RCA 32V520T, User Manual

Page 1: ...Television User s Guide ging Entertainment g ...

Page 2: ...he picture tube or projection W picture tubes ALSO some network program Iogos phone numbers black borders sides top and bottom etc may cause similar damage This damage is not covered by your warranty Cable TV Installer This reminder is provided to call your attention to Article 820 40 of the National Electrical Code Section 54 of the Canadian Electrical Code Part 1 which provides guidelines for pr...

Page 3: ...ed 17 Tilt Stability All televisions must comply with recommended international global safety standards for tilt and stability proper ties of its cabinet design Do not compromise these design standards by applying excessive pull force to the front or top of the cabinet which could ultimately overturn the product Also do not endanger yourself or children by placing electronic equipment toys on the ...

Page 4: ...ck FPA Lock Locks the buttons on the front of the TV so it cannot be operated accidentally by young children Closed Captioning Allows you to read TV program dialog or voice conversations as on screen text Off Timer Turns off the TV at a preset time On Timer Turns on the TV at a preset time to a designated TV channel or video source On screen Menus On screen text in English French or Spanish for se...

Page 5: ... of the TV Plug the TV s power cord into a power outlet and turn on the TV Set TV CATV to CATV as detailed on page 12 Set the TV to channel 3 or 4 the same as the channel 3 4 switch on your Cable Box if applicable Change channels at the Cable Box An RF coaxial cable to connect the Cable Box to the TV may be supplied by the Cable TV company It is not supplied with the TV You can connect a Satellite...

Page 6: ...o the ANTENNA INPUT jack check that the pin is not bent If it is bent straighten the pin as illustrated then plug the pin into the jack Bent pin Needs to be straightened Straight pin UHF Antenna Not supplied VHF _ _j Antenna Not supplied IL7 VHF UHF Combiner Not supplied VHF UHF n__ Combination Antenna Not supplied FCC WARNING This equipment may generate or use radio frequency energy Changes or mo...

Page 7: ...yellow to the VIDEO INPUT jack on the TV and to the VIDEO OUT jack on your VCR or other component Turn on the TV and the component Press the INPUT button on the remote control until the correct video input channel appears in the upper right corner of the TV screen When you play material on a VCR DVD player etc it will appear on the TV on the video input channel The bottom of page 4 has a complete ...

Page 8: ...low to the VIDEO Output Jack on the DVD player and to the VIDEO IN on your TV Connect your TV to your VCR Connect a coaxial cable to the TV ANT jack on your TV and to the Output Jack on your VCR sometimes labeled OUT TO TV Note If your VCR has A V output jacks you can connect your TV to your VCR using Audio Video cables for better quality Connect the coaxial cable from your cable outlet or antenna...

Page 9: ...es left audio connection The left audio connector is usually white Press INPUT on the remote to choose the the video input channel Choose FRNT to view material playing on equipment connected to the front AV side inputs or VIDEO to view material playing on equipment connected to the rear AV inputs VIDEO Provides composite video connection The video connector is usually yellow Press INPUT on the rem...

Page 10: ...STANDBY LED INDICATOR Model 32V432T 32V520T Only Lights to show AC power is available POWER Turns the TV on and off I V VIDEO INPUT Model 32V432T Only Choose between TV programming and the AV input Battery Installation To load batteries into the remote control Remove the battery compartment lid on the rear of the remote Press in the tab then lift off the lid Place two AA batteries in the remote Be...

Page 11: ...e with the TV programming MONO STEREO and SAR Details are on page 34 MUTE Press to mute or restore the TV sound Pressing the volume buttons VOLUME or VOL also will cancel mute and restore the sound NOTEPAD Press to display or close the NOTEBOOK window NUMBER Buttons When the TV Cable menu option is in the TV position all channels can be selected by using two buttons For example to select channel 2...

Page 12: ...highlighted Press VOL or VOL to select English Francais French or Espanol Spanish Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control Picture Preferences The language control only affects the language of the TV menus It does not change the other on screen text features such as Closed Captions 11 ...

Page 13: ...onnection details If you do not have Cable TV service and you connected an antenna to the TV choose TV See page 5 for connection details Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control Picture TV CATV CATV TV CATV CATV When CATV is selected channels 1 125 are available When TV is selected only chan...

