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Cat. No. 16-289
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
13-Inch Color TV/Monitor
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16-289.fm Page 2 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM FEATURES Your Radio Shack 13-Inch Color TV/ Auto Demonstration — lets you re- Monitor has many features for easy view the TV’s set-up menus. and convenient TV viewing. Your TV is specially designed for the hearing- Bilingual On-Screen Display — lets impaired, with a built-in digital decoder you select English or Spanish for the that allows you to read closed- on-screen language. captioned and text-service broadcasts. You can also use your TV to
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16-289.fm Page 3 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Warning: To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product Power Supply: This TV operates on to rain or moisture. 120V, 60 Hz AC power only. Never connect the TV to a voltage other than CAUTION the specified voltage (such as to the output of a nontransformer type con- RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! DO NOT OPEN. verter or to direct current). CAUTION : TO REDUCE THE RISK OF Polarized Plug: This TV is equipped ELECTRIC SHOC
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16-289.fm Page 4 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM CONTENTS Getting Started ..................................................................................................... 5 Choosing a Location ........................................................................................ 5 Connecting Antennas ...................................................................................... 5 Connecting an Outdoor Antenna .............................................................. 5 Conn
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16-289.fm Page 5 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM GETTING STARTED Connecting an Outdoor CHOOSING A LOCATION Antenna Choose a location for the TV where: For the best reception, we recommend • Air flows freely on all sides. you use an outdoor antenna. • The power cord is not in the way of normal traffic. Note: Before you connect the TV to an outdoor antenna, inspect the antenna Note: Do not plug in the power cord and the antenna’s cable. Severely until you make all other connections. weathered
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16-289.fm Page 6 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM • If you have a combination VHF/ CONNECTING CABLE TV UHF antenna and the antenna uses 300-ohm flat wire, connect If you subscribe to a cable TV service, the flat wire to the screw terminals connect the cable company’s 75-ohm on the supplied 300-to-75 ohm coaxial cable directly to the TV’s VHF/ adapter. Then connect the UHF (75Ω) terminal. adapter to the TV’s VHF/UHF (75Ω) terminal. If you use a cable box, connect the box’s output to the TV’s VH
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16-289.fm Page 7 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM CONNECTING AN CONNECTING AUDIO/VIDEO SOURCE EARPHONES You can use your TV to monitor an au- For private listening, plug a pair of ear- 1 dio/video source (such as a VCR, cam- phones with a /8-inch mini-plug (not corder or laser disc player). Connect supplied) into the EARPHONE jack on the audio/video source’s output jacks the right side of the TV. to the AUDIO IN/VIDEO IN jacks on the back of the TV. EARHONE AUDIO IN VIDEO IN Listening Safely
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16-289.fm Page 8 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM INSTALLING THE REMOTE CONTROL’S BATTERIES The remote control requires two AA batteries (not supplied) for operation. For the longest battery life, use alka- line batteries (Radio Shack Cat. No. 23-552). To ensure consistent opera- tion, change the batteries about once a year. Batteries 1. Remove the battery compartment cover by pressing down and slid- ing it in the direction of the arrow. 2. Install two AA batteries as indi- cated by the pola
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16-289.fm Page 9 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM USING THE TV’S CONTROLS USING THE TV’S FRONT PANEL CONTROLS This section briefly describes the function of each button on the TV’s front panel. Each function is described in detail later in this manual. Remote Control Receiver FUNCTION — Selects the different on- CH — Press the top CH button to se- screen function controls. lect the next higher channel and the bottom CH button to select the next VOL — Press the top VOL button to in- lower chann
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16-289.fm Page 10 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM Channel Selection (Number) But- USING THE REMOTE tons — Press to directly select a chan- CONTROL nel. The selected channel number appears on the screen for about 5 sec- The remote control has the same con- onds. trols as the TV’s front panel, as well as the additional controls described in this • To select a single-digit broadcast section. (AIR) channel — Channel 5, for example — press 5. You do not To operate the remote control, point its ne
