Toshiba 27AF61 manual

Color T elevision 27 AF 61 36 AF 61 Owner ’ s Manual W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV’s Featur es Appendix © 2001 TOSHIBA CORPORA TION All Rights Reserved. ©[...]

S AF ET Y P R E CAUTIO NS WA R N I N G TO RE DU CE TH E RI SK O F FI R E O R ELE CTRI C SH OC K, DO NOT EX PO SE TH IS AP PLIAN CE TO RAI N OR M OI STUR E. ADVERTENCIA RIESGO DE DESCARGA ELÉCTRICIA - NO ABRIR The lightning symbol in the triangle tells you that the volta ge inside this product may be strong enough to cause an electric shock. DO NO [...]

A product and cart combination should be moved with car e. Quick stops, excessive force, and unev en surfaces may cause the product and cart combination to overturn. La combinación de un producto y un carrito deberá moverse con cuidado. Las paradas r epentinas, la fuerza excesiva, y las superficies desiguales pondrían hacer que volcase la combin[...]

SE RV IC E / SE RV IC IO DE R E P ARAC IÓN Damage Requiring Service — U nplug the TV set from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: Daños que requier en el servicio de reparación — En los casos siguientes, desenchufe el televisor de la toma de la red y solicite los servicios de per[...]

5 W elcome to T oshiba ............................................ 6 Exploring your new TV ............................................. 6 Selecting a location for the TV ................................... 6 N otice of possible TV stand instability .................. 6 Connecting your TV ............................................. 7 N ote regar[...]

6 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index ANT (75 Ω ) ANT -1 OUT ANT -2 IN VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 S-VIDEO VIDEO L/ MONO R AUDIO OUT VIDEO L/ MONO R AUDIO DVD IN COLOR STREAM INPUT L R AUDIO Y Pb Pr ANT (75 Ω ) ANT-1 OUT ANT-2 IN VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 S-VIDEO V[...]

7 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Connecting y our T V If you have not connected electronic equipment befor e, or you have been frustrated in the past, you may wish to read this section. N ote: Cables are not supplied. • A coaxial cable is t[...]

8 Refer ence Connecting your TV Connecting a cable conv erter box This connection allows you to watch basic and pr emium cable channels. T o use the TV features (such as PIP swap , channel y z , channel block, favorite channels, or channel labels ), select ANT -1. T o view premium channels, select ANT -2, tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichever ch[...]

9 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Connecting a DV D play er or satellite r eceiver and a VC R This connection allows you to watch D VD/satellite, V CR, or TV programs. Y ou can record from the D VD player /satellite r eceiver or TV . Y ou can [...]

10 Refer ence Connecting your TV Connecting a DVD player with ColorStr eam ™ (component video) and a VC R This connection allows you to watch D VD, V CR, or TV programs, and record D VD or TV programs (when authorized). Y ou can recor d from one source while watching a program from another source. Y our TV has ColorStr eam (component video) conne[...]

11 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Connecting a camcorder This connection allows you to watch videos r ecorded on a camcorder . Y ou will need: • one pair of audio cables • one video cable ANT (75 Ω ) ANT -1 OUT ANT -2 VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 OU[...]

12 Using the Remote Control Using the remote contr ol Pr eparing the r emote control f or use The remote control will operate your TV , most VCR models, and most cable TV converters together , even if they are different brands. • If you will be using your TV with a T oshiba VCR or cable TV converter , your remote control is alr eady programmed an[...]

13 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index VCR code table Brand Code Adventura 019 Aiko 297 Aiwa 019 Akai 060, 068, 080, 125, 261 American High 054 Asha 259 Audio vox 056 Beaumark 259 Bell & Ho well 123 Brandt 206 Broksonic 140, 203, 230, 314, 380[...]

14 Using the Remote Control VCR code table (cont.) Brand Code KLH 091 Kodak 054, 056 Lloyd 019, 227 Logik 091 LXI 056 Magnavox 054, 058, 100, 129, 168 Magnin 259 Marantz 054, 100 Marta 056 Matsushita 054 MEI 054 Memor ex 019, 054, 056, 058, 065, 066, 067, 123, 259 MGA 062, 080 MGN T echnology 259 Minolta 061, 124 Mitsubishi 062, 080, 086, 094, 192,[...]

15 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index PIP CH CH RTN AD V/ PIP CH AD V/ PIP CH LIGHT MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER RECALL POWER TV CABLE VCR ENT ENTER PLA Y PIP REC STILL LOCA TE SW AP TV/VCR REW FF ST OP SOURCE FAV FA V C.CAPT EXIT MENU RESET 1 4 2 5 3 6 7[...]

16 Setting up your TV Setting up y our T V After installing the batteries and programming the remote contr ol, you will need to set some prefer ences on your TV using the menu system. Y ou can access the menus using the buttons on your TV or remote control. • When you make a menu selection, your changes occur immediately . Y ou do not have to pre[...]

17 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Selecting the signal sour ce T o select the signal source to view: Repeatedly press TV/VIDEO on either the r emote control or the TV. TO SELECT PUSH TV/VIDEO TV VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 ColorStream TO SELECT P[...]

18 Setting up your TV Adding and erasing channels manually After you have automatically programmed the channels into the TV ’ s memory , you can manually add and erase individual channels. T o add a channel to or erase a channel from the TV ’ s memory: 1. T une the TV to the channel y ou want to add or erase. If yo u a re adding a channel, you [...]

