Philips 46pfl9706t User Manual
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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. Smart TV / Videos, photos and music31
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. 32Smart TV / Pause TV and recording
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. Smart TV / Pause TV and recording33
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. 34Smart TV / Games
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 Smart TV / Text35
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 . 36Smart TV / Text
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. Setup / Picture and sound37
Reset a Smart setting To reset a Smart setting to its original values, select the Smart setting you want to reset in the ADJUST menu. Then press h > Setup > TV settings > Picture, select Reset, press OK and confirm. Read more about using Smart picture and sound settings in Help > Basics > Watch TV > Smart picture and sound settings . ISF Calibration Get the most out of your HD TV display with ISF Calibration. An ISF calibration expert comes to your home and sets the TV to the most optimal picture setting. Additionally the expert can set an ISF Calibration for Ambilight. Ask your dealer for an ISF Calibration of your TV. The ISF Calibration expert stores and locks the ISF settings as 2 Smart picture settings. Once the ISF Calibration is done, press t ADJUST , select Smart picture and press OK. Select ISF Day to watch TV during bright light conditions or select ISF Night for dark light conditions. An ISF Calibration can be done on every activity in the Home menu, like Watch TV or a connected Blu-ray Disc player. Calibration benefits are . . . • better picture clarity and sharpness • better detail in bright and dark parts • deeper and darker blacks • better colour purity and quality • reduced energy consumption Expert picture settings When ISF Day or ISF Night is selected while an ISF Calibration is not yet performed on the TV, some expert picture settings are available. Press h (Home) > Setup > TV settings > Picture > ISF expert settings and press OK. Reset Smart picture settings To reset a Smart setting to its original values, select the Smart setting you want to reset in the ADJUST menu. Then press h (Home) > Setup > TV settings > Picture, select Reset, press OK and confirm. 38Setup / Picture and sound
4.2Ambilight Placement For the best Ambilight effect : • Dim the lighting conditions in the room and position the TV up to 25 cm away from the wall. • Adjust Ambilight according to the colour of your wall at home in the Wall colour setting. • To prevent poor infrared remote control reception, position your devices out of sight of Ambilight. Adjust To open the Adjust menu, press t ADJUST . To close, press t again. Switch Ambilight on or off In the Adjust menu, select Ambilight and press OK. Switch Ambilight On or Off. You can also press Ambilight on the TV. Ambilight dynamic In the Adjust menu, select Ambilight dynamic and press OK. Adjust the speed at which Ambilight responds to onscreen images. Read more about other Ambilight settings in Help > Setup > Ambilight > Settings . Settings More Ambilight settings are available in the Ambilight settings menu in Setup. To change these settings, press h and select Setup > TV settings > Ambilight. Ambilight brightness To set the Ambilight brightness, select Ambilight brightness and press OK. Adjust the light output of Ambilight. Ambilight colour To set the Ambilight colour, select Ambilight colour and press OK . Select Dynamic , if Ambilight should respond to onscreen images or select one of the fixed colours. Select Custom if you want to set a specific fixed colour. Custom colour To set an Ambilight colour of your own, select Custom in the Ambilight Colour menu. With Custom selected, you can open the Custom colour menu. Select Palette to choose your own colour. Ambilight Custom colour is a fixed (non-dynamic) colour setting. Separation To set the difference in colour level between the lights on each side of the TV, select Separation. Separation Off gives a dynamic but uniform Ambilight colour. TV switch off To set Ambilight to fade out and switch off a few seconds after you have switched off the TV, select TV switch off. Allow Ambilight to fade out and switch off completely before you switch the TV back on again. Lounge light mood Read more about Lounge light mood in Help > Setup > Ambilight > Lounge light mood . Scenea lounge light To always switch off Ambilight when Scenea is switched on, select Scenea lounge light and select Off. Wall colour The colour of the wall behind your TV can influence the colour effect of Ambilight. To correct this influence, select Wall colour and select a colour that matches the wall colour. Ambilight will correct its colours to mix best with the colour of the wall behind the TV. Lounge light When the TV is on standby, you can switch Ambilight on and create a Lounge light effect in your room. To switch Ambilight on while the TV is on standby, press Ambilight on the TV. To change the Lounge light colour scheme, press Ambilight on the TV again. To switch off Lounge light, press and hold Ambilight on the TV for 3 seconds. Setup / Ambilight39
You can also set up the colour scheme in the Setup menu. With the TV switched on, press h and select Setup. Select TV settings > Ambilight > Lounge light mood . Select the colour scheme with which Lounge light will start up. 40Setup / Ambilight