- they have been written to ensure you get the very best from your purchase. For clarity, throughout this user guide, the GTV14T4DVD 14” colour television with DVD player will be referred to as “the unit”.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Contents Introduction.................... 2 Safety is Important................. 2 Safety Instructions ................. 4 Getting Started..................6 Aerial Connection ................... 6 The Remote Control................6 Switching On ..................7 Switching Off ..................8 Screen Saver ..................
GTV14T4DVD Safety Instructions WARNING: ENSURE THAT YOU READ ALL OF THE SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE USING YOUR UNIT. Safety Considerations • Position the power lead, and other connected leads, so that they are not likely to be walked on, pinched or where items can be placed on or against them.
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Safety Instructions - Continued Servicing • There are no user serviceable parts in your unit. • When servicing, refer to qualified service personnel. • Consult your dealer if you are ever in doubt about the installation, operation, or safety of your unit.
GTV14T4DVD Getting Started Remove your unit carefully from the box. You may wish to store the packaging for future use. In the Box Included in this package should be: Colour Television with DVD Player Remote Control (including batteries) User Guide...
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER We recommend the use of Ever Ready batteries. Using the Remote Control To use the remote control, point it at the front of the unit, towards the sensor which is situated on the front of the unit by the power LED. The remote control will work up to 6 metres from the unit and at an angle of up to 30 degrees.
GTV14T4DVD Standby When the unit is in the standby mode, press the STANDBY button to switch on. To switch the unit back to Standby mode press the STANDBY button. Switching Off Press the POWER button on the front panel of the unit.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Quick View Power LED Remote Control Sensor Power Button Disc Tray Volume Control Button +/- Channel Control Button +/- TV/AV Mode Button Play/Pause Button Disc Tray Open/Close Button Video In - RCA Audio In - RCA (Left Channel) Menu Button Audio In - RCA...
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GTV14T4DVD Quick View (cont.) Video In Audio In (Left Channel) Audio In (Right Channel) Aerial Socket Audio Out (Right Channel) Audio Out (Left Channel) Video Out SCART Socket 2 (DVD Out) SCART Socket 1 (TV In/Out) Coaxial Output Optical Output...
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Remote Control (TV Mode) Standby Button (p6) AV mode (p13) DVD/TV Mode (p34) Shift LED (p34) Shift Button (p34) Picture Patterns (p26) Mute Button (P23) Numeric Buttons (p23) Multi-Digit Button (p23) Return Button (p23) Display Button (23) Setup Menu Sound Setup Menu (p27)
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GTV14T4DVD Remote Control (TELETEXT Mode) Standby Button (p6) DVD/TV Mode (p34) Shift LED (p34) Shift Button (p34) Double Height Text Button (p33) Text on Picture Button (p31) Text On/Off Button (p31) Eastern/Western European display Language Button (p33) Hold Button (p31)
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Remote Control (DVD Mode) Standby Button (p6) DVD/TV Mode (p34) Shift LED (p34) Shift Button (p34) Picture Patterns (p26) Numeric Buttons (p23) Mute Button (p23) Go To Button (p39) Multi-Digit Button Display Button (p34) (p23) Subtitle Button (p39) Setup Menu Button (p45)
GTV14T4DVD Compatible Discs Your unit can play discs that are marked with the following logos: 12cm Compact Disc Recordable Discs. 12cm Compact Disc Re-Writeable Discs. 8cm/12cm Compact Disc Audio Discs. 12cm Photo Compact Discs. Regional management information this equipment will only play discs bearing area code 2.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Connecting External Equipment For use when you are connecting an external source to your unit (Video recorder, Digital set top boxes etc.) via the two SCART sockets on the rear of the unit. See ‘Connecting external equipment’. Press the AV button to select your input as follows: Press the AV button once to select AV1 when using the RCA (In) on the side of your TV.
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GTV14T4DVD Connecting your Unit to an Audio System Note: The following information is a guide only. White audio left, red audio right RCA output connections on back of the TV to white audio left and red audio right RCA input connectors on...
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Connecting your Unit to a Digital Set Top Box Note: The following information is a guide only. 21 pin SCART connector from Socket 1 (TV In/ Out) to 21 pin SCART connector output on Digital set top box.
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GTV14T4DVD Connecting your Unit to a Video Recorder/Player There are three options for connecting your Unit to a video recorder/ player. Note: The following information is a guide only. Options: 21 pin SCART connector from Socket 1 (TV In/Out) to 21 pin SCART connector out on video.
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Connecting your Unit to another Television Note: The following information is a guide only. 21 pin SCART connector to 21 pin SCART connector input on Television.
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GTV14T4DVD Connecting your Unit to a Decoder with Dolby Digital (AC-3) Processing Amplifier There are three options for connecting your Unit to a Decoder Amplifier. Note: The following information is a guide only. 21 pin SCART connector output to 21 pin SCART...
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Using the Unit in TV Mode Tuning There are two ways of tuning: Autosearch, where the unit tunes itself automatically. Manual tuning, where you control the tuning process. Note: If the unit is set to a channel with no signal, the unit will return to standby after 5 minutes.
