Loewe 32 HD/DR+ manual

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    1 233–31310.021 Operating Instructions. ■ Articos 32 HD/DR+ TV . BAQ2550H_31310_021_4_GB 22.07.2004, 10:15 Uhr 1[...]

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    2 Daily handling 10 – 11 Switching on/off 10 Changing channels 10 General menu operation 11 Adjusting the sound 11 Adjusting the picture 11 Operation on the set 11 Modes of operation 12 – 16 TV mode 12 Picture in picture 13 EPG mode 14 –15 T eletext mode 16 LOEWE Dialog 17 Operating additional equipment 18 – 22 V ideo mode 18 Logging in and[...]

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    3 3 Remote contr ol – TV functions abc def RADIO -Set TV DVD STB VCR REC-MENU ghi jkl mno pqrs tuv wxyz EPG AV DISC-M CARD SV TITLE C-SET PIP P+ OK P— V— V+ -List Sound off/on (mute) Control LED for programming the remote control Switch on/off – in standby yellow k ey: last station ✳ Digital Recorder: bookmark forward/fast forward Digital[...]

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    4 Contr ol panel LR AV-S V IN AUDIO Headphones sock et To display menu Video input A VS (Y/C, CVBS) Audio input (white=left, red= right) Standby indicator Operating indicator On/Off k ey Video input A VS (CVBS) Press here to open and close the control panel Channel up/down /in a menu: adjust + — BAQ2550H_31310_021_4_GB 22.07.2004, 10:15 Uhr 4[...]

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    5 Rear connections AV2/RGB AV3 AV1 SAT IN OUT RC5/RC6 VHF/UHF R SUR DIG OUT DIG IN AUDIO IN SERVICE AUDIO OUT VHF/UHF R IR 1 L 2 SUBWOOFER STAND VGA SUB L C CTRL Audio output sock ets External audio input ✳ VGA-input and output for remote control signal (RC5/RC6) ✳ in T win-Sat: antenna sock et of the 1st satellite tuner Antenna sock et of the [...]

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    6 W elcome Thank you, for choosing a Loewe product. We are very happy to have you as a customer . Loewe combines high quality in technology , design and user friendliness . T his applies equally for TV , video and accessories . Neither the technology nor the design are an end in themselves but serve to give our cus- tomers pure watching and listeni[...]

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    7 10 cm 5 cm 5 cm F or your own safety F or your own safety and in or der to avoid unnecessarily damaging your TV set, please r ead and observe the following safety instructions: •T his TV set is designed exclusively for re- ceiving and reproducing audio and visual (A V) signals. • It is designed for the home or office and may not be used in ro[...]

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    8 F or your own safety •Y ou should never attempt to remove the rear panel of the TV yourself . T he set oper - ates with high voltages which could be fatal. Leave repairs and servicing of your TV set to authorized TV technicians . • Due to the picture tube , TV sets have their center of gravity fairly near to the front. T he TV set therefore h[...]

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    9 + + Initial installation Remote contr ol Batteries To insert or change the batteries , press the point mark ed by an embossed arrow . Push the cover of the battery compartment down and remove it. Insert the batteries of the alkaline manganese type LR 03 (AAA) with the correct polarity (+/–). T hen push the cover back on. If the batteries are al[...]

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    10 Daily handling Switching on/off Y our TV set is equipped with an eco-standby power supply unit. T he power consumption drops to low power in standby mode . If you w ant to save even more energy , switch the set off with the On/Off switch. However , please note that EPG data are then lost and timer recordings programmed on the Digital Recorder se[...]

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    11 Daily handling Adjusting the sound Set the volume Set the volume with ”others ... ” you can select and ... ... set other sound settings. Mute Sound off; Sound on: press button again or adjust volume Other sound settings: Call sound menu, or call TV menu using MENU … Mark ”Sound” and call with OK Mark sound function Set/select Sound set[...]

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    12 TV mode In initial installation and daily operation, the TV set is in TV mode . T his is also the case when none of the other modes of operation such as Digital Recorder , EPG , T eletext, PIP , Video or Radio is selected. Every one of these modes of operation has a menu which you can call with the MENU -button and with some color button assignm[...]

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    13 Station scan T he frame around the PIP picture must be green. If it is not, press the green button. Start the station scan with the blue button. T he PIP frame turns blue . T he programs now change automatically . Stop the program scan with the blue button. T he PIP frame turns green again. Changing PIP picture/TV picture T he frame around the P[...]

