RCA L26HD32D manual

A TTENTION If you purchase a univ ersal remote control from y our local retailer , please contact the remote manufactur er for the required progr amming code. AIR/CABLE MODE SELEC TION When shipped from the factory , the Signal T ype option is set to the “Cable” (Cable T elevision) mode. If not using Cable TV , set this menu option to the “ A[...]

2 ANT AC INPUT CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRI C SHOCK DO NOT OPEN WARNING:SHOCK HAZARD-DO NOT OPEN . AVIS:RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE-N E PAS OUVRIR CA UTION: THIS DIGIT AL VIDEO PLA YER EMPLO Y S A LASER S YS TEM. T O ENSURE PROPER USE OF THIS PRODUCT , PLEASE READ THIS OWNER'S MANU AL CAREFULL Y AND RET AIN FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. SHOULD THE UNIT REQUI[...]

3 IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INS TRUC TIONS 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions . 3) Heed all warnings . 4) Follo w all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water . 6) Clean only with a clean dry cloth. 7) Do not block any v entilation openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer's instructions. 8) Do not instal[...]

4 IMPOR T ANT S AFETY INS TR UC TIONS (continued) 20) When replacement parts are required, be sure the service technician uses replacement parts specified by the manufacturer or those that ha ve the same characteristics as the original part. Unauthorized substitutions ma y result in fire, electric shock or other haz ards. 21) Upon completion of any[...]

5 The unit emits heat when in operation. Do not place an y covers or blank ets on the unit, this may cause ov erheating. Do not block ventilation holes, or set up near r adiators. Do not place in direct sunshine . When placing on a shelf leav e 10 cm (4 inches) free space around the entire unit. 10cm 10cm Notes when mounting the LCD TV/D VD on a wa[...]

6 * This product incorporates copyright protection technology that is pr otected by U .S. patents and other intellectual property rights. Use of this cop yright protection technology must be authorized b y Macrovision, and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only unless otherwise authoriz ed by Macrovision. Re verse engineering or d[...]

7 Contents Bef ore using your unit IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUC TIONS ........... 3 SAFETY PREC AUTIONS ................................. 5 IMPORT ANT NOTICE ....................................... 5 Featur es ............................................................ 6 Contents ........................................................... 7 Disc.....[...]

8 Play able discs Disc type and logo mark content D VD Video Audio + Video (moving pictures) CD-D A Audio The following discs ar e also av ailable. D VD-R/RW discs of D VD video format. CD-R/RW discs of MP3/WMA/JPE G. • • Disc CA UTION: Only the left types of discs can be play ed on this unit. D VD-ROM, CD-ROM, S V CD , C VD , V CD , etc. canno[...]

9 Location of contr ols Fr ont T o display the menu screen. Press MENU button to display the menu scr een. CHANNEL / buttons, VOL UME +/– buttons and INPUT/ENTER button can be used to select the desired setting during the menu screen operations. POWER button INPUT/ENTER button V OLUME +/– buttons CHANNEL / 1 (PLA Y) button MENU button Remote se[...]

10 Location of contr ols (continued) Rear side COMPONENT IN jacks PC/D VI AUDIO IN jack RF ( ANT ) IN jack LINE 1 IN jacks (VIDEO/S- VIDEO/AUDIO(L/R)) A UDIO (L/R) jacks (for COMPONENT IN and LINE 2 VIDEO IN) LINE 2 VIDEO IN jack AC INPUT jack ANT AC INPUT CAUTIO N RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOC K DO NOT O PEN WARNING :SHOCK HAZAR D-DO NOT O PEN. AVIS:RI SQ[...]

11 Remote contr ol POWER P ower On/Off DISPLA Y/– Call TV information Call D VD information Input “–” f or digital channels TV/D VD Switch between TV/A V and D VD (EJECT) Eject a disc 0-9 Direct channel selection of TV Input setting Enter a passwor d V OL +/– Adjust volume of TV MUTE Switch off the sound SLEEP Sleep timer SETUP TV MENU TV[...]

