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  • Page 1 USER MANUAL...
  • Page 2 WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFERSERVICING TO QUALIFIED To reduce fire or shock SERVICE PERSONNEL. hazard, do not expose this TV to rain or moisture. This symbol indicates "dangerous voltage"...
  • Page 3 If you want all the benefits of the latest technology, without complexity, we have a very simple solution. It's called ProScan. State-of-the-art technology that real people can use. Thank you for choosing ProScan. And welcome to our company-wide commitment to your complete satisfaction and viewing enjoyment.
  • Page 4 OPERATION Press TV to turn on the TV. Press the CHAN buttons to change channels, or enter channels directly with the number buttons. VCR2.LO VCR1 DSSeCABLE Press the VOL buttons to change the volume. AMtFM TAPE © PLAY GETTING AROUND IN THE MENUS STOP...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    First Things First ..........Using the Menu System ........The Menu Rule: Point and Select ............Menus and Control Panels ..............Interactive Setup ..........Entering the Interactive Setup ............Connect the TV ................Search for Channels ................. Set the Time ..................Edit the Channel Labels ..............
  • Page 6 Appendices ............Things to Know Before Connecting Components ......Appendix A: Connections ......... Connection A" TV Only ..............Connection B: TV and Mono VCR ............ Connection C: TV and Stereo VCR ........... Connection D: TV and Stereo VCR Using a Splitter ......65 Connection E: TV and DSS®...

  • Page 7: First Things First

    FIRST THINGS FIRST...
  • Page 8 STEP 1 :UNPACK ACCESSORIES The accessories packed with TV include the Universal Remote, the Simple Remote, six AAA batteries, an antenna adapter, and an audio/ video adapter for plugging your camcorder into the front of the TV. sure to locate the Connections Foldout. '0 _0 _0 _0 _0 '0 _0 _0 _0...
  • Page 9 WITH OTHER COMPONENTS Use the Connections Foldout to connect your TV to a VCR, DSS® receiver, or laserdisc player. See Appendix A, p. 62 for detailed informa.tion about using each of these connections. After connecting the TV, proceed to Step 3, below. If your components don't match those shown on the Foldout, or if you prefer a different connection, see your dealer or the specific component user manuals.
  • Page 10 STEP ,5: TURN Press TV on the remote, or press POWER on the TV itself. VCR2*LD AMeFM TAPE PLAY STEP STOP PAUSE Read the next section, Using the Menu System, which is a brief overview of the basic rules for getting around in the menus. MUTE CHA_ PREV CH...

  • Page 11: Using The Menu System

    USING MENU SYSTEM...
  • Page 12 MENU RULE: POINT SELECT You only need to know one rule to use the on-screen menus: point and select. WHAT POINT SELECT? The point and select method has two steps. 1. Point to a menu item using the MOVE arrows on the remote. MENU To point up or down, press the up or down arrows.
  • Page 13 The Exit Button All menus have an Exit button. Selecting the Exit button always takes you to the previous screen. Selecting the Exit button from the Main Menu returns you to regular TV viewing. For example, 1. Press MENU to bring up the Living Room Main Menu. Point to Exit. 2.

  • Page 14: Menus And Control Panels

    MENUS, CONTROLS CONTROL PANELS There are three parts to the menu system: menus, controls, and control panels. Before you can use the contols and control panels to adjust your TV, you have to move through the Main Menu and select a control.
  • Page 15 The Help Button All menus have a Help button. For example, selecting the Help button from the Main Menu brings up all of the help balloons for the Living Room. 1. Press MENU to bring up the Living Room Main Menu. 2.
  • Page 16 MENUS There are six menus available from the Living Room Main Menu. When you point to different items in the Living Room, a different menu highlights. Press MENU on the remote to select the highlighted menu. To exit a menu There are two ways to exit a menu: * Point to Exit and press MENU.
  • Page 17 Toggles Use toggles to choose a particular setting from several available settings. For example, to indicate which antenna you are using: 1. Press MENU to bring up the Living Room Main Menu. 2. Point to Channel (the remote control on the table) and press MENU.
  • Page 18 EXPLORE, EXPLORE, EXPLORE! Once you've learned the basics, feel free to poke around in the menu system. The context-sensitive help at the bottom of the screen provides instructions for getting through any particular menu or control panel. Remember, press CLEAR at any time to leave the menu system and return to regular IV viewing.

  • Page 19: Interactive Setup

    INTERACTIVE SETUP INTERACTIVE SETUP...

