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and 9. The TV will switch to the selected
programme after a short delay.
• For a two digit programme number enter thesecond digit after pressing the first digit
within 2 seconds.
Menu System
Your TV has been designed with a menu
system to provide easy manipulation of a
multifunction system.
Press the
button to enter the menu.
Press
_/`button to select a menu title and
then
a/bbutton to select a menu item and
_/`or “ OK ” button to enter the menu item.
•Pressthe
button to exit the menu.
•Pressthe
button to return to the previous
menu.
Picture menu
By pressing_/`button, select the first icon.
Picture menu appears on the screen.
Mode CinemaPICTURE
Contrast
PA L 5 0 Hz
Brightness
SharpnessColourColour TempWarmNoise Reduction Medium
Reset 10 24 62
32Film Mode Off
3D Comb Off
Mode
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Mode.
Press
_/`button to choose one of these
options: Natural,Dynamic andCinema .
Picture mode can be changed directly by
pressing the
button.
Contrast
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Contrast.
Press
`button to increase contrast. Press_button to decrease contrast. Contrast level
can be adjusted between 0 and 63. Brightness
By pressing
a/bbutton, select
Bright-
ness. Press
`button to increase brightness.
Press
_button to decrease brightness.
Brightness level can be adjusted between 0
and 63.
Sharpness
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Sharp-
ness. Press
`button to increase sharp-
ness. Press
_button to decrease sharp-
ness. Sharpness level can be adjusted be-
tween 0 and 31.
Colour
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Colour.
Press
`button to increase colour. Press_button to decrease colour. Colour level can
be adjusted between 0 and 99.
Hue
This item is displayed in picture menu when
the TV receives an NTSC signal. By press-
ing
a/bbutton, select hue.Press`button
to increase hue. Press
_button to decrease
hue. Hue level can be adjusted between -31
and 31.
Colour Temp
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Colour
Tem p . Press
_/`button to choose one of
these options: Cool,Normal andWarm .
Noise Reduction
This item is used to reduce the image noise
and improve the picture quality at weak sig-
nals.
By pre ssing
a/bbutton, select Noise Re-
duction. Press
_/`buttontoset Noise re-
duction level toOff,Low ,Medium orHigh.
Film Mode
Films are recorded at a different number of
frames per second to normal television
programmes.
By pre ssing
a/bbutton, select Film Mode.
Press
_/`button to set this feature On or
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ing films to see the fast motion scenes
clearly.
3D Comb
3D Comb is used to improve colour transi-
tions and colour quality of pictures.
By pre ssing
a/bbutton, select3D Comb.
Press
_/`button to set this feature On or
Off.
Reset
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Reset.
Press
_/`or “ OK” button to reset the picture
modes to factory default settings.
Sound menu
By pressing_/`button, select the second
icon. Sound menu appears on the screen.
Vo l u m eSOUND
EqualizerBalance
Headphone
Sound Mode 10
0
Stereo
AV L
Effect
Dynamic Bass
On
Off
3DS
Subwoofer Off OffOn
Vo l u m e
By pressing
a/bbutton, select
Volume.
Press
`button to increase volume level.
Press
_button to decrease volume level.
Volume level can be adjusted between 0
and 63.
Equalizer
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Equalizer.
Press
_/`or “ OK” button to enter equalizer
menu.
SOUNDEqualizer
Sound ModeUser120Hz500Hz
1.5kHz
5kHz 0
10kHz0000
In equalizer menu the sound mode can be
changed to User, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Flat and
Classic by pressing
_/`button. Equalizer
menu settings can be changed only when
Sound Mode isUser. Select the desired fre-
quency by
a/bbutton and increase or de-
crease the frequency gain by pressing
_/`button.
Press the
button to return to the previous
menu.
Balance
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Balance.
Press
`button to increase balance to the
right. Press
_button to decrease balance to
the left. Balance level can be adjusted be-
tween -31 and 31.
Headphone
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Head-
phone. Press
_/`or “ OK” button to enter
hedphone menu.
SOUNDHeadphone
Vo lu m e
Sound ModeBalance 100Stereo
 
						

							
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volume
By pressing
a/bbutton, selectVolume.
Press
`button to increase hp volume level.
Press
_button to decrease hp volume level.
Headphone volume level can be adjusted
between 0 and 63.
sound mode
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Sound
Mo de. Press
_/`button to change sound
mode.
