Grundig LXW 70-8620 manual

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    ǵ COLOR TELEVISION LENARO 27 LXW 70-8620 DOLBY LENARO 32 LXW 82-8620 DOLBY DEUTSCH ENGLISH FRANÇAIS IT ALIANO NEDERLANDS POLSKI[...]

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    2 CONTENTS ____________________________________________ 3-4 Set-up and safety 5 Connection/Preparation 5 Connecting the antenna and the mains cable 5 Inserting batteries in the remote control 6-9 Overview 6 Connections on the television 7 Controls on the television 8-9 The remote control 10-13 Settings 10 Setting television channels automatically 1[...]

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    ENGLISH 3 SET -UP AND SAFETY ___________________________ Please note the following information when setting up your television set. This television set is designed to receive and display video and audio signals. Any other use is expressly prohibited. The ideal viewing distance is 5 times the screen diagonal. External light falling on the screen imp[...]

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    4 Please note when deciding where to put the device that furniture surfaces are covered by various types of lacquer and plastic, most of which contain chemical additives. These may cause corrosion to the feet of the device, thus resulting in stains on the surface of the furniture which can be difficult or impossible to remove. The screen of your LC[...]

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    ENGLISH 5 CONNECTION/PREP ARA TION __________ Connecting the antenna and the mains cable 1 Plug the antenna cable of the rooftop antenna into the »ANT IN« anten- na socket on the television. 2 Plug the mains cable supplied into the »AC IN« mains socket of the tele- vision. 3 Plug the mains cable into the wall socket. Note: Only plug the device [...]

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    6 OVER VIEW ____________________________________________ Connections on the television AV 2 Euro/A V socket (FBAS signal). AV 1 Euro/A V socket (FBAS signal, RGB signal). A V OUT V L R Audio and video output. ANT -IN Antenna socket. COMPONENT VIDEO INPUT AUDIO LR Audio signal input (YUV signal). Y Pb Pr Video signal input (YUV signal). DVI-D DVI-D [...]

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    ENGLISH 7 Controls on the television Ȃ Power switch, switches the device to and from standby mode. –P + Switch the television on from standby . Channel selection. Select a function in the menu. TV/A V Opens the pre-selection for A V channels. Select within the menu with » P + « or » – P «, confirm with » – z «. MENU Opens the »MAIN ME[...]

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    8 OVER VIEW ____________________________________________ The remote control Ǽ Switches off the television set (stand-by). 1...0 Switches the television on from standby mode Selects channels directly . ? Displays the number and name of a station. Switches to double character size in teletext mode. E Switches between picture formats. Page stop in te[...]

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    ENGLISH 9 OVER VIEW ____________________________________________ SCAN Reveals answers in teletext mode. PAT Selects the Double Window function. S Selects the sub-pages in teletext mode. P Updates a page in teletext mode. DR, DVD Switches to operation of a GRUNDIG digital receiver , GRUNDIG digital receiver with hard disk (PDR), GRUNDIG DVD player o[...]

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    10 Setting television channels automatically The television set is equipped with an automatic channel search system. Y ou start the search and can then sor t the television channels into your order of preference. 99 preset positions are provided, to which you can assign television channels from the antenna or from the cable connection. 1 Switch on [...]

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    ENGLISH 11 Sorting television channels 1 In the »Program table« menu, select the channel to be moved with with » P+ «, » P- «, » Ǹ « or » Ƿ «. 2 Highlight the channel with » Ȅ « (green). 3 Select a new channel position by pressing » P+ «, » P- «, » Ǹ « or » Ƿ « and then press » Ȅ « to confirm. – All of the channels tha[...]

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    12 Picture settings 1 Press » i « to open the »MAIN MENU«. – The »MAIN MENU« appears. 2 Select »Picture« with » P+ « or » P- « and confirm with » OK «. – The »Picture« menu appears. 3 Select »Default settings« with » P+ « or » P- « and the setting »User« with » Ǹ « or » Ƿ «. 4 Select »Brightness«, »Contrast«, ?[...]

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    ENGLISH 13 Dolby Vir tual * Dolby Virtual is an innovative electronic solution, which is integra- ted in the television set and only requires the built-in speakers to produce Dolby Surround effects. 1 Select »Sound mode« with » P+ « or » P- «. 2 Select »Dolby Virtual« with » Ǹ « or » Ƿ «. Stereo width Widens the audio output for stere[...]

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    14 Basic functions Switching on and off 1 Press » Ȃ « on the television set to switch it to standby . 2 Press » 1… 0 « or » P+ « or » P- « to switch on the device from standby mode. 3 Press the » Ǽ « button to switch the television to standby mode. 4 Press » Ȃ « on the television set to switch it off completely . – This saves ele[...]

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    ENGLISH 15 Picture settings Y ou can select four different picture settings. 1 Select the desired picture setting from »User«, »Natural«, »Rich« or »Soft« with » z «. – Y ou can alter the »User« picture setting, see the ”Picture settings” chapter on page 12. Audio settings Y ou can select six different audio settings. 1 Select the[...]

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    16 Zoom function This function enables you to enlarge the television or PC picture. 1 Press » i « to open the »MAIN MENU« menu. – The »MAIN MENU« menu appears. 2 Select »Picture« with » P+ « or » P- « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »Picture« menu appears. 3 Select »Brightness« with » P+ « or » P- « and press » P+ « a[...]

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    ENGLISH 17 Changing the picture format The television automatically switches to the 16:9 format if this format is detected via the Euro-A V socket. 1 Select the picture format with » E «. The selected picture format, for example »16:9«, appears on the screen. – Y ou can choose between the following picture formats: »4:3« format The picture [...]

