Hitachi 42PD8700C Instructions For Use Manual

Brand: Hitachi

Model: 42PD8700C

Category: LCD TVs

Type: Instructions For Use Manual

Instructions for use

Bedienungsanleitung

Notice d'utilisation

Istruzioni per l'uso

42PD8700C

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Contents

Remote Control Buttons .........................2

PLASMA TV .............................................3

Preparation .............................................5

Fe atures ...............................................5

Panel Features .....................................5

Safety Precautions .................................5

Before Sw itching On Your TV ................. 8

Power Connection ................................ 8

Connections To The Aerial Input Socket ... 8

How To Connect Other Devices ........... 8

Inserting Batteries In The Remote

Cont rol Handset ...................................8

Switching The TV ON/OFF ....................... 8

To switch the TV on: .............................. 8

To switch the TV off: .............................. 8

Initial Settings .........................................9

Operating The TV .................................. 10

Operating with the buttons on the

TV set ..................................................10

Operating With Remote Control ......... 10

Everyday Operation .............................. 11

Informati o n Banner ............................ 11

ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME GUIDE. 11

Displaying The Subtitles ....................12

Teletext ................................................ 12

IDTV Menu System................................ 12

Channe l List .......................................12

In stallation .......................................... 15

Configuration ...................................... 17

Timers ................................................19

TV Setup .............................................20

Common Inter face .............................20

Analogue TV Menu System ..................21

Picture menu ...................................... 21

Soun d men u .......................................22

Feature menu .....................................24

Install menu .......................................25

Program menu ...................................26

Source menu ...................................... 27

PC Mode ................................................27

In stallation .......................................... 27

Menu System in PC mode .................27

PC Picture Position Menu ..................27

PC Picture Menu .................................28

Sound Menu .......................................28

Feature Menu .....................................28

Source Menu ......................................28

Sound in PC mode ............................. 28

Other Features ...................................... 29

TV Status.............................................29

Mute Indicator .....................................29

PIP and PAP modes ........................... 29

Freeze Picture.....................................29

Zoom Modes ......................................29

Teletext ..................................................30

To Operate Teletext.............................30

To Select A Page Of Teletext ............... 30

To Select Index Page ..........................30

To Select Teletext With A TV Programme . 30

To Reveal “Concealed” Information ...31

To Select A Subcode Page .................31

To Exit Teletext ....................................31

To Display The Time ..........................31

Fastext ................................................31

Connect Peripheral Equipment ............32

High Defi nition .................................... 32

Via The Scart ......................................32

Via Aerial Input ....................................32

Decoder.............................................. 32

TV And Video Recorder ....................... 32

Playback NTSC ..................................32

Copy Facility .......................................32

Search For And Store The Test Signal

Of The Video Recorder.......................32

Camera And Camcorder ....................33

Connect The Decoder To The Video

Recorder.............................................33

Connecting Headphones ................... 33

Conn ectin g Subwoofer....................... 33

Aerial Connection .................................34

Tips ........................................................35

Specifications .......................................36

Appendix A: PC Input Typical Display

Modes ....................................................37

Appendix B: DVD Player Selection .......38

Appendix C: DVD Play er Selection

(continued) ............................................39

Appendix D: Main and PIP-PAP Picture

Combinations ........................................40

UK Guarantee ........................................41

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Remote Control Buttons

DTT/TV

I/II

S.MODE

GUIDE

SWIVEL PHOTO

AV1

AV5

AV2

RGB1

AV3

RGB2

DVD SAT

P. M O D E

LIDE S HOW-ROTATE

AV4

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....

= S tand by On/Offf

= Program Information

SEL= Select TV/ DVD /SATT

AV3 = AV3 m ode

AV2 = AV2 m ode

RGB2 = No Function

RGB1= PC mode

=Gobacktopreviousmenu

= Cursor Right

OK = Ent er

=Cursor Down

= Picture Mode

P+/-=ProgrammeUp/Down

= Mute On/Off

0-9= Digit buttons

=PIP/PAP/TVTV

BLUE = Only used in Teletext mode

YELLOW = Only used in Teletext mode

= Reveal

SLIDE SHOW/

....

= No function/ Subtit le

PHOTO = No Function

SWIVEL= No Function

= Aspect ratio

= Teletext On/Offf

=Time

= Guide for DT T/ Index P agefor TV

GREEN = Only used in Teletext mode

RED = PAT (Picture and Text)

= Freeze On/ O ff

/ = Volume Up/ Down

= M ono/Stereo - Dual A-B

= Equalizer Sound Mode

=CursorLeft

=CursorUp

= Menu On/Off

AV5=AV5mode

AV4=AV4mode

AV1=AV1mode

DTT/T V = Selector button for Digital/Analogue mode

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PLASMA TV

FRONT VIEW

REAR VIEW

N/OFF

WITCH

LEDSPEAKER SPEAKER

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On/Off switch

Volume Up, V olume Down buttons

Prog. Up, Prog. Down buttons

M E N U button

TV/AV button

Power cord input

S-VHS Input

Video Input

Audio Inputs

Headphone

AudioLineOuts

Subwoofer Out

PC Audio Input

Aerial

Scart 2 (AV -2)

Scart 1 (AV-1)

HDM I Input (AV-5)

Component Audio Inputss

Component Video (YPbPr) Inputs

VGA Input

CI Slot

AV-4

AV-3

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Preparation

For ventilation, leave a space of at least 10

cm free all around the set. To prevent any

fault and unsafe situations, please do not

place any objects on top of the set.

