Hitachi L26a01a Users Manual

							 
 
 
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TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) 
Audio Setting 
You can adjust and customize the audio conditin as you like. 
1. Press 
 button. 
2. Select “ Audio” menu and press 
 button. 
3. Select the preferred menu item and press 
 button. 
 
Favorite 
 
 
 
Off 
Off 
Off 
On 
Reset 
Audio 
Audio Mode   
Treble  
Bass  
Balance 
Matrix Surround   
Dynamic Bass   
Perfect Volume 
TV Speakers   
R
eset 
Select   OK Set         Return      
0
0
0
LR 
  
Selected Items Setup hint 
Movie 
Music 
Speech 
Audio Mode 
Favorite You can select the most suitable sound condition from these 4 items. 
You can adjust any value you preferred in “Favorite” item. 
Treble 
-15~+15 Adjust the Treble of the sound. 
Bass -15~+15 Adjust the Bass of the sound. 
Balance 
-10~10 Adjust the balance of the sound comes out from right and left side of 
the speakers. 
(Notice: When Matrix Surround is enabled, adjusting the Balance will 
not completely mute any one speaker.) 
Off  
Matrix Surround 
On The surround sound is mixed to left and right in order to create the 
illusion of virtual surround speakers. 
(Recommendation: when the Matrix Surround is on, ensure the 
Balance is set to 0 for optimum surround sound effect.) 
Off 
Dynamic bass 
On Dynamic Bass gives you the enhanced bass sound. Low frequency 
signals can be boosted while the output signal amplitude is measured.
Off Perfect Volume 
On Automatically adjusts audio input levels to stay within a safe volume 
range. For example, when the input sound is too loud, the volume is 
automatically decreased. 
Off 
TV Speakers 
On This needs to be switched to Off when you want to listen to audio 
from external equipment. 
It is normally set to On when you operate the set using the built in 
speakers. 
Reset Each item on this menu screen can be restored to the   
original factory settings by pressing  button. 
 
						

							 
 
 
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TV SETUP OPERATION (continued)  
Timer Menu 
 
This allows your television to turn Off (Standby mode) at set time automatically, which you may find useful.   
 Timer 
Off Timer
◄► Adjust       Return   
- -  Min. 
 
 
Selected Items Setup hint 
- - Min. 
30Min. 
60Min. 
90Min. 
Off Timer   
120Min. This function automatically sets the power to Standby   
mode when the selected time period has elapsed. 
 Information 
One minute before the time you set, the screen will display “Time off within one minute. 
 
						

							 
 
 
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TV SETUP OPERATION (continued) 
Audio Switching (TV) 
NICAM / Sound Multiplex (including A2) (TV mode) 
You can make optimum use of available audio by pressing I/II button of remote control. Audio can be switched only if 
receiving NICAM and sound multiplex signals; otherwise, pressing this button will have no effect, such as when only mono 
sound is received. 
These can be divided into two main categories: Bilingual/Dual Sound broadcast and Stereo broadcast. 
 
Bilingual/Dual Sound broadcast 
 
Bilingual broadcast is the broadcast available on the main and sub languages, while dual sound broadcast is available on the 
primary and secondary sounds; for example, some sports programs contain broadcast commentary on a game as primary 
sound, and a commentary about a team as the secondary. 
When bilingual program is received, sound mode display appears in yellow as shown. Also, when receiving NICAM signals, 
NICAM display will appear. 
Each time I/II button is pressed, the display is switched in the sequence of following. 
Green Ye l l o wYe l l o w
[I] [II] ▼
 
Green YellowYe l l o w
[I] [II] ▼
NICAM NICAM
 [I]…Main language/Primary Sound 
[II]...Sub language/Secondary Sound 
▼…force mono: This selects main language or primary sound. 
 
Stereo broadcast   
 
With stereo broadcast, you can enjoy different sound from either side.     
When a stereo program is received, sound mode display will appear in red as shown. 
Also, when receiving NICAM signals, NICAM display will appear. 
Press I/II button to switch between stereo and mono sound. 
GreenRed▼
 
 
 GreenRed▼NICAM 
  
 
NOTE 
z 
Please select ▼ (force mono) in case of poor reception, noise, poor stereo sound due to signal condition so that you can 
receive a clear mono sound. 
z ▽represents the Mono broadcast. 
…Stereo 
▼…...Force Mono 
Sound multiplex signal received 
NICAM signal received 
Sound multiplex signal received 
NICAM signal received 
 
						

							 
 
 
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TV SETUP OPERATION (continued)   
PC Adjustment Setting 
You can adjust the display condition such as position adjustment and color setting while connecting to the PC and being 
RGB mode. See 
 16   for the PC connection. 
From Setup Menu (RGB) 
1. Press  button. 
2. Select “ Setup” menu and press 
 button. 
3. Select the preferred menu item and press 
 button.
► 
► 
 
 
Reset 
Off 
Off 
 Setup 
  Auto Adjust 
  Image Position   
  Horizontal Clock   
  Clock Phase     
  Reset       
  Frequency Display 
  WXGA 
Select       Return      Exit  
+4
21
 
