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User's Guide
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Page 1: Table Of Contents
Parental Controls • TV Menus • Favorite Channels • Playing Discs • DVD Menus • FAQs • Troubleshooting • User’s Guide page 4 page 16 page 20 page 25 page 28 page 31 page 37 page 41 page 42 www.rca.com/television... -
Page 2: Important Information
Dolby Laboratories. Product Registration Please fill out the product registration card (packed separately) and return it immediately. For US customers: Your RCA Consumer Electronics product can also be registered at www.rca.com/television. Registering this product allows us to contact you if needed. -
Page 3: Read Before Operating Equipment
Cable TV system installer: This reminder is provided to call the Cable TV system installer’s attention to Article 820-40 of the NEC (Section 54 of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part 1) that provides guidelines for proper grounding and, in particular, specifies that the cable ground shall be connected to the grounding system of the building, as close to the point of cable entry as practical. - Page 4 Parental Controls and V-Chip ... 20 How V-Chip Works ... 20 activate Parental Control ... 20 Resetting the Password ... 20 Set V-Chip TV Programming Limits ... 20 Downloadable V-chip ... 21 Content Ratings ... 21 Blocking Specific Content Themes ... 21 Blocking USA V-Chip Movie Ratings ...
- Page 5 Time Menu ... 29 notepad Menu ... 30 Chapter 5: Playing Discs DVD Basics ... 31 Regional Coding ... 31 Using Different Menus ... 31 Types of Discs Your DVD Will Play... 31 Search Options ... 32 Picture Scan ... 32 Chapter Advance ...
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Page 6: Position Cables Properly To Avoid Audio Interference
Chapter 1: Connections & Setup Things to Consider Before You Connect Protect against Power Surges • Connect all devices before you plug any of their power cords into the wall outlet. • Turn off your unit and/or device before you connect or disconnect any cables. •... -
Page 7: Get The Picture
Picture The first part of connecting your TV is to get the picture, also known as a signal. The back panel of your TV allows you to receive analog and digital channels by using the ANTENNA/CABLE INPUT. Receiving Cable Channels What You need Coaxial cable from a cable outlet. -
Page 8: Receiving Channels With An Antenna
• When you get to the Auto Channel Search screen in the Setup menu, choose Antenna as your source type. The TV seaches for both analog and digital channels. To complete a channel search now, go to page 14. -
Page 9: Choose Your Connection
Choose Your Connection There are several ways to connect devices, depending on what you want to connect and the quality of the signal you want to achieve. A connection using Y Pb Pr (component) jacks is excellent, video (composite) is good and antenna or cable input is fair. -
Page 10: Y Pb Pr (Component Video) Connection
Connections & Setup Y Pb Pr (Component Video) Connection Set top box (Cable box, Satellite box etc.) IMPORTANT - If you aren’t receiving a picture with this connection, the problem might be with your Set top box. If the Set top box is “progressive scan,” you need to change the setting from progressive to interlace. -
Page 11: Connecting
Set top box: audio cables are color coded- 1. Turn on your TV/DVD player and the Set top box. Red= right audio; 2. Press the INPUT button on the remote control to toggle through the Video Input white= left audio... -
Page 12: Using The Side Jacks
3. Connect your audio cables. Viewing the Picture from the Connected Device The device in this example, a video game console, is connected to the TV/DVD’s video and audio jacks located on the side of your product. To view the video game console: 1. -
Page 13: Explanation Of Jacks
AUDIO/ VIDEO recorders or secondary monitors. Audio/video (composite) cables are used for this OUTPUT connection. AUDIO VIDEO Remember: Use this jack to output analog TV, DVD video and composite jack signals. Chapter 1 Connections & Setup ANTENNA/CABLE INPUT (DIGITAL/ ANALOG) -
Page 14: Front Buttons
VOLUME t/u Decreases/increases the volume. In the TV menu system, acts like the left/ right arrow button on the remote control and adjusts menu controls. MENU Displays the TV Main menu. If the Main menu is displayed, exits the menu; if a sub- menu is displayed, takes you back to the previous menu. -
Page 15: Plug In Your Product And Turn It On
Complete the Initial Setup TV•DVD The remote control contains buttons that are dual purpose depending button on which function (TV or DVD) is being used. Use the TV•DVD button to switch between modes (for example, TV mode or DVD ON•OFF button mode). -
Page 16: Complete The Initial Setup
To choose another language, press the TV MENU button and then select OK. This brings up the TV’s Main menu. Press the down arrow button to highlight Setup and press OK. From the Setup menu, highlight Language and press OK. -
Page 17: What To Expect
List & Labels. Removing channels from your channel list may be time consuming, so you might want to do it later. Go to page 26 for details on editing your channel list. What to Expect Watching TV • Your product allows you to change the format of the picture you’re viewing. Press the ZOOM–... -
Page 18: Remote Control
Note: Check to make sure you’re in TV mode by pressing the TV•DVD button. Arrow buttons ( , , , ) Use to highlight different items in the TV’s menus. ZOOM– or ZOOM+ Selects menu options. During normal TV viewing, changes the screen format (aspect ratio). -
