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PLASMA TV

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P42A1-AK

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Page 1: ...Please READ this manual carefully before operating your TV and retain it for future reference PLASMA TV OWNER S MANUAL MODEL P42A1 AK S ...

Page 2: ...t WARNING To reduce the risk of electric shock do not remove cover or back No user serviceable parts inside refer service to qualified service personnel This symbol indicates that there are important operating and maintenance instructions in the literature accompanying the appliance Congratulations on your purchase and welcome to the family Dear Haier product owner Thank you for your confidence in...

Page 3: ...The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your safety If the provided plug does not fit into your outlet consult an electrician for replacement of the obsolete outlet To prevent electric shock ensure the Grounding pin on the AC cord power plug is securely connected 10 Power cord protection Power supply cords should be routed so that they are not likely to Be walked on or pinched by items ...

Page 4: ...surges and built up static charges Section 810 of the National Electrical Code ANSI NFPA 70 provides information with respect to proper grounding of the mast and supporting structure grounding of the lead in wire to an antenna discharge unit size of grounding conductors location of antenna discharge unit connection to grounding electrodes and requirements for the grounding electrode Note The PDP M...

Page 5: ...imer on Prog Timer Prog 30 Function menu 31 Function setup 31 Adjust menu 33 To choosepicture aspect ration 33 H Position and V Position adjust 34 RGB Default Auto Sync 35 ColorTemperature 35 Black Stretch 35 Picture in Picture Other functions 40 Specifications and functions Troubleshooting To choose sound modes 26 Setting Five Equalizer sound Setting theAuto Volume Setting the woofer sound 28 How...

Page 6: ...ttons and functions 1 SOURCE button 2 MENU button 3 Volume decrease for lowering the volume or adjusting MENU Volume increase for enhancing the volume or adjusting MENU 4 Channel number increase and decrease 5 EXIT button 6 Power for turning on or off the power supply Indicator Remote receiving window MENU VOL SOURCE CH EXIT V V V V underside 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 7: ...vice to COMPONENT IN Connect the audio cable from the video device to the COMPONENT AUDIO IN 4 DVI IN HDMI IN Connect the HDMI cable from the HDMI output of the digital video device to the HDMI DVI VIDEO If the PC has DVI only Connect the audio cable from the digital video device to the AUDIO 5 6 SCART2 SCART1 Used to connect to the DVD VCR broadcasting receiver or other equipment 7 Earphone port ...

Page 8: ...controller away from heat source or humid area to ensure effective performance of the remote controller Make sure that two AAalkaline batteries are loaded The batteries must be of the same type The batteries must be located properly The batteries are not rechargeable 1 Slide open the cover of the battery compartment on the back of the remote controller 2 Load two AA alkaline batteries in the compa...

Page 9: ... STD Sound mode option Program up and down Or turns your TV Teletext buttons buttons which have letters on top also can use in TV Lock button enter the Lock Set menu Channel list button EXIT clears all on screen displays and returns to TV viewing from any menu TIMER Time display only when there is teletext in TV ZOOM Adjust picture aspect ratio Note This User s Manual covers the functions of the r...

Page 10: ...ove or below the control window Use of remote controller 1 To ensure a normal operation the remote controller should not be dropped or damaged in any way It should also be kept dry and away from all heat sources 2 Battery replacement is necessary when the remote controller acts inconsistently or stops operating the plasma display Remote controller H LOCK DISPLAY CH CH VOL VOL MENU SSM PSM TV AV MU...

Page 11: ... remove the disturbance caused by airwave ANT IN SWITCH AC INPUT outdoor antenna 300 twin lead cable Antenna adapter 75 coaxial cable Plug additional purchase AC power socket Antenna input 75 standard coaxial type External Equipment Connections If the antenna needs to be split for two Tv s install a 2 WaySignal Splitter in the connections If the antenna is not installed properly contactyour dealer...

Page 12: ...cks to the TV s input jacks as shown in the figure 2 Insert a video tape into the VCR and press PLAY on the VCR Refer to the VCR owner s manual 3 Select the input source by the TV AV button on the remote control S VIDEO Choose Your Connection There are several ways to connect your television depending on the components you want to connect and the quality of the signal you want to achieve The follo...