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16-289.fm Page 11 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM REVIEW — Returns to the previously USING AUTO selected channel. DEMONSTRATION MUTE — Press once to mute the Auto demonstration lets you see all the sound. MUTE appears on the screen. on-screen controls. Press again to restore the sound. 1. Press SET-UP on the remote con- APC (Auto Picture Control) — Returns trol until AUTO DEMO. appears on to the factory preset picture settings or the screen. the settings you select. SET-UP — Selects the dif
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16-289.fm Page 12 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM OPERATION TURNING THE TV SELECTING THE INPUT ON/OFF SIGNAL Press POWER on the TV’s front panel Follow these steps to select between or remote control to turn the TV on or receiving cable stations and receiving off. broadcast channels. 1. Press SET-UP on the remote con- trol or FUNCTION on the front SETTING THE ON- panel until INPUT SELECTION appears on the screen. SCREEN LANGUAGE 1. Press SET-UP on the remote con- trol or FUNCTION on the fron
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16-289.fm Page 13 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM SELECTING TV OR VIDEO Press TV/VIDEO on the remote control to view the selected input signal (TV) or the audio/video source connected to the TV’s input jacks (VIDEO). 3. Press VOL + or –. The TV auto- matically scans and memorizes all active channels in your area. USING AUTOMATIC AND Note: You can press any button MANUAL CHANNEL on the remote control or front PROGRAMMING panel to stop automatic program- ming. When you turn on the TV for the
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16-289.fm Page 14 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM 2. Select the input signal (AIR or Manually Deleting a Channel CABLE). If the TV stored a channel you do not want, follow these steps to delete the channel from memory. 1. Press TV/VIDEO so TV is selected. 2. Select the input signal (AIR or CABLE). 3. Use the remote control’s number button(s) to select the channel you want to store. 3. Press CH + or – or the remote control’s number button(s) to se- lect the channel you want to de- SET-UP 4. Pr
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16-289.fm Page 15 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM 5. Press VOL + or – so the arrow appears. If you want to return to the points to DELETE. picture controls you previously select- ed, press APC until PICTURE RESET OFF appears. ADJUSTING THE PICTURE 6. The on-screen display automati- cally clears in about 5 seconds. Follow these steps to adjust the pic- Or, you can press RECALL to ture’s contrast, brightness, color inten- clear it. The channel is deleted. sity, tint, and sharpness. 1. Press PI
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16-289.fm Page 16 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM Refer to the following picture control chart. CONTROL BUTTON CONTROL –+ CONTRAST Lower Higher BRIGHTNESS Darker Brighter COLOR INTENSITY Lighter Deeper TINT Reddish Greenish SHARPNESS Softer Sharper 16
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16-289.fm Page 17 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM SPECIAL FUNCTIONS SETTING THE SLEEP USING CLOSED TIMER CAPTIONS You can set the sleep timer to auto- Closed captioning displays the audio matically turn off the television after the portion of a television program as writ- selected time period. ten words that appear on the television screen (in a form similar to English Follow these steps to use the sleep subtitles). Closed captions allow view- timer. ers to read the dialogue and narration of
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16-289.fm Page 18 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM • Your TV might not properly re- ceive caption signals in the follow- ing situations. Ignition: Black spots or horizontal streaks appear; picture flutters or drifts. Usually caused by interfer- ence from an automobile ignition system, neon lamps, drills, or oth- You are using an old, bad, or ille- er electrical appliances. gally recorded tape in the VCR connected to the TV. An airplane or car is interfering with the TV signal. The signal from
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16-289.fm Page 19 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM Select the caption function for ei- 4. To turn off captions, press CAP- ther the TV or the VCR, but not TION or FUNCTION so DECODER both. If both are decoding caption appears, then press VOL + or – so signals, captions might overlap or the arrow points to OFF. reception might be poor. Selecting the Caption Function 1. Press CAPTION on the remote control or FUNCTION on the front Note: If you select captioning and then panel so DECODER appears
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16-289.fm Page 20 Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:57 AM Note: If the signal for the text program Selecting Text is weak, the black box might appear 1. Press CAPTION on the remote and disappear on the screen. This control or FUNCTION on the front problem goes away when reception panel to display DECODER. Then improves. press VOL + or – so the arrow points to ON. 2. Press CAPTION or FUNCTION so the display shows DECODER MODE. Then press VOL + or – so the arrow points to TEXT. 3. Press CAPTION or FUN
