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Chapter 6: Using the TV’s features

Selecting the video input source to view

To select the video input source to view:

1 Press +on the remote control or TV control panel.

2 And then either:

a)Press 0–8; or

b)Repeatedly press Bb on the remote control and then press Tto change the input; or

c)Repeatedly press +on the remote control or TV control panel to change the input.

The current signal source displays in the top right corner of the Input Selection screen.

Input Selection

 

ANT

0

ANT

 

 

 

1

Video 1

 

 

 

2

Video 2

 

 

 

3

ColorStream HD1

 

4

ColorStream HD2

 

5

HDMI 1

 

 

 

6

HDMI 2

 

 

 

7

HDMI 3

 

 

 

8

PC

 

 

 

0

- 8 /

INPUT

to Select

Navigate

Note:

You can label the video input sources according to the specific devices you have connected to the TV

(- “Labeling the video input sources” at right).

Sources can also be “hidden” (- “Labeling the video input sources” at right).

“No Video Signal” will appear randomly on the screen if no signal is received in video input mode.

Labeling the video input sources

You can label each video input source according to the type of device you connected to each source, from the following preset list of labels:

– – (default label)

Audio Receiver

Cable

Compact Disc

DTV

DVD

Game Console

HD DVD

Laser Disk

Satellite/DSS

VCR

Video Recorder

Hide (to hide an unused input in the Input Selection screen)

Note: If you select PC in the Input Selection screen, you can choose only “– –” or “Hide” as the label.

To label the video input sources:

1 Press Yand open the Preferences menu.

2 Highlight Input Labeling and press T.

3 Press B or b to highlight the video source you want to label.

Preferences

CC Selector

 

 

Off

 

 

 

 

Base CC Mode

Off

 

CC1

 

 

 

 

Digital CC Settings

 

 

CC2

 

 

 

 

Input Labeling

 

 

CC3

 

 

 

 

Channel Labeling

 

 

CC4

 

 

 

 

Menu Language

English

 

T1

 

 

 

 

Channel Browser Setup

 

 

T2

Input Labeling

Video 1

 

VCR

 

 

Video 2

 

Cable

 

 

ColorStream HD 1

 

Video Recorder

 

 

ColorStream HD 2

 

Hide

 

 

HDMI 1

 

DTV

 

 

HDMI 2

 

Satellite/DSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

HDMI 3

 

DVD

 

 

 

PC

 

- -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

 

 

Done

 

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Toshiba 57HM117 manual Using the TV’s features, Selecting the video input source to view, Labeling the video input sources

65HM117, 57HM117 specifications

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