Page 13: ... player insert a DVD 2 Use theTV AV and VOL buttonon the remote control toselect SCARTmode 3 Press Play buttonon external equipment for program play 4 Refer to the DVD player s manual for operating instructions To watch digitally broadcast programs purchase and connecta digital set topbox How toconnect Use theTV s YPbPrIN andAUDIO IN jacks VGA or HDMI DVI VIDEO port for video connections depending...

Page 14: ... select PC x768 60Hz IN IN r VGA External Equipment Connections PC connection or DVI source 4 Check theimage on yourTV There may be noise associated with the resolution vertical pattern contrast or brightness in PC mode If noise is present change the PC mode to another resolution change the refresh rate to another rate or adjust the brightness and contrast on the menu until the pictureis clear If ...

Page 15: ...ic discharge when touching the unit and the unit fails to function simply unplug the unit from the AC outlet and plug it back in The unit should return to normal operation Polarized AC Cord Plug AC Outlet Wider Hole and Blade You can connect a set of headphones to your set if you wish to watch a TV programme without disturbing the other people in the room Connecting Headphones External Equipment C...

Page 16: ...t time you must select the language which will be used for displaying menus and indications 1 Press the MENU and CH button to select the Function menu 2 Press VOL to enter 3 Press CH button to select Language 4 Select a particular language by pressing VOL button repeatedly You can choose one of 13 languages 5 When you are satisfied with your choice press MENU button to return to previous or press ...

Page 17: ...program will be remembers as menu exit Memory function If you hope to enjoy the picture from the external input source before to select the source you need to connect the devices otherwise when you select the source the none or no signal will appears on the screen Before watching TV program you need to ensure your TV in TV mode TV the input source from ANT IN terminal output SCART1 the input sourc...

Page 18: ...on to select country first according to yourself that means you have selected the sound system this is useful especially for France and then press CH button to select Auto Search item 3 Press the VOL button to ensure automatic search with higher level After the s arch has finished a e ll channels now playing program will be automatically preset in order Note the TUNING menu will be only operated i...

Page 19: ...the channel and press the green button on the remote controller then press CH button to select the channel to copy press again the green button then press MENU button to ensure Swap channel Press CH to select the channel and press the red button on the remote controller to delete then press MENU button to delect name Press CH to select the channel and press the yellow button on the remote controll...

Page 20: ...uency and press the digital button to adjust 4 press MENU button to return to previous or press EXIT button to return to TV viewing Tuning menu AUDIO ADJUST FUNCTION TIMER MENU PICTURE TUNING Tuning Program Program Number Edit Name Color System Sound System Manual Search Fine Tuning Skip Off 18 C 28 AUTO D K STILL SLEEP PIP TV AV P STD S STD H LOCK CH LIST EXIT SCAN SWAP TIMER ZOOM ABC DEF JKL GHI...

Page 21: ...on to enter submenu and press CH button to select Tuning Program item and then press VOL to next submenu and press CH button again to make the icon to Fine Tuning Press VOL 4 Press VOL button all through to carry out fine tune till the best picture and sound are obtained then loosen the button 18 c 28 AUTO BG AUDIO ADJUST FUNCTION TIMER MENU PICTURE TUNING Tuning Program Program Number Edit Name C...

Page 22: ...king password can be modified in the preset menu and previous password will be required 2 Using the CH button Press the CH button to select a channel number in number increasing direction Press the CH button to select a channel number in number decreasing direction Note If Skip is ON on one channel press CH button the channel will not appear How to select the desired sound Press the VOL button on ...

Page 23: ...ystem In general you can set it as AUTO Press VOL button to select AUTO NTSC SECAM PAL60 and NTSC4 43 in turn PAL Press the MENU CH and VOL button till the Tuning Program menu shown on the right will display on the screen AUDIO ADJUST FUNCTION TIMER MENU PICTURE TUNING Tuning Program Program Number Edit Name Color System Sound System Manual Search Fine Tuning Skip Off C 28 AUTO D K Tuning menu If ...

Page 24: ...stem Manual Search Fine Tuning Skip Off 18 C 28 AUTO D K 2 Press MENU CH and VOL button till the Tuning Program menu shown on the right will display on the screen Tuning menu Program swap 1 Suppose the channel number you used just now is 8 and the channel number you areusing is 18 as shown in the figure If you want to return to the last watched program channel 8 you can simply press the swap butto...

