Magnavox 20MF Series manual

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    SMART . VERY SMART . User Man ual 20MF 251W S e r i e s LC D T V Read your user Manua l a nd/ or Quic k - Use Guide fi r s t f or quic k t ips t hat mak e using your Magnavo x pr oduc t more enjo y a ble . If you have read your in s tr uc ti ons and still need assistance , you ma y access our online help at www . us a s u pp o rt.m a g n a v o x. c[...]

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    2 Kno w thes e safety symbols This “bol t of light ning” i ndica tes uninsulated material within y o ur unit may cause an electrical shock. For the safety of e ver y o ne in y our household, please do not remov e product co v ering. The “e xclamation point” calls attention to features for which y o u should read the enclosed literatur e clo[...]

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    IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS R EAD BEFORE OPERA TING EQUIPMENT Read thes e instructions. K e ep these instructions. Heed all warnings. Follo w all instructions. Do not use this ap parat us near wat er . Clean only with a dr y cloth. Do not block any of the ventilatio n openi ngs. Install in acc or d ance with the manufacturers instructions. D on[...]

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    4 ADDITIONAL S AFET Y PREC A U TIONS • ENSU RE that LCD T V stand is tightened proper ly to the set (See Quick Guide) on t he right w a y of tightening of the sc rew of the sta nd to the set . I mproper tightening of s crew may re nder the set unsafe . • If LCD T V is ins talle d on the wall , inst allat ion should be carr ied out by qualified [...]

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    C ONTENTS Introduction W e l c o m e / R e g i s t r a t i o n o f Y o u r T V ........................2 I M P O R T A N T S A F E T Y I N S T R U C T I O N S ................. 3 P R E C A U T I O N S ............................................4 C O N T E N T S .............................................. . 5 Installation L a n g u a g e S e t t[...]

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    6 H EL P FU L H IN T F or English, F renc h, o r Spanish -speaki ng T V owners, an onscreen L ANGUAGE option is present. The L ANGUAGE control enables yo u to set the TV ’ s onscreen me nu to be sho wn in either English, F renc h , or Spanish. Press the ME NU but ton on t he r e mote contr o l to o pen the onscreen menu . Press the / but ton to h[...]

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    7 T UNER M ODE C ONTROL T he T uner Mode allows you to change the LCD TV’ s signal input to Cable or Air (antenna). It’ s impor tant for the LCD TV to know if you w ant to receive channels from a cable TV signal or an antenna signal. Press the MENU but ton to see the onscreen menu . Press the / but ton to highlight the I NST ALL menu. Press the[...]

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    8 A UT O P ROG RA M (S ETTING U P C HANNELS ) Y our LCD TV can automa tically set i tself for local area (or cable TV ) c h annels. This mak e s it easy for yo u to select only t he TV stations in yo ur area b y pressing the CH ( ) or CH ( ) but ton. Press the ME NU but ton on t he r emote control to show the onscreen menu . Press the / button to h[...]

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    Press the MENU button to open the onscreen men u . Press the / button to hig hlig ht the INST ALL m en u , then press t he to enter . P r e s s t h e / b u t t o n t o highlight th / button to enter . e CHANNEL EDIT column , then press In CURRENT CHANNE L , press the / bu t t on t o sel e ct t h e channel y ou wish to add or r emov e . In SKIP PED [...]

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    10 F AC TO R Y R ESET Y our TV can be re set to the original fa c t o r y s et t i n g s by p e r f or m in g t h e fo l low i ng s t e ps . Press the ME NU but ton on t he r e mote contr o l to see the onscreen menu. Pr ess the / button to highlight the INS T A LL menu, the n pr ess to enter . Press the / but ton repeatedly to h ig hl ig ht t h e [...]

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    Connect the pow er plug to the pow er socket. Press PO WER to turn on the LCD TV . Press V O L to + + increase the sound lev e l, or press V O L to decr ease t he sound le v e l. Press CH o r CH to select channels . P o int the remote contr o l towar d on the front of the L CD T V to operate . Op en the batter y compart ment on the back of the r em[...]

