Hitachi 26LD9000TA - LCD Direct View TV, User Manual

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Page 2: ...elevision Please read this user manual carefully before operating this product To ensure proper operation please read and follow ALL the instructions especially the IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS and SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Please keep this user manual for future reference ...

Page 3: ... 30 FUNCTION 31 About Teletext 31 Size Switching 32 Audio Switching 34 Power Save Mode 35 TROUBLESHOOTING 36 When Following Messages Appear on the Screen 36 Symptom and Check List 36 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS 39 Signal Input 40 Recommended Signal List 41 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS z Read this instruction thoroughly z Retain this instruction for future reference z Heed all warnings and cautions to ...

Page 4: ...se fully understand the prerequisite such as specifications or constraints of the hardware and software We are not responsible and have no liability for any loss damage or injury as a result of misuse Reproduction copying use modification and or transmission in whole or in part of this manual are prohibited without any prior written permission All other products and company names used in this manu...

Page 5: ... with illustration is intended to constrain the users to follow the indicated actions when handle the product Each illustration within this symbol specifies the contents in detail The figure on the left is an example WARNING There is a risk of fire electric shock or serious injury Unplug the power cord immediately when serious problems happen Serious problems such as z Smoke abnormal odor or sound...

Page 6: ...Do not damage modify twist forcibly bend heat or pull excessively the Power Cord z Do not place heavy objects including the unit itself on top of the Power Cord z If the Power Cord is damaged contact your dealer for repairs or exchange Use only with designated power supply voltage z To prevent the risk of fire and electrical shock operate this product only with the power supply voltage indicated o...

Page 7: ...the LCD Television It could cause the partial discoloration or blurring of the image on the CRT based television Please install it away from the speaker of the LCD Television Disconnect all of the external connection cables and detach the anti tumble measures before moving the unit It may cause fire electrical shock or personal injuries Connect the power plug securely Improper connection will caus...

Page 8: ...less microphone or cordless headphone may not be available around the television It is because of the communication failure Please note that this is not malfunction When you dispose this product at the end of its life follow the regulations at your residential area For more information contact the local authority or the dealer where you purchased the product Cleaning and Maintenance Please make su...

Page 9: ...play surface In addition do not impact strongly on the surface of the panel because LCD panel is made with fine processing glass Residual image When a still image or menu is displayed on the screen for a short time about a minute and then switches to another image it may leave an after image on the screen The residual image will disappear on its own The Usage under the Low Temperature Environment ...

Page 10: ...erminals to cover wide range of audio visual equipments Enjoy the image from PC with large high definition LCD screen Easy to use On Screen Display system operating with Remote control Low power consumption with Power Saving feature SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES Check the supplied accessories before installation In case of missing or damaged please contact with dealer immediately User Manual Remote Control...

Page 11: ...minal Board External Device Connection 4 Control Panel see below for details Please refer to 14 18 for the detailed information for the connections 32LD900TA 26LD900TA Control Panel including Card Slot 1 Sub Power button 2 Menu button 3 Channel UP S button 4 Channel DOWN T button 5 Volume UP f button 6 Volume DOWN ebutton 7 Input button 1 2 3 7 5 4 6 3 2 1 4 These buttons are located on the top 2 ...

Page 12: ...l Pressing this button shows the input signal status 14 TV Text Teletext mode can be changed each time pressed in the following sequence TV Teletext Mix mode 15 Return You can use this to return to the previous menu 16 OK 17 Picture Mode Picture mode can be changed each time pressed in the following sequence Dynamic Natural Cinema 18 Channel Up Down P 19 CHI II This is exclusively for TV audio I I...

Page 13: ... damage including fire Never mix used and new batteries in the device Replace all the batteries in a device at the same time Remove the batteries if the remote control is not going to be used for an extended period of time To avoid possible failure read the following instructions and handle the remote control properly Do not drop or have an impact on the remote control Do not spill water or any li...

Page 14: ... around this television in order to avoid increasing the internal temperature Make sure not to block any ventilation holes Do not install the television in the small space such as inside the rack closet or the box Leave more than 10cm of clearance from each side of television and 30cm from the top of television to wall Anti Tumble Measures Install in a stable place and implement safety measure aga...

Page 15: ...l Lead directly into the Socket at rear panel When you have one or more external devices to connect 1 Use RF cable to connect between each equipment and Antenna 2 Connect the Aerial Lead to an equipment In Socket marked 3 Connect the RF cable from the equipment Out to the other equipment In 4 Then connect from the equipment Out to ANT on the LCD screen Socket on marked Example Connecting Antenna t...

Page 16: ... picture AV3 and AV4 can be connected to the equipment with either Component or Composite output Depending on whether the Y VIDEO input of your selected equipment is Y signal or Video signal it automatically regards as Component or Composite When using as Composite do not insert the jacks into PB or PR If your external device has a Component terminal COMPONENT connection is recommended for higher ...

