RCA RLC3708A-B User Manual

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Model: RLC3708A-B

CON T EN T S

English

SAFETY

PRECAUTION

IMPORTANT SAFETY

INSTRUCTION

ACCESSORIES

GETTING

STARTED

CONTROL

REFERENCE GUIDE

CONNECTIONS

Remote Control Front View Back View Bottom View

Antenna Connection AV Connection Y Pb Pr Connection HDMI Connection VGA Connection Headphone Connection Power Cord Connection Coax(SPDIF) Connection

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WALL MOUNT

INSTALLATION

INITIAL SETUP

TV SETUP

Putting The Unit On A Proper Place Turning The Unit On For The First Time

Source selection Main menu Picture Menu Sound Menu Channel Menu Parental Control Setup Menu Other Menu

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CON T EN T S

DISPLAY MODE

SPECIFICATION

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

PC Formats Video Formats

TV Symptom

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SAFETY CLASS :This is an IEC safety class I product

and it must be grounded for safety.

SAFETY PRECAUTION

CAUTION MARKING WAS LOCATED AT THE REAR

OF THE APPARATUS.

WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK，DO NOT REMOVE COVER（OR BACK） NO USER SERVICEABLE PART S INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle,is intended to

alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage”within the product's enclosure that may beof sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.

The exclamation point within an equilateral Triangle is intended to alert the user to The presence of important operating and

maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance.

CAUTION

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DANGER OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS INCORRECTLY REPLACED. REPLACE ONLY WITH THE SAME OR EQUIVALENT TYPE.

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USE OF CONTROLS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR PERFORMANCE OF PROCEDURES OTHER THAN THOSE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS RADIATION EXPOSURE.

WARNING:

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC

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SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. TO REVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD, DO NOT

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EXPOSE THIS UNIT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. DO NOT PLACE OBJECTS FILLED WITH LIQUIDS ON OR NEAR THIS UNIT.

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SHOULD ANY TROUBLE OCCUR, DISCONNECT THE AC POWER CORD AND REFER SERVICING TO A QUALIFIED TECHNICIAN.

PLACEMENT INFORMATION

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Do not use this unit in places that are extremely hot, cold, dusty or humid.

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Do not restrict the airflow of this unit by placing it somewhere with poor airflow, by covering it with a cloth, by placing it on bedding or carpeting.

SAFETY INFORMATION

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When connecting or disconnecting the AC power cord, grip the plug and not the cord itself. Pulling the cord may damage it and create a hazard.

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When youare not going to use the unit for a long period of time, disconnect the AC power cord.

RATING PLATE LOCATION

The rating plate is located on the rear of the unit.

FCC STATEMENTS

NOTE: This unit has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This unit generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communication. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this unit does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the unit off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

- Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

- Increase the separation between the unit and receiver.

-Connect the unit into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

- Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING:

Changes or modifications to this

not expressly approved by the party responsible

unit for compliance could void the user authority to operate the unit.

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS

1)Read these instructions.

2)Keep these instructions.

3)Heed all warnings.

4)Follow all instructions.

5)Do not use this apparatus near water.

6)Clean only with a dry cloth.

7)Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

8)Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators, heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus (Including amplifiers) that produce heat.

Do not defect the safety purpose of the

9) polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug has two blades with one wider than the other. A groundingtype plug has two blades and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong is provided for your safety. If the provided plug does not fit into your wall outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet.

Protect the power cord from being walked on

10) or pinched particularly at plugs, convenience receptacles, and the point where they exit from the apparatus.

Only use attachments / accessories specified

11) by the manufacturer.

12)Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the apparatus. When a cart is used, use caution when

moving the cart / apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip-over.

Unplug this apparatus during lightning

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Storms or when unused for long periods of time.

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Refer all servicing to qualified service

personnel. Servicing is required when the apparatushas been damaged in any way,

such as the power cord or plug is damaged,

liquid has been spilled or objects have fallen into the apparatus, the apparatus has been exposed to rain or moisture, does not operate normally, or has been dropped.

o prevent electric shock, ensure the grounding

15)T pin on the AC cord power plug is securely

connected.

CONTROL REFERENCE GUIDE

REMOTE CONTROL

1.STANDBY To switch on the TV or make the TV into standby mode.

2.MUTE Press this button to mute or restore sound.

3.INFO Show the information of the program you are watching.

4.SOURCE Press this button to select an input source.

5.PMODE Press this button to select a picture mode for different picture qualities.

6.SMODE Press this button to select sound setting for dif sound effects.

7.0-9 Allows you to change the channel of the TV.

