Sears 274.43318390 SERIES Owner's Manual

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OWNER'S

MANUAL

MODEL NO.

274.43318390
SERIES

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SEARS

20" TABLETOP

COLOR TELEVISION

WITH REMOTE CONTROL

Safety Information

Use

Warranty and Service

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

Important Information

WARNING

To prevent fire or shock
hazard, do not expose this

TV to rain or moisture.

DO 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 jusq6 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, if purchased and used in
Canada, the 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_

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 in Memory, Set the Time

Basic Tour of the Remote 4

Power Button, Volume and Channel Controls

Guide to the Menus 5

Colors, Menu Buttons, Moving through the Menus

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons
With TV Buttons

6
7

Adjusting Your TV Overall Picture 8

Picture Settings 9

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

Sound Settings 10

Stereo, Tone (Not available on all models)

Using Advanced Features

Place Channels in Memory/Autoprogram
Add or Delete Channels in Memory
Watching Closed Captioning

Setting the Sleep Timer
Setting the Alarm Clock
Setting your TV for Antenna or Cable

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12
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16

References

Displays on the Screen
Trouble Checks

Glossary

Index

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18-19

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Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

The steps below will get your TV connected and ready for watching.

1. Hook up your TV

Details are in the
Connections Guide.

CONNECTIONS

GUIDE

Hook up any antennas, cables or
other equipment to your TV
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. Slide off the cover of the battery

compartment.

B. Place the two AAA batteries as

shown, matching the 4- and --
end of each battery in the
compartment.

C. Replace the cover.

2

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

4. Turn on the TV

Press POWER on the _cmote.

OR

Press POWER on the 'i'V.

5. Place all available
channels in memory
(autoprogram)

Details for adding and deleting
channels are on page 12.

Controls Alarm Ad

A.

Press the MENU button on the
TV until the Setup menu is

selected. This menu is white.

B. Press + to start placing channels

in the TV's memory

(autoprogram).

C. Wait until the TV has cycled

through all the channels and
returns to the original channel.

6. Set the Time

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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 page 6.

Power Button

Volume and ChanneI Controls

Details are on page 6.

Turns the TV on and off.

Operates the TV and its special
features.

4

Quick Guide to Your TV

Guide to the Menus

General information about using the on-screen menu system is shown
below. Details for using remote buttons are on page 6. Many menu items are

explained in Adjusting Your TV starting on page 8.

Colors

Yellow Green

!

Controls

Light White

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Alarm Ad

Press the MENU button on the TV
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.

Your remote does not have a
MENU button, so you will have to

use the button on the front of the
TV. Then, you can use the CHAN

and VOL buttons on either the TV
or the remote.

Moving through the Menus

Controls Alarm Ad

A. Press MENU to move from

menu to menu.

B. Press CHANNEL up and down

to move up and down through
the features in the menu.

C. Press VOLUME + and-- to

move left and right on the

menu lines.

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Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

1. Power Button

POWER

Turns the TV on.
Turns the TV off.

2. TV Buttons

PREV CH (Previous Channel)

Changes back and forth between
two channels.

Select a channel and then select
another. Press PREV CH to switch
between the two channels.

DISPLAY

Shows displays on the screen.

Clears menus from the screen.

MUTE
Turns off the TV sound.

CHAN (Channel)
Scansup and down through
channels in the TV's memory.

Moves up and down menus. See

Menu Basics on page 5.

VOL (Volume)

Raises and lowers sound.

Moves left and right on a menu
line. See Menu Basics on page 5.

Changes a feature setting.

INPUT
Switches the TV to channel 3.

RESET
Returns the picture adjustments to

the original settings.

3. Number Buttons (0-9)

Selects any channel number.

Two numbers must be pressed for

each channel Press 0 and 6for

channel 6.

For three digit channels, press and

hold 1 until 1- appears on the

screen.Thenpresstheothertwo

numbers.

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