Important: One Federal Court has held that unauthorized recording of copyrighted TV programs is an infringement of U.S. copyright laws. Certain Canadian programs may also be copyrighted and any unauthorized recording in whole or in part may be in violation of these rights.
Do not block these openings with any object, and do not place the TV receiver on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface. Do not place it near a radiator or heat register. If you place the TV receiver on a rack or bookcase, ensure that there is adequate ventilation and that you’ve followed the manufacturer’...
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• Unplug the TV from the wall outlet and disconnect the antenna or cable system during a light- ning storm or when left unattended and unused for long periods of time. This will prevent dam- age to the unit due to lightning and power-line surges.
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Be careful in the selection and duration of television formats used for viewing. Uneven CRT aging as a result of format selection and use, as well as other burned-in images, is not covered by your Samsung limited warranty.
C h a p t e r O n e O U R List of Features Your Samsung TV was designed with the latest technology. This TV is a high-performance unit that includes the following special features: • Easy-to-use remote control •...
Familiarizing Yourself with The TV Front Panel Buttons The buttons on the front panel control your TV’ s basic features, including the on-screen menu. To use the more advanced features, you must use the remote control. ST43T8HR / ST54T8HR / ST62T8HR...
O U R Side Panel Jacks You can use the side panel jacks to connect an A/V component that is used only occasionally, such as a camcorder or video game. (For information on connecting equipment, see pages 14 – 21.) Using the Component Shelf You can place a VCR, a DVD player, etc.
O U R Rear Panel Jacks Use the rear panel jacks to connect an A/V component that will be connected continu- ously, such as a VCR or a DVD player. Because there are two sets of input jacks, you can connect two different A/V components (i.e., a VCR and a DVD, 2 VCRs, etc.) For more information on connecting equipment, see pages 14-21.
O U R Remote Control You can use the remote control up to about 23 feet from the TV. When using the remote, always point it directly at the TV. You can also use your remote control to operate your VCR and cable box.
Samsung remote control(i.e., TV, VCR, Cable box or DVD). ≠ Set Used during set up of this Samsung remote control, so that it will work compatibly with other devices (VCR, cable box, DVD.) – V.Chip Press to set up and activate the parental locks.
C h a p t e r Tw o N S TA L L AT I O N Connecting VHF and UHF Antennas If your antenna has a set of leads that look like this, see “Antennas with 300-ohm Flat Twin Leads,” below. If your antenna has one lead that looks like this, see “Antennas with 75-ohm Round Leads,”...
Separate VHF and UHF Antennas If you have two separate antennas for your TV (one VHF and one UHF), you must combine the two antenna signals before connecting the antennas to the TV. This procedure requires a an optional combiner-adaptor (available at most electronics shops).
Connect the other end of this cable to the ANT-A or ANT-B terminal on the rear of the TV. Connecting to a Cable Box that Descrambles Some Channels If your cable box descrambles only some channels (such as premium channels), follow the instructions below.
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Set the A/B switch to the “B” position to view scrambled channels. (When you set the A/B switch to “B,” you will need to tune your TV to the cable box’ s output channel, which is usually channel 3 or 4.)
These instructions assume that you have already connected your TV to an antenna or a cable TV system (according to the instructions on pages 14-16). Skip step 1 if you have not yet connected to an antenna or a cable system.
N S TA L L AT I O N Connecting a Second VCR to Record from the TV Your TV can send out signals of its picture and sound to be recorded by a second VCR. To do this, connect your second VCR as follows:...
N S TA L L AT I O N Connecting a DVD Player, DTV Set-Top Box (480i, 480p, 1080i) The rear panel jacks on your TV make it easy to connect a DVD player (or DTV Set-Top Box) to your TV. Connecting to Y, P...
Note: Only 480p and 1080i formats are supported. Connect a set of audio cables between the DTV Set-Top Box audio in jacks on the TV and the AUDIO OUT jacks on the DTV Set-Top box. To enable Component video viewing,...
You can also use the POWER button on the front panel. Plug & Play Feature When the TV is initially powered On, five basic customer settings proceed automatically and subsequently: Setting the language, Ant. input check, and Auto program/Setting the Clock.
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P E R AT I O N Make sure that the antenna is connected to the TV. And then press the VOL + or VOL - button to activate “Auto Program” or press the MENU button to skip. (refer to “Auto program”...
