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Using the Menus
Overview
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Press MENU to enter and exit Menus.
The Menu gives you access to the following features:
Menu Icon Description
Allows you to make adjustments to your picture settings. It also allows you to customize the Picture
Mode based on the type of program you are viewing, select DCR Mode options, and more.
Offers enhanced audio options such as listening to second audio programming (SAP) or customizing the Effect of the sound on your TV.
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Allows you to set up a Favorite Channel list, run the
Auto Program function, and more.
Lets you control the viewing of programs based on their ratings.
Lets you set the clock on your TV and allows you to program your TV for scheduled viewing using the
Timers.
Provides several options for setting up your channels, labeling your video inputs, and selecting the language of the on-screen Menus.
Navigating Through Menus
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Menus include navigation help text that appears at the bottom of each Menu.
To Do This ...
Display the Menu
Move through the Menus
Move through the Menu options
Select an option to change
Change an option’s settings
Select (confirm) changed setting
Exit the Menu
Press
MENU
B b
V v
V v B b or B
MENU
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Using the Video Menu
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To move from within one
Menu to the main Menu of icons, move the joystick B .
To select the Video Menu
1 Press MENU .
2 Move the joystick B or b to
3 highlight the Video icon and press .
Move the joystick to highlight an option. Press to select an
Mode: Vivid
Picture
Brightness
Color
Hue
Sharpness
Color Temp.: Cool
ClearEdge VM: High
DRC Mode: CineMotion option.
4 Move the joystick V v B b to
Move : V v B b Select :
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End : MENU change settings. Press to select the changed setting.
5 Press MENU to exit the Menu.
To restore the factory default settings for Picture, Brightness, Color, Hue,
Sharpness, Color Temp and VM.
❑ Press RESET on the remote control when in the Video Menu.
Selecting Video
Options
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To change from one Mode to another, use the PIC MODE button on the remote control.
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You can alter the Video
Menu settings ( Picture,
Brightness, Color, etc.) for each
Mode.
The Video Menu includes the following options:
Option
Mode
Customized picture viewing
Picture
Brightness
Color
Hue
Sharpness
Color Temp.
White intensity adjustment
Description
Vivid
Standard
Select for enhanced picture contrast and sharpness.
Select for standard picture settings.
Movie
Pro
Select to display a softer picture.
Select to display a picture with minimum enhancements.
Adjust to increase picture contrast and deepen the color, or decrease picture contrast and soften the color.
Adjust to brighten or darken the picture.
Adjust to increase or decrease color intensity.
Adjust to increase or decrease the green tones.
Adjust to sharpen or soften the picture.
Cool
Neutral
Select to give the white colors a blue tint.
Select to give the white colors a neutral tint.
Warm Select to give the white colors a red tint
(NTSC-Standard).
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To change quickly from one
DRC Mode to another, use the
DRC MODE button on the remote control.
Option
ClearEdge VM
Velocity
Modulation
DRC Mode
Digital
Reality
Creation
Description
Sharpens picture definition to give every object a sharp, clean edge. Select from High, Medium, Low, Off.
Creates a high-resolution picture with 4x density, for high quality sources (i.e., DVD player, satellite receiver).
Interlaced
Progressive
Recommended for moving pictures.
Recommended for still images and text.
CineMotion Provides an optimized display by automatically detecting film content and applying a reverse 3/2 pulldown process.
Moving pictures will appear clearer and more natural-looking.
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Using the Audio Menu
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To move from within one
Menu to the main Menu of icons, move the joystick B .
To select the Audio Menu
1 Press MENU .
2 Move the joystick B or b to highlight the Audio icon and press .
3 Move the joystick to highlight an option. Press to select
Treble
Bass
Balance
Steady Sound: Off
Effect: Simulated
MTS: Stereo
Speaker: On
Audio Out: Fixed an option.
Move : V v B b
Select :
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End : MENU
4 Move the joystick V v B b to change settings. Press to select the changed setting.
5 Press MENU to exit the Menu.
To restore the factory default settings for Treble, Bass, and Balance
❑ Press RESET on the remote control when in the Audio Menu.
Selecting Audio
Options
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To change quickly from one
Effect to another, use the button on the remote control.
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To change quickly from one
MTS mode to another, use the
MTS/SAP button on the remote control.
The Audio Menu includes the following options:
Option
Treble
Bass
Balance
Steady Sound
Effect
MTS
Enjoy stereo, bilingual and mono programs
Description
Adjust to decrease or increase higher-pitched sounds.
