RCA F32672SBJX1, F32672SBFM1 Owner’s Manual

USER'S

GUIDE

Important Information

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Table of Contents

Important Information

Quick Guide to Your TV

Using Your TV and Remote

Adjusting Your TV

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 Time

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 a Cable Box

With a Laserdisc Player With Audio Equipment

Overall Picture 16

Picture Settings 17

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

2-3

6-7

8-11

12-13

14 15

Using Advanced Features

References

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

24-25

30-31

33-34

36-37

22 23

28 29

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

3. Put Batteries in the Remote

CONNECI'IONS

GUIDE

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

!i!i!

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

Press TV on the remote. Press POWER on the TV.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

5. Adjust PICTURE TILT.

Picture tilt is used to correct a tilt- ed 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 switch-

es if the TV is moved or reposi- tioned in the room.

6. Place all available

channels in memory

(AutoProgram)

Details for adding and deleting Channelsare on page 20.

BACK OF TV

POLARITY

PICTURE TILT

Controls Alarm Ad

OFF

LOW

STRENGTH

HIGH

A. Make sure STRENGTH switch

is in the OFF position.

B. Move STRENGTH switch to tile

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.

Press MENU°PROG until the Setup menu is selected. This

menu is white. Press MOVE • to highlight

Autoprogram. Press MOVE b"to start placing

channels in the TV's memory.

7. Set the Time 12:21 AM

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 • tO set the hour. D, Press MOVE I_ 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.

Picture-in-picture buttons

Details are on pages 7 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 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.

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 fr0ntof the TV.

Yellow Green

Controls Alarm

Light White

Blue

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

1. Press MENU,PROG on the

remote or MENU on the front panel to move from menu to

menu.

2. Press MOVE •/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.

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, VCR2oLD, 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.

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 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

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 atape 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 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 AoB(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.

MOVE '4 and b"(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

comer.

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.

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

1. Test the remote

A°

Press VGR or VGR2 to turn

the VCR on.

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.

2. Program the remote for your VCRs

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

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.

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

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

Scars .............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 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

Controls Alarm Ad

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 I_ to highlight the channel.

3. Enter channel number

Diagram used from the Connection Guide: _ Set VCR1 Channel to:

Controls Alarm Ad

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

4B, 5B 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.

Using You 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 VCR2.

A. Press VCR or VCR2 to set the

remote to control the VCR,

B. Press POWER.

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