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- Page 1 User’s Guide For use with models: L24HDF11TA / L26HDF11TA / L32HDF11TA Need Assistance? Please visit our website at www.tclusa.com or call 1-877-300-8837. LCD TV...
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Page 2: Important Information
Product Registration Please register your TCL purchase on-line at www.tclusa.com. It will make it easier to contact you should it ever be necessary. Registration is not required for warranty coverage. -
Page 3: Important Safety Instructions
10. Clean only with dry cloth. 11. Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by the manufacturer, or sold with the component. When the TV is placed on a cart, use caution when moving the cart to avoid injury from tip-over. -
Page 4: Table Of Contents
Safety Information ...5 Avoid Audio Interference ...5 Avoid Direct Light ...5 Check Supplied Parts ...5 Attaching Your TV to the Table Stand ... 6 Mounting Your TV to the Wall ...7 Explanation of Jacks and Buttons on TV ...8 Rear Panel ...8 Side Input Jacks ...9... -
Page 5: Chapter 1 - Connections And Setup Before Initial Setup
Avoid Audio Interference • Position cables properly; insert each cable firmly into the designated jack. • If you place components above the TV, route all cables down one side of the back of the TV instead of straight down the middle. -
Page 6: Attaching Your Tv To The Table Stand
Your TV comes without the table stand attached so that you can choose to mount your TV either to its table stand or to a wall (wall mount sold separately). If you want to mount your TV to the wall, don’t attach the table stand. -
Page 7: Fixed Table Stand Assembly L26Hdf11Ta / L24Hdf11Ta
M4 st-screws. Mounting Your TV to the Wall If you are mounting your TV to the wall, first remove the table stand attached to the back of the TV (See Step 2 above). To mount your TV to the wall, purchase a VESA wall mount. -
Page 8: Explanation Of Jacks And Buttons On Tv
Explanation of Jacks and Buttons on TV This section describes the jacks on the back panel of your TV/DVD. There are several ways to connect components. Rear Panel ANTENNA/CABLE IN Lets you connect a coaxial cable to receive the signal from your antenna, cable, or cable box. -
Page 9: Side Input Jacks
Side Panel Buttons move right ( ) or left ( ) through the menu items. MENU Press the MENU button to bring up the TV’s Main menu. POWER ( ) Press the POWER button to turn the TV on and off. -
Page 10: Obtain The Signal
Obtain the Signal The first step in connecting your TV is obtaining the signal. The back panel of your TV allows you to receive analog and/or digital channels by using the ANTENNA/CABLE INPUT. Before you connect your TV, you have to determine whether you will be using an antenna or a cable service to obtain the signal. -
Page 11: Choose Your Connections
Choose Your Connections There are several ways to connect components, such as DVD players and set-top boxes, to your TV. Please use the following chart to determine which connections are best for you. Proceed to the appropriate pages to connect your components. -
Page 12: Composite Video Connection
2. Connect the yellow video cable to the (AV) VIDEO jack on the back of the TV and to the video output jack on the DVD player. 3. Connect the red and white audio cables to the (AV) right and left audio jacks on the back of the TV and to the audio output jacks on the DVD player. -
Page 13: Hdmi Connection
Example: Component with HDMI jack. 1. Connect an HDMI cable to the HDMI IN 2 jack on the side of the TV (or the HDMI/DVI IN 1 jack or HDMI IN 3 jack on the back of the TV) and to the HDMI output jack on the component. -
Page 14: Pc Connection
1. Connect one end of a 15-pin monitor cable (VGA cable) to the PC IN VGA jack on the TV and the other end to the PC’s video output jack. 2. Connect an audio cable to the PC AUDIO IN jack on the back of the TV and the other end to the audio output jack on the PC. -
Page 15: Complete The Initial Setup
Complete the Initial Setup The menu system in your TV allows all of the TV’s features to work properly. The first time you turn on your TV, the Initial Setup Wizard opens, which guides you through the setup process, including Language, TV Location, Time Zone, Tuner and Channel Scan. -
Page 16: Auto Channel Scan
1. Select the TV as input (using the INPUT key). 2. Go through the menu options to select the Signal Type, which will display the option of scanning the channels again. -
Page 17: Chapter 2 - Understanding The Basics Turning The Tv On And Off
TV screen when you are adjusting the volume. The volume bar disappears a few seconds after you have completed the adjustment. 2. Press MUTE to turn the sound on and off. The MUTE mark is displayed on the TV screen for a few seconds. -
Page 18: Screen Formats
FORMAT button, and the format type is displayed at the top left of the screen. Analog video is sent in a 4/3 format, which your TV displays in a 16/9 format. Most digital video is sent in a 16/9 format which fills your screen, but it sometimes is sent in 4/3, which does not fill your screen. -
Page 19: Chapter 3 - Using The Remote Control Remote Control Buttons
12. CLEAR – Press the CLEAR button to remove any menu or display from the screen and return to normal viewing. 13. OK – When the TV is in the Menu system, press the OK button to confirm your selection. 14. GO BACK – Pressing the GO BACK button returns you to the previously viewed channel. -
Page 20: Chapter 4 - Using The Tv Menu Using The Menu System
The Picture Menu contains menus and controls to configure the way the picture appears. The Picture Menu options apply to the video for the main TV and VIDEO INPUT selections. To access the Picture Menu, press the MENU button on the remote to open the Main menu. -
Page 21: Advanced Settings
Light Sensor – When activated, this feature monitors the ambient light conditions in the room and adjusts the TV’s backlight for optimum viewing. It also serves as an energy-saving feature by lowering the backlight power level when appropriate (typically in darker conditions). -
Page 22: Sound Menu
• Stereo – This option splits the incoming stereo audio signal into left and right channels. Most TV programs and recorded materials have stereo audio. The word “Stereo” appears in the Channel Banner when you tune to a program that is broadcast in stereo. -
