Curtis LCDVD152 User Manual

High-Definition LCD TV

LCDVD152

Operating Instructions

Important Safety precautions

Do not put the mac hine in open ai r or humid place t o av oid of short circui t, fire inside mach ine or
danger of el ectric sh ock.
There is hig h voltage in the unit, do no t arbitrar ily open th e case and con duct maint enance to
prevent el ectric sh ock.
Do not put the mac hine on swingi ng tram mer, ra mp and table, to avoi d of damage on body caused in
falling of the machine.
Do n ot fall any liquid or foreig n mater ial i nto int ernal side o f the machin e to avoid of fire or electr ic
shock. Do not sta ck any obje ct on top of th e machine .
Do not place water cont ainer around the machine to prev ent it from dri pping or spatte ring.

Main plug or an appliance coupler is used as the disconnect device, the disconnect device shall
remain readily operable.
Class I apparatus shall be connected to a mains socket outlet with a protective earthing connection.

The sy mbol means: Dangerous, High volta ge, plea se prevent from elec tric shock.

The symbol means: Please do not replace the safety parts optionally,
when you service equipment.

Application precautions

For keeping ex cellent op erating st ate of your h igh-def inition co lor t elevisi on, please read foll owing
items care fully bef ore applica tion of the p roduct:

High voltage exists on backlight of television, do not open rear cover of it without authorization. Do not
put heavy on screen.
Do not make product expose to moisture, or place it under strong light directly.
Do not use the product in condition of noise or high-magnetic field; please keep product away from fire
source or strong vibration source.
Do not contact product with chemical preparations, or use, store product in condition of chemical gas.
Please cut off power supply before assemble, disassemble or connect peripheral equipments.
Please cut off power and make contact with agent or service center of our Company if fault or abnormal
condition occurs, for example, abnormal smell occurs, or temperature is too high.
Do not receive and watch a still picture for long time.
Do not reconstruct the equipment without authorization.
Do not touch screen with hand directly.
Please wipe off dust from screen by using soft cloth after power cut; remove water or spittle on screen
immediately; clean screen with ethane while not use acetone, toluene, or alcohol etc.
Application time of standby power switch should not exceed 12 hours.
Please cut off AC power supply if no application with the television for long time.
Please take out the batteries from remote control in time if no application with remote control for long time
to prevent leakage of battery electrolyte.
Please remain a clearance of 5mm between complete machine and wall surface for heat elimination while
using it in mode of hanging it on wall.
Please pull out power plug and disassemble antenna connection during lightning strike to prevent the
machine from lightning strike.

For any modification caused in upgrading of machine, such as menu style, should be subjected to change
without prior notice.

Welcome purchasing CURTIS high-definition color television.

Please read the manual carefully before application,

and operate it according to normative step.

Thanks for your cooperation!

Contents

Feature

Technical specification

Accessories

Signal connection

1. Rear terminal chart

2. Signal connection chart

Starting preparation

1. Assemble batteries for remote controller

Illumination on control of remotor control

Illumination of panel key

Illumination on menu operation

Operating illumination

1. Turn on/Turn off power supply

2. Set input signal source

3. Automatic channel search

4. Channel option

5. Adjustment and control of image color

6. Adjustment of sound effect

7. OSD Property

8.Optimization setting

9.Parental control

10.Component screen position setting

11.PC Image setting

DVD Player function

Special function of remote controller

Support PC signal input

Failure analysis
Maintenance

Cleanness of screen

Suggestion feedback

Product recommendation

MEMO

My MEMO

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Feature

Technical specification

High resolution 1366×768

High brightness
High contrast

Wide visual angle

YP P high-definition input terminal, supports 480P, 720P, 1080i

B R

VGA PC interface, supports WXGA

HDMI digital input interface, supports 480P, 720P, 1080i, 1080P
Multi-system receiver

Open function menu, English interface display

System of broadcast signal

System of video signal

Saved channels

RF

Video input

Audio

Audio input

Audio output

Power supply

Power consumption of

complete machine

Power consumption for standby

External dimensions of

complete machine

Height-to-width ratio of screen

Weight

Operating condition

Fixed definition

Max visible image size

Brightness

Contrast

NTSC

PAL/NTSC

AIR 2-69, Cable 1-125

RF Input impedance: 75Ω Coaxial cable

VIDEO Input impedance: 75Ω Input voltage:1V +3db

S-VIDEO Input impedance: 75Ω Input voltage: Y: 1V +C: 0.3 V +3db

Input impedance>10kΩ Input voltage: 0.2-2V (rms)

LR sound input

PC sound input

Earphone output: 3.5mm Jack 50mw

Loudspeaker 2×2W (4Ω)

12V DC

<48W

<3W
Desk-top: 40×18×35.5 (cm)

