Philips 32PT832099, 32PT8320, 36PT8320 Quick start guide

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Quick Use and Setup Guide

BASIC TV CONNECTIONS

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Important Notice/Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Making Basic TV Connections

Basic Cable TV Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Basic Antenna TV Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Basic TV Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Remote Battery Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Remote Control Button Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . .2

How to Use the Installation Features . . . . . . . . . .3-4

Using the Language Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Setting the Tuner Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

How to Automatically Program Channels . . . . . . . .3

How to Add and Delete Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

How to Name (Label) Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

How to set the AutoChron™ Feature (Clock) . . . . .4

IMPORTANT

NOTE: This owner's manual is used with several
different television models. Not all features (and
drawings) discussed in this manual will necessar­ily match those found with your television set.
This is normal and does not require that you con­tact your dealer or request service.

WARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK
HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO
RAIN OR EXCESSIVE MOISTURE.

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our Cable TV input into your home may be a single (75 ohm)

cable or a converter box installation. In either case, the con­nection to the TV is very easy. Follow the steps below to connect
your cable signal to your new television.

If your cable signal comes directly from a round 75Ω coaxial
cable use the following steps:

1

Connect the open end of the round Cable Company sup­plied cable to the 75Ω input on the TV. Screw it down finger

tight.

2

Plug the television in to the wall outlet and turn the TV on.
Refer to the AUTOPROGRAM feature to program all the
available channels on your cable signal.

If your cable signal comes from a cable box, use the following
steps:

3

Connect the open end of the round Cable Company sup­plied cable to

the cable signal IN(put) plug on the back of

the Cable Box.

4

Using a separate round coaxial cable, connect one end to the
OUT(put) plug on the back of the Cable Box.

5

Connect the other end of the round coaxial cable to the
75Ω input on the back of the television. Screw it down finger
tight.

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Plug the television in to the wall outlet and turn the TV on.
Refer to the TUNER and AUTOPROGRAM features on page
3 of this Quick Use Guide. TUNER should be set to the
CABLE option. AUTOPROGRAM can be set to program all
the available channels on your cable signal into the televi­sion’s memory.

CABLE TV

Direct Cable Connection:

Cable Box Connection:

Cable signal coming from

Cable Company (Round

75Ω coaxial cable)

Jack Panel Back of TV

AC Power

Wall Outlet

Power Plug

from back of TV

Jack Panel Back

of Cable Box

Cable Signal IN from

the Cable Company

Round 75Ω

Coaxial Cable

Jack Panel

Back of TV

AC Power

Wall Outlet

Power Plug

from back of TV

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combination antenna receives normal broadcast chan­nels (VHF 2–13 and UHF 14–69). Your connection is

easy because there is only one 75Ω (ohm) antenna plug on
the back of your TV, and that’s where the antenna goes.

1

If your antenna has a round cable (75 ohm) on the end,
then you're ready to connect it to the TV.
If your antenna has flat, twin-lead wire (300 ohm), you
first need to attach the antenna wires to the screws on a
300- to 75-ohm adapter.

2

Push the round end of the adapter (or antenna) onto the
75Ω (ohm) plug on the back of the TV. If the round end of
the antenna wire is threaded, screw it down finger tight.

3

Plug the television in to the wall outlet and turn the TV
on.

Refer to the TUNER and AUTOPROGRAM features on
page 3 of this Quick Use Guide. TUNER should be set to the
ANTENNA option. AUTOPROGRAM can be set to program
all the available channels on your cable signal into the televi­sion’s memory.

ANTENNA TV

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Antenna Connection:

Jack Panel

Back of TV

Power Plug

from back of TV

AC Power

Wall Outlet

Round 75Ω

Coaxial Cable

from Antenna

Twin

Lead Wire

300 to 75-ohm

Adapter

Outdoor or Indoor Antenna

(Combination VHF/UHF)

The combination antenna receives normal

broadcast channels 2-13 (VHF) and 14-69 (UHF).

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BASIC TV AND REMOTE OPERATION

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our television has a set of controls located on the top of
the cabinet for use when the remote control is not needed.

1

Press the POWER button to turn the TV ON.
Note: The time it takes the TV to startup can be affected

by the AutoChron™ feature (page 4). With AutoChron ON,
the TV will search for a PBS channel to set the clock
before powering itself on. This can take several seconds.

2

Press the VOLUME (+) button to increase the sound
level or the VOLUME (–) button to lower the sound level.

Pressing both buttons at the same time will display the
onscreen menu. After you are in the menu, use these buttons
to make adjustments or selections.

