Hitachi 50EX20B manual

IMPORTANT - 1 - PROJECTION COLOR TV 50EX20B 60 EX38B OPERA TING GUIDE TA BLE OF CONTENTS IMPORTANT ...................................................................................................................... ........2 SAFETY TIPS...............................................................................................................[...]

IMPORTANT - 2 - MESSAGE-1 ...................................................................................................................... ...29 CALENDAR ....................................................................................................................... ...30 VIDEO ..........................................................[...]

SAFETY TIPS - 3 - TO PREVENT ELECT RIC SHOCK, DO NO T USE T HE T ELEVISION'S PLUG W ITH AN EXTENSION CO RD, RECEPTACLE, OR OTHER OU TLET UNLESS T HE BLA DES AND GROUND TERM INA L CA N BE FULLY INSERTED T O PREVENT BLA DE EXPOSURE. NEVER CONNECT T HE T V TO 50 Hz , DIRECT CURRENT , OR A NYTHING OT HER THAN THE SPECIFIED VOLT A GE. NOTE: T his t[...]

SAFETY TIPS - 4 - 4 Do not allow any thing to rest on or r oll over the power cord, and do not plac e the television where the power cord is s ubject to traf fic or abuse. This m ay result in a s hock or fire hazard. 5 Do not attempt to s ervice this televis ion set yourself as opening or r emo ving covers m ay expose you to dangerous voltage or ot[...]

SAFETY TIPS - 5 - • Never expose the televis ion to rain or water. If the s et has been exposed to r ain or water, unplug the set fr om the wall outlet and refer s ervicing pers onnel. 13 Choose a place where light (ar tificial or sunlight) does not s hine directly on the screen. 14 Avoid dusty places, since acc umulated dus t inside the chass is[...]

SAFETY TIPS - 6 - 18 For added protec tion for the televis ion during a lightning storm , or when it is lef t unattended and unused f or long periods of time, unplug it f rom the wall outlet and disconnec t the antenna. This will prevent dam age due to lightning and power-line surges . OPERA T ION OF YO UR SET 19 This television should be operated [...]

PICTURE CAUTIONS - 7 - fire, electr ic shock , or other hazards. 27 Upon com pletion of any service or repair s to the television set, as k the s ervice technician to per form routine safety check s to determ ine that the television is in s afe operating c ondition. PICTURE CAUTIONS Continuous on-screen displays such as video games, stock market qu[...]

HOW TO SET UP YOUR NEW HITACHI P ROJECT ION TV - 8 - FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFDC.PCX"> 1. Remote Contr ol Unit CLU-415UI (Part No. HL00224) 2. Two "AA" size, 1.5V batteries (For Rem ote Contr ol Unit). REMO TE CONTROL BATTERY INSTA LLA TI ON A ND REPLA CEMENT 1. Open the battery cover of the rem ote contr ol by pushing the n[...]

HOOK-UP CABLE S AND CONNECTORS - 9 - The m ajor benefit of the HITACHI Proj ection T elevision is its lar ge viewing screen. T o see this large s creen at its best, test various locations in the room to f ind the best spot f or viewing. The drawings giver several sugges tions. The bes t picture is s een by sitting direc tly in front of the T V and [...]

FRONT PANEL CON TROLS - 10 - Used on all standard video and audio This connector is used on cam corder s, VCRs, cables which connec t to inputs and and laser disc play ers with an S-Video feature outputs located on the television's rear in place of the s tandard video cable to produc e a jack panel and fr ont control panel. high-quality pictur[...]

REAR PANEL JACKS - 11 - 3 VOLUM E level Press thes e buttons f or your desired sound level. The volum e level will be displayed on the TV sc reen. Thes e buttons also ser ve as the cursor left and right buttons when in MENU m ode. 4 CHA NNEL selector Press thes e buttons until the desired c hannel appears in the top right c orner of the T V sc reen[...]

REAR SPEAKER TERMIN AL CONNECTI ONS - 12 - REA R SPEA KER TERMINA L CONNECTIONS Connect after tur ning the power to the TV OFF. Press the Right Speak er r ed button and insert the positive ( +) lead wire into the hole below the button. W hen the button is released, the wire is loc ked into plac e. In the sam e m anner, press the Right Speaker black[...]

AUDIO SYSTEM SETUP - 13 - input-output connections . A UDIO SY STEM SETUP Match the num bers below to the diagram for speak er placem ent and refer to the table for the dif ferent s urround sound requirem ents. 1 The televis ion's internal speak ers. 2 These s peaker s are connec ted to a separate audio am plifier . Use the AUDIO T O HI-FI out[...]

