Philips 20GX1550 User manual

COLOUR TELEVISION OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

General Information
Congratulations on purchasing your new Philips colour TV set. It has been designed and tested to the highest
standards and will provide quality picture and sound for your enjoyment If you follow these operating
instructions you will quickly learn how to adjust and operate all the functions of your new TV set; but always
IMPORTANT:
Switch off your TV overnight via the POWER ON/OFF button instead of leaving it on stand¬
by. You save energy and the Picture Tube is demagnetised which supports good picture
quality.
When the set is switched on, do not shift or move the set around. Also sometimes it may
develops an unevenness in colour in some parts of the screen. This can be eliminated by
switching off the set with the mains power button and wait for 10 minutes before
switching on again. If symptom still exists, call for service.
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Safety Information
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Symptoms
Items to Check and Actions
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• Check whether the batteries are flat. Replace batteries if necessary.

Pre-Installation
Placing the TV

Peripheral Equipment Connections

Installation Menu (Primary
Switching the TV ON/OFF
• Press the POWER button on the front of ye
r TV to switch the TV ON and OFF.
1. The last viewed TV station will be automatically selected when the set is first switched on.
2. If you want to view the demonstration mode before operating the set, please refer to the section on Operation
(Secondary Menu}.
Press open the door cover to access to the Front Control panel.
Switching the TV ON from Stand-by mode
If the RED light below the screen is lighted up, it indicates that the set is on the stand-by mode. You can switch
the TV on again either from the TV or with the remote control.
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A. LANGUAGE Selection
This function enables you to select the language for the on sci
English, Spanish or Portuguese.
2. Press the menu button to activate the
LANGUAGE menu.
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3. Press the control + button to cycle through the
LANGUAGE menu and select the language of
your preference.
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4. When you have selected the preferred language.
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Note: If you wish to exit from the Installation menu after
B. TUNER Selection
2. Press the control + or - button to select the
TUNER menu.
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3. Press the menu button to activate the TUNER
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4. Press the control + or — button to select either
the ANTENNA or CABLE mode.
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5. Pressthe install^ button to store the new setting
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C. FINE Selection
In case the picture and sound are not optimum (in area of poor reception or constant interference), a slight
adjustment of the tuning may improve the picture and sound quality.
D. AUTOMATIC SKIP Selection
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E. MANUAL SKIP Selection
2. Press the control + or — button to select the
M-SKIP mode.
4. P ressthe control + button to select YES to skip
If you wish to skip other channel, press the CHANNEL
< or > button to select the desire channel and
repeat step 4 as above. If not proceed to step 5.
5. P ressthe install button to exit.
F. Adding Skipped Channels
This feature enables you to add those channels which you
2. Press the control + or — button to select the
M-SKIP mode.
button to activate the M-SKIP
+ or — button to select the
select NO to add
6. P ressthe install button to exit.
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Installation Menu
When the demonstration mode is switched on, the word PHILIPS DEMONSTRATION in red will be displayed on
4. To stop the demonstration at any time, press the
B. Colour System Selection (forTrinorma set only)
proceed with the following operations' to restore the correct colour for the respective transmission.
1. Select the channel number you want to rectify the
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Operation
1. The last viewed TV station will be automatically selected when the set is first switched on.
2. If you want to view the demonstration mode before operating the set, please refer to the section on
Installation (Secondary Menu).
2. Switching the TV ON from Stand-by mode
If the RED light below the screen is lighted up, it indicates that the set is on the stand-by mode. You can switch
the TV on again either from the TV or with the remote control.
Channel numbers can also be selected using the digit buttons 0 to 9 on the
A. Single Digit Channel Number (For antenna and cable TV)
• Press and hold any of the respective digit buttons
(see Fig. 1)
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cable TV)
B. Two Digit Channel Number (For antenna and c
(e.g. channel 28, see Fig. 2)
Press the digit 2 button then
Press the digit 8
4. Adjusting the Volume
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6. Switching to 'Stand-by' mode
The TV can be put into 'Stand-by' mode in the following two ways.
B. Automatically
Approximately 10 minutes after a TV station stops
transmission or at no signal reception, then the TV
switches itself automatically to 'Stand-by' mode.
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10. AV Source Selection
If your TV are connected to other peripherals equipment via the AV inputs, you can view
programmes in the AV channel.
■ Press the AV button to sw
AV channel (AV is between channel 2 and 99 or cl and c125) can also be selected via the CH + or — button
on the remote control by scrolling through the channel numbers (provided AV channel is not skipped).
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Menu Operation

Operating The Video Cassette Recorder
Refer to the Video Recorder Instruction booklet for the pre-tuned video recorder
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