Haier 21FA12-AM User manual

COLOUR TV RECEIVER
OWNER'S MANUAL
Please read this manual carefully
before operating the unit, and keep
it for future reference.
The Owner's Manual for the Follow Models:
21FA12-AM,29FA12-AM,29FA11-AM

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Power on and power off
Viewing TV programs
Viewing TV programs
Program swap and auto program scan
Tuning
Automatic search
Manual search
FINE TUNE
Program Skip
Convenient picture control functions
Multiple picture modes
How to set the PICTURE BOOST
How to set the BLACK STRETCH
Time functions
Clock setting and on/off timer
REMIND PROG function
Setting the other function
How to start screen saver
AVL function
Channel exchange
Calendar function
Others
Connecting additional equipments
Troubleshooting
Specifications
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CONTENTS
Basic Operation
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Before Operation
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Warning and Cautions
Installation
Antenna connection
Preparation for the remote control
Position of keys and plug-ins
Front and side panel
Back panel
Using the remote control

Warning and Cautions
1. When you clean the TV set, please
pull out the power plug from AC outlet.
Don't clean the cabinet and the
screen with benzene, petrol and other
chemicals.
4. To prevent the TV set from firing
and electric shock, don't expose the
TV set to rain or moisture.
2. In order to prolong the using life of
the TV set, please place it on a
ventilated place.
5. Don't open the back cover,
otherwise it is possible to damage the
components in the TV set and harm
you.
3. Don't place the
TV set in the
sunshine or near
heat source.
6. When the TV set isn't going to be
used for long time or it is in thunder
and lightening, please pull out the
plug from AC outlet and the antenna
plug from the cover of the TV set.
Explanation on the display tube
In general, it is not needed to clean the tube surface. However, necessary,
it's surface can be cleaned with a dry cotton cloth after cutting off the power.
Don't use any cleanser. If using hard cloth, the tube surface will be damaged.

Generally speaking, to enjoy a clearer picture, we recommend that you use a CATV
system or an outdoor antenna .In different places, the suitable antenna type and position
are different.
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Battery installation
Remove the batteries cover.
Insert two size AAA batteries matching
the +/-polarities of the battery to
the +/- marks inside the battery
compartment.
Tips for remote operation
The battery life should be about one year
under normal use.
If the remote control will not be used for
a long period of time or when the batteries
are worn out, remove the batteries to
prevent leakage.
Do not throw the batteries into fire. Dispose
of used batteries in the specified manner.
Do not drop, dampen or disassemble the
remote control.
Note
* It is recommended that you'd better use 75 coaxial cable to remove the
disturbance caused by airwave.
* Don't bind antenna cable and electric wire together.
twin-lead cable
coaxial cable
Antenna adapter
Plug
(additional purchase)
Mixer
additional
purchase
AC power socket
Antenna input
standard
coaxial type
Antenna connection
Preparation for the remote control
Installation

Position of Keys and Plug-ins
VIDEO
AUDIO-L
AUDIO-R
Front and side panel
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5
Y
Cb
L
S-VIDEO
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IN
VIDEO
IN OU T
R
AU DIO
1.TV/AV :TV/AV/SVHS/DVD selection
2.VOL-:Decrease sound
3.VOL+:Increase sound
4.CH-:Select next lower channel
5.CH+:Select next higher channel
6.Menu:Access/Exit main menu
7.Power Indicator
8.Sensor Windows
9.Power:Power on/off
1. S-VIDEO Input
2.VIDEO/AUDIO Input
3.YUV-DVD component Input
4.VIDEO/AUDIO Output
5.Antena Input
Side
Front
Back panel
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TV/AV VOL- VOL+
CH- CH+
MENU 6
1
2
3
4
5
9
87
A11: A12:

TUNE
TV/AV
FUNCTION
P.STD
SCAN TIME
CH+
CH-
VOL+
VOL- MENU
SWAP
PICTURE EXIT
Using the Remote Control
Buttons and Descriptions
TV and AV Exchange Button
Toexchange between TVand
other available videoinputs
Mute Button
Press to conceal thesound of programs.
Picture menu button
Direct-digit Choosing Button
Directly select channelnumbers
Menu Select/Adjust Button
Use this buttonto adjust themenu,
the volume andthe channels, aswell
as to controlthe game.
Program Scan Button
Picture Mode SelectButton
There are standard,Rich,User,
listen,soft five modes of picture.
Function menu button
Time menu button
Exit button
Digit Select Button
Change the channelposition number
between one digit,two-digit and three
-digit.
Swap Button
Tune menu button
Screen Display Button
DC standby button
Remote Control
MUTE POWER
CALL

