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TOSHIBA
The power to open people’s eyes
42WH18B
50WH18B
colour television
owner’s manual
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Contents SETTING UP For your safety – Some do’s and don’ts for you to be aware of 3 Installation and other points to follow 4 Your new television’s remote control – an at-a-glance guide 5 Connecting the speakers 6 Connecting and turning on your new TV 7 Choosing the language and Auto tuning 8 Manually tuning your TV – an alternative to Auto tuning 9 Sorting programme positions 10 Manual fine tuning, programme skip 11 USING YOUR TV General controls – changing programme position 12 Sound controls
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SETTING UP For your safety This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. So, please read the points below for your own safety. They are of a general nature, intended to help you with all your electronic consumer products and some points may not apply to the goods you have just purchased. Air Circulation… Do not… DON'T remove any fixe
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SETTING UP Installation and other points to follow Where to install Locate the television away from direct sunlight and strong lights. Soft, indirect lighting is recommended for comfortable viewing. Place the TV directly on the floor or a sturdy platform. The mounting surface should be flat and steady. If you install the TV onto a soft floor covering, make sure that the covering will not be damaged by the weight of the TV. Use curtains or blinds to prevent direct sunlight falling on the screen.
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SETTING UP Your new television’s remote control Simple, at-a-glance reference of your remote control’s buttons… To display teletext To bring up on-screen information and for the teletext initial/index function For On/Standby mode Number buttons To select input from external sources To access sub-pages when in teletext To return to the previous programme mode Widescreen viewing Selectable picture preferences To exit Menus On-screen Menus To change programme positions and teletext pages To alter t
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☛ When you connect a Super Woofer, make sure you choose Woofer EXT. from the AV connection option in the Feature menu. ! WARNING: do not attempt to share external speakers with your Hi-Fi as serious damage may occur. ! Always make sure that the lead with the stripe (or raised edge) is connected to the RED terminal and the other (smooth) lead is connected to the BLACK terminal. SETTING UP Connecting the speakers When connecting external speakers always make sure that the power is OFF. External (
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SETTING UP Connecting and turning on your new TV To conserve energy it is best to turn your TV off and not to leave it in Standby, unless the timer has been set. The TV back connections… Connect the aerial to the socket on the rear of the television. If you use a Set Top Box and/or a video recorder it is essential that the aerial cable is connected through the Set Top Box and/or through the video recorder to the television. DO NOT CONNECT SCART LEADS UNTIL THE TELEVISION IS FULLY TUNED. AERIA
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SETTING UP Choosing the language and Auto tuning Before running Auto tuning turn on your Set Top Box and tune to a main channel. Also turn on the video recorder and set it to Standby. This will enable your television to allocate the necessary programme positions. Now press the Q button to highlight Auto 4 tuning. Set up Language ENGLISH Colour AUTO Auto tuning Manual tuning Programme sorting Teletext Then the button to go to the Auto tuning R 5 screen. Auto tuning Previous settings wi
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! If you cannot connect your television to the …Your TV video recorder using Scart leads you will need to may display allocate a programme position on the television different for the video recorder. Insert a pre-recorded tape Channel and press PLAY on the remote control, then numbers… Manual tune… These options will appear as you move across the screen. SETTING UP Manually tuning your TV As an alternative to Auto tuning, you can tune-in your Toshiba television manually using Manual tuning.
