Zenith A50M91W9 Series, Operating Manual & Warranty

Page 1: ...operating guide warranty ...

Page 2: ...de U S A Thecodeprovidesguidelines for propergrounding and in particular specifiesthat the cablegroundshaftbe connectedto the groundingsystemof the building ascloseto the point of the cableentry aspracticaL REGULATORYINFORMATION This equipment hasbeen tested andfound to comply with the Emitsfor a ClassB digital device pursuant to Part15 of the FCC RuLes TheseLimitsaredesigned to provide reasonable...

Page 3: ...s 4 J rll HJ l _li_xo i iinnLl_rl_ 1 INPUT HOOKUP OPTIONS If youareusinganantenna or havedirectcable service goto page5 If you are usinga cabLebox go to page 6 If you are using a VCR go to page 7 LVlZlt If you are usinga DVDPlayer go to page 8 AUDIO EQUIPMENT OPTIONS Forgeneral speaker placement advice goto page 9 ill IIilPI I _ ll lll il P Jill I I Ill I I I To hookup your surroundsoundspeakers m...

Page 4: ... LEFT _ DATA VA B EOUT connectionto A data Varlabte Out be usedfor instaLting Usedto connect a network computer either an external Pleaserefer to your amptifier or add a manuat sub wooferto your surround soundsystem t __oEo 3 MONITOR OUT R AUDIO L MONO VIDEO S WeEO V2 A feature available withsome very high end equipment thatprovides even better picture quality 3ACK A connectionon the backof a IV V...

Page 5: ...lt directtyto this jack Cable W waU jack Hookingup to 75ohm or HONITOROUT If youreceiwantenna through o flat wirethat isseveral years old ondconnects withtwo small prongs youwiU needto purchase a 300 Ohm adopter It should be available from yourlocol electronics dealer I I I RFcoaxial wire 75ohm VARIABLE OUT Connecting antenna cable to your Entertainment Machine J J 206 3360 0 ...

Page 6: ...blebox Locatethe Outputjack on the back of your cable box Connectthis to the Antenna Cable1 jack on the backof your TV To view the premium stations set the channel number on your cable box to HBO CINEMAX SHOW TIME etc Then go to the Source menu and select the Antenna Cable 1 source See your Quick Setup Sheet inctuded with this operating guide for more information See page 20 for information regard...

Page 7: ...ositevideo or the S Video cables to your EntertainmentMachine Do not connectboth the com posite and the S Video To hearstereosoundfTOm your VCR you wigneed to connectA V cables Zfyou wontto receive your dgnals onChannel 3 or4 fromAntenna Cable I locate the Outto TV jockonyour W R _nnect a cable from the Outto TV jack to the Antenna Cable 1jack onthe buck ofyour Entertainment Machine 34 _LOOP OUT J...

Page 8: ...nect them foLLowingthe instructions provided with your equipment Youmay connect either the compositevideoor the S Video cables to your Entertainment Machine Do not connect both the compositeand the S Video A V and S Video cabLesnot included with IV Forseveralpiecesof equipment edit the names underSourceID soyou don t_r get whichis which Seepage 29 ee LEOUT 206 3360 0 ...

Page 9: ... majority of other sounds Uke thosefrom specialeffects in movies Yoursub woofer generates ultra tow frequency sound for rumbling Low end audio surround sound Soundis aJ_ed by _ speaker speakerplacement so make surenothingis in front of the spea_rs and that they are aimedin oppropdotedirections Youhove the option of turningon or off theinternal speakers speaker sub woofer 1 If your surroundsound sy...

Page 10: ...r Connect the sub woofer scab es accordingto their corot red is the right channel white the eft to these jacks Zfyou happen m havet_ ni tower speakers thesewrit be connected to the backofyoursub wooer withthejack labored SoteUite Speaker Output Locate the VariableOutjacks on the backof your Entertainment Machirieand the Input jacks on the backof your stereo samplifi er Connect the two jacks making...