Adjust to decrease or increase lower-pitched sounds.
Adjust to emphasize left or right speaker balance.
Auto Select to stabilize the volume.
Off Select to turn off Steady Sound.
TruSurround Select for surround sound (for stereo programs only).
Simulated Adds a surround-like effect to mono programs.
Off Normal stereo or mono reception.
Stereo Select for stereo reception when viewing a program broadcast in stereo.
Auto SAP Select to automatically switch the TV to second audio programs when a signal is received. (If no SAP signal is present, the TV remains in
Stereo mode.)
Mono Select for mono reception. (Use to reduce noise during weak stereo broadcasts.)
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Option
Speaker
Audio Out
Easy control of volume adjustments
Description
On Select to turn on the TV speakers.
Off Select to turn off the TV speakers and listen to the TV's sound only through your external audio system speakers.
This option can be set only when the Speaker option is set to Off .
Variable
Fixed
The TV’s speakers are turned off, but the volume output from your audio system can still be controlled by the TV’s remote control.
The TV’s speakers are turned off and the volume output of the TV is fixed. Use your audio receiver’s remote control to adjust the volume through your audio system.
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Using the Channel Menu
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To move from within one
Menu to the main Menu of icons, move the joystick B .
To select the Channel Menu
1 Press MENU .
2 Move the joystick B or b to highlight the Channel icon and press .
Favorite Channels
Cable: On
Channel Fix: Off
Auto Program
Channel Skip/Add
Channel Label
3 Move the joystick to highlight an option. Press to select an option.
Move : V v B b Select :
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End : MENU
4 Move the joystick V v B b to change settings. Press to select the changed setting.
5 Press MENU to exit the Menu.
Selecting Channel
Options
The Channel Menu includes the following options:
Option Description
Favorite Channels Lets you set up a list of your favorite channels. For
details, see “Using Favorite Channels” on page 49.
Cable On Select if you are receiving cable channels with a CATV cable.
Off Select if you are using an antenna.
✍
You should run Auto Program after changing this option.
Channel Fix
Useful when you have a cable box or satellite receiver connected
Auto Program
Off
2–6
AUX 2-6
Turns off Channel Fix.
“Fix” your TV’s channel setting to 2–6 and use the cable box or satellite receiver to change channels. Select one of these settings if you connected the equipment to the VHF/UHF jack.
Same as 2–6, except you select one of these settings if you connected the equipment to
Video 1 Use this setting if you have connected the equipment to the A/V input jacks.
Automatically sets up the channel list on the TV for all receivable channels.
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Channels that you set to be skipped can be accessed only with the 0-9 buttons.
Option
Channel
Skip/Add
Channel Label
Description
Allows you to customize the channel list that appears when you use the CH+/ buttons.
1 Move the joystick V or v to scroll through the channels until you find the channel you want to skip or add. Then press to select it.
2
Move the joystick V or v to toggle between Add or
Skip . Then press to select.
3
To add or skip more channels, repeat steps 1 and 2.
4 Move the joystick B to return to the Channel Setup
Menu, or press MENU to exit the Menus.
Allows you to assign labels (such as station call letters) to channel numbers. You can label up to 20 channels.
1 Move the joystick to highlight Channel and press .
2
Move the joystick V v to scroll through the channel numbers (1-125). Then press to select the channel number that you want to assign a label.
3 Move the joystick to highlight Label and press .
4
Move the joystick V v to scroll through the label characters (A-Z, 0-9, etc). Then press to select the highlighted character.
Repeat to add up to 5 characters to the label.
5 To assign labels to more channels, repeat steps 1-4.
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Move the joystick B to return to the Channel Setup
Menu, or press MENU to exit the Menus.
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Using the Parent Menu
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To move from within one
Menu to the main Menu of icons, move the joystick B .
The Parent Menu allows you to set up the TV to block programs according to their content and rating levels.
Password:
_ _ _ _
To select the Parent Menu
1 Press MENU .
2 Move the joystick B or b to highlight the Parent icon and press .
Press + to enter password
Move : V v B b
Select
: +
End : MENU
3 Use the 0-9 buttons on the remote control to enter a four-digit password.
4 If this is the first time you are creating this password, confirm the password by entering it again. (The Parent Menu options appear.)
