ProScan PS32108 Owner's Manual

Features

i Warning, Product Registration 1 Features

Quick Guide to Your TV

2-3 Startup 4 Basic Tour of the Remote

5 Menu Basics

Using Your TV and Remote

6-7 With Remote Buttons 8-11 With VCRs 12 With the DSS Receiver

13-14 With a Cable Box 15 With a Laserdisc Player

16 With Audio Equipment 17 With the Simple Remote 18 Simple Remote Codes

Adjusting Your TV

19 Overall Picture 20 Picture Settings

21-22 Sound Settings

Using Advanced Features

23 Placing Channels in Memory/Autoprogram 24 Naming the Channels

25 Setting the Sleep Timer 26 Setting the Alarm Clock 27-28 Watching Picture-in-Picture 29 Selecting a Language

29 Watching Closed Captioning

30 Setting Your TV for Antenna or Cable

References

31 Front Panel Buttons 32 Displays on the Screen

33-34 Trouble Checks

35 Limited Warranty 36 Glossary

Order Form for Parts Index

Important Information

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or

shock hazard, do not expose this TV to rain or moisture.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

TO 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

"dangerous voltage" inside the product that presents a

risk of electric shock or personal injury.

This symbol indicates

important instructions accompanying the product.

Cautions

CAUTION: To prevent electric shock, match wide blade of plug to wide

slot, fully insert.

ATTENCION: Pour _viter les chocs _lectriques, introduire la lame la plus

large de la fiche dans la borne correspondante de la prise et pousser jusq6 au fond.

Operate TV only on 120 volts, 60 Hz AC power (normal house power). FCC Regulations state that unauthorized changes or modifications to this

equipment may void the user's authority to operate it.

Note To Cable TV Installer

This reminder is provided to call your attention to Article 820-40 of the National Electrical Code (Section 54 of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1) which provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular,

specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical.

Product Registration

Please fill out the product registration card and return it immediately. Returning this card allows us to contact you if needed.

Keep your sales receipt to obtain warranty parts and service and for proof of purchase. Attach it here and record the serial and model numbers in case you ever need them. The numbers are located on the back of the TV.

Model No. Serial No. Purchase Date:

Dealer/Address/Phone:

PROSCAN

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Thank you for choosing ProScan. And welcome to our company-wide commitment to your complete satisfaction and viewing enjoyment.

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Quick Reference

Menu Operations with the Remote

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Press MENU,PROG on the remote

to move from menu to menu.

Alarm

12:21 AM 13

Controls Alarm

Press MOVE • or • on the remote to move up and down through the

features in the menu.

Alarm Ad

Press MOVE a or _ on the remote to move left and right on the menu

lines and adjust features.

Alarm Ad

Controls Alarm Ad

Important Information

Features

"YourProScan television is more than state-of-the-art technology. It's technology tailored to you. Features designed to deliver viewing and listening enjoyment beyond expectations. Innovation and simplicity of

operation become one--ProScan.

Creative Entertainment

•Channel Labeling lets you create your own eight-character label. See pages 24.

• Commercial Skip See page 6.

• Closed Captioning Seepage 29.

• Alarm Timer Seepage 26.

• Sleep Timer See page 25.

• Previous Channel Feature See page 6.

• 181 Channel Tuning Capability in U.S.A.

One Minute Manual

• On-Screen Menus in three languages for operation of all features Seepage 29.

• Autoprogramming automatically searches for and stores all active channels. Eliminates the need for manual set-up. See page 23.

• Frequency Synthesis Tuning automatically and accurately tunes each channel.

• Automatic VCR Setup: With the push of a button, your TV is ready for VCR play: Both TV and VCR turn on, and TV tunes to the correct channel or input.

Seepages 8-11.

• Automatic Cable Box Setup: With the push of a button, your TV is ready for cable box operation: Both TV and cable box turn on, and TV tunes to the correct

channel or input. See pages 13-14.

• On-Screen Clock

• Picture Reset See page 7 and 20.

Networking Gold Plated Phono Jacks for Superior Performance:

• Audio/Video Inputs including S-Video for VCR, LaserDisc player, camcorder, etc. See the Connections Guide.

• Audio Outputs. See the Connections Guide.

• An RF Input to allow direct connection to basic cable, a cable box, or another RF source. See the Connections Guide.

At Your Command

• The ProScan Remote Control: Operation is as easy as entering a channel. It operates all major ProScan TV, VCR, and LaserDisc player functions. It also operates the basic functions of many different VCR brands and brands of cable boxes, eliminating the need for additional remotes. It also operates basic functions of RCA Digital Satellite System Receivers.

At Your Service

Our Human Touch policy offers all these valuable benefits:

• 1-800-PROSCAN: Call our information service Monday through Friday, 9 a_m. to 6 p.m. EST, year round.

