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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s
Appendix
Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features
Integrated High Definition
Color Television
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Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing this Toshiba TV. This manual will help you use the many exciting features of your new TV. Before operating the TV, please read this manual Child Safety completely, and keep it nearby for future reference. It Makes A Difference Safety Precautions Where Your TV Stands WARNING Congratulations on your purchase! As you enjoy TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR your new TV, keep these safety tips in mind: MOISTUR
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Important Safety Instructions Installation, Care, and Service Installation 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. Follow these recommendations and precautions and heed all warnings when installing your TV: 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 16) Never modify this equipment. Changes or modifications may void: a) the warranty, and b)
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31) [This item applies to projection TVs only.] If the air temperature rises suddenly (for example, when the TV is 25) Always operate this equipment from first delivered), condensation may form on the lenses. This a 120 V AC, 60 Hz power source only. can make the picture appear distorted or the color appear faded. If this happens, turn off the TV for 6 to 7 hours to allow the condensation to evaporate. 32) For added protection of your TV from lightning and power 26) Always make sure the antenna
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Important Safeguards ............................................................................................................. 2-4 Welcome to Toshiba ................................................................................................................... 6 Exploring your new TV ......................................................................
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Welcome to Toshiba Congratulations! You have purchased one of the finest color TVs on the The STARTING SETUP feature appears the first time you turn on the TV. See page market. The goal of this manual is to guide you through setting up and operating your Toshiba TV as quickly as possible. 20 for details. You may need to purchase other audio or video cables to connect your equipment. See “Connecting your TV” on page 7 for more information. Please read all the safety and operating instructions car
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting your TV NEVER CONNECT THIS TV TO A • A coaxial cable is the standard cable that comes in from your PERSONAL COMPUTER (PC). antenna or cable converter box. Coaxial cables use “F” connectors. This TV is not intended for use • Standard A/V (audio/video) cables are usually color coded accord- with a PC. ing to use: yellow for video and red and white for a
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Connecting a cable converter box or Antenna This television has an extended tuning range and can tune most cable channels without using a cable company supplied converter box. Some cable companies offer “premium pay channels” in which the signal is scrambled. Descrambling these signals for normal viewing requires the use of a descrambler device, which is generally provided by the cable company. Option 1: For Subscribers to Basic Cable TV Service For basic cable service not requiring a Converter/
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting a DVD player/satellite receiver and a VCR You will need: • three coaxial cables This connection allows you to watch DVD/satellite, VCR, or TV • two sets of standard A/V cables programs. You can record from the satellite receiver and TV, as well as • one S-video cable record one TV channel while watching another channel. Note: You can use a standard vi
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® Connecting a DVD player with ColorStream (component video) and a VCR You will need: • two coaxial cables This connection allows you to watch DVD, VCR, or TV programs and • one set of standard A/V cables record TV programs. You can record from one source while watching a • one set of component video cables ® program from another source. Your TV has ColorStream (component • one pair of standard audio cables video) inputs. Connecting your TV to a component video compatible DVD ® player, such as a
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting a DTV receiver / set-top box with ® ColorStream (component video) and a VCR You will need: This connection allows you to watch DTV (digital TV), VCR, and TV • three coaxial cables programs, and record DTV and TV programs. •two sets of standard A/V cables ® Your TV has ColorStream (component video) inputs. Connecting your • one set of standard audio ca
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Connecting a camcorder This connection allows you to watch videos recorded on a camcorder. You will need: • one set of standard A/V cables VHS Camcorder Front panel of TV S-VHS Camcorder You will need: • one S-video cable • one pair of standard audio cables AUDIO S-VIDEO VIDEO L Note: For better picture quality, if your camcorder R has S-video, you can use an S-video cable OUT (plus the standard audio cables) instead of a standard video cable. Do not connect both a standard v
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting an HDMI™ or DVI device The HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) input on [1] EIA/CEA-861/861B compliance covers the your TV receives digital audio and uncompressed digital transmission of uncompressed digital video with high- video from an HDMI source device, or uncompressed bandwidth digital content protection, which is being digital video fro
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Connecting an audio system This connection allows you to use external speakers with an external You will need: audio amplifier to adjust the sound level. • one pair of standard audio cables To control the audio: Turn on the TV and the stereo amplifier. Turn off the TV’s built-in speakers (see “Turning off the built-in speakers” on page 38). Note: To hear sound when using an external audio amplifier, the volume of both the TV and the amplifier must be set to a reasonable listening level. Back pan
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control Remote Control your TV Features Using the remote control Preparing the remote control for use In addition to operating the TV, the remote control can operate most Note: cable TV converters, satellite receivers, VCRs, and DVD players, The TV remote control may not operate your regardless of their brand. The remote control is pre-programmed to VCR, DVD player, or cable T
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▼ To control a DVD player: Power Input (TV) Program the remote Recall control to recognize the Mute (TV) brand of your DVD Number buttons player (see “Programming the remote control to Volume +/– (TV) operate your other DVD devices” below). The Pic Size (TV) buttons shown at right DVD MENU will then control the ▲▼ DVD player. ENTER Press “DVD” first. DVD controls DVD Skip/Search / TOP Menu DVD Clear Programming the remote control to operate Power your other devices Recall This remote control i
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Device code tables [For CBL/SAT mode] CABLE Box Brand Code Brand Code Brand Code !" #" $" %#" #" (" ’!" %#" * 1 3 $" ’%" ’(" % " * %&" %’" (!" (#" % " %(" (!" ( %%" (%" ! !" ! ) ( " (% + , ’#" ( 1 () )" (#" (’" (( + , (!" (#" ! & 1 # &" (& + ( 1
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[For VCR mode] VCR (continued) Brand Code Brand Code Brand Code !#" !$" !) ’" (" ! " )&" * ! !" #" &% &" %" ’!" ’)" * $’ ! ’(" %) !%" #(" $’ &) %" !!" !’" #%" * $ ! " $!" ) $ " )’" )" ’# ! " !%" ) ’" (" ! " ! " * ’" ! " ! " #!" " !!" #!" #$" * !%" # " #!" ##" * ##" #$" #&" #)" #&" #%" $ " $(" * $!" &( $)" )$" )’" $" )’" ’&" ’%" ’( ! &" )" %" ’!" (" ! " ) !" #" $" (" * ’)" ’( ’$ #&
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Learning about the remote control TV/VIDEO selects the video input source (page 28) RECALL displays TV status information on-screen (page 40) MUTE turns off the sound (page 37) POWER turns the TV on and off CHANNEL NUMBERS allow direct access to channels (page 22) TV/Video POWER Recall Mute CH RTN (Channel Return) returns to the last viewed channel (page 22) Cha
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Setting up your TV After you have installed the batteries and programmed the remote control, you need to set some preferences on the TV using the menu system. You can access the menu system with the buttons on the remote control. • When you make a menu selection, your changes are immediate. You do not have to press MENU or EXIT to save your changes. • After 15 seconds, the menu screen will automatically close if you do not make a selection. Your changes will still be saved. • When you are finish
