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Instruction Manual

I N S T R U C T I O N M A N U A L

Tantus Digital HCJ555W/HCJ655W

HDTV

HDTV MANUAL final 3.399/7.26 7/27/99 9:23 AM Page 59

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Page 1: ...59 HDTVInstruction Manual I N S T R U C T I O N M A N U A L Tantus Digital HCJ555W HCJ655W HDTV HDTV MANUAL final 3 399 7 26 7 27 99 9 23 AM Page 59 ...

Page 2: ...HDTV HDTV MANUAL final 3 399 7 26 7 27 99 9 06 AM Page 2 ...

Page 3: ...ddition HDTV is dis played in widescreen format a 16 9 aspect ratio Instead of the standard square aspect ratio of ordi nary TV an HDTV image is spread horizontally creat ing sweeping panoramas What about the sound HDTV comes with up to six channels of Dolby surround sound and the capability of connecting a subwoofer This means that while viewing HDTV you will literally be surrounded on all sides ...

Page 4: ...stem 11 Understanding the Remote Control 12 Reviewing the Remote Control 12 Installing the Remote Control Batteries 14 Programming the Remote Control 14 Understanding the On screen Menu System 15 Using the Menu Controls 15 Using the On screen Help 16 Viewing the Display 17 Setting Up Your HDTV 18 Selecting the Menu Language 18 Memorizing Channels 18 Adding and Deleting Channels 19 Setting the Time...

Page 5: ...36 Setting Parental Locks 38 Locking All Channels 38 Locking Programs by Ratings 39 MPAA Ratings 39 TV Parental Guidelines 39 Changing Your Secret Code 41 Using Other Special Features 42 Using Closed Captions 42 Watching a Demonstration of the Menu System 43 Appendix 44 Troubleshooting 44 Understanding On screen Messages 45 Programming the Remote Control to Operate Other Components 46 CATV Remote ...

Page 6: ...HDTV HDTV MANUAL final 3 399 7 26 7 27 99 9 09 AM Page 1 4 ...

Page 7: ...l See page 12 Memorize the channels See page 18 Set the time and date See page 20 Adjust the convergence See page 23 NOTE Do not plug the HDTV power cord into the back of another component After completing these basic steps your HDTV will be ready for use Follow these steps to get your HDTV connected and working as quickly as possible For more detailed instructions please see the appropriate secti...

Page 8: ...nus 4 VOLUME buttons Press to raise and lower the vol ume of the HDTV Also use with on screen menus 5 VIDEO 3 inputs Use to connect components to your HDTV 6 CHANNEL yz buttons Use to change channels on the HDTV Also use with on screen menus 7 OPEN CLOSE button Press to open and close the front panel door Connecting Your Equipment TV VIDEO ENTER S VHS VIDEO AUDIO MENU VOLUME CHANNEL OPEN CLOSE 1 3...

Page 9: ...nt with digital audio capability 10 AUDIO OUT outputs Use to connect a subwoofer and powered rear surround speakers 11 HD COMPONENT inputs Use to connect DTV settop box and other digital equipment 1080i input only 12 COAXIAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT output Use to connect audio receivers and other equipment with coaxial digital inputs 13 OPTICAL DIGITAL AUDIO OUT output Use to connect audio receivers and ...

Page 10: ...s laser disc players and camcorders S Video connections provide superior video performance Optical digital cable Use to connect an audio system and DVD players You can connect some audio systems and DVD players with a coaxial digital cable instead but do not use both an optical digital cable and a coaxial cable An optical digital connection provides superior performance when compared to a coaxial ...

Page 11: ...O S VHS 2 S VHS 1 CABLE VHF UHF NOTICES Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby AC 3 ProLogic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential unpublished works Copyright 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories All rights reserved 75Ω 75Ω From Cable Source cable box cable box IN OUT VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 COMPONENT INPUT 480i V L R Y PB PR WF LS RS MONITOROUT AUDIO OUT HDCO...

