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Antennas with an integrated amplifi er need a supply 
voltage on the antenna line. (Page 4)

With this function you can transfer the station data of 
the TV (such as station preset number/name/channel/
frequency) to the recorder if the recorder is set up for 
AV-Link. This function is available only for conventional 
analogue stations.

Press MENU and the menu screen displays.

Press 

c/d to select “Connections”, and then 

press OK.

Press 

a/b to select  “AV-Link”, and then press 

OK.

Select “Start transmission”, and then press OK.

•  The TV transfers the station list to the AV-Link 

recorders connected to EXT 2.

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Encrypted stations should be labelled as decoder 
stations, so that they can be decoded automatically by 
the connected decoder.

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  Manual adjustment of AV standard

Ask your dealer which standard to select for specifi c 
AV equipment (if it is not recognised automatically).
Select the appropriate external terminal (EXT 1- 3) and 
its AV standard as advised.

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If this function is activated and you switch to an AV 
device (connected to EXT 1 or 2) that delivers switching 
voltage to playback, its picture and sound will be 
reproduced immediately at all TV presets. (This function 
is available only for analogue TV and DTV mode.)

You can search for stations automatically or manually 
as well as set the menu language, time and date, child 
lock, on-screen displays, etc.

(See page 13.)

The menu contains the automatic station search and 
the manual station settings. You can re-sort stations, 
enter and change station names, and delete stations.

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Use this menu to search for stations automatically once 
certain settings have been made. (See page 8, Initial 
auto installation (Analogue)

 for details.)

Press MENU and the TV menu screen displays.

Press 

c/d to select “Setup”, and then press 

OK.

 Press 

a/b to select “Channels”, and then 

press OK.

 Press 

a/b to select “Search wizard”, and then 

press OK.

•  You will get a table for the auto station search.

If necessary select “Change search settings”, 
and then press OK. Otherwise skip to step 8.

Press 

a/b/c/d to select your country or area 

listed on the screen, and then press OK.

Indicate whether you wish to have “all” stations 
or “new ones only” searched for using 

c/d, 

and then press OK.

Select the desired TV/colour standard, and then 
press OK.

Specify from which station position onwards the 
stations are to be stored, and then press OK.

Press 

a/b to select “Start search”, and then 

press OK.

NOTE
•  The station search may take some time. 
•  Do not make any entries or switch off the set during this 

time. 

•  When the search has ended you will be shown the found 

and stored stations sorted in numerical order. 

•  After the station search has been completed, close the 

table by pressing END.

TV menu

Child lock

Auto format

Language

Blue illumination

Factory settings

Miscellaneous

on

Geometry

Channels

Channels

AQUOS LINK Auto Power On off

Setup

Select decoder 
station(s)

Sound encoding

Press OK to mark an encoded station. The 
marking can be removed from a station that 
has already been marked by pressing the same 
key.

For reception of encoded audio signals select 
either “always” if these are always encoded or 
“Automatic” if these are sometimes encoded. 
For audio signals which are always uncoded, 
select “never”.

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Use the manual tune option when receiving TV signal 
whose TV/Colour standard deviate from the one 
specifi ed already. However, this requires detailed 
knowledge.

Press MENU and the TV menu screen displays.

Press 

c/d to select “Setup”, and then press 

OK.

Press 

a/b to select “Channels”, and then 

press OK.

Press 

a/b to select “Manual tune”, and then 

press OK.

Now enter the necessary setting parameters for 
each menu item.

•  For “Channel” and “Frequency”, you can initiate the 

search by pressing Blue (Search) or simply enter the 
number if you know it. 

•  For items “TV stand.” and “Col. standard”, you must 

fi rst press OK (Adopt) to confi rm the change.

When you have fi nished the adjustments, press 
Red (Store) to store the new settings.

Next, select the channel position to store the 
new settings. Press Red to overwrite the current 
station or Blue to insert the new channel.

: You can enter the channel number directly here. 

Press 

c/d to move between the receiving channel 

modes.

: You enter the frequency directly using the 

numeric buttons. For fi ne tuning, use the 

c/d buttons. 

Fine tuning may be necessary for analogue channels or 
for  recorder playback via the antenna connection.

: You can enter an 8-character channel name. Refer 

to page 9 for the character input method.

: Ask your dealer which standard to select for 

specifi c channels or AV equipment. (B/G, I, L, D/K)

: Ask your dealer which standard to select 

for specifi c channels or AV equipment. Selectable colour 
standard varies depending on the selected TV standard. 
(Auto, PAL, SECAM)

With the child lock you can bar access to all stations 
immediately or daily for a certain time period.
To use this function, you have fi rst to defi ne your PIN.

NOTE
•  To view a locked channel, you must enter the PIN. (See 

page 31 for locking channels from viewing in DTV mode.)

•  The TV power will be turned off if no PIN is entered for 

several seconds.

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You can lock out all stations immediately by selecting 
“yes”. The lock is effective immediately and effective 
whenever you turn on the TV.

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Here, enter the daily time period, for which your TV set 
is to be locked.

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This allows you to change your PIN.

When in analogue TV mode, the current PIN becomes 
invalid if you choose “no” for both “Lock immediately” and 
“Lock daily”.

When Auto format is switched on, the TV recognises 
the wide picture mode for Cinemascope or widescreen 
fi lms and adjusts itself accordingly.

NOTE
•  Use Wide modes if an image does not switch to the desired 

screen format.

•  When 4:3 picture format (i.e., “Normal”) is manually 

selected using the Wide modes function, the Auto format 
function is temporarily disabled. Select another input 
source or reset the TV power to restore the Auto format 
function, and the 4:3 picture format will be automatically 
selected depending on the transmitted signal.