Page 25: ...justed then press the VOL buttons to obtain the desired effect Personal Soft Bright Normal A spare setting that can be adjusted to personal status Designed for rooms that have good all round lighting Designed for night time low light viewing Designed for rooms with high ambient lighting such as daytime sport Note 1 the hue item is available only in NTSC system 2 the video mode the saturation the h...

Page 26: ...cture menu Automatically filters out and reduces the image noise and improves picture quality when receiving weak video signals AUDIO ADJUST TUNING FUNCTION TIMER MENU PICTURE Video Mode Personal Contrast Brightness Saturation Hue Sharpness Noise Reduction Auto 50 50 0 0 0 Picture menu STILL SLEEP PIP TV AV P STD S STD H LOCK CH LIST EXIT SCAN SWAP TIMER ZOOM ABC DEF JKL GHI MNO STUV PQR WXYZ MUTE...

Page 27: ...c Standard Hall Personal STILL SLEEP PIP TV AV P STD S STD H LOCK CH LIST EXIT SCAN SWAP TIMER ZOOM ABC DEF JKL GHI MNO STUV PQR WXYZ MUTE DISPLAY CH CH VOL VOL MENU To balance right and left sound of the television The intermediate value is 0 When indication value of Balance increases toward 50 sound of the right and left speaker becomes stronger and weaker respectively When indication value of B...

Page 28: ... previous menu The surround sound feature expands the audio listening field wider and deeper to create exceptional sound quality from the TV s speakers Repeated step 1 2 and press CH to select surround and then press VOL to set the desired value Select Surround from 50 to 50 When intermediate value toward 50 the effect will be distinctness The sound settings can be adjusted to suit your personal p...

Page 29: ...channel is changed This feature lets you automatically adjust the volume of the desired channel and reduces the volume differences between channels and programs providing a more constant overall level This will also reduce the dynamics of sound Woofer is aspeaker that complements frontspeaker s reproduction capability of low pitchedsound Select Woofer toset the value of woofer from 0 to 100 Repeat...

Page 30: ... screen Indication will appear on the screen 1 minute prior to expiry of set time Suppose Time Off is set and indication is as follows Time Off NOTE 1 If Timer option is setting the time you set for Time Off Time On will be a point of time Otherwise if Timer is not set the time you set for Time Off Time On will be a period of time 2 Sleep Off Time Off can not be set at simultaneously If both of th...

Page 31: ...t hour or minute position then press digits buttons to set the value of hours or minutes 5 Repeat step 1 2 to set Time Off Take 22 30 as an example You can set the On Off timers so that the set will Switch on automatically and tune to the channel of your choice at the time you select Switch off automatically at the time you select AUDIO ADJUST TUNING FUNCTION TIMER MENU PICTURE Timer Time Off Time...

Page 32: ...t Transparent Opaque background of OSD Blue Screen Repeat step 3 and 4 to select Blue Screen On Off If you select ON when no signal the background is blue if you select OFF when no signal the background is dark 2 Press VOL button on the remote controller to call up the FUNCTION menu 3 Press CH to select desired item on the menu 4 Press VOL to adjust the item you have selected Function setup MENU F...

Page 33: ...OL to select among year month and day and then CH to adjust them Teletext Language Repeat step 3 and 4 to select from 6 kinds of languages West Europe East Europe Cyrillic Greek Arabic Persian Restore Default Value Repeat step 3 and 4 to return the factory mode Function setup continue STILL SLEEP PIP TV AV P STD S STD H LOCK CH LIST EXIT SCAN SWAP TIMER ZOOM ABC DEF JKL GHI MNO STUV PQR WXYZ MUTE ...

Page 34: ...UNCTION TIMER MENU PICTURE Display Mode Adjust RGB Default Auto Sync Color Temperature Black Stretch Off Normal Normal Adjust menu STILL SLEEP PIP TV AV P STD S STD H LOCK CH LIST EXIT SCAN SWAP TIMER ZOOM ABC DEF JKL GHI MNO STUV PQR WXYZ MUTE DISPLAY CH CH VOL VOL MENU It does not work on the TV mode Aspect ratio Picture effect Normal Widescreen 4 3 mode no cut out on input signal picture with u...

Page 35: ...e is used for parameter adjustment Only be adjustable in the PC HDMI DVI mode H Position and V Position adjust AUDIO ADJUST TUNING FUNCTION TIMER MENU PICTURE Adjust H Size H Position V Size V Position Fine Tune Smoothing H Size Horizontal size of picture can be adjusted in this item H Position Horizontal position of picture can be adjusted in this item V Size Vertical size of picture can be adjus...

