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Owner’s Guide
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CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user of the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock. The exclamation point within an e
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Contents Chapter 1 Television Overview Chapter 4 IEEE 1394 Devices and TV Accessories .....................................................8 NetCommand® Controlled Recordings Special Features ...................................................8 Adding IEEE 1394 Devices Automatically............46 Front Control Panel ...............................................9 IEEE 1394 Devices Compatibility.........................48 Multimedia Access........................................
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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS Please read the following safeguards for your TV and retain for future reference. Always follow all warnings and instructions marked on the television. 1. Read, Retain and Follow All Instructions Read all safety and operating instructions before operating the TV. Retain the safety and operating instructions for future reference. Follow all operating and use instructions. 2. Heed Warnings Adhere to all warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions. 3. Cl
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IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS, cont’d. 12. Power Lines An outside antenna system should not be located in the vicinity of overhead power lines or other electric light or power circuits, or where it can fall into such power lines or circuits. When installing an outside antenna system, extreme care should be taken to keep from touching such power lines or circuits as contact with them might be fatal. 13. Overloading Do not overload wall outlets and extension cords as this can result in a risk of fire
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Chapter . . . Our Thanks... Thank you for choosing Mitsubishi as your premier Home Entertainment provider. This Owner’s Guide describes the features and functions of your Mitsubishi widescreen, high definition TV. We urge you to examine this Owner’s Guide to become familiar with the innovative features and operations this unique television offers. The very core of our corporate philosophy is to provide our customers with the very best. Our development team at Mitsubishi has work
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Chapter . . . 1 Television Overview TV Accessories..............................................................................................8 Special Features............................................................................................8 Front Control Panel, Multimedia Access ....................................................9 Back Panel ..................................................................................................10 Important Notes ..............
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TV Accessories Special Features Please take a moment to review the following list of Your new widescreen High Definition television has items to ensure that you have received everything many special features that make it the perfect center including: of your home entertainment system, including: Fully Integrated HDTV This HDTV can receive all approved terrestrial broadcast digital signals, non-scrambled digital cable signals, terrestrial analog signals and non-scrambled analog cable sig
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Front Control Panel, Multimedia Access Front Control Panel T M C A R D 2 Sm a rtM e di a C AR D 1 M M C & SD I EE E 139 4 Except for SYSTEM RESET and TIMER, all of the R C AR D 3 C ompa ctF l ash Front Control Panel buttons(highlighted in gray) are C A R D 4 M E M OR Y S TIC K duplicated on the remote control. The top row of labels show the control functions when TV menus are not displayed on the screen. The bottom row of labels S - V ID E O V I D E O L - A U D I O - R show the control f
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Back Panel 9. 10. INPUT MONITOR OUTPUT 1 2 AUDIO/VIDEO 1 AUDIO 2 S-VIDEO VIDEO AUDIO- LEFT/ (MONO) I R EM I T T ER R N e t C o m ma n d 8. AUDIO- RIGHT COMPONENT YPbPr (480i/480p/1080i) 1 2 S E R V I C E W ARN I N G C A U T I O N : TO M E A SU R E SE C ON D Y AN OD E V O L T AG E U SE A H I GH VO L T AG E M E TE R C ON N E C TED FR O M A N O D E L E A D TO C HA S S IS O N L Y . D I S C H A RG E HI G H VO L T A G E TO C H AS SI S O N L Y , N O T T O Pb E X T ERN A L G R O U N D . W AR N I N G : H
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Back Panel, continued 4. CableCARD™ Slot The CableCARD access card provided by your cable TV service provider is inserted into this slot. CableCARD is a nationwide standard system that allows your local cable TV provider to supply you with an access card customized to your account. This card allows the TV to receive, decode and unscramble the premium digital channels included in your cable TV subscription without the use of a cable box. It also allows your cable provider to automatically
