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    Color Television © 2002 TOSHIBA CORPORATION All Rights Reserved 32AFX62 36AFX62 O WNER'S M ANUAL ® Owner's Record The model number and serial number are on the back of your TV. Record these numbers in the spaces below. Refer to these numbers whenever you communicate with your Toshiba dealer about this TV. Model number: Serial number: In[...]

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    2 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 y our new T V , keep these safety tips in mind: Th e Issue  If you are like most Americans, you have a T V in your home. Many homes, in fact, have more than one T V .  T he home theater enter tainment experience is a growing trend[...]

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    3 Installation, Car e, and Service Installation F ollow these recommendations and precautions and heed all warnings when installing your T V: 15) Never modify this equipment. Changes or modific ations may void: a) the warranty , and b) the user ’ s authority to operate this equipment under the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. 16) D[...]

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    4 Ground clamp Antenna discharge unit (NEC Section 810-20) Grounding conductors (NEC Section 810-21) Power service grounding electrode system (NEC Art 250 Part H) Ground clamps Antenna lead-in wire Electric service equipment QUALIFIED SERVICE TECHNICIAN 23) Always operate this equipment from a 120 V AC, 6 0 Hz power source only . 24) Always make su[...]

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    5 Important Safety Inf ormation ............................. 2-4 Introduction ................................................................ 6 W elcome to T oshiba ......................................................... 6 E xploring your new TV ................................................... 6 Connecting your TV ...........................[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 6 DEMO MENU TV/VIDEO V OLUME CHANNEL VIDEO-3 IN VIDEO S-VIDEO L/ MONO-AUD IO-R Intr oduction W elcome to T oshiba Congratulations! Y ou have purchased one of the finest TVs on the market. The goal of this manual is to guide you t[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 7 Connecting y our T V Caution: If you have a mono VC R, connect L/ Mono to VC R Audio OUT using only one audio c able. If you have an S - V H S VC R, use an S -video c able instead of a standard video c able. Do not connect a st[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 8 Connecting a cable conv erter box This connection allows you to watch cable and pr emium channels. To use the TV ’ s features, select ANT -1. T o view premium channels, select ANT -2 and tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichev[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 9 Connecting a DVD player or satellite r eceiver and a VC R This connection allows you to watch D VD/satellite, V CR, and TV programs. Y ou can record one TV channel while watching another channel. Y ou will need: • two (or thr[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 10 Connecting tw o VC Rs This connection allows you to r ecord (dub/edit) from one V CR to another V CR while watching a videotape. Y ou can also record from one TV channel while watching another channel. Y ou will need: • two [...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 11 Connecting a camcor der This connection allows you to watch video materials r ecorded on a camcorder . Y ou will need: • one set of standard A/V cables V OLUME TV/VIDEO MENU DEMO VIDEO-3 IN VIDEO S-VIDEO AUDIO L/MONO R VIDEO[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 12 Connecting an A/V r eceiver This connection allows you to use an A/V (audio/video) r eceiver to enhance your TV ’ s sound. If you have a system with D olby Pr o Logic ® surround sound, you can add to the realism of the soun[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 13 Using the r emote control Pr eparing the remote contr ol for use Y our T oshiba TV remote control has one dedicated TV mode and five universal modes: V CR, Cable/SA T , DVD, A udio1, and Audio2. The target and default devices [...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 14 Remote Control functional key chart K ey Label T oshiba TV Cable Satellite VCR DVD/LD Receiver CD/MD Cassete (T V) (CBL/SA T) (CBL/SA T ) (AUDIO) (AUDIO) (VCR) LIGHT Lights the remote key , and toggles between enabled and disa[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 15 K ey Label T oshiba TV Cable Satellite VCR DVD/LD Receiver CD/MD Cassete (T V) (CBL/SA T) (CBL/SA T ) (AUDIO) (AUDIO) (VCR) TV/VCR V CR --- TV/SA T TV/VCR --- --- --- Reverse AM/FM DISC --- --- --- --- Disc shift AM/FM Disc sh[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 16 Pr ogramming the r emote contr ol for use with y our audio/video devices Device code setup 1. Refer to the device code table on pages 18–19 to find the code for the brand of your device. If more than one code is listed, try [...