Curtis Proscan PLDED3996A manual

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    PLDED3996A USER’S MANUAL 3 9 ” L E D T V[...]

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    Contents  Intr oduction  Wa r n i n g  Caution  Important Information  Attaching or Removing the S tand  Installing Batteries to the Remote Contr ol  Identifying Fr ont and Rear Panel  Connection Suggestion  Main Unit Description  Remote Contr ol  OSD Basic Adjustment  How Do I Clean The TV  T r oubleshooting [...]

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    Intr oduction Thank you very m uch for purchasing your LED TV. It serves as a normal colour TV and a PC monitor . T o enjoy your set fully from the very beginning, read this manual carefully and keep it handy for future reference. INST ALLA TION ① Lo cate the r ecei ver in the room where dir ect li ght does not strike the scr ee n. T o ta l darkn[...]

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    W ar ning This symbol is intended to alert the user to avoid the risk of electric shock. This equipment may only be disassembled by qualified service personnel. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of important oper at ion and ma intenance instru ct ions in the literature accompanying the equipment. CAUTION: T O A VOID THE RISK[...]

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    Caution Caution H ig h vo ltage s a r e u s ed i n the oper ation o f thi s prod uct . - Do n ot o pen th e p r od u ct 's ca s in g . Re fer serv icin g to qualified service personnel . Caution T o prevent fire or electrical shock hazard, do not expose the main un it to rain or moi s tu re , do not place objec t s filled with liquids, such [...]

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    Caution Caution Never stand on, lean on or suddenly push the product or its stand. Y ou should pay special attention to c h i l d r e n . Caution Do not place the main unit on an unstable cart stand, shelf or table. Serious injury to an individual and damage to the television may result if it should fall. Caution When t he product is not used for a[...]

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    Television Antenna Connection Protection Important Information External T e levision Antenna Grounding If an outside antenna or cable system is to be c onnected to the TV , make sure that the antenna or cable system is electrically grounded to prov ide some protection against voltage sur ges and static charges. Article 810 of the National Electrica[...]

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    Attacthing or Removing the Stand 1. T o attach the base place the display unit flat on a table. Afterwards attach the stand onto the bottom of the stand. Screw in the 5 screws to secure the stand. 7[...]

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    2. T o remove the stand, remove the 4 screws in the area and the stand will come off. Installing Batteries to the Remote Control Please insert two AAA batteries into the remote control. Make sure that you match the (+) and (-) symbols on the batteries with the (+) and (-) symbols inside the battery compartment. Afterwards, re-attach the battery cov[...]

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    Front View Rear View Mounting Pattern Identifying Front and Rear Panel INDICA TOR LIGHT – The li ght is red when power is plugged in but the TV is not turned on. The light turns blue when the TV is turned on. Because of the LED in the panel, the TV might take 10 – 12 seconds to power on. R EMOT E SENSOR – The remote sensor receives all the co[...]

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    If You Have Digital Cable without Cable Box or Ante nna… Connection Suggestions 1. Make sure the power of HDTV is turned of f. 2. Connect the RF cable from yo ur antenna or digital cable to the TV port on the back of your HDTV . 3. T u rn on the HDTV . 4. Follow the firs t time on screen instructions.  Not all broadcasts are in High Definition[...]

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    Co nnecting DVD Player with Compo nent YPbPr… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your DVD player is turned off. 2. Obtain a Component Cable. Connect the green color connector to both your DV D player and YPbPr ’ s green connector port on the back of your HDTV . 3. Connect the blue color connector to both your DVD player and YPbPr ’ s blue con[...]

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    Connectin g Wii™ with Composite… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your W ii™ is turned off. 2. Obtain a Y ellow V ideo Cable. Connect the Y ellow V ideo connector to both your W ii™ and A V’ s Y ellow V ideo connector port on the back side of your HDTV . 3. Obtain a RCA Audio Cable. Connect the white color connector to both your W ii™[...]