3

Press the CHANNEL– (down) or+ (up) button to select
TV channels. Use these buttons to make adjustments or
selections in the onscreen menu.

There is also a set of Audio and Video Input jacks located on the
side of the television cabinet. This jack panel also contains a S-video
and headphone jack. These jacks are great for connecting a video
camcorder or any accessory device that will only be hooked up tem­porarily.

TELEVISION

Remote Sensor Window

Audio, Video, S-Video

and Headphone Jacks
located on the side of

the television.

Volume and Channel buttons are located

on the top of the television cabinet.

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o load the supplied batteries into the remote:

1

Remove the battery compartment door on the back of
the remote.

2

Place the batteries (2-AA) in the remote. Be sure the (+)
and (–) ends of the batteries line up correctly (the inside of
the case is marked).

3

Reattach the battery compartment door.

Be sure to point the remote at the Remote Sensor window on the
front of the television when using the remote control to operate the
television.

REMOTE CONTROL BATTERIES

Remote Control

(shown from the bottom)

Battery Compartment Door

2 “AA” Batteries

Battery Compartment

REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS

Sleep Button

Press to set the TV to automatically turn itself OFF. Choose 15, 30, 45,
60, 90, 120, 180, or 240 minutes.

TV/VCR/ACC Mode Switch

Slide to the TV position to control TVfunctions, to the VCR position to con­trol VCR functions, or to the ACC position to control the functions of acces­sory devices (a cable converter, DBS, or DVD, for example).

AV Button

Press repeatedly to select the different signal sources connected to the
A/V inputs on the TV.

Active Control Button

Press repeatedly to toggle the Active Control to ON or OFF. When ON,
the sharpness and noise reduction will be continuously monitored.

Rec(ord)/SAP Button

Press to start the recording of a videotape.

Surf Button

Press to select previously viewed channels. You can place up to 10 chan­nels in memory. Then by pressing the SURF button you can quickly view
the select channels. (See the “Using the Channel Surf Control” section in
your Instructions for Use manual to see how to select a series of channels
using the Surf button.)

Number Buttons

Press the number buttons to select TV channels. When selecting single­digit channels, press the number of the desired channel. The TV will
pause for a few seconds and then tune to the selected channel. (Note:
You can press 0, then the number also.) For channels 100 and above,
first press 1 then the next two numbers of the desired channel.

Sound Button

Press to select an AutoSound™ control. Choose from three factory-set
controls (VOICE, MUSIC, and THEATRE) and a PERSONAL control
that you set according to your own preferences through the onscreen
Sound menu. The three factory-set controls will tailor the TV sound so
as to enhance the particular type of program you are watching.

Menu (Select) Button

Press for the onscreen menu to appear. Pressing the menu button after
menu selections are made will eliminate the menu from the display.

Cursor Buttons (Left, Right, Up, Down)

Press these buttons to highlight, select, and adjust items on the TV's
onscreen menu.

Volume (+) or (–) Buttons

Press to adjust the TV sound level.

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Press to rewind, stop, play, fastforward, or pause/freeze a videotape.

FREEZE Button

Press to freeze the picture on the TV screen. Press a second time to
resume normal viewing. The signal being received during the time the
picture is frozen will be lost. When the picture is unfrozen, the video
will return to real time broadcast.

Power Button

Press to turn the TV ON and OFF.

CC Button

Press to select Closed Captioning options within the menu. (See the
Instructions for Use manual for details.)

Light Button

Press to back-light the buttons on the remote control.

Clock Button

Press the CLOCK button to access the onscreen Clock menu.

TV/VCR (A/CH) Button

TV/VCR – Press while in the VCR mode (the VCR indicator on the

front of the VCR will light) to view the playback of a tape. Press again to
place in the TV position (the VCR indicator light will go off) to view one
program while recording another program.
A/CH – Press to toggle between the currently viewed channel and the
previously viewed channel.

Program List Button

Press to display a list of channel numbers and their names (see the
“Tuner,” “Auto Program,” “Channel Edit,” and “Name” sections on
pages 3 and 4 for proper setup). Each channel will appear as a selec­table menu item. The current channel will be highlighted by default.
Only five channels will be shown onscreen at one time; press the CUR­SOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to scroll the list and highlight a
channel. Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to tune to the highlighted
channel. Channels marked “Skipped” in the “Channel Edit” control will
not appear in the list. Each channel that is being blocked by
AutoLock™ will appear with a padlock icon to indicate that the chan­nel is not viewable.

