Samsung PCL5415R, Owner'S Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...Owner s Instructions PROJECTION TELEVISION PCL545R PCL5415R PCL6215R AA68 01413A ENG ...

Page 2: ...all be connected to the grounding system of the building as close to the point of cable entry as practical Caution FCC CSA regulations state that any unauthorized changes or modifica tions to this equipment may void the user s authority to operate it Caution To prevent electric shock match the wide blade of plug to the wide slot and fully insert the plug Attention pour eviter les chocs electriques...

Page 3: ...pod bracket or table where it can fall A falling TV can cause serious injury to a child or adult and serious damage to the appliance Use only with a cart stand tripod bracket or table recommended by the manu facturer or sold with the TV Follow the manufacturer s instruc tions when mounting the unit and use a mounting accessory rec ommended by the manufacturer Move the TV and cart with care Quick s...

Page 4: ...trode Do not attempt to service the TV yourself Refer all servicing to qualified service personnel Unplug the unit from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions when the power supply cord or plug is damaged if liquid has been spilled on the unit or if objects have fallen into the unit if the TV has been exposed to rain or water if the TV doe...

Page 5: ...arked with FCC Logo This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the following two conditions 1 this device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired opera tion The party responsible for product compliance SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD America QA Lab of Samsung 85 West Tasman...

Page 6: ...s PCL545R only 2 8 Installing Batteries in the Remote Control 2 9 Chapter 3 Operation 3 1 Turning the TV On and Off 3 1 Plug Play Feature 3 1 Using the Perfect Focus Feature 3 3 Adjusting Manual convergence 3 4 Adjust Red Convergence 3 5 Viewing the Menus and On Screen Displays 3 6 Viewing the Menus 3 6 Viewing the Display 3 6 Selecting a Menu Language 3 7 Selecting the Antenna Input 3 7 Memorizin...

Page 7: ...ting a Signal Source Antenna or Cable for PIP 4 12 Selecting a Signal Source External A V for PIP 4 12 Swapping the Contents of the PIP image and Main image 4 13 Changing the Size of the PIP Window 4 13 Changing the PIP Channel 4 14 Changing the Location Rotating the PIP mode 4 14 Scanning the Available Channels 4 14 Using the V Chip 4 15 Setting Up Your Personal ID Number PIN 4 15 How to Enable D...

Page 8: ...nnel sound decoder for stereo and bilingual listening Built in dual channel speakers A special sleep timer Picture in Picture Component Video Input jacks to obtain a sharper image from external sources Perfect Focus Precautions When Moving and Installing the Unit This Projection Television is provided with casters at its bottom so it can be moved easily Depending on the material of the floor it ma...

Page 9: ...k up or down to highlight a particular source and then move the joystick to the right to select it MUTE Press to temporarily cut off the sound ˆ Timer indicator When the TV is turned on the Timer indicator blinks ten times This indicator illuminates when the Timer mode is set to the On position after setting the clock and either the On timer or Off timer with the remote control Even if the power i...

Page 10: ... video game ˇ AUDIO INPUT jacks Use to connect the audio signals from a cam corder or video game S VIDEO INPUT jack Use to connect an S Video signal from a cam corder or a video game Front Panel Jacks You can use the front panel jacks to connect an A V component that is used only occasionally such as a camcorder or video game For information on connecting equipment see pages 2 1 2 8 ...

Page 11: ...t Top Box The PIP channel can be received only when a signal source is connected to ANT A S VIDEO INPUT jack Connect to an S VHS VCR or DVD player ˇ VIDEO INPUT jacks Connect to the video output jacks of VCRs DVD players and similar devices Two sets are avail able Video1 and Video2 AUDIO INPUT jacks Connect to the audio output jacks of VCRs DVD players and similar devices ˆ AUDIO VIDEO MONITOR OUT...

Page 12: ... current chan nel and the audio video settings Aspect Press to change the screen size Surround For model PCL545R only Selects one of Phantom modes Off Normal Phantom or Wide MTS Multichannel Television Stereo Press to choose stereo mono or Separate Audio Program SAP broadcast MODE Selects a target device to be con trolled by the Samsung remote control i e TV VCR Cable box or DVD Ô Pre CH Tunes to ...

Page 13: ...urces for the PIP window Scan Press to memorize scan the available channels Locate Press to move the PIP window to any of the four corners of the TV screen Swap Exchanges the video signal that is currently displayed on the main screen with the signal in the PIP window Size Press to make the PIP window small large or double screen Double window doesn t func tion on the models PCL5415R PCL6215R CH D...

