Using the TV/VCR’s Menu System

VIDEO ADJUST Menu

The VIDEO ADJUST menu lets you adjust the way the picture looks on your TV/VCR. You also can reset all of the video features to the factory presets.

 

 

 

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TIME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO ADJUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUDIO ADJUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VIDEO ADJUST

 

 

 

 

 

CLOSED CAPTION

 

 

 

 

 

TIMER RECORDINGS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PICTURE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANGUAGE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TINT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SETTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COLOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

V-CHIP BLOCK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BRIGHT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECTSHARP

/

: SET

OK

 

 

PREVI US

TEMP.

: QUIT

MENU

 

 

 

 

COLOR

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SELECT

/

 

 

: SET

OK

 

 

 

 

PREVIOUS

 

 

 

: QUIT

MENU

 

 

 

 

 

TINT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Press MENU (the main MENU appears).

 

 

 

2. Press the ar row down button to highlight

 

VIDEO ADJUST, and pr ess OK (the

following choices appear).

 

 

 

PICTURE Adjusts the dif fer ence between the light and dark ar

eas of the

pictur e.

 

 

 

TINT Adjusts the balance between the r

ed and gr een levels.

 

COLOR Adjusts the intensity of the color .

 

 

BRIGHT Adjusts the brightness of the pictur

e.

 

SHARP Adjusts the sharpness of the pictur

e.

 

COLOR TEMP. Adjusts the color temperatur

e (balance between r

eddish

whites and bluish whites). Pr ess the right or left ar row buttons to scr oll

thr ough the choices — HIGH, LOW, ML (medium low), and MH (medium

high).

 

 

 

RESET All settings ar e changed to the pr

esets used at the factor

y.

MENU

TIME

VIDEO ADJUST

AUDIO ADJUST

CLOSED CAPTION

AUDIO ADJUST

TIMER RECORDINGS

 

EQUISOUND OFF

 

LANGUAGE

 

 

 

BASS

 

 

 

SETTING

 

 

 

TREBLE

 

 

 

V-CHIP BLOCK

 

 

BALANCE

 

 

 

RESET

/

: SET

OK

SELECT

PREVIOUS

 

: QUIT

MENU

SELECT

/

: SET

OK

PREVIOUS

 

: QUIT

MENU

BASS

 

 

 

AUDIO ADJUST Menu

The AUDIO ADJUST menu lets you turn EQUISOUND ON and OFF and displays the three slider controls for adjusting the way the audio sounds. You can also reset all of the audio features to the factory presets.

1.

From the main MENU, press the down ar row button to highlight the AUDIO

 

ADJUST menu, and pr ess OK (the AUDIO ADJUST menu appears).

2.

Press the up or down ar row buttons to select the featur

e you want to adjust,

 

and pr ess OK.

 

Select EQUISOUND ON to have the volume of the audio r

emain constant

 

during pr ogram changes and commer cial br eaks.

 

Select EQUISOUND OFF to have the volume of the audio change during

program changes and commer

cial br eaks.

Select RESET to have all audio adjustments r eset to the factor y settings.

2. If a slider appears for the featur

e, press the right or left ar row to adjust the

slider and pr ess OK.

 

BASS

Increases or decr eases the bass.

TREBLE

Increases or decr eases the tr eble.

BALANCE Press the right ar row to incr ease the right volume and the left arrow to incr ease the left volume.

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RCA TV/VCR manual Bass

TV/VCR specifications

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