Hitachi 26LD9000TA2 manual

1 ENGLISH USER'S MANUAL Thank you for purch asing the HIT ACHI LCD T elevision . Please rea d this us er manu al careful ly before o peratin g this product. T o ensure proper operatio n, please r ead and fol low ALL the instruc tions, esp eciall y the "IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCT IONS" and "S AFETY PRECAUT IONS". Please k ee[...]

2 CONTENTS IMPO RTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS .........................2 INSTRUCT IONS ............................................................... 3 About T his Manual .......................................................3 Tradem ark Credits ........................................................ 3 About Software ................................[...]

3 ENGLISH INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for purch asing the HIT ACHI LCD T elevisio n. We hope that you will e njoy the gre at perf ormance wit h this product. This LCD T elevis ion has be en design ed to meet the In ternation al standards. Ho wever , it could caus e persona l injuries a nd propert y damage if impr operly handled. I n order to pr event po[...]

4 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS For your safety , please read the following precautions carefully before using this product . Improper use would cause serious pe rsonal injuries and/or damage to your property or this product . About the Symbols The following are the symbols used in this manual and af fixed on the unit itself. Please fully understand the meani[...]

5 ENGLISH SAFETY PRECAUTI ONS (continue d) WA RN I N G There is a risk o f fire, el ectri c shock, or seri ous inj ury.  Install the uni t at a prop er a rea where it does no t e xpos e any one to a ny da nger . Ɣ If you hit against t he edge of the unit, you may be injured. !  Do not pl ace an y objects o n top of the unit. Obje cts su ch a[...]

6 SAFETY PRECAUTI ONS (continue d) CAUTION  Do not pl ace the unit a t the dusty pl ace. It coul d cause malfunction.  Do not c ov er or blo ck an y ventil atio n holes on the prod uct. The television would overheat, and it could cause fire or damage the product which may shorten its service lif e. Ɣ Install the product i n accordance with t[...]

7 ENGLISH SAFETY PRECAUTI ONS (continue d) PRECAUTIONS  Do not ins tall the unit i n hig h tempera tur e. It coul d damage the cabinet or parts of t he product. Ɣ Do not install near any heat sources s uch as radiator , heat regis ters, stoves, or other apparatus that produce heat. Ɣ Keep the unit out of direct sunlight. It could increase the [...]

8 ABOUT LCD PANEL Common phenomena o f LCD P anel ! The f ollowing are th e comm on phenom ena when ope rating LCD Panel d ue to its str uctural reaso n. Please n ote that the y are not m alfunc tions. Ɣ Defective Spots on Panel The LCD panel is manuf actured with high-pr ecision t echnolog y . Ho wever , ther e might be s ome s pots that are not [...]

9 ENGLISH FEATURES Enjoy not only beaut iful an d high qua lity pictur es on t he displa y, but als o various kinds of usef ul and conveni ent functions in your dai ly life! • Large-sc reen and h igh-def inition LCD p anel. • Impr oved Digital s ignal proc essor. • Accept m ore digit al input devices with HDMI term inals . • Great div ersit[...]

10 COMPONENT NAMES Main Unit F r ont P anel ! 1. Cabinet 2. Panel 3. Indicatin g Lam p 4. Remote Control Rece iver 5. S peak er 6. Desktop S tand 7. Main Power S witch (on the left side) ! Rear Panel 1. Side In put 2. Power Co rd Socket 3. T er minal Boar d (Extern al Devic e Connection) 4. Control Panel (s ee belo w for details) Please refer to 14[...]

11 ENGLISH COMPONENT NAMES (Conti nued) R emote Contr ol 1. Power ON/OFF 2. [Color (Red, Green, Yellow , Blue)] 3. TV Select (T V) Press this b utton to chan ge input t o TV. 4. Input Select (AV1/AV2/AV3/AV4/HDMI/RGB) Press this button to change inp ut mode. 5. Program Select Press thes e buttons to s elect a TV program directly . 6. Freeze [Hold ][...]

