Hitachi L46VG07U, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...ure reference These instructions contain important information which will help you get the best from your television and ensure safe and correct installation and operation For any help concerning set up and use of your TV please call the Customer Helpline 0845 604 0105 Lines open 9am 8pm Monday to Saturday and 10am 4pm Sunday 747 1340 ...

Page 2: ...ormation 22 Picture Controls 23 Configuring Picture Settings 23 Operating Picture Settings Menu Items 23 Picture Settings Menu Items 23 PC Picture Controls 24 PC Picture Settings Operation 24 Sound Source Controls 25 Other Controls 26 Language Settings 27 Language Settings 27 Media Browser 28 Starting Media Browser 28 Media Browser Configuration 28 Viewing Videos via USB 29 Video Playback Screen 2...

Page 3: ... only from a 220 240 V AC 50 Hz outlet Warning Do not leave your TV in standby or operating mode when you leave your house The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the product s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock of persons The excl...

Page 4: ...Do not place objects filled with liquids such as flower vases on top of the TV Avoid from dripping or splashing If any solid object or liquid falls into the cabinet unplug the TV and have it checked by qualified personnel before operating it any further Ventilation The slots and openings on the TV set are intended for ventilation and to ensure reliable operation To prevent overheating these openin...

Page 5: ... may in some circumstances create a fire hazard Connection to a cable distribution system has therefore to be provided through a device providing electrical isolation below a certain frequency range galvanic isolator see EN 60728 11 Symbols in this Instruction Book The following symbols are used in the Instruction Book as a marker for restrictions and precautions and safety instructions Note such ...

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Page 7: ...PLL Frequency Search PC input Plug Play for Windows 98 ME 2000 XP Vista Windows 7 Game Mode optional Picture off function Accessories included Remote Control Batteries 2 x AAA Instruction Book Quick Start Guide Side AV Connection Cable Cable Holder NOTE You should check the accessories after purchasing Make sure that each accessory is included Standby Notifications If the TV switches off while in ...

Page 8: ...on 2 20 Info Reveal in TXT mode 21 Blue button 22 Yellow button 23 Exit 24 OK Select Hold in TXT mode 25 Volume up down 26 Navigation buttons 27 Mute 28 Previous programme 29 Sleep timer 30 Favourite mode selection 31 Picture mode selection 32 Subtitle on off Subtitle in Media Browser mode 33 No function 34 Fast forward in Media Browser mode 35 Stop in Media Browser mode 36 Pause 37 Standby 38 Ope...

Page 9: ...hannel 4 Volume Up Down buttons Increases decreases the volume NOTE If you switch on your TV via PROGRAMME UP DOWN buttons on the remote control or on the TV set the programme that you were watching last will be reselected NOTE Press buttons at the same time to view main menu NOTE When the TV is in standby mode the standby LED can blink to indicate that features such as Standby Search Over Air Dow...

Page 10: ...he correct way and replace the battery cover fig 2 NOTE When the remote control is not going to be used for long periods of time the batteries should be removed Otherwise the remote control may be damaged caused by battery leakage and corrosion AAA R3 x 2 Batteries fig 2 A fig 1 Getting Started 9 Switching the TV On and Off Switching the TV On With power cord plug connected to the mains power sock...

Page 11: ... a few seconds the Source OSD will be displayed Operation using Remote control buttons Volume Setting Press V button to increase the volume Press V button to decrease the volume A volume level scale slider will be displayed on the screen Programme Selection Previous or Next Programme Press P button to select the previous programme Press P button to select the next programme Programme Selection Dir...

Page 12: ... displayed on the screen You can activate Store mode option by using or button If Store Mode is selected Store mode option will be available in other settings menu and your TV s features will be illustrated on the top of the screen A confirmation screen will be displayed after selecting the Store Mode Select YES to proceed If Home Mode is selected Store mode will not be available after the First T...

