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    40" 72 0p Plas ma T V , 50" 72 0p Plas ma T V , 50" 10 80p Pl asma T V NS-P42Q -10A, NS -P501Q -10A, NS -P502Q-10 A Use r G u id e NS-P42Q-P501Q-P502 Q-10A_09-0100_MAN_V1_E nglish.book Page -i Friday, March 20, 2009 3:11 PM[...]

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    NS-P42Q-P501Q-P502 Q-10A_09-0100_MAN_V1_E nglish.book Page 0 Friday, March 20, 2009 3:11 PM[...]

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    i www.in signiap roducts .com Co n t e n t s CHILD SAFE TY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Important safet y instructi ons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warning s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    ii Contents www.in signiap roducts .com Adjusting advanced picture settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 9 Improvin g the image from a game co nsole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Adjusting the computer image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Using Ener gy Saving mode[...]

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    1 www.insig niaproduct s.com As y ou enjoy y our new produc t, keep these safety tips in mind The issue The home theater entertai nment experience is a growing trend, and larger T Vs are popular purchas es. Howev er , T Vs ar e not alway s suppor ted on the proper stands or installed accord ing to the manufacturer ’ s recommendations. W e and the[...]

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    2 www.insig niaproduct s.com Im por tan t saf ety inst ructions 1 Read these instr uctions . 2 Keep these instr uctions . 3 Heed all warnin gs. 4 F ollo w all in stru ctions. 5 Do not us e this ap paratus near water . 6 Clean only with dr y cloth. 7 Do not block any ventilation openings. Install i n accordance wit h the manufac turer's instruc[...]

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    3 www.insig niaproduct s.com Powe r s o ur ce Opera te yo ur T V only fr om the type of po wer source indica ted on th e marking label . If yo u are n ot sure of the type of powe r suppl ied to your ho me, consult an electric ian or you r local pow er comp any . Cau t io n s Damage r equiring servic e Unplug th is T V fro m the pow er outlet and re[...]

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    4 www.insig niaproduct s.com Introd uc ti on Congratulations on your purchase of a high- qualit y Insignia pr oduct. Y our NS-P42Q-10A, NS-P501Q-10A, o r NS-P502Q-10A r epre sents the state of the art in plasma T V design an d is designed for reliable and tr ouble-free performance . Inst alling th e stan d or w all-m oun t br ac k et Instal ling t [...]

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    5 www.insig niaproduct s.com 3 Tie the anti -fall devic e co rd to t he wall or cabinet sc rew . Instal ling a wa ll-moun t br acke t T o install a wall-m ount br acket: 1 If the stand is installed , remov e the stand . 2 F or an Insign ia wall- mount kit, attac h the wall-mo unt brack et to the ba ck of you r T V u sing four M8 scre ws (included).[...]

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    6 www.insig niaproduct s.com Cleani ng cloth The cl eaning cl oth is for cl eaning the TV screen only. Do not use th e clea ning cl oth to clea n any other p ar t of y our T V . Fron t Anti-fall device wi th screw M8 wall-mount screws (4) Screw-h olde r rings ( 4) Cleaning cloth User Guide and Quic k Se tup Guide Accessories # Item De scription Spe[...]

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    7 www.insig niaproduct s.com Back Remote c ontrol # Jack Description Po wer in Connect the power cord to this jack . SERVICE Used for ser vice on ly . AUD IO OU T R- AU DIO-L Connect an analog audio am plifier to these ja cks. Fo r mor e inform ation, see “C onnecti ng an an alog audio amplifier” on page 13. EX-LINK Used for ser vice only . DVI[...]

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    8 www.insig niaproduct s.com U si ng th e remote control Instal ling re mote c ontr ol batt eries T o install r emote contr ol batteries: 1 Pr ess the ba ttery cove r latch in, then lift the cover . 2 Insert two AAA batte ries into th e battery comp ar tmen t. Make su re that you m atch the + and – symbols on t he batt erie s with the + and – s[...]

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    9 www.insig niaproduct s.com Aiming the remote c ontr ol T o aim the remot e contr ol: • P oint the rem ote c ontro l towar ds the remote sensor on the fr ont of your TV . Pr ogramming a univ ersal remote c ontrol to wo rk w i t h yo u r T V Y ou can operate your Insignia T V with a new or exist ing u nivers al remote control. T o progr am a univ[...]

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    10 www.insig niaproduct s.com C onnecting an outdoor an tenna Connecting a coaxial antenna T o connect a coaxial antenna: 1 T urn o ff your TV and all co nnected equipm ent. 2 Connect the antenna cable to the AN T IN jac k on the b ack of y our TV . Connecting a twin-lead antenna T o connect a twin-le ad antenna: 1 T urn o ff your TV and all co nne[...]

