Hitachi 50GX49B manual

IMPORTANT - 1 - HITACHI PROJECTION COLOR TV 50GX49B OPERATING GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENT S IMPORTANT ...................................................................................................................... ..................................... 2 SAFET Y TIPS .................................................................................[...]

IMPORTANT - 2 - VIDEO.......................................................................................................................... .......................................... 48 ADVANCED SETTINGS .............................................................................................................. ...............................[...]

SAFETY TIPS - 3 - NEVER CONNECT THE TV TO 50Hz, DIRECT CURRENT, OR ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE SPECIFIED VOLTAGE. NOTE: T his television receiver w ill display televi sion closed captio ning ( or ), in accordance w ith paragraph 15, 119 of th e FCC ru les. CAUTION: Neve r remove t he bac k cove r of the t elevisi on as thi s can exp ose you t o very hi[...]

SAFETY TIPS - 4 - 6 Neve r push o bj ects o f any kind into t his tele vi sion set t hrough the televi si on cab inet's slo ts as they may touch da ngero us voltage points or short out parts that could result in a fire or electric shock. Never spill liquid of any k ind on the televisi on . 7 If th e televisi on has been dropped or the cabinet [...]

SAFETY TIPS - 5 - • Never block the bottom v entilation slots of the set by placing it on a bed, so fa, rug, etc. • Never place th e set near or over a radiator or h eat register. • Never place the telev ision in a built-in enclosu re unless proper ventilation provided. PROTECTION AND LOCATION OF YOUR TELEVISION 16-1 If an outside antenna is [...]

SAFETY TIPS - 6 - fatal. 18 For added protection for the television during a lightning storm, or when it is unused for long periods of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and disconnect antenna. This will prevent damage due to lightning and power-line surges. OPERATION OF YO UR TELEVISION 19 This television should be operated only from the type of[...]

PICTURE CAUTIONS - 7 - further adjustment. Unplug the television and call your dealer or service technician. 23 Whenever the television is damaged or fails, or if there is a distinct change in performance that indicates a need for service, unplug the television and have it checked by a qualified service technician. 24 It is norm al for some t elevi[...]

ACCESSORIES - 8 - A CCESSORIES Check to m ake su re that you h ave the follow ing acces sories before disposin g of the packin g material. 1. Rem ote Cont rol Unit C LU-435U I ( Part No. HL00726) 2. Two "AA " size, 1.5V batteries (For Rem ote Control Un it). REMOTE CONTROL BA TTERY INSTALLA TION A ND REPLA CEMENT 1. Open the battery cover[...]

HOOK-UP CABL E S AND CONNECT ORS - 9 - LOCATION Select an area w here sunlig ht or bright in door illumin ation w ill not fall directly on the picture screen. A lso, be sure that th e location selected allow s a free f low of air to and from the perforated back cov er of the set. To avoid cabinet w arping, cabinet color chan ges, and increas ed cha[...]

FRONT PANE L CONTROLS - 10 - Phono Conn ector Used on al l standard v ideo and audio cables wh ich connect to inputs and outputs located on the television' s rear jack panel and f ront control panel. S-Video (Super Video) Co nnector This connector is used on cam corders, VCRs, an d laserdisc play ers with an S-Video featu re in place of the st[...]

FRONT PANE L CONTROLS - 11 - . Q Q Q Q MENU Button This button allows y ou to enter the MENU, m aking it possible to set TV features to your preference w ithout using th e remote. R R R R INPUT/EXIT butto n Press this button to select the current anten na source, VIDEO: 1, 2, o r alternate antenna source. Your selection is sh own in the top righ t [...]

FIRST T IME US E - 12 - ] REMO TE CONTROL Senso r Point your rem ote control at this area w hen selectin g channels, adjus ting volum e, etc. ^ DIGITAL ARRAY Use this button to enter Digital A rray m ode. T his w ill allow y ou to adj ust your picture quality to optim um perform ance. ( See page 37.) FIRST TIME USE Q Antenna Input/O utput The remot[...]

FIRST T IME US E - 13 - input and the components R- Y output to the TV's CR input. It may be necessary to adjust TINT or turn Auto COLOR- ON to obtain op timum picture quality wh en using th e Y-CB-CR inpu ts. (See pages 47 and 48.) To ensure no copyright inf ringemen t, the MONITOR OUT output w ill be abnormal, wh en using th e Y-CB-CR jacks.[...]

