Hitachi 42pd8a10 Instructions For Use
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-10- and 9. The TV will switch to the selected programme after a short delay. • For a two digit programme number enter thesecond digit after pressing the first digit within 2 seconds. Menu System Your TV has been designed with a menu system to provide easy manipulation of a multifunction system. Press the button to enter the menu. Press _/`button to select a menu title and then a/bbutton to select a menu item and _/`or “ OK ” button to enter the menu item. •Pressthe button to exit the menu. •Pressthe button to return to the previous menu. Picture menu By pressing_/`button, select the first icon. Picture menu appears on the screen. Mode CinemaPICTURE Contrast PA L 5 0 Hz Brightness SharpnessColourColour TempWarmNoise Reduction Medium Reset 10 24 62 32Film Mode Off 3D Comb Off Mode By pressing a/bbutton, select Mode. Press _/`button to choose one of these options: Natural,Dynamic andCinema . Picture mode can be changed directly by pressing the button. Contrast By pressing a/bbutton, select Contrast. Press `button to increase contrast. Press_button to decrease contrast. Contrast level can be adjusted between 0 and 63. Brightness By pressing a/bbutton, select Bright- ness. Press `button to increase brightness. Press _button to decrease brightness. Brightness level can be adjusted between 0 and 63. Sharpness By pressing a/bbutton, select Sharp- ness. Press `button to increase sharp- ness. Press _button to decrease sharp- ness. Sharpness level can be adjusted be- tween 0 and 31. Colour By pressing a/bbutton, select Colour. Press `button to increase colour. Press_button to decrease colour. Colour level can be adjusted between 0 and 99. Hue This item is displayed in picture menu when the TV receives an NTSC signal. By press- ing a/bbutton, select hue.Press`button to increase hue. Press _button to decrease hue. Hue level can be adjusted between -31 and 31. Colour Temp By pressing a/bbutton, select Colour Tem p . Press _/`button to choose one of these options: Cool,Normal andWarm . Noise Reduction This item is used to reduce the image noise and improve the picture quality at weak sig- nals. By pre ssing a/bbutton, select Noise Re- duction. Press _/`buttontoset Noise re- duction level toOff,Low ,Medium orHigh. Film Mode Films are recorded at a different number of frames per second to normal television programmes. By pre ssing a/bbutton, select Film Mode. Press _/`button to set this feature On or Off. Turn this feature on when you are watch-
-11- ing films to see the fast motion scenes clearly. 3D Comb 3D Comb is used to improve colour transi- tions and colour quality of pictures. By pre ssing a/bbutton, select3D Comb. Press _/`button to set this feature On or Off. Reset By pressing a/bbutton, select Reset. Press _/`or “ OK” button to reset the picture modes to factory default settings. Sound menu By pressing_/`button, select the second icon. Sound menu appears on the screen. Vo l u m eSOUND EqualizerBalance Headphone Sound Mode 10 0 Stereo AV L Effect Dynamic Bass On Off 3DS Subwoofer Off OffOn Vo l u m e By pressing a/bbutton, select Volume. Press `button to increase volume level. Press _button to decrease volume level. Volume level can be adjusted between 0 and 63. Equalizer By pressing a/bbutton, select Equalizer. Press _/`or “ OK” button to enter equalizer menu. SOUNDEqualizer Sound ModeUser120Hz500Hz 1.5kHz 5kHz 0 10kHz0000 In equalizer menu the sound mode can be changed to User, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Flat and Classic by pressing _/`button. Equalizer menu settings can be changed only when Sound Mode isUser. Select the desired fre- quency by a/bbutton and increase or de- crease the frequency gain by pressing _/`button. Press the button to return to the previous menu. Balance By pressing a/bbutton, select Balance. Press `button to increase balance to the right. Press _button to decrease balance to the left. Balance level can be adjusted be- tween -31 and 31. Headphone By pressing a/bbutton, select Head- phone. Press _/`or “ OK” button to enter hedphone menu. SOUNDHeadphone Vo lu m e Sound ModeBalance 100Stereo
-12- volume By pressing a/bbutton, selectVolume. Press `button to increase hp volume level. Press _button to decrease hp volume level. Headphone volume level can be adjusted between 0 and 63. sound mode By pressing a/bbutton, select Sound Mo de. Press _/`button to change sound mode. Sound mode is used to identify sound mode of the headphone and can be set to mono, ste- reo, dual a or dual baccording to the transmis- sion. balance By pressing a/bbutton, select Balance. Press `button to increase balance to the right. Press _button to decrease balance to the left. Balance level can be adjusted be- tween -31 and 31. Press the button to return to the previous menu. Sound Mode By pressing a/bbutton, select Sound Mode. Press _/`button to change the mode. You