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You can connect a wide range of video and audio equipment to your TV
in various ways. This page and the next one provide an overview of sig-
nal compatibilities and the types of equipment you can connect to the
sockets. Connection examples follow on subsequent pages. As necessary,
also refer to the handbook for peripheral equipment.

Overview : Standard Inputs/Outputs

1

ANTENNA IN 75

socket—

compatible with the broadcast stan-

dard in your area. Use to connect radio-frequency (RF) signals
from VHF/UHF antennas or a cable system. 

2

YPbPr (component video input [CVI] sockets)—

compatible

with 480i and 576i signals. Use to connect equipment having com-
ponent video outputs, such as DVD players, laser-disc players,
video-game players, satellite receivers, or other equipment. Use the
INPUT-AV 1 L(eft) and R(ight) AUDIO sockets for sound connec-
tions.

3

S-VIDEO (super video) sockets—

compatible with 480i and 576i

signals. Use to connect peripherals having Super VHS (S-VHS)
outputs, such as VCRs, DVD players, laser-disc players, video-
game players, satellite receivers, or other equipment.

4

VIDEO (composite) sockets 
(INPUT-AV 1, INPUT-AV 2, and TV’s side socket panel
[AV3])—

compatible with 480i and 576i signals. Use to connect

peripherals having composite video outputs, such as VCRs, video-
game players, or other equipment. 

5

AUDIO inputs (INPUT-AV 1,   INPUT-AV 2, and TV’s side
socket panel [AV3])—

use to connect from the audio output sock-

ets on VCRs, DVDs, or other peripherals.

6

MONITOR OUT (VIDEO/AUDIO)—

use to connect to a VCR

to record programmes from the TV. Or use the AUDIO outputs to
connect to an audio hi-fi system.

7

SUBWOOFER Output—

use to make optional connection to an

external powered subwoofer.

C

ONNECTING

P

ERIPHERAL

E

QUIPMENT

VIDEO

Pb

Pr

VIDEO

S-VIDEO

L

AUDIO

L

R

AUDIO

L

R

G/Y

R/Pr

B/Pb

V

H

SYNC

L

R

AUDIO

AV4-480p/1080i-60Hz, 576p-50Hz

INPUT-AV 2

SUBWOOFER

MONITOR

OUT

INPUT-AV 1

Y

ANTENNA IN 75

1

3

5

5

2

6

4

7

4

REAR OF TV

SIDE PANEL

4

5

Note

 :  The

side panel is
AV3.

Summary of Contents for 43PP8445

Page 1: ...3135 035 23251 Rear projectionTV with HD Input Rear projectionTV with HD Input 43PP8445 43PP8446 43PP8447 ...

Page 2: ...iquids should be placed on top of the TV so as to avoid dripping or splashing of liquids on the set Disconnect mains plug when the red light below the TV screen is flashing continuously a bright white line is displayed across the screen cleaning the TV screen never use abrasive cleaning agents use a slightly damp chamois leather or soft cloth a lightning storm is occurring the set is left unattend...

Page 3: ...ructure HDTV Monitor HDTV Display Capability 1080i HDTV monitors enable you to view high definition or enhanced definition TV programming in the 1080i or 480p signal for mat In order to do so the TV must be connected via its component video or RGB inputs to a set top box which is set to operate in the DTV mode A DTV signal must be present in your area and the set top box must be tuned to the prope...

Page 4: ...t at the rear of the set 3 Insert the mains plug in the wall sock et Refer to the back of the TV set for the correct operation voltage Consult your local dealer if your main supply is different To prevent damaging the mains AC cord which could cause hazard do not place the TV on the cord 4 Remove the cover of the battery com partment on the remote control Insert the two batteries supplied Type R6 ...

Page 5: ...imul taneously and repeatedly exits the onscreen menu CH fi fi The fi fi key selects channels in descending order The key selects channels in ascending order When the onscreen menu is displayed pressing fi fi or selects the next item in the menu Also use either of these keys to switch the TV on from stand by mode POWER Switches the TV on or activates standby mode SOURCE SOURCE SOURCE Press to selcet the...

Page 6: ...e menu system CURSOR LEFT Allows you to access the menus and adjust the settings CURSOR UP Allows you to select the next or previous item in the menu and to select a screen format See page 21 VOLUME Increases or decreases volume AV Allows you to select the different signal sources connected to the TV i STATUS EXIT Displays the channel number sound and colour transmission modes status of the sleep ...