Use this apparatus in tropical and/or moder-

ate climates.

Features

• Remote controlled colour television.

• Fully integrated Digital T V (DVB -T)

• 100 programme s from VHF, UHF bands or

cable channels can be preset.

• It can tune cable channels.

• Controlling the TV is very easy by its menu

driven system.

• It has 2 Scart sockets for external devices

(such as video, video games, audio set,

etc.)

• 3DS Virtual Surround Sound

• Stereo sound system (German+Nicam).

• Full function Teletext .

Fastext (1000 Pages), TOP text.

• Headphone connection.

• Direct channel access.

• A.P.S. (Automatic Programming System).

• All programmes can be named.

• Forward or backward automatic tuning.

• Sleep timer.

• Child Lock.

• Automatic sound mu te when no trans mis-

sion.

• NTSC Playback.

• AV in and S-VHS in are availabl e.

• It has VGA connector for external devices

such as compute r.

• It has an HDMI connector for Digital Video

and Audio. This connection is a lso de-

signed to accept High Definition signals.

•IthasPIP/PAP/PATfunctions.

• AVL (Automatic Volume Limiting)

• TV Picture in PC

• When no valid signal is detected, after 5

minutes the TV switches itself automatically

to stand-by mode.

• PLL (Channel Search)

• PC Input (Support up to SXGA 1 28 0 x 102 4)

• Stereo PC Audio Input

• Plug&Play for Windows 9X , ME, 2000, XP

•3DCombFilter

• Audio Line Out

Panel Features

• 42- inch PLAS MA display.

• High resolution (1024x1080)

• Contrast ratio (4000:1 typical)

• Brightness (typical) 1400 cd/m

• Display colour 16.77 Million.

Safety Pre cautions

Plea se read the fol lowing recomme nded

safety precautions carefully for your safety

IMPORTA NT SA FETY

INFOR MATION ON OPER ATING

YOUR TV

Do’s and Don’ts

DO’s

This Television has been designed and manu-

fact u r e d to meet intern ationa l safet y sta ndards,

but like any electrical equipment, care must be

taken if you are to obtain the best results and

safety is to be assured.

DO read the operating instructions before you

attempt to use the equipment.

DO consult your dealer if you are in any doubt

about installation, operation or safety of your

equipment.

DO be careful with glass panels or doors on

equipment.

This TV is supplied with a fitted mains plug.

This plug must not be cut off as it may contain

a special radio interference filter, the removal

of which could lead to impaired performance.

If you wish to extend the lead, obtain an appro-

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priate safety approved extension lead or con-

sult your dealer .

Observe the manufacturers instructions when

connecting extension leads to the TV. Check

the fuse rating on the new plug, this should be

fitted with a 5 Amp fuse which conforms to ei-

ther ASTA or BSI (BS1 362) approvals, these

are easily identifiable by either the

symbols. If you are in any doubt about the in-

stallation of an extension lead, please consult

a competent electrician.

DON’Ts

DON’T continu e to operate the equipment if

you are in any doubt about it working normally,

or if it is damaged in any way switch off, with-

draw the mains plug and consult your dealer .

DON’T place water filled vessels on top of T.V.

cabinet s.

DON’T remove any fixed cover as this may ex-

pose dang erous voltages.

DON’T leave equipment switched on when it is

unattended unless it is specifically stated that

it is designed for unattended operation or has

a stand-by mode. Switch off using the switch

on the equipment and make sure your family

kno w how to do this. Special arr angements

may need to be made for infirm or handi-

capped peo ple.

DON’T use equipment such as personal ste-

reos or radios so that you are distracted from

the requirement s of traffic safety. It is illegal to

watch television whilst driving.

DON’T obstr uct the ventilat ion of the equipmen t,

for example with curtains or soft furnis hings.

Overheating will cause damage and sh orten

the life of the equipment.

DON’T use makeshift stands and NEVER fix

legs or stands to the TV with any screws other

than those provided - to ensure complete safety

alway s use the manufacturers approved stand

with the fixings provided.

DON’T allow electrical e quipment to be ex-

posed to rain or moisture.

ABOVE ALL

• NEVER let anyone, especially children

push anything into holes, slots or any

other opening in the case - this could re-

sult in a fatal elec tric shock.

• NEVER guess or take chances with elec-

trical equipment of any kind - it is better to

be safe than sorry!

1. Power Source

The set should be operated only from a 220-

240V AC, 50 Hz. outlet. Ensure you select

the corr ect volt age setting for your c onve-

nience.

2. Power Cord

Do not place the set, a piece of furniture,etc.

on the power cord(mains lead) or pinch the

cord.Handle the power cord by the plug.Do

not pull out the plug by tugging the cord and

never touch the power cord when your

hands are wet as this could cause a short

circuit or electric shock.Never make a knot in

the cord or tie it with other cord.The power

cord shoul d be placed in such a way that

they are not likely to be stepped on.

A damaged power cord can cause fire or

give you an electric shock. When it is dam-

aged and need to be changed, it should be

done by qualified personel.

3. Moisture and Water

Do not use this equipment in a humid and

damp place (avoid the bathroom, the sink in

the kitchen, and near the washing machine).

Do not expose this equipment to rain or wa-

ter, as this may be dangerous and do not

place objects filled with liquid s,such as

flower vases on top of the set. Avoid from

dripping or splashing.

