Bear in mind that to receive good quality audio-video signals, a good quality aerial system is needed.The manufacturer declines any responsibility for poor operation of this appliance attributable to an inadequate or defective aerial system. Congratulations on having chosen a RTX 55TV by SIM2 Multimedia.
SUMMARY PRESENTATATION OF THE RTX 55TV 2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SAFETY Notes on safety Positioning the RTX 55TV Cleaning the television Precautions regarding the remote control Care for the environment 3 INSTALLATION Unpacking and connections Connecting the appliance to the mains power supply Connecting external appliances 4 OPERATION OF THE APPLIANCE IN TV MODE...
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1 PRESENTATATION OF THE RTX 55TV The Display, of elegant and original design, generates images utilizing the most recent DLP™ chip by Texas Instruments (DMD™ panel with 1280x720 resolution featuring 12° techno- logy), a proprietary sealed dustproof optical engine, a new six segment colour wheel and a Fresnel lens of new conception.
2 IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SAFETY CAUTION! RISK OF ELECTROCUTION: DO NOT OPEN! This symbol warns of the risk involved in removing the rear cover. Whatever the reason, the rear cover must be removed only by a qualified and authorised service te- chnician.
Never look directly at the projection lamp. When the projection lamp inside the RTX 55TV is alight, it can be seen through the ventilation grilles:never look at this intense light directly as is could damage your eyesight. Make certain that children do not look at the lamp when it is alight.
3 INSTALLATION UNPACKING AND CONNECTIONS On opening the packaging, these parts will be found inside (Fig. 1): Display Power cables • Display • Remote control; • Two batteries for the remote control; • Power cable; • Operating and installation manual; •...
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• do not jerk cables when disconnecting them from any ap- pliance. Audio-video devices (TV receivers, video recorders, DVD players, etc.) often have several outputs. To obtain top performance from your RTX 55TV display, take care over selection of the best output to use. Generally speaking the best signal format for image quality is RGB, followed by Com- ponent Video, S-Video and Composite Video, in this order.
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• AV GRAPHIC - RGB socket Allows the INPUT of an S-Video signal, using a cable with a mini-DIN type connector. The external appliance providing the signal (typically a personal computer or video games console) must be able to provide separate H/V or composite H+V syn- chronisation signals.
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AUDIO AUDIO AUDIO HI-FI VIDEO S UBW OO F E R S -VIDEO ANT E NN A AV1 AV2 INP UT/OUTP UT Fig.3...
4 OPERATION OF THE APPLIANCE IN TV MODE This chapter describes the operation of the RTX 55TV as a TELEVISION RECEIVER. No reference is made here to the various functions and possi- bilities of the appliance when used as a graphic monitor (see subsequent chapters for this type of information).
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BUTTON Switches the television off, reverting to stand-by. Switches the television on if already in stand-by. These switch on the projector from stand-by, allowing direct selection of the desired TV channel. Activates the Other Functions menu of the OSD. Activates the Main Settings menu of the OSD.
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BUTTON [13] Freezes the current frame of the [14] picture. [15] Displays the current time. [16] [17] Displays two Help pages sequential- ly, showing instructions for use and a description of the main buttons. [18] Enables direct selection of picture [19] format.
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BUTTON Reduces volume. [24] Selects the next programme in sequen- [25] ce, in ascending numerical order. [26] Switches the television off, reverting to stand-by. Switches the television on when in stand-by. Activates the various menus of the [27] On Screen Display with successive touches: Audio-Video-Installation- Other Functions.
FUNCTION BUTTONS ON THE RTX 55TV CABINET The control panel (Fig. 6) located on the upper part of the cabinet (top right), allows you to operate all the main functions even without the remote control. The main power switch ([32] Fig. 7) is located at the back of the cabinet, on the left hand side.
Automatic shut-down The RTX 55TV is equipped with a safety feature ensuring that in the absence of a television broadcast signal (for example late at night when certain channels close down and ʻsnowʼ appears on the screen), the internal circuits will switch automatically to stand-by after about 15 minutes.
USING THE REMOTE CONTROL TO NAVIGATE THE OSD Audio Video CABINET CONTROLS MENU AUTO Note: You can exit the On Screen Display at any time, from within any menu, and return to the normal TV picture simply by pressing the TV button [21] on the remote control. Tuning Others Used to access the required menu...
There are three basic steps used when navigating OSD menus: access the menu select an item activate an option or make an adjustment Access a menu by pressing one of the coloured buttons SELECTION (Audio, Video, Tuning, Others) OF MENU Sample menu Brightness Source...
SELECTING THE AUDIO-VIDEO SOURCE Having connected any external appliances to the RTX 55TV by plugging in the relative cables, the socket to which each one is connected must be selected via the OSD before the corre- sponding audio/visual signal can be reproduced. This is done internally of a menu activated by pressing the AV button [10], dedicated to selection of the sockets.
