
CONTENTS
3
Chapter 1: Your New TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
List of Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Familiarizing Yourself with The TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Front Panel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Side Panel Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Rear Panel Jacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2: Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting VHF and UHF Antennas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Antennas with 300-ohm Flat Twin Leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Antennas with 75-ohm Round Leads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Separate VHF and UHF Antennas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting Cable TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Cable without a Cable Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting to a Cable Box that Descrambles All Channels . . 13
Connecting to a Cable Box that Descrambles Some Channels13
Connecting a VCR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting an S-VHS VCR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a Second VCR to Record from the TV. . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a Camcorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Installing Batteries in the Remote Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3: Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turning the TV On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Plug & Play Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Viewing the Menus and On-Screen Displays. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Viewing the Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Viewing the Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting a Menu Language. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Memorizing the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Selecting the Video Signal-source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Storing Channels in Memory (Automatic Method) . . . . . . . . 25
Adding and Erasing Channels (Manual Method). . . . . . . . . . 26
Changing Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the Channel Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Directly Accessing Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using the PRE-CH Button to select the Previous Channel. . . 27
Labeling the Channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Adjusting the Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the Mute Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Setting the Clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Customizing the Picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Using Automatic Picture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Customizing the Sound. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Using Automatic Sound Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Setting the Blue Screen Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Setting The On/Off Melody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Viewing an External Signal Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting the Signal Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Assigning Names to External input mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

CONTENTS
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Chapter 4: Special Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Changing the Color Tone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Changing the Screen Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Digital Noise Reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
DNIe JrTM(Digital Natural Image engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the R.Surf Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Choosing a Multi-Channel Sound (MTS) Soundtrack . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Extra sound settings (Auto Volume, Turbo Sound or Pseudo Stereo). . 46
LNA (Low Noise Amplifier). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Setting the On/Off Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Setting the Sleep Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting the Preferred Volume Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Viewing Closed Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Viewing Picture-in-Picture
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Activating Picture-in-Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Selecting a Signal Source (External A/V) for PIP . . . . . . . . . . 53
Swapping the Contents of the PIP image and Main image. . . 54
Changing the Position of the PIP Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Changing the PIP Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Changing the Size of the PIP Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Viewing the Demonstration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Customizing Your Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 5: Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Identifying Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Cleaning and Maintaining Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Using Your TV in Another Country. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

YOUR NEW TV
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Remote Control
You can use the remote control up to about 23 feet from the TV. When using the remote,
always point it directly at the TV.
You can also use your remote control to operate your VCR, DVD and cable box. See page
59 for details.
Œ
POWER
Turns the TV on and off.
´
S.MODE
Adjust the TV sound by selecting
one of the preset factory settings
(or select your personal, customized
sound settings).
ˇ
P.MODE
Adjust the TV picture by selecting
one of the preset factory settings
(or select your personal, customized
picture settings).
¨
Number buttons
Press to select channels directly on
the TV.
+100
Press to select channels over 100.
For example, to select channel 121,
press “+100”, then press “2” and “1”.
ˆ
VOL - and VOL +
Press to increase or decrease the
volume.
Ø
MUTE
Press to temporarily cut off
the sound.
∏
SLEEP
Press to select a preset time interval for automatic shutoff.
”
MENU
Displays the main on-screen menu.
’
P.SIZE
Press to change the screen size.
˝
R.SURF
Press the R.SURF button to automatically return to a preferred
channel after a user-preset time
delay.
Ô
MODE
Selects a target device to be controlled by the Samsung remote control (i.e., TV, Set Top Box, VCR, Cable
box, or DVD).
PRE-CH
Tunes to the previous channel.
Ò
TV/VIDEO
Press to display all of the available
video sources (i.e., AV1, AV2,
S-VIDEO, COMPONENT).
Ú
CH and CH
(Channel Up/Down)
Press CH or CH to change
channels.
Æ
INFO
Press to see the time, channel, etc.,
on-screen. Also press to exit (quit)
the menu system.
ı
EXIT
Press to exit the menu.
˜
Up, Down, Left,
Right (▲,▼,œ,√)/
ENTER
Press to select highlight up, down,
left or right. While using the onscreen menus, press ENTER to activate (or change) a particular item.
¯
TURBO
Press to select the turbo sound
On or Off.
˘
MTS (Multichannel
Television Stereo)
Press to choose stereo, mono or
Separate Audio Program (SAP
broadcast).

