Hitachi LE40H405, Owner'S Manual

ENGLISH

Starting setup

will assist you to specify the Air/Cable setting and program 

your channels automatically.
IMPORTANT: Make sure that the antenna or cable TV system 

connection is made.

1

To turn on the TV, touch 

POWER

 (POWER indicator on the 

front of the unit changes blue. It may take approx. 10 seconds 

for a picture to appear on screen.). The Setup Wizard function 

begins. 

2

Press ▲ or ▼ to select “Source”, then press 



 or 



 to select 

“Cable” or “Air”.

3

Press ▲ or ▼ to select “Scan”, then press 



 or 

SELECT

. 

4

•

NOTE

•

TV operation

1

To turn on the TV, press 

POWER

.

(POWER indicator on the front of the unit changes blue. 

It may take approx. 10 seconds for a picture to appear on 

screen.)

2

Adjust the volume level by pressing 

VOL 

 or   . The 

volume level will be indicated on the screen by volume bars. 

As the volume level increases, so do the number of bars. 

If the volume decreases, the number of volume bars also 

decreases.

3

Set the Source option to the appropriate position.

4

Press the 

Direct Channel Selection (0-9, –)

 buttons to 

select the channel.

(If you press only the channel number

, channel selection will 

be delayed for a few seconds.)

TO SELECT ANALOG CHANNELS

1-9: 

Press 1-9 as needed. Example, to select channel 

2, press 

2

, then press 

SELECT

.

10-99:  Press the 2 digits in order. Example, to select 

channel 12, press 

1

, 

2

, then press 

SELECT

.

100-135:  Press the 3 digits in order. Example, to select 

channel 120, press 

1

, 

2

, 

0

, then press 

SELECT

.

TO SELECT DIGITAL CHANNELS

– 

button followed by 

the remaining number.

Example, to select channel 15-1, press 

1

,

 5

,

 –

, 

1

, then press 

SELECT

.

•

If a channel is selected with only audio content, “Audio 

only” will be displayed on the screen.

•

If a channel is selected with a weak digital signal, “

Weak 

Signal or No Audio and Video.” will be displayed on the 

screen.

•

The same program may be available on either an analog 

channel or a digital channel. Y

ou may choose to watch 

either format.

•

If a channel is selected to which you have not subscribed, 

“Scrambled ” will be displayed on the screen.

VHF/UHF/CABLE CHANNELS

Air

Cable

VHF

2-13

VHF

2-13

UHF

14-69

NOTES

•

If a channel with no broadcast is selected, the sound will 

automatically be muted.

•

It may take a few seconds for a digital channel picture to 

appear on screen after being selected.

To select the video input source

T

o view a signal from another device connected to your

LCD

 TV,  

such as a VCR playe

r, press

 INPUT

, then press 

▲ or ▼, then

 press 

SELECT

.You can select TV, V

ideo, Component, HDMI or 

RGB depending on which input jacks you used to connect your 

devices.  

CH 

/

Press and release 

CH  /

. The channel automatically stops at 

the next channel set into memory.

For proper operation, before selecting channels, they should be 

set into the memory

. Refer to the Channels Menu on page 14.

Input

TV

AV

Component

RGB

HDMI 1

HDMI 2

Tuner

Please select your tuner mode:

  Cable

Setup Wizard

Move

SEL   Select

Return

SEL   Select

Air

MENU   Retu

rn

Move

If you press 

EXIT 

in the process of 

“Setup

Wizard”,

 the Setup 

Wizard stops and changes to the normal screen. When you 

make a menu selection, your changes occur immediately. You 

do not have to press 

EXIT 

to see your changes.

Depend

ing on the reception condition, it may take up to 25 

minutes or more to complete memorizing digital cable 

channels. Please allo

w

 the process to complete 

w

ithout 

interruption.

“Setup Wizard” will begin. After the Setup Wizard is 

completed, the TV channel appears on the screen.

CA

TV

Digital Terrestrial Broadcast(8VSB):2-69

Digital cable(64/256 QAM):1-135

1-125