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42DPC85

Plasma Monitor

WNER'S

ANUAL

Owner's Record

The model number and serial number are on the back
of your monitor. Record these numbers in the spaces below.
Refer to these numbers whenever you communicate
with your Toshiba dealer about this monitor.

Model number:

42DPC85

Serial number:

YC/M

23566768

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Page 1: ...monitor Record these numbers in the spaces below Refer to these numbers whenever you communicate with your Toshiba dealer about this monitor Model number 42DPC85 Serial number YC M 23566768 Connecting your Monitor Using the remote control Setting up your Monitor Operating your Monitor Appendix Index Introduction ...

Page 2: ...ut this hidden hazard of the home with your family and friends Thank you NOTICE OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON PLASMA DISPLAY If a fixed non moving pattern or image remains on the Plasma display for extended periods of time the image can become permanently ingrained in the plasma monitor panel and cause subtle but permanent ghost images This type of damage is NOT COVERED BY YOUR WARRANTY See pages...

Page 3: ...dropped 15 The apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and that no objects filled with liquids such as vases shall be placed on the apparatus Installation Care and Service Installation Follow these recommendations and precautions and heed all warnings when installing your monitor 16 Never modify this equipment Changes or modifications may void a the warranty and b the user s author...

Page 4: ...ce technician to use only replacement parts specified by the manufacturer Upon completion of service ask the service technician to perform routine safety checks to determine that the monitor is in safe operating condition 36 When the monitor reaches the end of its useful life ask a qualified service technician to properly dispose of the monitor Installation cont from previous page 25 Always make s...

Page 5: ...the power of your Plasma monitor when you are finished using it Reduce the Brightness and Contrast levels as much as possible without impairing image quality Enable the LONG LIFE settings see page 28 29 Try to display images that have many colors and color gradations i e photographic or photo realistic images Try to display images that have minimal contrast between light and dark areas e g avoid w...

Page 6: ...the picture size 24 Adjusting the PICTURE POSITION 26 Using the AUTO ASPECT feature 26 Setting the HDMI audio mode 27 Using the gray screen function 27 Using the long life feature 28 Picture shift 28 Side panel 28 Inverse 29 White pattern 29 Using the LOCKS menu 30 Entering the PIN code 30 If you cannot remember your PIN code 30 Using the V CHIP menu 30 ENABLE BLOCKING 31 TV RATING Independent rat...

Page 7: ...nce Supplied accessories Check that you have the accessories and items shown Owner s Manual Remote control Batteries for the remote control This book CT 90232 LR6 AA 2 Power cord Clip three wire grounding type Use this clip to attach the monitor to a wall pillar or other immovable structure See item 19 on page 3 Noise filter The power cord supplied with this product is to be used in the United Sta...

Page 8: ...side panel or the remote control The A V terminals for connecting other equipment to your monitor are on the back panel and side panel see illustrations below Also see Connecting your monitor on pages 9 15 POWER Left side panel VIDEO 1 IN and VIDEO 2 IN ColorStream 1 IN HDMI AUDIO IN VIDEO AUDIO OUT ColorStream 2 IN Power indicator Remote sensor VIDEO 3 IN Headphone jack Menu INPUT ENTER HDMI IN R...

Page 9: ...ce than a standard composite video cable Component video cables come in sets of three and are for use with video devices with component video output ColorStream is Toshiba s brand of component video These cables are typically color coded red green and blue Separate audio cables are required for a complete connection Note Component video cables provide better picture performance than a standard com...

Page 10: ...in the S video terminals instead of the standard video cable Do not connect a standard video cable and an S video cable to Video 1 at the same time or the picture performance will be unacceptable The unauthorized recording use distribution or revision of television programs videotapes DVDs and other materials is prohibited under Copyright Law and may subject you to civil and criminal liability Fro...