can select Mono ,Stereo, Dual A orDual B mode, only if the selected channel sup- ports that mode. In case of bilingual broadcast (Dual Sound), you can select original or dubbed language using mode option. AV L Automatic Volume Limiting (AVL) function adjusts the sound to obtain fixed output level between programs, having different sound levels. Pressing _/`button will turn this feature on or off. Effect You can use this feature to switch the sound effect on or off. If the current sound system is Mono and the sound effect is switched on, then the sound will be heard as if it is Ste- reo. If the current sound system is Stereo, switching this effect on will give a more spa- tial effect. Pressing _/`button will turn this feature on or off. Dynamic Bass Dynamic Bass is used to increase bass ef- fect of the TV set. By pre ssing a/bbutton, select Dynamic Bas s . By pressing _/`button set Dynamic bass to Low, High or OFF. It is not recom- mended to select High if listening at high volume levels. There is a subwoofer output that can accept an active subwoofer if you wish to create very high levels of Bass. 3DS This feature is used to create the impres- sion that sound is coming from around the room instead of from the set speakers. Pressing the _/`buttons will turn the fea- ture on or off. SubWoofer It is possible to connect an external, active subwoofer to the set to give a much deeper bass effect. By pressing a/bbutton, select Subwoofer. Subwoofer can be set to On or Off. Set Subwoofer to On when you connect an external subwoofer to the set. Feature menu By pressing_/`button, select the third icon. Feature menu appears on the screen. Sleep TimerFEATURE Child LockLanguage Ext-2 Out Default Zoom Off Off English EXT - 1 Panoramic Blue Back ground On Menu Background Translucent Menu Timeout 30 sec Te l e t e x t L a n guageWest Screen Saver
-13- Sleep Timer By pressing a/bbutton, selectSleep Ti mer. The timer can be programmed be- tween Off and 2 hours in steps of 10 min- utes by pressing _/`button. If sleep timer is activated, at the end of the selected time, the TV goes automatically to stand-by mode. Child Lock You can use this feature to prevent children turning the TV on or changing programs or adjustments etc. without remote control. The child lock feature can be set by _/`but- ton to either onoroff. W hen offis selected, there will be no difference in the operation of your TV. When onis selected, the TV can only be controlled by the remote control handset. In this case the control panel but- tons, except the Power on/off button, at the bottom of the TV will not work. If one of these buttons is pressed, “Child Lock On” will be displayed on the screen. Language By pressing a/bbutton, select Language. By pressing _/`button, you can select the language. Ext-2 Out By pressing a/bbutton, select Ext-2 Out. You can set Ext-2 OuttoTV, EXT-1, EXT-3, EXT-4, EXT-5, EXT-6 or PCby pressing _/`button. Note: Only audio output is available for EXT- 4, EXT-6 and PC. The other options have both audio and video outputs. Default Zoom By pressing a/bbutton, select Default Zoom. You can set Default Zoom toPan- o ram i c , 4:3 or 14:9 Zoomby pressing _/`button. If there is no WSS or aspect ratio (picture size) information and zoom mode is selected asAutoby pressing the button, then the zoom mode will automatically change to Default Zoom setting. See also Zoom Modes on page 18. Blue Background You can set the TV to automatically change to a blue screen if the signal is weak or ab- sent, or when there is no input from an exter- nal device. The Blue Background feature can be turned on or off by pressing _/`button. Menu Background By pressing a/bbutton, select Menu Back gro un d. You can change menu back- ground to Translucent orOpaque by press- ing _/`button. Menu Timeout By pressing a/bbutton, select Menu Timeout. Press _/`button to change menu timeout to 15 sec, 30 sec or60 sec. Teletext Language By pressing a/bbutton, select Teletext Language. Press _/`button to change Te le te xt La ngua ge to W e s t , E a s t , Cyri llic, Tu rk /Gre or Arabic.This will normally be set to W est for Western Europe. Screen Saver By pressing a/bbutton, select Screen Saver. Press _/`or “ OK” button to enter screen saver menu. This menu has three items related to pos- sible image retention problem in plasma display panels. First two items (Screen W ipe, Inverse) of this menu are used to re- move the effects after the problem occured and the last item (Pixel Shift) is used to pre- vent this problem. Screen Wipe : W hen OK is pressed on this item the panel is driven with full white picture for one hour unless any user command is entered. During this mode if any user com- mand is entered, Screen Saver menu will be displayed on the screen with Screen W ipe highlighted. Inverse :WhenOKispressedonthisitem the colour of each pixel of the displayed im- age is inverted for one hour unless any user command is entered.
