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    TO RECEIVE DIGIT AL/ANAL OG SIGNAL, Y OU MUST C ONNECT ANTENNA. 32 inch Digital / Analog L CD T V O wner ’ s Manual L C320EM8 IF Y OU NEED ADDITIONAL ASSIST ANCE WITH SET-UP OR OPERA TING AFTER READING OWNER’S MANU AL, PLEASE CALL T OLL FREE 1-800-256-2487 ,O R VISIT OUR WEB SITE A T h ttp://www .EmersonAudioVideo .c om HIGH -DEFINITION TELEVIS[...]

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    2 EN CA UTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELEC- TRIC SHOCK, DO NO T REMO VE CO VER (OR BACK). NO USER SER VICEABLE P AR TS INSIDE. REFER SER VICING T O QU ALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. CA UTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NO T OPEN THIS SYMBOL INDICA TES THA T D ANGER- OUS VOL T A GE CONSTITUTING A RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK IS PRESENT WITHIN THIS UNIT . THIS SY[...]

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    PRECA UTIONS • Place your TV in a room with adequate ventilation. • K eep your TV set awa y from sources of direct heat, such as heat registers or direct sunlight. • Do not place your TV on soft surf aces, such as rugs or blank ets. • Leav e enough room for air to circulate around the bottom, top and back of the set. RADIO-TV INTERFERENCE T[...]

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    4 EN FEA TURES SUPPLIED A C CESSORIES • Owner’ s Manual (1EMN22175) • Remote control unit (NF006UD) • Batteries (“AA” x 2) • If y ou need to replace these accessories, please refer to the P ART NO . with the illustrations and call our toll free cus- tomer suppor t line f ound on the cover of this manual. • Depending on y our antenna[...]

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    5 EN SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES / FEA TURES / CONTENTS C ONTENTS IMPOR T ANT SAFEGUARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PRECA UTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    TV CONTROL SETUP VOLUME CHANNEL INPUT SELECT/ ENTER POWER STANDBYON POWERON 　 REMO TE C ONTROL, TOP AND REAR P ANEL FUNCTION ENTER POWER SLEEP INPUT SELECT AUDIO STILL SETUP BACK SCREEN MODE INFO CH RETURN MUTE VOL. CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 - 0 6 EN F UNCTIONS SETUP button (p23) To displa y on-screen menu. V OLUME X X / Y Y b uttons (p18) To adjust v[...]

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    ANT. IN A UDIO OUT L R A UDIO HDMI IN L R INNER JACKS DIGITAL A UDIO OUT (COAXIAL) HDMI S-VIDEO1 S-VIDEO2 COMPONENT2 INNER JACKS A UDIO L RP r Pb Y VIDEO2 VIDEO A UDIO L R VIDEO1 VIDEO A UDIO L R COMPONENT1 A UDIO L RP r Pb Y ANT . IN AU DIO OUT L R HDMI IN DIGIT AL A UDIO OUT (COAXIAL) A UDIO L R HDMI S-VIDEO1 S-VIDEO2 VIDEO1 VIDEO VIDEO2 COMPONEN[...]

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    P REP ARA TION FOR USE 8 EN C ONNECTION This section describes how to connect your TV to an antenna, cable bo x, etc. [ANTENNA CABLE CONNECTION] 1) When connecting your TV to an antenna Connect the Coaxial cable on y our home outlet to the ANT . IN jack of this TV . 2) When connecting TV to cab le TV compan y (without box) Connect the Coaxial cable[...]

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    9 EN PREP ARA TION FOR USE C ONNECTING O THER DEVICES [HDMI] 1) High Definition Multimedia Interf ace (HDMI) uses the latest technology to ensure the signal maintains the highest degree of integrity from source to TV . Both video and audio trav el through a single cable . 2) When your video de vice has a D VI output jack, connect the HDMI con versi[...]

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    10 EN [COMPONENT CABLE CONNECTION] Off ers better picture quality for video de vices connected to your TV . Use a component video cable (not included) to connect y our TV to e xter nal video de vices equipped with component video jacks . If you connect to y our TV’ s COMPONENT1 input jack, connect audio cab les to the AUDIO L/R jac ks of COM- PON[...]

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    11 EN PREP ARA TION FOR USE [VIDEO CONNECTION] Off ers standard picture quality for video de vices connected to your TV . When the audio jack of the video de vice is monaural, connect the audio cable to the audio L input jac k. [DIGIT AL A UDIO CONNECTION] If you connect this TV to an e xter nal digital audio de vice, you can enjo y multi-channel a[...]

