Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product LT-42X898 JVC
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Important Note: In the spaces below , enter the model and serial number of your television (located at the rear of the television cabinet). Staple your sales receipt or invoice to the inside cover of this guide. Keep this user ’s guide in a convenient place for future reference.
2 Important Safety Precautions W ARNING: TO PREVENT FIRE OR SHOCK HAZARDS, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APP ARA TUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. CAUTION: TO INSURE PERSONAL SAFETY , OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING RULES REGARDING THE USE OF THIS UNIT . 1. Operate only from the power source specified on the unit.
3 1) Read these instructions. 2) Keep these instructions. 3) Heed all warnings. 4) Follow all instructions. 5) Do not use this apparatus near water . 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.
4 15) Apparatus shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and no objects filled with liquids, such as vases, shall be placed on the apparatus. 16) Avoid improper installation and never position the unit where good ventilation is impossible.
5 W arnings Displaying fi xed images for extended periods of time can leave a subtle but temporary ghost image on your screen. T o avoid this, mix your viewing pattern. Examples include, but are not limited to the following: A voiding Ghost Images XYZ XYZ TV on TV off For example.
6 W arnings Caring for the Cabinet Caring for the Screen Normally , light dusting with a soft, non-scratching duster will keep your TV clean. If you wish to wipe down the television, first unplug it. Then wipe gently with a soft cloth, slightly moistened with water .
7 W arnings Disconnecting the stand If you disconnect the stand, attach the bottom cover and the screw (supplied) into the hole. 1) Place the TV face down on a soft cloth on a table. 2) Remove the four screws from the back of the TV . 3) Pull out the stand from the TV .
8 T able of Contents Important Safety Precautions . . 2 W arnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Quick Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Unpacking your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 TV Models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 TV Remote Control . . .
9 Quick Setup Thank you for your purchase of a JVC LCD Flat T elevision. Before you begin setting up your new television, please check to make sure you have all of the following items.
10 INPUT 5 UDIO OUT FOR HDMI 1 R A U D I O I N P U T L INPUT 4 Y V I D E O R - A U D I O - L V I D E O R - A U D I O - L P C I N ( D - S U B ) INPUT 3 Y P R P B V I D E O R- A UD I O - L S - V I D E O.
11 Quick Setup Notes: • For information on remote control buttons, see pages 58 - 68. • SUB CHANNEL and GUIDE buttons are for digital channels. If your TV is connected to an A TSC antenna or Digital Cable, you can use these buttons. • This remote control is capable of operating many external device brands.
12 Quick Setup These quick setup pages will provide you, in three easy steps, with the basic information you need to begin using your new television right away . If you have questions, or for more detailed information on any of these steps, please consult other sections of this manual.
13 Step 2 - Connecting your devices Quick Setup Notes: • The following connection diagrams are examples. • After you are finished connecting your devices, plug the power cord into the nearest power outlet and turn on the TV . • If you follow these diagrams and the television does not work properly , contact your local cable operator .
14 Quick Setup Notes: • Green, blue and red are the most common colors for DVD cables. Some models may vary colors. Please consult the user ’s manual for your DVD player for more information. • Be careful not to confuse the red DVD cable with the red audio cable.
15 Quick Setup Diagram #2 INPUT 5 UDIO OUT FOR HDMI 1 R AUDIO INP UT L INPUT 4 Y V I D E O R - AU D I O - L V I D EO R - A U D I O - L P C IN (D -S U B ) INPUT 3 Y P R P B V I DEO R - AU D I O -L S - .
16 Quick Setup 1) Connect a yellow composite cable from the camcorder VIDEO OUT to the VIDEO IN on the back of the TV . 2) Connect a white cable from the camcorder LEFT AUDIO OUT to the LEFT AUDIO IN on the back of the TV . 3) Connect a red cable from the camcorder RIGHT AUDIO OUT to the RIGHT AUDIO IN on the back of the TV .
17 Quick Setup UDIO OUT FOR HDMI 1 R AUD I O I NP UT L INPUT 3 P R P B V I DEO R - AU D I O - L S - V ID E O UDIO OUT AUDIO OUT R - A U D I O - L Speaker Speaker Amplifier TV Rear Panel 1) Connect a white cable from the LEFT AUDIO OUTPUT on the back of the TV to the LEFT AUDIO INPUT on the amplifier .
18 Quick Setup By connecting a Digital TV Receiver , high definition pictures can be displayed on your TV in their digital form. RS-232C SERVICE ONLY DIGITAL AUDIO OPTICAL OUT INPUT 5 INPUT 2 INPUT 1 .
