User manual TOSHIBA 36HFX71

[. . . ] OWNER'S MANUAL Color Television ® 32HFX71 36HFX71 © 2001 TOSHIBA CORPORATION All Rights Reserved Model number: Serial number: 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. [. . . ] 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 a mode other than ColorStream HD1 or HD2. PIC SIZE MENU yzx · Using the Remote Control HD1 I MAGE SHAPE 0 : NORMAL 1 : LETTERBOX 2 : COMPRESS I ON 0- 2 : TO SELECT While the above menu is on the screen, you can select the desired picture size by pressing the corresponding number button (0­2). Normal The Normal picture size displays the picture in the conventional 4:3 aspect ratio. The picture is stretched vertically to fill the screen. 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 THEATER WOW SRS 3D ON FOCUS ON TruBass H I GH I MAGE SHAPE HD1 NORMAL / LETTERBOX / COMPRESS HD2 NORMAL Using the TV's Features Letterbox, Compression The Letterbox and Compression modes display the wide picture (16:9) with bars at top and bottom. The picture retains its true proportion. Letterbox (recommended mode): · Picture is horizontally stretched, with bars at top and bottom. · 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 top and bottom. modes have bars at the top and · Better picture quality than in the bottom of the screen. See "Notice of possible adverse Letterbox mode because of more effects on TV picture tube, " at effective use of scanning lines. · Greater chance of permanently engraining stationary patterns on the picture tube than in the Letterbox mode, since there is no raster in the area of the bars at top and bottom. 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. Index Appendix 30 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 PIP SOURCE PIP CH yz PIP PIP mode Double-window mode 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 35. Example: PIP mode Note: · PIP/double-window can not be turned on when the ColorStream input (HD1 or HD2) is being viewed. [. . . ] 47 55 Index VCR connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5­10 Video cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 VIDEO LABEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 VIDEO LOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Appendix V Using the TV's Features SAP sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]