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    TX-26LX1M TX-32LX1M TX-26LX1A TX-32LX1A TX-26LX1X TX-32LX1X Operating Instructions Wide LCD TV Model No. Please read these instructions before operating your set and retain them for future reference. English TQBC0815-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 TV VCR DVD MENU REC TV/AV N R-TUNE OK ASPECT SURROUND MULTI PIP F.P. I NDEX TV/TEXT HOLD CH SEARCH STILL The il[...]

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    2 W arnings and Precautions ........................................ 3 Accessories ............................................................... 5 Fitting remote control batteries ................................. 5 Cable cover removal and fitting ................................ 6 How to open the front cover .....................................[...]

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    3 • This TV set is designed to operate on AC 100-127 / 200-240 V , 50 / 60 Hz. • T o prevent damage which might result in electric shock or fire, do not expose this TV set to rain or excessive moisture. This TV must not be exposed to dripping or splashing water , and objects filled with liquid, such as vases, must not be placed on top of or abo[...]

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    4 W arnings and Precautions • The On / Of f switch on this model does not fully disconnect the TV from the mains supply . Remove the mains plug from the wall socket before connecting or disconnecting any leads, or if the TV set is not used for a prolonged period of time. Note: If the set is not switched off when the TV station stops transmitting,[...]

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    5 + + - - Fitting remote control batteries Pull and hold the hook, then open the battery cover . Insert batteries - note correct polarity ( + and - ). “R6 (AA)” size Replace the cover . 1 2 3 Check that you have the accessories and items shown Accessories Operating Instruction book Remote Control Transmitter (N2QAJB0001 14) Batteries for the Re[...]

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    6 1 1 2 1 2 Cable cover removal and fitting Removal Fitting 1. Insert the claws (at 4 points) at the bottom end. 2. Push until it clicks. How to open the front cover Adjust the stand to your desired angle. The stand angle can be adjusted between 40 ° right-and-left direction. How to use the LCD stand Note: To avoid interference appearing on the sc[...]

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    7 ANT INPUT ANT OUTPUT Notes: • Additional equipment, cables and adapter plugs shown are not supplied with this TV set. •T o obtain optimum quality picture and sound, an Aerial, the correct cable (75 Ω coaxial) and the correct terminating plug are required. • If a communal Aerial system is used, you may require the correct connection cable [...]

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    8 VIDEO OUT S-VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT R L S-VIDEO 4 pin terminal Luminance earth Luminance in Chrominance in Chrominance earth S-VIDEO VIDEO L/MONO - R AUDIO A V3 IN Audio / video connections It is possible to connect a variety of additional equipment to this TV . The following pages detail how to connect external equipment to the front and rear of the[...]

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    9 MONO MONITOR OUT AV 1 IN AV 2 IN AV 4 I N COMPONENT S-VIDEO MONO VIDEO Y P B /C B P R /C R MONO MONO L R AUDIO MONITOR OUT AV 1 IN AV 2 IN A V4 IN COMPONENT S-VIDEO MONO VIDEO Y P B /C B P R /C R MONO MONO L R AUDIO MONITOR OUT AV 1 IN AV 2 IN AV4 IN COMPONENT S-VIDEO MONO VIDEO Y P B /C B P R /C R MONO MONO L R AUDIO AV1 / 2 IN MONITOR OUT AUDIO[...]

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    10 Y MONO MONITOR OUT AV 1 IN AV 2 IN A V4 IN COMPONENT S-VIDEO MONO VIDEO Y P B /C B P R /C R MONO MONO L R AUDIO P B /C B P R /C R AV4 IN VIDEO OUT AUDIO OUT Y, P B , P R , OUT P R P B Y L R COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Power On / Off Connect the mains plug to the wall socket. Press the switch on the TV set to turn the set on. To switch the TV set to Stan[...]

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    11 S-VIDEO VIDEO L/MONO - R AUDIO AV3 I N 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 TV VCR DVD MENU REC TV/A V N R-TUNE OK ASPECT SURROUND MUL TI PIP F. P. INDEX TV/TEXT HOLD CH SEARCH STILL Basic controls: front panel and remote control On / Off switch STR (Normalization store) Used to store tuning and other function settings. F (Function select) Displays the On Screen[...]