19 Quick Setup By connecting an HDMI compatible device, high definition pictures can be displayed on your TV in their digital form. Some HDMI devices can include DVD players, D-VHS or other HDMI compatible device. HDMI (High Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first industry supported, uncompressed, all digital audio/video interface.
20 Quick Setup Connecting to an amplifier using your optical output Y ou can connect an amplifier that has an optical digital input terminal by using an optical digital cable from the optical output. The signal that is output can be PCM or DOLBY DIGIT AL.
21 Quick Setup By connecting your A V Receiver to your television's V3 Smart Input, you can watch picture sources from many different devices, without having to change or use the other input connections on your TV . This allows you to free up the other input connections so you can connect more devices to your television.
22 Quick Setup This TV can be used as a computer screen. Use a commercially available D-SUB cable to connect the TV's PC INPUT terminal to the computer's analog RGB output terminal.
23 Quick Setup T able of signals for each type of computer Resolution 640 x 480 (VGA) 1024 x 768 (XGA) V ertical Frequency (Hz) 60.0 60.0 Horizontal Frequency (kHz) 31.5 48.4 When a picture is not displayed With some computers, some problems can be solved by changing the settings.
24 When you turn your television on for the first time the interactive plug in menu will appear . The plug in menu helps you to get your TV ready to use by letting you set your preferences for: • The language in which you want the onscreen menus to appear .
25 T o set your clock manually (without using the XDS signal), choose MANUAL. If you choose AUTO, see auto clock set above. √ ® T o choose MANUAL † T o TIME √ ® T o set the hour † T o minute.
26 Quick Setup When the setup is finished, "THANK YOU ! SETUP IS NOW COMPLETE" is displayed. Y our quick setup is now complete. Y ou can now begin watching your television, or you can contin.
27 T o bring up the onscreen menu , press the M ENU button on the remote control. The item that appears in green is the one currently selected. If you use the Menu button on the TV’ s side panel instead of the remote, an additional menu screen showing VIDEO ST A TUS and ASPECT will appear between INITIAL SETUP and PICTURE ADJUST .
28 T o open the onscreen menu system, press the M ENU button on the remote control. Y ou navigate within the onscreen menus by using the four directional arrow buttons on the remote control. The selected feature and option on a menu screen are highlighted in a different color .
29 Press the M ENU button Onscreen Menus INITIAL SETUP SELECT OPERA TE EXIT MENU NEXT P AGE PREVIOUS OFF ON (3/5) ILLUMINA TION LANGUAGE CLOSED CAPTION AUTO SHUT OFF XDS ID ENG.
30 Initial Setup Menus This feature is used if you have a DVI or HDMI compatible component connected to your TV . Press the M ENU button π † T o VIDEO-1 AUDIO √ ® T o select ANALOG, DIGIT AL or AUTO Press the Menu button when fi nished Notes: • If your DVI or HDMI component is capable of digital audio and video, choose DIGIT AL.
31 This feature inserts a blank gray screen over channels which are not broadcasting or are too weak to be received clearly . Press the M ENU button π † T o NOISE MUTING √ ® T o turn ON or OFF Press the M ENU button when finished Notes: • Noise muting will not work during auto tuner setup or when you operate channel summary .
32 Initial Setup Menus This function is used to label video input connections for the onscreen displays. Press the M ENU button π † T o VIDEO INPUT LABEL √ ® T o enter π † T o select the desi.
33 Initial Setup Menus Position adjustment allows you to adjust the position of the picture on the screen vertically when the aspect is set to panorama or cinema.
34 Initial Setup Menus The illumination feature allows you to adjust the brightness of the light on the front of the television. When you turn the power on the televison, the front panel light remains on when illumination is set to LOW or HIGH.
35 Initial Setup Menus Digital Auto Setting Press the M ENU button π † T o CLOSED CAPTION √ ® T o enter π † T o T ype √ ® T o select Auto, Advanced or Basic Auto: Shows closed caption a priority for digital channels over analog channels. It is set automatically .
36 Initial Setup Menus • Closed caption subtitles are usually found on closed caption channel CC1. Some programs may include additional text information which is usually found on text channel T1.
37 Initial Setup Menus This function automatically shuts off your TV when there is no signal from the channel or no operation while the TV is on for 10 minutes.
38 Initial Setup Menus Channel Summary Channel summary allows you to customize the line-up of channels received by your TV . Regarding analog channels, you can add or delete channels from the line-up or prevent any unauthorized viewers from watching any or all 181 channels.