Page 13: ...ation banner can be displayed at any time while watching TV by pressing the INFO button on the remote control fig 8 Hint Not all channels broadcast the programme data If the name and time of the programme are not available then information banner will be displayed with blanks If the selected channel is locked you must enter the correct four digit numeric code to view the channel default code is 00...

Page 14: ...match 6 PC Input VGA Connects a personal computer to the TV Connect the PC cable between the PC INPUT on the TV and the PC output on the PC You can use the PC input to allow YPbPr signal connection with a device that has component output Connect the YPbPr to PC cable between the PC INPUT on the TV and the component video outputs of the device 7 SCART sockets Inputs or outputs for external devices ...

Page 15: ... This input is used for connecting video and audio signals of external devices To make a video connection you must use the supplied AV connection cable for enabling connection First plug singular jack of the cable to the TV s Side AV socket Afterwards insert your video cable not supplied connector into the YELLOW input located on the side with several connectors of the supplied AV connection cable...

Page 16: ... cable is not supplied NOTE If your external device has a S Video output it is possible to connect your external device with a SCART S video adapter not included to the scart input of the TV First plug the SCART S Video adapter to the SCART connector on your TV set Then connect a S video cable to the SCART socket via the Scart S Video adapter to the S video output of your external device VGA Conne...

Page 17: ...3 When the connection is made switch to YPbPr source Using a Conditional Access Module IMPORTANT Insert or remove the CI module only when the TV is SWITCHED OFF In order to watch certain digital channels a conditional access module CAM can be necessary This module must be inserted in the CI slot of your TV fig 3 1 Obtain the Conditional Access Module CAM and the viewingcardbysubscribingtoapaychann...

Page 18: ...in types of USB devices e g MP3 Players or USB hard disk drives memory sticks may not be compatible with this TV The TV supports FAT32 and NTFS disk formatting USB Disk Connection Plug your USB device to the USB input of the TV NOTE Plug or unplug your USB disk while the TV is switched off If you are going to connect a USB hard disk drive to the TV set USB connection cable used between the disk dr...

Page 19: ...xt day YELLOW button Prev day Zooms to programmes INFO button Details displays in detail information on programme selected SWAP button Now jumps to the current broadcast when viewing previous Prev day or future Next day programmes SUBT Selects genre Numeric buttons Jump Go to preferred channel directly using number buttons OK button Displays programme options TELETEXT button Search to view Guide S...

Page 20: ...splayed Using Main Menu Screen 1 Press MENU button to display main menu highlight the desired control icon using or or or button press OK button to display menu contents 2 Highlight an option inside a menu screen by using or button 3 Use or button to set an option 4 If OK box is displayed next to a menu setting press OK to display sub menu screen Changes are automatically stored Press MENU to exit...

Page 21: ...ning screen will be displayed 4 Select Yes if you want to move the channel and press OK Deleting a Channel 1 Select the channel that you want to delete and select Delete box 2 Press OK button to continue A warning screen will appear Select YES to delete select No to cancel Press OK button to continue Renaming a Channel 1 Select the channel that you want to rename and select Edit Name box Press OK ...

Page 22: ...et The timer can be programmed between Off and 2 00 hours 120 minutes in steps of 30 minutes Setting Programme Timers You can set programme timers for a particular programme using this feature 1 While in Timers menu press button to activate timers functions 2 Programme timer function buttons will be displayed on the screen 3 Press YELLOW button on the remote control to add a timer Timer options an...

Page 23: ...he TV is in Power Save Mode If Picture Off is selected Screen will be off in 15 seconds message will be displayed on the screen Select PROCEED and press OK to continue The screen will be off in 15 seconds When the TV is not in use please switch off or disconnect the TV from the mains plug This will also reduce energy consumption Disconnect power when going away for longer time It is highly recomme...

Page 24: ...e is set as Game Noise Reduction If the broadcast signal is weak and the picture is noisy use Noise Reduction setting to reduce the noise amount Noise Reduction can be set to one of these options Low Medium High or Off Advanced Settings Dynamic Contrast Sets the dynamic contrast rate Colour Temp Sets the desired colour tone Setting Cool option gives white colours a slight blue stress For normal co...

