Philips 29PT8836 94 Manual
Philips 29PT8836 94 Manual
29PT8836
User manual
IMPORTANT
Before you begin:
Make sure your package includes the following items:TV and mains cord,
remote control, user manual, antenna cable (optional) and Coaxial
cable (optional).
Attention:
1. Read your manual first – your Philips TV comes with a well-designed
remote control and onscreen display to ensure your TV is easy to
operate.
2. The tips provided in this manual will save you time and money as
charges for TV installation and adjustments of customer controls are
not covered under the warranty.
Recycling:
The materials used in your set are either reusable or can be recycled.
To minimise environmental waste, specialist companies collect used
appliances and dismantle them after retrieving any materials that can be
used again (ask your dealer for further details).
Disclaimer: Graphics in this manual are for illustration purpose and may not represent the
actual product
Table of Contents
General Peripherals
Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 DVD player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Useful Tips . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Video recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Other equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
What’s Hot Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Picture Scanning mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Side connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
YPbPr Digital High Definition input . . . . . . . . 3
Practical information
Installation Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installing your television set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
The keys on the TV set . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Remote control keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Auto Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Manual Store. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sort . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Channel Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operation
Picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Sound settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Features settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Timer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Child Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Active Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Demo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Autopicture Booster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Personal Zapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Safety information
• Disconnect mains plug when :
– the indicator light below the TV screen is flashing continuously.
– a bright white line is displayed across the screen.
– there is a lightning storm.
– the set is left unattended for a prolonged period of time.
– cleaning the TV screen. Never use abrasive cleaning agents. Use a slight damp chamois
leather or soft cloth.
• No naked flame sources, such as lighted candles, should be placed on top of the TV or in
the vicinity.
• Leave at least 10 cm around each side of TV set to allow for proper ventilation.
• Avoid placing your set (e.g. near the window) where it is likely to be exposed to rain
or water.
• No objects filled with liquids should be placed on top the TV so as to avoid dripping
or splashing of liquids on the set.
Useful information
• Do not leave your set on standby mode for a prolonged period of time. Switch off set
to allow it to be demagnetised. A demagnetised set supports good picture quality.
• Do not shift or move the set around when it is switched on. Uneveness in colour in
some parts of the screen may occur.
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What’s Hot
Picture scanning
Your Philips TV has been built with scanning features to enhance your TV viewing. All you
need is to select your desired mode to enjoy sharper and clearer pictures. The description below
will help you make your choice.
Auto
If you are undecided of which mode to choose, select Auto and let your TV decide for you
automatically!
Progressive Scan
Doubles the vertical resolution of the image to produce a noticeable sharper picture.
How to access
& Press the key.
The Main Menu will be call up.
é Press the to select the Scan mode.
“ Use the key to select Auto, 100 Hz or Prog Scan.
‘To quit the menus, press .
How to access
Connect the green, blue and red cables from the TV's "Y Pb Pr" sockets to the corresponding
sockets of the equipment as shown in the diagram.
Connect the red and white RCA cables from the TV's AV2 AUDIO IN sockets to the corresponding
AUDIO OUT sockets of the player.
Turn on the TV and the equipment. Set the TV to the “Y Pb Pr” channel for playback.
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Installing your television set
Positioning the television set Remote control
10 cm
10 cm
10 cm
Switching on
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Remote control keys
Standby
Personal Zapping Lets you place the TV set on standby.
You can surf up to 10 personal channels To turn on the TV, press CH + or –,
for each key (p. 12) , AV, A/CH or digit keys.
Sleeptimer AV channel selection
Selects a period of time after which the Press several times to select AV1,
POWER
TV will go into standby mode CVI, AV2, YPbPr or Side.
.
automatically.
Delete Personal Zapping list
Add Personal Zapping list Deletes stored channels from
Adds and stores channels into ` Ø Personal Zapping list (p. 12).
Personal Zapping list (p. 12). SMART INCR. SURR. SMART
- ª Smart Picture
Smart Sound MENU E Used to access a series of stored
Used to access a series of stored SAP settings: Rich, Natural, Soft, DVD/
settings:Theatre, Music,Voice or VCD or Personal.