39 Initial Setup Menus How to set the channel label. (This is only for analog broadcasting.) Press the M ENU button π † T o CHANNEL SUMMARY √ ® T o operate √ ® T o the ID column Press the O K button to enter √ ® T o select the character you want π † T o move to the next space .
40 Initial Setup Menus When a viewer attempts to watch a guarded channel, the following message appears: T o watch a channel that you have locked, enter the Lock Code using the 10 key pad. If the wrong code is entered, the message “INV ALID LOCK CODE!” will flash on the screen.
41 Initial Setup Menus Y ou can block programs that are not rated. Press the M ENU button π † T o V -CHIP √ ® T o operate (The lock icon appears) Press Z ERO to access V -Chip setup options π .
42 Initial Setup Menus U.S. P ARENT AL RA TING SYSTEMS Programs with the following ratings are appropriate for children. ❒ TV Y is Appropriate for All Children Programs are created for very young viewers and should be suitable for all ages, including children ages 2 - 6.
43 Initial Setup Menus Line up the cursor in the column (TV PG, TV G, etc.) with the content row (V/FV , S, etc.) and press the π † or √ ® to move the cursor to the correct location. Press O K to turn the locking feature on or off. An item is locked if the icon appears instead of a “—”.
44 Initial Setup Menus ❒ NR – Not Rated This is a film which has no rating. In many cases these films were imported from countries which do not use the MP AA ratings system. Other NR films may be from amateur producers who didn’t intend to have their film widely released.
45 Initial Setup Menus Press the M ENU button π † T o V -CHIP √ ® T o operate (lock icon appears) Press Z ERO to access V -Chip setup options π † T o SET CANADIAN RA TINGS ENG (for English) √ ® T o enter ratings menu For example: T o block viewing of programming rated 14+ shows, move the cursor to the 14+ column and add a lock icon.
46 Initial Setup Menus Channel guard and V -Chip settings are protected by a four-digit lock code. Y our TV comes preset with a lock code of “0000”. Y ou may change the code to any four-digit number you wish. T o change the lock code, follow the steps below .
47 Initial Setup Menus Auto Demo Use this function when you are receiving a digital broadcast. Press the M ENU button π † T o DIGIT AL SETUP √ ® T o enter The onscreen will appear Notes: • Software Update will only appear when the USB memory is inserted into the USB connector .
48 Initial Setup Menus Digital Sound Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories. "Dolby", and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories. Y ou can select the optical digital sound output, either PCM or DOLBY DIGIT AL when your TV is connected to an amplifier that has DOLBY DIGIT AL decoder .
49 Initial Setup Menus At first, connect the USB memory into the USB connector . This function will appear only when the USB memory is inserted into the USB connector .
50 Picture Adjust Menus Press the M ENU button π † T o TINT , COLOR, PICTURE, BRIGHT , DET AIL or ENERGY SA VER MODE √ ® T o enter √ ® T o adjust the setting π † T o back to the picture ma.
51 Picture Adjust Menus Color Management This TV supports the COLOR MANAGEMENT function to ensure dull colors are compensated to produce natural hues. Press the M ENU button π † T o COLOR MANAGEMEN.
52 Picture Adjust Menus Natural Cinema Natural cinema corrects the problem of blurred edges which may occur when viewing a program originally shot on film (such as motion pictures) or animation. If you notice blurring at the edges of these programs, choose N A TURAL C INEMA and set it to AUTO.
53 Picture Adjust Menus This function effects the block noise removal and mosquito NR (Noise Reduction) simultaneously . Press the M ENU button π † T o MPEG NR √ ® T o enter π † T o turn ON or OFF Press the M ENU button when finished Notes: • When you are receiving digital channels, block noise removal will have no effect.
54 Reset Reset resets all picture adjustments except for Natural Cinema at once to the default settings. Press the M ENU button π † T o RESET Press the O K button The onscreen menu disappears for a moment, and then the settings are reset to the default setting for all the picture adjustments except for NA TURAL CINEMA.
55 Sound Adjust Menus These settings allow you to change and adjust the sound on your television. Four sound settings (MaxxBass, MaxxT reble, MaxxStereo and MaxxV olume) are referred as "MaxxAudio". See page 64. MaxxBass – Compensates for low frequencies and widens the frequency band.
56 Clock/T imers Menus Set Clock The set clock function is described on page 25 as the interactive plug in menu. Y ou can choose to set the clock automatically or manually .
57 Clock/T imers Menus The on/off timer lets you program your television to turn itself on or of f. Y ou can use it as an alarm to wake up, to help you remember important programs, or as a decoy when you’re not home.
