Toshiba 50HMX96, 56HMX96

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Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Welcome to Toshiba. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Features of your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Overview of steps for installing, setting up, and

using your new TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

TV front and side panel controls and connections . . . . . . . . . 8

TV back panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Chapter 2: Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Installing the remote control batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Remote control effective range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Learning about the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Remote Control functional key chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Using the remote control to operate your other devices. . . . 16

Programming the remote control to operate

your other devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Device code setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Searching and sampling the code of a device (8500). . . 17

Using the volume lock feature (8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Operational feature reset (8900). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Multi-brand remote control device codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Chapter 3: Menu layout and navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Main menu layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Setup/Installation menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

THINC menu layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Navigating the menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 4: Setting up your TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Selecting the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Configuring the antenna input sources for the

ANT 1 and ANT 2 terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Programming channels into the TV’s channel memory. . . . 26

Programming channels automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Manually adding and deleting channels in the channel

memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Setting the time and date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Setting the ColorStream® HD audiomode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Setting the HDMI™ audio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Viewing the CableCARD™ menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Setting the Quick Restart™ feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Viewing the digital signal meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Viewing the system status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Chapter 5: Using the TV’s features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Selecting the video input source toview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Labeling the video input sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Tuning channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Tuning channels using the Channel Browser™ . . . . . . . 33

Tuning to the next programmed channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Tuning to a specific channel (programmed or

unprogrammed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Switching between two channels

using Channel Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Switching between two channels using SurfLock™. . . . 36

Selecting the picture size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Scrolling the TheaterWide® picture

(TheaterWide 2 and 3 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Using the auto aspect ratio feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Selecting the cinema mode (480i signals only) . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using the POP features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using the POP double-window feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Switching the speaker audio (left or right). . . . . . . . . . . 41

POP double-window aspect ratio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using the FREEZE feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Adjusting the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Selecting the picture mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Adjusting the picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Using the closed caption mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Closed Caption Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Digital closed captions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using the Closed Caption button on the

remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Adjusting the audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Muting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using the digital audio selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Selecting stereo/SAP broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Adjusting the audio quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Using the StableSound® feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Turning off the built-in speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Selecting the optical audio output format . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using the Locks menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Entering the PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

If you cannot remember your PIN code. . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Changing your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Blocking TV programs and movies

by rating (V-Chip). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Blocking TV programs and movies

by additional ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Blocking channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Unlocking programs temporarily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the input lock feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the GameTimer™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Using the control panel lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Setting the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Setting the On/Off Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Using the PC setting feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Displaying TV setting information on-screen

using RECALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Understanding the auto power off feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Understanding the last mode memory feature . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Chapter 6: Using the TV’s advanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Using the advanced picture settings features . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using dynamic contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using CableClear® digital noise reduction . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using MPEG noise reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Selecting the color temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Selecting the lamp mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using the Vertical Edge Enhancer feature. . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using the Color Management feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Using the Game Mode feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Using the advanced audio settings features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using the SRS WOW™ surround sound feature . . . . . . 58

Using the virtual surround sound feature

(Dolby® Virtual/SRS TruSurround™). . . . . . . . . . . 58

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