Personal.
Incredible Surround/ Virtual Dolby
Menu To enable/disable the Incredible
To call up or exit menus. [ CH
Surround feature. In stereo, the
”
Cursor speakers appear further apart. In
These 4 keys are used to move mono, a pseudo-spatial effect is
around the menus or provide direct 1 2 3 obtained.
access to the different picture 4 5 6
formats
7 8 9 During stereo transmission, to
Volume switch from Stereo to Mono.
A/CH 0 Ë During dual sound transmission, to
To adjust the sound level.
switch betwen language or .
Digit keys (For NTSC version: Select Mono,
Direct access to the channels. For Stereo, or SAP).
a 2-digit channel, enter the 2nd
digit before the dash disappears. Channel selection
To access the next or previous
Alternate channel channel.The number and sound
Switches between the current mode are displayed for a few
and the previous channel. moments whenever you select a
new channel.
Mute
To turn off the sound.
On screen display
To display/clear the on screen
information. Hold down key for 3
seconds to activate permanent
display of channel number.This
is also used to exit from the menu.
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Auto Store
“ Use the key to start auto store.
This menu is used to store all available
All the available TV channels will be stored
channels automatically.
automatically.
& Press the key. This operation takes a few minutes. The display
é With the cursor, select the Install menu shows the progress of the search and the
and follow by the Auto Store. number of channels found.
‘To quit the menus, press .
Manual Store
This menu is used to store channels one at a ‘ Sound Sys(tem): use the or
time. key to select the desired sound system;
BG, I, DK or M.
& Press the key. ( Search: Press . The search starts.
é With the cursor, select the Install menu Once a channel is found, the scanning
and follow by the Manual. stops. Go to the next step.
If no picture is found, consult the possible
solutions (p.15)
§ Channel: enter the required channel
with the , or digit keys.
Fine Tune: if the reception is not
satisfactory, adjust using the or
keys.
! Store: Press . The channel is stored.
ç Repeat steps “ to ‘ for each channel
“ Colour Sys(tem): use the or you wish to store.
key to select the desired colour system; 0To quit the menus, press .
Auto, PAL, NTSC 3.58 or NTSC 4.43.
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Sort
This feature allows you to rearrange channels from (e.g. 001) and confirm selection with
according to your preference. the key.
‘ Use the or key to select the
& Press the key. The Main menu is channel number you want to change to
displayed on the screen. (e.g. 004) and confirm selection with the
é With the cursor, select the Install menu key.
followed by the Sort menu. The change is done. Channel 4 will move up to
“ Use the or key to select the channel 3 and channel 3 will move up to channel
channel number you want to change 2.
( Repeat steps “ and ‘ for each
channel you wish to change.
§ To quit the menus, press .
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Channel edit
This feature allows you to skip or edit Press the key. The Main menu is
channels which have bad or weak TV signal or displayed on the screen.
channels you do not watch often. With the cursor, select the Install menu
followed by the Edit menu.
Once a channel is skipped, you cannot have Enter into the menu and select the
access to it by the Channel + or – key.You can channel number you wish to skip by the
only access the channels by the digit (0-9) keys. digit keys.
Then use the key to select Skipped.
Use the key to select On.
Repeat steps and for each
channel you wish to skip.
To quit the menus, press .
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Picture settings
& Press then . The Picture menu Description of the adjustments:
will be called up. • Brightness: this changes picture brillance.
• Colour: this changes the intensity of the
colour.
• Contrast: this changes the difference
between the light and dark tones.
• Sharpness: this changes the picture
definition.
• Hue: this adjusts the skin colour tone in
NTSC channel.
• Colour Temp.: this changes the colour
é Use the or keys to select a
rendering: Cold(bluer), Normal(balanced) or
setting and the or keys to adjust.
Warm(redder).
Note: during the picture adjustment, only
• NR: attenuates picture noise (snow) in
the selected line remains displayed. Press
difficult reception conditions.
or to display the menu again.