-14- Pixel Shift: This item can be set to off,5, 10, 20, 40 min. or 1 hour. W hole picture is shifted 2 pixels in the directions of the figure shown below. f ff ff1 2 3 4 5Pixel The time entered in this setting refers to the time between the picture being moved. If you are using games consoles or similar set to 5 mins but try not to leave static images on the screen for long periods of time. Install menu By pressing_/`button, select the fourth icon. Install menu appears on the screen. ProgramINSTALL BandChannelColour SystemSound System 1 C 12 AUTO BG Fine Tune Search 224.25 VCR Off Store Program 0 Program By pressing a/bbutton, select Program. Press _/`button to select the program number. You can also enter a number via digit buttons on the remote control. There are 100 program storage between 0 and 99. Band Ban d can be selected either “C” or “S” by pressing _/`button. Channel Ch an n el can be changed by _/`button or Digit Buttons. Colour System By pressing a/bbutton, select Colour Sys t em . Press _/`button to change the colour system to PAL, PAL60, SECAM or AUTO . Note: In EXT mode, you can choose NTSC 3.58 and NTSC 4.43 as well. Sound System By pressing a/bbutton, select Sound Sys t em . Press _/`button to change the sound system to BG, DK, IorL/L’ . Fine Tune By pressing a/bbutton, select Fine Tune. Press _/`button to adjust the tuning. Search By pressing a/bbutton, select Search. Press _/`button to start program search- ing. The searching will stop when a signal is found. You can also enter a frequency value directly by pressing the digit buttons. VCR (Video Cassette Recorder) • This item can be seen in all modes except EXT-4 and PC. • If you want to watch a VCRsource from one of these modes, then it will be better to set VCR mode “on”. For this, while the cursor is on this item press the _/`buttons to set it “ On ”. • If you want to watch a DVD, then you must set this item “ Off”. Store Program By pressing a/bbutton, select Store Pro- gram. Press _/`or “ OK” button to store the adjustments. “Program Stored” will be dis- played on the screen.
-15- Program menu By pressing_/`button, select the fifth icon. Program menu appears on the screen. PROGRAM01 ITV 02 ZDF 03 CH5 04 C - 02 05 C - 05 06 C - 06 07 C - 08 08 C - 21 09 C - 23 10 C - 35 11 C - 4 3 12 C - 64 13 C - 68 14 S - 40 15 ----- 16 ----- 17 ----- 18 ----- 19 ----- 20 ----- NameInsert Delete APS By moving the cursor in four directions you can reach 20 programmes in the same page. You can scroll the pages up or down by pressing the navigation buttons to see all the programmes in TV mode (except the AV mode). By cursor action , programme selection is done automatically. Name: To change the name of a decided programme, select the programme and press the RED button. The first letter of the selected name starts to blink. Press a/bbutton to change that let- ter and _/`button to select the other letters. By pressing the RED button, you can store the name. Insert: Select the programme which you want to in- sert by navigation buttons. Press the GREEN button. By navigation buttons move the selected programme to the decided programme space and press the GREEN button again. Delete: To delete a programme , press the YELLOW butt on. Pressi ng theYELLOW button again erases the selected programme from the programme list, and the programmes below shift one up. APS (Automatic Programming System) WhenyoupresstheBLUEbuttonforAPS, the following warning screen will be dis- played. WARNING ! Country UK All prestored programs OKCancel PROGRAM will be deleted Press the BLUE button to cancel APS if you do not want to delete your existing programme list. To continue APS, first select the country by pressing _/`button and then press the RED or “ OK” button. APS is running...UK - I 055,25 Mhz Cancel After APS is finalized, the programme table will appear on the screen. Source menu By pressing_/`button, select the sixth icon. Source menu appears on the screen. TVSOURCE : TV EXT - 1EXT - 2 EXT - 3 EXT - 3S EXT - 4 EXT - 5 EXT - 5S EXT - 6 PC In source menu, highlight a source by pressing a/bbutton and switch to that mode by pressing _/`or “ OK”button.