8. Switches back and forth between the current and previous channels.

9.SLEEP To select the amount of time before your TV turns Off automatically.

10.VOL+/VOLIncreases/Decreases the Volume control.

11. CH+/CHSkips to the next/previous channel on TV mode.

12.UP/DOWN/LEFT/RIGHT Moves the cursor upward/downward/to the left/to the right when making a selection.

13.MENU Displays the OSD Menu of the TV

14.CC Press the button to enter into the CC mode.

15.MTS To change among STEREO, MONO and SAP. If there is no second language available for the signal received, LCD Display audio will output to mono.

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Universal Remote Code: 1218

16.ENTER Press to confirm selections on a menu screen.

17.Exit Press this button to exit the on screen display

18.EPG

Press this button to select the electronic programme guide in DTV mode.

19. FAV Press this button to show the favourite list.

20. FAV+/FAVPress this button to go through the FAV channel list.

LCD

TV SETUP

1. Press the button on the remote control.

Use or button to select the optionsthe

(TV,AV,YPbPr, HDMI1,HDMI2,HDMI3,PC)

and select any of th em using the button or

ENTER

the button.

(The screen will change to your desired s).

Note: Before watching please ma ke sure all necessary cables and devices are connected.

Main MENU

ource

Press MENU to display the main menu or return to the previous menu or close the main menu.

Press ◄/► to high light the desired menu icon, and press ENTER to select. If no buttons are pressed, the menu will close automatically after about 10 seconds.

Main Menu Description

Picture Menu

Adjust your picture settings. The operations are slightly different among different source.

Sound Menu

Adjust the sound settings.

TV SETUP

Channel Menu

Customize your channel settings.

Parental Control Menu

Set program rating control.

ENTER

Setup Menu

Select closed caption options, language and time.

Other Menu

Set the OSD blue background, whether auto power off if no signal or no operation, clear all user settings, etc.

TV SETUP

Picture Menu

Press ▲/▼ to highlight one of the following options, then press ENTER or ► to enter next submenu to adjust it. Press EXIT to clear on-screen menu or MENU back to the previous menu.

Picture Settings

Adjust the picture quality including brightness, contrast, color, tint, sharpness.

Screen Size

Press ◄/► to select the display aspect ratio till the picture is fit onto the screen. The operations are different according to different input source.

PC Settings

The item is available only for PC DB15 input mode.

Color Temperature

Press ◄/► to select the color temperature that you feel comfortable.

Cool Gives white colors a blue tint. Normal Warm

Gives white colors a neutral tint. Gives white colors a red tint.

Advanced Picture Settings

The Item is some special picture feature.

TV SETUP

Picture Settings

When Picture Mode is set to User, the following setting can be manually adjusted.

Press PMODE shortcut button on the remote control to select picture mode directly.

Picture Mode

Highlight the item and Press ◄/► to select Standard/ Movie/ User/ Dynamic.

Standard Produces a highly defined image in a normally lit room. Movie Produces a highly defined image in gentle lit room. User Select to customize picture setting. Dynamic Produces a highly defined image in a bright lit room.

Highlight the item and press ►, and a process bar appears, then press ◄/► to adjust the value.

int is available when analog TV or NTSC-system AV.

T Press MENU to back the Picture Settings menu.

Brightness

Adjust darkness of black sections in the picture.

Contrast

Adjust the white level of the picture.

Color

Adjust the color intensity of the picture.

Tint

Adjust the hue( Red, Green, Blue) of the picture.

Sharpness

Object edges are enhanced for picture detail.

TV SETUP

PC Settings

PC Settings Menu is aviliable only in PC DB15 mode. Press ▲/▼ to highlight one of the following options, then press ENTER to select it.

Auto Adjust

Automatically adjust Clock, Phase, H-Position and V-position settings.

Horizontal Position

Shift the screen slightly to left or right.

Vertical Position

Shift the screen slightly up or down.

Clock

Adjust the DB 15 Picture signal sampling clock rate.

Phase

Adjust the DB 15 Picture signal sampling phase. It maybe af maybe result the interference.

Reset

Reset the parameters of current menu to default value.

fect the definition. Wrong value

TV SETUP

Advanced Picture Settings

Press ▲/▼ to highlight the item and press ENTER or ► to display the submenu as following.

Dynamic Contrast Off/ Low/ Medium/ High

The system will adjust the luminance curve by analyzing the picture content dynamically.

Film Mode Off/ On

For the 2:2 or :2 format signal of cinema, enable special pixel process to reduce the flick of

moving area.