Page 25: ...n Select this to display PC position menu items Autoposition Automatically optimizes the display Press OK to optimize H Position This item shifts the image horizontally to right hand side or left hand side of the screen V Position This item shifts the image vertically towards the top or bottom of the screen Dot Clock Dot Clock adjustments correct the interference that appear as vertical banding in...

Page 26: ...Dual I or Dual II mode only if the selected channel supports that mode AVL Automatic Volume Limiting AVL function sets the soundtoobtainfixedoutputlevelbetweenprogrammes For instance volume level of advertisements tend to be louder than programmes Headphone Lineout When you connect an external amplifier to your TV using the headphone jack you can select this option as Lineout If you have connected...

Page 27: ...y setting Automatic Scanning option You can manually search for new software by selecting Scan for upgrade Application version Displays the current application version Hard of Hearing If the broadcaster enables any special signal concerning the audio you can set this setting as On to receive such signals Audio Description Audio description refers to an additional narration track for blind and visu...

Page 28: ...if only the broadcaster supports Otherwise settings will not be available to be changed Audio Changes the audio language for the current channel Subtitle Sets the subtitle language for the current channel NOTE If the Country option is set to Denmark Sweden Norway or Finland the Language Settings menu will function as described below Language Settings In the configuration menu highlight the Languag...

Page 29: ...memory stick Media Browser Configuration Select Settings icon from the main media browser page to view the current preferences You can set your Media Browser preferences by using the Settings dialogue Operation Press or button to highlight an item Use or button to configure an item View Style Sets default browsing mode Sets default browsing mode as folder or flat Select Directory to display files ...

Page 30: ...r press RETURN button to switch back to previous menu Viewing Photos via USB 1 SelectPhotosfromtheMediaBrowserscreenandpress OK button All photo files will be filtered and listed 2 Use or button to select a photo file and press OK button to play a video Follow the information on the operations bar for using other commands Displaying Photos in Slideshow Mode 1 Press PLAY button when viewing photo f...

Page 31: ... 604 0105 Using MENU button in Media Browser Mode Pressing MENU button in Media Browser mode displays the following menu screen You can access Picture Sound and Settings menu options using this screen Press MENU again to exit from this screen Media Browser continued General TV Operation 30 ...

Page 32: ...ly 3 Enter the multiplex for digital manual search or frequency number for analogue manual search using the numeric buttons and press OK button to start search Analogue Fine Tune 1 Select Analogue FineTune from the Installation menu by using or and OK buttons Analogue fine tune screen will be displayed NOTE Analogue Fine Tune feature will not be available if there are no analogue channels digital ...

Page 33: ...ou can disable access to the installation menu or the whole menu system Maturity Lock not available for the UK When set this option gets the maturity information from the broadcast and if this maturity level is disabled disables access to the broadcast Child Lock When Child Lock is set the TV can only be controlled by the remote control In this case the control panel buttons will not work except f...

Page 34: ...ured Buttons RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE Your TV supports both FASTEXT and TOP text systems When these systems are available the pages are divided into groups or topics When FASTEXT system is available sections in a teletext page will become colour coded and can be selected by pressing the coloured buttons Press a coloured button that corresponds to with your needs The coloured writings will appear show...

Page 35: ...man Nicam Stereo Audio Output Power WRMS 10 THD 2 x 8 Power Consumption 135W Weight 17 75 kg with foot 16 00 kg without foot TV Dimensions DxLxH with foot 221 x 1089 x 695 TV Dimensions DxLxH without foot 40 x 1089 x 657 Display 16 9 display 46 Screen Size 1920x1200 max resolution Other Information 34 Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories TRADEMARK ACKNOWLEDGMENT Dolby and the double ...

Page 36: ...with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug and proceed as follows The green yellow wire must be connected to the terminal in the plug that is marked with the letter E or by the earth symbol The blue wire must be connected to the terminal that is marked with the letter N The brown wire must be connected to the terminal that is marked with the letter L If the power lead is dam...