REAR SPEAKER TERMIN AL CONNECTIONS - 14 - REA R SPEA KER TERMINA L CON NECTIONS CONNECT AFTER TURNING THE POWER TO THE TV OFF. Press the Right Speaker red button and insert the positive (+) lead w ire into the hole nex t to the button. Once the w ire is in place, pull the red button back to original position and the w ire is locked into place. In t[...]

EXTERNAL CONNECTIONS - 15 - Your com ponent output s may be labeled Y, B-Y, and R- Y. In this case con nect the com ponents B-Y ou tput to the TV's C B input and the components R- Y output to the TV's CR input. It may be necessary to adjust TINT or turn AUTO COLOR-ON to obtrain optimu m picture quality wh en using th e Y-CB- CR in puts. ([...]

CONNECTING EXT ERNAL VIDE O SOURCES - 16 - NOTE: When TV is set to VIDEO and a video sig nal is not received f rom the VIDEO INPUT JACK on th e jack panel of the TV (i.e., VCR/laserdisc player, etc. is not connected or the video device is OFF), the set w ill appear to be OFF. CONNECTING A MONAURAL AUDIO VCR OR LASERDISC PLAYER 1. Connect th e cable[...]

CONNECTING EXT ERNAL VIDE O SOURCES - 17 - NOTE: Completely insert the conn ection cord plugs w hen con necting to rear panel jacks . The picture that is played back will be abnorm al if the connection is loose. If y ou have an S- VHS VCR, use th e S-INPUT cable in place of the standard v ideo cable. A si ngle VCR can be used f or VCR #1 and V CR #[...]

AUDIO SYSTEM SET-U P - 18 - NOTE: Completely insert the conn ection cord plugs w hen con necting to rear panel jacks . The picture that is played back will be abnorm al if the connection is loose. See Page 12 for TI PS ON REAR PANEL CONNECT IONS. A UDIO SY STEM SET-UP Match the n umbers below to the diag ram for speak er placement an d refer to the[...]

THE GENIUS REM OTE CONTROL (CLU- 435UI) - 19 - SURROUND FEATURE SURROUND SWITCH REQUIRED CONNECTION OPTIONAL CONNECTION EFFE CT OFF Sp. Matrix Surrou nd Q R Receive m ono and stereo s ound. MATRIX Sp. Matrix Surrou nd (1) (3)  (2) Receive Movi e Theater-like sound EXTERNAL SPEAKERS QR (3) This feature tu rns off teh TV's internal speaker[...]

HOW TO USE T HE GENIUS REMOT E TO CONT ROL YOUR TV - 20 - button. The remote w ill now con trol your cable/satellite box. (See page 26 for instructions on how to program the rem ote to control your cable/satellite box.) (1) These buttons allow th e remote to control your TV, VCR, or cable/satellite box dep e nding on wh ich mode is chosen, as expla[...]

HOW TO USE T HE GENIUS REMOT E TO CONT ROL YOUR TV - 21 - (1) POWER Button Press this button to turn the TV set on or off w hen the rem ote is in TV mode. If a Special Event Remin der is set, it will be display ed w hen th e TV is first tu rned on. (See pag e 52). (2) PICTURE-IN-PICTURE buttons See separate s ection on pag es 22 for a descript ion.[...]

HOW TO USE T HE GENIUS REMOT E TO CONT ROL YOUR TV - 22 - (5) LAST CHANNEL (LST -CH) Button Use thi s button to s elect betw een the las t tw o channels view ed. (Good for w atching tw o sporting ev ens, etc.). 7 VOLUM E, M UTE Butt ons Press the VOLUME u p ( ) or dow n ( ) button until you obtain the desired sound level. To reduce the sound to one[...]

PICTURE -IN-PICTURE (PIP) - 23 - (10) M ENU, CURSOR Buttons All the On -Screen Display features can be set or adjusted by u sing thes e buttons. The MENU button will start the On -Screen Display. The CURSOR buttons will h ighlight fu nctions or adjust and set different features. (11) CH ANNEL SKIP butto n Press this button wh en no menu is displaye[...]

PICTURE -IN-PICTURE (PIP) - 24 - ANT A inpu t can be view ed as both the m ain picture an d Sub-Picture sim ultaneous ly. A NT B and COMPONENT: Y-CB- CR Inpu t 2 sources can only be view ed as a m ain picture. To select between main pictu re and PIP Sub-Picture tunin g, press PIP CH button on the remote. Ev ery press of the PIP CH will high light t[...]

