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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: Connections & Setup

Connections & Setup

Chapter 1

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TV

VCR

Components Cables Connection Go to...
Needed Title

Coaxial
Audio/video
Component
video

TV + HDTV Tuner
+ DVD + VCR

pages 6-7

TV + Satellite
Re VCR

pages 8-9

TV

VCR

Coaxial
Audio/video
Component video

TV + DVD + VCR

pages 10-11

Choose Your Connection

There are several ways to connect your TV. Please use the following chart to determine which connection is best for you.
Proceed to the appropriate page and connect your TV.

Note for US customers:

If you prefer, we can provide you with the name of an Authorized Service Representative

who will visit your home for a fee to install your electronic entertainment system and to instruct you in its operation.
For details about this service, call 1-888-206-3359.
For additional assistance while using your RCA product, please visit www.rca.com/customersupport.

HDTV

Tuner

DVD

Satellite

VCR

Coaxial
Audio/video
S-Video

DVD

Audio/Video
cables

Component Video
(Y•Pb•Pr) cables

S-Video cable

Coaxial cable

Cables Needed to Connect Components to Your TV

The pictures below show the cables needed for the connections represented in this book.

Notes:

Audio/Video cables (A/V cables for short) are usually sold as a bundled set, but the connection pictures in this

book show each cable separately for better visibility.

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Summary of Contents for d52w14

Page 1: ...HDTV Monitor User s Guide Changing Entertainment Again ...

Page 2: ...al Code Part 1 which provides guidelines for proper grounding and in particular specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical Warning Do not use the Freeze feature for an extended period of time This can cause the image to be permanently imprinted on the picture tube Such damage is not covered by your wa...

Page 3: ... cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Servicing is required when the apparatus has been damaged i...

Page 4: ... 3 2 pulldown Precision CRTs Your HDTV monitor features Precision CRTs These Precision CRTs cathode ray tubes produce sharp high resolution images with great detail and better transition between images than regular CRTs HDTV Component Input SYNCHROSCAN Auto adjusting inputs allow a wide array of component equipment to be connected to this HDTV monitor The SYNCHROSCAN circuits automatically detect ...

Page 5: ...mote Control 17 Programming the Remote 19 Find Out If You Need to Program the Remote 19 How to Use the Remote After You ve Programmed It 21 Using the INPUT Button 21 Remote Control Codes 22 Chapter 3 Using the TV s Features Channel Banner 23 Autotuning 23 Why You Should Use the Autotuning Feature 23 How to Set Up the Autotuning Feature 24 Parental Controls and V Chip 25 How V Chip Works for USA an...

Page 6: ...ifier place it on the top shelf so the heated air from it won t flow around other components Position Cables Properly to Avoid Audio Interference Insert each cable firmly into the designated jack If you place components above the TV route all cables down the side of the back of the TV instead of straight down the middle of the TV If your antenna uses 300 ohm twin lead cables do not coil the cables...

Page 7: ... Service Representative who will visit your home for a fee to install your electronic entertainment system and to instruct you in its operation For details about this service call 1 888 206 3359 For additional assistance while using your RCA product please visit www rca com customersupport HDTV Tuner DVD Satellite VCR Coaxial Audio video S Video DVD Audio Video cables Component Video Y Pb Pr cable...

Page 8: ...Connections Setup 6 Chapter 1 HDTV Tuner 1A 3 4A 5A 5B 1B 4B 5C 4C 6A 6B VCR TV DVD 2 ...

Page 9: ...les to the Audio Output jacks on the HDTV Tuner and to the Audio Input jacks on the VCR C Connect the video cable to the Video Output jack on the HDTV Tuner and to the Video Input jack on the VCR 5 Connect your VCR to your TV A Connect a coaxial cable to the VCR s antenna output and to the ANTENNA CABLE Input jack on the TV B Connect the audio white and red cables to the VID2 L MONO and R audio ja...

Page 10: ...Connections Setup 8 Chapter 1 Satellite 1A 1B 2 3B VCR TV 1C 3A 3C ...