Page 7: ...To restore the sound press the key again TIMER Allows you to access the onscreen Timer menu through which you can set the TV s clock and the Timer The Timer can be set to switch to another channel at a specified time while you are watching another channel or when the set is in standby mode I II Allows you to switch from stereo to mono sound during stereo trans mission or to choose between language...

Page 8: ...ss the MENU key 2 Select INSTALL with the cursor down 3 Press the cursor right to select LANGUAGE 4 Press the cursor right again 5 Select your language with the cursor up down From this point on all onscreen displays will appear in the language that you have chosen Now you can search for and store the TV channels in two different ways with Auto Store or Manual Store tuning in channel by channel US...

Page 9: ...NU key or the cursor left 5 Select SOUND SYSTEM and press the cursor right If AUTO is selected the respective sound system will be automatically selected according to the transmission system Note If the reception is poor select another sound system with the cursor up down 6 Press the MENU key or the cursor left 7 Select SEARCH and press the cursor left or right to start the searching Searching sto...

Page 10: ...espec tive transmission 13Select STORE 14Press the cursor right The message STORED appears and the search menu item is highlighted again 15Now repeat steps 7 14 to continue searching for another transmitting channel 16Press the MENU key to return to the INSTALL menu or press the m key to switch the menu off 10 USING THE MENUS INSTALL INSTALL MANUAL STORE COLOUR SYSTEM SOUND SYSTEM SEARCH CHANNEL 1...

Page 11: ...umn you want to swap to 6 Press the cursor down and select EXCHANGE 7 Press the cursor right The message EXCHANGED appears and the selected channels are exchanged 8 Repeat steps 3 7 until all TV channels are allocated as you like 9 Press the MENU key to return to the INSTALL menu or press the m key to switch the menu off USING THE MENUS INSTALL INSTALL LANGUAGE FROM AUTO STORE TO MANUAL STORE EXCH...

Page 12: ... up down 4 Press the cursor right to skip the selected channel The message SKIPPED is displayed 5 Press the cursor up down to select another channel and repeat step 4 6 Press the cursor left or the MENU key to return to the INSTALL menu or the m key to switch the menu off Note To add back channels to the list repeat steps 1 4 and press the m key to switch the menu off USING THE MENUS INSTALL INSTA...

Page 13: ...STALL menu 3 Press the cursor right to enter the menu 4 Key in the selected character with the cursor up down 5 Move to the next character with the cursor right and key in the next character You can key in up to a maximum of five characters 6 Press the MENU key to store the named channel USING THE MENUS INSTALL INSTALL AUTO STORE MANUAL STORE SORT CHANNEL EDIT G NAME PERSONAL G G INSTALL AUTO STOR...

Page 14: ...gnals and Progressive Scan for NTSC 60Hz signals Dynamic Contrast Automatically makes the contrast in the darker and the brighter picture areas more noticeable as the image on screen changes Normally select MED In certain circumstances it may be preferable to select MIN MAX or OFF Manual Converge Allows you to adjust picture convergence Note The picture settings Brightness Colour Contrast Sharpnes...

Page 15: ...ing conver gence 1 Select MANUAL CONVERGE in the PICTURE menu 2 Press the cursor down and select either CONVERGE RED or CONVERGE BLUE Note If various images in the picture have red outlines select CONVERGE RED If various images in the picture have blue outlines select CONVERGE BLUE 3 Use the cursor right left up or down to adjust the cross hair until the color outline is gone The adjustment is aut...

Page 16: ...justments Select SAVE MULTIPOINT and press the cursor left or right To undo your multipoint adjustments Select UNDO MULTIPOINT and press the cursor left or right To restore the TV s picture convergence to factory settings select RESTORE FACTORY and press the cursor left or right 9 Press the MENU key to return or the m key to switch the menu off to Navigate EXIT to Adjust SAVE MULTIPOINT UNDO MULTI...

Page 17: ...l breaks Accessing the Menu 1 Press the MENU key to display the main menu 2 Select SOUND with the cursor down 3 Press the cursor right to access the SOUND submenu 4 Use the cursor in the up down directions to select an item 5 Use the cursor in the left right directions to make adjust ments or settings 6 Press the MENU key to return or press the m key to switch the menu off F PICTURE BRIGHTNESS SOU...