PICTURE -IN-PICTURE (PIP) - 25 - 2. If a channel is tu ned during this SURF scan ning, sub-pictures w ill be remov ed from the screen. (2) SWAP Button If y ou wish to sw itch w hat is being shown on the main picture to the Su b-Picture, pr ess the SW AP b utton. NOTE: 1. T he SWAP button w ill only operate w hen SINGLE PIP mode is chosen. 2. The SW[...]

USING THE REMOT E TO CONTROL VCR FUNCT IONS - 26 - STROBE FR EEZE Press the FRZ button to freeze four f rames of the picture you are currently viewin g. Press this button again or PIP to return to norm al view ing. This featu re is usefu l for view ing a m oving pictu re that has m any details, f or example, a close play in a sporting even t or a g[...]

USING THE REMOT E TO CONTROL CAB L E BOX/SAT ELLIT E FUNCTIONS - 27 - (1) VCR Button This button allows the rem ote to control your VCR by setting it to VCR m ode. (2) PRECODED VCR Buttons These buttons tran smit th e chosen precoded VCR codes. For some VC Rs, you mus t press the REC ORD button tw ice to record a program . (3) EXCLUSI VE TV Buttons[...]

USING THE REMOT E TO CONTROL CAB L E BOX/SAT ELLIT E FUNCTIONS - 28 - this occurs, the rem ote control is programm ed for your cable/satellite box. If the cable/satellite box does not turn off af ter fiv e seconds, try anoth er two di git preset code. 5. The remote w ill now control y our cable/satellite box. (1) CABLE Button This button allows th [...]

CABLE/SATELLITE AND VCR COD ES - 29 - CA BLE/SATELLITE A ND VCR CODES CABLE BRAND CODES A BC 00,07,08,18,19,21,37 38,53 A ntronix 40 A rcher 12,25,40 Belcor 33 Cable Star 33 Century 12 Citizen 12 Colour Voice 31,45 Comtronics 26,29 Contec 22 Dae Ry ung 21 Eastern 15 Electricord 32 Everquest 10,18 Focus 57 Garrard 12 GC Electronics 33,40 Gemini 04,3[...]

CABLE/SATELLITE AND VCR COD ES - 30 - Signal 26,56 Signature 00 SL Marx 26 Sprucer 01,49 Starcom 38,53,56 Stargate 26,56 Starquest 56 Starsight 58,59 Sy lvania 19 Teleview 26 Texscan 19 Tocom 07,28,55 Toshiba 02 Tusa 56 TV 86 30 Unika 12,40 United Cable 53 United A rt ists 37 Univ ersal 12,25,32,33,35,40 Videoway 51 Viewstar 16,29,30,41 Zenith 02,5[...]

CABLE/SATELLITE AND VCR COD ES - 31 - Harman/Kardon 24 Harw ood 30 Headquarter 17 Hi-Q 18 Hitachi 01,02,03,04 Jensen 01 JVC 01,13,26 KEC 08,23 Kenw ood 01,24,26 KLH 30 Kodak 22,23 Lloy d 00 Lloy d’s 27 Logik 30 LXI 23 Magnavox 14,22,29,31,35 Magnin 45 Marantz 22,31 Marta 23 Matsushi ta 22 MEI 22 Memorex 00,14,17,18,19,22,23 32,45 MGA 15,48 MGN Te[...]

ULTRATEC OSD - 32 - SATELLITE BRAND CODES Hitachi 61 RCA 62 Sony 63 ULTRA TEC OSD 1. Press MENU on the remote control to display the diff erent features on y our HITACHI Proj ection TV. 2. P ress t he CURSOR b ut tons to highlight a differ ent fea ture. 3. Press EXIT on the rem ote control to q uickly exit f rom a men u. 4. Press HELP on the remote[...]

ULTRATEC OSD - 33 - MENU LANGUA GE Choose English, Fren ch, or Spanish text. PLUG & P LAY Opti mum hook up for your system. SIGNAL SOUR CE Select antenna or cable TV. AUTO CHANNEL SET First time set u p for channel buttons. CHANNEL MEMORY Channel buttons, add, skip. CHANNEL LIST Check chann el name, s can, and PARENTAL CONTROL. CLOCK SET Set be[...]

SET UP - 34 - THEATER MODES Picture and sound are au tomatically set. SPECIAL EVENT REMINDER Set TV to remin d you of birth days, etc. CAL ENDAR Ch eck day, m onth, y ear, and specail events . SET UP Select INITIAL SETUP when settin g your TV up for the first tim e. Use the CURSOR or on the remote to highl i ght the funct ion d esire d. NOTE: T o s[...]

