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USER MANUAL
Color Television
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Return your Product Registration Card today to get the very most from your purchase. Registering your model with MAGNAVOX makes you eligible for all of the valuable benefits listed below, so don't miss out. Complete and return your Product Registration Card at once to ensure: *Proof of *Product Safety *Additional Benefits Purchase Notification of Product Ownership Returning the enclosed card guarantees By registering your product, you'll receive Registering your product guarantees that that yo
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment 1. Read these instructions. B. Objects have fallen, or liquid has been spilled into the appli- ance; or 2. Keep these instructions. C. The appliance has been exposed to rain; or 3. Heed all warnings. D. The appliance does not appear to operate normally or 4. Follow all instructions. exhibits a marked change in performance; or 5. Do not use this apparatus near water. E. The appliance has been dropped, or the enclosure damaged. 6. Clean
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CONTENTS Features INTRODUCTION Audio/Video Jack Panel allows direct connections with VCRs, Welcome/Registration of Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 DVDs, or other devices, providing quality TV picture and sound Safety/Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2–3 playback. Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Audio Volume Leveler (AVL) Control keeps the TV sound at an INSTALLATION ME
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURES LANGUAGE Menu or our Spanish and French-speaking TV own- Picture Brightness Fers, an onscreen LANGUAGE option is pres- Sound Color Features Contrast ent. The LANGUAGE control enables you to set Menu Install Sharpness the TV’s onscreen menu to be shown in either Color Temp. Picture Language English, Spanish, or French. Sound Tuner Mode Features Auto Program Install Channel Edit Press the MENU/SELECT button on the Name remote control to s
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURES AUTO PROGRAM Menu our TV can automatically set itself for local Picture Brightness Yarea (or cable TV) channels. This makes it Sound Color Features Contrast easy for you to select only the TV stations in your Menu Install Sharpness Color Temp. area by pressing the CHANNEL (+) or (–) button. Picture Language Sound Tuner Mode Features Auto Program Press the MENU/SELECT button on the Install Channel Edit Name remote control to show the ons
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURES NAME CONTROL (PICK LIST) Menu he channel NAME feature allows you to list Picture Brightness Tthe “call” letters of your favorite stations Sound Color beside their channel numbers when they appear Features Contrast Menu Install Sharpness on the screen. The TV has in memory a list of the Color Temp. Picture Language 50 most popular channel names (for example: Sound Tuner Mode ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, etc.). You can also enter Features Auto Pro
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HOW TO USE THE INSTALLATION FEATURES NAME CONTROL (PERSONAL) he channel NAME feature allows you to list Menu Tthe “call” letters of your favorite stations Picture Brightness beside their channel numbers when they appear Sound Color Features Contrast on the screen. You can enter a custom name (up Menu Install Sharpness to five characters) for each channel. Color Temp. Picture Language Sound Tuner Mode Tune to the specific channel you want to name, then Features Auto
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HOW TO USE THE PICTURE ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS o adjust your TV picture controls, select a channel and Tfollow these steps. Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on the remote Picture Brightness control to show the onscreen menu. Menu Sound Color 1 Picture Features Contrast Install Sharpness Brightness 40 Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN but- Color Temp. Color ton to highlight PICTURE. Contrast 2 Sharpness Color Temp. Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to enter the Picture menu. 3 Press the CURS
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HOW TO USE THE SOUND ADJUSTMENT CONTROLS o adjust your TV sound controls, select a channel and Tfollow these steps. Press the MENU/SELECT button on the remote Menu control to show the onscreen menu. Menu 1 Picture Brightness Picture Treble Sound Color Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN but- Sound Bass Features Contrast Features Balance Install Sharpness ton to highlight Sound. Install AVL 2 Color Temp. Dynamic Bass Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to enter the sound menu. 3 Press the
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HOW TO USE THE TIMER MENU CONTROLS our television comes with an onscreen clock. The YTV can also be set to turn on or off at a specific time and tune to a specific channel when it powers itself on. Press the CLOCK button on the remote con- Menu trol to display the Timer onscreen menu. Features 1 Features Timer Time Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN Auto Lock Start Time Timer Format Stop Time button to highlight one of the Timer controls. Time – – : – – AM 2 Closed Caption Program
