Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 36A61 Toshiba
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Color T elevision 36 A 61 Owner ’ s Manual W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV’s Featur es Appendix © 2001 TOSHIBA CORPORA TION All Rights Reserved.
S AF ETY P R E CAUTIO NS WA R N I N G TO RE DU CE TH E R IS K OF F IR E O R EL ECTRI C SH OC K, DO NOT EX PO SE TH IS AP PLIANC E TO RAIN O R MO ISTUR E. ADVERTENCIA RIESGO DE DESCARGA ELÉCTRICIA - NO ABRIR The lightning symbol in the triangle tells you that the volta ge inside this product may be str ong enough to cause an electric shock.
A product and cart combination should be moved with car e. Quick stops, excessive force, and unev en surfaces may cause the product and cart combination to overturn.
SE RV IC E / SE RVIC IO D E R EP ARAC IÓN Damage Requiring Service — U nplug the TV set from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: Daño.
5 W elcome to T oshiba ............................................ 6 Exploring your new TV ............................................. 6 Selecting a location for the TV ................................... 6 N otice of possible TV stand instability .
6 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index ANT (75 Ω ) ANT -1 OUT ANT -2 IN VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 S-VIDEO .
7 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Connecting y our T V If you have not connected electronic equipment befor e, or you have been frustrated in the past, you may wish to read this section.
8 Refer ence Connecting your TV Connecting a cable conv erter box This connection allows you to watch basic and pr emium cable channels. T o use the TV featur es (such as PIP swap, channel y z , channel block, favorite channels, or channel labels ), select ANT -1.
9 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Connecting a DV D play er or satellite r eceiv er and a VC R This connection allows you to watch D VD/satellite, VCR, or TV programs.
10 Refer ence Connecting your TV Connecting a DVD player with ColorStr eam ™ (component video) and a VC R This connection allows you to watch D VD, V CR, or TV programs, and record D VD or TV programs (when authorized). Y ou can recor d from one source while watching a program from another source.
11 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Connecting a camcorder This connection allows you to watch videos r ecorded on a camcorder .
12 Using the Remote Control Using the remote contr ol Pr eparing the r emote contr ol f or use The remote control will operate your TV , most VCR models, and most cable TV converters together , even if they are different brands.
13 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index VCR code table Brand Code Adventura 019 Aiko 297 Aiwa 019 .
14 Using the Remote Control VCR code table (cont.) Brand Code KLH 091 Kodak 054, 056 Lloyd 019, 227 Logik 091 LXI 056 Magnavox 054, 058, 100, 129, 168 Magnin 259 Marantz 054, 100 Marta 056 Matsushita .
15 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index PIP CH CH RTN AD V/ PIP CH AD V/ PIP CH LIGHT MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER RECALL POWER TV CABLE VCR ENT ENTER PLA Y PIP REC STILL LOCA TE SW AP TV/VCR REW FF ST OP SOURCE FAV FA V C.
16 Setting up your TV Setting up y our T V After installing the batteries and programming the remote contr ol, you will need to set some prefer ences on your TV using the menu system. Y ou can access the menus using the buttons on your TV or remote control.
17 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Selecting the signal sour ce U se the TV/VIDEO button on the remote control or TV to monitor or change the signal source connected to your TV .
18 Setting up your TV 6. Pr ess x or • to start automatic channel programming (“CH PR OGRAM” displays on-screen). The TV automatically cycles through every TV or cable channel (depending on which you selected), and stores all active channels in the TV ’ s memory .
19 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 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.
20 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Note: The FAV zy buttons funct ion as menu x• buttons when a menu is on-screen. CH RTN AD V/ PIP CH AD V/ PIP CH LIGHT MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER RECALL POWER TV CABLE VCR ENT ENTER FAV FAV C.
21 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Note: If you forget your PI N code: • Follow steps 1 – 4 under “ Changing your PI N code ” at left. • Then press RECALL four t imes within five seconds.
22 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Note: Press R ECALL to see the rating of the program you are viewing. Not all programs are rated, however . T o block programs or movies that are not rated, see “ Blocking unrated mo vies and programs ” on page 23.
23 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index 8. P ress y or z to highlight SET RA TING. 9. P ress x or • to display the S et Rating menu. 10. P ress y or z to highlight MP AA Rating, Y outh TV Rating, or TV Rating.
24 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Note: After programming CHAN N E L BL O CK, tune the TV to a channel that is not blocked before turning the TV off. Caution: Blocking unrated television programs (those rated “ TV NON E ” ) may block emergency messages.
25 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index T o unblock all blocked channels: N ote: This will unblock every channel you have blocked. Y ou cannot unblock individual channels.
26 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Channel labels Y ou can assign labels to a maximum of 32 channels. Each channel label can have a maximum of four characters. F or example, if channel 8 is your public television station, you could create the label “PBS” for that channel.
27 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Video labels The V ideo Label feature allows y ou to label.
28 Using the TV ’ s Featur es W atching pictur e-in-pictur e (P I P) The picture-in-picture (P IP) feature allo ws you to watch two pictures at the same time. The small PIP windo w can display a signal from a TV broadcast or an external source, such as a VCR.
29 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Changing the location of the PI P window With the TV in PIP mode, press LOCA TE to change the location of the PIP windo w on-screen.
30 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Adjusting the pictur e Adjusting the pictur e quality Y ou can adjust the picture ’ s contrast, brightness, sharpness, color , and tint. Y our picture quality adjustments are stored automatically in the TV ’ s memor y .
31 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Adjusting the pictur e pref erence Y ou can select four pi.
32 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Using the closed caption f eature The Closed Caption feature has two options: • Captions—An on-screen display of the dialogue, narration, and sound effects of programs and videos that are closed-captioned (usually identified in your local TV listing as “CC”).
33 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Adjusting the sound Muting the sound P ress MUTE to temporarily turn off the sound. While the sound is off, the screen displays the wor d “MUTE” in the lower /right corner .
34 Using the TV ’ s Featur es Adjusting the sound quality Y ou can change the sound quality of your TV by adjusting the bass, treble, and balance. T o adjust the sound quality: 1. Pr ess MENU . 2. Pr ess x or • to highlight the A UDIO menu. 3. Pr ess y or z to highlight the quality y ou want to adjust.
35 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Selecting variable audio OUT If you connect external audio.
36 Refer ence Appendix Viewing the demonstr ation (D E M O) mode The demonstration (DEMO) mode is an option available on the SET UP menu that will demonstrate several features of y our TV . T o star t the demonstration mode: 1. Pr ess MENU . 2. Pr ess x or • to highlight the SET UP menu.
37 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Appendix T roubleshooting Before calling a service technician, please check the following table for possible causes of the pr oblem and some solutions.
38 Refer ence Appendix Cleaning and car e WAR N I NG: T V sets use high v oltage. Do not remov e the cabinet back. Refer all servicing to a qualified service technician. T o clean the TV screen and cabinet: 1. U nplug the power cor d to avoid possible shock hazard.
39 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV ’ s Featur es Appendix Index Limited United States w arranty If after following all of .
T oshiba America Consumer Pr oducts, Inc. Head Office 82 T otowa Road W ayne, NJ 07470 National Service Division 1420B T oshiba Drive Lebanon, TN 37087 T oshiba Haw aii, Inc. Head Office 327 Kamakee S treet Honolulu, HI 96814 T oshiba of Canada, Ltd. Manufactur ed by: T oshiba Americ a Consumer Pr oducts, Inc.
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