Page 14: ...u have two antennas see Separate VHF and UHF Antennas on page 2 2 Antennas with 300 ohm Flat Twin Leads If you are using an off air antenna such as a roof antenna or rabbit ears that has 300 ohm twin flat leads follow the directions below Chapter Two INSTALLATION 1 Place the wires from the twin leads under the screws on the 300 75 ohm adaptor not sup plied Use a screwdriver to tighten the screws 2...

Page 15: ... B antenna terminal on rear of the TV 2 Plug the combiner into the ANT A or ANT B ter minal on the rear panel INSTALLATION Antennas with 75 ohm Round Leads Plug the antenna lead into the ANT A or ANT B terminal on the rear panel Separate VHF and UHF Antennas If you have two separate antennas for your TV one VHF and one UHF you must combine the two antenna signals before connecting the antennas to ...

Page 16: ...N VHF IN or simply IN Connecting to a Cable Box that Descrambles Some Channels If your cable box descrambles only some channels such as premium channels follow the instructions below You will need a two way splitter an RF A B switch and four lengths of coaxial cable These items are available at most electronics stores 1 Find and disconnect the cable that is connected to the ANTENNA IN ter minal on...

Page 17: ...N terminal on the RF A B switch 6 Connect the last coaxial cable between the OUT terminal on the RF A B switch and the VHF UHF terminal on the rear of the TV After you ve made this connection set the A B switch to the A position for normal view ing Set the A B switch to the B position to view scrambled channels When you set the A B switch to B you will need to tune your TV to the cable box s outpu...

Page 18: ...ial cable is usually included with a VCR If not check your local elec tronics store 2 Connect a set of audio cables between the AUDIO OUT jacks on the VCR and the AUDIO jacks on the TV If you have mono VCR connect L mono to VCR audio out using only one audio cable 3 Connect a video cable between the VIDEO OUT jack on the VCR and the VIDEO jack on the TV If you have a S VHS VCR use the S Video conn...

Page 19: ... front panel jacks on your TV make it easy to connect a camcorder to your TV They allow you to view the camcorder tapes without using a VCR Also see Selecting a Signal Source External A V on page 3 21 1 Locate the A V output jacks on the camcorder They are usually found on the side or rear of the camcorder 2 Connect an audio cable between the AUDIO OUTPUT jack on the camcorder and the AUDIO termin...

Page 20: ...ay er 2 To enable Component video viewing connect video cables between the Y PB and PR inputs on the TV and Y PB and PR or Y CB CR outputs on the DVD player Note For an explanation of Component video see your DVD play er s owner s instruction Connecting audio and video jacks 1 Connect a set of audio cables between the AUDIO IN jacks on the TV and the AUDIO OUT jacks on the DVD player 2 Connect vid...

Page 21: ... audio in jacks on the TV and the AUDIO OUT jacks on the DTV Set Top box 2 To enable Component video viewing connect video cables between the Y PB and PR inputs on the TV and Y PB and PR or Y CB CR outputs on the DTV Set Top box Note For an explanation of Component video see your DTV Set top box s owner s instruction Connecting Surround Speakers PCL545R only 1 Connect inputs of an amplifier to the...

Page 22: ...remote control can be used up to about 23 feet from the TV Assuming typical TV usage the Batteries last for about one year 2 Install two AAA size batteries Make sure to match the and ends of the batteries with the diagram inside the compartment Installing Batteries in the Remote Control 1 Slide the back cover all the way out to open the battery compartment of the remote control ...

Page 23: ...am 1 Press the POWER button on the remote control The message Plug Play is displayed It flickers for a little while and then the Language menu is automatically displayed 2 Move the joystick to the right or left to select the desired language Press Menu to enter the language and then the Clock Set menu is automatically displayed 3 Move the joystick down to select Clock Set the hour or minute by mov...

Page 24: ...m or press Menu to skip refer to Auto program on page 3 9 6 When you have finished press the Menu button The message Enjoy your watching is displayed 7 If you want to reset this fea ture 1 Press the Menu button 2 Move the joystick down to select the FUNCTION menu and press the joy stick to enter 3 Move the joystick down to select Plug Play and press the joystick to enter The message Plug Play is d...

Page 25: ...o select Convergence then press the joystick to enter 3 Move the joystick down to select Perfect Focus then press the joystick to enter Perform Perfect Focus in the following sequence green red Blue The Perfect Focus feature ends after the cursor flick ers for one second Press Menu button to exit OPERATION Notes If any error happens during Perfect Focus then perform Perfect Focus once again If you...

Page 26: ... alignment Be sure to use the remote control for the convergence adjustments First steps 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select FUNCTION then press the joystick to enter 2 Move the joystick down to select Convergence then press the joystick to enter continued 3 The Manual Convergence screen will appear and the word Red will be high lighted ...

