CONTENTS

TO THE OWNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ~ 4 PROTECTING THE PLASMA SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 HANDLING PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 POSITIONING PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 REMOVING THE PLASMA STAND (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . .9 WALL MOUNTING (OPTIONAL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

HDTV BACK RIGHT SIDE PANEL—JACKS LOCATIONS& FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10HDTV BACK SIDE PANEL—JACKS LOCATIONS

& FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 ~ 12 GLOSSARY OF CABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 CHOOSE YOUR CONNECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 GETTINGSTARTED(REQUIREDINITIALSETUP)........15

Installing two “AA” Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Initial Signal Connections Integrated Digital (DTV) / Analog (RF) Antenna Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Connecting AC Power Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 All Channel Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

DIGITALAVCONNECTIONS

HDMI CONNECTIONS

OPTION 1: Connect a DVD Player or Game System . . . . . 18 Helpful Hints for HDMI Input 2/3 connections . . . . . . 18 OPTION 2: Connect a Set-Top (STB) to DVI . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Helpful Hints for HDMI Input 1 connections . . . . . . . . 19

VIDEO2 / VIDEO3 Component Jacks

OPTION 1: Connect a Set-Top (STB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Helpful Hints for Video2/3 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 OPTION 2: Connect a DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Helpful Hints for Video2/3 connections . . . . . . . . . . . 21 OPTION 3: Connect a Game System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Helpful Hints for Video2/3 connections . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ANALOGAV CONNECTIONS

VIDEO1 COMPOSITE JACKS

OPTION 1: Connect Analog Cable, Cable Box, VCR,

and an Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Helpful Hints for Video1 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 OPTION 2: Connect Analog Cable, VCR, and an Antenna . . 24 Helpful Hints for Video1 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 OPTION 3: Connect a DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Helpful Hints for Video1 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

AUDIO CONNECTIONS

 

Connecting an AV Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . 26

Helpful Hints for Digital Audio Out connections

. . . . . 26

Connecting a Stereo Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . 27

Helpful Hints for Analog Audio Out connections

. . . . . 27

USING THE REMOTE CONTROL

 

Remote Control Keys (functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ~ 31 Helpful Hints for Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

MENUOPTIONS

How to Operate the On-Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Menu Navigation Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

DTVADJUSTMENTANDSETUP

All Channel Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Digital Cable Search (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Helpful Hints for Digital Cable Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Digital Add-On Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Helpful Hints for Digital Add-On Search . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Analog Antenna Signal (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Helpful Hints for Analog Antenna Signal . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Channel Scan Memory: Deleting Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Helpful Hints for Channel Scan Memory . . . . . . . . . . 37 Channel Scan Memory: Adding Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Helpful Hints for Channel Scan Memory . . . . . . . . . . 38 Digital Caption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Changing the Look of Digital Captioning . . . . . . . . . . . 39 To View Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Helpful Hints for Digital Caption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

V-Guide (Parental Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 To Block MPAA Movie or TV Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 To Setup V-Guide Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 On-Screen View of Blocked TV program . . . . . . . . . . . 42 To Temporarily Unblock MPAA Movie or TV Rating . . 42 To Unblock All MPAA Movie or All TV Rating . . . . . . . 42

TV Ratings (Age and Content-Based)

Symbol Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 MPAA Movie Ratings (Age-Based)

Symbol Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Picture/Sound Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 ~ 45

Helpful Hints for Picture/Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Menu Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Energy (Power) Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Picture Rotation (Screen Saver) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

White Pattern (Panel Repair) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

GLOSSARY OF TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 FAQ (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

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