Page 18: ... menu 2 Press the cursor right to enter the Timer Setting the Timer 1 Press the cursor right again to enter TIME mode 2 Key in the current time with the digit keys You must use 24 hour or military time For example 2 15 p m is 14 15 If you entered an incorrect digit Complete the actual time with arbitrary numbers then start again 3 Press the cursor left to exit TIME mode Continue to the next page F...

Page 19: ...ou want to activate the timer on the selected channel and the selected time every day or only once Displaying the Time 1 Select DISPLAY with the cursor down 2 Press the cursor right to select ON or OFF according to if you want to display the current time on the TV screen or not 3 Press the MENU key to return or the m key to switch the menu off USING THE MENUS FEATURES FEATURES TIMER TIME G START T...

Page 20: ...e locked channel From now on the locked channel s can be accessed only via the remote control 5 Repeat steps 1 4 to unlock a locked channel To clear all locked channels at once select CLEAR ALL in the CHILD LOCK menu and press the cursor right The message CLEARED will appear 6 Press the MENU key to return or the m key to switch the menu off 20 USING THE MENUS FEATURES FEATURES TIMER ACCESS CODE CH...

Page 21: ...he right 4 3 format displays the 4 3 picture using the full surface of the screen AUTO format make the picture fill the screen as much as possible EXPAND 4 3 format expands movie images recorded in the letterbox format The black bars at the top and bottom of the screen are expanded thus filling the entire TV screen COMPRESS 16 9 allows you to show widescreen high definition video sources as they w...

Page 22: ...that currently interest you You can have up to 10 chan nels in the SURF list Five channels are shown in the list at one time Cursor down up as necessary to see all the channels in the list 1 Select a channel you want to add to the Surf list 2 Press the SURF key 3 Cursor right to add the selected channel to the Surf list 4 Repeat steps 1 3 to add more channels to the Surf list 5 Press the m key to ...

Page 23: ... Emphasizes soft colours This option is desirable for playing com puter games Smart Sound Options Personal Sound settings are based on your preferences Voice Brings voices to the forefront emphasizing them Moves music to the background Music Emphasizes music over voices Theatre Provides a balance between voices and music Note The PERSONAL settings are the ones that you make using the PICTURE or SO...

Page 24: ...ore the TV will turn itself off An onscreen countdown will appear during the last minute before the TV switches off Ten seconds before the Sleep Timer switches the TV off GOOD BYE will be displayed on the TV screen Notes To see how many minutes remain before the TV shuts itself off press the m key Changing the channel or volume during the last minute of a Sleep Timer setting will cancel Sleep SLEE...

Page 25: ...ible with 480i and 576i signals Use to connect peripherals having Super VHS S VHS outputs such as VCRs DVD players laser disc players video game players satellite receivers or other equipment 4 VIDEO composite sockets INPUT AV 1 INPUT AV 2 and TV s side socket panel AV3 compatible with 480i and 576i signals Use to connect peripherals having composite video outputs such as VCRs video game players o...

Page 26: ...utputs to the AV4 sockets H and V Sync connections may or may not be required for RGB connections Use the AV4 L eft and R ight AUDIO sockets for sound connections See the handbook for the digital equipment you are connecting VIDEO Pb Pr VIDEO S VIDEO L AUDIO L R AUDIO L R G Y R Pr B Pb V H SYNC L R AUDIO AV4 480p 1080i 60Hz 576p 50Hz INPUT AV 2 SUBWOOFER MONITOR OUT INPUT AV 1 Y REAR OF TV ANTENNA...

Page 27: ...or the video recorder IfYou Do Not Make theVideo and Audio Connections in Step 3 Above Search for and store the test signal of the video recorder 1 Unplug the RF cable from the RF socket of your video recorder 2 Switch on your TV and put the video recorder on the test signal or play a prerecorded tape See the handbook for your video recorder 3 Search for the test signal of your video recorder in t...

Page 28: ... your TV does not disturb recording Recording a Programme onYourVideo Recorder Connected to MONITOR OUT from Audio Video Equipment Connected to AV1 AV2 or to the Sockets on the Side of theTV AV3 1 Switch on the equipment 2 Select the correct external source on your TV and on your video recorder 3 Set your video recorder to record You record what you are watching on the screen Do not switch channel...