Page 27: ... the VOL and VOL buttons to move the line so that it is superim posed on the vertical center line i e make a single vertical line that is as white as possible Adjust Red Convergence 7 For Blue adjustment do the same as the above After the red convergence is correctly adjusted press Menu to exit all the menus Note Since the center convergence adjustments can t be done after completing the side conv...

Page 28: ...REEN The on screen menus disappear from the screen after thirty seconds You can also use the MENU CHANNEL and VOLUME buttons on the control panel of the TV to make selections 1 Press the Display button on the remote control The TV will display the chan nel the type of audio and the status of certain video and audio settings MFT indicates a channel has been manually fine tuned 2 Use the joystick up...

Page 29: ... Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select FUNCTION then press the joystick to enter Selecting the Antenna Input You can connect to two different signal sources by choosing the antenna input Antenna A or Antenna B 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select CHANNEL then press the joystick to enter 2 Move the joystick to the left or right to select A or B Press the Menu bu...

Page 30: ...eo Signal source Before your television can begin memorizing the available channels you must specify the type of signal source that is connected to the TV i e an antenna or a cable system 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select CHANNEL then press the joystick to enter 2 Move the joystick down to select ANT CATV then move the joystick to the left or right to cycle through these cho...

Page 31: ...he joystick down to select Auto Program then press the joystick to enter 1 First select the correct signal source ANT STD HRC IRC See steps 1 2 on previous page Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select CHANNEL then press the joystick to enter Note Channel auto program does not function when the V chip is active 2 Press the Add Erase button Repeatedly pressing this button will alterna...

Page 32: ...buttons to quickly tune to any channel Press the number buttons to go directly to a channel For example to select channel 27 press 2 then 7 The TV will change channels when you press the second number When you use the number buttons you can directly select channels that were either erased or not memorized To select a channel over 100 press the 100 button For channel 122 press 100 then 2 then 2 To ...

Page 33: ... Store Your Favorite Channels 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select CHANNEL then press the joystick to enter To View Your Favorite Channels Press the Fav CH button repeatedly to jump from one favorite channel to another 2 Move the joystick down to select Fav Channel then press the joystick to enter 3 Move the joystick to the left or right to select chan nel To erase the memorize...

Page 34: ...laces the noisy picture background If you wish to continue viewing the poor pic ture you must set the Blue screen mode to Off 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select CHANNEL then press the joystick to enter 2 Move the joystick down to select Blue Screen 3 Move the joystick to the left or right to select On or Off Press the Menu button to exit ...

Page 35: ...ct CHANNEL then press the joystick to enter 3 Move the joystick down to select Labeling Move the joystick to the right to begin labeling The left most field will be highlighted Each label has four fields See top para graph 4 Move the joystick up or down to select a letter a number or a blank Moving joystick up or down results in this sequence A B Z blank 0 1 9 5 Move the joystick to the right swit...

Page 36: ...u can use one of the automatic settings See next page Customizing the Picture 2 Move the joystick to the left or right repeatedly until the word Custom is selected When Custom is selected the words Contrast Brightness Sharpness Color and Tint will appear on the screen 4 Move the joystick to the left or right to increase or decrease the value of a particular item After adjusting an item the gauge w...

Page 37: ...Choose Dynamic for viewing the TV during the day or when there is bright light in the room Choose Mild Mild Contrast when viewing the TV in low light or when playing video games Choose Custom if you want to adjust the settings according to personal pref erence see Customizing the Picture page 3 14 1 Press the Menu button PICTURE icon will be highlighted blinking Press the joystick to enter 2 Move ...

Page 38: ... the joystick to the left or right to select Normal Warm or Cool Press the Menu button to exit OPERATION Using Mute At any time you can temporarily cut off the sound using the Mute button 1 Press the Mute button and the sound cuts off The word Mute will appear in the lower left corner of the screen 2 To turn mute off press the Mute button again or simply press either the VOL or VOL button Press th...

Page 39: ...enu button Move the joystick down to select SOUND then press the joystick to enter Customizing the Sound You can use the on screen menus to adjust the bass treble and balance according to individ ual preference Alternatively you can use one of the automatic settings See next page 4 Move the joystick to the right left or right to increase or decrease the value of a particular item When you are fini...

Page 40: ... the standard factory settings Choose Music when watching music videos or concerts Choose Speech when watching a show that is mostly dialogue i e news Choose Movies when watching movies Choose Custom to recall your personalized settings 2 Move the joystick to the left or right repeatedly to select Standard Music Speech Movie or Custom audio settings 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down t...