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The automatic procedure is recommended, especially when installing the appliance, to ensure quick and easy tuning of all the channels available in your area. Tuning and storing channels automatically This procedure uses an Automatic Tuning System (ATS) to log all of the receivable channels associated with broadcasters in your area, and store them automatically under corresponding programme numbers.
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If the quality of reception is poor, try varying the reception frequency slightly, as follows: 8) Scroll through the menu to “Fine Tune”, which is in the Installation sub-menu, then move the slider one way or the other until the picture and sound are free of interference. 9) If the channel you are tuning broadcasts in two languages (indicated by “Dual I”...
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• “DELETE” (in yellow) This function can be used to remove an unwanted channel from the table: in reality, the channel is simply moved to the last programme number (99).To delete a channel, proceed internally of the Overview menu as follows: 1) Scroll through the list of programmes and select the one you want to delete.
SOUND ADJUSTMENTS Adjusting the volume To adjust the overall audio volume, use the left/right arrow but- tons [23 or 24]: the caption “Volume” appears on the screen together with a slider control. Using the remote control, the audio volume can be lowered with the left arrow [24] or raised with the right arrow [23].
The other two options available in this sub-menu are “HI-FI” and “HI-FI fixed”. • “HI-FI”: this preset can be selected when you want to use the Cinch Audio outputs on the back of the cabinet to connect to an external amplification system. When selec- ting this output, the speakers of the cabinet will switched automatically to the “mute”...
IMPORTANT: Before adjusting these items as described below, go to “Pre- set” and select one of the three options “Voice”, “Music” and “Concert”. Any adjustments made to other items at this point will affect only the option selected. It is advisable to repeat these settings for each of the available options (“Voice”, “Music”...
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the United States) a slider control bar appears that will act exclusively on the colours (without affecting brightness or contrast), to give a precise dominating hue to the overall picture: the picture can be tinted predominantly green, red, etc.. ADVANCED ADJ.: these can be used to make more specific adjustments to the picture.
Cinema mode : selecting AUTO, the deinterlacer deter- mines automatically whether or not the video signal comes from a movie film (processed on Telecine equipment using 3:2 or 2:2 pulldown) and applies a deinterlacing algorithm optimised for this type of signal. If on the other hand the video signal does not come from a film, or the OFF option is selected, the deinterlacer applies a “motion compensated”...
- Selecting sub-pages: Videotext topics are often displayed on sets of pages referred to as ‘sub-pages’, which will be displayed automatically by the RTX 55TV in sequence. In these cases a page indicator appears on the screen, for example 6/18, which tells you that the page currently displayed is sub-page 6 in a total of 18 sub-pages.
5 OPERATION IN GRAPHIC MONITOR MODE The operation of the RTX 55TV as a graphic monitor is piloted by signals received from the DB15 socket (AV Graphic unit) or 32 KHz signals (RGB + Sync or YCbCr) received from the socket ports of the AV DVD unit.
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BUTTON After quitting Graphic Monitor mode, switches the television off, reverting to stand-by. Activates the Picture, Image and Setup menus with successive touches. If there is no menu active, lowers the audio volume. With a menu active, decreases the values on the control bar for the item selected;...
VIDEO ADJUSTMENTS The quality of the graphic image on the screen can be improved by way of the options and settings of the Picture menu (displayed by pressing button [2] once) or the Image menu (displayed by pressing button [2] a second time). Picture Menu [2] first touch: Picture Picture...
dure. If the automatic procedure fails to correct the problem, the frequency and phase values can be adjusted manually, operating from a distance close enough to see the effect of the adjustments on the screen as they are made. - “MAGNIFICATION”: see VIDEO MENU FUNCTIONS, “Advanced Settings”...
OSD SUMMARY TABLE - Graphic Monitor mode first touch: Picture Picture Brightness Color Contrast Sharpness Sharpness Mode Video second touch: Image Image Aspect Color Temperature Calibration Medium Gamma Correction Film Position Frequency Phase Magnification third touch: Setup Test patterns Initial settings Graphics Normal Anamorphic...
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Button [4]: MAIN SETTINGS (TUNING) Setup Installation Overview Exit Image Main Set. Others Set up Language English Country Ch Table English a.1) Autostore Lock Installation Prog.Number Channel Type Channel Fine Tune System PAL-BG Dual Language Language 1 Extended menu Store Overview Hide 1 O K...
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Button [5]: IMAGE (VIDEO) a.1) Aspect Aspect Ratio User 1 Horizontal Vertical Normal Anamorphic Letterbox Panoramic Pixel to Pixel User 2 Image Brightness Contrast Color Sharpness Advanced Adj. Preset Day Light Exit Image Main Set. Others Advanced Adj. a.1) Aspect Ratio a.2) Zoom a.3)
7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS OPTICAL Optical system: single DMD panel: TI HD2+ 0,8” 12° - 1280x720 pixels (picture format 16:9) Projection lens UltraWide angle F/2.4 Colour wheel: 6 segments (RGBRGB) - 9000 rpm max Lamp: 120 W - 6000 hours (average life measured under optimum laboratory conditions;...
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