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IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS Read before operating equipment Read these instructions. Keep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follow all instructions. Do not use this apparatus near water. Clean only with a dry cloth. Do not block any of the ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturers instructions.
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19. Power Lines - An outdoor antenna should be located away from power lines. 20. Outdoor Antenna Grounding - If an outside antenna is connected to the receiver, be sure the antenna system is grounded so as to pro- vide some protection against voltage surges and built up static charges.
ASIC our home’s signal input might come from a single (75 ohm) round cable, or a Converter Box supplied by your cable company. In any case, the connection to the TV is very easy. If your Cable TV signal is a round cable (75 ohm) then you're ready to connect to the TV.
f your home’s signal input comes from an Internal or external antenna. Follow the steps below to connect it to the TV. If your Antenna signal is a round cable (75 ohm) then you're ready to connect to the TV. If your antenna has flat twin-lead wire (300 ohm), you need to attach the antenna wires to the screws on a...
ASIC Press the POWER button to turn the TV ON. Note: Press any button on the front of the TV to turn it ON. Press the VOLUME + button to increase the sound level, or the VOLUME – button to lower the sound level.
o load the supplied batteries into the remote: Remove the battery compartment lid on the back of the remote. Place the batteries (2-AA) in the remote. Be sure the (+) and (-) ends of the batteries line up correctly (inside of case is marked.) Reattach the battery lid.
RONT or temporary connections like video cameras or gaming devices, the Audio/Video Input Jacks on the front of the TV cabinet allow quick and easy access. Follow the steps below to connect an accessory device to the front input jacks. Connect the VIDEO (yellow) cable to the VIDEO in jack on the front of the TV.
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EMOTE 1 - POWER button - Press the Power button to turn the TV on or off. 2 - QUADRA SURF Buttons - (Red, Green, Yellow, Blue) Store and surf up to 10 channels for each colored button. 3 - SMILEY Button - Press to add channels to the “Quadra Surf”...
OW TO MENU is nothing more than an onscreen list of features (or controls). These features can be adjusted, activated ro deactivated to your liking by following the screen prompts from each menu. Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the onscreen menu.
our TV has several controls that help with the first-time setup. These con- trols are found in the INSTALL onscreen sub menu. LANGUAGE CONTROL - This control can be set so the TV’s onscreen menu reads in English or Spanish. TUNER MODE CONTROL - This control changes the TV’s sig- nal input to ANTENNA, CABLE or...
INSTALL M hese controls are also found in the INSTALL onscreen sub menu. AUTOPROGRAM CONTROL - Your TV can set itself automatically for local area (or Cable TV) chan- nels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV stations in your area when the CHANNEL (+), (–) buttons are pressed.
o adjust your TV picture controls, select a channel and use the Picture Menu Controls listed below: BRIGHTNESS CONTROL - Press the CURSOR RIGHT or LEFT buttons until darkest parts of the pic- ture are as bright as you prefer. COLOR CONTROL - Press the CURSOR RIGHT or LEFT add or eliminate color.
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PICTURE M he Picture Menu options also include two features that work invisibly to help produce the best picture quality when they are turned on. DNR CONTROL - Press the SOR RIGHT or LEFT gle the Dynamic Noise Reduction Control ON or OFF. This control clears up a picture that may appear “speckled”...
djust your TV sound with the Sound Menu. Choose Treble Boost, Bass Boost, Balance, or AVL controls. TREBLE BOOST CONTROL - Press the CURSOR RIGHT or LEFT buttons to toggle this control ON or OFF. The TREBLE BOOST Control enhances high frequencies. BASS BOOST CONTROL - Press the CURSOR RIGHT or LEFT...
he Timer controls allow you to use your TV as an alarm clock if set to turn itself on and off at a specific time. It also can be set to tune to a specific channel at a specific time. TIME CONTROL - Enter the cur- rent time with the number buttons.
NDERSTANDING THE he AutoLock™ feature is an integrated circuit that receives and processes data sent by broadcasters, or other program providers, and content containing advisories. When programmed by the viewer, a TV with AutoLock™ responds to the content advi- sories and blocks program content that may be objectionable (such as offensive language, violence, sexual situations, etc.).
REATING AN ver the next few panels you’ll learn how to block channels and get a bet- ter understanding of the rating terms for certain programming. First, let’s start by setting a personal access code: Press the MENU button on the remote to display the on-screen menu.
OW TO fter setting your personal access code (see previous page), you are ready to select the channels or the A/V Inputs to block out or censor. Once your access code has been entered, the AutoLock™ features are displayed on the screen: Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN buttons until the words BLOCK...
LOCKING OR fter blocking specific channels there may come a time when you want to block or clear all the channels at the same time. Once your access code has been entered, the AutoLock™ features are displayed on the screen: Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN buttons to select CLEAR ALL or BLOCK ALL.
LOCK he AutoLock™ feature can block programming based on Movie Industry ratings. Once your access code has been entered, the AutoLock™ features are displayed on the screen: Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN button to highlight the words MOVIE RATING. Press the CURSOR RIGHT but- ton to display MOVIE RATING options (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC17, or...
LOCK he AutoLock™ feature blocks program- ming based on TV Industry ratings. Once your access code has been entered, AutoLock™ features are displayed on the screen: Press the CURSOR UP button to highlight the words TV RATING. Press the CURSOR RIGHT ton to display TV RATING options TV-Y, TV-Y7, TV-G, TV-PG, TV- 14, or TV-MA...
THER utoLock™ offers other blocking fea- tures as well. With these Blocking Options, censoring can be turned ON or OFF. Once your access code has been entered, AutoLock™ features are displayed on the screen: Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN buttons until the words BLOCK- ING OPTIONS are highlighted.
SING THE losed Captioning (CC) allows you to read the voice content of television programs on the TV screen. Designed to help the hearing impaired, this feature uses on-screen “text boxes” to show dia- logue and conversations while the TV program is in progress.
et your TV to turn itself off automati- cally after a given amount of time. Press the SLEEP button on the remote control and the SLEEP timer display appears on the screen. Press the SLEEP button repeated- ly to pick the amount of time (15, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 180, or 240 minutes) before the TV turns itself off.
SING THE hether you’re watching a movie or a sporting event, your TV has auto- matic video control settings matched for your current program source or content. Press the AUTO PICTURE button on the remote control. The current Auto Picture setting is displayed on the screen.
SING THE he Auto Sound feature allows you to select between four different factory set sound options. Press the AUTO SOUND button on the remote control. The current Auto Sound setting appears in the middle of the screen. Press the AUTO SOUND button repeatedly to toggle between the four settings.
OW TO he QuadraSurf™ control allows you set up four different personal channel Surf lists using the colored buttons (on the remote control). Each colored button holds up to ten channels in its quick viewing list. Press the CHANNEL (+) or (–) but- tons (or the NUMBER buttons) to select a channel to add to one of the SURF lists.
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OW TO he Quadra Surf buttons on your remote control allow you to store up to 10 channels per button (40 total). You can even program the A/V Input channels (AV1, AV2, SVHS, FRONT, etc.) for each button, making them a “source” button. Assuming cyou have added channels to the four Quadra Surf lists (the four colored buttons, see the previous page), let’s review...
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