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    12 RETURN EXIT CHANGE SELECT MENU VOLUME BASS TREBLE BALANCE HEADPHONE VOL. SURROUND SOUND OFF MUSIC OK MENU 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 0 TV OK 5 TV/A V Using the On Screen Displays Many features available on this TV can be accessed via the On Screen Display menu system. Use the remote control as shown below to access and adjust features as desired. The MENU [...]

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    13 Not available for TX-26LX1A, TX-32LX1A. Select the most easily viewed channel selection method. See page 14. POSITION DIRECT Select the system. CHINA HK/UK ASIA/M.EAST NZ/INDONES AUSTRALIA JAPAN CATV AMERICA S P E C L V ER E.EUROPE CHINA HK/UK ASIA/M.EAST NZ/INDONES AUSTRALIA E . EUROPE SPECL VER AMERICA CATV JAPAN China Hong Kong, United Kingdo[...]

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    14 T uning Example Programme Number Channel Display Received Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Example Programme Number Channel Display Received Channel 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 20 – 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 10 20 – 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 10 20 14ch 16ch 18ch 20ch 12ch 10ch 8ch 6ch 4ch 2ch Select the m[...]

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    15 T uning AUTO TUNE automatically retunes your TV . This feature is useful if, e.g., you move house and wish to retune your TV to receive the local stations. Press the MENU button. Move to choose SETUP . Access SETUP . Move to choose TUNING MENU . Access TUNING MENU . Move to choose AUTO TUNE . Access AUTO TUNE . Notes: • If you proceed with the[...]

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    16 T uning Press the MENU button. Move to choose SETUP . Access SETUP . Move to choose TUNING MENU . Access TUNING MENU . Move to choose MANUAL TUNE . Access MANUAL TUNE . Select the programme position to be tuned. Press repeatedly until required station is found. When the desired station is found, press the OK button to store. The programme positi[...]

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    17 SYS SELECT CH DISPLAY CHINA HK/UK ASIA/M.EAST NZ/INDONES AUSTRALIA E.EUROPE SPECL VER AMERICA CATV JAPAN RECEIVE CHANNEL 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 – 1 2 12 13 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 2 11 12 – – – – – – – – 1 2 11 – – – – – – – – – 0 1 2 3 4[...]

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    18 MENU 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 0 TV OK 5 MAIN MENU PICTURE SETUP SOUND LANGUAGE PICTURE Press the MENU button. Move to choose PICTURE . Access PICTURE . Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. Press the TV/A V button at any time to go back to watching TV . MENU NTSC-TINT (TINT) C.TEMP AI D.PNR MPEG NR BACKLIGHT , CONTRAST ,[...]

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    19 MENU OK MAIN MENU PICTURE SETUP SOUND LANGUAGE SOUND Press the MENU button. Move to choose SOUND . Access SOUND . Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. Press the TV/A V button at any time to go back to watching TV . Pressing the OK button after having adjusted some features will store the setting as the default [...]

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    20 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 0 OK 5 MAIN MENU PICTURE SETUP SOUND LANGUAGE AV mode OFF TIMER CH COLOUR SET CHILD LOCK BLUE BACK VCR/GAME COLOUR SYS SETUP AUTO OFF ON OFF OFF TELETEXT FASTEXT 3D-COMB SETUP COLOUR MA TRIX SD TEXT SELECT ENGLISH ON MENU SETUP Press the MENU button. Move to choose SETUP . Access SETUP . Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen [...]

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    21 ASPECT 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 0 OK 5 Aspect Controls The Widescreen TV will allow you to enjoy viewing the picture at its optimum size and aspect, including widescreen cinema format pictures. Press the ASPECT button repeatedly to move through the aspect options: AUTO 16 : 9 ZOOM3 ZOOM2 ZOOM1 JUST 4 : 3 OR Press the ASPECT button. Whilst the on screen s[...]

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    22 Still Channel search Press the CH SEARCH button to show freeze-frames of the programmes being broadcast on all of the stored channels. These images are displayed in series, starting from the top left. The feature cycles through the stored channels until the CH SEARCH button is pressed to exit the feature. Press the Red button to select each chan[...]

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    23 MUL TI PIP 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 0 TV OK 5 AV 1 CHANGE PA P PIP 2 sub window main window A B CHANGE POP P AP 2 2 AV 1 AV 1 CHANGE POP P AP AV 1 CHANGE PIP POP 2 Multi window Press the MUL TI PIP button. Whilst the on screen selector keys are displayed, use the Red or Green buttons to move between the PIP (picture in picture) feature, POP (picture out [...]

