Polaroid TTX-141 Operating Manual

Contents

Polaroid. Add a little color to your life.

Since 1937, America has turned to Polaroid for their photography needs. Today , families look to Polaroid for consumer electronics that define the digital age: plasma and LCD TVs, portable and standard DVD players, digital cameras. And while our selection has changed, you’ll still receive the same friendly , helpful service that made Polaroid an American icon.

Congratulations on your new Polaroid TV purchase. To ensure your new TV provides you with years of enjoyment, please read this guide carefully .

Safety 2 Overview 4 Using the Remote control 5 Basic operation 6 External connection 7 General Description 8 Menu operation instruction 8 Menu Basic operation 8 Using the PICTURE menu 8 Using the SOUND menu 8 Using the TIMER menu 9 Using the FUNCTION menu 9 Using the TUNING menu 9 Using the P ARENTAL CONTROL 10 Troubleshooting (VHF / UHF reception) 14 Troubleshooting 15 Specifications & Accessories 13

Safety

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This symbol indicates that this product incorporates double insulation between hazardous AC voltage and user accessible parts. When servicing use only identical replacement parts.

Caution: T o reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove cover (or back). No user serviceable parts inside. Refer servicing to qualified service personnel.

This symbol indicates important instructions accompanying the product.

This symbol indicates “dangerous voltage” inside the product that presents a risk of electric shock or personal injury .

WARNING T o reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this product to rain or moisture.

The apparatus must not be exposed to dripping or splashing. Objects filled with liquids, such vases or drinking glasses, must never be placed on the apparatus.

IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read all the safety and operating instructions before the apparatus is operated.

2. Retain the safety and operating instructions for future reference.

3. Adhere to all warnings on the television and in the operating instructions.

4. Follow all operating and use instructions.

5. Do not use this apparatus near water .

6. Clean only with dry cloth.

7. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions.

8. Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (including amplifiers) that produce heat.

9. Do not defeat the safety purpose of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong is provided for your safety . If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

10.Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

1 1.Only use attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer .

Safety

12.Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the app aratus. When a cart is used, use caution when moving the cart/apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over .

13.Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time.

14.Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged in any way , such as power-supply cord or plug is damaged, liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally , or has been dropped.

15.If an outside antenna or cable system is connected to the product, be sure the antenna or cable system is grounded so as to provide some protection against voltage surges and built-up static charges. Section 810 of the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA No. 70-1984 (Section 54 of Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1) provides information with respect to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna-discharge unit, size of grounding conductors, location of antenna-discharge unit, connection to grounding electrode. See following example.

ANTEN NA LEAD IN WIRE

ELECTRIC SERVICE EQUIPMENT

NEC-NA T IO NAL ELECTRICALCODE

ANTENNA DISCHARG E UNINT (NEC S E CTION 810-21)

GROUNDING COND UCTORS (NEC S E CT ION 810-21)

GROUND CLAMPS

POWER SERVICE GROUNDING ELECTRO DE SYSTEM (NEC ART 250 PART H)

Using the Remote Control

CHAN

The Buttons On the Remote control

Mute button Lowers the volume to its minimum level. Press again to

restore volume.

ON/OFF Turns the television on and off. 0-9 (Digit buttons) Enter channel numbers and time settings directly through

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DISPLAY Displays channel information. PRE.CH Returns you to the previous channel. If you are in the menu

BROWSE Uses the browse feature. Press the button twice to begin

SLEEP Sets the sleep timer . PIC Step s through picture presets USER, SOFT , NORMAL, and

CLEAR Removes any menu or display from the screen and returns

TV/AV T oggles the television between available A V inputs and RF MENU Displays the television’s Main menu.

VOL(

/ )buttons Decreases or increases the television's volume or moves

CHAN ( / ) buttonsScans up or down through the current channel list. Press

SOUND Selects from four present audio settings (USER, SPEECH, STEREO No function on this model.

CCD Turns on or turns off the closed caption.

Loading batteries: Remove the lid of the battery compartment,insert 2 size AAA batteries with the

polarities as indicated inside the compartment, then replace the lid.

