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Instructions for use

L42VK05U

42" LCD Colour Television

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Page 1: ...GB Instructions for use L42VK05U 42 LCD Colour Television ...

Page 2: ...r UK only 22 Analogue Teletext 22 Widescreen 22 Channel List 23 Navigating the Entire Channel List 23 Moving the channels in the channel list 23 Deleting the Channels in the Channel List 23 Renaming Channels 24 Adding Locks to Channels 24 Setting Favourites 24 How to Add a Channel to a Favourites List 25 Removing a Channel from Favourite List25 On Screen Help 25 Program Guide 25 Timers 25 Conditio...

Page 3: ...oposition 40 H Horizontal Position 40 V Vertical Position 40 Phase 40 Dot Clock 40 PC Picture Menu 40 Sound Menu 40 Feature Menu 40 Source Menu 40 Displaying TV Information 40 Mute Function 41 PIP Picture in Picture and PAP Picture and Picture Modes 41 Picture Mode Selection 41 Freezing Picture 41 Zoom Modes 41 Auto 41 16 9 41 4 3 41 Panoramic 42 14 9 42 Cinema 42 Subtitle 42 Zoom 42 Tips 43 Scree...

Page 4: ...ard 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 Active antenna power ...

Page 5: ... be replaced it should be done by quali ed 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 solid object or liquid falls into the ...

Page 6: ...n 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 plug is used to disconnect TV set from the mains and therefore it must remain readily operable Headphone Vo...

Page 7: ...buttons 6 Teletext Mix in TXT mode 7 Cursor Left 8 Menu 9 AV Source 10 Favourite Mode Selection in DTV 11 mode Volume Up 12 Info Reveal in TXT mode 13 Mute 14 Volume Down 15 Programme Down Page up in DTV 16 mode Electronic programme guide in DTV 17 mode Programme Up Page down in DTV 18 mode Sleep Timer 19 Picture Mode Selecion 20 Okay Store Select Hold in TXT mode 21 Cursor Down 22 Exit in DTV mod...

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

Page 9: ...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 the SCART sockets the TV will automatically switch to AV mode If both sockets are employed at the same time SCART 1 will override SCART 2 unless manually selected Note You should connect the decoder to EXT 1 if you are planning to watc...

Page 10: ... RF Input connects to an antenna or a cable 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 antenna cable as shown in the illustrationin 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 and the PC output on your PC 11...

Page 11: ...ct to the HEADPHONE jack to listen to the TV from headphones Video Input is used for connecting video signals of external 5 devices Connect 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 of external 6 devices Connect the audio cable between the AUDIO INPUTS on the TV and the AUDIO OUTPUT jacks on your d...

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: ...nd 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 If the plugged USB disk is not recognised please reinsert the disk 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 connectio...

Page 14: ...ng 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 parts 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: ...yer as illustrated below switch to HDMI source See Input Selection section Most DVD players are 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 the connection is made switch to YPbPr source See Input selection section You may also connect through the SCART 1 or SCART 2 Use a SCART cable ...

Page 16: ...Note that cables shown in the illustration are not supplied For connecting a camcorder connect to the VIDEO IN socket and the AUDIO SOCKETS 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: ...nnect external speakers use an audio cable Do not reverse the AUDIO LEFT and AUDIO RIGHT jacks Turn on the LCD TV and external speaker set after all connections are made Refer to your speaker set s manual for further queries For connecting a to a device that has SPDIF support use an appropriate SPDIF cable to enable sound connection External Speakers A device that supports SPDIF signal REAR VIEW ...

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: ...V P P P P 1 2 3 4 6 5 9 7 8 0 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 ...

Page 20: ...arn 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 of the model you selected The functions will be described in accordance with the menu system of your TV Functions of the menu system are describe...

Page 21: ...power should be Off when standard antenna is used instead of the active antenna See Con guration Menu in the following sections for more information Press OK button on the remote control to continue and the following message will be displayed on the screen To start installation process select Yes to cancel select No To select the Yes or No option highlight the item by using or buttons and press th...

Page 22: ...annel icon will also be displayed 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 information is updated automatically If there is no event information data avai...

