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Projection
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55P8241
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Page 1: ...Projection Television Projection Television 3135 035 20203 55P8241 60P8241 55P8288 60P8288 ...

Page 2: ...ay cause an electri cal shock For the safety of everyone in your household please do not remove product covering s The exclamation point calls attention to features for which you should read the enclosed literature closely to prevent operating and maintenance problems WARNING TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARD DO NOT EXPOSE THIS EQUIPMENT TO RAIN OR MOISTURE CAUTION To prevent electric shock match wi...

Page 3: ...fallen or liquid has been spilled into the appliance or C The appliance has been exposed to rain or D The appliance does not appear to operate normally or exhibits a marked change in performance or E The appliance has been dropped or the enclosure damaged 17 Tilt Stability All televisions must comply with recommend ed international global safety standards for tilt and stability properties of its c...

Page 4: ...es are included refer to the owner s manuals for the VCR and the cable con verter TV TO VCR BASIC CONNECTION If your Cable TV signal comes from a single round cable 75 ohm then you re ready to connect to the TV If you have a cable converter box connect the cable TV signal to the cable signal IN put plug on the converter Connect the cable TV cable to the ANTENNA IN 75Ω plug on the TV If you have a ...

Page 5: ...el Peaks and valleys that occur during program changes or commercial breaks are reduced making for a more consistent comfortable sound AutoChron automatically sets the right time of day and maintains it with dig ital precision through brownouts power failures and even Daylight Savings Time adjustments AutoLock allows you to block the viewing of certain channels or programs with certain ratings if ...

Page 6: ...hlighted Press the CURSOR RIGHT button BRIGHTNESS will be highlighted and an adjustment bar will be shown to the right Press the CURSOR RIGHT or LEFT button to adjust the BRIGHT NESS level of the picture Or press the CURSOR DOWN button to select another picture control to adjust Press the i button to remove the menu from the screen BEGIN Picture Menu Adjusting the Picture When the bar scale is cen...

Page 7: ...r cable reception or other difficulties the picture can sometimes appear slightly speckled an indication of signal noise in the picture The DNR Dynamic Noise Reduction control can help eliminate this type of interference and improve the quality of the picture Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on screen menu PICTURE will be highlighted Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the PICTU...

Page 8: ...EMAX CONTROL ImageMax helps you sharpen the picture quality by making dark por tions of the picture darker and light portions of the picture brighter Follow these steps to turn ImageMax on Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu PICTURE will be highlighted Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the PICTURE menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton repeatedly until the IMAG...

Page 9: ...es remain adjust the MULTI POINT RED control If various images on the entire picture have blue outlines adjust the CON VERGE BLUE control Then if any blue outlines remain adjust the MUL TIPOINT BLUE control Use the UNDO MULTIPOINT control if you want to restore the picture screen to the way it was before you made Multipoint adjustments NOTE After turning the TV set on allow it to warm up for 15 mi...

Page 10: ...various images on the entire picture have blue outlines adjust the CONVERGE BLUE con trol Then if any blue outlines remain adjust the MULTIPOINT BLUE con trol Use the UNDO MULTIPOINT control if you want to restore the picture screen to the way it was before you made Multipoint adjustments NOTE After turning the TV set on allow it to warm up for 15 minutes before adjusting the Convergence controls ...

Page 11: ...n to enter the ADJUST mode Press the CURSOR LEFT RIGHT UP or DOWN button to adjust the cross image until the color outline is gone Press the i button to return to NAVIGATE mode Repeat steps 7 10 until all mis aligned crosses have been adjusted Press the MENU button to return to the CONVERGENCE menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton repeatedly until SAVE MULTI POINT is selected Press the CURSOR RIGHT b...

Page 12: ...VERGENCE CONVERGE BLUE MULTIPOINT RED MULTIPOINT BLUE SAVE MULTIPOINT UNDO MULTIPOINT RESTORED PICTURE CONVERGENCE 2 4 6 3 5 7 UNDO MULTIPOINT The UNDO MULTIPOINT control allows you to restore the TV s pic ture screen to the way it was before you made Multipoint adjustments Press the MENU button to show the on screen menu PICTURE will be highlighted Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the PICT...

Page 13: ...tton to enter the FEATURES menu Press the CURSOR RIGHT button again to shift the display left and high light the TIME control Press the CURSOR RIGHT button again to highlight the time indicator area Press the NUMBER buttons to enter the correct time If you make a mistake entering the time use the CUR SOR LEFT or RIGHT button to move among the input slots to make correc tions NOTE You may also use ...