19 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Using the T V ’ s f eatur es Adjusting the channel settings Switching between tw o channels Y ou can switch between two channels without entering an actual channel number each time. T o switch between two c[...]

20 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Note: The FAV zy buttons funct ion as menu x• buttons when a menu is on-screen. CH RTN AD V/ PIP CH AD V/ PIP CH LIGHT MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER RECALL POWER TV CABLE VCR ENT ENTER FAV FAV C.CAPT EXIT MENU RESET 1 4 2 5 3 6 7 8 9 0 100 MENU CH VOL EXIT F AV T o select y our favorite channels: Pr ess FA V zy on the remote[...]

21 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Note: If you forget your PI N code: • Follow steps 1–4 under “Changing your P I N code” at left. • Then press R ECALL four times within f ive seconds. This allows you to proceed to the V-Chip Contro[...]

22 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Note: Press R ECALL to see the rating of the program you are viewing. Not all programs are rated, however . T o block programs or movies that are not rated, see “Blocking unrated movies and programs” on page 23. Blocking progr ams by ratings The M otion Picture Association of America (MP AA) uses a rating system [...]

23 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 8. P ress y or z to highlight SET RA TING. 9. P ress x or • to display the S et Rating menu. 10. P ress y or z to highlight MP AA Rating, Y outh TV Rating, or TV Rating. 11. P ress • to select (or x to de[...]

24 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Note: After programming CHAN N EL B L O CK, tune the TV to a channel that is not blocked before turning the TV off. Caution: Blocking unrated television programs (those rated “TV N ON E”) may block on-screen emergency messages. 7. Pr ess x or • to highlight “Y ,” which enables all blocking by activating the[...]

25 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index T o unblock all blocked channels: N ote: This will unblock every channel you have blocked. Y ou cannot unblock individual channels. 1. P ress MENU . 2. P ress x or • to highlight the SET UP menu. 3. P ress [...]

26 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Channel labels Y ou can assign labels to a maximum of 32 channels. Each channel label can have a maximum of four characters. F or example, if channel 8 is your public television station, you can create the label “PBS” for that channel. The label “PBS” will then appear on-screen when you tune the TV to channel[...]

27 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Video labels The V ideo Label feature allows you to label each input source for y our TV , from the following preset list of labels: –: U ses the default label name V CR: Video cassette recorder DVD: Digita[...]

28 Using the TV ’ s Featur es W atching pictur e-in-picture (PI P) The picture-in-picture (P IP) feature allows you to watch two pictur es at the same time. The small PIP windo w can display a signal from a TV broadcast or an external source, such as a VCR. T o display a TV br oadcast in the PIP window: 1. T une the TV to the program you want to [...]

29 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Changing the location of the PI P window With the TV in PIP mode, press LOCA TE to change the location of the PIP windo w on-screen. Ev er y time you press LOCA TE , the PIP window changes position counter-cl[...]

30 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Adjusting the pictur e Adjusting the pictur e quality Y ou can adjust the picture ’ s contrast, brightness, sharpness, color , and tint. Y our picture quality adjustments are stored automatically in the TV ’ s memory . Y ou can keep these settings or choose preset options in the PREFERENCE menu (see “Selecting [...]

31 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Adjusting the pictur e pref erence Y ou can select four picture modes—S ports, Standar d, Movie, and M emor y—as described in the following table: Mode Picture Quality Sport s Bright and dynamic picture ([...]

32 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Using the closed caption f eature The Closed Caption feature has two options: • Captions—An on-screen display of the dialogue, narration, and sound effects of programs and videos that are closed-captioned (usually identified in program listings as “CC”). • T ext—An on-screen display of information not rel[...]

33 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Adjusting the sound Muting the sound P ress MUTE to temporarily turn off the sound. While the sound is off, the screen displays the wor d “MUTE” in the lower /right corner . T o restore the sound, pr ess [...]

34 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Adjusting the sound quality Y ou can change the sound quality of your TV by adjusting the bass, treble, and balance. T o adjust the sound quality: 1. Pr ess MENU . 2. Pr ess x or • to highlight the A UDIO menu. 3. Pr ess y or z to highlight the quality you want to adjust. 4. Pr ess x or • to adjust the level: •[...]

35 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Selecting variable audio OUT If you connect external audio equipment (such as a ster eo audio amplifier or surround sound system) to the TV ’ s Audio OUT jack, you can use the A UDIO OUT feature to select e[...]

36 Refer ence Appendix Viewing the demonstr ation (D E MO) mode The demonstration (DEMO) mode is an option available on the SET UP menu that will demonstrate several features of y our TV . T o star t the demonstration mode: 1. Pr ess MENU . 2. Pr ess x or • to highlight the SET UP menu. 3. Pr ess y or z to highlight DEMO. 4. Pr ess x or • to hi[...]

37 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Appendix T roubleshooting Before calling a service technician, please check the following table for possible causes of the pr oblem and some solutions. Pr oblem Solution TV will not turn on • Make sure the [...]

38 Refer ence Appendix Cleaning and car e WAR N I NG: T V sets use high voltage. Do not remo ve the cabinet back. Refer all servicing to a qualified service technician. T o clean the TV screen and cabinet: 1. U nplug the power cor d to avoid possible shock hazard. 2. U se a clean cellulose sponge or chamois cloth dampened with a solution of mild de[...]

39 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Limited United States w arranty If after following all of the operating instructions in this manual and checking the “T roubleshooting ” section, you find that ser vice is needed: T oshiba America Consume[...]

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