Page 17: ...o an external television with a 75 Ohm terminal the same image from composite AV1 4 or S Video or RF signal can be displayed to the external television Sub Woofer terminal can bring the deep bass sound from the external speaker PC terminals D sub 15 pin audio is connected to PC which allows Analog RGB signal IN OUT Example VCR IN OUT Example Example OUT IN or Mini stereo plug ...

Page 18: ...radation If your external device has a HDMI terminal HDMI connection is recommended for higher quality picture and sound Terminals on Side Since the following terminals are located on the side it is very convenient to use the extra device on a temporary basis after done the connections on the rear panel AV2 can be connected to the equipment with an S Video output and composite output IN OUT Exampl...

Page 19: ...vided Do not use a power supply voltage other than that indicated AC100 240V 50 60Hz It may cause fire or electric shock For the LCD panel a three core power cord with a ground terminal is used for efficiency protection Always be sure to connect the Power Cord to a three pronged grounded outlet and make sure that the cord is properly grounded If you use a power source converter plug use an outlet ...

Page 20: ...unit The Indicating Lamp Status Check Indicating Lamp Status Power Status Power Switch Status Off Off Main power Off Red Standby mode Main power On Sub Power button Off Green On Main power On Sub Power button On Orange Power Save mode Main power On Sub Power button On About Power Save mode see Power Save Mode and When Following Messages Appear on the Screen on 35 and 36 for details Note If the ima...

Page 21: ...e Volume Indicator value on the screen will shift left Volume Up Down button Mute button Mute 1 To mute the sound press button on the remote control The sound of the unit is temporarily turned Off When the audio mode is set to Mute mute icon will be displayed at the left bottom corner of the TV 2 To turn the sound back press button again or Volume Up button on either remote control or the control ...

Page 22: ...el Each time this button is pressed the screen displays corresponding mode by following order TV AV1 AV2 AV3 AV4 RGB HDMI 3 To directly go back to TV mode pressing channel Up Down buttons on either remote control or the control panel Also you can use the numeric buttons on the remote control Channel Up button Channel Down button Input Select Input Signal Screen Display The input signal status can ...

Page 23: ...on the MENU page Press button to set your selection 5 Use Wor X buttons to adjust the item values or choose options Press button to set your selection 6 To exit from the menu press button NOTE The OSD menu screen will be closed automatically when no operation has been made for about one minute Language Menu Select the language from the list so that you can display the OSD menu in the selected lang...

Page 24: ...arch Tune the local channels automatically Press button to start searching Position Press channel up down buttons to input position number 1 125 or channel number C or Z When Auto Tuning Mode is set to position search the frequency by using WX buttons Frequency When Auto Tuning Mode is set to Direct this function is not available grayed out Name 1 Move the cursor to the first digit and select the ...

Page 25: ...ort You can change the order of channels as follows 1 Move the cursor to the Channel row you want to change order and then press button 2 The color of the letters on the designated line will be turned into green bracket and with 3 Move the designated row by using buttons 4 Press button to fix the position This function is not available grayed out when the Auto Tuning Mode is set to Direct Teletext...

Page 26: ... Clock and Clock Phase automatically Press button to start auto adjustment The message Auto Adjusting is displayed Depending on the type of the signal there is a possibility that the display may not be adjusted in its optimum condition with this function In that case please adjust Image Position Adjust the display position horizontally When the position exceeds the possible range the display color...

Page 27: ...ions Natural Suitable for the normal lighting condition Cinema Suitable for watching movie Contrast 0 100 This adjusts the contrast to meet the lighting environment by using WX Brightness 0 100 With this function black is adjusted to change the overall brightness by using WX Color 0 100 It can adjust color density based on your preference by using WX Sharpness 0 12 Preferred sharpness can be adjus...

Page 28: ...ilable only when receiving NTSC PAL composite signal This reduces the dot and color blurring in minute scales so that it can reproduce purer color Off Low Middle Black Enhancement High Adjusts the black level compensation Reset Each item on this menu screen can be restored to the original factory settings by pressing button Information The items indicated by can be stored the setting for each of i...

Page 29: ...black is adjusted to change the overall brightness by using WX Cool Normal Warm Color Temperature User You can select from 4 settings default depending on the color condition with WXbuttons Low Middle Back Light High Adjust the brightness of the Back Light for the maximum visibility Reset Each item on this menu screen can be restored to the original factory settings by pressing button Information ...

Page 30: ...w frequency signals can be boosted while the output signal amplitude is measured Bass 10 10 Adjust the Bass of the sound Treble 10 10 Adjust the Treble of the sound Balance 10 10 Adjust the balance of the sound comes out from right and left side of the speakers Off Perfect Volume On It will automatically adjust the volume to its average level each time you change the channel Reset Reset all the se...

