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This thread is a continuation of the now closed thread, linked to, here :
http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-televisions/613872-philips-37-42-47-pfl9632-9732-thread.html
From the Original Thread, credits to CHRISGEO :
So this is a thread for 9632 series and 9732 which have released!!!!The 47PFL9732 has taken the EISA AWARD for the best 1080p lcd tv for 2007-2008.
9632 SERIES
9732 SERIES
SPECS
1080P wide screen lcd tv
1920x1080 resolution
1.200:1 on screen contrast
8.000:1 dynamic contrast
14bit panel
100Hz CLEAR LCD
Perfect Pixel HD
24p compatibility
Light sensor
Ambilight(surround ambilight on 9732 only)
USB PORT
MEMORY STICK/MMC
MP3 PLAYBACK
3XHDMI 1.3 INPUTS
Full specs on the link
http://www.consumer.philips.com/con...?proxybuster=VWB0CBOLKOFK3J0RMRESHQVHKFSEKI5P
Available on 37",42",47"
The difference between 9632 and 9732 is the ambilight(the 9632 has 2 stage ambilight,while 9732 has ambilight surround)
You can UPDATE THE FIRMWARE from here
Philips Support - 42PFL9732D/10
WHAT TO DO TO REDUCE THE LAG ISSUE BY SIGNLANGUAGE
AVForums.com - View Single Post - Philips 37/42/47 PFL9632/9732 Thread
HOW TO ACCESS THE SERVICE MENU BY RAZOOLA
I discovered from that dutch thread how to get into the service menues. Power on the LCD and on the controller do the following key sequence;
0, 6, 2, 5, 9, 6, i+
If done correctly you will be presented with a warning message. Press the Red button to continue.
First thing to point out here is an option to change region (options,misc,region). Someone may want to see if this setting changes HDCP problems with 5.1 audio out. Remember you need to store changes (option in first service menu, move right and press ok).
I also noticed the ability to see the board identifer (options,misc,board identifer), picture processing chip (options, video repto, picture processing) and screen type (options, display, screen).
I have the following (this info does not match the SSB board bulsing mentioned unless its some sort of hybrid);
TV520/82
PNX5050
LCD LPL WU5 SLB1 DF 42"
I have not had a chance to play around yet but hopefully there is something in here that will reduce the lag. I did notice an mpeg4 option thats off by default, you never know turning that one on could allow playing media from the USB stick it we are lucky.
WARNING !!!
Do NOT set the MPEG4 option to ENABLE in the Serivemenu.
When you enable this you won't get your set on again.
This option is used for the 9742 model. This model has a seperate MPEG4 board on-board for DVB-C and is for France. They have some kind of MPEG4 DVB-C.
Please be warned
Code:
Known problems/faults with the 9632/9732/9900 range with .015 firmware upgrade
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) Picture Lag is present of about 120-150ms (game input and lipsync).
- There is no way to shorten this dealy even by removing all
picture enhancing features.
- Less than expected gaming experiance.
- If you follow Philips guide lines for removing lipsink
(feeding audio in and out of the LCD) you'll loose DTS/5.1
due to HDCP protection rules (downgraded) unless you
use HDMI 3 (see point 5a).
2a) DNM (digitial natural motion) and Perfect Pixel HD do not work if you
have the LCD's source input set to 'PC'.
- Even though the options are available in the menues (not greyed out)
the enhancement is missing in the displayed picture.
- Removing 'PC' input results in poor 1080p quality for PC connections
(picture flicker on mouse pointer movements) but DNM will work.
2b) Playstation 3 GUI glitching, noticeable in PS3 store when in 1080p.
- A solution is to set the input as 'PC', however doing this disables
DNM which is not acceptable when waching Bluray (see point 2a).
2c) Interlacing can be seen in moving objects at 1080p.
- It seems the LCD converts 1080p signals back to 1080i and then
incorrectly back to 1080p.
- It is suggest that this is the reason for point 2b.
3) Even though the LCD is suppost to be 14bit color processing it seems
to suffer from bad color banding.
- Displying a Color gradient chart shows the problem perfectly.
4a) Sources using EXT1 / EXT2 (RGB) suffer poor picture quality (blured).