If any solid object or liquid falls into the cabi-

net, unplug the set and have it checked by

qualified perso nnel before operat ing it any

further.

4. Cleaning

Before cleaning, unplug the set from the wall

outlet. Do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners.

Use soft and dry cloth.

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5. Ventilation

The slots and o penings on the back cover

are intended for ventilation and to ensure re-

liable operation. To prevent overheating,

these openings must not be blocked or cov-

ered in anyw ay.

6. Heat and Flames

The set should not be placed near to naked

flames and sources of intense heat,such as

an electric heater. Ensure that no naked

flame sources, such as lighted candles, are

placed on top of the set.

7. Lightning

In case of storm and lightning or when go-

ing on holida y, disconnect t he power cord

from the wall outlet.

8. Replacement Parts

When replacement parts are required, be sure

the service technician has used replacement

parts which are specified by the manufacturer

or have the same specifications as the origi-

nal one. Unauthorised substitutions may re-

sult in fire, electrical shock, or other hazards.

9 . Servicin g

Please refer all servicing to q ualified per-

sonnel. Do not remove the cover yourself as

this may result in an electric shock.

Instructi ons for waste disposal:

• Pa ckaging and packagi ng aids are recy-

clable and shoul d princ ipally be rec ycle d.

Packaging materials, such as foil bag, must

be kept away from children.

• Battery, including those which is heavy

metal-free, should not be disposed of with

household waste. Please dispose of used

battery in a n environmentally sound man-

ner. F ind out about t he lega l regul atio ns

which apply in your area.

• The mains plug is used to disconnec t the TV

from the mains and therefore it shall remain

readily operable.

Warning: To prevent injury, this device must

be securely attached to the floor/wall in ac-

cordance with the installation instrutions.

“The Plasma TV is a very high tech olo gy

product giving you fine picture details. Occa-

sionally, a few non-active pix els may remain

still on the screen. Long-time unmoving still

pictures may cause permanent shade effect

on the screen and even the picture has been

changed, its influence lasts a s ghost pi c-

ture. This ghost effect may disturb the user

even though it will diminish in the course of

time. To prevent this, don't leave still pictures

for example teletex t pages or frozen pictures

on the screen for a long time. Please note

that this does not affect the performance of

your product.”

“DO NOT LEAVE YOUR TV AT STAND-BY

OR OPERATING WHEN YOU LEAVE YOUR

HOUSE”

urel

connect

round wire.

Be sure to ground the connection properly .

Connect the ground terminal of the AC inlet of this display with the

ground terminal provided

at the power outlet using the enclosed power cord. If the provided plug

does not fit your outlet, consult an electrician for replacement of the

obsolete outlet.

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Before Switching On Your TV

Power Connection

IMPORTANT: The TV set is designed to op-

erate on 220-240V AC , 50 Hz.

• After unpacking, allow the TV set to reach the

ambient room temperature before you con-

nect the set to the mains.

Connections To The Aerial Input

Socket

VHF/UHF

REAR OF THE TV

CABLE TV

• Connect the aerial or cable TV plug to the

Aerial input socket located at the rear of the

TV and conne ct the cable plug comi ng out

from t he TV out socket located on the de-

vices (VCR, DVB-T etc.) to this so cke t as

well.

How To Connect Other Devices

IMPORTANT: Switch off the TV before con-

necting any ex ternal device.

Sockets for external connections are at the

rear side of the TV. For connection of other

devices via Scart refer to the manuals of the

related devices.

Inserting Batteries In The Remote

Control Handset

• Remove the battery cover located on the

back of the handset by gently pulling down-

wards from the indicated part.

• Insert two AA/R6 or equivalent type batteries

inside. Place the batteries in the right direc-

tions.

• Replace the battery cove r.

NOTE: Remove the batteries from remote

control handset when it is not to be used for

a long period.Otherwise it can be damaged

due to any leakage of batteries.battery

leakage.

Switching The TV ON/OFF

To switch the TV on:

Your TV will switch on in two steps:

1- Connect the power supply cord to the sys-

tem. Press On/ Off switch “ ” on th e TV..

Then the TV switches itself to stand-by mode

and the led on the front of the TV becomes

Red.

2- To switch on the TV from stand-by mode

either:

Press a digit button on the remote control so

that a programme number is selected,or,

Press the P/CH+ or P/CH- button on the TV

or press the “P-” or “P+” button on the re-

mote control, so that last mode switched off

is selected.

By either method the TV will switch on and

the led becomes green.

T o switch the TV off:

•Pressthe“ (stand-by)” but ton on the re-

motecontrol,sotheTVwillswitchtostand-

by mode and the GREEN LED will become

RED.

To power down th e TV complet el y, pre ss

Stand by/operate switch “

”,

or,

Unplug the power cord from the mains

socket.

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Initial Settings

When the TV is turned on for the first time,

IDTV is on first. Because this is the first time

that IDTV has been used, there are no chan-

nels stored in the memory.

When the TV is turned on for the first time,

the menu for the language selection ap-

pears on the screen. The message “Wel-

come please select your language!” is

written in all language options sequentially

in the menu on the screen.

By pressing

or buttons highlight the

language you want to set and press “OK”

button. In the menu “Set Language” is writ-

ten next to “OK” item to indicate that “Press

OK button to set the highlighted language

option.”

You can get information about the menu us-

age by pressing “

” button. And press “ ”

button again to exit the help menu.