-16- PC Mode Installation • Power off both Computer and Display beforemaking any connections. • Set your PC’s resolution correctly before conne cting to the TV. Se e the ta ble on pa g e 25 for supported modes. • Use a D-SUB cable to connect the TV’s PC input to the computer’s RGB output termi- nal. 15 Pin Mini D-Sub Connector • Tighten the screws of the Display cable untilthe connectors are fastened securely (fin- ger-tighten only). Menu System in PC mode Press thebutton. The menu will be dis- played in the middle of the screen. PC Picture Position Menu By pressing_/`button, select the first icon. PC Picture Position menu appears on the screen. AutopositionPC PICTURE POSITION HPosition 1024x768 H:48kHz V:60Hz VPositionDot ClockPhase50 50 50 50 Autoposition If you shift the picture horizontally or vertically to an unwanted position, use this item to put the picture into correct place automatically. • Select Autoposition item by using a/b buttons. •Press `or “ OK” button. Warning: Auto position adjustment recom- mended to be done with the full screen im- age for the proper adjustment. H (Horizontal) Position This item shifts the image horizontally to right hand side or left hand side of the screen. • Select H Position item by using a/bbut- ton. •Use _/`button to adjust the value. V (Vertical) Position This item shifts the image vertically towards the top or bottom of the screen. •Select V Position item by using a/bbut- ton. •Use _/`button to adjust the value. Dot Clock Do t Cl o c k adjustments correct interference that appear as vertical banding in dot inten- sive presentations like spreadsheets or paragraphs or text in smaller fonts. •Use _/`button to adjust the value. Phase Depending on the resolution and scan fre- quency that you input to the TV Set, you may see a hazy or noisy picture on the screen. In such a case you can use this item to get a clear picture by trial and error method. •Use _/`button to adjust the value. PC Picture Menu By pressing_/`button, select the second icon. PC Picture menu appears on the screen .
-17- PC PICTUREContrastBrightness RG32 30 46 32Colour TempNormal Reset B 32 Contrast, Brightness and Colour Tempera- ture adjustments in this menu are identical to adjustments defined in TV picture menu. W hen Colour Temp is Manual, you can also adjust the R,G,B items. R, G and B adjust the TV image colour in PC mode. You can change the TV colour to your desired colour: R (Red), G (Green), B (Blue) Select Resetand press _/`or “OK” button to reset the picture modes to factory default settings. Sound Menu By pressing_/`button, select the third icon. Sound menu appears on the screen. The items in this menu are described at Sound menu startingpage 11 . Feature Menu By pressing_/`button, select the fourth icon. Feature menu appears on the screen. The items in this menu are described at Feature menu startingpage 12 . Source Menu By pressing_/`button, select the fifth icon. Source menu appears on the screen. In source menu, highlight a source by pressing a/bbutton and switch to that mode by pressing _/`or “ OK”button. Sound in PC mode • Connect the PC’s Audio output to the TV’s PC Audio In socket with an audio cable. Other Features TV Status Programme Number ,Programme Name, Sound Indicator and Zoom Modeare dis- played on the upper right side of the screen when a new programme is entered or button is pressed. Mute Indicator It is placed in the upper left side of the screen when enabled. To cancel mute, there are two alternatives; the first one is pressing the button and the second one is increasing/decreasing the volume level. PIP and PAP modes Press thebutton to switch to PIP mode. At PIP Mode, a small picture (PIP picture) is displayed on the main picture. There are 1 size and 2 positions available for the PIP window. You can use button to change the PIP position. Aspect Ratio of the PIP win- dow is fixed and 4:3. W hen PIP Mode is entered, the default active window is PIP window and the active win- dow is indicated by a green frame around it. The active window can be changed by pressing the “Yellow” button. The status info OSD belongs to active window. The place of the status OSDs are same for both win- dows. For PIP picture restrictions, see table on page 27. Press the button twice to switch to PAP mode. At PAP Mode, two pictures with equal sizes are displayed on the screen. Aspect Ratios of the windows are fixed. W hen you switch to PAP Mode, Main window in PIP Mode is displayed on the right side of the screen. The active window can be changed by pressing the “Yellow” button.
