Hitachi 37LD8D20U, Instructions For Use Manual

Page 1: ...37LD8D20U GB Instructions for use Digital LCD olo r Television C u ...

Page 2: ...Buttons 7 Preparation 8 Before Switching On Your TV 8 Power Connection 8 Connections to the Aerial Input Socket 8 Inserting Batteries in the Remote Control Handset 8 Handling the Remote Control 8 Operating Range for the Remote Control 8 Switching The TV ON OFF 9 Navigating the Menu System 9 Initial Settings 9 Basic Operations 10 Volume Setting 10 Programme Selection 10 Entering Main Menu 10 AV Mod...

Page 3: ...e Scart 28 Via Aerial Input 28 Decoder 28 Connect a decoder with an aerial socket to the TV 28 Connect a decoder without an aerial socket to the TV 28 TV And Video Recorder 28 Playback NTSC 28 Copy Facility 29 Camera And Camcorder 29 To Connect to AV Input 29 To Connect To S VHS Input 29 Connect the Decoder to the Video Recorder 29 Connecting Headphones optional 29 Connecting Subwoofer 29 Audio Li...

Page 4: ...h the power cord when your hands are wet as this could cause a short Safety Precautions Please read the following recommended safety pre cautions carefully for your safety IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION ON OPERATING YOUR TV Do s and Don ts DO s This Television has been designed and manu factured to meet international safety standards but like any electrical equipment care must be taken if you are to...

Page 5: ...e original one Unauthorised substitutions may result in fire electrical shock or other hazards 9 Servicing Please refer all servicing to qualified personnel Do not remove the cover yourself as this may result in an electric shock WARNING When the device is not in use for a long time disconnect from power Instructions for waste disposal Packaging and packaging aids are recyclable and should princip...

Page 6: ...k AV in and S VHS in are available It has VGA connector for external devices such as computer It has an HDMI connector for Digital Video andAudio This connection is also designed to accept High Definition signals AVL Automatic Volume Limiting When no valid signal is detected after 5 minutes the TV switches itself automatically to stand by mode PLL Frequency Search PC Input Plug Play for Windows 9X...

Page 7: ...ure may blend if the two peripherals are used at the same time Likewise because SVHS C and SCART II R are connected parallelly the picture may blend if the two peripherals are used at the same time Thus these two are not to be used at the same time P CH VOLUME STAND BY PC VGA Input PCAudio Input RF Antenna Component Video Inputs YpBpr Component Audio Inputs s SCART 1 SCART 2 HDMI Input For Service...

Page 8: ...T2 EXT2 S FAV S VIDEO HDMI YPBPR PC DTV PP Personal preference Cursor Up Cursor Right OK SELECT Okay Store Cursor Down M Menu Cursor Left I II Mono Stereo Dual I II INFO Info P Programme Down Mute V Volume Down P P Previous Programme WIDE Image size Expand PIP Mode Mix Teletext Time subtitle on off in the digital mode 31 RED SOUND Sound Menu 32 GREEN PICTURE Picture Menu 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 7 0 I II G...

Page 9: ...r equivalent type batteries inside Place the batteries in the right directions and replace the battery cover Note Remove the battery from remote control hand set when it is not to be used for a long period Otherwise it can be damaged due to any leak age of battery Handling the Remote Control It could cause corrosion or battery leakage and may result in physical injury and or property damage in clu...

Page 10: ... search for analogue chan nels Switching The TV ON OFF To switch the TV on Your TV will switch on in two steps 1 Connect the power supply cord to the system Press Power On Off button Then the TV switches itself to stand by mode Optional 2 To switch on the TV from stand by mode either Press a digit button on the remote control so that a programme number is selected or Press the P CH or P CH button ...

Page 11: ... CH button to select the previous programme Entering Main Menu Press the MENU button to enter Main menu In the Main menu select sub menu using P CH or P CH buttons and enter the sub menu using or buttons To learn the usage of the menus refer to the Menu System sections pages 13 or 19 AV Mode Press the TV AV button at the control panel on the the TV to switch your TV to AV modes Operation with Remo...

Page 12: ...n Available banner is displayed Pressing the GUIDE button again exits EPG menu In EPG Menu you can easily see the extended help information by pressing INFO button and by press ing this button again you can close this window 30 CBBC Channel Chuckle Vision Tracy Beaker 40 BBC NEWS 24 BBC News BBC News 41 ITV News ITV News ITV News 50 Four Text No Information No Information 51 BBCi BBCi BBCi Current...

Page 13: ...d while subtitles are on Would you like to turn subtitles off now Yes No Digital Teletext With Digital terrestrial broadcasting DVB T in addi tion to pictures and sound you can also watch digital teletext Digital teletext is sometimes broadcast at the same time as normal broadcasting 1 Press the button The digital teletext information appears 2 Operate it with the coloured buttons _ a b buttons an...

Page 14: ...utton while the SELECT item on Channel List menu is highlighted by using _ button Then the name and number of the selected channel will be displayed in the top left and top right of the channel display at the top right of the screen re spectively Deleting the channels in the channel list Press a bbutton to select the channel that will be deleted Press _ button to select the Delete item on Channel ...

