Grundig 40 VLE 5421 BG manual

LCD TV with LED Backlight 40 VLE 5421 BG EN[...]

ENGLISH 2 CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SETUP AND SAFETY 6 GENERAL INFORMA TION 6 Special features of y our T V 6 Receiving digital channels 6 Grundig SCR system 7 Impor tant notes on en vironmental protection 7 Notes on still images 8[...]

3 ENGLISH CONTENTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 53 OPERA TION AS A PC MONITOR 53 Connecting a PC 53 Selecting presets for the PC 53 Settings for PC mode 54 OPERA TION WITH A COMMON INTERFA CE 54 What is a Common Inter face? 54 Inser ting the CA [...]

ENGLISH 4 SETUP AND SAFET Y ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please note the following instructions when setting up the television set : 7 This television is designed to receiv e and dis - play video and audio signals. All other uses are expr essly prohibited. 7 The ideal viewing[...]

5 ENGLISH 7 Do not connect any other equipment while the device is switched on. Also switch of f ot her equipment before connecting it. 7 Do not plug in the power cord of t he device until you have connect ed the external equip - ment and the antenna. 7 Make sur e the mains plug is freely accessible. 7 K eep t he T V away from following devices as [...]

ENGLISH 6 Special features of your T V 7 Y ou can receive and watch digital T V c han - nels using your television set (via DVB-S/S2, DVB-T and D VB-C) – including High Definition progr ammes (HD). Howe ver , the reception of digital T V channels in HD is currently limited to a few countries in Europe. 7 Although this television set complies wit [...]

7 ENGLISH GENERAL INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Impor tant notes on environmental protection 7 The following information will help y ou to sav e resour ces – and money as well. 7 If you are not using your television set for sev eral days, you should pull out the mains plug for envir[...]

ENGLISH 8 CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- Connecting the ant enna and the pow er adapter 1 T o receive digital satellite channels (DVB-S/ S2), connect the satellite antenna cable to the antenna socket » SATELLITE « on the tel- evision set. And/or: 2a T o receive t errestrial digital broadcasters (DVB-[...]

9 ENGLISH Inserting batt eries into the remote control CONNE CTION AND PREP ARA TION ----------------------------------------------- 1 Open the batter y compartment by remo ving the lid. 2 Inser t the batteries (2 x 1 .5 V micro, for ex ample R03 or AAA). Obser ve the po - larit y marked in the bottom of the batter y compartment. 3 Close the batter[...]

ENGLISH 10 O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Connections on the t ele vision set AV1 / S-VHS SC ART sock et (CVBS signal, RGB signal); Video and sound soc k et for S-Video camcorder . Optic Out Soc k et for audio output (op tical) for PCM/A[...]

11 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SATELLITE Antenna socket for the satellite antenna (DVB-S/ S2). ANT IN Ant enna sock et for a DVB-T , DVB-C and analogue antenna. U Headphone jac k (3.5 mm jack plug); Soc k ets for audio output.[...]

ENGLISH 12 O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remote control – Main functions Switches on and of f (Standby). Opens menu for AV channels. Then select using » V «, » < «, » > « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. Muti[...]

13 ENGLISH O VER VIEW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remote control – All functions  (red) Selects pages in teletext;  (green) Selects/activates v arious functions  (yello w) in the menus.  (blue) 5 Switches to d[...]

ENGLISH 14 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Initial set-up and tuning tele vision channels The television set is equipped with automatic channel search, which sear ches for satellite channels (DVB-S/S2), terrestrial channels (DVB- T), c[...]

15 ENGLISH T uning the t ele vision channels from satellite (DVB-S/S2) Y ou have two options for tuning digital satellite channels. A The easy installation, whic h pr e-configures all antenna settings for the satellite channels on Astra 1 9.2° East. B The advanced installation can be used if you wish to receive satellite channels from various sat [...]

ENGLISH 16 6 Select t he line »DISEqC Mode« with » V « or » Λ «. Select »DiSEqC 1 .0« or »DiSEqC 1 . 1« in accordance with the existing antenna system with » < « or » > «. – DiSEqC 1 .0 allows up to four satellites to be receiv ed simultaneously . – DiSEqC 1 . 1 allows up to 1 6 satellites to be receiv ed simultaneously . 7[...]

17 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T uning terres trial television channels (DVB-T) 1 In the »Source Setup« menu, in the »Connec- tion Type« line, select the option »Air« wit h » < « or » > «. 2 Select the line [...]