Page 12: ...0i V1 L1 R1 V2 L2 R2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Y COAXIAL OPTICAL PB PR L4 R4 EXTERNAL SPEAKER 8Ω 15W R L DIGITAL AUDIO ANALOG AUDIO S VHS 2 S VHS 1 CABLE IN from ANTENNA OUT to TV S VHS From Cable VHF UHF AUDIO OUT IN VIDEO L R or VCR VCR NOTICES Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby AC 3 ProLogic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential unpublished work...

Page 13: ...Logic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential unpublished works Copyright 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories All rights reserved DSS Player DSS Player or 75Ω 75Ω VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 COMPONENT INPUT 480i V L R Y PB PR WF LS RS MONITOROUT AUDIO OUT HDCOMPONENT 1080i V1 L1 R1 V2 L2 R2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Y COAXIAL OPTICAL PB PR L4 R4 EXTERNAL SPEAKER 8Ω 15W R L DIGITAL AUDIO ANA...

Page 14: ...or 75Ω 75Ω VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 COMPONENT INPUT 480i V L R Y PB PR WF LS RS MONITOROUT AUDIO OUT HDCOMPONENT 1080i V1 L1 R1 V2 L2 R2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Y COAXIAL OPTICAL PB PR L4 R4 EXTERNAL SPEAKER 8Ω 15W R L DIGITAL AUDIO ANALOG AUDIO S VHS 2 S VHS 1 CABLE VHF UHF AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT DIGITAL OPTICAL Audio OUT DIGITAL Audio OUT L R Y PB PR AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT L R DVD Player Standard DVD Player Standard...

Page 15: ...SPEAKER 8Ω 15W R L DIGITAL AUDIO ANALOG AUDIO S VHS 2 S VHS 1 CABLE VHF UHF AUDIO OUT VIDEO OUT S VHS L R or NOTICES Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby AC 3 ProLogic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential unpublished works Copyright 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories All rights reserved Laser Disc Player Laser Disc Player 75Ω 75Ω VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 C...

Page 16: ...fer where you want it Make sure the audio cable is long enough to reach from the HDTV to the subwoofer 8 Connect the subwoofer with an audio cable INPUT 480i NOTICES Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Dolby AC 3 ProLogic and the double D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Confidential unpublished works Copyright 1992 1997 Dolby Laboratories All rights reserved V1 L1 R1 V2 ...

Page 17: ...tical digital audio inputs Samsung recommends you use the optical digital output Do not connect both coaxial and optical cables This may damage your equipment V1 L1 R1 V2 L2 R2 DIGITAL AUDIO OUT Y COAXIAL OPTICAL PB PR L4 R4 COAXIAL OPTICAL EXTERNAL SPEAKER 8Ω 15W R L DIGITAL AUDIO ANALOG AUDIO S VHS 2 S VHS 1 CABLE VHF UHF AUDIO OUT L R AUDIO IN or NOTICES Manufactured under license from Dolby La...

Page 18: ... SLEEP button see page 34 Press repeatedly to set the HDTV s sleep timer 10 PAUSE button Press to pause a VCR or DVD player 11 STOP button Press to stop a VCR or DVD player TV VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 ANTENNA FAV CH DISPLAY TV VCR CATV 100 PRE CH DSS DVD POWER SELECT MTS VOL MUTE CH G U I D E M E N U ENTER EXIT DOOR SLEEP PAUSE REW P MODE V CHIP STOP PLAY S MODE CAPTION FF SET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1...

Page 19: ...ch the HDTV between displaying channels received by the cable TV antenna and those from the indoor outdoor antenna 17 FAV CH Favorite Channel button see page 21 Press to switch between your favorite channels 18 PRE CH Previous Channel button see page 20 Press to switch between the channel you are currently watching and the last channel you viewed 19 CH yz Channel Up and Down buttons see page 20 Pr...

