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colour tele vision owner’ s manual 42S7010[...]
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English - 1 - Contents Prepara tion ........... .................... ................... ........... 2 Safe ty Pre cautions ......... ............... ... ..... ................. 2 3D M ode and 3D I mages .... ................... ............. 3 Caution .......... ............... ... ..... ................... ........... 4 Licen c e No tifi catio n[...]
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English - 2 - Features 3D Viewing: This prod uct supports the 3D view ing • fun c tio n via an a vailab le broa dcast or v ia HD MI, PC,YPBPR sou rc e. Remote controlled colour LE D TV . • Fu l l y in t eg ra t e d T e r r es tr ia l d i g ita l T V ( DV B- T - • MPEG2 ). HDMI con nectors f or d ig ita l video a nd audio . Th is • connectio[...]
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English - 3 - Moi sture a n d W a ter Do no t use this device in a h umid and damp pla ce (av oid the ba throom , the sink in the kit chen, etc). Do not e xpose this device to rain or water , as t his may be dangerous and d o not place objects fi lled w ith liquids, such a s fl ower v ases , on top . If any soli d object or l iquid falls in to th[...]
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English - 4 - Cauti on Pl ea se r ea d t he se sa fet y i nst ru cti on s c a ref ull y to ensure your perso nal safety and to preve nt damag e. If you experie nce difcul ty while vi ewing 3 D images with t he 3D gl asses, you may h ave some probl ems with your eyesigh t. • Y ou may exp erience h eadach es o r fati gue when viewin g 3D imag es[...]
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English - 5 - Licen ce Not ifi c ation (op tional) Manufact ured under li cense from Dolby La bo ratori es. T RADEMAR K ACKNOW LED GMENT “Dolb y ” and t he d ouble-D symb ol are tradema rks of Dolb y La boratories. Conn ection to a T ele vision Distrib ution Sys tem (Cab le TV e tc.) fro m T uner Device s conn ected to t he pro tective earth i[...]
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English - 6 - Environm ental Informat ion • This telev ision is d esigned to co nsume les s energy to save the env ironment . Y ou not only help to save the environment but you can also save money by reducing electric ity bills thanks to the energy effi ciency f eatures o f this TV . T o reduce en ergy consu mption, yo u sh ould take t he follow[...]
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English - 7 - Remote Cont rol Buttons Stan dby 1 . Pause / T ime shift recordi ng 2. Stop (i n Med ia Brows er mode) 3. No fu nction 4. Rapi d adva nce (in M edia Brows er mode) 5. No fu nction 6. Subt itle on-off / TXT subtitle (analogue TV 7. mode) / Subtitle (in Media Bro wser mode ) Blue b utton 8. Y ellow but on 9. Numeric buttons ( * * ) 10. [...]
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English - 8 - TV and Oper ating Button s FRONT and REAR VIEW Control buttons VI EW Control Buttons 1. Stan dby/On but ton 2. TV /A V button 3. Progr amme Up/Do wn butto ns 4. V o lume U p/Down butto ns Note : Pres s “ ” an d “ ” button s a t the same tim e to view main menu. Vi ewing the Conne ctions - Ba ck Connectors SCART 2 1. input s or[...]
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English - 9 - RF I npu t 6. co nnect s to a n ae ria l an t enn a system . No te: tha t if you us e a d eco der or a med ia recor der , y ou sho u ld c onne ct the aer ial cable thro ugh the d evi ce to the te lev isio n w ith a n appr opri ate ant en na cab le, as sho wn i n t he i llu st ratio n in t he foll owi ng p age s. PC Inp ut 7. is for co[...]
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English - 10 - Using USB Inputs USB Connectio n Y ou c an c onn ect a USB h ard d isk drive o r US B • memo ry stick to yo ur TV b y using the USB inp uts of the T V . Thi s feature al lows you to play fi les stored in a USB drive or re cord prog rammes. 2.5” and 3.5” inch ( hdd with external p ower supply) • extern al hard disk d rives ar[...]
