RCA 31 Series, User Manual

Page 1: ...LCD FLAT PANEL HDTV user s guide connections 7 remote 21 features 30 menus 36 FAQs 40 warranty 46 contents ...

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Page 3: ...____________________ Serial No ____________________ Purchase Date __________________ Dealer Address Phone _________________________________________________________________________ FCC Regulations state that unauthorized changes or modifications to this equipment may void the user s authority to operate it Important This television is a table model and is designed to sit on a firm flat surface Don ...

Page 4: ... sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution when moving the cart apparatus combination to avoid injury from tip over 13 Unplug this apparatus during lightning storms or when unused for long periods of time 14 Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Service is required when the apparatus is damaged in any way such as power supply cord or plug damage liquid spilled on or obje...

Page 5: ...nections 11 Composite Video Connection 12 Component Video Connection 12 HDMI DVI Connection 13 PC Connection 14 Plug in TV 16 Put Batteries in Remote 16 Turn on TV 16 How to Use Remote Control to Complete Initial Setup 16 Complete Initial Setup 17 Set Menu Language 17 Set TV Location Mode 17 Complete Channel Setup 17 What To Expect 18 Watching TV 18 Changing Channels 18 Explanation of Jacks in alp...

Page 6: ...gs 32 US V Chip Movie Rating Limit 33 Blocking Canada V Chip Ratings 34 Future Rating Region 34 Reset Downloadable Data 34 Blocking Unrated Exempt Programs 34 Block Channel 34 Button Block 34 Change Password 35 Additional Features 35 Screen Formats 35 Chapter 4 I Using TV Menu Using Menu System 36 Picture Menu 36 Sound Menu 37 Channel Menu 38 Parental Control Menu 38 Setup Menu 38 Time Menu 39 Cha...

Page 7: ...es so that air can circulate freely Don t stack devices If you place devices in a stand make sure you allow adequate ventilation If you connect an audio receiver or amplifier place it on the top shelf so the heated air from it won t flow around other devices Position Cables Properly to Avoid Audio Interference Insert each cable firmly into the designated jack If you place devices above the TV rout...

Page 8: ...all don t attach the table stand and instead follow the Mounting Your TV to the Wall instructions on page 9 Table Stand Assembly for models L22HD31 Parts List 1 Table Stand 3 Size M4 St Screws Step 2 Remove the Stand Cap from the TV cabinet by taking off the size M3 St screw with a screwdriver and pulling out the cap Stand Cap Size M3 St Screw Step 1 1 Take the TV bag and place it on a flat table ...

Page 9: ...nting measurements are 100mm horizontally and 100mm vertically Follow the directions included with the wall mount to mount the TV to the wall Caution Your wall mount must bear a minimum of five times the TV s net weight without causing damage Step 3 Attach the table stand to the TV cabinet by inserting the stand into the stand connector support and aligning the three screw holes from the bottom ti...

Page 10: ... the ANTENNA CABLE INPUT to receive your cable channels C Do you have a set top box If so you may need to call your cable company or satellite service provider They may recommend special cables to allow you to view digital channels What You Need To Know Visit www antennaweb org for help deciding what type of antenna to use to receive the local digital channels available to you By entering where yo...

Page 11: ...DIO R PC INPUT AUDIO VIDEO Input Signal Compatability Ant Cable 480i 480p 720p 1080i NTSC ATSC and QAM formats Composite Video 480i S Video 480i Component Video 480i 480p 720p 60Hz 1080i 60Hz PC VGA SVGA XGA HDMI 480i 480p 720p 60Hz 1080i 60Hz 1080p HDMI the HDMI logo and High Definition Multimedia Interface are trademarks or registered trade marks of HDMI Licensing LLC Note for US customers If yo...

Page 12: ...g the composite video jack Connecting a Device with Component Video Better This connection allows you to connect a device that has Y Pb Pr jacks for example a DVD player Using the example of a DVD player 1 If necessary connect your cable and or off air antenna as described on page 10 2 Connect your Y Pb Pr component VIDEO cables Connect three VIDEO cables or special Y Pb Pr cables to the COMPONENT...