Page 20: ...ted to your HDTV 30 FF Fast Forward button Press to fast forward a videocassette Installing the Remote Control Batteries Press and remove the battery cover on the back of the remote control Put two AAA batteries into the compartment and replace the battery cover Programming the Remote Control The HDTV remote control is pre programmed to operate your HDTV However you can also program the HDTV remot...

Page 21: ...is the on screen help sys tem When the help is turned on you will see descriptions of the HDTV s features and instructions on how to use them TV VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 9 ANTENNA FAV CH DISPLAY TV VCR CATV 100 DSS DVD POWER SELECT MTS VOL MUTE CH G U I D E M E N U ENTER EXIT PR CH I Point The menu system presents information on three different levels The icons on the left side of the screen are th...

Page 22: ...each of the icons and reading a description of the features that each icon represents Once you are comfortable moving the pointer highlight any icon and press ENTER You will see the contents of that icon s menu You can press EXIT at any time and the menus will disappear from the screen To turn the on screen help off Highlight the Help On icon and press ENTER The icon changes to Help Off and the on...

Page 23: ... you are viewing a digital channel See the Glossary page 51 for a definition of major and minor channels If you are viewing a digital channel the Display will also show the program title the duration of the program the audio track language English French etc the digital picture grade such as HD High Definition or SD Standard Definition See the Glossary page 51 for definitions of HD and SD If you a...

Page 24: ...annels before you can view them If you connected both cable TV and an indoor outdoor antenna you must memorize each set of channels separately To memorize channels 1 Highlight the Setup icon and press ENTER 2 Highlight Setup Channels and press ENTER 3 Highlight Memorize Channels and press ENTER 4 Select the kind of antenna you connected If you connected an indoor outdoor antenna highlight the Indo...

Page 25: ... channel is in memory Press ENTER to delete Press EXIT when done Press CH UP DN or use NUMBER buttons for other channels Press MENU to return to SETUP menu If the channel is not in memory you will see the following message The channel is not in memory Press ENTER to add Press EXIT when done Press CH UP DN or use NUMBER buttons for other channels Press MENU to return to SETUP menu 4 Use CHyz or the...

Page 26: ... time and date you set Changing Channels Once your HDTV has memorized all of the channels it can receive use the following remote control buttons to move through the available channels Number buttons Press the number buttons 1 9 to enter channel numbers For channel numbers over 99 see 100 button below 100 button Press 100 to enter cable channel numbers higher than 99 For example to select channel ...

Page 27: ...on and press ENTER 3 Highlight Select Favorite Channels and press ENTER The Select Favorite Channels menu appears If you have already stored favorite channels for this input source they will be displayed in the menu 4 Highlight an unused line and press ENTER 5 Use the I Point control to display the channel you desire Move it to the right to increase or to the left to decrease the channel number 6 ...

Page 28: ...tdoor antenna 1 Press ANTENNA This will switch the HDTV to the signal from the other antenna 2 Repeat fine tuning channels as described above for the other antenna Checking Digital Channel Signal Strength Unlike analog channels which can vary in reception quality from a snowy picture to a clear picture digital HDTV channels either have perfect reception quality or you will not receive them at all ...

Page 29: ...TV picture If your HDTV is not aligned the colored arrows on the screen will be out of alignment You will need to adjust the convergence If your HDTV is aligned the arrows will be white and superimposed on each other You do not need to adjust the convergence Press EXIT to exit the menu To adjust the convergence 1 Highlight one of the color buttons Red or Blue and press ENTER 2 Use the I Point cont...

Page 30: ...The Program Guide Channel Guide and Minor Channel Display provide information and navigation tools for major and minor channels A major channel is a group of channels belonging to a broadcast corporation For example the XYZ Broadcasting Corporation may broadcast three different channels XYZ 1 XYZ 2 and XYZ 3 Therefore XYZ is the major channel and XYZ 1 XYZ 2 and XYZ 3 are the minor channels Inform...

