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34AS41

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WNER’S 

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ANUAL

Owner's Record

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

Model number:

Serial number:

Set up

Preparation

Basic Operation

Advanced Operation

Reference Section

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Summary of Contents for 34AS41

Page 1: ...ecord The model number and serial number are on the back of your TV Record these numbers in the spaces below Refer to these numbers whenever you communicate with your Toshiba dealer about this TV Model number Serial number Set up Preparation Basic Operation Advanced Operation Reference Section ...

Page 2: ...lar specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical Precautions Installing your TV Place the TV on the floor or on a sturdy platform The mounting surface should be flat and steady If you install the TV on a soft floor make sure that the floor is not damaged by the weight of the TV Place the TV far enough a...

Page 3: ...ERASE function 17 Basic Operation Watching TV programs or videotapes 18 Selecting a TV channel 18 Selecting the video input source 18 About the DEMO Demonstration mode 18 Convenient remote control functions 19 Displaying on screen information 19 Muting the sound 19 Changing quickly between two channels 19 Adjusting the picture 20 Adjusting the picture quality 20 Selecting the color temperature 21 ...

Page 4: ...EO VIDEO L MONO R AUDIO L MONO R AUDIO VIDEO L Y R AUDIO VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 CB CR COLOR STREAM INPUT IN OUT ANT S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO L MONO R AUDIO L MONO R AUDIO VIDEO L Y R AUDIO VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 CB CR COLOR STREAM INPUT TV CABLE VCR MENU ENTER CH RTN RECALL MUTE CH CH VOL VOL 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 0 ENT 100 POWER o REW PAUSE FF SOURCE STILL PIP SLOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV C...

Page 5: ...ting all of your equipment Note If you have a mono VCR connect L Mono to VCR Audio OUT using only one audio cable The VIDEO 2 jacks can be used for connecting a second piece of video equipment such as a DVD player or camcorder see Note Regarding Picture Quality above Note When you use a converter box with your TV you may not be able to program certain features using the remote control such as bloc...

Page 6: ...els Connecting a satellite receiver and a VCR This connection allows you to watch satellite VCR and TV programs You can record one TV channel while watching another channel You will need one coaxial cable two pairs of audio cables one single and one pair of audio cables for a mono VCR two video cables for video cable type see Note Regarding Picture Quality on page 5 Notes To watch from the satelli...

Page 7: ...dit from one VCR to another VCR while watching a videotape You also can record from one TV channel while watching another channel You will need one coaxial cable two pairs of audio cables two single audio cables for mono VCRs two video cables for video cable type see Note Regarding Picture Quality on page 5 Caution The unauthorized recording of television programs videotapes and other materials ma...

Page 8: ... control Caution Dispose of batteries in a designated disposal area Do not throw batteries into a fire Do not mix battery types or combine used batteries with new ones Remove dead batteries immediately to prevent battery acid from leaking into the battery compartment If you do not intend to use the remote control for a long time remove the batteries Note If your Toshiba TV remote control does not ...

Page 9: ... s t 18 POWER 15 Remote sensor POWER indicator TV CABLE VCR MENU ENTER CH RTN RECALL MUTE CH CH VOL VOL 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 0 ENT 100 POWER o REW PAUSE FF SOURCE STILL PIP SLOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV CH A EXIT TV VIDEO 18 EXIT 14 VOLUME T S 15 Menu T S 14 MENU 14 CH RTN 19 Channel Number 18 POWER 15 TV CABLE VCR 10 Set to TV to control the TV FAV CH t s 26 VCR functions...

Page 10: ...irst program the remote control to recognize your VCR or converter brand see pages 11 13 for details Point the remote control at the VCR or cable TV converter REC Starts tape recording SLOW In play mode press to view a slow motion picture FF Fast forwards the tape In play mode press to view the picture moving rapidly forward REW Rewinds the tape In play mode press to view the picture moving rapidl...

Page 11: ...espond to a different code you will need to use the remote control that came with your VCR or converter 5 Set the TV CABLE VCR switch to TV to control the TV For future reference write down the code s you used VCR Code Cable TV Converter Code Note You must reprogram the remote control when you change the batteries Some newer VCRs respond to either of two codes These VCRs have a switch labeled VCR1...

Page 12: ...MBER Adventura 019 Aiko 297 Aiwa 019 Akai 060 068 080 125 261 American High 054 Asha 259 Audiovox 056 Beaumark 259 Bell Howell 123 Brandt 206 Broksonic 140 203 230 314 380 Calix 056 Canon 054 Capehart 039 Carver 100 CCE 091 297 Citizen 056 297 Colt 091 Craig 056 066 091 259 Curtis Mathes 054 060 079 Cybernex 259 Daewoo 039 064 297 Daytron 039 Dynatech 019 Electrohome 056 Electrophonic 056 Emerex 0...