Note:

1. New batteries will last about 1 year under normal use.

2. If you do not intend to use the remote control for a long period of time, remove the batteries to avoid damage due to leakage.

the remote control. T o enter a two-digit channel, press the two digits. T o enter a three-digit channel, press and hold the first digit for two seconds until two dashes appear to the right of the number , then add the second two. Example: to tune a channel 123, press and hold 1 for two seconds, press 2, then press 3.

system, this button takes you to the previous menu screen. scanning channels. Press the button again to stop scanning

at the current channel.

BRIGHT. you to television viewing. If you are using a menu with num-

ber inputs, press CLEAR to erase the last number entered. input.

through the on-screen menu system. once to change the channel up or down; press and hold to

continue changing channels, or move through the on-screen menu system.

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Basic Operation

Connecting the television to power

Insert the power plug into a 120V AC electrical outlet. Unplug the power cord when the television will not be used for a long period of time.

T urning the television on and off

Turn on the power by using the POWER button on the television or on the remote control.

Using standby mode

If the television is in a non-signal state (is not receiving a television signal) for 15 minutes, the television will enter standby mode. To turn the television back on, press the POWER button on the television or remote control.

Changing channels

Change channels by using the CHAN / button on the television or on the remote control. When ANTENNA is set to AIR, access the channel by pressing two digits on the remote control. When ANTENNA is set as CABLE, use three digits on the remote control to select the channel. To select channels above 100, press and hold the “1” number for two seconds. The OSD shows 1--, then input the other two digits.

Turning the volume up or down

Adjust the sound by using the VOL / button on the television or on the remote control.

External connection

This unit can be simultaneously connected to a VCR, DVD player, video camera and other audio-video equipment .

For monophonic audio devices, connect the audio using the AUDIO L jack.

1. Under A V1, A V2 mode, connect the external equipment to the back panel of this television as shown in the following figure:

YELLOW(VIDEO) WHITE(AUDIO) RED(AUDIO)

2. Under AV3 mode, connect the external equipment to the side panel of this unit as the following figure shows:

Video input

Audio input (L MONO)

Audio input (R)

General description

CHAN

Menu operation instruction

Menu basic operation

1. T o enter a menu, press the menu button on the television or on the remote control, then use the VOL control) to select the icon.

2. Press CHAN / button on the television or on the remote control to select the mode you want to change.

3. Use the VOL / button on the television or on the remote control to change the setting.

4. Press the MENU button on the television or on the remote control to return the previous menu. Y ou can press the CLEAR button on the remote control to exit the menu operaton directly .

Using the PICTURE menu

The PICTURE menu allows you to make an adjustment to your picture settings. It also allows you to customize the picture mode based on the type of program you are viewing.

/ button on front of the television (or the / button on the remote

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CONTRAST Adjust the difference between the light and dark areas of the picture. BRIGHTNESS Adjust left or right to darken or brighten the picture. COLOR Adjust left or right to decrease or increase color intensity or saturation. SHARPNESS Adjust left or right to soften or sharpen the picture detail. TINT Adjust the balance between the red and green levels. COLOR TEMP Provide three automatic color adjustments: Cold for a more blue palette of picture

color; Normal; Warm for a more red palette of picture color .

Using the SOUND menu

The SOUND menu allows you to make adjustments to your sound settings.

SOUND

BASS 50 TREBLE 50 BALANCE 0 SURROUND OFF

BASS Adjust left or right to decrease or increase low pitched sound. TREBLE Adjust left or right to decrease or increase high pitched sound. BALANCE Adjust left or right to emphasize left or right speaker balances. SURROUND Turn on or off the surround sound ef fect.

Using the TIMER menu

The TIMER menu allows you to set the sleep timer .

General description

TIMER

SLEEP TIMER 0

SLEEP TIMER: Lets you set the time you want the television to turn itself off after a given time, press the

VOL / button to setup the timer.

Using the FUNCTION menu

The FUNCTION menu provides several options for setting up your television.

FUNCTION

LANGUAGE BACKGROU N D BLACK STRETCH NOISE REDUCE CLOSE CAPTION

LANGUAGE Select from the available languages to display the menus. (Y ou can select from En-

glish, French, or Sp anish.) BACKGROUND Turn on or of f the background function when no signal is received. Note: The BACKGROUND function isn’t available in RF input.

BLACK STRETCH Turn on or of f black stretch function. NOISE REDUCE T urn on or off the noise reduce function. CLOSE CAPTION Select from eight closed captioned modes, including four text modes.

ENGLISH ON ON OFF CC1

Using the TUNING menu

The T uning menu offers operations for tuning and channel edit.