12 PREPARATION R emote Control Batteries Insta llation This r emote control operate s on 2 “AA” b atteries. 1. Open the battery compartment cov er. Ɣ Slide opens t he battery comp artment cov er on the backsi de of the remote control in th e direction of a n arrow . 2. Installing the b a tterie s. Ɣ Install 2 “ AA ” b atteries ( included)[...]

13 ENGLISH PREPARATION (continued) Safety Precaution on Main Unit Installation Read SAFETY PRECA UTIONS ( 4 to 7 ) carefull y besides thi s pa ge. The Desk top S tand has b een use d for the il lustration in this m anual. W hen installing the m ain unit, b e sure to us e the spec ified m ount units in or der to obtain m aximum performanc e and main[...]

14 CONNECTION T er minal P ositions Rear 1. Power Co rd Socket 2. Aerial Sock et 3. AV1 4. AV3 5. AV4 6. Mon itor Out an d Sub W oofer 7. RGB 8. HDMI Side 9. AV2 10. Headpho ne output Connecting Procedur e Y our tele vision is ready for various k inds of c onnections . Make a connec tion in th e follo wing steps. Be sure to turn off the Main Po wer[...]

15 ENGLISH CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Procedure (continued) 3. Connecting t o Exter nal Equipment Ɣ T erminals on Rear AV 1 can be co nnected t o the equipm ent with an S-Video output and Com posite ou tput. If your exter nal de vice has a S-vid eo term inal, S-VID EO connec tion is rec omm ended for high er qualit y picture. A V3 and A V 4[...]

16 CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Procedure (continued) Monitor Out can be used to disp lay sam e image as main unit o n another televis ion. W hen this output terminal is connec ted to an extern al tele vision with a 75 Ohm terminal, th e sam e image f rom c omposite (A V1, A V2) , or RF sig nal can be displa yed to the external televisio n. Su[...]

17 ENGLISH CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Procedure (continued) HDMI term inals can be c onnected to t he devices with HDMI outp ut. Information HDMI(High D efinition M ultim edia Interf ace) is next- generati on multim edia I/O i nterfac e. Only one cabl e is used to transm it all video/ audio/c ontrol sig nals, whic h creates easy connec tion.[...]

18 CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Procedure (continued) Headphone The detail settings c an be adjus ted from Audio Menu on page 29 . The audio f rom the speaker will b e muted when conne cting the headphone to th is term inal. 4. Connecting t he plug int o the wall soc k et Connect the Power Cord after com pleting all ot her connectio ns. (The t[...]

19 ENGLISH BASIC OPERATION POWER On/Off Now , turn On the main po wer of the unit. Make sure that th e Power Cord has plugg ed into th e wall soc ket. Ɣ T o tur n On the pow er of the t elevision: 1. Press th e Main Pow er switch on the t elevision . Ɣ The Indicat ing Lam p will illu minates in Red ( S tandby m ode). 2. Press Sub Power button eit[...]

20 ! BASIC OPERATION (contin ued) Vo l u m e U P / D O W N 1. T o inc rease the sound volum e, press button on the r emote control, or V olum e Up butt on on the contr ol panel. Ɣ T he V olum e Indicator v alue on t he screen wi ll shift righ t. 2. T o decrease the so und volum e, press button on th e remote control or V o lume Down button on the [...]

21 ENGLISH BASIC OPERATION (contin ued) Input Switc hing to TV/A V1~4, HDMI, and R GB By pressing Input Se lect bu tton, you can s witch the input. Ɣ T o watch actual broadcast, press Input Select butt on on the c ontrol panel, the num eric buttons or Channe l Up / Down butt on on the remote control. Ɣ T o displa y the image o utputting from the [...]

22 MENU OPERATION How to use the On-Scr een Display (OSD) system W ith the On-Screen D isplay s ystem, you can access t he vario us kinds of the feat ures and funct ions in t his produc t. Picture Audio Timer Setup Language Select OK S e t <Main Menu > MENU Button • Basic Operat ion 1. Pre ss button on the r emote c ontrol or Men u button o[...]