Noise Reduction Of

You can clear up analog TV signal by reducing the dot noise. This feature is not available at

PC source.

MPEG Noise Reduction Off/ Low/ Medium/ High

Similar with the Noise Reduction, you can set to reduce the block noise.

f/ Low/ Medium/ High

TV SETUP

Sound Menu

Sound Settings

Set the sound mode, and Bass/ Treble/ Balance.

Surround Mode Set to enjoy the virtual surround sound. Press ENTER to set or cancel.

AVL

Auto Volume Level. Press ENTER to set or cancel. When AVL is set on, it will limit the sound being heard when sudden changes in volume occur during commercial breaks or channel changes. Usually be enabled at night.

Analog Sound

vailable at analog TV channels, SAP/ Stereo/ Mono

Set the preferred sound track of analog channels. Stereo and SAP ecist on some channels.

Generally SAP is a second language sound or help the people with hearing impair.

Digital Sound

Available at digital TV channels, English/ French/ Spanish Set the preferred sound track of digital channels, French and Spanish exist on some channels.

Digital Audio Output PCM/ Raw/ Of Set the audio output type of coax or optical terminal. Raw means output the original format of audio stream. PCM can be matched with most AV amplifiers.

Equalizer Settings

Adjust the curve of 7 bands equalizer

TV SETUP

Sound Settings

Sound Mode Standard/ Soft/ User/ Dynamic

Only in User mode, the following items can be adjusted.

Bass

Adjust the low frequency band response.

Treble

Adjust the high frequency band response.

Balance

Adjust the level of sound coming from the left or right speaker.

Adjust the Bass/ Treble/ Balance

1.Set sound mode to User.

2.Highlight the item and press ► to display the submenu, the press ◄/► to adjust the value.

TV SETUP

Equalizer Settings

Mode Off/ Rock/ Pop/ Jazz/ User( only in User mode, the following can be manually adjusted.)

Adjust Equalizer Settings

Based on your favorites about which frequency band need to be adjusted, make small adjustment with certain frequency band at a time. Suggest NOT making too large changes.

1.Set mode to User.

2.Press ▼ to select the first( 100Hz) item, then press ◄/► to select the band to be turned.

Press ▲/▼ to adjust the value.

Channel Menu

Note: The menu is available only at TV source.

TV SETUP

Channel List

You can view all the channels and choose one quickly.

“ABC”: Label of the Channel. Press ▲/▼ to highlight a channel and press ENTER to view it.

Favorite List

All of you favorite channels are listed in this menu, and you can choose them quickly.

Channel Setting

Set the favorite channels, skipped channels, label of channels.

Signal Ty

Set to Air or Cable according to your antenna source.

TV SETUP

Auto Channel Search

Highlight and press ENTER to start the auto searching.

It will search analog channels first, then digital channels. Before execute auto channel search, please confirm your antenna type is Air or Cable. Wrong setting of Signal Type maybe cause finding no channel.

Channel Settings

Skip

Set the channel to be skipped when using CH+/CH- to view channels.

Favorite

Set the channel to your favorite list.

Label

Rename label of the channel.

Change the settings

Skip & Favorite

1.Press ▲/▼ to select the channel you want to set.

2.Press ◄/► to highlight corresponding item, and press ENTER to set or cancel.

Label

1. Press ▲/▼ to select the channel and ENTER to enter the edit state.

2. Press ▲/▼ to select the character, press ◄/►to move the cursor

. Tota l seven letters.

TV SETUP

Parental Control

Note: The default user password is "0000", and if forget what you set, try"1470".

Lock Parental Control

The following items are only available if the password input is correct.

V-CHIP Include below settings: US V-Chip

Rating system used at USA.

Canada V-Chip

Rating system used at Canada.

Block UnRated Show

Control whether lock the program that have not any valid rating flag.

Downloadable Rating

Control the RR

Clear Downloadable Data

Select to clear the previous downloadable rating data.

Change Password

Enter a 4-digital number you want to set.

T5 setting which are valid only at some digital cable channels.

TV SETUP

US V-CHIP

For the United States, the rating setting basically include the following options: Movie Rating, TV Rating.

Moive Rating

This system defines the rating control which come from MPAA rules

Rating Define

G General audience. All ages admitted.

PG Parental guidance suggested . Some material may not be suitable for child ren.

PG-13 Parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children

under 13.

R Restricted. Children under 17 require accompanying parent or adult guardian.

NC-17 No one 17 and under admitted

X Adult audience only

TV SETUP

TV Rating

The TV rating compose of two aspects: age-based and content-based.