16:9
Desk-top: 3.2kg

Temperature: 3-35℃ Humidity: 20%-80% Pressure: 86-108Kpa

1366×768

40cm

250cd/m

500:1

2

P-P

P-P P-P

Specifications contain ed h erein are subject to change without prior notice

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Visual degree (Lo/3)

Tailing time of motional image

Color gamut

Horizontal direction 120 , vertical direction 80
<5ms

>30%

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Accessories

Remote control

Adapter

Power line
Instruction manual

Batteries (AAA)

Signal connection

1. Rear terminal chart

DC 12V

HDMI 2

HDMI 1

VGA

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1
2

Y

PB

PR

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

L

R

VGA

AUDIO

HEAD

PHONE

OUT

R

F

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2. Signal connection cha rt

Please connect audio line, video line according to connecting method shown in figure in state of power off.

TV

PC

R

F

L

AUDIO OUT

HEAD

PHONE

VGA

R

AUDIO

OUT

R

VIDEO

S-VIDEOVIDEO

L

PB Y

PR

Y

PBPR

L

AUDIO OUT

VGA HDMI 1

R

VCD/DVD/Set-Top Box

Note:

Please connect output terminal of signal source with corresponding input terminal of the machine by using

appropriate signal line, and guarantee excellent contact.

Do not insert or pull out input/output signal terminal in state of electrified.

Starting order is important for computer, please start up machine after started up peripheral equipment.

HDMI

HDMI 2

S-VIDEO

OUT

Starting preparation

1. Assemble batteries for re mo te c on trolle r

Disassemble batteries cover on rear side of remote control.

Interpose two pieces of new 1.5V AAA alkaline batteries, and match
positive pole and negative pole of batteries to positive pole and
negative pole of remote control respectively.

Put batteries cover to original position lightly.

Note:

Do not use new battery with used battery in mix; do not use manganese battery with alkaline battery in
mix;
Please use the remote control c areful ly t o av oi d of f al li ng , da mp ing, or da ma gi ng i t.
Please ta ke out the b at te ri es from re mo te control in ti me if no a pp li ca ti on with remote c on trol fo r l on g
time, or batteries is used up, to pre vent leakage of battery electrolyte.
After took out used batteries fro m re mo te c on trol, please treat it in appropriate and gree n me th od .

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Illumination on control of remote control

Button

Function

Stand by on/off

Mute on /off

0~9

-/--

Numbe r selection
Digit s election

Progr am reviewin g

PICUR E

SOUND

VOL+

VOL-

CH+

CH-

Pictu re mode selec tion

Sound m ode selecti on/exit

Volume decrease

Volume increase
Progr am number inc rease

Progr am number dec rease

MENU Menu s election/ exit

Choos e the previou s item

Choos e the next item

Displ ay the previo us menu/ite m value decre ase

Displ ay the next men u/item valu e increase/ Confirmat ion

ENTER

TV/VI DEO

SLEEP
CC

P.G.

SAP

INFO

Confi rm an entry or se lection.

Signa l source menu s elect/exi t

Sleep t iming on/off
Selec t the closed ca ption mode

Enter t he parental c ontrol

Selec t the mode Mono /Stereo/S AP

Infor mation
Open or c lose the disc t ray

Stop pl ayback

Start o r pause playb ack

Skip to t he previous

Skip to t he next chapt er

Backw ard scene wit h faster spee d

Forwa rd scene with f aster speed

REPEAT

SUBTI TLE

AUDIO

SETUP

ANGLE

DISC

Cycle t hrough the op tions: Chap ter, Title, All or n oting

Selec t a subtitle la nguage of the p laying disc

Selec t an audio lung uage or audio c hannel

Enter o r exit the DVD pl ayer setup me nu

Selec t Angle

Enter o r enit the disc c ontents men u

-/--

PICTURE

ANGLE

AUDIO

ENTER

SOUND

DISC

SUBTITLE

CH

SETUP

VOL

MENU TV/VIDEO

SLEEP CC P.G. SAP

INFO

REPEAT

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Illumination of panel key

POWER

TV/VIDEO

MENU

CH+

CH-

VOL+

Standby power switch

Menu keystroke of signal source

Menu keystroke of display screen

Increase channel number/Menu item selection

Decrease channel number/Menu item selection

Increase volume/increase item
value/open sub-menu

VOL-

Decrease volume/Decrease item
value/open sub-menu

Indicator
Remote control receiving window

Adapter

AC IN

Illumination on menu operation

User could preset channel, adjust image and sound, and conduct other adjustment by using operating keystrokes on
screen.

Or preset channel, adjust image and sound, and conduct other adjustment by using functional key on remote controller.

Operating illumination

1. Turn on/Turn off power supply

Press “ ” on (or press key of POWER on panel) to start system: Power indicator should change from
red to green, and the machine should be started several seconds later.
Press “ ”on remote control (or press POWER on panel) to finish playing: Power indicator on front panel should
change from green to red, and the machine should return standby state.

