Metz 63 TF 51, 70 TF 53 Operating Instructions Manual
Metz 63 TF 51, 70 TF 53 Operating Instructions Manual

Metz 63 TF 51, 70 TF 53 Operating Instructions Manual

Metz tv tiros 63 tf 51 100 mt crystal 70 tf 53 100 mt operating instructions

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Tiros
Crystal
TV. VIDEO. AUDIO. MECABLITZ
63 TF 51 – 100 MT
70 TF 53 – 100 MT
Operating Instructions

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  • Page 1 Tiros Crystal TV. VIDEO. AUDIO. MECABLITZ 63 TF 51 – 100 MT 70 TF 53 – 100 MT Operating Instructions...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Index ........53 Your Metz-Werke...
  • Page 3: Remote Control Handset Rb 11

    Remote control handset RB 11 The remote control sends commands to the TV set with the aid of infrared light. For this reason, you should always point the remote control at the TV set for reliable operation. Use of the remote control may interfere with the operation of other devices or systems controlled which use infrared light (such as infrared headphones).
  • Page 4: Setting Up And Connecting

    1. Setting up and connecting Setting up When selecting a suitable place for the TV, be sure that no bright light or sunlight falls on the screen. Light may cause reflections and impair the brilliance of the image. The best viewing distance is five times the picture tube diagonal, e.g.
  • Page 5: Turning The Tv On And Off

    1.1 Turning the TV on and off Turning on with the ON/OFF key Before turning on a cold TV in a warm room, first allow any condensation mist that may have formed on the screen to evaporate. Press the ON/OFF key. Programme position 1 is then selected.
  • Page 6: Tv Menu And Operator Help

    2.1 TV menu and operator help Menu control of the TV, and the versatility of the system, ensure that supposed complicated settings and entries are made easily and clearly comprehensible for everyone. Operator Help can be called with the functions of the individual keys. All settings are entered by way of different submenus.
  • Page 7: Programme Selection

    2.2 Programme selection Press this key on the remote control... 1. Select the programme position (e.g. Prog number 10) -/-- 2. Next programme 3. Last programme PRG. The screen displays Pr - - SAT1 RTL2 PRO7 EUSPO NORD3 MDR3 Pr 13 MONO SWF3 18:15:33 Explanation...
  • Page 8: Presetting Tv Stations

    3. Presetting TV stations The TV is supplied with factory preprogrammed TV stations. However, if you can receive TV stations in your area that are not listed in the station table, then these transmitters can be entered and programmed at any time. You can choose one of the following three programming possibilities: a) Direct channel entry Press this key on the remote...
  • Page 9: Autostore Function

    3. Presetting TV stations The autostore function automatically scans through the entire reception range to locate stations. The located stations are presented in the station table and can then be stored by way of the If you do not like the order in which the stations appear in the station table, you can sort the stations to match your own requirements as described on the next page.
  • Page 10: Sorting Stations

    In the „Sort“ submenu you can move, exchange, copy, or delete the stationss stored in the programme positions. The „Sort“ submenu is displayed automatically after the autostore function has found all available stations. This menu can also be called at any time from the station table display for subsequent modification of the station programming. Press this key on the remote control...
  • Page 11: Fine Tuning

    The individual channels are automatically tuned to channel centre for station tuning. As a rule, this automatic tuning will be sufficient. Apply manual fine tuning if automatic tuning does not produce satisfactory results. Select the programme number at which fine tuning is to be completed. Press this key on the remote control...
  • Page 12: Allocating A Station Logo

    3.3 Allocating a station logo A logical logo consisting of up to 5 characters can be allocated to each station. The station RTL 2, for example, can be allocated the logo RTL 2. Manual logo allocation is not necessary with most stations. The corresponding station logo appears a few seconds after the picture when a station is selected by direct channel entry.
  • Page 13: Changing Individual Picture Settings

    4. Changing individual picture settings Press this key on the remote control... 1. Adjusting the luminance 2. Adjusting the contrast 4.1 Changing individual sound settings Press this key on the remote control... 1. Adjusting the volume 2. Adjusting the treble setting Mono/Stereo/Chann.1/Chann.2 3.
  • Page 14: Adjusting The Video And Audio Standard Values