Picture Button

Press to select an AutoPicture™ control. Choose from four factory-set
controls (MOVIES, SPORTS, WEAK SIGNAL, and MULTI MEDIA)
and a PERSONAL control that you set according to your own prefer­ences through the onscreen PICTURE menu. The four factory-set con­trols will tailor the TV picture so as to enhance the particular type of
program you are watching, or to improve the picture of a program that
has a weak signal.

Status/Exit Button

Press to see the current channel number on the TV screen. Also press to
clear the TV screen after control adjustments.

Channel (+) or (–) Buttons

Press to change the tuned channel.

Mute Button

Press to turn the TV sound OFF. Press again to return the sound to its
previous level.

Virtual Dolby

Press to set various factory Surround Sound listening modes.

POWER

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VOLUME

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CHANNEL

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HOW TO USE THE INSTALL ATION FEATURES

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or or Spanish- and French-speaking TV owners, an onscreen

LANGUAGE option is present. The LANGUAGE control
enables you to set the TV’s onscreen menu to be shown in either
English, Spanish, or French.

1

Press the MENU button on the remote control to show

the onscreen menu.

2

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until

INSTALL is highlighted.

3

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to shift the menu to

the left and highlight LANGUAGE.

4

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to highlight the

LANGUAGE control options.

5

Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to

select ENGLISH, ESPANOL (Spanish), or FRANCAIS
(French).

6

Press the STATUS/EXIT button to clear the menu from

the screen.

LANGUAGE

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he TUNER MODE feature allows you to change the TV’s sig-

nal input to CABLE, ANTENNA, or AUTO mode. It’s impor­tant for the TV to know if you want to receive channels from a
cable TV signal or a normal antenna signal.

NOTE: The AUTO mode setting helps the TV determine the type
of signal or channels being received when AUTO PROGRAM is
activated.

1

Press the MENU button on the remote control to show
the onscreen menu.

2

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until
INSTALL is highlighted.

3

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to shift the menu to
the left.

4

Press the CURSOR DOWN button once to highlight
TUNER.

5

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to highlight the tuner
options.

6

With the TUNER MODE control set to AUTO, Auto
Program (see below) will detect whether or not cable input
is present.

If, however, you want to set the TUNER MODE to
CABLE or ANTENNA, press the CURSOR UP or CUR-
SOR DOWN button until either CABLE or ANTENNA is
highlighted.

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Press the STATUS/EXIT button to clear the menu from
the screen.

TUNER MODE

When CABLE is selected, channels 1–125 are available.
When ANTENNAis selected, channels 2–69 are available.

HELPFUL H

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our TV can automatically set itself for local area (or cable
TV) channels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV

stations in your area by pressing the CHANNEL (+) or (–) button.

1

Press the MENU button on the remote control to show
the onscreen menu.

2

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until
INSTALL is highlighted.

3

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to shift the menu to
the left. LANGUAGE will be highlighted.

4

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until the
AUTO PROGRAM control is highlighted.

5

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to start the Auto
Program scanning of channels.

6

Press the STATUS/EXIT button to clear the menu from
the screen.

AUTO PROGRAM

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After you’ve run Auto Program, check out the results. Press the
CHANNEL (+) or (–) button and see which channels you can
select.
Remember, an antenna or cable TV signal must first be connect­ed to your TV (see instructions for making connections on page
1 of this guide).

HELPFUL HINT

Remember, the LANGUAGE control makes only the TV’s
onscreen MENU items appear in English, Spanish, or French
text. It does not change the other onscreen text features, such as
Closed Captioning (CC), with TV shows.

HELPFUL HINT

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PICTURE
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INSTALL

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

ENGLISH
FRANCAIS

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ESPANOL

LANGUAGE

TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

ENGLISH
FRANCAIS

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INSTALL

LANGUAGE

TUNER MODE

AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

AUTO
CABLE
ANTENNA

LANGUAGE

TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

INSTALL

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

ENGLISH
FRANCAIS
ESPANOL

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CABLE
ANTENNA

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LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE

AUTO PROGRAM

CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

SEARCH

LANGUAGE

TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

INSTALL

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

ENGLISH
FRANCAIS

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ESPANOL

CABLE
PLEASE WAIT

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HOW TO USE THE INSTALL ATION FEATURES

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HANNEL EDIT makes it easy for you to add or delete channels

from the list of channels stored in the TV’s memory.

1

Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the

onscreen menu.

2

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until

INSTALL is highlighted.

3

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to shift the menu to the

left. LANGUAGE will be highlighted.