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SETTING UP Manually tuning your TV continued Sorting programme positions Press the P button to begin the search. Searching 5 To sort programme positions will flash and the television will show the channel numbers whilst the search is progressing. After tuning, if you want to change the position of Manual tuning certain programmes you can. Program sorting is an Searching easy way of storing each channel on the programme position of your choice. 0I 32 0 RRR Press the MENU button and then th
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SETTING UP Manual fine tuning and programme skip Programme skip To prevent certain programmes from being viewed, for example, a certain film by your children whilst you are out for the evening, you can skip the programme position and take the remote control with you. The television will still function as normal using the controls on the front of it, but the set will not show the skipped programme position. Press the MENU button and from the top menu 1 bar select Set up. With the Q button highli
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USING YOUR TV General and sound controls Sound control Volume Volume 32 Press thej — ( ) S or j + ( ) button R to adjust the volume. Sound Mute Press the button to turn the sound off. k Press it again and the sound will return. Bass Boost – to enhance the depth of sound Press the button repeatedly to turn the Bass boost n on and off. Press the or button to adjust the effect. S R When an active Super Woofer is connected the button n will control it. When you connect a Super Woofer, make
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USING YOUR TV Widescreen viewing This set is capable of showing broadcasts in a number of formats. Depending on the type of broadcast being transmitted you may select between Super live, Cinema, Subtitle, 14:9, Wide and 4:3. This setting will enlarge the image to fit the screen by stretching the image horizontally, holding SUPER LIVE the correct proportions at the centre of the image. When watching ‘letterbox format’ films/video tapes, this setting will eliminate or reduce the black bars CINEM
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! The options available to you when in the Picture position screen will vary depending upon the widescreen format you have previously chosen, as detailed on page 13. USING YOUR TV Picture controls Adjustment to the position of the picture may be made to suit your viewing preferences. Picture position Press the MENU button, and use the Press the button to view the options available R 1 3 button to select Feature menu. for the picture format you have selected. R With the P and
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The Tint can only be adjusted on a signal from an NTSC video recorder or DVD player when the television is in AUTO colour mode. USING YOUR TV Picture controls continued This television offers you the choice of personalising the picture style to suit your own preferences. Picture Preferences, Scan Mode, Digital Noise Reduction and Still Picture Within this Picturemenu you have the options to adjust the Contrast, Brightness, Colour, Tint and Sharpness. Using the or button alter to sui
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When Panel lock is ON, you will be reminded on the screen when you press any of the front panel buttons. Once the set has been switched off it can ONLY be brought out of standby using the remote control. If the On timer has been set, you do not have to wait to watch the television. You can bring the set back to life by pressing the button. However, i the GREEN timer light will stay on until the set time period has passed, at which point the TV will go to the chosen channel. ADDITIONAL FEATU
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ADDITIONAL FEATURES AV connections and input selection Defining your INPUT and OUTPUT sockets so that your television recognises connected equipment. SELECTING THE VIDEO SIGNAL This feature allows you to specify the type of signal going into Scarts 2 (EXT 2) or 3 (EXT 3) on the back of the television and the sockets on the front (which are also EXT 3). AV is the most common and comes from standard video recorders and Set Top Boxes whereas S-VIDEO signals are
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! If rear speakers are NOT selected in the Surround set up menu, you will not hear any sound from your rear speakers. SPECIAL SOUND FEATURES Dolby Digital Dolby Digital is available from DVD players, some games console players, etc. These must be connected using a Scart or phono lead for the picture AND an optical or a coaxial cable for the sound see page 25. Dolby Digital Arrange the speakers around your normal viewing positions DELAY TIME… (as shown on page 6) and then make sure that the TV I
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SPECIAL SOUND FEATURES Dolby Pro Logic Dolby Pro Logic – available on many TV broadcasts in addition to video tapes, uses a combination of 4 speaker channels – front-left, centre, front-right and two rear. If external front speakers are not connected, the left and right front channels will be delivered through the speakers in the TV and you will not hear a centre channel. From the Feature menu select Surround set Surround set up 1 up. Back Rear speaker YES Using the or buttons turn Rear sp
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…if you choose to adjust one Digital Surround mode, you will not effect the others. SPECIAL SOUND FEATURES Digital Surround Processor Please note: Hall, Theatre, Disco, and Stadium effects are only available on a stereo signal. Pseudo surround works on both mono and stereo signals. All of the Digital surround modes are adjustable, the method of adjustment being described below, is the same for all the Digital Surround effects. Press the button to bring up the Surround SURROUND SOUND uses a M 1 m
