philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

[Joe Black]

Bought this TV cheaply, and it came with italian menu setting.

Found wierdly litlle options in menu, and while fiddling with it, out of curiosity,
turned the option "BLOCK THE BUTTONS" ON.

Now I can not acess the menu anymore, can use VOL and CH controls on remote, change inputs and all, but cant access the menu, neither from remote or TV-button. When I try, it says "blocked".

Any insight on this or curiosity killed the cat

[petehall347]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

turn that setting off

[Joe Black]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

I can NOT acess menu anymore....

[bobbyskillz]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

The user manual indicates you need a special "Setup Remote Control" to be able to turn the button lock off.

The setup remote control is green. P/N RC2573.

Maybe you can change the language, too, if you have the setup remote control.

[Joe Black]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

Nice

Maybe that´is why it was cheap in the first place.
I do not speak Italian, but I am sure there was also no search programs and similar options in the menu. Only picture, sound, and this option I have used so cleverly.

Can anyone confirm that I have to buy one more remote for TV to work properly, aside of having one already?

Thanks

[Joe Black]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

Did a google research.
As far as I can figure out, these SETUP remotes for Philips are simply remotes that can be SET UP for various devices (via codes)?

But someone had to stumble upon these issues?

[jetadm123]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

Possibly this TV was made for the hotel market, which locks the menu because the hotel obviously doesn't want the guests playing around with the menu settings.

[Joe Black]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

Yeah, possibly. However, I had menu unlocked when I got it. And I can still change inputs, channels, volume, and other stuff. Only since I fiddled with settings it says blocked.

[bobbyskillz]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

Yeah, possibly. However, I had menu unlocked when I got it. And I can still change inputs, channels, volume, and other stuff. Only since I fiddled with settings it says blocked.

That model was designed for hotels and other hospitality organizations. It's probable it was unlocked before resale - or never locked at all. The setup remote controls are available for cheap on eBay and Amazon. Maybe you can borrow one from a local hotel that uses them. 32" is small enough to bring with you.

[Joe Black]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

Thanks, I am going to order one and give it a try.

Will post results for future reference, many thanks guys!

[Joe Black]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

Here is an update for reference of others in need:

There is an option in TV menu which sets security level to STANDARD/HIGH.

When STANDARD, you can use a special code for your TV (Google) and unlock it.

When HIGH, you MUST HAVE setup remote control, no workaround.


What I did is that I simply locked keys on TV which I could by then use to acess the GUEST version of the menu with only couple of options. Would have to find setup R/C anyways.
Now, hopefully I will order the right one from the first try.

Thanks all

[tom thumb]

Re: philips 32hf7875/10 blocked?

try from the remote 3 1 9 7 5 3 mute
that is one of the codes that will get you into the hospitality menu from there you can change security
I had 100 motel tvs donated to where i work and philips gave me this info