  • Page 20: Entering The Interactive Setup

    ENTERING INTERACTIVE SETUP The interactive setup routine is accessed through the Assistance menu: 1. Press MENU to bring up the Living Room Main Menu. 2. Point to Nipper to highlight the Assistance menu and press MENU. The Assistance menu appears with the Setup control highlighted. 3.

  • Page 21: Connect The Tv

    STEP 1 : CONNECT This section of the setup asks questions about the components you have and walks you through the steps needed to connect your TV to a VCR, Digital Satellite System receiver, and laserdisc player. If you used the Connections Foldout to connect your TV, you can skip this step or follow along for the sheer fun of it.
  • Page 22 STEP FOUR: SPEAKER FIGU RATION This step lets you tell the TV how many speakers you have connected to your TV. 1. Point left or right to indicate the speaker setup that matches your system. 2. Point to EXIT and press MENU to go to the next step. STEP FIVE: EDIT...

  • Page 23: Programming The Remotes

    PROGRAMMING REMOTES PROGRAMMING REMOTE...

  • Page 24: Programming The Universal Remote

    Programmingthe Universal Remoteto Control the RCA ® Receiver The universal remote is preprogrammed to control the RCA DSS® receiver. Many buttons on your TV remote have the same functions as the buttons on the RCA DSS ® remote. You may want to experiment with other buttons on the remote to see if they work with your receiver.
  • Page 25 Programming the Universal Remote to Control Cable Refer to the Connection Foldout or contact your cable company to Cable Box Codes hook up your cable box. If you have a cable box with its own remote, you also. may be able to use the TV's remote with your cable box. This ABC ..........

  • Page 26: Programming The Simple Remote

    To program the VCR button using CODE SEARCH 1. Make sure the VCR is turned off unless it is a GE, PROSCAN, or RCA product. If the VCR is a GE, PROSCAN or RCA product, turn iton. 2:. Pressthe VCR button and the POWER button simultaneously.
  • Page 27 Pioneer ..05,16,33 (laser disc),50 II ^^v< 62 ^<<v Portland ....... 4 4,45,52 Colortyme ........1 4 12 ^^<^ 63 ^<<< ProScan ........... 00 C.raig ........... 07,12 13 ^^<> 64 >^^^ Curtis Mathes ....0 0,07,08, Quartz ..........0 2 14 ^^<v 65 >^^>...
  • Page 28 CHAN buttons to change channels.To return to using the simple remote buttons as transport keys, press VCR. For PROSCAN, RCA, and GE devices, pressing the device button will usually turn the device on. Use the POWER button to turn the...
  • Page 29 "FOUR OF THE TV...
  • Page 30 REMOTE CONTROL BUTTONS POWER When in TV mode, turns off the TV. In VCR mode, and if programmed, turns on and off some VCRs. VCR1. If programmed, turns on VCR and puts the remote in VCR VCR2"LD DSSeCABLE_ mode. Also, turns on the TV. AM_'FM TAPE DSSoCABLE Turns on the DSS receiver or, if programmed, some cable...
  • Page 31 INPUT Press to toggle through the available input sources (VID1, VID2, VID3, FRNT, etc.). ANTENNA When in TV mode, changes the antenna input. Functions as TVoVCR button in VCR mode and TV.DSS button in DSS°CABLE Mode. CLEAR Removes any menu or display from the screen and returns to TV viewing.

  • Page 32: Front Panel

    FRONT PANEL VOL < Decreases the volume. When in the menu system, use VOL < pOWER CHAN to point left to items and adjust menu controls. VOL > Increases the volume. When in the menu system, use VOL > to point right to items and adjust menu controls.

  • Page 33: Quick Reference Guide

    QUICK REFERENCE...

  • Page 34: Audio Menu

    AUDIO MENU Mute Mute liE] Sound Letsyou turn the TV's sound off or on. Equalizer Takes you to slider bars that adjust the tone of each of the TV's external and internal speakers. Speakers Lets you turn on or off the TV's internal, external or rear speakers. Audio Processor Lets you choose among the available audio modes, which control the...
  • Page 35 Tweak -I'akesyou to a control panel that lets you make appropriate fine adjustments to your TV's sound. The changes you can make depend on the speaker configuration and the audio processor you chose. Sound Check Lets you feed white noise through each of your speakers in turn, two seconds at a time to better adjust the balance among your speakers.