Page 31: ...ff Standby mode at set time automatically which you may find useful Timer Off Timer Select Adjust Return 30 Min Selected Items Setup hint Off 30Min 60Min 90Min Off Timer 120Min This function automatically sets the power to Standby mode when the selected time period has elapsed ...

Page 32: ...service directly if the channel has the Subtitle service broadcasting Subtitle To display Hidden text ex The answers of the Quiz or the Game page Press again to close the revealed answer Reveal To return to actual broadcast temporarily while searching for the Teletext page you request When the search is done the designated page will be displayed on the upper left of the screen Press again to retur...

Page 33: ...n at the top and bottom Squeeze Full Play a 4 3 image faithfully in the standard vertical size and horizontally squeezed Information Aspect ratio represents horizontal vertical ratio on screen For example vista image is 16 9 in 4 3 image 9 16 3 16 or 21 9 4 CAUTION Using a wide screen television z This television has a screen mode selection feature If an incompatible screen mode is selected to pla...

Page 34: ...GLISH FUNCTION continued Size Switching continued RGB signal input RGB signal input only support Full size Display Area Selection Diagram Resolution Full display Display 640X480 VGA 800X600 SVGA 1024X768 XGA ...

Page 35: ... game as primary sound and a commentary about a team as the secondary When bilingual program is received sound mode display appears in yellow as shown Each time button is pressed the display is switched in the sequence of following Green Yellow Yellow Sound multiplex signal I II I Main language Primary Sound II Sub language Secondary Sound force mono This selects main language or primary sound Ste...

Page 36: ... when the computer is not being used to reduce power consumption by this unit Horizontal Yes No Yes RGB sync signal Vertical Yes Yes No PC signal Active normal display Blank no display Operation mode On Off Indicating lamp Lights green Lights orange Returning to operating status z Operate the personal computer or press either the INPUT SELECT button of the control panel or the RGB button of the re...

Page 37: ...z Check the connection of the Power Cord and or other cables z Check if the Main Power of the unit or external equipments is ON z Check if the TV mode is selected z Check if the TV is in Standby mode or Power Save mode z Adjust the values in Picture menu and Audio menu 14 18 19 23 35 Snowy picture poor sound z Check the antenna connection and direction z The TV station may have broadcast difficult...

Page 38: ...t may happen when you use the unit for long hours Turn off the Main Power of the unit for a while Please note that this is not malfunction 39 41 z Image cannot be displayed in the correct position z Press button to check if the input signal of the displayed image is compatible with the specification of the television 39 41 z When the VCR is in special playback features Fast forward or Rewind the s...

Page 39: ...l stripes appear and some of the characters are blurred PC input mode only abcdefgABCDEFGabcd abcdefgABCDEFGabcd z Try Auto Adjust z If the display condition is not improved with Auto Adjust adjust Horizontal Clock 25 z When the letter string is displayed in full screen all of the characters on the screen are blurred PC input mode only abcdefgABCDEFGabcd abcdefgABCDEFGabcd z Try Auto Adjust z If t...

Page 40: ...o input terminal RCA AV3 4 component video input terminal RCA L R audio input terminal RCA HDMI HDMI input terminal Input signals Composite video PAL SECAM NTSC3 58 NTSC4 43 PAL60 Component video 480i 576i 480p 576p 720p 50 720p 60 1080i 50 1080i 60 Output signals OUTPUT MONITOR composite video monitor output terminal RCA OUTPUT MONITOR L R audio monitor output terminal RCA OUTPUT HEADPHONE L R au...

Page 41: ...e the TV only support H V separate sync signal 12 SDA 13 H sync 14 V sync V CLK 15 SCL S input connector pin specifications Pin Input Signal 1 Y 2 Y GND 3 C 4 C GND Frame GND HDMI Connector Input pin specifications Pin Input Signal Pin Input Signal 1 T M D S Data2 11 TMDS Clock Shield 2 T M D S Data2 12 TMDS Clock 3 T M D S Data2 13 CEC 4 T M D S Data1 14 Reserved N C on 5 T M D S Data1 15 SCL 6 T...

Page 42: ...94 31 47 25 18 3 SVGA 800 x 600 56 25 35 16 36 0 4 SVGA 800 x 600 60 32 37 88 40 0 5 SVGA 800 x 600 72 19 48 08 50 0 6 XGA 1024 x 768 60 00 48 36 65 0 7 XGA 1024 x 768 70 07 56 48 75 0 z The type of video board or connecting cable used may not allow for correct displays adjustment of Horizontal Position Vertical Position Horizontal Clock and Clock Phase z The television may fail to display an anim...