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Chapter 3
Using the Web Browser
Important: To use the TV’s web browser, you must have your TV
connected to the Internet (e.g., cable modem or DSL) and subscribe to
an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Web Browser
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Assisted Setup
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Preferences
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Connections
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Parental Controls
5
Time
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Audio
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Picture Quality
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GUIDE Plus+ Menu
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Go Back
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Main Menu
This television has a built-in web browser for linking to the
Internet. To fully operate the web browser, you will need
the right keyboard, a connection to the Internet via the
Ethernet jack, and an Internet service provider.
Some remote keys will allow limited pointing (arrow keys),
selection (OK key), and BACK and FORWARD web page
navigation (REVERSE and FORWARD keys). To quit the
browser from the remote, press CLEAR. To open the
web browser now, press OK.
Press OK or
to launch the web browser and connect to the
Internet.
Tips
If you use the video window in the browser and you
press channel up/down and the video window seems to
disappear, this means you’ve either tuned to a channel
which is blocked or has a weak signal. Use the channel
up/down to go to another channel.
Sometimes the browser locks onto an incompatible
website and it won’t open. Exiting the browser will not
correct this condition. When the browser is restarted,
the browser returns to the last-used website. To correct
this condition, either press a FAV button to go to a
known good website or press “Address” and enter a
good website.
Inputs cannot be viewed in the video window of the
browser.
You can use channel up/down to tune to a different
channel in the video window. Number keys cannot be
used to tune channels in the video window.
The optional keyboard will allow you to get optimum use of web browser features. The keyboard (model number
KBR755TA1) is available at www.rca.com/keyboard or 800-798-5875.
When you start the browser for the first time, it goes to an RCA website. All FAV keyboard buttons are also initially
programmed to that site. The FAV SEARCH and FAV HOME buttons on the keyboard default to a search site but you can
reprogram them.
The FORMAT button on your remote (or keyboard) allows you to cycle through various combinations of a less than full
screen browser and some TV video. Just press the button again to use a different format.
To close the browser entirely, press CLEAR on the remote.
You may discover that other browser windows are open. This may be the result of a pop-up window being delivered from
the site you were viewing. Press “Close Window” button to close it or click the “Close Window icon” on the window.
Note:
The browser won’t display streaming video or audio, and some animated graphics.
Browser Times Out Automatically
If the browser is idle for a period of time, a pop-up message appears to remind you to turn it off when you are not using it
and/or the browser closes automatically.
You may notice that the usual browser menu and on-screen buttons that you may be accustomed to using with your PC are
not displayed on-screen. Instead, these functions are provided on your remote or optional keyboard.
Saving Your Favorite URLs
Program any favorite (FAV) key, including HOME and SEARCH, to any
URL (website address). After you’ve browsed to a favorite URL, just
press the desired key and hold it until a message appears. That site’s
URL will be assigned to the key you pressed and saved in the TV. The
next time you press the key briefly, the browser will automatically go to
the site you saved.
You can store 32 additional URLs (websites) by using the following
buttons together: SHIFT and FAV, CTRL and FAV, ALT and FAV.
If you have the optional keyboard, previously visited sites are also
available as a drop-down listing from the address bar. The list can hold
only a certain number of addresses, so at some point a new address will
replace the oldest one.
You can start the browser on your TV by selecting it from the main
menu. The TV front panel and remote control provide basic navigation
without a keyboard. If you launch the browser from the main menu, a
message pops up to suggest that you use a keyboard to use with this TV
to connect to the Internet.
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