Manual Philips 34PW850H

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  • Philips 34PW850H - page 1

    Color TV Directions for Use Color TV Important! Return your Warranty Registration Card within 10 days. See why inside. 3121 235 20991 Model No.: Serial No.: Need help? Call us! Philips representatives are ready to help you with any ques- tions about your new product. We can guide you through Connections, First-time Setup, or any of the Features. We ...

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    2 Once your PHILIPS purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’ ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 3

    3 ANTENNA LEAD IN WIRE ANTENNA DISCHARGE UNIT (NEC SECTION 810-20) GROUNDING CONDUCTORS (NEC SECTION 810-21) GROUND CLAMPS POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRODE SYSTEM (NEC ART 250, PART H) GROUND CLAMP ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT Example of Antenna Grounding as per NEC - National Electric Code IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipme ...

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    4 C ONTENTS I NTRODUCTION W elcome/Registration of Y our TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Safety/Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2–3 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 I NSTALL M ENU C ONTROLS How to use the Language Control . . . . . ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 5

    5 Items Included with This TV As you unpack your TV , please note that this Directions for Use manual contains safety-tip information and Factory Service Center locations, as well as a W arranty Registration Card, remote contr ol, and batteries for use with the remote contr ol. Please take a few minutes to complete your registration card. The seria ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 6

    6 F or or Spanish and Fr ench-speaking TV owners, an onscr een LANGUAGE option is pr esent. The LANGUAGE control enables you to set the TV’ s onscr een menu to be shown in either English, Spanish, or Fr ench. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until INST ALL is highli ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 7

    7 T he TUNER MODE feature allows you to change the TV’ s signal input to CABLE, ANTENNA, or AUT O mode. It’ s important for the TV to know if you want to receive chan- nels fr om a cable TV signal or a normal antenna signal. NOTE: The AUT O mode setting helps the TV determine the type of signal or channels being r eceived when AUT O PROGRAM is ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 8

    8 Y our TV can automatically set itself for local ar ea (or cable TV) channels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV stations in your ar ea by pressing the CHANNEL (+) or (–) button. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until INST ALL is highlighted. 3 Press ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 9

    9 C HANNEL EDIT makes it easy for you to add or delete channels fr om the list of chan- nels stor ed in the TV’ s memory . 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until INST ALL is highlighted. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to shift the menu to the left. LANGUAGE will be ...

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    10 T he channel NAME featur e allows you to list the “call” letters of your favorite stations beside their channel numbers when they appear on the scr een. The TV has in memory a list of the 50 most popular channel names (for example, ABC, NBC, FOX, etc.). Y ou also can enter a custom name (up to five characters). 1 Press the MENU button on the ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 11

    11 A utoChr on TM can automatically set the TV’ s onscr een clock. Because the time is r eceived from a br oadcast signal, you must be sur e that a cable TV or antenna signal is pres- ent befor e you attempt to use the AutoChr on TM featur e. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedl ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 12

    12 T o adjust your TV picture contr ols, select a channel and follow these steps. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. PIC- TURE will be highlighted. 2 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to the left. BRIGHT- NESS will be highlighted and an adjust- ment bar will be shown to the right. 3 Use the ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 13

    13 T he Digital Options (Eye Fidelity) contr ol gives you a choice between two differ ent pictur e scanning modes: Progr essive Scan and Interlaced (1050i). Digital Options ar e only available in 4:3 and W idescr een Pictur e Format. Pr ogressive Scan doubles the number of pic- tur e lines, eliminating line flicker and provid- ing a jitter-fr ee pi ...

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    14 T he Dynamic Contrast contr ol allows you to sharpen the pictur e quality by making dark portions of the pictur e darker and light portions of the pictur e more noticeable. Normally , you will pr obably want to select MED. In certain cir cumstances, however , you may pr efer MIN or MAX. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote to show the onscreen ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 15

    15 B esides the normal volume level contr ol, your TV also has individual sound-adjust- ment contr ols. The TREBLE (high frequen- cy), BASS (low fr equency), and Speaker BAL- ANCE may all be used to adjust the sound playback of TV pr ograms. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button once ...

