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    LCD TV 26 VLC 9201 BG EN[...]

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    ENGLISH 2 CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SETUP AND SAFETY 6 GENERAL INFORMA TION 6 Special features of y our television set 7 Receiving digital channels 7 Impor tant notes on environmental protection 7 Notes on still images 8 CONNECTION[...]

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    3 ENGLISH CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 47 SPECIAL SETTINGS 4 7 Searching for digital television channels from a satellite automatically 48 Searching for digital television channels from a satellite manually 48 LNB settings 49 Settings f[...]

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    ENGLISH 4 SETUP AND SAFET Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please note the following instructions when setting up the television set : 7 This television is designed to receive and dis - play video and audio signals. All other uses are expr essly prohibited. 7 The ideal viewing [...]

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    5 ENGLISH 7 Do not connect any other equipment while t he device is switched on. Also switch of f other equipment before connecting it. 7 Do not plug in t he power cord of t he device until you have connected the external equip - ment and the antenna. 7 T o avoid safet y problems arising from t he bat- teries used with the product, follow the ins t[...]

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    ENGLISH 6 Special features of your tele vision set 7 Y ou can receive and watch digital T V chan - nels using y our tele vision set (via DVB-S, D VB-T and DVB-C) – including High Def inition pro - grammes (HD). How ev er , the reception of digi- tal T V channels in HD is currently limited to a few countries in Europe. 7 Although t his t elevision[...]

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    7 ENGLISH GENERAL INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiving digital channels 7 Y ou r equire a sat ellite antenna to receiv e digital satellite channels (DVB-S). Y our T V supports SCR system (Satellite Chan - nel R outer). If your antenna installation is equipped with an Single Cable D[...]

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    ENGLISH 8 CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- Connecting the ant enna and pow er cord 1 T o receiv e digital satellite channels (DVB-S), connect the satellite antenna cable to the ant enna socket » SATELLITE « on the televi- sion set. 2a T o receiv e terrestrial digit al broadcasters (DVB-T) connect the c[...]

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    9 ENGLISH Inserting batt eries into t he remote control CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- 1 Open the batter y compar tment by r emoving the lid. 2 Inser t t he batteries (2 x 1 .5 V micro, for ex ample R03 or AAA). Obser ve the po- larit y mark ed in the bottom of the battery compartment. 3 Close the batt[...]

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    ENGLISH 10 O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Connections on the t elevision set SATELLITE Ant enna socket for the satellite antenna (DVB-S). AV1 / S-VHS SC ART socket (CVBS signal, RGB signal); Video and sound soc ket for S-Video camcorder [...]

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    11 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HDMI2 HDMI soc ket, audio/video input. HDMI3 HDMI socket, audio/video input. HDMI4 HDMI socket, audio/video input. USB2 USB soc ket for e xternal data media. U Headphone jac k (3.5 mm jack plug);[...]

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    ENGLISH 12 O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remote control – Main functions Switches on and of f (Standby). Opens menu for AV channels and USB input. Then select using » V «, » < «, » > « or » Λ « and press » OK « to[...]

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    13 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remote control – All functions »  « (red) Selects pages in teletext; »  « (green) Selects/activates v arious »  « (yello w) functions in the menus. »  ?[...]

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    ENGLISH 14 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial set-up and tuning tele vision channels The television set is equipped with automatic channel search, which sear ches for satellite channels (DVB-S), ter restrial c hannels (DVB-T), cab[...]

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    15 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T uning the t elevision channels from satellite (DVB-S) Y ou have two options for tuning digital satellite channels. A The easy installation, whic h pre-configures all antenna settings for the[...]

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    ENGLISH 16 6 Select t he line »DISEqC Mode« with » V « or » Λ «. Select »DiSEqC 1 .0« or »DiSEqC 1 . 1« in accordance with the existing antenna system with » < « or » > «. – DiSEqC 1 .0 allows up to four satellites to be receiv ed simultaneously . – DiSEqC 1 . 1 allows up to 1 6 satellites to be receiv ed simultaneously . 7[...]

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    17 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T uning terres trial television channels (DVB-T) 1 In the »Source Setup« menu, in the »Connec- tion T ype« line, select the option »Air« with » < « or » > «. 2 Select the line [...]

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    ENGLISH 18 Changing the prog ram t able for the digit al channels Channels whic h ar e found using the scan are saved in the »PROGRAM T ABLE« . Y ou can delete channels which are not required from the progr ame table, and lock individual channels (Par ental control). Y ou can also add channels to the favourites list ; in addition, you can change [...]

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    19 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deleting channels 1 In the »PROGRAM T ABLE« menu, select the Edit mode by pr essing »  « (red) . 2 Select the television channel to be deleted with » V «, » Λ « , » < « or » [...]

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    ENGLISH 20 Note: 7 Channels can also be delet ed from the f avourites lists. Select the channel to be dele ted wit h » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « and press » OK « to delete it. 7 When deleting a channel from the favourites list, the order within the favourites list will be updated. 4 Quit the program table with » MENU «. Sorting [...]

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    21 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture settings 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »PICTURE SETTINGS« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » OK « to confirm. – The »PICTURE SETTIN GS« menu appear[...]