Sound mode is used to identify sound mode of
the headphone and can be set to mono, ste-
reo, dual a or dual baccording to the transmis-
sion.
balance
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Balance.
Press
`button to increase balance to the
right. Press
_button to decrease balance to
the left. Balance level can be adjusted be-
tween -31 and 31.
Press the
button to return to the previous
menu.
Sound Mode
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Sound
Mode. Press
_/`button to change the
mode.
You can select Mono ,Stereo, Dual A orDual
B mode, only if the selected channel sup-
ports that mode.
In case of bilingual broadcast (Dual Sound),
you can select original or dubbed language
using mode option.
AV L
Automatic Volume Limiting (AVL) function
adjusts the sound to obtain fixed output level
between programs, having different sound
levels.
Pressing
_/`button will turn this feature on
or off.
Effect
You can use this feature to switch the sound
effect on or off. If the current sound system is
Mono and the sound effect is switched on, then the sound will be heard as if it is Ste-
reo. If the current sound system is Stereo,
switching this effect on will give a more spa-
tial effect.
Pressing
_/`button will turn this feature on
or off.
Dynamic Bass
Dynamic Bass is used to increase bass ef-
fect of the TV set.
By pre ssing
a/bbutton, select Dynamic
Bas s . By pressing
_/`button set Dynamic
bass to Low, High or OFF. It is not recom-
mended to select High if listening at high
volume levels. There is a subwoofer output
that can accept an active subwoofer if you
wish to create very high levels of Bass.
3DS
This feature is used to create the impres-
sion that sound is coming from around the
room instead of from the set speakers.
Pressing the
_/`buttons will turn the fea-
ture on or off.
SubWoofer
It is possible to connect an external, active
subwoofer to the set to give a much deeper
bass effect.
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Subwoofer.
Subwoofer can be set to On or Off.
Set Subwoofer to On when you connect an
external subwoofer to the set.
Feature menu
By pressing_/`button, select the third icon.
Feature menu appears on the screen.
Sleep TimerFEATURE
Child LockLanguage
Ext-2 Out
Default Zoom
Off
Off
English
EXT - 1
Panoramic
Blue Back
ground On
Menu Background Translucent
Menu Timeout 30 sec
Te l e t e x t L a n
guageWest
Screen Saver
 
						

							
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Sleep Timer
By pressing
a/bbutton, selectSleep
Ti mer. The timer can be programmed be-
tween Off and 2 hours in steps of 10 min-
utes by pressing
_/`button. If sleep timer
is activated, at the end of the selected time,
the TV goes automatically to stand-by mode.
Child Lock
You can use this feature to prevent children
turning the TV on or changing programs or
adjustments etc. without remote control.
The child lock feature can be set by
_/`but-
ton to either onoroff. W hen offis selected,
there will be no difference in the operation of
your TV. When onis selected, the TV can
only be controlled by the remote control
handset. In this case the control panel but-
tons, except the Power on/off button, at the
bottom of the TV will not work. If one of these
buttons is pressed, “Child Lock On” will be
displayed on the screen.
Language
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Language.
By pressing
_/`button, you can select the
language.
Ext-2 Out
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Ext-2 Out.
You can set Ext-2 OuttoTV, EXT-1, EXT-3,
EXT-4, EXT-5, EXT-6 or PCby pressing
_/`button.
Note: Only audio output is available for EXT-
4, EXT-6 and PC. The other options have
both audio and video outputs.
Default Zoom
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Default
Zoom. You can set Default Zoom toPan-
o ram i c , 4:3 or 14:9 Zoomby pressing
_/`button. If there is no WSS or aspect ratio
(picture size) information and zoom mode is
selected asAutoby pressing the
button,
then the zoom mode will automatically
change to Default Zoom setting. See also
Zoom Modes on page 18. Blue Background
You can set the TV to automatically change
to a blue screen if the signal is weak or ab-
sent, or when there is no input from an exter-
nal device.
The
Blue Background feature can be turned
on or off by pressing
_/`button.
Menu Background
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Menu
Back gro un d. You can change menu back-
ground to Translucent orOpaque by press-
ing
_/`button.
Menu Timeout
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Menu
Timeout. Press
_/`button to change menu
timeout to 15 sec, 30 sec or60 sec.
Teletext Language
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Teletext
Language. Press
_/`button to change
Te le te xt La ngua ge to W e s t , E a s t , Cyri llic,
Tu rk /Gre or Arabic.This will normally be set
to W est for Western Europe.