GTV14T4DVD Exchange Menu After auto search there will be some Program numbers duplicated and some blank. To re-order the channels: Press the MENU button six times, until the Exchange Menu is displayed. Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to select the first channel to be exchanged.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER The tuning indicator will move up the scale. When the search finds a strong channel signal it will stop searching. The picture and the Tune Menu will appear. To change the program number for the tuned channel press the PROGRAM UP button to select PROGRAM.
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GTV14T4DVD Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to fine tune. Press the PROGRAM DOWN button to select STORE. To exit, press the MENU button. To Skip Programs Skipped programs will not appear when you move through the program list using the PROGRAM DOWN or PROGRAM UP button.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER TV Mode Controls Program Selection Press the PROGRAM DOWN or PROGRAM UP button or press a NUMERIC button to select a program. To select a program number between 10 and 99, press the MULTI DIGIT button first and then press the two NUMERIC buttons.
GTV14T4DVD Lock This feature allows you to lock the unit to the current channel. No other channels can be viewed unless the unit is unlocked. Press the LOCK button and enter your choice of four digit password. Enter the password again.
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Sound Systems Sound Press the PROGRAM UP or PROGRAM DOWN button to select the channel and press the MENU button five times until the Tune Menu is displayed or press the TUNE button. Press the PROGRAM UP button to select SOUND and press the VOLUME UP button to select the required sound system.
GTV14T4DVD Press the PROGRAM UP button to select BAND and press the VOLUME UP button to select the required band type. Set to UHF for use in UK. Press the PROGRAM UP button to select STORE and press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to store the selection.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Sound Menu Press the MENU button twice, until the Sound Menu is displayed or press the SOUND button. Press the PROGRAM UP or PROGRAM DOWN button to toggle through the options and then press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to make the adjustment.
GTV14T4DVD Timer Setup On/Off Timer You can set the unit to turn on and turn off at specified times, and to be tuned to a set channel. On Time Press the PROGRAM UP or PROGRAM DOWN button to select the hours.
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to set the required time in blocks of 10 minutes up to 180 minutes. The count down will start immediately. Automatic Channel Change You can set the unit to automatically change channel at a specified time.
GTV14T4DVD Press the VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN button to select the channel. Once all the options have been set, switch the unit to standby mode. Setup Menu Press the MENU button four times, until the Setup Menu is displayed or press the SET button.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Teletext Teletext is an information system that displays text on your television screen. Using the teletext control buttons you can view pages of information that are listed in the teletext index. Note: No on-screen menu displays are available in text mode. The contrast, brightness and colour cannot be changed but the volume control is still available.
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GTV14T4DVD wish to view the sub-page for longer than the delay period you can stop the rotation by pressing the HOLD button. The stop symbol will appear in the top left corner of the screen. To remove the hold and continue the rotation of the sub-pages, press the HOLD button again.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Double Height Text If you have difficulty reading the text on the teletext page you can double the height of the text. Press the SIZE button. The top half of the page will be displayed in double height text.
GTV14T4DVD Using the Unit in DVD Mode Press the DVD button and the unit will switch to DVD mode. Press the DVD button again to return to TV mode. DVD Mode Control Note: The DVD buttons on the remote control operate only in Shift mode.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Note: A symbol displayed on screen means that the function is not supported. Play from Title Screen Press the appropriate ARROW button to toggle through the menu, then press the OK button. Stopping Playback Press the STOP button to stop the playback.
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GTV14T4DVD Slow Search Forward/Backward To slow search the contents of a disc, press the SLOW button. Repeatedly pressing the SLOW button will toggle through the six forward search speeds and the six backward search speeds. The available speeds are x1/2, x1/4, x1/8, x1/16. Either the...
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER DVD Special Functions Menu Function To return to the root menu of the DVD disc, while the movie is playing, press the MENU button. You can also press the TITLE button. Press the appropriate ARROW button to toggle through the menu, then press the ENTER/PLAY button.
GTV14T4DVD Press the A-B button again, when the required stop point has been reached. “ A-B” is displayed in the top left hand corner of the screen. Note: The selected portion will be repeated until the A-B function is cancelled.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Subtitle Function Some DVD discs contain subtitles in several languages. To access the subtitles, press the SUB-T button, and toggle through the available languages until the desired subtitles are found. Note: See the DVD disc cover for supported languages. Audio Function Some DVD discs contain audio in several languages.
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GTV14T4DVD The menu will show the current playback status. The title and chapter numbers show the current setting and the total on the disc, so in the example on the previous page there are three titles and 26 chapters on the disc.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Note: Refer to the DVD disc cover for Title and Chapter listings. Program entry ‘01’ will be highlighted. Use the numeric buttons to enter the Title number. The cursor will move to the adjacent Chapter field. Use the numeric buttons to enter the Chapter number.
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GTV14T4DVD Press the OPEN/CLOSE button to open the disc compartment drawer. Note: ‘OPEN’ will be displayed in the top left hand corner of the screen. Select a CD and place it over the disc holder in the centre of the disc compartment, ensuring that the label is facing upwards.
