Hitachi 42PD8800TA, 55PD8800TA USER MANUAL

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USER MANUAL

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42PD8800TA 55PD8800T

HITACHI

Contents

Main USER MANUAL USER MANUAL CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS INTRODUCTION About This Manual Trademark Credits About Software 42PD8800TA 55PD8800T WARNING 42PD8800TA 55PD8800T Page CAUTION PRECAUTIONS Cleaning and Maintenance 42PD8800TA 55PD8800T ABOUT PLASMA DISPLAY Image Retention of Plasma Display Characteristics of Image Retention Method to Reduce Image Retention Common phenomena of Plasma Display Panel FEATURES SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES OPTION Page Page Caution When Moving the Main Unit PREPARATION Remote Control Batteries Installation PREPARATION (continued) Safety Precaution on Main Unit Installation Read SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ( 3 to 6 ) carefully besides this page. Anti-Tumble Measures Securing to a wall or pillar Securing on desktop CONNECTION Terminal Positions Rear Side Connecting Procedure 1. Connecting Power Cord to the Rear Panel 3. Connecting to External Equipment Terminals on Rear Information or Terminals on Side Information How to secure the cables. 4. Connecting the plug into the wall socket How to fasten the band: BASIC OPERATION Power On/Off To turn On the power of the unit: To turn Off the power of the unit: The Indicating Lamp Status Check BASIC OPERATION (continued) First Time Setup Volume UP/DOWN Mute BASIC OPERATION (continued) Input Switching to TV/AV1~5, HDMI, and RGB Input Signal Screen Display MENU OPERATION How to use the On-Screen Display (OSD) system Basic Operation Language Menu How to set Language MENU OPERATION (continued) Setup Menu (TV mode) Setup Menu (TV mode) (continued) Setup Menu (AV mode) Setup Menu (RGB mode) Setup Menu (RGB mode) (continued) Function Menu Function Menu (continued) Picture Menu (TV/AV mode) Page Picture Menu (TV/AV mode) (continued) Picture Menu (RGB mode) Picture menu (RGB mode) (continued) Audio Menu Audio Menu (continued) Timer Menu FUNCTION Power Swivel About Teletext What is Teletext How to operate the Teletext Size Switching TV/AV signal input Position Adjustment Vertical Size Adjustment at Panoramic Mode Size Switching (continued) Multi Picture Mode AB This function is NOT available in HDMI input. 2-picture mode Table: Mix-and Match of the Input Modes 42PD8800TA 55PD8800T 2-picture mode (continued) 4-picture mode Page Activate the Multi Picture Mode in RGB Mode Picture Freezing AA Photo Input Function Operating the Photo Input Displaying Still Picture in Photo Mode Thumbnail-Size Image (Index) to Full-Size Image Rotation Function Displaying Still Picture in Photo Mode (continued) Slide Show Function Displaying Movie Picture in Movie Mode Thumbnail-Size Image (Index) to Full-Size Image: [Operating the Movie] Other To exit from Photo Input Speci cation Page Audio Switching NICAM / Sound Multiplex(including A2) (TV mode) Bilingual/Dual Sound broadcast Stereo broadcast Power Save Mode DVD Player / STB Selection Set up hint 1. Set up the maker. 2. Set up the maker type. 3. Con rm the setting. TROUBLESHOOTING When Following Messages Appear on the Screen Symptom and Check List Page TROUBLESHOOTING (continued) Symptom and Check List (continued) 57 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS Power supply Power consumption/ at standby Input signals Input terminals PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Signal Input RGB terminal (D-sub 15-pin connector) S-input connector pin speci cations Photo-input connector pin speci cations HDMI connector pin speci cations PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Recommended Signal List With HDMI input With RGB input PRODUCT SPECIFICATION (continued) Recommended Signal List (continued) With Multi Picture Function With Picture Freezing Function