You can select a language from the Setup menu. Select 
from among 13 languages. (Dutch, English, Finnish, 
French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, 
Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish)

The LED on the front of the TV is blue when illuminated.

NOTE
•  The factory default setting is “on”.
  Set to “off” if you do not want the LED to illuminate.

Call up the predefi ned sound and picture factory 
settings. Unlike the “Reset” options provided in the 
Picture and Sound menus, this will reset all parameters 
to the default value all across the various input modes 
and AV mode options.

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  Change stations

You can move stations, enter or change station names, 
and delete stations. The operation is the same as 
explained in page 9, “To delete, move, and rename 
stations from the station list”

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  No signal off

When set to “Enable” the TV will automatically enter the 
standby mode if there is no signal input for 6 minutes.

TV menu ->Setup

Time and date

Miscellaneous

Channels

Child lock 

On-screen displays

No signal off

Enable

Disable

You can set the geometry values of the picture such as 
picture position and phase relation. The adjustments 
are stored independently for each input mode.

Picture

TV menu

Picture horizontal

Picture vertical

Phase position

0

0

0

Geometry

Sets the horizontal picture position by moving the 
picture left and right.

Sets the vertical picture position by moving the picture 
up and down.

Adjusting the phase relation ensures a picture without 
fl icker and noise. (Available only for RGB signal)

NOTE
•  When a TV programme fi nishes, this function may not 

operate.

•  This function is not available in DTV mode.

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  On-screen displays

Here you can determine which on-screen displays are 
to be shown by pressing 

p on the remote control.

On-screen display 
time

Sound mode

Time

Sets the duration of the TV status and station 
name display.
•  This setting also affects other TV screens. 

(Volume, Surround, etc.)

Sound mode display on/off (“yes”/“no”)

Time information display on/off (“yes”/“no”)

Time

Date

Beginning of 
daylight-saving
time

End of daylight-
saving time

If you receive a station with teletext after 
switching on your TV set, the time and date are 
automatically registered. In the case of some 
stations, the date may have to be entered 
manually. For stations without teletext, enter the 
time (00:00 to 23:59) and the date (day.month.
year) using the numeric buttons on the remote 
control.

See the above item “Time”.

Enter the date for the beginning of daylight-
saving time if it deviates from the date 
calculated automatically.

Enter the date of the end of daylight-saving 
time if it deviates from the date calculated 
automatically.

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When you receive teletext, the correct date and time 
setting is picked up automatically by the set.
If you do not receive teletext, you should set the “Date” 
and “Time” manually. Also you have additional items 
you can adjust as outlined below.

NOTE
•  Time and date information confi gured manually cannot be 

overridden automatically by the set.

•  If the power to the set is cut off (disconnection of AC 

cord, power outage, etc.), the auto time acquisition mode 
through teletext reactivates.

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Some of the useful features can be directly called up by 
pressing assigned buttons on the remote control.

NOTE
•  You can adjust the factory presets given in “STANDARD”, 

“SOFT”, “ECO” and “DYNAMIC”.

•  You can assign different AV mode to each external input 

source.

•  Enhanced Picture Contrast technology detects the source 

video characteristics and smoothly adjusts the screen 
brightness accordingly, enabling deeper black levels.

•  Enhanced Picture Contrast is activated when you turn the 

OPC function off for the items “STANDARD”, “SOFT” and 
“DYNAMIC” in AV mode.

: For a highly defi ned image in a normally 

bright room (Enhanced Picture Contrast: On)

: Creates a softer image. (Enhanced Picture 

Contrast: On)

: Reduces power consumption. (Enhanced Picture 

Contrast: Off)

: For a clear-cut image emphasising high 

contrast for sports viewing. (Enhanced Picture Contrast: 
On)

: Allows the user to customise settings as desired. 

You can set the mode for each input source. (Enhanced 
Picture Contrast: Off)

AV mode gives you fi ve viewing options to choose from 
to best match the system environment, which can vary 
due to factors like room brightness, type of programme 
watched or the type of image input from external 
equipment.

Press AV MODE.

•  The AV mode menu 

displays.

Press AV MODE or 

a/b 

while the AV mode menu 
displays on the screen.

•  As you toggle down 

the options, each is 
immediately refl ected on the screen. No need to 
press OK.

AV mode

SOFT

ECO

DYNAMIC

USER

STANDARD

Use the INPUT SOURCE screen to select/check the 
external equipment connected to the terminal(s) on the 
back of the TV.

To watch images from 
external AV equipment, 
press 

b. (Page 10)

•  To close the INPUT SOURCE 

screen, press 

b again.

Press 

a/b to select the 

corresponding terminal, and 
then press OK.

NOTE
•  If AQUOS LINK-compatible device 

connected to EXT 5 or 6 sends 
model-specifi c data to the TV, its device name is displayed.

 Press 

p, a status display appears for a few 

seconds.

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Mono

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•  In the top line you can see the name of the 

programme. See page 21 for how to customise the 
settings for the status display. 

INPUT SOURCE

TV

DTV

EXT1

EXT2

EXT3

EXT4

EXT5

EXT6

You can freeze a motion picture on the screen.

Press 

3.

Press 

3 again to exit still image.

NOTE
•  This function may not be available depending on signal 

condition.

Automatically adjusts the brightness of the screen.

 Press 

OPC on the remote control unit to switch 

the Optical Picture Control on and off.

NOTE
•  When set to “on”, the TV senses the surrounding light and 

automatically adjusts the backlight brightness. Make sure 
no object obstructs the OPC sensor, which could affect its 
ability to sense surrounding light.

•  Under the factory default condition, OPC becomes active 

when you select “ECO” for the AV mode.

•  OPC turns off whenever an adjustment is made to the 

“Backlight” setting.

•  OPC can be adjusted and reset for each individual AV 

mode.

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