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    Connectin g Cable or Satellite boxes with HDMI… 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your set-top box is turned of f. 2. Connect a HDMI cable to the HDMI output of your set-top box an d the other end to the HDMI port on the back of your HDTV . 3. T urn on the HDTV and your set-top box. 4. Use the remote control’ s source button or the source butt[...]

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    Connecti ng to a PC with VGA and 3. 5 mm minijack … 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and your PC is turned off. 2. Obtain a 15-pin D-Sub VGA cable; connect to the VGA output of your PC and the other end to the VGA port on the back of your HDTV . 3. Obtain a 3.5 mm Mini-jack, connect to the audio out of your PC and the other end to the VGA Stereo In[...]

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    Connecting a Digital Audio Receiver with Coaxial... 1. Make sure the power of HDTV and y our receiver is turned off. 2. Obtain a COAXIAL cable, connect it to your receiver’s C OAXIAL digital input and the COAXIAL connection on the LINE OUT port on the back of the HDTV . 3. T urn on the HDTV and your receiver . Please Note:  If you want pure di[...]

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    Main unit description Contr o l Panel Button Function TV T erminal Connections 1. Coaxial ou t terminal. 2. RF antenna. 3. VGA input terminal of simulation signal of PC. 4. PC AUDIO input terminal. 5. V ideo input terminal. 6. AUDIO input terminal ( Audio input terminal for Component and V ideo ) . 7. Component input terminal. 8. HDMI1 input te[...]

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    Remo te contr ol POWER : Po w er on/off button, press o nce to turn the TV on and pres s again to turn the TV off. MUTE: Press this button to mute or restore sound. MTS/AUDIO : When stereo program is r eceived, press this key to switch sound system between mono a nd stereo. When SAP program is recei ved, pre ss this button to switch sound system be[...]

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    Installation Guide Press MENU button t o display the MAIN OSD MENU ; Press ◄ / ► button to select the MENU you want; Press ENTER b utton to enter the sub m enu; Press ▼ / ▲ button to select the option and t hen press ◄ / ► to adjust the value in the sub menu; You can press MENU button to go back to the upper menu or EX IT button to clos[...]

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    a. Press “  /  ” button to “Aspect R atio” an d “  /  ” button to select. b. Press “  /  ” button to “Noise R educti on” and press the button to selec t. c. Press “  /  ” button to “Dynamic Contrast ” and press the button to selec t “On” or “Off”. SOUND Y ou can select the type of sound, w[...]

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    Note: The b 、 c 、 d 、 e 、 f 、 g function it is only available in USER m ode. 2. Press “  /  ” button to select “ MTS” and press the “  /  ” button t o adjust. Note: It is onl y available in A TV . 3. Press “  /  ” button to selec t “Audio Language” an d press the “  /  ” button to a djust. N[...]

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    1. Press “  ” button t o select “OSD Langua ge” and press the “  /  ” button to select the OSD language whi ch you desire. 2. Press “  /  ” button to elect “Transparency” and press the “  /  ” button to selec t. 3. Press “  /  ” button to select “OSD Tim eout” the button to adjust OSD timeo[...]

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    (a). Press “  /  ” butt on to selec t “Mode” the “  /  ” button to adju st. (b). Press “  /  ” button to select “ Font Style” t he “  /  ” button to adjust. (c). Press “  /  ” button to selec t “Font Size” the “  /  ” b utton to adjust. (d). Press “  /  ” button to s [...]

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    a. Press “  /  ” button t o select “Audio Only” the “  /  ” button t o select “On” or “Of f”. b. Press “  /  ” button to select “Blue Sc reen” the “  /  ” button to selec t “On” or “Of f”. 7. Press “  /  ” button to select “R estore Default” a nd press the “ENTER/  ?[...]

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    c. Press “  /  ” button to select “Time Zone” a nd press the “  /  ” button to select time zone. d. Press “  /  ” button to select “Daylight Saving Time” a nd press the “  /  ” button to sel ect “On” or “Of f”. e. Press “  /  ” button to select “Time Format” a nd press the “ ?[...]

