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OWNER’S MANUAL
Color Television
®
Owner’s Record
The model number and serial number are on the back
of your TV. Record these numbers in the spaces below.
Refer to these numbers whenever you communicate
32AF53
with your Toshiba dealer about this TV.
Model number:
36AF53
Serial number:
© 2003 TOSHIBA CORPORA
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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 WARNING your new TV, keep these safety tips in mind: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR The Iss
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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) the warranty, and b) the user’s authority to operate this equipment under the rules of the Federal 5) Do not use this apparatus near Communications Commissi
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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 120 VAC, 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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Contents Using the closed caption feature ..................................... 28 Important Safety Information ............................. 2-4 Using the V-CHIP (parental control) feature ................. 29 Introduction................................................................ 6 Entering the PIN code ............................................ 29 Welcome to Toshiba ......................................................... 6 If you forget your PIN code .................................
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Introduction Welcome to Toshiba Congratulations! You have purchased one of the finest 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. • This manual applies to models 32AF53 and 36AF53. The model and serial numbers are on the back of the TV. Write these numbers in the space on the front cover of this manual for future reference. •You may need to purchase additional audio or video cables to connect other equipment
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Introduction Appendix Index your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting your TV Note: Cables are not supplied with your TV. Coaxial cable is the cable that comes in from your antenna, cable TV service, or cable converter box. Coaxial cable uses “F” connectors. Coaxial (antenna) cable Standard stereo A/V cables usually come in sets of three, and are typically color-coded according to use: yellow for video, red for stereo right audio, and w
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Connecting a cable converter box This connection allows you to watch basic and premium channels. Note: Tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel is vacant in your When you use a converter box with your TV, the remote control may not operate certain area), and then use the converter box to change channels. features, such as channel y z, channel You will need: block, favorite channels, or channel labels. • two coaxial cables Cable converter box IN OUT From Cable TV COLOR S-VIDEO STREAM INPU
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Introduction Appendix Index your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting a DVD player or satellite receiver and a VCR Note: This connection allows you to watch DVD/satellite, VCR, or TV programs, and record from the satellite receiver or TV. You can record • For the highest possible picture quality from a DVD player/satellite receiver that one TV program while watching another TV program. does not have component video You will need: connection
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Connecting a DVD player with component video and a VCR This connection allows you to watch DVD, VCR, or TV programs. Note: You can record one TV program while watching another TV program. • If your DVD player does not have You also can record a TV program while watching a DVD. component video connections, see ® “Connecting a DVD player or satellite Your TV has ColorStream (component video) inputs. Connecting receiver and a VCR” on page 9. your TV to a DVD player with component video (such as a T
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Introduction Appendix Index your TV Remote Control your TV Features Note: Connecting two VCRs • Do not connect the same VCR to the This connection allows you to record (dub/edit) from “VCR 1” to output and input connections on the TV “VCR 2” (as illustrated below) while watching the videotape. You also at the same time. (See the illustration at can record from one TV channel while watching another channel. left, which shows VCR1 connected to You wil
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Connecting a camcorder This connection allows you to watch videos recorded on a camcorder. Note: • For better picture quality, if your camcorder You will need: has S-video, you can use an S-video cable • one set of standard A/V cables (see note at right) (plus the standard audio cables) instead of a standard video cable. • Do not connect both a standard video cable and an S-video cable at the same time, or the picture performance will be Camcorder unacceptable. VIDEO AUDIO OUT L R TV front panel
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Introduction Appendix Index your TV Remote Control your TV Features Using the remote control Preparing the remote control for use Your TV remote control can operate your TV and most cable converter boxes, satellite receivers, VCRs, DVD players, and HTIBs (home theater in a box), even if they are different brands. If you have a Toshiba device: Your TV remote control is preprogrammed to operate most Toshiba devices. See pages 14 and 17. If you have a
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Location of controls on TV and remote control For details on the use of each control, refer to pages in brackets. TV front panel MENU [18] VIDEO-3 A/V IN [21] (with optional S-video) VOLUME st TV Front CHANNEL st [20] DEMO MENU TV/VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL VIDEO-3 IN S-VIDEO VIDEO L/MONO-AUDIO-R POWER x •zy [18] Remote sensor DEMO TV/VIDEO [41] [21] Power indicator Remote control TV/VIDEO [21] POWER RECALL [41] Channel numbers [20] } CH RTN (channel return) [23] SLEEP [41] PIC SIZE [22] MENU [18] st
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Introduction Appendix Index your TV Remote Control your TV Features Programming the remote control to operate a cable converter box, satellite receiver, VCR, DVD player, or HTIB (home theater in a box) Your Toshiba TV remote control is preprogrammed to operate most Toshiba devices. To program your TV remote control to operate a non-Toshiba device or a Toshiba device that it is not preprogrammed to operate, follow the steps below. For details on usin
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Remote control codes (cont.) Kodak: 010 Ricoh: 047 Satellite receiver DVD player VCR LG: 010 Runco: 034 (cont.) Aiwa: 006, 015 Admiral: 049 Lloyds: 053, 073, 079 Samsung: 009, 011, 038, Apex: 016, 017 Aiko: 019 Logik: 061 056, 073, 084 General Instruments: 010, BOSE: 097 Aiwa: 018 LXI: 010 Sansui: 006, 037, 043, 061 011, 012, 022, 023, Broksonic: 018 Akai: 003, 004, 037, 038, Magnasonic: 061, 065, Sanyo: 007, 009, 016, 054, 031, 049 Clarion: 019 039, 058, 069 078 064, 068, 071, 075, Hitachi: 033
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Introduction Appendix Index your TV Remote Control your TV Features Using the remote control to operate a cable converter box, satellite receiver, VCR, DVD player, or HTIB (home theater in a box) If you have a non-Toshiba device or a Toshiba device that the remote control is not preprogrammed to operate, you must first program the remote control to recognize the device (if you have not already done so). See pages 15–16. To use your TV remote control
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Setting up your TV Learning about the menu system After you have installed the batteries and programmed the remote control, you will need to set some preferences on the TV using the menu system. You can access the menus using the buttons on your TV or remote control. •Press MENU to display the menu system. yzx • •Press x or • to select a menu. •Press y or z to select an item. MENU •Press x or • to select or adjust a setting. EXIT •If you do not make a selection within 15 seconds, the main menus
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Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Introduction Appendix Index your TV Remote Control your TV Features Changing the on-screen display language You can choose from three different languages (English, French and Spanish) for the on-screen display of adjustment menus and messages. To select an on-screen display language: 1. Press MENU, and then press x or • until the SET UP menu appears. 2. Press y or z to highlight LANGUAGE. 3. Press x or • to highlight your desired language. yzx • SET
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(Continued from previous page) Adding and erasing channels manually After you automatically program the channels into the channel memory, you can manually add or erase specific channels. To manually add or erase channels: Channel 1. Select the channel you want to add or erase. If you are adding a Numbers channel, you must select the channel using the Channel Number buttons on the remote control. 2. Press MENU, and then press x or • until the SET UP menu yzx • appears. MENU 3. Press y or z to hig