After pressing OK, the First time Installation

Menu will appear on screen.Press

buttons, select country item you want to set

and press “OK” button

First time installation

Choose Country

Set country and continue installation

ERMANY

After the First time Installation is set, the fol-

lowing message appears on the screen.

Do you want to start automatic search?

Yes No

• To start automatic search, select “Yes”, to

cancel select “No”.

• To select an option “Yes or No”, highlight

the it em by u sing

or button s and

press “OK” button.

The IDTV will automatically tune to the VHF

and UHF transmission channels looking for

digital terrestrial.

TV broadcasts and displaying the names of

channels found. This process will take

about five minutes. To cancel searching, you

can press “

” button at any time during the

process.

Codec 4:3

Codec 16:9

earching UHF channels 62. Please wait. This will take a few minutes

Cancel searching

Automatic Search

After Automatic Search process is com-

pleted, the following message asking for

anal ogue channel sea rc h app ea rs on t he

screen. TV switches to t he analogue TV

mode.

Yes

Do you want to search for

analogue channels?

Press the “OK” button to search for ana-

logue channels. The following m enu ap-

pears on the scre en f or analogue c hannel

search.

Language

PLEASE CHECK ANTENNA CABLE

ancel

AUTO PROGRAM

AUTO. PROGR AMMING SYSTEM

Country

lish

In initial aps menu:

Press the BLUE button to cancel APS if you

do not want to delete your existing

programme list.

To continue APS, firs t select the language

and country by press ing

button and

then press the RED or “OK” button.

During initial aps the following message ap-

pears on the screen.

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APS is running...

UK - I 055,25 Mhz

ancel

After initial aps is finalized, a programme list

will appear on the screen. In the programme

list you will see the programme numbers

and names assigned to the programmes.

PROGRAM

01 BBC1

02 BBC2

03 ITV

04 CH4

05 CH5

06 C - 06

07 C - 08

08 C - 21

09 C - 23

10 C - 35

11 C - 43

12 C - 64

13 C - 68

14 S - 40

15 -----

16 - - - - -

17 - - - - -

18 - - - - -

19 - - - - -

20 - - - - -

ame

nsert

Delete APS

If you do not accept the locations and / or the

programme names , you can change them

in Program menu. For details see Program

menu on page 26.

To display channel list in IDT V, switch to the

IDTV via pressing the “DTT/TV” button. Then

press the “

” butt on to enter main menu,

Channel List will be highlighted. Press the

OK button to enter the menu.

Operating The TV

You can operate your TV using both the re-

mote control handset and the buttons on the

set.

Operating with the buttons on the

TV set

Volume setting and programme selection

canbemadebyusingthebuttonsonthe

control panel at the bottom of the TV.

Volume Setting

Press the “-

” button to decrease volume

or the “

+” button to increase volume. A

volume level scale (slider) will be displayed

at the bottom of the screen.

Programme Selecting

Press the “

” bu tton to select the next

programme or the “

” button to select the

previous programme.

Entering The Menu

Pres s th e “MENU”buttononthecontrol

panel at the bottom of the TV to enter the

menu.

“

/ ”and“ + / - ” buttons on the TV

are used as navig ation butt ons in menu.

AV Mode

Press the “AV” button on the control panel

at the bottom of the TV to switch your TV to

AV modes.

Operating With Remote Control

The remote control handset of your TV is de-

signed to control all the functions of your TV.

The functions will be described in accor-

dance with the menu system of your TV.

Functions of the menu system are de-

scribed in Menu System section.

Volume Setting

Press the

button to increase volume.

Press the

button to decrease volume. A

volume level scale (slider) will be displayed

at the bottom of the screen.

Programme Selecting (direct access):

Pres s dig it bu tto ns on t he re mot e control

handset to select p rogrammes between 0

and 9. The TV will switch to the selected

programme after a short delay.

• For a two digit programme number enter the

second digit after pressing the first digit

within 2 seconds.

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Every day Operation

(DIGIT A L TELEVISION)

Pressing the “DTT/TV” button at any time

while watching television programmes will

switch the TV set between the digital terres-

trial television broadcasting and the ana-

logue broadcasting.

Information Banner

• Whenever you change the channel using

the “P +” or “P -” buttons or the number but-

tons, T V displays the channel picture along

with an information banner at the bottom of

the screen. This will rema in on the screen

for approx imately three seconds.

• The information banner can also be dis-

played by pressing the “

” button at any

time while watc hing the TV. Pre ssing the

“

” button again removes the banner.

4RTL 09:10

CH 48

Now: NEWS

ext: NEWS

Signal :

04:35-11:00

11:00-17:55

The information banner gives a number of

facts on the channel selec ted and t he

programme on it:

• The name of the channel is displayed

along with its channel list number and an in-

dication of the strength of the signal received

on this channel.

• The current and next programme informa-

tion are given with the start and finish time.

• The current time information is displayed

along with channel name.

Hint

Not all channels broadcast the programme

data. If the name and times of the

programme are not available then “No Infor-

mation Available” is dis played in the infor-

mation banner.

If the selected channel is locked, you must

enter the correct four digit key to view the

channel.

Enter Lock Key

ELECTRONIC PROGRAMME

GUIDE (EPG)

Some, but not all, channel s sen d inform a-

tion about t he curren t and next events.