• Nationwide Authorized Independent Service Centers

• ProScan Limited Warranty for U.S.A.: Service of parts and labor for one year,

picture tube for two years. See page 35. A separate warranty for Canada is enclosed with all televisions sold in Canada.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

Follow the steps below to get your TV connected and ready for watching.

1. Set up your TV

CAUTION:Matching stands were designed to be used with the TV

models included in this book. The recommended stands are provided with hardware to secure the TV to the stand so that it cannot be easily

pulled off or tipped over.

Stands are not available by mail order. To locate your nearest RCA dealer call this toll-free number: 1-800-336-1900.

TV Model MatchingStands

PS27108 RB2710 PS32108 RB3106

If you choose not to use the stand recommended for your TV, take precautions that the stand or furniture the TV is placed on is properly

located and of adequate size and strength to prevent the TV from accidentally being tipped over or pulled off. This could cause damage to

the TV and or personal injury.

2. Hook up your TV

Hook up any antennas, cables or other equipment to your TV before you

follow the steps below. Details are in the Connections Guide.

3. Plug in the TV

4. Put Batteries in the Remote

Plug the cord into the outlet, matching the wide and the small end of the plug with the outlet.

A. Pull off the cover of the battery

compartment.

B. Place the four AAA batteries as

shown, matching the + and - end of each battery in the compartment. The simple

remote uses two AAA batteries.

C. Replace the cover.

5. Turn on the TV

Two remote controls are packed with your TV, a simple remote and

a universal remote. Both remotes will operate the TV and the menu

system, but the universal remote is used for description in this book.

Follow the same directions when using the simple remote.

Simple Remote Universal Remote

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Press TV on the universal remote or press POWER on the simple remote.

Press POWER on the TV.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

6. Adjust PICTURE TILT.

(Not all models have Picture Tilt)

Picture tilt is used to correct a tilted picture from the effect of the

Earth's magnetic field on a large picture tube. The PICTURE TILT

STRENGTH and POLARITY switches on the back of the TV

compensate for this effect. If the picture appears tilted, follow these steps to improve it.

You may need to reset the switches if the TV is moved or

repositioned in the room.

BACK OF TV

OFF HIGH

LOW

POLARITY

STRENGTH

PICTURE TILT

A. Make sure STRENGTH switch

is in the OFF position.

B. Move STRENGTH switch to the

LOW position. If this does not fully improve tilt, move

STRENGTH switch to HIGH. This should correct tilt. If

moving STRENGTH switch makes tilt worse, return it to

OFF and go to the next step.

C. Change the position of

POLARITY switch. If this improves the tilt but does not

fully improve it, move the STRENGTH switch to LOW or

HIGH. This should correct tilt.

7. Place all available

channels in memory (Autoprogram)

Details for adding and deleting channels are on page 23.

Controls Alarm Adjust

A. Press MENU,PROG until the

Setup menu is selected. This menu is white.

B. Press MOVE • to highlight

Autoprogram.

C. Press MOVE • to start placing

channels in the TV's memory.

D. Wait until TV has cycled through

all the channels and returns to original channel.

8. Set the Time

12:21 AM 13

A. Press MENU-PROG until the

Alarm menu is selected. This menu is green.

B. The Clock is automatically

highlighted the first time you set it. If it is not, press MOVE • to highlight it.

C. Press MOVE _ to set the hour. D. Press MOVE • to set the

minutes.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Basic Tour of the Remote

Basic information about your remote is shown below. This will give you a general idea of how your remote works. For more details, see pages 6-16.

TV Power Button

Volume and Channel Controls

Details are on page 6.

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Turns the TV on. Sets the remote to control the TV.

Operates TV when remote is set to control the TV.

Operates the TV and advanced features.

Component Buttons

Details are on pages 8-16.

Menu Buttons

Details are on page 5.

Picture-in-Picture Buttons

Details are on pages 7and 27-28.

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Controls components such as a VCR, laserdisc player, audio

equipment, and a cable box.

Changes the menus and features on the screen.

Used to watch two pictures on the TV at the same time.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Menu Basics

General information about using the on-screen menu system is shown !below. Details on using the remote buttons are on pages 6-7. Many menu items ,_reexplained in detail in Using the Advanced Features starting on page 23.

Colors

Yellow Green Light

Blue

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Controls Alarm Ad

White

Press MENU'PROG repeatedly to see each of the four menu colors.

Each menu has a different color

background as shown at the left.

Menu Buttons

These buttons are used with the TV's menus to adjust the features.

You can use the menu buttons on the TV's front panel or with either

one of the remotes packaged with your TV.