Page 41: ...own to select Time then press the joystick to enter Move the joystick to the left or right to select Manual Move the joystick down to select Clock When selecting the hours be sure to select the proper time of day AM or PM 4 Move the joystick to the right the hours digits will start blinking Move the joystick up or down to select the correct hour The time will appear every time you press th Display...

Page 42: ...to 3 Move the joystick down to select PBS channel Move the joystick to the right to activate the chan nel number field Move the joystick up or down to select your local PBS channel then move the joystick to the right 4 Move the joystick down to select Time Zone Move the joystick to the left or right to change the Time zone Sequence ATL EAST CEN MTN PAC ALAS HAW 5 Move the joystick down to select D...

Page 43: ...deo button the on screen display identifies all the active video sources and their corresponding input jacks 3 Move the joystick up or down to highlight a par ticular signal source and then press the joystick to enter Press TV Video to exit 2 Press the TV Video but ton 1 Make sure that the remote control is control ling the TV set Press the MODE button and make sure that the TV LED is illuminated ...

Page 44: ...EL then press the joystick to enter 2 Move the joystick down to select Fine Tune 3 Move the joystick to the left or right to adjust the fine tuning 4 To store the fine tuning setting in the TV s memo ry move the joystick up A heart icon will appear To reset the fine tuning to 00 move the joystick down Press the Menu button to exit After you adjust the fine tun ing the letters MFT will appear when ...

Page 45: ...ivate the Digital Noise Reduction feature to help reduce any static and ghosting that may appear on the screen 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select FUNCTION then press the joystick to enter 2 Move the joystick down to select Digital NR 3 Move the joystick to the left or right to select On Press the Menu button to exit ...

Page 46: ... also move the picture on screen using the joystick up or down Zoom2 Magnifies the size of the picture more than Zoom1 You can also move the picture on screen using the joystick up or down Notes Screen size cannot be changed in the PIP mode When the Aspect button is selected and then the appropriate OSD is displayed the Channel Up Down buttons don t operate for about three sec onds Zoom2 Zoom1 SPE...

Page 47: ...tch channels After 5 minutes the TV will return to the original channel To use the R surf 1 While you are watching the channel to which you want to return press the R surf button The on screen display will read Surf off Surf Off 2 Press the R surf button again to set the timer in thirty second intervals up to five minutes Surf 1 30 3 The time you set will begin counting down on the screen When the...

Page 48: ...oystick to enter Time Move the joystick to the left or right to select clock set Manual 3 Move the joystick down to select On time move the joystick to the right to highlight the On time hour The hours digits will start blinking Move the joystick up or down to select the appropriate hours When you set the hours make sure the correct time of day AM or PM appears to the left of the hour 4 Move the j...

Page 49: ...ystick to the right and set the hours and minutes Follow the same procedure as in steps 1 5 above 1 Press the Sleep button on the remote control 2 Press Sleep repeatedly until the appropriate time interval appears any of the preset values from Off to 360 After about 5 seconds the sleep display will disappear from the screen and the time interval will be set Setting the Sleep Timer The sleep timer ...

Page 50: ...ro duce bass sounds effectively In Normal Mode the bass frequencies of the center channel are reproduced by the left and right speakers Wide Selected when the center speaker can accurately reproduce bass frequencies In wide Mode all center channel sounds are reproduced by the center speaker After selecting the mode move the joystick down and highlight Center Next move the joystick to the left or r...

Page 51: ...t to select Mono SAP or Stereo Press the Menu button to exit The text at the bottom of the menu tells you if the incoming audio is stereo SAP or mono Quick way to access the MTS menu Just press the MTS button on the remote control 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select SOUND then press the joystick to enter Choose Stereo for channels that are broadcasting in stereo Choose Mono fo...

Page 52: ...ou automatically adjust the volume of the desired channel by lowering the sound output when the modulation signal is high or by raising the sound output when the modulation signal is low 2 Move the joystick down to select Auto Volume then move the joystick to the left or right to select On or Off Press the Menu button to exit 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select SOUND then pres...

Page 53: ...in your television schedule and on the tape s packaging 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select FUNCTION then press the joystick to enter 2 Move the joystick down to select Caption then press the joystick to enter 5 Depending on the particular broadcast it might be necessary to make changes to Channel and Field Use the joystick buttons to make the changes Follow the same pro cedur...

Page 54: ...IP On Press the Menu button to exit Quick way to access the PIP menu Simply press the PIP but ton on the remote control If you turn TV off while watching and turn it on again the PIP window will disappear Notes Picture in Picture doesn t function when the V chip is active Screen size cannot be changed in the PIP mode The PIP feature doesn t work with Component1 480p or Component2 signals When the ...