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    16 I n most cases, the volume levels coming fr om broadcast pr ogramming or commer- cials ar e never the same. W ith the A VL (Audio V olume Leveler) contr ol turned ON, you can have the TV level out sound that is being hear d. This makes for a more consis- tent sound by r educing the peaks and valleys that occur during pr ogram changes or com- mer ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 17

    17 T he Incr edible Surr ound feature adds gr eater depth and dimension to both mon- aural (MONO) and ster eo TV sound. W ith the contr ol set to INCR. SURROUND (Incr edible Surround), the TV’ s speakers can add even wider sound separation to normal br oadcasts. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 18

    18 Y ou can r eceive br oadcast stereo TV pro- grams. The TV has both an amplifier and twin speakers thr ough which the stereo sound can be hear d. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button once to highlight SOUND. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to the left. TRE- ...

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    19 I f you have connected the TV’ s AUDIO OUTPUT jacks to the AUDIO INPUT jacks on a ster eo receiver , set AUDIO OUT to either V ARIABLE or FIXED to determine whether you adjust the volume at the ster eo or at the TV . If you select V ARIABLE, change the volume at the TV using the TV’ s remote contr ol. If you select FIXED, adjust the vol- ume ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 20

    20 b P b P PHONO INPUT R L AUX/TV INPUT U sing the TV’ s Audio (Monitor) Output jacks and TV Speaker ON/OFF contr ol an external audio system can be used to hear the sound coming fr om the TV . The Speaker Contr ol will allow you to turn the television’ s speakers off so the TV sound would only be hear d through the audio system. Please r efer ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 21

    21 S ETTING THE TV C LOCK U SING THE T IMER C ONTROL PICTURE SOUND FEATURES INSTALL TIMER ACTIVE CTRL AutoLock CLOSED CAP FORMAT FEATURES TIMER ACTIVE CTRL AutoLock CLOSED CAP FORMAT TIME START TIME STOP TIME CHANNEL ACTIVATE FEATURES TIME _ _:_ _ START TIME STOP TIME CHANNEL ACTIVATE TIMER TIME 10:30 AM START TIME STOP TIME CHANNEL ACTIVATE TIMER ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 22

    22 J ust as you would an alarm clock, you can set the TV to turn itself ON once or at the same time every day . Follow these steps to set the Start T ime. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight FEA TURES. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to th ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 23

    23 T he following steps will guide you in set- ting the TV to turn itself OFF at a specific time. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight FEA TURES. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to the left. TIMER will be highlighted. 4 W ith TIMER selected ...

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    24 Y ou can select a specific channel that the television will tune to when the timer turns the set ON. Follow these steps to select the channel. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight FEA TURES. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to the left. T ...

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    25 A fter you have set the T ime, Start T ime, Stop T ime, and Start Channel, the timer must be set to come on ONCE or DAILY , or turned OFF thr ough the ACTIV A TE Control. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight FEA TURES. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the me ...

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    26 A fter the TV’ s clock has been set, you can use your TV as a clock. The TIMER DIS- PLA Y contr ol allows you to permanently dis- play the time in the upper right corner of the scr een. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight FEA TURES. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 27

    27 T he Active Contr ol monitors and adjusts incoming video signals to help pr ovide the best pictur e quality . When you choose to turn the Active Contr ol ON, the pictur e sharpness and noise reduc- tion ar e controlled automatically . Active Contr ol adjusts these picture settings continu- ously and automatically . NOTE: Active Contr ol is not a ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 28

    28 U NDERSTANDING THE A UTO L OCK ™ F EATURE G: General Audience - All ages admitted. Most parents would find this programming suitable for all ages. This type of program- ming contains little or no violence, no strong language, and little or no sexual dia- logue or sexual situations. PG: Parental Guidance Suggested - This programming contains ma ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 29

    29 A utoLock TM allows par ents to block out or “censor” any channels they think chil- dr en should not watch. A channel blocked by the AutoLock TM contr ol cannot be viewed until a corr ect access code is used to unlock the channel for viewing. First, let’ s set your AutoLock access code. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show ...

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    30 A fter your personal access code has been set (see the pr evious page), you are r eady to select the channels or inputs you want to block out or censor . 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight FEA TURES. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 31

    31 V arious onscr een messages will appear when someone tries to view blocked pr o- gramming. The message is determined by how the curr ent programming is blocked. Y ou may view the blocked pr ogramming and turn OFF the AutoLock™ featur e by using the Clear All contr ol or by entering your access code. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote contro ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 32

    32 A fter your personal access code has been set, you can select specific movie ratings that you want to censor . 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight FEA TURES. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to the left. 4 Press the CURSOR DOWN button on ...

