Grundig 32 VLE 6142 C manual

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ENGLISH 2 CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SETUP AND SAFETY 6 GENERAL INFORMA TION 6 Special features of y our television set 7 Receiving digital channels 7 Impor tant notes on environmental protection 8 CONNECTION AND PREPARA TION 8 Conn[...]

3 ENGLISH CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 48 OPERA TION AS A PC MONITOR 48 Connecting a PC 48 Selecting presets for the PC 48 Settings for PC mode 49 OPERA TION WITH A COMMON INTERFA CE 49 What is a Common Inter face? 49 Inser ting the CA [...]

ENGLISH 4 SETUP AND SAFET Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please note the following instructions when setting up the television set : 7 This television is designed to receive and dis - play video and audio signals. All other uses are expr essly prohibited. 7 The ideal viewing [...]

5 ENGLISH 7 Do not connect any other equipment while t he device is switched on. Also switch of f other equipment before connecting it. 7 Do not plug in t he power cord of t he device until you have connected the external equip - ment and the antenna. 7 T o avoid safet y problems arising from t he bat- teries used with the product, follow the ins t[...]

ENGLISH 6 Special features of your tele vision set 7 Y ou can receive and watch digital TV channels using your television set (via DVB-T and D VB-C) – including High Definition programmes (HD). How ever , the reception of digital T V channels in HD is currently limited to a few countr ies in Europe. 7 Although t his t elevision set complies with [...]

7 ENGLISH GENERAL INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiving digital channels 7 Y ou require a digital roof ant enna or indoor antenna (passive or active indoor antenna with its own power supply) to receive digital television channels (D VB-T). 7 If you wish to receive digital television[...]

ENGLISH 8 CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- Connecting the ant enna and pow er cord 1a T o receiv e terrestrial digit al broadcasters (DVB-T) connect the cable for the rooftop or indoor antenna (passive or active indoor antenna with its o wn po wer supply) to the an- tenna socket » ANT IN « on the telev[...]

9 ENGLISH Inserting batt eries into t he remote control CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- 1 Open the batter y compar tment by r emoving the lid. 2 Inser t t he batteries (2 x 1 .5 V micro, for ex ample R03 or AAA). Obser ve the po- larit y mark ed in the bottom of the battery compar tment. 3 Close the bat[...]

ENGLISH 10 O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Connections on the t elevision set AV1 / S-VHS SC ART socket (CVBS signal, RGB signal); Video and sound socket for S-Video camcorder . COMPONENT Pb Pr Y/AV2 Sockets for video input (YUV signal). [...]

11 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HDMI2 HDMI socket, audio/video input. HDMI3 HDMI socket, audio/video input. U Headphone jack (3.5 mm jack plug); Sockets for audio output. USB USB socket for e xternal data media without a power [...]

ENGLISH 12 O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remote control – Main functions Switches on and of f (Standby). Opens menu for A V channels and USB input. Then select using » V «, » < «, » > « or » Λ « and press » OK « t[...]

13 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remote control – All functions »  « (red) Selects pages in teletext; »  « (green) Selects/activates v arious »  « (yello w) functions in the menus. »  ?[...]

ENGLISH 14 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial set-up and tuning tele vision channels The television set is equipped with automatic channel search, which searches for terrestrial channels (DVB-T), cable channels (DVB-C) and analogu[...]

15 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T uning terres trial television channels (DVB-T) 1 In the »Source Setup« menu, in the »Connec- tion T ype« line, select the option »Air« with » < « or » > «. 2 Select the line [...]

ENGLISH 16 Changing the prog ram t able for the digit al channels Channels whic h ar e found using the scan are saved in the »PROGRAM T ABLE« . Y ou can delete channels which are not required from the progr ame table, and lock individual channels (Par ental control). Y ou can also add channels to the favourites list ; in addition, you can change [...]

17 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creating lists of f avourites Y ou can save your favourite channels in up to four favourites lists (F A V 1 to F AV 4). Notes: 7 Fav ourites lis ts must be created separately for all input sou[...]

ENGLISH 18 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture settings 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »PICTURE SETTINGS« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » OK « to confirm. – The »PICTURE SETTIN GS« menu appear[...]

19 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound settings 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »SOUND SETTIN GS« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » OK « to confirm. – The »SOUND SETTINGS« menu appears. Vol[...]

ENGLISH 20 Soundef fects This menu offers three pr eset sound effects (Music, Natural and Speech) and one setting to be created b y you (User). 1 Select the line »Sound Preset« with » V « or » Λ «. 2 Select the sound ef fect »Music«, »Natural« or »Speech« by pressing » < « or » > «. Note: 7 »User« option is active when »So[...]

21 ENGLISH TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic functions Switching on and of f 1 Press » 8 «, » 1 …0 « or » P+ « or » P- « to switch on the television from standb y mode. 2 Press » 8 « to switch the television to standby . Selecting channels 1 Press » 1 …0 « [...]