Page 14: ...e on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight FEATURES Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the FEATURES menu Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton again Then press the CURSOR DOWN button once to highlight the START TIME control Press the CURSOR RIGHT button again to highlight the time indicator area Press the NUMBER buttons to enter the correct time If you make a mistake entering ...

Page 15: ... TV to turn itself off Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight FEATURES Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to enter the FEATURES menu Press the CURSOR RIGHT button again Then press the CUR SOR DOWN button twice to high light the STOP TIME control Press the CURSOR RIGHT button to highlight the time indicator area Press the N...

Page 16: ...on will tune to when the timer turns the set on Follow these steps to select the chan nel Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight FEATURES Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the FEATURES menu Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton Then press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until the CHANNEL control is highlighted Press ...

Page 17: ...NU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight FEATURES Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the FEATURES menu Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton again Then press the CURSOR DOWN button repeatedly until the ACTIVATE control is highlighted Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton again to set ACTIVATE to ONCE press the CURSOR RIGHT button again for ...

Page 18: ...the TV s clock you can use your TV to keep up with the time The TIMER DISPLAY control allows you to permanently dis play the time in the upper right corner of the screen Press the MENU button on the remote to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight FEATURES Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the FEATURES menu Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton again Then press the...

Page 19: ...ge of 13 Programs that are rated PG 13 have one or more of the following violence sexual situ ations coarse language or suggestive dia logue R Restricted specifically designed for adults Anyone under the age of 17 should view programs that are rated R only with an accompanying parent or adult guardian Such programs have one or more of the fol lowing intense violence intense sexual situ ations stro...

Page 20: ...8 4 3 1 2 3 9 SETTING UP THE ACCESS CODE AutoLockallows parents to block channels they think children should not watch A channel blocked by the AUTOLOCK control cannot be viewed until a correct access code is used to unlock the channel for view ing Follow these steps to set up your Access Code Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twic...

Page 21: ... MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 1 2 3 4 3 8 6 5 7 9 BLOCKING CHANNELS After you have set your personal access code see the previous page you are ready to select the channels or program sources you want to block Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the ...

Page 22: ...CR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 1 2 3 6 4 3 8 7 5 8 9 After you have set your personal access code see page 20 you can block programs by specific movie ratings Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight FEATURES Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the FEATURES menu...

Page 23: ...CURSOR UP or DOWN button to select a rating Press the CURSOR RIGHT or LEFT button to turn the block on the rating ON or OFF NOTE More specific subratings for violence sexual content dialogue or fantasy violence are available for TV Y7 TV PG TV 14 and TV MA To access these subratings press the CURSOR RIGHT button Press the CURSOR UP or DOWN button to select the subrating that you want to block or u...

Page 24: ...P DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 2 3 6 8 1 5 9 3 The BLOCKING control can be thought of as the master switch fo...

Page 25: ...H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 2 3 6 8 4 3 7 5 10 9 1 Channel 12 Blocked by AutoLock Unrated Access Code In addition to blocking rated pro grams or channels you may also choose to block all programming that is unrated Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on s...

Page 26: ...UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 1 4 3 7 2 3 6 8 10 9 5 Channel 12 Blocked by AutoLock No rating Access Code Features Menu The AutoLock Control Some programs contain no content advisories from the Motion Picture Association of America or the television broadcasters see page 19 for more on content adviso...

Page 27: ... If a lower rating is blocked higher ratings will also be blocked auto matically For example if you block TV PG rated programs those rated TV 14 and TV MA will also be blocked The TV rating controls also have subratings for Violence V Fantasy Violence FV Sexual Situations S Coarse Language L and Suggestive Language D If you turn off a main rating but turn on a subrating of that main rating control...

Page 28: ...H AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 4 3 7 2 3 6 8 1 5 Features Menu The AutoLock Control The CLEAR ALL control will allow you to remove all channel blocks that have been turned on through the BLOCK CHANNEL control To clear all channel block...

Page 29: ...ram is blocked by the Text screen Closed Captioning CC allows you to read the voice content of television programs on the TV screen Designed to help the hearing impaired this feature uses on screen text boxes to show dialogue and con versations while the TV program is in progress Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight...

