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Care of the screen
Clean the TV with a slightly damp soft cloth.
Do not use abrasive solvent as it can
damage the TV screen.
Plasma Display characteristics
When switching over to another picture
after having displayed the same still picture
for a long time (many hours), it may happen
that some parts from the previous picture
will remain on screen due to a kind of
memory effect. This ghost picture will
disappear after some time. To avoid this
effect change TV programs regularly or for
PC use you can turn on a screen saver in
your computer.
Philips built in an automatic slight shift of
the picture every 15 minutes to avoid this
effect and to prolong the life of the screen.
Very incidentally and after a longer period
of unuse (approx. 1 year) the screen may
display some strange colour deficiencies.
This is quite normal for plasma displays and
these effects will disappear after the set has
been turned on for some time.
A plasma display consists of more than 1,2
Million colour pixels. It is within industry
standards that very few pixels (< 0,001%)
may be defective, even for a new set. There
is however no reason to doubt about the
quality of the set.
The plasma display technology operates
with rare gasses which are being influenced
by air pressure. Up to an altitude of 2000 m
above sea-level, the display is functioning
fine. Operating the set at a higher altitude,
the picture becomes unstable and the
picture performance is deteriorating.
Bringing the set below 2000m it works fine
again. Transportation has no influence.
Poor Picture
Have you selected the correct TV system?
Is your TV or house aerial located too close
to loudspeakers, non-earthed audio
equipment or neon lights, etc. ?
Mountains or high buildings can cause
double pictures or ghost images. Sometimes
you can improve the picture quality by
changing the direction of the outside aerial.
Check if you have entered the correct
frequency. See Installation, p. 5.
Are brightness and contrast out of
adjustment ? Press the s key.
Sometimes poor picture quality is possible
when having activated a S-VHS camera or
camcorder connected to the front side of
your receiver and another peripheral is
connected to
A/V 1 or A/V 2 at the same
time. In this case switch off one of the other
peripherals.
No picture or no sound
Are the supplied cables connected properly?
(The aerial cable to the TV, the other aerial
to your VCR, the power cable to the
display, the video cable, the subwoofer
cable, the cables to the surround
loudspeakers.)
The message No picture means that the
selected peripheral equipment is not
transmitting a picture.
Has the child lock been switched off ?
(p. 15). In case of weak or bad signal,
consult your dealer.
Control of peripheral equipment
The infrared signals of the screen may
influence the reception sensibility of other
peripherals. Solution: replace the batteries
of the remote control or change position of
other equipment.
Remote control
If your TV no longer responds to the
remote control, the batteries may be dead.
You can still use the
LOCAL MENU keys at
the front of your receiver.
Menu
Have you selected the wrong menu ? Press
the same key again to exit from the menu.
No stable or not synchronised VGA
picture
Check if you have selected the correct VGA
mode in your PC (640x480, 640x400,
640x350 MAC II).
No solution
Switch your TV off and then on again.
Never attempt to repair a defective
TV yourself.
Check with your dealer or call a TV
technician.
End of life directives
Your new TV contains materials which can
be recycled and reused.
At the end of life specialised companies can
dismantle the discarded TV to concentrate
the reusable materials and to minimise the
amount of materials to be disposed of.
Please ensure you dispose of your old TV
according to local regulations.
How to dispose of dead batteries ?
The batteries supplied do not contain the
heavy metals mercury and cadmium.
Nevertheless in many countries dead
batteries may not be disposed of with your
household waste. Please ensure you dispose
of dead batteries according to local
regulations.
Tips
a audio equipment, 22
automatic installation, 5
b bilingual broadcast, 10
c camcorder, 21
CD-i / Photo CD, 21
channel list, 11
child lock, 15
clock, 11
colour temperature, 12
computer, 24
d daisy chaining, 25
digital, 10
DNR, 11
Dolby, 14
dual screen, 17
dvd keys, 27
e easy text, 18
eurocable, 20
f favourite channels,
7
freeze, 11
frequency, 5
g general pp store, 15
give name, 6
h headphone, 23
i info on screen, 10
information line, 7
interrupt the sound, 10
l language, 4
m manual installation, 5
menu language, 4
p peripheral equipment, 20
permanent channel number, 10
personal preferences, 11
picture adjustments, 12
picture format, 10
r recording,
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reshuffle, 6
s search for TV channels, 4
select your computer, 26
setup, 7
sleeptimer, 15
smart controls, 11
sound adjustments, 13
sound mode, 11
stereo, 11
store TV channels, 4
subpages teletext, 19
subtitles, 11
surround mode, 11
S-VHS, 28
switch TV on, 3
t teletext, 18
timers, 16
v VGA, 12
video recorder, 20
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