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ENGLISH 2 CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SETUP AND SAFETY 6 GENERAL INFORMA TION 6 Special features of y our television set 7 Receiving digital channels 7 Impor tant notes on environmental protection 8 CONNECTION AND PREPARA TION 8 Conn[...]

3 ENGLISH CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 42 OPERA TION USING EXTERNAL DEVICES 42 DIGI LINK 42 The DIGI LINK functions on your tele vision 43 Device oper ation 44 High definition HD ready 44 Connection options 45 Connecting external device[...]

ENGLISH 4 SETUP AND SAFET Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please note the following instructions when setting up the television set : 7 This television is designed to receive and dis - play video and audio signals. All other uses are expr essly prohibited. 7 The ideal viewing [...]

5 ENGLISH 7 Do not connect any other equipment while t he device is switched on. Also switch of f other equipment before connecting it. 7 Do not plug in t he power cord of t he device until you have connected the external equip - ment and the antenna. 7 Make sur e the mains plug is freely accessible. Caution: 7 If you plan on using a wall bracket f[...]

ENGLISH 6 Special features of your tele vision set 7 Y ou can receive and watch digital TV channels using your television set (via DVB-T and D VB-C) – including High Definition programmes (HD). How ever , the reception of digital T V channels in HD is currently limited to a few countr ies in Europe. 7 Although t his t elevision set complies with [...]

7 ENGLISH GENERAL INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Receiving digital channels 7 Y ou require a digital roof ant enna or indoor antenna (passive or active indoor antenna with its own power supply) to receive digital television channels (D VB-T). 7 If you wish to receive digital television[...]

ENGLISH 8 CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- Connecting the ant enna and pow er cord 1a T o receiv e terrestrial digit al broadcasters (DVB-T) connect the cable for the rooftop or indoor antenna (passive or active indoor antenna with its o wn po wer supply) to the an- tenna socket » ANT IN « on the telev[...]

9 ENGLISH Inserting batt eries into t he remote control CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- 1 Open the batter y compar tment by r emoving the lid. 2 Inser t t he batteries (3 x 1 .5 V micro, for ex ample R03 or AAA). Obser ve t he po- larit y mark ed in the bottom of the battery compar tment. 3 Close the ba[...]

ENGLISH 10 O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Connections on the t elevision set AV1 / S-VHS SCART socket (CVBS signal, RGB signal); Video and sound socket for S-Video camcorder . COMPONENT Pb Pr Y/AV2 Sockets for video input (YUV signal). L[...]

11 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HDMI2 HDMI socket, audio/video input. HDMI3 HDMI socket, audio/video input. HDMI4 HDMI socket, audio/video input. USB2 USB socket for e xternal data media and PVR function. U Headphone jack (3.5 [...]

ENGLISH 12 O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remote control – Main functions Switches of f (Standby) Opens menu for A V channels and USB input. Then select using » V «, » < «, » > « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confi[...]

13 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remote control – All functions v Enlarges the picture. y Selects dif ferent subtitles (only for digital television channels) d Selects dif ferent audio languages (only for digital televisio[...]

ENGLISH 14 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial set-up and tuning tele vision channels The television set is equipped with automatic channel search, which searches for terrestrial channels (DVB-T), cable channels (DVB-C) and analogu[...]

15 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T uning terres trial television channels (DVB-T) 1 In the »Source Setup« menu, in the »Connec- tion T ype« line, select the option »Air« with » < « or » > «. 2 Select the line [...]

ENGLISH 16 Changing the prog ram t able for the digit al channels Channels whic h ar e found using the scan are saved in the »PROGRAM T ABLE« . Y ou can delete channels which are not required from the progr ame table, and lock individual channels (Par ental control). Y ou can also add channels to the favourites list ; in addition, you can change [...]

17 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Creating lists of f avourites Y ou can save your favourite channels in up to four favourites lists (F A V 1 to F AV 4). Notes: 7 Fav ourites lis ts must be created separately for all input sou[...]

ENGLISH 18 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture settings 1 Open the menu with » i «. 2 Select the menu item »PICTURE SETTINGS« with » V « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confirm. – The »PICTURE SETTIN GS« menu appears. [...]

19 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound settings 1 Open the menu with » i «. 2 Select the menu item »SOUND SETTIN GS« with » V « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confirm. – The »SOUND SETTIN GS« menu appears. Volum[...]

ENGLISH 20 Soundef fects This menu offers three pr eset sound effects (Music, Natural and Speech) and one setting to be created b y you (User). 1 Select the line »Sound Preset« with » V « or » Λ «. 2 Select the sound ef fect »Music«, »Natural« or »Speech« by pressing » < « or » > «. Note: 7 »User« option is active when »So[...]

21 ENGLISH TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic functions Switching on and of f 1 Press » 8 «, » 1 …0 « or » P+ « or » P- « to switch on the television from standb y mode. 2 Press » 8 « to switch the television to standby . Selecting channels 1 Press » 1 …0 « [...]

