20Chapter 2. TV Connections
Before You Begin
Choosing a Language for Menus
When you first power on the TV, you can select either English or Spanish for all menus. You can later change the language through the Setup menu.
Figure 1. The Welcome screen lets you change the menu language when you first power on the TV.
ClearThought® Easy Connect Auto Input
Sensing
ClearThought automatically recognizes the devices you connected to TV inputs. The first time you connect each device you will be prompted to identify it by selecting from a
Only the names of input devices currently connected will appear in the Input Selection Menu. This makes it easy for you to know which input devices are available for you to use.
The table below defines how connections on each TV jack are handled.
Auto Detection Active | No Auto Detection |
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INPUT 1, 2, 3 video jacks | ANT 1/ANT 2 |
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COMPONENT 1 & 2 | RECORD OUTPUT |
video jacks | (all jacks) |
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HDMI* 1 & 2 | All AUDIO jacks |
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*If the device is powered off when connected, detec- tion will occur when the device is next powered on.
Figure 2. The Auto Input Sensing screen appears when a device is first detected. Select a name for the connected device in this screen.
1.Connect your devices to the TV.
The TV and the devices can be either on or off when connecting. If the TV is powered off, the detection process will occur the next time you turn on the TV.
2.When the Auto Input Sensing screen opens (figure 2),
you can accept the default name or press 
to select from a list of device names (e.g., cable box, DVD, Satellite, VCR).
Choose a name that will help you when selecting inputs in the Input Selection menu.
3.Press EXIT to close the screen. If you connected several devices at the same time, the screen for the next connection will open.
More About Auto Input Sensing
•You can change the input name at a later time using the Input Name menu.
•If you disconnect a device and then later connect a different device to that jack, open the Input Name menu to update the device name.
•Antenna inputs (ANT 1/ANT 2), all audio and all Record Output jacks are never detected.
•Be careful to choose different names for each input.