Page 23: ...ition to pictures and sound you can also view digital teletext Digital teletext is sometimes broadcast at the same time with the normal broadcasting 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 teletext Follow the instructions displayed on...

Page 24: ...n to move page up or page down To watch a speci c 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 o...

Page 25: ...utton one by one as the button is pressed Press the MENU button to cancel the editing or OK button to save the new name Adding Locks to Channels Channel locking provides a password protected access to channels selected by parents In order to lock 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 Con guration menu Selec...

Page 26: ...iven in the General Operations page Please see Electronic Programme Guide EPG section in the General Operations part Timers To display timers window activate the item from the main menu To add a timer press the YELLOW button on the remote control Then Add Timer window appears Channel or keys will navigate the user through the TV or Radio list Date Starting date is entered via the Left Right or the...

Page 27: ...nd press the OK button When no module is inserted No Conditional Access module detected message appears on the screen Refer to the module instruction manual for details of the settings NOTE Insert or remove the CI module only when the TV is in STAND BY mode or SWITCHED OFF TV Setup You can use this item to display the TV functions The digital TV Setup menu screen is accessed from the main menu Pre...

Page 28: ...ver 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 receiver automatically This operation will normally take approximately 30 minutes If you have a...

Page 29: ... OK and Time Settings sub menu will be displayed on the 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 Zo...

Page 30: ... up alter the subtitle language with or buttons The chosen language 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 Setup menu highlight the Language Settings item by pressing or buttons Press OK and Language Settings submenu will be displayed on the screen Use or bu...

Page 31: ...ned to the programmes If you do not accept the locations and or the programme names you can change them via the program 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...

Page 32: ... the OK button to start installation After search is completed for digital channels a message asking whether to search for analogue channels appears on the screen Press the OK button to search for analogue channels The following menu appears on the screen for analogue channel search Select your Country Language and TXT Language by using or and or buttons Press OK or RED button to continue To cance...

Page 33: ...next function will also jump to the tracks randomly Loop Blue button Plays the selected le repeatedly Viewing JPG Files Jump Numeric buttons jump to selected le using the numeric buttons OK views the selected picture in full screen Play Slideshow Green button starts the slideshow with all pictures in the folder Slideshow Options Pause Yellow button Pause the slideshow Continue Green button Continu...

Page 34: ...e in Media Browser mode Navigating the Analogue TV Menu System To confirm choices For displaying menu options For navigation Press MENU to display the main menu Press or button to select an icon Use or button to highlight Press or buttons to change the settings Press for more options Press OK to store To exit the menu or return from sub menu screen press MENU Note These explanations are valid for ...

Page 35: ...n or Off Turn this feature on when you are watching lms to see the fast motion scenes clearly Game Mode Select Game Mode by pressing or button Use or button to set Game Mode as On or Off When Game Mode is set to On specific game mode settings which are optimized for better video quality will be loaded Also Picture Mode Contrast Brightness Sharpness Colour and Colour Temp settings will be invisible...

Page 36: ...Mono Stereo Dual I or Dual II mode only if the selected channel supports that mode AVL Automatic Volume Limiting AVL function adjusts the sound to obtain xed output level between programmes For instance volume level of advertisements tend to be louder than programmes Press or button to select AVL Press or button to set the AVL as On or Off Audio Out Press or button to select Audio Out Press or but...

Page 37: ...ailable while Game Mode is set as On If you switch to any other source and set Movie Sense as on Game Mode will automatically set as Off Pip Pap In the Feature menu highlight PIP item by pressing or buttons Press button to enter PIP submenu Using or button you can switch to PIP PAP mode or turn off the feature If the TV is switched to PIP or PAP mode Pip Pap submenu will change accordingly and the...

Page 38: ...tting to adopt Press or button to select Default Zoom You can set Default Zoom to Panoramic 16 9 4 3 or 14 9 by pressing or button Blue Background If the signal is weak or absent the TV will automatically change to a blue screen To enable this set Blue Background to On By pressing or button select Blue Background Press or button to set Blue Background as On or Off Backlight This setting controls t...

