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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

DO NOT OPEN

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DO not defeat the safety feature of the,plug. _._d jcvide blade fits into the
wall socket only one way_ If you needan exten_i0n cord,make sure it
matches the plug of the TV. " ," • ' "

Operate TV only on 120 volts, 60 Hz'ACipower (normal house power).
For safety reasons, make sure any eqmppae, nl_or accessories connected to

this product bears the UL listing marV or if.purchased and used in Canada
the CSA certification mark. If in doubt, coritaCt qualified service person-

nel.

"dangerous voltage" inside' important instructions
the product that presents a _ accompanying the

risk of electric shock or
personal injury.

To prevent electric shock,, match wide blade of plug to wide
slot, fully insert•

Pour 0viter les chocs 01ecti'ique_, in_mduire la lame la plus
large de la fiche dans la borne corre_p0ndante de la prise et

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Note To Cable TV Installer

Product
Registration

FCC Regulations state that unauthorized changes or modifications to this
equipment may void the user's authority to operate it.

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.

Please fill out the product registration card and return it immediately.
Returning this card allows us to contac t 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 Warning, Product Registration

Quick Guide to Your TV

Using Your TV aod Remote

Startup 2-3

Hook up your TV, Plug in the TV, Put Batteries in the Remote,
Turn on the TV, Place Channels into Memory, Set the Time

Basic Tour of the Remote 4

Basic Button Layout and Functions

Menu Basics 5

Colors, Menu Buttons, Moving through the Menus

With Remote Buttons
With VCRs

With a Cable Box
With a Laserdisc Player

With Audio Equipment

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8-11

12-13

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Adjusting Your TV

Using Advanced Features

References

Overall Picture 16
Picture Settings I7

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

Sound Settings 18-19

Stereo, Expanded Stereo, SAP, Tone, Speakers

Placing Channels in Memory/Autoprogram
Naming the Channels

Setting the Sleep Timer
Setting the Alarm Clock
Watching Picture-in-Picture
Selecting a Language

Watching Closed Captioning

Setting Your TV for Antenna or Cable

Front Panel Buttons
Displays on the Screen

Trouble Checks
Limited Warranty

Order Form for Parts "

Glossary

Index

20
21

24-25

30-31

33-34

36-37

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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 your TV

Details are in the Connections
Guide.

2. Plug in the TV

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CONNECTIONS

GUIDE

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

you follow the steps below.

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

3. Put Batteries in the Remote

2

A. Pull off the cover of the battery

compartment.

B. Place the four AAA batteries as

shown, matching the 4- and --
end of each battery in the
compartment.

C. Replace the cover.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

4. Turn on the TV

Press TV on the remote.

OR

Press POWER on the TV.

5. Place all available
channels in memory

(AutoProgram)

Details for adding and deleting
channels are on page 20.

6. Set the Time

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12:21 AM 13

A° Press MENU'PROG until the

Setup menu is selected. This
menu is white.

B. Press MOVE • to start placing

channels in the TV's memory.

C. Wait until TV has cycled through

all the channels and returns to
original channel.

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 •

(down) to highlight it.

C. Press MOVE <1to set the hour.
D. Press MOVE • to set the

minutes.

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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 are on page 6.

D_PLA¥ _H_ SKIP

MU_ CHAN PR£VCH

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 8-15.

Menu Buttons

See next page for details.

Picture-in-picture buttons

Details are on pages 7 and 24-25.

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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
are explained in detail in Using the Advanced Features starting on page 20.

Yellow Green Light White

Blue

Colors

Menu Buttons

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

You can use the menu buttons on
the remote or the front of the TV.

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

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

Moving through the Menus

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l. Press MENU°PROG on the

remote or MENU on the front

panel to move .from menu to

menu.

2. Press MOVE A/v on the
remote or CHANNEL

up/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 +/- 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

POWER

Turns off the TV.
Turns off compatible VCRs.

Turns on a component after a
component button is pressed.

AUDIO, VCR, 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 8-15.

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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, Laserdisc Player and Audio

equipment on pa,_es8=15.

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/x 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 -I- and --

(Volume up and down)
Raises and lowers sound.

MUTE

Switches the TV sound on or off.

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.

REC (Record)

Starts recording onto tape.

STOP

Stops tape or laserdisc.

PAUSE

Pauses tape or laserdisc.

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 chan-

nels.

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

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 1 until 1--
appears on the screen. Then press

the other two numbers.

INPUT

Switches between the TV channels
and Video 00.

ANT A.B (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.PRO.G (Program)

Shows menus on the screen and
moves from menu to menu.

Sets VCR clock and programs
timer on VCR.

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 • (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.

PiP MOVE

Moves the small picture to the next
corner.

SWAP

Switches the channel in the small

picture with the big picture.

FREEZE
Freezes or unfreezes the small

picture.

RESET

Returns the picture adjustments to
the original settings.

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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. This remote may
not operate all models of 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

A°

Press VCR or VCR2 to turn
the VCR on.

Press the VCR buttons shown

B,

at the left. If your VCR does
not work program VCR or

VCR2 with a VCR code from
the list below.

A°

Point the remote at the VCR
and hold VCR.

B°

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

C.

Release VGR.

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.

VCR Codes

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

Akai ........................................ 03,22,23

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

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

Canon ............................................... 08

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

Citizen .............................................. 09

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

Curtis Mathes ........................ 00,08,15

Daewoo ............................................ 13

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

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

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

Emerson ...09,10,13,15,20,23,24,34,41

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

Funai ..................... ".......i.............. .....15

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

Goldstar ....................................... 09,14

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

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

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

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

JCPenney .......02,05,07,08,14,16,30,35

JVC ..................................... 02,14,16,30

Kenwood ........................... 02,14,16,30

Lloyd ................................................ 15

Magnavox ................................... 08,29

Marantz ................... 02,08,14,16,29,30

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

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

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

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

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

Panasonic ......................................... 08

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

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

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

Pioneer ................................... 05,16,33

ProScan ............................................. 00

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

Quasar .............................................. 08

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

Realistic .........02, 06,08, 09,12,15,19,43

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

Sansui ............................................... 16

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

Scott ....................................... 04,13,41

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

Sharp ..................................... 06,24,39

Shintom ................................ 17,26,31

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

Sylvania ................................ 08,15,29

Symphonic ....................... _........02,15

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

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

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

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

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

Toshiba ................................. 05,13,19

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

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

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

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

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

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

Wards ..................................................

............ 05,06,07,08,12,13,15,25,31,35

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

Zenith ......................................... 11,17

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

2. Highlight VCR1 Channel

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A. Press -IV to set the remote to

control the TV.

B. Press MENU.PROG to select the

Setup menu. This menu is
white.

A. Press MOVE • (down) to

highlight the VCR 1 Channel.

B. Press • to highlight the channel.

3. Enter channel number 13

Diagram used from the
Connection Guide:

4B, 5B 3 or 4 (same as 4 switch)

Set VCR1 Channel to:

A. Enter channel 00, 03, or 04.

Choose your setting from the
chartbelow. Press CHANNEL

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

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Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Basic Operation

If the remote operates your VCR, this page and the next will show you
how to use it for basic functions. See page 7for more details on buttons used

with your VCR.

Turn on the VCR

Turn off the VCR

A. Press channel 00 on the TV to

see what the VCR is doing.

B. Press VCR or VCR2 to set the

remote to control the VCR.

C. Press POWER to turn on the

VCR if it did not turn on when

you pressed VCR or VGR2.

A. Press VCR or VCR2 to set the

remote to control the VCR.

B. Press POWER.

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