ENGLISH 22 Audio language V arious languages are available on digital tele - vision channels. This depends on the pr ogramme being broadcast. 1 Open the selection menu with » F «. 2 Select the language b y pressing » V « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confirm. Subtitles V arious subtitles are available on digit al televi - sion channels. Th[...]

23 ENGLISH TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing the picture f ormat The television automatically switc hes to the 1 6:9 format if t his format is detect ed via the SC ART socket. 1 Select the picture format with » « (blue). – The picture format (for example »1 6:9«) [...]

ENGLISH 24 USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on recor ding and playing television programmes ■ Recording and playback of television pro - grammes is only possible with digit al television channels (DVB-T and D VB-C). ■ The digital television [...]

25 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecting e xternal data media Notes: 7 Before connecting the data medium, switc h the television to standby with » 8 « . Connect the device and t hen switch the television on again. 7 Before removing t he exte[...]

ENGLISH 26 Switching on aut omatic previe w If the automatic preview is switched on, a pre - view of the selected file appears in the file bro wser . 1 Select the line »Auto Pre view« with » V « or » Λ «. 2 Switch on the function wit h » < « or » > « (»On«). 3 Press » i « to end the setting. Safely remove disk 1 Select the line[...]

27 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ″Pausing” time shift progr ammes Y ou can pause the progr amme you are watch - ing. This is a useful function, for example if the telephone rings while you are watching a f ilm and you do not w ant to miss any[...]

ENGLISH 28 Recording a programme fr om the channel lis t 1 Open the »CHANNEL LIST « with » ● «. 2 Select a television c hannel wit h » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « and press » ● « to confirm. 3 Press » i « to e xit the channel list. 4 Press » « to star t recording. – Infor mation on the recording is displayed: the recor[...]

29 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... by manual data entry Y ou can preset up to 25 programmes for timer recording. 1 Press » T V-G « to display channel infor mation. – The electronic T V guide appears. 2 Open the »MAKE SCHEDULE« menu by pre[...]

ENGLISH 30 Playbac k The recorded programmes – whether star ted manually or using t he timer function – are stored on the external data medium. Y ou can open t he archive on the e xternal data medium b y pressing » «. Selecting a programme fr om the arc hive 1 Open t he »Recorded Event« menu with » «. – The menu appears. 2 Select the pr[...]

31 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File formats Y our television can work wit h the following file formats using the USB sockets: Video data Special codecs for video compression and decompression provide more memor y space without compromising the[...]

ENGLISH 32 USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecting e xternal data media Before connecting the data medium, switch the television to s tandby using » 8 «. Connect t he device and then switch t he television on again. Before remo ving the external data[...]

33 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The file browser The file brow ser displays video, audio and picture files s tored on e xternal data media. If an external data medium contains files in dif ferent formats, you can, when necessar y , filter out t[...]

ENGLISH 34 DivX ® V OD Y ou mus t have y our device registered in or der to play the protected video that you will buy fr om DivX ® . 1 Select »DivX ® VOD« with » V « or » Λ « and confirm with » ● «. – Registration Code appears. 2 Visit “http://vod.divx.com” and r egister t he device with the registration code. 3 Press » i « t[...]

35 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: 7 Use » Λ « to select »Up Folder«, when you would like to return to the last folder. Use »Root« (and then press » ● «) to return to the main folder . 7 It is possible that files which are actual[...]

ENGLISH 36 Selecting a trac k or picture in st eps (SKIP) 1 During playback, select the next track/ picture with » 6 «. 2 During playback, select t he previous track/ picture with » 5 «. – Playback begins wit h t he track or picture you selected. Selecting a cert ain passage for playback (video files only) 1 During playback, press » ● «. [...]

37 ENGLISH TOP te xt or FLOF te xt mode 1 Press » TXT « to switch on teletext. 2 Select teletext pages directly with » 1 ...0 « or step by step with » V « and » Λ «. Return to teletext page 1 00 with » ? «. Note: 7 At the bottom of the screen there is an info bar with r ed, green and – depending on the channel – yello w and blue pane[...]

ENGLISH 38 Note: 7 Additional operations are e xplained in the following sections. Language settings Changing the menu language 1 Select the line »Menu« with » V « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confirm. – The »Select Menu Language« menu appears. 2 Select the menu language with » < «, » > «, » V « or » Λ « and press » ?[...]

39 ENGLISH CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Setting the dat e and time Automatic setting Y our television set de tects the difference in time to Greenwich Mean T ime (GMT) automatically , as long as the channel selected transmits a time signal. 1 Select the line »Time Adjus tment« wit[...]

ENGLISH 40 6 Select the line » V olume« with » V « or » Λ « and use » < « or » > « to set the volume. 7 Select t he line »Se t Hour « with » V « or » Λ « and enter the time with » 1… 0 «. 8 Save the data with » « (green). Note: 7 Y ou can abor t the entr y by pressing » « (red). 9 Press » i « to end the setting. Sw[...]

41 ENGLISH CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Changing the PIN code Y ou can also enter a personal PIN code instead of the default code »1 234«. Please take not e of your o wn PIN code. 1 Select »Set PIN« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » ● « to confirm. 2 Enter the current PI[...]