HOW TO USE THE REMOT E TO CONTROL YOUR TV - 14 - rem ote. The r emote will now control your VCR. To operate your Cable Box, point the rem ote at the rem ote sens or of the cable box and press the CABLE button on the rem ote. The r emote will now control your cable box. Click for Rem ote Control CLU- 415UI Illustration 1 Thes e buttons allow the rem[...]

HOW TO USE THE REMOT E TO CONTROL YOUR TV - 15 - All the On-Screen Dis play features can be set or adj usted by using these buttons. The "MENU" button will start the O n-Screen Dis play . The "CURSOR " buttons will highlight functions or adjust and s et diff erent features . The "ENT ER" button will set f eatures to yo[...]

PICTURE -IN-PICTURE (PIP ) - 16 - 8 PICTURE-IN-PICT URE See separate sec tion on page 18 for a des cription. 9 (SRD) button Your Hitachi model does not acces s surround ( SRD) using the rem ote contr ol. Instead, a switch is pr ovided on the back of your TV to change between Speaker Matrix Surr ound and External Speak ers. (See page 12.) PICTURE-IN[...]

USING THE REMOT E TO CONTROL VCR FUNCTIONS - 17 - To m ove the sub- picture to another c orner, pres s the "SHIFT " button. The sub- picture m oves one s tep counter- clock wise every time the "SHIFT " button is pres sed. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFE6.PCX"> 4 FREEZE (FRZ) button If you wi sh to f reeze the sub-pictur[...]

USING THE RE MOT E TO CONTROL CABLE BOX FUNCT IONS - 18 - 2. In the unlikely event that y our VCR cannot be operated af ter perf orm ing the above procedures , please consult y our VCR operating guide. 3. The rem ote c ontrol will rem ember the codes you have program med in until the batter ies are rem oved f rom the rem ote control. Af ter replaci[...]

VCR AND CABLE BOX CODES - 19 - VCR A ND CA BLE BOX CODES VCR BRA ND CODES VCR BRA ND CODES VCR BRA ND CODES Adventura 00 Jensen 14 Q uartz 18 Aiko 50 JVC 02, 14, 26 Quasar 09 Aiwa 00 Radio Shack 00, 10 Akai 14, 23, 49 Kenwood 11, 14, 18, 26 Am erican High 09 KLH 27 Asha 48 Kodac 09 RCA 15, 22, 24, 31, 34, 39 Audiovox 10 Lloy d 00 Realistic 00, 09, [...]

VCR AND CABLE BOX CODES - 20 - Dy natech 00 Multitech 00, 27 T atung 14 NEC 11, 13, 14, 26 Teac 00, 14 Nikk o 10 Technic s 09, 35 Emerex 06 Noblex 48 Teknik a 00, 09, 10 Emer son 00, 01, 10, 16, 23 33, 37, 40, 41, 43 44 Oly m pus 09, 47 Telefunk en 38 Fisher 19, 21, 25, 30 Optimus 20 TMK 40, 48 Fuji 07, 09 Toshiba 16, 17, 25, 42, 44 Funai 00 Panaso[...]

EASY GRAPHIC GUIDE - 21 - Citizen 40 NSC 35, 36, 42 Starquest 13 Colour Voice 19, 25 Oak 05, 15, 47 Comtr onics 29, 34 Panas onic 17, 38 Sy lvania 01 Contec 15 Paragon 00 Teleview 29 Philips 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 40, 46, 54 Texs can 01 Eastern 02 Pioneer 18, 39 Toc om 10, 11, 33 Electricor d 37 Toshiba 00 Puls ar 00 Tusa 13 RCA 17 T V 86 35 Garra[...]

EASY GRAPHIC GUIDE - 22 - FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFEB.PCX"> AIR/CABLE Select antenna or cable T V. AUTO PRO GRAM Firs t tim e for channel buttons CHANNEL MEMORY Channel buttons, add, sk ip. CLOSED CAPTIO N Feature to display dialogue/text. MENU LANGUAGE Choose Englis h, French, or Spanis h text. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFED.PCX&q[...]

SET UP - 23 - FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFEF.PCX"> PREFERENCE ADJUST Adj ust coor, brightness , etc... PREFERENCE SETT ING Impr oper picture per form ance CONVERGENCE ADJUST Match r ed, green, and blue colors to mak e white FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFF0.PCX"> PREFERENCE ADJUST Adjust balance, bass , and treble PREFERENCE SETT[...]

SET UP - 24 - RECEPTION BAND AIR CATV1 or C ATV2 CATV CHANNEL Indicated on the screen VHF 2-13ch UHF 14-69ch VHF 2-13 2-13 Mid band A-1 A-5 - A-1 14-22 95-99 Super band J- W 23-36 Hyper band W +1 - W +28 37-64 Ultra band W +29 - W +84 65-125 Reception channels f or each m ode are s hown at the left. Refer to your cable or T V guide for c hannel ide[...]

