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SECTION 1 SELF DIAGNOSIS FUNCTION
LE-4B Self Diagnostic Software
LE-4B chassis TV’s contain a self diagnosis function. In the event of an error occurring, the STANDBY LED indicator will automatically begin
to flash. The number of times the STANDBY LED indicator flashes translates to a probable source of the problem. If an error symptom cannot
be reproduced, the remote commander can be used to review the failure occurrence data stored in memory to reveal past problems and how often
these problems occur.
to flash. The number of times the STANDBY LED indicator flashes translates to a probable source of the problem. If an error symptom cannot
be reproduced, the remote commander can be used to review the failure occurrence data stored in memory to reveal past problems and how often
these problems occur.
1. DIAGNOSTIC TEST INDICATORS
When an error occurs, the STANDBY indicator will flash a set number of times to indicate the possible cause of the problem. If there is more
than one error, the indicator will identify the first of the problem areas.
than one error, the indicator will identify the first of the problem areas.
The result for all of the following diagnosis items are displayed on screen. No error has occured if the screen displays a “0”.
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2. DISPLAY OF STANDBY INDICATOR FLASH COUNT
V
Lamp OFF 3 sec
Lamp ON 300ms
Lamp OFF 300ms
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3. STOPPING THE STANDBY INDICATOR FLASH
Turn off the power switch on the TV to stop the STANDBY indicator from flashing.
4. SELF-DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN DISPLAY
For errors with symptoms such as “power sometimes shuts off” or “screen sometimes goes off” that cannot be confirmed, it is possible to bring
up past occurrences of failure on the screen for confirmation.
up past occurrences of failure on the screen for confirmation.
To bring up the screen test
The following screen will be displayed indicating the error count.
i+
5
+
(ON SCREEN (DIGIT 5) (VOLUME +) (TV)
DISPLAY)
DISPLAY)
In standby mode, press buttons on the remote commander sequentially in rapid sucession as shown below:
Note that this differs from entering the service mode (volume + )
Numeral “0” means that no fault was detected.
Numeral “1” means the number of a fault occurrence (1 ~ 255).
Numeral “1” means the number of a fault occurrence (1 ~ 255).
To clear the error display count press “8” then “0” on the remote commander.
To exit the self-diagnostic screen, turn off the power switch on the TV set.
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The operating instructions mentioned here are partial abstracts
from the Operating Instruction Manual. The page numbers of
the Operating Instruction Manual remain as in the manual.
SECTION 2
GENERAL
1
3
GB
Getting Started
7: Auto-tuning the TV
Af
ter selecting
th
e lan
guage
and country/region
, a
messag
e confir
ming
the TV start
auto-tuning appears
on t
he
screen.
Yo
u must tune
the TV to receive channels
(TV
broadcasts). Do
the f
ollo
wi
ng to search and
store all
available channels.
1
Press OK to
select
“Yes”.
T
he TV st
art
s sea
rchi
ng
fo
r
al
l
av
ai
lab
le digi
ta
l
channels follo
wed by
all
available analog
ue
channels. This may
take
some time,
please be
patient and
do
no
t press any buttons
on th
e TV or
remote.
Once
all available digital
and
analogue
channels
have been stored
, the
TV returns to normal
operation, displaying the di
gital
channel stored on
channel numb
er 1. If no
di
gital
channels are
foun
d, the analogue chann
el sto
red on channel 1 is
displayed.
Whe
n a
messa
ge app
ears
for
you to confirm
the
aerial con
nections
No digital
or analogu
e channels are
fo
und. Check
all
the aerial c
onnections and p
ress OK twice
to
start auto-tuning again.
2
Th
e Pro
gramme
Sorting menu appears o
n
the scree
n.
N
o
te
If some
digital
channel is fou
nd, this st
ep
w
ill
not appear
3
To
c
h
ange the order in which t
he channels
are s
tored on the TV. See page
30.
4
Press MEN
U to exit.
The TV has now
tu
ned in all the
available
channels.
Tip
functions are avai
lable
onl
y for
count
ri
es
(page
2).
4
1
Do y
ou w
ant to star
t
automatic tuning ?
Ye
s
No
m
Number of Ser
vices f
ound
14
Sear
c
hing.
40%
Di
gi
tal
au
to
-t
un
e di
s
pl
ay
m
A
uto T
uning
Prog
rammes f
ound:
Searching...
A
na
lo
gu
e au
to
-t
un
e di
s
pl
ay
1
9
GB
Using the Menu
Viewing pictures from
connected equipment
Switch on the
connected
equi
pment, then
perform
one
of the following operation.
For equ
ipme
nt connected
to the scart sockets using a
fully-wired
21-pin
scart lead
Start
playback on the
connected
equipment.
The
picture from
the connected equipment appear
s on
the screen.
For a
n auto-tun
ed VCR
page
11
Press PROG +/-, or the
number
buttons,
to
select the
video channel. Yo
u can al
so press
/
repeat
edl
y
until the
correct
input symbol (see below)
appears on
the screen.
For o
ther
conn
ected equ
ipme
nt
Press
/
repeated
ly until
the co
rrect input
symbol (see below)
appears on the
screen or
press
OK
to
access the Inpu
t signa
l ind
ex table.
Press
,
to select
an inpu
t
source, press
m
/M
, th
en
pr
es
s OK.
Additional operati
ons
Navigating through
menus
1
Press MENU to display the menu.
2
Press
M
/
m
to select
a me
nu icon,
press
,
.
3
Press
M
/
m
/
<
/
,
to sele
c
t a
n option.
4
Press
M
/
m
/
<
/
,
to change/set the
setting, then press OK.
