Hitachi L42X01AU manual

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USER MANUAL Thank you for purchasing the HIT ACHI LCD T elevision. Please read this user manual carefully before operatin g this product. T o ensure prop er operation, please read and follow ALL the instructions, especially the "IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS" and "SAFETY PRECAUTIONS". Please keep this user manual for future re[...]

1 CONTENTS IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS ............... 01 INSTRUCTIONS ................................................... 02 About This Manual ........................................................... 02 Trademark Cr edits ........................................................... 02 About Software ............................................[...]

2 INSTRUCTIONS Thank you for purchasing the HIT ACHI LCD T elevisio n. We hope that you will enjoy the great perform ance with this product. This LCD T elevision has been desi gned to meet the International standards. Ho wever , it could cause persona l injuries and property damage if improperl y handled. In order to prevent potential danger and ob[...]

3 SAFETY PR R ECAUTION S For your safety , please read the following precautions carefully before using this product. Improper use would cause serious pe rsonal injuries and/or damage to your propert y or this product. About the Symbols The following are the symbols used in this manual and affixed on the unit itself. Please fully understand the mea[...]

4 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS (continued) WARNING There is a risk of fire, electric shock, or serious injury.  Install the unit at a proper area w here it does not expose anyone to any danger . Ⴠ If you hit against the edge of the unit, you may be injured.  Do not place any objects on top of the unit. Objects such as Ⴠ Liquid containers (vas[...]

5 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS (continued) CAUTION  Do not cov er or block any ventilation holes on the product. The unit would overheat, and it could cause fire or damage the prod uct which may shorten its service life. Ɣ Install the product in accordance with the instructions in this manual. Ɣ Do not place the unit with ventilation side down. Ɣ Do no[...]

6 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS (continued) PRECAUTIONS  Do not install the unit at areas w here it will be subjected to high temperatures. It could damage the cabinet or parts of the product. Ɣ Do not install near any heat sources such as radiator , heat registers, stoves, or other apparatus that produce heat. Ɣ Keep the unit out of direct sunlight. It [...]

7 ABOUT LCD PANEL Other Common Char acteristics of LCD P anel The following are the common phenom ena when operating LCD Panel due to it s structural reason. Please note that they are not malfunctions. ŏ Defectiv e Spots on Panel The LCD panel is manufa ctured with high-precision techn ology . However , there might be so me spots that are not emit[...]

8 QUICK START GUIDE For more information on connecting and usi ng your TV, please be sure to read all instruct ions in this user manual. 1. Supplied Accessories (including option) User Manual Remote Control AA size batteries X2 Power Cord Clean Cloth Option: Desktop S tand (TS01C42SL) For L42X01AU * See the user manual of desktop stand about the in[...]

9 QUICK START GUIDE (continued) 3. Inser t the batteries into the r emote control… 13 4. R emo ving t he Protective Sheet Before using the TV, remove the protective sheet from the cabinet. 5. Switch On… 22 Press either Power On/ Off switch on the unit or Power On/ Off button on the remote control. Ɣ The color of the indicating lamp turns from [...]

10 COMPONENT NAMES Main Unit F r ont Panel Cabinet Panel Remote Control Receiver Indicating Lamp S peak er Desktop S tand (Option for L42X01AU) Main Power Switch (on the left side) – for L37X01AU Main Power Switch (on the right side) – for L42X01AU R ear Panel L37X01A U[...]

11 COMPONENT NAMES ( continued) Main Unit (continued) Control Panel L37X01A U[...]

12 COMPONENT NAMES (continued) R e mote Control Sub Pow er Press this button to switch TV On or Off standby. Device Select (TV/DVD/STB) Press these buttons to select the device (TV, DVD or STB) to be controlled by this remote control. The selected button will light up to display the selected mode.Normally, select “TV”.[...]

13 PREPARATION R emote Contro l Ba tteries Insta lla tion Handling the R emote Control This remote control operates on 2 “ AA ” batteries. 1. Open the battery compartment cover Ɣ Slide open the battery compartment cover on the backside in the direction of an arrow , and r emove the cover . 2. Installing the batteries Ɣ Install 2 “ AA ” ba[...]

14 PREPARATION (continued) Safety Precaution on Main Unit Installation Read SAFETY PRECA UTIONS ( 3 to 6 ) carefull y besides this pa ge. * When installing the unit, use the optional Desktop S tand (TS01C42SL for L42X01AU). Please refer to the user manual of the stand. The Desktop S tand (optional) has been us ed for the illustration in this manual[...]