Page 14: ...s OK to enter the Setup submenu Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Auto Search Press VOL to start programming TV channels Press VOL if you need to stop channel programming during the process When channel setup is completed the TV will go to its lowest channel Picture Searching Please Wait Stop TV 2 Press CH or CH to see which channels are in the TV s memory You can also select channels that ha...

Page 15: ...ss VOL to start searching upward for example starting at channel 60 and going up to 61 62 63 etc Press VOL when you find the channel you want This stops the search Otherwise the search will stop at the first available channel Or press VOL to start searching downward for example starting at channel 60 and going down to 59 58 57 etc Press VOL when you find the channel you want This stops the search ...

Page 16: ...ress VOL or VOL to select TV or CATV whichever you have Press CH or CH to select CH1 the first channel position then Press VOL or VOL to enter a channel number you want to store at this position such as CATV 8 Repeat to set the other four favorite channels Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote co...

Page 17: ...vailable when you press CH and CH to move through channels Choosing Erase will remove the channel from the TV s memory The channel will not be available when you flip through channels with the CH and CH buttons Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control 10 You won t see the change take effect ...

Page 18: ...ttons are pressed on the remote control Color Adjust to add or reduce color Brightness Adjust to brighten the darkest parts of the picture Contrast Adjust the distinction between the black and white parts of the picture Sharpness Improves picture detail Tint Obtain natural skin tones Blue Back Turn this option On or Off If you choose On a solid blue background screen will appear if the TV is on a ...

Page 19: ...ain menu Press CH or CH to highlight Preferences Press OK to enter the Preferences submenu Press OH or OH to highlight Rotation Press VOL or VOL to change the rotation angle Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control Picture Preferences 18 Rotation 07 ...

Page 20: ...or Contrast and Sharpness Press PRESETS on the remote control The current preset picture setting will appear on the screen Press PRESETS repeatedly to select Personal Normal Bright or Theater The Personal setting is what you specify with the picture adjustments as described on page 17 Personal is the only picture setting you can change All others are set at the factory Personal Normal Bright Theat...

Page 21: ...hange the time in minutes Press and hold the VOL or VOL to change the time quickly in 10 minute increments press OK The highlight moves to the hour position Use the VOL buttons to set the hour Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control Picture Time J If the power fails you must reset the clock...

Page 22: ...n time Press VOL or VOL to select Once or Daily Off If you select Once the timer will turn on the TV one time within the next 24 hours only If you select Daily the timer will turn on the TV at the same time and to the same channel every day Choose Off to cancel the On timer I0 Press OH or OH repeatedly to high light AM12 00 under the line of On Time 11Press VOL or VOL to enter the On time Hold dow...

Page 23: ...ect Daily the timer will turn off the TV at the same time every day Choose Off to cancel the Off timer Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight AM12 00 under the line of Off Time Press VOL or VOL to enter the On time Hold down VOL or VOL to change the time quickly in 10 minute increments press OK The hour is highlighted Use VOL or VOL to set the hour This will be the time at which the TV will turn i...

Page 24: ...hen you press MUTE The TV volume will be disabled until you press MUTE or VOL again to restore the sound Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control Picture J Preferences co off CO C Mute Not all TV programs and commercials are broadcast with Closed Caption information Neither are all Closed Ca...

Page 25: ... from 120 to 10 minutes in 10 minute decrements After setting the sleep timer Press SLEEP once to display the remaining time To cancel the sleep timer Press SLEEP until Off appears Within 1 minute of the time set a clock icon will flash to remind you that the TV will turn itself off soon Sleep Off Sleep 120min Sleep lOmin Sleep 9min 24 ...

Page 26: ...ming with an accompanying parent or adult guardian It contains one or more of the following intense violence intense sexual situations strong coarse language or intensely suggestive dialog NC17 No children under the age of 17 will be admitted This type of programming should be viewed by adults only It contains graphic violence explicit sex or crude indecent language X Adult only This type of progr...

Page 27: ...ssword Press VOL on the remote and the CHANNEL on the front of the rv at the same time Enter New Pwd will appear on the screen You must be in the Enter Password screen when attempting this Press the number buttons to enter a four digit code The code will appear on the screen as you enter it Press OK to save the code Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear wi...