• Contrast +: automatic adjustment of the
“ Press to exit. picture contrast which permanently sets the
darkest part of the picture black.
Sound settings
& Press , select Sound ( ) and press Description of the adjustments:
. The Sound menu will be called up. • Treble: this alters the high frequency sounds.
• Bass: this alters the low frequency sounds.
ge
• Balance: this balances the sound on the left
and right speakers.
• AVL (Automatic Volume Leveller): this is used
to limit increases in sound, especially on
channel change or advertising slots.
• Incr. Surr. (Incredible Surround): this
boost the effect of stereo sound.
é Use the or key to select a setting • Ultra Bass: this is used to enhance bass
and the or key to adjust. output.
“ Press to exit.
Features settings
Description of the features:
& Press , select Features ( ) and press • Rotation: large screen TVs are sensitive to
. The Features menu will be called up. terrestrial magnetic field variations. This
setting is used to compensate by adjusting
the picture rotation. Use the or key
to adjust.
• Timer, Child Lock, Format, Active
Control and Demo: see explanation on
the next few pages.
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Timer Function
This feature allows you to set the timer to Description of function:
switch to a channel at a specified time while Time: enter the current time.
you are watching another channel or when the Start Time: enter the time for the TV to
TV is on standby mode. switch on or to switch channel.
Note:Timer will be disabled once the set is Stop Time: enter the time to switch to
switched off. standby.
& Press , use the key to select Note: Is Stop Time is not keyed in,Tv will go to
Features and press the key. standby mode after 4 hours.To switch on the TV
The Features menu is displayed. from standby, press Channel + or –, digit or
Power key.
Channel: enter the channel to switch to.
Activate: enter mode of activating timer;
Once, Daily or Off.
Display: select On to display the time on the
TV screen.
Child Lock
You can block certain channels or inhibit use The Child Lock menu is displayed.
of the TV set completely. (Use the or key to select a function
Note:You can only access the locked channels via and the key to enter or confirm
the remote control. Keep the remote control in a selection.
safe place.
& Press , use the key to select
Features and press the key.
The Features menu is displayed.
Description of function:
Lock Channel: use the or key
to select a channel number to lock and
press the key to confirm. The
é Use the key to select Child Lock symbol will display next to the channel
and press the key to enter. that was locked.
“ Key in the 4-digit access code. for the Change Code: enter a new code and
first time or if you have forgotten the again to confiorm.
code, enter 0711 twice. Clear All: use to unlock all locked
There will be a prompt to key in the channels. Select On to activate.
New Code. LOCK ALL: use to lock all TV and external
‘ Key in your preferred code once and channels. Select On to activate.
again to confirm. §Press to exit.
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Format
This feature enhances your viewing pleasure Description of function:
by providing you with a choice of two picture 4:3 – select this format if you want to display
formats:- 4:3 and Expand 4:3. a conventional picture using the full surface of
& Press , use the or key to select the screen.
Features and press the key.
The Features menu is displayed.
é Use the key to select Format and
press the key to select 4:3 or
Expand 4:3.
“ Press the key to exit. 4:3
Expand 4:3 – select this format if you want
to expand pictures transmitted in a
‘letterbox’ format (black horizontal bars at
the top and bottom of the screen) to fill up
the entire screen.
Active Control
The Active Control monitors and adjusts & Enter Features menu as described in
incoming video signals to help provide the best “Features settings” on the previous page.
picture quality.When you choose to turn the é Use the key to select Active Control
Active Control to On or Display On, the and press the key to select Off, On
Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness, Contrast+ and or Display On.
NR (noise reduction) features are controlled “ Press the key to exit.
automatically. Active Control adjusts these
picture settings continuously and automatically Description of option:
Off: the Active Control will not be activated.
On: the Active Control will work to give the
viewer the best possible picture, but will
not display the monitoring screen when
channels are changed.
Display On: an Active Control monitoring
screen will be shown for a few
seconds whenever a channel is
changed.
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Demo
The split screen display shows the image The screen is split to dramatically show the
performance before and after enhancements comparative images side by side.
to present clearly the effects of the picture
enhancement features.
