Welcome to Toshiba

Thank you for purchasing this Toshiba Plasma Color Television. This manual will help you use the exciting features of your new TV.

Instructions in this manual are based on using the remote control.

You can also use the controls on the TV if they have the same name as those on the remote control. Please read all the safety and operating instructions carefully, and keep the manual for future reference.

Contents

 

Introduction

 

Important Safety Instructions

3

Installation

3

Use

5

Service

6

Cleaning

7

Important information

7

Important information

7

Installation

8

Connecting an antenna

8

Getting started

 

Exploring your new TV

9

TV front/Installing the remote control

 

batteries

9

TV back

10

Learning about the remote control

11

Location of controls

11

Turning the TV on, Selecting a language

12

Switching on the TV

12

Switching off the TV

12

Selecting a language

12

Learning about the menu system

13

Menu display chart

13

Programming channel memory

14

System selection, Auto tuning

14

Manual tuning

14

Program sorting

16

Watching TV programs

17

Volume, Sound mute, Changing program

 

positions, Program return, On-screen

 

information

17

Basic operation

 

Viewing the wide-screen picture format

18

Picture size selection

18

Picture position, Reset

19

Picture position adjustment

19

Reset (Picture position adjustment)

19

Picture quality adjustment

20

Picture quality adjustment

20

To activate the black stretch

21

To activate the MPEG NR

 

(Noise Reduction)

21

To activate the DNR

 

(Digital Noise Reduction)

21

To select the color temperature

22

To use the cinema mode

22

To adjust the color management

23

To reset the base color adjustment

23

Sound adjustment

24

MTS (Multi-channel TV Sound) setting

24

Selecting the Dual 1 or Dual 2 mode

24

Stereo/bilingual selection

25

Sound quality adjustment

25

To select the audio output

26

To select the HDMI audio mode

26

To use the WOW surround sound

27

To use the stable sound

27

To activate/deactivate the speaker

27

Woofer Internal/External mode, Bass boost,

 

Woofer system

28

Using TV’s features

 

Input selection

29

Input selection

29

Timer, Gray screen, Auto format

30

To select the timer menu

30

To activate Gray screen

30

To use the Auto format

 

(WSS: wide screen signaling)

30

Long life setting

31

Long life setting

31

Viewing teletext

 

Teletext – Setting up

32

Teletext mode

32

About Teletext

33

Teletext general information

33

Teletext SW adjustment

33

Teletext – FAST and LIST modes

34

Using FAST mode

34

Using LIST mode

34

Teletext – Control buttons

35

Teletext buttons on the remote control

35

Equipment connections

 

Side connections

36

Connection example

36

Back connections

37

Connection example

37

Connecting a computer

38

To connect a computer

38

PC setting

39

Picture size/position adjustments

39

To adjust clock phase and sampling clock/

 

To reset

40

Connecting an HDMI and a DVI device

41

To connect an HDMI and a DVI device

41

Reference section

 

Troubleshooting

42

Symptom and solution

42

Broadcast system, Specifications

43

Broadcast transmission systems of each

 

country or region

43

Plasma color television

43

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Toshiba 42WP56A, 42WP56T, 42WP56E owner manual Contents

42WP56A, 42WP56T, 42WP56E specifications

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