ENGLISH 22 Audio language V arious languages are available on digital tele - vision channels. This depends on the pr ogramme being broadcast. 1 Open the selection menu with » «. 2 Select the language b y pressing » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. Subtitles V arious subtitles are available on digit al televi - sion channels. This [...]

23 ENGLISH TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing the picture f ormat The television automatically switc hes to the 1 6:9 format if t his format is detect ed via the SC ART socket. 1 Select the picture format with » «. – The picture format (for example »1 6:9«) is disp[...]

ENGLISH 24 USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on recor ding and playing television programmes ■ Recording and playback of television pro - grammes is only possible with digit al television channels (DVB-T and D VB-C). ■ The digital television [...]

25 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecting e xternal data media Notes: 7 Before connecting the data medium, switc h the television to standby with » 8 « . Connect the device and t hen switch the television on again. 7 Before removing t he exte[...]

ENGLISH 26 Switching on aut omatic previe w If the automatic preview is switched on, a pre - view of the selected file appears in the file bro wser . 1 Select the line »Auto Pre view« with » V « or » Λ «. 2 Switch on the function wit h » < « or » > « (»On«). 3 Press » MENU « to end the setting. Safely remove disk 1 Select the l[...]

27 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ″Pausing” time shift progr ammes Y ou can pause the progr amme you are watch - ing. This is a useful function, for example if the telephone rings while you are watching a f ilm and you do not w ant to miss any[...]

ENGLISH 28 Recording a programme fr om the channel lis t 1 Open the »CHANNEL LIST « with » OK « . 2 Select a television c hannel wit h » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Press » MENU « to e xit the channel list. 4 Press » « to start recording. – Infor mation on the recording is displayed: the reco[...]

29 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... by manual data entry Y ou can preset up to 25 programmes for timer recording. 1 Press » GUIDE « to display channel informa- tion. – The electronic T V guide appears. 2 Open the »MAKE SCHEDULE« menu by pr[...]

ENGLISH 30 Playbac k The recorded programmes – whether star ted manually or using t he timer function – are stored on the external data medium. Y ou can open t he archive on the e xternal data medium b y pressing » REC.LIST «. Selecting a programme fr om the arc hive 1 Open t he »Recorded Event« menu with » REC.LIST « . – The menu appea[...]

31 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File formats Y our television can work wit h the following file formats using the USB sockets: Video data Special codecs for video compression and decompression provide more memor y s pace without compromising th[...]

ENGLISH 32 USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecting e xternal data media Before connecting the data medium, switch the television to s tandby using » 8 «. Connect t he device and then switch t he television on again. Before remo ving the external data[...]

33 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The file browser The file brow ser displays video, audio and picture files s tored on e xternal data media. If an external data medium contains files in dif ferent formats, you can, when necessar y , filter out t[...]

ENGLISH 34 DivX ® V OD Y ou mus t have y our device registered in or der to play the protected video that you will buy fr om DivX ® . 1 Select »DivX ® VOD« with » V « or » Λ « and confirm with » OK « . – Registration Code appears. 2 Visit “http://vod.divx.com” and r egister t he device with the registration code. 3 Press » MENU ?[...]

35 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: 7 Use » Λ « to select »Up Folder«, when you would like to return to the last folder. Use »Root« (and then press » OK « ) to return to the main folder . 7 It is possible that files which are actual[...]

ENGLISH 36 Selecting a trac k or picture in st eps (SKIP) 1 During playback, select the next track/ picture with » 6 «. 2 During playback, select t he previous track/ picture with » 5 «. – Playback begins wit h t he track or picture you selected. Selecting a cert ain passage for playback (video files only) 1 During playback, press » OK « . [...]

37 ENGLISH TOP te xt or FLOF te xt mode 1 Press » TXT « to switch on teletext. 2 Select teletext pages directly with » 1 ...0 « or step by step with » V « and » Λ «. Return to teletext page 1 00 with » ? «. Note: 7 At the bottom of the screen there is an info bar with r ed, green and – depending on the channel – yello w and blue pane[...]

ENGLISH 38 Note: 7 Additional operations are e xplained in the following sections. Language settings Changing the menu language 1 Select the line »Menu« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »Select Menu Language« menu appears. 2 Select the menu language with » < «, » > «, » V « or » Λ « and press » OK [...]

39 ENGLISH CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Setting the dat e and time Automatic setting Y our television set de tects the difference in time to Greenwich Mean T ime (GMT) automatically , as long as the channel selected transmits a time signal. 1 Select the line »Time Adjus tment« wit[...]

ENGLISH 40 6 Select the line » V olume« with » V « or » Λ « and use » < « or » > « to set the volume. 7 Select t he line »Se t Hour « with » V « or » Λ « and enter the time with » 1… 0 «. 8 Save the data with »  « (green). Note: 7 Y ou can abort the entry by pressing »  « (red) . 9 Press » MENU « to end th[...]