    4.2 Adjusting the video and audio standard values Press this key on the remote control... MENU 1. Call the TV menu MENU 2. Example 1: Call the „Video MENU standard values“ sub- menu. Adjust and store the luminance. 3. Example 2: Call the „Audio MENU standard values“...
  • Page 15: Equipment Configuration

    5. Equipment configuration The remote control handset has two factory programmed function keys A and B. Press the factory programming. The displayed Operator Help text describes the current programming in the last-but-one paragraph. This programming can be changed according to your requirements in conformity with the displayed selection. This choice is described in the „Glossary“ chapter. Example of programming function key B: In TV mode, the B key is to activate the „subtitles“...
  • Page 16 5. Equipment configuration Press this key on the remote control... 4. Select the function for TV MENU mode (in this example „Subtitles“) 5. Switch to Megatext mode MENU and program the function keys 6. Store the assignments and MENU return to the „Equipment Configuration“...
  • Page 17: Setting For Programme Change

    5. Equipment configuration Press this key on the remote control... MENU 1. Call the settings for programme change MENU blue MENU 2. Set spatial sound when changing programmes yellow MENU 3. Select stereo wide when changing program white 4. Store the settings and return to TV picture The screen displays return...
  • Page 18: Volume Adaptation

    5. Equipment configuration Press this key on the remote control... MENU 1. Call the „Equipment configuration“ menu MENU MENU 2. Set the RGB priority yellow MENU 3. Activate and deactivate the volume adaptation white 4. Store the settings and return to TV picture The screen displays return picture...
  • Page 19: Volume Adjustment And Forced Mono

    6. Volume adjustment and forced mono It is possible for TV stations to be received at different volume levels although the volume level settings on the individual programme positions are identical. To overcome this problem, you can set a volume correction factor for each programme position. Example: Programme 1 is soft: volume value 40.
  • Page 20: Correcting Picture Deviations

    6.1 Correcting picture deviations It is possible for stations to be received with differing levels of chrominance, picture sharpness and contrast, even though the settings on the individual programme positions are identical. For this reason, your TV set enables you to correct the value for each programme position and/or to select a picture correction function (CTI, noise reduction).
  • Page 21: Picture Format

    6.1 Correcting picture deviations Press this key on the remote control... MENU 5. Adjust the colour offset or contrast yellow white 6. Chage the picture format green 7. Store all settings and return to TV picture The screen displays return picture Station table Programme...
  • Page 22: Av Recording

    In the „AV recording“ menu, you can define which of the connected peripheral AV devices are to be used for copying a recording. AV device is a generic term for all external video units, such as video recorders, camcorders,video disk players, photo CD players, etc which can be connected to a TV.
  • Page 23: Video Recorder ➜ Video Recorder

    Example: You wish to copy a film from video recorder 1 to video recorder 2. Press this key on the remote control... MENU 1. Call the AV menu 2. Select the desired AV device MENU (in this example: video rec. 1) yellow EURO2: Video...
  • Page 24: Time Settings

    In the „Time settings“ menu, you can enter settings which will instruct the TV to switch itself on or off, and to display a reminder at a given time. Switching from summer time to winter time and vice versa is carried out automatically by the teletext clock. The switch-on time function will automatically turn on the TV at the preset time if the television is in standby mode.
  • Page 25 Press this key on the remote control... MENU 4. Enter the reminder time (Example: 21.45 hr) white MENU 5. Enter the time manually (Example: 14.24 hr) green 6. Switch to standby mode 8. Time settings The screen displays return picture Help Time settings blue...
  • Page 26: Childlock

    Your TV set can be protected against unauthorized use. It is possible to prevent any use of the television at all or to permit viewing of up to five specific programmes. Consequently, the childlock can be set to prevent a child from seeing violent films, yet still provide access to children’s programmess on selected channels.
  • Page 27: Personal Code

    Press this key on the remote control... 4. Enter your personal code white 5. Enter the beginning and end of the viewing period green 6. Activate the childlock Call the TV menu and enter your personal code 8.1 Childlock The screen displays return picture Help...
  • Page 28: Recording With The Timer

    8.2 Recording with the timer The menu „Timer recording“ is intended primarily for recording Pay-TV programmes (e.g. Premiere) in cases where the decoder is connected to a EURO socket of the TV set. 8 timers can be programmed up to 2 months in advance. Example: A VHS video recorder which has only one EURO socket is connected to the EURO 1 socket of the TV, while a Pay-TV decoder is connected to the EURO 3 socket.
  • Page 29: Connecting Headphones

