Toshiba 36A12, Owner'S Manual

Page 1: ...e to Toshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV s Features Appendix 2002 TOSHIBA CORPORATION All Rights Reserved 23565683 I S O 14001 FILE No A96 4 5 T O S H I B A A M E RICA CONSUMER P R O D U C T S I N C ...

Page 2: ...ly and friends Thank you 2500 Wilson Blvd Arlington VA 22201 U S A Tel 703 907 7600 Fax 703 907 7690 www CE org CEA is the Sponsor Producer and Manager of the International CES Safety Precautions WARNING TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPLIANCE TO RAIN OR MOISTURE Dear Customer Thank you for purchasing this Toshiba TV This manual will help you use the many exciting...

Page 3: ...y Instructions 1 Read these instructions 2 Keep these instructions 3 Heed all warnings 4 Follow all instructions 5 Do not use this apparatus near water 6 Clean only with a dry cloth 7 Do not block any ventilation openings Install in accordance with the manufacturer s instructions 8 Do not install near any heat sources such as radiators heat registers stoves or other apparatus including amplifiers ...

Page 4: ...ture appear distorted or the color appear faded If this happens turn off the TV for 6 to 7 hours to allow the condensation to evaporate 30 For added protection of your TV from lightning and power surges always unplug the power cord and disconnect the antenna from the TV if you leave the TV unattended or unused for long periods of time 31 During normal use the TV may make occasional snapping or pop...

Page 5: ...es 19 Adjusting the channel settings 19 Switching between two channels 19 Programming your favorite channels 19 Using the V Chip Control blocking feature 20 Selecting a PIN code 20 Changing your PIN code 21 Blocking programs by ratings 22 Ratings definitions MPAA Youth TV TV 22 Unblocking programs temporarily 23 Blocking unrated movies and programs 23 Blocking channels 24 Locking video inputs 25 C...

Page 6: ...el or the remote control The front and back panels provide terminal connec tions for connecting other equipment to your TV Selecting a location for the TV Place the TV on the floor or on the optional TV stand listed in the Specifications section Place the TV in a location where light does not directly hit the screen Place the TV far enough from the walls to allow proper ventilation Inadequate vent...

Page 7: ...xial cable uses F connectors Standard stereo A V cables usually come in sets of three and are typically color coded according to use yellow for video red for stereo right audio and white for stereo left or mono audio Your TV s standard A V inputs are color coded in the same manner as the cables S Video cable is for use with video equipment that has S Video connectors Component video cables come in...

Page 8: ...audio cables one single audio cable for a mono VCR one video cable one cable splitter ANT 75Ω ANT 1 OUT ANT 2 IN VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 S VIDEO VIDEO L MONO R AUDIO OUT VIDEO L MONO R AUDIO DVD IN COLOR STREAM INPUT L R AUDIO Y Pb Pr Stereo VCR VIDEO AUDIO IN from ANT CH 3 CH 4 OUT to TV L R TV Cable Converter Box IN OUT IN OUT OUT From Cable IN OUT Cable Signal Splitter Note When you use a converter box...

Page 9: ...ble ANT 75Ω IN OUT DVD IN Stereo VCR DVD Satellite Receiver To Satellite To Antenna Note You can use a regular video cable instead of an S video cable between the TV and DVD player satellite receiver but the picture quality will decrease The illustration at left shows one S video cable and one pair of audio cables connected from the DVD player satellite receiver to Video 1 on the TV Do not connect...

Page 10: ...me Do not connect the same VCR to the output and input jacks on the TV at the same time ANT 75Ω IN OUT DVD IN Stereo VCR DVD Player with ColorStream component video To Antenna TV Connecting two VCRs This connection allows you to record from one VCR to another VCR while watching a video program You can also record from one TV channel while watching another channel You will need two coaxial cables o...

Page 11: ... by the cable company one pair of audio cables ANT 75Ω IN OUT DVD IN TV Audio Amplifier To Cable Cable Box or Antenna Note If your camcorder has an S video connection an S video cable will provide better picture performance than a regular video cable Do not connect a regular video cable and an S video cable to Video 1 or Video 2 at the same time VIDEO L MONO R AUDIO VIDEO 3 IN AUDIO VIDEO OUT L R ...

