Contents

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Installation, Care, and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Choosing a location for your LCD TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Safety Precautions for 3D glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Chapter 1: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Overview of installation, setup, and use . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Front panel control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Back panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Bundling the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2: Connecting your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Overview of cable types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 About the illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting to a Satellite dish, an Antenna, or Cable TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting an HDMI® or DVI device to the HDMI input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting a VCR or DVD player with ColorStream® (component video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting remote IR devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Connecting a digital audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Using the TV remote and HDMI® CEC Control to

control other devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting an HDMI audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Connecting a PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Connecting to a home network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 3: Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Controlling other devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Installing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Learning about the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 4: Initial Setup and Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Initial Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Navigating the menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Main menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Quick menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 5: Setting up your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Changing Initial settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Local Time Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 ANT/CABLE IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Storing channels in memory (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Auto Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Manual Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Skipping channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Skipping video inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Labeling channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Labeling video inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Configuring shared inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Setting the Auto Input feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 6: Basic features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Viewing 3D images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Using 3D functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Tuning channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Setting the Channel Tuning Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Tuning in to the next programmed channel . . . . . . . 39

Tuning in to a specific channel

(programmed or unprogrammed). . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using the Channel Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Using Channel Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using SurfLock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Selecting the video input to view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using closed captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Analog CC mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Digital CC settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Setting the PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Entering a new PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Changing or deleting your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Forgotten PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Using parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Blocking TV programs and movies by rating (V-Chip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Downloading an additional rating system . . . . . . . . 44 Displaying ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Unlocking programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Locking specific channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Locking video input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Setting a time limit for games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Locking the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Using HDMI® CEC Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Controlling HDMI® CEC playback devices. . . . . . . . 47 HDMI® CEC Control input source selection . . . . . . . 47 Adjusting the amplifier’s audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Other HDMI® CEC Control functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Using the HDMI® settings feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Viewing the HDMI® signal information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Using your PC with the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Adjusting the image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Setting the PC audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Setting the timer to turn on the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Setting the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Setting Automatic Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Setting No Signal Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Displaying TV status information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Viewing support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Resetting to Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Power failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 7: Picture and sound controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Selecting the picture size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Scrolling the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using the Auto Aspect feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Using the 4:3 Stretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Freezing the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Adjusting the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Selecting the picture mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Adjusting the picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Using the advanced picture settings features . . . . . . . . 56 Edge Enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Dynamic Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 DynaLight. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Static Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Film Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 ClearScan 240. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 MPEG NR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 DNR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Auto Brightness Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Backlight Adjustment Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 ColorMaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Base Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Color temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Resetting to the factory default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Setting the Expert Picture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Test Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 RGB Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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