Direct Button Operation, Changing Channels

Direct Button Operation

Changing Channels

You can change channels by pressing CHr/s or 0-9,

•(DOT).

Examples:

To select a 1 or 2-digit channel number (e. g., Channel 5):

Press 5 ENT.

To select a 3-digit channel number (e. g., Channel 115):

Press 1 1 5 ENT.

To select a 4-digit channel number (e. g., Channel 22.1):

Press 2 2 • (DOT) 1 ENT.

•When selecting a 1-digit channel number, it is not necessary to press 0 before the number.

•When you enter 0-9only, channel selection will be made if there is no operation within a few seconds.

•If you push "0" by itself, nothing will happen.

•Complete the above steps within a few seconds.

•When you enter 0-9and • (DOT), channel selection will be made if there is no operation within a few seconds.

Changing Volume

You can change the volume by pressing VOLk/l on the TV or on the remote control unit.

•To increase the volume, press VOLk.

•To decrease the volume, press VOLl.

Audio status

Output device	Output Select
	Fixed	Variable

Speaker	Variable sound	Mute

•When "Output Select" is set to "Variable", the indicator on

the screen changes as shown below.

•See page 41 for details on the Output Select function.

MUTE

Mutes the current sound output.

Press MUTE.

•" " will be displayed on the screen for 30 minutes, and the sound is silenced.

•Within 30 minutes of pressing MUTE, mute can be canceled by pressing VOLk/l or MUTE.

•Mute will be canceled after 30 minutes have passed. However, the TV will not suddenly output a loud sound as the volume level is set to 0 automatically.

Sleep Timer

Allows you to set a time when the TV automatically switches to standby.

Press SLEEP.

•The remaining time displays when the sleep timer has been set.

•Each time you press SLEEP, the remaining time switches as shown below.

Off 30 60 90 120

•When set, the time automatically starts counting down.

•If you want to adjust the sleep timer, you can press SLEEP twice then change the time setting.

•When it is 5 minutes before the time expires, the remaining time will start to keep appearing every minute.

•Select "Off" by pressing SLEEP to cancel the sleep timer.

•The TV will enter standby when the remaining time reaches 0.

FLASHBACK

Press FLASHBACK to switch to the previously tuned channel.

•Press FLASHBACK again to switch back to the currently tuned channel.

•FLASHBACK will not work if no channel has been changed after the TV is turned on.

SURROUND

The surround function produces Surround effect from the speakers. Each time you press SURROUND, the mode changes between On and Off.

On: Makes it possible to enjoy natural, realistic surround sound.

Off: Outputs the normal sound.

•You can have the same settings by choosing "Surround" on the menu items. (See page 33.)

FREEZE

Allows you to capture and freeze a moving image that you are watching.

Press FREEZE.

•A moving image is captured.

•Press FREEZE again to cancel the function.

•When this function is not available, "No displaying still image available." will display.

•The still image automatically goes out after 30 minutes.

•If you are using the freeze function and a broadcast activates the V-CHIP BLOCK, the freeze function will be canceled and a V-CHIP BLOCK message will appear.

INPUT

To view external source images, select the input source using INPUT on the remote control unit or on the TV.

1Press INPUT.

•A list of selectable sources appears.

2Press INPUT again or press a/b to select the input source.

•An image from the selected source automatically displays.

•Each time INPUT is pressed, the input source toggles.

•If the corresponding input is not plugged in, you cannot change the input. Be sure to connect the equipment beforehand.

• See pages 13 and 14 for external equipment connection.