Audiovox TFT5000 User manual

5” LCD TV
Operating Instructions
Model No. TFT5000
For assistance, please call: 1-800-645-4994
Or visit us at WWW.AUDIOVOX.COM
Before connecting, operating or adjusting this product, please read these instructions
completely. Please keep this manual for future reference
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The Lightning flash with the arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended
to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated “DANGEROUS
VOLTAGE” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient
magnitude to constitute a risk or electric shock to persons.
The Exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the
presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing instructions in
the literature accompanying the product).
Federal Communication Commission Information (FCC)
This Equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a TV Broadcast Receiver,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection
against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate
radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications If this equipment does cause or receive interference, which
can be determined by turning equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one of the following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the TV antenna
• Increase the separation between TV and other equipment.
• Connect TV into separate outlet from equipment.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help
FCC Caution: Any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for

compliance could void the user’s authority to operate this equipment
Storage
Store the LCD TV in a dark room at room temperature and low humidity in the original packing
condition, to avoid condensation that may cause damage.
Handling
Since the LCD TV consists of glass and precise electronic components, it will be damaged by
dropping it or excessive shock. Please handle the LCD TV carefully during transportation.
Important Information Regarding Use of Video Games, Computer,
Captions or other Fixed Image Displays.
The extended use of a fixed image program can cause permanent “Shadow Image” on the
LCD Panel. The background image will seen in the form of stationary fixed image. This type
of irreversible LCD panel deterioration can be avoided by observing the following steps:
Reduce the brightness/contrast setting to a minimum viewing level.
DO NOT display the fixed image for extended periods of time.
Turn the power off when not in actual use.
Recycling
– This product utilizes tin-lead solder and has a fluorescent lamp containing a
small amount of mercury. Disposal of these materials may be regulated in
your community due to environmental considerations. For disposal or
recycling information please contact you local authorities, or the Electronics
Industries Alliance: http://www.eiae.org/

Safety instructions
To prevent injury due to use of this product, please read the “Safety Instructions”
carefully before operation.
WARNING
N
ever watc
h
TV
w
hil
e
drivin
g
.
Prohibited
Could cause
traffic accident
or fall.
Dismantling
prohibited
The customer should not
dismantle or repair unit.
Could cause fire
or electric shock.
Mandator
y
Mandator
y
Never immerse the set in
water.
Could cause
electric shock.
Never place the
unit where it may
fall into water.
M
a
k
e sure .to use
b
attery
when it is used in a
bathroom or at other places
where water is used
Would cause
electric shock.
“Use
battery!”
U
se t
h
e
f
o
ll
ow
i
ng power
suppl
y
. Use of other power
supplies other than
supplied could
cause fire and
electric shock.
Single 1
batter
y
Powe
r
at home
(AC110V)
Pull off
the plug
In case of lightning, remove
the antenna and the AC
power plug immediately.
Would cause
lightening
stroke or
electric shock.
If
th
e un
it
b
ecomes
wet, make sure to
turn off the power switch,
put off battery or external
power, and contact the
shop or this company
(customer service
department).
Further use would
cause fire and
electric shock.
Pay more attention
in a family with
children.
T
a
k
e care to prevent
water or rain from coming
in when opening/closing
battery cover and outlet
cover.
Would cause fire

CAUTION
Never use other battery
than indicated. Never
Prohibited
Prohibited
Broken battery and
leakage would cause
fire, injury or environ-
ment pollution.
Pay attention to +/- marks
indicating battery polarity.
Install it correctly according
to the marks on the set.
In case of wrong
polarity installation,
broken battery and
leakage would
cause fire, injury
or environment
pollution.
“Install the
battery
co
rr
ec
tl
y
!”
Use the indicated AC
connector or vehicular
connector.
Mandator
y
Mandator
y
Mandator
y
Mandator
y
Mandator
y
Use of anything
other than indicated
would cause fire or
fil
“U
se
th
e
subassemblies
or the designated
components!”
AC connector in use can not
be covered or wrapped with
cloth or cloth ball.
A
ccumulated heat would
cause fire and casing
deformation.
Use it at places of good
ventilation.
Carry it around with the
Antenna pulled down.
A
ntenna tangling
A
nd touching
w
o
“Pull down
The
antenna!”
Never plug or pull AC
Connector or vehicular
Connector with wet
hand
Wet hand
Prohibite
d
Would cause
Electric
shock.
Pull off the battery when
It is to be out of use for
Along time (above
2 weeks). Broken battery
A
nd leakage
would
Cause fire, injury
Or environment
Pollution.
Never adjust the
V
olume too high
When using the
Earphone.
Lasting large volume
Would harm hearing
Capability.

