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Colour Television
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  • Page 1 Colour Television Operating Instructions...
  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Setting timer functions and on-screen displays On-screen displays – TV guide/subtitles Teletext Connecting other equipment Loudspeakers/HiFi system Videorecorders/camcorders/decoders Photo CD/Laser Disk/receivers Pay TV decoder Timer recording Operating video recorders Copying Cleaning Channel designations and displays with various standards and countries Loewe Service...
  • Page 4: Introduction

    Thank you and congratulations. You have • Possible integration of a satellite receiver • Sets with a satellite tuner can be chosen a Loewe TV set which gives you the expanded to 200 program memories. in your TV. This means a satellite antenna...
  • Page 5: Positioning And Connecting The Set

    Positioning and Connecting the Set Positioning Safety Instructions • If the set is moved from a cool environ- Position your set so that no bright light or ment to a warm room, do not switch it sunlight falls directly onto the screen. 5 cm on until it has been given reasonable Otherwise the brilliance of the picture will...
  • Page 6: Remote Control

    Remote control functions General information on your TV set – All operating functions and basic The dialog between you and your TV set adjustments can be controlled with the takes place on screen with an operator remote control. menu. The buttons on the remote control...
  • Page 7: Operating For The First Time

    Switching on the TV set Note The on/off switch for Modus and Planus is Press the on/off button Press the on/off button on the TV set, located behind the flap of the local control marked , gently as far as it will go. The panel.
  • Page 8 Antenna/cable France = SECAM-L etc.) and a country- buttons ASTRA specific program sorting are called 2. If the TV set is fitted with a satellite TELECOM Other satellites automatically. receiver and you choose „Antenna/ For Germany, for example, the ARD cable“...
  • Page 9: Switching On/Off - Dialog Language - Features

    Switching on/off – changing the dialog language Press the on/off button on the set: Switching on the TV set Note The on/off switch for Modus and Planus is Press the on/off button on the TV set located behind the flap of the local control gently as far as it will go.
  • Page 10: Automatic Programming

    Automatic programming – choosing the country and reception range Calling the „Station“ menu: „Station“ menu The „Station“ menu contains two possibilities for station search and storage. Press briefly 1. „Auto-programming“; with this function, stations can be searched for and stored automatically in a preselected receiving range, e.g.
  • Page 11 Automatic programming – storage from/start programming Press Notes: 1. If stations have already been stored after Continue by pressing the button. the entered number, these will be Antenna/cable The „Storage from“ line is marked in blue. cleared and replaced by new ones in the CH 36 Start automatic programming.
  • Page 12 NTSC video recorders button and for PAL video recorders which can Mark „Start“ Start play cassettes recorded with NTSC (PAL/ Start „Auto-programming“ with the 60 Hz), e.g. Loewe OC 985. button. The program table is then displayed on screen.
  • Page 13: Program Table - Changing Program Names

    Program table / Changing program names Calling the program table: The program table gives you an at-a-glance view of the stored stations. The program number is displayed on the left and the program name on the right. If a Press program name is displayed in red, this means the program is locked (parental lock active).
  • Page 14 Changing the program name Selecting a program slot: Allocating a program name Select the program slot at which you want P– to enter or change a name, e.g. program If you find a station without a name when slot 00 or 000, with the paging through with the buttons, P–...
  • Page 15: Sorting Programs

    Sorting programs – moving Sorting programs Changing the program assignment Call the menu The „Sort“ menu enables you to sort stored programs or delete programs as you Select the wish. You can also insert programs, the program name is deleted. You can store other Press „Station“...
  • Page 16 Sorting programs – deleting and inserting Delete programs: Delete name and program data Call the „Sort“ menu Press; the „Station“ line must be Call the „Sort“ menu, press the button. marked in blue The „Station“ line must be marked in blue, Mark the „Sort“...
  • Page 17: Searching For And Storing Station

    Searching for and storing station Calling the the „Station - search and The „Station - search and store“ menu enables you to store further stations later in store“ menu: addition to those already stored. The following functions can be executed: 1.
  • Page 18: Station Search/Tv Norm

    P– and for PAL video recorders which can play cassettes recorded with NTSC (PAL/ 3. Enter the selected norm, press the Search and store 60 Hz), e.g. Loewe OC 985. button. Auto.-BG Channel V/UHF O8 Now you can set a station channel or...
  • Page 19: Fine Tuning/Program Name/Storing