12 Appro ximately 15 feet Inserting Batteries 1 Open the battery compar tment cover in the dir ection of the arrow . 2 Install two “ AAA ” batteries , paying attention to the polarity diagram in the battery compartment. 3 Replace the compartment cov er . Operation Aim the remote control at the remote sensor and pr ess control buttons to operate[...]

13 300-75 ohm Matching T ransformer Antenna connections If you are using an indoor or outdoor antenna, f ollow the instructions below that corr espond to your antenna system. If you are using a Cable TV service, see page 14 for C able TV connections. Combination VHF/UHF Antenna (Single 75 ohm cable or 300 ohm twin-lead wire) Combination VHF/UHF Ant[...]

14 Cable TV connections For basic C able TV service not requiring a Converter/ Descrambler bo x, connect the 75 ohm Coaxial Cable directly to the Antenna Jack on the back of the TV . For subscribers to scr ambled Cable TV service If you subscribe to a Cable TV ser vice which requires the use of a Conv erter/Descrambler box, connect the incoming 75 [...]

15 Setting the on-screen language Y ou can choose from three different languages (English, French and Spanish) f or the on-screen display s. Select the language you pre fer first, then proceed with the other menu options. 1 T o turn on the TV , press POWER . (POWER indicator on the front of the unit changes green. It ma y take appro x. 10 seconds f[...]

16 NOTE: Memorizing channels is best accomplished during ev ening “PRIMETIME” hours, as mor e stations are broadcasting digital signals. Memorizing channels can only be accomplished while a station is broadcasting a digital signal to set that channel into memory . If y ou are unsur e of the digi tal c hanne ls a v ailab le in y our are a, y ou [...]

17 VHF/UHF/CABLE CHANNELS Air Cable VHF 2-13 VHF 2-13 UHF 14-69 STD/HR C/IRC 14-36 (A) (W) 37-59 (AA) (WW) 60-85 (AAA) (ZZZ) 86-94 (86) (94) 95-99 (A-5) (A-1) 100-125 (100) (125) 01 (5A) NO TE: If a channel with no broadcast is selected, the sound will automatically be muted. It may tak e a few seconds f or a digital channel picture to appear on sc[...]

18 3 Press ϳ or ϴ to select “Ch Label”, then press ϶ or ENTER . The “Ch Label” menu will appear . 4 Press ϵ or ϶ to select a channel you w ant to label, then press ϴ . Ch Label Label Clear >> : Adjust Ch Label Channel Number 15-1 : Select 5 Press ϵ or ϶ repeatedly until the character y ou want appears in the first space . Labe[...]

19 4 Press ϳ or ϴ to select “V -Chip”, then press ϵ or ϶ to select “On” . 5 Press ϳ or ϴ to select “V -Chip Set”, then press ϶ or ENTER . The V -Chip Set Menu appears. 6 Press ϳ or ϴ to select which rating will be used, then press ϶ or ENTER . Each rating belo w will appear . TV Rating ALL D L S V FV TV- Y TV- Y7 TV-G TV-PG TV[...]

20 Closed Caption WHA T IS CLOSED CAPTIONING? This television has the capability to decode and display Closed Captioned television pr ograms. Closed Captioning will display te xt on the screen f or hearing impaired view ers or it will translate and display te xt in another language. Captions: This Closed Caption Mode will displa y text on the scr e[...]

21 7 Press EXIT/CANCEL to return to the normal screen. NO TE: Y ou cannot set both “T e xt Color” and “Backgr ound Color” as a same color . Y ou cannot set both “T ext Opacity” and “Back ground Opacity” to “T ransparent”. Adjusting the pictur e pre fer ence Y ou can select four picture modes—Sports, Standard, Movie and Memory?[...]

22 5 Press EXIT/CANCEL to return to the normal screen. Setting the picture siz e Y ou can view 480i and 480p format programs in a variety of picture siz es— Natural, Cinema Wide1, Cinema Wide2, Cinema Wide3 and F ull. Selecting the picture size 1 Press SETUP/TV MENU in the TV mode. The TV menu screen will appear . 2 Press ϳ or ϴ to select “Pi[...]

23 PC Setting >> DNR On Picture Picture Setting >> Picture Preference Sports Picture Size >> Film Mode On : Adjust : Select 4 Press EXIT/CANCEL to return to the normal screen. Picture contr ol adjustment in the PC mode Y ou can adjust to optimize the performance of the TV in the PC mode. 1 Press INPUT SELEC T , then press ϳ / ϴ [...]