Page 13: ...079 230 Zenith 019 Zentek 419 BRAND NAME CODE NUMBER ABC 020 022 026 027 030 032 033 036 066 Antronix 041 Archer 041 058 172 Belcor 075 Cable Star 075 Cabletenna 041 Cableview 041 Century 172 Citizen 172 Colour Voice 044 050 Comtronics 059 079 Contec 038 Dae Ryung 027 Eastern 021 Focus 419 Garrard 172 GC Electronics 075 Gemini 034 089 General Instrument 030 295 Goldstar 059 163 Hamlin 028 039 053 ...

Page 14: ...DIUM WARM PICTURE NORMAL THEATER PREFERENCE MEMORY MOVE t s SELECT T S MTS BASS TREBLE BALANCE SURROUND ON OFF STR SAP MONO MOVE t s SELECT T S TIMER TV CABLE CH PROGRAM ADD ERASE V CHIP CONTROL FAVORITE CH 0 MIN TV CABLE ADD ERASE MOVE t s SELECT T S MOVE t s SELECT T S LANGUAGE ENGLISH FRANCAIS DEMO C CAPT START STOP C1 C2 C3 C4 T1 T2 T3 T4 OFF ESPANOL Picture 1 Picture 2 Audio Setup Option The ...

Page 15: ...PT ESPANOL START STOP C1 C2 C3 C4 T1 T2 T3 T4 OFF MOVE t s SELECT T S TV 4 VOLUME TO CONTROL PUSH VOL LANGUAGE ENGLISH FRANCAIS DEMO S TITRA ESPANOL MARCHE ARRET C1 C2 C3 C4 T1 T2 T3 T4 ARRET BOUGER t s CHOISIR T S 3 Press T or S until your desired language is displayed in purple For example if you select FRANCAIS the menu display language changes to French Understanding the Auto Power Off feature...

Page 16: ...PROGRAM is displayed in purple 3 Press T or S to start channel programming The TV automatically cycles through all the TV or CABLE channels depending on the mode selected and stores the active channels in the channel memory 4 When channel programming is done you will see the message Ch Programming Completed 5 Press CHANNEL s or t to scan through the programmed channels TIMER TV CABLE CH PROGRAM AD...

Page 17: ...t is typical of many cable system channel allocations If in doubt consult your cable company 1 A 8 67 67 5 5 A 7 68 68 6 6 A 6 69 69 14 A 15 B 92 92 16 C 93 93 94 94 34 U 95 A 5 35 V 96 A 4 36 W 97 A 3 37 AA 98 A 2 38 BB 99 A 1 100 100 60 XX 101 101 61 YY 102 102 62 ZZ 63 AAA 123 123 64 BBB 124 124 65 65 125 125 66 66 2 Press MENU until the Setup menu is displayed on screen 3 Press s or t until AD...

Page 18: ...deo input source You can use the TV VIDEO button to view a signal coming from other video equipment connected to your TV such as a VCR or DVD player See Connecting your TV on page 5 Note To operate your video equipment properly refer to the instructions provided with the video equipment 1 Turn the TV and video equipment on 2 Press TV VIDEO to select VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 The selected source will be d...

Page 19: ...us see pages 24 25 V CHIP rating see pages 28 31 S T E R E O S A P T V P G L V C A P T I O N T E X T C A B L E 4 Muting the sound Press MUTE to turn off the sound The word MUTE will display on screen as shown This is useful during telephone calls or other interruptions To restore the sound press MUTE again Note When MUTE is pressed the Closed Captioned feature C1 is activated MUTE on the screen di...

Page 20: ...0 POWER o REW PAUSE FF SOURCE STILL PIP SLOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV CH A EXIT T S MENU Adjusting the picture quality 1 Press MENU until the Picture 1 menu is displayed on screen 2 Press s or t until the item you want to adjust is displayed in purple RESET CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS SHARPNESS COLOR TINT RESET MOVE t s ADJUST T S CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS SHARPNESS COLOR TINT RESET ...

Page 21: ...T T S COLOR TEMPERATURE COOL MEDIUM WARM PICTURE NORMAL THEATER PREFERENCE MEMORY MOVE t s SELECT T S 3 Press T or S until the desired mode is displayed in purple Selecting the picture preference function You can adjust the picture qualities to one of the following modes COLOR TEMPERATURE PICTURE NORMAL THEATER PREFERENCE MEMORY COOL MEDIUM WARM MOVE t s SELECT T S 1 Press MENU until the Picture 2...

Page 22: ...4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 0 ENT 100 POWER o REW PAUSE FF SOURCE STILL PIP SLOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV CH A EXIT MENU s t Adjusting the sound quality 1 Press MENU until the Audio menu is displayed on screen 2 Press s or t until the item you want to adjust is displayed in purple bass treble or balance MTS SURROUND BASS TREBLE BALANCE MOVE t s SELECT T S STR SAP MONO ON OFF MTS SU...