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    18 PIP mode PIP (picture in picture) allows you to watch an inset picture from a second picture source in addition to the current channel. Other television stations, DVD players, video recorders or satellite receivers can be used as video sources. They must be connected to the input sockets on the back of the device. Displaying the inset picture 1 [...]

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    ENGLISH 19 TOP text or FLOF text mode 1 Press » TXT « to switch to teletext mode. 2 Y ou can directly select teletext pages with » 1. . . 0 «. Note: At the bottom of the screen, you will see an information line consisting of a red, green and, depending on the station, yellow and blue text field. Y our remote control has buttons with the corresp[...]

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    20 Page stop A multiple page may contain several sub-pages, which are automa- tically scrolled by the transmitting station. 1 Stop the sub-pages with » E «. 2 Press » E « to quit the function. Calling up a sub-page directly If the selected teletext page contains further pages, the number of the current sub-page as well as the total number of pa[...]

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    ENGLISH 21 Convenience functions with the »Features« menu 1 T o open the »MAIN MENU« press » i «. 2 Select »Features« with » P+ « or » P- « and confirm with » OK «. Note: Further operation is explained in the following sections. Changing the menu language 1 Select »Menu Language« with » P+ « or » P- « and confirm with » OK «. [...]

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    22 USING EXTERNAL DEVICES _______________ DVD player , DVD recorder , video recorder or set-top box Note: Which television socket(s) you connect your external devices to depends on the sockets the external device is equipped with and the signals which are available. Note that with many external devices the resolution of the video signal must be ada[...]

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    ENGLISH 23 With a digital audio/video signal Video signal: digital video; resolution: standard 576p; HDTV 720p, 1080i. Audio signal: stereo, analogue. Channel position »DVI«. 1 Connect the » DVI-D « socket on the television and the corre- sponding DVI socket on the external device using a standard DVI cable (digital video and audio signal). 2 C[...]

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    24 With S-Video signal Video signal: Y/C. Audio signal: stereo, analogue. Channel position »SVHS«. 1 Connect the » S-VHS « socket on the television and the corre- sponding socket on the external device using an S-Video cable (video signal). 2 Connect the » LR « sockets on the television to the correspond- ing sockets on the external device us[...]

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    ENGLISH 25 USING EXTERNAL DEVICES _______________ Selecting the signal for the A V output With this setting you can select which signal is output at the Euro-A V socket A V1 or at the A V OUT V L R cinch sockets. The television station or the video/audio signal from connected devices. This enables you to transmit recordings from one external device[...]

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    26 USING EXTERNAL DEVICES _______________ Decoder or satellite receiver In order for the television to receive encoded programs from a privately operated station, a decoder is needed. Connecting a decoder or satellite receiver 1 Connect the » AV 1 « socket on the television set and the appro- priate socket on the decoder using a EURO-A V cable. U[...]

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    ENGLISH 27 USING EXTERNAL DEVICES _______________ Camcorder Connecting the camcorder 1 Connect the yellow socket » Video « on the television and the corresponding socket on the camcorder (VHS, Video 8) with a cinch cable (picture signal); or connect the » S-VHS « socket (picture signal) on the television and the corresponding socket on the camc[...]

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    28 Connecting a PC 1 Connect the socket » PC-IN « or » DVI-D « on the television to the corresponding socket on the PC using a VGA cable. 2 Connect the socket » PC-DVI AUDIO IN « on the television to the corresponding socket on the PC using a cinch cable (audio signal). Note: Adjust your PC to the monitor (for example, picture resolution 1024[...]

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    ENGLISH 29 Setting television channels This setting is only necessar y if a new channel comes on air and you do not want to change the order of your channels. The television channel can be set directly or using the search. Setting channels using the search 1 Press » i « to open the »MAIN MENU«. – The »MAIN MENU« appears. 2 Select »Setup« [...]

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    30 Fine tuning television channels The television automatically tunes itself to the best possible recepti- on. Y ou may need to carr y out manual fine tuning in areas where there is poor reception. 1 Press » i « to open the »MAIN MENU«. – The »MAIN MENU« appears. 2 Select »Setup« with » P+ « or » P- « and confirm with » OK «. – Th[...]

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    ENGLISH 31 Re-tuning all television channels Y ou can re-tune all the television stations, for example if you move to another town. 1 Press » i « to open the »MAIN MENU«. 2 Select »Setup« with » P+ « or » P- « and confirm with » OK «. – The »Setup« menu appears. 3 Select »A TS« with » P+ « or » P- « and confirm with » OK «. [...]

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    32 T echnical data Operating voltage: 230 V , 50/60 Hz Power consumption: in operation 120 W in standby approx. 2 W (Lenaro 27) in operation 165 W in standby approx. 2 W (Lenaro 32) Sound output: 2 x 14 watts music (2 x 7 sine wave) (Lenaro 27) 2 x 20 watts music (2 x 10 sine wave) (Lenaro 32) Reception range: C01 … C80, special channels S01 … [...]

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    ENGLISH 33 INFORMA TION _____________________________________ Fault Screen lit (snow), but no station Poor picture contrast Interference to picture and/or sound Ghosts, reflection No colour Picture but no sound T eletext missing or faulty Remote control does not work Picture is dark in PC mode Possible cause Antenna cable No television station pro-[...]

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    34 Additional Information for units sold in the UK. Units sold in the UK are suitable for operation from a 240V ac, 50Hz mains supply . The range of multi-system receivers is built to work in most European coun- tries. However , the mains plug and socket system for the UK differs from many European countries. This appliance has been supplied with a[...]

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