AKAI AL2235CH manual

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    AL2235CH 1 43 85[...]

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    This TV incorporates High-Denition Multimedia Interface (HDMI TM ) technology . HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Denition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC. This sign indicates that this product may not be disposed of with your regular household waste. The recycling and separate collection of such [...]

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    ENGLISH ENGLISH 1 Warnings and Pr ecautions WARNINGS AND PRECA UTIONS T o reduce the risk of re or electric shock, do not expose this equipment to rain or moisture. This symbol is intended to alert the user to avoid the risk of electric shock. This equipment must not be disassembled by anyone except qualied service personnel. This symbol is i[...]

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    2 Warnings and Pr ecautions ▪ Use and handle the power cord with care. Do not place any heavy objects on the AC power cord. ▪ Do not pull the AC power cord. Do not handle the AC power cord with a wet hand. ▪ Do not touch the power cord and antenna cable during lightning. ▪ Remove the plug from the wall outlet, if the equipment will not be u[...]

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    ENGLISH ENGLISH 3 Warnings and Pr ecautions Outdoor Antenna Safety Instr uctions Antenna lead-in wire Antenna discharge unit Grounding conductors Gr ound clamps Power service grounding Ground clamps Electric service equipment If an outdoor antenna is connected, follow the precautions below: EXAMPLE OF OUTDOOR ANTENNA GROUNDING ▪ An outdoor antenn[...]

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    4 CONTENTS W ARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS Important Safety Instructions ....................................................................................... 1 Antenna Safety Instructions ......................................................................................... 3 INT RODU CING T HE LCD T V Key Features .................................[...]

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    ENGLISH 5 Introducing the L CD TV V arious Audio/Video terminals for external equipment connection ▪ 1 SCART input terminal/The SCART of fers YPbPr signal(Option) ▪ 1 VGA terminal ▪ 1 VGA LINE IN terminal ▪ 1 HDMI input terminal ▪ 1 coaxial audio output terminal ▪ 1 Headphone terminal High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) ▪ High[...]

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    6 Introducing the L CD TV Make sure all of the above contents are included. If you are missing any items, please return this product to the original place of purchase. SCART -to-Y pbpr cable (sold separately). For more information, please contact your local the original place of purchase.  LCD TV Make sure all of the following contents are inclu[...]

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    ENGLISH 7 Introducing the L CD TV Setting Up Y our LCD TV Follow the instructions below to install the TV stand:  Open the box, and make sure all necessary parts are in the box. The package contains: How to install the TV Stand  Cover an even stable surface with a soft cloth. Place the LCD TV unit face-down on the cloth. Fit the stand onto th[...]

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    8 Introducing the L CD TV If you prefer to mount your new TV on a wall instead of attaching it to the stand, please reference the instructions included in the wall mounting kit (sold separately).  Afx the VESA mount to the back of the TV using the four screws provided in the wall- mount kit. When install the TV on the wall, allow to leave som[...]

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    ENGLISH 9 Introducing the L CD TV Do not use caustic cleaner s (porcelain, stainless steel, toilet, or oven c leaner etc .) on the remote, as it ma y suf fer dama ge .  Use a supplied antenna cable to connect the VHF/UHF signal to the LCD TV’s ANT . terminal (refer to page 15-19).  Connect the AC-DC adapter at the back of the TV and connect[...]

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    10 Introducing the L CD TV Y our LCD TV Front/Left /Right Side View and Controls MENU Press once to display the OSD (on screen display), press again to turn the OSD off. VOL+- Adjusts the volume up and down. Selects the main-menu item and change values for items when in the OSD mode. T urns the LCD TV on and into standby mode. CH ▲▼ Scans up an[...]

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    CABLE/AIR ENGLISH 11 Introducing the L CD TV Rear View and Jacks HDMI IN Connects the all digital AV equipment with HDMI connector . DC IN Connect the power cord to the AC-DC adapter and wall outlet. VG A IN/AUDIO IN Connects the PC, or other A V equipment with VGA and line in jacks. CABLE/AIR Connects RF input from VHF/UHF antenna or cable to rece[...]