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HOW TO USE THE TIMER MENU CONTROLS (CONT’D) AUTO CHRON Menu utoChron™ can automatically set the TV’s onscreen Features Aclock. Since the time is received from a broadcast Timer Time Features signal, you must be sure that a cable TV or Antenna Auto Lock Start Time Timer Format Stop Time Time – – : – – AM signal is present before you use the AutoChron™ fea- Closed Caption Program No. Start Time Rotation Activate ture. Stop Time Program No. Activate Press the CLOCK button on the remote control to
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UNDERSTANDING THE AUTOLOCK™CONTROLS he AutoLock™ feature receives and Tprocesses data sent by broadcasters or other program providers that contain pro- Auto Lock Auto Lock gram content advisories. When programmed Movie Ratings TV Ratings by the viewer, a TV with AutoLock™ can G Off On TV-Y Off On respond to the content advisories and block PG TV-Y7 program content that may be found objection- PG-13 TV-G able (such as offensive language, violence, TV-PG R TV-14 sexual situations, etc.). This is
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SETTING UPAN AUTOLOCK™ACCESS CODE TM utoLock allows parents to block out or A“censor” any channels they think children should not watch. A channel blocked by the TM AutoLock control cannot be viewed until a cor- rect access code is used to unlock the channel Menu for viewing. First, let’s set your AutoLock access Picture Timer code. Sound Auto Lock Features Format Install Close Caption Press the MENU/SELECT button on Rotation Menu the remote control to show the onscreen Features 1 menu. Timer
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HOW TO LOCK CHANNELS USING AUTOLOCK™ fter your personal access code has been Aset (see the previous page), you are ready to select the channels or inputs you want to block out or censor. Menu Picture Timer Press the MENU/SELECT button on Sound Auto Lock Features Format the remote control to show the Menu 1 Install Closed Caption Features onscreen menu. Rotation Timer Access Code Auto Lock – – – – Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR Format DOWN button to highlight Features. Closed Caption 2 Rotation
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HOW TO CLEAR ALL LOCKED CHANNELS AT THE SAME TIME arious onscreen messages will appear Vwhen someone tries to view blocked pro- gramming. The message is determined by how the current programming is blocked. You may Menu view the blocked programming and turn OFF the AutoLock™ feature by using the Clear All Picture Timer Sound Auto Lock control or by entering your access code. Features Format Menu Install Closed Caption Features Rotation Press the MENU/SELECT button on Timer Access Code the remo
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BLOCKING PROGRAMS BASED ON MOVIE RATINGS fter your personal access code has been Aset, you can select specific movie ratings that you want to censor. Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on Picture Timer the remote control to show the Sound Auto Lock 1 Features Format onscreen menu. Menu Install Closed Caption Features Rotation Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR Timer Access Code Auto Lock – – – – DOWN button to highlight Features. 2 Format Closed Caption Press the CURSOR RIGHT button Rotation to disp
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BLOCKING PROGRAMS BASED ON TV RATINGS ou can select specific TV ratings that you Ywant to censor by following these steps. Press the MENU/SELECT button on Menu the remote control to show the 1 Picture Timer onscreen menu. Sound Auto Lock Features Format Menu Install Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR Closed Caption Features Rotation DOWN button to highlight Features. Timer Access Code 2 Auto Lock – – – – Format Press the CURSOR RIGHT button Closed Caption to display the Features menu. Rotation 3 Pr
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OTHER AUTOLOCK™BLOCKING OPTIONS he AutoLock™ control offers the viewer Tother blocking options as well/ With Menu Block Options, the censoring can be turned Picture Timer On or Off. Sound Auto Lock Features Format Menu Press the MENU/SELECT button on Install Closed Caption Features Rotation the remote control to show the Timer Access Code 1 onscreen menu. Auto Lock – – – – Format Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR Closed Caption Rotation DOWN button to highlight Features. 2 Press the CURSOR RIGHT
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USING THE AUTOLOCK™REVIEW SCREEN o remind you wich rating you have locked Tand which Block Options you have selected, Movie Rating - TV Rating - a review screen is available to review your TM - Y7 AutoLock settings. To access this screen follow - TV-G the steps below. R TV-PG Press the STATUS/EXIT button on the NC-17 TV-14 remote control TWICE. Your X TV-MA 1 AutoLock™ settings will appear on the Block Unrated Off screen. No Rating Off NOTE: I
