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“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.

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 being

transmitted.

• Press the

button. Usually the list of con-

tents (index) is displayed on the screen.

GUIDE

SWIVEL

PHOTO

SLIDE SHOW-ROTATE

....

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.

• Press the

a

button to move the Teletext

screen forward one page at a time.

• Press the

b

button 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

• Press the RED button. The text is now su-

perimposed over the programme on the
screen.

• Press the

button again to return to the

Teletext page.

Summary of Contents for 42PD8700C

Page 1: ...GB D F I Instructions for use Bedienungsanleitung Notice d utilisation Istruzioni per l uso 42PD8700C ...

Page 2: ...m in PC mode 27 PC Picture Position Menu 27 PC Picture Menu 28 Sound Menu 28 Feature Menu 28 Source Menu 28 Sound in PC mode 28 Other Features 29 TV Status 29 Mute Indicator 29 PIP and PAP modes 29 Freeze Picture 29 Zoom Modes 29 Teletext 30 To Operate Teletext 30 To Select A Page Of Teletext 30 To Select Index Page 30 To Select Teletext WithATV Programme 30 To Reveal Concealed Information 31 To S...

Page 3: ...ode P Programme Up Down Mute On Off 0 9 Digit buttons PIP PAP TV TV BLUE Only used in Teletext mode YELLOW Only used in Teletext mode Reveal SLIDE SHOW No function Subtitle PHOTO No Function SWIVEL No Function Aspect ratio Teletext On Off f Time Guide for DTT Index Pagefor TV GREEN Only used in Teletext mode RED PAT Picture and Text Freeze On Off Volume Up Down 31 Mono Stereo Dual A B 32 Equalizer...

Page 4: ... 3 PLASMATV FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW ON OFF SWITCH LED SPEAKER SPEAKER ...

Page 5: ...tons MENU button TV AV button Power cord input S VHS Input Video Input Audio Inputs Headphone Audio Line Outs Subwoofer Out PC Audio Input Aerial Scart 2 AV 2 Scart 1 AV 1 HDMI Input AV 5 Component Audio Inputs s Component Video YPbPr Inputs VGA Input CI Slot AV 4 AV 3 ...

Page 6: ...P PAT functions AVL Automatic Volume Limiting TV Picture in PC When no valid signal is detected after 5 minutes the TV switches itself automatically to stand by mode PLL Channel Search PC Input Support up to SXGA 1280 x 1024 Stereo PC Audio Input Plug Play for Windows 9X ME 2000 XP 3D Comb Filter Audio Line Out Panel Features 42 inch PLASMA display High resolution 1024x1080 Contrast ratio 4000 1 t...

Page 7: ...afety always use the manufacturers approved stand with the fixings provided DON T allow electrical equipment to be ex posed to rain or moisture ABOVE ALL NEVER let anyone especially children push anything into holes slots or any other opening in the case this could re sult in a fatal electric shock NEVER guess or take chances with elec trical equipment of any kind it is better to be safe than sorr...

Page 8: ...ld not be disposed of with household waste Please dispose of used battery in an environmentally sound man ner Find out about the legal regulations which apply in your area The mains plug is used to disconnect the TV from the mains and therefore it shall remain readily operable Warning To prevent injury this device must be securely attached to the floor wall in ac cordance with the installation ins...

Page 9: ...sert two AA R6 or equivalent type batteries inside Place the batteries in the right direc tions Replace the battery cover NOTE Remove the batteries from remote control handset when it is not to be used for a long period Otherwise it can be damaged due to any leakage of batteries battery leakage SwitchingTheTVON OFF To switch the TV on Your TV will switch on in two steps 1 Connect the power supply ...

Page 10: ...Yes No To start automatic search select Yes to cancel select No To select an option Yes or No highlight the item by using or buttons and press OK button The IDTV will automatically tune to the VHF and UHF transmission channels looking for digital terrestrial TV broadcasts and displaying the names of channels found This process will take about five minutes To cancel searching you can press button a...