2. Set inpu t signal source

Press “TV/VIDEO” on remote control to open source menu.
Press “ ” to select item of source.
Press “ENTER or ” to confirm

remote control

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3 Autom atic channel search

TV

Select receiving state of TV signal.
Press “MENU” and “ ” to open TV “Channel” menu, shown as figure (a).
Press “ ” to select item of “Auto Search”
Press “Enter” or “ ” to start “Auto Search”.
Press “MEMU” to exit during auto searching.

Channel

当 前 频 道

System

系 统

Auto Search

跳 跃

Fine Tuning

手 动 微 调

Channel Edit

手 动 搜 台
自 动 搜 台

Acces s

Chan nel

STD

Posit ion

Menu: Exit

(a)

4 Channel o ption

Press “ ” to select item of “Channel”.
Press “ ” to select channel number.
Press “ ” to select item of “System”.
Press “ ” to select system of TV: STD→IRC→HRC→AIR.
Press “ ” to select item of “Fine Tuning”.
Press “ ” to repectedly until get best playing effect.
Press “ ” to select item of “Channel Edit”.
Press “ ” to select “Added/ Erased”.
Setting to ERASE, the channel will not selected by CH+/CH- key.

5 Adjustment and control of image color

TV

对 比 度

Contrast

亮 度

Brightness

色 饱 和 度

Saturation

清 晰 度

Sharpness

色 调

Hue

Posit ion

Vide o

Menu: Exit

(b)

Press “MENU” to open menu, and press “ ”to select “Video”, shown as
figure (b).
Press “ ” to select item of “Contrast”
Press “ ” to increase or reduce value of contrast.
Press “ ” to select item of “Brightness”
Press “ ” to increase or decrease value of brightness.
Press “ ” to select item of “Saturation”.
Press “ ” to increase or decrease value of color saturation.
Press “ ” to select item of “Sharpness”.
Press “ ” to adjust level of Sharpness: 0→1→2→3→4→5→6→7
Press “MENU” to exit state of menu selection.

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AV

Contrast

对 比 度

Brightness

亮 度

Saturation

色 饱 和 度
清 晰 度

Sharpness

色 调

Hue

Posit ion

Vide o

(c)

Menu: Exit

Under signal input state of AV and S-VIDEO,
Press “MENU” to open menu.
Press “ ” to select “Video”, shown as figure.( c )
Press “ ” to select item of “Hue”.
Press “ ” to decrease or increase value of color hue.
Press “MENU” to exit state of menu selection.

Note:
Item of color hue should be adjustable while displayin g in h ig h
brightness in state of NTS C.

Comp ornen t

Vide o

Contrast

对 比 度

Brightness

亮 度

Saturation

色 饱 和 度

Sharpness

清 晰 度

Color Temperature

色 温 选 择

Posit ion

Menu: Exit

(d)

PC

Vide o

自 动 调 整

Auto Color

对 比 度

Contrast

亮 度

Brightness

清 晰 度

Color Temperature

色 温 选 择

Posit ion

Menu: Exit

(e)

6. Adjustment of sound effect

TV

Audi o

Volume

音 量

Bass

低 音

Treble

高 音

Balance

平 衡

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Acces s Position

Menu: Exit

Under signal input state of Component
Press “MENU” to open menu.

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Press “ ” to select “Video”, shown as figure (d).
Press “ ” to select “ Color Temperature”.
Press “Enter”or “ ” to enter into color temperature sub menu.
Press “ ” to select “Warrm/Standard/Cool”, and the compornent
will take effect currently on screen.
Press “Enter” or “ ” to confirm.
Press “Menu” to exit sub menu

Under signal input state of PC:
Press “MENU” to open menu.
Press “ ” to select “Video”, shown as figure (e).
Press “ ” to select item of “Auto Color”.
Press “ ” to achieve automatic adjustment effect of image.
Press “MENU” to exit state of menu selection.

Press “MENU” key to open menu.
Press “ ” to select menu of “Audio”, shown as figure (f).
Press “ ” to select item of “Volume”, press “ ” to increase or decrease
value of volume.
Press “ ” to select item of “Bass”, press “ ” to increase or decrease value
of volume.
Press “ ” to select item of Treble”, press “ ” to increase or decrease value
of volume.
Press “ ” to select item of “Balance”, press “ ” to increase or decrease
balance effect of left and right sound channel.
Press “MENU” to exit state of menu selection.