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    12 R EMO TE C ONTR OL - F OR TV O PERA TIONS Number buttons Press to select TV channels . When selectin g singl e- digit channels, press the number of t he desired channel. The L CD T V will pause for a f ew seco nds then tune to the selected channel. Note: +10 button is for D VD use. Mute button Press to eliminate or r e store the L CD T V sound. [...]

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    13 R EMO TE C ONTR OL - F OR DV D O PERA TIONS D VD TITLE butt on Use to bring up the DVD title menu. PLAY button Use to begin the DVD playback. PAUSE button Use to pause the DVD playback. PREV/NEXT button Use to skip to the pr evious or next chapter . ZOOM button Use to zoom the DVD playback picture. SLOW button Use to slow the DVD playback speed.[...]

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    Y our LCD T V comes w it h an onscree n cl ock. T he T Vc a na l s ob es e tt ot u r no no ro f fa tas p e c i f i c time and tune to a specif ic channel when it power s itself on. Press the SLEEP but ton on the r emote contr o l to show the onscreen menu.. Press the SLE EP but ton repeatedly to select your r e quiring sleep timing. 1 2 240 Mins 15[...]

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    15 Pr ess the MENU button t o se e the onscreen men u . When PICTURE menu is highl ighte d, press the / button to enter the PICTURE menu. Press the / to choose the item y o u want to adjust : Smar t Picture , Bright ness, Color , Contras t , Sharpness , T in t , Co lor T em p , No i se R ed uction. Press the / but ton to adjust the item. Press the [...]

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    16 TV S OUND M ENU C ONTROLS T o adjust your L CD T V Sound, sele ct a c hannel and fo l low t he se s t e ps . Pr ess the MENU bu tton to s ee th e me nu. Press the / button to highlight the A UDIO menu. Press the / button to enter the A UDIO menu. Press the / but ton to choose t he item y o u w an t to a dj us t : S m ar t So und , 120HZ~10KHZ, B[...]

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    17 Press the PICTURE button on t he r e mote contr o l. The curr ent S mart P icture s etting will appear on t he screen. Press the PICTU RE but ton repeatedly to se Spo rts, W eak-Signal. lect either P ersonal, M o vi e, Ni gh t, M ul ti me di a, S MAR T P ICTURE C ONTROL W het her you’ re wat ching a movi e or a video game , you r LCD T V has v[...]

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    18 S MAR T L OCK T he SMAR T L oc k featu r e i s an integrated circuit that receives and processes data sent by broadcaster s, or other progr a m pro v iders , that contain pro gram content advisor ies. When progr ammed by t he viewer, a T V wit h SMAR T Loc k can respond to th e conte nt advisor ies and block prog ram content that may be f ound o[...]

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    19 S MAR T L OCK P ASSWORD O ver the ne xt few pages you’ll learn ho w to block progr ams and under stand the r a ting terms f or cer t ain broadcast s. Fir st , set p as s wo r d. Press the ME NU button to see t he onscreen men u . Press the / but ton to highlight the FEA TURES men u, then pre ss th e / button to enter . Press the / but ton to s[...]

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    20 S MAR T L OCK P ROG RA M A f t er yo u r pe r so n a l password h a s b ee n set (see the pre v ious page), you are ready to selec t the c h annels or inputs you w a nt to block out or censor . Press the ME NU but ton to see the onscreen men u . Press the / but ton to highlight the FEA TURES menu, then pr ess the / button to enter . Press the / [...]

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    21 S MAR T L OCK -M OV IE R AT I N G S T he Smar t Loc k feature ca n bloc k progr amm- i n g based on the Movie Indust r y r at ings . Once you’ ve entered your access code and th e SMAR T Lo c k featu r es a re d isp la yed on t he screen: Press the M ENU b utt on to see the onscreen men u . Press the / button t o highlight the FEA TURES menu ,[...]

