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1.POWERButton-PresstoturntheLCDTVspoweron/off. 
2.P.MODE-Picturemodeselectingbutton. 
3.ASPECTButton-Presstochangethepicturesize. 
4.C.C.Button-Usedtoturnon/offtheClosedCaptions. 
5.MTS/SAPButton-Presstochangetheaudiolanguage. 
6.VOL(VOLUME)A/VButtons-PresstheAbuttonto 
increase,ortheVbuttontodecreasethesoundlevel. 
7.MENUButton-PresstodisplaytheOn-Screenmenu. 
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Antennaconnections 
Ifyouareusinganindoororoutdoorantenna,followtheinstructionsbelowthatcorrespondtoyourantennasystem.Ifyou 
areusingaCableTVservice,seeCableTVconnections. 
CombinationVHF/UHFAntenna(Single75ohmcable) 
Antenna 
Jack 
75ohm  Coaxial 
Cable 
CableTVconnections 
ThisTVhasanextendedtuningrangeandcantunemostcablechannelswithoutusingaCableTVConverterbox.Some 
cablecompaniesofferpremiumpaychannelswherethesignalisscrambled.Descramblingthesesignalsfornormal 
viewingrequirestheuseofadescramblerdevicewhichisgenerallyprovidedbytheCableTVcompany. 
ForsubscriberstobasicCableTVservice 
Antenna 
|Jack 
75ohm_;  CoaxialCab,)....... ForbasicCableTVservicenotrequiringaConverter/Descramblerbox,connectthe 
75ohmCoaxialCabledirectlytotheAntennaJackonthebackoftheTV. 
ForsubscriberstoscrambledCableTVservice 
IfyousubscribetoaCableTVservicewhichrequirestheuseofaConverter/Descramblerbox,connecttheincoming75ohmCoaxial 
CabletotheConverter/Descramblerbox.Usinganother75ohmCoaxialCable,connecttheoutputjackoftheConverter/Descrambler 
boxtotheAntennaJackontheTV.Followtheconnectionsshownbelow.SettheTVtotheoutputchanneloftheConverter/ 
Descramblerbox(usuallychannel3or4)andusetheConverter/Descramblerboxtoselectchannels. 
Incoming75ohmCableTVCable Antenna 
Jack 
DIDescramblerConverter/I75°hmCablet°TVD ANTiCABLE(_)IN/ 
ForsubscriberstounscrambledCableTVservicewithscrambledpremiumchannels 
IfyousubscribetoaCableTVserviceinwhichbasicchannelsareunscrambledandpremiumchannelsrequiretheuseofa 
Converter/Descramblerbox,youmaywishtouseasignalSplitterandanA/BSwitchbox(availablefromtheCableTVcompany 
oranelectronicssupplystore).Followtheconnectionsshownbelow.WiththeswitchintheBposition,youcandirectlytuneany 
nonscrambledchannelsonyourTV.WiththeswitchintheAposition,tuneyourTVtotheoutputoftheConverter/Descramblerbox 
(usuallychannel3or4)andusetheConverter/Descramblerboxtotunescrambledchannels. 
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Startingsetup 
TheSetupWizardappearsthefirsttimeyouturnontheTV.It 
willassistyoutospecifytheAir/Cablesettingandprogram 
yourchannelsautomatically. 
IMPORTANT:MakesurethattheantennaorcableTVsystem 
connectionismade. 
ToturnontheTV,pressPOWER(POWERindicatoronthe 
frontoftheunitchangesblue.Itmaytakeapprox.10seconds 
forapicturetoappearonscreen.).TheSetupWizardfunction 
begins. 
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4 Press•or•toselectSource,thenpress•or•toselect 
CableorAir. 
Press•or•toselectScan,thenpress•orSELECT. 
SetupWizardwillbegin.AftertheSetupWizardis 
completed,theTVchannelappearsonthescreen. 
•Dependingonthereceptioncondition,itmaytakeupto25 
minutesormoretocompletememorizingdigitalcable 
channels.Pleaseallowtheprocesstocompletewithout 
interruption. 
•IfyoupressEXITintheprocessofSetupWizard,theSetup 
Wizardstopsandchangestothenormalscreen.Whenyou 
makeamenuselection,yourchangesoccurimmediately.You 
donothavetopressEXITtoseeyourchanges. 
TVoperation 
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4 ToturnontheTV,pressPOWER. 
(POWERindicatoronthefrontoftheunitchangesblue. 