Page 11: ...r antenna is connected to your VCR Connect the coaxial cable from your cable outlet or antenna to the antenna input on the VCR 3 Connect your Satellite Receiver to your TV A Connect the audio white and red cables to the VID1 L MONO and R Audio jacks on the back of the TV and to the Audio Output jacks on the Satellite Receiver B Connect the video cable to the VID1 V Video jack on the back of the TV...

Page 12: ...Connections Setup 10 Chapter 1 1A 2A 2B 3 DVD 1B 2C VCR TV ...

Page 13: ... to the VID1 V Video jack on the back of the TV using a video cable Important If you use the VID1 S VIDEO or V Video jack to connect your TV to the DVD player you must connect the audio cables to the VID1 L MONO and R jacks on the TV 2 Connect your VCR to your TV A Connect a coaxial cable to the VCR s antenna output and to the ANTENNA CABLE Input jack on the TV B Connect the audio white and red ca...

Page 14: ... is usually white CMP1 R Audio Provides right audio connection The right audio connector is usually red COMPOSITE INPUTS Lets you connect another component such as a VCR DVD player or laserdisc player Its AUDIO jacks are the same as described for CMP1 above VID1 S VIDEO Provides better picture quality than the video jacks VID1 and 2 Video because the color part of the picture is separated from the...

Page 15: ...er component such as a camcorder video game console or VCR L MONO and R AUDIO Receives audio from another component such as a camcorder video game console or VCR S VIDEO in Allows you to connect an S Video cable from another component Make sure you also connect audio cables from the component to the TV Note Do not connect an S Video and a regular video cable to the FRNT jacks at the same time Fron...

Page 16: ...enus The theory is the same throughout the menu screens highlight your choice and select it To highlight a menu item press the arrow buttons on the remote to highlight one of the items listed on the screen Use the up or down arrow button to move up or down Use the right or left arrow button to move right or left To select the item that you ve highlighted press OK Note Highlighted means that the me...

Page 17: ...stem This is sometimes called auto programming When the channel search is complete press OK to access the List Labels screen Changing Lists and Labels The List Labels part of the setup lets you edit your channel list and choose or create a personal six character label for each channel Note Changing List and Labels can be time consuming You can change these at a later time by accessing the Setup me...

Page 18: ...o convergence is complete the Red center convergence menu appears The cross in the middle of the screen should be yellow If it is not use the arrow buttons to move the red cross to overlap the green cross Press OK when adjustments are complete 3 The Blue center convergence menu appears with a cyan cross in the middle of the screen If it is not use the arrow buttons to move the blue cross to overla...

Page 19: ...ys a reduced Closed Captioning menu allowing you to turn closed captioning on and off or change the closed captioning mode Use the up and down arrow buttons to highlight the setting you want to change Use the left and right arrow buttons to change the highlighted setting CH or CH Scans up or down through the current channel list Press once to change the channel up or down press and hold to continu...

Page 20: ...g Please note that when you unfreeze you go back to live programming skipping any programming that occurred during the freeze ON OFF When in TV mode turns the TV on and off If in another component mode DVD or AUX HD and programmed will turn the component on and off When pressed twice within two seconds the ON OFF button turns off most RCA GE and Proscan components PRESETS Displays the Picture and ...

Page 21: ...connected to your TV such as a DVD player do the following 1 Turn on the component in this example a DVD player 2 Point the remote at the component 3 Press the corresponding component button in this example the DVD button 4 Press ON OFF to see if the DVD player responds If the DVD player doesn t respond you need to program the remote to operate it Programming the Remote There are two ways to progr...

Page 22: ...f then the remote can t be programmed to operate that component If the component you want to control does turn off 1 Press and release REVERSE then wait 2 seconds Repeat this step until the device turns back ON 2 To finish press and hold STOP until the indicator on the remote turns off A code that controls your component has been saved to that remote button Using Direct Entry 1 Turn on the compone...

Page 23: ...te may not be compatible with all brands and models of components It also may not operate all functions of the remote that came with your component If you keep pressing buttons and nothing happens the remote is probably in the wrong mode You must press the component button that matches the component you want to operate i e if you want to operate the DVD player press DVD on the remote control to pu...

