RCA HDTV Using the TV’s Menu System, Menus, On-screen Help, and Control Panels, On-Screen Help

Using the TV’s Menu System

Menus, On-screen Help, and Control Panels

This section highlights your TV’s on-screen menu system. The menu system has several types of screens. An overview follows.

Note: The Parental Controls menu items is discussed in the Features chapter, while Assisted Setup is discussed in the Connections and Setup chapter.

0 Go Back

1 Picture Quality

2Audio

3 Parental Controls

4Connections

5Preferences

6 Assisted Setup

Main Menu

The Picture Quality menu has screens for optimizing the picture for each of the TV's inputs:

•Picture Settings: Adjust the levels that affect the picture.

•Picture Presets: Choose preset levels of Picture Settings.

•Auto Color: Correct the color from channel to channel.

•Color Warmth: Adjust the color to Cool, Warm, or Normal.

•Noise Reduction: Reduce picture "static" or interference.

•Green Stretch: Intensify and enhance shades of green.

•Edge Enhancement: Make the picture's edges sharper.

•Contrast Expand: Intensify and enhance shades of black.

•Advanced Settings: Fine-tune the picture and its position.

Press OK or 4 to access the Picture Quality menu.

Navigating the Menu System

The first menu you see when you press the MENU button on the remote is called the Main Menu. To access the Main Menu:

1.Press the MENU button (the Main Menu appears).

2.Use the arrow buttons (left, right, up, down) to move through the menu and highlight different options.

3.Press the OK button to select a highlighted item.

Tips

A shortcut method to access a menu item is to press the number button on the remote that matches the number next to the on-screen menu. For example, in the Main Menu, press 2 to go straight to the Audio menu.

Feel free to explore the menu system. If you’re ever unsure where you are in the menu system, look at the menu path at the top (for example, Main Menu, Picture Quality) or if you’re just tired of exploring, press CLEAR to remove the menus from the screen and start over again.

Note: Press the number button on the remote that matches the number next to the on-screen menu to select the option.

To exit the Main Menu:

•Press CLEAR. The on-screen displays are cleared from the screen and you return to TV viewing.

•Press MENU.

•Press 0 (Go Back) or GO BACK on the remote.

Menu path

On-Screen Help

0 Go Back

1 Signal Strength

2 Channel Search

3 Signal Source

4 Video Input Setup

5 Auto Tuning

6 Special Features

Main Menu Connections

Select which input or channel should be automatically tuned when a button listed below is pressed on the remote control.

VCR		AUDIO (Audio Receiver/Amp)
	Front Input		Front Input
VCR2		RCA SAT2
	Front Input		Front Input
DVD
	Front Input

SAT-CABLE (Satellite or Cable Box)

Front Input

Press OK to select the channel or input that is tuned when the VCR key is pressed on the remote.

Information appears on most screens to assist you in understanding your menu selection. To the right of the highlighted menu item is a display area that might provide text for the item selected along with any submenu items. In addition, a menu path appears at the top of the screen to let you know where you are in the menu system. At the bottom of the screen are two lines of help text that explain the currently highlighted item.

Controls

Highlighted menu	Help text
selection

Controls let you adjust the default settings of your TV. You can choose a setting, enter a number, or adjust a level such as tint or brightness. There are four types of controls:

•Sliders

•Choice lists (check boxes, radio buttons)

•Alpha/numeric entries

•Menu (action, choice fields)

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