Page 11: ...o pick 1 or 2 Antenna or CabLe dependingon the type of input signalyou have Youwilt then be promptedto press 3 on your numberpad Your Entertainment Machine wit now searchfor aLL avaiLabLe channeLs and store them in its memory TheQuick Startmenu appears thefirsttimeyouturnyour Entertainment Machine on aLLowing you to setyour availeble channels before goingonto otheroption_ t TheQuickStart option on...

Page 12: ...ption see page 29 Clickon the wordsSourceMenu andyour SetupMenuwit appear Select Ch Searchin the menu by crickingon it once Crickit again to enter the Channel Search screen You witt be prompted to determineif the signatis comingfrom an antenna or cable Setectone or the other by pressingthe correctnumberon the NumberKeypad Press3 on your numberkeypad to start the channe searchfor the sourceyou vepi...

Page 13: ...e screenand are compLeteLy white NOTE Due to the smaUadjustments it may be easier to use the arrow buttons on your remote rather than the Trakbatt The UP DOWN arrow keys adjusts the horizontal Lines the RIGHT LEFT arrow keys adjusts the vertical Lines CLick EXIT to return to the Setup Menu CLickon anotheroption or on the regularscreento returnto normalviewing I f the lines nevermatch up no matter ...

Page 14: ...rVCR POWER TurnyourEntertainmentMachine orany other programmedequipment on or off depending on mode TRAKBALL CLick andmovetheon screen pointer FLSHBK Return immediately to the last channelviewed CHANNEL UP DOWN ScroUthrough your available channels p NUMBER KEYPAD Fordirectchannel selection and programming functions ENTER Pushto accept menuchoicesor after channel numbersfor faster transfer PIP SNAP...

Page 15: ...dick inteo_ce does everything buttons do just eke your computer Click words on screen insteodof pressingthe button Orclickon itemsinsteod of scrolUng with the arrowkeys TrakbaU shortcuL Toquick yexit any menuscreen clickon the moin screen outs_ de the bor dersof the menusdisplay Menu Dl_ which letsyou accessthe Sourcemenu see page20 the Setup menu see pages11 13 the Special Featuresmenu see pages ...

Page 16: ... once you have oneof the items from the MenuDisplayon your screen suchasthe SetupMenu you can just dick on the icon in the upper eft of that menuto cyclethrough the other menus Youcan adjustthe speedyour Trakba movesacrossthe screen by clickingon the stoat TrakbaUicon at the top of the PIP Features Menu Thehigher the speedyou set the moresen siUve the Trakbat wilt be to your movements Crick on thi...

Page 17: ...LSHBK or pressthe FLSHBK button on your remote Cycleup or down through the channels Choose a specific channet Return to the last channel viewed Ch _l _ Ch _lt I_ All Chan _ Flashback Thisis whilethesource issettoAnt Cable I or2 Foranyother source suchasa VCR orDVD player theMainPicture channel changing willbecontroffed bythat equipment _r_jn Clickon any part of the Volumebar to jump to that soundL...

Page 18: ...rogramyour clockto automatically detect the time and to adjust to DayLightSavingswhenyou programin yourtime zone Turn closedcaptioningon off or set it to comeon automaticaLLy whenthe EntertainmentMachine is muted Choosethe captioningor text methodfor your Entertainment Machine Pickthe languageyou want your on screenmenusto appearin Turnsthe background for on screenmenustransparentor opaque A LOws ...

Page 19: ...justyour picture for any viewing situation Youroptionsare Contrast Brightness CoLor Tint Sharpness CoLorTemp Video FiLter SkinTone Video Preset Controlthe size andappearanceof the PIP inset Youroptionsare Contrast Tint Size Using the Trakbal youhaveevenmore options tuck once and move the pointeraround the screen to access thesemenus 31 32 33 34 37 15 17 J Menu Display ChanneL Time Display VoLumeDi...