 
Selected Items Setup hint 
Auto Adjust Adjust Horizontal Position, Vertical Position, Horizontal   
Clock, and Clock Phase automatically.   
• Press 
 or ▶  button to start auto adjustment as needed. 
The message “Auto Adjust” is displayed.   
• Depending on the type of the signal, there is a possibility that 
the display may not be adjusted in its optimum condition with 
this function. In that case, please adjust each item manually.
Image Position* • Press 
 button and   button to adjust the horizontal and 
vertical display positions. 
(For example: When user connect PC terminal to LCD TV set. 
PC Display card provide timing is 1024X768 60Hz that 
Horizontal range: -100~+100 and Vertical range: -22~+22.) 
Horizontal Clock*   
-31~+31 Minimize the vertical stripes on the screen. 
Clock Phase*   
0~+63 Minimize the blurring of the letters and stripes on horizontal 
row.  
• Make sure to adjust Horizontal Clock first before adjusting 
Clock Phase. 
Reset Each item on this menu screen can be restored to the original 
factory settings by pressing  button. 
Off 
Frequency Display 
On Select whether indicating the PC signal frequency information 
on Input Signal Screen Display or not. 
Off 
1280x768 WXGA 
1360x768 • This function is available only for WXGA signal. 
• Refer to “Recommended Signal List” on  45 . 
 Information 
The setting of the items indicated by “
*
” can be automatically stored depending on the signal mode.  
 
						

							 
 
 
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TV SETUP OPERATION (continued)   
PC Adjustment Setting (continued) 
From Picture Menu (RGB)
 
1. Press  button. 
2. Select “ Picture” menu and press 
 button. 
3. Select the preferred menu item and press 
 button.
 Picture 
  Contrast   
Brightness    
  Color Temperature  
Back Light     
  Reset       
 
 
Cool 
High 
Reset +31
0
Select   OK Set       Return   
 
Selected Items Setup hint 
Contrast 
-31~+31 This adjusts the contrast to meet the lighting environment by using  button.  
Brightness -31~+31 With this function, black is adjusted to change the overall 
brightness by using  button.. 
Cool 
Normal 
Warm Color Temperature 
User You can select from 3 settings (default): Cool, Normal, Warm 
depending on the color condition with  buttons.  
You can adjust the setting in “User” item. 
High 
Middle Back Light 
Low Adjust the brightness of the Back Light for the maximum visibility.
Reset Each item on this menu screen can be restored to the original 
factory settings by pressing  button.  
 
 Information 
There is a useful function to automatically store the setting on menu in almost every item so that you do not have to reset 
every time.   
 
						

							 
 
 
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TV SETUP OPERATION (continued)   
About Teletext 
What is “ Teletext”
 
 
Teletext is the written information services provided by each TV 
channel. 
Most TV channels provide information via Teletext such as: 
 
● TV program schedule 
● Weather forecasts 
● Sports results 
● Newsflash  
Red Green BlueYe l l o w  
11:37:56Page number
Link Page 
Select Teletext Language
 
1. Press  button. 
2. Select “Setup” menu and press 
 button. 
3. Select ”Teletext Language” and press 
 button. 
 Setup 
  Auto Tuning 
Manual Tuning 
  Fine Tuning     
Sort 
  Teletext Language 
Select   OK Set       Return   
 
  
Selected Items Setup hint 
Teletext Language Select Teletext Language from 5 different categories 
(West Europe, East Europe, Russian, Arabic and Farsi) 
According to the area. 
West Europe : Asian countries where the Teletext is 
broadcasting in English such as 
Singapore, Australia, and Malaysia 
East Europe 
 : Poland, Sweden, Hungary 
Russian     
 : Russia 
Arabic      
  : Arab countries 
Farsi        
 : Iran 
 
 
						

							 
 
 
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TV SETUP OPERATION (continued)   
About Teletext (continued) 
How to Operate the Teletext
 
You can display the Teletext simply by pressing the remote control buttons. 
Operation Press 
To activate Teletext mode. 
To exit from the Teletext mode.  or  
[TV   Te x t ]
To move to the next or previous page.  [Page Select] 
To jump to the indicated page. ( Enter 3 digits.)  ~  [Page Select] 
To change Teletext picture size.  
[Zoom] 
To display Index page.  
[Index] 
To adjust Back Light of the image.  
[Back Light] 
To access Subtitle service directly (if the channel has the Subtitle service 
broadcasting).*  
[Subtitle] 
To display Hidden text. 
Ex. The answers of the Quiz or the Game page. 
Press again to close the revealed answer. 
 [Reveal] 
To return to actual broadcast temporarily while searching for the 
Teletext page you request. 
When the search is done, the designated page # will be displayed on 
the upper left of the screen. 
Press again to return to Teletext page. 
 
[Cancel] 
To access the link pages which are displayed at the bottom of the page. 
(Select the buttons corresponding to the colors of the letters on screen.) 
[Color] 
To hold the text picture.  
[Hold] 
 
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TV DTT AV TEXT
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AV 1
AV 2 AV 4AV 3
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OK
 
*
This is not available in the following conditions. 
   
