RCA F19253BCFJ1 Owner’s Manual

USER'S

GUIDE

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Important Information

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or
shock hazard, do not expose

this TV to rain or moisture.

Cautions

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK,

DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

DO NOT OPEN

This symbol indicates
"dangerous voltage" inside
the product that presents a

risk of electric shock or
personal injury.

CAUTION:
To prevent electric shock, match wide blade of plug to wide
slot, fully insert.

ATTENTION:
Pour dviter les chocs _lectriques, introduire ]a lame la plus
large de la fiche dans la borne correspondante de la prise et
pousser jusq_ 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.

SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SER-
VICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

important instructions

This symbol indicates

accompanying the
product.

CAUTION: If fixed (non-moving) images are left on the screen for long
periods, they may be permanently imprinted on the screen. Such images

include network logos, phone numbers, and video games. Extended view-
ing of channels displaying these images should be avoided.

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, m 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:

Table of ContentS

Important Information

Quick Guide to Your TV

Using Your Remote

Warning, Product Registration

Startup 2-3

Hook up your TV,Plug in the TV,Put Batteriesin the Remote,
Turnon the TV, Place Channels in Memory, Set the Time

Basic Tour of the Remote 4

Power, Volume, Channel, Components buttons

Menu Basics 5

Colors, Menu Buttons, Moving through the Menus

With Remote Buttons 6-7
With VCRs 8-10

Programming, setting the VCR 1 Channel, Basic Operation

With Satellite Receivers 11
With a Cable Box 12-13

With Laserdisc Players i4

With Audio Equipment 15

Adjusting Your TV

Overall Picture 16
Picture Settings 17

Color, Tint, Brightness, Sharpness, Autocolor, Picture Reset

Sound Settings 18

Stereo, Tone

Using Advanced Features Placing Channels in Memory/Autoprogram •

Naming the Channels
Setting the Sleep Timer
Setting the Alarm Clock

Watching Closed Captioning

Selecting a Language
Setting Your TV for Antenna or Cable

References Front Panel Buttons

Displays on the Screen
Trouble Checks

Limited Warranty
Order Form for Parts

Glossary
Index

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20
21
22

23
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24

25
26

27-28

29

30-31

32
33

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

The steps below will get your TV connected and ready for watching. For

more details, see the page numbers listed.

1. Hook up you r TV

Details are in the Connections
Guide.

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

you follow the steps below.

CONNECTIONS

GUIDE

2. Plug in the TV

3. 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.

C. Replace the cover.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

4. Turn on the TV

5. Place all available
channels in memory

(Autoprogram)

Detailsfor addingand deleting
channelsareon page19.

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PressTV on theremote.

OR

Press POWER on the TV.

A. Press MENU*PROG until the

Setup menu is selected. This
menu is white.

B. Press MOVE • to highlight

Autoprogram.

C. Press MOVE • to starfplacing

channels in the TV's memory.

D°

Wait until TV has cycled

through all the channels and
returns to original channel.

6. Set the Time 2:21 AM 13

A. Press MENUoPROG un_ 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.

F. Press CLEAR to remove the

menus from the screen, or the
menus will automatically

disappear from the screen, after
a brief period of time.

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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 6-15.

TV Power Button

Volume and Channel Controls

Details areon page 6.

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

Operates TV when remote is set to
control the IV.

Operates the TV and advanced
features.

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Component Buttons

Details are on pages 8-15.

Menu Buttons

Seenext pagefor details.

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Controls components such as a
VCR, laserdisc player, audio

equipment, satellite receiver and a
cable box.

Changes the menus and features

on thescreen.

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.Quick Guide to YourTV

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

are explained in detail in Using the Advanced Features starting on page 19.

Colors

Menu Buttons
The menu buttons are used to
adjust the features in the TV's

menus. Both the menu buttons on
the remote or the front of the TV

will move through the menus. See

"Moving through the Menus" below.

Yellow Green Light White

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'0 20 30
40 sO 60

'0 _0 '0

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Press MENU*PROG l:epeatedly to
see each of the four menu colors.

Each menu has a different color
background as shown at the left.

Moving through the Metros

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1. Press MENU.PROG on the
remote or MENU on the front

panel to move from menu to
menu.

2. Press MOVE • and • 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 • on the

remote or VOLUME + or - on

the front panel to move left and
right on the menu lines.