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    22 L OCK -T V R AT I N G S T he SMAR T Loc k feat ur e c an bl ock progr amming ba se d o n t he T V I n du s tr y rat ings . Once you’ve entered your access code and t he SMAR T Loc k fe atur e s a re displaye d on the screen. Press the ME NU but ton to see the onscreen men u . Press the / button t o highlight the FE A T URES menu , then press t[...]

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    23 Y ou can c h ange the pict ure f or mat siz e to matc h the t ype of progr a m you are w a tching. Selec t the Wide Screen, 4:3, Zoom14:9, Zoom16:9, Subtitle Zoom, Super Wide . Wide Screen, 4:3, Zoom14:9, Zoom16:9, Subtitle Zoom, Super Wide. U SING T HE P ICTURE F ORMA T Press the ME NU but ton to see the onscreen men u . Press the / but ton to [...]

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    24 C LOSED C APTIONS C losed Capt ioning (CC ) allows you to read the voice content of television p rogr ams on the T V screen. Designed to help t he hearing impair ed , this featur e uses onscreen “tex t box e s” to show dialogue and co n vers atio ns while the T V progr a m i s in pro gress. Press the ME NU but ton t o see the onscreen menu. [...]

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    Press POWER to turn on the unit. Press the SOURCE button repeatedly to select DVD. Press OK button to confirm. Insert a disc into the disc slot, with the label side facing to yourself. The unit begins to read the disc. Pr ess PLAY( ) to pla y the disc . Press STOP( ) to stop pla yback. Press the open button ( ) on the r emote contr ol to remov e th[...]

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    Pause (DVD) Press PAUSE ( ) to pause pla yback of D VD while it is playing. Press PLAY( ) to resume playback. Pause (CD) 26 Each time y ou press PAUSE ( ) , the picture advances one frame while a D VD disc being play ed. H ELPFUL H INT DV D M ODE C ONTROL Press PLAY( ) to resume pla yback. 1 Press PAUSE ( ) to pause pla yback of CD while it is play[...]

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    DVD Men u Pla y S ome D VDs have title menus and c hapter menus . Press PLAY( ) , the scr een shows the menu. Press or to skip to the next or pre vious page. Select the item you want with n umber buttons or direction buttons. Pr ess D VD TI TLE button once to r eturn to the title me nu . Press D VD MENU b ut t on on ce to r eturn to the ro ot menu;[...]

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    L oad a disc . P r ess number buttons to select tr ac ks after the unit f inishes r eading the disc . T o select track n umber smaller than 10 Press 1-10/0 n umber buttons to select desired track. T o select track number gr eater than 10 Press +10 n umber buttons once. And press 1-10/0 n umber buttons to select desired track. Select with Number But[...]

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    29 Audio Langua ge W hile playing a D VD disc with m ultiple audio languages , you can c hange the audio language. Pr ess AUDIO button r epeatedl y to select the desired audio language . Audio Channel Y ou can also c hange the audio c hannel output fr om a multi-channel D VD or CD disc . Pr ess A.MODE button r epeatedl y to select the desired audio[...]

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    While disc is pla ying, press to pla y in fa st -fo rwa rd mode . Each time you press the button, the speed changes as follows: 2 X 4X 8X 16X 32X Normal Playback. While disc is pla ying, press to pla y in fa st -rever se mode. Each time you press the button, the speed changes as follows: 2 X 4X 8X 16X 32X Normal Playback. Press PLAY ( ) to switch t[...]

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    Repeat Pla y T his function can be used to r epeatedly play a title , c hapter , tr ac k, or a whole disc . T o Repeat a Title , Cha pter or Disc Press REP EA T button repeatedly to select the followings: CHAPTER: repeats the cur rentl y pla ying chapter . TITLE: repeats the cur rentl y pla ying title. ALL: repeats the cur rentl y pla ying disc. T [...]

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    Select Subtitles T his oper ation works only with discs with m ultiple subtitle languages recor ded. Press SUBTITLE button repeatedl y until the desired language is selected. Press SUBTITLE button until the scr een shows "TURN OFF SUBTITLES". 32 Zoom Pla y T his function can be used to watch motion or motionless pictur e . Press ZOOM butt[...]

