RCA F32672SB User Manual

USER’S
GUIDE

COLOR TV

Important Information

WARNING

To reduce the risk of fire or
shock hazard, do not expose
this TV to rain or moisture.

Cautions

WARNING

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.

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

Pour éviter les chocs électriques, introduire la lame la plus
large de la fiche dans la borne correspondante de la prise et
pousser jusqú au fond.

Refer to the identification/rating label located on the back panel of this
product for the proper operating voltage.

For safety reasons, make sure any equipment or accessories connected to
this product bears the UL listing mark or if purchased and used in Canada
the CSA certification mark. If in doubt, contact qualified service personnel.

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

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
important instructions
accompanying the
product.

Note To Cable TV Installer

Product
Registration

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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
viewing 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.

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:____________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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Table of Contents

Important Information Warning, Product Registration ____________________________________ i

Quick Guide to Your TV Startup ____________________________________________________________________ 2-3

Hook up, Plug in 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

Basic 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
With a Cable Box _________________________________________________ 12-13
With a Laserdisc Player ____________________________________________ 14
With Audio Equipment

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Adjusting Your TV Overall Picture _________________________________________________________ 16

Picture Settings

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

Sound Settings ____________________________________________________ 18-19

Stereo, Expanded Stereo, SAP, Tone, Speakers

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Using Advanced Features Placing Channels in Memory/Autoprogram ____________ 20

Naming the Channels
Setting the Sleep Timer
Setting the Alarm Clock
Watching Picture-in-Picture
Selecting a Language ___________________________ 26
Watching Closed Captioning
Setting Your TV for Antenna or Cable

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References Front Panel Buttons __________________________________________________ 28

Displays on the Screen
Trouble Checks

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Limited Warranty
Order Form for Parts
Glossary
Index

__________________________________________________________________ 35

__________________________________________________________________ 36-37

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1

Quick Guide to Your TV

INPUT ANTENNA

SKIP

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REC STOP PAUSE

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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

3. Put batteries in the remote

Use This Book First!

CONNECTIONS

GUIDE

THIS GUIDE
SHOWS HOW
TO HOOK UP

YOUR TV

AND OTHER

COMPONENTS.

ToFind
Your Hook-up
Turn To
Page 1

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.

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.

4. Turn on the TV

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Press TV on the remote.

MENU CH VOL–VOL+POWERCH

Press POWER on the TV.

Quick Guide to Your TV

OFF

PICTURE TILT

STRENGTH

+ –

POLARITY

HIGH

LOW

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.

6. Place all available

channels in memory
(AutoProgram)

Details for adding and deleting
channels are on page 20.

BACK OF TV

13

Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

English

Autoprogram

Label: 13 clear
Channel Memory: 13 Stored
Cable/Air: Cable

Français Español

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.

A. Press MENU•PROG until the

Setup menu is selected. This
menu is white.

B. Press MOVE H to highlight

Autoprogram.

C. Press MOVE E to start placing

channels in the TV’s memory.

D. Wait until TV has cycled

through all the channels and
returns to original channel.

7. Set the time

12:21 AM 13

Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

Alarm: Off
Alarm Channel: 07
On Time: Disabled
Off Time: Disabled

Clock: Use –/+ to set time.

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 H
(down) to highlight it.

C. Press MOVE F to set the hour.

D. Press MOVE E to set the minutes.

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INPUT ANTENNA

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CLEAR RESET

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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.

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

INPUT ANTENNA

SKIP

PREV CH

REC STOP PAUSE

PLAYREW FF

CLEAR RESET

PIP SWAP

MOVE PIP FREEZE

MOVE

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DISPLAY

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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

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.

Yellow

Green

Light

White

Blue

Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

English

Autoprogram
Label
Channel Memory: 13 Stored
Cable/Air: Cable

Français Español

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

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

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Ch
Ca

Moving through the Menus

Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

English

Français Español

Autoprogram
Label clear
Channel Memory: 13 Stored
Cable/Air: Cable

1. Press MENU•PROG on the
remote or MENU on the front
panel to move from menu
to menu.

2. Press MOVE 4/3on the
remote or CHANNEL up/down
on the front panel to move up
and down through the features
in the menu.

3. Press MOVE F and E 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

INPUT ANTENNA

SKIP

PREV CH

REC STOP PAUSE

PLAYREW FF

CLEAR RESET

PIP SWAP

MOVE PIP FREEZE

MOVE

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DISPLAY

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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,
SAT•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.

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 chan­nels during commercials.

Each press adds 30 seconds. TV
switches back to original channel
when time runs out. Press

CLEAR to cancel SKIP.
CHAN 2and

1

(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.

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 channels.

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Using Your TV and Remote

INPUT ANTENNA

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PREV CH

REC STOP PAUSE

PLAYREW FF

CLEAR RESET

PIP SWAP

MOVE PIP FREEZE

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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 chan­nels, 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/S-VID 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•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 F and E (left and right)
Moves left and right on a menu
line. See Menu Basics on page 5.

Changes a feature setting.

MOVE G and H (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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Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Programming the Remote

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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. Use the codes
below or on the sheet packed in with your remote.

2.Program the remote for

your VCRs

1.Test the remote

A. Press VCR or VCR2 to turn

the VCR on.

B. Press the VCR buttons shown

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 VCR.
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.

INPUT ANTENNA

SKIP

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

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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.

A.Press TV to set the remote to

control the TV.

B. Press MENU•PROG to select the

Setup menu. This menu is
white.

A.Press MOVE H (down) to

highlight the VCR 1 Channel.

B. Press E to highlight the channel.

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.

1. Select the Setup Menu

2. Highlight VCR1 Channel

3. Enter channel number

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Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

English

Français Español

Autoprogram
Label 13 clear
Channel Memory: 13 Stored
Cable/Air: Cable

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Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

English

Français Español

Autoprogram
Label 13 clear
Channel Memory: 13 Stored
Cable/Air: Cable

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Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

English

Français Español

Autoprogram
Label 13 clear
Channel Memory: 13 Stored
Cable/Air: Cable

Diagram used from the
Connection Guide:

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

4B, 5B

Set VCR1 Channel to:

00
3 or 4 (same as 3/4 switch)

VCR 1 Channel: 03

VCR 1 Channel: 00

A. Press VCR or VCR2 to set the

remote to control the VCR.

B. Press POWER.

Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Basic Operation

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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 VCR2.

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

with your VCR.

INPUT ANTENNA

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Turn off the VCR