RCA F32632, G32643 User Manual

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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.

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Cautions

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

slot, fully insert.
ATTENTION:

Pour _viter les chocs _ectriques, introduire la lame la plus
large de la fiche dans la borne correspondante de la prise et
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Refer to the identification/rating label on the back of this product for the
proper operating voltage.
FCC Regulations state that unauthorized changes or modifications tothis
equipment may void the user's authority to operate it.

Note To Cable TV Installer

CAUTION: If fixed (non-moving) image s 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.

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

Pleasefillouttheproductregistrationcardand returnitimmediately.
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Keep yoursalesreceipttoobtainwarrantypartsand serviceand forproof
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caseyou everneed them. The numbers arelocatedon thebackoftheTV.

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Table.of Contents

Important Information

Warning, Product Registration

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup 2-3

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

Basic Tour of the Remote 4

Button Layout and Functions

Menu Basics 5

Colors, Menu Buttons, Moving through the Menus

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons 6-7

With VCRs. 8-10

With a Satellite Receiver. 11

With a Cable Box 12-13
With a Laserdisc Player 14

.With Audio Equipment 15

Adjusting Your TV

Overall Picture 16
Picture Settings 17

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

Sound Settings 18-19

Stereo, Expanded Stereo, SAP, Tone, Speakers

Using Advanced Features

Placing Channels in Memory/Autoprogram
Naming the Channels
Setting the Sleep Tuner
Setting the Alarm Clock
Selecting a Language

Watching Closed Captioning

Setting Your TV for Antenna or Cable

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References Front Panel Buttons

Displays. on the Screen
Trouble Checks

Limited Warranty
Order Form for Parts

Index

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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.

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

2. plug in the TV

Plug the cord into the outlet,

matching the wide and the small
end of the plug with the outlet.

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3. Put Batteries in the Remote

4. Turn on the TV

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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.

Press "IVon the remote, or
press POWER on the TV.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

5. Adjust 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

POLARITY STRENGTH

PICTURE TILT

HIGH

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Make sure STRENGTH switch
is in the OFF position.
Move STRENGTH switch to the

LOW position. If this does not
fully improve _It, 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.
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.

6. Place all available
channels in memory
(Autoprogram)

Detailsfor adding and deleting
channelsareonpage20.

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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 aU the channels and
returns to original channel.

7. Set the Time

12:21 AM

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A. PressMENU-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 6-15.

TV Power Button

Volume and Channel Controls

Details are on page 6.

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.

Controls components such as a

•VCR, laserdisc player, audio

equipment, satellite receiver and
a cable box.

Changes the menus and features

on the screen.

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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.

Colors

Yellow Green Light White

Blue

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Controls Alarm

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

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.

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

panel to move from menu

to menu.

PressMOVE • and _' on the
remote or CHANNEL up and

down (CHAN ^ and v) on the
front panel to move up and

down through the featur.es in
the menu.

Press MOVE "# and • on the

remote or VOLUME + and - 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 components.
Turns on a component after a

component button is pressed.

AUDIO, VCR1, VCR2oLD,
SAT'CABLE, TV

Setsthe remote to control the
component. VCR2oLD canonly 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.

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
Pausestape or laserdisc.

DISPLAY

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

SKIP (Commercial Skip)
Allows you to scanother
channels during commercials.

Each press adds 30 seconds. TV

switches back to original channel

when time runs out. Press
CLEAR to cancel SKIP.

CHAN A and v
(Channel up and down)
Scans up and down through

channelsintheTV's memory.
Moves throughchannels

in VCR's memory.

VOL -!- and --
(Volume up and down)

Raisesand lowerssound.

MUTE

Switches the TV sound on or off.

PREV CH (Previous Channel)

Changes back and forth between

two _els.

Select a channel and then select

another.PressPREV CH to

switch between the two channels.

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Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

Number Buttons (0-9)
Selectsany channel nuLmber.

Two numbers must be pressed for
each channel. Press 0 and 6 for

channel 6. For three digit
channels, press and hold 1 until 1-
appears on the screen. Then press

the other two numbers.

INPUT

Switches between the "IV 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.

MENUopROG (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 I_ (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.

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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.

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

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 ......................... L..t ................. 14,16

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

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

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

....................................... 27,34,41,42,47

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

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

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

Go!ds_ .............................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

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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

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

Pentax Resear .................................. 46

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

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

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

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

ProScgn.................. ,.......................... 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

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Press VCR1 or VCR2-LD to
turn the VCR on.

PresstheVCR buttonsshown
attheleft.Ifyour VCR does

.notwork,program VCR1 or

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

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E.

Point the remote at the VCR

and hold VCR1.

Enter the code for your brand

from the code list below.
Release VCR1.
Press POWER. If nothing

happens, try pressing VCR1
and then POWER.

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

if a second VCR is connected.

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................................................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

Syxnphonic ................. :..................... 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,

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

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. If the VCR 1

Channel is set, pressing VCR1 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

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A. Press "D/to set the remote to

control the TV.

B. Press MENUoPROG to select the

Setup menu. This menu is
white.

2. Highlight VCR1 Channel

Alarm

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A. Press MOVE • to highlight the

VCR 1 Channel.

B. Press MOVE _ to highlight the

channel.

3. Enter channel number

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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: j Set VCR 1 Channel to:

1B' iC, 2B, 2C, 3B, 3C' 4C, 5C .... _i! 00

4B, 5B

i 3 or 4 (same as 3/4 switch)

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