Page 12: ...ual To control a cable TV converter Set the TV CABLE VCR switch to the CABLE position The shaded buttons in the top portion of the illustration at right will then control the cable TV converter Note The remote control provided with your TV may or may not operate certain features on your VCR cable TV converter or other electronic equipment Refer to the owner s manuals provided with your other equip...

Page 13: ...ol CH RTN ADV PIP CH LIGHT MUTE TV VIDEO TIMER RECALL POWER TV CABLE VCR ENT C CAPT M E N U 1 4 2 5 3 6 7 8 9 0 100 Channel Numbers TV CABLE VCR switch ENT used for the ENTER command with some VCRs and cable TV converters POWER CH CH Channel VOL RECALL Programming the remote control for use with a non Toshiba VCR or cable TV converter The remote control provided with your Toshiba TV is preprogramm...

Page 14: ... 071 Telefunken 206 TMK 227 259 Toshiba 062 064 085 229 231 385 Totevision 056 259 Unitech 259 Vector 064 Vector Research 057 059 Video Concepts 059 064 080 Videosonic 259 Wards 019 054 061 066 067 081 091 168 231 259 XR 1000 019 054 091 Yamaha 057 Zenith 052 053 058 Cable TV converter code table Brand Code ABC 020 022 027 030 032 033 036 066 Antronix 041 Archer 041 058 172 Belcor 075 Cable Star 0...

Page 15: ...gh programmed channels page 17 Channel Numbers 0 9 100 directly tune channels page 18 VOL yz adjusts the volume level CH RTN Channel Return returns to the last viewed channel page 19 C CAPT opens the Closed Caption menu page 32 MENU accesses on screen menus page 16 yz x Up Down Left Right Arrows select or adjust menu items when a menu is on screen page 17 FAV zy Left Right Arrows select channels y...

Page 16: ...Press x or until the SET UP menu appears 3 Press y or z to highlight LANGUAGE 4 Press x or to highlight your desired language MOVE SELECT LANGUAGE ANT1 2 TV CABLE CH PROGRAM ADD ERASE MORE ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESPANOL ANT1 ANT2 TV CABLE ADD ERASE SET UP BOUGER CHOISIR LANGUE ANT1 2 TV CABLE PROGRAMME CAN ADD EFF MORE ENGLISH FRANCAIS ESPANOL ANT1 ANT2 TV CABLE ADD EFF CONFIGURE Selecting the antenna i...

Page 17: ...em in the TV s memory After the channels are stored automati cally you can manually add or erase individual channels see page 18 If you use both ANT 1 and ANT 2 terminals you will need to program channels for each signal source To program channels automatically 1 Press MENU 2 Press x or to highlight the SET UP menu 3 Press y or z to highlight TV CABLE 4 Press x or to highlight TV if you use an ant...

Page 18: ... 5 Press x or to highlight ADD or ERASE whichever function you want to perform 6 Press MENU 7 Repeat steps 1 6 for other channels you want to add or erase or press EXIT to return to normal TV viewing Changing channels To change to the next programmed channel Press CHANNEL yz To change to a specific channel programmed or unprogrammed Press the CHANNEL NUMBERS 0 9 and 100 Note For channels 100 and h...

Page 19: ...program a maximum of 12 favorite channels Note You can still use CHANNEL to cycle through all the channels you previously programmed into the TV s memory see Adding channels to the TV s memory on page 17 To program your favorite channels 1 Tune the TV to a channel you want to program as a favorite channel 2 Press MENU 3 Press x or to highlight the SET UP menu 4 Press y or z to highlight FAVORITE C...

Page 20: ... 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TV CYAN CABLE BLUE SET UP CLEAR 7 Press z to clear the current channel number from the list 8 Press MENU 9 Repeat steps 1 8 for other channels you want to clear from your favorite channel list or press EXIT to close the menu Using the V Chip Control blocking feature You can use the V Chip Control feature to block certain programs or channels to prevent others from viewing them...

