Using the TV’s Features
PIP Problems?
•If you are channel surfing and the PIP disappears, you may have tuned to a digital channel. To view PIP and the main picture, make sure that both the main and PIP channels are analog inputs, or signals. Continue changing the channel until you find an analog (NTSC format) channel. The PIP window will reappear.
The message “PIP Not Viewable or Exceeds Rating” in the channel banner lets you know that PIP is not available on this channel and you should tune to another channel.
•If you press PIP and the PIP box is grayed, you may have activated the Parental control feature and the program exceeds the rating limits you set. For information on removing limits, see the “Parental Controls” section.
•You cannot view closed captioning in the PIP window.
•PIP channel skips all digital (ATSC) TV channels and tunes to analog channels.
•PIP cannot be displayed from component (Y•Pb•Pr) inputs.
Using the Web Browser
Important: To use the TV’s browser, you must have your TV connected to the Internet (e.g., cable modem or DSL) and subscribe to an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
You can start the browser on your TV by selecting it from the main menu. The TV front panel and remote control provide basic navigation without a keyboard. If you launch the browser from the main menu, a message pops up to suggest that you use a keyboard to use with this TV to connect to the Internet.
The optional keyboard will allow you to get optimum use of web browser features. The keyboard (model number KBR755TA1) is available at www.rca.com/keyboard or
Tips
Inputs cannot be viewed in the video window of the browser.
If you use the video window in the browser and you press channel up/down and the video window seems to disappear, this means you’ve either tuned to a channel which is blocked or has a weak signal. Use the channel up/down to go to another channel.
You can use channel up/down to tune to a different channel in the video window. Number keys cannot be used to tune channels in the video window.
When you start the browser for the first time, it goes to an RCA website. All FAV keyboard buttons are also initially programmed to that site. The FAV SEARCH and FAV HOME buttons on the keyboard default to a search site but you can reprogram them.
The FORMAT button on your remote (or keyboard) allows you to cycle through various combinations of a less than full screen browser and some TV video. Just press the button again to use a different format.
Note: If you usually use this method to browse, change the layout periodically to reduce the effects of uneven screen aging.
To close the browser entirely, press CLEAR on the remote.
You may discover that other browser windows are open. This may be the result of a
Note: The browser won’t display streaming video or audio, and some animated graphics.
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