Hitachi 42HDS52A, 55HDS52 important safety instructions Picture-in-Picture PIP, PIP button

The Remote Control

Picture-in-Picture (PIP)

Your HITACHI Plasma TV incorporates Two Tuner technology designed for improved viewing enjoyment. This Two Tuner feature allows you to view antenna inputs on both the main picture and sub picture simultaneously, with separate tuning control for each. When a Digital channel is viewed in the main picture, the Digital channel can not be viewed in the sub picture. And when the Analog channel input is viewed in the main picture, the Analog channel input can not be viewed in the sub picture.

The CABLE and AIR input cannot be viewed in PIP mode at the same time. To select between main picture and PIP sub picture tuning, use the CURSOR PAD button the remote. The Green highlighted channel display will move with every press of the CURSOR PAD buttons.

The Picture-in-Picture feature is convenient when you want to watch more than one program at the same time. You can watch a TV program while viewing other programs from any of the video inputs.

Use connection at right to view VCR program as a sub- picture while viewing another program as main picture (CABLE, AIR).

When installing a CableCARD, connect your coaxial cable to CABLE (see page 12).

PIP button

Press the PIP button and a sub-picture will appear in one of the four different modes (POP, PIP, SPLIT or SURF), depending on the INPUT signal. To change the PIP mode, use the PIP button to cycle through the four different modes.

POP MODE PICTURE-IN-PICTURE

POP Mode PIP displays the sub-picture outside of the main picture. Use the CURSOR PAD ( or ) to move the sub-picture. This feature is not available with a 1080i signal. Please refer to the PICTURE-IN-PICTURE MODES Table (see page 29).

Main Picture

Sub Picture

NOTES: 1. PIP MODE Picture-in-Picture is only available with a 1080i signal.

2. Press the CURSOR PAD ( or ) to enable the sub-picture sound.

3.Sub-picture channel availability depends on the channel list.

AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT

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