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    33 Y ou can select specific TV ratings that you want to censor by following these steps. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to highlight FEA TURES. 3 Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and the menu will shift to the left. 4 Press the CURSOR DOWN button once to highlight the AutoL ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 34

    34 T he BLOCKING contr ol is what can be thought of as the “master switch” for AutoLock™. This contr ol affects the settings you have chosen for blocking pr ograms accor ding to movie ratings or TV ratings, or for blocking pr ograms that have no rating or ar e unrated. When the BLOCKING control is OFF , the blocking or censoring of pr ograms ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 35

    35 S ome pr ogramming is not encoded with content advisory data by the MP AA (Motion Pictur e Association of America) or the television br oadcasters (see the explana- tion on page 28). T o block such program- ming, follow these steps. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button twice to h ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 36

    36 T o r emind you which ratings you have blocked and which Block Options you have selected, a r eview screen is available to r eview your AutoLock TM settings. T o access this scr een follow the steps below . 1 Press the ST A TUS/EXIT button on your remote control TWICE . Y our AutoLock TM settings will appear on the screen. NOTE: If you have bloc ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 37

    37 C losed Captioning (CC) allows you to r ead the voice content of television pro- grams on the TV scr een. Designed to help the hearing impair ed, this feature uses onscr een “text boxes” to show dialogue and conversa- tions while the TV program is in pr ogr ess. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on-screen menu. 2 Pres ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 38

    FORMAT 4:3 FORMAT ZOOM 14:9 FORMAT SUBTITLE ZOOM FORMAT SUPERWIDE FORMAT WIDE SCREEN FORMAT ZOOM 16:9 38 PICTURE SOUND FEATURES INSTALL TIMER ACTIVE CTRL AutoLock CLOSED CAP FORMAT FEATURES TIMER ACTIVE CTRL AutoLock CLOSED CAP FORMAT AUTO 6 2 4 3 5 1 FORMAT ZOOM 14:9 OR FORMAT ZOOM 16:9 OR FORMAT SUBTITLE ZOOM OR FORMAT SUPERWIDE OR FORMAT WIDE SC ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 39

    39 I n rar e cases the video supplied to the TV scr een might show slightly tilted one way or another . The T ilt Adjust contr ol will allow you to corr ect the problem by adjusting the scr een in a clockwise or counter clockwise direction. 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on-screen menu. 2 Press the CURSOR DOWN button unti ...

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    40 N ormally , the television would display a “snowy” looking scr een with a lot of static sounds when the signal is lost. The Blue Mute contr ol will automatically set the screen to a pleasant blue backgr ound when it detects no signal available if turned on. 1 Press the MENU/SELECT button on the remote control to show the on- screen menu. 2 P ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 41

    41 SLEEP OFF SLEEP 15 SLEEP 30 SLEEP 45 SLEEP 60 SLEEP 90 SLEEP 120 SLEEP 180 SLEEP 240 50 SEC GOOD BYE 2 4 H ave you ever fallen asleep in fr ont of the TV , only to have it wake you up at two in the morning with a test pattern sound scr eeching in your ears? W ell, your TV can enable you to avoid that discomfort by auto- matically turning itself ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 42

    42 1 2 FREEZE ON FREEZE OFF H ave you ever wished you could fr eeze the pictur e on the television broadcast to write down a special telephone number or to captur e a needed address? Y our television will allow you to do just that with the pr ess of just one button on the r emote control. 1 W ith a signal on the television screen, simply press the ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 43

    43 PERSONAL BRIGHTNESS 48 COLOR 41 PICTURE 81 SHARPNESS 46 1 2 WEAK SIGNAL MOVIES BRIGHTNESS 35 COLOR 34 PICTURE 66 SHARPNESS 56 SPORTS BRIGHTNESS 41 COLOR 37 PICTURE 85 SHARPNESS 70 WEAK SIGNAL BRIGHTNESS 37 COLOR 32 PICTURE 90 SHARPNESS 70 MULTIMEDIA BRIGHTNESS 49 COLOR 43 PICTURE 88 SHARPNESS 70 W hether you’r e watching a movie or a video gam ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 44

    44 PERSONAL TREBLE 49 BASS 49 1 2 VOICE TREBLE 56 BASS 48 MUSIC TREBLE 62 BASS 70 THEATRE TREBLE 59 BASS 60 A utoSound™ allows you to select from thr ee factory-set controls and a personal contr ol that you set according to your own pr eferences thr ough the onscreen Sound menu. The thr ee factory-set controls (V oice, Music, and Theatr e) enable ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 45

