9.1.1 Making use of PERSONAL button ... 9.1.2 Making use of PICTURE menu ... Congratulations on your purchase of Palsonic's HDTV ready. We recommend that you thoroughly read this manual before use to fully enjoy the many functions and excellent effects of this equipment.
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9.1.3 Making use of DYNAMIC button ... 9.1.4 Making use of P.SCAN button ... 9.1.5 Making use of STILL button ... 9.1.6 Making use of PHOTO button ... 9.1.7 Making use of PANORAMA button ... 9.2 Sound adjustment ... 9.2.1 Bass/Treble adjustment ... 9.2.2 BALANCE adjustment ...
Note: This set can be operated on an AC power of 240V, 50Hz. You must not use a power supply of any other type. When any unusual situation occurs, turn off the power supply at once and remove the plug from the wall outlet.
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High voltage exists in this TV set. Do not remove the cover. Do not cover the ventilating hole in the cabinet Keep a space of more than 5 cm from the walls to the TV set to ensure adequate ventilation. If the power cord or the plug is damaged contact a qualified service department for service.
POWER SWITCH TV/AV MENU VOL- VOL+ 1. TV/AV button: Open the signal source selection menu. 2. CH- button: Select a lower position number. 3. CH+ button: Select a higher position number. 4. MENU button: Enter into the menu. 5. VOL- button: Lower the volume 6.
2.4 Remote Controller Button function: Power on/standby Scan mode selection To caption moving into 4 successive frozen frames STATIC/MOVING picture mode selection Still the current picture Channel preview Channel up/down In menu operation used to move the cursor upward or downward.
3. Installation 3.1 Antenna Connection To ensure a bright-coloured and clear picture use an outdoor antenna or CATV cable. Note: In case of using the Twin-lead aerial feeder (300 ) for UHF/VHF aerial, use a 300-75 ohm adaptor (not supplied). When using the coaxial cable (not supplied) (75 ) for UHF/VHF aerial, connect the plug into the 75 ohm aerial socket directly.
3.2 Battery installation Open the battery compartment cover. Follow these precautions when using batteries in this device: 1. Use only the size and type of batteries specified. 2. Be sure to follow the correct polarity when installing the batteries as indicated in the battery compartment.
3.4 External Equipment connections 3.4.1 To connect AV input terminals You can connect video equipments such as a VTR and video camera to this TV and enjoy the high quality picture and sound. If your video equipment has a S-VIDEO output terminal, connect it to the S-VIDEO input terminal (special S-VIDEO type) of the unit.
3.4.2 To connect DVD input terminals The figure below shows how to connect the DVD input terminals of the TV set to the DVD Player, Laser Disk Player, etc. DVD Player, Laser Disk Player etc. COMPONENT AUDIO VIDEO OUTPUT OUTPUT Press AV/TV button to display the signal source selection menu and select YCbCr mode.
3.4.4 To connect XGA input interface The figure below shows how to connect the set to the computer through XGA interface. THE SET'S REAR Press AV/TV button to display the signal source selection menu and select HDTV-XGA mode. At this time the screen will display information from the computer.
4. Switching on/off Press the main POWER SWITCH (1) the red power indicator lights up, the set is in standby mode. Press the POWER button (2) on the remote controller to turn on the set, and the power indicator turns to yellow. Or you can directly press CH+ / CH- button on the set to turn on the set.
6. Brief menu operation and introduction Note: In menu operation, pressing MENU button or waiting for 15 seconds can exit the menu. For more details refer to the following pages. Joins page 12A Enhanced Press CH or MENU button Press CH button Press C Press CH...
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Joins page 12 TV Operation (RF mode) Press CH or MENU button Press CH button Press VOL Press VOL button Press VOL button Press VOL button Press CH Press CH button or MENU button Joins page 12 The PICTURE menu includes the following items: Contrast, Bright, Colour, Peaking ,Tint Matrix, CTI, COMB, DNR, SVM...
7. Channel Presetting If you have preset the channels, you can directly watch TV programs after turning on the set. If not, then preset channels in one of the following ways. 7.1 AUTO TUNE Method 1: Press MENU button (1) to enter into the main menu. Press VOL or VOL button (2) to select PRESET menu, press CH...
