RCA F27677BCJX1, F27677BCFE1, F27676BCJX1, F27676BCFE1, F25674GY Owner’s Manual

USER'S

GUIDE

Important Information

WARNING

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

this TV to rain or moisture.

Cautions

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PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SER-

VICE PERSONNEL.

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the product that presents a risk of electric shock or

personal injury.

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

slot, fully insert. Pour _viter les chocs _lectriques, introduire la lame la plus

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

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

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

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Note To Cable TV Installer

Product

Registration

Thisreminder 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.

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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.

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Table of Contents

Important Information

Quick Guide to Your TV

Using Your TV and Remote

Warning, Product Registration

Startup

Hook up, Plug in TV, Put Batteries in the Remote, Turn on the TV, Adjust Picture Tilt,

Place Channels into Memory, Set the Tkne

Basic Tour of the Remote

Basic Button Layout and Functions

Menu Basics

Colors, Menu Buttons, Moving through the Menus

With Remote Buttons With VCRs

With Satellite Receivers

With a Cable Box With a Laserdisc Pla3_er

With Audio Equipment

2-3

6-7

8210

12-13

Adjusting Your TV

Using Advanced Features

Overall Picture 16 Picture Settings 17

Color, Tint, Brightness, Sharpness, Autc_olor, Picture Reset

Sound Settings 18-19

Stereo, Expanded Stereo, SAP, Tone; Speakers

Placing Channels in Memory/Autoprogram Naming the Channels

Setting the Sleep Tuner Setting the Alarm Clock Watching Picture-in-Picture

Selecting a Language Watching Closed Captioning 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

21 22

24-25

, 29

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.

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CONNECTIONS

GUIDE

Hook up any antennas, cables or other eqtfipment to your TV before you follow the steps below.

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

shovm, matching the + and --

end ,ofeach battery in the compartment.

C. Replace the cover.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

4. Turn on the TV

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5. Place all available channels in memory

(AutoProgram)

Detailsfor addingand deleting channelsareonpage20.

Press TV on the remote.

Controls Alarm Adjust

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 start placing

channels in the TV's memory.

D. Wait tmtil TV has cycled

through all the channels and returns to original channel.

6. Set the Time

12:21 AM

ust

Setup

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. [f it is not, press MOVE •

(down) to highlight it.

C. Press MOVE • to 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 areon page 6.

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

Operates TV When remote is set to

control t_heTV. Operates the TV and advanced

features.

Component Buttons

Details areon pages8-15.

Menu Buttons.

See next pagefor details.

Picture-in-picture buttons

Details areon pages7 and 24-25.

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 TVat 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. Manymenu items

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

Yellow Green Light White

Blue

Colors

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•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 remote or the front of the TV.

Moving through the Menus

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. Press MENU°PROG on the

remote or MENU on the front panel to move from menu

to menu.

2. PressMOVE alvon the

remoteorCHANNEL

up/down on thefrontpanelto move up anddown through

thefealxtresinthemenu.

3. PressMOVE < and _ on the

remote orVOLUME +/"on the

frontpmel tomove leftand righton themenu lines.

Us=ngYour TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

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POWER Turns off the TV.

Turns off compatible VCRs. Turns on a component after a

component button is pressed.

AUDIO, VCR, VCR2.LD;

SAT.CABLE, TV

Sets the remote to control the component. VCR2oLD 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 onpages 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, Cable Box, Laserdisc Player and Audio

equipment on pages 8-15.

DISPLAY

Shows displays on the screen. Clears menus from the screen.

SKIP (Commercial Skip) Allows you to scan other chan-

nels dining commercials. Each pressacids 30 seconds. TV

switches back to original channel

when thee runs out. Press

CLEAR to cancel SKIP.

CHAN A and v (Channel up and down)

Scansup and down through

channels in the TV's memory. Moves through channels

in VCR's memory.

VOL + and - (Volume up and down)

Raisesandlowers sound.

MUTE

Switches the TV sound on or off.

PiP SWAP

.MOVE PiP FREEZE

REW (Rewind)

• Rewinds a tape or laserdisc.

Searches backward while tape or

laserdisc is playing.

PLAY Plays tape.9.1:_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 tapeor

laserdisc.

PREV C;H(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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REC STOP PAUSE

DISPLAY

MUTE

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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 char)"

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.

ANT A.B (Antenna) Used asTV/VCRbutton 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.

MOVE 4 and • (left and right)

Moves left and right on a menu line. See Menu Basics on page 5.

Changes a feature setting.

MOVEA .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.

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PIP SWAP

MOVE PIP MOVE

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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.

Using Your TV and.Remote •

With VCRs: Programming the Remote

Refer to the Connection Bookor the VCR"s owners manual to hookup your VCRs.

The remote may need to be programmed for your VCR. Use the codes below or on the sheet packed in with your remote.

1. Test the remote

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Press VCR or VCR2 to turn

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the VCR on.

B°

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

not work, programVCR or VCR2 with a VCR code from

the list below.

2. Program the remote for

yofir VCRs

VCR Codes

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

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

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

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

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

Capri_hart........................................... 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 ................................................. 15

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

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

H_-man Kardon ............................. 14

Hitachi .....:....... _................. 05,15,35,36

Instant Replay ....................... .....4.,.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 ""t ................... ":""......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 "

A. Point the remote at the VCR

and hold VCR.

B. Enter the code for your brand

from the code list below.

C. Release_ VCR. D. Press POWER. If nothing

happexLs, try pressing VCR and then POWER.

E. Repeal: A-D with another code

if the first one does not work or

if a second VCR is connected.

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

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

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

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

Shintom .......... ...................... 17,26,3 !

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

T0shiba ............................. ,_05,13,19

Totevisiort..... .........:................... 07,09

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

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

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

Video Concepts :.......... ....... i..._14,16

Videosonic..: ......... ....................... ,.07

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

............ 05,06,07,08,12,13,15,25,3i,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 VCR 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 "IVto 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

Diagram used from the Comtecfion Guide: Set VCR1 Channel to:

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1B, 1C, 2B,'2CI 3B, 3C, 4C, 5C 00

, 4B, 5B

3 or 4 (same as 3/4 switch)

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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.

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. Seepage 7for more details on buttons used

with your VCR.

Turn on the VCR

Turn off the VCR

Record one TV program and watch another

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vCR2"LD AUDIo

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REC STOP PAUSE

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DISPEAY SKIP

MUTE CHA_ PREVCH,

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CLEAR .,3 • ,oA RESET

PiP SWAP

A. Press channel 00 on the TV to

see what the VCR is doing.

B. Press VCR or VCR2 to set the

remote tocontrol the VCR.

C. Press POWER to turn on the

VCR if it did not turn on when

you pressed.VCR or VCR2.

A. Press VCR or VCR2 to set the

remote to control the VCR.

B. Press POWER.

A. Press VCR or VCR2 to set the

remote to control the VCR.

B. Tune the VCR to the channel

you wzmt to record using CHANNEL up and down or pressing two number buttons.

C. Press FIECORD to start

record_[ng.

D. Press TVNCR on the VCR. E. Press 1_4 to set the remote to

contro]t the TV.

Watch a tape in your VCR

F. Press CHANNEL up or down to

change channels on the TV.

G. To see the channel you are

recording, tune the TV back to channel 00.

A°

Turn on VCR.

Insert a tape in the VCR.

Press PLAY to start the tape playing.

Press c3TOP when you are finished.

Press REW to rewind the tape.

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