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USING THE SCREEN FORMAT

You can have a choice of different formats for your viewing pleasure, namely : - Auto, 4:3

mode, EXPAND 4:3 mode and COMPRESS 16:9 mode through the FORMAT menu.

How to access the Screen Format

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

and press the (CURSOR DOWN) button

repeatedly until FEATURES is selected.

2. Press the (CURSOR RIGHT) button to

enter FEATURES menu.

3. Press the (CURSOR DOWN) button

repeatedly until FORMAT is selected.

4. Press the (CURSOR RIGHT) button

repeatedly to cycle through the different formats

(Auto, 4:3, Expand 4:3 or Compress 16:9) and

select your desired format.

Note : You can also select your desired Screen Format

directly by the (CURSOR UP) or

(CURSOR DOWN) button

When to use the Screen Formats

AUTO format

When AUTO format is selected, it will

select the correct screen format provided

the specific signals are transmitted with

the programmes.

4:3 format

Select the 4:3 format if you want to display

the 4:3 picture using the full surface of the

screen.

EXPAND 4:3 format

Select the EXPAND 4:3 format if you want

to expand movie images recorded in the

letterbox format. When this format is

selected, the black horizontal bars at the

top and bottom are expanded thus filling

up the entire TV screen.

COMPRESS 16:9 format

Select the COMPRESS 16:9 format if you

want to compress full screen movie images

into letterbox format. When this format is

selected, black horizontal bars can be seen

at the top and bottom of the TV screen.

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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