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L42SP04E

Instructions for use

Notice d'utilisation

Bedienungsanleitung

Digital LCD Colour Television

Télévision Couleur LCD Digital

Digitales LCD-Farb-TV-Gerät

Summary of Contents for L42SP04E

Page 1: ...L42SP04E GB F D Instructions for use Notice d utilisation Bedienungsanleitung Digital LCD Colour Television Télévision Couleur LCD Digital Digitales LCD Farb TV Gerät ...

Page 2: ...ing Main Menu 19 AV Mode 19 Operation with the Remote Control 19 Volume Setting 19 Programme Selection Previous or Next Programme 19 Programme Selection Direct Access 19 Initial Settings 20 General Operation 21 Information Banner 21 Electronic Programme Guide EPG 21 Displaying the Subtitles 22 Digital Teletext for UK only 22 Analogue Teletext 22 Widescreen 22 IDTV Menu System 23 Channel List 23 Na...

Page 3: ...e Menu 38 PC Mode Menu System 39 PC Position Menu 39 Autoposition 39 H Horizontal Position 39 V Vertical Position 39 Phase 39 Dot Clock 39 PC Picture Menu 39 Sound Menu 40 Feature Menu 40 Source Menu 40 Displaying TV Information 40 Mute Function 40 PIP Picture in Picture and PAP Picture and Picture Modes 40 Picture Mode Selection 40 Freezing Picture 40 Zoom Modes 40 Auto 40 16 9 41 4 3 41 Panorami...

Page 4: ...or backward manual tuning Sleep timer Child lock A u t o m a t i c s o u n d m u t e w h e n n o transmission NTSC playback PIP PAP PAT functions AVL Automatic Volume Limiting When no valid signal is detected after 5 minutes the TV switches itself automatically to standby mode PLL Frequency Search PC input Plug Play for Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Vista Audio line out Game Mode 100 Hz frequency scan Mov...

Page 5: ...shock When it is damaged and needs to be replaced it should be done by qualiﬁed personnel Moisture and Water Do not use this device in a humid and damp place avoid the bathroom the sink in the kitchen and near the washing machine Do not expose this device to rain or water as this may be dangerous and do not place objects filled with liquids such as vases on top Avoid dripping or splashing If any s...

Page 6: ...t including any spent or discarded batteries as unsorted municipal waste but use the return and collection systems available If the batteries or accumulators included with this equipment display the chemical symbol Hg Cd or Pb then it means that the battery has a heavy metal content of more than 0 0005 Mercury or more than 0 002 Cadmium or more than 0 004 Lead Disconnecting the Device The mains pl...

Page 7: ...tall menu Favourite selection 12 Hold in TXT mode PIP position 13 Update in TXT mode PAP mode 14 Index page Guide in DTV mode 15 Reveal in TXT mode Switch from TV to 16 PC Expand in TXT mode Image Size 17 Mix in TXT mode PIP mode 18 Teletext 19 Time Subtitle on off 20 in DTV mode Red Sound menu 21 Channel list in DTV mode Green Picture menu 22 Subtitle in DTV mode Swap Previous programme 23 Mono S...

Page 8: ...lish 7 LCD TV and Operating Buttons FRONT VIEW REAR VIEW SIDE VIEW Standby button 1 TV AV button 2 Programme Up 3 Down buttons Volume Up Down 4 buttons Note Press buttons at the same time to view main menu ...

Page 9: ...onnect the TV s audio LINE OUT sockets to the line input sockets on an external ampliﬁer with a stereo phono to phono cable 4 SCART 2 inputs or outputs for external devices 5 SCART 1 inputs or outputs for external devices Connect the SCART cable between SCART sockets on TV and SCART socket on your external device such as a decoder a VCR or a DVD player Note If an external device is connected via t...

Page 10: ...ignals to a device that has S PDIF input ANT Input 9 connects to an aerial Note that if you use a decoder or a media recorder you should connect the aerial cable through the device to the television with an appropriate aerial cable as shown in the illustration on the following pages 10 PC Input is for connecting a personal computer to the TV set Connect the PC cable between the PC INPUT on the TV ...