    Station search and store Calling the „Fine tuning“ menu: Fine tuning of the station The TV sets itself automatically to the best picture quality (AFC). In the unlikely event that the picture needs to be adjusted, e.g. for the video recorder station, you can change the Select the „Fine“...
  • Page 20: Daily Operation Of The Set - Programs

    Daily operation of the set – switching on/off – changing programs Switching on the set: This part of the operating instructions deals essentially with the program selection, adjustment of contrast, brightness, colour, sound functions and useful additional functions. Switching on, switching off Note: If neither the red nor the green lamp is If the red standby lamp on the set is alight,...
  • Page 21: Adjusting The Picture

    Daily operation of the set – adjusting the picture/contrast, brightness, sharpness Adjusting the contrast: Adjusting the picture You may want to adjust the contrast, brightness or intensity of colour occasionally – with the remote control depending on the light conditions in the room. The remote control can be used for making all these adjustments.
  • Page 22: Adjusting The Colour

    Daily operation of the set – picture format 4:3, 16:9, Cinema, Zoom/adjusting the colour Selecting the picture format: Selecting the picture format Most TV productions are broadcast in 4:3 Press the Picture functions button picture format at present. This matches the Press several times until a picture until the last but one line of the picture picture format of most TV sets.
  • Page 23: Freeze/Dlc

    Colour noise in the TV picture e.g. due to bad reception, can be eliminated or considerably is marked in white reduced with the DNC (Digital Noise Control). Your TV set is swiched on (1) at the factory Press the Colour functions button until which generally guarantees optimum <DNC>...
  • Page 24: Adjusting The Sound

    Daily operation of the set – adjusting the sound/volume/treble-bass Adjusting the sound Adjusting the volume: All the sound functions can be adjusted with the remote control. Only the volume can be With the remote control adjusted on the set. quieter louder Numeric values are displayed as a guide Volume...
  • Page 25 „Nicam“ sound norm sound for mono: The function < > (wide/depth of sound) can The TV set must be equipped with a Nicam be switched on or off. decoder in order to receive the Nicam Select < > Off line Switch wide/depth of sound: sound norm.
  • Page 26: Listening With Headphones

    Daily operation of the set – switching off sound/headphones Switching off the loudspeaker sound: Switching sound off, on The loudspeaker sound is switched off and <Mute> displayed in red for a few seconds on pressing the Mute button . Press the button again to switch the sound back Mute The sound can also be switched back on...
  • Page 27: Factory Setup

    TV setup - picture/sound – normal picture and sound/factory setup Storing normal setup values for picture Normal values for picture and sound and sound: You can set the values for contrast, brightness, sharpness, colour intensity, DNC, volume, treble, bass, balance and headphones volume to meet your own requirements and store Call the menu them as your own personal „Setup values“.
  • Page 28: Tv Setup - Additional Functions

    TV setup – Additional functions – Volume and colour correction Volume and colour correction: Volume and colour correction 1. Select program slot The user menu „TV setup - Special functions“ allows a program-related volume and colour 2. Select menu correction as well as settings for cinch sockets, the used video recorders and the AV sound.
  • Page 29: Parental Lock

    Parental Lock You can lock access to the TV set in different ways: Set and activate the parental lock 1. Lock adult films which the station provides with a code. Call the menu 2 Lock individual programs which you choose yourself.
  • Page 30: Timer Functions

    Timer functions Display - clear time display Time: Time on: Press the Display - clear time display. Time on: Press the button again. If the time is not correct, set the time as described below. Timer functions Setting timer functions: If you want to be reminded of an appointment at a certain time or you want the set to Call the menu switch itself off at a certain time, you can set this function in the „Timer functions“...
  • Page 31: Setting Timer Functions And On-Screen Displays

    Timer functions and setting on-screen displays Volume - alarm signal tone: Volume - alarm signal tone If this function is activated, you will be reminded of „your“ appointment by a continuous Select „Alarm volume“ alarm signal in addition to the time being displayed. –...
  • Page 32: On-Screen Displays - Tv Guide/Subtitles

    On-screen displays - TV guide / Subtitles Display TV guide: TV guide If the set station broadcasts TOP teletext, e.g. ARD or ZDF, or there is a program preview 17:12:42 on a teletext page which you can set (page 301 is preset) for teletext without TOP, you can ask for the title and starting time of the TV broadcast to be displayed.
  • Page 33: Teletext

