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MAGNAVOX product. Sincerely, Robert Minkhorst President and Chief Executive Officer P.S. Remember, to get the most from your MAGNAVOX product, you must return your Warranty Registration Card within 10 days. So please mail it to us right now!
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Infrared Remote Control which works your TV set and a variety of wireless remote control VCRs and Getting Started Warning/Precautions ....... 2-3 Cable Converters. A special "'Locator" feature can Antenna/Cable Connections ....4-5 also help you find the remote when it has been stuck VCR to TV Antenna Connections ......
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irst let's connect your Antenna or Cable TV signal to your TV. This will be easy since there is only one 75_ antenna plug on the back of your TV - and that's where the ..........antenna goes. Back of TV ¢,,1,_ IF your antenna (or CABLE TV signal) has a round cable (75 ohm)
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ome of you may have two separate antennas. instance, one antenna is for VHF channels (2-13) and the other Outdoor UHF Antenna antenna is for UHF channels {'14-69). Back of TV For homes with two separate antennas you will need an optional "combiner"...
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| BEGIN Press the POWER button to turn the TV ON. (Note: you can press any button on the front of the TV to turn the TV ON.) The tuned channel number will always briefly appear when the TV is first turned ON (and with channel changes).
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load the supplied batteries • into the remote: [ BEGIN < Remove the battery compartment lid on the back of the remote. _ ,_ Place the batteries (3-AA) in I the remote. Be sure the (+) and [ (-) ends of the batteries line up ] correctly (inside of case is I marked.)
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eatures for your TV can be adjusted from a MENU screen shown on the TV. A MENU is Selection ARROW points to the active MENU nothing more than an on-screen item. An "adjustment _ale (or box) also _bows next to the _lected MENU item.
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BRIGHT n-screen features that come PICTURE with your TV: COLOR • Six MENU items will show TINT on the TV screen at one time. SHARP An ARROW will point to the STEREO active item. • Just press MENU • or • buttons to move up or down SPEAKER through the MENU item list.
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need to make sure that the TV is set to pick up either Cable TV stations or Antenna signals. In other words, the TV needs to know whether you have connected a Cable TV signal or a normal antenna to its ANTENNA plug.
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our TV can automatically set tself for local area (or Cable TV) channels. This makes it easy for you to select only the TV stations in your area when the CH(annel) • • buttons are pressed. Please check and be sure the TV is set for the type of signal you have connected to the TV - Antenna or Cable TV (see previous page.)
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uto Programming (see previous page) adds all the channels it can find (on your Antenna or Cable TV system) into the TV's memory. Add/Delete Channels makes it easy for you to add other channels, or drop unwanted channels, from the list of channels in the TV's memory.
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['-_losed Captioning allows you to _._ read the voice content of television programs on the TV with Closed Caption (CC) information included. Neither are all Closed Caption screen. Designed to help the modes (CAPTION !-4, or TEXT I-4)) necessarily being used by a broadcast hearing impaired this feature uses station during the transmission...
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our TV can receive broadcast stereo TV programs. The TV has both an amplifier and twin speakers through which the stereo sound can be heard. ,1,,,,_ Press MENU • or • on the TV (or on the remote press M button and then M ••...
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e Smart Sound (Automatic olume Leveler - A VL ) control allows you to preset a certain volume level beyond which the TV sound will not exceed. This enables you to hear a more consistent, even sound level by reducing the peaks and valleys that can occur during program...
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_._1 U_h e the Volume Bar control to see e TV's volume level settings on the TV screen. Once set the Volume Bar will be seen each time the VOLUME buttons (on the TV or remote) are pressed. Press MENU • or • on the TV _,,1_ (or on the remote press M button and then M ••...
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aVe you ever fallen asleep in ont of the TV only to have it wake you up at two in the morning with a test pattern screeching in your ears? Well, your TV can save you all that trouble by automatically turning itself off.
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.1 selected program can remain on the TV screen by using the REMINDER feature. channel number for a Press MENU • or • on the TV (or on the remote press M button and then M •• buttons.) Select the word REMINDER with the TV's on-screen Arrow.
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_q'Vor our French and Spanish • " speaking TV owners an on- screen LANGUAGE option is present. With the LANGUAGE control you can set the TV's on- screen features to be shown in either English, French, or Spanish text. [ BEGIN _,,,_ Press MENU •...
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uld you like to hear TV rograms through your audio hi-fi system? The TV°s Audio Output jacks and TV Speaker On/Off control work together offer you this TV sound option. [ BEGIN R(ight) Connect the and L(efl) AUDIO OUT jacks on the TV to the R and L Audio Input jacks on your amplifier or sound system.
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ou can view the playback of VCR tapes (Video Disc BACK OF TV Players, camcorders, etc). by using the AUDIO and VIDEO INPUT jacks (on the rear of the TV). For example: to view the playback of a VCR tape: Ca-a-ar Connect the AUDIO and VIDEO INPUT jacks on the TV...
