Using the TV’s Features
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Chapter 3
About the Channel Banner
The Channel Banner appears when you press the INFO button on the remote. If an icon in the channel banner is grayed
out (dim), the feature is not available. The following list describes the items on the Channel Banner screen (left to right and
top to bottom). Other displays that are not described here are self-explanatory. When you change channels, the Channel
Banner appears as a smaller version than what’s shown above.
The icons change appearance to show the item’s status or availability.
Program Title/Acquiring Channel
Title of program (if available) or
Acquiring Channel
appears when tuning a channel.
The time when the TV shuts off if the Sleep Timer is activated in the
Time
menu.
Displays the time remaining before the TV tunes back to the channel where
Commercial Skip was activated.
12:39 PM
Current time if the Time feature is set in
Time
menu.
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Current channel, subchannel (for digital channels) and the TV station call letters, if
available.
Antenna/Cable/Auto Tuning
Displays type of signal (Antenna or Cable) you’re viewing or the Auto Tuning
component you’re viewing.
Listening to
Displays when SAP is playing for an analog channel. For a digital channel, displays
the currently playing audio mode. Also displays the audio processor in use.
SAP or Audio Mode changes with SOUND button.
16:9 Normal 1080i HD
Aspect ratio (4:3 or 16:9); original resolution of the broadcast, not the resolution of the TV;
HD or SD. For more information about aspect ratio and broadcast resolution, go to page 2.
Displays when Closed Captioning is available on the current channel and matches
the format selected in the
Caption Priority
menu.
SAP or Audio language icon appears when the current analog channel is
broadcasting SAP (Second Audio Program) information or when current digital
channel is broadcasting an alternate audio mode, respectively.
Sound mode icons (mono, stereo, Dolby surround, four-channel surround, 4.1-
channel surround, five-channel surround, etc.).
Appears when a program can be recorded; otherwise, it is grayed out.
Parental Control icon is displayed red when the TV is locked, green when the TV is
unlocked, and yellow when the TV is temporarily unlocked.
MPAA - Not Rated
V-chip program rating (not the TV’s rating set up in Parental Control menu).
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