Screen Saver
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Screen
Saver. Press
_/`or “ OK” button to enter
screen saver menu.
This menu has three items related to pos-
sible image retention problem in plasma
display panels. First two items (Screen
W ipe, Inverse) of this menu are used to re-
move the effects after the problem occured
and the last item (Pixel Shift) is used to pre-
vent this problem.
Screen Wipe : W hen OK is pressed on this
item the panel is driven with full white picture
for one hour unless any user command is
entered. During this mode if any user com-
mand is entered, Screen Saver menu will be
displayed on the screen with Screen W ipe
highlighted.
Inverse :WhenOKispressedonthisitem
the colour of each pixel of the displayed im-
age is inverted for one hour unless any user
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Pixel Shift: This item can be set to off,5,
10, 20, 40 min. or 1 hour. W hole picture is
shifted 2 pixels in the directions of the figure
shown below.
f
ff
ff1
2
3 4
5Pixel
The time entered in this setting refers to the
time between the picture being moved. If you
are using games consoles or similar set to
5 mins but try not to leave static images on
the screen for long periods of time.
Install menu
By pressing_/`button, select the fourth
icon. Install menu appears on the screen.
ProgramINSTALL
BandChannelColour SystemSound System
1
C
12
AUTO BG
Fine Tune
Search 224.25
VCR Off
Store Program
0
Program
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Program.
Press
_/`button to select the program
number. You can also enter a number via
digit buttons on the remote control. There
are 100 program storage between 0 and 99.
Band
Ban d can be selected either “C” or “S” by
pressing
_/`button.
Channel
Ch an n el can be changed by
_/`button or
Digit Buttons. Colour System
By pressing
a/bbutton, select
Colour
Sys t em . Press
_/`button to change the
colour system to PAL, PAL60, SECAM or
AUTO .
Note: In EXT mode, you can choose NTSC
3.58 and NTSC 4.43 as well.
Sound System
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Sound
Sys t em . Press
_/`button to change the
sound system to BG, DK, IorL/L’ .
Fine Tune
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Fine Tune.
Press
_/`button to adjust the tuning.
Search
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Search.
Press
_/`button to start program search-
ing. The searching will stop when a signal
is found. You can also enter a frequency
value directly by pressing the digit buttons.
VCR (Video Cassette Recorder)
• This item can be seen in all modes except
EXT-4 and PC.
• If you want to watch a VCRsource from one
of these modes, then it will be better to set
VCR mode “on”. For this, while the cursor is
on this item press the
_/`buttons to set it
“ On ”.
• If you want to watch a DVD, then you must
set this item “ Off”.
Store Program
By pressing
a/bbutton, select Store Pro-
gram. Press
_/`or “ OK” button to store the
adjustments. “Program Stored” will be dis-
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Program menu
By pressing_/`button, select the fifth icon.
Program menu appears on the screen.
PROGRAM01 ITV
02 ZDF
03 CH5
04 C - 02
05 C - 05
06 C - 06
07 C - 08
08 C - 21
09 C - 23
10 C - 35 11 C - 4 3
12 C - 64
13 C - 68
14 S - 40
15 -----
16 -----
17 -----
18 -----
19 -----
20 -----
NameInsert
Delete APS
By moving the cursor in four directions you
can reach 20 programmes in the same
page. You can scroll the pages up or down
by pressing the navigation buttons to see all
the programmes in TV mode (except the AV
mode).
By cursor action , programme selection is
done automatically.
Name:
To change the name of a decided
programme, select the programme and
press the RED button.
The first letter of the selected name starts to
blink. Press
a/bbutton to change that let-
ter and
_/`button to select the other letters.
By pressing the RED button, you can store
the name.
Insert:
Select the programme which you want to in-
sert by navigation buttons. Press the
GREEN button. By navigation buttons move
the selected programme to the decided
programme space and press the GREEN
button again.
Delete:
To delete a programme , press the YELLOW
butt on. Pressi ng theYELLOW button again
erases the selected programme from the
programme list, and the programmes below
shift one up. APS (Automatic Programming System)
WhenyoupresstheBLUEbuttonforAPS,
the following warning screen will be dis-
played.
WARNING !
Country
UK
All prestored programs
OKCancel
PROGRAM
will be deleted
Press the BLUE button to cancel APS if you
do not want to delete your existing
programme list.
To continue APS, first select the country by
pressing
_/`button and then press the
RED or “ OK” button.