T
o
exit
th
e menu, press ME
NU.
T
o return
to
th
e
last
di
spl
ay, p
ress
<
.
1/
1, 2/
2:
Aud
io/video
or RGB
in
put
signal through
the
scart
so
cket
/
1
or 2.
appears
only if an
RGB
so
urce h
as bee
n co
nnected.
3:
Compon
ent input
signal throug
h
the Y, P
B
/C
B
, P
R
/C
R
so
ckets
/
3,
an
d au
dio
input
signa
l
th
ro
ugh
the
L/G
/S/I, R/D/D/D
sockets
/
3.
4/
4:
Video input
signal
throug
h the video socket
4,
and
audio
inpu
t sign
al thro
ugh th
e
au
dio socke
t L/G/S/I
(M
ONO)
, R/D/D/D sockets
4.
appea
rs
only if
the equ
ipmen
t is con
nected to the S video socket
4
instead of
the video socket
4, and S vid
eo inpu
t
signa
l is in
put
through the S
vi
deo
sock
et
4.
5:
RGB input signal throu
gh the PC connec
tors
5, an
d
audio
inpu
t sign
al thro
ugh th
e
sock
et
5.
6:
Digital au
dio
/video
sign
al
is inpu
t throug
h the HDMI IN
6
sock
et. Aud
io input
signal
is analogue only if the
equipment has been conn
ecte
d
using th
e
DVI
and
au
dio
out socke
t.
T
o
D
o
t
h
is
R
eturn t
o
the
norm
al
TV op
eration
Press D
IGITAL or A
NALOG.
A
cce
ss the
Inp
ut
signa
l in
dex table
Press O
K
.
Pr
ess
,
to
select an
input source, p
ress
m
/M
, then
press
OK.
Using the Menu
1
4
2,3,4
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GB
Overview of the menus
The
following options are avai
labl
e in
each menu. For
details on navigating thro
ugh
menu
s,
see (page
19).
Also
, see page in
parentheses for
deta
ils of each menu.
1
Picture Adjustment
Pic
tu
re Mo
de
(
2
1
)
C
ontrast/Brigh
tn
ess/C
o
lou
r/Hu
e
/
Sh
arpne
ss (21
)
Co
lo
ur To
n
e
(2
1)
Reset (22)
N
o
ise Red
uction (22)
Iris (22)
2
Soun
d Adjustment
So
und Effe
ct (23)
Trebl
e/Bass/Bal
ance (23
)
Reset (23)
D
ual Sou
nd (24)
Auto Volume
(24)
3
Screen
Auto Format (25)
Screen Format (25)
R
G
B Center (25)
4
Feature
s
AV2
Output
(2
6)
TV Sp
eakers (26)
PC Adjust
ment (27)
Select:
Set:
End:
OK
MENU
Picture Mode
Contr
ast
Br
ightness
Colour
Hue
Shar
pness
Colour T
o
n
e
Reset
Noise Reduction
Ir
is
Custom
Max
50
50
0
15
Wa
rm
Au
to
High
Picture Adjustment
1
2
3
4
5
6
5
Timer
Sleep
Timer
(28)
Clock Set
(28)
Timer (28)
6
Se
t U
p
Auto Start Up (29)
Lang
uag
e (2
9)
Coun
try (29)
Auto
T
u
ni
ng
(30)
Pr
ogramme Sorting (30)
Pro
g
ramme Lab
els (3
1)
AV Preset (31)
–
L
abel/Skip
M
a
nual Programme Pres
et
(31)
–
P
rogramme/System/
Channe
l/
Label
/AFT
/
Audio Filter/Sk
ip/Decoder/ATT/C
onfirm
Digi
tal
Se
t Up (34)
–
D
igi
tal
T
uning
/Digi
tal
Set-up
2
1
GB
Using the Menu
Picture Adjustment menu
Selects the
picture mode.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Pic
ture Mode”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following
picture
modes, then
press OK.
Vivid: For
big lighted
spaces.
Stand
ard: Optimal picture fo
r ho
me
use.
Cu
stom: Allows yo
u to store
your own prefered settin
gs.
Tip
You can change
the picture mo
de
b
y
pres
sing
repeatedly.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect the
option.
2
Press
<
/
,
to set
the level,
then press
OK.
Tip
“Hue”
can on
ly be ad
justed for
an
NTSC
co
lo
ur signal (e.g.,
U.S.A. video tapes).
“Bri
ghtne
ss
”,
“Colour”
, “H
ue”
and “
Sha
rpness” only
appear
and
can be adjuste
d if
“Pic
tur
e M
ode”
is
set to “Custom”.
1
Pres
s O
K
to s
e
le
ct
“C
olour Tone”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following, then press OK.
Cool: G
ives
the
white
colours a blue tint.
Neutral:
Gives the white
colours a
ne
utral tint.
Warm: Gives the
whit
e colours
a red
tint.
Tip
“Warm”
only appe
ars and can be a
djusted if
“Picture
Mode
” is set
to
“Custom”.
You can select
the options listed
be
low on the
Picture
Adjustment menu.
To
select options, see
“Navigating
through menus” (page 19).
Tip
When you set
the
“Picture
Mode” option to “V
ivid”
or
“Standa
rd,”
you can
adjust on
ly
“Contr
ast,” and
“R
eset.”
Picture Mode
Contrast/Brightness/Colour/Hue/Sharpness
Colour Tone
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
Picture Mode
Contr
ast
Br
ightness
Colour
Hue
Shar
pness
Colour T
o
n
e
Reset
Noise Reduction
Ir
is
Custom
Max
50
50
0
15
Wa
rm
A
uto
High
Picture Adjustment
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