Sears 274.4394859 User Manual

OWNER'S

MANUAL

MODEL NO.

274.43948590 SERIES

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COLOR TELEVISION

WITH REMOTE CONTROL

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Important Information

WARNING

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shock hazard, do not expose this TV to rain or moisture.

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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

Startup .............................................................................. 2-3

Set up, Hook up, Plug in the TV, Put Batteries in the Remote, Turn on the TV, Adjust Picture Tilt, 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 Satellite Receivers

With a Cable Box With a Laserdisc Player

With Audio Equipment

6-7

8-10

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, Expanded Stereo, SAP, Tone, Speakers

Using Advanced Features Place Channels in Memory/Autoprogram

Naming Channels Setting the Sleep Timer Setting the Alarm Clock Selecting a Language Watching Closed Captioning Setting your TV for Antenna or Cable

References

With TV Front Panel Buttons Displays on the Screen

Trouble Checks

Warranty

20 21

22 23 24 24 25

26 27

28-29

Back Cover

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 CONNECTIONS

Details are in the Connections Guide.

GUIDE

2. Plug in the TV

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

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

4. Turn on the TV

A. Pull off the cover of the battery

compartment.

B. Place the four AAA batteries as

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

C. Replace the cover.

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Press TV on the remote. OR Press POWER on the TV.

Quick Guide to Your TV

Startup

5. Adjust PICTURE TILT.

Picture tilt is used to correct a tilted picture from the effect of the

Earth's magnetic field on a large picture tube. The PICTURE TILT

STRENGTH and POLARITY switches on the back of the TV

compensate for this effect. If the picture appears tilted, follow these steps to improve it.

You may need to reset the

switches if the TV is moved or repositioned in the room.

6. Place all available channels in memory (Autoprogram)

Details for adding and deleting channels are on page 20.

BACK OF TV

POLARITY

PICTURE TILT

Controls Alarm Ad

OFF HIGH

LOW

STRENGTH

A. Make sure STRENG'IH switch is

in the OFF position.

B. Move STRENGTH switch to the

LOW position. If this does not fully improve tilt, move

STRENGTH switch to HIGH. This should correct tilt. If moving

STRENGTH switch makes tilt worse, return it to OFF and go to

the next step.

C. Change the position of

POLARITY switch. If this

improves the tilt but does not fully improve it, move the

STRENGTH switch to LOW or HIGH. This should correct tilt.

A. Press MENUopROG until the

Setup menu is selected. This menu is white.

Press MOVE • to highlight Autoprogram.

Press MOVE I_ to start placing channels in the TV's memory.

Wait until TV has cycled

through all the channels and returns to original channel.

7. Set the Time 12:21 AM 13

A. Press MENUopROG 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 MOVE • to

highlight it.

C. Press MOVE • to set the hour. D. Press MOVE 1_to set the minutes.

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.

'lUreS the 'IV on. Sets the remote to control the rJ'v.

Operates TV when remote is set to control the TV.

Operates the TV and advanced features.

Component Buttons

Details are on pages 8-15.

Menu Buttons

See next page for details.

Controls components such as a VCR, laserdisc player, audio equipment, and a cable box.

Changes the menus and features on the screen.

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.

Yellow Green Light White

Colors

Menu Buttons

The menu buttons are used to adjust the features in the TV's

menus. Both the menu buttons on the remote or the front of the TV

wi_ move through the menus. See

"Moving through the Menus" below.

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Controls Alarm

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Press MENU*PROG 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

IControls

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1. Press MENUopROG on the remote or MENU on the front panel to move from menu to

menu.

2. Press MOVE • and • on the

remote or CHANNEL up or down on the front panel to

move up and down through the features in the menu.

3. Press MOVE _ and • on the

remote or VOLUME + or - on

the front panel to move left and

right on the menu lines.

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

pOWER VCRI SAT*CABLE TV

REW PLAY FF

REC STOP PAUSE

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DISPLAY SKIP

MUTE CHAN PREV CH

10 20

4 0 50 6 0

INPUTQ 0 0 ANTENNAo

CLEAR _,O, po, RESET

POWER

Turns off the TV. Turns off compatible components.

Turns on a component after a component button is pressed.

AUDIO, VCR1, VCR2.LD, SAT.CABLE, TV

Sets the remote to control the component. VCR2. LD can only be

programmed for one component:

either a VCR or a Laserdisc Player.

See Using the Remote with a VCR, Satellite Receiver, Cable Box, Laserdisc

Player and Audio equipment on pages 8-15.

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, Satellite Receiver, Cable Box, Laserdisc

Player and Audio equipment on pages 8-15.

REG (Record)

Starts recording onto tape.

STOP Stops tape or laserdisc.

PAUSE

Pauses tape or laserdisc.

DISPLAY

Shows displays on the screen.

Clears menus from the screen.

SKIP (Commercial Skip) Allows you to scan other

channels during commercials. Each press adds 30 seconds. TV

switches back to original channel when time runs out. Press

CLEAR to cancel SKIP.

CHAN A and v (Channel up and down)

Scans up and down through

channels in the TV's memory. Moves through channels

in VCR's memory.

q MOVE

REW (Rewind)

Rewinds a tape or laserdisc. Searches backward while tape or

laserdisc is playing.

PLAY Plays tape or laserdisc.

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

Searches forward while tape or laserdisc is playing.

