Hitachi 42pd8800ta User Manual

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BASIC OPERATION (continued)
First Time Setup
When you turn ON the TV for the fi rst time, your TV automatically leads to the settings 
of “Language” and “Auto Tuning.”
1. The fi rst screen appeared will ask you to choose the language of your TV’s display. 
2. Select the language you preferred from the list and press 
OK button.
3.  Once selecting the language, “Auto Tuning” screen appears to start scanning 
channels.
NOTE
If you want to change the setting after completing this fi rst time setup, press...

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BASIC OPERATION (continued)
Input Switching to TV/AV1~5, HDMI, and RGB
By pressing Input Select button, you can switch the input.
 To watch actual broadcast, press Input Select button on the control panel, 
the numeric buttons or Channel Up/Down button on the remote control.
 To display the image outputting from the external equipments 
connected to each terminal (AV1~5, HDMI 1, 2, and RGB), select 
corresponding mode.
1. Press Input Select buttons on the remote control.
2. The Input modes can...

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MENU OPERATION
How to use the On-Screen Display (OSD) system
With the On-Screen Display system, you can access the various kinds of the features and functions in this product.
 Basic Operation
1. Press MENU button on the remote control or Menu button on the control panel 
of the unit. The Main Menu is displayed on the screen as shown on the right. 
  
2. To select the item, press ▲ or ▼ buttons. 
The selected item will be highlighted in Green.
3. Press 
OK button to set your selection.
The selected...

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 MENU OPERATION (continued)
Setup Menu (TV mode)
With this menu, you can access various kinds of features relating to TV channel settings. 
Selected Items Setup hint
Auto TuningModePositionSelect the way to display the channels on the screen.
The position numbers are displayed on the screen. 
(1~199, AV00)
DirectThe channel number 0~99 are displayed as C , and the 
channel number 100~199 are displayed as S .
SearchTune the local channels automatically.
Press 
OK button to start searching....

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Setup Menu (TV mode)  (continued)
Selected Items Setup hint
Manual TuningColor 
SystemAuto
Select color system from 5 different modes. PA L
SECAM
NTSC4.43
NTSC3.58
SkipOffIt allows you to skip unregistered channels automatically 
when you use channel up (+) down (-) buttons to select 
channels. 
Regarding the unavailable channels, this function will be 
set to [On] automatically to skip. On
NROff
The noise on the screen or interference could be reduced, 
especially at the...

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Setup Menu (AV mode)
With this menu, you can select or adjust the condition of the input signals from each terminal. 
Selected Items Setup hint
SystemSystem 1 Do not change the original setting.
(System1: Europe/Asia, System2:North America)
 Composite and S-video input only. System 2
Color
systemAV1~AV5System 1Auto
Select the color system depending on the input signal.
 Generally, select [Auto].  
 In case that the input signal has too much noise, the 
signal level...

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Setup Menu (RGB mode)
With this menu, you can adjust the display condition of the image which is inputting from the RGB terminals. 
By pressing ▼button at the bottom of the 1st Setup menu page, the 2nd Setup menu page will appear on the screen.
Selected Items Setup hint
Auto AdjustAdjust Horizontal Position, Vertical Position, Horizontal 
Clock, and Clock Phase automatically.
 Press 
OK button to start auto adjustment.
 
The message “Auto Adjusting” is displayed.
 Depending...

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Setup Menu (RGB mode) (continued)
Selected Items Setup hint
Input Level0.7V
 Normally, select [0.7V].
 Select [1.0V] only when the whole display becomes too 
white.
1.0V
Frequency DisplayOff
Select whether indicating the PC signal frequency infor-
mation on Input Signal Screen Display or not.
On
WVGA TypeOffIt allows you to switch display size to [Full] and [Real]. (See 
“Size Switching” on 
39 for the details.)
 This function is available only for WVGA signal....

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Function Menu
This menu provides various ways to protect your panel, reduce power consumption, and set up utilizing the useful 
functions, such as Freeze Mode and Photo Input.
Selected Items Setup hint
Screen SaverOff
This is one of the initiatives to reduce image retention by 
moving the displaying screen slightly at set interval. You 
can select the interval with cursor button.  5Min.
10Min.
20Min.
40Min.
60Min.
Screen WipeOn
This displays the white pattern to recover from...

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Function Menu (continued)
Selected Items Setup hint
Luminance ManagerOff
This helps to avoid the image retention such as station 
logo by lowering the brightness of 4 corners.
On
Picture Size1
In case that the image from TV signal (especially CATV) has 
a blackened gap in either or both side during Panoramic 
mode, select [2] so that it can make up for the gap.
This is 
not available when displaying “Cinema” size.
This is not available except RF, composite, and...