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OWNER'S MANUAL
Color Television
TM
27A50
32A50
36A50
© TOSHIBA CORPORATION, 2000
Reference Section Advanced Operation Basic Operation Preparation Set up
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Dear Customer Customer’s Record Congratulations! You have purchased one of the finest You will find the model number and serial number on the Color TV’s on the market! back of your TV set. This manual will help you use the many exciting and Record these numbers in the spaces provided below. useful features to make your TV viewing more enjoyable Refer to them whenever you call upon your TOSHIBA than ever before. dealer regarding this product. Before operating your TV set, please read all these sa
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Table of Contents Set Up Basic Operation Introduction ................................................................... 4 Watching TV Programs or Video Input ................... 18 Exploring your new TV ............................................... 4 Selecting the TV channels ......................................... 18 Installing Your TV ........................................................ 4 Selecting the video input source ................................ 18 Connecting Your TV.........
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Introduction This manual applies to models 27A50, 32A50 and 36A50, and there are slight differences among them. The 32A50 is the model used for illustration purposes. Instructions in this manual are based on the Remote Control. Check the model of your TV before using this manual. Exploring your new TV You can operate your TV using the buttons on the front panel or the Remote Control. The back panel provides all the terminal connections you will need to connect other equipment to your TV. 36A50 3
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Connecting Your TV If you haven’t connected electronic equipment before, or you have been frustrated in the past, you may wish to read this section. (Cables are not supplied.) A coaxial cable is the standard cable that comes in from your antenna or cable converter box. Coaxial cables use “F” Antenna Coaxial Cable connectors. Audio and video cables are usually color coded according to use: yellow for video and red and white for audio. The red AUDIO/VIDEO Cables audio cable is for the stereo r
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Connecting Your TV (continued) Connecting a cable converter box and a VCR This connection allows you to watch and record basic and premium cable channels, as well as watch video tapes. Tune the TV and VCR channels to 3 or 4 (whichever channel is vacant in your area), then use the converter box to change channels. From Cable Stereo VCR S-VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO IN OUT LR IN IN from ANT OUT to TV CH3 OUT CH4 Cable converter box Caution: TV If you have a mono VCR, connect L/Mono to VCR Audio OUT IN OU
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Connecting a DVD with component video and VCR This connection allows you to watch DVD, video or TV programs and to record TV programs. Your TV is capable of using ColorStream (component video). Connecting your TV to a ColorStream compatible DVD can greatly enhance picture quality and performance. From Antenna Stereo VCR S-VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO LR IN IN from ANT OUT to TV Caution: CH3 The unauthorized recording of television programs, OUT CH4 video tapes and other materials may infringe upon the pro
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Preparing the Remote Control for Use With the Remote Control, you can operate your TV, most VCR models, and cable TV converters together, even if they are different brands. If you will be using your TV with a Toshiba VCR, your Remote Control is already programmed and ready to use. If you own different brands of VCR's and/or converters, you first have to program your Remote Control. (See “Programming the Remote Control” on page 11.) Installing the Remote Control batteries 1 Slide the battery cove
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Location of Controls For details on the use of each control, refer to pages in brackets. TV front panel TV/VIDEO [18] TV/VIDEO [18] VOLUME T/S [15] 27A50 VOLUME T/S [15] CHANNEL s/t [18] 32A50 CHANNEL s/t [18] 36A50 MENU TV / VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL POWER MENU TV/VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL POWER
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Using the Remote with VCR or Cable TV Converter To control a TOSHIBA VCR, first set the TV/CABLE/VCR switch to “VCR” position. The buttons shown below will then control the VCR. The rest of the buttons operate the TV as usual. If you have another brand of VCR, you can probably program your Remote to control it. Details are on page 11. To control a cable TV converter, this Remote Control must be programmed to recognize the brand of your converter. See page 11. The shaded buttons can be used t
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Programming the Remote Control This Remote Control is preprogrammed to operate TOSHIBA VCR’s. To use VCR’s other than TOSHIBA models (or cable converter), perform the following procedures before operating. Controlling other brands of VCR’s and cable TV converters 1 Refer to the “VCR code table” (or “Cable TV converter code RECALL POWER table”) on pages 12 and 13 to find the code number that corresponds to RECALL MUTE o the brand name of your VCR (or converter). POWER 1 3 2 If more than one n
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Programming the Remote Control (Continued) In some rare cases, you may not be able to operate your non-Toshiba equipment with the supplied Remote Control. This is because your equipment may use a code that is not provided with this Remote Control. In this case, please use the equipment’s own remote control. VCR code table BRAND NAME CODE NUMBER BRAND NAME CODE NUMBER BRAND NAME CODE NUMBER Adventura ............... 019 Jensen ..................... 060 Radio Shack ............ 019,056,344 Aiko
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Cable TV converter code table BRAND NAME CODE NUMBER BRAND NAME CODE NUMBER ABC ........................ 020,022,026,027, Regency .................. 021 030,032,033,036, Rembrandt .............. 030,089 066 Runco ...................... 019 Antronix .................. 041 Samsung ................. 059,163 Archer ..................... 041,058,172 Scientific Atlanta .... 025,027,036,296 Belcor ..................... 075 Signal ...................... 034,059 Cable Star ............... 075 Signature .
