Simplink Connection; Activating The Simplink Feature - LG 42PT25 Owner's Manual

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MAKING CONNECTIONS

SIMPLINK connection

Use the TV remote control to play and control the
AV device connected with the HDMI cable through
HDMI-CEC. Your TV only works with the devices
that support HDMI-CEC.
Connect one end of the HDMI cable to the HDMI/
DVI IN or HDMI IN terminal on the rear of the TV
and the other end to the SIMPLINK device.
NOTE
If the connected device does not support
y y
HDMI-CEC, the SIMPLINK feature is
unavailable.
To operate SIMPLINK, an High Speed
y y
HDMI Cable with *CEC function should
be used. (*CEC: Consumer Electronics
Control).

Activating the SIMPLINK feature

1
Press SIMPINK to access the SIMPLINK
menus.
2
Press the Navigation buttons to scroll to On.
3
Press the Navigation buttons to scroll to one of
the devices and press OK.
Image shown may differ from your TV.
y y
OK
◄ On
Watch TV
1
2 DISC
VCR
3
HDD Recorder VCR
4
Speaker
5
Exit
►
Selected Device
When a device is
connected (displayed
in bright colour)
When device is
not connected
(displayed in gray)
No. Description
Displays the previously viewed TV channel.
1
Plays discs. When multiple discs are available,
the title of the disc appears at the bottom of the
2
screen.
Controls the connected VCR.
3
HDD recordings playback: Controls the recording
4
stored in HDD.
Audio out to Home theatre speaker or Audio out
to TV: Changes the audio output between Home
5
theatre speaker and TV speaker.
- A check mark appears in front of the selected
device.
- Available devices display in a bright colour.
- Unavailable devices display in grey.
4
Control the selected AV device.
- Direct Play: After connecting AV devices to
the TV, you can directly control the devices
and play media without additional settings.
- Select AV device: Enables you to select one
of the AV devices connected to the TV.
- Disc playback: Control connected AV de-
vices by pressing the Navigation buttons, OK,
►, ▀ , l l, ◄◄ and ►► buttons.
- Power off all devices: When you power off
the TV, all connected devices are turned off.
- Switch audio-out: Offers an easy way to
switch audio-out.
- Sync Power on: When the equipment with
SIMPLINK function connected HDMI terminal
starts to play, The TV will automatically turn
on.
NOTE
If you change the input source by
y y
pressing INPUT, the progressing function
of the SIMPLINK device will stop.
If you select a device that has the
y y
Home theatre feature, the sound output
automatically switches to the Home
theatre speaker and the TV speaker turns
off.
If a connected SIMPLINK Home theatre
y y
system does not play the audio from the
TV, connect the DIGITAL AUDIO OUT
terminal on the rear of the TV to the
DIGITAL AUDIO IN terminal on the back
of the SIMPLINK device with an optical
cable.