Itmaytakeapprox.10secondsforapicturetoappearon 
screen.) 
AdjustthevolumelevelbypressingVOL^orv.The 
volumelevelwillbeindicatedonthescreenbyvolumebars. 
Asthevolumelevelincreases,sodothenumberofbars. 
Ifthevolumedecreases,thenumberofvolumebarsalso 
decreases. 
SettheSourceoptiontotheappropriateposition. 
PresstheDirectChannelSelection(0-9,-)buttonsto 
selectthechannel. 
(Ifyoupressonlythechannelnumber,channelselectionwill 
bedelayedforafewseconds.) 
TOSELECTANALOGCHANNELS 
1-9:Press1-9asneeded.Example,toselectchannel 
2,press2,thenpressSELECT. 
10-99:Pressthe2digitsinorder.Example,toselect 
channel12,press1,2,thenpressSELECT. 
100-135:Pressthe3digitsinorder.Example,toselect 
channel120,press1,2,0,thenpressSELECT. TOSELECTDIGITALCHANNELS 
Pressthefirst1-3digits,thenpressthe-buttonfollowedby 
theremainingnumber. 
Example,toselectchannel15-1,press1,5,-,1,thenpress 
SELECT. 
•Ifachannelisselectedwithonlyaudiocontent,Audio 
onlywillbedisplayedonthescreen. 
•Ifachannelisselectedwithaweakdigitalsignal,Weak 
SignalorChannelnotavailable.willbedisplayedonthe 
screen. 
•Thesameprogrammaybeavailableoneitherananalog 
channeloradigitalchannel.Youmaychoosetowatch 
eitherformat. 
•Ifachannelisselectedtowhichyouhavenotsubscribed, 
ScrambledVideowillbedisplayedonthescreen. 
VHF/UHF/CABLECHANNELS 
AirCable 
VHFVHF 
2-132-13 
UHFCATV1-125 
14-69DigitalTerrestrialBroadcast(8VSB):2-69 
Digitalcable(64/256QAM):1-135 
•Ifachannelwithnobroadcastisselected,thesoundwill 
automaticallybemuted. 
•Itmaytakeafewsecondsforadigitalchannelpictureto 
appearonscreenafterbeingselected. 
Toselectthevideoinputsource 
ToviewasignalfromanotherdeviceconnectedtoyourLCDTV, 
suchasaVCRplayer,pressINPUT,thenpress•or•,then 
pressSELECT.YoucanselectTV,Video,Component,HDMIor 
RGBdependingonwhichinputjacksyouusedtoconnectyour 
devices. 
CH^Iv 
PressandreleaseCH^Iv.Thechannelautomaticallystopsat 
thenextchannelsetintomemory. 
Forproperoperation,beforeselectingchannels,theyshouldbe 
setintothememory.RefertotheChannelsMenuonpage14. 
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UsingtheChannelsMenu 
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5 PressMenubuttontodisplaythemainmenu. 
Press.,_orvbuttontoselectChannels. 
Pressi,orSELECTbuttontoenterChannelsmenu. 
PressAorvbuttontoselecttheoption,pressI,orSELECT 
buttontoenterorpressExitbuttontoexit. 
Whenyouarefinished,presstheExitbuttontoclosethe 
menu. 
Youcanadjust: 
•Source-SelecttheTVsignalsource.YoucanselectAiror 
Cable. 
•ChannelScan-Scansforchannelsthathavesignalsandstores 
thechannelsinformationinmemory. 
DTV:ThescannedTVprogramsindigitalsignals. 
TV:Thescannedprogramsinanalogsignals. 
•ChannelSkip-Deletesachannelstoredinmemory. 
WhenyoupressCH^orCHv,yourTVskipsthechannel 
youdeleted.Youcanstilltunetothechannelusingthenumber 
buttonsontheremotecontrol. 
•FavoriteCHList-Selectsorcancelthefavoriteprograms. 
•MTS-Selectsthesoundmode.YoucanselectMono,Stereo,or 
SAP(SecondAudioProgram). 
•PreferredLanguage-Selectsyourpreferredlanguageasthe 
audiodefaultlanguage.Thissettingisonlyfordigitalchannels. 
14 UsingtheVideoMenu 
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5 PressMenubuttontodisplaythemainmenu. 
Press.,_orvbuttontoselectVideo. 
PressI,orSELECTbuttontoenterVideomenu. 