Page 20: ...ignaL and PIP is for the I icture In Picturefeature e w CLick on the sourcewhereyour signalis comingfrom This Listing WILL correspond to thejack names on the front and backof your EntertainmentMachine unLess you changedthe namesunderthe SourceID option To changethe nameof these LabeLs seepage 29 NOTE Youcannot havethe Main Source from Ant CabLe 1 andthe PIPsourcein Ant CabLe 2 or vice versa PIP mu...

Page 21: ...ption or crick on the regular screen to return to normal viewing Instead of Surf I or Surf t custofnizethe nameof your program listings SeeSurfID on page 30 F_ etup Menu QuickStart Captions Caption Text Language Background ProjoSetup 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22_ 23 24 25 26 2 29 31 34 36 394 41 42 43 441 _46 47 48 49 51 52 53 54 56_ 57 58 59 61 62 63 54 I More Channels...

Page 22: ...e HH MMAM PM displayto cycte through the times or Auto ChooseAuto then click on PBSChanneL then usethe NUMBER Keypadto enter the PBSChanneL Yourcurrentchanne wiLL changeto that station Turn off your Entertainment Machinefor ten secondsto activate the correcttime Embedded in the PBSbroadcast signalis the inJorm_tion for the correcttime ond dot_ Your Entertm nment Mochinewillreed thet in_rmation and...

Page 23: ...itiona Closed _ptiordng the Trakball you canalsogo Lothe PIP Features menu and cb ck on a eoenterthe Captions menu Seepage16 Not all programshovec_ptions _ etup Menu Quick Start Ch Search Add Del Surf Language Background Projo Setup _ etup Menu Quick Start Ch Search Add Del Surf Clock Set Background Projo Setup Tumdosed captioning or text on off or have it appear automaticaUy J CAPTIONS TEXT CAPTI...

Page 24: ...etup Menuicon in the menu display Select Language by clicking on it CLick againto choosethe tan guageyou want by clicking on English Spanish or French CLickon the regular screento return to normal viewing _ etup Menu Quick Start Ch Search Add Del Surf Clock Set Captions Projo Setup 206 3360 0 ...

Page 25: ... it in the menu Choosewhether you want an opaquebackground Off or Onby clicking on it again Crickon the screenfor norma TV viewinc turningyourBockground Onmok_r reading _ menus _er _ etup Menu Quick Start Ch Search Add Del Surf Clock Set Captions Caption Text Customize the Look of your on screefl menus J 206 3360 0 ...

Page 26: ...tsetf off Youcan increaseor decreasethe amount of time in incrementsup to four hours Note To turn the feature off you mustcyctethrough the times unlit Off appears C ickon the screento returnto normal TVviewing Thesteeptimer can also be accessedby the moon and stars iconon the top of the PZP Features menu Seepage 16 Asthe Good NightDisplay counts downtheJ_nal 60 seconds the audioandvideoof the Ente...

Page 27: ...et the time your Entertainment Machine will turn itself off Repeat step number 3 to enter an Off time CLickon On Off Timer to decide if your EntertainmentMachine wiLL observethe times you entered above SeLectONand it wiLL shut off andturn on at the specifiedtimes CLick on the screento returnto normalTVviewing Too_ivotetheOn O_ r Timer yo_ mustseton O_ Tfm_TheOntime is optional Toselect Timer _azp ...

Page 28: ... at labeling To edit any of the abets dick on the abetagain or select EDITat the right sideof the screen Another screenwit appearwith the atphabet Click on any of up to four Letters then dick EXITto returnto the Channe Labe screen Click EXITto acceptthe abetand returnto the SpecialFeatures menu Crickon the regularscreen to return to norma viewing If you wetrhcablewitha cable boxendhave your dlonne...