15 CONNECTION T er minal P ositions L37X01A U Rear Powe r Cord Socket Aerial Socket AV1 Service Use Only AV2 AV3 Monitor Out PC(RGB)/HDMI Analog Audio Input PC Connection Terminal (D-Sub 15 pin) HDMI 1 and HDMI 2 Optical Out (Digital Audio) Side HDMI 3 Headphone Terminal AV4 L42X01A U Rear Powe r Cord Socket Aerial Socket AV1 Service Use Only AV2 A[...]

16 CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Procedur e (continued) 1. Connecting Po wer Cord to Rear Panel. Connect power cord to the television. * Make sure not to connect the power plug to the wall socket until all connections are compl eted. 2. Connecting Aerial Lead. There are two ways to conne ct aerial lead. When you do not hav e any other external [...]

17 CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Procedur e (continued) 3. Connecting to Exter nal Equipment Ɣ T er m inals on Rear A V1 and A V2 can be connected to the equipment with Component output.[...]

18 CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Pr ocedure (continued) Monitor Out can be used to display same image and sound as main unit on anot her television. When this output terminal is connected to an ext ernal television with a 75 Ohm terminal, the same image and sound from composite (A V3, A V4), or DTT/TV signal can be displayed to the external tel[...]

19 CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Pr ocedure (continued) HDMI1~ 3 terminals can be connected to the devices with HDMI output . If the external device has DVI output, this can be available with HDMI-DVI cable. In case of using the HDMI-DVI cable, connect analog audio signal to PC (RGB)/HDMI A nalog Audio Input terminal. HDMI 1· 2 terminals are l[...]

20 CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Pr ocedure (continued) Ɣ T er minals on Side Since the following termin als are located on the sid e, it is very convenient to use the e xtra device on a temporar y basis after done the connections on the rear panel. AV 4 can be connected to the equipme nt with composite output. (For L37X01AU) AV 4 can be conne[...]

21 CONNECTION (continued) Connecting Pr ocedure (continued) 4. Connecting the plug into the wall socket Connect the power cord after completing all other connections. (The type of plug is different from this drawing for some countries.) CAUTION Ɣ Use only the power cord provided. Ɣ Do not use a power supply voltage other than that indicated (AC1 [...]

22 BASIC OPERATION P O W E R O n / O f f Now , turn On the main power of the unit. Ⴠ T o tur n On the power of the television 1. Press the Main Power switch on the television. Ⴠ The Indicating Lamp will illuminate in Red (S tandby mode ). 2. Press either Sub Power button on the control p anel or Sub Power button on the remote cont rol. Ⴠ?[...]

23 BASIC OPERATION (continued) V olume UP/DO WN 1. T o increase the soun d volume, press button on the remote control, or V olume Up button on the control panel. Ɣ T he V olume Indicator value on the screen will shift right. 2. T o decrease the sound volume, press button on the remote control or V olume Down button on the control panel. Ɣ The V o[...]

24 BASIC OPERATION (continued) Input Signal Screen Di splay The input signal status and off timer staturs can be displayed on the screen by pressing the button of the remote control. • The display in DTT mode will appear when changing the channels. (Refer to 41 , 42 ) • The display will go out in approximately 5 seconds . DTT TV 1 ABCDE ź OFF [...]

25 TV SETUP OPERATION Ho w to use the On-Scr een Display (OSD) system With the On-Screen Display system, you can access the various kinds of the features and functions in thi s product. Pictur e A udio Tim er Setup Selec t OK Set <Main Menu> • Basic Operation 1. Press button on the remote control or Menu button on the control panel of the u[...]

26 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Main Menu List Menu Page Menu Page Picture Mode 30 Perfect V olume 32 Contrast 30 TV S peakers 32 Brightness 30 Audio Reset 32 Color 30 T imer Off T imer 33 Sharpness 30 Mode 27 T int 30 Auto T uning Search 27 Color T emperat ure 30 Position 27 Back Light 30 Frequency 27 Reset 30 Name 27 Black Enhancement 31 Sound [...]

27 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Setup Menu (TV mode) You can install channels and make the various settings related chann els. 1. Press button. 2. Select “ Setup ” menu and press button. 3. Select the preferred menu item and press button. Setup Auto Tuning Manual Tuning Fine Tuning Sort T e letext Language Select OK S e t R e t u r n Selected[...]

28 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Setup Menu (TV mode) (continued) With this menu, you can access various kinds of features relating to TV channel settings. Setup Auto Tuning Manual Tuning Fine Tuning Sort T e letext Language Select OK S e t R e t u r n Selected Items Setup hint Auto NTSC 4.43 SECAM PAL Color System NTSC 3.58 Select [Auto] normally[...]

29 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Channel Selections There are 2 ways to select the channels: stepping through the channel, and selecting by number.[...]

30 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Pictur e Setting Y ou can make specific adjustments for the picture based on your preference. 1. Press button. 2. Select “Picture” menu and press button. 3. Select the preferred menu item and press button. (By pressing ź button at the bottom of each menu page, the next Picture menu will appear on the screen.) [...]