SET UP - 35 - Press CURSOR or to hig hlight th e correct answ ers to both question s. Press CURSOR t o disp lay the gr a phic gui de. Press EXIT to quit menu or CURSOR t o begin AU TO CHANNEL S ET. (See page 33). SIGNAL SOURCE Select A NTENNA if y ou are usi ng an in door or outdoor anten na. Select C ATV if y ou have cabl e TV.[...]

SET UP - 36 - Press CURSOR or to hig hlight an d select the correct SIGNAL SOURCE mode. Press EXIT to quit MENU or CURSOR to return to previous m enu. Reception chan nels for each m ode are show n at the lef t. Refer to your cable or TV guide for chann el identification standards. If certain CATV chan nels are poor or not possible in CATV1 m ode, s[...]

SET UP - 37 - If the EXIT button is pressed while th e AUTO CHANNEL SET function is eng aged, programmin g will stop. If tw o antennas are connected, sw itch anten na inputs w ith the INPUT button an d repeat AUTO CHANNEL SET for the s econd antenna in put. Rem ember to select the correct SIGNA L SOURCE m ode before usin g AUTO CHANNEL SET for the [...]

SET UP - 38 - Add or erase additio nal channels wh ile still in CHANNEL MEMORY u sing CHANNEL or or the num ber button s to change th e channel. Press EXIT to quit menu or CURSOR to return to previous m enu. CHANNEL LIST This function allow s you to review w hich ch annels are labeled in CHANNEL ID (ID)., w hich have been added to CHANNEL MEMORY (S[...]

SET UP - 39 - Press CURSOR or to view m ore channels. Press EXIT to quit menu or CURSOR to return to previous m enu. NOTE: Each touch of CURSOR or will display the n ext eight chann els. CLOCK SET The time m ust be set bef ore you can u se the CA LENDAR, 4 EVENT PROGRAM, SPECIA L EVENT REMINDER, or TV TIME OUT . Use CURSOR or to set the time, date,[...]

CUSTO M - 40 - To enter this adjustment m ode, you may also select DIGIT AL ARRAY f rom the Set Up men u. However, this w ill display a me ssage prom ptin g you to press th e front pan el DIGITAL ARRA Y butt on. Use th e num ber buttons to select w hich point to adjus t: [ 1 ] - Upper L eft, [ 2 ] - Upper Mi ddle, [ 3 ] - Upper Rig ht, [ 4 ] - C en[...]

CUSTO M - 41 - . Press CURSOR to select CHANNEL LIST. Press CURSOR to select preset CHANNEL L IST . Press CURSOR to sc r oll t hr ough the p res e t CHANNE L LI ST . Press CURSOR to select de sired CHANNEL ID. To customize CH ANNEL ID, select CUSTOM CH. Press CURSOR or , to select letter. Press CURSOR or to change character position. (*) repres ent[...]

CUSTO M - 42 - Press CURSOR to select VIDEO LIST. Press CURSOR to select preset VIDEO LIST. Press CURSOR or to scro ll thr o ugh the p r eset V I DEO LI ST. Press CURSOR to select d esired VIDEO ID. To customize VIDEO ID, select C USTOM. Press CURSOR (twice) to select the video input to be named. Press CURSOR or to select letters. Press CURSOR or t[...]

CUSTO M - 43 - Channel stored w ith AUTO CHANNEL SET will au tomatically be stored in FAMILY FA VORITES. To rename the categ ories, use the CUR SOR buttons to h ighligh t the category you w ould like to ren ame. Use CURSOR or to change a letter and CURSOR to select the nex t character to chang e. To enter a channel into a categ ory, hig hlight th e[...]

CUSTO M - 44 - Press MENU and the category w ill be displayed as sub-pictures at the righ t edge of the screen. This is usefu l for previewing a category . Use CURSOR , , or b uttons to highlight a f avorite channel and the TV w ill automatically tune to that chann el. Press EXIT to remove FA MILY FAVORITES OSD from the screen. NOTE: If a category [...]

CUSTO M - 45 - NOTE: 1. If ANT A and A NT B are in the same SIGNA L SOURCE m ode (see page 32), w hen a ch annel is locked, it is locked on both antenna in puts. 2. W hen using T V T IME OUT make sure t he cloc k is set ( see p a ge 36 ). 4 EVENT P ROG. This function w ill autom atically turn th e TV o n or o ff, one tim e only, ev ery day, or once[...]

