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Toshiba 42/51WH46 manual

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    42/51WH46 OwnerManual 51/42WH46 28/32Z's 22/3/04 12:39 pm Page 1 true experience Owner's Manual Series[...]

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    ? For television operation queries, please ring the helpline… Remember… 2 Contents SETTING UP Safety precautions – Some do’s and don ’ts for you to be aware of 3 Installation and important information 4 The remote control – an at-a-glance guide 5 Connecting external equipment – a guide to connecting equipment to the back of the televi[...]

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    3 Safety P recautions This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be taken to obtain the best results and for safety to be assured. Please read the points below for your own safety . They are of a general nature, intended to help with all electronic consumer [...]

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    If stationary images generated by teletext, channel identification logos, computer displays, video games, on screen menus, etc. are left on the television screen for any length of time they could become conspicuous, it is always advisable to reduce both the brightness and contrast settings. 4 Installation and important information Where to install [...]

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    Simple at-a-glance reference of your remote control. T o mute the sound T eletext control buttons T o exit Menus Bass Boost/Super woofer No function on this model T o bring up on-screen information and for the teletext initial/index function T o select input from external sources T o access sub-pages when in teletext mode T o select mode On-screen [...]

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    6 Connecting external equipment Before connecting any external equipment, turn off all main power switches. If there is no switch remove the mains plug from the wall socket. IN OUT IN OUT the back of your television video recorder decoder* SA T IN/OUT VCR TELEVISION SCART 3 (EXT 3) SCART 1 (EXT 1) SCART 2 (EXT 2) A wide variety of external equipmen[...]

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    7 Connections and controls If the power - on light is unlit press the POWER button on the front of the television to switch the television on, then press a number button on the remote control to see the screen. T o put the television into Standby press i on the remote control. T o view the television press i again or any of the number buttons. The [...]

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    8 Selecting the language, country and system, Auto tune Before running Auto tune put your decoder and video recorder (VCR) to Standby if they are connected. T o set up the television use the buttons on the remote control as detailed on page 5. 1 2 3 7 8 9 4 Press S or R to select. Choose your country from the options available. Press Q to highlight[...]

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    4 Press R to select System and use P or Q to change ( if required, see step 4 on page 8 ). Then press R to select Search . Press P or Q to begin the search. Search will appear and the television will show the channel numbers. 9 Manual tune Press OK to select. If the programme is skipped, Programme skip must be removed before storing. The television[...]

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    OK : T o select EXIT : T o exit Manual tuning  Prog . Sys. Channel Station 0 I 60 VCR 1 I 22 BBC1 2 I 28 BBC2 3 I 25 ITV 4 I 32 CH4 5 I * 69  10 Manual tune continued P rogramme skip Press MENU and repeat from Step 2 or press EXIT . Each programme position has to be individually selected. T o turn Programme skip off, repeat the procedure for [...]

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    11 Manual fine tuning , Programme sorting Select the Manual tuning menu. Highlight the station and press OK , then press R to select Manual fine tuning . Using P or Q adjust to get the best picture and sound. Press OK and then EXIT . 1 2 Programme sorting  Prog . Channel Station 1 22 BBC1 2 28 BBC2 3 25 ITV 4 32 CH4 5* 6 9 6* 6 9   OK : T [...]

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    12 General and sound controls, stereo/bilingual transmissions V olume Press j — ( S ) or j + ( R ) to adjust the volume. Sound Mute Press k once to turn the sound off and again to cancel. Bass Boost – to enhance the depth of sound Press n then S or R to adjust the effect. The difference will only be noticeable on sound with a strong bass. Press[...]

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    13 Widescreen viewing SUPER LIVE This setting will enlarge the image to fit the screen by stretching the image horizontally , holding the correct proportions at the centre of the image. Some distortion may occur . SUBTITLE Depending on the type of broadcast being transmitted, programmes can be viewed in a number of formats. Press the { button repea[...]

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    WARNING! NEVER LEA VE A ST A TIONARY IMAGE ON THE SCREEN 14 Picture controls This television offers the choice of personalising the picture style. Press m to view the different styles available: Picture mode-1 to 3 are preset options and Picture mode-M stores your own settings: Use S or R to adjust the Contrast , Brightness , Colour , Tint and Shar[...]

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    15 Picture controls continued Automatic format (Widescreen) When this television receives a true Widescreen picture and Auto format is On , it will automatically be displayed in Widescreen format, irrespective of the television ’s previous setting. Select Auto format from the FEA TURE menu, then select On or Off . 1 Convergence On this television[...]

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    16 The timer , time display , panel lock, blue screen The time display facility allows the current (teletext) time to be seen on the television screen. Press 8 / 9 whilst watching a normal television broadcast to see a time display from the broadcaster . It will remain on screen for about 5 seconds. From the FEA TURE menu select Blue screen and cho[...]

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    Input selection and A V connections 17 Defining the INPUT and OUTPUT sockets so that the television recognises connected equipment. See page 6 for a clear view of the back connection recommendations. Select AV connection . Use S or R to change the EXT3 output option to: Monitor = The picture on screen. TV = The last television programme selection. [...]

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    18 T eletext – setting up, general information, Auto. and LIST modes This television has a multi-page teletext memory , which takes a few moments to load. It offers two Modes of viewing text – Auto will display Fastext , if available. LIST will store your four favourite pages. Select T eletext from the FEA TURE menu. With S or R choose Auto. or[...]

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    Remember to cancel telete xt before changing channels – press the 6 / 7 button twice. ☛ 19 T eletext continued – control buttons Below is a guide to the functions of the remote control teletext buttons. Auto. Press T to access index pages. The one displayed is dependant on the broadcaster . LIST Press T to return to the index/initial page. En[...]

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    Colour : Auto. EXT 2 A DVD Manual setting OK : T o store MENU : T o return EXIT : T o exit A Remove it by pressing CALL . Why is there a message permanently on the screen? Q A Check the side switch on the remote control is in television mode. Check the batteries aren ’t dead or inserted incorrectly . Why doesn’t the remote control work? Q A Che[...]

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    21 Q uestions and A nswers continued A Good performance of text depends on a good strong broadcast signal. This normally requires a roof or loft aerial. If the T ext is unreadable or garbled, check the aerial. Go to the main index page of the teletext service and look for the User Guide . This will explain the basic operation of teletext in some de[...]

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    22 Notes For your own records[...]

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    Specifications and accessories Broadcast systems/channels P AL-I UHF UK21-UK69 P AL-B/G UHF E21-E69 VHF E2-E12, S1-S41 SECAM-L UHF F21-F69 VHF F1-F10, B- Q SECAM-D/K UHF R21-R69 VHF R1-R12 Video Input P AL, SECAM, NTSC 3.58/4.43 External connections EXT1 Input 21-pin SCART RGB, A/V EXT2 Input 21-pin SCART RGB, A/V EXT3 Input/Output 21-pin SCART A/V[...]