Page 29: ...e cables from the Video and Audio L and R outputs on the DVD player to the INPUT AV 1 VIDEO and AUDIO L mono and R inputs on your TV See the handbook for your DVD player Note The names of the component video sockets may differ depending on the DVD player or digital source equipment used For example besides YPbPr you may see R Y B Y Y or CrCbY Although abbreviations and terms may vary the letters B...

Page 30: ...ation and signal strengths If the digital equipment you want to connect to your TV offers both compo nent video and RGB outputs component video is the suggested connec tion to use See the handbook for the digital equipment Notes regarding connecting to either AV4 For connections to either AV4 be sure the TV s color space setting matches the output Y Pb Pr or RGB of the digital equipment you have c...

Page 31: ...RAL EQUIPMENT Camera and Camcorder Connect your camera or camcorder to sockets at the side of your TV 1 Connect the equipment to the VIDEO socket 2 Connect the equipment to the AUDIO L socket for mono or both the AUDIO L and R for stereo TYPICAL CAMCORDER VIDEO AUDIO L R 1 2 SIDE OF TV VIDEO Pb Pr VIDEO S VIDEO L AUDIO L R AUDIO L R G Y R Pr B Pb V H SYNC L R AUDIO AV4 480p 1080i 60Hz 576p 50Hz IN...

Page 32: ...und speakers 3 Connect an audio cable from the SUBWOOFER output of the TV to the Low Level Input sockets on the powered subwoofer 4 Adjust volume for the surround sound amplifier and powered subwoofer at those pieces of equipment 3 AMPLIFIER POWERED SUBWOOFER REAR OF TV VIDEO Pb Pr VIDEO S VIDEO L AUDIO L R AUDIO L R G Y R Pr B Pb V H SYNC L R AUDIO AV4 480p 1080i 60Hz 576p 50Hz INPUT AV 2 SUBWOOF...

Page 33: ...ll need to be sure the TV s colour space is set to match the output of the peripheral you have connected 1 Press the AV key on the remote control as many times as neces sary to select the high definition input you desire AV4 2 Press the MENU key to display the menu 3 Select INSTALL with the cursor down 4 Press the cursor right to enter the INSTALL menu 5 Cursor down until the high definition input...

Page 34: ...k or to the side of theTV AV3 Press the AV key repeatedly to select AV1 CVI AV2 AV3 or AV4 according to where you connected your equipment at the back or the side of your TV Select CVI to view the playback of DVD discs if you used the INPUT AV 1 component video input sockets Y Pb Pr and AUDIO L mono and R inputs TV Channels Enter the channel number of the TV channel you want to watch with the digi...

Page 35: ...s to age at an even rate The result will be a TV picture that is evenly bright over the entire screen PLACEMENT OF THE TV See page 4 CLEANING To avoid possible shock hazard be sure the TV is unplugged from the electrical outlet before cleaning Regularly dust the TV with a dry nonscratching duster to keep the TV clean When cleaning the TV take care not to scratch or damage the screen surface Avoid ...

Page 36: ... again Be sure you have made connections correctly If you have connected digital equipment to the AV4 sockets check the colour space setting on the equipment or TV and change the setting on either if necessary Check to be sure the TV is not placed too near speakers or magnetic objects Adjust the TV s convergence Horizontal dotted lines This may be caused by electrical interference from appliances ...

Page 37: ...Auto Store Yes Standards NTSC M 3 58 4 5 NTSC 4 43 5 5 PAL B G PAL D K PAL I SECAM B G SECAM D K SECAM K1 Connectivity AV1 480i 60Hz 576i 50Hz CVBS in YPbPr Audio L R in AV2 480i 60Hz 576i 50Hz CVBS in S Video Y C Audio L R in AV3 Side 480i 60Hz 576i 50Hz CVBS in Audio L R in AV4 1080i 60Hz 480p 60Hz 576p 50Hz YPbPr RGB H V Output Rear Subwoofer out CVBS out Audio L R out Convenience Child Protect...

Page 38: ... m manual installation 9 10 menu language 8 n naming channels 13 p picture adjustments 14 r recording 28 29 s screen format 21 sleeptimer 24 smart picture and smart sound 23 sorting channels 11 sound adjustments 17 stereo I II key 7 storing TV channels 9 10 S VHS 28 31 Switching the TV on 4 t troubleshooting before calling service 36 v video recorder 27 29 volume 6 Manufactured under license from ...

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