Page 39: ...u can also enter the desired frequency using the numeric buttons while Search item is highlighted Store Press or button to select Store Press or OK button to store the settings Stored will be displayed on the screen Install Menu in AV Modes The following screen appears in the install menu when the TV is in AV modes Note that limited options will be available Switch to TV mode for viewing complete ...

Page 40: ...ic tuning Auto Programming System menu will appear on the screen Country Press or button to select your country If you want to exit from A P S function press the BLUE button When you press OK or RED button for starting automatic tuning all stored programmes will be erased and the TV will search for available channels During the search the following OSD will be displayed Whenever you press the BLUE...

Page 41: ...olution and scan frequency that you input to the TV set you may see a hazy or noisy picture on the screen In such a case you can use this item to get a clear picture by trial and error method Select Phase item by using or buttons Use or button to adjust the value Dot Clock Dot Clock adjustments correct the interference that appear as vertical banding in dot intensive presentations like spreadsheet...

Page 42: ...ll not be available while in PC mode Freezing Picture You can freeze the picture on the screen by pressing the OK button on the remote control Press the OK button to freeze picture Press again to quit freeze mode Note This function will not be available while in DTV mode Zoom Modes You can change the aspect ratio image size of the TV for viewing the picture in different zoom modes Press SCREEN but...

Page 43: ...een into two windows one displaying the teletext and the other displaying the current channel Pressing again will quit the teletext mode RETURN Index Selects the teletext index page Expand Press once to enlarge top half of the page press again to enlarge the bottom half of the page Press again to revert back to normal size Reveal Shows hidden information e g solutions of games OK Hold Holds a text...

Page 44: ...e 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 aerial Is the picture or teletext unrecognisable Check if you have entered the correct frequency Please retune the channels The picture quality may degrade when two peripherals are connected to the...

Page 45: ...9 VESA 7 640 480 75 37 5 VESA 8 640 480 85 43 3 VESA 9 800 600 56 35 2 VESA 10 800 600 60 37 9 VESA 11 800 600 70 43 8 12 800 600 72 48 1 VESA 13 800 600 75 46 9 VESA 14 800 600 85 53 7 VESA 15 832 624 75 49 7 MAC 16 1024 768 43 35 5 VESA interlace 17 1024 768 60 48 4 VESA 18 1024 768 70 56 5 VESA 19 1024 768 72 57 7 20 1024 768 75 60 0 21 1024 768 85 68 3 22 1152 864 60 53 8 23 1152 864 70 64 2 V...

Page 46: ...orted DVI Resolutions When connecting devices to your TV s connectors by using DVI converter cables not supplied you can refer to the following resolution information 24Hz 25Hz 30Hz 50Hz 60Hz 480i 480p 576i 576p 720p 1080i 1080p ...

Page 47: ...20P 60Hz O 1080I 50Hz O 1080I 60Hz O 1080P 50Hz O 1080P 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 equipmen...

Page 48: ...Not used 21 GND SHIELD CHASSIS 11 RGB G IN HDMI 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 Sign...

Page 49: ... 9 HDMI3 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 HDMI4 9 9 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8 9 9 YPbPr 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 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 If these sources are set to main window and Scart 1 does not have a RGB signal Pip Pap sour...

Page 50: ...Rate 8K 48KHz mp3 MPEG 1 2 Layer 1 2 3 MP3 Sample Rate 8K 48KHz Bit Rate 32K 320Kbps 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 51: ...MHz 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 SRS TruSurround XT AUDIO OUTPUT POWER WRMS 10 THD 2 x 8 POWER CONSUMPTION W 210 W max 1 ...

Page 52: ...e subject of unauthorised modi cations or alterations or has been the subject of commercial use In the event of a problem with the product within the guarantee period please return it to your nearest store If the item is shown to have had an inherent defect present at the time of sale the store will provide you with a replacement Your statutory rights remain unaffected Guarantor Home Retail Group ...

Page 53: ...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 54: ... 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 55: ...cator on the front of the set 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 enter the main menu For navigation of the menus SIDE VIEW Operate Standby SCREEN LANG SUBTITLE PIP MENU RETURN OK SOURCE FAV PRESETS SLEEP INFO EPG V V P P 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 56: ...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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