Scan
On
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Personal Zapping
A list or series of favourite TV programs can To delete channels:
be selected and stored in the 4 coloured keys & Select and press a colour key that has
with the Personal Zapping feature. With this stored channels repeatedly to select the
feature you can easily viewed up to a total of channel you want to delete.
10 preferred channels for each coloured key. é Press to display list.
To add channels: “ Press to remove channel.
& Select a channel with the digit keys. ‘ Repeat steps &to “delete more channels.
é Press to display list. ( Press to exit.
“ Press your favourite colour key to store
the channel in step &.
‘ Repeat steps &to “ to store more
channels.
( Press to exit.
To view channels:
Select and press a colour key that has stored
channels repeatedly to select the channel you
want to view.
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Connecting peripheral equipment
The television has 4 sets of external sockets situated at the back of the set (AV1 in, AV2 in,
YPbPr and Monitor out).
The AV1 in has Y, Pb, Pr and audio and video inputs.
The AV2 in has S-Video, audio and video inputs.
The Y, Pb, Pr has Y, Pb, Pr input (refer to details in “What’s Hot” section).
The Monitor out socket has audio and video outputs.
DVD player
Connect the green, blue and red cables from
the TV’s “Y Pb Pr” sockets to the COMPONENT
VIDEO OUT sockets of the player.
Video recorder
Connect the yellow, white and red cables from
the TV’s AV2 IN sockets to the corresponding
AUDIO and VIDEO OUT sockets of the player.
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Connecting peripheral equipment
Other equipment
Carry out the connections shown opposite.
To optimise picture quality, connect the
equipment which produces the video signals
(digital decoder, games, etc) to AV1 IN and
equipment which produces the S-VHS signals
(S-VHS and Hi-8 video recorders, certain DVD
drives to AV2 IN and all other equipment to
either AV1 IN or AV2 IN.
Side connections
With the key, select the SIDE channel.
For a monophonic device, connect the audio
signal to the AUDIO L input. Use the key to
reproduce the sound on the left and right
speakers of the TV set.
Headphones
When headphones are connected, the sound
on the TV set will be cut. The VOL + or –
keys are used to adjust the volume level.
The headphone impedance must be between
32 and 600 Ohms.
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Tips
Poor reception Good sound but poor colour or no
The proximity of mountains or high picture
buildings may be responsible for ghost Try to increase the contrast and
pictures, echoing or shadows. In this case, brightness setting.
try manually adjustingyour picture: see
Fine Tuning (p. 7) or modify the orienta- Snowy picture and noise
tion of the outside aerial. Does your Check antenna connection at the rear of
antenna enable you to receive broadcasts the TV.
in this frequency range (UHF or VHF
band)? In the event of difficult reception Horizontal dotted lines
(snowy picture) switch the NR on the Possible electrical interference e.g.
Picture menu to ON (p. 9). hairdryer, vacuum cleaner, etc. Switch off
the appliances.
No picture
If the television does not switch on, press Double or “Ghost” images
the standby key (located on the Possible poor positioning of antenna.
remote control) twice. Have you Using a high directional antenna may
connected the aerial socket properly? improve reception.
Have you chosen the right system? (p. 7).
Poorly connected euroconnector cables Peripheral equipment gives a black and
or aerial sockets are often the cause of white picture
picture or sound problems (sometimes You have not selected the socket
the connectors can become half discon- connection to the right channel with the
nected if the TV set is moved or turned). key: for example, AV1 in socket
Check all connections. connection should select channel AV1 to
playback. To play a video cassette, check
No sound that it has been recorded under the same
If on certain channels you receive a standard (PAL or NTSC) which can
picture but no sound, this means that you be replayed by the video recorder.
do not have the correct TV system.
Modify the System setting (p. 7). The remote control does not work
Check that the batteries are the right
Colour patches on screen way round and there is no obstruction
Switch off the TV by the mains power between the remote control and the TV.
button and wait for about 20 minutes If the light indicator on the set no longer
before switching on again. flashes when you use the remote control,
replace the batteries.