SET UP - 25 - displayed on the TV screen. Your local T V program guide denotes thes e program s as or . FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFF5.PCX"> The s elected func tion will be in y ellow. Your choice for the function will be in red. DISPLA Y: ON/OFF is to turn the display on or off. MOD E : C.C. (Closed Caption) is f or the program you are [...]

PROGRAM - 26 - FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFF7.PCX"> Use the CURSOR , buttons to select the MENU LANGUAG E of your choice. Press MENU to exit. PROGRA M PROGRA M This section c ontains advanced f eatures which will m ake T V viewing easier and m ore enj oy able. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFF8.PCX"> CHA NNEL CA PTION Use this f e[...]

PROGRAM - 27 - This function will block out the pictur e and sound of the s elected channel. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFFA.PCX"> The c ode to set or canc el CHILD LOCK is a three digit k ey number. T he factor y preset k ey number is 000. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFFB.PCX"> The pic ture and sound will now be blocked out f or[...]

CLOCK - 28 - FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFFD.PCX"> Press the CURSOR , to select one of the four volum e cor rections. Use the CHANNEL , or number buttons to select a c hannel. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="ObjFFE.PCX"> Press ENT ER to set the channel. Press the CURSOR , to adjus t volume level. Press MENU to exit. NOTE: 1. VOLUME COR[...]

CLOCK - 29 - ON/OFF TIMER This function will autom atically turn the TV on or of f, one tim e only or every day. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="Obj1000.PCX"> The s election to change will be in yellow. Press the num ber buttons to select the tim e the T V will turn on or off . (AM: 1, PM: 2) Press the CURSOR , buttons f or MODE: O NCE (one tim [...]

VIDEO - 30 - Use CURSOR , to choose MODE or T IME. Use CURSOR , to set MO DE when it is y ellow. Your choice will be in red. Use the NUMBER buttons to set the tim e. Press ENT ER to start and MENU to ex it. Note: At the selected tim e, the m ess age will be display ed until a rem ote contr ol button is press ed. Message-2 work s in the sam e way as[...]

VIDEO - 31 - FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="Obj1005.PCX"> Press the CURSOR buttons to select and m ak e adjustm ents. The f unction to be adjus ted will be in y ellow. CONTRAST: Use this f unction to change the c ontrast between black and white level in the picture. T his adjustm ent will only affect the pictur e when the PICTURE SETT ING AI is[...]

AUDIO - 32 - A UTOCOLOR The AUT OCOLO R function autom atically monitor s and adjusts the color to m aintain cons tant color levels even after a pr ogram or channel changes . It also m aintains natural f lesh tones while preser ving fidelity of backgr ound colo rs. For best pic ture perfor manc e leave the AUTO COLOR f unction on. NOISE REDUCER The[...]

AUDIO - 33 - Select AUDIO to adj ust the TV to your preferenc e, to im prove the sound quality, and to select special s ound effects. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="Obj1008.PCX"> PREFERENCE A DJUSTMENT Use this to set balanc e, bass, and treble. FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="Obj1009.PCX"> Press the CURSO R buttons to selec t and mak e adju[...]

CARE OF YOUR HITA CHI P ROJECTION TV AND VCRPlus+ REMOT E CONTROL - 34 - FOLIOHG2 <IMG SRC="Obj100A.PCX"> Use the CURSOR , to select a f unction. T he function will be in yellow . Use the CURSOR , to change f unction. Your choice will be in red. MTS MOD E (Multi-C hannel Television Sound) will allow y ou to select ST EREO (a st ereo[...]

RECEPTION PROBLEM S - 35 - Excess ive heat or m oisture m ay cause the unit to cease operation. W hen the batteries run down, rem ote control oper ation will become er ratic or pos sibly stop altogether . Replace the old batteries with two fresh "AA" s ize batteries. Exposure of the viewing screen to pr olonged direct sunlight or heat may[...]

SPECIFICATIONS - 36 - 3) If ther e is still no power, unplug the power cord f rom the wall. W ait thirty seconds and plug the power cord back in. Push the power switch again. This protective technology should provide for y ears of lasting entertainm ent f rom your Projection T elevision. SPECIFICA TIONS Features: • Superfine Pic ture Quality • [...]

HITACHI SE RV ICE HOTLINE - 37 - HITA CHI SERVICE HOTLINE HITACHI SERVICE HOT LINE To loc ate an authorized HITACHI service f acility in the continental U.S.A. DIA L TOLL FREE 7 day s a week , 24 hours a day 800 HITACHI 1-800-448-2244 Hitachi Home Electro nics (A merica), Inc. Hitachi has m ade every effort to as sure you hours of trouble f ree ope[...]