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    33 Pr ess P .MODE button to select shuffle or random pla y mode when a disc is playing. T o cancel shuffle or random playback, press button twice. Shuffle (Random) Pla y T he unit can play DVD chapters or audio tr ac ks in random or der . The or der is different eac h time. The playback or der is differ ent each time . H ELPFUL H INT DV D M ODE C O[...]

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    34 Pro gram Pla y T o use the pr o gr am playbac k feature , you m ust enter the order in whic h you w ant the titles (and chapter s) on the D VD or the trac ks on the CD to play by creating a pr o gr am. Pr ess P .MODE button unt il the scr een sho ws: Use the number buttons on the r emote to enter the title (and cha pter) y ou want to pla y first[...]

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    35 Pr ess P .MODE button until t he scr een sho ws: Use the number buttons on the r emote to enter the track number y ou want to pla y first. The track number enter ed appears in the bo x. The example: T o program track 8 of a CD to pla y first, enter 8, and the scr een shows: Continue adding tracks until your program is complete .Y ou can pla y yo[...]

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    36 H EL P FU L H IN T F A or English, F renc h, o r Spanish -speak ing T V ow ne r s, a n o ns c r ee n O S D L ANG U AG E option is present. The OSD LAN GUA GE contro l enables yo u to set the D V D ’ s onscreen menu to be sh own in either English, F renc h , or Spanish. Press the MENU butt on on the r e mote contr o l to op en the onscreen menu[...]

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    37 H EL P FU L H IN T Press the MENU butt on on the r e mote contr o l to open the onscreen menu. When GENERAL SETUP is highlighted, press the button to enter . Press the / button to select ON or OFF , then press OK to confirm. Press the / button to select C APTIONS, then press the button to enter . Press the MEN U but ton repeatedly t o clear the [...]

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    38 Press the MENU but ton on the r e mote contr o l to o pen the onscreen menu . When GENERAL SETUP is highlighted, press the button to enter . Press the / button to select P ASSWORD , then press the button to enter . Press the M ENU but ton repeatedly to clear the menu from the screen . 1 2 3 4 7 8 P ASSW ORD S ETUP -PW M ODE Press the button to r[...]

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    39 Press the MENU but ton on the r e mote contr o l to o pen the onscreen menu . When GENERAL SETUP is highlighted, press the button to enter . Press the / button to select P ASSW ORD , then press the button to enter . Press the M ENU but ton repeatedly to clear the menu from the screen. 1 2 3 4 7 8 P ASSW ORD S ETUP -P ASSW ORD Press the button to[...]

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    40 Press the MENU but ton on the r e mote contr o l to o pen the onscreen menu . When GENERAL SETUP is highlighted, press the button to enter . Press the / button to select P ARENT AL, then press the button to enter . Press the M ENU but ton repeatedly to clear the menu from the screen. 1 2 3 4 P ARENT AL S ETUP Press the button to return to the pr[...]

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    41 Press the MENU but ton on the r e mote contr o l to o pen the onscreen menu . When GENERAL SETUP is highlighted, press the button to enter . Press the / button to select DEF AUL T , then press the button to enter . Press the M ENU but ton repeatedly to clear the menu from the screen. 1 2 3 4 Press the button to return to the pre vious menu. When[...]

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    42 Press the MENU but ton on the r e mote contr o l to o pen the onscreen menu . When CHANNEL EQ is highlighted, press the button to enter . Press the / button to select AUDIO SETUP , then press the button to enter . Press the M ENU but ton repeatedly to clear the menu from the screen. 1 2 3 4 Press the button to return to the pre vious menu. Press[...]

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    43 Press the MENU but ton on the r e mote contr o l to o pen the onscreen menu . When SHARPNESS is highlighted, press the button to enter . Press the / button to select VIDEO SETUP , then press the button to enter . Press the M ENU but ton repeatedly to clear the menu from the screen. 1 2 3 4 Press the button to return to the pre vious menu. 1 5 6 [...]