P E R AT I O N Using the Perfect Focus Feature When the picture size is distorted after moving the TV set, use the Perfect Focus feature to adjust for the optimum picture size set in the Factory. Press the Menu button.
P E R AT I O N Adjusting Manual Convergence If the color appears spread out or “smeared” on the screen, the convergence probably needs alignment. Be sure to use the remote control for the convergence adjustments. First steps: Press the Menu button. Press the CH select “Function”, then press the VOL + button.
P E R AT I O N Adjust Red Convergence While “Red” is highlighted, press the VOL + button: A crosshair pattern will appear on the screen. After moving the cursor to the position you want to adjust using the number buttons 2(up), 4(left), 6(right), 8(down) on the remote control, adjust Red Convergence by pressing the VOL +/ VOL -/CH...
The on-screen menus disappear from the screen after thirty seconds. You can also use the Menu, CHANNEL, and VOLUME buttons on the control panel of the TV to make selections. The on-screen displays disappear after ten seconds.
P E R AT I O N Selecting a Menu Language Press the Menu button. Language Plug & Play Press the CH button to Convergence Caption select “Function”, then Time press the VOL + button. Press the CH button to select “Language”, then press the VOL + or VOL - button to select the lan-...
P E R AT I O N Memorizing the Channels Your TV can memorize and store all of the available channels for both “off-air” (antenna) and cable channels. After the available channels are memorized, use the CH tons to scan through the channels. This eliminates the need to change channels by entering the channel digits.
ANT/CATV Auto Program press the VOL + button. Fav. Channel Fine Tune Add/Erase Labeling The TV will begin memorizing all of the available channels. After all the available channels are stored, the Auto program menu reap- pears. Press the Menu button to exit.
Using the Channel Buttons Press the CH When you press CH nels that the TV has memorized. (The TV must have memorized at least three channels.) You will not see channels that were either erased or not memorized. Using the Number Buttons Use the number buttons to quickly tune to any channel.
P E R AT I O N Selecting Your Favorite Channels You can store up to ten of your favorite channels for each available input source (such as TV and CATV). Then, when you press the Fav.CH button on the remote control, the TV displays only the favorite channels you previously stored, allowing you to quickly and easily find fre- quently watched channels.
P E R AT I O N Adding and Erasing Channels (Manual Method) Press the Menu button. Press the CH select “Channel”, then press the VOL + button. Press the CH select “Add/Erase”, then press the VOL + button. Press the VOL + button, then press CH or number buttons to select the channel you...
P E R AT I O N Labeling the Channels Use this feature to assign an easy-to-remember label to any channel (i.e., “CBS”, “ESPN”, “PBS2”, CNN1”, etc.) A label consists of four fields, where each field is a letter, a num- ber, “*”, or a blank.
P E R AT I O N Picture Control You can use the on-screen menus to change the contrast, brightness, tint, color, and sharpness according to personal preference. (Alternatively, you can use one of the “automatic” settings. See next page.) Customizing the Picture Press the Menu button.
Standard • Choose Standard for the standard factory settings. • Choose Dynamic for viewing the TV during the day or when there is bright light in the room. • Choose Movie when viewing the Movie. • Choose Custom if you want to adjust the settings according to personal pref- erence (see “Customizing the Picture, page 36.).
P E R AT I O N Selecting the Color Tone Press the Menu button. The “Picture” icon will be highlighted. Then press the VOL + button. Press the CH select “Color Tone”. Press the VOL + or VOL - button to select “Normal”, “Warm1”, “Warm2”, “Cool2”...
P E R AT I O N Customizing the Sound The sound settings can be adjusted to suit your personal perferences. (Alternatively, you can use one of the “automatic” settings. See next page.) Press the Menu button. Press the CH button to select “Sound”, the press the VOL + button.
P E R AT I O N Using Automatic Sound Settings Your TV has four automatic sound settings (“Standard,” “Music,” “Movie,” and “Speech”) that are preset at the factory. You can activate either Standard, Music, Movie or Speech by press- ing the S.MODE button (or by making a selection from the menu).
P E R AT I O N Setting the Clock Setting the clock is necessary in order to use the various timer features of the TV. Also, you can check the time while watching the TV. (Just press Display.) Press the Menu button.