5 Move the joystick V v B b to change settings. Press to select the changed setting.
6 Press MENU to exit the Menu.
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You need your password for any future access into the Parent Menu. If
you lose your password, see “Lost password” on page 81.
Using the Parent
Menu
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If you are not familiar with the Parental Guideline rating system, you should select Child ,
Youth , or Young Adult to help simplify the rating selection. To set more specific ratings, select
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For descriptions of Child ,
Youth , and Young Adult
The Parent Menu includes the following options:
Option Description
Parental Lock
Turn ratings on/off and select a rating system
Off
Child
Parental lock is off. No programs are blocked from viewing.
Maximum ratings permitted are:
❏ US: TV-Y, TV-G, G
❏ Canada: C, G, TV-Y
Youth Maximum ratings permitted are:
❏ US: TV-PG, PG
❏ Canada: C8+, PG, 8 ans+, TV-PG
Y. Adult Maximum ratings permitted are:
❏ US: TV-14, PG-13
❏ Canada: 14+, 13 ans+, TV-14
Custom Select to set ratings manually.
❏
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Canada: See page 70 for details.
Change Password For changing your password.
Select Country U.S.A.
Select to use USA ratings (see page 69).
Canada Select to use Canadian ratings (see
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US Models:
Selecting Custom
Rating Options
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The Content-Based Ratings are linked to the level of the
Age-Based Rating. For example, a program with an Age-Based
Rating of TV-PG V (Violence) rating may contain moderate violence, while a TV-14 V
(Violence) rating may contain more intense violence.
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To ensure maximum blocking capability, set the Age-
Based Ratings.
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If you block unrated TV programs, be aware that the following types of programs may be blocked: emergency broadcasts, political programs, sports, news, public service announcements, religious programs and weather.
For US models, the Custom Rating Menu includes the following
options. (For Canadian models, see page 70.)
Option
Movie Rating
TV Rating
Block programs by their rating, content or both
Description
G
PG
PG-13
R
NC-17 and X
All children and General Audience.
Parental Guidance suggested.
Parental Guidance for children under 13.
Restricted viewing, parental guidance is suggested for children under 17.
No one 17 or under allowed.
Age-Based Ratings
TV-Y All children.
TV-Y7
TV-G
TV-PG
Directed to children age 7 and older.
General Audience.
Parental Guidance suggested.
TV-14 Parents Strongly cautioned.
TV-MA Mature Audience only.
Unrated
Block programs or movies that are broadcast without a rating
Content-Based Ratings
FV Fantasy Violence.
D
L
S
Suggestive Dialogue.
Strong Language.
Sexual situations.
V
Block
Allow
Violence.
Blocks all programs and movies that are broadcast without a rating.
Allows programs and movies that are broadcast without a rating.
Viewing Blocked
Programs
You can view blocked programs by entering the password. Press the
ENTER button when tuned to a blocked program, then enter the password. This temporarily switches off the Parental Lock. To reactivate the Parental Lock settings, turn off the TV. When the TV is turned on again, your Parental Lock settings are reactivated.
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Canadian Models:
Selecting Custom
Rating Options
For Canadian models, the Custom Rating Menu includes the
following options. (For US models, see page 69 .)
Option
English Rating
French Rating
U.S.A. Rating
Description
C
C8+
G
PG
14+
18+
G
8 ans+
All children.
Children 8 years and older.
General programming.
Parental Guidance.
Viewers 14 and older.
Adult programming.
General programming.
Not recommended for young children.
13 ans+
16 ans+
Not recommended for ages under 13.
Not recommended for ages under 16.
18 ans+ Programming restricted to adults.
See “US Models” on page 69 for details.
Viewing Blocked
Programs
You can view blocked programs by entering the password. Press the
ENTER button when tuned to a blocked program, then enter the password. This temporarily switches off the Parental Lock. To reactivate the Parental Lock settings, turn off the TV. When the TV is turned on again, your Parental Lock settings are reactivated.
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Using the Timer Menu
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To move from within one
Menu to the main Menu of icons, press B .
To select the Timer Menu
1 Press MENU .
2 Move the joystick B or b to highlight the Timer icon and press .
Timer 1: Off
Timer 2: Off
Current Time
To reset the Clock or Timers
❑ Press RESET on the remote
Move : V v B b control, when in the Timer
Menu, to reset to the factory defaults.
