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Chapter 3: Using the remote control

Learning about the remote control

The buttons used for operating the TV only are described here. For a complete list of the remote control’s functions, see the remote control functional key chart (- page 25).

1POWER turns the TV on and off. Press pto turn on the

TV, The blue LED indicator on the TV front will be illuminated. Press pagain to turn off the TV.

Note: The Power-On Mode setting will affect the amount of time it takes for the picture to appear when you turn on the TV (- page 35).

2PIC MODE selects the picture mode (- page 44).

3SLEEP accesses the sleep timer (- page 54).

4PIC SIZE cycles through the picture sizes: Natural,

TheaterWide 1/2/3, Full, and 4:3 HD (- page 41).

5Channel Numbers (0–9,–/100)directly tune channels. The =button is used to tune digital channels (- page 40) or to edit the Favorites List (- page 38).

6INPUT selects the video input source (- page 37).

7CH Bb cycles through programmed channels when no menu is on-screen (- page 32).

8VOL + – adjusts the volume level.

9FAV BROWSER accesses the Favorites List in the Channel Brower(- page 38).

10RECALL displays TV status information (- page 55).

11CH RTN returns to the last viewed channel or source (- page 40).

12MUTE reduces or turns off the sound (- page 46).

13INFO displays TV status information as well as program details, when available (- page 55).

143 C / # c While watching TV, these buttons open the Channel Browserand tune to the previous/next channel in the channel history (- page 39). (Also see “Arrow buttons.”)

15Arrow buttons (BbC c) When a menu is on-screen, these buttons select or adjust programming menus. (Also see 3 C / # c.)

16ENTER activates highlighted items in the main menu system.

17MENU accesses the main TV menu system (- pages 29 and 30).

18EXIT closes on-screen menus.

19MODE SELECT switch switches between TV, CABLE/SAT, AUX 1, and AUX 2 modes (- page 24). Set to “TV” to control the TV.

Note: The error message “Not Available” may appear if you press a key for a function that is not available.

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65HM117, 57HM117 specifications

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