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    12 Introducing the L CD TV How to connect CI(Common Interface) card  T o view the scrambled (pay) services in digital TV mode. This function enables you to watch the scrambled services (pay services) in some channels. If you remove the CI Module, you can watch the available digital/analogue programme in some channels.  Press the INPUT button [...]

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    ENGLISH 13 Introducing the L CD TV PO W ER FR EE ZE SU BT IT LE SL EE P GU ID E P.SI ZE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JU MP 0 VO L. CH . IN FO IN PU T OK ME NU EX IT S. MO DE P.MO DE Y our Remote Control 1 15 11 7 4 10 6 3 2 8 9 13 12 14 5 POWER T urns the LCD TV on and into standby mode. SUB TI TLE Turns on and off the Subtitle mode in DTV mode. FRE E ZE Pres[...]

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    14 Installing the L CD TV E XIT Exits the OSD menu. ME NU Displays the OSD menu on the screen. ▲ ▼ ► ◄ Cycles through OSD options and OK selects individual menu items. OK conrms option settings. S.M OD E Selects sound effect options: User/ Spots/Movie/Music/Standard/ Surround(option) P . MOD E Selects picture mode: User/Mild/ Standard/Dy[...]

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    15 Installing the L CD TV ENGLISH ENGLISH Installing the LCD TV Refer to the owner ’s manual of any external equipment to be connected. When connecting any external equipment, do not connect any AC power cords to wall outlets until all other connections are completed. Antenna Connection The antenna requirements for good color TV reception are mor[...]

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    16 Installing the L CD TV O U T I N 300-ohm twin- lead cable 300-ohm twin- lead cable 75-ohm coaxial cable UHF Antenna VHF Antenna Combiner (not included) A . C omb in ati on VH F/UH F an ten na 300-ohm twin- lead cable 75-ohm coaxial cable VHF/UHF Antenna VHF/UHF Antenna 300/75-ohm adapter (not included) B. Se par ate V HF an d /or UH F ant en nas[...]

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    17 Installing the L CD TV ENGLISH ENGLISH A I N B O U T Cable TV Line 2 set signal splitter (not included) RF switch (not included) Cable TV converter/ descrambler (not included) Cable TV (CA TV) Connection ■ The RF s witch (not inc luded) is requir ed to provide two inputs (A and B). Setting the RF switc h to position A allows viewing of all uns[...]

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    18 Installing the L CD TV  Use a supplied antenna cable to connect the TV signal to the LCD TV’s TV CABLE terminal.  Connect the DC plug of the AC-DC adapter to the DC 12V port at the rear of the TV . Connect the power cord to the AC-DC adapter and wall outlet.  Press the button on the remote to turn on the LCD TV . Alwa ys disconnect th[...]

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    19 Installing the L CD TV ENGLISH ENGLISH EXIT OK L a ng u a g e E n gl i s h A u to Tu n i n g I n s t a l l a t i o n G u i d e Channel T uning T V : 0 p r og r a m m e s (s ) D T V : 0 p r o g r a mm e s ( s ) R a di o : 0 p r o g r a mm e s ( s ) P r es s < M e n u> t o s k ip P r es s < E x i t> t o e x it 6 9 % . . . U HF C H 4 0 [...]

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    Rear of TV CABLE/AIR 20 Installing the L CD TV  Use a SCART cable to connect the external A/V device ’s SCART socket to the LCD TV’s SCART jack.  Connect all AC power sources, before turning on the power switch of the LCD TV or other connected equipment.  Press the button on the remote to turn on the LCD TV .  Pre ss the INPUT butto[...]

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    CABLE/AIR Rear of TV 21 Installing the L CD TV ENGLISH ENGLISH Connecting an A/V Device with YPbPr Connector (OPTION) SCART -to-YPbPr Cable  Use a SCART -to-YPbPr cable to connect the external A/V device ’s YPbPr output jacks to the LCD TV’ s SCART jack. The YPbPr video jac ks on your A/V device ar e sometimes labeled YPbPr , or YCbCr . For [...]