Page 29: ...o return to the SpecialFeatures menu CLickon another seLection or on the regularscreento return to normal viewing SourceIDs con be edited and re editedeve_ time you rearrangeyour equiprnenL Makesureto keep trac Sautes conbe disabledbychoo_ng that option underlabel so thed wig not appearin the sourcemepu or whenpressingthe sourcebut ton Zfyou want to returno label t_ the defaultname edit the name u...

Page 30: ... CEckon EXITto return to the SurfID screen Clickon anotherSurf charmer ist to continueediting or dick on EXl r to returnto the Specia FeaturesMenu To programSurf2 3 and 4 dick on those specific optionsand repeat stepsone throughfour above See page 21 for additiona information Crickon another option or dick on the regularscreento returnto normalviewing If you wantto return a labelto the defaultname...

Page 31: ...e time 1 6 Click on Set Password twice to choose a numberthat wilt protectthe channel A displaywilt appearon the bottom of your screen promptingyou to enter a four digit code Click on any four numbersfrom the list or enter a numberusingthe NUMBER KEYPAD on your remote After you enter it once you must enter it againto verify it After you verifythe password the screenautomaticallydisplaysLock OnlOff...

Page 32: ...e the Auto Demobegin Auto Demodisplaysmanyof the menusend disp_ys yourZenith Erd_ment M_ne has showing you the _out and _af ion of 5 our options To let you know it s running Auto Demoplacesan animated icon in the upper rightcomerof your sc_en Prexn ng anykeyontheremote or pont pane ofyourEntertainment Machine wifftemporari y stopthe demo Tocancel thedemo you mustturnoff theAutoDemo _ Special Featu...

Page 33: ...ustomize the sound onyour Entertainment t4achin_ J tickonce on the item youwant to modifyto hightightit Youwilt be abte to either click directty on any part of the adjustmentbar or on arrowsto increaseand decreasesettings one step at a time Crickon the regutarscreento return to normatviewing L F Not og progromming is broodcost in stereosound Pmgrummingthat doesn tbroodcost SAP moy besilent whenyou...

Page 34: ...esnoise to enhance picture ctarity Skin Tone Automaticattyadjuststhe appearanceof skincolor makingit more natural Video Preset Choosefrom a rangeof optionsdependingonyourviewing situation Customusesthe settings you havemanuatty chosen while Preset restores the levelsto their originalsettings CLickon the item you want to modifijto hightightit YouwiE be ableto either dick directly on any part of the...

Page 35: ...hine s main screen PIP will need a source to take its image from When you set the main screen source to Antenna CabLe 1 or 2 the PIP source wiLLautomatically set to that as weLL You can adjust and or request a different source under the Source menu see page 20 PIP SNAPSHOT Thisfeature enablesyouto freezethe mainimage into the FIPframe orview anotherimagein the PIPframe with the touch of a button P...

Page 36: ...are I I available FREEZ _REEZ Letsyou stop the imageon screen If PIP is on the picture in the inset wiLLfreeze If PIP is off the main screen imagewiLL be frozen andplacedin a PIPinset Commep iatSurf to PIP With oneclick this puts v_lateveris on the main screeninto the PZPset and Letsyou movethrough your selectedsurfUst for a one minute time period It wilt then automaticaLLy return the picture back...

Page 37: ...t the other options Contrast andTint click on those items CLick on the regularscreento returnto normalviewing The PIP wiLtthen disappearif it has not been turned on Note Contrastand Tint are adjustedthe sameasthey are in the Video Menu onLynowthey affect the PIP inset image See Video Menu page 34 i _ I PIP Menu Contrast i Tint SmaU PIP Control the picture quaUties ofyour PIPinset J AUthe restof th...

Page 38: ... other mode Ifthe bottom section PIP is highlighted you LL be changing stationsin the PEP inset To changestations on the main picture highlight the top haLf beforechangingchannels Instead of going to the Audio Swapoption in the PIP Features Menu simply dick on the smaU musicalnote icon on the Leftof the Channel Timedisplay The note that is highlightedteLlsyou which audioyou areListening to Youcan ...

