Dynex DX-RCRT20-09 manual

USER GUIDE GUIDE DE L ’UTILISA TEUR • GUÍA D EL USU ARIO 20” Round T ube T V Pr oduct Description [F rench] Pr oduct Description [Spanish] D X -RCRT20-09[...]

2 Conte nts Dy nex D X -RCRT20-09 20” Round T ube T V Co n t e n t s Impor tant safet y instr uc tions .......... ..... ........ ..... ....... ..... ........ ..... ....... 2 F eatures.. ....... ...... ....... ..... ........ ..... ........ ..... ........ ..... ..... ........ ..... ....... ..5 Sett ing up your T V . ..... ........ ..... ........ ..[...]

Important safety instruc tions 3 CAUTION: These ser vicing instruc tions are for use by qualified ser vice personnel only . T o reduce the risk of elec tric shock, do not per f orm any ser vicing other than that conta ined in the operating instructions, unless you are qualified t o do so . Impor tant safety in struction s 1 Read these instruc tions[...]

4 Important saf ety instructions 15 The apparatus shal l not be exposed to dripping or spl ashin g and that no ob jects filled with li qui ds , such as v ases , s hall be plac ed on the app ara tus. 16 The mains plug or appliance inlet is used as the disconnec t device, r emain it readily operable du ring th e appa ratus normal use. • Use No . 10[...]

Featu res 5 Note to ca ble TV sy stem ins talle r This r eminder is pr ovided to call the cable TV system in staller ’ s attention to Sec tion 820 40 of the NEC which pr ovides guidelines for p roper g rounding and , in par ticular , specifies that the cable g round shall b e connec ted to the grounding sy stem of the b uilding, as close to t he [...]

6 Featu res Rear 4 MENU button Pr ess to open the on-screen display ( OSD) 5 VOL -/VOL + b uttons Press to decrease or increase the volume. When the O SD is open, press to adjust the options. 6 CH-/CH+ buttons Press to select a lower or higher channel. When the OSD is open, press to make selections. Item Name F uncti on or control 1 COMPONE NT inpu[...]

Featu res 7 6 Left AUDIO input jack Connect the aud io left (white) ca ble from an external A V source to this j ack. 7 Antenna jack C onnect the 75 ohm antenn a cable fr om: • an indoo r antenna • an outdoor ante nna • the ca ble TV cable •t h e s a t e l l i t e c a b l e • the cable from a descrambler bo x 8 Right AUDIO output jack C o[...]

8 Featu res Remote control Item Bu tton Descri ption 1 MUTE Press this button once to turn off the soun d. Press this button again, or the VOL + button, to rest ore the sound. 2 RECALL Press to r eturn to the previously selected channel. MUTE RECALL DISPLAY INPUT TV/DTV DTV Audio PICTURE ENTER MENU CH- CH+ VOL - VOL + CCD SLEEP FAVORITE GUIDE ZOOM [...]

Featu res 9 3 INPUT Press this button to select the video input source. (TV , A V , [S -VIDEO], COM PON EN T ) 4 DTV Audio Press to choose between different TV program langua ges when the signal contains different languages. 5 ENTER Press to make or confirm selec tions in the on-screen dis play ( OSD) menus . 6 ME NU Pres s t o op en the O SD . 7 V[...]

10 Setting up your T V Setting up your T V C onnecting your T V to A C pow er War n i ng : - Never con nect the AC plug to other th an the specified voltage (120V 60 Hz). Use the attached po wer c ord only . - If the polarized A C cor d does not fit into a non-po larized A C outlet, do no t file or cut the blade. It is y our res ponsibility to hav [...]

Setting up your T V 11 T o ins tall b atter ies i n the r emo te co ntrol : 1 Open the b attery comp ar tment cover . 2 Inst all tw o AAA batte ries (not supp lied ). Mak e sure th at t he + an d – symbol s on th e batteries match the + and – sym bols in t he batter y compar tme nt. 3 Close the batter y compa r tment cover . Battery p recaution[...]