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    24 Photo V iew mode Still image data (JPEG) made with a digital camera or digital video camera can be played back using an SD Card / PC Card. Displayable Image Formats: Baseline JPEG 64 × 64 – 8,192 × 8,192 pixels (sub-sampling 4:2:2 or 4:2:0) Displayable number of folders: Max 100 Notes: • Some parts of an image may not be displayed or the i[...]

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    25 MENU SINGLE SELECT EXIT PHOTO VIEW MODE Access 0001 / 0013 Filename : 102-0001 D ate : 30 / 03 / 2002 P ixel : 1600 X 1200 OK PC CARD EJECT PUSH-EJECT S D CARD PC CARD EJE C T P USH-EJECT S D CARD PUSH-EJECT SD CARD PC CARD EJECT P USH-EJE CT S D CARD PC CARD EJECT PC CARD EJE CT Insertion SD Card PC Card Removal Insertion Removal T erminal face[...]

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    26 During Photo View mode Press the MENU button. Move to choose CARD SETUP MENU . Access CARD SETUP MENU . Move to choose menu option. Adjust chosen option or access chosen menu. Press the TV/A V button at any time to exit CARD SETUP MENU. 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 0 OK 5 MAIN MENU PICTURE C ARD SETUP MEN U MAIN MENU PICTURE C ARD SETUP MEN U Photo V iew mod[...]

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    27 Images are displayed one after another as a slide show . To start Slide Show access CARD SETUP MENU . After setting INTERV AL , SEQUENCE and REPEA T , access SLIDE SHOW . When both SD Card and PC Card are inserted, move to choose CARD and select SD or PC before accessing SLIDE SHOW. See page 26. Press the OK button at any time to return to the S[...]

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    28 T eletext operation •T eletext features may vary depending on the Broadcasting Companies and is only available if the channel selected is transmitting T eletext. • Pressing the MENU button whilst in T eletext operation will display the backlight function with a white bar and the contrast function with a cyan bar , press to alter the setting [...]

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    29 Favourite Page (F .P .) Stores a favourite page in memory for instant recall. T o store such a page, the TV must be in List mode, and the programme position must be from 1 - 25. Press the Blue button, select the page number , then press and hold the OK button. The page number is now stored. Press F. P. to recall this page. Update Display Press t[...]

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    30 • If the top of the page indicates that sub pages are being transmitted but the page displayed never changes, then the ‘sub page number ’ is there to show the page contents have been updated, there are no sub pages. Alternatively , if you know which sub page you require, press the MENU button (to display special functions) followed by the [...]

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    31 VCR / DVD operation Button Function Standby VCR / DVD selection switch Play Stop Pause / Still Record VCR : Fast Forward / Cue DVD : Slow / Search VCR : Rewind / Review DVD : Slow / Search VCR : Programme Number up / down DVD : Skip VCR DVD REC The Remote Control is capable of operating some functions of selected VCR and DVD (Digital V ersatile [...]

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    32 VCR Panasonic/ National 10,11,12,13 Manufacturer Code DVD Panasonic 70, 71 Manufacturer Code VCR DVD Remote control setting Notes: • After setting, execute operation confirmation. If there is no operation, set a different code. • The respective VCR / DVD code is cancelled when battery has been exchanged. Please set it again. • Depending on[...]

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    33 Snowy Picture Multiple Image Interference Normal Picture No Picture No Colour Poor or Distorted Picture Normal Picture Noisy Sound Normal Sound Normal Sound Normal Sound Noisy Sound No Sound No Sound Weak or No Sound Weak or distorted sound T roubleshooting If there is a problem with your LCD TV please refer to the table below to determine the s[...]

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    34 Specifications Power Source Power Consumption LCD Screen Size Sound Speaker Audio Output Headphones Receiving Systems / Band name Receiving Channels Aerial - Rear Operating Conditions Connection T erminals A V1 / 2-Rear A V3-Front A V4-Rear MONITOR OUT Others Dimensions ( W × H × D ) Including TV Stand TV Set Only W eight Note: Design and Spec[...]

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    Customer ’ Record The model number and serial number of this product can be found on its rear panel. Y ou should note this serial number in the space provided below and retain this book, plus your purchase receipt, as a permanent record of your purchase to aid in identification in the event of theft or loss, and for W arranty Service purposes. Mo[...]