    9. Connecting headphones Headphones can be connected to the TV by way of the connecting socket underneath the fascia cover at the front. The socket will only accept headphones with a 3,5 mm jack plug. We recommend the use of headphones with an impedance of at least 32 Ohms. Headphones of a lower impedance (down to approx. 8 Ohms) will impair the sound quality.
  • Page 30: Megatext

    Press this key on the remote control... MENU 1. Call Megatext MEGATEXT Übersicht Subj. 2. Select a subject MENU MEGATEXT blue Übersicht Subj. 3. Select a chapter MENU MEGATEXT yellow Übersicht Subj. 6 9 5 - M T 1 - 3 - G B 4.
  • Page 31 Press this key on the remote control... MENU 5. Page-by-page leafing white MENU 6. Chapter-by-chapter leafing yellow MENU 7. Subject-by-subject leafing blue 10. Megatext The screen displays Mark: next Card index Help 301 ARD/ZDF Mi. 5.10.93 10:52:00 Dienstag, 5. Oktober 1993 05.55 Käpt'n Blaubär 06.00...
  • Page 32: Multiple Pages

    Press this key on the remote control... MENU 1. Recognizing multiple pages >> MENU 2. Selecting subpages MENU -/-- 6 9 4 - 0 0 G - D 10. Megatext The screen displays Mark: next Card index Help 422 ARD/ZDF Di. 12.10.93 13:08:00 börse frankfurt Fortlaufende Notierungen 12.10.93...
  • Page 33: Direct Page Selection

    Press this key on the remote control... MENU 1. Select the subject MEGATEXT blue Übersicht Subj. 6 9 5 - M T 2 - G B MENU 2. Select the chapter MEGATEXT Aktuelles yellow Übersicht Subj. 6 9 5 - M T 3 - G B 3.
  • Page 34: Return To Last Index Page

    Press this key on the remote control... 5. Return to TV picture MENU Return to last index page Suppressing news-flash pages white 696+12A-D 10. Megatext The screen displays 10. Megatext next Card index Mark: Help 300 ARD/ZDF Mi. 29.09.93 13:49:00 HEUTE vormittag JETZT IM...
  • Page 35: Doubling The Font Size

    Press this key on the remote control... 1. Select double font size, e.g. press the B* key 2. Scroll the page upwards, e.g. press the B* key 3. Scroll the page further, e.g. press the B* key 4. Return to normal font size 10.
  • Page 36: Setting Marks

    There will be certain Megatext pages, e.g. stock market, news, weather forecast, etc., that you will want to read repeatedly. We have pro- grammed a way of making it easier to read such pages. 10 marks per position can be set on each of the first ten programme positions. These marks can be set on any desired text page of your choice, and they can be erased at any time.
  • Page 37 Press this key on the remote control... MENU 4. Set the second mark MARKE 2 >> 5. Set further marks MENU e.g. page 110 6. Return to TV picture 10. Megatext The screen displays Mark: next Card index Help 422 ARD/ZDF Di. 12.10.93 13:08:00 börse frankfurt Fortlaufende Notierungen 12.10.93...
  • Page 38: Mark-By-Mark Advance

    Press this key on the remote control... 1. From TV picture to MENU the first mark MARKE 1 INFO 2. Step forward to the MENU next mark MARKE 2 INFO >> green 3. Return to TV picture INFO 10. Megatext The screen displays Mark: next...
  • Page 39: Erasing Marks

    Press this key on the remote control... 1. Call the desired page MENU e.g. page 422/2 MARKE 2 INFO green >> MENU 2. Erase the mark >> 3. Return to TV picture 10. Megatext The screen displays Mark: next Card index Help 422 ARD/ZDF Di.
  • Page 40: Subtitles

    This TV enables you to display programme subtitles automatically. For this purpose one of the two A or B function keys must be programmed on the remote control handset. Please refer to Section „Equipment configuration - Assigning the function keys“ for programming. The subtitles will only be displayed automatically after a function key has been programmed accordingly.
  • Page 41: Special Picture Effects

    11. Special picture effects All programmes that are not transmitted in the traditional 4:3 screen format, such as cinema films in Cinemascope or Super-Cinemascope or 16:9 format, have black bars at the top and bottom of the screen. With the zoom function, you can increase the size of the picture and make the black bars disappear. Although this also causes part of the picture to move off the screen at each side, the resulting loss of information is slight and less disturbing than the black bars.
  • Page 42: Frame Freeze

