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Page 1: ...OPERATING GUIDE WARRANTY recycled paper SMN lr imP_ 2 MTS Stereo Color TV with Remote Control and Closed Captions Return the Product Registration Card and your TV could be free ...

Page 2: ...inder is provided to call the cable TV system installer s attention to Article 820 40 of the NEC that 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 the cable entry as practical Power Cord Polarization This product is equipped with a polarized alternating current line plu...

Page 3: ...able Menus 7 1 Summary of Menu Items 7 1 Basic Menu Operations 7 2 SETUP MENU Auto Ch Channel Search 8 1 Ch Channel AddfDel 8 2 Ch Channel Labels Some Models 8 2 Tuning Band 8 3 Auto Fine Tune 8 3 Clock Set 8 4 Captions 8 4 Ch Channel Background 8 5 AUDIO MENU General Information 9 1 Bass 9 1 Treble 9 1 Balance 9 1 Audio 9 1 Audio Selection Considerations 9 2 VIDEO MENU Contrast 10 1 Brightness 10...

Page 4: ...ttom of the cabinet Do not block these vents or you will shorten the life of your TV Power Source Your TV is designed to operate on normal household current 120 volt 60 Hertz AC Do not attempt to operate it on DC current Power Cord Your power cord has a polarized plug as required by Underwriters Laboratories It has one regular blade and one wide blade and fits only one way into a standard electric...

Page 5: ... SPEAKER VHF UHF CABLE AUX INPUT VIDEO AUDIO 000 INPUT SOURCES FOR YOUR TV Your TV has two input connection areas one is marked VHF UHF CABLE and the other AUX INPUT VIDEO AUX INPUT AUDIO RIGHT and LEFT These two in puts allow you to connect two different signal sources to your TV at the same time The Signal Source refers to the item supplying the picture and sound to your TV The most common signa...

Page 6: ...round ar tenna wire into the VHF UHF CABLE jack on the TV If You Have a Flat Twin Lead Antenna Wire Use the 300 75 ohm adaptor included with the TV Hook up the ends of the wire to the adaptor and plug it into the VHF UHF CABLE jack Antenna or I I Round Wlre Fiat Wire _ 00175ohm Adaptor RIG4TI lIFT OO VARIABLE AUDIO OUIPUT _r 0 VHF UHF CABIE SPEAKER AUX INPUT qDEO AL OiO 000 RIGHT LEFT Connection C...

Page 7: ...BLE I V CH314 Output Direct Connectlon RIGHT IrFT OO VARIABLE AUDIO OU PUT SPI_AKER AUX INPUT VIDEO AUDIO RIGHT _FI Connection Center on Back of TV D Cable TV Connection to VCR and TV 1 Cable TV Hook Up Connect 75 ohm round cable TV wire into ANTENNA IN jack on VCR 2 VCR Hook Up Connect ANTENNA OUT wire from VCR into VHF UHF CABLE jack on TV CH3 4 Output i CONVERTER or CABLE IV Direct Connection V...

Page 8: ...0 I I Right Stereo J Audio RIGHT LEFt OO V RIABLE AUDIO OUTPUT SPEAKER 0 VI lgUHF C _ Ir AUX INPUT v Connection Center on Back ofTV MONAURAL VCR Connections 1 To get monaural sound from both TV speakers use a Y adaptor audio cablc customer supplied to route VCR AUDIO OUT to the AUX INPUT AUDIO RIGHT and LEFT jacks on TV 2 Connect VCR VIDEO OUTPUT into AUX INPUT VIDEO jack on TV Operation To use th...

Page 9: ...dio amplifier Using an External Amplifier with Speakers While the TV s Speakers are ON 1 Make the connections to the external amplifier as shown in the diagram below 2 Place the SPEAKER EXT INT switch on the TV in the INT position TV s speakers are ON 3 Turn the TV ON Increase the volume level of the TV until the sound just starts to distort sound bad 4 Turn the external audio amplifier ON Adjust ...

Page 10: ...plete you can watch the TV program of your choice NOTES 1 The AUTO CH SEARCH reminder display ap pears each time you turn on your TV until it has been used at least once 2 Antenna or cable must be connected to TV before you use AUTO CH SEARCH SETUP MENU AUTO CH SEARCH CH ADD DEL TUNING BAND AUTO FINE TUNE CLOCK SET CAPTIONS CH BACKGROUND START Auto Ch Search Reminder Display I DETERMINING TUNING B...

