Table Of Contents - Zenith D27D53T Operating Manual & Warranty

Table of Contents

Read the information below, then turn to page 7 to hook up your Entertainment Machine
Step 1. Hook up external equipment and antenna or cable service wires to the TV. Install batteries in the remote
control. After all connections have been made, plug your TV into standard household power, see pages 7 thru 16.
Step 2. Go to page 18 to EZ program the TV.
Step 3. Set up all other TV options see pages listed below.
Safety Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 - 4
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features on this TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Step 1. Hook Up TV
TV/VCR/Cable Box/Computer and other Equipment Hookup
Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Equipment Connection Options
Antenna, Install batteries in remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cable Service, Install batteries in remote control . . . . . . . . . . 9
Antenna with VCR, Install batteries in remote control . . . . . . 10
Cable Service with VCR, Install batteries in remote control . . . 11
S-VHS VCR-DVD/External Audio Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Component Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Computer Hook up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Caller ID, GUIDE Plus+ connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Front Panel Controls/Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Remote Control Key Functions in TV mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Step 2. Reception Setup and Channel Search
EZ Program: Select Cable service or Air Antenna
and run channel search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
On-Screen Menu Operation with Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Multi-media Hookup Options
Multi-media Source Capabilities
On-Screen Menus/Displays Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 - 23
On-Screen Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Step 3. Customize the TV's Features
Setup Menu (Start with page 18, EZ Program)
Add/Del/Surf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
EZ Clock Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Captions (Caption/Text) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Note: Design and specifications are subject to change without prior notice.
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Entertainment Machine
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Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Source Sub Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Video Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Contrast, Brightness, Color, Tint, Sharpness, Color Temp: . . . .
(Cool, Warm), EZ Picture: (Custom, Normal, Movie, Digital
Pres, Video Game, Sports, Night Time, Weak Signal).
Video Sub Menu, Aspect Ratio and other settings
Audio Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Bass, Treble, Balance, Audio Mode: (Stereo, Mono, SAP),
EZ Bass Front Surround, EZ SoundRite, Speakers, EZ Sound:
(Custom, Normal, Stadium, News, Music, Theater).
Lock (Parental Control Menu) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 - 36
Restricts viewer programming.
Special Menu
EZ Timer: Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
EZ Timer: On/Off Timer Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Channel Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
XDS Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PIP Menu (Setup PIP picture appearance)
Source Sense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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GUIDE Plus+ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Caller ID (Identify incoming caller's phone numbers) . . . . 44
EZ Demo (On-screen menus overview) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
PIP (2-Tuner Picture-in-Picture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 - 47
GUIDE Plus+ Setup/Operation . . . . . . 48 - 49 - 50 - 51 - 52-53
Remote Control Programming
Set up remote to operate other devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Programming Product Brand Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 - 56
Remote Modes Key Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 - 58
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 - 62
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Recommended Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Zenith Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover
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