Page 11: ...e highest possible picture quality from a DVD player or satellite receiver without component video or HDMI use an S video cable If your DVD player has component video see page 12 If your DVD player or satellite receiver has HDMI or DVI see page 15 Do not connect both an S video cable and a standard video cable between the monitor and DVD player satellite receiver at the same time or the picture pe...

Page 12: ...L R PR PB Y DVD player with component video Stereo VCR From Antenna The unauthorized recording use distribution or revision of television programs videotapes DVDs and other materials is prohibited under Copyright Law and may subject you to civil and criminal liability Note For the highest possible picture quality use component video cables or an HDMI cable between the monitor and DVD player You ca...

Page 13: ...omponent video cables one S video cable for a DTV receiver without component video see notes at right IN from ANT OUT to TV CH 3 CH 4 VIDEO AUDIO L R IN OUT VIDEO OUT S VIDEO AUDIO COMPONENT VIDEO OUT L R L R PR PB Y Satellite IN Note For the highest possible picture quality use component video cables or an HDMI cable between the monitor and DTV receiver set top box You can connect component video...

Page 14: ...eo use S video cables instead of standard video cables for better picture performance Do not connect both a standard video cable and an S video cable to Video 1 at the same time or the picture performance will be unacceptable Do not connect the same VCR to the output and input terminals is on the monitor at the same time To dub or edit VCR 2 must select Line IN and the monitor must select VIDEO 1 ...

Page 15: ...0p and 720p signals VIDEO AUDIO L R IN OUT HDMI OUT To connect an HDMI device you will need one HDMI cable type A connector For proper operation it is recommended that you use a short HDMI cable HDMI cable transfers both video and audio Separate analog audio cables are not required see illustration below Some CDVs video CDs may not output digital audio signals In that case you may hear sound by co...

Page 16: ...s VCRs DVD players and HTIBs home theater in a box even if they are different brands If you have a Toshiba device Your monitor remote control is preprogrammed to operate most Toshiba devices See page 19 If you have a non Toshiba device or a Toshiba device that the remote control is not preprogrammed to operate You can program the monitor remote control so it will operate the other device See pages...

Page 17: ...cribed here POWER turns the monitor on and off RECALL displays monitor status information on screen page 43 SLEEP sets the monitor to turn off at a specific time page 40 INPUT selects the video input source page 38 MUTE reduces or turns off the sound page 41 Device Switch switches among TV CBL SAT VCR and DVD modes pages 18 20 21 Set to TV to control the monitor Numbers 0 9 100 enters the numbers ...

Page 18: ...satellite receiver set the Device Switch to CBL SAT VCR set the Device Switch to VCR DVD player or HTIB set the Device Switch to DVD Note Even after the monitor remote control is programmed it may not operate certain features on your other device If this happens and you wish to use those features you will need to use the device s original remote control 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ENT 100 0 POWER RECALL INP...

Page 19: ...it 7 Digit 7 Digit 7 Digit 7 8 Digit 8 Digit 8 Digit 8 Digit 8 9 Digit 9 Digit 9 Digit 9 Digit 9 0 Digit 0 Digit 0 Digit 0 Digit 0 100 10 100 100 100 10 ENT TOP MENU Top Menu GUIDE Selects the Guide PIC SIZE image shape ENTER ENTER Enter Select Enter CLEAR EXIT Exit Exit Clear x yz Menu select Menu select Menu select VOLyz Volume up down CHyz Channel up down Channel up down SLEEP Sleep timer MUTE ...

Page 20: ...s remote control Note In addition to POWER confirm that all necessary keys on the monitor remote control operate your device If some keys are not operational repeat the device code setup using another code if other codes are listed for your device If after trying all listed codes the necessary keys do not operate your device use the device s original remote control Every time you change the batter...

