User manual TOSHIBA 50H71

[. . . ] OWNER'S MANUAL Projection Television ® 50H71 © 2001 TOSHIBA CORPORATION All Rights Reserved Model number: Serial number: 50H71 Index Owner's Record The model number and serial number are on the back of your TV. Record these numbers in the spaces below. Refer to these numbers whenever you communicate with your Toshiba dealer about this TV. Appendix Using the TV's Features Setting up your TV Using the Remote Control Connecting your TV Introduction Important Information WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. Precautions Installing your TV · Place the TV on the floor or on a sturdy platform. The mounting surface should be flat and steady. [. . . ] · Lower picture quality than in the Compression mode because of a reduction in the scanning lines. · Slightly lower chance of permanently engraining stationary patterns on the picture tube than in the Compression mode. Compression: · Picture is vertically compressed, Letterbox and Compression with bars at the top and bottom. modes have bars at top and · Better picture quality than in the bottom of screen. See "Notice of Letterbox mode because of more possible adverse effects on TV picture tube, " at right. · Greater chance of permanently engraining stationary patterns on the picture tube than in the Letterbox mode, since there is no raster in the bars at top and bottom. THEATER SRS 3D ON I MAGE SHAPE HD1 NORMAL / LETTERBOX / COMPRESS HD2 NORMAL NOTICE OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON TV PICTURE TUBE If a fixed (non-moving) pattern remains on the TV screen for long periods of time, the image can become permanently engrained in the picture tube. See page 2 for details. 25 Index Appendix Using the TV's Features Note: You can also change the image shape using the menu system. Select IMAGE SHAPE HD1 or HD2 in the THEATER menu. Setting up your TV Normal The Normal picture size displays the picture in the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio. The picture is stretched vertically to fill the screen. Using the Remote Control STOP SOURCE PLAY PIP EX Selecting the image shape 1. Make sure the ColorStream HD1 or HD2 mode is selected. Press PIC SIZE repeatedly to select either Normal, Letterbox, or Compression image shape, as described below. Note: The message "Not Available" will appear when the PIC SIZE button is pressed in the mode other than the ColorStream HD1 or HD2. 6 CH RTN VOL ENT PI C SI ZE ADV/ PIP CH PIC SIZE MENU FAV MENU/ ENTER FAV yzx · IT Connecting your TV 9 Introduction ST RO BE Introduction Watching PIP/double-window The PIP/double-window feature allows you to watch two pictures at the same time. The sub-picture can be a TV broadcast or come from an external source, such as a VCR. To display a TV broadcast as a sub-picture: 1. Turn on the TV and select the program you want to watch. Press PIP once to display a small picture. A window 1/9 the size of the screen will appear. Press PIP a second time to display a double-window. Main window Sub-window LIGHT RECALL POWER TV CABLE VCR MUTE TV/VIDEO TIMER 1 4 7 100 RI TE VO 2 5 8 0 3 CH 6 9 CH RTN Connecting your TV VOL ENT PI C SI ZE ADV/ PIP CH FA FAV MENU/ ENTER FAV PIP CH yz ST PIP ADV/ PIP CH Using the Remote Control 6 STOP SOURCE PLAY PIP EX RO BE IT PIP REC TV/VCR REW FF PIP mode Double-window mode STILL LOCATE SWAP SOURCE 3. Press PIP CH y z to choose the program you want to be displayed as a sub-picture. If the V-CHIP feature is active and you try to watch a TV program that exceeds the rating limits you set, the TV will enter into the program block mode. See "Using V-CHIP menu" on page 30. Example: PIP mode Setting up your TV Note: · PIP/double-window can not be turned on when the ColorStream input (HD1 or HD2) is being viewed. PIP 24 BLOCKED · You can not display the signal sources input through the ANT-2 terminal as a subpicture. NOTICE OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECTS ON TV PICTURE TUBE If a fixed (non-moving) pattern remains on the TV screen for long periods of time, the image can become permanently engrained in the picture tube. [. . . ] 28 Favorite channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Front of the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Front panel lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Image shape selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]