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English - 1 1 - Connecting to a DVD Player If yo u w ant to c onn ect a DV D play e r t o y ou r T V , yo u ca n us e th e co nn ec to r s o f t h e TV set . D VD playe rs may have different con nectors. Plea se re fer to your DVD pl ayer ’s instru ction book for ad ditional inform ation. Po wer o ff both t he TV and the dev ice before making an [...]
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English - 12 - Using Side A V Connectors Y ou can conne ct a r ange of opt iona l equipm ent to your LED TV us ing side co nnectors o f the TV . For c onnecting a c amcor der or came ra , you should • use A V s ocket (side). T o do this, you must use the suppl ied audi o/ vide o connec tion cable . First, p lug singl e jack o f t he c able to the[...]
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English - 13 - Stan dby Notifi cations If the T V switch es off wh ile i n No Si gnal mode, t he following o n-screen m essage wil l be dis pl ay ed o n the next sw itch-on: If the TV switches off o wing to the a uto p ower down fe at ur e, t he f oll ow in g o n- scr ee n mes s age wi ll b e displ ayed on the n ext switch-o n: Digi tal T elet ext[...]
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English - 14 - Pro gramme Sel ect ion (P revio us or Nex t Pro gramme) P r e s s “ • P - ” b u t t o n t o s e l e c t t h e p r e v i o u s program me. Pres s “ • P+ ” b utton to se lect the next program m e. Pro gramme Sel ect ion (D irect A ccess) Pres s the numeric but tons on the remote contr ol to • select p rogramme s bet ween [...]
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English - 15 - T ext (S earch): Display s “ Gui de Search ” m enu. SU BTT L: P ress S UBT ITLE b ut ton t o vie w Se lec t Genre menu. Using this fe atu re, you can se arch t he program me guid e databa se i n acc ordance with t he ge nre. I nfo a vai lab le in the p ro gram me gui de w ill be se arched an d results m atching you r c riteria w [...]
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English - 16 - By pressin g “ • ” or “ ” button, select the c ountry you wa nt to s et and press “ ” button to h ighlight Se ar ch Typ e o pt io n. U se “ ” o r “ ” to s et t he de sire d se ar ch t ype . Av aila ble s ear ch t ype s a re Digital and analog , digital on ly and ana log only . Whe n set , p ress “ • ” to s[...]
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English - 17 - Manual T uning HINT : This feat ure c an be used for di rect broadcast entry . Select • Manual Cha nnel Scan from the Install ation menu by usi ng “ ”/“ ” and OK butto ns. Man ual Scan o ptions screen will be d isplayed. Se le ct t he de si red • Se ar ch T yp e u sin g “ ” o r “ ” b u t to n . M an u a l s ea r c[...]
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English - 18 - Oper ating the Chan nel Lis t Pres s “ • ” or “ ” bu tton to select the ch annel that will be processe d. Press “ ” or “ ” button to select a func ti on on Channel List men u. Use • P+/P- but tons to m ove page u p or d own. Pres s • BLU E button to view fi ltering op tions. Pres s • “ M EN U” button to e[...]
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English - 19 - Managing S tations: Sorting the Channel Li st Y o u c a n s elec t b roadca s ts to be listed in the channel list. T o dis pl ay spe cifi c type s of broadcast, you should use th e A ctive chan nel list setti ng. Se l e c t A c ti v e c h an n e l l is t f r o m t h e C h a n ne l l i st menu b y usin g “ ” /“ ” button. P re[...]
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English - 20 - Viewing Videos via USB Wh e n y o u se l ec t Vi de o s fr o m t h e m ain op t io n s, avail able vi deo fi les w ill be fi ltered and listed on this scre en. Y ou c an us e “ ” or “ ” butt on to select a video fi le an d p ress OK b utton to play a vi deo. I f you s elect a subtitle fi le and press OK bu tton, you can s[...]
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English - 21 - Playi ng Mus ic via US B W he n y o u s e l e ct M u s i c fr o m th e m a in o p ti o n s, avail able au dio fi les wi ll be fi ltered an d listed on this scree n. Play ( bu tton) : Play s al l med ia fi les starting w ith the se lected one . Stop ( b utton) : Stops playb ack. Paus e ( b utton) : Pauses the selected playb ack. RE[...]