4

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until the

CHANNEL EDIT control is highlighted.

5

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to access the CHAN-

NEL EDIT menu.

6

Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to

scroll through the list of available channels. Or press the num­ber buttons on your remote control to select a specific channel
(for example, press 0 and then 2 to select channel 2).

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With the channel you want to edit selected, press the CUR-

SOR RIGHT button to mark the channel as SKIPPED. The

channel you’ve marked SKIPPED will not appear when you
are changing from channel to channel while watching TV.

NOTE: When you want to add a channel that has been marked
SKIPPED, press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button
to highlight the channel; then press the CURSOR RIGHT button
to remove the word SKIPPED.

CHANNEL EDIT

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he channel NAME feature allows you to list the “call” letters of

your favorite stations beside their channel numbers when they
appear on the screen. The TV has in memory a list of the 50 most
popular channel names (for example, ABC, NBC, FOX, etc.). You
also can enter a custom name (up to five characters).

1

Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the
onscreen menu.

2

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until
INSTALL in highlighted.

3

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to shift the menu to the
left. LANGUAGE will be highlighted.

4

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until the
NAME control is highlighted.

5

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to highlight the NAME
options area.

6

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button again; then press the
CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to scroll through

a list of options for the first character (A through Z, 0 through

9). Press the CURSOR RIGHT button and repeat for the
second, third, fourth, and fifth characters

7

After you have selected a name for the channel, press the
MENU button to save the name in the TV’s memory.

8

Press the STATUS/EXIT button to clear the menu from the
screen.

NAME

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utoChronTMcan automatically set the TV’s onscreen clock.

Because the time is received from a broadcast signal, you must

be sure that a cable TV or antenna signal is present before you
attempt to use the AutoChronTMfeature.

1

Press the MENU button on the remote to show the
onscreen menu.

2

Press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until
INSTALL is highlighted.

3

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to shift the menu to the
left. LANGUAGE will be highlighted.

4

Press the CURSOR DOWN button until the AutoChron
control is highlighted.

5

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to start the
AutoChron™ feature. Then just follow the onscreen instruc­tions to set the clock.

6

Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to select AUTO.
Within a few seconds, a menu for choosing your time zone
will appear.

7

Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to
highlight your correct time zone.

8

With your correct time zone highlighted, press the CUR­SOR RIGHT button. Within a few seconds, you will be

given the option to choose whether you want to select
Daylight Savings Time.

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Press the CURSOR UP or CURSOR DOWN button to
navigate through the YES and NO selection list; then with

the item you want to select highlighted, press the CUR­SOR RIGHT button. Follow the onscreen instructions

(shown below) to set the AutoChron™ time either automati­cally or manually.

AUTOCHRON™

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The channels available for you to edit are the ones that the AUTO
PROGRAM feature found through a search of your TV antenna
or cable TV signals. Channels not found during the search are
marked SKIPPED.

HELPFUL HINT

The five characters that the channel NAME feature allows you
to input can be letters, a dash character, or the numbers 0
through 9.

HELPFUL HINT

Setting the

AutoChron Feature

Automatically:

Setting the

AutoChron Feature

Manually:

Note: When turned ON, the AutoChron™ feature can affect the start up of your television. When the power

button is press and the AutoChron™ feature is set to the AUTO position, the TV will scan the channels for a
PBS channel to set the clock automatically. It may take SEVERALseconds before the TV powers itself ON.

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CHANNEL EDIT

AutoChron

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

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AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

INSTALL

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

ENGLISH
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AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT

AutoChron

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TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron
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SET TIME
AUTO

MANUAL

SEARCH FOR
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(Please wait)

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CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron
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BRIGHTNESS
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PICTURE
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SET TIME
AUTO

MANUAL

SEARCH FOR
TIME . . .
Time Found
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CHANNEL EDIT
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AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron
NAME

LANGUAGE
TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

TIME ZONE?
CENTRAL

MOUNTAIN
PACIFIC

SEARCH FOR
TIME . . .
Time Found

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LANGUAGE

TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron

INSTALL

TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron
NAME

INSTALL

TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT

AutoChron

NAME

ENGLISH
FRANCAIS
ESPANOL

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SAVING TIME?

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SET TIME
AUTO

MANUAL

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TUNER MODE
AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron
NAME

SET TIME
AUTO

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INSTALL

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AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron
NAME

ENTER TIME
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AUTO PROGRAM
CHANNEL EDIT
AutoChron
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ENTER TIME
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