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    14 Modes of oper ation accordingly . With the  buttons , you mark a station you want to w atch (a program currently running), memorize or record. T he frame turns blue when you press the blue button. T he blue frame signifies station selec- tion . Use the arrow buttons  to choose be- tween your favorite stations , all stations or the st[...]

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    15 If , for example , you do not receive any EPG providers (analog TV) and no DVB is installed in the TV set, you should switch off the data acqui- sition. P erforming data acquisition T he data must be collected first after these settings or every time the TV is switched off . T o do this , select the program which you have defined as a provider a[...]

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    16 Modes of oper ation More functions for page selection Displaying teletext pages Stop self-turning pages (HOLD) zoom: top half – bottom half – normal size TV picture on/off (Split text) Mark a specified page number on the page (P age Catching) T eletext mode T eletext transmits information such as News , W eather , Sport, Program Previews and[...]

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    17 LOEWE Dialog T he TV has simplified operation for the most important functions , the LOEWE Dialog. A few k ey clicks give you the information you w ant. Y ou should have already made a few settings before using the LOEWE Dialog to provide selection possibilities . Y ou should have made the EPG settings de- scribed on page 15 and run the EPG data[...]

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    18 Oper ation of additional equipment P ause (P A USE) Next chapter (only for DVD) Previous chapter (only for DVD) Record P erform selected function When you start a recording, the program you have just selected is recorded. Y ou cannot switch over to another channel, it is locked. Y ou can only switch over when the recording has finished. Exceptio[...]

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    19 Oper ating additional equipment Search for and store the VCR station (if there is no Euro A V cable) Switch on the test station on the VCR or insert a recorded tape and start playback. T hen call program 0 on the TV set (set ex-factory to channel 36). Select the first menu item (VCR) in the A V selection list. To prevent ”normal” TV stations[...]

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    20 Oper ating additional equipment Calling an A V program in the A V selection list Call A V selection list Select A V sock et or VIDEO for VCR station. Now you will see the playback from the con- nected A V unit. Calling an A V in the station table Call the station table In the numeric sorting you will always find the A V sock ets at the top of th[...]

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    21 Oper ating additional equipment Operating other Loewe equipment with the RC3 remote control Y ou can operate v arious Loewe equipment with this remote control. Further information can be found on the next page . Select VCR, DVD or a Set T op Box with the switch. Default options are Loewe video recorders , Loewe DVD recorders and the d-box common[...]

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    22 Oper ating additional equipment Switching over the remote control for operating a D VD recorder/player T urn the rotary switch to ”DVD”. At the factory the infrared code and the func- tionality is preset for the Loewe DVD recorder , see previous page for how to switch over to the DVD player . Functions for the Loewe DVD player abc def RADIO [...]

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    23 What to do when... Problem V arious menu items cannot be called (shown in gray) or the menus for the EPG and teletext modes of operation cannot be called Record and T imer are not displayed in the video menu ”Connections” for example cannot be called in the video menu (grayed out) T he ”Stations” item in the TV menu and the ”Autom. cha[...]

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    24 Problem Connection of a decoder does not work or does not work properly No sound through the TV loudspeak ers All menus appear in the wrong language Digital Link Plus does not work V arious characters are displayed incorrectly in teletext P ossible cause a) T he signal is not decoded because the correct decoder programs have not been selected in[...]

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    25 T echnical data Electrical data Chassis name Media Plus (Q2550H) Image refresh frequency P AL /SECAM 100 Hz P AL 60/NTSC 60 Hz proscan Full Digital 100 AMD/DMI/DMM/DNC P ower supply 220V up to 240V/50–60Hz P ower consumption in operation approx.170 W att Standby <2 W att Sat-Record-Mode <60 W att Ambient temperature 5º – 40º Celsius [...]

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    26 Accessories available Motor Unit A table turning foot for your Articos which can be rotated by ± 40º. T urning is implemented with the remote control. Cube Systems 1 and 2 Rack systems with four video screens and integrated Motor Unit. Each rack has a cable for an IR Link. Loewe audio systems and active loudspeaker systems A combination of a L[...]