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7 OSD Property

T V

Setu p

Language

语 言 选 择

H.Position

水 平 位 置
垂 直 位 置

V.Position

菜 单 时 间

Menu Timeout

透 明 度

Menu Transparent

菜 单 大 小

Zoom

Pos. Enter :Acce ss

(g)

8 Optimization setting

A V

Othe rs

Default

复 位

Closed Caption

信 号 选 择

Parental Control

定 时 设 置

Picture size

图 像 比 率

Menu: Exit

Press “MENU” to open menu.
Press “ ” to select “SETUP”, shown as figure (G).
Press “ ” to select item of “Language”, and press “Enter or ” to select
item of language.
Press “ ” to select item of “H.Position”, and press “ ” to adjust horizontal
position of OSD menu.
Press “ ” to select item of “V.Position”, and press “ ” to adjust vertical
position of OSD menu.
Press “ ” to select item of “Menu Timeout”, and press “ ” to set sojourn
time of OSD menu.
Press “ ” to select item of “Menu Transparent”, and press “ ” to select
transparence level of OSD menu as:
0→1→2→3→4→5
Press “ ” to select item of “Zoom”, and press “ ” to select size of OSD
menu as:
*1→*2
Press “MENU” to exit state of menu selection.

Press “MENU” to open menu.
Press “ ” to select “Others”, shown as figure (h).
Press “ ” to select item of “Default”.
Press “ ” to reset to factory setting state.
Press “ ” to select item of “Picture size”
Press “ ” to select “4:3”, “16:9”
Press “MENU” to exit submenu.

Closed caption and parental control for TV,AV,S-video only.

Posit ion

(h)

9 Parental Control

Passw ord
Pleas e Enter P asswo rd

TV

Pare ntal Co ntrol

Status

自 动 调 整

New Password

水 平 位 置

TV Guidelines

垂 直 位 置

相 位

Movie Guidelines

时 钟 频 率

Canadian English
Canadian French

OFF

Acces s Pos ition

Menu: Exit

Press P.G. on renote control. to open Parental Control
When doing this for first time, enter default password “0000”

Enter the default password, then you could enter the Parental Control.

Press” ”to select “Status” and press “ ” button to select on or off.
Press” ”to select “New password” and press “Enter” button,

enter new password twice, the new password will now take effect.
Press” ”to select “TV Guidelines” and press “Enter” button to enter

TV Guidelines menu.

Menu: Exit

Note:

Selection: “H.Position ” an d “V.Position” is uncontrollable if “Menu size” is “2”.

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TV

自 动 调 整

TV-Y

水 平 位 置

TV-Y7

垂 直 位 置

相 位

TV-G

时 钟 频 率

TV-PG
TV-14
TV-MA

Posit ion

TV Gui delin es

ALL FV D L S V

B

B
B
U
U
U
U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

U

Menu: Exit

Press ”to select “ ” and press “ ” buttonto to enter.

“ TV Guidelines

Press menu to set Block or Unblock.

Press ”to select “ ” and press “ ” buttonto to

“ Movie Guidelines
confirm operation.
None .G .PG PG13 .R NC17 .X

→ → → → → →

Press ”to select “ ” and press “ ” buttonto to

U
U
U
U

“ Canadian English
confirm operation.
None C C8+ G PG 14+ 18+

→ → → → → →

“ Canadian French

Press ”to select “ ” and press “ ” buttonto to
confirm operation.
None G 8ans+ 13ans+ 16ans+ 18ans+

→ → → → →

CC

Press“ ” to select “Clse Caption” or p “ Remote control
to select different CC or TT status.
OFF CC1 CC2 CC3 CC4 TT1 TT2 TT3 TT4

→ → → → → → → →

BTSC Sound
Press SAP” on , to select BTSC sound status.

“ Remote control
MONO STEREO SAP

10 Compon ent screen position setting

COM PONEN T

Imag e

自 动 调 整

Hpos ition

水 平 位 置

Vpos ition

垂 直 位 置

相 位
时 钟 频 率

Posit ion

(i)

Menu: Exit

Under signal input state of Component:
Press “MENU” to open menu.
Press “ ” to select menu of “Image”, shown as figure (I).
Press “ ” to select item of “H.Position”.
Press “ ” to move position of image horizontally.
Press “ ” to select item of “V.Position”.
Press “ ” to move position of image vertically.
Press “MENU” to exit state of menu selection.

11 PC Ima ge setting

PC

自 动 调 整

Auto S ettin g

水 平 位 置

Hpos ition

垂 直 位 置

相 位

Vpos ition

时 钟 频 率

Phas e
Cloc k

Imag e

Under signal input state of PC:
Press “MENU” to open menu.
Press “ ” to select menu of “Image”, shown as figure (I).
Press “ ” to select item of “Auto Settingn”.
Press “Enter” button to adjust Auto image.
Press “ ” to select item of “H.Position”,“V.Position”,“Phase”,“Clock”.
Press “ ” to adjust the value of each item respectively from 1-100

ress CC” on ,

→ →

Posit ion

(j)

Menu: Exit

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