Page 21: ... highlight ENABLE BLOCKING 7 Press x or to highlight Y which enables all blocking by activating the V Chip See Blocking programs by ratings on page 22 Blocking unrated movies or programs on page 23 and Blocking channels on page 24 Note Highlight N to deactivate the V Chip Control feature and disable blocking Changing your PIN code 1 Press MENU 2 Press x or to highlight the SET UP menu 3 Press y or...

Page 22: ...r 17 Dialog Intensely suggestive dialog Language Crude or indecent language Sex Explicit sexual activity Violence Graphic violence 14 Parents strongly cautioned This program contains some material that many parents would find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age Dialog Frequent suggestive dialog Language Frequent coarse language Sex Intense sexual situations Violence Intense violence PG P...

Page 23: ...s temporarily When you try to view a program with a ratings block a message appears stating that the program has been blocked because the program s rating exceeds the set limits To temporarily override the block and view the program press MUTE and enter your PIN code To reset your original ratings blocks turn the TV off and then on again THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN BLOCKED TV PG L V EXCEEDS SET LIMITS P...

Page 24: ... channels Blocked channels cannot be viewed regardless of their ratings If you try to tune the TV to a blocked channel the nearest unblocked channel will display To block a channel 1 Tune the TV to the channel you want to block 2 Press MENU 3 Press x or to highlight the SET UP menu 4 Press y or z to highlight V CHIP CONTROL 5 Press x or to display the Enter PIN Code screen 6 Use the CHANNEL NUMBER...

Page 25: ... Enable Blocking option of V Chip control page 21 The Video Lock options are Video Blocks Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 and ColorStream Video Blocks Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 ColorStream and channels 3 and 4 Off Disables the Video Lock feature To set up video lock 1 Press MENU 2 Press x or to highlight the SET UP menu 3 Press y or z to highlight V CHIP CONTROL 4 Press x or to display the Enter PIN Code sc...

Page 26: ...ENU SET UP SELECT MOVE CH LABEL SET CLEAR SET CLEAR LABEL _ _ _ _ SET UP MENU SET UP SELECT SET ENT 8 Press x or repeatedly to scan through the list of available characters until the desired character appears in the first space 9 Press MENU 10 Repeat steps 8 and 9 to enter the rest of the characters Note For a blank space in the label name you must choose a blank space from the list of characters ...

Page 27: ...ighlight VIDEO LABEL 4 Press x or to display the Video Label screen 5 Press y or z to highlight the input source to be labeled VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 VIDEO 3 or ColorStream 6 Press x or to select the desired label for that input source MOVE VIDEO LABEL VIDEO1 VCR DVD DTV SAT CBL VIDEO2 VIDEO3 ColorStream SET UP MENU SET UP SELECT 7 Repeat steps 1 6 to label the other input sources 8 When you finish setti...

Page 28: ... see Connecting your TV on page 7 2 Turn on the TV and select the program source you want to watch in the main window 3 Press PIP one press to display a PIP window 1 9 the size of the screen two presses to display a 1 16 size window 4 Press SOURCE to select the PIP input source TV VIDEO 1 VIDEO 2 or VIDEO 3 The current source will display on screen in green TO SELECT PUSH SOURCE PIP TV VIDEO1 VIDE...

Page 29: ... Adding channels to the TV s memory on page 17 Note The LOCATE SWAP PIP CHANNEL yz SOURCE and STILL buttons do not function in multi window PIP mode To view multi window PIP Press PIP three times The TV cycles through all of the programmed channels showing a few seconds of each channel s programming and then freezes the image and moves on to the next channel in a continuous cycle The channel numbe...

Page 30: ...ower Higher Brightness Darker Lighter Sharpness Softer Sharper Color Paler Deeper Tint Reddish Greenish Selecting the color temperature You can change the picture quality by selecting from three preset color temperatures cool medium and warm as described in the following table Mode Picture Quality Cool Blueish Medium Neutral Warm Reddish To select the color temperature 1 Press MENU 2 Press x or to...