Page 21: ...009 040 042 048 056 Go Video 056 059 061 081 Goldstar 005 010 014 054 056 065 067 Gradiente 018 065 Harman Kardon 005 Hitachi 024 025 035 037 042 063 070 080 JBL 076 JC Penney 005 006 007 008 009 010 023 024 025 026 035 056 061 063 065 Jensen 024 025 037 050 JVC 005 006 007 014 037 043 062 063 068 082 Kenwood 005 006 007 012 014 037 043 053 068 071 Kodak 010 LG 010 Lloyds 053 073 079 Logik 061 LXI...

Page 22: ... EXIT 100 PICTURE SETTINGS 1 2 50 50 TINT COLOR SHARPNESS BLACK STRETGH CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS 0 0 ON MENU BACK WATCH TV EXIT MPEG NR PICTURE SETTINGS 2 2 DNR HIGH AUTO MEDIUM COLOR TEMPERATURE StableSound WOW BALANCE TREBLE BASS AUDIO MENU BACK Watch TV EXIT 0 0 0 OFF ENTER SRS 3D MENU BACK WATCH TV EXIT ON FOCUS ON WOW TruBass HIGH PICTURE POSITION HDMI AUDIO VIDEO LABEL LANGUAGE SET UP MENU BACK W...

Page 23: ...V CBL SAT VCR DVD VOL CH ENTER DVDMENU MENU T O P MENU CLE A R E N T ER Changing the on screen display language You can choose from three different languages English French and Spanish for the on screen display of menus and messages To select a language 1 Press MENU and then press x or until the SET UP menu appears 2 Press y or z to highlight LANGUAGE PICTURE POSITION HDMI AUDIO VIDEO LABEL LANGUA...

Page 24: ...display with side bars and or bars at the top and bottom Conventional picture on a conventional monitor screen Conventional picture in Natural size on your wide screen monitor 480i 480p 720p 1080i NATURAL yes yes yes yes Theater Wide 1 yes yes yes yes Theater Wide 2 yes yes yes yes Theater Wide 3 yes yes yes yes Picture size Signal FULL yes yes no no 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ENT 100 0 POWER RECALL INPUT ...

Page 25: ... hidden TheaterWide 3 picture size For Letter box programs with subtitles The picture is stretched wider to fill the width of the screen but only slightly stretched taller A small part of the picture at the top and bottom is hidden FULL picture size For 16 9 format programs If you are receiving a 4 3 format program the picture is stretched wider to fill the width of the screen but not stretched ta...

Page 26: ...vious menu after 4 seconds if no button is pressed To reset to the factory set status Follow steps 1 3 above highlight RESET in step 3 and then press ENTER Using the AUTO ASPECT feature When the AUTO ASPECT feature is set to ON and the monitor receives a 480i signal the picture size is automatically selected as described in the following table If the signal does not include aspect information the ...

Page 27: ...th the gray screen function ON the screen will automatically turn gray and the sound will be muted when no signal is being received To turn on the gray screen function 1 Press MENU and then press x or until the FUNCTION menu appears 2 Press y or z to highlight GRAY SCREEN 3 Press x or to select ON CC FUNCTION MENU BACK WATCH TV EXIT OFF AUTO ASPECT ON GRAY SCREEN OFF LONG LIFE LOCKS ENTER ENTER GR...

Page 28: ...nels will help reduce screen burn in To set the gray level of the side panels 1 From the LONG LIFE menu press y or z to highlight SIDE PANEL 2 Press x or to select your desired level of darkness 1 Black 2 Dark Gray or 3 Gray WHITE PATTERN PICTURE SHIFT MENU BACK WATCH TV EXIT SIDE PANEL LONG LIFE INVERSE OFF 1 ENTER ENTER Note To reduce the risk of phosphor burn in the default setting for the Pict...

Page 29: ...Y KEY TO CANCEL INVERSE EXIT WATCH TV START ENTER Press ENTER The positive image and negative image will alternate To return to the normal picture Press any button White pattern A white pattern is displayed on the whole screen To display the white pattern 1 Press MENU and then press x or until the FUNCTION menu appears 2 Press y or z to highlight LONG LIFE 3 Press ENTER to display the LONG LIFE me...