APS is running...UK - I 055,25 Mhz
Cancel
After APS is finalized, the programme table
will appear on the screen.
Source menu
By pressing_/`button, select the sixth
icon. Source menu appears on the screen.
TVSOURCE : TV
EXT - 1EXT - 2
EXT - 3
EXT - 3S
EXT - 4
EXT - 5
EXT - 5S
EXT - 6
PC
In source menu, highlight a source by
pressing
a/bbutton and switch to that
mode by pressing
_/`or “ OK”button.
 
						

							
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PC Mode
Installation
• Power off both Computer and Display beforemaking any connections.
• Set your PC’s resolution correctly before conne cting to the TV. Se e the ta ble on pa g e
25 for supported modes.
• Use a D-SUB cable to connect the TV’s PC input to the computer’s RGB output termi-
nal.
15 Pin Mini D-Sub Connector
• Tighten the screws of the Display cable untilthe connectors are fastened securely (fin-
ger-tighten only).
Menu System in PC mode
Press thebutton. The menu will be dis-
played in the middle of the screen.
PC Picture Position Menu
By pressing_/`button, select the first icon.
PC Picture Position menu appears on the
screen.
AutopositionPC PICTURE POSITION
HPosition
1024x768
H:48kHz V:60Hz
VPositionDot ClockPhase50 50 50
50
Autoposition
If you shift the picture horizontally or vertically
to an unwanted position, use this item to put
the picture into correct place automatically.
• Select Autoposition item by using
a/b
buttons.
•Press
`or “ OK” button.
Warning: Auto position adjustment recom-
mended to be done with the full screen im-
age for the proper adjustment.
H (Horizontal) Position
This item shifts the image horizontally to
right hand side or left hand side of the
screen.
• Select H Position item by using
a/bbut-
ton.
•Use
_/`button to adjust the value.
V (Vertical) Position
This item shifts the image vertically towards
the top or bottom of the screen.
•Select V Position item by using
a/bbut-
ton.
•Use
_/`button to adjust the value.
Dot Clock
Do t Cl o c k adjustments correct interference
that appear as vertical banding in dot inten-
sive presentations like spreadsheets or
paragraphs or text in smaller fonts.
•Use
_/`button to adjust the value.
Phase
Depending on the resolution and scan fre-
quency that you input to the TV Set, you may
see a hazy or noisy picture on the screen. In
such a case you can use this item to get a
clear picture by trial and error method.
•Use
_/`button to adjust the value.
PC Picture Menu
By pressing_/`button, select the second
icon. PC Picture menu appears on the
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PC PICTUREContrastBrightness
RG32 30 46
32Colour TempNormal
Reset B
32
Contrast, Brightness and Colour Tempera-
ture adjustments in this menu are identical
to adjustments defined in TV picture menu.
W hen Colour Temp is Manual, you can also
adjust the R,G,B items. R, G and B adjust
the TV image colour in PC mode. You can
change the TV colour to your desired colour:
R (Red), G (Green), B (Blue)
Select Resetand press
_/`or “OK” button
to reset the picture modes to factory default
settings.
Sound Menu
By pressing_/`button, select the third icon.
Sound menu appears on the screen.
The items in this menu are described at
Sound menu startingpage 11 .
Feature Menu
By pressing_/`button, select the fourth
icon. Feature menu appears on the screen.
The items in this menu are described at
Feature menu startingpage 12 .
Source Menu
By pressing_/`button, select the fifth icon.
Source menu appears on the screen.
In source menu, highlight a source by
pressing
a/bbutton and switch to that
mode by pressing
_/`or “ OK”button.
Sound in PC mode
• Connect the PC’s Audio output to the TV’s
PC Audio In socket with an audio cable.
Other Features
TV Status
Programme Number ,Programme Name,
Sound Indicator and Zoom Modeare dis-
played on the upper right side of the screen
when a new programme is entered or
button is pressed.
Mute Indicator
It is placed in the upper left side of the
screen when enabled.
To cancel mute, there are two alternatives;
the first one is pressing the
button and
the second one is increasing/decreasing
the volume level.
PIP and PAP modes
Press thebutton to switch to PIP mode.
At PIP Mode, a small picture (PIP picture) is
displayed on the main picture. There are 1
size and 2 positions available for the PIP
window. You can use
button to change
the PIP position. Aspect Ratio of the PIP win-
dow is fixed and 4:3.
W hen PIP Mode is entered, the default active
window is PIP window and the active win-
dow is indicated by a green frame around it.