- Greens edges appears on screen (esp between grey graidents).
4b) Sources using EXT1 / EXT2 (RGB) suffer Sudden drops in contrast.
- Contrast drops happen frequently when using a Wii console.
5a) HDMI 1 and 2 cannot pass DTS/5.1 audio to the LCD's digital output,
instead it is downsampled to stereo.
- HDMI 3 seems to allow this (apart from on HDCP protected content)
but it can be tricky to get working and its possible it does not
work on all SSB types.
5b) If you have three HDMI sockets plugged in at the same time some can
stop working. You have to unplug one for the others to work again.
- This is solved by an upgraded SSB board inside the LCD, it can be
determined if you have the new SSB by your serial number, if it has
an 'A' its the old board, a 'E' is the new board.
6) Problems with the EPG if a card is present in the common port with no
active subscriptions in progress.
- The EGP can lock up (but you can still exit).
- Exiting the EPG can cause an unsupported format message for a few seconds.
- Problem can be solved by removing the CI adapter.
7) A high pitched whine can be heard when the screen is in standby.
- Some screens suffer this problem more than others.
- It is said the PSU causes this problem.
- This is not fixable via a firmware upgrade.
- Only solution is to unplug the LCD totally.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
According the the specs the new SSB does not support 14 bit picture
processing although philips clearly advertise this screen does.
- Old board model number is PNX8537.
- New board model number is PNX8541.
- NXP Semiconductors[aip=200435]|pp=[v=d,t=aip,i=200435,fi=,ps=0]|[0][0]
The Eco-SSB lacks two not commercial exploited functions, being the YC-input
on the SCART connector and the SPDIFinput connector. They are further fully
compatible with the actual used ones.
Some deltas with respect to the Eco SSB compared with the normal SSB are:
- No LEDs for board is started and image on LVDS output.
- Changeover from PNX8537 to PNX8541 for better picture quality.
Sky HD Remote Code: 0584
instructions from here:
Redirect
REVIEW
Philips 37PFL9632D Review: 37" Cineos 100Hz 1080p LCD TV
http://www.avforums.com/forums/lcd-televisions/613872-philips-37-42-47-pfl9632-9732-thread.html
From the Original Thread, credits to CHRISGEO :
So this is a thread for 9632 series and 9732 which have released!!!!The 47PFL9732 has taken the EISA AWARD for the best 1080p lcd tv for 2007-2008.
9632 SERIES
9732 SERIES
SPECS
1080P wide screen lcd tv
1920x1080 resolution
1.200:1 on screen contrast
8.000:1 dynamic contrast
14bit panel
100Hz CLEAR LCD
Perfect Pixel HD
24p compatibility
Light sensor
Ambilight(surround ambilight on 9732 only)
USB PORT
MEMORY STICK/MMC
MP3 PLAYBACK
3XHDMI 1.3 INPUTS
Full specs on the link
http://www.consumer.philips.com/con...?proxybuster=VWB0CBOLKOFK3J0RMRESHQVHKFSEKI5P
Available on 37",42",47"
The difference between 9632 and 9732 is the ambilight(the 9632 has 2 stage ambilight,while 9732 has ambilight surround)
You can UPDATE THE FIRMWARE from here
Philips Support - 42PFL9732D/10
WHAT TO DO TO REDUCE THE LAG ISSUE BY SIGNLANGUAGE
AVForums.com - View Single Post - Philips 37/42/47 PFL9632/9732 Thread
HOW TO ACCESS THE SERVICE MENU BY RAZOOLA
I discovered from that dutch thread how to get into the service menues. Power on the LCD and on the controller do the following key sequence;
0, 6, 2, 5, 9, 6, i+
If done correctly you will be presented with a warning message. Press the Red button to continue.
First thing to point out here is an option to change region (options,misc,region). Someone may want to see if this setting changes HDCP problems with 5.1 audio out. Remember you need to store changes (option in first service menu, move right and press ok).
I also noticed the ability to see the board identifer (options,misc,board identifer), picture processing chip (options, video repto, picture processing) and screen type (options, display, screen).