24 1 Press SETUP/TV MENU in the TV mode. The TV menu screen will appear . 2 Pre ss ϳ or ϴ to se lect “ Audi o”, then press ϶ or ENTER . 3 Press ϳ or ϴ to select “MTS”, then press ϵ or ϶ to select “Ster eo”. T reble Balance Audio Language No Info. HDMI1 Audio HDMI Speakers On Audio 15 0 : Adjust 15 Bass : Select MTS Stereo 4 Press[...]

25 Video Label >> Auto Shut Off Off Reset >> Setup Closed Caption >> Language English : Adjust : Select Backlight 16 4 Press ϵ or ϶ to adjust the setting. 5 Press EXIT/CANCEL to return to the normal screen. Se tti ng th e Au to Sh ut O ff If the Auto Shut Off featur e is On, a station being viewed stops br oadcasting and the TV [...]

26 Pla yback procedur e 1 Press TV/D VD to select D VD mode. 2 Place the disc in the disc slot with the label side facing f orward. (If the disc has a label.) Hold the disc without touching either of its surfaces, align it with the guides, and place it in position. 3 On the screen, “ ” changes to “R eading” and then playback will commence .[...]

27 MP3/WMA/JPEG and Audio CD pla yback This play er can play back MP3/WMA/JPEG-data which has been recorded on CD-R or CD-R W . T o produce MP3/WMA/JPEG-data, you need a Windows-PC with CD-R OM drive and MP3/WMA/ JPEG-encoding softwar e (not supplied). The Apple-HFS-Sy stem cannot be played. MP3/WMA/JPEG CD inf ormation Limitations on MP3/WMA/JPEG [...]

28 JPEG pla yback: 1 In the file brow ser , press ϳ / ϴ to select the desired JPEG file. T o display a thumbnail list, press DVD MENU . Press ϳ / ϴ / ϵ / ϶ to select the desired file. (T o return to the file browser , press T OP MENU .) Pi c tu re - 01 Pi c tu re - 02 Pi c tu re - 03 Pi c tu re - 04 Pi c tu re - 05 Pi c tu re - 06 Pi c tu re [...]

29 Fol d er - 1 Fol d er - 2 MP 3 -1 MP 3 -2 MP 3 -3 WM A -1 WM A -2 WM A -3 JP EG Pr ev i ew Ed it M od e Pro gr am View Add T o P ro gr am 4 Press ϳ / ϴ to select “Program View”, then press ENTER . Progr am View shows only the programmed files that y ou have added in Step 2. Fol de r- 1 Fol de r- 2 MP 3- 1 MP 3- 2 MP 3- 3 WM A- 1 WM A- 2 WM[...]

30 4 Press ENTER . Playback starts. When you change the title , playback starts from Chapter 1 of the selected title. Some discs may not w ork in the above operation. • • • Repeat pla yback Title, Chapter Pla yback: 1 Press PLA Y MODE during playback or stop mode. 2 Press ENTER repeatedly to select “Chapter” or “Title”. The unit autom[...]

31 1 Press A UDIO during playback. The current soundtrack language will appear . 1/2 Eng Dolby Digital 2 Press A UDIO repeatedly until the desired language is selected. The on-screen display will disappear after a f ew seconds. NO TE: If the desired language is not heard after pressing A UDIO sever al times, the language is not recorded on the disc[...]

32 Setting the language Y ou can select the language of “Menu”, “Subtitle” and “ Audio” if more than one languages are recorded onto the disc. 1 Press SETUP/TV MENU in the stop mode. Press ϳ or ϴ to select option, then press ϵ / ϶ or ENTER . 2 Press ϳ or ϴ to select desired option, then press ϶ or ENTER . 3 Press ϳ or ϴ to sele[...]

33 1 Press SETUP/TV MENU in the stop mode or No Disc. Press ϳ or ϴ to select option, then press ϵ / ϶ or ENTER . 2 Press ϳ or ϴ to select “Picture Mode”, then press ϶ or ENTER . 3 Press ϳ or ϴ to select your desir ed picture mode, then press ENTER . TV Screen : : On Display Picture Mode JPEG Interval Auto Film Video : 16:9 Auto: Select[...]

