Table Of Contents - Toshiba REGZA 42LX177 Owner's Manual

Contents
Important Safety Instructions .......................................... 3
Installation, Care, and Service ........................................ 3
Chapter 1: Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Welcome to Toshiba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Features of your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Overview of steps for installing, setting up, and using
your new TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
TV front and side panel controls and connections . . . . . . . . 11
TV back panel connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2: Connecting your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Overview of cable types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
About the connection illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connecting a VCR and antenna or Cable TV
(no Cable box) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Connecting a VCR with S-video and a cable box . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting a DVD player with ColorStream
(component video), a VCR, and a satellite receiver. . . . 17
Connecting a device to the IR OUT infrared terminal
using the IR blaster cable for IR pass-through device
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting an IR receiver/repeater control system to the
IR IN infrared terminal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Connecting a camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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Connecting an HDMI or DVI device to the HDMI
input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
CE-Link connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Connecting a digital audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting an audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Connecting a personal computer (PC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Connecting a home network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3: Using the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Installing the remote control batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Remote control effective range. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Learning about the remote control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote Control functional key chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Using the remote control to operate your other devices . . . . 31
Programming the remote control to operate your other
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Device code setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Searching and sampling the code of a device
(8500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Using the volume lock feature (8000) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Operational feature reset (8900). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Multi-brand remote control device codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Chapter 4: Menu layout and navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Main menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Setup/Installation menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
THINC ™ menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Navigating the menu system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Chapter 5: Setting up your TV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Setting the Demo Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Selecting the menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Configuring the antenna input source for the ANT
terminal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Programming channels into the TV's channel memory . . . . 44
Programming channels automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Manually adding and deleting channels in the channel
memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Setting the Auto Input feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Labeling channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
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Setting the HDMI audio mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Viewing the digital signal meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Chapter 6: Using the TV's features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
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Viewing the system status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting the Power-On Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting the Demo Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Selecting the video input source to view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Labeling the video input sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tuning channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tuning channels using the Channel Browser
Tuning to the next programmed channel . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Tuning to a specific channel
(programmed or unprogrammed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Switching between two channels using Channel
Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Switching between two channels using SurfLock
Selecting the picture size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Scrolling the TheaterWide ® picture
(TheaterWide 2 and 3 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the auto aspect ratio feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the FREEZE feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the POP features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the POP double-window feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Selecting the POP window audio out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adjusting the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Selecting the picture mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Adjusting the picture quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
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Using the TheaterLock feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Using the closed caption mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Base closed captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Digital CC Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
CC Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Using the Closed Caption button on the remote
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Adjusting the audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Muting the sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Using the digital audio selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Selecting stereo/SAP broadcasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Adjusting the audio quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Using the StableSound ® feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Turning off the built-in speakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Selecting the optical audio output format . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Using the Dolby Digital Dynamic Range Control
feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Using the Locks menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Entering the PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
If you cannot remember your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Changing your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Blocking TV programs and movies by rating
(V-Chip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Downloading an additional rating system for blocking
TV programs and movies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Blocking channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Unlocking programs temporarily . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using the input lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Using the GameTimer ® . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the control panel lock feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Using the PC settings feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting the PC Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Setting the sleep timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using CE-Link . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CE-Link playback device (HD DVD player, etc.)
control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
CE-Link input source selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Audio Receiver VOLUME and MUTE control . . . . . . . 74
Other CE-Link functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the HDMI settings feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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