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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (continued)

SETUP MENU (continued)

Selected characters

Auto Tuning

Mode

Search

Manual Tuning

Position

Frequency

Name

Sound System

Color System

Skip

NR

Fine Tuning

Sort

(A Line of position List)

Auto Off

▲

 

 

 

▲

Setup hint

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select the channel entry method between position setting or direct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting. And press the OK button to fix it.

 

 

Position

 

 

Direct

 

 

• If [Position] is selected, the screen display will be numbers (1~199

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and AV00).

•If [Direct] is selected, the screen display will be C✱✱ at the channel 0~99 and S✱✱ at the channel 100~199.

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Press the OK button and it starts the auto tuning.

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–

Set the position number(0~199) or channel number(C✱✱, S✱✱) by ▼

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

▲ PROGRAM UP/DOWN buttons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• If [Position] has been selected, search the frequency here by

–

 

 

 

 

–

pressing ▲ ▲ buttons.

 

 

 

• If [Direct] has been selected, this function will be not available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(grayed out).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is used to input the name of the TV station within 5 letters. After

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fixing the cursor on the first digit, select a letter by ▼ ▲ SELECT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

buttons and move to next digit by ▲ ADJUST button. Press the OK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

( :a letter)

 

 

 

button again after finished.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Selectable letters are “0”~`”9”, ”A”~`”Z”, “+”, “–”, ” ”(blank),

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

”,”(comma) and ”.”(period) .

 

 

 

 

Auto

 

 

 

 

M

 

 

 

 

BG

 

 

 

 

 

Select the sound system through the 5 different settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DK

 

 

 

 

 

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto

 

 

PAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECAM

 

 

 

Select the color system through the 5 different settings.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NTSC3.58

 

 

 

 

 

NTSC4.43

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If this is set to On, that position will be skipped while selecting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

positions by PROGRAM UP/DOWN buttons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is automatically set to On for those non-broadcasting channels.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On

 

 

 

 

 

 

If this is set to On, it helps to reduce the noise interference visible on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the screen, especially in the weaker signal reception areas.

Decreasing the frequency

 

 

Increasing the frequency

After completing the fine-tuning, press the RETURN button to exit this

 

 

data for the main tuner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

data for the main tuner.

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• The variable range is -56 ~ +56.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(When the Mode in Auto Tuning menu is set to [Direct], this function will be not available (grayed out).)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press OK button at the a line that is required to change order, then

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the characters will change to green. And move it up or down in the list

 

 

 

 

by pressing ▼ ▲ SELECT buttons. And press OK button to complete

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

it. Press the RETURN button to exit.

 

 

Off

 

 

On

 

 

If this is set to On, the power will be turned off when there is no

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

transmission signal and no operation for about 10 minutes in the TV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[During VIDEO signal input]

1 item is added to the Menu shown in the page

39 .

 

 

 

Selected characters

 

▼

 

 

▼

 

 

 

 

 

Scart Output

 

 

 

TV

 

 

Monitor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Setup hint

TV:AV4 (Scart) output will be fixed as TV signal output. Monitor:AV4 (Scart) output can view the image as on the main unit. But it is possible to monitor only the composite video signal from AV1, AV2, or AV3 input that is displayed on the screen at the time.

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Hitachi 42PD5000 user manual Operating Instructions Setup Menu, During Video signal input, Auto Off
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