Beko 15LB450 User Manual

15” LCD TV

15LB450S

Operating Instructions

List of contents

Special features ..............................................................2

Safety instructions .........................................................3

Getting started ...............................................................4

Aerial connection.............................................................4

Switching on....................................................................4

Battery fitting..................................................................4

Control unit....................................................................5

Front and rear panel.........................................................5

Remote control ................................................................6

Using the TV ..................................................................7

Tuning the TV .................................................................8

Automatic tuning .............................................................8

Manual tuning..................................................................9

Program organising .......................................................11

TV setup .......................................................................12

Sound menu ...................................................................12

Sound Features ..............................................................13

Picture menu..................................................................14

Features Menu ...............................................................14

Using teletext...........................................................16-17

Connecting external equipment............................18-24

Help and service tips ...................................................25

Technical specifications table .....................................26

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Guarantee................................................................27-28

Television

Thank you for buying this television which is designed to give you many years of
satisfactory service.

You may already be familiar with using a television but do please take time to read these
instructions. They are designed to familiarise you with the unit’s many new features
and to ensure you get the very best out of your purchase.

Special features

• 15” TFT-LCD XGA Panel

• 1024x768 resolution

• 16,722,216 colors (8 bit)

• PAL

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• 450 cd/

• 400:1 Contrast ratio

• 2x2W Stereo Sound

• 124 page teletext

• Wide viewing angles

• Scart , AV , Audio Out.

• Low Power Consumption

brightness

• AVL

• ATS

• Intelligent programme switch

• On timer

• Off timer

• Graphic equaliser

• On screen display

• Manual fine tuning

• 100 Programme memory

• Full function remote control

• Child Lock

Safety is Important

Your safety and the safety of others is important. Please, therefore, ensure you read
the Safety

instructions

before you operate this television.

Safety instructions

Read all the safety instructions before first use of your TV.

!

• Position the television so that direct light does not fall on
the screen. Excessive light will cause a washed out effect.

• Position the power supply lead and other leads so that
they are not likely to be walked on or pinched by things
placed on or against them.

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• Do not place objects filled with liquid such as vase or
flower pot near the television.

• Do not expose the TV to dripping or splashing of liquids.

• Do not place naked flame sources such as lighted candles
or near the TV set.

• Do not place the television near heat sources such as
radiators, ovens, stoves, etc.

• Do not push, hit or scratch the screen of your product.

• The heat built up in the set escapes through ventilation
holes, so do not cover the set by drapes, clothes etc. that may
block air circulation. Do not place the television on carpet
or soft furnishings.

• NEVER let children push anything into the holes or slots
on the case.

• Clean the TV Screen using a slightly damp cloth or chamois
leather. Never use abrasive cleaning agents like liquid or
aerosol cleaners.

• Remove the mains plug from the socket outlet while cleaning.

• Never apply pressure on the screen when cleaning.

• Never put your screen on hard objects. Your TFT screen
may be damaged.

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• Your TV set is designed to operate with the adaptor provided
12V DC-5A.

• Use the adaptor supplied with the product. Never connect
any other power sources to the product.

Getting started

Remove your Television carefully
from the box. You may wish to

store the packaging for future use.

Carton Contents

Inside the cartoon you should have:

• TV with stand

•Accessories box

• Power cord

• Adaptor

• Remote control

• Batteries

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Read these instructions before use.

Aerial connection

Plug the aerial lead into the aerial socket
on the rear of the TV.

You can use an outdoor or indoor aerial.
However, if you use an indoor aerial the

quality of the reception may be reduced
and adjustment of the aerial may be
required when changing programs.

Please note

If you live in a poor reception area or use an
indoor aerial you may experience loss or
corruption of teletext and nicam stereo

sound transmissions.

Note 1: Your TV will switch to stand-by mode
in five minutes when there is no broadcast signal.
Note 2: Your TV is equipped to operate with the
panel buttons, “MENU”, “PR+”, “PR-”, “VOL +”,
“VOL -” in case your R/C is broken or you run out
of batteries.

Please Note

When not in use disconnect the plug
from the mains power supply.

Press the Power button on
the side of the TV. The
standby indicator will
illuminate.

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Press a Numeric button or the
Program up/down button on the

remote handset or Program up/down
or MENU button on the panel to
switch the TV on.

The standby indicator will dim.
The picture will appear after a
few seconds.

Press the Standby

to switch
indicator will brighten.

Please Note

Do not leave the television in standby
unattended or overnight.

Switching the TV on for the first time

To install your TV, please read the sections
“TV controls” and “ Tuning the television”.

the TV to standby. The standby

button on the remote

Battery fitting

Insert the 2 AAA Batteries supplied into the
compartment on the rear of the remote control, ensure
you follow the polarity diagram inside the
compartment.

Switching on and First Use

1. Connect the power cord to the mains adaptor.

2. Connect the input plug of the adaptor to the

12 V DC socket on the back panel of the LCD TV.

3. Connect adapter mains plug to a suitable
mains socket.

Control Unit

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AV2

AUDIO OUT

L R VIDEOL R S-VHS

AVS

DC 12V VGA

4
3
2
6
5

1

13

15

12

5

14

9

8

1.

Power on / off

2.

Menu button

3.

Program down

4.

Program up

5.

Volume down

6.

Volume up

7.

Speaker

8.

Audio RCA (R)

16

11

10

17

9.

Audio RCA (L)

10.

Video input CINCH connector

11.

S-VHS

12.

Headphone socket

13.

Aerial input

14.

Audio out (R,L)
Scart socket

15.

DC 12V Power supply input

16.

VGA (PC) input

17.

Please note

• Remove cover to gain acess to connections.

• Do not use Video Phono and S-Video connections at the same time, otherwise they will effect
the picture.

