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REMOTE CONTROL FUNCTIONS
1. POWER ON/OFF
Press this button to turn on the TV. The channel number or current video source will be displayed
on screen, and the picture will appear in a few seconds. Press the button again to turn the TV off.
2. NUMERICAL BUTTONS
Use these buttons to make a direct channel selection. The channel number chosen will be displayed
on the screen for 4 seconds. Channel selection is carried out with 0-9 keys (0-99ch) and “1—“ key
when in cable mode (100-125ch).
3. CHANNEL UP/DOWN BUTTONS
Use these buttons to advance to the next higher or lower channel.
4. VOLUME UP/DOWN BUTTONS
Use these buttons to raise or lower the sound level. They are also used to make picture adjustments
in picture selector mode.
5. PICTURE SELECT BUTTON
Each time this button is pressed, the on screen picture adjustment display cycles through
“adjustment bars” for CONTRAST, BRIGHTNESS, COLOR and TINT. Once the desired adjustment
bar is displayed, use the VOLUME UP/DOWN buttons to adjust the setting. The display will
automatically turn off if no adjustments are made within 6 seconds, or if any other button is depressed.
6. MUTE BUTTON
Press this button to cut off all sound. The screen will display the volume adjustment bar for 6
seconds, indicating that the sound has been turned off. Pressing the button again restores sound
to the previously set level. The mute feature may also be released by pressing the VOLUME UP/
DOWN BUTTONS.
7. AUTO MEMORY BUTTON
When the AUTO MEMORY button is depressed, all channels in TV or CATV mode are searched
and tuned and all the channels with signals detected are automatically stored.
8. SKIP/SEARCH BUTTON
This button selects between SKIP and SEARCH mode. In “SKIP mode” the TV only stops on
channels that are programmed into memory when the CHANNEL UP/DOWN buttons are used.
When SKIP mode is off, the TV is in search mode and will stop on all active channels.
9. ERASE/WRITE BUTTON
When tuned to a channel, press this button to store or erase the channel from memory. The
stored channel numbers are displayed in “GREEN” on the screen, and the non-stored channel
numbers are in “RED”. When using the CHANNEL UP/DOWN buttons, with the skip mode on, the
VE-500A will tune only to the stored channels .
10. TV/CATV BUTTON
Used to select regular 69 channel Broadcast TV (TV) or 125 Channel Cable TV (STD), (HRC)
Cable, or (IRC) Cable.