CAUTION
Never have metallic or
flammable objects
Inserted or fall into the
Loudspeaker.
Prohibited Prohibited
Prohibited Prohibited
Prohibited Prohibited
Prohibited
Would cause fire and
Charging and invalidate
Water tightness.
Special attention
Needed in a family
With children with
Children.
Never leave it in a
Bathroom after use.
Would cause
Fire and electric
Shock
Never keep it at locations
With higher temperature
Due to closed car windows
Or sunshine.
Would exert
A
dverse affection
On the TV body or
Components,
Causing
d
e
N
ever use
i
t
i
n t
h
e v
i
c
i
n
i
ty
Of fire. Would cause fire
Or failure.
Never use it at locations above 40 or below 5.
Never leave it at locations
With oil, smoke or steam
Such as the regulation
Bench or humidifier.
Would cause fire
A
nd electric shock.
N
ever
l
eave
i
t at unstea
d
y
Locations such as
Swinging table or tiling
Positions.
Falling or overturning would cause
Injuries.

Use Instructions
Water tightness
This set is waterproof and meets the requirement for JIS level 5 (spray protected*). Although
it can be used under rainfall or water spraying, attention should be paid to the following
points:
 Never immerse it in water.
 Never have it bonded to a lot of water.
 Never inject water to the set on purpose.
 When it is wet with a lot of water drops or rain, clean it with dry cloth.
 Never let strong water spray wet the loudspeaker part.
 When used in a bathroom or at other locations with water, make sure to use battery.
 When used in a bathroom or at other locations, never connect the AC connector,
antenna adjuster, video cable or earphone.
 When opening/closing the battery box cover or jack box cover, make sure to wipe off
water carefully to have it operate in dry conditions.
 Make sure to close the battery box cover and the jack box cover.
*Spray-protected…direct water spray in any direction would bring no hazardous
affection.
There will be attenuation of TV waves and unclear pictures and sounds at
Following locations:
Far away from TV
Transmitte
r
Underground In the metro, tunnel,
Mountainous
I
n
th
e c
l
earance an
d
s
h
a
d
e
Of the building, in buildings
With good tightness In transport means
Never use it by other electric
a
pp
liances
Picture in disorder,
With noise.
A
bout channel VHF1~3
Poor reception
Effect is most likely
In areas with bad
Signal reception
Status.

Names and functions of components
Channel selection
Telescope antenna
Pull it out for use.
A
djust its length and direction
Depending on the wave conditions.
Handgrip
Used to hold the unit for transport.
V
olume button
A
djusting the volume.
Brightness button
For regulation of the picture
Brightness.
Indicator for battery replacement
The red lamp will light up once the
Battery is used up.
Channel scale
VHF (red)
UHF (green)
Loudspeaker
Liquid crystal
Picture
Desktop Stand
The angle can be adjusted to obtain a clear picture.
Control/indication panel Power switch
Power on/off
Power
V
HF/UHF changeover button
For VHF/UHF selection Channel button
A
utomatic TV channel search.
＋：move to the right
－：move to the left

Battery cavity
A
ccommodate 4 pieces
Of single 1 batteries in the
Case of battery use.
B
a
tt
ery
b
ox cove
r
To be opened/
Closed for battery
Insertion /fetching.
CAUTION
Unit is not waterproof when
The jack box cover or the
Battery box cover is not
LOCKED.
LOCK of the battery
Box cove
r
LOCK box cove
r
To be opened for use of
Earphone, Ext Power, AV
IN or EXT. ANT.
Jack box cover
External antenna terminal
Connector in the use of the external antenna.
A
V terminal
Jack for connectin
g
camera cable, when used
Earphone terminal
Jack for connecting the earphone when it is used.
External power terminal
Connecting jack whenAC connector or vehicular
Connector (purchased separately) is used.

Power supply
This product uses battery or external power
When battery is used Use alkaline batteries.
Order 4 pieces of alkaline batteries available in the market.
 Never use Zn-Mn batteries with very short life cycle, for it would cause unstable
operation.
 Never use nickel hydrogen batteries or NiCd batteries.
Caution
Never use batteries of different types or new and old batteries at the same time.
Broken batteries and liquid leakage would cause fire or injuries.
 Pull up the telescope antenna.
Telescope antenna
Release the LOCK of the battery box cover.
Snap of the battery box cover
Dismantle it in the arrow direction.
Open the battery box cover.
Battery box cover

 Insert the battery.
Insert 4 pieces of single 1 battery
in the direction as indicated in the
body of the TV set.
 Close the battery box cover.
 Close the LOCK of the battery box cover.
Press [·PUSH·] until a snap is heard.