Pleas e no te t ha t event informa tion i s up-

dated automatically. If there is no event infor-

mation data avail able for chan nels, only

channel name with “No Information Avail-

able” banner is displayed.

•Press“

”(GUIDE)butt on to view the EPG

menu.

•Press

or buttons to navigate in Chan-

nels or Programmes.

•Press

buttons to navigate through

the channel and programme list.

• In EPG Menu, y ou can easily see the ex-

tended help information by pressing the

“

” button and by pressing this button

again you can close this window.

News 10:00-11.00

1. ONE Commonwealth … Nachrighten

2. BBC TWO Driven Crazy Clifford The Big Red Dog

5. five The Chart Dawson’s Creek

Navigate Schedule Watch More

Electronic Program me Guide Wed 31/7 09 :13

1ONE

5. FIVE The Chart Dawson’s Creek

• In the EPG Menu all channels are dis-

played. The current channel is highlighted

when you enter the EPG menu.Use

buttons to change the channel. Also press

RED or GREEN buttons to make page up/

down scr oll for the channels . And press

“SELECT” button to watch the highlighted

channel.

• If you highlight an event, short event de-

scri ption, extended event descript ion, sta rt

and finish time of the event are displayed on

the screen.

• If you press “OK” button when a next event

is highlighted, a reminder is set for the high-

lighted programme and a cl ock i con a p-

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pears acr oss the hi ghl ight ed channel line

as show n in the following EPG menu figure.

Programme reminders is set to signal that a

programme is about to start when you are

watching a nother ch annel . If you se t re-

minder to a programme , then you will be

asked for sw itching to that channel when the

reminder time is reached.

News 10:00-11.00

1. ONE Commonwealth … Nachrighten

. BBC TWO Driven Craz

Clifford The Bi

Red Do

5. five The Chart Dawson’s Creek

Navigate Schedule

Reminder More

Electronic Programme Guide Wed 31/7 09:13

RTL

5. FIVE The Chart Dawson’s Creek

•Bypressingthe“BLUE” button you can

view the extended schedule of the

programmes.

• By pressing the “

” button you can see

the detailed help information easily. And by

pressing “

” button ag ain you can exit

Help menu.

By pressing the “BLUE” button, the following

EPG Menu appears on the screen.

1. BBC ONE

2. BBC TWO

5. Five

7. BBC Choice

11.DISCOVERY

15.BBC NEWS 24

17.BBCi

ore

dvance Da

Electronic Pro

ramme Guide

Wed 21/4 10:12

No Information Available

BBC ONE

TUE 21/4, 20:00-22:00

Navigate Change Time

• By pressing “YELLOW /BLUE” button, you

can advance the schedule b ackward / for-

ward of a day.

• By pressing RED or GREEN buttons you

can change the schedule time.

• If you press “

” button you can see the

detailed help information easily. And by

pressing “

” button again you can ex it Help

menu.

Displa ying Th e Subtitles

With Digital terrestrial broadcasting (DVB-T),

some programmes are broadcast with sub-

titles. Subtitles can be displayed when

watching these programmes.

•Whenever GR EEN button is pressed, Sub-

title selection OSD will be displayed on the

screen. You can set Subtitles as ON or OFF.

For Subtitle Language options, refer to “Lan-

guage Settings” in the “Configuration Menu”

section.

TELETEXT

Use of teletext and and its functions are

identical to the analogue tex t system. Please

do refer to the “Analogue teletext” explana-

tions.

Note: When subtitles are set to O N, teletext

service cannot be used in the Digital Mode.

To enable teletext, set subtitles “OFF”.

IDTV Menu System

The IDTV Menu can only be shown when

watching Digital terrestrial broadcasting.

Press the “DTT/T V ” button to turn the IDTV

on while TV is in the analogue mode.

1. Press MENU “ ” button.

The menu below appears on the screen:

Main Menu

Channel List

Installation

Configuration

Timers

TV Setup

Common Interface

Channel List

Using or buttons on the remote control

in Main menu, make sure that the first item,

Channel List, is highlighted and press the

“OK” button to display the Cha nnel List.

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The following operations can be performed

in this menu:

1. Navigating the whole list of channels

2. Moving channels *

3. Deleting channels

4. Renaming channels

5. Adding locks to channels

6. Setting favourites

* Depending on your selection of Country in

the first time installation, “MOVE” option of

the Channel List may not be visible.

SELECT

HANNEL LIST

1. BBC ONE

2. BBC TWO

3. ITV 8

4. Channel 4

5. BBC THREE

6. Teletext

7. BBC FOUR

8. Sky Travel

9. UKHistory

10. RTL

Select

Function Select Channel Watch More

1BBCONE

elete Edit Name Lock FavouritesMove

Navigating the w hole c hannel list

•Press

or keys for selecting the previ-

ous or next channel.

• You can press RED or GREEN buttons to

move the page up or page down.

• To watch a specific channel, highlight it us-

ing

or buttons and then press “OK”

button, while the “Select” item on Channel

The List menu is highlighted via using

buttons.

Moving the channels in the channel list

•Press

or buttons to select the chan-

nel that will be moved.

•Press

or buttons to select the ‘’Mov e’’

item on Channel List menu.

“Mov e” is written next to “OK” item to indicate

that press “OK ” to move the highlighted

channel to the desired position on the chan-

nel list.