Page 19: Using The Input Button
Language options. Refer to page 17 for more information. TV•DVD Puts the TV in TV mode. TV MENU Brings up the TV’s MAIN MENU. Also goes back one menu in the menu system. VOL - or VOL + Decreases or increases the volume. -
Page 20: Dvd Function Buttons
DVD Function Buttons Note: The green button labels are used for DVD functions. Check to make sure you’re in DVD mode by pressing the TV•DVD button. (0-9) Number buttons Enter information such as chapter and track numbers (refer to page 33). -
Page 21: Parental Controls
Analog/Digital Indicates whether the current signal is analog or digital. Skip: 0:30 Corresponds to the SKIP button. Displays the amount of time left before the TV switches back to the previous channel. (Refer to page 16). 7:18 AM Displays the current time (entered in the Time menu). -
Page 22: Parental Controls And V-Chip
You can also block out programs that have been given a rating of Not Rated and programs that are considered “unrated.” The following sections give you more details about how to change the status of TV program limits. -
Page 23: Set V-Chip Tv Programming Limits
TV content theme from unlock ( Downloadable V-chip Since broadcasters have the ability to add new ratings for TV programs, this option lets you define more parameters for your TV viewing, like parental controls. This option and its name are dependent on content from the broadcaster. -
Page 24: Blocking Usa V-Chip Movie Ratings
NC-17 4. Press the OK button to change its status to lock previous page, you lock the language (D) corresponding with TV-PG. The dialog for TV-14 is locked as well). 5. After you lock specific content themes, you can change some of the content... -
Page 25: Blocking Canadian V-Chip Movie Ratings
5. Determine the rating you want to lock. 6. Use the arrow and OK buttons on your remote to change the status of a TV program rating from unlock ( 7. Press the OK button to change the status to lock ( ) and all ratings below the one you selected change to lock. -
Page 26: Front Panel
Using the TV’s Features PARENTAL CONTROL Go back V-chip Setting Downloadable V-chip Master Enable Front Panel Change Password Go back New Password _ _ _ _ Confirm Password _ _ _ _ Front Panel Selecting this option lets you lock (disable) or unlock (enable) the front panel buttons. -
Page 27: Chapter 4: Using The Tv's Menu System
Graphics contained within this publication are for representation only. Picture Menu The PICTURE menu options apply to the video for the main TV and Video Input Channels. As you scroll through the options available, the background image will change to fit that choice. Choose the setting that is best for your programs. -
Page 28: Tv Menus
Off No captioning information displayed. On Captioning information appears, when available. Muted=On Displays captioning information when available, when the TV’s sound is muted. Captioning information is not displayed if the sound is not muted. Analog Closed Caption Choose which captioning mode is used for displaying captioning information. -
Page 29: Using The Tv's Menu System
If your digital station doesn’t carry digital closed captioning, you’ll see the station’s default style for analog closed captioning. Chapter Using the TV’s Menu System The following Closed Caption options are available for digital signals: CC Display Choose the way closed captioning information is shown on the screen. -
Page 30: Favorite Channels
Using the TV’s Menu System FAVORITE CHANNELS Go back Favorite 1 70 HGTV Favorite 2 26 WTHR Favorite 3 75 CNN Favorite 4 36 WSNB Favorite 5 28 NICK Example of FaVORITE CHannELS menu for analog signals. Letterbox Format Crop format (stretched vertically to... -
Page 31: Off Time
The SLEEP button on the remote takes you to this preference. On Time Lets you set the TV to turn on automatically. Select from Off, Once and Daily. The default is Off. You can change the time by using... -
Page 32: Notepad Menu
On date Date 07/24/06 notepad Menu Enter messages that will appear on you TV screen at times you select. From the MAIN MENU select Notepad and press OK. Edit note Follow the procedure below to enter a message into the notepad: 1. -
Page 33: Chapter 5: Playing Discs
The player reads the disc’s table of contents, and then one of following happens depending on how the disc was programmed: If no picture or screen saver is displayed, press the TV•DVD button to put the player in the DVD mode. -
Page 34: Search Options
Playing Discs Search Options You can use the following search features with some discs: DVD ZOOM button REPEAT button A•B button CHAPTER ADVANCE buttons DVD function buttons Picture Scan When you’re playing a disc, each time you press (Reverse), your DVD player scans the disc faster until you reach the fastest scan speed. -
Page 35: A•B Repeat
a•B Repeat This feature lets you define a segment on the disc to repeat. 1. Press the A•B button at the beginning of a segment you want to repeat. This sets point A. 2. Press A•B again at the end of the segment. This sets point B. The player automatically plays the segment from point A to point B repeatedly. -
Page 36: Dvd Display Feature
Playing Discs Select a Time To access a specific point of time on the DVD: 1. Select time (the numbers to the right of the clock icon) with the 2. Enter the time location in the form of hh:mm:ss (hours, minutes and seconds) with the number buttons. -
