Haier DTA-2198PF, DTA-2198 User Manual

COMBINED 21" TV AND DVD PLAYER

OWNER'S MANUAL

TVTV

Please read this manual carefully before using this TV set and keep it for future reference.

The Owner's Manual for the Follow Models:

DTA-2198, DTA-2198PF

CONTENTS

Before Operation

Warning and cautions............................................................................2

Installation...............................................................................................3

Aerial connection...................................................................................3

Preparation of the remote control unit...................................................3

Function buttons and external sockets................................................4

Front panel of the TV set........................................................................4

Rear panel of the TV set........................................................................4

Buttons on the remote control..............................................................5

Basic operation

Switching on/off the TV set....................................................................6

Watching TV program.............................................................................7

Watching TV program...........................................................................7

Program swap and auto scan functions................................................8

Searching channel..................................................................................9

Full automatic search mode..................................................................9

Semi-automatic search.......................................................................10

Manual fine tune..................................................................................11

Program skip ......................................................................................12

Convenient picture and sound control functions.............................

Multiple picture modes ......................................................................13

Black stretch and noise reduce...........................................................14

Mute function......................................................................................15

Time functions......................................................................................16

Clock setting and timer on/off functions...........................................16

Sleep timer and program preset ......................................................17

Setup function ....................................................................................18

Screen saver and child lock functions................................................18

AVL and calendar functions................................................................19

Fade....................................................................................................20

Position exchange function.................................................................21

DVD Operation

Basic Playback......................................................................................22

Advanced Playback..............................................................................23

Special Function Playback...................................................................24

DVD System Setup................................................................................25

Playable Discs.......................................................................................29

Disc Protection and DVD Characteristics...........................................30

Others

Connection to the external audio and video equipment....................31

Troubleshooting guide

Specifications........................................................................................33

..........................................................................32

Warning and cautions

1. When you clean the TV set, please pull out the power plug from AC outlet. Don't clean the cabinet and the screen with benzene, petrol and other chemicals.

2. In order to prolong the using life of the TV set, please place it in a well ventilated location.

3. Don't place the TV set in direct sunlight or near a heat source.

4. Do not place the TV set near rain or

moisture as it may cause an electric shock, or the TV set to catch fire. The TV set must only be used in dry in door locations.

5. The back cover must only be

removed by a registered electrical service person. Removing the back cover may result in electric shock, fire or damage to the TV set.

6. If the TV set is not going to be used

for a long time, or there is a severe thunder & Lighting storm, it is recommended that the TV set be disconnected from the AC power outlet and the aerial plug removed.

Explanation on the display tube

Should the picture tube require cleaning, disconnect the power and use a dry soft cotton cloth. Do not use any cleaner or abrasive cloths.

Installation

Aerial connection

For an optimum high quality picture, it is strongly advised that the TV set connect to an external aerial(s) using high quality coax cable. When connecting to HiFi VCRs, satellite (or cable) set top boxes, that the AV terminals are used to allow the stereo sound to be transferred.

300 twin-lead cable

Antenna adapter

(additional purchase)

Mixer

additional

purchase

75 coaxial cable

Antenna input

Plug

(additional purchase)

AC power socket

75 standard

coaxial type

Preparation of the remote control unit

Battery installation

Take off the battery compartment cover. Place two AA batteries, make sure that battery polarity matches with the +/- mark inside the battery compartment.

Operation notes for the remote control unit

Under normal conditions, the life time of batteries is one year. If you don't intend to use the unit for a long period or the electricity of the batteries is used up, remove the batteries to prevent batteries acid from leaking into the battery compartment.

Never place batteries in a fire.

Avoid dropping the remote control and/or getting it wet.

Function buttons and external sockets

Front panel of the TV set

VIDEO L-AUDIO-R

R/LAudio

Video

Headphone jack

Power Indicator

TV/DVD MENU V- V+ P- P+

Play the DVD

Power Switch

The DVD Player

Signal Receiver

TV/DVD Switching

Rear panel of the TV set

TV SCART Terminal

Stop the DVD

Open/close the DVD

Channel Position up/down

Volume up/ down

TV EXT

Buttons on the remote control

Stand By

POWER TIME

CALENDAR

SCAN SWAP CALL

OPEN/CLOSE

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

SETUP

PLAY/ENTER

PROGRAM

10+

-/---/--

P+

P-

PAUSE/STEP

REPEAT

TITLE/PBC

ZOOM

99 00

V- V+

EXIT P.STD

STOP

REV FWD . PREV NEXT

D.MENU

ANGLE

AUDIO

SUBTITLE

MUTE

TV/AV

TV/DVD

A-B

SLOW

D.CALL

H.LOCK

DVD Open/close

(Not available)

Scan

Time Menu

Mute

Former Program

Call Screen Display

Program Number

(Not available)

TV/AV Exchange

Digital Selector

TV/DVD

Volume/Channel Selection

Exit Screen Display

Picture Mode

DVD STOP

(Not available)

DVD SETUP

DVD PAUSE/STEP

DVD FAST REVERSE

DVD FAST FORWARD

DVD MENU

DVD NEXT

DVD PREVIOUS

DVD REPEAT

DVD PLAY/ENTER

DVD A-B REPEAT

DVD Cursor Move button

DVD SLOW

DVD ANGLE

DVD SEARCH

DVD Audio

DVD TITLE

DVD PROGRAM

DVD CALL

DVD SUBTITLE

Zoom

DVD 10+

(Not available)

LEFT

RIGHT

DOWN

Switching on/ off the TV set

In the following, the methods of using power switch and remote controller to switch on/off power supply for the TV set will be explained.