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    12 EN INITIAL SETUP This section will guide you through y our TV’ s initial set up which includes selecting a language f or your on-screen menu and A UT OSCAN, which automati- cally scans and memorizes view able channels . 1 After making all the necessar y connections , turn on your TV . 2 Press [PO WER] . Initial Setup menu will appear . • Thi[...]

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    13 EN INITIAL SETTINGS / CHANNEL SETTINGS 3 F or TV channels, using [ K / L ] , select “Air”. F or CA TV channels, select “Cable”. • Press [ENTER] . Scanning and memorizing the channels auto- matically star ts. • When the scanning and memor izing are com- pleted, the lowest memorized channel in the broadcasting will be displa yed. NO TE[...]

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    14 EN CHANNEL LIST This function lets you remo ve undesired channels from the Channel Registration List. 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “CHANNEL ” and press [ENTER] to con- firm. • Using [ K / L ] , select “Channel List”. • Press [ENTER] . Channel Channel Autoscan Channel L[...]

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    15 EN CHANNEL SETTINGS MANU AL REGISTER This function lets you man ually add channels not memorized due to poor broadcast strength during AU T OSCAN. 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “CHANNEL ” and press [ENTER] to con- firm. • Using [ K / L ] , select “Manual Register”. • Pr[...]

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    16 EN ANTENNA C ONFIRMA TION Displa ys signal strength for each channel. 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “CHANNEL ” and press [ENTER] to con- firm. • Using [ K / L ] , select “Antenna”. • Press [ENTER] . • Using [the Number buttons] or [CH K / L ] , select the channel f or[...]

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    17 EN CHANNEL SETTINGS L ANGU AGE SELECTION Y ou can choose English, Spanish, or F rench as y our on screen language . 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “LANGU AGE” and press [ENTER] to con- firm. • Using [ K / L ] , select “English”, “Español” or “F rançais”. • Pres[...]

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    18 EN CHANNEL SELECTION Select channels by pressing [CH K / L ] f ound on remote control or on the TV’ s control panel, or by pressing [the Number buttons] fo und on the remote control. [CH K / L ] • Use [CH K / L ] to change the channel. • Same operation is also a vailable with [CHAN- NEL K / L ] on the top panel of the main unit. [the Numbe[...]

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    19 WA T CHING TV EN STILL MODE Y ou can freeze the image sho wn on the screen. 1 P ause the image. • When you press [STILL] , the image shown on the screen is paused. • The audio is not paused and keeps on reading out. • If the digital signal is gone or protected, the image will remain paused and the audio will be mut ed. • The Still functi[...]

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    20 EN AC CESSING EXTERNAL DEVICES Use your remote control to access D VD recorders, home audio systems and other e xter nal de vices when they are connected to y our television. Use your remote control to select e xter nal com- ponent. • When you press [INPUT SELECT] or [CH L ] on the remote control, the input mode will be s witched as below . ?[...]

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    21 EN WA T CHING TV CHANGING THE SCREEN DISPLA Y MODE Each of 4 displa y modes can be selected in either 4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios. 1 Press [SCREEN MODE] , to s witch the TV aspect ratio . 2 Press [SCREEN MODE] repeatedly until the nor- mal screen displa ys. NO TE: • Some programs ma y not offer all display mode options . ENTER AUDIO STILL SETUP [...]

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    22 EN SCREEN INFORMA TION Y ou can displa y the currently selected channel or other inf or mation such as the audio mode on the screen. In the analog mode, the current channel and the audio mode are displa yed. 1 Displa y the channel number and the audio mode. • Press [INFO] on the remote control. The current channel number , audio mode, type of [...]

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    23 EN WA TCHING TV / OPTIONAL SETTINGS O PTIONAL SETTINGS SETUP SCREEN This section describes the overview of the setup screen displa yed when y ou press [SETUP] . F or more details, see the ref erence page f or each item. The setup screen consists of the function setting items below . • To e xit settings. • Y ou can adjust the picture quality [...]

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    24 EN PICTURE ADJUSTMENT Y ou can select from f our default picture color set- tings. Y ou can also adjust brightness, contrast, color , tint, shar pness and color temperature as well as energy saving settings . 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “PICTURE”, and press [ENTER] to con- fi[...]