12 Setting up your T V Effec tive rang e of the remo te cont rol Notes: - The remot e contr ol may not work c orr ectly if there is an obstacle between the remote control and t he T V . - O per ation of the r em ote c ontr ol may be inconsist ent when dir ect sunlight, inca ndescent or flu orescent lig ht, or any strong li ght so urce that sh ines [...]

Setting up your T V 13 Connec ting to an antenna T o connec t a combination VHF/UHF antenna (single 75 ohm cable or 300 ohm twin-lead wire) or cable TV: • Connect the 75 ohm cabl e from the combination VHF/UHF antenna or cable T V to the antenna input ja ck on th e TV . If your combination VH F/UHF a ntenna has a 300 ohm tw in-lead wi re, y ou ma[...]

14 Setting up your T V T o connec t a combination VHF /UHF antenna with separate 300 ohm VHF and UHF twin-lead wire s: 1 Connect the 300 ohm UHF twin- lead wire to the combiner (not-inclu ded). 2 Connect the 300 ohm VHF t win-lead wire to the 30 0-75 ohm matching transforme r . 3 Connect the transforme r to the combiner , then connect the com biner[...]

Setting up your T V 15 T o co nn ect a ca bl e c on vert er b o x: 1 Connect a 75 ohm coaxial cable from the cabl e TV wall outlet to the antenna inpu t jack on the back of the converter box. 2 Connect a 75 ohm coaxial cabl e from the antenna out jack on the back of the conver ter box to the an tenna input jack on the back of y our TV . T o connec [...]

16 Setting up your T V Connecting to othe r equipm ent The exact a rrangement you use to connec t various vid eo and aud io components to the TV is dependent on the mode l and features of each component. Check t he owner's manua l provided with each component for the location of vid eo and audio inputs a nd outp uts. The followi ng connec tion[...]

Using your T V 17 U sing y our T V Note: Unless other wise stated, all bu ttons referred to in tasks are on the remote control . Tu r n i n g o n y o u r T V T o turn your T V o n or off : 1 Make sure that the antenna or cable T V system is connected, and the TV is plugge d into a power outlet. 2 Press the (power) button on the TV or POWER on the r[...]

18 Using your T V 3 Press ENTER . Vie wing the p rogram guide (digit al TV only) T o view the program guide: •P r e s s GUIDE on the r emote c ontrol t o displa y the pro gram gu ide . Adjust ing the vo lume To a d j u s t t h e v o l u m e : •P r e s s VOL+ to increase the volume or VOL – to d ecrease t he volume. •P r e s s MUTE to mu te [...]

Using your T V 19 Skip ping unwanted cha nnel s After saving channels into memor y , you ca n eliminate unwant ed channels from memor y so that only th e channe ls you wa nt to watch are sel ected with t he CH+ or CH– but tons. T o delete a mem orized analog channel: 1 T une to the cha nnel you want to de lete. 2 Press MENU on the TV or remote co[...]

20 Using your T V Adj us ti n g t he v id e o T o adjust the video: 1 Press MENU on the TV or remote con trol . The on-screen display ( O SD) opens. 2 Press VOL+ or VOL – to sel ect VIDEO , th en press CH – . The VIDEO me nu opens. 3 Press CH + or CH – to s elec t the op tion you want to adj ust, then p ress VOL+ or VOL – to adjust the opti[...]

Using your T V 21 Setting the language Setti ng the on- scree n disp lay ( OSD) lan guage Y ou can choose from thr ee differen t languages (English, French, and Spanish) for the OSD . T o selec t an OSD menu language: 1 Press MENU on the TV or remote con trol . The on-screen display ( O SD) opens. 2 Press VOL+ or VOL– to select FUNC TION , then p[...]