Select :
+
End : MENU
Selecting Timer
Options
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To go directly to programming Timer 1 or 2 in step 1, press instead of moving the joystick b .
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To return to the Timer
Menu after programming one of the Timers, press when the highlight is in the channel number field.
The Timer Menu includes the following options:
Option
Timer 1
Timer 2
Current Time
Description
You can use the Timer to program the TV to turn on and off and tune to a specific channel at two scheduled viewing times.
Timer 1 and Timer 2 are not available to be set until you set the Current Time .
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Move the joystick V or v to highlight Timer 1 or
Timer 2 . To set the time, move the joystick b .
2
Move the joystick V or v to highlight one of the following options , then press .
Program Select to set the Timer by day, time, duration, and channel.
Off Select to turn off the Timer. (Your previous settings are saved.)
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Move the joystick V and v to set the day(s), hour, minute, duration, and channel number. Press or b to confirm each setting and move to the next setting. Move the joystick B to go back to the previous setting.
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Press MENU to exit the Menu. An LED on the front panel will light, indicating the timer has been set.
1
Move the joystick V and v to set the current time
(day, hour, and minute). Press (or move the joystick b ) to confirm each setting and move to the next setting. Move the joystick B to go back to the previous setting.
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Press MENU to exit the Menu.
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Using the Setup Menu
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To move from within one
Menu to the main Menu of icons, move the joystick B .
To select the Setup Menu
1 Press MENU .
2 Move the joystick B or b to highlight the Setup icon and press .
Caption Vision: Off
Video Label
Tilt Correction: 0
Language: English
16:9 Enhanced
Demo
3 Move the joystick to highlight an option. Press to select an option.
Move : V v B b Select :
+
End : MENU
4 Move the joystick V v B b to change settings. Press to select the changed setting.
5 Press MENU to exit the Menu.
Selecting
Setup Options
The Setup Menu includes the following options:
Option
Caption Vision
Description
Allows you to select from three closed caption modes (for programs that are broadcast with closed caption).
CC1, CC2,
CC3, CC4
Displays a printed version of the dialog or sound effects of a program. (Should be set to CC1 for most programs.)
Text1,Text2,
Text3,Text4
Info
Off
Displays network/station information presented using either half or the whole screen (if available). For closed captioning, set to CC1 .
Displays the program name and the time remaining in the program
(if the broadcaster offers this service). Displays when the channel is changed or the DISPLAY button is pressed.
Turns off Caption Vision.
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The Skip label is useful for inputs that do not have equipment connected to them.
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To use 16:9 Enhanced with widescreen DVDs, set your DVD player to 16:9 aspect ratio. (Aspect ratio is the ratio of width to height of the screen. 16:9 is also referred to as widescreen format.)
Option
Video Label
Tilt Correction
Language
16:9 Enhanced
Demo
Description
Allows you to identify A/V equipment you connected to the TV, such as a VCR, DVD, etc. For example, if you have a DVD player connected to the VIDEO 5 jack, you can select the label DVD for the VIDEO 5 input. Then when you press the TV/VIDEO button to change inputs, the Video
Label you assigned to that input appears on screen.
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Move the joystick V or v to highlight the video input
(VIDEO 1-7) to which you want to assign a label.
Then press to select the input.
2
Move the joystick V or v to highlight one of the displayed labels. Then press to select the label.
You can select from the following labels for each input:
Video 1/2/3/4 VHS, DVD, Receiver, Satellite, Cable Box,
8mm, DTV, Game, LD, Web, Beta, Skip
Video 5/6/7 DVD, Satellite, Cable Box, DTV, HD, Skip
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If you select Skip, your TV skips this input when you press the TV/VIDEO button.
Allows you to correct any tilt of the picture.
Move the joystick B or b to choose a correction between
+7 and -7 and press .
Normally, tilt correction only needs to be adjusted the first time you turn on the unit and after the unit is moved to a new location.
Select to display all on-screen Menus in your language of choice.
Provides enhanced picture resolution for widescreen
(anamorphic) sources, such as selected DVD titles. This option is available only when the TV is set to VIDEO 1-7, which you can do by pressing the TV/VIDEO button.
On To activate manually. Returns to
Auto when you switch to another video input or change channels.
Auto To activate automatically when a
16:9 signal is received.
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If the AUTO setting does not automatically detect the
16:9 signal from your DVD player, select On to manually turn on the 16:9 Enhanced feature.
Runs a demonstration of on-screen Menus.
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