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Toshiba 36HF71 manual

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    Color Television © 2001 TOSHIBA CORPORATION All Rights Reserved 36HF71 O WNER'S M ANUAL ® Owner's Record The model number and serial number are on the back of your TV. Record these numbers in the spaces below. Refer to these numbers whenever you communicate with your Toshiba dealer about this TV. Model number: 36HF71 Serial number: Intr[...]

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    2 Important Inf ormation WAR N I NG T OR E D U C ET H ER I S KO FF I R EO RE L E C T R I CS H O C K , DO N OT EXP OS E TH IS AP PLIAN CE TO RAI N O R MOIS T UR E.[...]

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    3 Introduction ................................................................ 4 W elcome to T oshiba ......................................................... 4 Exploring your new TV ................................................... 4 Connecting your TV .................................................. 5 Connecting a V CR .....................[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 4 Intr oduction W elcome to T oshiba Congratulations! Y ou have purchased one of the finest TVs on the market. The goal of this manual is to guide you through setting up and operating y our T oshiba TV as quickly as possible. Ins[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 5 Connecting y our TV If you have not connected electr onic equipment before, or you have been frustrated in the past, you may wish to read this section. (Cables are not supplied.) • A coaxial cable is the standard cable that c[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 6 Connecting a cable conv erter bo x This connection allows you to watch basic and pr emium cable channels. T o use the TV ’ s features, select ANT -1. T o view premium channels, select ANT -2, tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 (wh[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 7 Connecting a DVD player or satellite r eceiv er a n daV C R This connection allows you to watch D VD/satellite, VCR, and TV programs, and recor d one TV channel while watching another channel. Y ou will need: • one coaxial ca[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 8 Connecting a DVD player with component video and a VC R This connection allows you to watch D VD, VCR, and TV programs, and recor d DVD and TV programs. Y ou can recor d from one source while watching a program from another sou[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 9 Connecting a D TV receiv er/set-top bo x with component video and a VCR This connection allows you to watch DTV (digital TV broadcast), V CR, and TV programs, and r ecord DTV and TV programs. Y ou can record fr om one source wh[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 10 Connecting tw o VC Rs This connection allows you to r ecord (dub/edit) fr om one V CR to another V CR while watching a videotape. Y ou can also recor d from one TV channel while watching another TV channel. Y ou will need: •[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 11 LINE IN LR ANT -1 OUT ANT -2 ANT(75 ) S-VIDEO VIDEO L/MONO AUDIO R VIDEO-2 VIDEO-1 Y P B P R L Y P B P R AUDIO COLOR STREAM HD - 2 COLOR STREAM HD - 1 R L AUDIO R OUT AUDIO CENTER CHANNEL IN L/ MONO AUDIO ON OFF VIDEO VAR AUDI[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 12 Using the r emote contr ol P reparing the r emote control f or use With the remote control, y ou can operate your TV , most V CR models, and cable TV converters together , even if they are different brands. If you will be usin[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 13 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER P ro[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 14 VCR code table Brand name Code number Adventura 019 Aiko 297 Aiwa 019 Akai 060,068,080,125, 261 American High 054 Asha 259 Audio vox 056 Beaumark 259 Bell & Ho well 123 Brandt 206 Broksonic 140,203,230,314, 380 Calix 056 C[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 15 Cable TV converter code table Brand name Code number ABC 020,022,026,027, 030,032,033,036, 066 Antronix 041 Archer 041,058,172 Belcor 075 Cable S tar 075 Cabletenna 041 Cableview 041 Century 172 Citizen 172 Colour V oice 044,0[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 16 Learning about the r emote contr ol POWER turns the TV on and off R ECALL displays screen information (page 44) LIG HT illuminates the keypad for five seconds TI M E R sets the TV to turn off at a specific time (page 39) TV/V [...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 17 Setting up y our TV Learning about the menu system After you have installed the batteries and programmed the r emote control, you will need to set some pr eferences on the TV using the menu system. Y ou can access the menus us[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 18 Changing the on-scr een display language Choose from three differ ent languages (English, F rench and Spanish) for the on-screen display of adjustment menus and messages. T o select a language: 1. Press MENU, and then press x [...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 19 Adding channels to the TV ’ s memory When you press Channel y or z , your TV will stop only on the channels stored in the TV ’ s channel memory . F ollow the steps belo w and on the next page to pr ogram all active channel[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 20 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER Chan[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 21 Using the T V ’ s f eatur es Adjusting the channel settings Switching between tw o channels Y ou can switch between two channels without entering an actual channel number each time. T o switch between two channels: 1. Select[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 22 T o clear a favorite channel: 1. Press MENU, and then press x or • until the CUSTOM menu appears. 