Toshiba 20VL64 manual

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    20VL64 15VL64 Series Owner ’s manual 20VL64-en.book Page 1 Thursday, Februar y 1, 2007 5:06 PM[...]

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    20VL64-en.book Page 2 Thursday, Februar y 1, 2007 5:06 PM[...]

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    ENGLI SH -3- Contents Safety precautions ..... .......................................... .......... 4 Installation and important informat ion .............. ................. 5 Getting started .......... ....................................... .......... 7 Controls ........... .............................................. ............ 8 Remote co[...]

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    ENGLI SH -4- Safety precautions This eq uipment has be en desi gned and manuf actur ed to mee t inter national s afety stand ards bu t, like any electr ical equipment , car e mu st be tak en t o obtain the bes t r esults and f or saf ety to be assur ed . Pl ease read the po ints below f or y our ow n safety . Th e y ar e of a ge ner al natur e , in[...]

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    ENGLI SH -5- Installa tion and impor tant inf orma tion L o c a t e t h e t e l ev i s i o n a w a y f ro m d i r e c t s u n l i g h t a n d s t r o n g l i g h t s . S o f t o r i n d i r e c t l i g h t i n g i s re commended f or comf ortable v ie w ing . Use c urtains or blin ds to pr e ven t direc t sunligh t falling on the scr een. Al wa ys [...]

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    ENGLI SH -6- The f ollo wing s y mptoms ar e tech nical limitati ons of L CD Display tec hnolog y and are no t an indicatio n of malfu nction . T here for e , T oshiba is not r espon sible for pe rc ei ved de fects r esulting fr om these symp t om s. 1. An afterimage (ghost) may a ppear on the sc r een if a f i xed n on-mov ing image is dis play ed[...]

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    ENGLI SH -7- Getti ng st arte d T h a n k y o u f o r p u r c h a s i n g t h i s To s h i b a LC D T V. T h e g o a l o f t h i s m a n u a l i s t o g u i d e yo u t h r o u g h s e t t i n g up and oper atin g yo ur T oshiba TV as quic kly a s possible . Instruc tions in this manual ar e bas ed on using the remot e contr ol. Y ou can also use th[...]

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    ENGLI SH -8- Cont r ols Remote control 1. T elete xt inde x/initial button Info button (CAL L) 2. Channel r eturn bu tton 3. P ic tur e mode bu tton 4. MENU button* 5. OK button 6. V olume up and dow n buttons ( @/6 ) Menu adjus tment buttons ( / ) * 7. Sound T y pe/Language selecti on butto n 8. T e xt Question/Answer button (Re veal) 9. T e xt st[...]

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    ENGLI SH -9- TV Ple a se no t e • Do not u se V ideo R CA and S-V ideo co nnectio ns at the same time , otherwise the y w ill effect the picture. • An RGB input fr om SCAR T 1 will gi ve y ou better picture quality . VO LU M E @/6 Menu adj ustme nt / Pr ogram / Menu adj ustme nt / Stan dby TV f ro nt Right side panel Headphone jack Indicato r; [...]

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    ENGLI SH -10- Connec tin g e xter nal eq uipm ent Y ou can connec t a w ide r ange of a udio and v ide o equipment to you r TV . Befo re co nnecting an y external equipment , turn off all main pow er sw itches . If there is no s w itch, r emov e the mains plug from th e wa ll so cket. Pl ease re fer to the o wner's man ual of the equ ipment to[...]

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    ENGLI SH -11- Connec tin g au dio and video eq uipmen t with stan dard A V or S - Vid eo terminals Y ou can connec t v ideo equipme nt suc h as a V CR, DVD pla y er , camcor der or v ideo gam e , etc. t o this TV a nd enjoy the high quality pictur e. If yo ur vi deo equipment ha s an S - VIDEO output t erminal , connect it t o the S-VIDEO input t e[...]

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    ENGLI SH -12- Connec tin g a personal compu ter (PC) This co nnecti on allow s y ou to v ie w the image o f a pers onal compu ter (P C) on the TV scr een. When connecting a PC to the TV , use an analog R GB (15-pin) comp uter cable and a PC au dio cable . Press o n t h e r e m o t e c o n t ro l t o s e l e c t P C t o v i ew t h e PC i m a g e . I[...]

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    ENGLI SH -13- Using t h e T V Quic k Setu p T uning the TV using Q uick Setup for the first time turn -on Be fore swit ch i ng on yo ur T V , e ns u re a n ae ria l is connect ed and put y our dec oder and v ideo rec o rde r to st a nd by mo d es i f t h ey a re co n n ec te d. 1. Pres s (Standb y) on the ri ght side panel of the T V , or on the re[...]

