RCA LCD FLAT PANEL HDTV, User Manual

Page 1: ...LCD FLAT PANEL HDTV user s guide connections 6 remote 25 features 34 menus 40 FAQs 44 warranty 50 contents ...

Page 2: ...____________ 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 t place ...

Page 3: ... 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 objects fallin...

Page 4: ... 14 Choose Your Connections 15 Composite Video Connection 16 Component Video Connection 16 HDMI DVI Connection 17 PC Connection 18 Plug in TV 20 Put Batteries in Remote 20 Turn on TV 20 How to Use Remote Control to Complete Initial Setup 20 Complete Initial Setup 21 Set Menu Language 21 Set TV Location Mode 21 Complete Channel Setup 21 What To Expect 22 Watching TV 22 Changing Channels 22 Explanat...

Page 5: ...g Limit 37 Blocking Canada V Chip Ratings 38 Future Rating Region 38 Reset Downloadable Data 38 Blocking Unrated Exempt Programs 38 Block Channel 38 Button Block 38 Change Password 39 Additional Features 39 Screen Formats 39 Chapter 4 I Using TV Menu Using Menu System 40 Picture Menu 40 Sound Menu 41 Channel Menu 42 Parental Control Menu 42 Setup Menu 42 Time Menu 43 Chapter 5 I Other Information ...

Page 6: ...low 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 route all cables down one side of the back of the TV instead of straight down the middle If your antenna uses 300 ohm twin lead cables do not coil the cables Also keep the twin lead cables away from audio video cables Use Indirect Light D...

Page 7: ...ead follow the Mounting Your TV to the Wall instructions on page 13 Table Stand Assembly for models L26HD31 and L26HD31S Connections and Setup Chapter 1 7 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...

Page 8: ...he three screw holes from the bottom tighten ing three M4 St screws with a screwdriver 3 size M4 St screws Table Stand Assembly for model L32HD31 Parts List 1 Stand Table 1 Post Support 3 Size M4 ST Screws 1 Size M8 Screw Stand Connector Support Step 1 1 Take the TV bag and place it on a flat table 2 Take the TV set and place it face down on the TV bag ...

Page 9: ...e by aligning the screw holes 3 Attach the Post Support to the Stand Base with 3 Size M4 screws from the top with a screwdriver Table Stand Assembly Step 3 Attach the Table Stand Assembly to the TV cabinet by inserting the Post Support into the cabinet and aligning the Post Support Guide to the Slot Opening Post Support Guide Slot Opening ...

Page 10: ...lips head 3 screwdriver Swivel Table Stand Assembly for models L32HD36 and L40HD36 Parts List 1 Stand Table 4 Size M5 Screws 1 Size M8 Screw 1 Hinge for model L40HD36 1 Hinge for model L32HD36 1 Hinge Cover for model L40HD36 1 Hinge Cover for model L32HD36 10 Chapter 1 Connections and Setup ...

Page 11: ...TV bag Connections and Setup Chapter 1 11 Step 2 1 Take the Stand Base and the Hinge 2 Position the Hinge by aligning the slot on the Hinge and the notch on the Stand Base 3 Attach the Hinge to the Stand Base with four Size M5 screws from the bottom with a Philips head 2 screwdriver x4 Notch Hinge Slot ...

Page 12: ...ll 3 tab fasteners snap firmly in place Note for model L32HD36 only 2 tab fasteners Step 4 Remove the Stand Cap from the TV cabinet by pushing on the small tab and pulling out the Cap Step 5 Attach the fully assembled Table Stand to the TV cabinet by inserting the Hinge into the cabinet and aligning the Hinge Guide to the Slot Opening 12 Chapter 1 Connections and Setup Hinge Guide Slot Opening Sta...

Page 13: ...se a VESA 600 x400 Size M6 screw The VESA number is the horizontal and vertical measurement of the mounting holes For example 600x400 means the mounting measurements are 600mm horizontally and 400mm 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 Models L32...

Page 14: ... 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 15: ...DIO L 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 16: ...ng 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 14 2 Connect your Y Pb Pr component VIDEO cables Connect three VIDEO cables or special Y Pb Pr cables to the COMPONEN...

Page 17: ... 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 HDMI2 DVI INPUT jack or the HDMI1 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 HDMI2 DVI INPUT jack or...

Page 18: ... 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 19: ...e 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 VID1 CMPT or HDMI1 displayed at the top of the TV s screen Note If you re done connecting devices to your TV go to page 21 to complete the Initial Setup To continue connecting devices go to the next page Viewing PC 1 Plug in ...

Page 20: ...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 21: ...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 22: ... 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 39 for more explanation of screen formats Changing Channels Digital channels can have both primary channels like the analog channel number...

Page 23: ...igital optical cable to connect your TV to a compatible audio receiver HDMI1 DVI and HDMI2 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 integrated min...

Page 24: ...he INPUT button on your remote repeatedly to select S VIDEO displayed at the top of the screen SERVICE For service use only Side Panel Buttons If you cannot locate your remote you can use the side panel buttons of your TV to operate many of the TV s features POWER Turns the TV on and off MENU OK Brings up the TV Main menu When in the menu system it displays sub menus and selects highlighted items ...

Page 25: ...nel 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 Channel Th...

Page 26: ...ted 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 sate...

Page 27: ...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 28: ...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 29: ... 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 30: ...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 31: ...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 32: ...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 33: ...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 34: ...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 39 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 35: ...nding device button Parental Controls and V Chip The 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 36 If available TV programs can also be blocked by content such as adult language L This is explained on p...

Page 36: ...ogram 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...

Page 37: ...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 38: ...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 39: ...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 40: ...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 41: ...kers 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 t...

Page 42: ...red a channel you want 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 i...

Page 43: ... Font Lets you select a character design for the digital closed caption text A font is a complete assortment of letters numbers punctuation marks etc in a given design You can choose from a variety of fonts Style 1 7 Menu Language Lets you select your preferred language for the menus English Espanol or Francais Light Sensor Choose the On Off to turn on or off the light sensor located on the face o...

Page 44: ...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 45: ... 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 cable co...

Page 46: ...n 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 1 or HDMI 2 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 further...

Page 47: ...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 48: ...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 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...ED 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 ...

Page 52: ...is equipment does cause 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 fro...