The active window can be changed by
pressing the “Yellow” button. The status info
OSD belongs to active window. The place of
the status OSDs are same for both win-
dows.
For PIP picture restrictions, see table on
page 27.
Press the
button twice to switch to PAP
mode.
At PAP Mode, two pictures with equal sizes
are displayed on the screen. Aspect Ratios
of the windows are fixed.
W hen you switch to PAP Mode, Main window
in PIP Mode is displayed on the right side of
the screen. The active window can be
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Source restrictions of PAP Mode are same
as in PIP Mode.
Freeze Picture
You can freeze the picture on the screen by
pressing the
button. AtPIPand PAP lay-
outs; only the main picture can be frozen.
Zoom Modes
Zoom mode can be changed by pressing
the
button. You can change the screen
size according to the picture aspect ratio. Se-
lect the optimum one from the following
ZOOM modes.
Note:You can only choose 4:3 and FULL in PC
mode.
Auto:
W hen a WSS (Wide Screen Signalling) sig-
nal, which shows the aspect ratio of the pic-
ture, is included in the broadcast signal or
the signal from an external device, the TV au-
tomatically changes the ZOOMmode ac-
cording to the WSSsignal.
• W hen the AUTOmode does not function cor-
rectly due to poor WSSsignal quality or
whenyouwanttochangethe ZOOMmode,
change to another ZOOMmode manually.
Full:
This uniformly stretches the left and right
sides of a normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio) to
fill the wide TV screen.
• For 16:9 aspect ratio pictures that have been squeezed into a normal picture (4:3 aspect
ratio), use the Fullmode to restore the pic-
ture to its original shape.
16:9 Zoom:
This zooms up the wide picture (16:9 aspect
ratio) to the full screen.
16:9 Subtitle:
This zooms up the wide picture (16:9 aspect
ratio) with subtitles to the full screen.
“Default Zoom” Modes:
4:3
Use to view a normal picture (4:3 aspect ra-
tio) as this is its original shape.
14:9 Zoom:
This zooms up the wide picture (14:9 aspect
ratio) to the upper and lower limits of the
screen.
Panoramic:
This stretches the left and right sides of a
normal picture (4:3 aspect ratio) to fill the
screen, without making the picture appear
unnatural.
The top and bottom of the picture are slightly
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Teletext
Teletext is an information system that dis-
plays text on your TV screen. Using the Tele-
text information system you can view a page
of information on a subject that is available
in the list of contents (index).
To Operate Teletext
• Select a TV station where Teletext is beingtransmitted.
• Press the
button.Usuallythelistofcon-
tents (index) is displayed on the screen.
To Select A Page Of Teletext
• Press the appropriate digit buttons for the required Teletext page number.
The selected page number is displayed in
the top left corner of the screen. The Teletext
page counter searches until the selected
page number is located, the desired page is
then displayed on the screen.
•Pressthe
abutton to move the Teletext
screen forward one page at a time.
•Pressthe
bbutton to move the Teletext
screen backward one page at a time.
To Select Index Page
• To select the page number of the index (gen-
erally page 100), press the
button.
To Select Teletext With A TV
Programme
•Pressthebutton. The text is now super-
imposed over the programme on the
screen.
•Pressthe
button again to return to the
Teletext page.
To Select Double Height Text
•Pressthebutton for the top half of the in-
formation page to be displayed in double
height text.
•Pressthe
button again for the bottom half
of the information page to be displayed in
double height text.
•Pressthe
buttononcemoreforthefull
page of normal height text.
To Reveal “Concealed”
Information
• Pressing thebutton once will reveal an-
swers on a quiz or games page.
• Pressing the
button again will conceal
the revealed answers.
To Stop Automatic Page Change
The teletext page you have selected may
contain more information than what is on the
screen; the rest of the information will be
displayed after a period of time.
•Pressthe
button to stop the automatic
page change.
• Press the
button again to allow the next
page to be displayed.
To Select A Subcode Page
Subcode pages are subsections of long
Teletext pages that can only be displayed on
the screen one section at a time.
• Select the required Teletext page.
•Pressthe
button.
• Select the required subcode page number by pressing four digit buttons (e.g. 0001).
• If the selected subcode page is not displayed in a short time, press the
button. TV
programme will be displayed on the screen.
• Teletext page number will be displayed on the upper left corner of the screen when the
selected page is found.
• Press the
button to display the selected
Teletext page.