Page 30: ...hen press ENTER If you cannot remember your PIN code 1 While the PIN code entering screen is displayed press RECALL four times within five seconds The PIN code will be released Blocking Reset status restored 2 Set a new 4 digit code and then press ENTER The LOCKS menu appears NEW PIN CODE V CHIP MENU BACK WATCH TV EXIT LOCKS ENTER Continue to set each item following the steps on page 31 Using the ...

Page 31: ...e may be unsuitable for children under 17 L Crude or indecent language S Explicit sexual activity V Graphic violence 14 Parents Strongly Cautioned This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age D Intensely suggestive dialog L Strong coarse language S Intense sexual situations V Intense violence PG Parental Guidance Suggested This prog...

Page 32: ... menu press z or y to highlight BLOCKING OPTION and then press ENTER The BLOCKING OPTION menu appears 2 Press y or z to select an item MPAA UNRATED 1 Highlight MPAA UNRATED 2 Press x or to select ON Lock or OFF Unlock for unrated programs in the MPAA rating system BLOCKING OPTION ENABLE BLOCKING MENU BACK WATCH TV EXIT TV RATING V CHIP MPAA RATING ON ENTER ENTER ENTER MPAA UNRATED MENU BACK WATCH ...

Page 33: ...e is released and the normal picture appears All locking is disabled until the monitor is turned off and will be enabled when the monitor is turned on again ENTER yzx MUTE Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ENT 100 0 POWER RECALL INPUT 10 P I C S I Z E E X I T INFO MUTE SLEEP TV CBL SAT VCR DVD VOL CH E N T E R DVDMENU MENU T O P MENU CLE A R E N T ER MENU ENTER BACK WATCH TV EXIT SELECT SET 0 9 NEW PIN COD...

Page 34: ...cture setting factory setting Movie Movie like picture setting factory setting Preference Your personal preferences Note If you select one of the factory set picture modes SPORTS STANDARD or MOVIE and then change a picture quality setting for example increase the contrast the picture mode automatically changes to PREFERENCE in the Picture menu MODE PICTURE MENU BACK WATCH TV EXIT CINEMA MODE VIDEO...

Page 35: ...adjust the picture quality to your personal preferences including the contrast brightness color tint sharpness black stretch and color temperature To adjust the picture quality 1 Press MENU and then press x or until the PICTURE menu appears 2 Press y or z to highlight PICTURE SETTINGS then press ENTER The PICTURE SETTINGS menu appears 3 Press y or z until the item you want to adjust is highlighted...

Page 36: ...he PICTURE menu appears 2 Press y or z to highlight PICTURE SETTINGS and then press ENTER The PICTURE SETTINGS menu appears 3 Press y or z to highlight DNR MENU EXIT MPEG NR PICTURE SETTINGS 2 2 DNR COLOR TEMPERATURE BACK WATCH TV HIGH AUTO MEDIUM 4 Press x or to select LOW MIDDLE HIGH or AUTO DNR LOW To turn off DNR Select OFF in step 4 above MENU yzx ENTER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ENT 100 0 POWER RECAL...

Page 37: ...de you prefer as described in the following table Selecting the cinema mode When you view a DVD movie 3 2 pulldown processed from a DVD player connected to the ColorStream component video inputs on the monitor smoother and more natural motion can be obtained by setting the CINEMA MODE to FILM To set the CINEMA MODE to FILM 1 Press MENU and then press x or until the PICTURE menu appears 2 Press y o...

Page 38: ...e video input sources The video label feature allows you to label each input source for your TV from the following preset list of labels Uses the default label name VCR Video cassette recorder DVD DVD video DTV Digital TV set top box SAT Satellite box CBL Cable box To label the video input sources 1 Press INPUT to select the video source you want to label 2 Press MENU and then press x or until the...