PressAorvbuttontoselecttheoption,pressI,orSELECT 
buttontoenterorpressExitbuttontoexit. 
Whenyouarefinished,presstheExitbuttontoclosethe 
menu. 
Youcanadjust: 
•PictureMode-AdjuststhePictureMode.YoucanselectDynamic, 
Standard,Movie,orCustom. 
•Brightness-Usethisfunctiontochangetheoverallbrightness 
ofthedarkareasofthispicture. 
•Contrast-Usethisfunctiontochangethecontrastbetween 
blackandwhitelevelinthepicture. 
•Color-Usethisfunctiontoadjustthelevelofcolorinthe 
picture. 
•Tint-Usethisfunctiontoadjustfleshtonessotheyappear 
natural. 
•Sharpness-Usethisfunctiontoadjusttheamountoffinedetail 
inthepicture. 
•ColorTemperature-SetthistoHighforcoolercolorwithmore 
blue,settoWarmforamorenaturalcolororsettoStandard 
foraccuratecolor. 
•AdvancedVideo-Accessesadvancedvideosettingssuchas 
NoiseReduction. 
•NoiseReduction:Itcanoptimizethepicturesignalfromtimeand 
space;reducetheoutsidenoiseinterferenceandreturnthepure 
initialsignal.Ithasfourratings:Low,Medium,HighandOff.  
						

							  
UsingtheAudioMenu 
1PressMenubuttontodisplaythemainmenu. 
2PressAorvbuttontoselectAudio. 
Pressi,orSELECTbuttontoenterAudiomenu. 
4PressAor.vbuttontoselecttheoption,press1,orSELECT 
buttontoenterorpressExitbuttontoexit. 
Whenyouarefinished,presstheExitbuttontoclosethe 
menu. 
Youcanadjust: 
•Soundmode-Selectsakindofsoundmode.ItcanbeStandard, 
Speech,Custom,Music. 
•Balance-Adjuststhevolumeoftheleftandrightspeakers. 
•SurroundSound-Turnsthesurroundsoundeffectonoroff. 
•Equalizer-Weakenorenlargethesoundofthemainfrequency 
points. 
•DigitalOutput-Selectstheitem,youcanselectPCM,RAWorOff. 
PCM-PCMisanencoding,mainlyusedforanologsignal,Dolby 
mainlyusedfordigitalsignal. 
RAW-WhenthedatastreamcarriesDolbysignal,digitalaudio 
outputsDolbydatastream.Whenthedatastreamcarries 
noDotbysignal,ittransportsPCMdatastream. 
Off-SelecttoturnoffDigitalAudioOutput 
•PerfectVolume-Thisfunctionwillautomaticallyadjustvolume 
soeachchannelandinputhasthesameaveragevolumelevel. UsingtheSetupMenu 
PressMenubuttontodisplaythemainmenu. 
Press,_,orvbuttontoselectSetup. 
PressI,orSELECTbuttontoenterSetupmenu. 
4PressAor,vbuttontoselecttheoption,pressi,orSELECT 
buttontoenterorpressExitbuttontoexit. 
Whenyouarefinished,presstheExitbuttontoclosethe 
menu. 
Youcanadjust: 
•OSDLanguage-Usetherightorleftarrowbuttontochoose 
theOSDLanguageamongEnglish,SpanishandFrench. 
•OSDTimeout-SelectsthelastingtimeofOSD.Youcan 
choosethetimefrom5secto60sec. 
•AspectRatio-Usethearrowbuttontochoosethescreen 
aspectrationfrom16:9,4:3,Zoom,Cinema,Dot-to-Dot. 
O 4:3 
Theoriginal4:3aspectratio(1.33:1signal)ispreserved, 
soblackbarsareaddedtotheleftandrightoftheimage. 
StandardTVbroadcastsaredisplayedwitha4:3aspect 
ratio. 
_)16:9 
Whenwatchingastandardbroadcastorfull-framemowein 
thismode,thedisplayimageisstretchedproportionatelyto 
filltheTVscreen. 
Whenwatchingawidescreen(1.78:1signal)programor 
movie,thedisplayimagefillstheTVscreen. 
OZoom 
Stretchesthe4:3aspectratioimageverticallyand 
horizontallytofillthescreenat1.33:1.33aspectratio. 
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UsingtheSetupMenu 
_1Cinema 
Stretchesthe4:3aspectratioimageverticallyand 
horizontallytofillthescreenat1.33:1.50aspectratio. 