Page 37: Changing The Audio Language
Changing the audio Language If the disc was created with different language tracks (recorded in different languages), you can change the DVD’s Audio language setting. There are several ways to change the audio. Changing the Menu audio Language 1. Set this option while there isn’t a disc playing. Press DVD SETUP. 2. -
Page 38: Playing Mp3, Wma, Mpeg-4, Vcd And Jpeg Files
Playing Discs [F7_DIVS]T01_DIVX.MP4 01.TO1_DIVX 01.F7_DIVX 02.F8_MPEG4 02.T02_DIVX 03.T03_DIVX DivX, MPEG4 Info Displ ay Playing DivX Files The following are step-by-step instructions on how to play DivX files. 1. Insert the disc. 2. If there is other content on the disc, use the right arrow button on your remote to highlight the arrow icon at the bottom of the screen and press OK. -
Page 39: Dvd Menus
16:9 Format This menu adjusts the way a 16:9 (widescreen) movie appears on screen. This TV’s screen is 4:3 (standard). Pan&Scan This setting is preferred for widescreen material (if the disc wasn’t written with pan & scan then you’ll only see the center of the widescreen image). -
Page 40: Setting Rating Limits
Using the DVD Menu DVD SETUP 1 BLOCK ALL 16:9 FORMAT PASSWORD 3 PG RATING BLOCK DEFAULT 4 PG-13 EXIT SETUP 6 NC-17 8 BLOCK NONE DVD SETUP 16:9 FORMAT PASSWORD RATING BLOCK DEFAULT RESTORE EXIT SETUP Language Setup This menu enables you to choose different language options for the DVD’s on screen displays, audio, subtitles, disc menu items and DVD main menu items. -
Page 41: Audio Setup
audio Setup This menu lets you select different AUDIO settings to match the equipment you have connected to the DVD DIGITAL AUDIO OUT (COAXIAL) jack. These settings are only available in DVD mode. AUDIO SETUP DVD AUDIO OUT COAX/ANALOG DOWNMIX COAX/DIGITAL D.R.C. -
Page 42: Dynamic Range Compression)
Using the DVD Menu AUDIO SETUP DVD AUDIO OUT FULL DOWNMIX D.R.C. DOWN SAMPLE EXIT SETUP AUDIO SETUP DVD AUDIO OUT DOWNMIX D.R.C. DOWN SAMPLE EXIT SETUP D.R.C. (Dynamic Range Compression) In Dolby Digital mode, this feature reduces sudden volume changes by letting you adjust the difference between soft and low sounds. -
Page 43: Faqs
Why are there black bars on my screen and can I get rid of them? Your TV screen is 4:3 so most digital channels are displayed with gray or black bars at the top and bottom of the screen because most are sent in a 16:9 format. It depends on how the station is formatting the video. Aspect ratios are determined by the broadcaster and may change from one program to another. -
Page 44: Troubleshooting
Maybe the sound is muted. Try pressing the volume up button to restore sound. • If using the Y, Pb, Pr jacks, remember to connect the device’s left and right audio output jacks to the TV‘s AUDIO input jacks. Can’t select certain channel •... -
Page 45: Other Information
• If you forget your password, you can reset it. Make sure the TV is off. Press VOL- on the TV’s front panel and then CLEAR on the remote for approximately 5 seconds. The TV turns on. Enter a new password next time you access the PARENTAL CONTROL menu or the TIME menu. -
Page 46: What Else Can I Do
Unplug your unit for about 5 minutes. Then plug it back in, turn it back on, and see if the problem is fixed. If the problem remains, then please visit www.rca.com/television for updated FAQs or contact RCA Customer Support at the support number provided in your Warranty under How To Get Service. -
Page 47: Usa V-Chip Rating System
USa V-Chip Rating System TV-MA (Mature Audience Only) Specifically designed to be viewed by adults and may be unsuitable for children under 17. It contains one or more of the following content themes: crude indecent language (L), explicit sexual activity (S), or graphic violence (V). -
Page 48: Canadian French V-Chip Rating System
Other Information Canadian English V-Chip Rating System (General Audience) Programming considered acceptable for all age groups. While not designed specifically for children, it is understood younger viewers may be part of the audience. Violence Guidelines: Will contain very little violence, either physical or verbal or emotional. -
Page 49: Limited Warranty
One year from date of purchase for parts. At our option we will either supply new or refurbished parts to an Authorized RCA Service Center for them to repair your television or replace your television with a new or refurbished unit. After 90 days, labor charges will be at your expense. -
Page 50: Product Registration
Other Information Product registration: • Please complete and mail the Product Registration Card packed with your TV. It will make it easier to contact you should it ever be necessary. The return of the card is not required for warranty coverage. -
Page 51: Care And Cleaning
The TV screen may be cleaned with a soft, lint-free cloth as well. Take care not to scratch or mar the screen. If necessary, you may use a cloth dampened with warm water. Never use strong cleaning agents, such as ammonia-based cleaners, or abrasive powder. - Page 52 Please do not send any products to the Indianapolis address listed in this manual or on the carton. This will only add delays in service for your product. TTE Technology, Inc. 101 West 103rd Street Indianapolis, IN 46290 ©2007 TTE Technology, Inc. RCA and associated marks are trademarks of THOMSON S.A. used under license to TTE Corporation. TOCOM 16755870...
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