In the following, they are the methods on how to power on/off the TV set with the
switches on the TV and on the remote control.
2. If the TV is in the state of standby,pressthe
POWER button on the remote control,Direct-digit
button or CH+/- button .
1. Please press the power switch to switch on AC
power supply and the power indicator will light.
Note
1.When you don't operate the TV set with a remote
control,you can turn on it directly through pressing
the +/- buttons on the TV set.
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2.If you want to exchange to standby status,
please press down the POWER button on the
remote control.
3.If you want to fully switch off the power supply for
the TV set, please press the power switch
button on the TV set.
Auto switch-off function
When the "Back" function is on, if an empty channel is selected or
the TV programs are ended for the day, the power will be switched
off 5 minutes later automatically. If the "OFF TIME" is on, it will be
switched off according to the presetting time. The auto power off
function does not work under video input or when the background is
off.
Power on/ off the TV set
POWERPOWER
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Power On and Power Off

Viewing TV Programs
Direct-digit choosing button
How to select the TV program
If the colour of a channel is abnormal
Select the desired sound.
Press the VOL+/- button to adjust the volume level.
Use the direct-digit choosing button
2. Using the CH+/- buttons
Press CH+ to increase the channel position
number.
Press CH- to decrease the channel position
number.
Press the button from 0-9 to select a one digit
channel.
If you want to select a two-digit channel, press
the Digit Select button and change it into two-
digit mode, then press the number of the
channel.
If you want to select a three-digit channel,
press the Digit Select button and change it into
three-digits mode, then press the number of the
channel.
The settings of the colour system may be
wrong. Press the TUNE button and setting
menu shown on the right will display on the
screen.
If picture colour is abnormal
Use the CH+/- buttons to select
then the VOL-/+ buttons to change between Auto,
. Press the EXIT button
to save the setting.
COLOR SYSTEM
PAL, NTSC and NTSC443
The channels amountto 218 .
Viewing TV programs
CH+
CH-
VOL+
VOL- MENU
CH+
CH-
VOL+
VOL- MENU
TUNING
COLOR SYSTEM
BAND
SKIP OFF
PROG NO
SEARCH
FINE TUNE
AUTO SEARCH
TUNING
COLOR SYSTEM
BAND
SKIP OFF
PROG NO
SEARCH
FINE TUNE
AUTO SEARCH

Swap function enables quick swap to the last watched program.
Auto scan function enables automatic successive scanning of all the programs
in memory with (each channel will last about 2 seconds)."OFF" skip status
Program swap
1 Suppose the channel number you used just
now is 8 and the channel number you are
using is 18 (as shown in the figure).
2.If you want to return to the last watched
program channel 8, you can simply press the
SWAP button.
3.If you want to return to the last watched
program channel 8, you can simply press the
SWAP button. In one word ,using the Program swap
function ,we can choose channels among the present channel and
four channels we last watched conveniently.
Auto program scan
1.If you want to select a desirable program, you
may scan all the TV programs in memory. You
can simply press the SCAN button to do this.
The programs will appear one after another
from beginning to end (each channel number
will last about 2 seconds).
2 If you want to stop the function during auto
scanning, simply press the SCAN button again.
Swap
Program swap and auto program scan
Viewing TV Programs(continued)

There are threeways of searching: auto search, searchand fine tune.
You may operate iteither on the TV or on the remotecontrol. Here is mainly about
the remote control.
Automatic search
2. Press the CH+/- buttons to select “AUTO
SEARCH".
3. Press the VOL+ button to ensure automatic
search function operates. All channels now playing
program will be automatically preset in order .
, the first program number
will display on the screen.
After
the search has finished
After searching
Press CH+/- button to check the channels.
If the color is abnormal in a certain channel,
it may be the color system has not been set
properly, so you should adjust it to the proper
system (Reference to page 6).
If you want to stop the search, just press MENU
button.
The order of the automatic search is due to the
frequency of the program, generally speaking, it is
used only at the first time you search the program,
and once the order of the program has been
confirmed, you don't have to use this function,
otherwise the order of the program will be
changed.
Press the TUNE menu button ,and the TUNING
menu shown on the right display on the screen.
Automatic search
CH+
CH-
VOL+VOL- MENU
CH+
CH-
VOL+
VOL- MENU
TUNING
BAND
SKIP OFF
SEARCH
FINE TUNE
AUTO SEARCH
COLOR SYSTEM
PROG NO
TUNING
BAND
SKIP OFF
SEARCH
FINE TUNE
AUTO SEARCH
COLOR SYSTEM
PROG NO
TUNETUNE
Tunning

