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Press 

a

a

a

a

a (Power) on the TV.

• The Standby/On indicator on the TV changes from

red to green.

When the TV powers on for the first time after purchase,
the initial auto installation is invoked. You can set
language, country and automatically search for and
store all the receivable TV and FM radio channels.

• The initial auto installation functions only once. If the Initial

auto installation is not completed, (ex: When menu screen
disappeared by not operating for a few minutes, when
the power shut down, etc.), try “AUTO INSTALLATION”
from the “SETUP” menu. (See page 19.)

Setting the on-screen display language

1 Press a/b to select “SELECT LANGUAGE”.
2 Press c/d to select the desired language listed

on the screen.

Setting the country or area

1 Press a/b to select “SELECT COUNTRY”.
2 Press c/d to select your country or area listed on

the screen.

To turn off the power, press 

a

a

a

a

a (Power) on the TV

again.

• The Standby/On indicator on the TV gradually turns

off.

• When the TV is turned off by 

a 

a 

a 

a 

a (Power), you cannot

turn on the power by pressing B on the remote
control.

• If you are not going to use this TV for a long period of

time, be sure to remove the AC cord from the power outlet.

• Weak electric power is still consumed even when 

a

a

a

a

a

(Power) is turned off.

Press B on the remote control.

• The TV enters Standby/On mode and the image on

the screen disappears.

• The Standby/On indicator on the TV changes from

green to red.

The setup menu disappears and you can watch the
programme.

• The TV set is ready to preset automatically all local

channels for you.

• If you do not intend to use your TV set with a VCR then

proceed to step 3.

• If the TV set is being used with a VCR, turn on the VCR

and play back a pre-recorded tape. The signal from the
RF terminal of your VCR is assigned to a TV programme.

Press OK to start Auto Channel Preset.

• Automatic Channel Sorting System (ACSS):

The TV searches for frequencies, memorises the
channels found, and sorts them (according to
technical criteria).
For TV  channels: from Pr-01 to a maximum of 99
programmes.
For FM RADIO channels: from Pr-01 to a maximum
of 40 programmes.

• This tuning process may take several minutes to

perform.

• You do not need to do anything during the Auto

When the Auto Channel Preset has been
completed, the “EDIT” menu screen is displayed.

• In this menu you can change the order of the

channels, delete channels, and change or give the
channels an eight-letter name.

• For more details about “EDIT” menu screen, see

page 20.

c/d

TV or RADIO

To select the
programmes of “TV” or
“RADIO”.

a/b

SELECT

To select a programme
from the list.

DELETE

Use this mode for
cancelling channels
which are badly tuned or
repeated.

EDIT

Use this mode for giving
a name made up of
eight-letter to the
channels or for changing
the one which appears
on some channels.

SORT

Use this mode for
sorting the channels into
the desired programme
(Pr).

EXIT

To return to the normal
screen.

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Press MENU to display On-Screen Display.

Use the following buttons on the remote control to
operate the menu.

Press to open the menu screen.

a/b/c/d:

Press to select a desired item on
the screen or adjust a selected
item.

Press to go to the next step or
execute the item.

Press to exit the menu item.

Press to go to the menu item screen
and select a desired item on the
menu.

: PICTURE

: SOUND

: FEATURES

: SETUP

2

Sub Menu.
Press OK to move to next screen (Menu item).

• Use a/b to select your desired Sub Menu.
• The selected item is displayed in yellow letters.

3

Indication of the next screen.
Press d to display the next screen.

4

Operation guidance for the remote control.
Follow the operation guidance to adjust/set.

1

Top Menu.

• Press c/d to select your desired Top Menu.

1

2

4

7

8

6

5

9

5

Selected menu item.

6

Item currently selected.

7

Items available to be set.

8

The items for LEVELS menu.

• Press a/b to select your desired items.

9

Indication of the next screen.

• Press b to display the next screen.

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USER: Select this mode in order to recover the

“PICTURE” level (“CONTRAST”, “BRIGHTNESS”,
“COLOUR”, and “SHARPNESS”) that you had
adjusted at the last time. Each time you change
one of these adjustments, it is memorized
automatically within the option “USER”.

DYNAMIC: This mode has been designed for a

clear-cut image emphasising high contrast for
sports viewing.

STANDARD: Select this mode if you wish to

normalize “PICTURE” levels to default factory
settings.

MOVIE: This mode has been designed to be used

when watching movies.

GAME: This mode has been designed to be used

when watching home video game system.

AUTO (OPC): Select this mode to activate the

Intelligent Picture Control. This function allows the
automatic adjustment of the screen brightness,
according to the ambient light of the room, via
OPC (Optical Picture Control).
When set to “AUTO (OPC)”, make sure that no
object obstructs the OPC sensor, which could
affect its ability to sense surrounding light.

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✔ Picture adjustments

Adjust the picture to your preference with the following
picture settings.

Press MENU to display the menu screen.

• The “PICTURE LEVELS” menu screen can be

displayed directly by pressing the Red button.

Press c/d to select “PICTURE”.

1 Perform steps 1 and 2 in Common Operation.
2 Press a/b to select “LEVELS” or “ADVANCED”,

and then press OK.

3 Press  a/b to select the desired menu item

(Example: “PICTURE MODE”, “CONTRAST” etc).

4 Press c/d to  select/adjust.

✔ PICTURE MODE

To select a predetermined picture level.

c Button

d Button

For less contrast

For more contrast

For less brightness

For more
brightness

For less colour
intensity

For more colour
intensity

For less sharpness

For more
sharpness

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The “ADVANCED” menu consists of the advanced
feature items for the picture adjustments.

• “ADVANCED” items cannot be set when the FM radio

mode is selected.

✔ COMB FILTER

Set to “ON” to reduce the colour interference in picture
with fine details and the picture gets sharper.

✔NOISE RED. (NOISE REDUCTION)

Select your desired item from the three items of “OFF”,
“HIGH”, or “LOW” to reduce the noise when receiving
a weak signal. “NOISE RED.” provides high quality
images with minimal dot crawl and cross colour noise.

✔ DYN. CONTRAST

Set to “ON” to increase the contrast on the soft parts
of the picture.

✔ MONOCHROME

For viewing a video in monochrome.

✔ I/P SETUP

Adjusting the image and input signal can give you a
more beautiful picture.

INTERLACE: Use this setting when you cannot get

a clear picture with Progressive. (Especially
suitable for media with special effects like game
software.)

PROGRESSIVE: Normally, you should select this

setting.

✔ COLOUR TEMP.

Adjusts the colour temperature to give the best white
image.

✔ NTSC HUE

To adjust the skin colour during NTSC signal reception.

✔ MOV. COMP.

The “MOV. COMP.” smoothes the quick jumps
(movements) of images on the screen, in order to avoid
artifacts.

✔ DYN. GAMMA (DYNAMIC GAMMA)

Set to “ON” to increase the brightness on the dark
parts of the picture

✔ BACKLIGHT

To adjust your desired screen brightness.

HIGH: White with bluish tone
    •
    •
    •
LOW: White with reddish tone

c Button

d Button

Skin tones become
purplish

Skin tones become
greenish

c Button

d Button

The screen dims

The screen
brightens

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