Pioneer PDP-428XG, PDP-508XG manual Setting up, Reducing video noise, Setting Child Lock

08Setting up

11Select “Color System“ (/).

12Select a color system (/).

You can select from “Auto”, “PAL”, “NTSC”, “SECAM”, “PAL-M”, “PAL-N”, and “4.43NTSC”.

•With “Air (US Type)” or “Cable (US Type)” selected, you cannot change the factory default (“Auto”).

13Select “Store“ (/).

14Select “Yes“ (/).

•With “Air (US Type)” or “Cable (US Type)” selected, press / to select “ADD/DEL”, then press / to select “ADD”.

•With “Yes” selected, you can select the channel using P+/P–. With “No” selected, you cannot select the channel using P+/P–.

15Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

•Alternatively, to set up for another channel, repeat steps 5 to 14.

Note

•Manual Adjust also allows you to make selections for “Tuner NR”, “Child Lock”, and “High Deviation”. See Reducing video noise, Setting Child Lock, and Suppressing audio distortion respectively.

•This plasma television is equipped with the auto frequency tuning function that automatically adjusts tuning frequencies according to received signals. For this reason, the Manual Adjust menu may show slightly different frequencies from your entry when you access the menu next time. You cannot deactivate the Auto Frequency Tuning function.

Reducing video noise

For the individual channels, you can specify whether the plasma television should reduce video noise depending on the levels of broadcasting signals.

1Press HOME MENU.

2Select “Setup” (/ then ENTER).

3Select “Analog TV Setup” (/ then ENTER).

The password entry screen appears. Enter your four-digit password using buttons 0 to 9. For the password, see Using a password on page 40.

4Select “Manual Adjust” (/ then ENTER).

5Select “Program Entry” (/).

6Select a program number (/).

•With “General” selected, you can select 1 through 99.

•With “Air (US Type)” selected, you can select 2 through 69.

•With “Cable (US Type)” selected, you can select 1 through 125.

7Select “Tuner NR“ (/).

8Select “On“ (/).

9Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

•This function may not achieve a satisfactory result, depending on the conditions of broadcasting signals.

•The factory default is “On”.

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Setting Child Lock

Child Lock inhibits selected TV channels from being tuned and watched.

1Repeat steps 1 to 6 provided for Reducing video noise. After selecting a program number (using Program Entry), perform the following steps:

2Select “Child Lock“ (/).

3Select “Block“ (/).

•The selection is switched between “View” (factory default) and “Block”.

4Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Suppressing audio distortion

You can suppress audio distortion that may be induced when too strong audio signals are received in the selected channel.

Note

•High Deviation is selectable only when you have selected “D/K” for “System” under Setting up TV channels manually on page 25.

1Repeat steps 1 to 6 provided for Reducing video noise. After selecting a program number, perform the following steps:

2Select “High Deviation“ (/).

3Select “High”, “Mid” or “Low” (/).

Item	Description
Off	Deactivates the function
High	Suppresses audio distortion slightly; however, the
	audio volume is slightly lowered than when Off is
	selected
Mid	Suppresses audio distortion moderately
Low	Suppresses audio distortion further; however, the
	audio volume is further lowered

With “Air (US Type)” or “Cable (US Type)” selected, you cannot change the factory default (“Off”).

4 Press HOME MENU to exit the menu.

Note

•While watching a TV channel with any High Deviation setting, you cannot change the sound multiplex mode.

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