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    ENGLISH 22 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound settings 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »SOUND SETTIN GS« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » OK « to confirm. – The »SOUND SETTINGS« menu appears. Vol[...]

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    23 ENGLISH Soundef fects This menu offers three pr eset sound effects (Music, Natural and Speech) and one setting to be created b y you (User). 1 Select the line »Sound Preset« with » V « or » Λ «. 2 Select the sound ef fect »Music«, »Natural« or »Speech« by pressing » < « or » > «. Note: 7 »User« option is active when »So[...]

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    ENGLISH 24 TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic functions Switching on and of f 1 Press » 8 «, » 1… 0 « or » P+ « or » P- « to switch on the television from standb y mode. 2 Press » 8 « to switch the television to standby . Selecting channels 1 Press » 1… 0 « [...]

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    25 ENGLISH Audio language V arious languages are available on digital tele - vision channels. This depends on the pr ogramme being broadcast. 1 Open the selection menu with » «. 2 Select the language b y pressing » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. Subtitles V arious subtitles are available on digit al televi - sion channels. This [...]

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    ENGLISH 26 TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic T V guide The electronic T V guide provides an overview of all pr ogrammes that will be br oadcast in the next week (for digital channels only). 1 Press » GUIDE « to display channel informa- tion. Notes: 7 Not all channel[...]

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    27 ENGLISH TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing the picture f ormat The television automatically switc hes to the 1 6:9 format if t his format is detect ed via the SC ART socket. 1 Select the picture format with » «. – The picture format (for example »1 6:9«) is disp[...]

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    ENGLISH 28 USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File formats Y our television can work wit h the following file formats using the USB sockets: Video data Special codecs for video compression and decompression provide more memor y s pace without compromising th[...]

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    29 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecting e xternal data media Before connecting the data medium, switch the television to s tandby using » 8 «. Connect t he device and then switch t he television on again. Before remo ving the external data[...]

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    ENGLISH 30 USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The file browser The file brow ser displays video, audio and picture files s tored on e xternal data media. If an external data medium contains files in dif ferent formats, you can, when necessar y , filter out t[...]

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    31 ENGLISH DivX ® V OD Y ou mus t have y our device registered in or der to play the protected video that you will buy fr om DivX ® . 1 Select »DivX ® VOD« with » V « or » Λ « and confirm with » OK « . – Registration Code appears. 2 Visit “http://vod.divx.com” and r egister t he device with the registration code. 3 Press » MENU ?[...]

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    ENGLISH 32 USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: 7 Use » Λ « to select »Up Folder«, when you would like to return to the last folder. Use »Root« (and then press » OK « ) to return to the main folder . 7 It is possible that files which are actual[...]

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    33 ENGLISH Selecting a trac k or picture in st eps (SKIP) 1 During playback, select the next track/ picture with » 6 «. 2 During playback, select t he previous track/ picture with » 5 «. – Pla yback begins with the track or picture you selected. Selecting a cert ain passage for playback (video files only) 1 During playback, press » OK « . 2[...]

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    ENGLISH 34 TOP te xt or FLOF te xt mode 1 Press » TXT « to switch on teletext. 2 Select teletext pages directly with » 1 ...0 « or step by step with » V « and » Λ «. Return to teletext page 1 00 with » ? «. Note: 7 At the bottom of the screen there is an info bar with r ed, green and – depending on the channel – yello w and blue pane[...]

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    35 ENGLISH Note: 7 Additional operations are e xplained in the following sections. Language settings Changing the menu language 1 Select the line »Menu« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »Select Menu Language« menu appears. 2 Select the menu language with » < «, » > «, » V « or » Λ « and press » OK [...]

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    ENGLISH 36 CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Setting the dat e and time Automatic setting Y our television set de tects the dif ference in time to Green wich Mean Time (GMT) automatically , as long as the channel selected transmits a time signal. 1 Select the line » Time Adjustment« wi[...]

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    37 ENGLISH 6 Select the line » V olume« with » V « or » Λ « and use » < « or » > « to set the volume. 7 Select t he line »Se t Hour « with » V « or » Λ « and enter the time with » 1… 0 «. 8 Save the data with »  « (green). Note: 7 Y ou can abort the entry by pressing »  « (red) . 9 Press » MENU « to end th[...]

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    ENGLISH 38 CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Changing the PIN code Y ou can also enter a personal PIN code instead of the default code »1 234«. Please take not e of your o wn PIN code. 1 Select »Set PIN« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » OK « to confirm. 2 Enter the current PIN[...]

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    39 ENGLISH DIGI LINK Your television is equipped with the DIGI LINK function. This function uses the CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) protocol. CEC allows external devices which are connect- ed to the » HDMI « sockets by an HDMI cable (e.g. DVD player) to be operated with a remote control. Prerequisite is that the devices connected support CEC.[...]

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    ENGLISH 40 OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- Device operation Y ou can decide whether external devices should react to y our television's remote contr ol. 1 Press » «, use » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « to select t he preset »HDMI1« to »HDMI4« and press » OK « to confirm. 2 Open the menu with[...]