Page 30: ... SURR A CH PIP CH 2 5 1 6 4 3 5 ADJUSTING THE TREBLE BASS AND BALANCE Besides the normal volume level control your TV also has individ ual sound adjustment controls You can use TREBLE high frequency BASS low frequency and Speaker BALANCE to further adjust the sound playback of TV programs Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton once to h...

Page 31: ...AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 2 4 1 4 3 5 USING THE AVL AUDIO VOLUME LEVELER CONTROL You may have noticed the peaks and valleys of sound that occur between program changes or at com mercial breaks The volume levels often vary considerably By turning on the AVL Audio Volume Leveler control you can make your TV pro duce a more consis...

Page 32: ... i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH USING INCREDIBLE SURROUND The Incredible Surround feature will boost the TV s sound by mak ing the sound broader and fuller Set the INCREDIBLE SURROUND con trol to INCREDIBLE SURROUND to enhance stereo programs Or set the INCREDIBLE SURROUND control to SPATIAL to give a surround effect to mono programs Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on sc...

Page 33: ...SECOND AUDIO PROGRAM IS BEING BROADCAST OR SAP ON SAP OFF IF A SECOND AUDIO PROGRAM IS NOT BEING BROADCAST OR SAP NOT AVAILABLE SAP OFF SOUND BALANCE AVL INCR SURROUND STEREO SAP ON You can enjoy stereo programs on your TV It has both an amplifier and twin speakers through which stereo sound can be heard Follow these steps to select the STEREO mode Press the MENU button on the remote control to sh...

Page 34: ... OUT to either VARIABLE or FIXED to determine whether you adjust the volume at the at the TV or at the stereo If you select VARIABLE change the volume at the TV using the TV s remote control If you select FIXED adjust the volume at the stereo using the stereo s con trols Follow these steps to make your selection Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSO...

Page 35: ...your amplifier or sound system Set the audio sys tem s volume to a normal listening level Turn the TV and audio system ON You can now adjust the sound level coming from the audio system with the VOL ume buttons on the TV or remote control To hear the TV sound from only the audio system speakers Press the MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN button once...

Page 36: ...st Control The BASS BOOST control allows you to increase the low frequency range of the TV s sound This creates a deeper fuller sound Follow these steps to turn BASS BOOST ON Press MENU button on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton once to highlight SOUND Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the SOUND menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton repeatedly until BA...

Page 37: ...s for a number of differ ent types of programs and viewing conditions that you may have in your home The Movies Sports Weak Signal and Multimedia AutoPicture controls have been preset at the facto ry to automatically adjust the TV s brightness color picture sharpness tint and color temperature levels The Personal AutoPicture settings are the ones that you made through the PIC TURE options within t...

Page 38: ...nd setting will appear in the middle of the screen Press the SMARTSOUND but ton repeatedly to cycle through the four settings PERSONAL VOICE MUSIC or THEATRE BEGIN Remote Control SmartSound SMART HELP You determine the PER SONAL setting by adjust ments you make within the SOUND menu The other SmartSound set tings are made at the factory and cannot be adjusted SmartSoundworks only with the programs...

Page 39: ...ote control The on screen display may read SURF LIST EMPTY The number of the current channel will be shown with ADD to the right While the SURF list message or the SURF channel list appears on the screen press the CURSOR RIGHT button to add the present channel to the SURF list If you want to delete the present channel from the SURF list press the CURSOR RIGHT button again Repeat steps 1 through 3 ...

Page 40: ...e TV only to be awak ened in the middle of the night by the screeching sound that accompanies the on screen test pattern of a station that s signed off Your TV can enable you to avoid that discomfort by auto matically turning itself off You choose the amount of time before the set turns off Press the SLEEP button on the remote control The SLEEP Timer on screen display will appear in the upper part...

Page 41: ...the VOLUME but tons to adjust the TV s sound level BEGIN VOLUME 15 AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 2 1 AV 2 CV1 AV 1 10 AV SAP TV VCR ACC SMART SMART MENU SURF CH 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 i UP DN PIP INCR SURR A CH PIP CH 1 The AV button on your remote con trol allows you to choose from among the signal sources you have connected to your ...

Page 42: ...arch Method in the pages that follow Move the slide switch on the side of the TV remote to VCR or ACC mode for the accessory device catego ry you want NOTE selecting the ACC essory mode button allows access to the product codes for cable TV convert ers DVD players satellite receivers and laser disc players Point the TV remote toward the desired accessory device and press the POWER button Does the ...