Page 13: ...ible with devices that have a DVI output jack Using the example of a set top box If your set top box has an HDMI jack connect an HDMI cable Connect an HDMI cable to the HDMI DVI INPUT jack on the back of the TV and to the HDMI Out jack on the back of the device OR If your set top box has a DVI jack connect an HDMI cable and an HDMI DVI adapter 1 Connect an HDMI cable to the HDMI DVI INPUT jack on ...

Page 14: ... 2 Connect your monitor cable Connect one end of a 15 pin monitor cable to the PC VIDEO jack on the TV and the other end to the PC s VIDEO OUTPUT jack Note if your PC s VIDEO OUTPUT isn t 15 pin you ll need an adapter that can connect to a 15 pin monitor cable 3 Connect your AUDIO cable Connect a 3 5mm stereo mini pin cable sometimes referred to as 1 8 stereo mini pin to the PC AUDIO jack on the b...

Page 15: ...from the DVD player appears black and white and your device is connected to the VIDEO INPUT you might be tuned to the wrong input Make sure you press INPUT until you select VID CMPT or HDMI displayed at the top of the TV s screen Note If you re done connecting devices to your TV go to page 17 to complete the Initial Setup To continue connecting devices go to the next page Viewing PC 1 Plug in the ...

Page 16: ...our TV by pressing the Power button on the side of the TV or ON OFF on the remote How to Use Remote Control to Complete Initial Setup The technical term is Navigation how you move through the on screen menus The theory is the same throughout the menu screens highlight your choice and select it To highlight a menu item press the arrow buttons on the remote to highlight one of the items listed on th...

Page 17: ...r channels If you chose Cable as your signal type the search takes a while because it s looking for analog and digital channels and then it s removing scrambled channels found Here is what happens during the search 1 The search first looks for analog channels and places the number of channels found next to Analog channels found 2 The search then looks for digital channels and places the number of ...

Page 18: ... on how the station or source device is formatting the video If there are bars on screen press the FORMAT button to try a different format This may eliminate the bars Some bars can t be removed because of the way the format is sent by the broadcaster Go to page 35 for more explanation of screen formats Changing Channels Digital channels can have both primary channels like the analog channel number...

Page 19: ...UDIO OUTPUT optical Use a digital optical cable to connect your TV to a compatible audio receiver HDMI DVI INPUT Lets you connect a device such as a digital cable box with an HDMI or a DVI output for the best picture quality HDMI DVI INPUT High Definition Multimedia Interface Digital Visual Interface Provides an uncompressed digital connection that carries both video and audio data by way of an in...

Page 20: ... it displays sub menus and selects highlighted items VOL Increases the volume In the TV menu system it acts like the right arrow button on the remote control and adjusts menu controls VOL Decreases the volume In the TV menu system it acts like the left arrow button on the remote control and adjusts menu controls CH Scans up through the channel list In the TV menu system it acts like the up arrow b...

Page 21: ...e the channel up or down press and hold to continue changing channels CH List When you tune to a particular channel press button to enter the List and Labels menu directly to add remove the channel from channel list CANCEL Removes any menu or display from the screen and returns you to normal viewing DVD Places the remote in DVD mode If Autotuning is enabled turns on the TV and tunes it to the DVD ...

Page 22: ...nected to the TV 1 Make sure the device you want to view is turned ON 2 Press INPUT to tune to an available video input source and view the device 3 To return to the previous channel press INPUT until you return to the channel Programming Remote to Operate Other Devices The universal remote can be programmed to operate many brands of remote controllable VCRs audio devices DVD players cable boxes s...

Page 23: ...ow which type of device should begin searching codes Then proceed with the following steps 1 Turn on the device you want to control 2 On your remote control simultaneously press and hold the ON OFF and MUTE buttons approximately 3 seconds until the CANCEL button lights up Then release the buttons 3 Press and release the device button SAT AUX or DVD you want to program 4 Repeatedly press and releas...

Page 24: ...er 2 Press ON OFF to turn the device ON or OFF 3 Use the remote buttons that apply to that device Modes of Operation The button corresponding to the mode the remote is in lights up when you press any button that works in that mode For example if you re in TV mode and you press the VOL button the TV button lights up This tells you that the command to increase the volume is being sent to the TV and ...

Page 25: ... replacing the batteries but replacing the batteries does not always cause a reset so you can perform a manual reset if the remote doesn t reset after battery replacement 1 On your remote control simultaneously press the V Chip ON OFF and MUTE buttons 2 The CANCEL button will long blink to indicate success and the remote control returns to normal operation ...