Page 15: ... More Enter Lock Key Enter the password using the digit buttons on the remote control The Lock icon will now be dis played next to the selected channel Repeat the same operation to cancel the Lock Setting Favourites You can set various channels as favourites so that only the favourite channels are navigated To set a favourite you should highlight the Favourites item at bottom of the Channel List m...

Page 16: ... at the factory To install factory settings highlight First Time In stallation menu and press the OK button then you will be asked to confirm for deleting all channels and settings Installation Add New Channels First Time Installation Yes Your previous digital channel list will be destroyed Are you sure you want to delete all digital channels and settings for first time installation No By selectin...

Page 17: ...the Configuration menu and use the _ button to cycle through Off and language options Favourite mode This function enables or disables the favourite chan nel list mode See Channel List menu Favourites on page 13 Use _ button to turn on off favourite mode If the Favourite Mode is on in normal operating mode pressing P and P buttons will only navigate through the channels that were previously define...

Page 18: ...e lock key and set change parental lock mode Disabled All menus are unlocked Main Menu Main menu is accessible only with the correct lock key So the user cannot add delete re name move channels cannot set timers Installation Installation menu is locked so the user cannot add channels Changes will be updated after exiting Configuration Menu Timers You can set a timer to switch the TV to any channel...

Page 19: ...Configuration Timers Language TV Setup Common Interface Use the a b button to highlight the soundtrack language required and press the SELECT button Normal viewing with the required language soundtrack can be resumed by pressing the M button Languages English TV Setup To be able to go through TV functions you can use this item The digital TV Setup menu screen is accessed from the main menu Press t...

Page 20: ...e instruction manual for details of the settings Analogue TV Menu System Picture Menu PICTURE Mode Contrast Brightness Sharpness Colour In picture menu if PC YPbPr or HDMI modes are selected resolution information is displayed at the bottom of the menu osd Mode By pressing a b button select Mode Press _ button to choose from one of these options Cinema Dynamic and Natural Contrast Brightness Sharp...

Page 21: ...level Press _ button to decrease hp volume level Headphone volume level can be adjusted between 0 and 63 sound mode By pressing a bbutton select Sound Mode Press _ button to change sound mode Sound mode is used to identify sound mode of the headphone and can be set to mono stereo dual I or dual II according to the transmission balance By pressing a b button select Balance Press button to increase ...

Page 22: ...ct PIP Source item by using a b button Use button to set PIP source Note When main picture source is TV EXT 1 EXT 2 FAV or S VIDEO PIP Window can only be set to HDMI YPBPR PC source or vice versa PIP Programme Select PIP Programme item by using a b button PIP Programme is displayed at the bottom of menu OSD Use button to set PIP Programme You ou can also use digit buttons on the remote control to ...

Page 23: ... Finnish Turkish Croatian Slovenian Polish Czech Hungarian Russian Bul garian Greek Slovak EXT2 Out By pressing a b select EXT2 Output Use _ button to set Ext 2 Out to TV DTV EXT1 FAV YPbPr Audio or PC Audio Note When TV Source is set to HDMI HDMI Audio setting will be available among EXT 2 Out options Note If the currently watched source is analogue TV a connected device displays analogue TV sour...

Page 24: ... want to insert by navigation buttons Press the GREEN button By navi gation buttons move the selected programme to the decided programme space and press the GREEN but ton again Delete To delete a programme press the YELLOW button Pressing the YELLOW button again erases the se lected programme from the programme list and the programmes below shift one up APS Auto Programming System When you press t...

Page 25: ... highlighted Store By pressing a bbutton select Store Press or OK button to store the adjustments Stored will be displayed on the screen Install menu inAV modes The following screen appears in the install menu INSTALL Colour System VCR Store Colour System By pressing a bselect Colour System By press ing _ button you can change the colour system to PAL SECAM PAL 60 NTSC 4 43 NTSC 3 58 or AUTO VCR B...

Page 26: ...tem to put the picture into correct place automatically Select Autoposition item by using a b buttons Press or OK button Warning Auto position adjustment recommended to be done with the full screen image for the proper adjustment H Horizontal Position This item shifts the image horizontally to right hand side or left hand side of the screen Select H Position item by using a b button Use _ button t...

Page 27: ... to AV modes except being in teletext Pressing this button consecutively will switch the TV in one of the optional AV modes TV DTV EXT1 EXT2 EXT2 S FAV S VIDEO HDMI YPBPR or PC Personal Preference By pressing PP button you maychange Picture Mode settings ZoomModes Zoom mode can be changed by pressing the WIDE button You can change the screen size according to the picture aspect ratio Select the op...

Page 28: ...y and easily Press the corresponding coloured button to access the page Special Teletext Functions To Display a page of text The view text services press To return normal viewing press again Programmes cannot be changed until text is cancelled To select a page press the number buttons or pro gram buttons P P To select index page press button To select superimposed over the programme on the screen ...