Page 36: ...lect There are four kinds of modes i e Normal Cold Green Warm can be selected in turn This will increase or decrease Warm red and Cold blue colors to suit personal preferences Select Cold to give the white colors a blue tint Normal to give the white colors a neutral tint Warm to give the white colors a red tint Green to give the white colors a green tint AUDIO ADJUST TUNING FUNCTION TIMER MENU PIC...

Page 37: ...Lock set menu Press CH to select password Press vol the screen will display the follow If correct password is entered the screen will display the follow Press digital button to set the new desired password and the screen will display the follow If the desired password is entered correctly twice the old password will be changed If the desired password is not correctly entered twice the screen will ...

Page 38: ...n If lock mode is to be verified enter Source Lock submenu and set relative mode off or select Clear Lock in the Lock Set Menu Prog Set Prog Set is opted for setting up start channel Press CH button to select Prog Set Press VOL button sources can be swapped in TV SCART1 SCART2 HDTV PC HDMI DVI mode After setup the set mode will be entered if the television is switched off and on again To set Off t...

Page 39: ...ng all lock options to off and the maximum volume returns to 100 Child Lock Press CH button to select Child Lock Press VOL button to set On or Off mode If lock on mode is set Child Lock is in activated automatically In such case if Child Lock button button on the television is pressed the screen will display Child Lock which can be erased by press of EXIT button 5 seconds later after the latest pr...

Page 40: ...lay on the screen 2 Press the CH button to select PIP Position item 3 Press the VOL button repeatedly until desired position is achieved The sub picture moves Left Top Right Top Right Bottom Left Bottom Center AUDIO ADJUST FUNCTION TIMER MENU PICTURE TUNING Tuning Program Auto Search Program Table Country England PIP Source HDMI DVI Center PIP Position Press the PIP button on the remote control to...

Page 41: ...PLAY button is pressed again the displayed information will disappear If the program is named its name will also appear Auto program scan 1 If you want to select a desirable program you may scan all the TV programs in memory You can simply press SCAN button to do this Press scan button once there are nicepictures onthe screen Press scan button again there are sixteen pictures on the screen 2 If yo...

Page 42: ...ision will enter standbystatus 1minuteslater automatically video Picture Still The TV set will switch automatically to standby at the preset time with the SLEEP time on You may set the sleep time Operate as follows 3 If remaining time of set timer is to be displayed press SLEEP button again The TV set will switch off automatically at the preset time press CH button to turn on again Note The ON TIM...

Page 43: ...lated functions are not available in TEXT mode Only a few direct button control functions are available in TEXT mode they 1 Page up down Result Use the CH buttons to browse next or previous page 2 Page number entering Result To select a teletext page either directly enter the page number using the numeric button pad on the remote control or use CH buttons or the colored Fast Text buttons Teletext ...

Page 44: ... the teletext page to go directly to that page SIZE Pressing the button to change from different screen display size This feature is very useful as it magnifies the image making the characters easier to read REVEAL Pressing the button will reveal hidden text This feature is used to reveal information such as answers to Teletext on line interactive puzzles TIMER While in normal TV mode only pressin...

Page 45: ...re s a great way to keep the dust off your screen for a while Wet a soft cloth in a mixture of lukewarm water and a little fabric softener or dish washing detergent Wring the cloth until it s almost dry and then use it to wipe the screen 2 Make sure the excess water is off the screen and then let it air dry before you turn on your TV Cleaning the Cabinet Extended Absence If you expect to leave you...

Page 46: ...A DISPLAY PANEL 170 H 170 V PAL SECAM NTSC M D K I B G M SCART CVBS Y C RGB YCbCr 480i p 576i p 720p 1080i 150 240V 50 60Hz Working temperature 5 35 Working humidity 20 80 Store temperature 10 45 Store humidity 5 90 3W 42 2x7W Sound UPO Power Standby consumption Condition Max 320W Power consumption 1050X320X750 Dimensions WxHxD mm With stand ...

Page 47: ...or local interference such as an electrical appliance or power tool No picture no sound Verify if the television is properly plugged Verify if the television is properly supplied power Verify if electricity is available Blank screen Verify if correct signals are input Press TV AV button to change signal input to TV input Restart the television of power supply is interrupted No sound Press Mute but...

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