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English - 22 - Media Browse r Set tings Y o u c an se t y ou r M e dia Br ow ser pre fe ren c es by using th e Setti ngs dialog. Pre ss “ ” o r “ ” button to highligh t an item a nd use “ ” or “ ” but ton to set. View Styl e: Sets de fault brow sing mode. Mu s ic F F/ FR S pe e d : S et s fo rwa r di ng/ a dv an ci ng speed . Slide [...]
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English - 23 - W atc h ing Recorded Programmes In the main men u, use “ ” or “ ” but tons to s el ec t Media Bro wser . Highlight Recordin gs L ibrary item by using “ ” or “ ” button a nd p ress OK bu tton t o enter . Recordi ngs Library will then be displayed . IMPORT ANT : T o view recordin gs l ibrary , y ou should fi rst connec[...]
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English - 24 - Select • 3 D Sett ings option by u sing “ ” / “ ” button and pr ess OK . 3D Se ttings Mode Y ou can c ustomiz e 3D mode settings to provide best viewin g experi ence. Se lect on e of these modes to experie nce 3D i mage viewin g: A u to : A u to m a t ic al l y s w it ch e s t o 3 D m o d e i f 3D inform ation availab le in[...]
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English - 25 - Note: Y ou c an shift to scre en u p or down by pre ssing “ ” / “ ” button s while pictu re z oom i s select ed as panaro mic, 14:9 Z oom, Cine ma or Subt itle. 14:9 This zooms u p the wide picture (14:9 aspect ratio) to the up per and lowe r limits o f t he screen. 14:9 Zo om This o ption zoom s to the 14:9 pi cture . 4:3 Us[...]
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English - 26 - Adva nced Sett ings Dynami c Contr a st • : Y ou can change co ntras t r ate by using dynamic contrast fu nction. Dyn amic co ntrast can be se t to o ne of t hese options: Low , M edium , High o r Off Colour T e mp • : Sets the desir ed colo ur tone . Setting C o o l o p t i o n g i v e s wh i t e c o lo u r s a s l i g h t b l u[...]
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English - 27 - Soun d Setting s Menu Item s V olu me : Adj usts volume level. Equal izer : Pre s s OK butto n to vie w e qualizer s ub- menu. In t he e qualizer menu, th e preset can b e chang ed to M usic , Mov ie , Spee ch , Flat , Class ic a nd User . Pres s the “MENU ” b utton to return to th e pre vious menu. N o te : E qu a l iz er m e n [...]
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English - 28 - Using a C onditional Access Module (n ot included) IMPORT ANT : In sert or remove t he CI mod ule only when t he TV is SWITCHED OFF . I n o r d e r t o w a t c h c e r t a i n d i g i t a l c h a n n e l s , a • con diti onal access modul e ( CAM) may b e neces sary . This mo dule mus t be insert ed in the CI slot o f your TV . Obt[...]
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English - 29 - Lan guage Settings In t he c onfi gura tion me nu, hi ghligh t t he L angu age Setting s ite m b y pre ssing “ ” or “ ” b uttons. Pres s OK and Lang uage Setti ngs submenu will be displayed on the screen: Use “ ” o r “ ” but tons to hi ghlight the me nu item that will be a djust ed and then press “ ” or “ ” b[...]
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English - 30 - Timers T o v iew Time rs m en u, p ress “ ME NU” b utto n a nd se l ect S et ti ng s ic on by u s ing “ ” o r “ ” b u tt on. Pres s OK button to v iew Settin gs menu. Us e “ ” or “ ” button to hig hlight Timers an d pre ss O K to continue : Sett ing Sle ep Timer This setting i s used for setting the TV to turn off[...]
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English - 31 - T o view the det ails about t he USB di sk, highlight Hard Disk Info by usi ng “ ” or “ ” k ey and press OK . U SB disk in forma tion wil l be displayed: Confi guring Date/Ti m e Se ttings Select Da te/T ime in t he Settin gs menu to confi g ure Date/ T ime settings. Pre ss OK button . Us e “ • ” or “ ” b ut to ns[...]