ELE

CHANNEL LIST

1. BBC ONE

2. BBC TWO

3. ITV 8

4. Channel 4

5. BBC THREE

6. Teletext

7. BBC FOUR

8. Sky Travel

9. UKHistory

10. RTL

Function Select Channel Move More

1BBCONE

Select Delete Edit Name Lock FavouritesMove

• Press “OK” button, the selected channel

becomes highlighted.

• Use

or buttons to select the new

position of the channel and press “OK”but-

ton to place the channel to the selected po-

sition and return the menu.

Deleting the channels in the channel list

•Press

or buttons to select the chan-

nel that will be deleted.

•Press

or buttons to select the ‘’De-

lete’’ item on Channel List menu.

As seen on Channel List menu, “Delete” is

written next to “OK” at the bo ttom of the

screen to indicate that pressing OK button

will delete the highlighted channel in the

channel list.

ELE CT

CHANNEL LIST

1. BBC ONE

2. BBC TWO

3. ITV 8

4. Channel 4

5. BBC THREE

6. Teletext

7. BBC FOUR

8. Sky Travel

9. UKHistory

10. RTL

unction Select Channel Delete More

1BBCONE

Select

Delete

Edit Name Lock Favou ritesMove

Press “OK’’ button to delete the highlighted

channel in the channel list. Then the m es-

sage below appears on the screen.

The selected service will be permanently deleted, and

favourite list will be turned off. Are you sure?

es No

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•Press or buttons to highlight the de-

sired option.

• If “OK’’ but ton is pressed while “Yes” is

highlighted, the highlighted channel is de-

leted.

• Selecting “No” cancels the delete operation.

Renaming channels

To rename a specific channel, the channel

must be highlighted via pressing

buttons and then highlight the “Edit Name”

item by pre s s i ng

or buttons. Press

“OK” button to activate rename feature.

SELE C T

HANNEL LIST

1. BBC ONE

2. BBC TWO

3. ITV 8

4. Channel 4

5. BBC THREE

6. Teletext

7. BBC FOUR

8. Sky Travel

9. UKHistory

10. RTL

unction Select Channel Edit Name More

1 BBC ONE

Select Delete Lock FavouritesEdit NameMove

Now pressing or buttons moves to the

previous/next character. Pressing

buttons toggles the current character, i.e., ‘b’

character becomes ‘ a’ on

and ‘c’ on .

Pressing the numer ic buttons ‘ 0...9’ re-

places the highlighted character as the but-

ton pressed one by one.

Press the “

” button to cancel the editing or

“OK” button to save the new name.

Adding locks to channels

Channel Locking provides a password-pro-

tected access to channels selected by par-

ents.

In order to lock a channel you should know

the Parental Lock password (default value is

set to 0000 in the factory and can only be

chan ged from the Conf ig uration Menu).

By pressing

or buttons, highlight the

channel to be locked and select the “Lock”

option by pressing

or buttons.Then

press the“OK” button, a password box is

displayed.

SELECT

HANNEL LIST

1. BBC ONE

2. BBC TWO

3. ITV 8

4. Channel 4

5. BBC THREE

6. Teletext

7. BBC FOUR

8. Sky Travel

9. UKHistory

10. RTL

Function Select Channel Lock/Unlock More

1BBCONE

Select Delete FavouritesEdit Name LockMove

Enter Lock Key

Setting Favourites

You can set various channels as favourites

so that only the favourite channels are navi-

gated. To set a favourite you should high-

light the “Favourites” item at bottom of the

Channel List menu.

To set a favourite you should highlight the

“Favourites” item at bottom of the Channel

List menu, and then pressing ‘’OK’’ key, Edit

Favourite Lists menu appear s on the

screen.

You c an list your favourite channels using

List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4 or List 5.

Using 5 lists enables listing channels for

diffrerent categories (sport, music etc.). And

by activating the favourites list number that

you want in Favourite Mode submenu of

Configuration menu, you enable only the

channels in the selected list. Configuration

menu is entered from the Main Menu.

SELE CT

HANNEL LIST

1. BBC ONE

2. BBC TWO

3. ITV 8

4. Channel 4

5. BBC THREE

6. Teletext

7. BBC FOUR

8. Sky Travel

9. UKHistory

Select List Select Channel Add/Remove More

ist 1 List 2 List 3 List 4 List 5

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How To Add A Channel To A Favourite List:

• By pressing “

”/“ ” buttons, highlight

the c ha nn el tha t you want to add to th e

favourite list.

• Select the list number by pressing “

”/

“

” buttons.

• By pressing “OK’’ button, the highlighted

channel is added to selected list number.

For each channel, an icon indicates which

favourite list a channel is in. (i.e. In figure

above,

icon indicates that BBC ONE is

added to List 1. )

To remove any channel that is added to a

favourite list:

• Highlight the channel that you want to re-

move from the favourite list you have added;

• Highlight the list number that the channel

will be removed, and press “OK’’ button. The

icon indicating the added list number disap-

pears on the menu.

Note: A channel can be added to more than

one favourite list.

To activate Favourites, go to the Configura-

tion menu and select the list number in

Favourite Mode you want to activate by

pressing

or buttons. To cancel

Favourites, set Favourite Mode to Off.

Using “BLUE” button to navigate through

the favourite channels:

You can navigate through the favourite chan-

nel lists via press ing “BLUE” button. For

each pressing of “BLUE” button, you can

navigate through the favourite channels that

are top of the each channel list, sequentially.

W hile a channel list is selected, you can

navigate through the favourite channels in

that list by pressing

“P+” or “P-” buttons.

