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Important notes about your Plasma TV
The following symptoms are not signs of malfunction
but technical limitation. Therefore TACP/THI/TCL
disclaims any responsibility for these symptoms.
1) Plasma display radiates infrared rays. It may affect other
infrared communication equipment under certain
operating condition.
2) Plasma display may cause interference in image, sound,
etc. of other electronic equipment that is easy to receive
electromagnetic waves (i.e. AM radios and video
equipment) under certain installed condition. In
particular, it may affect electronic equipment beyond the
residential unit where a plasma display TV is used.
3) The Plasma display panel is manufactured using an
extremely high level of precision technology, however
sometimes some parts of the screen may be missing
picture elements or have luminous spots.
4) You can enjoy a video game with this TV. However, the
game which uses a ray gun etc. and makes a screen a
target has some which cannot be used on a principle.
5) Like all phosphor-based display devices and all gas
plasma display, plasma display can be susceptible to
permanent ghost image (phosphor burn-in) under certain
circumstances. Certain operating conditions, such as the
continuous display of a static image (i.e. logos, video
games, computer images, teletext) and displaying images
in 4:3 mode over a prolonged period of time, accelerate
phosphor burn-in if proper precautions are not taken.
To minimize the occurrence of phosphor burn-in, adhere
to the following guidelines and recommendations:
• Always enable and use your computer’s screen saver
function during use with a computer input source.
• Display a moving image whenever possible.
• Change the position of the menu display from time to
time.
• Always power down the display when you are finished
using it.
6) Even though you follow the above recommendations,
phosphor burn-in can still occur since phosphors
deteriorate as usage time accumulates. To reduce and
delay the phosphor burn-in take the following measures:
• Lower the Brightness and Contrast levels as much as
possible without impairing image readability.
• The LONG LIFE settings can reduce phosphor burn-in.
(page 60.)
• Display an image with many colors and color gradations
(i.e. photographic or photo-realistic images).
• Create image content with minimal contrast between
light and dark areas, for example, avoid white characters
on black backgrounds. Use complementary or pastel
color whenever possible.
• Avoid displaying images with few colors and distinct,
sharply defined borders between colors.
About ISM (Image Sticking Minimization) function
The ISM function (The Image Sticking Minimization function)
automatically starts to decrease the brightness with small
steps when fixed pattern displays for long time. The pace of
the decrease and the delay time depend on the brightness in
the displayed screen.
