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Television User’s Guide

Television

User’s Guide

Changing En ter tain ment. Again.

Summary of Contents for 27V513T

Page 1: ...Television User s Guide Television User s Guide Changing Entertainment Again ...

Page 2: ...grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical Important Stand and Base Safety Information Choose the location for your TV carefully Place the TV on a stand or base that is of adequate size and strength to prevent the TV from being accidentally tipped over pushed off or pulled off This could cause personal injury and or damage the TV Refer to the Important Safet...

Page 3: ...mended international global safety standards for tilt and stability proper ties of its cabinet design Do not compromise these design standards by applying excessive pull force to the front or top of the cabinet which could ultimately overturn the product Also do not endanger yourself or children by placing electronic equipment toys on the top of the cabinet Such items could unsuspectingly fall fro...

Page 4: ... Child Lock FPA Lock Locks the buttons on the front of the TV so it cannot be operated accidentally by young children Closed Captioning Allows you to read TV program dialog or voice conversations as on screen text Off Timer Turns off the TV at a preset time On Timer Turns on the TV at a preset time to a designated TV channel or video source On screen Menus On screen text in English French or Spani...

Page 5: ...5 ohm or may include a Cable Box In either case the connection to the TV is easy If your Cable TV signal comes directly via a 75 ohm coaxial cable using the following steps Connect the Cable TV signal to the 75 ohm ANTENNA INPUT jack on the rear of the TV Screw it down tight Plug the TV s power cord into a power outlet and turn on the TV Set TV CATV to CATV as detailed on page 11 Refer to AUTO SEA...

Page 6: ...er could lose the authority to operate this equipment if an unauthorized change or modification is made CABLE TV ANTENNA CONNECTIONS Before plugging the UHF VHF Rod Antenna into the ANTENNA INPUT jack check that the pin is not bent If it is bent straighten the pin as illustrated then plug the pin into the jack Straight pin Plug Cable Bent pin Needs to be straightened Some cable TV systems use scra...

Page 7: ...Match the cable color to the jack color If your component has an S Video jack connect an S Video cable to the S VIDEO jack on the back of the TV to the S Video jack on the component If your component doesn t have an S Video jack go to item 3 Connect a video cable yellow to the VIDEO INPUT jack on the TV and to the VIDEO OUT jack on your VCR or other component Turn on the TV and the other component...

Page 8: ...ed items and make adjustments MENU Press to display the main menu Press for the on screen display to clear the screen TV VIDEO INPUT Choose between TV programming and the AV input Models 27V512T 27V513T and 14F512T Front View MENU Brings up the Main menu Press for the on screen display to clear the screen VOLUME BUTTONS Press to decrease increase the volume In the menu system acts like the right o...

Page 9: ... off the lid Place two AA batteries in the remote Be sure the and ends of the batteries line up correctly as marked inside the battery compartment Reattach the battery compartment lid Effectively Using the Remote Control Point the remote control toward the remote sensor on the front of the TV when operating the TV with the remote control Remote Control ...

Page 10: ...available with the TV programming MONO STEREO and SAP Details are on page 32 MUTE Press to mute or restore the TV sound Pressing the volume buttons VOLUME or VOL also will cancel mute and restore the sound NOTEPAD Press to display or close the NOTEBOOK window NUMBER Buttons When the TV Cable menu option is in the TV position all channels can be selected by using two buttons For example to select c...

Page 11: ... Menu Picture Sound Preferences Time Setup Language You can set the TV s on screen menu to English French or Spanish Press MENU to see the main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Preferences Press OK to enter the Preferences submenu Language is highlighted Press VOL or VOL to select English Francais French or Espanol Spanish Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disap...

Page 12: ...wn Auto Search Favorite List TV Cable TV CATV It is important for the TV to know what type of signal Cable TV CATV or a normal antenna you are using Choose your signal Antenna or Cable Press MENU to see the main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Setup Press OK to enter the Setup submenu TV CATV is highlighted Press VOL or VOL to select TV or CATV Choose CATV if you have Cable TV service See page 4 ...

Page 13: ...ces Time Setup Auto Search Setting TV Channels You can set your TV to receive local TV channels from an antenna or Cable TV channels when you have Cable TV service Then use Auto Search to set up channels that are available for you This makes it easy for you to select only the available TV stations when you press CH or CH Before you start Auto Search make the Antenna or Cable TV connection describe...

