Samsung LN40A620AF User Manual

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Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

105 Challenger Road Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660-0511

Samsung Electronics Canada Inc., Customer Service

55 Standish Court Mississauga, Ontario L5R 4B2

Call center hours of operation (Mon-Sun 9AM-12AM EST).

To register this product please visit
www.samsung.com/global/register.

Rear Panel / Side Panel Jacks

Quick Setup Guide

LN32A620A1F/LN40A620A1F

1 D-NET (IEEE1394) S400MPEG
2 AUDIO OUT
3 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (OPTICAL)
4 PC IN [PC] / [AUDIO]
5 HDMI IN 1, 2, 3 /

DVI IN(HDMI2)[R-AUDIO-L]

6 ANT 1 IN (CABLE) / ANT 2 IN (AIR)
7 CABLECARD™
8 WISELINK
9 AV IN 2 / S-VIDEO
0 HEADPHONE
! RJP
@ POWER INPUT
# VOL-CTRL
$ AUDIO OUT [R-AUDIO-L] /

VARIABLE [R-AUDIO-L]

% COMPONENT IN 1, 2 / AV IN 1
^ EX-LINK
& KENSINGTON LOCK

Video Input Performance Comparison

/

/

HDMI/DVI

PC/COMPONENT

S-VIDEO

VIDEO

Best

Better

Good

Normal

Audio Output Performance Comparison

English-1

OPTICAL (Digital)

AUDIO (Analog)

Best

Normal

Remote Control

See “Remote Control” in the owner’s instructions for details.

1

POWER

Turns the TV on and off.

2

TV

Selects the TV mode directly.

3

NUMERIC BUTTONS

Press to directly select the
channel.

4

Press to select additional
channels (digital and analog)
being broadcast by the same
station. For example, to select
channel “54-3”, press “54”, then
press “ ” and “3”.

5

(MUTE)

Press to temporarily cut off the
sound.

6

VOL – / VOL +

Press to increase or decrease
the volume.

7

CH LIST

Used to display Channel Lists
on the screen.

8

TOOLS

Use to quickly select frequently
used functions.

9

INFO

Press to display information on
the TV screen.

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COLOR BUTTONS

Use these buttons in the
Channel list, WISELINK, menus
etc.

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BUTTON

Press to display the Data
Application list. You can run an
application by selecting from
the list.

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ON-DEMAND

Press to display the MOD
(Movie on Demand) menu when
the feature is available.
(MOD is a new type of video
service that provides movies
over the cable TV network.
Subscribers can choose movies,
and then control playback,
search the index, as well as
send queries.)

#

Use these buttons in the

DMA, WISELINK and Anynet+
modes.
( : This remote can be
used to control recording on
Samsung recorders with the
Anynet+ feature)

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ON/OFF

Press to backlight the buttons
on the remote. This function is
convenient for using at night or
when the room is dark. (Using
the remote control with the
ON/OFF light button set to
On will reduce the battery usage
time.)

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PRE-CH

Enables you to return to the
previous channel you were
watching.

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CH / CH

Press to change channels.

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SOURCE

Press to display and select the
available video sources.

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W.LINK (WISELINK)

This function enables you to
view and play photo and music
files from an external device.

(

MENU

Displays the main on-screen
menu.

)

RETURN

Returns to the previous menu.

a

 UP▲/DOWN▼/ LEFT◄/

RIGHT►/ENTER

Press the Up/Down/Left/Right
sections of the wheel button and
Enter to select on-screen menu
items and change menu values.
You can navigate up and down
the menu, switch channels and
adjust the volume by turning the
wheel button.

b

EXIT

Press to exit the menu.

c

FAV.CH

Press to switch to your favorite
channels.

d

PAGE

Use to scroll the screen or text in
the Data Application downloaded.

e

GUIDE

Press to display the TV Guide
menu when the guide is provided
from the downloaded application.
When no TV Guide is available
in the downloaded application,
the EPG is not displayed and the
“No Available Banner” message
appears.