  • Page 36: Picture Quality Menu

    PICTURE QUALITY MENU Contrast Contrast Adjusts the difference between the light dark areas of the picture. Color Adjusts the richness of the color. Tint Adjusts the balance between the red and green levels. Black Level Adjusts the brightness of the picture. Sharpness Adjusts the crispness of edges in the picture.
  • Page 37 Reset Picture Controls Lets you reset the picture controls to their original settings. fiX+ OOIII SCREEN MENU Screen IPIX+ Lets you set the PIX+ mode. Single The usual the TV. Screen appearance PIP (Pidure-in-Pidure) A second, smaller picture appears in the corner of the screen.
  • Page 38 Closed Captioning Display Lets you choose the way closed captioning information is shown on the screen. PIX+ DIIII No captioning information displayed. Screen On Always Captioning information is displayed, when available. On When Sound is Muted Captioning information is displayed, available, when the TV's sound is muted.

  • Page 39: Time Menu

    TIME MENU Sleep Timer Lets you select how long the TV waits before it turns off. Schedule Leads to a control panel that lets you set up a schedule for turning the Set Time and TV on and off automatically. The on-screen directions guide you through the steps needed to set the schedule.

  • Page 40: Channel Menu

    CHANNEL MENU Parental Control Parentat Controt Lets you turn the Parental Control feature off or on. You indicate which 1311 chanriels are Parent Approved in the Lists and Labels control panel, explained below. On The front panel CHAN buttons will tune only to channels that you have marked as "Parent Approved"...
  • Page 41 NORM All the channels that have Normal checked make up the Normal list. These channels can be viewed by scanning with the CHAN buttons, if the Normal viewing list is selected in the Options Parental Control control panel in the Screen menu. In Normal viewing, channels that rill are not part of the list can be viewed by using the number buttons on the remote.

  • Page 42: Assistance

    ASSISTANCE Setup The Setup routine is part of the Assistance menu and is described in Interactive Setup. Connections Helps you connect different components to the TV. The Connections routine is also part of the setup routine. When you are using the Connections routine, be sure and follow along in the Connections Foldout.

  • Page 43: Advanced Features

    ADVANCED FEATURES...

  • Page 44: Pix+ Operation

    PIX+ OPERATION There are four different PIX + modes: PIP (picture-in-picture), Split Screen, POP (picture-outside-picture) and Channel Guide. You can access all of these modes through the Screen menu. PIP Mode (picture-in-picture) Displays a second, smaller picture on top of the main picture. Split Screen Mode Divides the main picture into left and a right pictures.

  • Page 45: Two Tips For Using Pix+ Buttons

    SCAN Pressing SCAN causes the TV to automatically scan through your channel list, using the currently selected window. To change the currently selected window, use CH CTRL. Each channel is displayed for four seconds before the TV automatically tunes to the next channel in the list.

  • Page 46: Adjusting Projection Tv

    ADJUSTING PROJECTION Your projection TV has three color projection tubes-one for red, one for green, and one for blue. When the tubes are precisely aligned they create the color images you see on the TV screen. Over time, the picture can drift out of alignment due to normal bumps and vibrations or moving the TV.

  • Page 47: On-Screen Program Details

    ON-SCREEN PROGRAM DETAILS Program providers have the option of sending information through the airwaves along with their programs. If this information is available, the TV can display it when you press DISPLAY.To display the on-screen program details: Press DISPLAY once to bring up the channel marker. Press DISPLAY again to bring up the program title and the program's length and elapsed time.

