Chapter 6: Using the TV’s features
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Note:
See page 24 for details on configuring
the antenna input.
•
Turning off the TV will clear the History List.
Setting the Channel Tuning Mode
This feature allows you to choose how tuning will be
handled for analog and digital channels when the TV
is in Antenna mode.
Note:
To use this feature, the
Input
Configuration
must be set to
Antenna
(
page 25).
The channel tuning mode has three options.
Mode
Description
Standard
Both analog and digital channels can
be tuned normally
Auto
(default)
Digital channels will have priority when
manually entering a channel number
using the Channel Number (0-9) on the
remote control, analog channels can
still be tuned by
/
, if available
Digital
Only digital channels can be tuned
To set the Channel Tuning Mode:
1
From the
Setup
menu, highlight
Installation
and
press
. A new set of
Installation
menu icons
will appear.
2
Open the
Terrestrial
menu, highlight
Channel
Tuning Mode
, and then press
X
to select your
desired mode.
Note:
•
The Channel Options windows as well as
the Channel Browser ANT/CABLE list will be
updated automatically when you change the
mode. Also, the History List will be cleared, but
the Favorites List will be saved.
•
Even if the Channel Tuning Mode is set to
Digital
, analog channel 3 will still be the
default channel to prevent the initial case
where no digital channels have been found in
prior channel scans. (Channel Options will not
have anything listed until a scan is done.)
Tuning to the next programmed
channel
To tune to the next programmed channel:
Press
or
on the remote control or TV control
panel.
Note:
This feature will not work unless you
program channels into the TV’s channel memory
(
page 26).
Tuning to a specific channel
(programmed or unprogrammed)
Tuning analog channels:
Press the Channel Number (0–9) on the remote
control. For example, to select channel 125, press 1, 2,
5, then
.
Tuning digital channels:
Press the Channel Number (0–9) on the remote
control, followed by the dash (
) button and then
the sub-channel number. For example, to select digital
channel 125-1, press 1, 2, 5, –, 1, then
.
Note:
If a digital channel is not programmed—
either through the automatic channel scan (
page 26) or the Channel add function (
page
27)—you will have to tune the RF channel using
the Channel Number and dash (
) on the
remote control.
Switching between two channels
using Channel Return
The Channel Return feature allows you to switch
between two channels without entering an actual
channel number each time.
1
Select the first channel you want to view.
2
Select a second channel using the Channel
Number buttons (and the dash (
) button if
selecting a digital channel).
3
Press
on the remote control. The previous
channel will display. Each time you press
, the
TV will switch back and forth between the last two
channels that were tuned.
Note:
If you press
from a non-antenna
input, the TV will return to the last-viewed input.
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