34 Parental : Off Passw ord : Change Ente r Passw ord 4 The parental lev el list will appear . Press ϳ or ϴ to select the lev el 1 to lev el 8. The limitation will be more sev ere as the le vel number is low ered. Then press ENTER . Passw ord 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Off Parental Le vel Off : The parental control setting does not function. Le vel 8 : Virt[...]

35 Language code list Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings “Menu”, “Subtitle” and/or “ Audio” (see page 32). Language Name Code Language Name Code Language Name Code Language Name Code Abkhazian 1112 Fiji 1620 Lingala 2224 Singhalese 2919 Afar 1111 Finnish 1619 Lithuanian 2230 Slov ak 2921 Afrikaans 1116 French 162[...]

36 Y P B P R T o connect the LCD TV/D VD to a V CR with an S- Video cord If you connect a V CR with a S- Video cable to the S- VIDEO IN jack on the rear side of the unit, y ou must also connect the audio cables to the LINE 1 A UDIO IN jacks on the rear side of the unit. The S- Video cable only carries the video signal. The audio signal is separate.[...]

37 T o connect a HDMI or a DVI de vice to the unit The HDMI input receives digital audio and uncompr essed video from a HDMI device or uncompressed digital video from a D VI device . When you connect to a D VI device with a HDMI-to-D VI adapter cable, it transfers only video signal. Separate analog audio cords required. Connections to other equipme[...]

38 or Connections to other equipment (continued) T o connect the TV/D VD to a camcorder, or a TV Game T o playback from a camcorder , connect the camcorder to the unit as shown. This unit can also be used as a display de vice for man y video games. How ev er , due to the wide variety of signals generated by these de vices and subsequent hook-up var[...]

39 GHOST S Ghosts are caused by the tele vision signal follo wing two paths. One is the direct path and the other is reflected b y tall buildings, hills or other large objects. Changing the direction or position of the antenna may improv e the reception. SNOW If the TV is located far from the TV station, in a fringe reception area where the signal [...]

40 Problems and tr oubleshooting Use the following check list f or troubleshooting when y ou have pr oblems with your TV/D VD . Consult your local dealer or service outlet if problems persist. Be sure all connections are properly made when using with other units . S YMPTOMS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS P AGE POWER TV/D VD does not operate. Make sure the po w[...]

41 S YMPTOMS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS P AGE D VD Playback doesn’t start. No disc is inserted. The disc may be dirty . Clean up the disc. The unit cannot play CD-ROMs , etc. • • • 26 8 8 No picture. TV/D VD selector is not set correctly . • 25 No sound. Check the input selector of the amplifier is set properly . The unit is in the Special playba[...]

42 MODEL L26HD32D L32HD32D GENERAL P ower supply A C 120V 60Hz P ower consumption Operation: 120W Stand by: 1W Operation: 160W Stand by: 1W W eight 8.8 kg (19.4 lbs) 12.0 kg (26.5 lbs) Dimensions Width: 663 mm (26-1/8 inches) Height: 495 mm (19-1/2 inches) Depth: 211 mm (8-5/16 inches) Width: 796.5 mm (31-3/8 inches) Height: 581 mm (22-7/8 inches) [...]

43 EX CEPT T O THE EXTENT PROHIBITED B Y APPLICABLE LA W , THIS W ARRANTY DOES NOT CO VER, AND AS DESCRIBED BELO W TTE EXPRESSL Y DISCLAIMS, ALL AC TU AL AND IMPLIED W ARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO ANY PRODUC T USED FOR INSTITUTIONAL OR O THER COMMERCIAL PURPOSES (INCLUDING BUT NO T LIMITED T O RENT AL PURPOSES). What your w arranty cov ers: Defects in[...]

Signal reception problems not caused b y your unit. Damage from misuse or neglect. Batteries. A television that has been modified or incorporated into other pr oducts or is used for institutional or other commercial purposes (including but not limited to rental purposes). A unit purchased or serviced outside the U.S .A. Acts of nature, such as but [...]