VOL > and <

(Volume up and down)

Raises and lowers sound.

MUTE

Switches the TV sound on or off.

PREV CH (Previous Channel)

Changes back and forth between

two channels.

Select a channel and then select

another. Press PREV OH to switch between the two

channels.

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

pOWER VCR1 SATOCABLE TV

AUDIO

vC LD0

REW PLAY FF

REC STOP PAUSE

DISPLAY SKIP

MUTE CHA_ PREVCH

10 20 30

7 0 8 0 9 0

INPUTo 0 0 ANTENNAo

CLEAR ._ • ..o_ RESET

Number Buttons (0-9) Selects any channel number.

Two numbers must be pressed tor 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.

INPUT

Switches between the TV channels and Video 00.

ANTENNA Used as TV/VCR button when

remote is set to control the VCR.

CLEAR

Clears menus and displays from the screen.

Clears items from VCR timer programs and VCR's clock.

MENUoPROG (Program)

Shows menus on the screen and moves from menu to menu.

Sets VCR clock and programs timer on VCR.

RESET Returns the picture adjustments to

the original settings.

MOVE • and !_ (left and right)

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

Changes a feature setting.

MOVE • and • (up and down)

Moves up and down menus. See

Menu Basics on page 5.

Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Programming the Remote

Refer to the Connection Book or the VCR's owners manual to hook up your VCRs.

The remote may need to be programmed for your VCR, but may not operate all models of the brands listed below. Use the codes below or on

the sheet packed in with your remote.

1. Test the remote

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A. Press VCR1 or VCR2"LD to turn

the VCR on.

B. Press the VCR buttons shown at

the left. If your VCR does not work, program VGR1 or

VCR2.LD with a VCR code from the list below.

2. Program the remote for ..............

_0 _O _0

your VCRs _0 _0 _0

7 0 8 0 9 0

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VCR Codes

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

Akai ......................... 03,17,22,23,63,66

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

Broksonic ......................................... 10

Candle ..................... 07,09,13,44,45,52

Canon .......................................... 08,53

Capehart ........................................... 01

Citizen ................ 07,09,13,44,45,46,52

Colortyme ........................................ 14

Craig ............................................ 07,12

Curtis Mathes ............. 00,07,08,14,15,

....................................... 44,45,53,64,67

Daewoo ............................. 13,45,52,76

dbx ............................................... 14,16

Dynatech .......................................... 15

Electrohome ..................................... 27

Emerson ............ 08,09,10,13,15,20,23,

....................................... 27,34,41,42,47

Fisher .................. 02,12,18,19,43,48,58

Funai ................................................. 15

GE ................................. 00,07,08,32,37

Goldstar ............................. 09,14,46,60

Harman Kardon .............................. 14

Hitachi ............................... 05,15,35,36

Instant Replay ................................. 08

JCL .................................................... 08

JCPenney ................ 02,05,07,08,14,16,

............................................ 30,35,51,53

JVC ........................... 02,14,16,30,46,74

Kenwood ................. 02,14,16,30,46,47

KLH .................................................. 73

Lloyd's .............................................. 15

Logik ................................................. 31

Magnavox ......................... 08,29,53,56

Marantz....02,08,14,16,29,30,44,46,61

Marta ................................................ 09

MEI ................................................... 08

Memorex ........................... 08,09,12,15

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

Midland ............................................ 32

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

Mitsubishi .................... 04,05,27,35,40

Montgomery Ward ......................... 06

MTC ............................................. 07,15

Multitech ........................... 07,15,31,32

NEC .......... 02,14,16,30,44,46,59,61,64

Panasonic ............................... 08,53,75

Pentax ..................................... 05,35,44

Pentax Resear .................................. 46

Philco ................................. 08,29,35,56

Philips .......................................... 08,29

Pioneer ................................... 05,16,33

Portland .................................. 44,45,52

ProScan ............................................. 00

Quartz ............................................... 02

Quasar ......................................... 08,53

RCA .......... 00,05,07,08,28,35,37,54,69

Radio Shack ....... 02,06,08,09,12,15,19

A. Point the remote at the VCR

and hold VCR1 or VCR2°LD.

B. Enter the code for your brand

from the code list below.

C. Release VCR1 or VCR2.LD. D. Press POWER. If nothing

happens, try pressing VCR1 and then POWER.

E. Repeat A-D with another code

if the first one does not work or

if a second VCR is connected.

................................................. 27,43,53

Samsung .................. 07,13,22,32,42,48

Sansui .......................................... 16,71

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

Scott .............................. 04,13,41,49,68

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

Sharp ............................. 06,24,27,39,45

Shintom ............................. 17,26,31,55

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

Sylvania ........................ 08,15,29,53,56

Symphonic ....................................... 15

Tandy .......................................... 02,15

Tashiko ............................................. 09

Tatung .............................................. 30

Teac .............................................. 15,30

Technics ............................................ 08

Teknika .............................. 08,09,15,21

Toshiba ......................... 05,13,19,48,49

Totevision ................................... 07,09

TMK .................................................. 67

Unitech ............................................. 07

Vector Research .................... 14,16,44

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

Video Concepts ..................... 14,16,44

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

Wards ............ 05,06,07,08,0912,13,15,

................................................. 25,31,35

Yamaha ....................... 02,14,16,30,46

Zenith ............................... 11,17,26,72

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