Sears 274.4279839 User Manual

OWNER'S

MANUAL

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., Hoffman Estates, IL 60179 U.S.A.

SEARS 27" TABLETOP

COLOR TELEVISION

WITH REMOTE CONTROL

Safety Information

Use

Warranty and Service

L38-13836-0

Important Information

WARNING

To prevent fire or shock

hazard, do not expose this

717/to rain or moisture.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

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This symbol indicates

"dangerous voltage" inside the product that presents a

risk of electric shock or personal injury.

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO

NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING

TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

important instructions

This symbol indicates

accompanying the product.

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

Pour @viter les chocs _lectriques, introduire la lame la plus large de la fiche dans la borne correspondante de la prise et

pousser jusq_ au fond.

Cautions Do not defeat the safety feature of the plug. The wide blade fits into the

wall socket only one way. If you need an extension cord, make sure it

matches the plug of the TV. Operate TV only on 120 volts, 60 Hz AC power (normal house power).

Note To Cable TV Installer

For safety reasons, make sure any equipment or accessories connected to this product bears the UL listing mark or 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.

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.

Table of Contents

Important Information

Quick Guide to Your TV

Using Your TV and Remote

Warning, Product Registration

Startup 2-3

Hook up your TV, Plug in the TV, Put Batteries in the Remote, Turn on the TV, Place Channels into Memory, Set the Time

Tour of the Remote 4

Basic Button Layout and Functions

Guide to the Menus 5

Colors, Menu Buttons, Moving through the Menus

With Remote Buttons With VCRs

With a Cable Box With a Laserdisc

With Audio Equipment

6-7

8-11

12-13

14 15

Adjusting Your TV

Overall Picture 16 Picture Settings 17

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

Sound Settings 18-19

Stereo, Tone, Speakers

Using Advanced Features Place Channels in Memory/Autoprogram

Naming Channels Setting the Sleep Timer Setting the Alarm Clock

Watching Picture-in-Picture Watching Closed Captioning

Setting your TV for Antenna or Cable

References With TV Buttons

Displays on the Screen

Trouble Checks

Glossary Index

20 21 22

24-25

26 27-

28 29

30-31

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

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

CON_,.__IONS_

Plug the cord into the outlet, matching the wide and the small

end of the plug with the outlet.

3. Put Batteries in the Remote

A. Pull off the cover of the batte_

compartment.

B. Place the four AAA batteries as

shown, matching the + and --

end of each battery in the compartment.

C. Replace the cover.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

4. Turn on the TV

Press TV on the remote.

Press POWER on the TV.

5. Place all available channels in memory (Autoprogram)

Details for adding and deleting

channels are on page 20.

6. Set the Time 12:21 AM 13

;ontrols Alarm Ad ust Setu

Label 13 , ._ ....

Cable/Air: Cable VCR 1 Channel: 00

Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

Alarm: Off Alarm Channel: 07 On Time: Disabled

Off Time: Disabled

A. Press MENU until the Setup

131

menu is selected. This menu is white.

B. Press + to start placing channels

in the TV's memory.

A. Press MENU 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

CHANNEL down to highlight it.

C. Press - to set the hour.

D. Press + to set the minutes. E. Press DONE to save the setting.

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 "IV when remote is set to control the TV.

Operates the TV and advanced

features.

Component Buttons

Details areon pages 8-15.

Menu Buttons See next page for details.

Picture-in-picture buttons

(Not on all models)

Details are o_:pages 7 and 24-25.

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Controls components such as a

VCR, laserdisc, 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 front of the TV.

Yellow Green

Light Blue

Controls Alarm Ad

VCR 1Channe[i

White

Press MENU 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

Controls

Label

Alarm Ad

Press MENU to move from menu to menu

Press CHANNEL up and down to move up and down through

the features in the menu

Press VOLUME 4- and -- to move left and right on the

menu lines

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

1. Power Buttons

OFF

Turns off the "IV.

Turns off compatible VCRs.

ON/OFF

Turns on a component after a

component button is pressed. Turns off components except audio

equipment.

2. TV Buttons

CLEAR

Clears menus and displays from

the screen.

DISPLAY

Shows displays on the screen, Clears menus from the screen.