    45 SURF 12 24 32 ADD? SURF 12 24 ADD? SURF 12 ADD? SURF LIST EMPTY SURF 12 24 DELETE? SURF 12 24 32 DELETE? 3 4 1 1 2 SURF 12 DELETE? A list or series of pr eviously viewed chan- nels can be selected with the SURF button on your r emote control. W ith this featur e, you can easily switch between differ ent TV chan- nels that curr ently interest you ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 46

    46 Y our remote contr ol is capable of working your TV and many other devices that re spond to infrar ed remote contr ol commands, such as VCRs, cable boxes, satellite systems, and DBS. Y our remote may be alr eady , as is, to work an accessory device, or you may need to use one of the methods (“Code Entry” or “Sear ch”) explained on pages ...

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    47 F ollow these simple steps to enter a thr ee- digit Accessory Device Code Number that will allow you to use your TV r emote to work the functions of an accessory device. Please r ead through the steps once befor e perform- ing them. 1 Place the TV/VCR/ACC switch in the proper position and look up a three- digit Accessory Device Code Number for t ...

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    48 F ollow these simple steps to have your TV r emote sear ch for the code it needs to work the functions of your accessory device. Please r ead thr ough the steps once before performing them. NOTE: The Sear ch method works only with devices equipped with channel display indica- tors or channel display capability . 1 Press the POWER button on the d ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 49

    49 C ODE -E NTRY C ODE LIST FOR A CCESSORY D EVICES REMOTE VCR CODE NO. Admiral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .048 Advantz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358 Adventure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 Aiko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278 Aiwa . . . . . . . . . . .000, 03 ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 50

    50 C ODE -E NTRY C ODE LIST FOR A CCESSORY D EVICES CABLE REMOTE CONVER TOR CODE NO. Eastern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .002, 274 Everquest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .015, 040 Filmnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443 Focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .400 France T elecom . . . ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 51

    51 1 2 R EMOTE C ONTROL VCR S PECIFIC B UTTONS W hen using the TV remote contr ol with a VCR, first make certain it is set to con- tr ol your VCR (by the REMOTE CODE or SEARCH method). 1 Set the TV/VCR/ACC mode switch to VCR on the remote control. 2 Point the top of the remote toward the front of the VCR (remote sensor window) when pressing the but ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 52

    52 T ROUBLESHOOTING C ARE AND C LEANING WARNING Concerning Stationary Images on the TV Screen: Do not leave stationary or letterbox images on screen for extended periods of time. This can cause uneven picture-tube aging. Normal use of the TV should involve the showing of pictures that contain constantly moving and changing images that fill the scre ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 53

    53 G LOSSARY OF T ELEVISION T ERMS Active Control • Active Control continuously measures and corrects the incoming signals to provide the best picture possible. Alternate Channel • Allows you to toggle between the last two channels viewed by pressing the A/CH button on the remote control. Audio/V ideo Inputs • Jacks (standard RCA), located on ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 54

    54 F ACTORY S ERVICE L OCATIONS NOTE: If you reside in one of our Philips Factory Ser vice Branch areas (see directory on back), you can contact the nearest Ser vice Branch to obtain efficient and expedient repair for your product. If your product is In-Warranty , you should have proof-of-purchase to ensure No Charge Service. For Out-of-Warranty se ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 55

    55 F ACTORY S ERVICE L OCATIONS Q UALITY SERVICE IS AS CLOSE AS YOUR TELEPHONE ! S IMPL Y LOOK OVER THE LIST BELOW FOR THE NUMBER OF A F ACTORY S ERVICE C ENTER NEAR YOU . Y OUR PRODUCT WILL RECEIVE EFFICIENT AND EXPEDIENT CARRY - IN , MAIL - IN , OR IN - HOME SERVICE , AND YOU WILL RECEIVE PEACE OF MIND , KNOWING YOUR PRODUCT IS BEING GIVEN THE EX ...

  • Philips 34PW850H - page 56

    56 COLOR TELEVISION 90 Days Free Labor One Year Free Replacement of Parts (Two Years Free Replacement on Color Picture Tube) This product can be repaired in-home. LIMITED WARRANTY WHO IS COVERED? You must have proof of purchase to receive warranty service. A sales receipt or other document showing that you purchased the product is considered proof ...

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