22 Using your T V Selec ting the color system for analog T V (A T V ) T o selec t the color system for A T V: 1 Press MENU on the TV or remote con trol . The on-screen display ( O SD) opens. 2 Press VOL+ or VOL – to sel ect CHANNEL , then press CH – . T he CHANNEL menu opens. 3 Press CH + or CH – to se l ec t COL OR SYSTEM , t hen press VOL+ [...]

Using your T V 23 Setting the time T o set the time: 1 Press MENU on the TV or remote con trol . The on-screen display ( O SD) opens. 2 Press VOL+ or VOL– to select TIME , then pr ess CH – . The TIME menu opens. 3 Press CH + or CH – to s el ec t TIME , then pr ess CH + or CH – to se l ec t --: -- AM . 4 Press VOL+ or VOL– to change the se[...]

24 Using your T V 3 Press CH + or CH – to se l ec t TIME ON , then press CH + or CH – to selec t --:-- . 4 Press VOL+ or VOL – to set the value. 5 Press CH + or CH – to se l ec t AM , then press VOL+ or VOL – to sel e c t AM or PM. 6 Press MENU one or more t imes to close the OSD . T o set the timer to turn your TV off : 1 Press MENU on t[...]

Using your T V 25 2 Press VOL+ or VOL– to select DTV SETUP , then pr ess CH – . T he DT V S E TU P menu opens. 3 Press CH + or CH – to s el ec t DA YLIGHT SAVING , then press VOL + or VOL– to selec t OFF . 4 Press MENU one or more times to clo se the OSD . Setting the time zone When you set the time zone, your T V ad justs t he time signal [...]

26 Using your T V Setting the sleep timer T o set the sleep timer: 1 Press SLEEP one or m ore ti m es to se le c t th e amo u nt of ti me yo u want yo ur T V t o d el ay before it tu rns off automatical ly . Y ou can selec t 5 minutes, 10 minu tes, 15 minut es, 30 minute s, 45 minute s, 60 minut es, 90 minutes , 120 minut es , 180 minutes , or 240 [...]

Using your T V 27 V iewing the D T V program guide Electronic program guides (EPG) are available for some digital channels or programs. Y ou can view this informat ion by doing the follo wing: T o view the EPG: 1 Press GUIDE . The EPG open s 2 Press VOL+ or VOL– to select a program. The information about that pr ogram is shown in the EPG. 3 Press[...]

28 Using your T V 3 Press CH + or CH – to selec t BLUE SCREEN , then press VOL+ or VOL – to select OFF or ON . 4 Press MENU one or more t imes to close the OSD . Displaying clos ed captions This TV has the capabilit y to decode and display closed captioned TV programs. Closed captio ning disp lays text on the s creen for hearing-im paired viewe[...]

Using your T V 29 2 Press VOL+ or VOL– to select FUNC TION , then pr ess CH – . The FUNCTION me nu opens. 3 Press CH + or CH – to se le c t NTSC CAPTION , then pr ess VOL+ or VOL – to selec t OFF , C1 , C2 , C MUTE , TEX T1, or TEX T2 . Note: C1 and C2 display closed captions ac ro ss the bottom of the TV screen. This type of closed caption[...]

30 Using your T V 3 Press CH + or CH – to se l ec t DT V CC , then press VOL+ . The DT V CC sub -menu opens. 4 Press CH + or CH – to se l ec t CAPT ION MO DE , then press VOL+ . The CAPTION MODE sub- menu opens. 5 Press VOL+ or VOL – to sel ect ON or OFF . Note: CAPTION MO DE must be turn ed on to selec t a ser vice level . 6 Press CH + or CH[...]

Using your T V 31 C ustomizin g closed capt ions for digital chann els Y o u can customize how you want closed captions di splayed for digital cha nnels. Note: Yo u c a n p r e s s CCD on the remote c ontr ol to turn closed captions on or off . T o customize closed captions: 1 Press MENU on the TV or remote con trol . The on-screen display ( O SD) [...]

