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R End of life directives
Philips is paying a lot of attention to
producing environmentally-friendly in
green focal areas.Your new TV contains
materials which can be recycled and
reused. At the end of its life specialised
companies can dismantle the
discarded TV to concentrate the
reusable materials and to minimise
the amount of materials to be
disposed of.
Your TV contains a (tolerated) small
amount of mercury. Please ensure you
dispose of your old TV according to
local regulations.
Help?
If this instruction manual does
not give an answer or if ‘Tips’ do
not solve your TV problem, you
can call your Local Philips
Customer or Service Centre. See
the supplied World-wide
guarantee booklet.
Please, have the Model and
Product number which you can
find at the back of your
television set or on the
packaging, ready, before calling
the Philips helpline.
Model: 42PF9986/69 /98*
32/42/50PF9966/69 /98
Product No: ...........................................
Care of the screen
See Tips, p. 24.
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is a trademark of New Transducers Limited
Preparation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Keys on top or on the right side of the TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Use of the remote control RC4302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
To use the menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Select the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Store TV channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Automatic installation 6
Manual installation 6
Give name 6
Reshuffle the channel list 7
Select Favourite TV channels 7
TV Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
General 8
Source 10
Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
TV menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Picture menu 11
Active Control 12
Sound 12
Ambilight 12
Features menu 13
Dual screen / PIP / Multipip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Teletext. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Switch Teletext on and off 15
Select a Teletext page 15
Previously selected teletext page 15
Select the index teletext page 15
Select subpages 15
Enlarge a Teletext page 15
Picture/Teletext 15
Hypertext 15
Teletext menu 16
Connect Accessory Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Recorder (vcr-dvd+rw) 17
Recorder and other A/V devices 17
DVD Player or other accessory digital source devices 18
Multi channel Surround receiver 18
HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) connector 19
Connect extra subwoofer 19
Side connections 20
To select connected peripherals 20
Record with your recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Audio- and video equipment keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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