Page 11: ...nnect the video cable between the VIDEO IN socket on the TV and the VIDEO OUT jack on your device Audio Inputs are used for connecting audio signals 6 from external devices Connect the audio cable between AUDIO IN on the TV and the AUDIO OUTPUT jacks on your device Note If you connect a device to the TV via the VIDEO INPUT you should also connect your device with an audio cable to AUDIO IN on the ...

Page 12: ...wer cable to the mains socket outlet Aerial Connection Connect the aerial or cable TV plug to the AERIAL INPUT socket located at the rear of the TV Using the Cable Holder You can use the supplied cable holder as the following Place the cable holder into the cable holder hole located on the rear side of the TV as illustrated above Place cables into the cable holder after all necessary connections a...

Page 13: ...amage to the USB player and especially the USB device itself SIDE VIEW USB MEMORY USB Memory Connection Plug your USB device to the USB input of the TV Note USB hard disk drives are not supported It is recommended that you connect your USB device directly to the USB input of the TV Some compatibility problems may occur if you use a separate cable connection Side HDMI Connection You can use side HD...

Page 14: ...g any connections Use 15 pin D sub display cable to connect a PC to the LCD TV When the connection is made switch to PC source See Input selection section Set the resolution that suits your viewing requirements Resolution information can be found in the appendix section REAR VIEW PC audio cable not supplied to AUDIO INPUTS on the TV PC RGB cable not supplied to PC input Audio Inputs PC Input ...

Page 15: ...DVD player as illustrated below switch to HDMI source See Input Selection section Most DVD players are connected through SCART sockets Use a scart cable to connect as shown below You may also connected through COMPONENT sockets Use a component video cable to connect video input For enabling audio use a component audio cable as illustrated below When done switch to YPbPr source See Input selection ...

Page 16: ... connecting a camcorder connect to the S VIDEO or VIDEO IN socket and the AUDIO SOCKETS Do not connect the camcoder to S VIDEO and VIDEO IN socket at the same time since it can cause noise in the picture For selecting the related source see the section Input selection in the following parts To listen the TV sound from headphones connect to the HEADPHONE jack of theTV Camcorder Headphone SIDE VIEW ...

Page 17: ...rt use an appropriate SPDIF cable to enable sound connection To connect external speakers connect the audio output sockets on the TV to an external ampliﬁer that is connected to a speaker system After connecting the cable between your TV and external ampliﬁer turn your TV and ampliﬁer on You can refer to your ampliﬁer and speaker set instruction manual for further information External Speakers A d...

Page 18: ...er a VCR or a decoder to your LCD TV by using the SCART sockets Note that cables shown in the illustration are not supplied Power off both the TV and the devices before making any connections For more information refer to your device s own instruction book REAR VIEW Scart sockets Decoder DVD Recorder Video Recorder ...

Page 19: ...JKL MNO PQR STU VWX YZ P P Remote range is approximately 7m 23ft Switching the TV On Off To Switch the TV On Connect the power cord to the 220 240V AC 50 Hz Switch the button to position so the TV will switch to standby mode Then the standby LED lights up To switch on the TV from standby mode either Press the button P P or a numeric button on the remote control Press the P CH or P CH button on the...

Page 20: ...ns To learn the usage of the menus refer to the menu system sections AV Mode Press the TV AV button in the control panel on the TV to switch between AV modes Operation with the Remote Control The remote control of your TV is designed to control all the functions on your TV The functions will be described in accordance with the menu system of your TV Functions of the menu system are described in th...

Page 21: ...ss select Yes to cancel select No To select the Yes or No option highlight the item by using or buttons and press the OK button The IDTV will automatically tune to the UHF or VHF for EU countries transmission channels searching for digital terrestrial TV broadcasts and displaying the names of channels found This process will take about a few minutes To cancel searching you can press the M button a...

