Toshiba 50HMX96, 56HMX96 manual Contents

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Welcome to Toshiba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Features of your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Overview of steps for installing, setting up, and

using your new TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 TV front and side panel controls and connections . . . . . . . . . 8 TV back panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 2: Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Installing the remote control batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Remote control effective range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Learning about the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Remote Control functional key chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Using the remote control to operate your other devices . . . . 16 Programming the remote control to operate

your other devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Device code setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Searching and sampling the code of a device (8500). . . 17 Using the volume lock feature (8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Operational feature reset (8900). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Multi-brand remote control device codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 3: Menu layout and navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Main menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Setup/Installation menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 THINC menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Navigating the menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 4: Setting up your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Selecting the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Configuring the antenna input sources for the

ANT 1 and ANT 2 terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Programming channels into the TV’s channel memory . . . . 26 Programming channels automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Manually adding and deleting channels in the channel memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting the time and date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Setting the ColorStream® HD audio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Setting the HDMI™ audio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Viewing the CableCARD™ menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Setting the Quick Restart™ feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Viewing the digital signal meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Viewing the system status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 5: Using the TV’s features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Selecting the video input source to view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Labeling the video input sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Tuning channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Tuning channels using the Channel Browser™ . . . . . . . 33 Tuning to the next programmed channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Tuning to a specific channel (programmed or unprogrammed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Switching between two channels

using Channel Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Switching between two channels using SurfLock™. . . . 36 Selecting the picture size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scrolling the TheaterWide® picture

(TheaterWide 2 and 3 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using the auto aspect ratio feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Selecting the cinema mode (480i signals only) . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the POP features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using the POP double-window feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Switching the speaker audio (left or right). . . . . . . . . . . 41 POP double-window aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using the FREEZE feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Adjusting the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Selecting the picture mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Adjusting the picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Using the closed caption mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Closed Caption Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Digital closed captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using the Closed Caption button on the

remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 Turning off the built-in speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Selecting the optical audio output format . . . . . . . . . . . 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 Blocking TV programs and movies

by additional ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Blocking channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Unlocking programs temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Using the input lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Using the GameTimer™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Using the control panel lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Setting the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Setting the On/Off Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Using the PC setting feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Displaying TV setting information on-screen

using RECALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Understanding the auto power off feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Understanding the last mode memory feature . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 6: Using the TV’s advanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using the advanced picture settings features . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using dynamic contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using CableClear® digital noise reduction . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using MPEG noise reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Selecting the color temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Selecting the lamp mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using the Vertical Edge Enhancer feature . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Using the Color Management feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Using the Game Mode feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Using the advanced audio settings features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Using the SRS WOW™ surround sound feature . . . . . . 58 Using the virtual surround sound feature

(Dolby® Virtual/SRS TruSurround™) . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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