Subtitle menu. Select Subtitles Off to allowDigital text. Text options More on ... / Text37
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 screenTo show the TV channel and Text alongside each other, press o (Options) and select Dual screen. Select Full screen toswitch back to full screen view. T.O.P. overview To open T.O.P. Text, press o (Options) and select T.O.P.overview. EnlargeTo 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) andselect Reveal. Cycle subpages To cycle subpage when these are available, press o (Options)and select Cycle subpages. LanguageTo switch the group of characters that Text uses to display correctly, press o (Options) and select Language. Text setup Text languageSome digital TV broadcasters have several Text languagesavailable. To set your primary and secondary Text language, press h >Set up > Channel settings and select Primary or Secondary Textand select your preferred Text languages. Text 2.5If available, Text 2.5 offers more colours and better graphics. Text2.5 is activated as a standard factory setting. To switch it off, select h > Setup > TV settings > Preferences> Text 2.5. 38More on ... / Text
3.2Interactive TV Benefits Interactive TV can offer additional infotainment or programmeson a digital TV channel. Interactive TV is dependent on thecountry or broadcast. Benefits range from enhanced text to onlineTV and much more. For some iTV services, you need a high -speed connection to theInternet. 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 broadcasteropens. To close iTV, press b (Back) repeatedly until the iTV pagecloses. More on ... / Interactive TV39
3.3Multimedia Browse USB You can view photos or play your music and videos from a USBmemory device.Insert a USB device in the USB connection on the left-hand sideof the TV while the TV is switched on. The TV detects thedevice and opens a list showing its content. If the list does not appear automatically, press h, select Browse USB and pressOK. To close Browse USB, press h and select another activity ordisconnect the USB device. View photosTo view photos, select a photo in the list and press OK. If thereare more photos in the folder, the TV starts a slideshow of thesephotos. To stop, press o (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 o (Options) to select the following:• Show info• Stop• Play once / Repeat• Rotate• Shuffle on / off• Slideshow speed• Slideshow transition• Set as Scenea Shuffle onPlays the files randomly. Set as SceneaSets the current photo as a wallpaper photo for Scenea. Play videos or musicTo 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 o (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 o (Options) to select the following:• Stop• Play once / Repeat• Shuffle on / off Music with photosYou can play music and show photos at the same time. Youmust start the music first then the photos.1 Select a folder with music files and press OK.2 Select a folder with photo files and press OK. To stop, press o (Options) and select Stop. Mute screenIf you only listen to music, you can mute the TV screen to saveenergy.To mute the screen, press the Green key, select Mute screenand press OK. To switch the screen back on, press any key onthe 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 inyour home network. What you needTo browse these PC files, you need to connect the TV to yourhome network. You also need to set the PC media serversoftware to share the files with the TV.Read more about connecting to a network in Help > Setup >Network. Browse PC To browse your PC files, press h, select Browse PC and pressOK. If the network is not yet installed when you select BrowsePC, Network installation starts automatically. Follow theinstructions on screen. To close Browse PC, press h and select another activity. To select, view and play your files, read Help > More on … >Multimedia > Browse USB. See the list of compatible playback formats in Help >Specifications > Multimedia. 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 youdid 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. 40More on ... / Multimedia