DFU 20FT3010/37 050404.0944 PRELIMINARY
Health-Care Pendant / Pillow Speaker Operation
The Philips 20FT3010/37 Institutional Television product can be used in hospitals and other medical facilities. It is com-
patible with a type of device known as a ?pillow speaker? or ?pendant control?. This device contains a built-in speaker
for bedside audio, while also providing television power, channel, and volume control functions, all by means of a three-
conductor cable. Examples of two such devices are described herein. The following products are manufactured by
Curbell Industries (www.curbell.com), Orchard Park, NY.
The ?analog? version of the pillow speaker, as it is sometimes
referred to, provides a built-in speaker, a volume control, and one
dual-purpose button that both selects the TV channel, and powers
the television on and off.
If the television is in the standby state (power off), a single press
SPEAKERof the channel / power button will turn the unit on.
When the television is on, each press of the button increments the
currently-tuned channel.
CHANNEL / POWERIf the television is on, it will power off when the the channel /
power button remains depressed for four successive channel incre-
ments (the television will power off afterthe fourth channel incre-
VOLUMEment).
NOTE: Analog-style controls tend to exhibit a relatively slow
?Analog? style pillow-response time to channel commands. This is normal, and is not
speaker controlindicative of a system problem.
One example of a so-called ?digital? version of the pillow speaker
provides a built-in speaker, a volume control, and dedicated buttons
that perform the following functions, as indicated.
?Power on/off
?Channel up
SPEAKER?Channel down
?Closed-caption
?Channel guide
POWER
CHANNEL UP
CLOSED-CAPTION
CHANNEL DOWN
CHANNEL GUIDE
VOLUME
?Digital? style pillow
speaker control
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