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Operating Guide | Warranty
Operating Guide Warranty
Model Number | C27H26B | Direct View TV
Model Number C27J28C Direc t View T V
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ENGLISH The lightning fl ash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product’s enclosure that may be of suffi cient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE the user to the presence of important operating and m
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13. LIGHTNING To protect your unit during a lightning storm, or when it is left unattended and unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system. This will prevent damage to the unit due to lightning and power line surges. 14. POWER LINES An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines, other electric light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When insta
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Contents PREPARATIONS IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS ........................................................2 Contents ........................................................................................4 Features ........................................................................................5 Power source ................................................................................5 Parts and functions ........................................................................6 Remote contr
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Features High Quality Picture Horizontal Resolution more than 500 lines exceeds Super VHS (400 lines) or Laser Disc (430 lines) in resolution. • Integrated Digital Tuner - You can view digital broadcasts without using a Digital TV Set-Top Box. • Closed Caption Decoder With Full Text Mode - Displays text captions or full screen text on the screen for hearing impaired viewers. • Picture Adjustments Using The Remote Control - The On-Screen display allows precise remote control adjustment of
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Parts and functions Front POWER button Remote sensor AUDIO (L/R)/VIDEO IN jacks (VIDEO2) *CHANNEL ▲/ ▼ buttons *VOLUME ▲/ ▼ buttons * To display the menu screen. Press both VOLUME ▲/ ▼ buttons at the same time to display the menu screen. CHANNEL / buttons and VOLUME / buttons can be used to select the desired setting during the menu ▲ ▼ ▲ ▼ screen operations. Rear AC power cord COMPONENT IN jacks AUDIO (L/R)/VIDEO IN jacks (VIDEO1) AUDIO (L/R) S-VIDEO IN jack OUT jacks RF IN (VHF/UHF) jack
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Remote control the display from the screen, press this button again. This button is also the “–” button used when selecting digital channels. 4. SLEEP Button - To set the TV to turn off after a preset 1 amount of time, press the SLEEP button. The clock will count up 10 minutes each time the button is pressed in the 2 order of 0, 10, 20, ...100, 110, 120. After the sleep time is programmed, the display will disappear then reappear momentarily every ten minutes to remind you the sleep timer
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Antenna connections If you are using an indoor or outdoor antenna, follow the instructions below that correspond to your antenna system. If you are using a cable TV service (CABLE), see page 9 for Cable TV connections. Combination VHF/UHF Antenna (Single 75 ohm Cable or 300 ohm Twin-lead Wire) Connect the 75 ohm Cable from the Combination VHF/UHF Antenna to the RF IN Jack. RF IN jack RF IN jack If your Combination VHF/UHF Antenna has a 300 ohm Twin-lead Wi
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Cable TV connections This unit has an extended tuning range and can tune most cable channels without using a Cable TV Converter box. Some Cable TV 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 TV company. FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO BASIC CABLE TV SERVICE For basic cable service not requiring a Converter/Descrambler box, connect the
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Connections to other equipment The exact arrangement you use to interconnect various video and audio components to the TV is dependent on the model and features of each component. Check the Owner’s Manual provided with each component for the location of video and audio inputs and outputs. The connection diagrams below are offered as suggestions. You may need to modify them to accommodate your particular assortment of components. The diagrams are intended to show component video and audio int
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Connections to other equipment (continued) To connect the TV to a DVD player with component video If your DVD player has component video out jacks, connect your TV to a DVD player using a component video cord. It can greatly enhance picture quality and performance. To AUDIO OUT To COMPONENT OUT YPB PR To COMPONENT IN VIDEO cord (not supplied) AUDIO cord (not supplied) To AUDIO IN Rear of the TV NOTE: This unit is only capable of displaying 480i interlaced signal when connected to a digita