Page 11: ...olume or the button to increase volume A volume level scale slider will be displayed at the bottom of the screen Programme Selecting Press the button to select the next programme or the button to select the previous programme Entering The Menu Press the MENU button on the control panel at the bottom of the TV to enter the menu and buttons on the TV are used as navigation buttons in menu AV Mode Pr...

Page 12: ...hannel is locked you must enter the correct four digit key to view the channel Enter Lock Key ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE EPG Some but not all channels send informa tion about the current and next events Please note that event information is up dated automatically If there is no event infor mation data available for channels only channel name with No Information Avail able banner is displayed Press...

Page 13: ... a day By pressing RED or GREEN buttons you can change the schedule time If you press button you can see the detailed help information easily And by pressing button again you can exit Help menu Displaying The Subtitles With Digital terrestrial broadcasting DVB T some programmes are broadcast with sub titles Subtitles can be displayed when watching these programmes Whenever GREEN button is pressed ...

Page 14: ...OK to move the highlighted channel to the desired position on the chan nel list SELECT i OK CHANNEL LIST 1 BBC ONE 2 BBC TWO 3 ITV 8 4 Channel 4 5 BBC THREE 6 Teletext 7 BBC FOUR 8 Sky Travel 9 UKHistory 10 RTL Function Select Channel Move More 1 BBC ONE Select Delete Edit Name Lock Favourites Move Press OK button the selected channel becomes highlighted Use or buttons to select the new position o...

Page 15: ...nged from the Configuration Menu By pressing or buttons highlight the channel to be locked and select the Lock option by pressing or buttons Then press the OK button a password box is displayed SELECT i OK CHANNEL LIST 1 BBC ONE 2 BBC TWO 3 ITV 8 4 Channel 4 5 BBC THREE 6 Teletext 7 BBC FOUR 8 Sky Travel 9 UKHistory 10 RTL Function Select Channel Lock Unlock More 1 BBC ONE Select Delete Favourites...

Page 16: ...vourite channels that are top of the each channel list sequentially While a channel list is selected you can navigate through the favourite channels in that list by pressing P or P buttons On Screen Help Pressing Button For all menus press button to display the help information about the menu func tions For Channel List menu the following message is displayed on the screen Press the SELECT button ...

Page 17: ...r chan nel number information Manual Search In Manual Search the number of the multi plex is entered manually and only that multi plex is searched for the channels For every valid channel number signal level signal quality and network name are shown at the bottom of the screen In both manual and auto search any existing channel in the database is not re stored to avoid redundant duplicates of that...

Page 18: ... line using the or buttons Configuration Favourite Mode Channel List Language Settings Time Settings Receiver Upgrade i Change Favourite Mode More Tv Only V 0 7 EU Off Parental Settings OK Select Mode 4 Arte Country Germany Favourite Mode This function enables or disables the favourite channel list mode Use or buttons to set Favourite Mode to List 1 List 2 List 5 or Off Selecting Off disables the ...

Page 19: ...sables the menu protection system and allows the PIN code to be changed Channel And Menu Protec tion Lock feature See Channel List menu Favourites on page 14 Use or buttons to highlight Parental Settings Press OK button to enter Parental Settings Menu A box asking for the lock key is displayed Enter Lock Key There is only one key which is set to 0000 initially Enter lock key If wrong Lock key is e...

Page 20: ...nd press OK button to start up grade process The following menu ap pears on the screen Software Upgrade Searching for upgrade Please wait or press MENU to cancel Search Progress After the search progress is completed the message Completed searching for up grade No new software was found ap pears on the screen if no new software is found Timers Display the Main Menu by pressing the Highlight the Ti...

Page 21: ... 24 Set the time as described above Set your TV to standby using the remote con trol Set your VCR to correspond with the time set on your TV and select external input refer to your VCR instruction book NB If you switch on your TV whilst the timer recording is active and then switch back to standby the timer recording will be can celled the timer setting will be deleted and the desired programme wi...