On Screen Help Pressing Button

For al l menus press “ ” button to display

the help information about the menu func-

tions. For Channel List menu the following

message is displayed on the screen.

ress the SELECT button on

our remote control to tune to the

highlighted channel.

PressMENUtoexitthisscreen.

When you see More in a menu, press the

button on the remote control for on

screen help on how to use the menu.

Installation

The Installation menu is there to help you for

building a Channel Table in the most effi-

cient way.

Main Menu

Channel Li st

Installation

Configuration

Timers

TV Setup

Common Interface

This menu includes the following items:

1. Automatic Search

2. Manual Search

3. First Time Installation

Installation

Automatic search

Manual Search

First Time Installation

Aut omatic Search:

Automatic search is started by pressing

“SELECT” button while Automatic Search

item is highlighted.

The following message appears on the

screen.

Please check antenna connection. Do you want

to start automatic search? Your previous. ..

Yes No

Highlight “Yes” or “No” via using or

buttons and press “SELECT” button to se-

lect.

If “Yes” is s elected, Automatic Search is

started.

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Selecting “No” cancels Automatic Search.

After search is com plete d for digital chan-

nels, a message asking search for ana-

logue channels appears on the screen.

Yes

o you want to search for

analogue channels?

Highlight “Yes” and press “SELECT” button

to searh for analogue channels.The follow-

ing menu appears on the screen for ana-

logue channel search.

Language

PLEASE CHECK ANTENNA CABLE

ancel

AUTO PROGRAM

AUTO. PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

Country

lish

Press the BLUE button to cancel APS if you

do not want to delete your existing

programme list.

To continue APS, firs t select the language

and country by press ing

button and

then press the RED or “OK” button.

APS is running...

UK - I 055,25 Mhz

ancel

After APS is finalized, the programme table

will appear on the screen. In the programme

table you will see the programme numbers

and names assigned to the programmes.

If you do not accept the locations and / or the

programme names, you can change them

in aps sub-menu in the settings menu.

All the services are searched and a channel

table is created automatically.

All channels fou nd ar e stored in a sorted

form with respect to their channel numbers.

Some services may not appear with the cor-

rect channel number. At the time of printing,

not all broadcasters are sending their chan-

nel number information.

Manual Search:

In Manual Search, the number of the multi-

plex is entered manually and only that multi-

plex is searched for the channels. For every

valid channel numb er, signal level, sig nal

quality and network name are shown at the

bottom of the screen.

In both manual and auto search any existing

channel in the database is not re-stored to

avoid redundant duplicates of that channel.

First Time Installation

The user can use this item to load default

settings, which had been loaded to the re-

ceiver at the fa ctory .

To install factory settings, highlight “Fi rst

Time Installation” menu item and press

“OK” button, then you will be asked to tings.

Sele cting “Yes” by p ress ing “ OK”button

while the “Yes” is highlighted and then the

existing channel table will be deleted.

Are you sure you want to del ete all channels and

settings for first time installation?

Yes

After factory settings areloaded, “First Time

Installation” menu will be displayed.

The menu which is displayed for language

selection appears on the screen at first. By

using

or buttons, select the desired

language option, and press “OK” button to

activate.

After the language is selected, a mes sage

asking for automatic search start appears

on the screen.

Do you want to start automatic search?

Yes

Highlight “Yes” item by pressing or

buttons and press “OK” button to start instal-

lation. After search is completed for digital

channels, a message asking search for

analogue channels appears on the screen.

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Yes

ou want to search for

analogue channels?

Highlight “Yes”itembypressing or

buttons and press “OK” button to search for

analogue channels.The following menu ap-

pears on the scre en f or analogue c hannel

search.

Language

PLEASE CHECK ANTENNA CABLE

ancel

AUTO PROGRAM

AUTO. PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

Country

lish

Press the BLUE button to cancel APS if you

do not want to delete your existing

programme list.

To continue APS, firs t select the language

and country by press ing

button and

then press the RED or “OK” button.

Configuration

Press “ ” button to display the Main Menu

and the

button twice to highlight Configu-

ration, then press “OK” button to display the

Configuration m enu. Press “

”buttonto

exit the menu.

Main Menu

Channel List

Installation

Configuration

Timers

TV Setup

Common Interface

The various configuration functions are dis-

played in a list, along with a quarter-screen

image of the currently selected channel. You

can select a function by highlighting the cor-

responding menu line using the

buttons.

Configuration

Favourite Mode

Channel List

Language Settings

Time Se t ti ngs

Receiver Upgrade

han

e Favourite Mode More

Tv Only

V.0. 7 (E U )

Off

Parental Settings

elect Mode

rte

ountr

German

Favourite Mode

This function enables or disables the

favourite channel list mode.

Use

or buttons to set Favourite Mode

to “List 1, List 2,..., List 5 or Off”.

Selecting “Off” disables the favourite chan-

nel List mode.

If the “Favourite Mode” is set on via select-

ing a channel list number, in normal operat-

ing mode pressing “ P+”and“P-” buttons

will only navigate through the channels that

were previously defined as favourites in the

selected channel list.

Channe l List

In the Configuration Menu, highlight the

Channel List item by pressing

or but-

tons.

Use the

or buttons to set the Channel

List to“TVonlyorRadioonly”.

This feature enables navigation only through

the selected channel list type.

If “Radio only” is set, you can only navigate

through the Radio channels in the channel

list via using P+or P-buttons.

