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    26AF45C Appendix Using the TV’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards J3V50121A(E)_COVER.p65 30/06/2005, 5:03 PM 1[...]

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    2 Important Safeguards Child Saf ety It Makes A Diff er ence W her e Y our T V Stands Congratulations on y our purchase! As y ou enjoy your new TV , keep these safety tips in mind: T he Issue  If you are like most consumers, you have a TV in your home. Many homes, in fact, have more than one T V .  The home theater entertainment experience is[...]

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    3 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Important Saf ety Instructions 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this appar atus near water . 6) Clean only with a dry cl[...]

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    4 Important Safeguards 24) Always operate this equipment from a 120V AC, 60 Hz power source only . 25) Always make sure the antenna system is properly grounded to provide adequate protection against voltage surges and built-up st atic charges (see Section 8 10 of the National Electric Code). 26) DANG E R: R I SK O F SE R I OU S PE R S ONAL I NJ U R[...]

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    5 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Important Safety Information .......................................................................................... 2-4 W elcome to T oshiba ..............................................................[...]

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    6 Selecting a location for the TV • Place the TV on the floor or on a sturdy platform in a location where light does not directly hit the screen. • Place the TV far enough from the walls to allow proper ventilation. Inadequate ventilation may cause overheating, which may damage the TV . W elcome to T oshiba Congratulations! Y ou have purchased [...]

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    7 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards IN OUT VIDEO IN from ANT CH 3 CH 4 OUT to TV AUDIO LR NOTICE: RISK OF EQUIP- MENT DAMAGE! Do not plug in any power cords until you have finished connecting all equipment. Y ou will need: • two coaxial cabl[...]

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    8 Connecting your TV Connecting a cable converter box This television has an extended tuning range and can tune most cable channels without using a cable company supplied converter box. Some cable companies offer “ premium pay channels ” in which the signal is scrambled. Descrambling these signals for normal viewing requires the use of a descra[...]

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    9 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Connecting a DVD player/satellite receiver and a VCR This connection allows you to watch DVD/satellite, VCR, or TV programs. Y ou can record from the satellite receiver and TV , as well as record one TV chan[...]

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    10 Connecting two VCRs This connection allows you to record (dub/edit) from one VCR to another VCR. Y ou will also be able to record from one TV channel while watching another channel. Connecting a camcorder This connection allows you to watch video materials recorded on a camcorder . Y ou will need: • one set of standard A/V cables Connecting yo[...]

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    11 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Using the remote control Preparing the remote control for use With the remote control, you can operate your TV , most cable TV converters/satellite receivers, VCRs, and DVD players together , even if they a[...]

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    12 Programming the remote control to operate your other devices This remote control is pre-programmed to operate most T oshiba satellite receivers, VCRs, and DVD players. T o control a non-T oshiba device (or a T oshiba device that the remote control is not pre-programmed to operate) 1. Refer to the code tables (on pages 13 and 14) to find the corr[...]

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    13 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Using the Remote Control Brand Code Brand Code Device code tables [For CBL/SAT Mode] CABLE Box Brand Code ABC Archer Cableview Century Citizen Contec Diamond Eagle GE Gemini General Instruments Hamlin Hitac[...]

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    14 Using the Remote Control Brand Code Brand Code VCR (Continued) Brand Code Portland Proscan Proton Quasar Radio Shack Radio Shack/ Realistic Radix RCA Realistic Ricoh Runco Samsung Sansui 012, 013, 015 001, 002, 048 061 045 010, 031, 065 007, 009, 010, 016, 018, 020, 021, 022, 031, 049 010 001, 002, 003, 009, 024, 025, 029, 035, 040, 042, 045, 04[...]

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    15 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards POWER turns the TV on and of f SLEEP programs the TV to turn of f at a set time (page 29) TV/VIDEO selects the video input source (page 25) CH +/ – cycles through programmed channels (page 17) TV selects [...]

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    16 Setting up your TV Setting up your TV After you have installed the batteries and programmed the remote control, you need to set some preferences on the TV using the menu system. Y ou can access the menu system with the buttons on the remote control. • When you make a menu selection, your changes occur immediately . Y ou do not have to press ME[...]

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    17 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Adding channels to the TV ’ s memory When you press CH +/- on the remote control or CHANNEL ▼ / ▲ on the TV front panel, your TV will stop only on the channels stored in the TV ’ s channel memory . [...]

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    18 Using the TV ’ s Features Using the TV ’ s features Adjusting the channel settings Switching between two channels Y ou can switch between two channels without entering an actual channel number each time. T o switch between two channels: 1. Select the first channel you want to view . 2. Select a second channel using the Channel Number buttons[...]

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    19 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards T o clear your favorite channels: 1. Select a channel you want to clear . 2. Press MENU, then press or to display the OPTION menu. 3. Press ▲ or ▼ to highlight F A VORITE CH. 4. Press or to display the [...]