Page 22: ...s You can also set timers while Next events are selected by pressing OK button Press again to quit INFO mode If the selected channel is locked you must enter the correct four numeric code to view the channel Enter PIN will be displayed on the screen in such a case Electronic Programme Guide EPG Some but not all channels send information about the current and next events Please note that event info...

Page 23: ...h digital terrestrial broadcasting DVB T in addition to pictures and sound you can also view digital teletext Digital teletext is sometimes broadcast at the same time with the normal broadcast Press the TELETEXT button The digital teletext information appears Operate it with the coloured buttons cursor buttons and OK button The operation method may differ depending on the contents of the digital t...

Page 24: ... page up or page down To watch a speciﬁc channel highlight it using or button and then press OK button while the Select item on Channel List menu is highlighted by using or button Then the name and number of the selected channel will be displayed in the top left and top right of the channel display at the top right of the screen respectively Moving the channels in the channel list Press or buttons...

Page 25: ...ck a channel you should know the parental lock password default value is set to 0000 in the factory and can only be changed from the Conﬁguration menu Select the channel to be locked by highlighting it and select the Lock option by pressing or button When the OK button is pressed a dialog OSD asking for the password will be displayed Enter the password by using the numeric buttons on the remote co...

Page 26: ...vourites set Favourite Mode to Off On Screen Help For all menus press the INFO button to display the help information about the menu functions For Channel List menu the following message is displayed on the screen Program Guide This section is same with the instructions given in the General Operations page Please see Electronic Programme Guide EPG section in the General Operations part Timers To d...

Page 27: ...fully inserted Connect the TV to the mains supply switch on and then wait for few moments until the card is activated Some CAMs may require the following set up Please set the CAM by entering the IDTV menu Conditional Access then pressing the OK button CAM set up menu is not displayed when it is not required To see the viewing contract information enter IDTV press the M button then highlight Condi...

Page 28: ...button to select Scan Encrypted and then press or button to set this setting as On or Off Receiver Upgrade Over Air Download OAD To ensure that your TV always has the most update information use this setting Please ensure that the TV is set to standby mode The TV automatically powers up at 3 00 A M each day and searches for any new information which may be broadcast and will download this to your ...

Page 29: ... screen Current Time Time Zone Setting and Time Zone will be available Use or buttons to highlight the Time Zone Setting Time Zone Setting is set using or buttons It can be set to AUTO or MANUAL When AUTO is selected Current Time and Time Zone options will not be available to be set If MANUAL option is selected as the Time Zone Setting Time Zone can be altered By pressing or buttons select Time Zo...

Page 30: ...anguage will be seen in subtitles Note If the Country option is set to Denmark Sweden Norway or Finland the Language Settings menu will function as described below Language Settings In the configuration menu highlight the Language Settings item by pressing or buttons Press OK and Language Settings sub menu will be displayed on the screen Use or buttons to highlight the menu item that will be adjus...

Page 31: ...am table Manual Channel Scan In manual channel scan the number of the multiplex is entered manually and only that multiplex is searched for the channels For every valid channel number signal level and signal quality are shown on the screen In both manual and auto search any existing channel in the database is not re stored to avoid redundant duplicates of that channel Clear Service List This setti...

Page 32: ...gue channel search Select your Country Language and TXT Language by using or and or buttons Press OK or RED button to continue To cancel press BLUE button The following menu will be displayed during the automatic tuning After APS is ﬁnalized the programme table will appear on the screen In the programme table you will see the programme numbers and names assigned to the programmes If you do not acc...

Page 33: ...e the slideshow Continue Green button Continue with the slideshow Previous Next Left Right buttons Jump to previous or next ﬁle of slideshow Rotate Up Down buttons Rotate the picture using up down buttons EXIT Back to ﬁle list Shufﬂe Red button Shows the ﬁles randomly and continuous in current folder and icon turns the highlighted icon If during a slideshow the shufﬂe mode is enabled the next pict...

Page 34: ...sible when the TV receives an NTSC signal Colour Temp Press or button to select Colour Temp Press or to choose from one of these options Cool Normal and Warm Note Setting Cool option gives white colours a slight blue stress Setting Warm option gives white colours a slight red stress For normal colours select Normal option Noise Reduction If the broadcast signal is weak and the picture is noisy use...

