Toshiba 27A40, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...Color Television TOSHIBA CORPORATION 2000 27A50 32A50 36A50 OWNER S MANUAL Set up Preparation Basic Operation Advanced Operation Reference Section TM ...

Page 2: ...ages on your TV screen forextendedperiodsoftime Stationarypatternsgenerated by PIP display computer displays video games stock market reports etc can become permanently engrained on the picture tube This damage is not protected by your warranty as it is the result of misuse Should you wish to use your TOSHIBA Television to display still images it is always advisable to reduce brightness and contra...

Page 3: ...ing the TV channels 18 Selecting the video input source 18 Convenient Remote Functions 19 Displaying on screen information 19 Muting the sound 19 Changing quickly between two channels 19 Adjusting the Picture 20 Adjusting the picture quality 20 Selecting the color temperature 21 Selecting the picture preference function 21 Adjusting the Sound 22 Adjusting the sound quality 22 Using the Off Timer S...

Page 4: ...AM INPUT TV CABLE VCR MENU ENTER CH RTN RECALL MUTE CH CH VOL VOL 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 0 ENT 100 POWER o REW PAUSE FF SOURCE STILL PIP SLOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV CH A EXIT Selecting a location for the TV Place the TV on the floor or on a sturdy platform in a location where light does not directly hit the screen Place the TV far enough from the walls to allow proper vent...

Page 5: ...while watching another channel IN OUT ANT S VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO L MONO R AUDIO L MONO R AUDIO VIDEO L Y R AUDIO VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 CB CR COLOR STREAM INPUT IN from ANT OUT to TV CH3 CH4 S VIDEO VIDEO OUT L R IN OUT OR Connecting a cable converter box This connection allows you to watch cable and premium channels Tune the TV to channel 3 or 4 whichever channel is vacant in your broadcast area then use t...

Page 6: ...ble Cable converter box TV Stereo VCR Caution If you have a mono VCR connect L Mono to VCR Audio OUT using only one audio cable If you have a S VHS VCR use the S video connections and remove the video cable Do not connect the video cable and the S video cable to VIDEO 1 simultaneously When you use a converter box with your TV there may be features that you cannot program using the remote control s...

Page 7: ...f using ColorStream component video Connecting your TV to a ColorStream compatible DVD can greatly enhance picture quality and performance From Antenna Caution The unauthorized recording of television programs video tapes and other materials may infringe upon the provisions of copyright laws Notes To watch from the VCR the TV must select VIDEO 1 To watch from DVD the TV must select VIDEO 2 Caution...

Page 8: ...w your batteries into a fire Do not mix battery types or combine used batteries with new ones Remove dead batteries immediately to prevent battery acid from leaking into the battery compartment If you do not intend to use the remote control for a long time remove the batteries Note This Remote Control s functions may or may not operate your VCR or cable TV converter Refer to the owner s manuals su...

Page 9: ...ensor POWER indicator TV CABLE VCR MENU ENTER CH RTN RECALL MUTE CH CH VOL VOL 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 0 ENT 100 POWER o REW PAUSE FF SOURCE STILL PIP SLOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV CH A EXIT TV VIDEO 18 EXIT 14 VOLUME T S 15 Menu T S 14 MENU 14 CH RTN 19 Channel Number 18 POWER 15 TV CABLE VCR 10 Set to TV to control the TV FAV CH t s 28 PIP functions 26 CHANNEL s t 18 Menu s...

Page 10: ...tion whenever you control the cable TV converter Aim at the VCR or cable TV converter REC record Press to start recording SLOW Press to view a slow motion picture in playback mode PAUSE Press to freeze the picture during playback or recording Press again to release FF fast forward Press to rapidly advance the tape In playback mode press to view the picture moving rapidly in forward direction REW r...

Page 11: ... If the VCR or the converter does not respond to the Remote Control repeat steps 1 to 4 with another code number For future reference write down the code numbers you used VCR CODE CABLE CODE Notes You have to reprogram the Remote Control when you change its batteries Some newer VCR s are capable of working on either of two remote codes These VCR s have a switch labeled VCR1 VCR2 If your VCR has th...

