Grundig 37 VLC 9140 S 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 49 OPERA TION AS A PC MONITOR 49 Connecting a PC 49 Selecting presets for the PC 49 Settings for PC mode 50 OPERA TION WITH A COMMON INTERFA CE 50 What is a Common Inter face? 50 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 switc hed on. Also switch of f other equipment before connecting it. 7 Do not plug in t he power cord of the device until you have connected the external equip - ment and the antenna. 7 Make sur e the mains plug is freely accessible. Caution: 7 If you plan on using a wall bracket f[...]

ENGLISH 6 Special features of your tele vision set 7 Y ou can receive and watch digital T V channels using your television set (via DVB-S, DVB-T and DVB- C) – including High Def inition 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 this tele vision set compli[...]

7 ENGLISH GENERAL INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiving digital channels 7 Y ou r equire a sat ellite antenna to receiv e digit al satellite channels (DVB-S). 7 Y ou require a digit al roof ant enna or indoor antenna (passive or active indoor antenna with its own power supply) to re[...]

ENGLISH 8 CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- Connecting the ant enna and pow er cord 1 T o receiv e digital satellite channels (DVB-S), connect the satellite antenna cable to the antenna socket » SATELLITE « on the televi- sion set. And/or: 2a T o receiv e terrestrial digit al broadcasters (DVB-T) connec[...]

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 SATELLITE Ant enna socket for the satellite antenna (DVB-S). AV1 SCART socket (FB AS signal, RGB signal). AUDIO OUT L R Sockets for audio output. COMPONENT Y Pb[...]

11 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PC Audio Socket for audio input for a PC. PC-IN VG A socket, video input for PC. ANT IN Antenna socket for a DVB-T , DVB-C and analogue antenna. HDMI2 HDMI socket, audio/video input. HDMI3 HDMI s[...]

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 various functions »  « (yello w) in the menus. »  «[...]

ENGLISH 14 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial set-up and tuning tele vision channels The television set is equipped with automatic channel search, which sear ches for satellite chan- nels (DVB-S), ter restrial channels (DVB-T), ca[...]

15 ENGLISH T uning the t elevision channels from satellite (DVB-S) Y ou have two options for tuning digital satellite channels. A The easy installation, whic h pre-configures all antenna settings for the satellite channels on Astra 1 9.2° East. B The advanced installation can be used if you wish to receive satellite channels from various satellite[...]

ENGLISH 16 6 Select t he line »DISEqC Mode« with » V « or » Λ «. Select »DiSEqC 1 .0« or »DiSEqC 1 . 1« in accordance with the existing antenna sy stem with » < « or » > «. – DiSEqC 1 .0 allows up to four satellites to be receiv ed simultaneously . – DiSEqC 1 . 1 allows up to 1 6 satellites to be receiv ed simultaneously . [...]

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

ENGLISH 18 Changing the prog ram t able for the digit al channels Channels which are found using the scan are saved in the »PROGRAM T ABLE« . Y ou can delete channels which are not required from t he programe table, and lock individual channels (Par ental control). Y ou can also add channels to the favourites list ; in addition, you can change t [...]

19 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creating lists of f avourites Y ou can save y our 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 so[...]

ENGLISH 20 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture settings 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »PICTURE SETTINGS« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to con- firm. – The »PICTURE SETTIN GS« menu appea[...]

21 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound settings 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »SOUND SETTINGS« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to con- firm. – The »SOUND SETTIN GS« menu appears. No[...]

ENGLISH 22 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[...]

23 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 24 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 digital televi - sion channels. This d[...]

25 ENGLISH TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing the picture f ormat The television automatically switc hes to the 1 6:9 format if this format is detected via the SCART socket. 1 Select the picture format with » «. – The picture format (for example »1 6:9«) is display[...]

ENGLISH 26 USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on recor ding and playing television programmes ■ Recording and playback of television pro - grammes is only possible with digital television channels (DVB-S, D VB-T and DVB-C). ■ The digital t ele[...]

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

ENGLISH 28 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 Preview« wit h » V « or » Λ «. 2 Switch on the function wit h » < « or » > « (»On«). 3 Press » MENU « to end the setting. Selecting e xternal dat a media I[...]

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

ENGLISH 30 Recording a programme fr om the channel lis t 1 Open the »CHANNEL LIST « with » OK «. 2 Select a television channel with » 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 recor d[...]

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

ENGLISH 32 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 app[...]

33 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File formats Y our television can work with 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 the[...]

ENGLISH 34 USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecting e xternal data media Before connecting the data medium, switc h the television to s tandby using » 8 «. Connect t he device and then switch t he television on again. Before remo ving the external dat[...]