Page 35: ...er menu Press or button to change the preset In equalizer menu the preset can be changed to Music Movie Speech Flat Classic and User Select the desired frequency by pressing or button and increase or decrease the frequency gain by pressing or button Press the M button to return to the previous menu Note Equalizer menu settings can be changed only when the Equalizer Mode is in User Balance This set...

Page 36: ...t sound system is stereo switching this effect on will give a more spatial effect Press or button to select Effect Press or button to set as On or Off Store Press or button to select Store Press or OK button to store the settings Stored will be displayed on the screen Dolby VS This feature is used to create the impression that sound is coming from around the room instead of the set speakers Press ...

Page 37: ...e to be used Swap Select Swap item by using or button Use or button to set This function enables to swap between the main and the PIP picture Note See Appendix E for all PIP PAP modes Sleep Timer Press or button to select Sleep Timer Use or button to set the Sleep Timer The timer can be programmed between Off and 120 minutes in steps of 10 minutes If Sleep Timer is activated at the end of the sele...

Page 38: ...select Program Use or button to select the program number You can also enter a number using the numeric buttons on the remote control There are 200 programme storage between 0 and 199 Band Band can be selected either C or S Press or button to set Band Channel Channel can be changed by or button or numeric buttons Colour System Press or button to select Colour System Use or button to change the col...

Page 39: ...me Move Select the programme which you want to insert by navigation buttons Press the GREEN button By navigation buttons move the selected programme to the decided programme space and press the GREEN button again Delete To delete a programme press the YELLOW button Pressing the YELLOW button again erases the selected programme from the programme list and the following programmes shift one line up ...

Page 40: ...em by using or buttons Press OK or button Warning Please ensure auto adjustment is performed with a full screen image to ensure best results H Horizontal Position This item shifts the image horizontally to right hand side or left hand side of the screen Select H Position item by using or button Use or button to adjust the value V Vertical Position This item shifts the image vertically towards the ...

Page 41: ...window is indicated by a red frame around it The active window can be changed by pressing or button The status info OSD belongs to active window The place of the status OSDs are same for both windows Press the button again to exit the PIP mode Press the button to switch to PAP mode In PAP Mode two pictures with equal sizes are displayed on the screen Aspect Ratios of the windows are ﬁxed When you ...

Page 42: ...th subtitles to the full screen Zoom This option zooms to the picture Note You can shift to screen up or down by pressing buttons while picture zoom is selected as Auto Panoramic 14 9 Cinema Subtitle or Zoom Teletext Teletext system transmits information such as news sports and weather on your TV Note that if the signal degrades for example in poor adverse weather conditions some text errors may o...

Page 43: ... system has no power please check the main power cable and connection to the mains socket outlet Poor Picture Have you selected the correct TV system Is your TV set or house aerial located too close to a non earthed audio equipment or neon lights etc Mountains or high buildings can cause double pictures or ghost images Sometimes you can improve the picture quality by changing the direction of the ...

Page 44: ...0 37 9 VESA 16 9 4 3 11 800 600 70 43 8 16 9 4 3 12 800 600 72 48 1 VESA 16 9 4 3 13 800 600 75 46 9 VESA 16 9 4 3 14 800 600 85 53 7 VESA 16 9 4 3 15 832 624 75 49 7 MAC 16 9 4 3 16 1024 768 43 35 5 VESA interlace 16 9 4 3 17 1024 768 60 48 4 VESA 16 9 4 3 18 1024 768 70 56 5 VESA 16 9 4 3 19 1024 768 72 57 7 16 9 4 3 20 1024 768 75 60 0 16 9 4 3 21 1024 768 85 68 3 16 9 4 3 22 1152 864 60 53 8 1...

