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N I H T I W D E D E E N N O I Return your Warranty Registration card today to ensure you receive all the benefits you’re entitled to. Once your PHILIPS MAGNAVOX purchase is registered, you’re eligible to receive all the privileges of owning a PHILIPS MAGNAVOX product. So complete and return the Warranty Registration Card enclosed with your purchase at once. And take advantage of these important benefits. Warranty Owner Model Verification Confirmation Registration Registering your product within
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SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS - Read before operating equipment This product was designed and manufactured to meet strict quality and 11. Power-Cord Protection - Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by items placed safety standards. There are, however, some installation and operation pre- upon or against them, paying particular attention to cords and plugs, cautions which you should be particularly aware of. convenience receptacles, and the point where
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Here are a few of the special features built into this new Color Television: Welcome/Registration of Your TV ............................2 Safety/Precautions .....................................................3 SmartLock™ feature allows you to block the view- ing of certain channel or external audio/video con- Table of Contents.......................................................4 nections were you might not want your children Features..........................
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OUT IN HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC CABLE TV CONNECTIONS) SMART CABLE TV HELP our Cable TV input into your Yhome may be a single (75 Remember: ohm) cable, or a Converter Box Set the TV for the type signal you've installation. In either case the just connected (see connection to the TV is very easy. the “Tuner” section Just put the threaded end of the on page 11 of this cable signal to the TV's antenna manual.) plug and screw it down tight. BEGIN To select only the If your Cable TV signal is a sin-
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HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC ANTENNA TV CONNECTIONS) SMART ANTENNA HELP combination antenna receives Anormal broadcast channels Remember: Be sure to set the (VHF 2-13 and UHF 14-69). Note: For homes with separate UHF and VHF antennas TV for the type sig- Your connection is easy since you will need an optional combiner to connect to the TV. nal you've connect- there is only one 75Ω (ohm) ed (see the “Tuner” U/V antenna plug on the back of your Combiner section on page 11 TV - and that’s where the a
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HOOKING UP YOUR TV (BASIC TV TO VCR CONNECTIONS) TV TO VCR he basic Antenna, or Cable TTV, to VCR to TV connection is shown to the right. For more information on other hookups (possible when Cable Converter/Descrambler boxes are included) refer to your accessory VCR and Cable Converter Owner's Manual for details. BEGIN Connect your Antenna or Cable TV signal to the IN FROM ANT(enna) plug on the VCR. Connect the OUT TO TV plug on the VCR to the 75Ω plug on the TV (connecting cable supplied with
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BASIC TV/REMOTE OPERATIONS TELEVISION BEGIN Press the POWER button to turn the TV ON. 6 STEREO Press the VOLUME + button to increase the sound level or the VOLUME – button to lower the sound level. Pressing both buttons at the same INSTALL / MENU time will display the onscreen menu. POWER – VOLUME + CHANNEL Once in the menu, use these button to make adjustments or selections. Press the CHANNEL UP s or DOWN t button to select TV channels. MENU – VOLUME + CHANNEL POWER REMOTE 1 3 2 BATTERY
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TV REMOTE BUTTONS Power Button Press to turn the TV ON and OFF. POWER Sleep Button Press to set the TV to automatically turn itself OFF. CC Button Press to select Closed Caption options within the menu. CC CLOCK SLEEP Clock Button Press for direct entry of the TIMER (Clock) features were you can set the TV’s clock, the Start Time, and the Start Channel Controls. 1 2 3 Number Buttons Press the number buttons to select TV channels. For single digit entries, press the number of the channel you d
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USING THE LANGUAGE CONTROL or our Spanish and French speak- Fing TV owners an onscreen LAN- GUAGE option is present. With the LANGUAGE control you can set the TV’s onscreen menu to be shown in either English, Spanish, or French. BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to show the onscreen menu. © CLOCK CC OFF Press the CURSOR UP s or © SETUP DOWN t buttons to scroll through © SmartLock REVIEW the onscreen menu until the word BRIGHTNESS 30 LANGUAGE ENGLISH SETUP is highlighted. TUNER CABLE Pre