Page 28: ...ating is highlighted Press OK to display MPAA ratings G PG PG 13 R N0 17 and X Press CH or CH to select the rating you want to block Press OK to block or unblock the rating A check mark will appear to the left of the rating when blocked When you block a rating higher ratings are blocked automatically To unblock all the ratings select N A _ Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will au...

Page 29: ...n be customized to block V violence F fantasy violence S sexual situations L coarse language or D suggestive dialog To do so continue with these steps ll Press CH or CH to highlight Content t5 Press OK to enter the Content menu 13 Press CH or CH to select a rating then press VOL _ Press OH or CH to select the content N_ theme Fantasy V Violence Sexual Language or Dialog then press OK to block or v...

Page 30: ...ting MASTER ENABLE this is the master switch for Parental Lock When ON all blocking censoring you have set is enabled When OFF all blocking is disabled BLOCK UNRATED All unrated programs based on movie ratings or TV ratings will be blocked if this feature is ON and MASTER ENABLE is ON BLOCK NO RATING All programming with no content advisory data will be blocked if this feature is ON and MASTER ENA...

Page 31: ...he TV FPA Lock On will appear on the TV screen each time you press buttons on the front of the TV You can still operate the TV with the remote control You can still use the POWER button on the front of the TV but only to turn off the TV not on Set FPA Lock to Off to cancel this feature so you can use the buttons on the front of the TV again Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will a...

Page 32: ...Sound submenu Press OH or OH to highlight Sound Mode Press VOL or VOL to select Personal Theater Concert or Speech Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control 2 4 B Picture IYou can choose a sound mode setting quickly by pressing the SOUND button on the remote control 31 Sound Mode Sound Mode ...

Page 33: ... Sound submenu Press OH or OH to highlight Volume Bass Treble or Balance Press VOL or VOL to adjust the option Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control 2 Picture Bass 50 Treble 50 Bass Enhances the low frequency sounds Treble Enhances the high frequency sounds Balance Distributesthe sound be...

Page 34: ...ress OK to enter the Sound submenu Press CH or CH repeatedly to highlight Surround Press VOL or VOL to turn this option on or off Press MENU repeatedly to exit the menu or the menu will automatically disappear within a few seconds if no buttons are pressed on the remote control Picture f IN _UT pliESETS IHeO DEL i DO _Soud Surround Off Surround On 33 ...

Page 35: ...have all the MTS options If STEREO appears on the screen when you select a channel stereo broadcasting is available with the current TV program You can hear sound from the left and right speakers of the TV If the broadcast is not strong or clear stereo sound is not available Press the MTS button to change to MONO This should eliminate the noise If MONO appears on the screen when you choose a chann...

Page 36: ...ssage will be displayed on the screen first when the TV is turned on If you select this icon the notebook window with the stored message will not be displayed on the screen when the TV is turned on If you want to display the message at a specified time select the icon _ and proceed with these steps 8 Press CH CH and VOL VOL to select OOFE Press OK to turn OFF into AM 12 00 10 Press CH or CH to cha...

Page 37: ...int free cloth as well Take care not to scratch or mar the screen If necessary you may use a cloth dampened with warm water Never use strong cleaning agents such as ammonia based cleaners or abrasive powder These types of cleaners will damage the TV While cleaning do not spray liquid directly on the screen or allow liquid to run down the screen and inside the TV Also never place drinks or vases wi...

Page 38: ... Parental Controls If you re using a VCR checkto make sure the TV VCRbutton on the VCRis in the correct mode pressthe TV VCRbutton on your VCR Noisy stereo reception May be a weak station PressMTS on the remote and choose Mono instructions on page 34 No picture no sound butTV is on Maybe the signal type is set wrong Go to page 12for more instructions You may have the wrong video input channel sele...

Page 39: ...ustomer replacement fuses Damage from images burnt onto the screen A television that has been modified or incorporated into other products or is used for institutional or other commercial purposes A television purchased or serviced outside the U S A Acts of nature such as but not limited to lightning damage Product registration Please complete and mail the Product Registration Card packed with you...

Page 40: ...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 1 Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna 2 Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver 3 Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected 4 Consult the dealer or an experie...