Page 37: ...ve you selected the correct button on the remote control Try once more Also make sure the correct input source has been selected 2 Is the aerial connected properly 3 Are the plugs connected tightly to the aerial socket 4 Is the aerial cable damaged 5 Are suitable plugs used to connect the aerial 6 If you are in doubt consult your dealer No sound 1 Has the TV been set to mute To cancel mute press t...

Page 38: ...roduct Support Media Extension Format Video Audio Movie dat mpg mpeg Mpeg1 2 MPEG1 2 Layer 1 2 ts trp tp m2ts MPEG2 vob mkv MPEG1 2 mp4 mov avi asf wmv MPEG2 Music mp3 MPEG1 Layer 1 2 3 MP3 OGG OGG wav LPCM WMA ASF WMA WMA Pro m4a aac AAC HEAAC Photo jpg jpeg Baseline JPEG png Progressive JPEG bmp non interlace png interlace Subtitle sub srt 37 ...

Page 39: ...on Frequency 1 640x400 70Hz 2 640x350 85Hz 3 640x400 85Hz 4 640x480 60Hz 5 640x480 66Hz 6 640x480 72Hz 7 640x480 75Hz 8 640x480 85Hz 9 800x600 56Hz 10 800x600 60Hz 11 800x600 70Hz 12 800x600 72Hz 13 800x600 75Hz 14 800x600 85Hz 15 832x624 75Hz 16 1024x768 60Hz 17 1024x768 66Hz 18 1024x768 70Hz 19 1024x768 72Hz 20 1024x768 75Hz 21 1024x768 85Hz 22 1152x864 60Hz 23 1152x864 70Hz 24 1152x864 75Hz 25 ...

Page 40: ...ting devices to your TV s connectors by using DVI converter cables not supplied you can refer to the following resolution information 56Hz 60Hz 66Hz 70Hz 72Hz 75Hz 640x400 640x480 800x600 832x624 1024x768 1152x864 1152x870 1280x768 1360x768 1280x960 1280x1024 1400x1050 1440x900 1600x1200 1680x1050 1920x1080 1920x1200 Product Support 39 ...

Page 41: ...U models Transmission standard DVB T MPEG 2 Demodulation COFDM with 2K 8K FFT mode FEC all DVB models Video MP ML PAL 4 3 16 9 Audio MPEG Layer I II 32 44 148kHz Digital Reception DVB C Transmission Standards DVB T MPEG2 DEMODULATION Symbolrate 4 0 Msymbols s to 7 2 Msymbols s Modulation 16 QAM 32 QAM 64 QAM 128 QAM and 256 QAM VIDEO All MPEG2 MP ML formats with up conversion and filtering to CCIR...

Page 42: ...ample in two different languages This is possible if on an analogue TV each of the two channels of the stereo tracks for left and right channels are occupied with one audio track in mono single channel In digital TV multiple audio streams can be broadcasted and selected on the receiver side NTSC United States standard for scanning television signals that has been adopted by some other countries LC...

Page 43: ... OK to continue with the reboot operation 2 3 AM search and upgrade mode If Automatic scanning in Upgrade Options menu is enabled TV wakes up at 03 00 and searches broadcast channels for new software upgrade If new software is found and downloaded successfully with next power up TV opens with new software version Note on reboot operation Reboot is the last step in software upgrade operation if dow...

Page 44: ... the local laws or regulations for disposal These symbols indicate that equipment with these symbols should not be disposed of as general household waste If you want to dispose of the product or battery please consider the collection systems or facilities for appropriate recycling Notice The sign Pb below the symbol for batteries indicates that this battery contains lead For more information pleas...

Page 45: ...be correctly installed and operated in accordance with the instructions contained in this manual It must be used solely for domestic purpose The guarantee will be rendered invalided if the product is re sold or has been damaged by inexpert repair Specifications are subject to change without notice The manufacturer disclaims any liability for the incidental or consequential damages The guarantee is...

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