Page 22: ...ipulation of a multifunction system Press the button to enter the menu Press _ button to select a menu title and then a b button to select a menu item and _ or OK button to enter the menu item Press the button to exit the menu Press the button to return to the previous menu Picture menu By pressing _ button select the first icon Picture menu appears on the screen Mode Cinema PICTURE Contrast PAL 5...

Page 23: ...d colour quality of pictures By pressing a b button select 3D Comb Press _ button to set this feature On or Off Reset By pressing a b button 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 Volume SOUND Equalizer Balance Headphone Sound Mode 10 0 Stereo AVL Effect Dynamic...

Page 24: ...mode You can select Mono Stereo Dual A or Dual 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 AVL 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...

Page 25: ...ton 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 b button select Language By pressing _ button you can select the language AV 2 Out By pressing a b button select AV 2 Out You can set AV 2 Out to TV AV 1 DTT AV 3 AV 4 AV 5 or PC RGB by pressing _ button Note Only audio output is available for Av 4 and P...

Page 26: ...his 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 Program INSTALL Band Channel Colour System Sound System 1 C 12 AUTO BG Fine Tune Search 224 25 VCR Off Store Progr...

Page 27: ... 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 b button 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 navigati...

Page 28: ...he middle of the screen PC Picture Position Menu By pressing _ button select the first icon PC Picture Position menu appears on the screen Autoposition PC PICTURE POSITION H Position 1024x768 H 48kHz V 60Hz V Position Dot Clock Phase 50 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...

Page 29: ...djustments defined in TV picture menu When 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 Reset and 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 scree...

Page 30: ...by pressing the button At PIP and 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 Select the optimum one from the following ZOOM modes Note You can only choose 4 3 and FULL in PC mode Auto When a WSS Wide Screen Signalling sig nal which shows the aspect ratio of the pic ...

Page 31: ... Teletext is being transmitted Press the button Usually the list of con tents index is displayed on the screen GUIDE SWIVEL PHOTO SLIDE SHOW ROTATE 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 locat...

Page 32: ...ext Your TV supports the 1000 page Teletext system When the page number of any of the 1000 pages in memory is entered the system will not search for the requested page instead it will display the page auto matically If the requested page is not in memory the system will search for the re quested page number and save the 1000 pages including the requested page into memory after finding it Press the...

Page 33: ...to the broadcast ing organisation whose programmes you wish to receive This organisation will supply you a corresponding decoder unit to allow the programmes to be unscrambled For further information ask your dealer See also the booklet supplied with your decoder Connect a decoder with an aerial socket to the TV Connect the aerial cable Connect a decoder without an aerial socket to the TV Connect ...

Page 34: ... S VHS cables Connect The Decoder To The Video Recorder Some video recorders have a special Scart socket for decoder Connect a Scart cable to the Scart socket of your decoder and to the special Scart socket of your video recorder Refer to the booklet of your video recorder To connect your video recorder to the TV re fer to the TV and Video Recorder section If you want to connect more equipment to ...

Page 35: ...al retailer or through a satellite decoder or through a VCR and satellite decoder camcorder connection headphone connection OUT Headphone Audio Inputs Video Input S VHS Input Rear view Aerial RF Socket wall socket Aerial RF Lead Scart 1 Scart 2 ANT IN VCR AV 1 AV 2 Aerial RF Socket wall socket Aerial RF Lead Aerial RF Socket VCR RF connector lead VCR to TV PLASMA TV Scart 1 Scart 2 Scart 3 ANT IN ...

Page 36: ...ed properly Are the plugs connected tightly to the aerial socket Is the aerial cable damaged Are suitable plugs used to connect the aerial If you are in doubt consult your dealer No Picture means that your TV is not receiv ing any transmission Have you pressed the correct buttons on the remote control Try once more Sound You can not hear any sound Did you per haps interrupt the sound pressing the ...