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    41 ENGLISH OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- High definition HD ready Connect the cor - responding input sources (e.g. HD T V receiv er or HD- DVD player) to the » HDMI « sock ets (for digital HD T V sources). This ensures that you can view digital HD T V progr ammes, even if they are copy-protected (HDCP High Bandw[...]

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    ENGLISH 42 Connecting e xternal devices ... with digit al audio/video signals 7 Suitable devices: Digital sat ellite receivers, Playstation, BluRay player , DVD player/ recorder , set-top box, notebook, PCs. 7 Video signal: Digital video; resolution: s tand - ard 5 7 6p; HD T V 720p, 1 080i. 7 Audio signal: digital audio (stereo, multi-chan - nel c[...]

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    43 ENGLISH OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- ... with an analogue T V signal 7 Suitable devices: Digital satellite receiver , DVD player/recorder , set-top box, camera recor der . 7 Video signal: CVBS. 7 Audio signal: stereo, analogue. 7 »A V2« preset. 1 Connect the » Y/A V2 « socket on the t elevision to the corr[...]

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    ENGLISH 44 Hi-fi system/A V receiver Connecting the hi-f i system/ A V receiv er 1 Connect the » Optic Out « socket on the television to the corresponding socket of the device wit h an optical digital cable (digital audio signal). Setting the audio f ormat Y ou can select whet her the audio signal output via the » Optic Out « socket should be i[...]

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    45 ENGLISH Connecting a PC 1 Connect the » PC-IN « sock et on the television to the corresponding socket on t he PC using a VG A cable (video signal). 2 Connect the » Audio « socket on the televi- sion to the corresponding socket on t he PC using a suitable cable (audio signal). Note: 7 Adjust your PC to the monitor (for ex ample, picture resol[...]

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    ENGLISH 46 OPERA TION WITH A C OMMON INTERF A CE ------------------ What is a Common Inter face? 7 Common Inter face (CI) is an inter f ace for DVB r eceivers. 7 Encr ypted channels can only be viewed with a CA module suitable for t he encr yp- tion system and in conjunction with the cor responding smart card. 7 The television set is equipped with [...]

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    47 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or digital t elevision channels from a sat ellite aut o- matically Satellite data changes frequently , new chan - nels are constantly being added. Y ou should therefore perfor m an automatic search from[...]

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    ENGLISH 48 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or digital t elevision channels from a sat ellite manu- ally If you know the parameters of a new television channel, you can also search for it manually . Current transponder data can be found in the te[...]

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    49 ENGLISH »KB Fr equency (MHz)«: Enter the user band frequency assigned to the user band with » 1...0 « buttons. »LNB Selection«: If more than one satellites are used in the current SCR system, select »1/2« to»2/2« for the satellite corresponding to the relev ant positions using » < « or » > « buttons. Notes: 7 Use installation[...]

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    ENGLISH 50 User mode Y ou can adjust t he alignment of t he sat ellite an - tenna to each individual satellite. These settings will be saved so that the antenna can later be easily guided to each saved alignment. 1 Select the line »User mode« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »USER MODE« menu appears. 2 Select the [...]

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    51 ENGLISH Searching f or televisi on c han - nels from the cable pr ovider automatically 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »SOURCE SETUP« menu appears. 3 Select the line »Source« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. Select the [...]

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    ENGLISH 52 Searching f or television channels from the cable provider manu - ally 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »SOURCE SETUP« menu appears. 3 Select the line »Source« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. Select the option ?[...]

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    53 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Select the line »Scan T yp« with » V « or » Λ « and set the option »DTV« with » < « or » > «. 7 Star t the scan with »  « (red). – All c hannel and fa vourites lis ts will be dele ted an[...]

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    ENGLISH 54 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Select t he line »Scan T yp« wit h » V « or » Λ « and set the option »A T V « with » < « or » > «. 6 Star t the scan with »  « (red). Note: 7 Af ter star ting t he scan, a securit y quer y[...]

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    55 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing stor ed analogue channels If c hannels were stored with t he automatic chan- nel search while tuning the television channels, you can delete them. Y ou can also store chan - nels in a dif ferent preset, ch[...]

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    ENGLISH 56 Creating lists of f avourites Y ou can select your favourite channels and save them in up to four favourites lists (Fav 1 to Fav 4). 1 In the » PROGRAME T ABLE « menu, switch ov er to the list view with »  « (yello w). 2 Select the preferred channel with » V « or » Λ «. 3 Use » < « or » > « to ”push“ the c[...]

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    57 ENGLISH INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Displaying signal inf ormation (for digital channels only) 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Select the line »Sign[...]

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    ENGLISH 58 INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRUNDIG 26 VLC 920 1 BG T echnical dat a Operating voltage: 220–240 V , ~ , 50–60 Hz Power consumption: On mode 60 W Standby <0.50 W Energy Efficiency class: C Maximum power consumption On mode 1 05 W [...]

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    59 ENGLISH INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T roubleshooting If the information provided below does not help, please consult an authorised GRUNDIG dealer. Please bear in mind that malfunctions can also be caused b y e xternal devices such as video r ec[...]