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Menu Function (General Instructions) We suggest you familiarize yourself with this procedure before using the Menu function. To adjust any TV feature, the use of the Menu function is required. The adjustments that can be made to the TV appear on the screen. MENU TV / VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL MENU button (on TV and on Remote) Each time you press MENU, the Picture, Audio, Setup or Option menu on- POWER screen display is selected in order, then press t or s. Picture 1 MENU T/S t/s CONTRAST – + BRIGHTNE
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First-Time Operation Turning the TV set on VOLUME T/S 1 Set the TV/CABLE/VCR switch on the Remote Control to “TV” position. MENU TV / VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL 2 Press POWER to turn on the TV. To turn off the TV, press POWER again. POWER TV 4 T/S t/s MENU POWER 3 Press VOLUME T/S to adjust the volume. To increase the volume, press S. To decrease the volume, press T . POWER RECALL MUTE VOLUME o – + POWER TO CONTROL PUSH VOL 1 2 3 4 5 6 Selecting the on-screen display language 7 8 9 1 Press MENU until
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Programming Channel Memory The channel memory is the list of TV channel numbers your TV will stop on when you press the CHANNEL or button. First, use the TV/CABLE and CH PROGRAM functions to preset all active channels in your area. If necessary, arrange the preset channels with the ADD/ERASE functions so that you can tune into only desired channels. CHANNEL t/s TV/CABLE function 1 Press MENU until the Setup menu is displayed on the screen. TIMER: 0 MIN TV/CABLE: [TV]CABLE MENU TV / VIDEO VOL
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CABLE channel reference chart ADD/ERASE function Correspond- Correspond- Number on Number on After performing the CH PROGRAM function, you can add or erase specific ing CABLE ing CABLE this TV this TV channels. channel channel 1 A-8 67 67 1 Select the channel you want to erase using the CHANNEL or button, or select the channel you want to add using the Channel 5 5(A-7) 68 68 Number buttons. 2 Press MENU repeatedly until the Setup 6 6(A-6) 69 69 TIMER: 0 MIN menu is displayed on the screen. T
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Watching TV Programs or Video input Selecting the TV channels CHANNEL t/s Select a channel in one of the following two ways. To scan the memorized channels in numerical sequence Press CHANNEL s to select the next higher channel. MENU TV / VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL Press CHANNEL t to select the next lower channel. Press the button again to select the next memorized channels. POWER To select a channel directly Press the Channel Number buttons (0-9 and 100). To select channel 4, press “4” (or press
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Convenient Remote Functions Displaying on-screen information Press RECALL to display the following on- RECALL STEREO TV-PG screen information. POWER SAP L V RECALL MUTE CAPTION o TEXT Channel number or VIDEO mode selected MUTE Stereo or SAP audio status 1 2 3 CABLE 4 V-CHIP rating Channel 4 5 6 Number 7 8 9 CH RTN Muting the sound 100 0 ENT CH RTN Press MUTE to mute the sound. The word “MUTE” will be displayed on the screen as CH shown. This is useful during telephone calls or other inte
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Adjusting the Picture You can adjust the picture quality (CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS, SHARPNESS, COLOR and TINT) to suit your taste. Adjusting the picture quality MENU TV / VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL 1 Press MENU repeatedly until the Picture 1 CONTRAST – + menu is displayed on the screen. – + BRIGHTNESS POWER SHARPNESS – + COLOR – + 2 Press s or t until the item you want to TINT – + RESET adjust is displayed in purple. MOVE[t s] ADJUST[T S] MENU T/S t/s 3 Press T or S to adjust the level. CONTRAST – + – + B
