Toshiba 42HL196 Operation Guide - Page 3

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Contents FCC Declaration of Conformity Compliance Statement (Part 15 2 Important notes about your LCD TV 2 Trademark Information 2 Chapter 1: Introduction 5 Welcome to Toshiba 5 Features of your new TV 5 Overview of steps for installing, setting up, and using your new TV 6 TV front and side panel controls and connections 7 TV back panel connections 8 Chapter 2: Using the remote control 10 Installing the remote control batteries 10 Remote control effective range 10 Learning about the remote control 11 Remote Control functional key chart 13 Using the remote control to operate your other devices . . . . 15 Programming the remote control to operate your other devices 15 Device code setup 15 Searching and sampling the code of a device (8500). . . 16 Using the volume lock feature (8000 16 Operational feature reset (8900 16 Multi-brand remote control device codes 17 Chapter 3: Menu layout and navigation 21 Main menu layout 21 Setup/Installation menu layout 22 THINC menu layout 23 Navigating the menu system 23 Chapter 4: Setting up your TV 24 Selecting the menu language 24 Configuring the antenna input sources for the ANT 1 and ANT 2 terminals 24 Programming channels into the TV's channel memory . . . . 25 Programming channels automatically 25 Manually adding and deleting channels in the channel memory 26 Setting the time and date 27 Setting the HDMI™ audio mode 27 Viewing the CableCARD™ menu 28 Viewing the digital signal meter 28 Viewing the system status 29 Chapter 5: Using the TV's features 30 Selecting the video input source to view 30 Labeling the video input sources 30 Tuning channels 31 Tuning channels using the Channel Browser 31 Tuning to the next programmed channel 33 Tuning to a specific channel (programmed or unprogrammed 33 Switching between two channels using Channel Return 34 Switching between two channels using SurfLock™. . . . 34 Selecting the picture size 35 Scrolling the TheaterWide® picture (TheaterWide 2 and 3 only 36 Using the auto aspect ratio feature 37 Selecting the cinema mode (480i signals only 37 Using the POP features 38 Using the POP double-window feature 38 Switching the speaker audio (left or right 39 POP double-window aspect ratio 39 Using the FREEZE feature 39 Adjusting the picture 40 Selecting the picture mode 40 Adjusting the picture quality 40 Using the closed caption mode 41 Closed Caption Advanced 41 Digital closed captions 42 Using the Closed Caption button on the remote control 42 Adjusting the audio 42 Muting the sound 42 Using the digital audio selector 42 Selecting stereo/SAP broadcasts 43 Adjusting the audio quality 43 Using the StableSound® feature 44 Selecting the optical audio output format 44 Using the Locks menu 45 Entering the PIN code 45 If you cannot remember your PIN code 45 Changing your PIN code 45 Blocking TV programs and movies by rating (V-Chip 46 Downloading an additional rating system for blocking TV programs and movies 46 Blocking channels 47 Unlocking programs temporarily 48 Using the input lock feature 48 Using the GameTimer 49 Using the control panel lock feature 49 Setting the sleep timer 50 Setting the On/Off Timer 50 Using the PC setting feature 51 Setting the PC Audio mode 51 Displaying TV status information using RECALL 52 Understanding the auto power off feature 52 Understanding the last mode memory feature 52 Chapter 6: Using the TV's advanced features 53 Using the advanced picture settings features 53 Using dynamic contrast 53 Using CableClear® digital noise reduction 53 Using MPEG noise reduction 54 Selecting the color temperature 54 Using the Game Mode feature 55 Using the advanced audio settings features 55 Using the SRS WOW™ surround sound feature 55 (continued) 3

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Contents
FCC Declaration of Conformity Compliance Statement
(Part15): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Important notes about your LCD TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Trademark Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Welcome to Toshiba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features of your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview of steps for installing, setting up, and
using your new TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TV front and side panel controls and connections . . . . . . . . . 7
TV back panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Chapter 2: Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Installing the remote control batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Remote control effective range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Learning about the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Remote Control functional key chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using the remote control to operate your other devices . . . . 15
Programming the remote control to operate
your other devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Device code setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Searching and sampling the code of a device (8500). . . 16
Using the volume lock feature (8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Operational feature reset (8900). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Multi-brand remote control device codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 3: Menu layout and navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Main menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setup/Installation menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
THINC menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Navigating the menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Chapter 4: Setting up your TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
Selecting the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Configuring the antenna input sources for the
ANT 1 and ANT 2 terminals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Programming channels into the TV’s channel memory . . . . 25
Programming channels automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Manually adding and deleting channels in the channel
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Setting the time and date. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Setting the HDMI
audio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Viewing the CableCARD
menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Viewing the digital signal meter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Viewing the system status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 5: Using the TV’s features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Selecting the video input source to view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Labeling the video input sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tuning channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tuning channels using the Channel Browser
. . . . . . . 31
Tuning to the next programmed channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Tuning to a specific channel (programmed or
unprogrammed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Switching between two channels
using Channel Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching between two channels using SurfLock
. . . . 34
Selecting the picture size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Scrolling the TheaterWide
®
picture
(TheaterWide 2 and 3 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Using the auto aspect ratio feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Selecting the cinema mode (480i signals only) . . . . . . . . . . 37
Using the POP features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using the POP double-window feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Switching the speaker audio (left or right). . . . . . . . . . . 39
POP double-window aspect ratio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using the FREEZE feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Adjusting the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Selecting the picture mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Adjusting the picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Using the closed caption mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Closed Caption Advanced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Digital closed captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the Closed Caption button on the
remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Adjusting the audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Muting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the digital audio selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Selecting stereo/SAP broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Adjusting the audio quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using the StableSound
®
feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Selecting the optical audio output format . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Using the Locks menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Entering the PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
If you cannot remember your PIN code. . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Changing your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Blocking TV programs and movies
by rating (V-Chip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Downloading an additional rating system
for blocking TV programs and movies . . . . . . . . . . 46
Blocking channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Unlocking programs temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the input lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Using the GameTimer
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Using the control panel lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Setting the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Setting the On/Off Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Using the PC setting feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Setting the PC Audio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Displaying TV status information using RECALL . . . . . . . 52
Understanding the auto power off feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Understanding the last mode memory feature . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 6: Using the TV’s advanced features . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Using the advanced picture settings features . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using dynamic contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using CableClear
®
digital noise reduction . . . . . . . . . . 53
Using MPEG noise reduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Selecting the color temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Using the Game Mode feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the advanced audio settings features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Using the SRS WOW
surround sound feature . . . . . . 55
(continued)