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Getting Started
Step 1
Connect the antenna
If you wish to connect a VCR, see the Connecting a VCR diagram below.
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IEC connector
(not supplied)
(not supplied)
To video and
audio outputs
audio outputs
VCR
(yellow)
-L (MONO) (white)
-R (red)
-R (red)
Antenna cable (not supplied)
Audio/Video cable
(not supplied)
(not supplied)
To antenna
output
output
Rear of TV
Rear of TV
Connecting a VCR
To watch the video input, press t (see page 13).
: Signal flow
VIDEO
VIDEO IN
VIDEO OUT
AUDIO
R
L
1
2
R
L
Y
C
B
C
R
To 8
(antenna
input)
(antenna
input)
To t 1 or 2
(video input)
(video input)
: Signal flow
or
Antenna cable (not supplied)
Antenna cable (not supplied)
To S video
output
output
S video cable
(not supplied)
(not supplied)
To
(S video input)
(S video input)
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Front of TV
Step 3
Preset the channels automatically
Tips
• If you want to stop automatic channel presetting, press SELECT twice.
• If your TV has preset an unwanted channel or cannot preset a particular
• If you want to stop automatic channel presetting, press SELECT twice.
• If your TV has preset an unwanted channel or cannot preset a particular
channel, then preset your TV manually (see page 10).
Note
• During automatic channel presetting, your TV screen will indicate “B/G” ,
• During automatic channel presetting, your TV screen will indicate “B/G” ,
“I”, “D/K” or “M” for the TV system (“TV SYS”).
Notes
• If you connect a monaural VCR, connect the yellow plug to
• If you connect a monaural VCR, connect the yellow plug to
(the yellow jack)
and the black plug to -L (MONO) (the white jack).
• If you connect a VCR to the 8 (antenna input) terminal, preset the signal output
from the VCR to the program number 0 on the TV.
• If both
(S video input) and t 1 (video input) at the rear of your TV are input
at the same time, the
(S video input) is automatically selected. To view the
video input to t 1 (video input), disconnect the S video cable.
• Do not connect video equipment to the t 2 (video input) jacks at the front and the
rear of your TV at the same time; otherwise the picture will not be displayed
properly on the screen.
properly on the screen.
• When no signal is input from the connected video equipment, the TV screen
becomes blue.
CAUTION
• Do not plug in the power cord until you have completed making all other
• Do not plug in the power cord until you have completed making all other
connections; otherwise a minimum leakage current might flow through the
antenna and other terminals to ground.
antenna and other terminals to ground.
• To avoid battery leakage and damage to the remote, remove the batteries from
the remote if you are not going to use it for several days. If any liquid that leaks
from the batteries touches you, immediately wash it away with water.
from the batteries touches you, immediately wash it away with water.
Step 2
Note
• Do not use old batteries nor use different types of batteries together.
• Do not use old batteries nor use different types of batteries together.
Insert the batteries
into the remote
into the remote
AUTO
PROGR
1
VHF LOW B/G
2
1
PROGR
SELECT
AUTO
PROGR
PROGR
ENTER
SELECT
1
2
L(MONO)
R
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Connecting optional components
You can connect optional audio/video components, such as a VCR, multi disc player,
camcorder, video game or stereo system.
camcorder, video game or stereo system.
To watch the video input of the connected equipment, press t (see page 13).
Connecting a camcorder/video game equipment
using the t (video input) jacks
using the t (video input) jacks
Notes
• You can also connect video equipment to the t 1 or 2 (video input) jacks
• You can also connect video equipment to the t 1 or 2 (video input) jacks
at the rear of your TV.
• Do not connect video equipment to the t 2 (video input) jacks at the
front and the rear of your TV at the same time; otherwise the picture will
not be displayed properly on the screen.
not be displayed properly on the screen.
Connecting audio/video equipment using the T
(monitor output) jacks
(monitor output) jacks
Note
• If you select “DVD” on your TV screen, the signal from the T (monitor
• If you select “DVD” on your TV screen, the signal from the T (monitor
output) jacks will not be output properly. This does not indicate a
malfunction.
malfunction.
1
2
R
L
Y
C
B
C
R
2
(MONO)
PROGR
SELECT
AUTO
PROGR
PROGR
ENTER
SELECT
2
L(MONO)
R
Front of TV
Camcorder
Video game
equipment
equipment
To video and
audio outputs
audio outputs
(yellow)
-L (MONO)
(white)
-R (red)
Rear of TV
To
antenna
output
antenna
output
To video and
audio inputs
audio inputs
Audio system
To
audio
inputs
audio
inputs
VCR
: Signal flow
: Signal flow
To
t
2
(video input)
To T
(monitor
output)
(monitor
output)
or
Audio/Video cable (not supplied)
Antenna cable (not supplied)
Audio/Video cable
(not supplied)
(not supplied)
or
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DVD player
To
L (white)
R (red)
L (white)
R (red)
Audio cable
(not supplied)
(not supplied)
To component
video output
video output
Component video cable
(not supplied)
(not supplied)
To audio
output
output
: Signal flow
To
(component
video input)
(component
video input)
Connect
To (on the DVD player)
Y (green)
Y
C
B
(blue)
C
b
, B-Y or P
B
C
R
(red)
C
r
, R-Y or P
R
Rear of TV
VIDEO
R-AUDIO-L
LINE OUT
Y
COMPONENT VIDEO OUT
S VIDEO OUT
C
B
C
R
R
L
Y
C
B
C
R
Connecting a DVD player using the
(component video
input) jacks
1 Connect R and L under
(component video input) on your TV to the LINE OUT,
AUDIO R and L output connectors on your DVD player.
2 Using a component video cable, connect Y, C
B
, and C
R
under
(component video
input) on your TV to the COMPONENT VIDEO OUT Y, C
B
, and C
R
output
connectors on your DVD player.
Notes
• If your DVD player can output interlace and progressive mode signals,
• If your DVD player can output interlace and progressive mode signals,
select the interlace output when connecting to
(component video
input) on your TV. Your TV can receive either 525i/60Hz or 625i/50Hz
interlace signals.
interlace signals.
• Some DVD player terminals may be labeled differently:
• Since the high quality pictures on a DVD disc contain a lot of information,
picture noise may appear. In this case, adjust the sharpness (“SHARP”)
(see page 16).
(see page 16).
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