Page 24: ...6 2132 Radix 2014 Randex 2014 Ricoh 2128 Runco 2104 Samsung 2005 2013 2015 2033 2053 2112 Sanky 2104 2132 Sansui 2010 2092 2111 2123 Sanyo 2011 2013 2023 Scott 2012 2015 2025 2032 2038 2065 2093 2116 Sears 2011 2014 2021 2023 2048 2049 2050 2051 2055 2056 2107 2118 Sharp 2017 2029 2094 2095 2096 2097 2132 Shintom 2004 2056 2061 2098 Shogun 2013 Signature 2132 Singer 2021 2061 2128 Sony 2004 2098 2...

Page 25: ...uning in the menu system you don t have to remember to change your TV to the VID1 input for example when you want to watch a DVD on your DVD player 4 3 format Current screen format Mono Mono appears when the current channel is broadcasting in or Stereo mono Stereo appears when the current channel is broadcasting in stereo SAP The current channel is broadcasting SAP Second Audio Program information...

Page 26: ...is if you don t have this particular component connected to the TV or if you don t want the TV to automatically tune to the correct channel input when you re using this component Channel 3 or 4 Component is connected to the CABLE ANTENNA jack on the back of the TV and you want the TV to tune to channel 3 when you press the corresponding button on the remote Reminder make sure the component s Chann...

Page 27: ... block their age based rating You can also block out programs that have been given an Exempt rating and programs that are considered unrated The next several pages have tables showing the TV age based ratings and content themes for the US and Canada US V Chip TV Rating Limit The V Chip TV Rating Limit lets you decide which TV programs can and cannot be viewed To set TV programming limits 1 Choose ...

Page 28: ...oded in green and the Block settings are coded in red Rating Field Lets you select from a list of age based ratings you can block or view Rating Status Field Lets you select whether the status of the age based rating limit to the left is View or Block Content Themes Lists the content themes you can block or view Content Status Fields Lets you select which con tent themes to view for the selected r...

Page 29: ...ldren under the age of 14 watch unattended This program contains one or more of the following content themes intensely suggestive dialogue D strong coarse language L intense sexual situations S or intense violence V TV PG Parental Guidance Suggested Contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children Many parents may want to watch it with their younger children The program cont...

Page 30: ...ock specific content themes you have the option of going back and changing some of the them back to View 1 Determine the content themes you want to change to View 2 Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating whose content theme you want to change such as under language L corresponding with TV 14 3 Press the right arrow button to move the yellow highlight to a particular content theme stat...

Page 31: ... brief scenes of nudity G General Audience Programming considered acceptable for all ages groups While not designed specifically for children it is understood younger viewers may be part of the audience Violence Guidelines Will contain very little violence either physical or verbal or emotional Will be sensitive to themes which could frighten a younger child will not depict realistic scenes of vio...

Page 32: ...udiences but it contains mild or occasional violence that could upset young children Viewing in the company of an adult is therefore recommended for young children under the age of 8 who do not distinguish between reality and imagination Programming generally considered acceptable for children 8 years and over to watch on their own Violence Guidelines Violence will not be portrayed as the preferre...

Page 33: ...termine the rating you want to block 4 Press the down arrow button to scroll to the rating you want to change 5 Press the OK button to change its status to block the lock icon appears and all ratings above the one you selected change to lock V Chip Movie Rating Limit Set movie rating limits by blocking movies rated above a specified level To access the Movie Rating Limit menu 1 Press MENU on the r...

Page 34: ...electing this option lets you lock and unlock parental controls settings using a password If you do not lock parental controls none of the settings for V Chip Channel Block or Front Panel Block will take effect If you forget your password press the MENU button then select Parental Control the password entry screen appears Simultaneously press and hold CH and VOL on the front panel for 8 seconds Pa...

Page 35: ...adcast in stereo Automatic available for regular TV viewing only Chooses the sound type according to the current signal Left and Right available for audio video inputs only Isolates either the left or right channel of the incoming audio Sound Mode Press the right arrow button to scroll through the available audio modes which provides special processing through your speakers depending on the settin...

Page 36: ...ngs Picture presets Black level Color Contrast Sharpness Color Warmth and Tint The Picture menu options apply to the video for the main TV and video input selections Advanced picture settings Contrast expand You can adjust the contrast of the picture to suit the light of the room Press the right arrow to choose which of the following best describes the lighting in the room Low Medium or High Autof...