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    ENGLI SH -14- Programming W h e n y o u p r e s s P / P , yo u r T V w i l l s t o p o n ly o n t h e c h a n n e l s y o u p ro g r a m i n t o t h e T V ' s c h a n n e l memory . F ollo w the s teps bel ow t o pr ogr am al l acti ve c hannels into the TV's memor y . Programming channels automa tically Note : All pre v iously s tored pr[...]

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    ENGLI SH -15- Editin g programs , Set ting u p t he sound Editing programs T o se t the TV to y our personal needs , y ou can name the pr ogr ams, s w ap c hannel number s (change c hannels s equence), skip the pr ogr ams that y ou don ’t need by using the f unctions pr ov ided in the Pr ogramme Ed it menu . T o assign an up to 5-c har acter labe[...]

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    ENGLI SH -16- Settin g up th e sound (continued) T o adjust the s ound tr eble and bass: 2 . Pres s to highlight A udio Ad vanced Setting > a nd press to display the Audio Advan ce d Set ti ng pa ge. 3. Press / to highlight one of the items (T reble, Mi d T reble, M iddle,Mi d Bass, and Bass) y ou w ant to adj us t. 4. Press / to adjust the lev [...]

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    ENGLI SH -17- Se tt in g u p th e pi ctu r e Selec ting the p ictu re mode Y ou can s elect y our de sir ed pi ctur e type fr om f our p i c t u r e m o d e s : 1 , 2 , 3 , o r M . T o select the picture mod e: • Using the remote control Press on the remote control r epeatedly until a pr efer r ed mode is selecte d. • Using the on -scr een disp[...]

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    ENGLI SH -18- Features: P ic ture Size, Sleep Timer, P a nel Loc k, B ac klight Selec ting th e pictu re size Y ou can select a desired pictur e siz e (Auto, 4:3 or 1 6 : 9 ) e i t h e r d i r e c t ly o n t h e re m o t e c o n t ro l o r i n the on -scr een display menu. • Using the remote control Repeat edly pr es s on the r emote contr ol to [...]

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    ENGLI SH -19- F eatures: PC Setting s , Inpu t Selec tion Us in g th e P C s ett in gs Y ou can adjust the hori z ontal/vertical pictur e positi on, f re quency (to minimi ze v ertical str ipes on the scr een) , and ph ase (to remo ve hor i z ontal noise and sharpen the picture) manually or auto - confi gur e thes e settings all at once . 1. Confir[...]

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    ENGLI SH -20- Features: Blue Screen, C hann el Return, Mute, Head phone s Using the b lue screen featur e With the blue sc r een functi on on, the sc r een will automati cally tur n blue and the so und wi ll be m u t e d w h e n n o s i g n a l i s re c ei v e d . To t u rn o n t h e b l u e s c r e e n f e a t u r e : 1. Pres s MENU, and then pre [...]

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    ENGLI SH -21- Using T elete xt Te l e t e x t i s a n i n f o r m a t i o n s y s t e m t h a t d i s p l a y s t e x t o n y o u r T V s c r e e n . U s i n g t h e t e l e t e x t c o n t r o l b u t t o n s yo u can v iew pages of inf ormati on that ar e listed in the telete xt inde x. Note : No on-scr een disp lay is a vaila ble in T eletext mo[...]

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    ENGLI SH -2 2- Pa g e S t o p I f t h e p a g e o f t e x t y o u h a v e s e l e c t e d c o n t a i n s s u b pages, these sub pages w ill autom aticall y be displa yed in o rde r wi th a delay t o allo w yo u to re ad the page . To s t o p t h e m o ve t o t h e n e x t s u b p a g e p r e s s . The s y mbol wi ll displa y in the top left h and [...]

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    ENGLI SH -2 3- Q ues tions and A nsw ers Below ar e the answers to s ome of the mos t common querie s. Fo r m o r e i n f o rm a t i o n , g o t o w w w.t o s h i b a . c o. u k . Check the mains s w itch is on and ch eck all mains connect ions . Check the TV is not in standb y mode . When using an ext ernal sour ce, if ther e is little or no colou[...]

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    ENGLI SH -2 4- Good perfo rmance o f te xt depends on a good str ong br oadcast si gnal. This nor mally r equir es a roof or loft aeri al. If the text is unreadable or garbled, chec k the aeri al. Go to the main index page of the text service and look for the User’s Guide . T his will e x plain the basi c oper atio n of text in s ome detail . If [...]

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    ENGLI SH -2 5- Spec ifica tions Note : Spec ifi cation is subj ect to c hange without noti ce. Broadcast systems/channels Vide o inp ut PA L , S EC A M , N T S C 3 . 5 8 / 4 . 4 3 External connec tions EXT1 Input/Output 21-pin SCAR T Input: RGB, A/V Outp ut: TV EXT2 Input/Output 21-pin SCAR T Input: A/V , S-V ideo Output: TV , EXT1, EXT3 EXT 3 Inpu[...]

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