Toshiba 42HP66 Owner's Manual - English - Page 5

Introduction Connecting your TV Setting up your TV FCC Declaration of Conformity Compliance Statement (Part 15): The Toshiba 42HP66/50HP66 Plasma Color Televisions comply with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation. The party responsible for compliance to these rules is: Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. 82 Totowa Rd. Wayne, NJ 07470. Ph: 1-800-631-3811 or visit TACP's website at www.tacp.Toshiba.com Note: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference 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 reception, which can be determined by removing and applying power to the equipment, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: - Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. - Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver. - Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. - Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help. CAUTION: Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by Toshiba could void the user's authority to operate this equipment. Important notes about your Plasma TV The following symptoms are not signs of malfunction, but 5) Possible Adverse Effects on Plasma Display: Like all rather technical limitations of plasma TV technology. phosphor-based display devices and all gas-based plasma displays, the display of this Plasma TV may be susceptible 1) The display of this Plasma TV radiates infrared rays. It may to permanent ghost images (also known as phosphor affect other infrared communication equipment under burn-in) under certain circumstances. Certain operating certain operating conditions. conditions may accelerate the potential for phosphor burn- in, including but not limited to the following: 2) Under certain conditions, the display of this Plasma TV • Displaying fixed (non-moving) images, including but may cause interference with the audio and/or video of not limited to PIP/POP windows, closed captions, video certain types of electronic equipment that easily receive game patterns, TV station logos, stock tickers, and electromagnetic waves (e.g., AM radios and video websites. equipment.) In particular, the display of this Plasma TV may • Displaying special formats that do not use the entire affect certain types of electronic equipment that are screen, including but not limited to widescreen or located beyond the area where the Plasma TV is being letterbox format media viewed on a 4:3 aspect ratio used. display (with gray or black bars at the top and bottom of the screen) and 4:3 aspect ratio format media viewed on 3) The display panel of this Plasma TV is manufactured using a widescreen/16:9 aspect ratio display (with gray or an extremely high level of precision technology; however, black bars on the left and right sides of the screen.) occasionally some parts of the screen may be missing picture elements and/or have luminous spots. To minimize the potential for the occurrence of phosphor burn-in, Toshiba recommends the following: 4) You can enjoy playing video games on this Plasma TV; • Display a moving image on the display of your Plasma however, certain video games that utilize so-called "light TV whenever possible. gun" joysticks for shooting at on-screen targets may not • Always turn off the power of your Plasma TV when you work with this Plasma TV. are finished using it. • Reduce the Brightness and Contrast levels as much as possible without impairing image quality. • Enable the Long Life settings (see page 38.) • Try to display images that have many colors and color gradations (i.e., photographic or photo-realistic images.) • Try to display images that have minimal contrast between light and dark areas (e.g., avoid white characters on black backgrounds.) • Try to avoid displaying images that have few colors and/ or that have distinct, sharply defined borders between colors. 5 Using the TV's Features Appendix 3X70701A_En_p02-09 5 3/7/06, 6:23 PM