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Color T elevision 36 AF 12 Owner ’ s Manual W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix © 2002 T OSHIBA CORPORA TION All Rights Reserved. ® 23565709 I S O 1 4 0 0 1 F I L E N o .
FE B02 2 Child Saf ety It Makes A Diff erence W her e Y our T V Stands Congratulations on y our purchase! As y ou enjoy y our new T V , keep these safety tips in mind: Th e Issue If you are like most Americans, you have a T V in your home. Many homes, in fact, have more than one T V .
FE B02 3 Installation, Car e, and Service Installation F ollow these recommendations and precautions and heed all warnings when installing your T V: 15) Never modify this equipment.
FE B02 4 Ground clamp Antenna discharge unit (NEC Section 810-20) Grounding conductors (NEC Section 810-21) Power service grounding electrode system (NEC Art 250 Part H) Ground clamps Antenna lead-in wire Electric service equipment QUALIFIED SERVICE TECHNICIAN 23) Always operate this equipment from a 120 V AC, 60 Hz power source only.
5 Important Safety Inf ormation ........................ 2-4 W elcome to T oshiba ............................................ 6 Exploring your new TV ............................................. 6 S electing a location for the TV ...................
6 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index ANT (75 Ω ) ANT -1 OUT ANT -2 IN VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 S-VIDEO.
7 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Note: If you have a mono VC R, connect L/ Mono to VC R Audio OUT using only one audio c able. If you have an S - VH S VCR, use an S -video c able instead of a standard video c able.
8 Ref erence Connecting y our TV Connecting a cable conv erter box This connection allows you to watch basic and pr emium cable channels. T o use the TV features (such as PIP swap, channel y z , channel block, favorite channels, or channel labels ), select ANT -1.
9 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Connecting a DVD player or satellite r eceiver and a VC R This connection allows you to watch D VD/satellite, VCR, or TV programs.
10 Ref erence Connecting y our TV Connecting a DVD player with ColorStr eam ® (component video) and a VC R This connection allows you to watch D VD, VCR, or TV programs, and recor d TV programs. Y our TV has ColorStr eam (component video) connec- tions.
11 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Connecting a camcor der This connection allows you to watch videos r ecorded on a camcor der .
12 Using the Remote Control Using the r emote contr ol Pr eparing the remote contr ol for use The remote control will operate your TV , most VCR models, and most cable TV converters together , even if they are different brands.
13 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index VCR code table Brand Code Adv entura 019 Aiko 297 Aiwa 01.
14 Using the Remote Control VCR code table (cont.) Brand Code KLH 091 K odak 054, 056 Lloyd 019, 227 Logik 091 LXI 056 Magnavox 054, 058, 100, 129, 168 M agnin 259 M arantz 054, 100 Mar ta 056 M atsus.
15 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur 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 SWAP TV/VCR REW FF ST OP SOURCE FAV FA V C.
16 Setting up y our TV Setting up y our T V After installing the batteries and programming the remote contr ol, you will need to set some preferences 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 y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Selecting the signal sour ce To select the signal source to view: R epeatedly press TV/VIDEO on either the r emote control or the TV.
18 Setting up y our TV Adding and erasing channels manually After you have automatically programmed the channels into the TV ’ s memory , you can manually add and erase individual channels. To add a channel to or erase a channel from the TV ’ s memory: 1.
19 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur 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 F eatur 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 y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Note: If you forget your PI N code: • Follow steps 1–4 under “Changing your PI N code” at left. •T hen press R ECALL four times within f ive seconds.
22 Using the TV’s F eatur 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 mo vies that are not rated, see “Blocking unrated movies and programs” on page 23.
23 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index 8. P ress y or z to highlight SET RA TING. 9. P ress x or • to display the Set 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 F eatur es Note: After programming CHAN N E L BL O C K, tune the TV to a channel that is not blocked before turning the TV off. Caution: Blocking unrated television programs (those rated “TV N O N E”) may block on-screen emergency messages.
25 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index To 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 F eatur 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 can create the label “ PBS ” for that channel.
27 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index V ideo labels The V ideo Label feature allows you to labe.
28 Using the TV’s F eatur es W atching picture-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 window 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 y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Changing the location of the PI P window W ith the TV in PIP mode, press LOCA TE to change the location of the PIP windo w on-screen.
30 Using the TV’s F eatur 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 ar e stored automatically in the TV ’ s memor y .
31 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Adjusting the picture pr efer ence Y ou can select four p.
32 Using the TV’s F eatur 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 program listings as “CC”).
33 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Adjusting the sound Muting the sound Pr ess 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 F eatur es Adjusting the sound quality Y ou can change the sound quality of your TV by adjusting the bass, treble, and balance. To adjust the sound quality: 1. P ress MENU . 2. P ress x or • to highlight the A UDIO menu. 3. P ress y or z to highlight the quality you want to adjust.
35 Ref erence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Selecting variable audio OUT If you connect external audi.
36 Ref erence Appendix V iewing the demonstr ation (D E MO) mode The demonstration (DEMO) mode is an option available on the SET UP menu that will demonstrate several features of your TV . To star t the demonstration mode: 1. P ress DEMO on the TV front panel.
37 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Appendix Tr oubleshooting Before calling a service technician, please check the following table for possible causes of the problem and some solutions.
38 Refer ence Appendix Specifications T elevision system NTSC standar d Channel coverage VHF: 2 through 13 UHF: 14 thr ough 69 Cable TV: Mid band (A-8 thr ough A-1, A through 1) S uper band ( J throug.
39 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Limited United States W arranty for 27'' FST PURE ® and All Larger Television Models T oshiba America Consumer P roducts, Inc.
40 Refer ence Appendix T oshiba of Canada L imited (“T C L ”) makes the f ollowing limited warranties to original consumers in Canada. TH E S E LI M ITE D W AR RA NTI E S E XTE N D TO THE O R I G .
41 Refer ence W elcome to T oshiba Connecting y our TV Using the Remote Control Setting up y our TV Using the TV’s F eatur es Appendix Index Notes.
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