31 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Pictur e Setting (continued) Selected Items Setup hint Off Low Middle Black Enhancement High Adjusts the black level compensation. Off Low Middle DNR High The noise on the screen or in terference could be reduced, espec ially at the area of weak electric field. Off Low MPEG NR* High This is a noise reduction system[...]

32 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Audio Setting You can adjust and customize the audi o condition as you like. 1. Press button. 2. Select “ Au d io ” menu and press button. 3. Select the preferred menu item and press button. Movie Off Off Off On Reset A udio Audi o Mo de Tre bl e Bass Balanc e Matr ix Surro und Dyna mic Ba ss Perfect Vo lume TV[...]

33 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Timer Menu This allows your television to turn Of f (S tandby mode) at set time automatically , which you may find useful. Tim er Off Timer ŻŹ A d j u s t R e t u r n - - Min. Selected Items Setup hint - - Min. 30Min. 60Min. 90Min. Off Timer 120Min. This function automatically sets the power to S tandby mode when[...]

34 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Audio Switching (TV) NICAM / Sound Multiple x (including A2) (TV mode) Y ou can make optimum use of available audio by pressing I/II button of remote control. Audio can be s witched only if receiving NICAM and sound multipl ex signals; other wise, pressing this button will have no effect, such as when only mono sou[...]

35 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) PC Adjustment Setting You can adjust the display condition suc h as position adjustment and co lor setting while connectin g to the PC and being RGB mode. See 18 for the PC connection. From Setup Menu (RGB) 1. Press button. 2. Select “ Setup ” menu and press button. 3. Select the preferred menu item and press b[...]

36 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) PC Adjustment Setting (continued) F r om Pictur e Menu (RGB) 1. Press button. 2. Select “ Picture ” menu and press button. 3. Select the preferred menu item and press button . Picture C o n t r a s t Brightne ss Color T em peratur e Back Light R e s e t Select OK S e t R e t u r n Cool Reset +31 0 0 Selected It[...]

37 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Analog T eletext W hat is “ T elete xt” T eletext is the written information servic es provided by each TV channel. Most TV channels provide information via T eletext such as: Ⴠ TV program schedule Ⴠ Weather forecast s Ⴠ S ports results Ⴠ Newsflash Red Green Blue Y ellow 11:37:56 Page num ber Link Pag e[...]

38 TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) Analog T eletext (continued) How to Oper ate the T eletext Y ou can display the T eletext s imply by pressing the remote control buttons . Operation Press T o activate T eletext mode.* T o exit from the T eletext mode. [TV T ext] T o move to the next or previous page. [Page Select] T o jump to the indicated page. ([...]

39 DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) OPERATION Ho w to use the On-Scr een Display (OSD) system With the On-Screen Display system, you can access the various kinds of the features and functions. Ⴠ Basic Operation 1. Press button on the remote control or Menu button on the control panel of the unit. The DTT Main Menu is displayed on the scree[...]

40 DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) OPERATION (continued) Installing Channels You can search available channels in any of the following 3 methods. 1. Press[...]

41 DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) OPERATION (continued) Channel Selections There are 4 ways to select the channels: stepping throu gh the channel, selecting by number, selecting from the program/favorite list, and using the Electronic Program Gui de (EPG). Stepping through the Channel Press Channel Up/Down button to switch the next or previou[...]

42 DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) OPERATION (continued) Making Favorite List The “Edit channels” menu all ows you to select your favorit e channels and make a Favo rite List in order to access easily to the channel you watch most often. 1. Press button on the remote control and select “Edit channels” and press button. 2. Use buttons t[...]

43 DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) OPERATION (continued) Digital Teletext P100 Austext 100 Tue 14 Mar 16:04:58 MAKE A USTEXT YOUR FIRST CHOICE FOR LOCAL NEWS NA TIONAL NEWS INDEX P AGE 120 AUSTEXT MAIN INDE X COPYRIGHT INFORM A TION ON 104 INDEX MAIN INDEX. . . .100 BUSINESS . . . . .113 NEWS . . . . . . . . . 160 WEA THER . . . . . 3 00 T AB [...]

44 DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) OPERATION (continued) Subtitle The enables (disable) the su btitle if available as your useful tool. 1. Press button to display DTT main menu. 2. Select ” General settings” and press button. 3. Select ” Subtitle settings” and press button. 4. With buttons select “Enable” and press button. Y ou can[...]

45 DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL TELEVISION (DTT) OPERATION (continued) Change Pin T o use the locks effectively , do change the pin number from the default setting, which should be known and remembered only by you. The default setting is 0000. 1. Press button on the remote control. 2. Select “General setting” and press button. 3. Select “Change pin”[...]