Page 31: ...the time you are looking for is displayed J Scrolls forward quickly through upcoming program times Highlight and press ENTER repeatedly until the time you are looking for is displayed K Displays time in one hour increments for upcoming programs L Displays the current time and date To use the Program Guide 1 Press GUIDE on the remote control or highlight the GUIDE icon on the menu and press ENTER 2...

Page 32: ...ss ENTER repeatedly until the time you are looking for is displayed E Scrolls back through program times Highlight x and press ENTER repeatedly until the time you are looking for is dis played F Displays the program title current time and date G Displays titles and other information about upcoming programs for the channel and times selected H Returns to the Program Guide Highlight the Program Guid...

Page 33: ...o highlight the channel number and press ENTER view other channels or other programming times To do so repeat steps 1 4 above view the Program Guide To do so highlight the on screen Program Guide button and press ENTER leave the Channel Guide and return to normal viewing mode To do so highlight the on screen Exit button and press ENTER Viewing the Minor Channel Display To select another minor chan...

Page 34: ...tion 1 Highlight the Picture icon and press ENTER 2 Highlight Picture Options and press ENTER 3 Highlight the preset picture option you wish to set Your choices are Standard Resets the picture option to the factory settings Sports Enhances the realism and excitement of sports programs Movies Enhances the mood and tone characteristics of films The HDTV picture options allow you to control the follo...

Page 35: ...widescreen format The HDTV automatically selects the correct picture size for digital signals there fore you will only adjust the picture size for analog signals In general you choose 16 9 for programs broadcast or recorded in a widescreen format 4 3 for programs broadcast or recorded in a regular format Panorama for programs broadcast or recorded in a regular format that you would like to view in...

Page 36: ...XIT to exit the menu Using Preset Sound Options The sound options let you choose from Samsung s preset sound settings that are designed especially for certain kinds of programming To select a preset sound option 1 Highlight the Sound icon and press ENTER 2 Highlight Sound Options and press ENTER 3 Highlight the preset sound option you wish to set Your choices are Standard Resets the sound options ...

Page 37: ...ternal speaker s Highlight Large if you connected large wideband speakers or highlight Small if you connected small speakers If you selected Internal for the Front L R Speaker setting the HDTV will automatically select Large If you select ed External you may choose between Large and Small 4 To specify rear left and right surround speaker settings Highlight Rear Ls Rs Speakers Highlight Large if yo...

Page 38: ...e the setting Press ENTER 5 Repeat steps 3 4 until you have made all of the adjustments you desire 6 If you would like to test the settings highlight TEST and press ENTER The HDTV will emit a test tone from each connected speaker one speaker at a time so that you can verify the settings that you selected You can adjust the balance the center speaker volume and the left and right rear speaker volum...

Page 39: ...ming Secondary Audio Programming is included with some analog channel programs This second track may contain a translation of the first audio track into another language The Secondary Audio Programming option is available for analog channels only Digital signals are not limited to two audio tracks if a digital channel broadcasts a program in five different languages for example you can choose any ...

Page 40: ...he I Point control to the left to decrease or to the right to increase the time Press ENTER 4 Press EXIT to exit the menu The timer will turn off the television after the selected amount of time has elapsed To turn the sleep timer off If you want to cancel the sleep timer follow the steps above for setting the sleep timer but instead of choosing a time increment in step 3 choose Off NOTE Press SLE...

Page 41: ...re is displayed press ENTER AM PM Highlight AM PM whichever is displayed and press ENTER repeatedly until the setting you desire AM or PM is displayed Input Highlight Input and press ENTER Press ENTER repeatedly until the antenna you desire is displayed Channel Highlight Channel and press ENTER Move the I Point control to the left or right to cycle through the Channel settings When the channel you...