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'0 _0 _0 '0 _0 _0 _0 _0 _0

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Moving through the Menus

Controls Alarm

1. Press MENU.PROG on the

remote or MENU on the front panel to move from menu to

menu.

2. Press MOVE • or • on the remote or CHANNEL up or

down on the front panel to move up and down through

the features in the menu.

3. Press MOVE • and i* on the remote or VOLUME + or - on

the front panel to move left and

right on the menu lines.

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

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VCR2oLD AUDIO

REW PLAY FF

REC STOP PAUSE

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DISPLAY CHAN SKIP

MUTE CHA_t PREV CH

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CLEAR RESET

PIP SWAP

MOVE PIP FREEZE

POWER

Turns off the TV.

Turns off compatible VCRs. Turns on a component after a

component button is pressed.

AUDIO, VCR1, VCR2.LD,

DSS.CABLE, TV

Sets the remote to control the component VCR2. LD can only be

programmed for one component: either a VCR or a LaserDisc Player.

See Using the Remote with a VCR, Cable Box, Laserdisc Player and Audio equipment on pages 8-16.

TV Turns on the TV.

Shows the displays on the screen. Sets the remote to control the TV.

See Using the Remote with a VCR, Cable Box, Laserdise Player and Audio equipment on pages 8-16.

REW (Rewind)

Rewinds a tape. Searches backward while tape or

laserdisc is playing.

PLAY Plays a tape.

FF (Fast Forward)

Fast forwards a tape or laserdisc. Searches forward while tape or

laserdisc is playing.

REC (Record)

Starts recording onto tape.

STOP Stops tape or laserdisc.

PAUSE

Pauses tape or laserdisc.

DISPLAY Shows displays on the screen.

Clears menus from the screen.

SKIP (Commercial Skip)

Allows you to scan other chan- nels during commercials.

Each press adds 30 seconds. TV

switches back to original channel when time runs out. Press

CLEAR to cancel SKIP.

CHAN ^ and v (Channel up and down)

Scans up and down through

channels in the TV's memory. Moves through channels

in VCR's memory.

VOL + and -- (Volume up and down)

Raises and lowers sound

MUTE

Switches the TV sound on or off.

PREV CH (Previous Channel)

Changes back and forth between two channels.

Select a channel and then select another. Press PREV CH to

switch between the two channels.

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

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PiP _ SWAP

FREEZE

Number Buttons (0-9) Selects any channel number.

Two numbers must be pressed for

each channel. Press 0 and 6 for channel 6. For three digit chan-

nels, press and hold I until 1-- appears on the screen. Then press

the other two numbers.

INPUT Switches between the TV channels and Video 00/S-VID 00.

ANTENNA Used as TV/VCR button when

remote is set to control the VCR.

CLEAR Clears menus and displays from

the screen.

Clears items from VCR timer programs and VCR's clock.

MENU°PROG (Program) Shows menus on the screen and

moves from menu to menu.

Sets VCR clock and programs

timer on VCR.

RESET

Returns the picture adjustments to

the original settings.

MOVE < and • (left and right) Moves left and right on a menu line. See Menu Basics on page 5.

Changes a feature setting.

MOVE A and • (up and down) Moves up and down menus. See

Menu Basics on page 5.

PIP (Picture-in-Picture)

Turns the small picture on or off.

MOVE PIP Moves the small picture to the next

comer.

SWAP

Switches the channel in the small picture with the big picture.

FREEZE

Freezes or unfreezes the small picture.

EXPAND

Switches between Stereo and Expanded Stereo. Press to switch between the two different options.

Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Programming the Remote

Refer to the Connection Book or the VCR's owners manual to hook up your VCRs.

The remote may need to be programmed for your VCR. This remote may not operate all models of the brands that are shown below. Use the codes

below or on the sheet packed in with your remote.

1. Test the remote

2. Program the remote for your VCRs

R VCR1 DSSo_B_D

VCR2oLD AUDIO

REW P_Y FF

REC STOP PAUSE

r-,-i i_-i r--_-i

DISP_Y SKIP

0 0

MUTE CHA_ PREV CH

10 2 0 3 0

_0 _0 _0 _0 _0 _0

INPUT ANTENNA

0 o0 0

PiP /_. SWAP

FREEZE

PROSCAN

A°

B°

Press VOR or VOR2 to turn the VCR on.

Press the VCR buttons shown at the left. If your VCR does

not work, program VGR or VGR2 with a VCR code from

the list below.

A. Point the remote at the VCR

and hold VGR.

B. Enter the code for your brand

from the code list below.

C. Release VOR. D. Press POWER. If nothing

happens, try pressing VCR and then POWER.

E. Repeat A-D with another code

if the first one does not work or

if a second VCR is connected.

Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: VCR Codes

VCR Codes

Admiral ......................................... .06_

Aiwa ............................................... 15

Akai ................... .03,17,22,23,63,66

Audio Dynamics ........................ 14,16

Bell & Howell ...................................

Broksonic ........................................ 10

Candle ............... .07,09,13,44,45,46,52

Canon ....................................... .08,53

Capehart. ........................................ .01

Citizen ................ 07,09,13,44A5A6,52

Colortyme ...................................... 14

Craig .......................................... .07,12

Curtis Mathes ............ .00,07,08,14,15,

..................................... 44,46,53,64,67

Daewoo .......................... 13,45,52,76

dbx ............................................ J4,16

Dimensia ....................................... 00

Dynatech ....................................... 15

Electrohome ................................... .27

Emerson ..08,09A0,13,15,20,23,27,34,

........... .41,42,47,49,57,62,65,67,68,70

Fisher ................ .02,12,18,19,43A8,58

Funai .............................................. 15

GE ..................... ..00,07,08,32,37,53

Goldstar. ........................ 09,14,46,60

Harman Kardon ........................... 14

Hitachi .......................... .05,15,35,36

Instant Replay ............................. .08

JCL.................................................O8

JCPenney ............... .02,05,07,08,14,16,

......................................... 30,35,51,53

JVC ......................... 02,14,16,30A6,74

Kenwood ................ .02,14,16,30,44,46

KLH .............................................. .73

Lloyd's ........................................ 15

Logik.................................................31

Magnavox ....................... .08,29,53,56

Marantz....02,08,14,16,29,,30,44A6,61

Marta ............................................... 09

MEI ................................................ ..08

Memorex ......................... 08,09,12,15

MGA ......................................... 04,27

Midland. ........................................ .32

Minolta .................................... .05,35

Mitsubishi .................... 04,05,27,35,40

Montgomery Ward .................... ..06

MTC ......................................... .07,15

Multitech ......................... .07,15,31,32

NEC ........ .02,14,16,30,44A6,59,61,64

Panasonic ....................... .08,53,75,77

Pentax .................................. .05,35,44

Pentax Research +...................... .46

Philco ........................................ .08,29

Philips. ....................................... .08,29

Pioneer ........ ..05,16,33 (laser disc),50

Portland. ............................... 44A5,52

ProScan .......................................... .(30

Quartz ............................................. 02

Quasar ............................... ..08,53

RCA ......... .00,05,07,08,28,35,37,54,69

Realistic ........... .02,06,08,09,12,15,19,

............................................. .27,43,53

Samsung ..................... .07,13,22,32,42

Sansui ..................................... .16,71

Sanyo ........................................... 02,12

Scott .......................... .04,13,4L49,68

Sears ......... .02,05,09,12,18,19,35,43,48

Sharp ........................... 06,24,27,39,45

Shintom .......................... 17,26,3L55

Signature ......................................... 15

Sony ...................................... 17,26,38

Sylvania ..................... .08,15,29,53,56

Symphonic .................................... 15

Tandy ........................................ .02,15

Tashiko ......................................... 09

Tatung ........................................... .30

Teac .............................................. 15,30

Technics. ........................................ 08

Teknika ............................ .08,09,15,21

Toshiba ...................... .05,13,19,48,49

Totevision .................................. 07,09

TMK ............................................... .67

Unitech ....................................... .07

Vector Research .................. 14,16,44

Victor ............................................. 16

Video Concepts ................. ..14,16,44

Videosonic ..................................... .07

Wards ............ 05,06,07,08,0912,13,15,

.......................................... .25,27,31,35

Yamaha ...................... .02,14,16,30,46

Zenith .............................. 11,17,26,72

Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Setting the VCR1 Channel

The VCR 1 Channel works with VCR on the remote. If the VCR 1 Channel

is set, pressing VGR selects the channel to see the VCR picture. The VCR 1 Channel setting depends on which diagram you have used from the

Connection Guide. If you want to turn this feature off, set the VCR 1

Channel to Disable. Refer to the chart below for your setting.

1. Select the Setup Menu

Controls Alarm Ad

A. Press TV to set the remote to

control the TV.

B. Press MENUopROG to select the

Setup menu. This menu is white.

2. Highlight VCR1 Channel

Controls Alarm Ad

A. Press MOVE Y to highlight the

VCR 1 Channel.

B. Press I_ to highlight the channel.

3. Enter channel number

Controls Alarm Ad

A. Enter channel 00, 03, or 04.

Choose your setting from the chart below. Press CHANNEL

down until "Disabled" is displayed to turn the feature off.

Diagram used from the Connection Guide:

1B, 1C, 2B, 2C, 3B, 3C, 4C, 5C

4B, 5B

Set VCR1 Channel to:

3 or 4 (same as 3/4 switch)

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