ENGLISH 18 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing the prog ram table for the digit al channels Channels which are found using the scan are saved in the »PROGRAM T ABLE« . Y ou can delete channels whic h are not requir ed from the p[...]

19 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deleting channels in t he program table 1 In the »PROGRAM T ABLE« menu, select the Edit mode by pr essing »  « (red) . 2 Select the television channel to be deleted with » V «, » Λ [...]

ENGLISH 20 3 “Push” the channel into the favourites lists 1 to 4 with » < « or » > « and press » OK « to confirm. – The position in the favourites list is marked with » ✔ «. – Y ou can enter the same channel in more than one favourite list. – Each favourite list can stor e up to 250 channels. Notes: 7 Channels can also be [...]

21 ENGLISH SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Picture settings 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »PICTURE SETTINGS« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » OK « to confirm. – The »PICTURE SETTIN GS« menu appear[...]

ENGLISH 22 SETTINGS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sound settings 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select t he menu item »SOUND SETTINGS« with » V « or » Λ « and pr ess » OK « to confirm. – The »SOUND SETTINGS« menu appears. Vol[...]

23 ENGLISH Soundef fects This menu offers three pr eset sound effects (Music, Natural and Speech) and one setting to be created b y you (User). 1 Select the line »Sound Preset« with » V « or » Λ «. 2 Select the sound ef fect »Music«, »Natural« or »Speech« by pressing » < « or » > «. Note: 7 »User« option is active when »So[...]

ENGLISH 24 TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic functions Switching on and of f 1 Switch the television to standby wit h t he po w - er switch » ON • OFF «. 2 Press » 8 «, » 1… 0 « or » P+ « or » P- « to switch on the television from standb y mode. 3 Press » 8 [...]

25 ENGLISH Audio settings V arious audio settings are available. 1 Open the T ools menu with » TOOLS «. 2 Select the menu item »Sound Preset« with » V « or » Λ «. 3 Select t he audio setting by pressing » < « or » > «. – Y ou can change t he »Use r« audio setting – see the “Soundef fects” chapter on page 22. Note: 7 »U[...]

ENGLISH 26 TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Zapping function This function remembers the channel you are currently w atching while y ou switch o ver to other ones (zapping). 1 Press » 1… 0 « or » P+ «, » P– « to select the channel to be stored in the zapping memor y a[...]

27 ENGLISH TELEVISION - OPERA TION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Changing the picture f ormat Basic setting is 1 6 : 9. 1 Select the picture format with » «. – The picture format (for e xample »1 6:9«) is displayed. – Y ou can c hoose between t he following picture formats: »Auto« format [...]

ENGLISH 28 USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information on recor ding and playing television programmes ■ Recording and playback of television pro - grammes is only possible with digit al television channels (DVB-S/S2, D VB-T and DVB-C). ■ The digital t[...]

29 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecting e xternal data media Notes: 7 Before connecting the external data medium it is r ecommended to switch the television to stand-by mode. 7 Before removing the external dat a medium, the television must be[...]

ENGLISH 30 Switching on aut omatic previe w If the automatic previe w is switched on, a pre - view of the selected file appears in the file bro wser . 1 Select t he line »Auto Preview« with » V « or » Λ «. 2 Switch on the function with » < « or » > « (»On«). 3 Press » EXIT « to end the setting. Safely remove disk 1 Select the l[...]

31 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ″Pausing” time shift progr ammes Y ou can pause the programme you are watch - ing. This is a useful function, for ex ample if the telephone rings while you are watching a film and you do not w ant to miss anyt[...]

ENGLISH 32 Recording a programme fr om the channel lis t 1 Open the »CHANNEL LIST « with » OK « . 2 Select a television channel wit h » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Press » MENU « to e xit the channel list. 4 Press » « to start recording. – Infor mation on the recor ding is displayed: the reco[...]

33 ENGLISH USB REC ORDING -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... by manual data entry Y ou can preset up to 25 programmes for timer recording. 1 Press » GUIDE « to display channel informa- tion. – The electronic TV guide appears. 2 Open the »MAKE SCHEDULE« menu by pre[...]

ENGLISH 34 Playbac k The recorded programmes – whether star ted manually or using t he timer function – are stored on the external data medium. Selecting a programme fr om the arc hive 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menü item » USB RECORDING « with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Confirm the menu item »PR[...]