Page 29: ...ite Receiver or DVD Player These devices must be connected via the HDMI socket or Compo nent Socket These socket can accept either 720p or 1080i signals Note When it is desired to watch HDMI source with a DVI to HDMI cable in order to enable au dio Audio Input which is located at the left side of the antenna input is to be used to get DVI device s audio signals Via The Scart The TV has 2 Scart soc...

Page 30: ...e TV Additionally turn Line out setting on in the Sound Menu Note While watching PC or YPbPr sources Lineout selection could only be the current source Tips Care Of The Screen Clean the screen with a slightly damp soft cloth Do not use abrasive solvents as they may damage the TV screen coating layer Poor Picture Have you selected the correct TV system Is your TV set or house aerial located too clo...

Page 31: ...ical Display Modes The display has a maximum resolution of 1360 x 768 frequency range of 56 75 Hz The following table is an illustration of some of the typical video display modes Mode Horizontal Vertical Hor kHz Ver Hz 1 640 480 31 5 60 2 640 480 37 9 72 3 640 480 37 5 75 4 800 600 35 2 56 5 800 600 37 9 60 6 800 600 48 1 72 7 800 600 46 9 75 8 1024 768 48 4 60 9 1024 768 56 5 70 10 1024 768 60 7...

Page 32: ...the source equipment X Not Available O Available Source Available O O O O O O O O O O 480I 60Hz O 480P 60Hz O 576I 50Hz O 576P 50Hz O 720P 50Hz O 720P 60Hz O 1080I 50Hz O 1080I 60Hz O O O O O 480I 60Hz O 480P 60Hz O 576I 60Hz O 576P 60Hz O 720P 60Hz O 720P 50Hz O 1080I 50Hz O 1080I 50Hz O 1080P 50Hz X 1080P 60Hz X 1080P 24 HZ X RGB 50 RGB 60 EXT 2 SCART 2 HDMI FAV PAL 50 60 NTSC 60 S Video PAL 50 ...

Page 33: ...olutions 1360 x 768 max Formats 4 3 16 9 INPUT CONNECTIONS PC D SUB 15 VGA VIDEO TV TUNER IEC 75 Ohms input resistance SCART1 CVBS RGB SCART2 CVBS S CVBS 1 x RCA Y C S Video MiniDIN YPbPr 3 x RCA HDMI x 1 Multimedia Interface AUDIO SCART1 Audio L R SCART2 Audio L R Y C or CVBS Audio Phono L R YPbPr Audio Phone L R PC 3 5mm Jack Stereo Headphones 3 5mm Jack Stereo OUTPUT CONNECTIONS Line Out Audio ...

Page 34: ...mposite sync S input connector pin specifications Pin Input signal 1 Y 2 Y GND 3 C 4 C GND Frame GND HDMI connector pin specifications Pin Input signal Pin Input signal 1 TMDS Data2 11 TMDS Clock Shield 2 TMDS Data2 Shield 12 TMDS Clock 3 TMDS Data 2 13 CEC 4 TMDS Data 1 14 Reserved N C on device 5 TMDS Data1 Shield 15 SCL 6 TMDS Data1 16 SDA 7 TMDS Data0 17 DDC CED Ground 8 TMDS Data0 Shield 18 5...

Page 35: ...ained or modified by any person other than an Hitachi authorised engineer iii The product serial number has not been removed or altered This guarantee does not apply to product acquired second hand or for commercial or communal use This guarantee does not cover the replacement of exhausted batteries the adjustment of user controls or aerial alignment Any parts replaced under this guarantee shall b...

Page 36: ...or connect the aerial through a VCR Aerial RF Socket Aerial RF Socket wall socket wall socket Aerial RF Lead Aerial RF Lead Optional Scart Lead TV to VCR Aerial RF Socket VCR RF connector lead VCR to TV It is recommended that a scart lead should be fitted between your TV and VCR to enhance your picture and sound quality Scart leads are essential if you have a stereo TV and VCR and wish to obtain s...

Page 37: ...IN ANT IN RF Lead to Aerial RF Lead to Aerial RF Lead from VCR to Satellite RF Lead from VCR to TV Satellite LNB lead Satellite LNB lead RF Lead from Satellite to TV Aerial Aerial VCR Scart Lead to on TV EXT 1 Scart Lead to EXT 1 on TV AV 1 TV TV VCR VCR AV 2 TFT LCD TV TFT LCD TV GB ...

Page 38: ...t is first switched on the set will be in standby Press the channel up down P and the indicator on the front of the set will illuminate red P or numeric buttons 1 2 3 to operate insert plug European plug and switch on insert plug UK plug Programme Up Volume Up Volume Down Programme Down To select a programme number To enter the main menu Also used for navigation in menus Power Cord Input Power on ...

Page 39: ...ble will appear on the screen In the programme list you will see the programme numbers and names assigned to the programmes 4 Please ensure aerial is plugged in Do you want to start first time installation Yes No MENU BBC ONE BBC TWO BBC CHOICE Searching UHF channels 30 Please wait This will take a few minutes Cancel searching AUTOMATIC SEARCH Channels 12 To start installation process select to ca...

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