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    20 4. Use the Channel Number buttons (0 – 9) to enter your PIN code. If you are accessing the LOCK menus for the first time, select a four-digit number to be your PIN code. Press ENTER. The BLOCKING menu appears. 5. Y ou may now enable blocking. See “ Locking channels ” (below), “ T o change your PIN code ” (below), or “ Locking video i[...]

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    21 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards T o unlock channels: 1. Press MENU, then press or to display the OPTION menu. 2. Press ▲ or ▼ to highlight LOCK and then press or to display the LOCK menu. 3. Use the Channel Number buttons (0 – 9) to[...]

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    22 7. Repeatedly press or until the character you want appears in the first space. Press ENTER. 8. Repeat step 7 to enter the rest of the characters. If you would like a blank space in the label name, you must choose a blank space from the list of characters; otherwise, a dash will appear in that space. 9. Repeat steps 1 – 8 for other channels. Y[...]

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    23 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Note: After a power failure or disconnection of the power , the ON/OFF timer settings will be lost. Setting the clock Y ou must set the clock before you can program the ON/OFF timer . T o set the clock: (Ex[...]

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    24 5. Press ▲ or ▼ to set the desired hour , then press . 6. Set the desired minutes and channel, as in step 5. 7. Press or to select ONCE or DAIL Y . 8. Press EXIT to return to normal viewing. T o cancel the ON timer: Select CLEAR in step 7 above. Press EXIT to return to normal viewing. PICTURE A UDIO SETUP CH OPTION END EXIT ADJUST SELECT 12:[...]

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    25 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Using the TV ’ s Features 0-4 V iewing the wide-screen picture formats Y ou can view the programs in a variety of picture sizes — Natural, TheaterWide 1, TheaterWide 2, and Full. The way the image displ[...]

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    26 Using the TV ’ s Features Note: Using these functions to change the picture size (i.e., changing the height/width ratio) for any purpose other than your private viewing may be prohibited under the Copyright Law , and may subject you to civil and criminal liability . TheaterWide 2 picture size (for letter box programs) • The picture is stretc[...]

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    27 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Using the TV ’ s Features Scrolling the TheaterWide ® picture 1. Press PIC SIZE to select the TheaterWide 2 mode. 2. Press MENU, and then press or until the SETUP menu appears. 3. Press ▲ or ▼ to hig[...]

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    28 Adjusting the picture quality Y ou can adjust the picture quality to your personal preferences, including the contrast, brightness, color , tint, and sharpness. T o adjust the picture quality: 1. Press MENU, then press or to display the PICTURE menu. 2. Press ▲ or ▼ until the item you want to adjust is highlighted. 3. Press or to adjust the [...]

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    29 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Setting the sleep timer Y ou can set the TV so it turns off automatically . T o set the sleep timer: Repeatedly press SLEEP on the remote control to set the length of time until the TV turns of f. The clock[...]

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    30 Adjusting the sound Muting the sound Press MUTE to temporarily turn off the sound. While the sound is of f, the screen will display the word “ MUTE ” in the lower right-hand corner . T o restore the sound, press MUTE again. Selecting stereo/SAP broadcasts Y ou can listen to high-fidelity stereo sound with the Multi-channel TV Sound (MTS) fea[...]

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    31 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Using the StableSound ® feature The StableSound feature limits the highest volume level to prevent extreme changes in volume when the signal source is changed. T o turn on the StableSound ® feature: 1. Pr[...]

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    32 Appendix Appendix T roubleshooting Before calling a service technician, please check the following table for a possible cause of the problem and some solutions. Problem Solution TV will not turn on • Make sure the power cord is plugged in, then press POWER. • The remote control batteries may be dead. Replace the batteries. No picture, no sou[...]

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    33 Appendix Using the TV ’ s Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Welcome to T oshiba Important Safeguards Specifications • This model complies with the specifications below . • Design and specifications are subject to change without notice. • This model may not be compatible with features and/or specifica[...]

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    T oshiba of Canada Limited (“TCL ”) makes the following limited warranties to original consumers in Canada. TH E S E LI M ITE D W A R RA NTI E S E XTE N D TO THE O R I G I NA L CO N S U M E R PU RC HA S E R O R ANY P E R S O N R ECE I VI NG TH I S TE LEV I S I ON A S A G I FT F RO M TH E O R IG I NA L CO N S U M E R PU RC H AS E R A N D TO NO O[...]

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    MEMO 35 J3V50121A(E)_P31-BACK.p65 30/06/2005, 5:13 PM 35[...]

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    ColorStream, TheaterWide, FST Pure and StableSound are registered trademarks of T oshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. GameT imer is a trademark of T oshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. TEL.: (905) 470-5400 Service Centers: T OR ONT O: 191 McNABB STREET , MARKHAM, ONT ARIO , L3R 8H2, CANAD A TEL.: (905) 470-5400 MONTREAL: 18050 TRANS CANAD[...]