When you connect equipment to the TV, you can choose between the following sets of jacks : Video 1, Video 2, S-Video 1, Component 1 Component 2 or Component 3 on the TV’s rear panel, and Video 3 or S-Video 2 on the TV’s side panel.
“Fine Tune”. Press the VOL + or VOL - button to adjust the fine tuning. To store the fine tuning setting in the TV’s memory, press the CH button. (A star icon< * >will appear.) To reset the fine tuning to “00”, press the CH...
E AT U R E S Digital Noise Reduction If the broadcast signal received by your TV is weak, you can activate the Digital Noise Reduction feature to help reduce any static and ghosting that may appear on the screen.
P E C I A L E AT U R E S Changing the Screen Size Press the Aspect button to change the screen. Normal TV(4:3) (ST43T7P/ ST43T8HR / ST54T8HR/ ST62T8HR) Normal Normal Normal Wide(16:9) TV (ST47W3HR/ ST55W3HR / ST65W3HR)
E AT U R E S Using the R.surf feature This feature allows you to set the TV to return to a particular channel after a certain amount of time. For example, you may be watching a channel when commercials start. You can set the R.Surf to “5 minutes”, then switch channels.
(The minutes digits will be highlighted.) Press the CH or CH button to select the appro- priate minutes. Before using the timer, you must set the TV’ s clock. (See “Setting the Function Clock” on page 41.) Language : English Plug & Play Convergence...
When finished setting the timer, press the Menu button to exit. Setting the Sleep Timer The sleep timer automatically shuts off the TV after a preset time (from 10 to 180 minutes). Press the Sleep button on the remote control.
• Surround Your Samsung TV can create a "surround" effect such that the sound seems to come from all directions. Once the “Surround” is set to “On”, the setting applies to sound effects such as Standard, Music, Movie and Speech.
P E C I A L E AT U R E S Choosing a Multi-Channel Sound (MTS) Soundtrack Depending on the particular program being broadcast, you can listen to stereo, mono, or a Separate Audio Program. (SAP audio is usually a foreign-language translation. Sometimes SAP has unrelated information like news or weather.) Press the Menu button.
E AT U R E S Viewing Closed Captions Your TV decodes and displays the closed captions that are broadcast with certain TV shows. These captions are usually subtitles for the hearing impaired or foreign-language trans- lations. All VCRs record the closed caption signal from television programs, so home-record- ed video tapes also provide closed captions.
ANT/CATV : ANT Channel : ANT 4 Quick way to access the PIP menu: Simply press the “PIP” button on the remote control. If you turn TV off while watching and turn it on again, the PIP window will disappear.
Channel : ANT 4 the same as the main image. : On SOURCE : TV Size : Large Swap ANT/CATV : ANT Channel : ANT 4 Quick way to access the signal If you select “TV”, the PIP image is...
VOL + or VOL - button to select the “Small”, “Double Screen”, “Large”, “Stock Ticker”, “4 Pictures” or “13 Pictures”. Press the Menu button to exit. : On SOURCE : TV button to Size : Large Swap ANT/CATV : ANT Channel : ANT 4...
Changing the Location (Rotating) in PIP mode When you press the Locate button repeatedly, the PIP window moves from corner to corner on the TV screen. Scanning the Available Channels This procedure scans all of the available channels and then stores them in memory.
P E C I A L E AT U R E S Viewing the Demonstration To become familiar with the various menus provided by your television, you can view the built-in demonstration. Press the Menu button. Picture icon will be highlighted (blinking).
Your TV comes equipped with a “universal” remote control. In addition to controlling the TV, the universal remote can also operate most VCRs, DVDs and cable boxes (even if your VCR, cable box or DVD are made by manufacturers other than Samsung).
Press the MODE button and make sure that the Cable LED is illuminated. On your Samsung remote control, press SET. Enter 3 digits of the cable box code listed below for your brand of cable box. Press Power. Your cable box should turn on. If your cable box turns on, your remote control is now “set up”...
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P E C I A L E AT U R E S VCR Codes Cable Box Codes DVD Codes Note: The remote control might not be compatible with all DVD Players, VCRs, and Cable boxes.
R O U B L E S H O O T I N G If the TV seems to have a problem, first try this list of possible problems and solutions. If none of these troubleshooting tips apply, then call your nearest service center.
Using Your TV in Another Country If you plan to take your TV with you to a foreign country, please be aware of the different television systems that are in use around the world. A TV designed for one system may...