In the case of use of the external power supply
Open the box cover snap.
Snap for the box cover
AC connector
Rated input voltage AC100V
Rated output DC6V/1A
Output plug EIAJ unified
Specification
Vehicle connector
(Not supplied)
Rated input voltage DC12V
Rated output DC6V/1A
Output plug EIAJ unified
Specification
CAUTION
It is not water proof with the use of the
External power supply.
Press Release
Connection to household
Power supply
C
onnect
i
on to ve
hi
cu
l
ar
power supply
Connect the separately purchased AC
Connector to the external power suppl
y
Terminal.
Connect the separately purchased vehicle
Connector to the external power suppl
y
til
CAUTION
 Make sure to use batteries in a bathroom or at other places where water is used.
There will be danger of electric shock if an external power supply is used.
 Make sure to use the set in the dry condition, as opening the box cover LOCK when the
TV set body is wet would cause water to come into the body.
 Make sure to have the snap cover close when the external power terminal is not used.
Keep the snap cover pressed until a snap is heard, and make sure that it is closed.
 Make sure to use the special AC connector and the vehicle connector.
Use of components other than the special (6VDC, 1A) ones would cause fire and othe
r
accidents.

Usage
When watching TV
 Pull out the telescope antenna.
Telescope antenna
Pull antenna to its maximum height.
 Switch on power.
Channel indication panel displays.
Channel selection
Channel indication
Panel
Indicator for battery
Replacement
About battery replacement
 Select any channel in VHF (1~12ch) and UHF (13~62ch).
Channel selection
Power
The indicator is off under normal conditions. The red indicator lights up when the
Battery is used up. Once the red indicator lights up, there will be “no picture or sound
” or “dim picture”, and the batteries should be replaced immediately.
Power
Every time the switchover button is pressed,
VHF and UHF are changed over.
VHF…displayed in the red channel indicator
panel
UHF…displayed in the green channel
indicator panel

 Select channels.
Channel selection
To the right
To the left
 Adjust brightness.
There may be different brightness even with clear
pictures depending on the receiving angle and
direction. Adjust brightness after determining
receiving angle and direction.
Brightness
Adjustment button
Increase
Brightness
Decrease
Brightness
Power
 In the automatic search function, the channel indicator
Panel will stop searching when the received signal is in
thee best condition, and the picture appears.
 When it stops at a channel not wanted, press the + or -
Button repeatedly for channel selection.
 When you keep pressing the channel button, the channel
Indicator panel will keep moving.
Wh
en
th
e p
i
c
t
ure
i
s no
t
c
l
ea
r
 In the case of strong waves, channel selection will possibly stop before the correct
channel is displayed. Continue channel selection until correct signal is received.
Furthermore, there may possibly be better reception with the telescope antenna being
shortened.
 In the case of weak waves, the channel indicator panel will possibly not stop, or stop
where there is no picture or sound. Pull out the telescope antenna to its full length, and
operate the channel button while changing the direction. If signal still can not be
received, consider if it is due to poor waves or try to change the location for reception.

 Adjust volume.
Volume
Adjustment button.
Increase
Decrease
 cut off power after watching.
Channel selection
Power
CAUTION
In winter and other dry seasons, touching of the antenna or terminals would lead to
discharging due to static electricity on the fingertip, thus causing wrong operation. In such
cases, Power off and on the unit.
About the small fluorescence tube
 When used at a low temperatures, there might be faint or reddish strips, which are not
failures. Normal operation can be resumed after temperature rise.
 Low batteries would make it difficult to start the signal and cause faint pictures, which are
not failures and can be solved through battery replacement.

When an external antenna is used
①Connect the antenna adjuster to the external antenna cable.
②Open the jack cover.
 Connect the antenna adjuster to the external antenna terminal.
CAUTION
Before using it in a bathroom, make sure to close the battery box cover and jack cover.
Failures or electric shocks would be caused when the battery box cover and the jack cove
r
are left open.
When the picture is not clear even with a pulled out antenna in a poor reception environment
or in a building, use a separately purchased antenna adjuster connected with the external
antenna to obtain a stable picture.
CAUTION
It is not waterproof when the jack cover is left open.
Use drop-proof antenna cable of the terminal type (separately purchased), when it is used in
a bathroom or at locations where water is used.