Page 12: ...54 Asha 259 Audiovox 056 Beaumark 259 Bell Howell 123 Brandt 206 Broksonic 140 203 230 314 380 Calix 056 Canon 054 Capehart 039 Carver 100 CCE 091 297 Citizen 056 297 Colt 091 Craig 056 066 091 259 Curtis Mathes 054 060 079 Cybernex 259 Daewoo 039 064 297 Daytron 039 Dynatech 019 Electrohome 056 Electrophonic 056 Emerex 051 Emerson 019 021 056 062 080 087 140 203 227 228 230 231 297 313 314 380 49...

Page 13: ...0 Zenith 019 Zentek 419 BRAND NAME CODE NUMBER ABC 020 022 026 027 030 032 033 036 066 Antronix 041 Archer 041 058 172 Belcor 075 Cable Star 075 Cabletenna 041 Cableview 041 Century 172 Citizen 172 Colour Voice 044 050 Comtronics 059 079 Contec 038 Dae Ryung 027 Eastern 021 Focus 419 Garrard 172 GC Electronics 075 Gemini 034 089 General Instrument 030 295 Goldstar 059 163 Hamlin 028 039 053 278 29...

Page 14: ...e T S buttons will function as the VOLUME T S buttons when no menu display is on the screen The s t buttons will function as the CHANNEL s tbuttons when no menu display is on the screen T S t s MENU TV CABLE VCR MENU ENTER CH RTN RECALL MUTE CH CH VOL VOL 1 4 7 2 5 8 3 6 9 0 ENT 100 POWER o REW PAUSE FF SOURCE STILL PIP SLOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV CH A EXIT s t T S EX...

Page 15: ...LISH FRANCAIS DEMO C CAPT ESPANOL START STOP C1 C2 C3 C4 T1 T2 T3 T4 OFF MOVE t s SELECT T S T V 4 VOLUME TO CONTROL PUSH VOL LANGUE ENGLISH FRANCAIS DEMO S TITRA ESPANOL MARCHE ARRET C1 C2 C3 C4 T1 T2 T3 T4 ARRET BOUGER t s CHOISIR T S 3 Press T or S until your desired language is displayed in purple If you select FRANCAIS for example the display language changes to French Understanding Auto Powe...

Page 16: ...nnel programming The TV will automatically cycle through all the TV or CABLE channels depending on the mode selected and store active channels in the channel memory TIMER TV CABLE CH PROGRAM ADD ERASE V CHIP CONTROL 0 MIN TV CABLE ADD ERASE FAVORITE CH MOVE t s SELECT T S TIMER TV CABLE CH PROGRAM ADD ERASE V CHIP CONTROL 0 MIN TV CABLE ADD ERASE FAVORITE CH MOVE t s SELECT T S TIMER TV CABLE CH P...

Page 17: ...9 69 14 A 15 B 92 92 16 C 93 93 94 94 34 U 95 A 5 35 V 96 A 4 36 W 97 A 3 37 AA 98 A 2 38 BB 99 A 1 100 100 60 XX 101 101 61 YY 102 102 62 ZZ 63 AAA 123 123 64 BBB 124 124 65 65 125 125 66 66 2 Press MENU repeatedly until the Setup menu is displayed on the screen 3 Press s or t repeatedly until ADD ERASE is displayed in purple TIMER TV CABLE CH PROGRAM ADD ERASE V CHIP CONTROL 0 MIN TV CABLE ADD E...

Page 18: ...he video input source You can use the TV VIDEO button to view signal coming from other devices such as VCR s or video disc players that may be connected to your TV See Connecting Your TV on page 5 Note To operate your TV and video equipment properly refer to the instructions furnished with the video equipment 1 Turn the TV and the video equipment ON 2 Press TV VIDEO on the Remote Control or on the...

