General Information
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
General | I would like to have louder | There are 2 options: |
| sound by connecting | 1) Use Digital COAX output connected to an external amplifier/surround |
| additional speakers | sound system |
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| 2) Use the 3.5mm headphone output and a 3.5mm to phono cable |
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| (available separately) to connect to an amplifier/surround sound system |
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General | Why are some options in | Some options are only available in certain sources, i.e. HDMI, PC/VGA. |
| the menu unavailable and | They are unavailable in the other sources where they have no affect. |
| greyed out |
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TV | I have tuned in Digital TV | 1) Check you are in an area that can receive Freeview. Visit www.freeview. |
| but I am not receiving any | co.uk or call 08701 111 270. |
| or all of the channels and/ | 2) Check you are using an aerial that is able to receive a good digital |
| or the channels I receive are | signal. In most cases, you will need an outdoor digital |
| breaking up | aerial. In areas that have excellent Freeview coverage, you may be able |
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| to use a loft type aerial but it is highly likely that you will also need to |
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| connect a booster between the back of the TV and the TV aerial wall |
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| socket. Unfortunately, to receive a good enough digital signal, it is not |
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| possible to use a portable/indoor type aerial. This may change once the |
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| analogue signal is switched off in 2012 and the Digital signal strength is |
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TV | I have | Complete a first time installation, please refer to the |
| but when I switch it off it is | of the manual of how to do this |
| not storing the channels |
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DVD | I have inserted a disc but it is | 1) Ensure you have inserted put the disc in facing the correct way forward |
| not playing | 2) Ensure the disc is clean and is not scratched |
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| 3) Some copied discs will not play. |
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| 4) Check the DVD is a region 2 disc – to change the region of the DVD |
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| player, refer to section ‘Changing Regions’. |
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VCR/DVD | I have connected the TV to | In addition to connecting via SCART, you should connect the aerial cable |
Recorder | my VCR or DVD Recorder via | from the wall socket to your VCR/DVD Recorder and another aerial cable |
| SCART but it is not recording | from the VCR/DVD Recorder to the TV |
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Game Consoles | I have connected my PS3 to | 1) Ensure the TVs source is on HDMI |
| the TV via HDMI, but I am | 2) Check your settings on your PS3 are as per the PS3 instruction manual |
| not receiving any pictures or |
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| sound on my Console |
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Game Consoles | I have connected my | Component cables only provide HD Pictures. For the sound you will need |
| Xbox 360 to the TV via | to connect the Red & White audio cables on the Xbox to the Red & White |
| Component Cables (Red, | phono inputs on the rear of the TV. Please refer to the ‘Connections’ |
| Green & Blue) but I am not | pages. |
| receiving any sound |
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USB Mode | I have inserted a USB | Ensure the USB Memory Key is formatted to type FAT32. |
| Memory Key, but the TV |
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USB Mode | Using a USB portable hard | If you wish to use a portable hard drive larger than 32GB, please note |
| drive | that it must be formatted to the FAT32 file system in order to operate on |
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| this TV. Windows XP/Vista computers are only capable of formatting up |
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| to 32GB, therefore, you will need a software programme/utility to format |
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| larger hard drives. Please refer to the web site for more information. |
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USB Record | I can not change the | During Time Shift you can not change the channel, access the menu or use |
/ TV | channel, access the menu or | the red button |
| use the red button |
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USB Record | When using the USB to | Check the USB Memory Stick meet the minimum requirements of Read |
/ TV | record the picture ‘breaks | Speed - 20 MB/s (Mega Byte Per Second), Write Speed - 6 MB/s (Mega Byte |
| up’ or experience loss of | Per Second) |
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System Lock | I have changed the password | There is a master password of 4711, to gain access to the TV menu and |
| on the television and now | reset the normal password |
| forgotten it |
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IMPORTANT NOTE. Occasionally we may release new software/firmware upgrades/enhancements | 29 |
for this television. Please check the ‘firmware upgrade’ section of the website regularly. |
TEchnika Manual
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