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    25 EN OPTIONAL SETTINGS CL OSED CAPTION Y ou can vie w closed captioning (cc) for TV pro- gr ams, mo vies, news , and prerecorded tapes. Closed captions ref er to text of dialogue or descrip- tions displa yed on-screen f or the hear ing impaired. 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “DET A[...]

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    26 EN DT V CL OSED CAPTION Apar t from closed captions, DTV has its o wn closed captions called DTV CC . Use this menu to change the settings f or DTV CC. 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “DET AIL ” and press [ENTER] to confirm. • Using [ K / L ] , select “Closed Caption” and p[...]

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    27 EN OPTIONAL SETTINGS 6 Set each item. • When “User Setting” is set to “On”, y ou can set the f ollowing items. • CC style set b y “User Setting” will be displayed. • Using [ K / L ] , select the item you want to set. • Y ou can switch the setting f or each item with [ K / L ] . • The setting description for each item is sho[...]

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    28 EN V-CHIP Y ou can block certain programming inappropriate for children. This bloc k can be released by entering a pass word. 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “DET AIL ” and press [ENTER] . • Using [ K / L ] , select “V -chip”. • Press [ENTER] . The pass word entr y screen[...]

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    29 EN OPTIONAL SETTINGS 5 Set “MP AA Rating”. • Using [ K / L ] , select the rating. • Press [ENTER] and set to “Vie w” or “Block”. 6 To e xit the setup , press [SETUP] . 4 Displa y the “TV Rating” screen. • Using [ K / L ] , select “TV Rating”. • Press [ENTER] . V- C hip V- C hip Select View/Block Back BACK ENTER TV -MA[...]

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    30 EN 4 Displa y the “Ne w Pass word” screen. • Using [ K / L ] , select “Ne w P assw ord”. • Press [ENTER] . 5 Change the pass word. • Use [the Number buttons] on the remote con- trol and enter the NEW 4-digit pass word. • Enter pass word again in “Confirm passw ord” space. 6 To e xit the setup , press [SETUP] . NO TES: • Mak[...]

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    31 EN HDMI A UDIO Set the method of sound input f or HDMI jack. 1 Displa y the setup screen. • Press [SETUP] . The f ollowing setup screen appears. 2 Select “DET AIL ” and press [ENTER] to confirm. • Using [ K / L ] , select “HDMI A udio” and press [ENTER] to confirm. 3 Switch the HDMI A udio . • Using [ K / L ] , select the desired H[...]

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    32 EN TROUBLESHOO TING GUIDE Bef ore calling for service, please ref er to the f ollowing inf or mation. Symptom Remedy No power No picture or sound No color Sound OK, picture poor Picture distor ted W eak picture Lines or streaks in picture Picture blurred Ghosts in picture Bars on screen • Be sure the power cord is connected to outlet. • If a[...]

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    Prob lems with Closed Caption Feature • Closed captioning production companies ma y broadcast pro- gr ams without correcting the misspelling in a live broadcast. • Captions that are dela yed a f ew seconds behind the actual dialogue are common f or live broadcasts . Most captioning production compa- nies can displa y a dialogue to a maximum of [...]

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    34 EN A TSC Acronym that stands f or Advanced T elevision Systems Committee and the name of the digital broadcasting standards. Aspect ratio The width of a TV screen relative to its height. Conv entional TVs are 4:3 (in other words, the screen is almost square); widescreen mod- els are 16:9 (the screen is almost twice as wide as its height). Compon[...]

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    35 EN S PECIFICA TIONS GENERAL SPECIFICA TIONS T elevision System: A TSC NTSC-M TV Standard Closed Caption System: §15.119/FCC (Analog CC) §15.122/FCC (Digital CC) Channel Covera ge (A TSC/NTSC) VHF: 2 ~ 13 UHF: 14 ~ 69 CA TV : 2 ~ 13, A ~ W , W+1 ~ W+94, A-5 ~ A-1, 5A T uning System: Channel frequency synthesized tuning system Channel Access: Di[...]

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    Printed in China 1EMN22175 L4406UG ★★★★★ LIMITED W ARRANTY FUNAI CORP . will repair this product, free of charge in the USA in the ev ent of defect in materials or workmanship as follo ws: DURA TION: PA R TS: FUNAI CORP . will provide par ts to replace def ective parts without charge for one (1) y ear from the date of original retail purc[...]