Page 14: ...NU to see the main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Setup Press OK to enter the Setup submenu TV CATV is highlighted Press VOL or VOL to select TV or CATV whichever you have Details are on page 11 Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Channel Press VOL or VOL to enter the channel number at which you want to begin the search Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Manual Press VOL to start searchin...

Page 15: ...to the Favorite List and recall these channels easily by pressing the FAV button on the remote control Press MENU to see the main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Setup Press OK to enter the Setup submenu Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Favorite List Press OK to display features of Favorite List TV CATV is highlighted Press VOL or VOL to select TV or CATV whichever you have Press CH or CH t...

Page 16: ...ain menu Press CH or CH to highlight Setup Press OK to enter the Setup submenu TV CATV is highlighted Press VOL or VOL to select TV or CATV whichever you have Details are on page 11 Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Channel Press VOL or VOL to enter the channel number you want to add or erase Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Add Erase Press VOL or VOL to choose Add or Erase If you selec...

Page 17: ...ghtness 50 Contrast 50 Sharpness 50 Tint 00 Blue Back On C Warmth Cool Picture Color 45 Brightness 50 Contrast 50 Sharpness 50 Tint 00 Blue Back On C Warmth Cool Picture Color 45 Brightness 50 Contrast 50 Sharpness 50 Tint 00 Blue Back On C Warmth Cool Picture Color 45 Brightness 50 Contrast 50 Sharpness 50 Tint 00 Blue Back On C Warmth Cool Picture Color 45 Brightness 50 Contrast 50 Sharpness 50 ...

Page 18: ...to automatically adjust the TV Brightness Color Contrast and Sharpness Press PRESETS on the remote control The current preset picture setting will appear on the screen Press PRESETS repeatedly to select Personal Normal Bright or Theater The Personal setting is what you specify with the picture adjustments as described on page 16 Personal is the only picture setting you can change All others are se...

Page 19: ...he main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Time Press OK to enter the Time submenu Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Clock Press VOL or VOL to change the time in minutes Press and hold the VOL or VOL to change the time quickly in 10 minute increments press OK The highlight moves to the hour position Use the VOL buttons to set the hour Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will auto...

Page 20: ...TV service or not Details are on page 11 Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Channel Press VOL or VOL to enter the channel number This will be the channel to which the TV turns on at the specified time Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight On time Press VOL or VOL to select Once or Daily Off If you select Once the timer will turn on the TV one time within the next 24 hours only If you select D...

Page 21: ...ime submenu Off time is highlighted Press VOL or VOL to select Once Daily or Off If you select Once the timer will turn off the TV once If you select Daily the timer will turn off the TV at the same time every day Choose Off to cancel the Off timer Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight AM12 00 under the line of Off Time Press VOL or VOL to enter the On time Hold down VOL or VOL to change the time...

Page 22: ... Picture Sound Preferences Time Setup Closed captioning CC lets you read the voice content of TV programs on the TV screen Designed to help the hearing impaired on screen text boxes will show dialog conversation and activity during TV programming Press MENU to see the main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Preferences Press OK to enter the Preference submenu Press CH or CH to highlight CC Press VOL...

Page 23: ...time Press SLEEP repeatedly to set the sleep timer from 120 to 10 minutes in 10 minute decrements After setting the sleep timer Press SLEEP once to display the remaining time To cancel the sleep timer Press SLEEP until Off appears Within 1 minute of the time set a clock icon will flash to remind you that the TV will turn itself off soon Sleep Timer ...

Page 24: ...view this programming with an accompanying parent or adult guardian It contains one or more of the following intense violence intense sexual situations strong coarse language or intensely suggestive dialog NC17 No children under the age of 17 will be admitted This type of programming should be viewed by adults only It contains graphic violence explicit sex or crude indecent language X Adult only T...

Page 25: ...rences Press OK to enter the Preference submenu Press CH or CH to highlight Par Parental Control Press OK Enter Password will appear on the screen If you want to set a new code go to steps 6 8 directly You can press the number buttons to enter a four digit code The code 0000 is the default password If you have not set a code previously then 0000 is the code Resetting Your Password Press VOL on the...