Page 26: ...Sylvania 327 Symphonic 150 TAG McLaren 173 Tao 158 Teac 080 093 Technics 008 204 208 211 228 280 281 283 299 Techwood 174 Thomson 175 Thorens 061 Toshiba 410 Vector Research 176 Venturer 093 415 Victor 023 Wards 020 071 073 346 XM Radio 158 Yamaha 001 021 024 053 054 055 059 060 064 081 086 191 196 199 206 234 236 243 244 245 246 247 262 268 284 285 288 302 317 321 347 351 402 405 Yorx 125 Zenith ...

Page 27: ...Elta 084 Eltax 064 Emerson 010 023 052 248 391 395 465 Enterprise 056 ESA 052 235 Farenheit 077 Fisher 249 280 Flex Vision 078 Fun TV 079 Funai 010 052 340 379 391 Gateway 323 GE 041 046 125 167 205 250 Go Video 003 187 226 227 323 402 404 413 418 420 421 Goldstar 425 GPX 251 278 451 458 Gradiente 024 274 Greenhill 046 Grundig 042 Harman Kardon 199 210 Hitachi 003 144 200 217 299 376 417 Hiteker 0...

Page 28: ...orthgate 020 Panasonic 005 022 030 Philips 001 009 012 015 024 025 Pioneer 031 Proscan 019 RCA 001 002 009 016 019 021 ReplayTV 004 022 030 Samsung 009 024 Sonic Blue 004 022 030 Sony 000 013 014 020 Stack 9 020 Systemax 020 Tagar Systems 020 Tivo 000 001 002 003 010 013 014 015 025 026 027 028 Toshiba 006 020 Touch 020 UltimateTV 021 Viewsonic 020 Voodoo 020 ZT Group 020 Home Theatre in a Box Whe...

Page 29: ...072 125 MGN Technology 021 MGA 008 Microsoft 038 Midland 029 Mind 038 Minolta 030 Mitsubishi 008 030 Motorola 025 MONTGOMERY WARD 097 MTC 010 021 125 Multitech 010 021 028 029 125 NEC 019 020 024 033 Nikko 022 035 Niveus Media 038 Noblex 021 Northgate 038 Olympus 025 Orion 014 Panasonic 000 015 025 039 061 068 069 089 105 118 119 Penney 035 Pentax 030 Pentex Research 024 Philco 015 025 Philips 009...

Page 30: ...retch Current screen format If there are bars on the screen you might be able to get rid of them by pressing the FORMAT button on the remote Go to page 35 for more information on screen formats ZZZ 00 25 Current time left on sleep timer if the sleep timer is set 06 05 PM Current time Autotuning The Autotuning feature automatically tunes the TV to the correct video input channel for different devic...

Page 31: ...choices in the US V Chip and Canada V Chip menus involve software inside your TV referred to as V Chip which allows you to block TV programs and movies TV programs can be blocked by age based ratings such as TV MA which is explained on page 32 If available TV programs can also be blocked by content such as adult language L This is explained on page 33 Movies can only be blocked by age based rating...

Page 32: ... ratings above a specified age based rating level 1 Choose Parental Control from the Main menu If parental controls have previously been locked you must enter your password 2 Highlight and select V Chip Then highlight and select US V Chip 3 Highlight and select TV Ratings 4 Press the up or down arrow button to scroll to the rating corresponding with the lowest rating you do not want the child to w...

Page 33: ...ollow the same steps as above to unlock Note If you unlock the language corresponding with TV 14 the language for TV MA doesn t unlock You have to unlock the content theme status for each rating separately Note Broadcasters are not required to provide content themes or age based ratings You must remember to lock Parental Controls for rating limits to take effect US V Chip Movie Rating Limit Set mo...

Page 34: ...uncements and pro grams without ratings The Exempt option applies to both USA and Canadian unrated pro grams and Canadian programs rated E Press the down arrow button to highlight Unrated Exempt Then press OK to toggle between View and Block View All unrated programs are available Block All unrated programs are not available Block Channel Turn this option on to block the channel you see in the Sel...

