User manual PHILIPS 29PT8419-79R

[. . . ] Printed on recycled paper Contents Installation Your remote control 2 Preparation 3 Installation 4 Store TV channels 4 Select the menu language 4 Automatic tuning 4 Manual tuning 5 Sorting of channels 6 Channel Edit 6 Naming of channels 6 Operation Use of the menus Picture menu 7 Sound menu 8 Features menu 9-10 Picture in Picture / Dual Window (if provided) 12 The keys on top of the TV 11 Teletext (if provided) 13-14 Connect peripheral equipment Connecting and selecting equipment 15-17 Recording 18 Before Calling Service 19 Tips & Index 20 Glossary & Specifications 21 International guarantee conditions 22 Consumer Information Centres 23-26 1 English Preparation Your remote control Sleep D MENU Displays main menu. Allows you to select a time period after which the set will switch to standby mode automatically. Standby B D PI P A/CH B æ ß PIP CH Also exits the menu from the screen or returns to a higher menu level. SURF S ê · Switch set off temporarily to standby mode. (The red light indicator lights up when set is on standby mode). · To switch on set from standby mode, press button again. (Alternate Channel) A/CH q © UP DN 1 4 7 SMART 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 SMART Allows you to alternate between the last viewed channel and the present channel. PIP (Picture in Picture)/Dual Window On/Off æ M MENU a SURF ßê© PIP CH UP/DOWN (if provided) See p. 12 Freeze S Allows you to freeze the main picture. Screen format q V ¬ CH Allows you to select up to a maximum of 10 favourite channels or sources and view quickly the selected channels or sources. [. . . ] The Dual Window feature allows you to divide the main screen into two subscreens enabling two channels or a channel and an external source to be watched simultaneously. Press the æ key on the remote control to switch on PIP. Press the æ key a second time to change the normal size PIP screen to a smaller size. Press the æ key a third time to switch to Dual Window screen. Press the æ key a fourth time to switch to Dual Window screens in 16:9 or 4:3 format. Note: When the programme on the right screen is in NTSC mode or transmission, the picture size appears smaller. Press the æ key a fifth time to switch to full screen again. UP DN 1 4 7 SMART 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 SMART M MENU a SURF ( Moving the PIP screen Press the ß key. Each time you press this key, the PIP screen moves to another corner of the main screen. The picture in the PIP screen stands still. Press the ê key again to unfreeze the PIP screen. The main screen and the PIP screen exchange places. In Dual Window the left and the right picture exchange places. Selecting PIP channels and external sources Press the keys PIP CH UP/DN to select a PIP TV channel or external source in ascending or descending order. Selecting Dual Screen channels Press the CH +/- key to cycle through the TV channels in the left picture. Press the PIP CH UP/DN to cycle through the channels in the right picture. main screen sub screen main screen sub screen & é 12 Picture in Picture / Dual Screen Teletext D PI P A/CH (if provided) (only English teletext supported) B æ ß PIP CH S ê q © Many TV channels broadcast information via teletext. Each channel which broadcasts teletext transmits a page with information on how to use its teletext system. Look for the teletext page with the main index (usually p. Depending on the TV channel, teletext is transmitted in different systems. The colours used in the options line correspond with the colour keys of your remote control. cursor to select pages to select pages UP DN 1 4 7 SMART 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 SMART M MENU a SURF About Easy Text Easy Text considerably reduces the waiting time (on condition that the teletext broadcast of the particular TV channel is received for at least half a minute) by : · a direct selection of previous and following pages which are in transmission and of the pages referred to in the options line at the bottom of the teletext screen · a habit watcher list: frequently used pages are put automatically in a list of preferred pages, so that they are immediately available · the precapturing of the page numbers referred to in the displayed page · the precapturing of all the subpages. i b V ¬ CH AV i X C colour keys to select b DOLBY. V h f g U PROGRAM LIST î ACTIVE CONTROL h Switch Teletext on and off & é " Press b to switch the teletext on. The main index page appears on the screen together with two information lines at the top and one option line at the bottom of the screen. Press b again to overlay the teletext page on the TV programme. [. . . ] Avenida Uruguay 1287 Customer Help Desk 11100 Montevideo Phone (02) 923392 Fax (02) 920752 VENEZUELA Industrias Venezolanas Philips S. A. Apartado Postal 1167 Caracas 1010-A Phone (02) 2377575 Fax (02) 2376420 24 Consumer Information Centres North America CANADA Consumer Service Division 4977 Levy Street Ville St. Laurent Quebec H4R2N9 Phone (514) 9560120 Fax (514) 9560828 USA Philips Service Company P. O. Box 555 Jefferson City TN 37760 Phone (423) 4758869 Fax (423) 4750387 Pacific AUSTRALIA Philips Consumer Service Customer Information Centre 3 Figtree Drive Homebush Bay NSW 2140 Phone (02) 131124 Fax (02) 7467970 NEW ZEALAND Philips New Zealand Ltd. [. . . ]