User manual ACER AT3216MF

[. . . ] Record the model number, serial number, purchase date, and place of purchase information in the space provided below. The serial number and model number are indicated on the label affixed to your device. All correspondence concerning your unit should include the serial number, model number, and purchase information. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronically, mechanically, by photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Acer Incorporated. [. . . ] **Composite-out only works with analog broadcasts. If you need the TV speakers to be turned off when connecting an external AV device, please use the OSD to set "Internal speaker" to "off". 15 English Connecting a camera, camcorder, video game or headphones Connect your camera or camcorder to the video/audio ports on the bottom of the TV set as shown below. Audio Video AV5 YWR R L RWY Y R W Yellow Red White Connecting a PC or notebook computer To display PC output on your TV, connect your PC or notebook computer to the TV as shown below. DVI D-Sub D-Sub DVI or or For VGA and DVI input, Acer recommends setting your PC's external monitor resolution to 1360 x 768 pixels @ 60 Hz refresh rate. Selecting the input source Once you have connected your antenna or external equipment to the TV, you need to select the correct input source. Press the corresponding button on the remote control to select the correct input source. Input button guide: 1 TV AV COMPONENT PC TV key Toggle Digital TV (DTV) and Analog TV (ATV) between input sources. AV key Toggle AV1~5 and HDMI between input sources. COMPONENT key Toggle Component 1~3 between input sources. PC key Toggle VGA and DVI between input sources. 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 16 OSD navigation Many of the advanced settings and adjustments are available through using the OSD (onscreen display) menus, as shown in the example screenshot below. Basic operations required to navigate these menus (Picture, Audio, Channel management, Options, Settings, Empowering) are described in this section. The first time you access the OSD, you will be asked to choose your language settings. English Navigating the OSD with the remote control MENU OK You can also interact with these menus using the front panel controls. Please see "Front panel view" on page 7 for details. There are six main OSD menus. These are: Picture, Audio, Channel management, Options, Settings and Empowering. Use the following method to navigate these menus. MENU 1 Press the MENU button on the remote control or the MENU button on the control panel. 2 OK Select your desired menu by using the up and down directional keys to switch between the six menus. 3 OK Use the directional keys to interact with the menu. Empowering Technology has different functions depending on your current mode. In TV mode, the choice is between Scenario mode and Favorite channel; see page 20 for details. The default setting for both modes is Scenario mode. MENU English OK Set-up Empowering mode To change your Empowering Key's default setting: 1 Press and hold the Empowering Key for more than two seconds to open the menu. More than 2 seconds 2 OK Use the directional keys to navigate the menu and select the Empowering Technology icon. MENU 3 Press MENU to exit. Now, when you press the Empowering Key, your chosen selection will be accessed. 19 Default setting in different Empowering mode English Scenario mode in TV (default setting) Scenario mode has five preset viewing modes designed to give you the best picture quality when watching a particular kind of program. There are five pre-defined audio and video settings for optimal enjoyment of the following scenarios: Standard TV, Movie, Sport, Concert, Game, User. Pressing the Empowering Key for less than two seconds will toggle between the different modes. Mode Standard Information Standard mode allows you to watch your favorite channels with sharp, brilliant imagery via adaptive brightness and contrast adjustments. Clear-sounding audio is provided by BBE performance. For comfortably enjoying movies at home, Movie mode displays dim scenes in clear detail; compensates for color; and smoothly presents motion images. This is accomplished through optimal Gamma correction plus saturation, brightness and contrast adjustments. Movie mode makes the most of high-definition movie soundtracks by using SRS WOW technology. Game mode carefully details the exquisite graphics of modern video games, providing lifelike entertainment while protecting your eyesight by adjusting brightness and contrast. What's more, Game mode provides a heightened audio experience via BBE technology. [. . . ] Your audio sounds fuller, richer and wider. Based on the elements ZOOM ROTATE of SRS 3D technology, WOW restores the spatial cues and ambient information that are lost during standard stereo playback. To enable SRS WOW: Press the SRS/BBE key on the remote control. 1 4 7 2 5 8 0 3 6 9 BBE Digital All sound that is amplified through a loudspeaker suffers some loss of fidelity, or subtle distortions, caused by the inherent characteristics of the loudspeaker. BBE Digital addresses these problems by compensating for phase and amplitude distortions and, in effect, delivers the signal to the speaker in a form that allows it to reproduce the original performance more fully and more faithfully. OPTION SLIDE To enable BBE Digital, press the SRS/BBE key on the remote control. [. . . ]