22Chapter 2. TV Connections
Before You Begin
Choosing a Language for Menus
When you power on the TV for the first time, 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
This TV’s ClearThought® auto input sensing feature allows it to detect most connections automatically. The first time you connect each device you will be prompted to identify it by selecting from a
3.Press EXIT to close the screen. If you connected several devices at the same time, the screen for the next connection will open.
Figure 2. The Auto Input Sensing screen appears when a device is first detected. Select a name for the connected device in this screen.
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 the unused jack, open the Input Name menu to update the device name.
•Antenna inputs (ANT 1/ANT 2) and TV outputs are never detected.
•Be careful to choose different names for each input.
Auto Detection Active
INPUT 1, 2, 3 video jacks
COMPONENT video jacks
HDMI*
IEEE 1394
No Auto Detection
ANT 1/ANT 2
MONITOR OUT (all jacks)
All AUDIO jacks
IEEE 1394 Connections
The screen in figure 3 appears when you make an IEEE 1394 connection, The TV can recognize up to seven IEEE 1394 devices at one time. If you connect more than one device of the same type, a unique identifier is added to the name for each one. For example, if you connect three A/V discs, you may see AV Disc, AV Disc1, AV Disc2.
If the device is powered off when connected, detec- tion will occur when the device is next powered on.
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.
IEEE 1394 Device with an Analog Connection.
Some IEEE 1394 devices have both digital and analog outputs to the TV. If you have such a device, place a check mark in the Analog Connection check box to:
•Allow a cable box with both analog and digital outputs to switch automatically between them.
•Allow you to use a TV menu to select either the analog or digital output from the device.
For instructions on switching between analog and digital outputs, see chapter 7, “Using IEEE 1394 Devices.”