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Dear Customer, Thank you for purchasing this Toshiba TV. This manual will Child Safety help you use the many exciting features of your new TV. Before operating the TV, please read this manual It Makes A Difference completely, and keep it nearby for future reference. Where Your TV Stands Safety Precautions Congratulations on your purchase! As you enjoy your new TV, keep these safety tips in mind: WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, The Issue DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN
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Important Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards your TV Remote Control your TV Features Safeguards Toshiba Important Safety Instructions Installation, Care, and Service 1) Read these instructions. Installation 2) Keep these instructions. Follow these recommendations and precautions and heed all 3) Heed all warnings. warnings when installing your TV: 4) Follow all instructions. 16) Never modify this equipment. Changes or modifications may void: a)
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30) [This item applies to projection TVs only.] If the air temperature rises suddenly (for example, when the TV is 24) Always operate this equipment from first delivered), condensation may form on the lenses. This a 120V 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. 31) For added protection of your TV from lightning and power 25) Always make sure the antenna s
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Important Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards your TV Remote Control your TV Features Safeguards Toshiba Important Safety Information .......................................................................................... 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 market. The goal of this manual is to guide you through setting up and operating your Toshiba TV as quickly as possible. 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 carefully before you begin. Exploring your new TV You can operate your TV by using the buttons on
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Important Welcome to Connecting Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV your TV Remote Control your TV Features Connecting your TV • A coaxial cable is the standard cable that comes in from your antenna or cable converter box. Coaxial cables use “F” connectors. • Standard A/V (audio/video) cables are usually color coded accord- ing to use: yellow for video and red and white for audio. The red audio cable is for the stereo right channel, and the white au
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Connecting a cable converter box 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. For Subscribers to Basic Cable TV Service For basic cable service not requiring a Converter/Descrambler box, conn
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Important Welcome to Connecting Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV 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 pro- • two sets of standard A/V cables grams. You can record from the satellite receiver and TV, as well as • one S-video cable record one TV channel while watching another channel. • one pair
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Connecting two VCRs This connection allows you to record (dub/edit) from one VCR to You will need: another VCR. • two coaxial cables You will also be able to record from one TV channel while watching • two sets of standard A/V cables another channel. Stereo VCR / Playback Note: To antenna Do not connect the same VCR to the output IN IN from ANT OUT to TV and input jacks on the TV at the same time. OUT For better picture quality, if your VCR has CH 3 LR CH 4 VIDEO AUDIO S-video, you can use an S-
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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 Note: With the remote control, you can operate your TV, most cable TV The TV remote control may not operate your converters/satellite receivers, VCRs, and DVD players together, even if VCR, DVD player, or cable TV converter. they are different brands. If you will be using your
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To control a DVD player: Power Input (TV) Program the remote Display control to recognize the Mute (TV) brand of your DVD player Number (see “Programming the buttons remote control to operate your other devices” below.) The buttons DVD shown at right will then 16:9 (TV) control the DVD player. DVD MENU Press “DVD” first. 1/2/3/4 Volume +/– (TV) ENTER DVD controls DVD Skip/Search J(/)K Top Menu DVD Clear CODE Channel Numbers Programming the remote control to operate TV your other devices VCR DVD
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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 Device code tables [For CBL/SAT Mode] CABLE Box Brand Code Brand Code Brand Code ABC 061, 062, 063, 082, Jerrold 062, 069, 071, 082, Scientific Atlanta 063, 078, 079, 080, 084, 087, 091, 092, 086, 089, 091, 096 088, 098, 101, 105 096, 098 Magnavox 072, 096 Sears 095 Archer 065, 092, 097, 099 Memorex 091, 092, 104 Signature 062 Cableview
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VCR (Continued) Brand Code Brand Code Brand Code Portland 012, 013, 015 Sanyo 007, 009, 016, 054, Tashiko 010 Proscan 001, 002, 048 064, 068, 071, 075, Tatung 037 Proton 061 079, 085 Teac 018, 029, 037 Quasar 045 Scott 008, 011, 017, 028, Technics 036 Radio Shack 010, 031, 065 030, 057, 065, 072 Teknika 010, 018, 065 Radio Shack/ 007, 009, 010, 016, Sears 007, 010, 016, 021, Toshiba 000, 011, 021, 023, Realistic 018, 020, 021, 022, 022, 023, 024, 025, 024, 028, 030, 039, 031, 049 035, 053, 057
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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 Learning about the remote control POWER turns the TV on and off SLEEP programs the TV to turn off at a set time (page 26) TV/VIDEO selects the video input source (page 25) CH +/– cycles through programmed channels (page 17) TV selects TV mode TV/Video POWER CBL/SAT selects CBL/SAT mode (page 11) Mute Display VCR selects VCR mode (page 11
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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 occur immediately. 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 fi
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’s Setting up Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV your TV Features Adding channels to the TV’s memory When you press CH +/- on the remote control or CHANNEL / on the TV front panel, your TV will stop only on the channels stored in the TV’s channel memory. Follow the steps below to program channels into the memory. Programming channels automatically Your TV can automatically detect all active channels and st
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Using the TV’s features Adjusting the channel settings Switching between two channels Channel You can switch between two channels without entering an actual Numbers channel number each time. To switch between two channels: 1. Select the first channel you want to view. CH RTN 2. Select a second channel using the Channel Number buttons (0–9, 100). 3. Press CH RTN. The previous channel will be displayed. Each time you press CH RTN, the TV will switch back and forth between the last channels you tun
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Important Welcome to Connecting Using the Setting up Using the TV’ Using the TV’s s Appendix Safeguards Toshiba your TV Remote Control your TV Features Features To clear your favorite channels: 1. Select a channel you want to clear. 2. Press MENU, then press or to display the OPTION menu. 3. Press or to highlight FAVORITE CH. 4. Press or to display the FAVORITE CH menu. SET/CLEAR will be highlighted. Channel Numbers CH PICTURE AUDIO SETUP OPTION FAVORITE CH : CH 012 SET/CLEAR SET CLEAR S
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4. Use the Channel Number buttons (0–9) to enter your PIN code. Note: If you are accessing the LOCK menus for the first time, select a If you forget your PIN code, press DISPLAY four-digit number to be your PIN code. Press ENTER. The four times within five seconds from the BLOCKING menu appears. BLOCKING menu. This resets your PIN code and allows you to proceed to the BLOCKING menu. CH PICTURE AUDIO SETUP OPTION LOCK CH LOCK START Display VIDEO LOCK OFF GAME TIMER OFF NEW PIN CODE START SELECT A