2. P ress y or z to highlight F A V ORITE CH2, for example. 3. P ress x or • to display the F A V ORITE CH2 menu. CUSTOM T I[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 23 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER Chan[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 24 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE CTV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER Not[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 25 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER PIP [...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 26 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER STIL[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 27[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 28 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER RECA[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 29 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER Using the V -C H I P menu Some TV progra[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 30 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER M P A A RA TI N G (Independent r ating system f or movies) 1.[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 31 Unlocking progr ams temporarily 1. If you try to watch a TV program that exceeds the rating limits you set, the TV enters into the pr ogram lock mode. T H I S PROGRAM HA S BEEN BLOCKED ! 4 TV - EXCEEDS PUSH MUTE TO ENTER SET L[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 32 T o unlock channels: 1. F rom the L OCKS menu, select CH LOCK. 2. P ress x or • to display the CH L OCK menu. 3. P ress yzx • to highlight the channel you want to unlock, then press ENTER. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 33 Using the fr ont panel lock f eatur e Lock the front panel buttons to prev ent the buttons from being pressed accidentally (by childr en, for example). When the fr ont panel lock is in ON mode, all control buttons on the TV fr[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 34 Adjusting the pictur e Selecting the pictur e mode Y ou can select your desired pictur e type from four picture modes: Sports, S tandard, Mo vie, and P r eference. *(see “ Saving new prefer ence ” on page 35.) T o select t[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 35 Saving new pref erence Y ou can save the PICTURE qualities (contrast, brightness, color , tint, and sharpness) you adjusted in the picture pr eference mode. T o save your new preferences: 1. P ress MENU, and then pr ess x or ?[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 36 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 37 Selecting the video input sour ce P ress the TV/VIDEO on the remote control or the TV to view a signal coming from another device connected to your TV , such as a VCR or video disc player (see illustrations below). Y ou can se[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 38 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER MENU[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 39 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER Sett[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 40 Adjusting the sound Muting the sound P ress MUTE to temporarily turn off the sound. While the sound is off, the scr een will display the word “ 1/2 MUTE ” or “ MUTE ” in the lower right corner . Every time you press th[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 41 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER Usin[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 42 Resetting audio adjustments The RESET function returns the audio adjustments to the follo wing factory settings: Bass .................. center (50) T reble ............... center (50) Balance ............ center (0) T o reset[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 43 T urning off the built-in speakers U se this feature to turn the TV speakers off when you connect an audio system (see “ Connecting an audio system ” on page 11). T o turn off the built-in speakers: 1. P ress MENU, then pr[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 44 12 3 45 6 78 9 ENT 100 0 CH VOL POWER TIMER RECALL TV/VIDEO MUTE TV CABLE VCR CH RTN PIC SIZE EXIT LIGHT STOP SOURCE ADV/ PIP CH ADV/ PIP CH FAV FAV PLAY PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF STILL LOCATE SWAP FAVORITE MENU/ STROBE ENTER 12 3[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 45 V iewing the demonstr ation mode When you press DEMO on the TV , the TV will automatically demonstrate several of your TV ’ s features. This function is pr ovided for demonstration purposes only . T o stop the demonstration [...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 46 Television System NTSC standard Channel Coverage VHF: 2 through 13 UHF: 14 through 69 Cable TV: Mid band (A-8 through A-1, A through I) Super band (J through W) Hyper band (AA through ZZ, AAA, BBB) Ultra band (65 through 94, 1[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 47 T roubleshooting Before calling a service technician, please check the following table for a possible cause of the problem and some solutions. Pr oblem Solution TV will not turn on • Make sur e the power cor d is plugged in,[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your TV Using the Remote Contr ol Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 48 Limited United States W arranty T oshiba America Consumer Pr oducts, Inc. ( “ TAC P ” ) and T oshiba Hawaii I nc. ( “ THI ” ) make the following limited warranties. These limited warranties extend to the original consu[...]

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    Introduction Connecting your T V Using the Remote Control Setting up your T V Using the T V ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 49 Index A A/V receiver connection ................................................... 11 AN T 1/2 ................................................................................... 18 Antenna c ables .........................[...]

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