Philips 32PF7320A Quick start guide

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Philips Flat TV software upgrade with
USB portable memory
Philips offers software upgrade capability for your TV using USB portable memory.
After you have completed a software upgrade, your TV will typically perform better.
What improvements are made depends on the upgrade software you are using as well as the software
your TV contained before the upgrade.
You can execute the software upgrade procedure yourself.
Be aw a re that the content of this document is add ressing technical or software skilled users.
For the procedure you will require:
• A personal computer with web browsing capability.
• An archive utility that supports the ZIP-format (e.g.WinZip for Windows or StuffIt for Mac OS).
• A preferably empty USB memory stick.
Note: Only FAT/DOS-formatted port a ble memor y is supported.
N ew software can be obtained from your dealer or can be downloaded from the
w w w. p h i l i p s . c o m / s u p p o r t w e b s i t e :
&Go to w w w. p h i l i p s . c o m / s u p p o r t using the web browser on your PC.
éFoll owthe procedure to find the information and the software related to your TV.
“Select the latest software upgrade file and download it to your PC.
‘Decompress the ZIP-file and copy the file “autorun.upg” to the root directory of the USB portable
m e m o r y.
Note: Only use software upgrades that can be found on the w w w. p h i l i p s . c o m / s u p p o r t web site.
Before starting the software upgrade procedure, it is advised to check what the current TV software is.
&Select Software Upgrade in the Installation menu.
éPress the cursor right.
The Software Upgrade menu moves to the left panel.
“Select Current Software Info to observe the version and the description of the current
s o f t w a r e .
Verifying the version of the TV software
I n t r o d u c t i o n
Preparing a portable memory for software upgrade

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&Power off your TV and remove all memory devices.
éInsert the USB portable memory that contains the
d ownloaded software upgrade.
“Switch on your TV with the power switch Bat the
right side of the TV.
‘At startup the TV will scan the USB portable
memory until it finds the update content.The TV will
automatically go to the upgrade mode. After a few
seconds it will display the status of the upgrade
p r o c e d u re .
Wa r n i n g
• You are not allowed to remove the USB portable
memory during the software upgrade procedure!
• In case of a power drop during the upgrade procedure,
don’t remove the USB port a ble memory from the TV. The
TV will continue the upgrade as soon as the power
comes back.
• If you try to upgrade to a software version lower than
the current version, a confirmation will be asked.
Downgrading to older software should only be done in
case of real necessity.
• If an error occurs during the upgrade you should retry
the procedure or contact your dealer.
(When the software upgrade was successful, remove
the USB portable memory and restart your TV with
the power switch Bat the right side of the TV.
Your TV will start up with the new software.
Note: Once the upgrade is finished use your PC to remove
the TV software from your USB port a ble memor y.
Automatic software upgrade procedure
M a nual software upgrade procedure
For a manual software upgrade copy the “autorun.upg”
file in a directory called “Upgrades” located in the root
of the USB portable memory.
&Insert the portable memory that contains the
d ownloaded software upgrade.
éSelect SoftwareUpgrade in the Installation menu.
Go to Local upgrades/ap p l i c a t i o n s.
The TV will list all compatible images available on the
USB portable memory and display the data for each
selected upgrade image.
“Select the correct upgrade image and press the red
color button to start the upgrade.
Your TV will restart and will automatically go to the
upgrade mode. After a few seconds it will display the
status of the upgrade procedure.
Wa r n i n g
• If you try to upgrade to a software version equal or
l ower than the current version, a confirmation will be
asked. Dow n g rading to older software should only be
done in case of real necessity.
‘When the software upgrade was successful, remove
the USB portable memory and restart your TV with
the power switch Bat the right side of the TV.
Your TV will start up with the new software.
Software Id: TL32E-234
Loading Done
Validating Done
Programming
Software Upgrade Application
Upgrade busy...
Info
Settings
In s t a lla t i o n
Lan g u a g e
Autoprogram
Weak channel installation
Software upgrade
Software upgrade
Current software info
Local upgrades/applications

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Software history
BX23U-1.0.13.0 01441
Following pro blems are solved :
• improvement for selection for Secundary Audio Program on digital channels
• extra step in automatic installation to detect scrambled channels and unmark them in pre fe rred channel
list, as a consequence the scrambled channels will be skipped when pressing CH+/CH- and are not
visible in the channel map
• default horizontal & ve rtical center value corrected on inputs where horizontal & vertical shift is allowed
BX23U-1.0.7.0 00831
Following pro blems are solved :
• improved robuustness for digital audio connections with some specific cable boxes
• improved robustness for source selection and rec overy time with some specific HDMI or DVI device
• bad colours after switching between HDMI and YPbPr inputs
• wrong decoding of very low bit rate ATSC streams
• general performance improvement
BX23U-1.0.14.0_01451
Following improvements are made:
• improved robustness in POD behavior
• improvements for playback of some specific streams not following standards.
• improved picture quality
• based upon customer feedback: the permanent channel nr is not displayed anymore when OSD is
put to normal, this enables the customer to have the volume bar without permanent channel numbers
Following improvements are made:
BX23U-1.1.0.0_01461
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• improved robustness in POD behavior.
solution for sudden popup of menu or disfunctioning of keys on the television.
• improvements for playback of some specific streams not following standards.
is put to normal, this enables the customer to have the volume bar without permanent channel numbers.
• based upon customer feedback: the permanent channel nr is not displayed anymore when OSD is
BX23U-1.2.0.0_01471
Following improvements are made:
• Channel map changes of the OOB channel table are reflected in the TV's channel map
• Robustness improvement to support streams which have wrongly set Audio Only bit
• Solution for sudden audio drop
• Audio improvement to avoid click in sound in case of high input signal
• Make RRT5 functionality user controllable
• Data only channel are filtered out after installation
• Give priority to SCTE21 above SCTE 20 compliant captions to prevent duplicate characters in the
CC text
• Improvement of CC processing on scrambled HD channels

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BX23U-1.0.3.0 00191
Following pro blems are solved :
• Vertical picture shift not restored at startu p.
• Thumbnails not visible in content browser after fast scrolling down through the list.
• Some specific CableCards reset on scrambled signals supporting multiple audio languages.
Prevention :
• Eliminate risk on picture detoriation.
BX23U-1.0.2.0 00181
Following pro blems are solved :
• Sometimes the digital CC can get stuck
• In PIP/DW sometimes HDMI picture freezes while switching channels in the other window
• Problem : sometimes bad detection of video signals on AV1 and AV3
BX23U-1.0.5.0 00411
Following pro blems are solved :
• improved robuustness for digital audio connections with some specific cable boxes
• improved robuustness for source selection with some specific HDMI or DVI devices
• bad colors after switching between HDMI and YPbPr inputs
• wrong decoding of very low bit rate ATSC streams
BX23U-1.0.4.0 00201
Following pro blem is solved :
• Problem at production line.
BX23U-1.0.6.0 00431
Internal release only, should not be used in the field
BX23U-1.0.4.1 00421
Following pro blems are solved :
• stereo ambilight last status improvement (Only for xxPF9830A/37 sets)