Technicolor - Thomson ETC210 manual

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    1 Pr ecautions EN The pages of this publication are printed on r ecycled paper Safety The television’ s components are sensitiv e to heat. The maximum ambient temperatur e should not exceed 35° Celsius. Do not cov er the vents at the back or sides of the television. Lea ve sufficient space ar ound it to allow adequate ventilation. Damp in rooms [...]

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    EN 2 Specific pr ecautions for pr ojection TVs On/Off switch Refer to the pictur e on the inside cover of this manual. If you ar e not using the appliance for a long period of time s witch it off using the on/off switch ( A ). Safety Do not place the TV set on a surface which is unstable , sloping or subject to vibration. Mak e sure that the floori[...]

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    EN 3 Contents Precautions ..........................................................1 Safety ............................................................................1 Care ..............................................................................1 Demagnetization ........................................................1 Specific precautions[...]

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    EN 4 Using r emote contr ol for TV T o operate your TV , press TV k ey (RC 311T A1G et RC 311T AM1). T o s witch y our set off (stand-by). - Personal Adjustments ( PRESETS ). - Channels list ( ZZZ/LIST ). - Displa y of channel, stand-by time ( INFO ). - Programme guide ( GUIDE ) - Videotext k eys ( TEXT ). The colour k eys can also be used to opera[...]

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    EN 5 Using r emote contr ol for other equipment (RC 311T AM1) This remote contr ol is supplied with some TV sets models , it can operate other equipment, such as video recorders , D VD players , satellite receivers or hi-fi systems . This page provides information concerning the r emote control’ s use with these other types of equipment. Video re[...]

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    EN 6 Switching on Follo w the instructions on this page to use your TV set and the remote contr ol unit before entering the channel set-up procedure described on the next page. 1 Install two LR03 or AAA batteries in the remote control as indicated belo w . (see page 5). 2 Connect the TV to a mains socket. It is used to supply power to your TV which[...]

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    EN 7 Initial set-up The initial set-up consists of carr ying out all the necessar y settings to search and store all the channels you can receive in your area. Mak e sur e that the TV is switched on and follow steps 1 to 6 on this page. When you first switch the TV on, the language selection menu appears . If this does not happen, refer to Man ual [...]

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    EN 8 Adjusting the con v er gence Y our projection television is equipped with thr ee coloured projection tubes, one each for red, green and blue.The images (red, green and blue) are pr ojected onto the screen where the y converge to form a single colour image. It occasionally happens that after a cer tain period of operation or as a result of vibr[...]

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    EN 9 Manual channel set-up The information pro vided on this page is useful if you find that some channels have not been stor ed during the initial set-up or automatic update processes. This can happen if you are setting up cable network channels. Setting up channels manually r equires every setting for ever y channel to be entered, one at a time. [...]

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    EN 10 Ev er yda y use Switching the TV set on and off : T o switch the TV set on, press the A A button on the k eyboard. The red indicator in fr ont blinks then remains light. Standby mode : press the button on the remote contr ol. When the TV set is in standby mode , the indicator on the front r emains light. The TV set remains po wered up , but w[...]

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    EN 11 Setting the time – List of pr ogr ammes The information on this page explains ho w to use the TIME menu functions (Setting the time, Sleep timer , W ak e-up), as well as tho- se for the LIST OF PROGRAMMES men u. Time Displa y the O VER VIEW menu using the MENU button and select the Time option. Press OK to confirm. The TIME menu is displa y[...]

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    EN 12 Pictur e and Pr efer ences The information on this page allo ws you: to adjust your television’ s picture to better suit your preference, the type of progr amme you are w atching and the ambient lighting and to set preferences for some featur es of your TV . Displa y the O VER VIEW with the MENU button. Select Picture line and pr ess OK to [...]

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    EN 13 V ir tual Dolb y Surr ound Dolb y Vir tual is a technology cer tified by Dolb y Labor atories , that creates a vir tualized surround sound e xperience from two speakers .The Vir tual Dolby Surr ound function works in multi-channel and Dolb y Surround encoded audio sources. Vir tual Dolby Surr ound retains all of the original multichannel audi[...]

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    EN 14 T elete xt Used in many countries under v arious names (T OP T e xt, Fastext, FLOF text, Videotext),T eletext is a fr ee ser vice offered by tele vision channels. The ser vice consists of information database (weather, spor ts results, ne ws, games, etc .) available at all times. Pr ess the TEXT button to displa y the T eletext Index page (pa[...]

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    EN 15 Pr ogr am info The pro gr amme guide is prepared b y your television fr om T elete xt information broadcast on cer tain channels. Y ou are only able to access the pro gramme guide with the channels memorised b y your television. Depending on the services offered b y the channels in T eletext, it is possible that the pr ogramme guide may not b[...]

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    16 EN Other connections A V1 SCAR T socket (input-output) At the back of the TV . This sock et can be used to connect a VCR or a camcorder (VHS or 8 mm), a satellite receiver , a D VD pla yer , a games console or an y device producing an RGB signal. A V2 SCAR T socket (input-output) At the back of the TV . This sock et can be used to connect a VCR [...]