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Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing this Toshiba TV. This manual will Child Safety help you use the many exciting features of your new TV. Before operating the TV, please read this manual It Makes A Difference completely, and keep it nearby for future reference. Where Your TV Stands Safety Precautions Congratulations on your purchase! As you enjoy your new TV, keep these safety tips in mind: WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, The Issue DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN
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Important Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Important Safety Instructions Installation, Care, and Service 1) Read these instructions. Installation 2) Keep these instructions. Follow these recommendations and precautions and heed all 3) Heed all warnings. warnings when installing your TV: 4) Follow all instructions. 16) Never modify this equipment. Changes or modifications may void: a)
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30) [This item applies to projection TVs only.] If the air temperature rises suddenly (for example, when the TV is 24) Always operate this equipment from first delivered), condensation may form on the lenses. This a 120V AC, 60 Hz power source only. can make the picture appear distorted or the color appear faded. If this happens, turn off the TV for 6 to 7 hours to allow the condensation to evaporate. 31)For added protection of your TV from lightning and power 25) Always make sure the antenna sy
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Important Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Important Safety Information .......................................................................................... 2-4 Welcome to Toshiba ............................................................................................................ 6 Exploring your new TV ...................................................................
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Welcome to Toshiba Congratulations! You have purchased one of the finest color TVs on the market. The goal of this manual is to guide you through setting up and operating your Toshiba TV as quickly as possible. You may need to purchase other audio or video cables to connect your equipment. See “Connecting your TV” on page 7 for more information. Please read all the safety and operating instructions carefully before you begin. Exploring your new TV You can operate your TV by using the buttons on
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Important Welcome to Connecting Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting your TV • A coaxial cable is the standard cable that comes in from your antenna or cable converter box. Coaxial cables use “F” connectors. • Standard A/V (audio/video) cables are usually color coded accord- ing to use: yellow for video and red and white for audio. The red audio cable is for the stereo right channel, and the white au
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Connecting a cable converter box This television has an extended tuning range and can tune most cable channels without using a cable company supplied converter box. Some cable companies offer “premium pay channels” in which the signal is scrambled. Descrambling these signals for normal viewing requires the use of a descrambler device, which is generally provided by the cable company. For Subscribers to Basic Cable TV Service For basic cable service not requiring a Converter/Descrambler box, conn
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Important Welcome to Connecting Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting a DVD player/satellite receiver and a VCR You will need: • three coaxial cables This connection allows you to watch DVD/satellite, VCR, or TV • one set of standard A/V cables programs. You can record from the satellite receiver and TV, as well as • one S-video cable record one TV channel while watching another channel. • one pair of
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Connecting a camcorder You will need: This connection allows you to watch video materials recorded on a • one set of standard A/V cables camcorder. Camcorder Note: For better picture quality, if your camcorder has S-video, you can connect an S-video VIDEO AUDIO L (and standard audio cables) to VIDEO1 on the back of the TV. Do not connect a standard R video cable and an S-video cable to VIDEO1 OUT simultaneously. Front Panel of TV 10 3U50101A(E)_P07-13 10 3/31/05, 6:18 PM Connecting your TV
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Important Welcome to Using the Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control Remote Control your TV Features Using the remote control Installing the remote control batteries Caution: To install the batteries: 1. Open the battery cover on the back of the remote control. Never throw batteries into a fire. Notes: • Be sure to use AAA size batteries. • Dispose of batteries in a designated disposal area. • Batteries should always be disposed of with
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Setting up your TV After you have installed the batteries and programmed the remote control, you need to set some preferences on the TV using the menu system. You can access the menu system with the buttons on the remote control. • When you make a menu selection, your changes occur immediately. You do not have to press MENU or EXIT to see your changes. • After 15 seconds, the menu screen will automatically close if you do not make a selection. Your changes will still be saved. • When you are fin
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Connecting Using the Setting up Setting up Using the TV’s Important Welcome to Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV your TV Features Adding channels to the TV’s memory When you press CH +/- on the remote control or CHANNEL ▼/▲ on the TV front panel, your TV will stop only on the channels stored in the TV’s channel memory. Follow the steps below to program channels into the memory. Programming channels automatically Your TV can automatically detect all active channels and st
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Using the TV’s features Adjusting the channel settings Switching between two channels You can switch between two channels without entering an actual Channel channel number each time. Numbers To switch between two channels: 1. Select the first channel you want to view. 2. Select a second channel using the Channel Number buttons (0–9, 100). 3. Press CH RTN. The previous channel will be displayed. Each time you press CH RTN, the TV will switch back and forth between the two channels. Programming yo
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the Using the TV’ TV’s s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Features To clear your favorite channels: 1. Select a channel you want to clear. 2. Press MENU, then press or to display the OPTION menu. 3. Press or to highlight FAVORITE CH. 4. Press or to display the FAVORITE CH menu. SET/CLEAR will be highlighted. Channel Numbers CH PICTURE AUDIO SETUP OPTION FAVORITE CH : CH 012 SET/CLEAR SET CLEAR SET
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4. Use the Channel Number buttons (0–9) to enter your PIN code. Note: If you are accessing the LOCK menus for the first time, select a If you forget your PIN code, press RECALL four-digit number to be your PIN code. Press ENTER. The four times within five seconds from the BLOCKING menu appears. BLOCKING menu. This resets your PIN code and allows you to proceed to the BLOCKING menu. CH PICTURE AUDIO SETUP OPTION LOCK CH LOCK START VIDEO LOCK OFF GAME TIMER OFF NEW PIN CODE START SELECT ADJUST Cha
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the Using the TV’ TV’s s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Features To unlock channels: 1. Press MENU, then press or to display the OPTION menu. 2. Press or to highlight LOCK and then press or to display the LOCK menu. 3. Use the Channel Number buttons (0–9) to enter your PIN code, then press ENTER. The LOCK menu appears. 4. Press or to highlight CH LOCK and press or to display the CH LOCK menu
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Labeling channels Channel labels appear over the channel number display each time you turn on the TV, select a channel, or press the Recall button. You can choose any four characters to identify a channel. To create channel labels: 1. Select a channel you want to label. 2. Press MENU, then press or until the OPTION menu appears. Channel 3. Press or to highlight CH LABEL. Numbers CH PICTURE AUDIO SETUP OPTION LANGUAGE ENGLISH CH LABEL START FAVORITE CH START LOCK START ON/OFF TIMER OFF COLORS
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’ Using the TV’s s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Features Setting the clock You must set the clock before you can program the ON/OFF timer. To set the clock: (Example: 8:30 AM) 1. Press MENU, then press or to display the OPTION menu. 2. Press or to highlight ON/OFF TIMER. CH PICTURE AUDIO SETUP OPTION LANGUAGE ENGLISH CH LABEL START FAVORITE CH START LOCK START ON/OFF TIMER ON OFF SET COLOR
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5.Press or to set the desired hour, then press . CH PICTURE AUDIO SETUP OPTION ON/OFF TIMER CLOCK 12:00 AM ON TIMER 7:00 AM CH 001 CLEAR OFF TIMER 12:00 AM CLEAR SELECT ADJUST END EXIT 6.Set the desired minutes and channel, as in step 5. 7. Press or to select ONCE or DAILY timer date. CH PICTURE AUDIO SETUP OPTION ON/OFF TIMER CLOCK 12:00 AM ON TIMER 7:00 AM CH 012 ONCE DAILY CLEAR OFF TIMER 12:00 AM Exit CLEAR SELECT SET ENTER END EXIT 8. Press EXIT to return to normal viewing. Note: Th