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USING THE TUNER CONTROL he TUNER feature allows you to Tchange the TV’s signal input to either CABLE, AUTO or ANTENNA mode. It’s important for the TV to know what type of signal to look for. (From a Cable TV signal or a nor- mal Antenna signal.) In the AUTO mode, when the AUTO PROGRAM feature is activated, the TV will auto- matically choose the correct mode. © CLOCK CC OFF BEGIN © SETUP Press the MENU button on the © SmartLock REVIEW LANGUAGE ENGLISH remote to show the onscreen menu. BRIGHTNESS
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USING THE AUTO PROGRAM CONTROL our TV can automatically set itself Yfor local area (or Cable TV) chan- nels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV stations in your area when the CHANNEL (+), (–) but- tons are pressed. Note: Make sure the antenna or cable signal connection has been completed © before AUTO PROGRAM is activated. CLOCK CC OFF BEGIN © SETUP LANGUAGE ENGLISH Press the MENU button on the © SmartLock REVIEW TUNER CABLE remote to show the onscreen menu. BRIGHTNESS 30 © AUTO PR
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HOW TO ADD AND DELETE CHANNELS hannel Edit makes it easy for you Cto ADD or DELETE channels from the list of channels stored in the TV’s memory. BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to show the onscreen menu. Press the CURSOR UP s or © CLOCK DOWN t buttons to scroll through CC OFF the onscreen menu until the word © SETUP TUNER CABLE SETUP is highlighted. © SmartLock REVIEW © AUTO PROGRAM Press the CURSOR RIGHT © BRIGHTNESS 30 © CHANNEL EDIT button to display the SETUP menu © EXTERNAL feat
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USING THE EXTERNAL CONTROL he External feature allows you to Trename your input source selec- tions. When the Input feature (refer to Owner’s Manual for details) is accessed to change audio/video jacks, your source selection will be called by the name you choose. This name will also appear onscreen when using the audio/video inputs. © CLOCK BEGIN CC OFF © SETUP Press the MENU button on the © AUTO PROGRAM © remote to show the onscreen menu. SmartLock REVIEW © CHANNEL EDIT BRIGHTNESS 30 © EXTERNAL
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HOW TO ADJUST THE TV PICTURE o adjust your TV picture con- Ttrols, select a channel and follow the steps shown below: BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to display the onscreen menu. Press the CURSOR UP s or DOWN t buttons until the © SETUP word BRIGHTNESS is highlighted. © SmartLock REVIEW (Or, COLOR, PICTURE, SHARP- BRIGHTNESS 30 © SmartLock REVIEW NESS, TINT, COL. TEMP depend- COLOR 30 BRIGHTNESS 30 ing on the adjustment you want to PICTURE 30 make.) COLOR 30 PICTURE 30 Press the CURS
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ACTIVATING THE CONTRAST PLUS (BLACK STRETCH) CONTROL he Contrast Plus (Black Stretch) Tfeature helps to “sharpen” the picture quality. The black portions of the picture become richer in dark- ness and the whites become brighter. BEGIN Press the MENU button on the remote to display the onscreen menu. Press the CURSOR UP s or TINT 0 CURSOR DOWN t buttons until COL TEMP NORMAL the words CONTRAST PLUS are TINT 0 CONTRAST PLUS 0FF highlighted. COL TEMP NORMAL NOISE REDUCTION ON CONTRAST PLUS 0N V
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ACTIVATING THE NOISE REDUCTION (PICTURE) CONTROL or reasons such as poor cable Freception, the picture can some- time appear slightly “speckled” (or signal noise shown in the picture). The NOISE REDUCTION control can help eliminate this type of interfer- ence and improve the quality of the picture. BEGIN COL TEMP NORMAL Press the MENU button on the remote to display the onscreen menu. CONTRAST PLUS ON NOISE REDUCTION OFF COL TEMP NORMAL Press the CURSOR UP s or VOLUME 15 CONTRAST PLUS ON CURS
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SETTING THE TV’S CLOCK our television comes with an SMART Yonscreen clock. During normal HELP operation the clock appears on the Remember: Be screen when the STATUS/EXIT button sure to press “0” is pressed or when channel changes first and then the hour occur. SET CLOCK - - :- - AM BEGIN number for single digit TIMER ACTIVE ON entries. Press the CLOCK button on the CHANNEL 12 SET CLOCK 10:00 AM remote to display the onscreen To clear the onscreen TIMER ACTIVE ON CLOCK menu. menu press the STA
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ACTIVATING THE START UP CHANNEL sed along with the Clock fea- SMART HELP Utures, you can select a specific channel that the television will tune Remember: Be sure to when the Timer Active control is to set the Timer Active SET CLOCK 10:00 AM turned ON. control to ON. TIMER ACTIVE ON BEGIN The onscreen menu will time CHANNEL 12 out and disappear from the START TIME - - : - - AM Press the CLOCK button to screen when you finish, or display the Clock onscreen menu. you can press the STATUS/EXIT bu
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USING THE CLOSED CAPTION CONTROL losed Captioning (CC) allows Cyou to read the voice content of NOTE: Not all TV programs and product commercials are made for broadcast television programs on the TV with Closed Caption (CC) information included. Neither are all Closed Caption screen. Designed to help the hear- modes (CC-1, or CC-2) necessarily being used by a broadcast station during the transmission of a closed caption program. Refer to your area's TV program listings ing impaired, this feature