Page 55: ...he joystick down to select PIP then press the joystick to enter Selecting a Signal Source External A V for PIP 2 Move the joystick down to select TV Video then move the joystick to the left or right to cycle through all of the available signal sources TV Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 S Video 1 S Video 2 and Component1 480i Press the Menu button to exit For more information about external A V components ...

Page 56: ...ck way to access swapping Simply press the Swap button on the remote control Quick way to access PIP size Simply press the Size button on the remote control Double Window doesn t func tion on the models PCL5415R PCL6215R 1 Press the Menu button Move the joystick down to select PIP then press the joystick to enter Changing the Size of the PIP Window 2 Move the joystick down to select Size then move...

Page 57: ...es from corner to corner on the TV screen Changing the Location Rotating in PIP mode This procedure scans all of the available channels and then stores them in memory Press the Scan button and the memorized channels will appear in sequence for 2 to 3 seconds per channel Press the Scan button again to stop the scanning process When Scan stops the viewing mode will return to its original set ting Sc...

Page 58: ...o enter The Enter pin screen will appear Enter your 4 digit PIN number Note The default PIN number for a new TV set is 0 0 0 0 3 The V chip mode screen will appear Move the joy stick down to select Change Pin then press the joystick to enter 4 The Change pin screen will appear Choose any 4 digits for your PIN and enter them As soon as the 4 digits are entered the Confirm New Pin screen appears Re ...

Page 59: ... down to select FUNCTION then press the joystick to enter 2 Move the joystick down to select V Chip then press the joystick to enter The Enter Pin screen will appear Enter your 4 digit PIN number 3 The V Chip Mode screen will appear and V Chip Lock will be highlighted To enable the V Chip feature move the joystick to the right so that the V Chip Lock field is Yes Move the joy stick to the left or ...

Page 60: ...ing will be highlighted and no letters will blink To select a different TV Rating move the joystick up or down and then repeat the process Note 1 The TV Y7 TV PG TV 14 and TV MA have additional options See the next step to change any of the fol lowing sub ratings FV Fantasy violence D Dialog L L S Sexual situation V Violence Note 2 The V Chip will automatically block certain categories that are mo...

Page 61: ...tter U or B will be displayed for each sub rating While the U or B is blinking move the joy stick up or down to change the sub rating Move the joystick to the right to save the TV guidelines A TV Rating will be highlighted and no letters will blink To select a different TV Rating move the joystick up or down and then repeat the process Note The V chip will automatically block certain categories th...

Page 62: ...e no restrictions PG Parental guidance suggested PG 13 PG 13 Parents strongly cautioned R R Restricted Children under 17 should be accompanied by an adult NC 17 No children under age 17 X X Adults only NR Not rated 3 The V chip Mode screen will appear Move the joystick down to highlight MPAA Rating press the joystick to enter SPECIAL FEATURES 4 The MPAA rating screen will appear MPAA category Movi...

Page 63: ...ode listed on the next page for your brand of VCR or DVD Make sure you enter 3 digits of the code even if the first digit is a 0 If more than one code listed try the first one 5 Press the Power button on the remote control Your VCR or DVD should turn on If your VCR or DVD turns on your remote control is now set correctly If your VCR or DVD does not turn on repeat steps 2 3 and 4 but try one of the...

Page 64: ... cable box If no other codes are listed try each cable box code 000 through 077 6 Once your remote control is set up press the MODE button any time you want to use the remote to operate your cable box When your remote control is in the CABLE mode the volume buttons still control your TV s vol ume Also the VCR control buttons PLAY PAUSE etc will still operate your VCR 3 On your Samsung remote contr...

Page 65: ...CHAPTER FOUR SPECIAL FEATURES 4 22 SPECIAL FEATURES Cable Box Codes VCR Codes DVD Codes ...

Page 66: ...t the antenna Check all wire connections Poor sound quality Try another channel Adjust the antenna No picture or sound Try another channel Press the TV Video button Make sure the TV is plugged in Check the antenna connections No color wrong colors or tints Make sure the program is broadcast in color Adjust the picture settings Picture rolls vertically Adjust the antenna Check all wire connections ...

Page 67: ...ver use water cleaning fluids wax or chemicals Do not put heavy objects on top of the cabinet Temperature If your TV is suddenly moved from a cold to a warm place unplug the power cord and allow at least two hours for moisture that may have formed inside the unit to dry completely Using Your TV in Another Country If you plan to take your TV with you to a foreign country please be aware of the diff...