Page 42: ...e icon and press ENTER 2 Highlight Set Off Time and press ENTER 3 Select the Hour Minute and AM PM values that you desire Hours Highlight Hours and press ENTER Move the I Point control to the left or right to cycle through the settings When the hour you desire is displayed press ENTER Minutes Highlight Minutes and press ENTER Move the I Point control to the left or right to cycle through the setti...

Page 43: ... set previously is displayed 2 If you would like to turn the Time Off feature off highlight Set Off Time and press ENTER Off will appear next to the Set Off Time option If you would like to set a different time press ENTER twice and repeat steps 2 4 on page 36 3 Press EXIT to exit the menus HDTV MANUAL final 3 399 7 26 7 27 99 9 20 AM Page 37 ...

Page 44: ...ocked Press POWER to turn off TV Enter secret code to unlock You may now either turn off the TV or re enter your secret code to unlock the channels The above message will appear until the secret code is used to unlock the channels To unlock all channels Use the number buttons on the remote control to enter the secret code The channels will unlock and the TV will return to normal viewing Setting Pa...

Page 45: ... 13 should be accompanied by an adult G General audience No restriction TV Parental Guidelines TV MA Mature audiences only This program may contain mature themes profane language graphic violence and explicit sexual content TV 14 Parents strongly cautioned This program may contain sophisticated themes sexual content strong language and more intense violence TV PG Parental guidance suggested The pr...

Page 46: ...ted by an L 5 Highlight the rating you would like to lock and press ENTER MPAA ratings The rating will be locked indicated by red text as well as all ratings higher than the one you select FCC Parental Guidelines The rating will be locked indicated by a L as well as all ratings higher than the one you select For example in the illustra tion above the TV G rating and all of the defining content cat...

Page 47: ...etup icon and press ENTER 2 Highlight Set Parental Locks and press ENTER 3 Highlight Change Secret Code and press ENTER The HDTV will ask you to enter your secret code 4 Use the number buttons on the remote control 0 9 to enter your current secret code Press ENTER If you entered an incorrect code the following message will appear You have entered an incorrect code Please try again Press MENU to ca...

Page 48: ...s setting highlight Field and press ENTER repeatedly until the menu displays the setting you desire Field 1 or Field 2 Language Allows you to choose in which language the captions will be displayed Not all programs are broadcast in multiple languages Using Other Special Features HDTV NOTE Once you have adjusted the closed caption settings you can turn the closed caption feature on or off by pressi...

Page 49: ... to exit the menus Watching a Demonstration of the Menu System The Demo Mode cycles through menus and features of the HDTV demonstrating the use of the menu system To turn on the demo mode 1 Highlight the Setup icon and press ENTER 2 Highlight Demo Mode and press ENTER The HDTV will demonstrate the use of menus To turn off the demo mode Press EXIT at any time to stop the Demo Mode HDTV MANUAL fina...

Page 50: ... the Off Time feature if you desire No sound Check the Sound Speaker Setup menu to make sure the settings for the Front L R Speakers Rear LS RS Speakers and Subwoofer are correct according to your speak er configuration For example if the TV isn t connected to external speakers but you select the External Speaker in the menu you will not hear any sound from the TV No picture Press the ANTENNA butt...

Page 51: ...not available You entered an invalid such as a non existent channel number No components connected You pressed the TV VIDEO button but you have not connected any external com ponents such as a VCR DVD player etc Please disconnect all wires before closing the door You pressed the DOOR button to close the front panel door while a component was connected to the front panel jacks This channel is locke...

Page 52: ...e number is correct the indicator will blink three times If the indicator does not blink three times repeat steps 1 3 and try another code number HDTVInstruction Manual 46 CATV Remote Control Codes Anvision 7 8 Cable Star 7 8 Eagle 7 8 Eastern International 2 General Instrument 46 GI 4 5 15 23 24 25 30 36 67 68 69 Hamlin 3 12 13 34 48 Hitachi 37 43 46 Jerrold 4 5 15 23 24 25 30 36 46 62 65 Macom 3...

