RCA HD52W56 manual Digital Signal and Sound, Integrated Hdtv Tuner with Digital Cable Ready QAM

Introduction

Digital Signal and Sound

The analog television broadcast system that has been used in the United States for the past 50 years transmits signals as electronic waves. These waves can suffer degradation as the signal travels to your home. Additionally, the analog waves are susceptible to interference from planes passing overhead, weather, and household appliances.

Digital signals, in contrast to analog signals, can be reproduced precisely because the images are transmitted and received using the computer language of 1s and 0s. Such precision yields a signal that is capable of displaying studio-quality picture and Dolby Digital 5.1 channel sound.

Integrated HDTV Tuner with Digital Cable Ready QAM

RCA was the first to offer an integrated tuner with its HDTVs (which means there is no need for another box to receive digital programming). Now, we’ve gone one better— your HDTV’s tuner is digital cable ready (no need for a cable box to view unscrambled digital cable programming). The CableCARD™ slot on your HDTV allows you to use a digital cable card to access digital cable. The tuner is able to decode all 16 formats of digital television broadcasts, and it can interpret unscrambled digital cable signals because it includes QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation).

Note: A digital cable card may be necessary to view scrambled (encrypted) channels. Contact your cable provider for more information. Go to page 15 for more information.

TruScan Digital Reality

With the Film Mode option turned on, the intelligent signal processing of TruScan Digital Reality recognizes incoming video signals and progressively converts them to achieve optimum digital picture performance. It also recognizes when original film sources have been modified and can automatically convert the analog frame rate back to its original format to bring out the detail--a process commonly referred to as reverse 3:2 pulldown.

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1 Picture Settings

2 Picture Presets

3 Auto Color

4 Color Warmth

5Convergence

6Edge Enhancement

7Contrast Expand

8Advanced Settings

Main Menu Picture Quality
Vibrant (Day)	Contrast	65%
	Color	70%
Natural
	Tint	55%
Cinematic (Night)	Black Level	60%
Videogame	Sharpness	55%
Professional	Auto Color	On
	Color Warmth	Cool
Personal
	Edge Enhancement	Low
	Contrast Expand	High

A change in this screen is applied to Input 2.

You can choose the setting that is best for your viewing environment. Press OK to continue.

User-friendly Features Help You Personalize Your TV

•You can customize your TV to fit your viewing taste and match the lighting where you watch TV by using Personal Presets and/or the automatic picture quality settings: Vibrant (Day), Natural, Cinematic (Night), Videogame, Professional. You can adjust each input jack to a different setting and the TV will automatically adjust the picture when you change inputs.

•Help Text: The elaborate, on-screen help text describes your TV’s features and explains how to use them.

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Audio/Video Output Jacks

Because the VCRs in most households are analog and can’t receive or record digital TV signals, recording digital TV broadcasts wasn’t possible without purchasing additional equipment. That’s why RCA added AUDIO/VIDEO OUTPUT jacks to this HDTV. These jacks enable you to record both analog and digital programs. RCA understands how you watch TV and what’s necessary to make the transition to HDTV seamless.

CableCARD is a registered trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

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