Troubleshooting tips – Philips 20PF User Manual
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Symptom
Possible Causes
What you should do
No display on screen
• Faulty power supply
• Check whether power cord is properly connected
• TV’s Power not turned
into the mains socket and to your TV. If there is still
on
no power, disconnect plug. Wait for 60 seconds and
re-insert plug. Switch on TV again.
• Press the POWER key on the TV.
Poor reception
• Faulty antenna connection • Check antenna connection at rear of TV.
(snowish picture and •
Weak transmission •
Try manually adjusting your picture (refer to page 7).
noise
• Wrong TV system
• Have you chosen the right TV system? (refer to page 7).
No picture
• Faulty aerial and cable
• Check whether euroconnector cables or aerial
sockets are properly connected.
• Wrong source selected.
• Check whether the source is correctly selected.
Press button to enter Source list and select
the correct source.
No sound on
• Wrong TV system
• Check whether the correct TV system is selected
certain channels
(refer to page 7).
No sound
• Zero volume level
• Try increasing volume.
• Sound muted
• Check that the mute ([) mode is not on. If mute
mode is on, press the key to deactivate mute
mode.
• Aim remote control directly at sensor on front of TV.
• Headphone is connected. • Disconnect headphone connection.
Sound interference
• Electrical appliances
• Try switching off any electrical appliances, for
interference
example, hairdryer, vacuum cleaner that are in use.
Unable to understand
• Wrong language selected • Press the
Ë
key to exit menu from screen. Press
the language on
accidentally
the
H
key to enter main menu. Use the
ï
key to
screen to operate set
select the fourth item on the main menu. Use
Æ
key to
enter into the next menu level and the
Н Ж
keys to
select correct language.
TV not responding
• Wrong placement of
• Check batteries are placed correctly in the right
to Remote control
batteries
direction.
• Flat batteries
• Try changing the batteries.
Occasional appearance
• Characteristic of liquid
• This symptom is not a problem. The liquid crystal
of red, blue, green
crystal panel
panel is built with very high precision technology
and black spots on
giving you the fine picture details. Occasionally, a few
screen
non-active pixels may appear on the screen as a fixed
point of red, blue, green or black. Note that this
does not affect the performance of the set.
Intermittent or
•
* HDCP (see glossary)
• Noise is displayed if the connected digital equipment’s
flickering picture on
authentication failed
(DVD player or set-up box) *HDCP authentication
in HD mode
failed. Check user manual for the digital equipment
you are connecting.
• Use a standard HDMI to DVI cable.
No sound or picture but
• Set on standby mode
• Press the
key.
front panel red light is
on
Troubleshooting Tips
Below is a list of symptoms you may encounter with your TV. Before you call for service, make these
simple checks.