41 ENGLISH CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Changing the PIN code Y ou can also enter a personal PIN code instead of the default code »1 234«. Please take not e of your o wn PIN code. 1 Select »Set PIN« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » OK « to confirm. 2 Enter the current PIN[...]

ENGLISH 42 DIGI LINK Your television is equipped with the DIGI LINK function. This function uses the CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) protocol. CEC allows external devices which are connect- ed to the » HDMI « sockets by an HDMI cable (e.g. DVD player) to be operated with a remote control. Prerequisite is that the devices connected support CEC.[...]

43 ENGLISH OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- Device operation Y ou can decide whether external devices should react to y our television's remote contr ol. 1 Press » «, use » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « to select t he preset »HDMI1« to »HDMI4« and press » OK « to confirm. 2 Open the menu with[...]

ENGLISH 44 OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- High definition HD ready Connect the corre - sponding input sources (e.g. HD T V receiv er or HD-DVD player) to the » HDMI « sock ets (for digital HD T V sources). This ensures that you can view digital HD T V programmes, even if they are copy-protected (HDCP High Bandwid[...]

45 ENGLISH Connecting e xternal devices ... with digit al audio/video signals 7 Suitable devices: Digital sat ellite receivers, Playstation, BluRay player , DVD player/ recorder , set-top box, notebook, PCs. 7 Video signal: Digital video; resolution: s tand - ard 5 7 6p; HD T V 720p, 1 080i, 1 080p. 7 Audio signal: digital audio (stereo, multi-chan[...]

ENGLISH 46 OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- ... with an analogue T V signal 7 Suitable devices: Digital satellite receiver , DVD player/recorder , set-top box, camera recorder . 7 Video signal: CVBS. 7 Audio signal: stereo, analogue. 7 »A V2« preset. 1 Connect the » Y/A V2 « socket on the t elevision to the corre[...]

47 ENGLISH Hi-fi system/A V receiver Connecting the hi-f i system/ A V receiv er 1 Connect the » Optic Out « socket on the television to the corresponding socket of the device wit h an optical digital cable (digital audio signal). Setting the audio f ormat Y ou can select whet her the audio signal output via the » Optic Out « socket should be i[...]

ENGLISH 48 Connecting a PC 1 Connect the » PC-IN « sock et on the television to the corresponding socket on t he PC using a VG A cable (video signal). 2 Connect the » Audio « socket on the televi- sion to the corresponding socket on t he PC using a suitable cable (audio signal). Note: 7 Adjust your PC to the monitor (for ex ample, picture resol[...]

49 ENGLISH OPERA TION WITH A C OMMON INTERF A CE ------------------ What is a Common Inter face? 7 Common Inter face (CI) is an inter f ace for DVB r eceivers. 7 Encr ypted channels can only be view ed with a CA module suitable for t he encr yp- tion system and in conjunction with the cor responding smart card. 7 The television se t is equipped wit[...]

ENGLISH 50 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or televisi on c han - nels from the cable pr ovider automatically 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »[...]

51 ENGLISH Searching f or television channels from the cable provider manu - ally 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »SOURCE SETUP« menu appear s. 3 Select the line »Source« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. Select the option [...]

ENGLISH 52 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Select the line »Scan T yp« with » V « or » Λ « and set the option »DTV« with » < « or » > «. 7 Star t the scan with »  « (red). – All channel and fav ourites lists will be deleted and c[...]

53 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Select t he line »Scan T yp« wit h » V « or » Λ « and set the option »A T V « with » < « or » > «. 6 Star t the scan with »  « (red). Note: 7 Af ter star ting t he scan, a securit y quer y[...]

ENGLISH 54 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing stor ed analogue channels If c hannels were stored with t he automatic chan- nel search while tuning the television channels, you can delete them. Y ou can also store chan - nels in a dif ferent preset, ch[...]

55 ENGLISH Creating lists of f avourites Y ou can select your favourite channels and save them in up to four favourites lists (Fav 1 to Fav 4). 1 In the » PROGRAME T ABLE « menu, switch ov er to the list view with »  « (yellow). 2 Select the preferred channel with » V « or » Λ «. 3 Use » < « or » > « to ”push“ the ch[...]

ENGLISH 56 INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Displaying signal inf ormation (for digital channels only) 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Select the line »Sign[...]

57 ENGLISH INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRUNDIG 32 VLE 6 1 42 C T echnical dat a Operating voltage: 220–240 V , ~ , 50–60 Hz Power consumption: On mode 58 W Standby <0.50 W Energy Efficiency class: B Maximum power consumption On mode 1 1 0 W[...]

ENGLISH 58 INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T roubleshooting If the information provided below does not help, please consult an authorised GRUNDIG dealer. Please bear in mind that malfunctions can also be caused b y e xternal devices such as video r ec[...]