Page 39: ...changingusingthe channelup or downwilt be limited to the channelsthat have been chosenfor your Surf List Whenthe ListdisplayreadsNo Surfing then aLL added channelswitL be availabtefor you to choosefrom when channelingup or down MODE Yourremote control can operate up to five different piecesof equipment Theseare called its modes When you are usingthe remoteto operateyour EntertainmentMachine it is ...

Page 40: ...want to modify Press either Rightor Left on the ADJUST button to modify the option you havechosen Push the ENTER button to return to normal TV viewing ReJerto the vadouspageson how to use the on screen menususing your remote TheCHANNEL end VOLUME buttons work just as they do on your remotecontroL Lostthe remote 011 Zenith ot 1 800 255 6790 to osk obout purchasing o new one Any other brandbesides Z...

Page 41: ...ipment With the NumberKeypad enter the three digit code you foundin step 1 and pressENTER If the codeis accepted the modeindicator LEDwit blink three times If it is not accept ed the LEDwitt not b ink NOTE TheTV and VCRmodeswit onty acceptcodesfor those types of prod ucts TheAUX1 AUX2 and CabLe modeswill accept codesfor any kind of product Pushthe POWER button to turn off the equipment Ifnothing h...

Page 42: ...8 254 Dayt_on 236 246 DBX 202 218 Emerson 203 209 221 223 226 233 235 243 250 fisher 211 212 213 247 Funai 231 Sharp 103 105 122 133 137 156 169 Signature 2000 103 104 105 113 114 119 121 130 133 SOny 115 143 151 170 Soundesign 139 S_vanJa 112 113 117 119 127 128 139 Tatung 106 Teknika 103 112 121 124 139 Telerent 103 121 Toshiba 110 111 134 171 XR IO00 121 Yorx 119 Zenith 101 142 149 177 Zenith S...

Page 43: ... 510 Denon 462 463 Rs_r 464 505 GoLdstar 460 Harman _rdon 465 3VC 466 Keowood 468 469 506 Marantz 472 503 Onkyo 473 Panasonic 507 Phi ips 475 476 PMiips Magnavox 505 Pioneer 477 478 479 Radio Shack 487 488 Prirnestar SatHLite 388 RCADSS 373 394 Radio Shack 362 RegaL 356 Regency 329 Samsung Scientific Atiante Sony DSS Sprucer Standard Comp Stargate Texscan Tocom Toshiba DSS 335 316 323 336 364 387 ...

Page 44: ...ad enter the code 0 0 0 zero zero zero then pressthe Enterkeyrightaway Aimthe remoteat the correct deviceand pushthe Power button Arrowa secondto pass then pushthe Powerbutton again Repeatuntit the device turns off PushEnterto save the code Theindicator tight on the remote witt brinkthree times and then turn off PressPowerto turn the device back on You canget outof AutoFind quJddy bypressing theQu...

Page 45: ...to makesureit s the correctone by fottowing the procedure in the _ProgrammingYour Remote section Press and ho dRUTE and FLSHBK on your remote unti the indicator light stays it Press RODELeft Right untit the indicator tight is underthe samemode that you chosein step one Enter the_speciatcode 3 9 9 then quicktypressthe ENTER button The indicator shou db ink andthen turn off _ cable oo0 nowcontrol Yo...

Page 46: ...oumay alsowantto disconnect it fromthe hackof yourEntertainmentMachine before leaving PICTUREINTERFERENCE Eventhoughyou maybe getting cable the signalmaybe weak which meansthe quality of your picture maysuffer dueto otherfactors If there are problemswith the imageon your Entertainment Machine consultthe TroubLeshooting guide on the foLLowingpages VIDEO GAMES AND OTHER FIXED PATrERN DISPLAYS If you...