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Status/Exit Button After installing the batteries into Press to see the current channel the remote, press the TV System button to send remote commands number on the TV screen. Also press this button to clear the TV screen after to the TV. Point the remote toward control adjustments.
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hen using the TV remote with a VCR, first make certain it is set to control your VCR ( by the REMOTE CODE or SEARCH method - see following section). Press theVCR System button on the remote. •Play Button Press to playback a tape. Hold down Point the top of the remote after pressing the RECORD button to toward the front of the VCR...
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ave you ever played hide and eek with your remote control? Are you tired of tearing the house apart trying to find if someone has stuffed the remote under the couch, put it on the shelves, or hid it in the desk? Well, your TV remote can save you all that looking by automatically signaling its location to you.
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For most homes this step would not be needed but for your information: Up to 9 different remote locator address codes can be set on which the TV can send out its "homing" signal. This is done in case there is more than one TV (with a remote locator) present, and you want only one specific remote to be signaled when the...
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ow that you have looked up the two-digit Remote Code Number for your brand of VCR (on previous page), you are ready to follow the four simple steps below. Please read through steps 1-4 before beginning. PLA'Y _ STATUS <1_ Press and release the REC I (RECORD) button.
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Toshiba Macom 29, 38 may hatve to try more than the Uniden Satellite 44, 54 Magnavox 17,26, 31 first two-digit code given in Unika order to locate your Converter's Universal 06, 27, 39 remote code.
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-_Tow that you have looked up I _1 the two-digit Remote Code Number for your brand of Cable Converter (on previous page), you are ready to follow the four simple steps below. Please read through steps 1-4 before beginning. [ BEGIN Cable Converter _,>...
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our TV remote can be set to work your VCR by what is called the SEARCH method. If the "REMOTE CODE" number method shown in the previous section did not set your remote to work your VCR, then follow easy steps listed below. Please read through steps 1-4 before beginning.
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Vour TV remote can be set to _i. work your Cable Converter by what is called the SEARCH method. If the "REMOTE CODE" number Cable Converter method shown in the previous section did not set your remote to work your Converter, then follow the easy steps listed below.
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• l_),icture in Picture (PIP) is the l-- showing of two pictures on the TV screen at the same time. (One main screen picture and one small inset picture - or PIP). Note: The PIP picture must be supplied by a VCR (or other MAIN accessory equipped with a VIDEO SCREEN...
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ttw that you have completed he required connections the previous page you are ready to follow the simple steps shown below. > Turn the VCR and TV ON. Place the VCR in the TV mode - 12:00 *" Use the TV/VCR button on the TV remote (if the remote TV IN ANTENNA has been set to work with your...
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y using the PIP buttons on the remote the PIP picture can be moved and swapped with the main screen. The main screen picture can also be frozen in the PIP window. [ BEGIN <,11_ Press the PIP ON button to show the PIP picture.
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<_MPress FREEZE to hold the current AIN screen picture in the PIP 4. PIP FREEZE 5. PiP SIZE (Large or Small) window (Main picture is still active). If PIP is currently OFF, the PIP window will automatically appear. Press FRZ repeatedly to update the frozen PIP with current pictures from the Main screen.
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?__q rl'_e picture for the PIP window can come through the TV's ANTENNA or VCRIAUX Inputs (on the rear of the TV.) The PIP INPUT control simply tells the TV which one of these two sources it is to show in the PIP window i BEGIN <_1,_ Press MENU •...
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Converter Box and VCR. hookup with Cable [BEGINI First use an optional signal splitter and connect the original cable TV signal to both the CABLE IN on the Cable Converter and the ANTENNA plug on the rear of the TV. ,_ Connect the CABLE OUT on the Converter to the ANT.
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CAUTION: A video source (such as a video game, Compact Disc Interactive - CDI, or lease make these simple TV information channel) which shows a constant non-moving pattern on the TV screen checks before calling for can cause picture tube damage. When your TV is continuously used with such a sou service.
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Coaxial Cable * A single solid antenna wire normally matched with a Picture -In-Picture (PIP) * Term used when two pictures are shown metal plug (F-type) end connector that screws (or pushes) directly onto on the TV screen at the same time. The smaller PIP picture supplied by a VCR (or other tuner/video...
LIMITED WARRANTY Color Television • 90 Day In-Home Service Labor Warranty • One (1) Year Exchange On Warranty Parts • Two (2) Year Exchange Warranty on Color Picture Tube This warranty gives you specific legal rights and you may have other rights which vary from state/province to state/province. YOU MUST PRESENT PROOF OF THE DATE ON WHICH Parts and Labor During First 90 Days THE TV WAS FIRST PURCHASED (SALES RECEIPT OR...
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