Contents | Toshiba 32HL17 specification

Contents
Important Safety Instructions	3
Installation, Care, and Service	3
Chapter 1: Introduction	8

Welcome to Toshiba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Features of your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Overview of steps for installing, setting up, and using

your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 TV front and side panel controls and connections . . . . . . . . 10 TV back panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Chapter 2: Connecting your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Overview of cable types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 About the connection illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Connecting a VCR and antenna or Cable TV

(no Cable box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Connecting a VCR with S-video and a cable box . . . . . . . . 14 Connecting a DVD player with ColorStream®

(component video), a VCR, and a satellite receiver. . . . 15 Connecting a camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Connecting an HDMI™ or DVI device to the HDMI

input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Connecting a digital audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting an audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Connecting a personal computer (PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Chapter 3: Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Preparing the remote control for use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Installing the remote control batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Remote control effective range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Learning about the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using the remote control to control your other devices . . . . 22 Remote Control functional key chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Programming the remote control to control your other

devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Remote control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 4: Menu layout and navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Main menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Setup/Installation menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Navigating the menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Chapter 5: Setting up your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Selecting the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Configuring the antenna input source for the ANT

terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Programming channels into the TV’s channel memory . . . . 30 Programming channels automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Manually adding and deleting channels in the channel memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Labeling channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Setting the HDMI™ audio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Viewing the digital signal meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Viewing the system status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Selecting the Power-On Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Chapter 6: Using the TV’s features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Selecting the video input source to view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Labeling the video input sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Tuning channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Tuning channels using the Channel Browser™ . . . . . . . 36 Tuning to the next programmed channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Tuning to a specific channel (programmed or unprogrammed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Switching between two channels using Channel

Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Switching between two channels using SurfLock™. . . . 38 Selecting the picture size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Scrolling the TheaterWide® picture

(TheaterWide 2 and 3 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using the auto aspect ratio feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Selecting the cinema mode (480i and 1080i signals) . . . . . . 41 Adjusting the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Selecting the picture mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Adjusting the picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using the closed caption mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Base closed captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Digital CC Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 CC Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Adjusting the audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Muting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Using the digital audio selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Selecting stereo/SAP broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Adjusting the audio quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Using the StableSound® feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Selecting the optical audio output format . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the Dolby® Digital Dynamic Range

Control feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Using the Locks menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Entering the PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 If you cannot remember your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Changing your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Blocking TV programs and movies by rating

(V-Chip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Downloading an additional rating system for blocking

TV programs and movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Blocking channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Unlocking programs temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Using the input lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Using the control panel lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Using the PC settings feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Setting the PC Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Setting the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Displaying TV status information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Understanding the auto power off feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Understanding the last mode memory feature . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 7: Using the TV’s advanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using the advanced picture settings features . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using dynamic contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using the static gamma feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Selecting the color temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using CableClear® digital noise reduction . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using MPEG noise reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Using the Game Mode feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using the advanced audio settings features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Using the SRS WOW™ surround sound feature . . . . . . 57

Chapter 8: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

General troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 LED indications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Chapter 9: Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Limited United States Warranty

for LCD Televisions 26” and Larger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Limited Canadian Warranty

for Toshiba Brand Flat Panel Televisions . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66