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IMPORTANT NOTES Chapter . . . Warning: Do not leave stationary PIP/POP, or letterbox images on the screen for extended periods of time. Mix the types of pictures shown. Uneven picture tube aging is NOT covered by your warranty. The normal use of a TV should include a mixture of TV picture types. The most frequently used picture types should fill the screen with constantly moving images rather than stationary images or patterns. Displaying the same stationary patterns over extend
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Chapter . . . 2 Connecting External Devices & NetCommand® Setup ...................................................14 Wall Outlet Cable or Cable Box......................................................................15 Single Analog Antenna or Separate UHF and VHF Antennas ....................16 VCR Video and Audio to an Antenna or Wall Outlet Cable .........................17 VCR Video and Audio to a Cable Box............................................................18 A/V Receiver
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® Connecting External Devices & NetCommand Setup NetCommand is able to control many current audio and video devices by sending remote control signals from the TV to each device through IR emitters. Additionally, it is able to learn the remote control signals used by most audio video devices not already in the TV’s memory. NetCommand can automatically switch the TV along with compatible or learned Audio/Video (A/V) Receivers to the correct input for use with each device. It is important th
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Connecting a Wall Outlet Cable or Cable Box Wall Outlet Cable (can be used with a CableCARD™) Cable Box (compatible with PIP/POP) Figure 1 Figure 2 3 coaxial cables and one two-way RF splitter are required. It is very important to connect the incoming These are not included with the TV. cable for your primary viewing source to ANT-1, especially for CableCARD™ use. It is very important to connect the incoming cable for your primary viewing source to ANT-1, 1. Connect the primary incomin
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Connecting a Single Analog Antenna or Separate UHF and VHF Antennas Separate UHF and VHF Antennas Single Antenna (not for use with CableCARD™) Figure 3 Figure 4 A 300-Ohm to 75-Ohm transformer is required. This is not A UHF/VHF combiner is required. This is not included with included with the TV. the TV. For antennas with twin flat lead 1. Connect the UHF and VHF antenna leads to the 1. For antenna with twin flat leads, connect the UHF/VHF combiner. 300-Ohm twin leads to the 300-Ohm to
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Connecting VCR Video and Audio to an Antenna or Wall Outlet Cable VCR to Antenna or Wall Outlet Cable 5. Connect either an S-Video or Video cable from Figure 5 VIDEO OUT on the VCR back panel to INPUT 1 A two-way RF splitter, 3 coaxial cables, right and left audio VIDEO on the TV back panel. Only one type of cables and S-Video or Video cables are required. These are not video cable should be connected. S-Video is included with the TV. recommended, if available. 1. Connect the incomin
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Connecting VCR Video and Audio to a Cable Box VCR to a Cable Box cable connects to the L (left) channel. If your VCR Figure 6 is mono (non-stereo), connect only the white (left) A two-way RF splitter, 4 coaxial cables, right and left audio cable. cables and an S-Video or Video cable are required. These are not included with the TV. 7. Connect either an S-Video or Video cable from VIDEO OUT on the VCR back panel to INPUT 1 1. Connect the incoming cable to IN on the RF splitter. VIDEO on
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Connecting an A/V Receiver or Stereo System or a Satellite Receiver or Other Device with S-Video A/V Receiver or Stereo System Satellite Receiver or Other Device with Figure 7 S-Video A digital audio cable and stereo audio cables are required. The Figure 8 digital audio cable is provided. The stereo audio cables are not An S-Video cable and audio cables are required. These are not included with the TV. included with the TV. 1. Connect a set of stereo audio cables from OUTPUT 1. Connec
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Connecting a DVD Player with Component Video or DVI Device DVI Device DVD Player with Component Video Figure 10 Figure 9 A DVI-to-HDMI cable and audio cables are required. These are Component video cables and audio cables are required. These not included with the TV. They may be available at your local are not included with the TV. electronics retailer. 1. Connect component video cables from Y/Pr/Pb 1. Connect the DVI-to-HDMI cable (recommended) (or VIDEO OUT on the back of the DVD p