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    44 Press the MENU but ton on the r e mote contr o l to o pen the onscreen menu . Press the / button to select BRIGHTNESS/CONTRAST and press the button to enter . Press the / button to select VIDEO SETUP , then press the button to enter . Pr ess the MENU butt on r e pe at ed l y to clear the menu from the screen. 1 2 3 4 Press the button to return t[...]

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    45 T his T V can also be used as a PC Monitor . A PC video signal m ust be present o r the T V will go into standby mo de. The PC Picture controls allow you to adjust the picture . Press the ME NU but ton on t he r emote control to see t he onscreen menu. When the PICT URE men u is high ligh ted, Pr ess the / button to enter the PICTURE men u. Pres[...]

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    46 T his T V can also be used as a P C M on i t o r . A PC video signal m ust be present o r the T V will go into standby mode. The A UDIO controls allo w you to adjust the sound. Press the ME NU but ton on t he r e mote co ntr ol t o sho w t he onscreen men u . Press the / b utton t o highlight the A U DIO menu, then press to enter . Press the / b[...]

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    47 20MF Series (20” LCD TV ) No Re sol ution Frequency 1 2 3 640 60 HZ 70 HZ 75 HZ x 480 4 5 6 800 60 HZ 70 HZ 75 HZ x 600 720 x 400 7 8 9 10 1024 60 HZ 70 HZ 75 HZ DOS Mode x 768 S ETTING U P T HE PC M ODE (P ERSONAL C OMPUTER M ONIT O R )[...]

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    48 T ROU BL E S HOO TING T IPS- TV Symptoms Items to Check and Actions to follo w “Ghost” or double imag es • This may be caused by obstruction to the antenna due to high rise buildings or hills. Using a highly dir ectional antenn a may impro ve the pic ture. No pow er • Check that the T V ’ s A C pow e r cor d is plug ged into the mains [...]

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    49 No sound Check if the unit is connected secur ely. Make sur e the TV or amplifier is working pr operl y . Make sur e the amplifier is set to r eceiv e DVD signal output. Bad sound quality Make sur e the audio output mode is set cor rectl y. Make sure the audio connection between the unit and amplifier is in place . No ima ge Check if the unit is[...]

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    50 1. This manual is only f 2. It's not supported DTS function in DVD mode. Note: or your ref erence , any change to the design and specif ications will not be advised. T ECHNIC AL S PECIFICA TIONS LCD P ANEL 20'' TFT LCD RESOLUTION 1366 X 768 VIEWING ANGLE ( L/R/U/D) 80/80/80/60 DIMENSION WITH ST AND 20.6 X 16.5 X 8.3 (inch) WITHOUT[...]

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    51 C ARE A ND C LEANING WA R N I N G concerning stationar y images on t he T V Screen: Do not le a v e fi x e d images on t he scr een for extended periods of time. This can c ause une ven aging of t he L C D panel. Normal use of the T V should in v olve vie wing of pro gr ams that hav e const antly moving or changing images. Do not lea v e moving [...]

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    52 R EGULA T O R Y F EDERAL C OMMUNICA TIONS C OMMISSION (F CC ) N OT I C E (U.S. O NL Y ) This equipment has been tested and f ound to co mply with the limits f or a Class B digital devi ce, pursuant to Par t 1 5 of the FCC Rules. Thes e limits are designed to p ro vide r ea sonable pr otec tion against harmfu l interference i n a re sidential ins[...]

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    53 This wa rrant y give s you specifi c legal rig hts. Y ou ma y have other rights which var y from state /pr ovince to state/province. Ma g na v o x , P . O . B o x 6 7 1 5 39 , Ma ri ett a, Ga . 3 0006-00 2 6 L IMITED W ARRANTY N i n e t y( 9 0 )D a y sL a b o r&O n e( 1 )Y e a r P a r t s&O n e( 1 )Y e a r D i s p l a y MAGN A V O X warr[...]