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Fast Search Forward/Backward To fast search the contents of a disc, press either the SEARCH FORWARD button to search forwards through the disc or press the SEARCH BACKWARD button, to search backwards through the disc. Repeatedly pressing the search buttons will toggle through the six search speeds available.
GTV14T4DVD Playing Kodak Picture CDs and JPEG picture You can view Kodak picture CDs and JPEG picture CDs on the screen. Playback Press the DVD button and the unit will switch to DVD mode. Press the SHIFT button to enable Picture CD functions on the remote control.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW button to select a folder. Press the OK button and the Image list will appear with a thumbnail image in the right hand pane of the display. Press the OK button to start the slide show.
GTV14T4DVD DVD Setup You can scroll through the Setup pages in order to select the desired menu. Ensure that there are no discs inserted in the unit. Press the SETUP button. The General Setup page will be displayed on the screen.
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER TV Display This allows you to select the display mode to suit the TV you are connecting to. General Setup Page Normal/PS TV Display Normal/LB Angle Mark Wide OSD Lang SPDIF Output Screen Saver Go To General Setup Page Select the TV Display option using the appropriate ARROW buttons.
GTV14T4DVD Angle Mark You can choose to hide or display the angle mark on the screen. See page 38 for the description of the angle function. General Setup Page TV Display Angle Mark OSD Lang SPDIF Output Screen Saver Set Angle Mark Select the Angle Mark option using the appropriate ARROW buttons.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Digital Output This allows you to select the Digital Output when connecting the unit to external equipment using the coaxial or optical connections. General Setup Page TV Display Angle Mark OSD Lang SPDIF Output SPDIF Off Screen Saver SPDIF/RAW...
GTV14T4DVD To confirm your selection, press the OK button. To exit the Screen Saver menu, press the LEFT ARROW button. Analog Audio Setup Downmix Analog audio output can be selected as LT/RT (Mono) or STEREO. Speaker Setup Page LT/RT Downmix...
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Dolby Digital Setup Dual Mono This allows you to play the mono sound through both the left and right speakers. Dolby Digital Setup Stereo Dual Mono Dynamic L-Mono R-Mono Mix-Mono Dual Mono (1 + 1) Setup Select the Dual Mono option using the appropriate ARROW buttons.
GTV14T4DVD Select the Dynamic option using the appropriate ARROW buttons. Press the RIGHT ARROW button to select the options column and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW button to toggle through the display. To confirm your selection, press the OK button.
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14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Sharpness Video Setup Page Component High Sharpness Brightness Medium Contrast Sharpness Select the Sharpness option using the appropriate ARROW buttons. Press the RIGHT ARROW button to select the options column and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW button to toggle through the options.
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GTV14T4DVD Contrast Video Setup Page Component Sharpness Brightness Contrast Contrast Select the Contrast option using the appropriate ARROW buttons. Press the RIGHT ARROW button to select the options column and press the LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW button to increase or decrease the contrast.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Preference Page TV Type Preference Page TV Type Audio Multi Subtitle NTSC Disc Menu Parental Password Default Set TV Standard Select the TV Type option using the appropriate ARROW buttons. Press the RIGHT ARROW button to select the options column and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW button to toggle between ‘PAL’, ‘MULTI’...
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GTV14T4DVD Select the Audio option using the appropriate ARROW buttons. Press the RIGHT ARROW button to select the options column and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW button to toggle through the languages. To confirm your selection, press the OK button.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Disc Menu Some DVD discs contain the menus in several languages. Preference Page TV Type English Audio French Spanish Subtitle Chinese Disc Menu Japanese Parental Korean Password Russian Default Thai Preferred Menu Language Select the Disc Menu option using the appropriate ARROW buttons. Press the RIGHT ARROW button to select the options column and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW button to toggle through the languages.
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GTV14T4DVD Enter the password and press OK (default password is 3308). To confirm your selection, press the OK button. Enter your password and press the UP ARROW to select OK and press the OK button to confirm. To exit the Parental menu, press the LEFT ARROW button.
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Change Password Select the Password option using the appropriate ARROW buttons. To change the password, press the RIGHT ARROW button to select the options column. Press the OK button to select ‘CHANGE’. Enter the old password (factory default 3308) using the appropriate NUMERIC buttons and then enter the new password by pressing the appropriate NUMERIC buttons.
GTV14T4DVD Help and Advice The picture quality is poor (television reception) 1. Che c k y o ur unit o r ae rial is no t p o s itio ne d to o c lo s e to o the r e le c tric al ap p lianc e s .
14” COLOUR TELEVISION WITH DVD PLAYER Care and Maintenance Handling Discs To remove a disc from its storage case, press down on the centre of the case and lift the disc out. Hold the disc by the edges, to avoid touching the recorded side of the disc.
GTV14T4DVD Guarantee This product is guaranteed for 12 months from the date of original purchase. If any defect arises due to faulty materials or workmanship, the unit will either be replaced, a refund given or repaired free of charge (where possible) during this period by the dealer from whom you purchased the unit.
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