Content Define

FV Fantasy violence D Suggestive dialogue L S Sexual situations V V

Age Define TV-Y General audience TV-Y7 Parental guidance suggested TV-G Parents strongly cautioned TV-PG Retricted TV-14 No one 17 and under admitted

-MA Adult audience only

Note: The content ratings will increase depending on the level of the age-based rating. For

example, a program with a TV-PG V(violence) rating may contain moderate violence, while a

TV-14 V(violence)rating may contain intense violence. So locking a higher level option will

automatically cause locking the option that has more sensitive level.

Strong language

iolence

TV SETUP

Canada V-CHIP

For Canada, the rating setting include the

following options: English rating, French Rating.

English Rating

These ratings are for programs which are using English rating system.

Rating Defined as

C Children C8+ Children 8 years and older G General programming PG Parental guidance 14+ V 18+ Adult programming

iewers 14 and older

French Rating

These ratings are for programs which are using French rating system.

Rating Defined as

G General 8 ans+ Not recommended for younger children 13 ans+ Not recommended for children under age 13 16 ans+ Not recommended for ages under 16 18 ans+ This program is restricted to adults

TV SETUP

Change Password

At first you should enter the correct old password then enter new password twice.

If you lost your password, try to enter "1470".

Setup Menu

Caption Display

Display or hide the CC .

Analog Caption Type

Select from closed-caption modes for analog

programs.

Digital Caption Type

Applies only to digital channels with closed

Closed Caption(CC) Menu Language

Set the menu language. English/French/Spanish. Clock Set the Time Zone/ Auto Clock/ Setup Time/ Day of week/ Daylight Saving Time.

caption.

Digital CC Preset Default/Custom

If set to Custom, Digital CC Style is available.

TV SETUP

Digital CC Style

This menu is valid only for digital closed caption of digital channels.

DIGITAL CC STYLE

CC Size

CC Font

CC Opacity

Text Color

CC Background Opacity

CC Background Color

CLOSED CAPTION

:Return :Move

:Change Setting

CC Size Small/Standard/Large/Default

CC Font Style0～7,Default

CC Opacity Default/Solid/Flashing/Translucent/Transparent/Default.

Default

Text Color Black/White/Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan/Default.

CC Background Opacity Solid/Flashing/Translucent/Transparent/Default.

CC Background Color Black/White/Red/Green/Blue/Yellow/Magenta/Cyan/Default.

Clock

Time Zone Hawaii/Alaska/Pacific/Centra/

Mountain/Eastern/Samoa/Newfounland/Altantic Set the time zone.

Auto Clock

If set it to ON , the TV will sync the local clock according to the DTV broadcasting time automatically. Otherwise you can set the time manually.

Setup Tim e

Set Auto Clock to Off, then you can set the time manually . Note: In the case of loss of power

, the clock setting will be lost

Day of Week

The TV will calculate current day of week according to the time.

Daylight Saving Time

When Auto Clock set to ON, this item is available to enable daylight saving option or not.

TV SETUP

Others Menu

ENTER

Blue Back

Set the screen background color blue or not when no valid signal input. When analog TV input and has no signal, snow noise will display if this option is cleared.

No Signal Power Off

If it is set,TV will automatically enter standby after 10 minutes without signal input.

No Operation Power Off

If it is set, TV will automatically enter standby after 3 hours without any operation.

All Reset

When you highlight the item, the system will note you that"Attention! If [AlI Reset] was executed,TV system is reset" , and if you are sure to reset, press ENTER to reset .

Audio Only

When you highlight the item, the system will note you that "Attention! Hold on power key 3 second to restore video", and if you are sure not need to view (backlight is turned of press ENTER to confirm. As the attention, if you want to wake up the video, please hold on the power button for 3 seconds.

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VIDEO FOR MATS

SUPPORTED COMPONENT / HDMI INPUT MODE

DISPLAY MODE

eiR solut on

720 480

1280 720 1280 720

1920 1080 1920 1080

1920 1080

Horizontal

Scanning Frequency

31.47

15.734

37.5 45

31.25

33.75

56.25

67.50

Vertical

Scanning Frequency

(Hz)

59.94

59.94 50

50 60

Format

480 i

480 p 720 p 720 p

1080 i

1080 p

NOTE:

The above listed formats are also related to the AV devices you are about to connect. Before you connect this unit with others please read all instructions carefully and make sure all necessary cables are connected. . This unit may be incompatible with some other formats which are not meet the above conditions.

LCD Panel

37 inches

1366 x 768

400 nit

1100:1

37” LCD TV

96 W

LCD

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