Page 11: ... to adjust the selected menu option 3 SELECT SEL Press during on screen menu operations to select a menu option 4 MENU Press once to see a menu Press repeatedly to se quence through the available menus 5 VOLUME VOL Up Down Press to increase or decrease the sound level 6 CHANNEL CH Up Down Press to select channels higher or lower than the chan nels being viewed You can add channels to or delete cha...

Page 12: ...nels from the scanning sequence stored in memory See CH ADD DEL option of the Setup Menu section of this operating guide for channel programming information 4 VOLUME Up Down Press to increase or decrease the sound level 5 MENU Press once again to see a menu Press repeatedly to sequence through the available menus 6 SELECT Press during on screen menu operations to select a menu option 7 ADJUST Left...

Page 13: ...to view the Channel Time Display or to remove any on screen menu or display TIMER Used to activate the SLEEP TIMER C n r n I D3 i uFIr4IN _lEE2 r a OFF ON Used to turn TV ON or OFF FLSHBK Flashback Used to return to the last TV channel you were watching CHANNEL Up Down Used to select a TV channel by going Up or Down through channels programmed in your FAV Favorite CHANNELS scan sequence VOLUME Up ...

Page 14: ... from top 2 Insert new batteries as indicated in the diagram inside the compartment 3 Replace the cover by inserting the tab on the bottom of the cover into its housing Snap the cover into position NOTES Be careful not to place heavy objects on top of the remote control buttons Prolonged accidental operation of the remote control will shorten battery life If you do not use the remote control for a...

Page 15: ...emove any on screen menu or display t For optimum performance point the remote control toward your TV TV VCR ENTER MODE Press to select TV mode of operation Used to turn TV ON or OFF SOURCE Press to display the menu of TV sour ces for TVs having a SOURCE Menu Press SOURCE again to step through the source selections On some TVs press SOURCE to select the AUX Auxiliary channel FLASHBK Flashback Used...

Page 16: ...g information ENTER Used with the numbered buttons to select a TV channel through the VCR AM PM Used to set timer during programming MEMORY Used to activate the COUNTER MEMORY feature RECORD STOP PAUSE REW PLAY and F FWD Used for tape recording and playback functions SELECT QUIT f_ SC3820 F MODE Press to select VCR mode of operation OFF ON Used to turn VCR ON or OFF FLASHBK Flashback Press during ...

Page 17: ...no effect PREPARATION FOR USE Batteries are provided with this remote but you must install them before using the remote INSTALLING BATTERIES When the effective operating range of your remote becomes noticeably shorter replace the batteries with two 2 high quality alkaline size AAA batteries 1 Remove the battery compartment cover PUSH DOWN tab and PULL OUT from top 2 Insert new batteries as indicat...

Page 18: ...not have to use it again un less you permanently changed the connections to the TV All of the channels previously found are stored in protected memory and are not affected by a power outage However the clock must be reset to the current time CH 2 STEREO CH2 10 56 STEREO Channel Audio Display Channel Time Before Clock is Set Audio Display After Clock is Set CH 2 10 56 MUTED J Channel Time Display W...

Page 19: ...is tuned TUNING BAND Determines the operation of the chan nel tuner inside the TV AUTO FINE TUNE Lets your TV compensate for variations in broadcast and cable TV frequencies CLOCK SET Sets the clock in your TV to the correct time CAPTIONS Displays closed captions CC or informa tional text when available CH BACKGROUND Changes the background of the Channel Time display AUDIO Menu BASS Adjusts the BA...

Page 20: ... to do so in the proce dures given in this operating guide 4 To Access a Different Main Menu Press MENU repeatedly until the desired menu is shown 5 To Return to Normal Viewing Press ENTER ENT or wait a few seconds and the TV will return automatically to normal operation 1 To See a Menu or Change Menus Press MENU repeatedly until the desired menu is shown Example shows choosing the SETUP Menu SETU...

Page 21: ...the search is complete you can watch the TV program of our choice When Some Channels Are Not Found AUTO CH SEARCH finds only active channels and stores them in the favorite channel memory You can a_ld channels to those stored in memory by using the CH ADD DEL option If you have difficulty tuning some channels you may have to manually change the TUNING BAND and AUTO FINE TUNE Refer to respective op...

Page 22: ...DEL 4 Press ENTER ENT to return to normal TV viewing When Some Channels Can Not Be Tuned If you have some difficulty tuning some channels you may have to manually set the TUNING BAND option If you have the correct band but are still having difficulty finding a channel you know to be active set the AUTO FINE TUNE to SEARCH CH Channel LABELS Some Models Purpose This option allows you to show a chann...