SPECIAL FEATURES
60
VCR Codes
000
Samsung
001
LG(Goldstar)
002
003
004
Daewoo
005
006
007
Daewoo, LG(Goldstar)
008
Daewoo
009
Curtis Mathes, Dimensia,
General Electric, PROSCAN,
RCA
011
Bell & Howell, Fisher, JC Penny,
JCL, Kenwood, Marantz, NEC,
Quartz, Radio Shack, Realistic,
Sanyo, Sears, Tandy
014
Hitachi, JC Penny, Pentax,
Pioneer, RCA, Sears, Toshiba
015
Admiral, Optimus, Radio Shack,
Realistic, Sharp
016
Candle, Citizen, Craig,
Curtis Mathes, General Electric,
Go Video, JC Penny, MTC,
Multitech, RCA, Samsung,
Totevision
017
Canon, Curtis Mathes,
Emerson, General Electric,
Instant Replay, JC Penny,
JCL, Magnavox, Marantz,
Panasonic, Philco, Philips,
Quasar, Radio Shack, Realistic,
RCA, Sylvania, Technics, Teknika
Candle, Citizen, Emerson,
018
LG(Goldstar), Radio Shack,
Realistic, Sears, Toshiko, Teknika,
Totevision
019
Broksonic, Emerson
021
Craig, Fisher, Radio Shack,
Realistic, Sanyo, Sears
022
Audio Dynamics, Candle, Citizen,
Daewoo, Emerson, Samsung,
Scott, Toshiba
023
Colortyme, Curtis Mathes, DB,
LG(Goldstar), Harman Kardon,
JC Penny, JCL, Kenwood,
Marantz, NEC
024
Aiwa, Curtis Mathes, Dynatech,
Emerson, Funai, Hitachi, Lloyd,
LXI, MTC, Multitech, Radio Shack,
Realistic, Signature, Sylvania,
Symphonic, Tandy, Teac, Teknika
025
Audio Dynamics, DB, JC Penny,
JCL, Kenwood, Marantz, NEC,
Pioneer, Sansui
026
Akai, Shintom, Sony
027
Fisher, Sears
028
Fisher, Radio Shack, Realistic,
Sears, Toshiba
029
Emerson
030
Teknika
031
Akai, Samsung
032
Akai, Emerson
035
Shintom, Sony
036
Electrohome, Emerson,
Radio Shack, Realistic, Sharp
037
RCA
038
Magnavox, Marantz, Philco,
Philips, Sylvania
039
JC Penny, JCL, Kenwood,
Marantz, NEC, Tatung, Teac
040
Logik, Multitech, Shintom
041
General Electric, Multitech,
Samsung
042
Pioneer
043
Emerson
044
Hitachi, JC Penny, Pentax, RCA,
Sears
045
Hitachi
046
RCA
047
Sony
048
Sharp
050
Emerson, Scott
051
Emerson, Samsung
052
Fisher, Radio Shack, Realistic,
Sears
053
Portland, Quasar
054
Candle, Citizen, Daewoo,
Portland, Sharp
055
Candle, Citizen, Curtis Mathes,
LG(Goldstar), JCL, Kenwood,
Marantz, NEC, Pentex Research+
056
Emerson
057
Fisher, Sears, Toshiba
058
Emerson, Scott, Toshiba
059
Pioneer
060
JC Penny
061
Candle, Citizen, Portland
062
Canon, Curtis Mathes,
General Electric, JC Penny,
Magnavox, Panasonic, Philco,
Radio Shack, Realistic, Sylvania
063
RCA
064
Shintom
065
Magnavox, Philco, Sylvania
066
Emerson
067
Fisher
069
LG(Goldstar)
070
Marantz, NEC
071
Emerson
073
Curtis Mathes, NEC
074
Emerson
076
Curtis Mathes, Emerson, TMK
077
Emerson, Scott
078
RCA, Teac
079
Emerson
082
KLH
084
Panasonic
085
Daewoo
086
Panasonic
088
Admiral
000
Samsung
001
Nawoo
002
TaePyungYang
003
DeaRyung
004
DongKuk
005
DaeHan
006
LG(Goldstar)
007
Saewoo
008
RCA
010
Regency
011
Hamlin, Panasonic, Regal,
Samsung
012
GI, Hamlin, Jerrold
013
GI, Jerrold
015
Anvision, Cable Star, Eagle,
016
Magnavox, Philips, Randtek,
Viewstar
017
NSC
019
Sylvania, Texscan
000
Samsung
001
LG(Goldstar)
002
Toshiba
Eastern International, Hamlin,
020
Regal
021
Hamlin, Regal
022
Zenith
023
GI, Jerrold
024
Oak, Osk Sigma
025
Tocom
026
Pioneer
027
Magnavox, Philips, Viewstar
028
Pioneer
029
Magnavox, Philips, Tocom,
Viewstar
030
Samsung
031
032
GI, Jerrold
033
034
Magnavox, Philips, Viewstar
035
RCA, Panasonic, Sprucer
036
Magnavox, Philips, Viewstar
037
003
JVC
004
Sony
005
Sharp
038
039
040
041
042
044
045
046
047
048
049
050
051
052
054
056
006
007
008
GI, Jerrold
Unika
Magnavox, Philips, Unika,
Viewstar
Magnavox, Philips, Regency,
Viewstar
Hamlin
GI, Jerrold
Hitachi, Macom
Oak
Panasonic
Magnavox, Philips, Viewstar
Magnavox, Philips, Unika,
Viewstar
Zenith
Hitachi, Macom
Pioneer, Samsung, Warner Amex
General Instrument, Hitachi,
Jerrold, Signature, Starcom
Hamlin
Panasonic
Philips
PROSCAN, RCA
057
058
059
060
063
065
066
067
069
070
071
072
073
074
075
076
077
009
Tocom
Universal
Tocom
Zenith
Stargate 2000
Sylvania, Texscan
Panasonic, Zenith
Jerrold
Samsung
Jerrold
RCA
GI
Curtis Mathes