Page 23: ... T S MENU Setting the off timer TIMER TV CABLE CH PROGRAM ADD ERASE V CHIP CONTROL 30 MIN TV CABLE ADD ERASE FAVORITE CH MOVE t s SELECT T S 3 Press T S to enter the length of time until the TV turns off in 10 minute increments to a maximum of 180 min 0 10 180 MIN 170 Canceling the off timer Press POWER two times once to turn the TV off and once to turn it on again 2 Press s or t until TIMER is di...

Page 24: ...u can leave the TV in STR stereo mode because it automatically outputs the type of sound being broadcast stereo or mono If the stereo sound is noisy select MONO to reduce the noise Activating the surround sound effect 1 Select the STR stereo mode as described above 2 Press MENU until the Audio menu is displayed on screen 3 Press s or t until SURROUND is displayed in purple 4 Press T or S to select...

Page 25: ...tations 1 Press MENU until the Audio menu is displayed on screen 2 Press t or s until MTS is displayed in purple If an SAP broadcast is received SAP will display in yellow in the menu 3 Press T or S until SAP displays in purple You will hear the second audio program but see the normal picture To deactivate the SAP feature Select STR in step 3 above STEREO SAP TV 6 MTS SURROUND BASS TREBLE BALANCE ...

Page 26: ...tup menu is displayed on screen 3 Press s or t until FAVORITE CH is displayed in purple FAVORITE CH SET CLEAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TV CYAN CABLE BLUE SELECT T S SET t s 4 Press T or S to display the FAVORITE CH program menu 5 Press T or S to select SET Then press s or t until the channel number to be programmed 2 in this example replaces 0 6 Repeat steps 1 5 for your other favorite channels for...

Page 27: ...H A EXIT LANGUAGE ENGLISH FRANCAIS DEMO C CAPT ESPANOL START STOP C1 C2 C3 C4 T1 T2 T3 T4 OFF MOVE t s SELECT T S MENU T S s t Select C1 C2 C3 or C4 to view captions Select C1 for translation of the primary language in your area Select T1 T2 T3 or T4 to view Text if available To turn off the closed captioned feature Select OFF in step 4 above Note A closed captioned signal may not be decoded in th...

Page 28: ...ASE FAVORITE CH MOVE t s START T S If the wrong PIN code is entered the message Incorrect PIN Code appears Enter the code again If you cannot remember the PIN code you stored while in the PIN code entering mode press RECALL four times within 5 seconds The PIN code you stored will be returned to factory reset status ENABLE BLOCKING Y N SET RATING SET BLOCKING OPTIONS NEW PIN CODE BLOCK CHANNEL MOVE...

Page 29: ...m suitable for all ages PG Parental Guidance Suggested This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children D Some suggestive dialog L Infrequent coarse language S Some sexual situations V Moderate violence 14 Parents Strongly Cautioned This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years D Intensely suggestive dial...

Page 30: ...grams rated NONE in the TV PARENTAL GUIDELINES If you select Y the NOTICE shown below right will be displayed since the emergency information may also be blocked Channel Numbers BACK TO V CHIP MENU Press T or S to return to the V CHIP CONTROL menu NEW PIN CODE Changing the PIN Code 1 While in the V CHIP Control menu press t or s to select NEW PIN CODE and then press T or S to display the menu PLEA...

Page 31: ...N BLOCK SELECT 0 9 END EXIT All blocking is disabled until the TV is turned off and will be enabled when the TV is turned on again If a wrong PIN code is entered the message Incorrect PIN Code appears Enter the code again See page 28 for details on entering the PIN code Unblocking programs temporarily 1 If you try to watch a TV program that exceeds the rating limits you set the TV will enter into ...

Page 32: ... INPUT Y INPUT 1V p p 75 ohm negative sync C INPUT 0 286V p p burst signal 75 ohm AUDIO VIDEO INPUT VIDEO 1V p p 75 ohm negative sync AUDIO 150mV rms 30 modulation equivalent 47k ohm ColorStream component video INPUT Y 1V p p 75 ohm CR PR 0 7 V p p 75 ohm CB PB 0 7 V p p 75 ohm AUDIO VIDEO OUTPUT VIDEO 1V p p 75 ohm negative sync AUDIO 150mV rms 30 modulation equivalent 4 7k ohm Dimensions Width 3...

Page 33: ...s on the screen The Closed Caption Text feature T1 T2 T3 or T4 may be on Set the Closed Caption feature to OFF 27 Cannot select a certain channel The channel may be locked out by the BLOCK CHANNEL function Unblock the channel 31 The channel may have been erased from the channel memory by the ADD ERASE function Reprogram the channel into channel memory 16 17 Multiple images ghosts The station may h...

Page 34: ...t covered by this warranty Reception problems caused by inadequate antenna systems are your responsibility 5 Warranties extend only to defects in materials or workmanship as limited above and do not extend to any product or parts that have been lost or discarded by you or to damage to products or parts caused by misuse or accident damage caused by Acts of God such as lightning or fluctuations in e...

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