Important Notes About Your Plasma Tv - Toshiba 42HP86 Owner's Manual

Important notes about your Plasma TV

The following symptoms are not signs of malfunction, but
rather technical limitations of plasma TV technology.
1) The display of this Plasma TV radiates infrared rays. It may
affect other infrared communication equipment under
certain operating conditions.
2) Under certain conditions, the display of this Plasma TV
may cause interference with the audio and/or video of
certain types of electronic equipment that easily receive
electromagnetic waves (e.g., AM radios and video
equipment). In particular, the display of this Plasma TV may
affect certain types of electronic equipment that are
located beyond the area where the Plasma TV is being
used.
3) The display panel of this Plasma TV is manufactured using
an extremely high level of precision technology; however,
occasionally some parts of the screen may be missing
picture elements and/or have luminous spots.
4) You can enjoy playing video games on this Plasma TV;
however, certain video games that utilize so-called "light
gun" joysticks for shooting at on-screen targets may not
work with this Plasma TV.
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5) Possible Adverse Effects on Plasma Display: Like all
phosphor-based display devices and all gas-based plasma
displays, the display of this Plasma TV may be susceptible
to permanent ghost images (also known as phosphor
burn-in) under certain circumstances. Certain operating
conditions may accelerate the potential for phosphor burn-
in, including but not limited to the following:
• Displaying fixed (non-moving) images, including but
not limited to PIP/POP windows, closed captions, video
game patterns, TV station logos, stock tickers, and
websites.
• Displaying special formats that do not use the entire
screen, including but not limited to widescreen or
letterbox format media viewed on a 4:3 aspect ratio
display (with gray or black bars at the top and bottom of
the screen) and 4:3 aspect ratio format media viewed on
a widescreen/16:9 aspect ratio display (with gray or
black bars on the left and right sides of the screen.)
To minimize the potential for the occurrence of phosphor
burn-in, Toshiba recommends the following:
• Display a moving image on the display of your Plasma
TV whenever possible.
• Always turn off the power of your Plasma TV when you
are finished using it.
• Reduce the Brightness and Contrast levels as much as
possible without impairing image quality.
• Enable the Long Life settings (see page 37).
• Try to display images that have many colors and color
gradations (i.e., photographic or photo-realistic images.)
• Try to display images that have minimal contrast
between light and dark areas (e.g., avoid white
characters on black backgrounds).
• Try to avoid displaying images that have few colors and/
or that have distinct, sharply defined borders between
colors.
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