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    27 Printed in Germany 4/08.04/5,0 Subject to modification. Germany Loewe Opta GmbH K undendienst Zentrale Indurstriestraße 11 D–96317 Kronach T el. 09261–990 F ax 09261–95411 Great Britain LinnSight Ltd. PO Box 8465 Prestwick UK – KA 7 2YF Tel. 01292–47 15 52 Fax 01292–47 15 54 Greece SOUND HELLAS S.A. Kleanthous Str. 10 GR–54642 The[...]

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    28 Loewe DVD-Player 0539 DVD-Recorder 0741 STB 1127 VCR 0866 DVD 3DLAB 0539 A-T rend 0714 Acoustic Solutions 0730 AEG 0788 0770 Aiwa 0641 0695 Akai 0790 0788 0690 0716 0713 0705 AKI 0718 Akira 0699 Alba 0717 0699 0713 0723 0695 All-T el 0790 Amitech 0770 Amstrad 0713 Apex Digital 0672 Audiosonic 0690 AWA 0730 Black Diamond 0713 Blaupunkt 0717 Blue [...]

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    29 Microboss 0718 Micromaxx 0695 Micromedia 0503 0539 Micromega 0539 Microsoft 0522 Microstar 0831 Minax 0713 Minoka 0770 Mitsubishi 0713 Mizuda 0818 Monyka 0665 Mustek 0730 Mx Onda 0651 0723 NAD 0741 Naik o 0770 Neufunk 0665 Nordmende 0831 Omni 0690 0699 Onkyo 0627 0503 Optimus 0571 Orava 0818 Orion 0695 Oritron 0651 P&B 0818 P acific 0768 079[...]

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    30 VCR Adyson 0072 Aiwa 0307 0000 0209 0348 0352 0037 0041 Akai 0106 0315 0041 0352 0240 Akashi 0072 Akiba 0072 Akura 0072 0041 Alba 0278 0072 0209 0352 0000 0315 0348 0081 Allorgan 0240 Allstar 0081 Amstrad 0000 0278 0072 Anitech 0072 Ansonic 0000 Aristona 0081 ASA 0037 0081 Asuka 0072 0037 0081 0000 0038 Audiosonic 0278 AV P 0352 0000 AWA 0037 02[...]

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    31 Magnavox 0081 Manesth 0072 0045 0081 0209 Marantz 0081 0038 0209 Mark 0278 Matsui 0209 0348 0037 0240 0352 0000 Mediator 0081 Medion 0209 0348 0352 Melectronic 0000 0037 0038 Memorex 0104 0000 0037 0048 0047 Memphis 0072 Metz 1562 0347 0081 0226 0037 Micormay 0348 Micromaxx 0209 Migros 0000 Mitsubishi 0043 0067 0081 Multitec 0037 Multitech 0000 [...]

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    32 T redex 0278 Uher 0037 0240 Ultravox 0278 Unitech 0240 United Quick Star 0278 Universum 0000 0081 0240 0037 0106 0348 0209 0104 Vi ctor 0067 W atson 0081 0352 0278 0642 W eltblick 0037 Y amaha 0041 Y amishi 0072 0278 Y okan 0072 Yo ko 0037 0072 0240 ZX 0209 SA T (STB) @sat 1300 ABsat 0668 0123 1323 0710 ADB 0642 Adcom 0200 AGS 0668 0710 Akai 020[...]

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    33 Goodmans 1284 0455 Gradiente 0887 Granada 0455 Grandin 0084 Grundig 0173 0847 1150 1291 1435 0571 0750 0879 0885 0853 0501 1297 1330 Hanseatic 0605 1099 1100 Hänsel & Gretel 0132 0607 Hauppauge 1294 HDT 1011 Heliocom 0607 Helium 0607 Hirschmann 0396 0882 1113 1111 0173 0573 1085 0299 0501 0710 0607 0668 Hitachi 0455 HNE 0742 0132 Houston 06[...]

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    34 Samsung 0863 1243 1343 0853 1206 1017 1293 1292 SA T 0501 Sat Control 1300 Sat P artner 0501 Sat T eam 0713 Satcom 0605 0607 Satec 0713 0834 Satline 0628 Satstation 1083 Schneider 0710 0668 0157 1206 Schwaiger 0605 0157 0607 0885 1111 0132 1075 SCS 0115 0299 Seemann 0396 SEG 0605 0742 0114 1087 Seleco 0871 Septimo 1205 0885 Siemens 0173 Skantin [...]