Page 43: ...D button and release Within 30 seconds press the SMARTSOUND button Within 30 seconds Enter the three digit ID code the code is list on pages 45 and 46 Point the remote at the accessory device Then press the POWER but ton on the TV remote to turn the device on BEGIN ACC mode is for cable converter boxes satellite receivers DVDs and laser disc players If the procedure explained above does not work t...

Page 44: ...ce The TV remote will begin transmitting codes to try to find the one for your accesso ry device For cable converter boxes and satellite receivers watch the acces sory device s Channel Indicator When the channel numbers begin to change immediately release the VCR RECORD and SMARTSOUND buttons The TV remote has identified the correct remote code for the acces sory device For VCRs when the VCR playe...

Page 45: ...5 129 252 254 273 827 828 829 Penney 062 267 064 069 065 067 081 Pentax 069 092 132 Philco 062 236 506 Philips 108 062 089 137 830 831 Pilot 064 Pioneer 085 195 094 Polk Audio 108 Portland 047 Profitronic 267 Proscan 087 229 Protec 099 Pulsar 066 078 Quarter 073 Quartz 073 Quasar 062 189 104 481 828 RCA 087 176 229 069 132 062 075 092 104 133 267 304 Radio Shack 027 Radix 064 Randex 064 Realistic ...

Page 46: ...72 045 176 Echostar 307 802 175 186 296 Expressvu 802 General Instrument 388 896 574 581 654 Gould 082 HNS 644 HTS 802 Hitachi 846 Homecable 265 Hughes Network Systems 776 Hytek 122 IQ 237 IQ Prism 237 Intersat 070 JVC 802 Janeil 179 Jerrold 388 654 Legend 296 Macom 088 045 Magnavox 749 751 Memorex 296 751 Next Level 896 Norsat 031 Panasonic 179 728 Philips 227 749 751 Pico 102 Primestar 654 388 R...

Page 47: ...on the back of the TV Turn the VCR and TV on Place the VCR in TV mode Use the VCR TV button on the VCR Press the PIP on off button on the TV remote The PIP window should show in one of the corners of the TV screen Press the PIP SOURCE button on your TV remote until the input source to which you connected your VCR in this example AV 1 appears in the PIP window Select the channel on the VCR to view ...

Page 48: ...e main screen Press the PIP ON OFF button to show the PIP window again Press the POSITION button to move the PIP window to any of the four corners Press the FREEZE button to stop the action within the PIP window Press the FREEZE button again to resume normal viewing Press the SWAP button to swap the main screen picture with the PIP picture Press the SWAP button again to return the main and PIP scr...

Page 49: ...o the PIP picture settings Press the MENU SELECT but ton on the remote control to show the on screen menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight FEATURES Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton to enter the FEATURES menu Press the CURSOR DOWN but ton twice to highlight PIP Press the CURSOR RIGHT but ton again to shift the display to the COLOR adjustment bar Press the CURSOR RIGHT or LEFT button t...

Page 50: ...elevision Connect the CABLE OUT on the Converter to the ANTENNA IN on the VCR Connect the VIDEO OUT jack on the VCR to the VIDEO IN jack on the TV Also connect the AUDIO OUT right and left jacks from the VCR to the AUDIO IN jacks on the television Back of TV Audio Cables Red and White Video Cables Yellow VCR Cable TV Converter Signal Splitter Contact the Parts Information Center at 1 800 851 8885 ...

Page 51: ...10 seconds then reinsert the plug into the outlet and push the remote control power or TV power standby button again The location of the TV power standby button is illustrated on page S 2 Check that the outlet is not on a wall switch If you are using an AC power strip be sure the fuse on the power strip is not blown No picture Check antenna or cable connections to your TV Be sure they are secure D...

Page 52: ...Sound MTS The broadcast stan dard that allows for stereo sound to be transmitted with the TV picture On screen Displays OSD The wording or messages generat ed by the television or VCR to help you with specific feature controls color adjustment or programming for example Picture in Picture The showing of two pictures on the TV screen at the same time one main screen picture and one small picture or...

Page 53: ...cessory devices Q 1 47 50 basic Q 1 47 convergence controls red blue 9 multipoint red blue 10 11 save multipoint settings 10 11 undo multipoint 12 DNR dynamic noise reduction control 7 glossary 52 ImageMax 8 language control Q 3 name control Q 4 picture adjustment controls 6 PIP picture in picture basic connections 47 color and tint controls 49 more connections 50 remote control buttons 48 registr...

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