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    22 Installing the L CD TV CABLE/AIR  Use a HDMI cable to connect the A V equipment’s HDMI output jack to the LCD TV’s HDMI IN jacks.  Connect all AC power sources, before turning on the power switch of the LCD TV or other connected equipment.  Press the button on the remote to turn on the LCD TV .  Pre ss the Inpu t button on th e r[...]

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    CABLE/AIR Rear of TV 23 Installing the L CD TV ENGLISH ENGLISH  Use a HDMI-to-DVI cable to connect the A V equipment’s DVI output jack to the LCD TV’s HDMI IN jacks. Use an audio cable to connect the A V equipment’s audio output jacks to LCD TV’s HDMI AUDIO jacks.  Connect all AC power sources, before turning on the power switch of th[...]

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    CABLE/AIR Rear of TV 24 Installing the L CD TV  Use a D-SUB cable to connect the PC’s D-SUB output jack to the LCD TV’s VGA input jack. Use an audio cable to connect the PC’s audio output jacks to LCD TV’ s.  Connect all AC power sources, before turning on the power switch of the LCD TV or other connected equipment.  Press the butt[...]

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    CABLE/AIR 25 Using the Fea tures ENGLISH ENGLISH  Use an audio cable to connect the audio receiver ’s audio LINE IN jacks to LCD TV’s COAXIAL audio jacks.  Connect all AC power sources, before turning on the power switch of the LCD TV or other connected equipment.  Press the button on the remote to turn on the LCD TV . Connecting an Au[...]

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    DA TE PROGRAMME GUIDE 30 Ma y 13 Ma y 20 0 8 06 3 3 06 : 00 - 0 6 :5 8 G MT V Ne w sh ou r Th e H oo bs Fr es h ly S q ue ez ed Ev er y bo dy Lo ve . .. Ju st S h oo t M e Bi k er M ic e f ro . .. No I nf o rm at i on Mo r e4 P re v ie w 06 : 30 0 7 :3 0 DT V I TV 1 D T V 1 IT V 1 2 Ch a n n e l 4 3 IT V 2 4 IT V 3 5 Ch a n n e l 4 6 Mo r e 4 Up s [...]

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    DA TE PROGRAMME GUIDE 30 Ma y 13 Ma y 20 0 8 06 3 3 06 : 00 - 0 6 :5 8 G MT V Ne w sh ou r Th e H oo bs Fr es h ly S q ue ez ed Ev er y bo dy Lo ve . .. Ju st S h oo t M e Bi k er M ic e f ro . .. No I nf o rm at i on Mo r e4 P re v ie w 06 : 30 0 7 :3 0 DT V I TV 1 D T V 1 IT V 1 2 Ch a n n e l 4 3 IT V 2 4 IT V 3 5 Ch a n n e l 4 6 Mo r e 4 Up s [...]

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    REMINDER SCHEDULE LIST 10 Ju l 20 0 9 06 3 3 Ti t l e Ti m e D a t e P r o g r a mm e M o de Fr e s hl y Sq u e ez e d 0 7 : 00 W ed . 7 Ma y 4 C ha n n el s 4 5 Ju s t s h o ot m e 09 : 0 0 W e d. 7 M ay 4 C h an n e ls 4 J u sh a n n e l 4 6 Mo r e 4 Schedule List (green key) The feature shows the list of reminding programmes.  Press ▲▼ bu[...]

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    The av ailable menu items are de pendent on the input source being selected. All illustra tion is for r eference only . 29 Using the Fea tures ENGLISH ENGLISH Allows you to make adjustments to your picture settings.  Press the button to turn the LCD TV on.  Press the ME NU button on the remote control to display the Main menu, and use the ◄[...]

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    30 Using the Fea tures  The PICTURE menu inc ludes the following options: Picture Mode Cycles among display types: Dynamic/Standard/Mild/User Use r: A llo ws to sto re you r pref er red s ett ing s. If yo u sele ct t he Use r mo de, you c an in div idua lly se t the i tems s how n: Contrast Controls the difference between the brightest and darke[...]

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    31 Using the Fea tures ENGLISH ENGLISH Color T emperatur e Adjusts color components independently to achieve a warm or cool effect: Cool/W arm/Medium/User ▪ Warm: Increases red tint ▪ Cool: Increases blue tint ▪ Medium: Increases nature tint ▪ User: Allows the user to adjust red, green and blue color component levels independently . PICTURE[...]