Page 23: Setup Menu
When you perform a Channel Scan, your TV searches for channels with signals and stores the channel information in the Channel List. Then, as you watch TV and press CH+ or CH-, your TV goes to the next or previous channel in the Channel List and skips the channels that do not have signals. -
Page 24: Channel Skip
Channel Skip You can hide channels in the Channel List. Then, when you press the CH+ or CH- button, the TV will skip the hidden channels. You can still tune to these hidden channels by pressing the number of the channel on the numeric keypad. -
Page 25: Input Skip
Channel List so you do not encounter them when channeling up or down. Once you have hidden inputs, the TV will skip these inputs when you press the CH+ or CH- button. -
Page 26: Closed Caption
Many programs are encoded with closed captioning information, which allows you to display the audio portion of a program as text on the TV screen Note: Closed caption settings are not available for HDMI, CMPT or PC INPUTS. These settings must be set in the connected component’s menu. -
Page 27: Time Setup
TV to turn itself off. Sleep Timer – Press the left or right arrow ( the TV to turn off after a given amount of time. ) to proceed to the next ) to select the time zone... -
Page 28: Reset All
The choices in the US V-Chip and Canada V-Chip menus involve software inside your TV, referred to as V-Chip, which allows you to block TV programs and movies. TV programs can be blocked by age-based ratings, such as TV-MA (See page 30). If available, TV programs can also be blocked by content, such as adult language (L) (See page 30). -
Page 29: Channel Block
If you are using this to keep children from changing channels, be sure to remove access to any remote that is capable of operating the TV while you have the side panel blocked. To block the TV’s side panel buttons, follow these steps: 1. -
Page 30: V-Chip Rating Screen
V-Chip Rating Screen The following graphic details where items are located within the TV Ratings option with the US V-Chip menu. Rating Field Lets you select from a list of age- Picture based ratings you Sound can block or view. -
Page 31: Us V-Chip Movie Rating Limit
Hierarchy of Age-Based Ratings All Children TV-Y Directed to Children 7 Years and TV-Y7 Older General Audience TV-G Parents Guidance Suggested TV-PG Parents Strongly Cautioned TV-14 Mature Audience Only TV-MA US V-Chip Movie Rating Limit Set movie rating limits by blocking movies rated above a specified level. -
Page 32: Open V-Chip
The Unrated/Exempt Ratings option lets you decide if programs that the V-Chip recognizes as unrated or exempt can be viewed. Unrated TV programs may include news, sports, political, religious, local and weather programs, emergency bulletins, public announcements, and programs without ratings. -
Page 33: Usb Menu
USB drive, plug it into the drive directly. If you have a device with a USB port, connect one end of the USB cable to the USB port and the other end to the USB jack on the side of the TV. To access and adjust the options of the USB device, refer to USB Menu. -
Page 34: Chapter 5 - Other Information
Most digital video is sent in a 16/9 format which fills your screen, but is sometimes sent in 4/3 which does not fill your screen. It depends on how the station or device connected to your TV is formatting the video. If there are bars on the screen, press the FORMAT button to try a different format that may eliminate the bars. -
Page 35: Troubleshooting
• If you’re watching your VCR and it’s connected with coaxial cable to the ANTENNA/CABLE jack, tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (whichever channel is selected on the 3/4 switch on the back of your VCR). Also make sure the TV/VCR button on the VCR is in the correct mode (press the TV/VCR button on your VCR). - Page 36 • The channel may be blocked or not approved in the Parental Control Menu. • If using a VCR, check to make sure the TV/VCR button on the VCR is in the correct mode (press the TV/VCR button on your VCR).
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Page 37: Care And Cleaning
Keep your TV unplugged for about 5 minutes. Then plug in the TV and turn it on. See if the problem is fixed. If the problem remains, then please visit www.tclusa.com for updated FAQs or contact TCL Customer Support at the support... -
Page 38: V-Chip Rating Explanations
(D) or situations (S), no strong language (L), and little or no violence (V). TV-Y7 (Directed to Children 7 years and older) Designed for children ages 7 and above. It may be more appropriate for children who have acquired the developmental skills needed to distinguish between make believe and reality. -
Page 39: Canadian French V-Chip Rating System
C8+ (Children 8 and older) Programming generally considered acceptable for children 8 years and over to watch on their own. Violence Guidelines: Violence will not be portrayed as the preferred, acceptable, or only way to resolve conflict or encourage children to imitate dangerous acts which they may see on television. -
Page 40: Limited Warranty
• Two (2) years from date of purchase for labor. What we will do: • At TTE’s discretion, pay an Authorized TCL Service Center for both labor charges and parts to repair your television, or replace your television with a new or refurbished/remanufactured unit. -
Page 41: Product Registration
Product Registration: Please register your TCL purchase on-line at www.tclusa.com. It will make it easier to contact you should it ever be necessary. Registration is not required for warranty coverage. Limitation of Warranty: • THE WARRANTY STATED ABOVE IS THE ONLY WARRANTY APPLICABLE TO THIS PRODUCT. NO VERBAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY TTE TECHNOLOGY, INC., ITS AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A GUARANTY OR IN ANY WAY... -
Page 44: Fcc Information
This will only add delays in service for your product. TTE Technology, Inc. 5541 West 74th Street Indianapolis, IN 46268 ©2010 TTE Technology, Inc. TCL and associated marks are trademarks of TCL S.A.used under license to TTE Corporation. Printed in China Part No.: 72-MT05AT-E001A...
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