I have the following (this info does not match the SSB board bulsing mentioned unless its some sort of hybrid);
TV520/82
PNX5050
LCD LPL WU5 SLB1 DF 42"
I have not had a chance to play around yet but hopefully there is something in here that will reduce the lag. I did notice an mpeg4 option thats off by default, you never know turning that one on could allow playing media from the USB stick it we are lucky.
WARNING !!!
Do NOT set the MPEG4 option to ENABLE in the Serivemenu.
When you enable this you won't get your set on again.
This option is used for the 9742 model. This model has a seperate MPEG4 board on-board for DVB-C and is for France. They have some kind of MPEG4 DVB-C.
Please be warned
Code:
Known problems/faults with the 9632/9732/9900 range with .015 firmware upgrade
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1) Picture Lag is present of about 120-150ms (game input and lipsync).
- There is no way to shorten this dealy even by removing all
picture enhancing features.
- Less than expected gaming experiance.
- If you follow Philips guide lines for removing lipsink
(feeding audio in and out of the LCD) you'll loose DTS/5.1
due to HDCP protection rules (downgraded) unless you
use HDMI 3 (see point 5a).
2a) DNM (digitial natural motion) and Perfect Pixel HD do not work if you
have the LCD's source input set to 'PC'.
- Even though the options are available in the menues (not greyed out)
the enhancement is missing in the displayed picture.
- Removing 'PC' input results in poor 1080p quality for PC connections
(picture flicker on mouse pointer movements) but DNM will work.
2b) Playstation 3 GUI glitching, noticeable in PS3 store when in 1080p.
- A solution is to set the input as 'PC', however doing this disables
DNM which is not acceptable when waching Bluray (see point 2a).
2c) Interlacing can be seen in moving objects at 1080p.
- It seems the LCD converts 1080p signals back to 1080i and then
incorrectly back to 1080p.
- It is suggest that this is the reason for point 2b.
3) Even though the LCD is suppost to be 14bit color processing it seems
to suffer from bad color banding.
- Displying a Color gradient chart shows the problem perfectly.
4a) Sources using EXT1 / EXT2 (RGB) suffer poor picture quality (blured).
- Greens edges appears on screen (esp between grey graidents).
4b) Sources using EXT1 / EXT2 (RGB) suffer Sudden drops in contrast.
- Contrast drops happen frequently when using a Wii console.
5a) HDMI 1 and 2 cannot pass DTS/5.1 audio to the LCD's digital output,
instead it is downsampled to stereo.
- HDMI 3 seems to allow this (apart from on HDCP protected content)
but it can be tricky to get working and its possible it does not
work on all SSB types.
5b) If you have three HDMI sockets plugged in at the same time some can
stop working. You have to unplug one for the others to work again.
- This is solved by an upgraded SSB board inside the LCD, it can be
determined if you have the new SSB by your serial number, if it has
an 'A' its the old board, a 'E' is the new board.
6) Problems with the EPG if a card is present in the common port with no
active subscriptions in progress.
- The EGP can lock up (but you can still exit).
- Exiting the EPG can cause an unsupported format message for a few seconds.
- Problem can be solved by removing the CI adapter.
7) A high pitched whine can be heard when the screen is in standby.
- Some screens suffer this problem more than others.
- It is said the PSU causes this problem.
- This is not fixable via a firmware upgrade.
- Only solution is to unplug the LCD totally.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
According the the specs the new SSB does not support 14 bit picture
processing although philips clearly advertise this screen does.
- Old board model number is PNX8537.
- New board model number is PNX8541.
- NXP Semiconductors[aip=200435]|pp=[v=d,t=aip,i=200435,fi=,ps=0]|[0][0]
The Eco-SSB lacks two not commercial exploited functions, being the YC-input
on the SCART connector and the SPDIFinput connector. They are further fully
compatible with the actual used ones.
Some deltas with respect to the Eco SSB compared with the normal SSB are:
- No LEDs for board is started and image on LVDS output.
- Changeover from PNX8537 to PNX8541 for better picture quality.
Sky HD Remote Code: 0584
instructions from here:
Redirect
REVIEW
Philips 37PFL9632D Review: 37" Cineos 100Hz 1080p LCD TV