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 17 Using the V olume Lock featur e (8 000) F or the TV , CABLE/SA T , V CR, and DVD modes, the volume controls (VOL yz and MUTE) can be pr ogrammed (locked) to the selected device mode. This feature does not apply to the A UDIO1/[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 18 VCR setup codes Brand Code ADMIRAL 0135 AIW A 0127, 0132, 0181 AKAI 0129, 0114, 0115, 0116 A UDIO DYNAMIC 0139, 0111 BELL&HO WELL 0105, 0113 BR OKSONIC 0120, 0126, 0180 CANON 0123, 0125 CCE 0143 CITIZEN 0106 CRAIG 0105, 01[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 19 CD Play er setup codes Brand Code ADMIRAL 6126 AIW A 6133, 6135 CAR VER 6129 DENON 6142, 6151 EMERSON 6139 FISHER 6105, 6106 GARRARD 6117 HARMAN KARDON 6120, 6121, 6123, 6119 HIT ACHI 6107 JENSEN 6134 JVC 6140, 6141, 6145, 614[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 20 Learning about the r emote control Only the buttons used for operating the TV are described here. POWER turns the TV on and off SLEEP accesses the automatic TV shut-off function (page 41) LIG HT The first press of the LIGHT bu[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 21 Setting up y our T V Learning about the menu system After you have installed the batteries and programmed the r emote control, you will need to set some pr eferences on the TV using the menu system. Y ou can access the menus u[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 22 Changing the on-scr een display language Y ou can choose fr om three different languages (English, F rench and S panish) for the on-scr een display of adjustment menus and messages. To select an on-screen display language: 1. [...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 23 Adding channels to the TV’s memory When you press Channel y or z , your TV will stop only on the specific channels stored in the TV ’ s channel memor y . Follo w the steps below and on the next page to program channels int[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 24 Adding and erasing channels manually After you have programmed the channels automatically , you can manually add or erase specific channels. To manually add or erase channels: 1. Select the channel you want to add or erase. I [...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 25 Using the T V’s f eatures Adjusting the channel settings Switching between tw o channels Y ou can switch between two channels without entering an actual channel number each time. To switch between two channels: 1. Select the[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 26 To clear your favorite channels: Note: This clears all favorite channels at once. Y ou cannot clear individual channels. 1. Pr ess MENU, and then press x or • until the CUST OM menu appears. 2. P ress y or z to highlight F A[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 27 6. Repeatedly pr ess x or • to select a character for the first space, and then press ENTER. CUSTOM TI MER CC FAVOR I CH OFF 1 TE FAVOR I CH2 TE VIDEO LABEL BACKGROUND CH LABEL I N G CH LABEL 06 CLEAR A––– I NPUT 7. Re[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 28 W atching picture-in-pictur e (P I P) The picture-in-picture (P IP) feature allows you to watch two pictur es at the same time. The smaller picture can come from a TV broadcast or an external source, such as a V CR. To display[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 29 Switching the main and small pictur es Pr ess SW AP while you are using the PIP feature to switch the main and small pictures. The main and small pictures will switch each time you press the SW AP button. Changing the position[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 30 (Continued from previous page) Using the I N F O (channel preview) function Pr ess INFO to scan the channels y ou previously programmed into the TV ’ s memor y (see “ A dding channels to the TV ’ s memory ” on page 23)[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 31 Using the LOC KS menu The LOCKS menu includes the V -Chip, CH Lock, Video Lock, and Ne w PIN Code functions. Y ou can use these functions after entering the correct PIN code. Entering the PI N code 1. Pr ess MENU, and then pre[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 32 Using the V -CH I P menu S ome TV programs and movies include signals that classify the content of the program (violence, sex, dialog, language). The V -CHIP control feature in this TV detects the signals and blocks the progra[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 33 MP AA RA TI N G (Independent r ating system for movies) 1. F rom the LOCKS menu, select MP AA RA TING. 2. P ress x or • to display the MP AA RA TING menu, and then press z or y to highlight MP AA RA TING. 3. P ress • to lo[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 34 Unlocking progr ams temporarily 1. If you try to watch a TV program that exceeds the rating limits you set, the TV will enter into the program lock mode. TH IS PROGRAM HA S BEEN BLOCKED ! 6 TV EXCEEDS PUSH MUTE TO ENTER SET L [...