ENGLISH 42 DIGI LINK Your television is equipped with the DIGI LINK function. This function uses the CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) protocol. CEC allows external devices which are connect- ed to the » HDMI « sockets by an HDMI cable (e.g. DVD player) to be operated with a remote control. Prerequisite is that the devices connected support CEC.[...]

43 ENGLISH OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- Device operation Y ou can decide whether external devices should react to y our television's remote contr ol. 1 Press » AV «, use » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « to select t he preset »HDMI1« to »HDMI4« and press » ● « to confirm. 2 Open the menu [...]

ENGLISH 44 OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- High definition HD ready Connect the corre - sponding input sources (e.g. HD T V receiv er or HD-DVD player) to the » HDMI « sock ets (for digital HD T V sources). This ensures that you can view digital HD T V programmes, even if they are copy-protected (HDCP High Bandwid[...]

45 ENGLISH Connecting e xternal devices ... with digit al audio/video signals 7 Suitable devices: Digital sat ellite receivers, Playstation, BluRay player , DVD player/ recorder , set-top box, notebook, PCs. 7 Video signal: Digital video; resolution: s tand - ard 5 7 6p; HD T V 720p, 1 080i, 1 080p. 7 Audio signal: digital audio (stereo, multi-chan[...]

ENGLISH 46 OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- ... with an analogue T V signal 7 Suitable devices: Digital satellite receiver , DVD player/recorder , set-top box, camera recorder . 7 Video signal: CVBS. 7 Audio signal: stereo, analogue. 7 »A V2« preset. 1 Connect the » Y/A V2 « socket on t he t elevision to the corr[...]

47 ENGLISH Hi-fi system/A V receiver Connecting the hi-f i system/ A V receiv er 1 Connect the » Optic Out « socket on the television to the corresponding socket of the device wit h an optical digital cable (digital audio signal). Setting the audio f ormat Y ou can select whet her the audio signal output via the » Optic Out « socket should be i[...]

ENGLISH 48 Connecting a PC 1 Connect the » PC-IN « sock et on the television to the corresponding socket on t he PC using a VG A cable (video signal). 2 Connect the » Audio « socket on the televi- sion to the corresponding socket on t he PC using a suitable cable (audio signal). Note: 7 Adjust your PC to the monitor (for ex ample, picture resol[...]

49 ENGLISH OPERA TION WITH A C OMMON INTERF A CE ------------------ What is a Common Inter face? 7 Common Inter face (CI) is an int erf ace for DVB r eceivers. 7 Encr ypted channels can only be view ed with a CA module suitable for t he encr yp- tion system and in conjunction with the cor responding smart card. 7 The television se t is equipped wit[...]

ENGLISH 50 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or televisi on c han - nels from the cable pr ovider automatically 1 Open the menu with » i «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confirm. – The »SO[...]

51 ENGLISH Searching f or television channels from the cable provider manu - ally 1 Open the menu with » i «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confirm. – The »SOURCE SETUP« menu appears. 3 Select the line »Source« with » V « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confirm. Select the option »[...]

ENGLISH 52 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 Select the line »Scan T yp« with » V « or » Λ « and set the option »DTV« with » < « or » > «. 7 Star t the scan with » « (red). – All channel and fav ourites lists will be deleted and compi[...]

53 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 Select t he line »Scan T yp« wit h » V « or » Λ « and set the option »A T V « with » < « or » > «. 6 Star t the scan with » « (red). Note: 7 Af ter star ting t he scan, a securit y quer y wil[...]

ENGLISH 54 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing stor ed analogue channels If c hannels were stored with t he automatic chan- nel search while tuning the television channels, you can delete them. Y ou can also store chan - nels in a dif ferent preset, ch[...]

55 ENGLISH Creating lists of f avourites Y ou can select your favourite channels and save them in up to four favourites lists (Fav 1 to Fav 4). 1 In the » PROGRAME T ABLE « menu, switch ov er to the list view with » « (yellow). 2 Select the preferred channel with » V « or » Λ «. 3 Use » < « or » > « to ”push“ the channel into[...]

ENGLISH 56 INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Displaying signal inf ormation (for digital channels only) 1 Open the menu with » i «. 2 Select t he line »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » ● « to confirm. 3 Select the line »Signal[...]

57 ENGLISH INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GRUNDIG 32 VLE 8 1 3 1 WF T echnical dat a Operating voltage: 220–240 V , ~ , 50–60 Hz Power consumption: On mode 58 W Standby <0,50 W Energy Efficiency class: B Maximum power consumption Operational 1[...]

ENGLISH 58 INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T roubleshooting If the information provided below does not help, please consult an authorised GRUNDIG dealer. Please bear in mind that malfunctions can also be caused b y e xternal devices such as video r ec[...]

59 ENGLISH Additional Information for units sold in the UK. Units sold in the UK are suitable for operation from a 2 40V ac, 50Hz mains supply . The range of multi-system receivers is built to work in most European countries. Howe ver , t he mains plug and socket system for the UK diff ers from man y European countries. This appliance has been supp[...]