PIP PICTURE-IN-PICTURE Operation, PIP Buttons

RCA P52950 manual PIP PICTURE-IN-PICTURE Operation, Two Tips for Using PIP Buttons

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PIP (PICTURE-IN-PICTURE) OPERATION

The PIP (picture-in-picture) feature lets you display a second, smaller

picture on top of the main picture. If the PIP window is displayed, and you change the PIP input (by pressing WHO•INPUT) to COMP2, PIP is not displayed. If you press the PIP button while viewing COMP2, the PIP window is not available. (N/A) appears in the channel marker.

PIP Buttons

There are seven remote buttons that control the way the PIP window works:

PIP Brings up the PIP window. Press PIP again to remove the window.

If you selected Alternate with PIP button in the PIP Closed-Caption Display menu, press the PIP button when the PIP window is on the screen to toggle between PIP on, PIP on with closed captions, and PIP off.

MOVE buttons let you move the PIP window to different areas of the screen.

SWAP Switches, or “swaps,” the video from the PIP window with the main picture.

CH CTRL (Channel Control) Lets you switch channel control between the PIP window and the main picture.

For instance, press PIP to bring up the PIP window. You can change channels by entering channel numbers or pressing the CH^ (channel up) or CHv (channel down) buttons. When you press the CH CTRL button the channel control switches to the main picture. You can now change channels in the main picture by entering channel numbers or pressing the CH^ or CH v buttons.

Press CH CTRL again to return the channel control to the PIP window.

Two Tips for Using PIP Buttons

Skip to PIP: Channel Surfing in the Main Picture

You can surf through the channels during commercial breaks using the SKIP and CH (channel) buttons.

1.Press SKIP to set the commercial skip timer and bring up the PIP window.

2.Press the CH ^ or CH v buttons to surf through the channels in the main picture. When the SKIP feature times out, the main picture will tune to the original channel automatically.

Channel Surfing in the PIP Window

You can use the PIP window to surf through channels as well.

1.Press PIP to bring up the PIP window.

2.Press the CH^ or CHv buttons. The TV begins displaying each channel in the PIP window. If you see a channel that interests you, press SWAP.

VCR1 ON OFF TV

DVD VCR2	AUX SAT•CABLE
MUTE	SKIP
CH	+
L	V
O	O
V	L
	L
C H -
SOUND	GO BACK
GUIDE	INFO
OK	Move
	Move
	buttons
MENU	CLEAR

WHO•INPUT ANTENNA

REVERSE PLAY FORWARD

REC•VCR+ STOP PAUSE

PIP SWAP CH CTRL RESET

PIP buttons

A typical use of SWAP is to scan through channels in the PIP window, and when you find a channel you like, press SWAP to display that channel in the main picture, sending the current channel to the PIP window.