Page 39: ...AY SCREEN ON LONG LIFE LOCKS ENTER ENTER To view captions highlight C1 C2 C3 or C4 C1 displays captions in the primary language in your area Note If the program or video you selected is not closed captioned the captions will not display on screen Giant pandas eat leaves To view text highlight T1 T2 T3 or T4 Note If text is not available in your area a black rectangle may appear on your screen If t...

Page 40: ...ing the ON timer To set the ON timer to turn on the monitor automatically 1 Press MENU and then press x or until the TIMER menu appears 2 Press y or z to highlight ON TIMER 3 Press the Number buttons 0 9 or the x or buttons to enter the length of time until the monitor turns on automatically You can set the ON timer in 10 minute increments up to 12h50m 4 Press EXIT The ON timer will start ON TIMER...

Page 41: ...d sound feature WOW is a special combination of SRS Labs audio technologies that creates a thrilling surround sound experience with deep rich bass from stereo sound sources Your monitor s audio will sound fuller richer and wider WOW consists of three features SRS 3D FOCUS and TruBass To adjust the WOW feature 1 Press MENU and then press x or until the AUDIO menu appears 2 Press y or z to highlight...

Page 42: ...Using the StableSound feature When the signal source is changed the StableSound feature limits the highest volume level to prevent extreme changes in volume for example to prevent the sudden increase in volume that often happens when a TV program switches to a commercial To turn on the StableSound feature 1 Press MENU and then press x or until the AUDIO menu appears 2 Press y or z to highlight Sta...

Page 43: ...m SLEEP T I MER 01h23m PG DLSV ColorStream 1 Understanding the last mode memory feature If the power is cut off while you are viewing the monitor the Last Mode Memory feature turns on the monitor automatically when the power is resupplied If the power is going to be off for a long time and you are going to be away from your monitor unplug the power cord to prevent the monitor from turning on in yo...

Page 44: ... scan rates 1080i 480p 480i 720p HDMI Audio 2 channel PCM 32 44 1 48 kHz sampling frequency 16 20 24 bits per sample Headphone jack 3 5 mm stereo Appendix Specifications This model complies with the specifications listed below Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice This model may not be compatible with features and or specifications that may be added in the future Dimensio...

Page 45: ...or in the monitor The remote control batteries may be dead Replace the batteries Picture and sound are out of sync As with all products that contain a digital display in rare instances when viewing certain content e g television broadcasts video games DVDs you may notice that the sound and picture are slightly out of sync This phenomenon can be caused by various factors including without limitatio...

Page 46: ... service charges for set installation setup adjustment of customer controls and installation or repair of antenna systems are not covered by this warranty Reception problems caused by inadequate antenna systems misaligned satellite dishes cable television distribution VCRs DVD players recorders personal computer level IEEE 1394 devices and any other connected signal source device are your responsi...

Page 47: ...fe feature 28 Inverse 29 Picture shift 28 Side panel 28 White pattern 29 Menu system 22 MPEG NR 36 MUTE button 41 O P ON timer 40 Picture adjustments COLOR TEMPERATURE 37 Picture mode 34 Picture quality 35 Picture size selection 24 POWER button 20 22 R RECALL button 43 Remote control Battery installation 16 Control codes 20 21 Functional key chart 19 Learning about the buttons 17 Programming 20 S ...

Page 48: ...NADA TEL 905 470 5400 MONTREAL 18050 TRANS CANADA KIRKLAND QUEBEC H9J 4A1 CANADA TEL 514 390 7766 VANCOUVER 22171 FRASERWOOD WAY RICHMOND B C V6W 1J5 CANADA TEL 604 303 2500 Printed in USA CableClear ColorStream StableSound and TheaterWide are registered trademarks of Toshiba America Consumer Products L L C MANUFACTURED BY TOSHIBA ELECTROMEX S A DE C V ...

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