Technicolor - Thomson EFC031 manual Chapter Operation, General operation

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Chapter 3

Operation

 

 

General operation

Switching the television set on or to standby

To switch the TV set on, press the B button located on the front of the set.

Standby mode

Press the B button on the remote control or on the appliance.The TV set remains powered up, but with low energy consumption.

Quitting standby mode

 

 

- press the B or any numeric button on the remote control,

 

- press the TV or OK, buttons to switch the television on at the last channel you were watching,

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- press PR+/PR- buttons to display the follow channel or precedent the last channel loocking.

 

- press the AV button to switch the television on at the last AV programme you were watching.

 

 

Volume

 

 

Volume control: use the VOL+/VOL- buttons on the front of the TV set or press the relevant buttons on the remote control

 

to increase or decrease the volume.

 

Sound mute: press the

button to temporarily mute the sound. Press this button again or the VOL+ button to restore it.

 

Displaying status information

In TV mode, press the yellow button (INFO) on the remote control handset to display the channel number and name, the date, the time, the type of sound, and the type of format or zoom.If automatic shut-off has been programmed, the time left is displayed.

In VGA mode, the picture resolution is displayed.

When you switch on the television or change channels, the number and name of the channel are displayed if you entered its name under the ORGANISER menu.

Accessing channels

Using the numeric buttons:

-for channels 1 to 9, press the corresponding button.

-for channels 10 to 99,

- press the tens digit for a few seconds to display “x-” on the screen, then press the units digit, or - press the 0 button to display “--”, then enter the two digits.

Using the PR+/PR- buttons: scroll through the channels. Av programmes are not included in the cycle unless you use the buttons on the front of the TV set.

Last programme

Press the RETURN button to go straight to the last channel watched.

Accessing AV programmes

Press the AV button to display the last selected audio-visual programmes and scan through the other audio-visual programmes.

AV selection loop:AV1,AV1-S,AV1 RGB ,AV2 (depending on the model),AV2-S (depending on the model),AV3,AV3-S, CMP, VGA.

Favourite channels

Press the red button to display the presets menu. Go to the Favourites line using the buttons and then choose Favourites. Now when you scroll through the channels with the PR+/PR- buttons you only go to those channels you have marked as your favourites (see page 6).

Select All channels if you want to scroll through every saved channel.

Zoom

In TV mode, you have the option of changing the display format and using the zoom function via the buttons.The formats and zoom functions vary according to the screen format.

16/9 sets have the following formats and zoom functions available: 4/3 format - picture in 4x3 format

14/9 zoom - picture in 14/9 letterbox format 16/9 zoom - picture in 16/9 letterbox format

16/9 zoom up - picture in 16/9 letterbox format with subtitles

OCinerama - picture in widescreen 4x3 format 16/9 format - picture in 16/9 format

4/3 sets have two formats available: 4/3 format and 16/9 format.

When you change channels the format is not retained. However, if you used the zoom function, the setting will still apply.

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Contents Contents Care SafetyChapter Getting started LCD panelGetting started Switching onConnect the TV set to a mains socket This function is also available in VCR and DVD modes Remote control TV functionsArranging channels in order Chapter Channel set-upInitial set-up OrganiserNaming or renaming channels Channel set-upManual channel set-up Favourite channelsGeneral operation Chapter OperationSound Adjusting the soundOperation Graphic equaliserPicture Adjusting the pictureSetting the time Locking the appliances buttons Operation TV modeParental control Locking a channel or AV programmeChanging the character set temporarily Accessing TeletextTeletext Navigation barOther Teletext functions Other information Connecting headphonesConnecting a video recorder Chapter