Tuning functions
Manual search
4.Press VOL+/- button to start searching.
VOL- button is used to search the lower frequency
channel.
VOL+ button is used to search the higher frequency
channel.
Repeat the steps until you find the channel you need.
1. Press CH+/- button or the Direct-digit Choosing button to
select a channel directly(take channel 1 for example).
Press the TUNE menu button, and the TUNE
menu display on the screen.
Press the CH+/- buttons select SEARCH
Manual search
If you changed the channel number 5 seconds ago,
the channel number will disappear .If you want to know
the screen display, please press the CALL button.
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
TUNE
TUNING
COLOR SYSTEM
BAND
SKIP OFF
PROG NO
SEARCH
FINE TUNE
AUTO SEARCH

Tuning functions
4. Press VOL+/- buttons to carry out tune,
till the best picture and sound are obtained.
Press the CH+/-buttons or PROGRAM
NUMBER (0-9)button to choose desired
channels(I.E.channel 1)
2. Press the TUNE menu button, and TUNE
menu appear on the screen.
Press CH+/- to select “FINETUNE”
FINE TUNE
FINE TUNE
Fine tune
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
If the pictureor sound ispoor,try the FINE
TUNE feature .Do not use this feature
unless reception is poor.
CH+
CH-
VOL+
VOL- MENU
TUNING
COLOR SYSTEM
BAND
SKIP OFF
PROG NO
SEARCH
FINE TUNE
AUTO SEARCH

Tuning functions
Program skip
Press the VOL-/+ buttons to turn the
SKIP function "ON".
5. Press the TUNE button to close the menu. When you
use the CH+/- buttons to select channel, this channel will
be skipped. However, you can still use the PROGRAM
NUMBER buttons to select the skipped channel numbers.
If you want to recover the skipped channel
1.
3.
Use the PROGRAM NUMBER buttons to select the
channel number to be recovered.
2.Repeat those steps just now
Press the VOL-/+ buttons to turn the SKIP function "OFF".
1 Press the CH+/- buttons or PROGRAM
NUMBER 0-9 button to choose desired
channels I.E. channel 1 .
2 Press the TUNE menu button , and the
TUNING menu shown on the right display
on the screen.
Press the CH+/- buttons to select "SKIP".
The Program skipfeature enables you to
skip/hide programs that you do not wish to be
displayed when usingthe CH+/- buttons.
Program skip
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
CH+
CH-
VOL+
VOL- MENU
TUNING
BAND
SKIP OFF
PROG NO
SEARCH
FINE TUNE
AUTO SEARCH
COLOR SYSTEM

How to select picture modes
You can quickly select the desired picture mode
from four preset modes and one customized
mode.
Press the P.STD button to select the desired
picture quality. Five kinds of picture modes (i.e.,
"STANDARD",”RICH", "USER","LISTEN",
"SOFT" ) can be selected in turn.
How to customize your own picture status
2.Press the CH+/- buttons to select the item to
adjusted, then press the VOL-/+ buttons
to obtain the desired effect.Press the PICTURE
menu button again to exit .
1.Press the PICTURE menu button ,and the
PICTURE menu shown on the right display on
the screen.
ITEM
CONTRAST
BRIGHTNESS
Weak
Dark
Shallow
Soft
Strong
Bright
Deep
Sharp
Press VOL- Press VOL+
STANDARD
RICH
SOFT
LISTEN
USER
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SHARPNESS
COLOUR
CH+
CH-
VOL+
VOL- MENU
Convenient picture control functions
Multiple picture modes
PICTURE
BRIGHTNESS 32
COLOR 48
SHARPNESS 40
PICTURE BOOST 1
CONTRAST 48
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How to select BLACK STRETCH
How to select PICTURE BOOST
2.Press CH+/- button to select BLACK STRETCH .
Press CH+/- to select “PICTURE BOOST ”.
3.Press VOL+/- button to turn the BLACK STRETCH
function “ ON” or “OFF”
Press VOL+/- button to set the value of
PICTURE BOOST .
1.Press the FUNCTION menu button and the
FUNCTION menu appears on the screen.
1.Press PICTURE menu button,and
the PICTURE menu appears on the screen.
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Convenient picture control functions
BALCK STRETCH and PICTURE BOOST
PICTURE
BRIGHTNESS 32
COLOR 48
SHARPNESS 40
PICTURE BOOST 1
CONTRAST 48
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PICTURE
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
FUNCTION
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
FUNCTION
BACKGROUND ON
BLACK STRETCH ON
AVL ON
Black stretch automaticlly increase the contrast range.

