Using your TV

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TV Parental Guidelines ratings

Rating

Description

 

 

NONE

Not rated.

 

 

TV-Y

All children.

 

 

TV-Y7

Children over seven years.

 

 

TV-G

General audiences.

 

 

TV-PG

Parental guidance suggested.

 

 

TV-14

Parents strongly cautioned.

 

 

TV-MA

Mature audiences only.

 

 

Some of the age-based TV Parental Guidelines ratings also have content-based ratings.

Rating

Description

 

 

FV

Fantasy violence.

 

 

L

Adult language.

 

 

S

Sexual situations.

 

 

V

Violence.

 

 

D

Sexually suggestive dialog.

 

 

Using the on-screen menu

Your TV has an on-screen menu that lets you adjust TV settings, such as video and audio settings.

To use the on-screen menu:

1Press MENU. The on-screen display menu opens.

2 Press or repeatedly to select a menu item. 3 Press or to enter a sub-menu.

ENTER

4Press ENTER or to confirm an adjustment or toggle a setting.

5 Press MENU or EXIT to close the on-screen display menu.

On-screen menus

On-screen menu

Options

Setup

Tuning Band–Selects the TV antenna source

 

(Air or Cable).

 

DTV Signal–Displays the digital TV signal

 

strength. For more information, see

 

“Checking the DTV signal strength” on page

 

9.

 

Auto Ch Search–Automatically sets up a list

 

of the channels available in your area. For

 

more information, see “Automatically setting

 

up channels” on page 8.

 

Add On Ch Search–Lets you add new

 

channels without going through the entire

 

list of available channels.

 

Manual Ch Set–Lets you add or delete

 

channels from the channel list. For more

 

information, see “Manually adding or

 

deleting channels from the channel list” on

 

page 8.

 

Channel Labels–Lets you add a label to a

 

channel. For more information, see “Adding a

 

channel label” on page 9.

 

Menu Language–Selects the language for

 

the on-screen menu. You can select English,

 

French, or Spanish.

 

Aspect Ratio–Selects the screen aspect ratio:

 

Normal, Wide1, Wide2, Zoom, or Cinema.

 

You can also press ZOOM to select the aspect

 

ratio.

 

Favorite Channel mode–Lets you edit your

 

favorite channel list. Press FAVORITE on the

 

remote to toggle this mode on or off.

Video

Contrast–Increases the picture level to

(Options may

adjust the white areas of the picture.

vary in different

Decreases the picture level to adjust the

modes.)

black areas of the picture. (0 ~ 100)

 

Brightness–Increases the brightness to add

 

more light to dark areas of the picture.

 

Decreases the brightness to add more dark to

 

light areas of the picture. (0 ~ 100)

 

Sharpness–Increases the sharpness for a

 

cleaner and clearer image. Decreases the

 

sharpness for a smoother picture. (-50 ~ 50)

 

Color–Adjusts the overall color of the picture.

 

(0 ~ 100)

 

Tint–Increases the color level to add more

 

green to skin tones. Decreases the color level

 

to add more purple to skin tones. (R50 ~ G50)

 

Backlight–Adjusts the backlight level (0 ~

 

10).

 

Settings–Restores the video settings to

 

factory default.

Audio

Audio Language–Selects an alternate

(Options may

language if the program has more than one

vary in different

language available. Only available in ATSC TV

modes.)

mode.

 

Bass–Adjusts the low sounds (bass).

 

Treble–Adjusts the high sounds (treble).

 

Balance–Adjusts the right and left speaker

 

volumes.

 

Digital Audio Output–Selects the audio

 

mode for the digital audio optical jack.

 

• RAW: AC-3 in - AC-3 out/PCM in - PCM out.

 

• PCM: AC-3 in - PCM out/PCM in - PCM out.

 

TV Speaker–Turns the internal TV speaker

 

On (default) or Off. Does not affect the digital

 

audio output, the headphone output, and

 

the composite audio output.

 

Settings–Restores the audio settings to

 

factory default.