23 ENGLISH MENU OPERATION (continu ed) Setup Menu (TV mode ) W ith this menu, you c an acc ess vario us kinds of features r elating to TV c hannel setti ngs. Setu p Auto Tuning Manual T uning Fin e Tuning Sort T eletext La nguage Select OK Set Ret urn ! Selected It ems Setup hi nt Position Select th e way to dis play the chan nels on t he screen. T[...]

24 MENU OPERATION (continu ed) Setup Menu (TV mode ) (continued) Selected It ems Setup hi nt Auto NTSC3.58 PAL SECAM Color System NTSC4.43 Select th e color s ystem from 5 different m odes. Off Manual T uning Skip On It allows you to sk ip unregis tered chann els autom atically wh en you use cha nnel up ( P+) do wn (P-) buttons to selec t channe ls[...]

25 ENGLISH MENU OPERATION (continu ed) Setup Menu (R GB mode) W ith this menu, you c an adjus t the displa y condition of the im age which is inputtin g from the RGB term inals. Setup Auto Adjus t Image Position Horizontal Clock Clock Phase Reset Select ŻŹ Set Retu rn 41 34 Ź Ź Reset Selected It ems Setup hi nt Au t o Ad j us t Adjust Hori zont[...]

26 MENU OPERATION (continu ed) Picture Menu (TV/A V mode) In this m enu, you can m ak e specific adjus tments f or the picture bas ed on your pref erence. By pressing .button at t he ź bottom of each m enu page, the n ext Picture m enu page will appear on the sc reen. P a g e 1 P a g e 2 Dynamic Cool High Reset Picture Picture M ode Contrast Bri g[...]

27 ENGLISH MENU OPERATION (continu ed) Picture Menu (TV/A V mode) (continued ) Selected It ems Set up hint Off NR On The noise o n the sc reen or interference c ould be r educed, especia lly at the ar ea of weak electr ic field. Off Film Mode On On: Autom aticall y identif y if it is t he m ovie film and fait hfull y reproduces the orig inal f ilm [...]

28 MENU OPERATION (continu ed) Picture Menu (RGB mode ) In this m enu, you can m ak e specific adjus tments f or the RGB picture based on your pref erence. Picture C o n t r a s t Brightne s s Color T emperature Back Light R e s e t Select OK S e t R e t u r n 50 55 Cool High Reset Selected It ems Set up hint Contrast 0~100 This adj usts the contra[...]

29 ENGLISH MENU OPERATION (continu ed) Audio Menu W ith this menu, you c an adjus t and custom ize the audi o condition as you lik e. Off Off Off Reset A udio Matrix Surround Dynamic Bass Bass Tre bl e Balance Perfect Volume Res et Select ŻŹ On/ Off Re turn 0 0 0 Selected It ems Set up hint Off Matrix Surround On The sur round sound is mixed to l[...]

30 MENU OPERATION (continu ed) Timer Menu This allows your television to tur n Off (S tandb y mode) at set t ime autom aticall y , which you ma y f ind usef ul. Tim er Off Timer ŻŹ A d j u s t R e t u r n Off Selected It ems Set up hint Off 30Min. 60Min. 90Min. Off Timer 120Min. This f unction autom aticall y sets the power to S tandb y mode when[...]

31 ENGLISH FUNCTION About T elete xt z W hat is “T eletex t” T eletext is th e written inf orm ation services pr ovided b y each TV c hannel. Most TV channe ls provide inform ation via T eletext suc h as: z TV progr am schedul e z Weathe r f oreca sts z S port s results z Newsflash Red Green Blue Y e llow 11: 37:56 Page num ber Link Pag e z How[...]