Page 23: ...lectable When Some Channels Are Not Clear If some channels are not clear change the AUTO FINE TUNE You may have to try different TUNING BAND and AUTO FINE TUNE settings until you get a clear picture channel to channel Refer to the AUTO FINE TUNE op tion for details AUTO FINE TUNE Purpose Lets your TV compensate for variations in broadcast and cable TV frequencies If you are having difficulty tunin...

Page 24: ...ven in the On Screen Menus section 2 Use ADJUST ADJ Left Right to set the time and then press ENTER ENT to start the clock CAPTIONS Purpose Displays closed captions CC or informational text when available on the selected channel To Access CAPTIONS Indirectly All Models 1 CAPTIONS should be selected if you followed the Basic Menu Operation given in the On Screen Menus section 2 One of five differen...

Page 25: ... press ENTER again the Channel Time display disappears and you return to cap tions CAPTIONS has four different selections that can be made CAPTION 1 CAPTION 2 TEXT 1 or TEXT 2 At the time of this writing very little appears in any selection ex cept CAPTION 1 Therefore you should select CAPTION 1 and leave it in that position unless you know there is some thing you want to see in one of the other s...

Page 26: ...ge When the SAP broadcast ends the TV switches automatically between STEREO and MONO modes The TV switches back to 2ND AUDIO SAP when the SAP broadcast resumes NOTE The AUDIO mode selection option is not available while the AUX channel is being used BASS Use ADJUST ADJ Left Right to adjust the amount of BASS low frequency level in the sound To decrease BASS press ADJUST ADJ Left To increase BASS p...

Page 27: ...using the AUDIO option on the AUDIO Menu and an SAP sig nal is rcccivcd You will hear the SAP audio The Channel Time display vail show SAP If an SAP signal is not received you viii hear whatever type of signal is being received The channel l imc display will show the typ of signal being received CH 2 10 56 MONO MONO is selected using the AUDIO option on the AUDIO Menu and a stereo signal is receiv...

Page 28: ...olors seem too vivid or intense press ADJUST ADJ Left to decrease the COLOR intensity If all the colors seem faded or washed out press ADJUST ADJ Right to increase the COLOR intensity TINT Adjusts the color of the flesh tones If the flesh tones are too red or purple press ADJUST ADJ Left until you reach the desired flesh tones If the flesh tones are green or have a greenish TINT press ADJUST ADJ R...

Page 29: ...ts Use any good furniture cleaner and polish Regular care will help preserve the finish EXTENDED ABSENCE Before an extended absence such as a vacation you may want to unplug the power cord from the electrical wall out let This will protect the TV from possible damage from lightning or power line surges If you have an outdoor anten na you may also want to disconnect the antenna lead in wires on the...

Page 30: ...nna or cable hook up for broken wires Possible station trouble try another channel Check for local interference Check antenna or cable hook up Adjust VIDEO Menu options with PICTURE PREF in the CUSTOM mode Is it a color program Check VOLUME VOL setting Check MUTE button operation on remote control if provided Channels may be skipped in CH ADD DEL Menu option Check TUNING BAND and AUTO FINE TUNE Me...

Page 31: ... your VCR so that you can select the proper viewing source and channel on vour TV Select the VCR output channel 3 or 4 on vour TV to view tapes or to see programs selected by using the channel tuner in the VCR During tape playback we recommend you use the AUDIO and VIDEO output jacks on your VCR for improved per formance SWITCH IN VCR POSITION I V VCR switch may be marked W VIDEO on some VCRs ALL ...

Page 32: ...d Select STEREO audio mode of operation for the TV by using the options on the AUDIO Menu of the TV You must use the VIDEO output when the LEFT and RIGHT AUDIO outputs are used VCR POWER IS ON NO OUTPUT IS PROVIDED AT THE AUDIO AND VIDEO OUTPUT JACKS VIDEO R L OUT AUDIO OUT Stereo VCR output to IV NO YES VCR TUNER SELECTS CHANNELS TO BE SEEN ON TV VIDEO TAPE PROVIDES PROGRAM TO BE SEEN ON TV 1 TV ...

Page 33: ...roduct after manufacture voids this warranty in its entirety Owner s Responsibility Effective Warranty Date Warranty begins on the date of original consumer installation For your convenience keep the dealers dated bill of sale or delivery ticket as evidence of the purchase date Operating Guide Read your Operating Guide carefully so that you will understand the operation of your set and how to adju...

Page 34: ...ZENITH ELECTRONICS CORPORATION 1000 MILWAUKEE AVENUE GLENVIEW ILLINOIS 60025 Part No 206 2589 Printed in U S A EP EDCB ...

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