This TV set provides you with three timer functions such as timer on, timer off
and sleep off.
TIME
ON TIME
ON PROG
OFF TIME
SLEEP TIME
REMIND TIME
REMIND PROG
CLOCK
Time functions
Using on/off timer function, the TV set can
automatically turn on to a preset program or shut
down in a preset time.
On/off timer
Clock setting
3 Press the CH+/- buttons to select "ON PROG",
then press the VOL-/+ or program direct number
buttons to select your desired channel (take 8 as
an example).
4 Repeat step 1-2 to set OFF TIME.(take 23:00
as an example)
2. Press the CH+/- buttons select "CLOCK",
then press the VOL -/+ buttons to adjust the
time in hour position; press again the CH+/-
buttons to select the time in minute position,
then press the VOL -/ +buttons to adjust the
value of minutes.
2 Press the CH+/- buttons to select "ON TIME",
then press the VOL -/+ buttons to set the value
in hour position; press again the CH+/- buttons
to select the minute position and set the value
of the minute.(take 18:00 as an example)
1. Press the TIME menu button, and the TIME
menu display on the screen.
1 Press the TIME menu button to call up the
TIME menu on the screen.
We can set the CLOCK as follows:
NOTE:ON TIME only work if the TV set is in the standby.
TIME
ON TIME
ON PROG
OFF TIME
SLEEP TIMER
REMIND TIME
REMIND PROG
CLOCK
TIME
ON TIME
ON PROG
OFF TIME
SLEEP TIME
REMIND TIME
REMIND PROG
CLOCK
TIME
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
TIME

Program remind timer, that displays an on-screen reminder
prompt, when a program on a different channel is due to
start
REMIND PROG function
3.Press the CH+/- buttons to select "REMIND PROG",
then press the VOL -/+ buttons or the program direct
number buttons to set the desired channel (take 18
as an example).
1.Press the TIME menu button to call up the TIME
menu on the screen.
Press the CH +/- buttons to select "REMIND TIME",
then press the VOL -/+ buttons to set the value in hour
position; press again the CH+/- buttons to select the
minute position, and then set the value of the minute.
(Take 19:00 as an example)
Time functions
Continued
REMIND PROG function
TIME
ON TIME
ON PROG
OFF TIME
SLEEP TIME
REMIND TIME
REMIND PROG
CLOCK
TIME
ON TIME
ON PROG
OFF TIME
SLEEP TIME
REMIND TIME
REMIND PROG
CLOCK
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
TIME

How to start screen saver function
When the BACKGROUD functions ON, the screen
will turnautomatically as shown "NO SIGNAL" of
moving .
1.Press the FUNCTION menu button till the
,
FUNCTION menushown on the right display on
the screen.
2Press the CH+/- buttonstoselect
“BACKGROUND" and pressthe VOL-/+ buttons to
turn the BACKGROUND function "ON" .
FUNCTION
Set up function
FUNCTION
BACKGROUND ON
BLACK STRETCH ON
AVL ON
How to start screen saver & AVL function
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
Automatic Volume Level control reduce the
effortof large volume changes.
FUNCTION
BACKGROUND ON
BLACK STRETCH ON
AVL ON
1.Press the FUNCTION menu button the
,and
FUNCTION menu shown on the right display
on the screen.
3.Press VOL-/+ button to turn the AVL function
“ON" or "OFF"
2.Press the CH+/- button to select “AVL" .
AVL function
FUNCTION
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU

Channel exchange
for example, to change between channel 6
and 9
2.Press VOL button or Direct-digit button set
the
-/+
PROGRAM 1.
6.
Press the VOL-/+ buttons to set “EXCHANGE".
Press the CH-/+ buttons to select " PROGRAM 2".
Press the CH+/- buttons to select "EXCHANGE".
Press the VOL-/+ buttons or the PROGRAM
NUMBER 0-9 buttons to set PROGRAM 2 TO 9.
1. Press MENU button continuously until select
menu.Channel exchange
Setting the other Function(continued)
The function ofchannel exchange willenable you toexchange any two programs
and you can conveniently adjust the order of the programs due to your own need.
Channel exchange
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM 2
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM 1
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM 2
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM 1
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM 2
EXCHANGE
PROGRAM 1
VOL-
CH+
CH-
VOL+
MENU
3
4
5
6

Setting the other Function(continued)
2.Press CH+/- button to turn the YEAR/MONTH/DAY ,
press VOL+/- button to adjust or set the
YEAR/MONTH/DAY.
Screen display
Cancel the menu display right now
In common ,the menu display will disappear
after a moment .if you want to cancel the menu
diaplay right now ,press the EXIT button.
Calender function
How to use the calendar function
This TV set has been designed to store the
calender from the year 1901-2099.
1. Press the MENU button ,till the
CALENDAR menu appears on the screen.
Usually ,when you press the CALL
button,the channel number will appear on
the top right corner of the screen .