• RGB inputs from scart will give you better picture quality.

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Tuning with channel numbers
Enter the SETUP menu by pressing
the blue button.

OK

Press OK button when CHANNEL
row is blue.

Use OK button to select “S” for

OK

cable channels and “C” for
terrestrial broadcast.

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Enter the channel number using the
Numeric buttons or use the
Volume up/down buttons to tune
channels.

Use the Program down button to
select PROGRAM NUMBER.

Use the Volume up/down or
numeric buttons to select the desired
programme number.

Use the Program down button to
select STORE. Press the
and STORED will appear on the

OK

STORE line.

OK button

You have now stored the first
channel.

Use the Program up button to
select CHANNEL again and continue
the tuning procedure until you
have tuned in all the programmes
you want or the television can
receive.

Fine tuning

Although the search and Autoprogram
will automatically try and tune to the
best reception, in areas of poor reception
a bit of fine tuning may be required.

In the SETUP menu use the
Program up/down buttons to
select FINE TUNING. Use the
Volume up/down buttons to fine

tune.

When you have finished use the
Program down button to select

OK

STORE and press the OK button.
STORE will appear on the STORE
line.

CHANNEL
SYSTEM
SEARCH

FINE TUNE

PROGRAM NUMBER
AUTO PROGRAM
STORE

SETUP

I

To exit the SETUP menu press the

TV/TX

TV/TX button.

16:9 Picture format

16:9

Use the 16:9 picture format button
to change from 4:3 to 16:9 picture
ratio.
A black band may be present on the
top or bottom of the picture,
dependant on the broadcast.
This is not a fault, press the 16:9
button to return to a 4:3 format
picture.

Program organising

Once you have tuned in all the channels you
want, you can change their programme
number, if required, and name them.

To enter the PROGRAM TABLE

MENU

menu press the Menu button and

OK

select PROGRAM TABLE and press
the OK button or press the Yellow

button on the remote handset.

PROGRAM TABLE

05.

00. ----

01.

02. BBC

03.

04.

SKIP

MOVE

The buttons used to edit the programs are
shown at the bottom of the display:

Blue button - Name
Green button - Move
Pink button - Delete
Red button - Skip

06.

07.

08.

09.

NAME

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

DELETE

Please Note

1. Some TV channels send their names
with teletext transmission. In this case
their names will be automatically shown
on the name line.

1. Child locked programmes will be
shown as

“ “

To move the programmes
Press the Yellow button on the remote hand

set to display program table.
You can move the programmes around the
programme list to the order you want

Select the programme you want to
move and press the

Green button.
The programme will turn to yellow.
Select the number you want to move
and press the Green button
again and the programme will be
moved to that number.

All the following programmes are
shifted down by one place.

To delete a programme

To delete a programme, select it and
press the Pink button.

The programme will be deleted.

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To name the programmes

You can name the programmes and
AV inputs.
Use program Program up/down
to select program to be named.

Press theBlue button, the selected
programme will be highlighted.
Press the blue button and the first
letter will flash.

Use the Program up/down
buttons to select the letters
and numbers and the Volume up/
Volume down buttons to move
through the name.

Press the Blue button again to store
the name.

Repeat this process to name all the
programmes.
Press menu button to exit.

All the following programmes are
shifted up by one position.

To skip programmes

Skipped programmes will not appear
when you move through the program
list using the Program up/down
buttons.They can still be selected
using the numeric buttons.

Select the programs you want to
skip

and press the Red button. The
program will turn red. To unskip the
program, enter program table.Select

the skipped program and press the

button again.

Red

To exit the PROGRAM EDIT press

TV/TX

the TV/TX button once or the

MENU

Menu button twice.

When you select a programme, the
information you entered in the
PROGRAM EDIT menu will appear
on the top of the screen i.e. P1
BBC1.

This will disappear after

about three seconds.

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TV set up

The TV set up is accessed through a menu
system.

Once you have stored your settings the TV
will default to these levels when you switch
on.

MENU

To enter the MAIN menu press the
Menu button.

Once in the MAIN menu use the
Program up/ down buttons to
select items in the menu and
the OK to access sub menus

OK

or use the coloured fastext buttons
for quick access.

Blue button - TUNING
Red button - SOUND
Green button - PICTURE
Purfle button - FEATURES

MAIN MENU

SOUND
PICTURE
PROGRAM TABLE

SETUP

FEATURE

Please note
If you do not press any buttons for 15 seconds
the TV will exit the menu system.

Sound menu (red button)

SOUND

VOLUME
BALANCE

SOUND TYPE

SOUND MODE
AVL
EQUALISER
HEADPHONE
STORE

MONO

SPATIAL
ON

Volume
Sets default volume using the Volume up/

down buttons.

To save your settings, select
STORE

OK

MENU

and press the OK button.

STORED

will be displayed. Press

the Menu button to go back to
the previous menu.

Balance

Sets the sound balance
mode using the Volume up/down

buttons

To save your settings, select

OK

STORE

MENU

and press the OK button.

STORED

will be displayed. Press

the Menu button to go back to the
previous menu.

Sound type
This item shows STEREO when receiving

stereo

transmission and MONO for mono

transmissions.

If the channel you are watching
Nicam stereo the On

Screen Display

is in

will show NICAM STEREO for a
while.

Please Note
If, while watching a nicam stereo channel,
the signal strength drops and the system
cannot receive nicam stereo the OSD will
show MONO. If the signal strength
increases again and nicam stereo can be
received again, the OSD will show

NICAM STEREO.

To save your settings, select STORE

OK

and press theOK
will be displayed. Press the Menu

MENU

button to go back to the previous
menu.

button. STORED

Select the required item in the menu
using the Program up/down buttons
and make the changes pressing
Volume up/down buttons.