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Connections to other equipment (continued) To connect the TV to a camcorder To playback from a camcorder, connect the camcorder to the TV as shown. Front of the TV To AUDIO/VIDEO OUT AUDIO/VIDEO cord (not supplied) To connect the TV to a Game The TV can also be used as a display device for many video games. However, due to the wide variety of signals generated by these devices and subsequent hook-up variations required, they have not all been included in the suggested connection diagrams
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Setting the language You can choose from three different 1 Press MENU/ENTER. The menu screen will appear. languages (English, Spanish and French) for the on-screen displays. On-screen language selection (step 4) will automatically appear on the 2 Press or to select (SETUP) screen when you press MENU/ENTER menu. initially. Select the language you prefer fi rst, then proceed with the other menu options. 3 Press or to select “LANGUAGE/IDIOMA/LANGUE”. Then press to display the LANGUA
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Memorizing channels This TV is equipped with a channel memory feature which allows channels to skip up or down to the next channel set into memory, skipping over unwanted channels. Before selecting channels, they must be programmed into the TV’s memory. To use this TV with an antenna, set the TV/CABLE menu option to the TV mode. When shipped from the factory, this menu option is in the CABLE mode. TV/CABLE selection 1 Press MENU/ENTER. The menu screen will appear. 2 Press or to select (
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Memorizing channels (continued) Automatic memory tuning 1 Press MENU/ENTER. The menu screen will appear. 2 Press or to select (SETUP) menu, then press or to select “AUTO CH MEMORY”. 3 Press . The TV will begin memorizing all the channels available in your area. After fi nishing Analog Tuning, Digital Tuning starts automatically. • It may take from 15 minutes to 30 minutes to complete memorizing digital cable channels. Depending on the reception condition, a BAR display
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Memorizing channels (continued) To add or delete channels (DIGITAL MODE) 1 Press ANALOG/DIGITAL to select the digital mode. 2 Press MENU/ENTER. The menu screen appears. 3 Press or to select (OPTION) menu, then press or to select “DIGITAL SETUP”. 4 Press . The DIGITAL SETUP menu appears. 5 Press or to select “ADD/DELETE”, then press . The ADD/DELETE menu appears. 6 Press or to select “ADD/DELETE”, then press . 7 Select the desired channel to be memorized or deleted using or .
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TV operation 1 To turn on the TV, press POWER. Adjust the volume level by pressing VOL 2 + or – . The volume level will be indicated on the screen by green bars. As the volume level increases, so do the number of bars. If the volume decreases, the number of green bars also decreases. Set the TV/CABLE menu option to the 3 - VHF/UHF channels TV appropriate position (see page 14). - CABLE TV channels CABLE Press the Direct Channel Selection 4 buttons to select the channel. To select analog
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TV operation (continued) CH / Press and release CH or . The channel automatically stops at the next channel set into memory. For proper operation, before selecting channels, they should be set into the memory. See pages 14 - 16 “Memorizing channels”. DISPLAY Press –/DISPLAY to display the current information on the screen. When the TV receives a digital signal, the digital information will appear. • Broadcast program name • Station name • Audio language • Program name • V-CHI
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Setting the V-Chip An age limitation can be set to restrict children from viewing or hearing violent scenes or pictures that you may choose to exclude. The restriction applies to “TV RATING” and “MOVIE RATING” if this data is transmitted. You may set this restriction separately. To use the V-Chip function, you must register a password. To set a password 1 Press MENU/ENTER. The menu screen appears. 2 Press or to select (OPTION) menu, then press or to select “V-CHIP”. 3 Press . The pas
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Setting the V-Chip (continued) To set the V-CHIP 1 Press MENU/ENTER. The menu screen appears. 2 Press or to select (OPTION) menu. 3 Press or to select “V-CHIP”. 4 Press to display the password entering mode. Use number buttons (0-9) to enter your password, then press MENU/ENTER. The V-CHIP menu appears. 5 Press or to select “V-CHIP SET”, then press . The V-CHIP SET menu appears. 6 Press or to select “TV RATING”, then press o