TUNING

SOURCE CHANNEL CHANNEL NAME DELETE CH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH

SOURCE Select from AIR or CABLE. Select AIR to use an outdoor antenna or rabbit ears. Select

CABLE to receive your broadcast from a cable television provider.

CHANNEL Use the VOL / button on the television or on the remote control to scroll up and down

through the channels available using your outdoor antenna or rabbit ears. Y ou can also enter the channel number directly using the number buttons.

AIR 8 < > YES

General description

CHANNEL NAME Allows you to name a channel. The channels you can name are only from 2 to 1 1 in AIR.

Y ou can use the VOL character label for each channel.

DELETE CH Select YES to skip the selected channel when pressing the CH up and down buttons.

Select NO to include the selected channel when pressing the CH up and down buttons. FINE TUNE Allows you to fine tune a channel that is not appearing on your screen correctly. AUTO SEARCH Select it to start channel search and store automatically .

Using the PARENTAL CONTROL menu

The P ARENT AL CONTROL menu allows you to program your television so that children cannot see certain programs, channels, or use the front panel control.

/ button on the television or on the remote control to enter a five-

PASSWORD

PASSWORD Use the password to enter the P ARENT AL CONTROL menu. The initial password is “1234”.

when you use this menu the first time, you should change the password to keep children from using this menu. If you forget the password, input the default password 5898 to enter this submenu and reset the password.

How to use the PARENTAL CONTROL menu

When you enter the password, the P ARENT AL GUIDE menu displays on the screen asshown in the figure below:

PARENTAL GUIDE

PARENTAL GUIDE CHILD LOCK CHANGE PASSWORD

P ARENT AL GUIDE Select “OFF” to ignore the Parental Guide. Select “ON” to activate it as shown in the figure below:

PA RE NTAL GUIDE

PA RE NTAL GUIDE TV RATING MPAA RATING CHILD LOCK CHANGE PASSWORD

OFF OFF

OFF

TV RATING Displays the TV Rating submenu(see the figure below).

General description

TV RATING

RATING TV-Y

TV-Y7 TV-G TV-PG TV-14 TV-MA

FV D L S V

UU U UUUUU UUUUU UUUU

Tip: Unblock (U), block(B),”>”(selection indicator) The TV ratings and content themes you can block are listed in the following two tables:

T able 1 T able 2

Content Themes

Sexually explicit dialogue Adult language Sexual situations

Violence

Fantasy Violence All Children

TV-Y TV-Y7 TV-G

TV-PG

TV-14 TV-MA

Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings

All Children Directed to Children 7 years and older Genera l Audi enc e

Parental Guidance Sugges ted Parents Strongly Cautioned

Mature Audience Only

D L S

FV TV-Y

Blocking(or unblocking)TV Ratings

Y ou can automatically block(or unblock) all program ratings above(or below) to a specified TV rating level. T o block(or unblock) programs with higher(or lower) ratings:

1. Press the CHAN / button on the television or on the remote control to highlight the lowest(or highest) level rating that you want to block(or unblock).

2. Press the VOL / button on the television or on the remote control to toggle between U and B. The level rating and all higher (or lower) ratings automatically change to B(or U).

3. Press the MENU button on the television or on the remote control to return to the previous menu.

Blocking(or Unblocking) Specific Content Themes

You can block(or unblock) programs based on their content(see table 2). When you block(or unblock) a content theme for a particular rating, you automatically block(or unblock)that content themes for higher(or lower)rated programs as well.

1.Press the CHAN / button on the television or on the remote control until the lowest(or highest) level of

content you want to block(or unblock) is highlighted. Then the prompt “>” will move there.

2.Press the VOL / button on the television or on the remote control to change content status to B(or U).

All higher(or lower) ratings’ content theme will automatically change to B(or U).

3.Press the MENU button on the television or on the remote control to return to the previous menu.

General description

M PA A RATING Displays the Movie Ratings submenu(as the figure below shown).

MPAA RATING

G B PG PG-13 R NC-17 X

The movie ratings you can block are listed in the following table:

Hierarchy of MPA A RATINGS G PG PG-13

All Children Directed to old Children General Audience

B B B B B

NC-17 X

Parental Guidance Suggested

No one under17 admitted No one under 17 admitted

Blocking(or Unblocking) MPAA RATING

When you block(or unblock) a movie rating, the system automatically blocks(or unblocks) all other movies with higher(or lower) ratings.