Page 19: ...selected Stereo or SAP audio status V CHIP rating STEREO SAP TV PG L V CAPTION TEXT CABLE 4 Muting the sound Press MUTE to mute the sound The word MUTE will be displayed on the screen as shown This is useful during telephone calls or other interruptions To restore the sound press MUTE again Note When the MUTE button is pressed the Closed Captioned feature C1 is activated MUTE on the screen display...

Page 20: ...LOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV CH A EXIT T S MENU Adjusting the picture quality 1 Press MENU repeatedly until the Picture 1 menu is displayed on the screen 2 Press s or t until the item you want to adjust is displayed in purple 3 Press T or S R E S E T CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS SHARPNESS COLOR TINT RESET MOVE t s ADJUST T S CONTRAST BRIGHTNESS SHARPNESS COLOR TINT RESET MOVE t ...

Page 21: ...M PICTURE NORMAL THEATER PREFERENCE MEMORY MOVE t s SELECT T S COLOR TEMPERATURE COOL MEDIUM WARM PICTURE NORMAL THEATER PREFERENCE MEMORY MOVE t s SELECT T S 3 Press T or S until the mode you want is displayed in purple Selecting the picture preference function You can select a desired picture tone from three picture preset modes NORMAL THEATER MEMORY instantly COLOR TEMPERATURE PICTURE NORMAL TH...

Page 22: ... 3 6 9 0 ENT 100 POWER o REW PAUSE FF SOURCE STILL PIP SLOW PIP CH LOCATE SWAP STOP PLAY REC TV VCR TV VIDEO FAV CH A EXIT MENU s t Adjusting the sound quality 1 Press MENU until the Audio menu is displayed on the screen 2 Press s or t until the item you want to adjust is displayed in purple MTS SURROUND BASS TREBLE BALANCE MOVE t s SELECT T S STR SAP MONO ON OFF MTS SURROUND BASS TREBLE BALANCE S...

Page 23: ...he off timer TIMER TV CABLE CH PROGRAM ADD ERASE V CHIP CONTROL 30 MIN TV CABLE ADD ERASE FAVORITE CH MOVE t s SELECT T S 3 Press T or S to enter the length of time you want the TV to stay on Each time you press the button the time display will increase S or decrease T by 10 minutes 0 10 180 MIN 170 To cancel the setting Press POWER twice once to turn the TV off and once to turn it on again 2 Pres...

Page 24: ...o you can automatically receive stereo or monaural sound depending on the broadcast type If the stereo sound is noisy select MONO to reduce the noise Activating the surround sound effect 1 Select the Stereo mode as described above 2 Press MENU until the Audio menu is displayed on the screen 3 Press s or t until SURROUND is displayed in purple 4 Press T or S to select ON In general you should leave...

Page 25: ...e displayed in yellow Listening to second language 1 When the TV receives a SAP broadcast the word SAP is displayed on the screen 4 Press T or S until SAP is displayed in purple You will hear only the second language from the left and right speakers STEREO SAP TV 6 MTS SURROUND BASS TREBLE BALANCE MOVE t s SELECT T S STR SAP MONO ON OFF MTS SURROUND BASS TREBLE BALANCE MOVE t s SELECT T S STR SAP ...

Page 26: ...SOURCE PIP SWAP LOCATE STILL TV VIDEO 7 1 16 1 9 P I P 2 Press SOURCE to select the video input source VIDEO1 or VIDEO 2 for the small picture The selected source will be displayed in purple TO SELECT PUSH SOURCE VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 TV PIP Using the PIP CH t s buttons 1 Press TV VIDEO to select VIDEO 1 or VIDEO 2 main picture source and press SOURCE to select TV PIP source Picture from TV Picture from...

Page 27: ...y position of the small picture will change in order To switch the main and small picture Press SWAP when a small picture is displayed The main and small pictures will switch To switch them again press SWAP again To freeze the small picture Press STILL when a small picture is displayed The small picture will become a still picture To return to a moving picture press STILL again Still picture Advan...