35 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- File formats Y our television can work with the following f ile formats using the USB sockets: Video data Special codecs for video compression and decompression pro vide more memor y space without compromising th[...]

ENGLISH 36 USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Connecting e xternal dat a media Before connecting t he external data medium it is recommended to switch the television to stand-by mode. Before removing t he external data medium, the television se t must be swi[...]

37 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The file browser The file brow ser displays video, audio and picture files s tor ed on external data media. If an external data medium contains files in dif ferent formats, you can, when necessar y , filter out t[...]

ENGLISH 38 DivX ® V OD Y ou mus t hav e your device r egistered in order to play the protected video that you will buy fr om DivX ® . 1 Select »DivX ® VOD« with » V « or » Λ « and confirm with » OK « . – Registration Code appears. 2 Visit “http://vod.divx.com” and r egister t he device with the registration code. 3 Press » MENU ?[...]

39 ENGLISH USB OPERA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notes: 7 Use » Λ « to select »Up Folder«, when you would like to return to the last folder. Use »Root« (and then press » OK « ) to return to the main folder . 7 It is possible that files which are actual[...]

ENGLISH 40 Selecting a track or pictur e in st eps (SKIP) 1 During playback, select the next track/ picture with » 6 «. 2 During playbac k, select t he previous track/ picture with » 5 «. – Pla yback begins with t he track or picture you selected. Selecting a cert ain passage for playback (video files only) 1 During playback, press » OK « .[...]

41 ENGLISH TOP te xt or FLOF te xt mode 1 Press » TXT « to switch on teletext. 2 Select teletext pages directly with » 1 ...0 « or step by step with » V « and » Λ «. Return to teletext page 1 00 with » ? «. Note: 7 At the bottom of the screen there is an info bar with r ed, green and – depending on the channel – yello w and blue pane[...]

ENGLISH 42 CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opening the SETTIN GS menu 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »SETTINGS« menu with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »SETTINGS« menu appears. Menu English Subtitle English Date & Time Audio[...]

43 ENGLISH CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Setting the dat e and time Automatic setting Y our television set det ects the dif ference in time to Green wich Mean T ime (GMT) automatically , as long as the channel selected transmits a time signal. 1 Select the line »Date & Time« wi[...]

ENGLISH 44 6 Select the line » V olume« with » V « or » Λ « and use » < « or » > « to set the volume. 7 Select the line »Se t Hour« wit h » V « or » Λ « and enter the time with » 1… 0 «. 8 Save the data with »  « (green). Note: 7 Y ou can abort the entry by pressing »  « (red) . 9 Press » EXIT « to end the[...]

45 ENGLISH CONVENIENCE FUN CTIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Locking ke ys (P arent al lock) When the ke y lock is activated, the buttons on the television set do not function. 1 Select t he line »Ke ypad Lock« with » V « or » Λ «. 2 Enter the PIN code »1 234« with » 1 ... 0 «. 3 Activate (On[...]

ENGLISH 46 Updating sof tw are (for digital channels only) 1 In the »SETTINGS« menu, select t he line »Check For Updates updates« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – A search for new sof tware will be made and – if available – it will be installed. Note: 7 If a search for sof twar e updates should be made automatical[...]

47 ENGLISH DIGI LINK Your television is equipped with the DIGI LINK function. This function uses the CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) protocol. CEC allows external devices which are connect- ed to the » HDMI « sockets by an HDMI cable (e.g. DVD player) to be operated with a remote control. Prerequisite is that the devices connected support CEC.[...]

ENGLISH 48 OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- Device operation Y ou can decide whether e xternal devices should react to y our television's remote contr ol. 1 Press » «, use » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « to select t he preset »HDMI1« to »HDMI3« and press » OK « to confirm. 2 Open the menu wit[...]

49 ENGLISH OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- High definition HD ready Connect the corre - sponding input sources (e.g. HD T V r eceiver or HD-DVD player) to the » HDMI « sock ets (for digital HD T V sour ces). This ensures that you can view digital HD T V progr ammes, even if they are copy-protected (HDCP High Bandw[...]

ENGLISH 50 Connecting e xternal devices ... with digit al audio/video signals 7 Suitable devices: Digital sat ellite receivers, Playstation, BluRay player , DVD player/ recorder , set-top box, notebook, PCs. 7 Video signal: Digital video; resolution: s tand - ard 5 7 6p; HD T V 7 20p, 1 080i. 7 Audio signal: digital audio (stereo, multi-chan - nel [...]