ODottodot 
usethefunctiontoseethefullimagewithoutanycutoff, 
whenTVisinVGAsource. 
PCStandby-Thisisagoodfunctionforacomputermonitor. 
WhenPCStandbyison,thecomputerwillcontrolthe 
screenonoroff.Forexample,ifthecomputerisinsleep 
mode,thescreenwillbeswitchedoff.Ifthecomputeris 
activated,thescreenalsoisactivated. 
•TimeSetup-Youcansetuptheexacttimebyyourself.You 
canalsosetupSleepTimer,AutoSynchronization,andTimer. 
16 •ClosedCaptions-]herearethreeitemsinit-AnalogClosed 
Caption,DigitalClosedCaptionandDigitalCaptionStyle. 
Displayavailableanaloganddigitalclosedcaptionsormodify 
theappearanceofdigitalclosedcaptions. 
CaptionControl:Therearethreeitemsinit-CCOn,CCOff, 
CCOnWhenMute. 
AnalogClosedCaption:CC1,CC2,CC3,CC4, 
TEXT1,TEXT2,TEXT3,TEXT4. 
DigitalClosedCaption:Service1,Service2,Service3, 
Service4,Service5,Service6. 
•DigitalCaptionStyle-TherearetwoCaptionStyles.One 
istheautomaticfunctionsetasthebroadcaster,while 
theotheristhecustomstylewhereyoucanadjustthe 
fontsize,color,opacity,backgroundcoloretc.,accordingly. 
•ResetAV&Setup-EveryTVhasitsoriginalsettingbefore 
leavingthefactory.Sothisfunctionhelpsyourestorethese 
settings.  
						

							  
UsingtheParentalControls 
Menu 
PressMenubuttontodisplaythemainmenu. 
2PressAorvbuttontoselectParentalControls. 
Press),orSELECTbuttontoenterParentalControlsmenu. 
PressAor.vbuttontoselecttheoption,pressl,orSELECT 
buttontoenterorpressExitbuttontoexit. 
Whenyouarefinished,presstheExitbuttontoclosethe 
menu. 
Whenyoufirstusethisfunction,thedefaultpasswordis[0000]. 
Onceyouinputthispassword,youcan:PressAorvtohighlight 
anoption,thenpress_or_,toadjusttheoption. 
Youcanadjust: 
•ChannelBlock-Thisfunctionwillletyoublockanychannelyou 
want. 
•FactoryReset-ThisfunctionwillresetyourTVtothefactory 
settings. 
Ifyouchoosethisfunction,alltheprogramsyoupresetwillbe 
lost,andyouwillhavetocompletetheSetupWizardagain. 
RefertoStartingSetuponpage13. •InputBlock-Youcanblocktheinputsourcewiththisfunction. 
Forexample,ifyouwanttoblockAVinput,justhighlightAV 
andpressSELECT.TheAVinputwillnotbeseeninthescreen. 
•Ratings- 
A.RatingEnableison. 
B.U.S.TVRatings:YoucanchooseTVratings 
accordingtotheillustrationonthescreen. 
C.ThesettingsforU.S.MovieRatings,Canada 
(English)RatingsandCanada(French)RatingsfollowStepB 
Ifyouwanttoblocktheunratedprogram,pleaseturnon 
thisfunction. 
D.InordertosetRegion5RatingstheATSCdigital 
channelreceivedmustincluderegion. 
E.Ifyouwanttoblocktheunratedprogram,pleaseturn 
onthisfunction. 
•ChangePassword-Thefirsttimeyouusethisfunction,use 
thedefaultpassword.Ifyouwanttochangeit,firstenterthe 
newpasswordthenenterthesamepasswordagain. 
•Ifyouforgetyourpassword,usethefactorypassword7777, 
youcanthengainaccesstochangeyourpasswordif 
necessary. 
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UsingtheParentalMenu 
Thefollowingaredescriptionsoftheratings. 