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Connecting a DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box) via HDMI

TV Side Panel

TV Rear Panel

DVD/Blu-Ray player/

Satellite receiver

(Set-Top Box) Rear Panel

or

HDMI Cable (Not supplied)

1

Each DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box) has a different back panel configuration.

➣

The TV may not output sound and pictures may be displayed with abnormal color when DVD players/Satellite receivers

➣

supporting HDMI versions older than 1.3 are connected. When connecting an older HDMI cable and there is no sound, connect
the HDMI cable to the HDMI IN 2 jack and the audio cables to the DVI IN (HDMI2) [R-AUDIO-L] jacks on the back of the TV. If
this happens, contact the company that provided the DVD player/Satellite receiver to confirm the HDMI version, then request an
upgrade.

HDMI cables that are not 1.3 may cause annoying flicker or no screen display.

➣

Connect an HDMI Cable between
the HDMI IN (1, 2 or 3) jack on

1

the TV and the HDMI jack on
the DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite
receiver (Set-Top Box).

What is HDMI?

•

HDMI(High-Definition Multimedia
Interface), is an interface that enables the
transmission of digital audio and video

signals using a single cable.

•

The difference between HDMI and DVI
is that the HDMI device is smaller in
size and has the HDCP (High Bandwidth
Digital Copy Protection) coding feature
installed.

Connecting a DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box) via DVI

TV Rear Panel

DVD/Blu-Ray player/

Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box)

2

Audio Cable (Not supplied)

DVI to HDMI Cable (Not supplied)

1

Each DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box) has a different back panel configuration.

➣

When connecting a DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box), match the color of the connection terminal to the cable.

➣

When using an HDMI/DVI cable connection, you must use the HDMI IN 2 jack.

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Connect a DVI to HDMI Cable or
DVI-HDMI Adapter between the HDMI

1

IN 2 jack on the TV and the DVI jack
on the DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite
receiver (Set-Top Box).

Connect Audio Cables between the
DVI IN (HDMI 2) [R-AUDIO-L] jack on

2

the TV and the DVD/Blu-Ray player/
Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box).

Connecting a DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box) via
Component cables

TV Rear Panel

1

2

DVD/Blu-Ray player/
Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box)

Component Cable
(Not supplied)

Audio Cable (Not supplied)

Connect a Component Cable between
the COMPONENT IN (1 or 2)

1

[Y, PB, PR] jacks on the TV and the
COMPONENT [Y, PB, PR] jacks on the
DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite receiver
(Set-Top Box).

Connect Audio Cables between the
COMPONENT IN(1 or 2) [R-AUDIO-L]

2

jacks on the TV and the AUDIO OUT
jacks on the DVD/Blu-Ray player/
Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box).

Component video separates the video

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into Y (Luminance (brightness)), Pb
(Blue) and Pr (Red) for enhanced video
quality. Be sure to match the component
video and audio connections.
For example, if connecting a Component
video cable to COMPONENT IN 1,
connect the audio cable to
COMPONENT IN 1 also.

Each DVD/Blu-Ray player/Satellite

➣

receiver (Set-Top Box) has a different
back panel configuration.

When connecting a DVD/Blu-Ray player/

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Satellite receiver (Set-Top Box), match
the color of the connection terminal to
the cable.

Connecting a Camcorder

Camcoder

S-Video cable (Not supplied)

or

1

Audio cable (Not supplied)

1

Audio cable

2

(Not supplied)

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TV Side Panel

Connect a Video Cable (or S-Video
Cable) between the AV IN2 [VIDEO]

1

(or S-VIDEO) jack on the TV and the
VIDEO OUT jack on the camcorder.

Connect Audio Cables between the
AV IN2 [R-AUDIO-L] jacks on the TV

2

and the AUDIO OUT jacks on the
camcorder.

Each Camcorder has a different back

➣

panel configuration.

When connecting a Camcorder, match

➣

the color of the connection terminal to
the cable.