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    11 www.insig niaproduct s.com 3 Connect this cable to a two -way splitte r . 4 Con nect the f irst c oaxial cable be tween th e OUTP UT ja ck on the s plitt er and the INPUT jack on the cab le T V box. 5 Con nect the sec ond coa xial ca ble betw een the ANT OUT jack on the cab le box and th e B–IN jack on the RF ( A/B) swit ch. 6 Connect the thir[...]

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    12 www.insig niaproduct s.com C onnecting a camcorder or ga me console T o connect a camcor der or game con sole: 1 T urn o ff your TV and all co nnected equipm ent. 2 Con nect an video cable (n ot include d) between the A V IN 1 ( Y/VIDEO ) jack on the back of y our TV a nd t h e AV V I D E O O U T jac k on the camcorder . 3 Connect an audio cabl [...]

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    13 www.insig niaproduct s.com C onnecting a com ponent video de vice T o co nnec t a com ponent video de vice: 1 T urn o ff your TV and all co nnected equipm ent. 2 Con nect a comp onent vi deo cable (not incl uded) between th e CO M P O N E N T I N 1 or CO M P O N E N T I N 2 jacks on the back of y our T V and the C OMPONENT VIDE O OUT jac k on th[...]

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    14 www.insig niaproduct s.com Tu r n i n g o n y o u r T V f o r t h e first time The first tim e yo u turn on y our T V , the Plug & Play wizar d opens. The P lug & P lay wizar d guides you through set ting up basic settings including the menu l anguage, TV signal so urc e, the channel list, and time. T o set up y our TV: 1 Make sure that [...]

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    15 www.insig niaproduct s.com Y our T V star ts searching for chan nels available in your viewi ng area. The chan nel informat ion is stor ed in th e channel li st. Scramb led channels are n ot stor ed in the li st. When the se arch is comple te, the Set th e C loc k Mode screen appears. 9 Pr ess ENTE R , then press or to high light Aut o (to auto [...]

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    16 www.insig niaproduct s.com Un derstand ing the ba sics T urnin g your T V on or off T o turn y our TV on and off : 1 Make sure that the power cord is con nec ted to your T V and a surge prot ector or power outlet. If you ar e using a surge pr otector , make sure that it i s tu rne d on. 2 Pr ess (pow er) to tur n on your TV . 3 Pr ess (pow er) a[...]

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    17 www.insig niaproduct s.com On-screen menu ov erview Pic t ur e m e nu Sound menu Channel menu Setup menu Input menu Navigating the me nus T o na vigate the on -screen menus: 1 Pr ess MENU to open th e on-scr een menu . 2 Pr ess or to highligh t a menu , then press ENTE R to access the menu . Y ou can select Pict ure , Sou nd , Channel , Setup , [...]

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    18 www.insig niaproduct s.com Selecting a channel T o select a channel: • Pr ess CH or CH to go to th e next higher or lower cha nne l in th e chan nel list. • Press the numb er bu ttons to direct ly sel ec t a channel. F or example, if you want to view channel 27, press 2 , t hen press 7 . Y our T V goes to the channe l in a few seconds. If yo[...]

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    19 www.insig niaproduct s.com 4 Pr ess or , or to adjust the setting , then press ENTER to confir m. 5 Pr ess EXIT to clos e the menu. Ad justing adv anced pi c ture sett ings T o adjust advanc ed picture settings: 1 On the Picture menu, press o r to hi ghlight Pic t ur e O p ti on s . 2 Pr ess ENTE R to access the Picture Optio ns menu. 3 Press or[...]

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    20 www.insig niaproduct s.com • Fil m M o d e —Automatically senses and processes film si gnals from all sourc es and adjusts the picture for optimum qualit y . Y ou can selec t Off or Auto . • Screen Burn Pr otection —Helps protects t he scr een from “burn-in. ” When a screen image remains in one po sitio n for too lon g, the image m a[...]

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    21 www.insig niaproduct s.com Adjusting the computer image T o adjust the c omputer image: 1 Right- click a blank spa ce on the Wi ndows desktop . The Display P roperties dialog bo x opens . 2 Click t he Setti ng s tab . 3 Drag the screen resoluti on slider to the c orrect resoluti on. The best resol ution is: • NS-P 42Q-10 A —1024 x 768 • NS[...]

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    22 www.insig niaproduct s.com Ad j u s t i n g t h e s o u n d Adjusting th e sound T o adjust the sound: 1 Pr ess MENU . The on-s creen men u opens . 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Sound , then press ENTE R to access the Sound menu . 3 Press or to highli ght an optio n, then pre ss ENTE R to acces s the op tion . Yo u c a n s e l e c t : • Mode —S[...]