Switching on/ off the TV set

1 Please press the power switch to switch on AC

power supply and the power indicator will light.

2 If the indicator is lighting in red, press the button

on the remote control again.

Note

1 When you don't operate the TV set with a

remote control, you can turn on it directly

through pressing the P / on the TV set

(Child Lock must be turned off).

+ - buttons

4 AUTO DK

POWER

2 If you want to exchange to standby status,

please press down the POWER button on the

remote control.

3 If you want to fully switch off the power supply

for the TV set, please press the power switch

button on the TV set.

Auto switch-off function

When the "Back" function is on, if an empty channel is selected or the TV programs are ended for the day, the power will be switched off 5 minutes later automatically. If the "OFF TIME" is on, it will be switched off according to the presetting time. The auto power off function does not work under video input or when the background is off. (Note: If the "off timer" is less than 5 minutes, it will be switched off automatically to the preset Time. )

Watching TV

You can watch TV program in a preset channel.

Watching TV program

How to select TV program

Select the desired program

1 Using "Program number" buttons

Directly enter the channel number with the numeric keypad on the remote control.

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

99 00

P+

V- V+

P-

P+

V- V+

P-

To select channel numbers from 10 ~ 99 press [-/--] button and enter the two digit channel number To select channel numbers from 100 ~ 218 press [-/--] button twice and enter the 3 digit channel number

2 Using the P+/- buttons

Press the P+ button to select a channel number in number

increasing

Press the P- button to select a channel number in number

decreasing

direction.

Select the desired sound

Press the V-/+ buttons on the remote or the front of the

TV set to adjust the volume level. The range is 0~99. When the volume buttons are pressed the volume level is displayed automatically on the TV screen.

If the colour or sound of a channel is abnormal

Usually this should be set in the Auto position. However if the colours displayed on the screen are incorrect you can manually select the correct colour system. When finish remember to turn it back to auto again so that other programs will still work correctly.

To select the colour change option press the MENU button on the remote control.

If picture colo r is abnormalu

Use the P+/- buttons to select Colour then the

V-/+ buttons to change between Auto,

SECAM and NTSC443

the setting.

If the picture sound is abnormal

Use the P+/- buttons to select Sound then press the

V-/+ buttons to select the sound system.

TUNE

COLOUR AUTO

SOUND BG BAND VHFL SKIP OFF PROGRAM 0 SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH

PAL, NTSC,

. Press the EXIT button to save

Watching TV continued

Swap function enables quick swap to the last watched program. Auto scan function enables automatic successive scanning of all the programs in memory with (each channel will last about 2 seconds)."OFF" skip status

Program swap and auto scan functions

Program swap

Suppose the channel number

SWAP

you used just now is 8 and the channel number you are using is 18 (as shown in the figure).

2 If you want to return to the

last watched program channel 8, you can simply press the SWAP button.

3 If you want to return to

channel 18, press the button again. Through this function, you can easily change between the channel you are using and the channel you used last time.

18 AUTO DK

8 AUTO DK

18 AUTO DK

SCAN

Auto program scan

1 If you want to select a desirable program, you may scan all the TV programs in memory. You can simply press the SCAN button to do this. The program numbers will appear one after another from beginning to end (each channel number will last about 2 seconds).

2 If you want to stop the function during auto scanning, simply press the SCAN button again.

Searching channel

This TV set has three methods to set the channels, which are respectively full automatic, semi automatic and manual fine tune.

In this section, how to use the remote control to set the channel is explained. You can also use the buttons on the TV set to set channel.

Full automatic mode

1 Press the MENU menu button ,

P+

V- V+

P-

till the TUNE menu shown on

the right display on the screen.

Press the P+/-

2 buttons to

select "AUTO SEARCH".

TUNE

COLOUR AUTO

SOUND BG BAND VHFL SKIP OFF PROGRAM 0 SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH

TUNE COLOUR AUTO SOUND BG BAND VHFL SKIP OFF PROGRAM 0 SEARCH FINE TUNE

AUTO SEARCH

P+

V- V+

P-

CALL

3 Press the V+ button to ensure automatic search function operates. All channels now playing program will be automatically preset in order .

After the search has finished

, the first program number will display on the screen.

Display function

Press the CALL button, then

the channel number and the

systems will be displayed on

the screen.

4 AUTO DK

Searching channel

Continued

Semi-automatic search

1 Press the P+/- buttons or PROGRAM NUMBER 0-9 buttons to choose desired channels I.E. channel 1

1 AUTO DK

P+

V- V+

P-

P+

V- V+

P-

EXIT

2 Press the TUNE menu button , till the TUNE menu shown on the right display on the screen.

3 buttons to

Press the P+/-

select " SEARCH".

4 Press the V-/+ buttons to start searching.

The V- down button is used for lower side program search. The V+ up button is used for higher side program search. Repeat this step, till find the desired channel.

TUNE COLOUR AUTO SOUND BG BAND VHFL SKIP OFF PROGRAM 0 SEARCH

FINE TUNE

AUTO SEARCH

To turn off the on-screen menu

In general, after you press the MENU button, the menu

, FUNCTION, TUNE, EXCHANGE,

display (PICTURE, TIME

ETC.) will automatically disappear within 15 seconds. If you

want to eliminate these contents immediately, please press

the EXIT button.

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