Language Settings

In the configuration Menu, highlight the Lan-

guage Settings item by pressing

buttons. Press OK and Language Settings

sub menu will be displayed on the screen:

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Audio Language

Subtitle Language

System Language

lish

Use or buttons to highlight the menu

item that will be adjusted.

Syst em Language

System Language determines the on-

screen menu language.

Use

or buttons to set the System Lan-

guage setting.

A udio Languag e

Digital terres trial tele vision channels can

broadcast simultaneous sountracks in more

than one language. This function selects

which language soundtrack you will hear

when switching to a channel broadcasting

with the multiple soundtracks.

Use

or buttons to cycle through the

language options.

Subtitle Language

Digital terres trial tele vision channels can

broadcast with subtitles displayed on-

screen for the hard-of-hearing. This function

selects the desired subtitle language and

enables the aut omat ic displ ay of subtit les

whenev er subtitle information is broadcast.

Use

or buttons to cycle through “Off”

and language options.

Parental Settings

Some channels broadcast material which

you do not want younger members of the

family to watch. Any channel can be ‘locked’

so that it cannot be selected for viewing with-

out first a four-digit PIN code being entered.

In this way any channel not suitable for

younger view ers can be protected.

This function enables or disables the menu

protection system and allows the PIN code

to be changed. Channel And Menu Protec-

tion Lock feature.

(See Channel List menu Favourites on page

14)

Use

or buttons to highlight Parental

Settings. Press “OK” button to enter Parental

Settings Menu. A box asking for the lock key

is displayed.

Enter Lock Key

There is only one key w hich is set to “0000”

initially. Enter lock key. If wrong Lock key is

entered, the following message is displayed

on the screen and it is returned back.

Wrong Lock Key

If it is correct, the Parental Settings M enu in-

cluding following items is displayed:

Menu Lock Installation

Set Lock Key

Maturity Lock

Use or buttons to highlight the menu

item that will be adjusted.

Maturity Lock:

Use

or buttons to set M aturity Lock to

the “Off, Age 4, Age 5...........Ag e17 or Age 18”.

(“Off, Age 4, Age 5,..., Age 18, Freigegeben

ab 6 Jahren, Universal viewing (FRA ) or X-

rated ESP”.)

Menu Lock:

There you can set/reset locking for the Main

Menu or the Installation M enu to restrict ac-

cess. If the menu lock is disabled, there w ill

be free access to the menu system.

Off: All menus are unlocked.

Main Menu: Main menu is accessible only

with the correct lock key. So the user cannot

add, delete, rename, move channels, can-

not set timers.

Installation: Installation menu is locked, so

the user cannot add channels.

Changes will be updated after exiting Con-

figuration Menu.

Set Lock Key :

Also in this menu you can change the lock

key and set/change parental lock mode.

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Time Settings

In the configuration Menu, highlight the Time

Settings item by pressing

or buttons.

Press OK and T ime Settings sub menu will

be displayed on the screen:

ime Zone Setting

Time Zone

Curren t Time

14:26

Auto

GMT +0

Use or buttons to highlight the Time

Zone Setting. T ime Zone Setting is set us-

ing

or buttons. It can be set to AUTO or

MAN U AL. When AUTO is selected, Current

Time and Time Zone options will not be

available to be set.

If MANUAL option is selected as the Time

Zone Setting, Time Zone can be altered:

•By pressing

or buttons select Time

Zone. Use

or buttons to change the

Time Zone between GMT-12 or GMT+12.

Current Time on the top of the menu list w ill

then change according to the selected Time

Zone.

Recei ver Upgra de

The IDTV can be upgraded via the configura-

tion menu, entered from the main menu.

Configuration

Favourite Mode

Channel List

Language Settings

Time Settings

Receiver Upgrade

ore

Tv Only

V.0. 7 ( E U)

Off

arental Settin

Search for Upgrade

rte

ountr

erman

In the configuration menu, highlight the “Re-

ceiver Upgrade” item by pressing

buttons and press “OK” button to start up-

grade process. The fol lowing menu ap-

pears on the screen.

Software Upgrade

Searching for upgrade. Please wait, or press

MENU to cancel.

Search Progress:

After the search progress is completed, the

message “ Completed searching for up-

grade. No new software was found” ap-

pears on the screen if no new software is

found.

Timers

Display the Main Menu by pressing the “ ”.

Highlight the Timers line by pressing

buttons and press “OK” button to display

the Timer menu.

Main Menu

hannel List

nstallation

Configuration

Timers

TV Setup

ommon Interface

Up to five separate timer events can be set

and each is displayed in the Programme

Timers screen, showing the event number,

the channel to be selected, the start time,

end time, date and the mode - whether that

event is active (and will be acted on) or not.

Programme Timers

No Channel Name Start End Date Mode

1. ITV 1 20:00 21:00 12/05/2005 Active

2. BBC ONE 00:00 00:00 01/01/2005 Inactive

3. BBC ONE 00:00 00:00 01/01/2005 Inactive

4. BBC ONE 00:00 00:00 01/01/2005 Inactive

5. BBC ONE 00:00 00:00 01/01/2005 Inactive

6. BBC ONE 00:00 00:00 01/01/2005 Inactive

Move/Change

Exit Edit Timer More

10:42

04/07/2005

• To set an event, highlight its mode button

using

or buttons and press “OK” but-

ton to display the timer entry window.

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