Good picture but no sound
Try to increase the volume level. Check
that the sound is not set to “mute”. If it is,
press the key to restore the sound.
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Glossary
4:3 Contrast+
Refers to the ration between the length and enhances the darker portions of the picture
the height of the screen. Wide screen to improve its picture quality.
televisions have a ration of 16:9 while
conventional televisions have a ratio of 4:3. Personal Zapping
A Philips trade marked feature which allows
4:3 Expand any combination of favourite teletext pages
The images recorded in “letterbox” format or TV channels to be stored in the coloured
are expanded to fill the entire screen and Favourite Channels/Teletext keys. A total of
the black horizontal bars at the top and 10 preferred channels/teletext pages of the
bottom are removed. same subject or user can be stored in each
coloured key.
Active Control
Is a unique, intelligent, and proactive control Scan Velocity Modulation (SVM)
system, which measures and analyzes the It is an innovative circuit design to enhance
incoming analog signal 60 times per second edge details by varying the speed of the
to automatically adjust settings for optimal electron beam. It dramatically improves
picture quality. overall definition and contrast without any
discoloration or blurring.
Component video input (CVI)
Supports advanced video input (such as S-VHS Signals
DVD) for superb colour purity, crisp colour These are 2 separate Y/C video signals from
detail and reduced colour noise-surpassing the S-VHS and Hi-8 recording standards. The
even that of S-Video! luminanace signals Y (Black and white) and
chrominance signals C (colour) are recorded
Colour Transient Improver (CTI) separately on the tape. This provides better
Color signals are processed to bring out picture quality than with standard video (VHS
subtle differences resulting in greater depth and 8 mm) where the Y/C signals are
and enhanced color definition, as color bleed combined to provide only one video signal.
between color borders are
eliminated.Therefore, there is an improved System
color definition and contrast without Television pictures are not broadcast in the
discoloration or blurring. same way in all countries. There are different
standards: BG, DK, I and NTSC. The system
Luminance Transient Improver (LTI) setting (p. 5) is used to select these different
A new generation edge-enhancement standards.
technology which is applied directly to the
video processing circuit to increase clarity
and sharpness at the point of transition from
the dark to light areas of the image. As a
result there is an increase clarity and
sharpness especially between dark and light
areas of an image.
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Specifications
Product type Side Connections
29PT8836 • S-Video
• Video and Audio inputs
PICTURE • Headphone out
• Picture screen diameter: 29” (720 mm)
• Visible screen size: 27” (680 mm) Rear Connections
• Picture Tube: Real Flat 4:3 • AV1: 1 FH (CVI),Video and Audio inputs
• 100 Hz • AV2: S-Video, Video and Audio inputs
• Progressive Scan • AV3: 2 FH (HD-CVI)
(Auto Switching with manual override) • Monitor Out
• Scan Velocity Modulation
• 3D Digital Combfilter Reception
• 3:2 Pulldown • Tuning system: PLL
• EDDI - Smoothing Edge De-interlacer • Colour Transmission sytem off-air: PAL I,
• Contrast PAL D/K, PAL B/G
• Active Control Plus with Luminance • AV Connections: NTSC 3.58/4.43, PAL 4.43
Transient Improver (LTI) • Channel selections: UVSH
• Colour Transient Improver (CTI)
• Colour Temperature Control Size and weight
• Black Stretch • Mains: AC 220 - 240V, 50 Hz
• Smart Picture Modes • Net weight: 46 kg
• Demo • Gross weight: 50 kg
• Digital Noise Reduction (DNR) • Set dimensions: W x D x H mm
(736 x 490 x 580) mm
Sound • Box dimensions: W x D x H mm
• Sound output: 20 W rms (803 x 576 x 668) mm
• 2 on board speakers
• AV Stereo Sound
• Incredible Surrround
• Smart Sound Modes
• Auto volume Leveller
Ease of use
• Sleeptimer
• 100 presets channel selection
• Personal Zapping
• Zappa Remote Controller
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