Page 47: ...set to SAP that channelmay not have a SAPprogram No picture and unclear sound Are you in TV or cable tuning mode and shouldbe in the other Hakesureoutputchannels on aLL A V equipmentareon the samechannel 3 or 4 Checkthat all connectionsareUght No picture and no sound Is the ACpowerpluggedin Checkthat your ACpoweroutlet works Test it by pluggingin something else or tnj another plug Hakesureyour bri...

Page 48: ...e correct Youare usingchannel3 or 4 to view yourVCR No stereosoundis present underthat decision Desired PIP sourceis not setectabte YourEntertainmentMachine automaticaLLy setsth_ PIP sourceto Antenna CabLe 1 or 2 if that is the sourcefor the main picture The PIP inset is black or lacks contrast Youmight want to adjust the PIP picture settingsunderthe PIPmenu Checkthat aLL the wiresare connectedpro...

Page 49: ...broadcast themselves See Channel Labels page 28 SOURCE ID CUSTONXZXNG If you have a number of other pieces hooked up to your Entertainment Machine instead of t_ ing to remember the name of the jack you hooked them up to just refer to page 29 to customize the name of the equipment as it shows up under the Source Menu or on your Channel Time display PARENTAL CONTROL Usinga password protection system...

Page 50: ...urremote An extema machinethat ampLifies sound from a television CDplayer VCR DVDor otherA V device Thephysicatreceiver of televisionsignalssent overthe air A large metatpieceof equipmentdoesnot alwayshaveto bevisible for your hometo be usingan antenna Expands the rangeof tonesyour surround soundsystemdeUvers givingyou higherhighs andtowertows A form of subUtEngthat writesout the dialogfor your pr...

Page 51: ...eive normalPIPfromanotherchannel Press againto removePIPfrom the screen Theimageof the handthat appearson screen andpointsto the optionyou wantto work with SecondAudioProgramming SAP is another separate audiochannet avaitab ewith someprogramming ChoosingSAPoften refers to listening to audioin anotherlanguage suchasSpanishor French Picture and soundtravelingthrough cable or on the air to your telev...

Page 52: ...ckground 25 BasicTetev_sion Operation 17 Batteries 11 Button Functions 14 39 Cable 5 6 Cable VolumeOverride 45 Caption Text Menu 23 Channe Labels 28 Channe Search 12 Channel Time DispLay 38 ClockSet 22 Convergence 13 DVD PLayer 8 F xtematStereo 10 Front Pane Diagram 40 Gtossary 50 51 HomeTheaterSet up 9 HookupDirectory 3 Jack Pack 4 ILanguage Menu 24 Loop Out 6 Maintenance 46 On Off Timer _ 27 On ...

Page 53: ... 11 Remote Controt Diagram 14 Safety Information 2 Serial Number 2 Sleep Timer 26 SourceID 2g Source Menu 20 SpecialFeatures 49 SurfID 30 SurroundSound Speakers 10 TrakbaffRemote 14 16 Troubteshooting 47 48 VCR 7 Video Menu 34 Warranty 54 ToreachZenith caU 1 847 391 8752 thenpush5 between8 30 am and 30 pm Central StandardTime Rnd what you want quickly J 206 3360 0 J ...

Page 54: ...porary black fimsh compLe ments any room cvsooo ONLY 224 95 L_ SHIK mS tUUiOUN6 REPLACEMENT REMOTE Broken or Lost remote Perhaps you would just Like the convemence of having a second remote on hand Order your replacement remote con rot direct from Zenith To ensure that you receive the cor rect remote have vour teLe nsion s model number ready when you ca_L ONLY 39 95 _ _ SI4Z_IIG _ BANDUNG zenith U...

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Page 56: ...ty antenna connections are the owner sresponsiMUty Important ProductRegistration Pleasefit out and mail your ProductRegistrationCard It is imperative that Zen_ know howto roach you promptiyif we shoulddiscovera safety problemthat could affect you Warranty Service For warrantysawica information contact anyZenith authorizedseMce center Partsand servicelabor that am Zeniths respunsibiUty see above wi...