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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.