    Teletext is broadcast in most programs in the TOP operating system (or the FLOF system abroad). Your Loewe TV set supports both these systems. Switch on teletext: Teletext without these systems are also easy to operate with your Loewe TV. Switching on the teletext If you switch back to TV mode from teletext Press the button.
  • Page 34 , or to the next subject. In FLOF to the specified subjects. 5. On overview and index pages or pages Your TV set searches every teletext page Index Aktuelles for a page number and then displays the with references, mark the page numbers...
  • Page 35 Teletext – selecting subpages/multiple pages Selecting subpages/multiple pages Multiple pages are pages which are changed without your intervention. Multiple pages usually consist of several subpages which are identified by a four-digit subpage number in Hold page change 00:00 addition to the three-digit page number. Multiple pages are often recognizable by a reference on the page such as 04/12;...
  • Page 36 Teletext – display modes Teletext display modes If teletext is switched on, you can switch to TV picture without leaving the teletext. Or you can display an enlarged teletext page, uncover hidden texts and display and clear newsflashes. Double character height: 1.
  • Page 37 AV sockets. reception. You can switch to the If your TV set has no satellite tuner, switch programs which these tuners receive with back to TV mode with the buttons. The program button.
  • Page 38 Teletext – program preview settings Creating program preview page: Enter program preview page If you are receiving TV programs without TOP teletext system in which the program Call the menu preview begins at a different page to 301, enter the number of the first page of the program preview in the „TV setup - Teletext“...
  • Page 39: Connecting Other Equipment

    Connecting a HiFi amplifier system Station Video The sockets (Cinch) for a HiFi amplifier system are on the back of the TV set. Timer functions Red socket = right sound channel, white socket = left sound channel. If you connect an...
  • Page 40: Videorecorders/Camcorders/Decoders

    Program slot 00 is preprogrammed specially (short time constant) for good reception of the video recorder channel (CH 36). Select this program slot on the TV set. Most video recorders are set to channel 36 or 37. You can check this by switching on the video recorder’s „test signal“...
  • Page 41 Audio/video playback through the EURO-AV sockets through the EURO-AV socket: Use a commercially available AV cable to connect the TV set to the video recorder. You can play back on the video recorder or record a TV program through the EURO-AV Select „Station“...
  • Page 42: Photo Cd/Laser Disk/Receivers

    Connecting other equipment – selecting video equipment Selecting socket and signal type: Which audio/video equipment can you connect to the EURO-AV sockets or the Call the menu: S-Video socket? Call the „Video - Installation“ menu. You will be given a view of the connectable Select „Video“...
  • Page 43: Pay Tv Decoder

    Press briefly instructions for use. Connect the connecting cable (AV/Scart cable) to the EURO-AV socket 1 on the back of the TV set. The Pay-TV decoder can also display the subscription information (RGB signals) through this socket. Make sure that the decoder is switched on (green pilot lamp on the Premiere decoder)
  • Page 44: Timer Recording

    „VCR programming“ table. Three VCR programming tables are available. A Loewe video recorder connected to the EURO-AV socket can then record this broadcast on timer control. In this way you can also record satellite programs comfortably from the satellite receiver unit of the TV with your Loewe video recorder.
  • Page 45 EURO-AV sockets, you the on/off button, otherwise the timer data 1 ARD 2O:15 21:45 28.O8 on 1 can set AV 1 for one timer and AV 2 for will be lost. If you switch your TV set to --:-- --:-- --.-- --- - the next timer.
  • Page 46: Operating Video Recorders

    Operating the video recorder Call the menu Loewe video recorders connected to the EURO AV socket 1 or 2 can be operated with the TV remote control. Use the coloured buttons and the row of buttons underneath them with Select „Video“...
  • Page 47: Copying

    Connecting other equipment – copying Calling the „Copy functions“ menu: Copying functions The „Copy functions“ menu allows you to set up the copying direction. This saves you Select „Video“ changing over the plugs on the connected equipment. For example: Copying from the EURO-AV socket 1 to EURO-AV socket 2 or from the front Select „Copy functions“...
  • Page 48: Cleaning

    Cleaning It is best to clean the housing of the TV set Cleaning petrol, furniture polish or cleaners and the remote control with a cloth soaked containing abrasives should not be used as in a little plastic cleaner. these may damage the varnish and printing.

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