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English - 32 - Application versi on : Displays the current applicati on version. Har d o f H ea ring : I f the b ro adc aste r en ab les a ny special signal concern ing the audi o, you can set this settin g as On to receive such signals. A u di o D es c r i pt i o n : A u d io d es c r ip t i o n r e f e rs to an add itio nal n arrat ion tr ac k fo[...]
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English - 33 - Tips Scree n Ca re : Clean the screen with a slightly d amp, soft c lo th. Do not use abras ive solve nt s as they may damag e the c oa ting layer of the TV scre en. For your safety , u nplug th e mains plug when cle aning the set. Whe n moving the TV , hold i t properl y from t he botto m of the unit. Image Pe rsistenc e : Ple ase n[...]
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English - 34 - Appendix A: PC Input T ypical Display Mode s The dis pl ay has a maximum reso luti on of 19 20 x 12 00. The followi ng tab le i s a n illustrati on o f som e of t he typical vide o display modes. Y our TV ma y not support different resolut io ns. S upported resolution m odes are listed be low . If you switch your PC to an uns upporte[...]
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English - 35 - Appendix C: S upported DVI Re solutio ns Whe n connec ting dev ices to your TV’s connec tors by using DVI converte r cable s (not sup plied), you c an refe r to the following resolution inf ormation. Index Res olution Freque ncy 1 640x40 0 70Hz 2 640x48 0 60Hz 3 640x48 0 72Hz 4 640x48 0 75Hz 5 800x60 0 56Hz 6 800 x600 60Hz 7 800x60[...]
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English - 36 - Appendix D: Supported File Formats for USB Mo de Me dia Fi le Ex tensi on Fo rma t Rem ark s Vid eo Au dio (Ma xi m um r eso lut i on /Bit rate e tc.) Mo vie .mpg, .mp eg M PEG1 , 2 MPE G L ayer 1 /2/3 MAX 1920 x108 0 @ 30 P 2 0M bit/se c .da t M PEG1 , 2 MPE G2 .vob MPEG2 .avi MPE G2 PC M/MP3 MAX 1920 x108 0 @ 30 P 2 0M bit/se c Xvi[...]
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English - 37 - Appendix E: Software U pgrade • Y our TV is capabl e of fi nding and updating n ew software upgrades o ver broadca st channel s. • For broa dcast chan nels search, th e TV looks at th e a vailable channels store d i n your setti ngs. So b efore software upgrade s ea rch, it is ad v ised to auto sea rch and upd ate all ava ilable[...]
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English - 38 - Appendix F: S upported 3D Content Resol utions HDMI MBV MBP DTV A TV OTHER 1080p @24 FP Support ed Not Support ed Not Support ed Not Support ed Not Support ed Not Support ed 720p@5 0 FP Su pported Not Support ed Not Support ed Not Support ed Not Support ed Not Support ed 720p@6 0 FP Su pported Not Support ed Not Support ed Not Suppor[...]
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English - 39 - Specifi cations TV BRO ADCAST ING P AL /SECAM B/G D/ K K’ I/I’ L/L ’ RECE IVING CHA NNELS VHF (BAN D I/III) UHF (BAND U) HYP ERBAND NUMBER OF PRE SET CHAN NELS 1000 CHANNE L INDICA TOR On Sc reen Displ ay RF A ERIAL INPUT 75 Oh m (unbalan ced) OPERA TING VO L T AGE 220-24 0V AC, 50 Hz. AUDIO Germa n + Nicam St ereo AUDIO OUTPU[...]
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English - 40 - Important Instruction For y our own safety re ad f ollowing instruc ti on care fu lly b efore a ttempting to co nnect thi s unit to th e main s suppl y . MAINS (AC) OP ERA TION The wires in the mai ns lea d are colour ed in ac cordan ce with the follow ing cod e : IMPORT ANT As the colours of the wire s in the mai ns l ead of th is a[...]