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    32 Using the Fea tures  Press the button to turn the LCD TV on.  Press the ME NU button on the remote control to display the Main menu, and use the ◄ ► buttons to select the S OU ND .  Use the ▲▼ buttons to highlight an individual sound option, use the ◄► buttons to change the setting, and press the ME NU to exit the menu.  [...]

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    33 Using the Fea tures ENGLISH ENGLISH Customizing the TIME Settings TIME C l oc k _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ O ff Ti m e o ff O n Ti m e o ff S l ee p Ti m e r of f A u to S l e e p o ff Ti m e Zo n e C a n a r y GM T EXIT OK  Press the button to turn the LCD TV on.  Press the ME NU button on the remote control to display the Main menu, and use the ◄[...]

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    34 Using the Fea tures Sleep Timer Use ◄► buttons to select a period of time after which the TV automatically switches to standby mode:O f f , 10 , 20 ,30 , 60 , 90, 120, 180, 240 (minutes) Auto Sleep Select on, the TV will be automatically turned of f, in case of no signal inTV & input source or no remote control input. Time Zone Use ◄?[...]

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    35 Using the Fea tures ENGLISH ENGLISH OPTION L a ng u a g e E n gl i s h A u di o L a n g ua g e E n gl i s h S u bt i t l e L an g u a g e E n gl i s h S C AR T I n p u t AV+ R G B O S D Ti m e O ut of f C o nt r a s t E nh a n c e m e nt o ff R e st o r e F a ct o r y D e fa u l t EXIT OK  Press the button to turn the LCD TV on.  Press the[...]

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    36 Using the Fea tures Customizing the CHANNEL Settings CHANNEL EXIT OK A u to Tu n i n g D T V M a n u a l Tu n i n g ATV M a n ua l Tu n i n g P r og r a m m e Ed i t C I I n f o r m a ti o n S o ft w a r e U pd a t e  Press the button to turn the LCD TV on.  Press the ME NU button on the remote control to display the Main menu, and use the[...]

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    The optional function is dependent on model. 37 Using the Fea tures ENGLISH ENGLISH Progr amme Edit Allows DELETE/RENAME/MOVE/SKIP of channels on the channel list. ▪ DELETE (red button) Press the red button on the remote control with the selected channel, then press it again if you wish to delete it. ▪ MOVE (yellow button) Press the yellow butt[...]

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    38 Using the Fea tures LOCK L o ck S y s t e m o ff S e t P a s s w o rd B l oc k P r o g ra m P a re n t a l G ui d a n c e o f f EXIT OK  Press the button to turn the LCD TV on.  Press the ME NU button on the remote control to display the Main menu, and use the ◄► buttons to select the LOCK .  Use the ▲▼ buttons to highlight an i[...]

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    39 Using the Fea tures ENGLISH ENGLISH Bloc k Prog ram Selects to setup the TV Programme Lock options:  Pres s OK bu tt on to di splay t he Bl oc k Pro gram me me nu: Block Program EXIT 1 C - 25 2 C - 28  Pres s ▲ ▼ but to ns to m ove to the c han nel yo u want to b loc k.  Press G ree n but ton t o blo ck t he pro gr amme, a p adl ock[...]

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    40 Tr oubleshooting Befor e consulting service personnel, c heck the following c har t for a possible cause of problem and f or a possible solution. Audio noise  Move any infrared equipment away from the TV . TV will not turn on  Make sure the power cord is plugged in, then press the button on the remote.  The batteries in the remote contr[...]

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    41 Specifications SPECIFICA TIONS MODEL AL2235CH LCD Panel Panel Size 21.5” Brightness 250 Contrast Ratio 1000:1 Max. Resolution 1920x1080 I/O Connector SCART 1 VGA/AUDIO IN 1 HDMI 1 COAXIAL OUT 1 HEADPHONE 1 VHF/UHF IN 1 Power Source 12V DC, 4A Power Consumption Max. 45W , standby < 1 W Dimension(WxDxH) 528.8*171*384.8mm WEIGHT 3.04 KG Featur[...]