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OWNER'S MANUAL
Color Television
TM
27A60
32A60
36A60
© TOSHIBA CORPORATION, 2000
Index Appendix Using the TV’s Setting up Using the Connecting Welcome to
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Features your TV Remote Control your TV Toshiba
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNING INSTRUCTIONS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. INSTRUCCIONES DE SEGURIDAD ADVERTENCIA RIESGO DE DESCARGA ELÉCTRICIA - NO ABRIR CAUTION PLEASE READ AND OBSERVE ALL WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION AND THOSE ON YOUR TV SET. RETAIN THIS SECTION FOR REFERENCE. PRECAUCIÓN The lightning symbol in the triangle tells you that the voltage inside this product may be strong enough
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A polarized alternating current line plug — having one blade wider A product and cart combination than the other. This plug will fit into the power outlet only one way. If should be moved with care. Quick you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, try reversing the plug. stops, excessive force, and uneven surfaces may cause the product Un enchufe de línea de corriente alterna polarizado — posee una and cart combination to overturn. cuchilla más ancha que la otra. Este enchufe entrará en
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SERVICE / SERVICIO DE REPARACIÓN When the TV set reaches the end of its useful life, improper disposal could result in a picture tube implosion. Ask a qualified service Damage Requiring Service — Unplug the TV set from the wall outlet technician to dispose of the TV set. and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: Cuando el televisor llegue al final de su vida útil, si se deshace de él de forma inapropiada, el tubo de imagen puede explotar. Cuando desee Dañ
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Welcome to Toshiba .............................................................................................................................. 1 Exploring your new TV ............................................................................................................................... 1 Selecting a location for the TV .................................................................................................................... 1 Connecting your TV ..............................
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Labeling channels ...................................................................................................................................... 22 Video Label ............................................................................................................................................... 23 Watching picture-in-picture (PIP) ............................................................................................................. 24 Switching the main and small pictures
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Welcome to Toshiba Congratulations! You have purchased one of the finest color TVs on the market. The goal of this manual is to guide you through setting up and operating your Toshiba TV as quickly as possible. Please make sure you’ve received the following items: TV, remote control, batteries, manual, registration card, and extended service plan literature. If you did not receive all of the items, or any of the items are damaged or broken, please contact your Toshiba dealer. In addition, you ma
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Connecting your TV If you haven’t connected electronic equipment before, or you have been frustrated in the past, you may wish to read this section. (Cables are not supplied.) • A coaxial cable is the standard cable that comes in from your antenna or cable converter box. Coaxial cables use “F” connectors. • Audio and video cables are usually color coded according to use: yellow for video and red and white for audio. The red audio cable is for the stereo right channel, and the white audio cable i
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IN OUT Connecting a cable converter box This connection allows you to watch cable and premium channels. You should keep your TV selected to ANT-1 so that you can use the TV features. When viewing premium channels, select ANT-2 and tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel is vacant in your area), then use the converter box to change channels. You will need two coaxial cables. From Cable ANT (75Ω ) ANT-1 OUT ANT-2 DVD IN OUT IN VIDEO VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 COLOR STREAM Y VIDEO INPUT L MONO Cb L
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Connecting a DVD/satellite receiver and a VCR This connection allows you to watch DVD/satellite, video and TV programs. You can record from the DVD/satellite receiver and TV, as well as record one TV channel while watching another channel. You will need: • one coaxial cable • three pairs of audio cables (only one cable for a mono VCR) • two video cables • one S-video cable To Satellite DVD / Satellite Receiver AUDIO OUT L VIDEO OUT Caution: S VIDEO Satellite IN R You can use a video cable instea