35 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 36 Basic playbac k functions 1 Select the data medium by pressing » «, use » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « to select the option »USB« and press » OK « to confirm. – The f ile brow ser appears. 2 Select t he f ile for mat (video files, audio files, picture files) with » V « or » Λ «. 3 Switch to the folder/file list [...]

37 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional playback functions Depending on the file format, the following additional functions are available: Selecting chapt ers on DivX ® files (only video files) 1 During playback, select the next chapter wit[...]

ENGLISH 38 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[...]

39 ENGLISH Note: 7 Additional operations are explained in t he following sections. Language settings Changing the menu language 1 Select t he 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 » [...]

ENGLISH 40 CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Setting the dat e and time 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. Y ou can also set the dif ference in time manually – for e[...]

41 ENGLISH 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 the[...]

ENGLISH 42 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[...]

43 ENGLISH 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.[...]

ENGLISH 44 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[...]

45 ENGLISH OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- High definition HD ready Connect the cor - responding input sources (e.g. HDTV 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 Bandwidt[...]

ENGLISH 46 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 : st and - ard 5 7 6p; HD T V 720p, 1 080i, 1 080p. 7 Audio signal: digital audio (stereo, multi-cha[...]

47 ENGLISH 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: FBAS. 7 Audio signal: stereo, analogue. 7 »A V2« preset. 1 Connect the » Video « socket on the television to the corresp[...]

ENGLISH 48 Playing the audio signal via t he HiFi system 1 Connect the » AUDIO OUT L R « sockets on the television to the cor responding socket of the AV receiv er wit h an RCA cable (digital audio signal). Note: 7 If this function is not activated, the audio sig- nal is transmitted to the HiFi system/A V re- ceiver (connected to » AUDIO OUT L R[...]

49 ENGLISH 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 » PC Audio « socket on the tel- evision to the corresponding socket on the PC using a suitable cable (audio signal). Note: 7 Adjust your PC to the monitor (for ex ample, picture res[...]

ENGLISH 50 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 the encr yp- tion system and in conjunction with the cor responding smart card. 7 The television se t is equipped wit [...]

51 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or digital t elevision channels from a sat ellite aut o- matically Satellite data changes frequently , new chan - nels are constantly being added. Y ou should therefore perfor m an automatic search from[...]

ENGLISH 52 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or digital t elevision channels from a sat ellite aut o- matically If you know t he parameters of a new television channel, you can also search for it manually . Cur rent transponder data can be found i[...]

53 ENGLISH Settings for mot orised antennas (DiSEqC 1 .2) Y our television set suppor ts motorised satellite systems in compliance with DiSEqC 1 .2. This function allows t he satellit e ant enna to be oper - ated via the television set. 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « [...]

ENGLISH 54 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expert mode Y ou can restrict the antenna's range or reset the antenna. 1 Select t he line »Inst aller Mode« wit h » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »INSTALLER MODE« menu appears. [...]

55 ENGLISH 8 Star t the scan with »  « (red). – All channel and favourites lists will be dele ted and compiled anew . Note: 7 Af ter star ting the scan, a securit y quer y will appear . Press »  « (green) to confir m the option » Y es«. – The »Results« menu appears, and the scan for T V channels begins. Depending on the number [...]

ENGLISH 56 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- »PROGRAM T ABLE« appears. Note: 7 Y ou can abor t t he search by pressing » MENU «. 9 Press » MENU « to end the setting. Searching f or digital terrestrial T V c hannels manually 1 Open the menu with » MENU [...]

57 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T uning the t elevision channels by entering the c hannel numbers 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?[...]

ENGLISH 58 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing stor ed analogue channels If c hannels were stored with t he automatic chan- nel search while tuning the television c hannels, you can delete them. Y ou can also store chan - nels in a dif ferent preset, c[...]

59 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 60 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[...]

61 ENGLISH INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRUNDIG 37 VL C 9 1 40 S GRUNDIG 42 VLC 9 1 40 S T echnical dat a Operating v oltage: 220–240 V , ~ , 50–60 Hz P ower consumption: Operational 1 1 0 W (VL C 3 7) Operational 1 38 W (VL C 42) Standby <0[...]

ENGLISH 62 Ser vice information f or retailers Only operate the tele vision with the pow er supply/power cord pr ovided. The pr oduct complies with t he following EU dir ectives: 2006/95/EC directiv e on electrical equipment for use within cer tain voltage limits. 2004/1 08/EC directiv e on electromagnetic compatibilit y . 2009/1 25/EC directive on[...]

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