1. Press the CHAN / button on the television or on the remote control to highlight the lowest(or highest) rating that you want to block(or unblock).

2. Press the VOL / button on the television or on the remote control to change it to B(or U). All higher(or lower) ratings will automatically change to B(or U).

3. Press MENU button on the television or on the remote control to return to the previous menu.

NOTE: The screen displays a background and the sound is muted if the television show you are trying to

watch is over the preset limit. T o watch these programs, reset the rating level.

CHILD LOCK Selecting “ON” lets you block the television’s front panel and all programs. In addi-

tion, the sound is muted. The CHILD LOCK will take effect when the television turns on next time.

CHANGE PASSWORD Allows you to change the password of the PARENTAL CONTROL menu. When

you select it, the following figure displays on the screen:

General description

NEW PASSWORD Enter a new password. Y ou can use number buttons to input a new password. CONFIRM Enter the same number to confirm the new password.

CHANGE PASSWORD

NEW PASSWORD ---CONFIR M ----

Troubleshooting (VHF / UHF reception)

The most common types of television interference are as follows:

SNOWY PICTURE

Snowy picture is usually due to weak signal. Adjust antenna or inst all an antenna amplifier.

DOUBLE IMAGE OR GHOSTS

Double images are usually caused by reflections from tall buildings. Adjust the direction of the antenna or raise it.

RADIO WAVE INTERFERENCE

Wavy patterns are moving on the screen, which are usually caused by nearby radio transmitters or shortwave receiving equipment.

HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTROTHERMAL INTERFERENCE

Diagonal or herringbone patterns appear on the screen or part of picture is missing. This is probably caused by high temperature electrothermal equipment in a nearby hospital.

NOTE:If one of these symptoms appears on the screen when the cable from a cable provider is connected, this may be due to the local cable company broadcast.

Troubleshooting

Most problems you encounter with your television can be corrected by consulting the Troubleshooting list that follows.

If the trouble still persists, contact the service center .

Troubleshooting

Problems Check

No picture or sound. Check if the power supply is plugged in.

Check if the power button is in the "on” position.

Picture is OK, no sound. Check if the volume control is set t o the minimum or mute position.

Check if the power button is in the "on" position. Check if the batteri es are exhausted or not connected well.

Remote control doesn't work

No television signal.

No external vid eo si gnal. Picture lacks color or picture

too dark.

All channels lose col or intermittently.

Make sure that there is no strong light striking the sensor wi ndow of the remotecontrol unit.

Check there are no obstacles before the sensor window of remote control unit.

Check if the TV/AV button is set to TV. Check if the anten na is connected correctly.

Check if the TV/AV button is set to AV.

Check if the color, bright, and con trast controls are correctly adj usted.

Check if the antenna is broken. Check if the antenna is di sconnected. Check if the antenna is dam aged.

Poor reception, loss of color with certain channels.

Diagonal stri pes appear on picture.

Picture has "snow" .

Ghost images appear.

Check if the channe l s are c orrectly tuned (see "Fine tuning" ) .

The receiver may be affected by interference fr om a nearby radio broadcasting tr ansmitter or by another televis i on receiver.

Check if the antenna is broken. Check if the antenna is di sconnected. Check if the antenna is dam aged.

Check if the anten na di rection has been changed by a storm or strong wi nd, Ghost images are caus ed by signals which have been reflected by a hill or large building. The direction of the antenna should be chosen for minimized ghost images.

Specifications

"Polaroid" and “Polaroid and Pixel” are trademarks of Polaroid Corporation, Waltham, MA, USA.

For service, support and warranty information, visit www.polaroid.com or in the US call 1-866-289-5168, in Canada call 1-866-301-7922 and in Mexico call 01-800-400-2443.

TTX-141

2 X 1W

Supplied accessories.

1. User’s Manual

2. Remote control

3. 2 AAA size batteries

For service, support and warranty information, visit www.polaroid.com call 1-866-289-5168 and in Canada call 1-866-301-7922.

14.82”(W) X 15.02”(H) X 14.35”(D)

24.2 lbs

“Polaroid” is a registered trademark of Polaroid Corporation of Waltham, MA USA and li-

censed for use on the TDX-141 to Petters Consumer Brands, LLC.