58 Button Functions T urns the TV on or off. Press the P OWER button Use the number buttons on the remote control to move directly to a specific channel. For example, to move to channel 12: 1 (One) 2 (T wo) T une Lets you decide the input channel and select it.
59 Button Functions Use these buttons to raise or lower the TV’ s volume level. The maximum is the level you set in V olume Limit. See page 55. The M UTING button instantly turns the volume down completely when you press it. Press M UTING and the volume level will instantly go to zero.
60 Button Functions The R ETURN +/TV button has three functions: Return - Returns to the channel viewed just before the channel currently onscreen. Return+ - Lets you program a specific channel to return to while scanning through the channels using the CH+ and CH– buttons.
61 Button Functions The Favorite button allows you to select your favorite channels easily . First, you must register the channels that you like. See how to register below .
62 Button Functions This feature will help you adjust the picture you are watching to give you the best possible picture quality . Aspect FULL NA TIVE - This ratio displays 100% of the ratio. Normally , all aspects except for Full Native display about 95%.
63 Button Functions When you change the aspect ratios, it is different from their broadcast or recorded program. Aspect Ratios (Continued) Press the A SPECT button • By pressing the A SPECT button, you can change the size.
64 Button Functions By pressing the S OUND button, you can change the sound mode of the MaxxAudio function. The sound mode has four settings (HIGH, MID, LOW and OFF).
65 Button Functions The V IDEO S T ATUS button gives you a choice of TV picture display settings, including a display of your own preferences. Every input (TV , V1 - V5) can use the Video Status Mode. ST ANDARD - Resets the picture display to the factory settings.
66 Button Functions The Sleep T imer can turn the TV off for you after you fall asleep. Program it to work for a total time of up to 180 minutes. At first, select TV mode to use the sleep timer function.
67 Button Functions T win Activate the split-screen option by pressing T WIN on the remote control. The channel (or input) you were watching before pressing T WIN will appear on the left, the new channel will appear on the right. The sound will continue to come from the main screen channel (or input).
68 Button Function Freeze With SELECT , you can select the picture (channel) while viewing TWIN screen. When you press S ELECT button, the channel number on the top will be highlighted. Each press of S ELECT will shift the channel. At first, select TV mode to use the Select function.
69 Remote Programming Cable Set T op Box Cable/PVR Combination Satellite Set T op Box DBS/PVR Combination VCR, DBS/PVR Combination PVR, DVD/PVR Combination DVD Player , DVD Recorder Home Theater in Bo.
70 Remote Programming ABC Americast Bell South Digeo Director General Instrument GoldStar Hamlin Jerrold Memorex Motorola Pace Panasonic Paragon Philips Pioneer Pulsar Quasar Regal Runco Samsung Scien.
71 Remote Programming ABS Admiral Adventura Aiko Aiwa Akai Alienware America Action American High Asha Audiovox Beaumark Bell & Howell Broksonic Calix Canon Capehart Carver CCE Citizen Colt Craig .
72 Remote Programming VCR VCR VCR mode Philips Pilot Pioneer Polk Audio Portland Presidian Profitronic Proscan Protec Pulsar Quarter Quartz Quasar RadioShack Radix Randex RCA Realistic ReplayTV Ricavi.
73 Remote Programming DVD DVD DVD mode Accurian Advent Aiwa Akai Alco Allegro Apex Digital Arrgo Aspire Digital Audiovox Blaupunkt Blue Parade Broksonic Cinea Cine Vision Citizen Coby Craig Curtis Mat.
74 Remote Programming Amstrad Bose Curtis Mathes Durabrand GE Harman/Kardon JVC Left Coast Lenoxx Linn Marantz NEC Optimus Philips Pioneer Polk Audio RCA Shure Sony Soundesign Victor War d s Y amaha A.
75 OSD Information This OSD appears when the digital channel that you have selected is too weak to receive or no signal is being detected for that channel. Weak Signal Weak Signal 0 It appears when that channel is not receiving a signal and you have the Noise Muting function OFF and you have a single screen.
76 T roubleshooting Refer to the table below to check the condition. If you think that there is a problem, contact the JVC Service Center where you purchased the television.
77 T roubleshooting PROBLEMS CHECK Static electricity Y ou hear occasional crackling sounds • It is normal to feel static electricity if you brush or touch the screen. • It is normal for the TV to make crackling sounds when first turned on or off.
78 Specifications LCD Flat T elevision T ype Reception Format Power Source Power Consumption Model NTSC, BTSC System (Multi-Channel Sound) ATSC T errestrial, Digital Cable AC 120V , 60 Hz Screen Size .
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