Page 31: ...display the following information on screen Antenna mode when in TV mode Channel number or video mode Channel label if set Audio status stereo or SAP Rating of current program if rated Setting the off timer The off timer turns the TV off automatically To set the off timer 1 Press TIMER 2 Press to increase or x to decrease the amount of time until the TV turns off automatically in 10 minute increme...

Page 32: ...nslation of the primary language in your area Note If the program or video you selected is not closed captioned no captions will display on the screen The top of the mountain is covered with snow all the year round To view text select T1 T2 T3 or T4 Note If text is not available in your viewing area a black rectangle may appear on your screen If this occurs turn the Closed Caption feature off WORL...

Page 33: ... The MTS feature is not available in VIDEO mode In general you can leave your TV in stereo mode because the TV automatically outputs either stereo or monaural mono sound depending on the broadcast type When the TV receives a stereo or SAP broadcast the word STEREO or SAP displays on the screen every time you turn the TV on change the channel or press RECALL To listen to stereo sound 1 Press MENU 2...

Page 34: ...feature uses stereo signals from a TV broadcast or video input To turn the surround sound feature on 1 Press MENU 2 Press x or to highlight the AUDIO menu 3 If you have not already done so select STEREO mode press y or z to highlight MTS and then press x or to highlight STR 4 Press y or z to highlight SURROUND 5 Press x or to highlight ON MOVE AUDIO SELECT MTS STR SAP MONO BASS 50 TREBLE 50 BALANC...

Page 35: ...g an audio amplifier to the TV s Audio OUT jack To select variable audio output 1 Press MENU 2 Press x or to highlight the AUDIO menu 3 Press y or z to highlight AUDIO OUT 4 Press x or to highlight VARIABLE MOVE AUDIO SELECT MTS STR SAP MONO BASS 50 TREBLE 50 BALANCE 0 SURROUND ON OFF AUDIO OUT FIX VARIABLE MORE To select fixed audio output 1 Highlight FIX in step 4 above Turning off the built in ...

Page 36: ... your TV unplug the power cord to prevent the TV from turning on in your absence Using the sub bass system SBS The sub base system SBS allows you to enhance bass performance even when the volume is low To turn the sub bass system on or off 1 Press MENU 2 Press x or to highlight the AUDIO menu 3 Press y or z to highlight SBS 4 Press x or to highlight ON or OFF MOVE AUDIO SELECT MORE SPEAKERS ON OFF...

Page 37: ...lties Try another channel Check the antenna connections If you are using a VCR make sure the TV VCR button is set correctly Cannot receive above channel 13 Make sure TV CABLE is set to TV mode Unable to select a certain channel The channel may be locked out with the channel lock feature or erased with the add erase feature Multiple images The station may have broadcast difficulties Try another cha...

Page 38: ...UT Y 1V p p 75 ohm CR PR 0 7 V p p 75 ohm CB PB 0 7 V p p 75 ohm S VIDEO INPUT Y INPUT 1 V p p 75 ohm negative sync C INPUT 0 286 V p p burst signal 75 ohm VIDEO AUDIO INPUT VIDEO 1 V p p 75 ohm negative sync AUDIO 150 mV rms 30 modulation equivalent 47 k ohm VIDEO AUDIO OUTPUT VIDEO 1 V p p 75 ohm negative sync AUDIO 150 mV rms 30 modulation equivalent 47 k ohm Dimensions Width 38 3 16 inches 970...

Page 39: ... or Puerto Rico 4 Labor service charges for set installation setup adjustment of customer controls and installation or repair of antenna systems are not covered by these warranties Reception problems caused by inadequate antenna systems are your responsibility 5 Warranties extend only to defects in materials or workmanship as limited above and do not extend to any television or parts that have bee...

Page 40: ...esponsibility 5 Warranties extend only to defects in materials or workmanship as limited above and do not extend to any television or parts that have been lost or discarded by you or to damage to television or parts caused by misuse accident Acts of God such as lightning or fluctuations in electric power improper installation improper maintenance or use in violation of instructions furnished by TC...

Page 41: ...41 Reference Welcome to Toshiba Connecting your TV Using the Remote Control Setting up your TV Using the TV s Features Appendix NOTES ...

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