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Using Your TV and Remote, ,,

With Remote Buttons

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DISPLAY SKIP

MUTE PREV CH

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CHAN

POWER

Turns off the TV.
Turns off compatible components.

Turns on a component after a
component button is pressed.

AUDIO, VCR1, VCR2,LD,
SAT,CABLE, TV

Sets the remote to control the
component. VCR2e LD can only be

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

See Using the Remote with a VCR,
Satellite Receiver, Cable Box, Laserdisc

Player and Audio equipment on
pages 8-15.

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,
Satellite Receiver, Cable Box, Laserdisc

Player and Audio equipment on

pages 8-15.

REC (Record)

Starts recording onto tape.

STOP
Stops tape or laserdisc.

PAUSE

Pausestape or laserdisc.

DISPLAY
Shows displays on the screen.

Clears menus from the screen.

SKIP (Commercial Skip)

Allows you to scanother
channels during corm'nercials.

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.

REW (Rewind)

Rewinds a tape or laserdisc.
Searches backward while tape or

laserdisc is playing.

PLAY

Plays tape or laserdisc.

FF (Fast Forward)

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

laserdisc is playing.

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.

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Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

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DISPLAY SKIP

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Number Buttons (0-9)
Selectsarty channel number.

Two numbers must be pressed for

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

channels, 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.

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 • and Y (up and down)

Moves up and down. menus. See
Menu Basics on page 5.

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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, but may not

operate all models of the brands listed 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

VCR Codes

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

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

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

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

Candle ................ 0709,13,44,45,45,52

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

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

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

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

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

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

............................. ........... 44,45,53,64,67

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

dbx .................. :............................ 14,16

Dynatech .......................................... 15-

Electrohome ........... ,... .................... 2.7

Emerson .:.......... 08,09,10,13,15,20,23,

...................................... _7,34,41,42,47

Fisher .................. 02,12,18,19,43,48,58

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

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

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

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

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

Instant Replay .................... :....... ....;08

JCL .............. ...................................... 08

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

•:.............................. :..........30,35,51,53

JVC..... .:........ _......... ...02,14,16,30,46,74:

Kenwood ................. 02,14,16,30,46,47

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

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

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

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

Marantz....02,08,14,16,29,30,44,46,61

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 .......... 02,14,16,30,44,46,59,61,64

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

Yentax ..........................'...........0535,44

Pentax Reseat .................................. 46

Philco ................................. 08,29,35,56

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

Pioneer ................................... 05,1623

Portland .................................. 44,45,52

•,ProScan.._.......................................... O0

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

"-Quasar ......"............................... :..08,53

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

Radio Shack .......02,06,08,09,12,15,19

A. Press VCR1 or VCR2.LD to turn

the VCR on.

B. Press the VCR buttons shown at

the left. If your VCR does not
work, program VCR1 or

VCR2°LD with a VCR code
from the list below.

Point the remote at the VCR

A.

andhold VCR1 or VCR2°LD.

B.

Enter the code for your brand
from the code list below.

C.

Release VCR1 or VCR2*LD.

D.

Press POWER. If nothing
happens, try pressing VCR1

and then POWER.

E,

Repeat A-D with another Code
if the first one does not work or

if a second VCR is connected.

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

Samsung .................. 07,13,22,32,42,48

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

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

Scott .............................. 04,13,41,49,68

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

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

Shintom ............................. 17,26,31;55

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

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

Symphonic ..15

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

Tashil<o ....... ...................................... 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,

................................................. 25,3135

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

Zenith ......... ::.............. _.....11,17,26,72

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Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Setting the VCR 1 Channel

The VCR 1 Channel works with VCR1 button on the remote. Ifthe VCR 1
Channel is set, pressing VCR1 selects the channel to see the VCR picture.

TheVCR 1 Channel sett_g 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

2. Highlight VCR1 Channel

Controls

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A: Press TV to set the remote to

control the TV.

B. P;ressMENU-PROG to select the

Setup menu. This menu is
white.

A. Press MOVE • to highlight the

VCR 1 Channel.

B.-Press MOVE • tohighlight the

channel.

3. Enter channel number

:Diagram used from the

Connection Guide:

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

4B,5B

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Set VCR 1 Channel to:

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3 or 4 (same as 3/4 switch)

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.

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