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    23 www.insig niaproduct s.com Changing channel sett ings Aut omatically searching for channels T o automa tically searc h for channels: 1 Pr ess MENU . The on-s creen men u opens . 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Chan nel , then press ENTE R to access the Channe l menu . Ant enna is high lighted . 3 Pr ess ENTE R to access the Antenna option , pre ss or[...]

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    24 www.insig niaproduct s.com 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Clear Scr ambled Chan nel , then press ENT ER . Y our T V remo ves scrambled channe ls from the channe l list. This process may take 20 to 30 minutes. The status of the process is sho wn on the screen. 4 Pr ess RETU RN to retu rn to the previo us m enu or EXIT to cl ose th e menu. Opening th [...]

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    25 www.insig niaproduct s.com Reser ving p rograms Y ou can reserve (sc hedule) a prog ram that yo u want to watch . When t he program t ime ar rives, your T V switch es to the channel tha t is broadca sting the program. T o reserve a pr ogram: 1 Pr ess CH.L IST . The channel l ist opens . 2 Pr ess or to highligh t a th e channel y ou want reserve,[...]

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    26 www.insig niaproduct s.com Hiding channel s T o hide channel s: 1 Pr ess CH.L IST . The channel l ist opens with All high lighted . 2 Pr ess o r to highlight the cha nnel you want to hi de (delete from the c hannel li st), then pr ess ENTE R . 3 Pr ess OPTI ONS to access the l ist of options. Delete is highli ghte d. 4 Pr ess ENTE R . The channe[...]

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    27 www.insig niaproduct s.com Viewing a favorite chann el T o v iew a favor ite ch an ne l: 1 Pr ess FAV. C H . The Fa v o r i t e L i s t opens. 2 Pr ess o r to highlight the cha nnel you want to watch, the n press ENTER . Y our T V tunes to the cha nne l you se lec ted. Check ing the DT V sig nal streng th T o check the D T V signal strength: 1 P[...]

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    28 www.insig niaproduct s.com Settin g pare nt al c ontr ols Setting or cha nging the passw ord T o set up a passwor d: 1 Pr ess MENU . The on-s creen men u opens . 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Setup , then press ENTE R to access the Setup menu . 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t V-C h i p , then press ENTE R to access the V- C h i p p asswor d screen opens[...]

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    29 www.insig niaproduct s.com 5 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t V-C h i p Lo c k , th en press ENTER . 6 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t On or Off , then press ENTE R . T emporaril y unblocking a channel T o temporarily unblock a channel: • When you tune to a channel or program that is blocked and the fo llowing screen appears , Press the num ber bu ttons to e[...]

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    30 www.insig niaproduct s.com 7 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t TV Parental Guidelines , then press ENTER to ac cess th e T V Parental Guidelines screen. 8 Pr ess or , or to highlight a rating, then press ENTER . The r ating y ou select ed and all higher rati ngs are blocked. 9 Pr ess RETU RN to retu rn to the previo us m enu or EXIT to cl ose th e menu. [...]

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    31 www.insig niaproduct s.com Sett ing Cana dian T V rati ng levels T o set Canadian TV ra tings levels: 1 Pr ess MENU . The on-s creen men u opens . 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Setup , then press ENTE R to access the Setup menu . 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t V- C hi p , then pr ess ENTE R to a ccess the V- C h i p menu . 4 Press the numb er butto ns [...]

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    32 www.insig niaproduct s.com 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Setup , then press ENTE R to access the Setup menu . 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t V-C h i p , then press ENTE R to access the V- C h i p menu. 4 Press the numb er butto ns to ente r the password, then press ENTER . The default password is 0000 . 5 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t V-C h i p Lo c k , th [...]

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    33 www.insig niaproduct s.com U sing closed ca ptionin g V iewing closed caption ing T o view clo sed captions: • Pr ess CC D to turn clo sed capt ioning On or Off . Sel ect ing th e close d cap tioni ng mo de T o select the closed captioning mode: 1 Pr ess MENU . The on-s creen men u opens . 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Setup , then press ENTE R t[...]

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    34 www.insig niaproduct s.com 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Setup , then press ENTE R to access the Setup menu . 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Cap t io n , then press ENTE R to access the Cap ti on menu . 4 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Digital C aption Options , then pr ess ENTER . The Digi tal Caption menu op ens. 5 Pr ess or to h ighlight a style, then pre[...]

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    35 www.insig niaproduct s.com 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Ti m e , then p ress ENTE R . The Time menu opens . 4 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Clock , then press ENTE R . The Clock menu opens with Clo ck Mode high lighte d. 5 Pr ess ENTE R , press or to highlig ht Manual , then press ENTER . Y ou can o nly set the time if Clock M ode is set to Manual . 6 [...]