SKIP:30 (Commercial Skip)

Allows you to scan other channels

during commericals.

Each press adds 30 seconds. TV switches back to original channel

when time runs out. Press CLEAR to cancel SKIP.

VOL (Volume)

Raises and lowers sound. Moves left and right on a menu

line. See Quick Guide to the Menus

on page 5.

Changes a feature setting.

MUTE

Turns off the TV sound.

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.

CHAN (Channel)

Scans up and down through channels in the TV's memorv.

Moves up and down menus. See

Quick Guide to the Menus on page 5.

Moves through channels in VCR°s memory.

PREV CHAN (Previous Channel)

Changes back and forth between

two channels. Select a channel and then select

another. Press PREV CHAN to switch between the two channels.

Shows menus on the screen and

moves from menu to menu.

RESET

Returns the picture adjustments to the original settings.

DONE

Saves the setup of a feature and removes the menu from the screen.

3. 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.

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

4. Component Buttons

AUDIO, VCR1, VCR2, LDISC,

CABLE, TV

Sets the remote to control the

component.

VCR2 and LDISC can only be programmed for one component: either a Laserdisc Player or a VCR.

See Using the Remote with a VCR, Cable Box, Laserdisc Player and Audio equipment on pages 8-15.

5. VCR, Laserdisc, and Audio Equipment Buttons

REW (Rewind)

Rewinds a tape or laserdisc. Searches backward while tape or

laserdisc is playing.

FF (Fast Forward) Fast forwards a tape or laserdisc.

Searches forward while tape or

laserdisc is playing.

STOP Stops tape or laserdisc.

PLAY Plavs tape or laserdisc.

REC (Record)

Starts recording onto tape.

CLEAR

Clears items from timer programs and VCR°s clock.

PROG (Program)

Sets clock and programs timer on VCR.

PAUSE

Pauses tape or laserdisc.

6. Signal Buttons

INPUT Switches between the TV channels

and Video 00/S-VID 00.

7. Picture-in-Picture Buttons

PIP (Picture-in-Picture)

Turns the small picture on or off.

MOVE

Moves the small picture to the next

corner.

ANT (Antenna) Used as TV/VCR button when

remote is set to control the VCR.

FRZ (Freeze)

Freezes or unfreezes the small

picture.

SWAP

Switches the channel in the small

picture with the big picture.

Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Programming the Remote

Refer to the Connection Book or the VCR's owners mammal to/took 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

2. Program the remote for your VCRs

VCR Codes

Aiwa ................................................. 15

Akai ........................................ 03,22,23

Audio Dynamics ........................ 14,16

Broksoruc ......................................... 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

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Lloyd ................................................ 15

Magnavox ................................... 08,29

/viarantz ................... 02,08,14,16,29,30

/vIarta ................................................ 09

/VIEI ................................................... 08

/vIemorex ........................... 08,09,12,15

MGA ............................................ 04,27

Minolta ........................................ 05,35

/viitsubishi .................... 04,05,27,35,40

/vIontgomery Ward ......................... 06

/VlTC............................................. 07,15

/viultitech ........................... 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 ......... 02,0b,O8,0_L12,15,19,43

Samsung 0_ 13 2,) 3"_4"_

Sansui ............................................... 16

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Press VCR1 or VCR2 to turn the VCR on.

Press the VCR buttons shown at the ]eft. If your VCR does

not work, program it with a VCR code from the list below.

A. Point the remote at the VCR

and hold VCR1 or VCR2.

B. Enter the code for your brand

from the code list below.

C. Release VCR1. D. Press ON/OFF. If nothing

happens, try pressing VCR1 and then ON/OFF.

E. Repeat A-D with another code

if the first one does not work or

if a second VCR is connected.

Sanyo .......................................... 02,12 !

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

Sears ............. 02,05,09,12,18,19,35,43 i

Sharp ..................................... 06,24,39 I

Shintom ................................ 17,_6,_ 1

Sony ....................................... 17,26,38 I

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,!_

Victor .............................................. 16

Video Concepts ........................ 14,16

Videosonic ...................................... 07

Wards ....................................................

............ ()5,0_,07,08,12,13. !5,25.31,35

Yamaha ............................ 02.14,1 b,30

Zenith ......................................... 11,17

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