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Safety Precautions
It Makes a Difference Where Your TV Stands
Issue
Tune Into Safety
Important Safety Instructions
Installation, Care, and Service
Care cont. from previous column
Never strike the screen with a sharp or heavy object
Contents
Using the TV Guide On Screen¨
Features of your new TV
Introduction
Welcome to Toshiba
See ÒImportant notes about your LCD TVÓ on
Introduction
Connecting your TV
TV top panel and side panel controls and connections
Green and Red LEDs
TV back panel connections
ANT-1 Cable in and ANT-2 in Two inputs that
CableCARD
Overview of cable types
About the connection illustrations Connecting a CableCARD
To view encrypted digital channels
You will need
Connecting a VCR and antenna or Cable TV no Cable box
Connecting a camcorder
Connecting a VCR and Cable box
To view basic Cable channels and use the TVÕs features
On Screen¨ recording features
To view basic and premium Cable channels
Connecting a VCR and satellite receiver
One signal splitter Four coaxial cables
Select the ColorStream HD video input source on the TV
To view premium Cable channels
To view the DVD player
To view VCR
To use the TV Guide On Screen¨ recording feature
Your TV has ColorStream component video inputs
To view antenna or Cable channels
To record a TV program while watching a DVD
Connecting two VCRs
One signal splitter
Three coaxial cables
To dub or edit from VCR 1 to VCR
Connecting an HDMIª or a DVI device to the Hdmi input
¥ one Hdmi cable type a connector per Hdmi device
To connect an Hdmi device, you will need
To connect a DVI device, you will need
Connecting a digital audio system
TV’s Digital Audio OUT terminal outputs a Dolby
To control the audio
Device see Selecting
LINKconnection
To connect to the G-LINK¨terminal
See Chapter
Connecting a personal computer PC
Signal names for mini D-sub 15 pin connector
Pin assignment for RGB/PC terminal
Using the remote control
Preparing the remote control for use
Installing the remote control batteries
Remote control effective range
Remote control codes
Cable converter box
Satellite receiver
TV/VCR Combo
DVD/VCR Combo
DVD player
Portable DVD player
Point the remote control Directly at the device
DVD Menu
Remote Control function key chart
Learning about the remote control
Menu layout and navigation
Main menu layout
Setup / Installation menu layout
Navigating the menu system
TV Guide On Screen setup
Setting up the TV Guide On Screen system
To set up the TV Guide On Screen¨ system
New set of Installation Menu icons appears
For additional details, see
On next
Setting up the TV Guide On Screen system
If your VCR did not
If the information is incorrect, select No
Setting up your TV
To configure the ANT 1 and ANT 2 input sources
To select the menu language
Programming channels into the TV’s channel memory
To program channels automatically
Programming channels into the TVÕs channel memory
Programming your favorite channels
Setting the Hdmi audio mode
Setting the time and date
To select the Hdmi audio mode
To set the time and date
To view the digital signal meter
To view the CableCARD ª menu
To close the screen and return to the Terrestrial menu
To return to normal viewing
To close the screen and return to the Installation menu
To cancel the reset
Viewing the system status
To check the system status
TV Guide On Screen system includes the following features
While watching TV, press TV Guide on the remote control
Recording-Easily schedule recording of one or more programs
To open the TV Guide On Screen¨ system
Current show highlighted When in the TV Guide
Navigating the TV Guide On Screen system
Lock/unlock icon indicates the status of the Video Window
To lock/unlock the Video Window
Navigating the TV Guide On Screen¨ system
Info Box
TV Guide On Screen Services
Listings screen
Search screen
To edit or delete a keyword
TV Guide On Screen¨ Services
Set a show to Record from a panel menu
Don’t Record This Show-Cancels the Recording
You can choose to start or cancel recording
Highlight NEW Manual Recording and press
Show previously set to Record
Highlight the Power on TV field, and press x to
At the scheduled Reminder time or No default
Channel you are setting the Reminder for at
You can set a Reminder to perform the following functions
Reminder notification banner
Setup screen
This option allows you to change default settings
General Defaults
Record Defaults
Remind Defaults
Record defaults
Remind defaults
Using the TV’s features
Selecting the video input source to view
To select the video input source to view
Labeling the video input sources
To label the video input sources
To clear the input labels
DTV Satellite/DSS VCR Laser Disk
Tuning channels
Using the Channel Browser
To toggle between Browse mode and Select mode
To tune to a channel in Browse mode
To set a channel as Home using the remote control
To set a channel as Home using the menus
To tune to the Home channel
Tuning channels Tuning your favorite channels
Selecting the picture size
You can view many program formats in a variety of picture
To select the picture size
TheaterWide 1 picture size For 43 format program
TheaterWide 2 picture size for letter box programs
Full picture size for 169 480i, 480p source programs only
Using the auto aspect ratio feature
To set the scroll settings
To turn on the auto aspect ratio feature
To turn off the auto aspect ratio feature
Using the Freeze feature
To set the Cinema Mode to Film
Cinema Mode field, select Film
To set the Cinema Mode to Video
Adjusting the picture
Selecting the picture mode
Adjusting the picture quality
Using CableClear /DNR digital noise reduction
Selecting the color temperature
To select the color temperature
Mode you prefer
Adjusting the back lighting feature Using dynamic contrast
Using Mpeg noise reduction
To adjust the back lighting
To select dynamic contrast preferences
Using the closed caption mode
Advanced closed captions
Digital closed captions
To select digital closed captions
Press yz to select Closed Caption
Adjusting the audio
Using the digital audio selector
Muting the sound
Selecting stereo/SAP broadcasts
Adjusting the audio quality
Using the StableSound feature
To adjust the audio quality
To turn on the StableSound¨ feature
Using the SRS WOW surround sound feature
To adjust the WOWª settings
Selecting the optical audio output format
To select the optical audio output format
Setting the On/Off timer
Setting the sleep timer
Using the PC setting feature
PC Audio
Understanding the auto power off feature
Understanding the last mode memory feature
Using the Gray Level feature
Displaying TV setting information on-screen using Recall
Using the Locks menu
Entering the PIN code
If you cannot remember your PIN code
Changing your PIN code
Blocking TV programs and movies by rating V-Chip
To block and unblock TV programs and movies
Press z to highlight Edit Rating Limits and press Enter
Independent rating system for broadcasters
Blocking channels
Unlocking programs temporarily
Locking video inputs
Using the GameTimerª
Using the panel lock feature
Troubleshooting
General troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
TV Guide On Screen¨ FAQs
There are several possibilities
Why arenÕt all my channels initially displayed?
There are several possibilities see page 53 for details
Yes. Highlight any of the four main Services Listings
Press Info on the remote control to resize the Info
Listings are restored
Highlight Change system settings, and then press
Specifications
Appendix
Limited United States Warranty
For LCD Televisions 26 and Larger
Appendix
Appendix
Appendix
Index
Channel programming
12-22
Picture adjustments
Remote control
80-84
21, 31
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