46 FUNCTION Size Switc hing Each time button of the remote control is pressed, the screen display size is switched in sequence, and th e status will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. TV/A V signal input ŏ Display Size W atching st andard Defini tion Picture(480i,480p,576i,576p) TV/A V1/A V2/A V3/A V4 /HDMI1~3 4:3 Pan oram ic Full Cinema Y [...]

47 FUNCTION (continued) Size Switching (continued) RGB signal input Y ou can select a suitable size depen ding on the resolution. F u l l 4 : 3 Display Area S election Diagram Resolution Full 4:3 640 x 400 (VGA) 640 x 48 0 (VGA) 800 x 600 (SVG A) 1024 x 768 (XGA) 1280 x 768 (WXGA) 1280 x 102 4 (SXGA) 1360 x 768 (WXGA) Multi Pictur e Mode With this [...]

48 FUNCTION (continued) M ulti Picture Mode (continued) Table: Mix-and –Match of the Input Modes ( HDMI) DT T T V AV 1 AV 2 AV 3 AV4 HDMI1 O O O O O O HDMI2 O O O O O O HDMI3 O O O O O O Activate th e Multi Picture Mode in RGB Mode When you activated the Multi Picture mode in RGB Input, the picture will be displayed at the mode which the Sub-scre[...]

49 FUNCTION (continued) M ulti Picture Mode(continued) Activate th e Multi Picture Mode in Video Mode To activate Multi Picture mode in either TV, AV, HDMI, and RGB mode, press on the remote control. 2-picture mode You can watch two different pictures side by side. This mode is available in both TV mode and AV mode ( AV1~4 Input). Control on the si[...]

50 FUNCTION (continued) Pictur e F r eezing By pressing button, you can change to freeze mo de easily anytime yo u like. Press it again to return to normal picture.[...]

51 FUNCTION (continued) D VD Player/ STB Selection Y ou can use this remote control to oper ate DVD Player and Set T op Box of other manufacturers as well as this set. After press or button, press (or hold) the required buttons to select the manufacturer and type as shown below . Set up Example: HIT ACHI DVD 1. Set up the manufacturer . Press butto[...]

52 TR OUBLESHOO TING Before calling service technician, check the following tables first. If the problem is not be solved with the suggested procedures, contact your local dealer. For your safety, NEVER try to repair the product by yourself. W hen F ollo wing Messa ges A ppear on the Screen Message Condition / Action Page Power Save This indicates [...]

53 TR OUBLESHOO TING (continued) Symptom and Check List (continued) Symptoms Check list Page Ɣ No picture – normal sound Ɣ Check the value level of “Brightness” and “Contrast” in “Pi cture Menu”. 30 Ɣ The remote control does not work . Ɣ Check if the batteries are installed correctly . Ɣ The batteries might be exhausted. Replace [...]

54 TR OUBLESHOO TING (continued) Symptom and Check List (continued) Symptoms Check list Page Ɣ The image on the screen is moving in an oblique direction. (PC input mode only) Ɣ Adjust “Horizontal Clock” and “Clock Phase”. 35 Ɣ The coarse horizontal stripes could be seen in full-display mo de. (PC input mode only) Ɣ Adjust “Horizontal [...]

55 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS SPECIFICATION L37X01AU L42X01AU Display dimensions Approx. 37 inches (820 (H) × 461 (V)mm, diagonal 941 mm) Approx. 42 inches (930(H) × 523 (V)mm, diagonal 1067 mm) Panel Resolution 1920(H) x 1080 (V) pixels Net dimensions including Stand: 910 (W) x 680 (H) x 365 (D) mm excluding Stand: 910 (W) x 627 (H) x 125 (D) mm inc[...]

56 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Signal Input S-input connector pin specifica tions Pin Input signal 1 Y 2 Y -GND 3 C 4 C-GND Frame GND[...]

57 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Recommended Signal List W ith Component Video INPUT Signal mode No Signal name Resolution Vertical frequency (Hz) Horizontal frequency (kHz) Dot clock frequency (MHz) Remarks 1 576i 720(1440) x 576 50.00 15.63 27.00 EIA-861D 2 480i 720(1440) x 480 59.94 15.73 27.00 EIA-861D 3 576p 720 x 576 50.00 31.25 27.00 EI[...]

58 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS (continued) Recommended Signal List (continued) W ith RGB input Signal mode No Signal name Resolution Vertical frequency (Hz) Horizontal frequency (kHz) Dot clock frequency (MHz) Remarks 1 640 x 400 70.09 31.47 25.18 2 VGA 640 x 480 59.94 31.47 25.18 3 800 x 600 60.32 37.88 40.00 4 1024 x 768 60.00 48.36 65.00 5 VESA 1280 [...]