32 Using your T V 5 Press CH + or CH – to se l ec t DT V C AP TIO N ST YLE , then press VO L+ . T he DT V CAPTI ON S T YLE sub-m enu ope ns . 6 Press CH + or CH – to select the styl e option you w ant to adjust, then press VOL+ or VOL – to adjust the op tion. (The BG COLOR and BG OP ACITY op tions are not visib le until you press CH – t o s[...]

Using your T V 33 Setting the parental controls Y o ur T V has a V -Chip t hat lets you block cer tain type s of programs an d movies. When you block a rating , that rating and all higher ratings a re blocked. T o set parental controls or to temporarily override a b locked rating , you must set a password. Caut io n: Make sure that you selec t a pa[...]

34 Using your T V 5 Press CH – to s cr oll d own to CHANGE PASSWORD , then pr ess VOL+ . (This option is not visible until you scroll down the list of options.) 6 Press the numb er buttons on the remo te control to enter the ne w pass word , then reenter the new password to confirm. 7 Press MENU one or more t imes to close the OSD . T o turn the [...]

Using your T V 35 T o block or unblock TV ratings: 1 Ope n th e PA R E N TA L LO C K menu (see “T o turn the parental lock on or off :” on page 34). 2 Press CH + or CH – to s el ec t P ARENTAL GUIDE , th en press VOL+ . The RA T I NG scree n opens. 3 Press CH + or CH – to selec t a T V rating, then press VOL+ or VOL– to block or un block [...]

36 Using your T V TV sub -ratings inc lude: • ALL –Ap plies to T V-G, T V-PG, TV-14, and TV-MA. Blocks a ll programs with the se ratings. • FV (fantasy violence)—Ap plies to T V- Y a nd T V- Y7. • D (sexual d ialog)—Ap plies to T V-PG and T V-14. • L (adult langua ge)—A pplie s to T V-PG, T V-14, an d TV-MA. • S (sex scenes )—Ap[...]

Using your T V 37 MP AA ratings include: • NR —Not rated • G —Gene ral audience s • PG —Par ental guidance sug gested • PG-13 —P arent al guidance str ongly suggested for child ren under 13 • R —P ar ent al gu idanc e r ecom mended fo r 17 and un der • NC-17 —Not recommended for 17 and under • X —Adults on ly 4 Press EXI[...]

38 Troublesh ooting 4 Press the numb er buttons on the remote control to enter the pas sword . The default pass word is 0000 . The AT S C PA R E N T A L LO C K s creen opens. 5 Press CH + or CH – to sele ct an option, then press VOL+ or VOL – to adjust the option. Opti ons in cl ude: • VERSION –Displays the V -CHIP broadcast so urce v ersio[...]

Troubleshoot ing 39 Poor picture or no pic ture. • Station or cable experien cing problems. T une to another station. • Make sure channels are set into memor y . • Chec k antenna or ca ble connections. Adjust the antenna . • Check for sources of possible inter ference. • Check p ictur e c on tro l ad just men ts. Poor recep ti on o n so m[...]

40 Specification s Specifications Design and specifications are su bject to change without notice. Maintaining Cleaning your T V Clean the s creen and cab inet with a soft, lint-free cloth. If the screen or cabinet is especially dir ty , moisten a soft, lint-free cloth in a wea k detergent solution, squ eeze the excess moisture from the cloth, then[...]

Legal notices 41 this equipment does cau se harmful interference to radio or TV reception, which can be determined by turning the eq uipment off and on, the us er is encoura ged to tr y to correc t the interference by one or mor e of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • Increase the separation bet ween the equ[...]

Legal notices 43 90-Day Limi ted W arranty Dynex Pr oducts ( “Dyne x ”) w arra nts t o y ou , the or iginal purc haser of th is new DX-RCRT 20-09 (“P roduct”), that the Product shall be fr ee of defects in the original manufacture of the material or wor kmanship for a period of 90 days from th e dat e of yo ur pur chase o f the Pr oduc t (?[...]

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