  • Page 48: Displaying On-Screen Help

    Channel menu appears. Context Sensitive Help This ProScan TV also provides Context-Sensitive Help. The TV knows the buttons you press and will offer information tailored to your needs. To use Context-Sensitive Help: 1. Press MENU to bring up the Main Menu.
  • Page 49 APPENDICES...
  • Page 50 TV ONLY This information applies to Connection A Jn the Connections Foldout. Connection A provides: • stereo sound from broadcast programs • Picture in Picture (PIP) To use this connection you must have: • (1) coaxial cable To connect: 1. Connect cables as shown in Connection A. 2.
  • Page 51 MONO -[his information applies to Connection B in the Connections Foldout. Connection B provides: • stereo sound from broadcast programs °. mono sound from VCR ,. Picture in Picture (PIP) °, viewing one channel on TV while recording another channel To use this connection you must have: (2) audio/video cables...
  • Page 52 AND STEREO applies to C in the Connections Foldout. This information Connection Connection C provides: • stereo sound from broadcast programs • stereo sound from VCR • Picture in Picture (PIP) • viewing one channel on TV while recording another channel To use this connection you must have: •...
  • Page 53 AND VCR USING A SPLITTER Foldout. -[his information applies to Connection D in the Connections Conne(_tion D provides: o, stereo sound from broadcast programs ,. stereo sound from VCR ,. Picture in Picture (PIP) 0, viewing one channel on TV while recording another channel To use this connection you must have: ,, (1) splitter...
  • Page 54 TV AND DSS ® RECEIVER This information applies to Connection E in the Connections Foldout. Connection E provides: • stereo sound from broadcast programs • stereo sound from the DSS® receiver • Picture in Picture (PIP) To use this connection you must have: •...
  • Page 55 VCR, DSS ® RECEIVER l-his information applies to Connection F in the Connections Foldout. ConneCtion F provides: ,, stereo sound from broadcast programs stereo sound from VCR o stereo sound from the DSS®receiver To use this connection you must have: ,, (4) coaxial cables (6) audio/video cables •...
  • Page 56 VCR, DSS ® RECEIVER USING SPLITTER This information applies to Connection G in the Connections Foldout. Connection G provides: • stereo sound from broadcast programs • stereo sound from VCR • stereo sound from the DSS ® receiver • Picture in Picture (PIP) •...
  • Page 57 To record off-air (cable or antenna) broadcasts and watch a different channel: 1. Turn DSS® receiver off. 2. Press VCR1 and tune to a channel. 3. Press RECORD to begin recording. 4. To watch another channel, make sure the TV/VCR switch on the VCR is set to TV;...
  • Page 58 To play a tape on the VCR: 1. Press VCR1 and then press PLAY. ADDING LASERDISC PLAYER This information applies to Connection H in the Connections Foldout. Connection H provides: • stereo sound from a Laserdisc player To use this connection you must have: •...
  • Page 59 CONNECTING EXTERNAL SPEAKERS You can connect up to six additional speakers to the TV: two to the FRONT SPEAKERS terminals, two to the CENTER SPEAKERS, and two lelelelol mcenter channel to the REAR SPEAKERS terminals. I,_, Im Front (Main) Speakers Iolololol mmain I,M,I1@...
  • Page 60 Blank screen • Maybe the device connected to the input jacks is not turned on. • Try another channel. • Press RESET,in case the picture controls are set too low. No sound, picture okay • Maybe sound is muted. Try pressing volume up button to restore sound.
  • Page 61 Two years for picture tube. ]he warranty period for rental units begins with the first rental. 'What we will do: • Pay any Authorized ProScan Television Servicenter the labor charges to repair your television. • Pay any Authorized ProScan Television...
  • Page 62 CARE CLEANING You can clean the TV as required, using a soft cloth or the dusting attachment for your vacuum cleaner. Be sure to occasionally vacuum the ventilation slots in the cabinet to help assure adequate ventilation. To clean the TV screen, use a diluted soap and water mixture and a soft cloth.
  • Page 63 Connecting a Subwoofer 71 Symbols Connecting a tape deck 72 L/MONO audio jacks 36 (0-9) 32 Connecting Audio Components 72 Connecting Speakers 71 Connecting to an AiV receiver 37 Contrast 42 Main Menu 33 Control Panels 12 Matrix Surround 40 AoV jack 73 Choice Lists 13 MENU 13, 33...

  • Page 64: To Control A Vcr

    Sleep Timer 45 Programming the remotes 22 Sliders 12 Programming the Simple Remote Sound Check 41 Speaker Switch 71 Programming the universal remote Speakers 40 to control a DSS® 24 Split Screen 43 Programming the Universal Remote Stereo headphones 38 to Control a VCR 22, 26 SWAP 33 Prologic 40...
  • Page 65 To order accessories, contact your local ProScan Dealer. If a dealer is not nearby, you can also follow the instructions Charge your order on your VISA below to order by telephone. or MasterCard filling in below USE YOUR CREDIT CARD...
  • Page 66 Accessory Order Form for ProScan TV Models Audio/Video C ables continued Part No. Total Description Stereo Audio Cable Double gold-tipped _ignal Splitter AH047 3.99 cable generally used Gold-Tipped Antenna Cable (6-ft) AHO65G 6.99 for connecting stereo AH066G 8.99 Gold-Tipped Antenna Cable (I 0-if) audio components.
  • Page 67 General Cable Information The following accessories are available from most ProScan dealers and electronics supply stores in case you want to Antenna (or cable-TV) connections are made with either position your components farther apart or need additional coaxial antenna cable or twin-lead cable.
  • Page 68 PROSCAN VVe are committed to your complete satisfaction and viewing enjoyment. Any time you have a question or want information about your ProScan _)roduct, call our friendly toll-free number listed below. 1 -800-PROSCAN ( 1 -800-776-7226) An RCA Entertainment Product g._ 1HOMSON CONSUMIR rrJ.r_TRONICS...

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