TCL 48FD2700, User Manual

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Chapter 3 

Other Information

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Connect  an  off-­air  antenna  to  the  ANT/CABLE/SAT  IN  to  view  free  local  digital  channels.  You  may  need  to  
purchase  an  antenna.  
Visit  www.antennaweb.org  for  assistance  in  deciding  what  type  of  antenna  to  use  to  receive  the  local  digital  
channels  available  to  you.  By  entering  your  location,  this  mapping  program  tells  you  which  local  analog  and  
digital  stations  are  available  using  a  certain  antenna.

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Besides  using  an  off-­air  antenna  as  mentioned  above,  you  can  also  use  a  set-­top  box  to  receive
digital  video.  Contact  your  cable  company  or  satellite  provider  to  purchase  digital  programming
and  have  them  connect  the  box  to  ensure  you  are  viewing  channels  the  best  way.

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Press  the  INFO  button  to  display  the  Channel  Banner.  Look  at  the  the  screen.  The  dot  (•)  is  displayed  for  a  
digital  channel.  If  there  is  no  dot,  it  is  an  analog  channel.

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Most  digital  video  is  sent  in  a  16/9  format  which  fills  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  ZOOM  -­/+  button  to  try  a  different  format  that  may  eliminate  the  bars.  Some  
bars  can’t  be  removed  because  of  the  way  the  format  is  sent  by  the  broadcaster.  The  format  changes  as  you  
press  the  ZOOM  -­/+  button  and  the  format  type  is  displayed  at  the  bottom  of  the  screen.  

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Some  channels  enabled  by  the  cable  company  don’t  carry  programming,  such  as  video  ondemand.  When  
channels  are  unavailable,  your  TV  screen  is  blank  or  appears  like  snow.  You  probably  want  to  remove  these  
channels  from  your  Channel  List.  Remove  these  in  the  Channel  Skip  Menu.  

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If  you  have  both  analog  and  digital  channels,  the  TV  is  looking  for  all  available  channels  in  the  Channel  List.  If  
you  do  have  digital  channels,  the  TV  is  also  searching  for  scrambled  channels,  non-­scrambled  channels,  and  
each  sub-­channel  of  that  digital  channel.

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Use  the  HDMI  connections  on  your  TV  to  display  the  best  picture  quality.  However,  even  using  the  HDMI,  
your  content  and  content  source  will  dictate  the  picture  quality  you  see.  For  example,  source  content  that  is  
1080p  will  show  better  than  720p  or  480p.