Page 35: ...u are viewing The format changes as you press the FORMAT button and the format type is displayed at the bottom of the screen Analog video is sent in a 4 3 format which your TV displays in a 16 9 format Most digital video is sent in a 16 9 format which does fill your screen but sometimes it is sent in 4 3 which does not fill your screen It depends on how the station or device connected to your TV i...

Page 36: ...e menus disappear Picture Menu The Picture menu contains menus and controls to configure how the picture looks The Picture menu options apply to the video for the main TV and VIDEO INPUT selections All picture options can be applied to each input VID1 VID2 CMPT HDMI1 or HDM2 and PC Picture Settings Preset Displays a choice list that lets you select one of the preset picture settings Vibrant Gaming...

Page 37: ...The options available vary according to the input selected Mono available for regular TV viewing only Plays the sound in mono only Use this setting when receiving broadcasts with weak stereo signals Stereo Splits the incoming stereo audio signal into left and right channels Most TV programs and recorded materials have stereo audio The word Stereo appears in the chan nel banner when you tune to a p...

Page 38: ...t to delete from the channel list press the OK button to uncheck the box When an AV INPUT is displayed in the Channel number field the line In channel list is grayed out Channel Label Display the channel label this line is always grayed out for the label can t be modified by user Parental Control Menu The Parental Control menu is explained in Chapter 3 Go to page 35 for more information Setup Menu...

Page 39: ...ure is activated When activated this feature monitors the ambient light conditions in the room and adjusts the TV s backlight for optimum viewing It also serves as an energy saving feature by lowering the backlight power level when appropriate typically in darker room conditions The TV has a multi colored LED that adjusts based on the backlight power level with green representing the highest level...

Page 40: ...e bars on my screen and can I get rid of them Most digital video is sent in a 16 9 format which does fill your screen but is sometimes sent in 4 3 which does not fill your screen It depends on how the station or device connected to your TV is formatting the video If there are bars on the screen press the FORMAT button to try a different format that may eliminate the bars Some bars can t be removed...

Page 41: ...side or back of your TV three video cables or bundled component video cables red blue and green connect to the corresponding COMPONENT INPUT jacks on the back of your TV If you re getting no picture from a device you ve connected to your TV you might have your video cable connected to the VIDEO OUTPUT jack on the back of your TV These jacks are used to connect recording devices A yellow Video cabl...

Page 42: ...s still occur turn off your device Re connect your device Reset the power by unplugging the power cord and plugging it back in If you are tuned to the HDMI INPUT and you re receiving Unusable Signal message onscreen press the INFO button on the remote If Acquiring Channel appears in the channel banner the HDMI or DVI device isn t responding Contact the manufacturer of the HDMI or DVI device for fu...

Page 43: ...ings you must set NR to View Separately in order to view movies with an NR rating What Else Can I Do If you ve been through the Troubleshooting section and nothing has fixed your problem try rebooting your TV Note that after a reboot you may need to run your TV through the setup process again To do a reboot unplug the power cord from the wall outlet power strip etc Keep your TV unplugged for about...

Page 44: ...ality Themes and elements in this program may include mild fantasy violence FV or comedic violence or may frighten children under the age of 7 TV Y All Children Themes and elements in this program are designed for a young audience including children ages 2 6 It is not expected to frighten younger children Canadian English V Chip Rating System 18 Adult Programming intended for adults 18 and older I...

Page 45: ...nd well being There will be no realistic scenes of violence Depictions of aggressive behavior will be infrequent and limited to portrayals that are clearly imaginary comedic or unrealistic in nature Other Content Guidelines There will be no offensive language nudity or sexual content Canadian French V Chip Rating System 18 Adult Programming is for adults only This program contains sustained violen...

Page 46: ...long after your purchase Ninety 90 days from date of purchase for labor charges Ninety 90 days from date of purchase for parts What we will do At TTE s discretion pay an Authorized RCA Service Center for both labor charges and parts to repair your television or replace your television with a refurbished remanufactured unit See How to get service How to get service Call 1 800 951 9582 Please have y...

Page 47: ...D BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ON THIS PRODUCT IS LIMITED TO THE APPLICABLE WARRANTY AND WARRANTY PERIOD SET FORTH ABOVE How State Law relates to this warranty Some states do not allow the exclusion nor limitation of incidental or consequential damages or limitations on how long an implied warranty lasts so the above limitations or e...

Page 48: ...e harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the re...