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To Antenna TM DVD Player with ColorStream AUDIO OUT L L VIDEO TM OUT COLORSTREAM S VIDEO R R YCb Cr TV ANT (75Ω ) Caution: ANT-1 OUT ANT-2 To play from the DVD, the DVD and TV must DVD IN OUT IN use ColorStream connections. To record from COLOR VIDEO VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 Y STREAM VIDEO the DVD, the DVD and TV must select Video. INPUT L MONO Cb L/MONO L S VIDEO AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO Cr R R R Stereo VCR VIDEO AUDIO LR IN IN from ANT OUT to TV CH 3 OUT CH 4 Connecting two VCRs This connection allows you to
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Connecting a camcorder This connection allows you to watch video materials recorded on a Caution: camcorder. If you are using a S-VHS camcorder with a You will need: S-video output, connect this to the S-video • one pair of audio cables input on the TV and remove the video cable. Do not connect the video cable and the • one video cable S-video cable to Video-1 simultaneously. Camcorder VIDEO AUDIO OUT L R TV Back ANT (75Ω ) ANT-1 OUT ANT-2 DVD IN OUT IN VIDEO VIDEO 2 VIDEO 1 COLOR Y STREAM VI
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Using the remote control Preparing the remote control for use Note: With the remote control, you can operate your TV, most VCR This remote control’s functions may or may models, and cable TV converters together, even if they are different not operate your VCR or cable TV converter. brands. If you will be using your TV with a Toshiba VCR, your Refer to the owner’s manuals supplied with remote control is already programmed and ready to use. If you own the equipment to see which features are differ
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Programming the remote control for use with a Recall POWER RECALL MUTE VCR or a cable TV converter POWER This remote control is pre-programmed to operate Toshiba VCRs. To 2 1 3 use VCRs or cable converters other than Toshiba models, you must 4 5 6 follow the steps below before you operate your remote control. 1. Refer to the “VCR code table” or “Cable TV converter code 9 Number 7 8 CH RTN table” on pages 9-10 to find the number that corresponds to the ENT 100 0 brand name of your VCR or converte
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VCR code table Brand name Code number Adventura 019 Magnavox 054, 058, 100, 129, Scott 062, 064, 140, 203, 229, 230, 231 Aiko 297 168 Aiwa 019 Magnin 259 Sears 054, 056, 061, 065, 066, 073, 085, 123, Akai 060, 068, 080, 125, Marantz 054, 100 261 Marta 056 124 Sharp 067, 081 American High 054 Matsushita 054 Asha 259 MEI 054 Shintom 091 Shogun 259 Audiovox 056 Memorex 019, 054, 056, 058, Beaumark 259 065, 066, 067, 123, Singer 091 Sony 051, 052, 053, 054 Bell & Howell 123 259 Brandt 206 MGA 062, 0
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Cable TV converter code table (continued) Brand name Code number Garrard 172 CG Electronics 075 Gemini 034, 089 General Instrument 030, 295 Gold Star 059, 163 Hamlin 028, 039, 053, 278, 292 Hitachi 030 Hytex 026 Jasco 172 Jerrold 022, 030, 031, 033, 034, 066, 295 Macom 052 Magnavox 046 Memorex 019 Movie Time 175 NSC 089, 175 Oak 026, 038, 267 Panasonic 019, 040, 126 Paragon 019 Philips 044, 046, 047, 048, 049, 050, 172 Pioneer 042, 163, 552 Popular Mechanics 419 Pulsar 019 RCA 040 Regal 039, 278
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Location of Controls For details on the use of each control, refer to pages in brackets. TV front panel TV/VIDEO [12] TV/VIDEO [12] VOLUME T /S 27A60 VOLUME T/S CHANNEL s/t [14] 32A60 CHANNEL s/t [14] 36A60 MENU TV / VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL POWER MENU TV/VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL POWER
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Setting up your TV After you’ve installed the batteries and programmed the remote control, you need to set some preferences on the TV using the menu. You can access the menu with the buttons on your TV or by using the remote control. • When you make a menu selection, your changes occur immediately. You do not have to press MENU or EXIT to see your changes. • After fifteen seconds, the menu screen will automatically disappear if TV/VIDEO you do not make a selection. Your changes will still be sav
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To select the antenna input: TV/VIDEO 1. Press the TV/VIDEO button on the TV. The signal source you are connected to is displayed in purple. TV VIDEO 1 ANT 1 VIDEO 2 ANT 2 POWER MENU TV/VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL COLOR STREAM TS t s TO SELECT PUSH TV/VIDEO 2. Press the button until ANT 1 or ANT 2 is displayed in purple, indicating the antenna terminal you wish to use. Adding channels to the TV’s memory Your TV will stop on specific channels that are stored in the TV’s channel memory when you press
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TV/VIDEO Adding and erasing channels manually VOLUME T/S After you’ve programmed the channels, you can add or erase specific channels. CHANNEL s/t To add or erase channels: 1. Select the channel you want to add or erase using Channel y or z. If MENU TV/VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL adding channels, you must select the channel to add by using the Channel Number buttons. TS t s 2. Press MENU, then press x or • to highlight the SET UP menu. 3. Press y or z to highlight ADD/ERASE. T/S/t/s PICTURE AUDIO SET U