Page 53: ...46 KLH 73 Lloyd 15 Logik 31 LXI 15 Magnavox 8 29 53 56 Marantz 2 8 14 16 29 30 46 61 Marta 9 MEI 8 Memorex 8 9 12 15 MGA 27 Midland 32 Minolta 5 35 Mitsubishi 5 27 35 40 Montgomery Ward 6 MTC 7 15 Multitech 7 15 31 32 NEC 2 14 16 30 46 61 64 Optimus 6 Panasonic 8 53 75 77 Pentax 5 35 Pentex Research 46 Philco 8 29 53 56 Philips 8 29 Pioneer 5 16 33 50 Portland 44 45 52 ProScan 0 Quartz 2 Quasar 8 ...

Page 54: ...menus Press the front panel buttons to navigate the menus as described below 1 TV VIDEO ENTER button selects a menu option and displays its next level menu if one is available all menu levels selects a setting within a menu only if there is not another menu level beneath it selects options in the Channel and Program Guides turns the Help on or off highlight the Help icon with CHANNEL zy and press ...

Page 55: ... the numbers in the Time Set the Clock menu when adjusting the HDTV time and date settings increases decreases the value of a setting in the Sound Custom Sound menu increases decreases the value of a setting in the Picture Custom Picture menu 4 CHANNEL zy buttons moves the pointer and highlights menu options all menu levels moves the pointer up and down to highlight Channel and Program Guide optio...

Page 56: ... alignment of blue and red in the TV picture You can adjust the con vergence through the Setup menu Digital Audio Out Coaxial or Optical If you are connecting an audio system to your HDTV you may have the option of connecting it via a coaxial digital cable or an optical digital cable Your HDTV has jacks for either connection type on its back panel Be certain to use only one option though If you co...

Page 57: ...Z 3 would be the minor channels Information on the major channel is listed in the on screen Program Guide Information on the minor chan nels is listed in the on screen Channel Guide Multitrack Multitrack is a menu option for both analog and digital channels For analog channels you may choose between three sound settings stereo mono or secondary secondary audio programming For digital channels you ...

Page 58: ...s signal strength meter will aid you in placing the antenna in the optimal position The meter only works for digital channels not analog channels SDTV standard definition television Standard definition television is a digital television system in which the quality is approximately equivalent to that of NTSC Surround Delay A Speaker Control menu option that allows you to set the time delay between ...

Page 59: ...ng Model HCJ555W HCJ655W General Specifications Tuning system type F S Band coverage VHF 2 13 UHF 14 69 CATV 1 14 125 Antenna Two 75 ohm external antenna terminals for VHF UHF Cable Screen size 55 inches 65 inches Audio output 15W 20 External speakers 8 ohm Number of inputs outputs A V In 3 each A V Out 1 each S VHS In 3 each Y PB PR 480i In 1 each Y PB PR 1080i In 1 each Digital Audio In 1 each D...

Page 60: ...t 6 Convergence adjusting 23 50 Deleting channels 19 Demo demonstration mode 41 Digital channels Closed captions using 43 Multitrack selecting 33 Signal strength checking 22 Signals 50 Digital signals 50 DISPLAY button 12 21 Display viewing 17 DOOR button 12 ENTER button 13 15 EXIT button 13 15 FAV CH favorite channel button 13 21 Favorite channels selecting 21 FCC Parental Guidelines 39 FF fast f...

Page 61: ...aker connectors 3 VHF UHF antenna input 3 VIDEO 1 2 and 4 inputs 3 8 Remote control Batteries installing 14 Buttons 12 Programming 46 REW rewind button 12 S MODE sound mode button 14 31 SDTV 52 Secondary audio programming 33 51 Secret code changing 41 SELECT button 13 SET button 14 46 Signal strength 52 SLEEP button 12 34 Sleep timer setting 34 Sound Listening mode selecting 32 Manual options adju...

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