7.2 Manual search (2 ) (2 ) Press VOL button (2 ) to search channels from current channel to lower channel, press button (2 ) to search from current channel to higher channel. When a channel is located, the searching stops, this channel is then memorised with the preset channel number. If the channel is not the one you desire, please keep pressing continue searching.
7.3 To skip unnecessary position numbers After presetting the channels, you can skip unnecessary position numbers so that only the channels you want to watch are selected with CH or CH button. Press the number button (4) or CH button (3) to select a channel number you want to skip.
7.4.2 FINE TUNE Press the number buttons (4) or button (3) to select the channel you want to fine-tune. Enter into the PRESET menu, press CH button (3) to select Fine tune, then press and hold the or VOL button (2) to begin fine-tune until the optimum picture and sound is achieved.
7.6.2 The setting of colour system Press the number buttons (4) or CH button (3) to select the channel you need to set the colour system. Enter into the PRESET menu, press button (3) to select SYSTEM, then press VOL button (2) to select proper colour system.
You can select your desired TV program by one of the following methods. To select a one-digit position number (1) Press -/-- button to display "-" on the top right screen. To select a two-digit position number (1) Press -/-- button to display "--" on the top right screen.
8.2 Using the CH or CH Press CH (1) to select higher position numbers; CH (2) to select lower ones. 8.3 Using the PREVIOUS channel button ( Press the button on the remote controller can swap the current viewed channel with the previous one.
9.1.1 Making use of PERSONAL button Bright Soft Personal Standard 9.1.2 Making PICTURE menu Note: When watching moving pictures, do not set DNR to MID or HIGH, otherwise the receiving effects will be affected. *TINT is only for NTSC system. *There is no COMB item when in YCbCr or S-VIDEO input mode.
ITEM CONTRAST BRIGHT COLOUR PEAKING *TINT MATRIX *COMB 9.1.3 Making use of DYNAMIC button Press DYNAMIC button to switch the set between STATIC picture and DYNAMIC MOVING picture mode according to the type of the program you are watching. For example, if you are watching programs in which characters are main and moving and changing are less such as stock information, selecting STATIC is suggested.
9.1.7 Making use of PANORAMA button Press PANORAMA button to cycle through 16:9 Mode/PANORAMA/4:3 Mode /ZOOM/TITLE and select your desired screen aspect ratio. When you switch to other programs, the screen aspect ratio will restore to the default one. If you PANORAMA wish to keep your selected screen aspect ratio even when changing programs, please enter into the OPTION menu and select Default item to set the default...
9.2 Sound adjustment Press the MENU button (1) to enter into the main menu, press select SOUND menu. Press CH button (3) to cycle through the menu and select the desired adjusting item, press button (2) to adjust. 9.2.1 Bass/Treble adjustment In SOUND menu select BASS or TREBLE, press level.
9.2.4 Making use of LOUDNESS In SOUND menu select LOUDNESS, press (2) to select LOUDNESS ON/OFF. When selecting LOUDNESS ON, you can let the ears enjoy enough bass and treble even if the volume is lower. 9.2.5 Volume adjustment and sound mute MUTE 9.2.6 NICAM function This set can identify NICAM program.
10. TIMER setting The TIMER setting you have made will restore to default value in about 6 seconds after you turn off the set. Press the MENU button (1) to display the main menu, press VOL or VOL to select TIMER menu, press CH to cycle through the menu and select the desired item.
10.3 ALARM timer This function allows the to alarm automatically at the preset time. The setting steps are as follows: Press CH or CH button (3) to select Alarm, then press VOL or VOL to set the amount of time after which you want the TV to alarm (range from 10-240 minutes and in 10-minute step).
11. Making use of OPTION menu Press the MENU button (1) to display the main menu, press VOL or VOL button (2) to select OPTION menu. Press button (3) to cycle through the menu and select the desired item. 11.1 OSD language selection In OPTION menu, press CH or CH ENGLISH item, press...