Page 26: ...he MPAA Rating options of Parental Lock Press MENU to see the main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Preferences Press OK to enter the Preferences submenu Press CH or CH to highlight Par Parental Control Press OK to display the password screen Press the number buttons to enter your four digit code The Parental Lock setup menu appears on the screen and the MPAA rating is highlighted Press OK to disp...

Page 27: ...four digit code The Parental Lock setup menu appears on the screen Press CH or CH to highlight TV parental guidelines Press OK to display the parental guidelines TV Y TV Y7 TV G TV PG TV 14 or TV MA Press CH or CH to select a rating Press OK to turn the rating on or off A check mark appears when the rating is blocked TV Y and TV G can be turned on to block viewing or off to allow viewing only TV Y...

Page 28: ...r your four digit code The Parental Lock setup menu appears on the screen Press CH or CH to select Master Enable Block Unrated or Block No Rating MASTER ENABLE this is the master switch for Parental Lock When ON all blocking censoring you have set is enabled When OFF all blocking is disabled BLOCK UNRATED All unrated programs based on movie ratings or TV ratings will be blocked if this feature is ...

Page 29: ...VOL or VOL to turn on or off FPA Lock Choose On to disable all the buttons on the front of the TV FPA Lock On will appear on the TV screen each time you press buttons on the front of the TV You can still operate the TV with the remote control You can still use the POWER button on the front of the TV but only to turn off the TV not on Set FPA Lock to Off to cancel this feature so you can use the bu...

Page 30: ...nd Mode Personal You can preset sound mode that best suits your current programming among Personal Theater Concert and Speech Press MENU to see the main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Sound Press OK to enter the Sound submenu Press CH or CH to highlight Sound Mode Press VOL or VOL to select Personal Theater Concert or Speech Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically d...

Page 31: ...me 50 Bass 50 Treble 50 Balance 00 Surround Off Sound Mode Personal You can adjust the low frequency Bass or high frequency Treble You can also adjust the Balance to increase the volume of the left and right sound channels Press MENU to see the main menu Press CH or CH to highlight Sound Press OK to enter the Sound submenu Press CH or CH to highlight Volume Bass Treble or Balance Press VOL or VOL ...

Page 32: ...ghlight Surround Press VOL or VOL to turn this option on or off Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control Main Menu Picture Sound Preferences Time Setup Sound Volume 50 Bass 50 Treble 50 Balance 00 Surround On Sound Mode Personal Sound Volume 50 Bass 50 Treble 50 Balance 00 Surround Off Sound...

Page 33: ... STEREO appears on the screen when you select a channel stereo broadcasting is available with the current TV program You can hear sound from the left and right speakers of the TV If the broadcast is not strong or clear stereo sound is not available Press the MTS button to change to MONO This should eliminate the noise If MONO appears on the screen when you choose a channel Stereo is not available ...

Page 34: ...age will be displayed on the screen first when the TV is turned on If you select this icon the notebook window with the stored message will not be displayed on the screen when the TV is turned on If you want to display the message at a specified time select the icon and proceed with these steps Press CH CH and VOL VOL to select OFF Press OK to turn OFF into AM 12 00 Press CH or CH to change the ti...

Page 35: ...the calendar Press VOL or VOL to display a previous or future month e g MAY Press CH or CH to to display a previous or future year e g 2004 Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control ...

Page 36: ...nnel Channel may be blocked or not approved through Parental Controls If using a VCR check to make sure the TV VCR button on the VCR is in the correct mode press the TV VCR button on your VCR Noisy stereo reception May be a weak station Press MTS on the remote and choose Mono instructions on page 32 No picture no sound butTV is on Maybe the signal type is set wrong Go to the INPUT button descripti...

Page 37: ...whichever comes first What we will do Pay any Authorized RCA Television Service Center the labor charges to repair your television Pay any Authorized RCA Television Service Center for the new or at our option refurbished replacement parts and picture tubes required to repair your television How you get service For screen sizes of 26 and smaller Take your RCA television to any Authorized RCA Televi...

Page 38: ...HE EXCLUSIVE REMEDY OF THE CONSUMER TTE TECHNOLOGY INC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTY ON THIS PRODUCT THIS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES AND LIMITED WARRANTY ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF INDIANA EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY IMPLIED WARR...

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Page 40: ...erence in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television receptio...

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