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Picture Activities

menu items

Brightness Increase or decrease brightness level.

Colour Increase or decrease color level.

Contrast Increase or decrease contrast level

until lightest parts of the picture show

good detail.

Sharpness Increase or decrease sharpness level

to improve detail in the picture.

Colour Temp Allows you a choice of 3 picture settings

(NORMAL, WARM and COOL).

Digital Scan Selecting the “ON” option allows you to

reduce picture flickering while watching

TV programmes.

Dynamic Allows you a choice of 3 settings

Contrast (Minimum, Medium and Maximum) to

boost the contrast level especially in

dark scene so as to make the picture

more noticeable.

USING THE PICTURE/SOUND MENU

The picture and sound menus allow you to make adjustments to the picture and sound. It also

allow you to select and activate other features in the menu.

1. Press the (MENU) button to enter main menu.

2. Use the or (CURSOR UP/DOWN) buttons to select the items on the

PICTURE/SOUND menu.

3. Use the or (CURSOR LEFT/RIGHT) buttons to access the sub-menus.

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Note : HUE feature is

only applicable to NTSC

programmes. The HUE item

will not appear on the menu

if programme is in PAL mode.

MENU

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PICTURE

BRIGHTNESS 38

•COLOUR

•CONTRAST

•SHARPNESS

•COLOUR TEMP

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PICTURE

•CONTRAST

•SHARPNESS

•COLOUR TEMP

•DIGITAL SCAN

DYN. CONTRAST •MIN

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Sound Activities

menu items

Treble Increase or decrease the high frequency

level.

Bass Increase or decrease the low frequency

level.

Balance Adjusts the balance of the right and left

speakers’ sound output.

AVL As variation in signal conditions can

(Auto Volume result in a sudden change in volume

Leveller) during commercial breaks or channel

switching, selecting the “ON” function

will enable the volume to remain at a

standard volume level.

Headphone Allows you to adjust the volume and

balance of the headphone.

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SOUND

TREBLE 38

•BASS

•BALANCE

•AVL

•HEADPHONE

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SOUND

•TREBLE VOLUME

•BASS BALANCE

•BALANCE

•AVL

HEADPHONE

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Contents

Main TABLE OF CONTENTS S AFETY I Safety Information Useful Tips BEFORE CALLING SERVICE Symptom What you should do Antenna Connection Mains Connection Switching on the Set HOOKING UP Y OUR TV (BASIC CONNECTION) U SE /C ARE OF R Page CONNECTING THE AUDIO/VIDEO SOCKETS (PLAYBACK) C Connection for recording from the TV channel Connection for recording from one VCR to another VCR FUNCTIONS OF REMOTE CONTROL ! 0 1 ( 0 1 2 FUNCTIONS OF REMOTE CONTROL 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 F UNCTIONS OF TV A SELECTING THE MENU LANGUAGE AND AUTOMATIC TUNING OF CHANNELS Enter INSTALL menu. INSTALL is selected. SELECTING THE MENU LANGUAGE AND AUTOMATIC TUNING OF CHANNELS Enter LANGUAGE mode. Select desired language. Exit from language mode. Select AUTO STORE. Start automatic tuning. M ANUAL T UNING OF C Manual tuning allows you to store each programme manually. Enter main menu. INSTALL is selected. Enter INSTALL menu. SELECTING THE COLOUR /SOUND SYSTEM STORE is selected. Store selected system. FINE TUNING OF CHANNELS This feature allows you to adjust picture reception in areas of weak reception. Press button 1. Enter main menu. 2. Select INSTALL. 3. Enter install menu. MANUAL STORE is selected. Enter MANUAL STORE menu. S ORTING OF C This feature allows you to change the channel number to your choice for a particular TV station. 1. Enter main menu. 2. Select INSTALL. 3. Enter install mode. E DITING OF C + or button. You can only access the channel by the DIGIT (0 -9) button. 1. Enter main menu. 2. Select INSTALL. 3. Enter install mode. How to add back channels N AMING OF C 1. Enter main menu. 2. Select INSTALL. 3. Enter install mode. U SING THE P ICTURE /S OUND M U SING THE A CTIVE C ONTROL F How to access the Active Control function A CTIVATING THE T START TIME 13:30 C A CTIVATING THE T Exit from STOP TIME mode. Select CHANNEL. Key in the channel you want to switch to. Select ACTIVATE. ACTIVATING THE CHILD LOCK (ACCESS CODE) 1. Enter main menu. 2. Select FEATURES . 3. Enter FEATURES menu. Select CHILD LOCK . ACTIVATING THE CHILD LOCK (CHANGE CODE) Select CHANGE CODE. Enter CHANGE CODE mode. Key in the access code of your choice. Confirm access code. When the new code is confirmed, the message CORRECT will appear. ACTIVATING THE CHILD LOCK (LOCK CHANNEL) 1. Enter main menu. 2. Select FEATURES. 3. Enter FEATURES menu. Select CHILD LOCK . i OR ACTIVATING THE CHILD LOCK (CLEAR ALL) To unlock channels that you have locked, enter the Child Lock menu and activate the CLEAR ALL mode. 1. Enter main menu. 2. Select FEATURES 3. Enter FEATURES menu. Select CHILD LOCK. Key in access code. CLEAR ALL is selected. Activate clearing of all locked channels. U SING THE S URF C How to add a channel to the surf list How to delete a channel from the surf list U SING THE S CREEN F How to access the Screen Format When to use the Screen Formats AUTO format 4:3 format EXPAND 4:3 format USING THE BLUE MUTE FEATURE How to access the Blue Mute function U SING THE P ROGRAM L IST F S MART PICTURE AND S MART S ACTIVATING THE PIP (PICTURE-IN-PICTURE) AND DOUBLE WINDOW CONTROL How to switch on the PIP/Double Window screen ACTIVATING THE PIP (PICTURE-IN-PICTURE) CONTROL How to select a PIP channel How to freeze the PIP screen A How to position the PIP screen How to swap the PIP screen and the main screen How to adjust the PIP Hue setting Press button Result on screen U SING THE T Applicable to model 29PT8420 ONLY Press button Result on screen U SING THE T How to select your favourite page S