Page 45: ...720P 50Hz O 720P 60Hz O 1080I 50Hz O 1080I 60Hz O HDMI1 HDMI2 HDMI3 HDMI4 480I 60Hz O 480P 60Hz O 576I 50Hz O 576P 50Hz O 720P 50Hz O 720P 60Hz O 1080I 50Hz O 1080I 60Hz O 1080P 50Hz O 1080P 60Hz O 1080P 24 HZ O X Not Available O Available Note In some cases a signal on the LCD TV may not be displayed properly The problem may be an inconsistency with standards from the source equipment DVD Set top...

Page 46: ...DMI connector pin speciﬁcations Pin Input signal Pin Input signal 1 TMDS Data2 11 TMDS Clock Shield 2 TMDS Data2 Shield 12 TMDS Clock 3 TMDS Data 2 13 CEC 4 TMDS Data 1 14 Reserved N C on device 5 TMDS Data1 Shield 15 SCL 6 TMDS Data1 16 SDA 7 TMDS Data0 17 DDC CED Ground 8 TMDS Data0 Shield 18 5V Power 9 TMDS Data0 19 Hot Plug Detect 10 TMDS Clock Signal Input PC RGB Terminal D sub 15 pin connect...

Page 47: ...9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 HDMI3 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 HDMI4 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 YPbPr 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 9 PC VGA 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 RGB This indicates that selection is possible only if Scart 1 has a RGB signal Restrictions Scart 1 source must have RGB signal to perform PIP PAP with sources TV Scart 2 Scart 2 S FAV SVHS If these sources are set to main window and Scart 1 does not ...

Page 48: ...2 Layer 1 2 3 MP3 Sample Rate 8K 48KHz Bit Rate 32K 320Kbps wma WMA Sample Rate 8K 48KHz Bit Rate 5K 192Kbps Photo jpg Baseline JPEG WxH 14592x12288 Up to 179 Mega pixel Support format 444 440 422 420 Grayscale Progressive JPEG Up to 4 Mega pixel Support format 444 440 422 420 Grayscale gif GIF WxH 14592x12288 Up to 179 Mega pixel bmp bit map WxH 14592x12288 Up to 179 Mega pixel ...

Page 49: ... for EU models Transmission standard DVB T MPEG 2 Demodulation COFDM with 2K 8K FFT mode FEC all DVB modes Video MP ML PAL 4 3 16 9 Audio MPEG Layer I II 32 44 148kHz NUMBER OF PRESET CHANNELS 200 CHANNEL INDICATOR On Screen Display RF AERIAL INPUT 75 Ohm unbalanced OPERATING VOLTAGE 220 240V AC 50 Hz AUDIO German Nicam Stereo AUDIO OUTPUT POWER WRMS 10 THD 2 x 8 POWER CONSUMPTION W 240 W max 1 W ...

Page 50: ...ned or 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 communal 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 beco...

Page 51: ...nect the aerial through a VCR Aerial RF Socket wall socket wall socket Aerial RF Lead Aerial RF Lead 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 stereo sound from your equipment These leads can be purchased from your Hitachi dealer or any good High...

Page 52: ... and YPBPR products DVD RW DVD RECORDER COMPONENT Y PR PB ANT IN ANTENNA HDMI OUT RF connector lead Device to TV wall socket Aerial RF Lead Aerial RF Socket High Definition Your LCD Television is capable of displaying High Definition pictures from devices such as a High Definition Satellite Receiver or DVD Device These devices must be connected via the HDMI socket or Component Socket TFT LCD TV Sc...

Page 53: ...et will illuminate red Press Operate Standby or up down P P or numeric buttons 1 2 3 to operate insert plug European plug and switch on insert plug UK plug Programme Up Volume Up Volume Down Programme Down To select a programme number To enter the main menu For navigation of the menus SIDE VIEW Operate Standby TV DTV M INFO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 EXIT SWAP P P I II SOURCE AV GUIDE WIDE PP OK SELECT A...

Page 54: ...ase refer to the Install Menu section of the instruction book When the TV is turned on for the first time the menu for the language selection appears on the screen The message Welcome please select your language is written in all language options sequentially in the menu on the screen By pressing or buttons highlight the language you want to set and press OK After then First time Installation Menu...

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