11.4 Default screen aspect ratio setting Making use of this function can set the default screen aspect ratio. Enter into the OPTION menu, press or CH button (3) to select Default, press VOL or VOL button (2) to cycle through 16:9, PANORAMA, 4:3, ZOOM, TITLE and make your choice to set the default screen aspect ratio.
11.8 Colour bar signal The colour bar signal is an alignment signal used by service personnel to check the set, and common user is suggested not to use it. Enter into the OPTION menu, press CH (3) to select COLOUR BAR, then press VOL button (2) to open ( ) or shut off ( X )the colour bar.
You can connect video equipments such as a VCD, VTR to this TV and enjoy the program playbacked by the video equipment. Press the AV/TV button to display the signal source selection menu and then select video mode. Normally when watching VCR (video cassette recorder) program, the picture is normal, selecting VCR X (OFF) is OK.
Menu operation in YCbCr mode You can connect the set to DVD or other equipment with YCbCr terminal. Press the AV/TV button (4) to display the signal source selection menu and then select YCbCr. Note: as regards to the menu operation and menu item adjustment in YCbCr mode, please refer to the instructions described in the previous pages.
Operation in HDTV mode When the signal source is input through XGA interface or YPbPr terminals, then the set will work in HDTV mode MENU (1) on the set or MENU (1) on the remote controller: It is used to call up OSD menu, or to enter or exit from the selected menu item after OSD menu is activated.
13. Signal source selection If you previously watch programs in RF mode and now you want to watch HDTV programs, please first press the AV/TV button (4) call up the signal source selection menu, press the CH or CH button (3) to select HDTV-XGA or YPbPr, and press VOL or VOL button (2) to confirm your choice.
Press MENU button The selected icon's colour will change and twinkle Press MENU button to enter into SCREEN ADJUST menu H-PHASE H-SIZE EXIT 6500K 9300K 14. OSD menu introduction Screen Adjust Menu V-PHASE V-SIZE PIN-BALANCE (SELECTED ITEM NAME) * * * * * (ADJUSTMENT ITEM'S RANGE/POSITION) ENGLISH DEGAUSS...
14.1 Menu introduction CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS H-SIZE H-PHASE V-SIZE V-PHASE PI N-BALANCE PINCUSHION TRAPEZOID PARALLELOGRAM H-MOIRE V-MOIRE ROTATION RECALL ENGLISH/CHINESE DEGAUSS 9300K 6500K EXIT Notes: When the HD monitor gets signal from external equipment (such as Set top box, computer, DVD, etc. ) through XGA interface or YPbPr terminals, because of signal difference, the screen colour may not be in optimum state, this time, you can adjust get satisfying colour.
14.2 Contrast, Brightness adjustment Press MENU button (1) to call up the OSD main menu. Press CH button (3) or CH move the cursor upward or downward and select (Contrast) or (The colour of the selected icon will change and glitter). Press MENU (1) to enter into the submenu.
14.5 Screen adjustment The screen adjustment includes H-SIZE, H-PHASE, V-SIZE, V-PHASE, PIN-BALANCE, PINCUSHION, TRAPEZOID, PARALLELOGRAM. H-MOIRE, V-MOIRE, ROTATION, etc. Press MENU button to call up the main menu, press CH or CH the cursor to SCREEN ADJUST icon. Press MENU button again to enter into SCREEN ADJUST sub-menu.
In factory the set has been set with multi display modes which are frequently-used at present. (See 17. Specifications on page 40 ). With the development of digital processing technology, in the future there are external equipment with different display modes. If user discovers the input signal's display mode is different, while the horizontal and vertical frequency accords with the requirement of the set, the set can also support this display mode.
16. Troubleshooting Guide Before calling service personnel, please check the following chart for a possible cause to the trouble you are experiencing. Symptoms The screen has no content, the power indicator is not lit up. The screen has no content, the power indicator is red.
Monitor Display field Horizontal frequency Colour temperature RGB bandwidth Video adaptor card XGA cable TV system CATV Search Picture S-video/Video/Audio input RF IN, DVD IN AV OUT Additional functions The whole unit Power supply Power consumption Sound output External control mode Surround sound Full function remote control Dimensions...