CUSTO M - 46 - 2. If no remote control button is pressed after ON Tim er is activated, the TV will autom atically turn off after three hours. CAUTION: Do not use y our TV as a deterrent w hen aw ay from h ome by using th e ON and OFF TIMERS. For safety , the TV should be tu rned off w hen you are aw ay from h ome. AUTO LINK Use this fun ction to au[...]

CUSTO M - 47 - DISPLAY: ON/OFF will tu rn the display on or off. MODE: C.C. (Closed Cap tion) is for the program y ou are view ing. TEXT is for additional inform ation such as new s reports or a TV p rogram g uide. This inform ation covers th e entire screen and v iewin g the TV program is not possible. TEXT may not be available w ith every program[...]

VIDEO - 48 - After 10 seconds Auto Dem o will start autom atically. To d isab le this function, press the MENU button at any time during the tour, and the followin g screen w ill appear. Use CURSOR or then press CURSOR to select ON or OFF. Press EXIT to quit menu or CURSOR to return to previous m enu. NOTE: 1. W hen TV set is turned on, the First T[...]

VIDEO - 49 - Press EXIT to quit menu . NOTE: If CONTRAST is selected , you are adjusting CONTRAST. T he additional menu item s BRIGHTNESS, COLOR, TINT , and SHAR PNESS can be selected and adjusted in th e same m anner. Contrast and Brightness adjustments w ill affect only the main picture. T hese adjustments w ill not affect th e sub-picture. CONTR[...]

AUDIO - 50 - ULTRA AI (ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE) When the A I function is on, the TV's in ternal computer w ill perform th e following : 1. Autom atically m onitor and adj ust contrast depending on room lighting (sensor is located in the f ront panel) to pro duce a more natu ral picture. 2. Automatically monitor an d adj ust color levels and ma[...]

AUDIO - 51 - Thi s func tion c ontr o ls the hi gh freq uency audi o to a ll spe aker s. BALANCE This function w ill control the left to righ t balance of the TV internal speakers, the A UDIO TO HI FI o utput, and WIRELESS OUT output. RESET When RESET is selected, press C URSOR to return audio adj ustm ents to factory preset conditions. ADVANCED SE[...]

THEATER - 52 - AUTO NOISE CANCEL This function elim inates the noise in betw een stations. If a chann el is tuned and is noisy, this fu nction will au tomatically elimin ate the audio for that chan nel. LOUDNESS This function w ill improve the quality of both low and high f requency sounds w hen listening at low volum e levels. PERFECT VOLUM E This[...]

INFO - 53 - performance an d pleasure, dep ending upon the video program being v iewed. How ever, if RESET is selected, all modes will reset to the initial conditions as explained above. When RESET is selected, it will take approximately two seconds to return to factory conditions (SPORT S mode). Press exit to quit menu or CURSOR to return to previ[...]

CARE OF YOUR HITA CHI P ROJECTION TV AND YOUR REMOTE CONT ROL - 54 - selected time. 2. Each special even t mess age can be m aximu m of 20 characters. 3. When the R ECALL button is press ed, a special icon appears on th e right bottom side of the s creen and indicates a SPECIAL EVENT REMINDER mess age. Press the RECA LL button again to display the [...]

RECEPTION PROBLEMS - 55 - Do not touch the screen too often. Do not su bject the remot e control to sh ocks such as dropping it on the f loor, etc. Phy sical dam age to th e precision parts may result. Avoid placing th e remote control in a hig h hum idity place or getting it w et. Don't leav e it on or near a heater. Excessive heat or m oistu[...]

USEFUL I NFO - 56 - USEFUL INFO Check these items and try these adjustments SYMP TOMS Be sure external connection is correct Be sure power cord is plugged in Be sure TV is switched "ON" Try another channel (station trouble) Check antenna connections (back of TV ) Check antenna for broken lead-in wire Check outside antenna Check for local [...]

HITACHI SE RV I CE HOTLINE - 57 - VHF-Band..............................................2 ~ 13 UHF-Band............................................14 ~ 69 CATV Mid Band....................A -5 ~ A- 1, A-1 Super Band...............................................J-W Hyper Ban d.................................W+1-W+28 Ultra Band.....................[...]

HITACHI SE RV I CE HOTLINE - 58 - In Can ada, please contact 1-800-HITACHI (1-800-448-2244) HITACHI (HSC) Ca nada Inc 6740 Cam pobello Road Mississauga, Ont. L5 N 2L8[...]