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    36 www.insig niaproduct s.com T ur ning Daylight S aving Time on or off T o turn Da ylight Saving T ime on or off : 1 Pr ess MENU . The on-s creen men u opens . 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Setup , then press ENTE R to access the Setup menu . 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Ti m e , then p ress ENTE R . The Time menu opens . 4 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Clo[...]

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    37 www.insig niaproduct s.com 2 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Setup , then press ENTE R to access the Setup menu . 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Ti m e , then p ress ENTE R . The Time menu opens . 4 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Ti m e r 1 , Ti m er 2 , or Tim e r 3 , then press EN TER to access th e Timer scr een. The cursor is on the first time fi eld under O[...]

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    38 www.insig niaproduct s.com 3 Pr ess or to hi ghligh t Languag e , then press ENTE R to acces s the op tion . 4 Pr ess or to highlight a language , then pr ess ENTE R to confi rm. Y ou can selec t Engli sh , Fre n ch , or Spanish . 5 Pr ess RETU RN to retu rn to the previo us m enu or EXIT to cl ose th e menu. Labeling an input sour ce T o change[...]

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    39 www.insig niaproduct s.com Upgrading T V s of tware If upgrades be come availabl e for your TV , y ou can use a USB flash drive to upgrade yo ur T V ’ s so f tware. T o upgrade TV soft war e: 1 Download the so ftwa re upgrade and copy it to a USB flash drive . 2 Wr ite down a ll the setti ngs you ha ve cha nged in the o n-sc reen me nus. D uri[...]

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    40 www.insig niaproduct s.com Main ta ining • Do not use y our T V in ar eas that ar e too hot or too cold, because the cabinet may warp or the scree n may malfunc tion. Y our T V works best in temperatu res tha t are comfor t able to yo u. • Do not place your T V in direct sunlig ht or near a heat source. Cleani ng the T V cabinet Clean the ca[...]

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    41 www.insig niaproduct s.com Specifica tions Design and specific ations are subject to change without notice. Screen s ize (diagonal) • NS-P42Q-10A : 42.3 (107.44 cm) inches measured diagonally • NS-P501Q-10A : 49.9 inches (126. 75 cm) measured diagonally • NS-P502Q-10A : 49.9 inches (126. 75 cm) measured diagonally Sou nd o utpu t 10 W × 2[...]

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    42 www.insig niaproduct s.com C omputer displ a y modes HDMI/DVI input (NS-P42Q -10A/NS-P501Q -10A) Note When us ing an HDMI/ DVI cab le c onnectio n, you must us e the HDMI IN 2 (DVI ) jack. Mode Resolution Hor izon tal freq uenc y (kHz ) Ve r t i c a l freq uenc y (Hz) Pixel clo ck frequency (MHz) Sync polarity (H/V ) NS-P42 Q-10A NS-P50 1Q-10A I[...]

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    43 www.insig niaproduct s.com HDMI/DVI input (NS-P502Q -10A) Mode Resolution Hor izon tal freq uenc y (kHz ) Ve r t i c a l freq uenc y (Hz) Pixel clo ck frequency (MHz) Sync polarity (H/V ) NS-P50 2Q-10A IBM 640 × 350 720 × 400 31.469 31.469 70.086 70.087 25.175 28.322 + / – – / + Y Y MAC 640 × 480 832 × 624 1152 × 8 70 35.000 49.726 68.6[...]

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    44 www.insig niaproduct s.com Leg a l n o t i ce s FCC C la s s A No ti c e This device complies with par t 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subjec t to the follow ing two condit ions: 1.This device m ay not caus e harmfu l inter ference, and 2.This device must a ccept any interfer ence receiv ed, incl uding interference that may cause undesired o[...]

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    45 www.insig niaproduct s.com T wo -y ear limited warr anty Insignia Products (“In signia ”) warrants to you, the origina l purchaser of this new NS-P42Q-10A , NS-P501Q -10A , or NS-P502Q-10A (“Product”), that the Product s hall be free of defects in the original ma nufacture of the materi al or workman ship f or a period of two ( 2) year s[...]

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    TM ww w .insigniapr oducts.co m (877) 467-4289 Distr ibut ed b y Best Buy Pur chas ing , LL C 7601 P enn A venue South, Richfield, MN USA 55423-3645 © 2009 Best Bu y Enterprise Ser vices , Inc. All righ ts re ser ved . INSIGNIA is a tra demark of Best Buy En terprise Ser vices , Inc. Register ed in som e countr ies. All other pr oducts and brand n[...]