Sears 274.4279839,274.42798390 Series Owner's Manual

OWNER'S

MANUAL

MODEL NO.

274.42798390
SERIES

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SEARS
27" TABLETOP

COLOR TELEVISION

WITH REMOTE CONTROL

Safety Information

Use

Warranty and Service

L38-13836-0

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

Important Information

WARNING

To prevent fire or shock

hazard, do not expose this

717/to rain or moisture.

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK

00 NOT OPEN

TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO

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

TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.

This symbol indicates

"dangerous voltage" inside
the product that presents a

risk of electric shock or
personal injury.

This symbol indicates

important instructions
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).
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.

Note To Cable TV Installer

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

Warning, Product Registration

Quick Guide to Your TV

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

Using Your TV and Remote

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

20
21
22

23

24-25

26
27-

References With TV Buttons

Displays on the Screen

Trouble Checks

Glossary
Index

28
29

30-31

32

33

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.

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.

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

2. Plug in the TV

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.

OR

Press POWER on the TV.

5. Place all available
channels in memory
(Autoprogram)

Details for adding and deleting

channels are on page 20.

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Cable/Air: Cable
VCR 1 Channel: 00

A. Press MENU until the Setup

menu is selected. This menu is
white.

B. Press + to start placing channels

in the TV's memory.

6. Set the Time 12:21 AM 13

Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

Alarm: Off
Alarm Channel: 07
On Time: Disabled

Off Time: Disabled

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.

4

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

Yellow Green

t

Controls Alarm Ad

Light
Blue

White

VCR 1Channe[i

Press MENU repeatedly to see
each of the four menu colors.

Each menu has a different color

background as shown at the left.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

MENU

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.

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.

STOP
Stops tape or laserdisc.

PAUSE

Pauses tape or laserdisc.

PLAY
Plavs tape or laserdisc.

6. Signal Buttons

INPUT
Switches between the TV channels

and Video 00/S-VID 00.

ANT (Antenna)
Used as TV/VCR button when

remote is set to control the VCR.

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.

FRZ (Freeze)

Freezes or unfreezes the small

picture.

SWAP

Switches the channel in the small

picture with the big picture.

7

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

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B.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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