● Color system : NTSC 3.58, NTSC 4.43, PAL60, PAL-M 
   
● No input signal 
 
 Information 
● Some Teletext pages do not display Link Pages at the bottom of the screen. Press   button to display them. 
 
						

							 
 
 
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FUNCTION  
Size Switching 
Each time  button of the remote control is pressed, the screen display 
size is switched in sequence, and the status will be displayed at the bottom 
of the screen. 
TV/AV signal input       
●
 Display Size 
Watching standard Definition Picture(480i,480p,576i,576p) 
TV/AV1/AV2/AV3/AV4 /HDMI 
4:3     Panoramic     Cinema    Full 
 
You can display the image at optimum condition by selecting display size depending on the current output image as 
shown below. 
Input Signal Display Screen Display Size To display suitable screen as follows. 
When Watching Standard Definition Picture (TV, 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p)
 
 
 4:3 Play a 4:3 image on screen faithfully. Blanking 
occurs on both sides.  
 
(4:3 Signal)  
 Panoramic Play a 4:3 image which enlarges horizontal and 
vertical size of the middle in equal scales, and 
displays both sides appearing much wider. 
 
 
(Cinema) 
 
 Cinema Play a 21:9 image in 4:3 frame (Cinema size) 
expanding vertically. 
*In some case, slight blanking may remain at the top 
and bottom. 
 
 
(Squeeze) 
 
 Full Play a 4:3 image faithfully in the standard vertical 
size and horizontally squeezed. 
 Information 
Aspect ratio represents horizontal: vertical ratio on screen. 
Watching High Definition Picture (720p, 1080i, 1080p (HDMI only))     
AV1,2/HDMI: Only Full mode signal output.  
9
16 
3
16(or 21) 
9 
4  
NOTE  
● 
The size will fix as Full mode and not change when receiving High Definition Picture (720p, 1080i, 1080p (HDMI only)). 
●  If the images from High Difinition Picture has blacken gap and select Picture Size [ 2 ], it will make up for the gap. Refer to 28..  
 CAUTION 
Using a wide-screen television 
● This television has a screen mode selection feature. If an incompatible screen mode is selected to play certain 
software, such as a TV program, the image would appear different form the original. Take this into consideration 
when making screen mode choices. 
● Use of the wide feature displaying enlarged pictures in coffee shops, hotel and other establishments for commercial 
or public viewing purposes could infringe on the copyright holder’s right protected by Copyright Law. 
● When a normal 4:3 image (not wide screen) is displayed over the entire screen in the Panoramic mode, the 
peripheral image may disappear partly and/or appear distorted in some cases. Use 4:3 mode to view the image 
reflecting original intention.
 
Picture Size 
 
						

							 
 
 
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FUNCTION (continued)   
Size Switching (continued) 
 
RGB signal input 
 
You can select a suitable size depending on the resolution.  
 
Full       4:3 
 
 
Display Area Selection Diagram 
Resolution Full  4:3 
640 x 400  (VGA) 
640 x 480  (VGA) 
800 x 600  (SVGA) 
1024 x 768    (XGA) 
1280 x 768    (WXGA) 
1280 x 1024    (SXGA) 
1360 x 768    ( WXGA) 
  
 
Picture Freezing   
By pressing          button, you can change to freeze mode 
easily anytime you like. Press it again to return to normal 
picture.
 
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 FREEZE button 
 
						

							 
 
 
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FUNCTION (continued)   
Power Save Mode   
When the AV input is selected   
You are provided the function to save power consumption when no signal is detected in AV input. Set to On in “Video 
Power Save” from Function Menu, which leads to the power save mode in AV1 /AV2 /AV3 /AV4 /HDMI and the Standby 
mode in other AV input. Please see the table below for details. 
1. Press 
 button. 
2. Select “Setup” menu and press 
 button. 
3. Select ”Video Power Save” and press 
 button.
 
 Setup 
  Video Power Save     Off 
  Reset 
Select   ◄►On/Off     Return  
 
When no signal is detected 
 
Condition Indicating Lamp When signal is input during   
on in “Video Power Save” 
AV 1 ~ AV 2  
AV 3 ~ AV 4  
HDMI Power Save*  Orange  Turns On automatically 
*Power Save that only control Back Light On/Off. 
Returning to operating status 
● Press the Input Select button of the control panel or the remote control to restart the television. 
When the RGB input is selected   
When this unit is connected to a VESA DPMS computer, the Power Save mode (Operation mode: Off) can be set   
to be activated automatically when the computer is not being used to reduce power consumption by this unit. 
 
Horizontal Yes No Yes No 
RGB 
sync 
signal Vertical Yes Yes No No 
PC signal Active  
(normal display) Blank (no display) 
Operation mode On Off 
Indicating lamp Lights green  Lights orange 
 
Returning to operating status 
● Operate the personal computer, then input computer’s H. sync, V. sync or press the Sub Power button of the control panel 
or the remote control to restart the television. 
 
Off Video Power Save 
On