When used as a TV monitor
 When video cables are needed.
 Open the jack cover
 Connect the video camera cable to the AV terminal.
Jack cover
When the earphone is used
Use 3.5mm standard earphone available in the market.
 When a stereo earphone is connected, only mono audio can be heard.
 Open the jack cover.
CAUTION
It is not waterproof when the jack cover is left open.
Never use video cables when it is used in a bathroom or other places where water is used
AV
terminal
O
utput term
i
na
l
f
or connect
i
on to t
h
e v
id
eo
camera, etc.
Yellow plug video output terminal
White plug audio output terminal
 Watch TV in normal conditions with the
video camera cable not connected to the
A
V terminal.
CAUTION
It is not waterproof when the jack cover is left open.
Never use the Headphones when it is used in a bathroom or at places where water is used.
 Dec
r
ease volume.
V
olume
adjustment button
Decrease
Connect the earphone to the earphone terminal
Jack cover
Earphone
terminal
 Adjust volume Use volume button
Decrease
Increase

Troubleshooting
In case of abnormalities, proceed with the following investigation before requesting
servicing.
In the following cases Cause Solution
Used up battery.
(Red indicator for
Battery replacement is lit).
Replace all with new batteries of
The same variety.
Wrong installation battery
Direction. Install + - polarities correctly.
Min. volume and brightness. Adjust volume and brightness.
AC connector/vehicular connector
not connected correctly. Connect AC connector/ Vehicular connector correctly.
No picture and
No sound.
Video camera cable connected to
AV terminal. Pull out the video camera cable Connected to the AV terminal.
Used up battery.
(Red indicator for battery
Replacement is required).
Brightness adjustment not proper.
Replace all with new batteries of
The same variety.
Adjust it to a proper brightness.
Though there is audio
signal, the picture is
white, dim or fully
white/fully black.
Poor signal receiving environment.
Move it to a location with good
signal receiving environment.

Troubleshooting (continued)
In the following cases Cause Solution
Used up battery.
(Red indicator for battery
replacement is lit).
Replace with all new batteries
Telescope antenna not
adjusted correctly.
Adjust its length and direction.
Channel not selected
properly. Select channels by pressing the selection buttons, and shorten
length of the telescope antenna.
Move it to a location with good
receiving environment.
Poor receiving environment.
Too strong waves Select channels by pressing the
selection buttons, and shorten
length of the telescope antenna.
Picture not clear
Rolling
Overlapping
Spot or ripple
Reflected waves from the
receiving hill or building.
Select channels by pressing the
selection buttons, and shorten
length of the telescope antenna.
Min. volume. Rotate volume button to adjust it to
a proper volume.
Earphone, etc. connected to
the earphone terminal.
Pull out what is connected to the
earphone terminal.
Although there are pictures,
no audio signal from the
loudspeaker.
Too strong waves. Select channels by pressing the
selection buttons, and shorten
length of the telescope antenna.
Min. volume. Rotate volume button to adjust it to
a proper volume. There are pictures, but no
sound from the earphone. Earphone connected to
other terminals than the
earphone terminal.
Connect it to the earphone correctly.
Used up batteries.
(Red indicator for battery
replacement is lit).
Replace all with new batteries of the
same variety.。
All pictures are dim.
TV set body and batteries
are too cold. Press the switch after leaving the set at locations with temperature
above 32ºF
Used up batteries.
(Red indicator for battery
replacement is lit).
Replace all with new batteries of the
same variety.。 Frequency indicator panel
keeps searching. Poor receiving environment.
Move the set to a location with good receiving environment.

Maintenance
For maintenance, make sure to cut off power switch, and start after cutting off the
external power.
 Stains on the TV set body can be wiped off with dry or soft cloth.
 In the case of serious stains, immerse the cloth in water mixed with a small amount of
mild neutral detergent. Wipe it thoroughly with dry cloth after careful washing.
 Never use solution, gasoline or spraying detergent for cleaning.
REPAIR: (Important)
DO NOT SHIP PRODUCT BACK FOR REPAIR WITHOUT FIRST CONTACTING
AUDIOVOX AT 1-800-645-4994.
NOTICES:
1) The contents stated in this document and the product may be subject to change without
prior notice. Please ask your distributor or go to WWW.AUDIOVOX.COM for the latest
information.
2) This product is developed and produced for usage onto normal electronic products
(home, office, automation equipment, game machine, etc) and is not suitable for applications
which need extremely high reliability and extreme safety (aero- or space-use machines,
control equipment for nuclear power, life keeping equipments, etc.)
3) It is strictly prohibited to copy or publish a part or whole of this document without our prior
written approval.
For assistance, please call: 1-800-645-4994
Or visit us at WWW.AUDIOVOX.COM
When water has come into the battery box cover or jack cover, contact the customer
service de
p
artment immediatel
y
.