Page 28: ... is displayed on the screen 3 Press s or t until FAVORITE CH is displayed in purple FAVORITE CH SET CLEAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TV CYAN CABLE BLUE SELECT T S SET t s 4 Press T or S to display the FAVORITE CH program menu Each time you press T or S you are guided between SET and CLEAR 5 To program channels Select SET Then press s or t until the channel number to be programmed 2 in this example re...

Page 29: ...O FAV CH A EXIT LANGUAGE ENGLISH FRANCAIS DEMO C CAPT ESPANOL START STOP C1 C2 C3 C4 T1 T2 T3 T4 OFF MOVE t s SELECT T S MENU T S s t Select C1 C2 C3 or C4 to view captions Select C1 for translation of the primary language in your area Select T1 T2 T3 or T4 to view Text To turn off the closed captioned feature Select OFF in step 4 above Notes A closed captioned signal may not be decoded in the fol...

Page 30: ... ERASE V CHIP CONTROL 0 MIN TV CABLE ADD ERASE FAVORITE CH MOVE t s START T S If a wrong pin code has been entered this message will appear Try to enter the correct code again If you can not remember the pin code you have stored while in the pin code entering mode press the RECALL button four times within 5 seconds The pin code you have stored will be released Factory reset status ENABLE BLOCKING ...

Page 31: ... program suitable for all ages PG Parental Guidance Suggested This program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children D Some suggestive dialog L Infrequent coarse language S Some sexual situations V Moderate violence 14 Parents Strongly Cautioned This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age D Intensely s...

Page 32: ...TICE shown below will be displayed since the emergency information may also be blocked Note The Picture in Pcture is not blocked even if Y is selected Number buttons BACK TO V CHIP MENU Press T or S to return to the V CHIP CONTROL menu NEW PIN CODE Changing Pin Code 1 Press T or S to display the NEW PIN CODE menu PLEASE ENTER NEW PIN CODE SELECT 0 9 END EXIT BLOCK MPAA UNRATED Y N BLOCK TV NONE RA...

Page 33: ... UN BLOCK SELECT 0 9 END EXIT INCORRECT PIN CODE PLEASE ENTER PIN CODE TO TEMPORARILY UN BLOCK SELECT 0 9 END EXIT All blocking is disabled until the TV is turned off It will be enabled when the power is reapplied If a wrong pin code is entered this message appears Enter the correct code again Unblocking programs temporarily 1 If you try to watch a TV program that exceeds the rating limits you set...

Page 34: ... cloth dampened with a solution of mild detergent and warm water to clean TV screen and trim Do not use too much water on the TV screen Water spills into the cabinet and may cause damage to the TV Avoid excessive water 3 Remove any extra moisture with the same cloth or a dry one To maintain the finish and appearance of the cabinet polish it from time to time with a quality furniture polish Caution...

Page 35: ...m negative sync AUDIO 150mV rms 30 modulation equivalent 47k ohm ColorStream component video INPUT Y 1V p p 75 ohm CR 0 7 V p p 75 ohm CB 0 7 V p p 75 ohm AUDIO VIDEO OUTPUT VIDEO 1V p p 75 ohm negative sync AUDIO 150mV rms 30 modulation equivalent 4 7k ohm Dimensions 27A50 Width 25 5 8 inches 652mm Height 23 7 8 inches 600mm Depth 20 13 16 inches 526mm 32A50 Width 30 5 8 inches 778mm Height 27 5 ...

Page 36: ...n 29 Cannot select a certain channel That channel may be locked out with BLOCK CHANNEL function or 33 erased with the ADD ERASE function 17 Multiple images ghosts Try another channel Maybe station trouble Use a highly directional outdoor antenna Poor color or no color Try another channel Maybe station trouble or local interference Adjust TINT and or COLOR in the Picture menu 20 If you change the d...

Page 37: ...limited above and do not extend to any product or parts which have been lost or discarded by you or to damage to products or parts caused by misuse accident damage caused by Acts of God such as lightning or fluctuations in electric power improper installation improper maintenance or use in violation of instructions furnished by us or to units which have been modified or had the serial number remov...

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