-18- Source restrictions of PAP Mode are same as in PIP Mode. Freeze Picture You can freeze the picture on the screen by pressing the button. AtPIPand PAP lay- outs; only the main picture can be frozen. Zoom Modes Zoom mode can be changed by pressing the button. You can change the screen size according to the picture aspect ratio. Se- lect the optimum one from the following ZOOM modes. Note:You can only choose 4:3 and FULL in PC mode. Auto: W hen a WSS (Wide Screen Signalling) sig- nal, which shows the aspect ratio of the pic- ture, is included in the broadcast signal or the signal from an external device, the TV au- tomatically changes the ZOOMmode ac- cording to the WSSsignal. • W hen the AUTOmode does not function cor- rectly due to poor WSSsignal quality or whenyouwanttochangethe ZOOMmode, change to another ZOOMmode manually. Full: This uniformly stretches the left and right sides of a normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio) to fill the wide TV screen. • For 16:9 aspect ratio pictures that have been squeezed into a normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio), use the Fullmode to restore the pic- ture to its original shape. 16:9 Zoom: This zooms up the wide picture (16:9 aspect ratio) to the full screen. 16:9 Subtitle: This zooms up the wide picture (16:9 aspect ratio) with subtitles to the full screen. “Default Zoom” Modes: 4:3 Use to view a normal picture (4:3 aspect ra- tio) as this is its original shape. 14:9 Zoom: This zooms up the wide picture (14:9 aspect ratio) to the upper and lower limits of the screen. Panoramic: This stretches the left and right sides of a normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio) to fill the screen, without making the picture appear unnatural. The top and bottom of the picture are slightly cut off.
-19- Teletext Teletext is an information system that dis- plays text on your TV screen. Using the Tele- text information system you can view a page of information on a subject that is available in the list of contents (index). To Operate Teletext • Select a TV station where Teletext is beingtransmitted. • Press the button.Usuallythelistofcon- tents (index) is displayed on the screen. To Select A Page Of Teletext • Press the appropriate digit buttons for the required Teletext page number. The selected page number is displayed in the top left corner of the screen. The Teletext page counter searches until the selected page number is located, the desired page is then displayed on the screen. •Pressthe abutton to move the Teletext screen forward one page at a time. •Pressthe bbutton to move the Teletext screen backward one page at a time. To Select Index Page • To select the page number of the index (gen- erally page 100), press the button. To Select Teletext With A TV Programme •Pressthebutton. The text is now super- imposed over the programme on the screen. •Pressthe button again to return to the Teletext page. To Select Double Height Text •Pressthebutton for the top half of the in- formation page to be displayed in double height text. •Pressthe button again for the bottom half of the information page to be displayed in double height text. •Pressthe buttononcemoreforthefull page of normal height text. To Reveal “Concealed” Information • Pressing thebutton once will reveal an- swers on a quiz or games page. • Pressing the button again will conceal the revealed answers. To Stop Automatic Page Change The teletext page you have selected may contain more information than what is on the screen; the rest of the information will be displayed after a period of time. •Pressthe button to stop the automatic page change. • Press the button again to allow the next page to be displayed. To Select A Subcode Page Subcode pages are subsections of long Teletext pages that can only be displayed on the screen one section at a time. • Select the required Teletext page. •Pressthe button. • Select the required subcode page number by pressing four digit buttons (e.g. 0001). • If the selected subcode page is not displayed in a short time, press the button. TV programme will be displayed on the screen. • Teletext page number will be displayed on the upper left corner of the screen when the selected page is found. • Press the button to display the selected Teletext page.