TVParentalGuideRatings 
AgeDefinedas 
TV-YAllchildren 
TV-Y7Directedtoolderchildren 
TV-GGeneralaudience 
TV-PGParentalGuidancesuggested 
TV-14ParentsStronglycautioned 
TV-MAMatureAudienceonly 
MotionPictureRatings 
RatingDefinedas 
GGeneralaudience 
PGParentalGuidancesuggested 
PG-13Parentsstronglycautioned 
RRestricted 
NC-17Noone17andunderadmitted 
XAdultaudienceonly 
CanadianRating(ENG) 
RatingDescription 
CChildren 
C8+Childreneightyearsandolder 
GGeneralProgramming,suitableforallaudiences 
PGParentsGuidance 
14+Viewers14yearsandolder 
18+Adultprogramming 
CanadianRating(FRE) 
RatingDescription 
GGeneral 
8ans+8+General;Notrecommendedforyoungchildren 
13ans+Programmingmaynotbesuitableforchildrenunder 
theageof13 
16ans+Programmingisnotbesuitableforchildrenunder 
theageof16 
18ans+Programmingrestrictedtoadults ContentsDefinedas 
FVFantasyViolence 
DSuggestivedialogue 
LStronglanguage 
SSexualsituations 
VViolence 
NOTE:Asyoublockratings,allratingshigherthantheonesyouselectareblockedaswell.For 
example,ifyouchoosetoblocktheMPAAratingR,thehigherratings,NC-17andX,are 
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Connectionstootherequipment 
Theexactarrangementyouusetointerconnectvariousvideoandaudiocomponentstothisunitisdependentonthemodeland 
featuresofeachcomponent.ChecktheOwnersManualprovidedwitheachcomponentforthelocationofvideoandaudioinputsand 
outputs. 
ToconnecttheLCDTVtoaVCR 
Backoftheunit 
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VIDEOLR 
AVJ 
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Video/Audiocable(notsupplied) ToVideo/AudioOUT 
VCR 
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ToconnecttoaDVDplayerwithComponentVideoInput 
YoucanenjoyahighqualitypicturebyconnectingtheunitsCOMPONENTVIDEOOUTjacksofyourDVDplayerwiththe 
COMPONENTvideocables(notsupplied). 
Backoftheunit 
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AUDIOIN 
ToCOMPONENTINrAudiocable(notsupplied) 
Componentvideocable(notsupplied) ToAudioOUT 
ToComponentOUT DVD 
•ComponentVideoinputoftheunitareforusewithadevicewhichoutput480i/1080iinterlacedsignalsand480p/720pprogressive 
signals. 
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Connectionstootherequipment(continued) 
ToconnectaHDMIoraDVIdevicetotheunit 
TheHDMI/DVIinputreceivesdigitalaudioanduncompressedvideofromaHDMIdeviceoruncompresseddigitalvideofromaDVI 
device. 
WhenyouconnecttoaDVIdevicewithaHDMI-to-DVIadaptercable,ittransfersonlyvideosignal.Separateanalogaudiocablesare 
required. 
Backoftheunit 
ToPC/DVIAUDIOIN 
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RGB/_AUDIO.D.I1/ovl 
,--JRGBI Audiocord(notsupplied) ToDVIoutput 
HDMI-to-DVladaptercable 
(HDMItypeAconnector)(notsupplied) 
ToHDMI/DVIINor 
HDMIcable(typeAconnector)(notsupplied) 
ToHDMIout DVIdevice 
HDMIdevice 
WhenusingaHDMIinputfromaSet-Top-Box,itisrecommendedtousea1080p,1080ior720pinputsignal. 
WhentheHDMIinputisa1080psignal,itisrecommendedthatthelengthofthecableshouldbelessthan5meters. 
UsinganAVAmplifierwithbuilt-indigitalsurround 
IfyouareusinganAmplifierwithbuilt-indigitalsurroundsound,youcanenjoyvariousaudiosystemsincludingDolbyDigitalSurround 
audiothatsoundsjustlikethemovie. 
ConnectanAVamplifierwithbuilt-inDolbyDigitaldecoder,DTSdecoder,orMPEGdecoderetc.asshownbelow. 
Rearoftheunit 
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DIGITALOUT(COAXIAL) 
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COAXIALOUT 
Coaxialdigitalcable---_ 
(notsupplied)/ 
ToCoaxial_I 
DigitalAudioInputq 
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decoderaslistedabove FrontSpeak- 
Subwooferer(Right) 
(Left)Fr°ntFL_ \_\__.TV_/__o  Speaker_\(_\ 
\CenterSpeaker 
_Surround_Surround  Speaker(Left)Speaker(Right) 
lenyouareviewingdigitalbroadcast,thisunitwillnotworkinconjunctionwithDTSaudioorMPEGaudio.Therewillbenosound 
outputifconnectedtoanAVamplifierwithabuilt-inDTSdecoderorMPEGdecoder.. 
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