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    LOCK Press the “MENU” button to enter the OSD menu .Then pr ess “  /  ” button to select the “Lock” menu. 1. Press “  ” button t o select “Enter Passwor d” and press select digita l button to enter . Note: The def ault password is “0000” 2. Press ▼ / ▲ bu tt on to select “Cha nge Password”, then press “ENT[...]

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    c. Press “  /  ” button to select “Component” a nd press the “  /  ” button to select “Block” or “Unblock”. d. Press “  /  ” button to select “HDMI” a nd press the “  /  ” button to select “Block” or “Unblock”. e. Press “  /  ” button to select “PC” a nd press the “ [...]

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    Note: The i tem is available only when current stream has downloada ble rating data. 8. Press “  /  ” button to sel ect “Reset RRT” and press “ENTER/  ” button to reset. Channel Press the “MENU” button to enter the OSD me nu .Then press “  /  ” button to select the “Channel” menu. 1. Press “  ” button t[...]

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    1. Press “  /  ” button to select “H-Pos” and press the “  /  ” button t o adjust. 2. Press “  /  ” button to selec t “V -Pos” and press the “  /  ” button to adj ust. 3. Press “  /  ” button to selec t “Clock” and press the “  /  ” button t o adjust. 4. Press “  /  ”[...]

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    How do I Clean the TV? IMPOR T ANT 1. The power cable has to be removed fro m the socket before cleani ng the TV . 2. Do not use volatile solvent (alcohol, rosin, and t oluene) to clean the TV . These types of chemicals m ight damage the housing and the LED glass. Cleaning the bezel and r emote control 1. Use a 100% cotton cloth or m icro-fiber clo[...]

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    Troubleshooting Pro blems Solutions NO PICT URE Connect power cord correctly . T u rn on power . Connect video cable correctl y . Select the input signal source with proper cable connection with the source button. ABNORMA L COLORS Match the colors on the cables to the ports off the back of the television. I.E. red cable to red colored port. PICTUR [...]

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    TV CHAN NELS ARE BLOCKED Check your auto lock function’ s settings inside the OS D. Y ou may have locked up some channels but forgot about them. UN IVERSAL REMOTE CODE Th is TV follows NEC’ s universal remote code. Plea se check your hand book for NEC’ s codes then apply the m . THE TV TURNS ON OR OFF SL OWL Y AND THE SCREEN SHO WS UP SLOW L [...]

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    SW ITCHING A CHANNEL OR SOURCE CHANGES THE VOLUME Different channels and inputs will sometimes have th is ef fect because the channel signal’ s own volume is already loud. There is no way remove this completely . The TV has an AUTO VOLUME LEVEL function that can combat this type of effect. Please make sure that function is turned on. THERE IS NOI[...]

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    Display panel Item Illustration A c t i v e A r e a / S c r e e n S i z e Diagonal 39 inches 1 n e e r c s e d i W o i t a R t c e p s A 6:9 P i x e l P it c h 0.176 (H) x RGB x 0.530 (V) um per one triad M a x . o f P i xe l s ( R e s o l u t i o n ) FHD (1 920 x 10 80 p ixels) resolution B r i g h t n e s s 280 nits (T ypical) C o n t r a s t 150[...]

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    So un d M od e s e Y l o r t n o C e m u l o V o t u A e n o T ) x a o c ( s e Y t u O L A I X A O C Spe a ke rs 6 watt per ch annel (3) General ) y d a e R e l b a C l a t i g i D ( M A Q / C S T A / C S T N r e n u T V T d i r b y H s e Y n a c s o t u a l e n n a h C Sle ep ti mer W 1 r e d n U r e w o p y b d n a t S p 0 8 0 1 / i 0 8 0 1 / p 0[...]

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    FCC Compliance Statement This device comp lies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following conditions: This device may not cause harmful interference This device must accept any interference rec e ived, including interference that my cause undesired operation. Please Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply [...]