Philips 58PFL9956 User manual

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Contents
Getting started 3
TV tour 3
Setting up 7
Keys on the TV 9
Register your TV 10
Help and support 11
Basics 12
Remote control 12
Menus 15
Watch TV 17
3D 22
Watch satellite 24
Connected devices 27
Subtitles, timers and locks 28
Smart TV 29
Net TV 29
Interactive TV 32
Videos, photos and music 33
Pause TV and recording 35
Games 37
Text 38
Setup 40
Picture and sound 40
Ambilight 42
Channels 44
Satellite channels 46
Network 48
Devices 50
Universal access 51
Software 52
Connections 53
First connections 53
Cables and connections 54
Connect devices 56
Connect more devices 64
Network 69
SD card 70
Common interface CAM 71
Troubleshooting 72
Contact information 72
TV and remote control 73
TV channels 74
Picture and sound 75
Devices 76
Videos, photos and music 77
Network 78
Specifications 79
Software 79
Environmental 80
Power and reception 82
Display and sound 83
Display resolutions 84
Multimedia 85
Connectivity 86
Dimensions and weights 87
Index 88
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Getting started
TV tour
Cinema 21:9
This Cinema 21:9 TV perfectly matches the original movie format
and is equipped with a full High Definition (HD) display. A full
HD 2560x1080p, the highest resolution of HD sources.
This display offers a brilliant flickerfree progressive scan picture
with optimum brightness and superb colours. Advanced
formatting technology continuously analyses the incoming signals
and progressively stretches non 21:9 images to full screen and
avoids distortion.
Smart TV
Connect your Smart TV to the Internet and you can rent a
movie from your home, browse the Net TV apps, watch
programmes you missed or check the TV guide. View your
photos and videos from your PC, tablet PC or phone.
Connect a USB Hard Drive and pause a TV broadcast or record
your favourite show.
Read more about Smart TV in Help > Smart TV.
Read more about setting up the Internet connection in Help >
Setup > Network.
3D Full HD
On this TV, you can watch 3D programmes and movies in full
High Definition resolution with 3D Max.
When 3D programmes are broadcast or you start a 3D movie,
the TV switches to 3D. All you need to do is to put on your
active 3D glasses.
Read more about 3D in Help > Basics > Watch 3D.
The remote control
To adjust the volume.
To switch TV channels.
To open or close the Home menu h.
Open the Home menu as a starting point to operate the TV.
In the Home menu, you can start or stop a TV activity, such as
watching TV - Watch TV - or watching a movie from a
connected DVD player.
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To open or close the FIND menu ¬.
Open the Find menu to open the list of channels while you are
watching TV channels or the list of videos and music while you
browse your PC on TV.
To open or close the ADJUST menu t
Open the Adjust menu to quickly adjust the picture and sound
settings.
You can set the Smart picture setting to Game, which is ideal for
gaming, or change the Smart sound setting of the TV
loudspeakers.
To open or close the OPTIONS menu r.
Open the Options menu to select optional settings related to
what you are watching or doing on TV.
Back È.
With Back, you can go back to the previous TV channel or go
one step back in a menu.
Red
With the red key, you can select the red option or open digital
Interactive TV or some TV demonstration clips.
Green
With the green key, you can select the green option or the Eco
settings.
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Yellow
With the yellow key, you can select the yellow option.
Blue
With the blue key, you can select the blue option.
Read more about the remote control in Help > Basics >
Remote control > Overview.
Or go to the ¬Search page in this Help to look for any topic.
Press uto select the next TV tour.
Connecting devices
Use the HDMI™ connection to connect a DVD, Blu-ray Disc
player or game console.
The HDMI connection offers the best picture and sound quality
and, if your device has EasyLink (HDMI -CEC), the TV can add
the device to the Home menu automatically.
When a device is added to the Home menu, you can select it to
watch its programme. If the device has no EasyLink or you do
not use the HDMI connection, you must add the connected
device in the Home menu using Add your devices.
Read more about Add your devices in Help > Basics > Menus >
h Home.
Read more about using EasyLink in Help > Basics > Remote
control > Operate devices.
In the chapter Help > Connections, drawings like these will help
you to connect most common devices.
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