Page 37: ...UDIO 3 DS AUDIO OUTPUT POWER WRMS 10 THD 2 x 10 POWER CONSUMPTION W 360 W 3 W Stand by PANEL 42 106 cm visible Screen Size DIMENSIONS mm Weight kg without stand 300 1045 785 36 D L H DIMENSIONS mm ISO 13406 2 Pixel fault class Class II DTT Specifications Frequency range 474 850 MHz 50 860 MHz VHF Signal level 82 3dBm Transmission standards DVB T MPEG 2 Demodulation COFDM with 2K 8K FFT mode FEC al...

Page 38: ...orizontal Vertical Hor kHz Ver Hz 1 640 400 31 5 70 2 640 480 31 5 60 3 848 480 31 0 60 4 640 480 37 9 72 5 640 480 37 5 75 6 640 480 43 3 85 7 800 600 35 2 56 8 800 600 37 9 60 9 800 600 48 1 72 10 800 600 46 9 75 11 800 600 53 7 85 12 1024 768 48 4 60 13 1024 768 56 5 70 14 1024 768 60 0 75 15 1024 768 68 7 85 16 1152 864 67 5 75 17 1280 1024 64 0 60 18 1280 768 47 8 60 19 1280 768 56 1 70 Mode ...

Page 39: ...et Maker 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 2 4 2 4 4 6 3 0 1 1 1 2 4 12 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 Set Maker Set Type Set Type Makers of DVD player 1 Example To operate HITACHI DVD player press and hold the INFO button followed by the 1 button TV DTT TV I II S MODE GUIDE SWIVEL PHOTO AV1 AV5 AV2 RGB1 AV3 RGB2 DVD SAT P MODE SLIDE SHOW ROTATE AV4 MENU SEL OK P 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 4 12 Index Text Update Su...

Page 40: ...d type press the POWER button on the remote control If the DVD does not switch on repeat step 1 and 2 using other maker types as listed in the chart on 38 NOTE Not all models of the listed makers can be operated using this remote control Information for users applicable in European Union countries This symbol on the product or on its packaging means that your electrical and electronic equipment sh...

Page 41: ... 40 AppendixD MainandPIP PAPPictureCombinations ...

Page 42: ...r modified by any person other than an Hitachi authorised engineer iii The product serial number has not been removed or altered This guarantee does not apply to product acquired second hand or for commercial or com munal use This guarantee does not cover the replacement of exhausted batteries the adjustment of user controls or aerial alignment Any parts replaced under this guarantee shall become ...

Page 43: ... or connect the aerial through a VCR Aerial RF Socket Aerial RF Socket wall socket wall socket Aerial RF Lead Aerial RF Lead Optional Scart Lead TV to VCR Aerial RF Socket VCR RF connector lead VCR to TV It is recommended that a scart lead should be fitted between your TV and VCR to enhance your picture and sound quality Scart leads are essential if you have a stereo TV and VCR and wish to obtain ...

Page 44: ... IN ANT IN RF Lead to Aerial RF Lead to Aerial RF Lead from Satellite to VCR RF Lead from VCR to TV Satellite LNB lead Satellite LNB lead RF Lead from Satellite to TV Aerial Aerial VCR Scart Lead to AV 1 on TV Scart Lead to EXT 1 on TV AV 1 TV TV VCR VCR AV 2 PLASMA TV PLASMA TV GB ...

Page 45: ... first switched on the set will be in standby Press the channel up down P and the indicator on the front of the set will illuminate red P or numeric buttons 1 2 3 to operate Front View Volume Up Down Programme Up Down To select a programme number To return to previous menu To enter the main menu Also used for navigation in menus GB insert plug European plug and switch on insert plug UK plug Power ...

Page 46: ...t country item you want to set and press OK Welcome please select your language After the is set the following message appears on the screen First Time Installation 1 2 First time installation Choose Country Set country and continue installation OK UK Do you want to start automatic search Yes No To start automatic search select to cancel select This process will take about five minutes To cancel s...

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