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 35 To unlock channels: Note: T his unlocks all locked channels at once. Y ou c annot unlock individual channels. 1. F rom the LOCKS menu, select CH L OCK. 2. P ress x or • to display the CH LOCK menu. 3. P ress y or z to highli[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 36 Adjusting the pictur e Selecting the pictur e mode Y ou can select y our desired picture type from four pr eset picture modes: Sports, S tandard, M ovie, and P reference. *(see “Saving your new pr eferences ” on page 37.) [...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 37 Saving your new pr efer ences Y ou can sav e the PICTURE qualities you adjusted (contrast, brightness, color , tint, and sharpness) in the PICTURE menu PREFERENCE mode. To save your new preferences: 1. P ress MENU, and then pr[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 38 Selecting the color temper ature Y ou can change the quality of the pictur e by selecting from three preset color temperatures: cool, medium, and warm. To select the color temperature: 1. P ress MENU, and then press x or • u[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 39 W atching video input Y ou can use the INPUT button on the remote control or the TV/VIDEO button on the TV to view a signal coming from other devices connected to your TV , such as VCRs or video disc play ers. Select VIDEO 1, [...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 40 Note: A closed capt ion signal may not display correctly in the following situations: • W hen a videotape has been dubbed • W hen the signal reception is weak • W hen the signal reception is nonstandard MENU yzx • Usin[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 41 Setting the sleep timer To set the sleep timer to turn the TV off automatically: 1. P ress SLEEP (or MENU and yz ) to display the CUST OM menu. TIMER will be highlighted. 2. After the number position starts to blink, press SLE[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 42 Adjusting the sound Muting the sound Pr ess MUTE to temporarily turn off the sound. While the sound is off, the scr een will display the word MUTE in the lower right corner . To restore the sound, press MUTE again. When you pr[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 43 Using the surround sound f eatur e The surround sound feature expands the audio listening field wider and deeper to create exceptional sound quality fr om the TV ’ s speakers. The feature uses stereo signals fr om a TV broad[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 44 Resetting your audio adjustments The RESET function returns your audio adjustments to the follo wing factory settings: B ass ................. center (50) Tr eble .............. center (50) B alance ............. center (0) To[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 45 T urning off the built-in speakers U se this feature to turn the TV speakers off when you connect an audio system. (See “Connecting an audio system ” on page 11.) To turn off the built-in speakers: 1. P ress MENU, and then[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 46 yzx • MENU RECALL Using the StableSound ® f eature The StableS ound ® feature limits the maximum volume level to prevent extreme changes in v olume when the TV ’ s signal source is changed. To turn on the StableSound fea[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 47 V iewing the demonstr ation mode When you press DEMO on the TV , the TV will automatically display a variety of its on-screen menus and special featur es. This function is provided for demonstration purposes only . To stop the[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 48 Appendix Specifications Television System NTSC standard Channel Coverage VHF: 2 through 13 UHF: 14 through 69 Cable TV: Mid band (A-8 through A-1, A through I) Super band (J through W) Hyper band (AA through ZZ, AAA, BBB) Ultr[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 49 Tr oubleshooting Before calling a service technician, please check the following table for a possible cause of the pr oblem and some solutions. Pr oblem Solution TV will not turn on • Make sure the power cor d is plugged in,[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 50 Limited United States W arr anty for 27'' FST PURE ® and All Larger Television Models T oshiba America Consumer Products, Inc. (“T ACP”) and T oshiba Hawaii, Inc. (“TH I”) make the following limited warr ant[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 51 T oshiba of Canada Limited (“T C L ”) 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 EXTE N D TO THE O R IG I NA L CONS UM ER PU RCHASE R OR A NY PE R S ON R EC[...]

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    Introduction Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 52 Index A A/V receiver connection ................................................... 12 A NT 1/2 ................................................................................... 22 Antenna cable s ...........................[...]

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