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ContentsImportant Safety Instructions .......................................... 3
Installation, Care, and Service ........................................3
Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Features of your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview of steps for installing, setting up, and using
your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
TV front and side panel controls and connections . . . . . . . . 10
TV back panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Chapter 2: Connecting your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Overview of cable types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About the connection illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Connecting a VCR (or a VCR with S-video) and antenna,
Cable TV or Camcorder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Connecting a DVD player with ColorStream® (component
video), aVCR, and a satellite receiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a device to the IR OUT infrared terminal
using the IR blaster cable for IR pass-through dev ice
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting an HDMI™ or DVI device to the HDMI
input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
REGZA-LINK connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting a digital audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting an audio system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting a personal computer (PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 3: Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Preparing the remote control foruse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the remote control batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Learning about the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Remote Control functional key chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using the remote control to operate your other device s. . . . 24
Programming the remote control to operate your other
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Device code setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Searching and sampling the code of a device (8500) . . . 25
Using the volume lock feature (8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Operational feature reset (8900). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Multi-brand remote control device codes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Chapter 4: Menu layout and navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Main menu layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Setup/Installation menu layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
THINC™ menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Navigating the menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 5: Setting up your TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Setting the Demo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Selecting the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Configuring the input source for the
ANT/CABLE terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Programming channels into the TV’s channel memory. . . . 36
Programming channels automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manually adding and deleting channels inthe channel
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Setting the Auto Input feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Labeling channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Setting the HDMI™ audio mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Viewing the digital signal meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Setting the time zone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Viewing the system status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting the Power-On Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting the Demo Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 6: Using the TV’s features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Selecting the video input source toview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Labeling the video input sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tuning channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Tuning channels using the Channel Browser™ . . . . . . . 42
Setting the Channel Tuning Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tuning to the next programmed channel. . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tuning to a specific channel (programmed or
unprogrammed). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Switching between two channels using Channel
Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Switching between two channels using SurfLock™. . . . 45
Selecting the picture size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Scrolling the TheaterWide® picture
(TheaterWide 2 and 3 only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the auto aspect ratio feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using the FREEZE feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adjusting the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting the picture mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Adjusting the picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the TheaterLock™ feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the closed caption mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Base closed captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Digital CC Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CC Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the Closed Caption button on the remote
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Adjusting the audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Muting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the digital audio selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Selecting stereo/SAP broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Adjusting the audio quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using the StableSound® feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Selecting the optical audio output format . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using the Dolby® Digital Dynamic Range Control
feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using the Locks menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Entering the PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
If you cannot remember your PIN code. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Changing your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Blocking TV programs and movies
by rating(V-Chip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Downloading an additional rating system for blocking
TV programs and movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Blocking channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Unlocking programs temporarily. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the input lock feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the GameTimer® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the control panel lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the PC settings feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Setting the PC Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Setting the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using REGZA-LINK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
REGZA-LINK playback device (HD DVD player, etc.)
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
REGZA-LINK input source selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
VOLUME and MUTE controls of Audio Receiver. . . . 58
Other REGZA-LINK functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the HDMI settings feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Displaying TV status information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Understanding the auto power off feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Understanding the last mode memory feature . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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