Page 37: ...one for your regular TV channels Black Level Adjusts the brightness of the picture Color Adjusts the richness of the color Contrast Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the picture Sharpness Adjusts the crispness of the edges in the picture Note You can adjust sharpness for each channel and input This is useful if the signal appears fuzzy Color Warmth Displays a choice list t...

Page 38: ...you turn on Wake up timer the following options appear Wake up time Lets you set the time you want the TV to turn itself on Wake up duration Lets you set how long you want the TV to stay on when it turns on Channel number Lets you select a specific channel the TV tunes to when the wake up timer is set Daily Lets you choose if you want the wake up timer to turn on daily Note The Wake up timer is av...

Page 39: ...a choice list that lets you select your preferred language for the menus English Español or Français Maximum TV volume Allows you to set how high volume turns up when you press the VOL button Highlight Maximum volume then press and hold OK to hear the maximum volume Make sure the volume has not been muted or turned down all the way Curtain effect Reveals the picture by opening it from the middle o...

Page 40: ... is not displayed when the sound is not muted Closed Caption Mode Displays a choice list that lets you choose which captioning mode is used for displaying captioning information If you are unsure of the differences among the modes you may prefer to leave the closed captioned mode set to CC1 which displays complete text of the program in the primary language in your area Autotuning Displays a choic...

Page 41: ... try again TV turns off unexpectedly Sleep timer may have been activated Go to page 36 for instructions Electronic protection circuit may have been activated because of a power surge Wait 30 seconds and then turn on again If this happens frequently the voltage in your house may be abnormally high or low Unplug Wait ten minutes Plug in again TV turns on unexpectedly Wake up timer might have been ac...

Page 42: ...e page 34 for more information The Remote Control Doesn t Work Something might be between the remote and the remote sensor on the component Make sure there is a clear path Maybe the remote isn t aimed directly at the component TV VCR DVD player etc that you re trying to operate Maybe remote is not in TV Mode Press the TV button so remote will control TV Maybe batteries in remote are weak dead or i...

Page 43: ...or an experienced radio TV technician for help This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Care and Cleaning CAUTION Turn OFF your TV before cleaning You can clean the TV as required using a soft lint free cloth Be sure to occasionally dust the ventilation slots in the cabinet to help assure adequate ventilation The TV s screen may be cleaned with a soft lint free cloth as well ...

Page 44: ...ritory covered by an Authorized Service Center If not you must take your unit to the Service Center location at your own expense or pay for the cost the Service Center may charge to transport your unit to and from your home Proof of purchase in the form of a bill of sale or receipted invoice which is evidence that the product is within the warranty period must be presented to obtain warranty servi...

Page 45: ...ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ON THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED TO THE APPLICABLE WARRANTY PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE How State Law relates to warranty Some states do not allow the exclusion nor limitation of incidental or consequential damages or limitations on how...

Page 46: ... 0376 Online Accessories may also be purchased at www rca com accessories subject to availability Component Video Cables Triple cable used to connect a video source with Y PR PB jacks to the TV Gold Tipped cable DT6DC 6 ft price 24 95 DT12DC 12 ft price 34 95 2 way Signal Splitter helps you connect to a second TV or VCR Amplified VHF UHF FM Antenna allows you to switch easily from the antenna sign...

Page 47: ... Headphones 13 34 I INFO Button 18 Initial setup 14 15 Inputs 13 24 J Jacks 12 24 K Key features overview 2 L Labels 15 37 Languages selecting 15 37 Lock Parental Controls 32 M Maximum TV volume 37 Menu Button 18 Channel guide 35 Picture 34 Picture Quality 34 Setup 37 38 Sound 33 Time 36 Modes remote control 21 Mono 33 Mute 18 33 38 N Normal list 15 O OK Button 18 ON OFF Button 17 Optimized still ...

Page 48: ...mson Inc Trademark s Registered Marca s Registrada s Printed in USA TOCOM 16379930 Please do not send any products to the Indianapolis address listed in this manual or on the carton This will only add delays in service for your product Visit the RCA website at www rca com ...

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