Sears 274.43958590 SERIES Owner's Manual

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OWNER'S

MANUAL

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SEARS

35" 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 reduce the risk of 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.

Cautions CAUTION:

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

ATTENTION:

Pour 6viter les chocs 61ectriques, introduire la lame la plus
large de la fiche dans la borne correspondante de la prise et
pousser jusqfi au fond.

Operate TV only on 120 volts, 60 Hz AC power (normal house power).
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 ........................................ i

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, Adjust Picture Tilt,

Place Channels into Memory, Set the Time

Basic Tour of the Remote 4

Button Layout and Functions

Menu Basics 5

Colors, Menu Buttons, Moving through the Menus

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons
With VCRs

With a Satellite Receiver
With a Cable Box

With a Laserdisc Player
With Audio Equipment

6-7

8-10

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, Expanded Stereo, SAP, Tone, Speakers

Using Advanced Features Placing Channels in Memory/Autoprogram

Naming the Channels
Setting the Sleep Timer
Setting the Alarm Clock
Watching Picture-in-Picture
Selecting a Language
Watching Closed Captioning
Setting Your TV for Antenna or Cable

20
21
22
23

24-25

26
26
27

References Front Panel Buttons

Displays on the Screen

Trouble Checks

Index
Repair Services

28

29

30-31

32

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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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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. Pull off the cover of the battery

compartment.

B. Place the four AAA batteries as

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

C. Replace the cover.

4. Turn on the TV

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Press TV on the remote, or
press POWER on the TV.

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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.

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BACK OF TV

OFF HIGH

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POLARITY

STRENGTH

PICTURE TILT

A. Make sure STRENGTH 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.

6. Place all available
channels in memory

(Autoprogram)

Details for adding and deleting
channels are on page 20.

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Press MENUopROG until the
Setup menu is selected. This

menu is white.
Press MOVE • to highlight

Autoprogram.
Press MOVE • 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

Controls Alarm Adjust Setup

A. Press MENU'PROG 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 • to set the

minutes.

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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.

Operate TV when remote is set to
control the TV.

Operate the TV and advanced fea-
tures.

Component Buttons

Details are on pages 8-15.

Menu Buttons

See next page for details.

Picture-in-picture buttons

Details are on pages 7 and 24-25.

Control components such as a
VCR, laserdisc player, audio

equipment, satellite receiver and a
cable box.

Change 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. Detail s 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 Light White

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

Each menu has a different color
background as shown at the left.

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
will move through the menus. See

"Moving through the Menus" below.

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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 and

down on the front panel to
move up and down through

the features in the menu.

3. Press MOVE "4and I_ on the

remote or VOLUME + and - on
the front panel to move left and

right on the menu lines.

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

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POWER

Turns off the TV.
Turns off compatible components.

Turns on a component after a
component button is pressed.

AUDIO, VCR1, VCR2.LD,
DSS.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 '1_.

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

Player and Audio equipment on
pages 8-15.

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

REC (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.

VOL -I-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 CH to
switch between the two
channels.

Using Your TV and Remote

With Remote Buttons

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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 I until 1--
appears on the screen. Then press

the other two numbers.

INPUT
Switches between the TV channels
and Video 00/S-VID 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 _1and I_ (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.

PIP (Picture-in-Picture)
Turns the small picture on or off.

MOVE PIP
Moves the small picture to the next

corner.

SWAP
Switches the channel in the small

picture with the big picture.

FREEZE
Freezes or unfreezes the small
picture.

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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

2. Program the remote for
your VCRs

VCR Codes

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A. Press VCR1 or VGR2.LD to

turn the VCR on.

B. Press the VCR buttons shown

at the left. If your VCR does
not work, program VCR1 or

VGR2.LD with a VCR code
from the list below.

A. Point the remote at the VCR

and hold VCR1.

B. Enter the code for your brand

from the code list below.

C. Release VCR1.
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.

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

ProS:an ............................................. 00

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

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

RCA .......... 00.05,07,08,28,35,37,54,69

Radio Shack .......02,06,08009,12,15,19

................................................. 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

Yideosonic ....................................... 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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Using Your TV and Remote

With VCRs: Setting the VCR 1 Channel

The VCR 1 Channel works with VCR1 button on the remote. If the VCR 1
Channel is set, pressing VCR1 selects the channel to see the VCR picture.

The VCR 1 Channel setting depends on which diagram you have used
from the Connection Guide. If you want to turn this feature off, set the
VCR 1 Channel to Disable. Refer to the chart below for your setting.

1. Select the Setup Menu

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A. Press TV to set the remote to

control the "IV.

B. Press MENU*PROG to select the

Setup menu. This menu is
white.

2. Highlight VCR1 Channel

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A. Press MOVE • to highlight the

VCR 1 Channel.

B. Press MOVE _ to highlight the

channel.

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3. Enter channel number

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Autoprogram

Label: 13 .... _

Enter channel 00, 03, or 04. Choose
your setting from the chart below.

Press CHANNEL down until

"Disabled" is
displayed to turn the feature off.

Diagram used from the

Connection Guide:

1B, 1C, 2B, 2C, 3B, 3C, 4C0 5C

4B, 5B

Set VCR 1 Channel to:

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3 or 4 (same as 3/4 switch)