32 FUNCTION (continued) Size Switching Each tim e button of the rem ote control is pressed, the s creen displa y size is switc hed in seque nce, and th e status will be d ispla yed at the bottom of the scr een. TV/A V si gnal input TV/A V1/A V2/A V3/A V4 /HD MI 4:3 Pano ram ic Full Cinema Y ou can dis pla y the image at optimum condition b y selec [...]

33 ENGLISH FUNCTION (continued) Size Switc hing (continued) RGB signal input Y ou can se lect a suitabl e size dep ending on the res olution. F u l l 4 : 3 Displa y Area Sel ection D iagram Displa y Full 4:3 640 X 480 (VGA) 800 X 600 (SVGA) 1024 X 768 (XGA)[...]

34 FUNCTION (continued) Audio Switching Sound Multiplex (TV mode) Y ou can m ake optim um use of available audio b y press ing bottom of remote contr ol. Aud io can b e switche d only if receivin g sound m ultiplex signals ; otherwise, pressin g this bu tton will have no effect, such as when onl y mono s ound is receiv ed. These c an be divided int[...]

35 ENGLISH FUNCTION (continued) P ower Sa ve Mo de When the RGB input is selected z W hen this unit is c onnected to a VESA D PMS com puter , the Po wer Save m ode (Operati on mode : O ff) can be set to be acti vated autom atically wh en the com puter is n ot being use d to reduce power c onsumption b y this unit. Horizont al Ye s N o Ye s N o RGB [...]

36 TROUBLESHOOTING Before calling service technician, check the following tables first. If the problem is not be solved w ith the suggested procedu res, con tact y our local dealer. For your safet y, NEVER try to repair the product by yourself . W hen F ollowing Messages Ap pear on th e Scr een Message Condition / Action Page Power Save This indic [...]

37 ENGLISH TROUBLESHOOTING(continue d) Symptom and Chec k List (continued) Symptoms Check list Page z No picture The Indicati ng la mp ĺ Off z Check if the Power Cord is pl ugged into the socket firml y . z Che ck if th e Ma in Powe r is ON. 14 , 19 z No picture The Indicati ng la mp ĺ Orange It means that the unit is i n “Power Save mode”. z[...]

38 TROUBLESHOOTI NG(continu ed) Symptom and Chec k List (continued) Sy mptoms Check list Page z The image on the screen is moving in an oblique direct ion. (in RGB mode only) z Adjust “Hori zontal Clock” and “Clock Phase”. 25 z The coarse horizontal st ripes could be seen i n full-disp lay mode. (in RGB mode only) z Adjust “Horizontal clo[...]

39 ENGLISH PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFIC A T ION 26LD90 00T A 2 32LD9000T A2 Displa y dimensions Approx. 26 inches (576 (H) × 324 (V)mm , diagonal 660. 5mm) Approx. 32inc hes (698 (H) x 392 (V) mm , diagonal 801m m) Panel Resolutio n 1366 (H) x 768 (V) p ixels 1366 (H) x 768 (V) p ixels Net dim ensions includi ng Stand: 664(W) x508(H)x262(D) mm [...]

40 PRODUCT SPECI FICATIONS (con tinued) Signal Input RG B ter minal (D-sub 15-pin con nector) Pin Input sign al 1 R 2 G 3 B 4 No connec tion 5 No connec tion 6 R.GND 7 G .GND 8 B.GND 9 No connec tion 10 GND 1 1 No connectio n W hen different kinds of input signals are sim ultaneously input t o the tele vision via a graphics board or the like, the t[...]

41 ENGLISH PRODUCT SPECI FICATIONS (con tinued) R ecommended Signal List W ith HDMI INP UT Signal mode No. Signal Name Resolution Ve r t i c a l frequency (Hz) Horizont al frequency (kHz) Dot clock frequency (M Hz) Remarks 1 VGA 640x48 0 59.94 31.47 25.18 2 480i 720(1440)x 480 60.00 15.75 27.0 0 3 480p 720x480 60.00 31.50 27.00 4 576i 720(1440)x 57[...]