51 ENGLISH OPERA TION USIN G EXTERNAL DEVICES ----------------------------- Using a D VD player , D VD recorder , video recorder or set-top box 1 Switch on the external de vice and select the function you wish to use. 2 Press » « , use » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « to select the preset for the input signal (»A V1«, »A V2«, »S- [...]

ENGLISH 52 Hi-fi system/A V receiver Connecting the hi-f i sy stem/ A V receiv er 1 Connect the » Optic Out « socket on the television to t he corresponding socket of the device with an optical digital cable (digital audio signal). Setting the audio f ormat Y ou can select whether t he audio signal output via the » Optic Out « socket should be [...]

53 ENGLISH Connecting a PC 1 Connect the » PC-IN « sock et on the television to the corresponding socket on the PC using a VG A cable (video signal). 2 Connect t he » Audio « socket on the televi- sion to t he corresponding socket on the PC using a suitable cable (audio signal). Note: 7 Adjust your PC to the monitor (for ex ample, picture resol[...]

ENGLISH 54 OPERA TION WITH A C OMMON INTERF ACE ------------------ What is a Common Inter face? 7 Common Inter face (CI) is an inter face for DVB r eceivers. 7 Encr ypted channels can only be viewed with a CA module suitable for t he encr yp- tion system and in conjunction with the cor responding smart card. 7 The television set is equipped wit h a[...]

55 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or digital television channels from a sat ellite automatically Satellite data changes frequently , new channels are constantly being added. Y ou should therefore perfor m an automatic sear ch from time [...]

ENGLISH 56 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or digital television channels from a sat ellite manu- ally If you know the parameters of a new television channel, you can also search for it manually . Current transponder data can be found in the tel[...]

57 ENGLISH Notes: 7 Use installation equipment suppor ted / suggested by your Multiswitch. 7 Other users / receiver s connected to the system may be aff ected if the specified user band number and frequency is changed during installation. 7 User band and User band frequency is specified on the Multiswitch used; and each user / receiver uses a speci[...]

ENGLISH 58 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DiSEqC 1 .2 Settings Y ou can ad just the alignment of the satellite an - tenna to each individual satellite. These settings will be saved so that t he antenna can later be easily guided to each saved alignment. 1 [...]

59 ENGLISH Note: 7 Y ou can accelerate the search. T o do t his, you need infor mation about the frequency and network ID. Y ou are usually able to get this data from your cable operator or find it in forums on the Internet. For ex ample, the frequency 402MHz and network ID 6 1 4 4 1 can be entered for Germany . 7 Star t the scan with »  « (re[...]

ENGLISH 60 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or digi tal terrestrial T V channels automatically 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »SOURCE SETUP[...]

61 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Searching f or digi tal terrestrial T V channels manually 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »SOURCE SETUP« me[...]

ENGLISH 62 SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T uning the t ele vision channels by entering the c hannel numbers 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »SOUR CE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – The »SOURCE [...]

63 ENGLISH SPECIAL SETTIN GS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Entering c hannel names (8 digit maximum) 1 In the » PROGRAME TABLE « menu, select the t ele vision channel with » V «, » Λ «, » < « or » > « and press »  « (red) to confirm. 2 Open the input [...]

ENGLISH 64 Displaying signal inf ormation (for digital channels only) 1 Open the menu with » MENU «. 2 Select the menu item »SOURCE SETUP« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. 3 Select the line »Signal Information« with » V « or » Λ « and press » OK « to confirm. – Infor mation on the channel, network, modulation, [...]

65 ENGLISH INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Product Fiche GRUNDIG 40 VLE 542 1 BG Energy Efficiency class: A Screen size: 1 02 cm/40 inch Power consumption: On mode 63 W / 80 W max. Annual power consumption 92 kWh Stand-by power consumption < 0.50 W[...]

ENGLISH 66 Ser vice information for dealers The product complies with t he following EU directives and regulations: 2006/95/EC : Directiv e on t he harmonisation of the laws of Member States re- lating to designed for use within cer tain voltage limits. 2004/1 08/EC : Directive relating to electro - magnetic compatibilit y . 2009/1 25/EC : Ecodesig[...]

67 ENGLISH INFORMA TION --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- T roubleshooting If t he information pro vided below does not help, please consult an authorised GRUNDIG dealer. Please bear in mind that malfunctions can also be caused b y external devices such as video r e[...]