    11. Special picture effects Press this key on the remote control... 1. Activating frame freeze 2. Deactivating frame freeze 12. Operation without remote control This mode is only intended for an emergency when the battery in the remote control handset is flat, or if the remote control is not available.
  • Page 43: Connecting Peripheral Equipment

    TV set (rear view) Euro 2 Euro 2 Phono-Scart cable for VHS-Scart or S-VHS-Scart connection e.g. hama Item No. 42387 or hama Item No. 42394 Metz-cable 087928019 only for copying S-VHS/Hi-8 films from EURO 2 to AV 3 In (phono input) Camcorders Videorecorders...
  • Page 44: Connecting External Devices

    13. Equipment configuration In the menu „Device connection“, you can define which AV devices are connected to the various sockets on the TV set. The box „Devices“ contains a list of common AV devices. Only certain devices can be connected to the FRONT sockets. Wherever possible, the AV devices should be connected to specific EURO sockets, namely: EURO 1: S-VHS or VHS play back video recorder , S-VHS or VHS camcorder (videocamera), PC, games console ( e.g.
  • Page 45 13. Connecting peripheral equipment Video recorder A video recorder can be connected to the TV set via the aerial socket or via one of the EURO sockets. We recommend connecting the video recorder via a EURO (Scart) socket, since only these sockets have separate inputs and out- puts for the video and audio signals.
  • Page 46: Video Recorders/Video Signal

    13. Connecting peripheral equipment In the following example, video recorder 1 is to be connected to the EURO 2 socket. Video recorder 1 is programmed in the factory on programme position 0. For this reason, connect the video recorder via a EURO cable to the EURO 2 socket, insert a recorded cassette, press the key and select programme position 0 on the TV set.
  • Page 47: Video Recorders

    13. Connecting peripheral equipment Connecting a video recorder via the aerial socket • Connect the aerial output (RF-out) of the video recorder to the aerial socket of your TV by means of the aerial cable. • Load a recorded video cassette in the video recorder. •...
  • Page 48: Pay Tv Decoder (E.g. Premiere)

    13. Connecting peripheral equipment Pay-TV decoder This Pay-TV decoder decodes the scrambled signals of a Pay-TV station (e.g. Premiere) so that they can be displayed on the screen of the TV set. For connection of a Pay-TV decoder, you need a EURO (=Scart) cable in which all 21 pins are assigned. If you want to record Pay-TV programmes with a video recorder, we recommend that you connect the Pay-TV decoder directly to the video recorder.
  • Page 49 13. Connecting peripheral equipment For the following explanation it is assumed that the Pay-TV decoder A (Premiere) is connected to the EURO 3 socket. The following settings must be made on the TV set: Press this key on the remote control...
  • Page 50: Technical Data

    14. Technical data Mains voltage: 230 V ac, 50/60 Hz - Australia: 240 V ac Power consumption: Music power output to DIN 45324 Power consumption (to CENELEC/TC 59 X): all TV- ca. 110 W sets Consumption of energy per hour: 110 Wh Standby (all sets): ca.
  • Page 51: Glossary

    2-channel sound transmission: Separate reproduction of 2 sound channels, e.g. 2 different lan- guages. Audio Latin for „I hear“ - The sound frequency range audible to the human ear is between 60 to 20,000 Hz approx. Camcorder A video camera with integrated video recorder. Cinch (phono) Single-pole plug connector for separate audio and/or video copying.
  • Page 52: Remote Control Handset For Video Recorders

    16. Remote control handset for video recorders The remote controls RB11 are capable of controlling the basic functions of the current series of Metz video recorders. Remember to point the remote control at the video recorder ! In order to permit control of a video recorder, function key B for the TV level must be programmed to „VTR operation“ in the menu „Equipment configuration/Assigning the function keys“...
  • Page 53: Index

    ccess to riddle solution ....40 Aerial connection ......4 Allocating a station logo .
  • Page 54 Quality – A matter of principle. With the trend-setting Metz technology you will allways make the correct choice. See your Metz dealer. He will be happy to demonstrate the current Metz range. Metz. Always first class. TV. VIDEO. AUDIO. MECABLITZ Metz-Werke GmbH &...

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