Toshiba 29VH36/37 User manual

Owners Manual
TOSHIBA
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29VH36/37

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For your safety
This equipment has been designed and manufactured to
meet international safety standards but, like any electrical
equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best
results and safety is to be assured. So, please read the
points below for your own safety. They are of a general na-
ture, intended to help you with all your electronic consumer
products and some points may not apply to the goods you
have just purchased.
Some DOs and DONTs for you
Air Circulation
eave at least 10cm clearance around the television to allow
adequate ventilation. This will prevent the TV from overheating
and consequential possible damage to the TV. Dusty places
should also be avoided.
Heat Damage
Damage may occur if you leave the TV in direct sunlight or
near a heater. Avoid places subject to extremely high temper-
atures or humidity, or locations where the temperature is like-
ly to fall below 5ºC (41ºF).
Hot / Moderate Climate Conditions
This device is suitable for working in hot and moderate cli-
mate conditions.
Mains Supply
The mains supply required for this equipment is 2 0V AC, 50
Hz. Never connect to a DC supply or any other power source.
DO ensure that the TV is not standing on the mains lead. DO
NOT cut off the mains plug from this equipment, this incorpo-
rates a special Radio Interference Filter, the removal of which
will impair its performance.
IF IN DOUBT PLEASE CONSULT A COMPETENT
ELECTRICIAN.
DO
DO read the operating instructions before you attempt to use
the equipment.
DO ensure that all electrical connections (including the mains
plug, extension leads and inter-connections between pieces
of equipment) are properly made and in accordance with the
manufacturers instructions.
Switch off and withdraw the mains plug before making or
changing connections.
DO consult your dealer if you are ever in doubt about the in-
stallation, operation or safety of your equipment.
DO be careful with glass panels or doors on equipment.
DO NOT
DONT remove any fixed cover as this may expose danger-
ous voltages.
DONT obstruct the ventilation openings of the equipment
with items such as newspapers, table-cloths,
curtains etc. Overheating will cause damage and shorten the
life of the equipment.
DONT allow electrical equipment to be exposed to dripping
or splashing or objects filled with liquids, such as vases, to
be placed on the equipment.
Contents
For your safety ..........................................................1
Installation of TV Set ................................................ 2
Preparation ...................................................................... 2
Before Switching on your TV ..................................2
Power connection............................................................. 2
Aerial Connections ........................................................... 2
How to connect the external equipments .......................... 2
Inserting batteries in the remote control handset .............. 2
Control Panel Buttons..............................................3
Antenna Connections ............................................... 3
Re ote Control Buttons .......................................... 4
Features..................................................................... 5
Switching the TV ON/OFF ........................................5
To switch the TV on .......................................................... 5
To switch the TV off .......................................................... 5
Initial Settings ........................................................... 5
Operating with the onset buttons ...................................... 5
Operating with Remote Control ......................................... 6
Menu Syste .............................................................6
Sound menu ..................................................................... 6
Picture menu ................................................................... 8
Feature menu ................................................................... 9
Installation Menu .............................................................. 9
Other Functions ...................................................... 11
Sound Mute .................................................................... 11
Stereo / Bilingual ............................................................. 11
Information on Screen ..................................................... 11
Manual Selection of External Source ............................... 11
Screen Format ................................................................ 11
Previous Program Selection ............................................ 11
Sound Standard Selection ............................................... 11
To Display the Time ......................................................... 11
Picture Mode .................................................................. 11
Still Picture ..................................................................... 12
Teletext .................................................................... 12
To operate Teletext .......................................................... 12
To select a page of Teletext .............................................12
To Select Index Page ...................................................... 12
Searching for a page while watching TV ..........................12
To Select Double Height Text ..........................................12
To Reveal concealed Information ...................................12
To Stop Automatic Page Change ..................................... 12
Split Screen .................................................................... 12
To exit Teletext ................................................................12
Fastext ...........................................................................12
Connect the External Equip ents ........................ 13
Connect the External Equip ents ........................ 14
Via the Euroconnector..................................................... 14
RGB mode ......................................................................14
S-VHS ............................................................................14
S-VHS EXT2 Mode .......................................................... 14
Via the RCA jacks ........................................................... 14
Via the ANT (aerial) socket ..............................................14
TV and Video Recorder (VCR) ......................................... 14
NTSC Playback ..............................................................14
Copy Facility ...................................................................14
Connecting Headphones ................................................. 14
Tips........................................................................... 14
Cleaning The Screen ............................................. 15
Exclusion Clause .................................................... 15
Specifications .......................................................... 15
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DONT place hot objects or naked flame sources, such as
lighted candles or nightlights on, or close to the equipment.
High temperatures can melt plastic and lead to fires.
DONT use makeshift stands and NEVER fix legs with wood
screws. To ensure complete safety, always fit the manufac-
turers approved stand or legs with the fixings provided ac-
cording to the instructions.
Place on a sturdy platform, the mounting surface should be
flat and steady, it should then be secured to the wall with a
sturdy tie using the hook on the back of the TV, this will pre-
vent it from falling over.
DONT listen to headphones at high volume, as such use can
permanently damage your hearing.
DONT leave equipment switched on when it is unattended,
unless it is specifically stated that it is designed for unattend-
ed operation or has a standby mode. Switch off using the
switch on the equipment and make sure your family know
how to do this. Special arrangements may need to be made
for infirm or handicapped people.
DONT continue to operate the equipment if you are in any
doubt about it working normally, or it is damaged in any way
 switch off, withdraw the mains plug and consult your dealer.
DON'T put the empty batteries into garbage instead of recy-
cle bin to reduce harmfull effects to the environment.
ABOVE ALL  NEVER let anyone, especially children,
push anything into holes, slots or any other openings in
the case  this could result in a fatal electric shock.
NEVER guess or take chances with electrical equipment of
any kind  it is better to be safe than sorry.
Installation of TV Set
Preparation
Place the TV on a solid surface.
For ventilation, leave a space of at least 100mm. Free all
around the set.
To prevent any fault and unsafe situations, please do not
place any objects on top of the set.
Before Switching on your TV
Power connection
Important: The TV set is designed to operate on 2 0 V AC,
50 Hz.
 After unpacking, allow the TV set to reach the ambient room
temperature before you connect the set to the mains.
Aerial Connections
 Connect the aerial plug to the aerial input socket located at
the back of the TV.
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How to connect the e ternal equipments
See Connect the External Equipments on page 1 .
 See the instruction manuals provided with the external de-
vices too.
Inserting batteries in the remote control handset
 Remove the battery cover located on the back of the hand-
set by gently pulling upwards from the indicated part.
 Insert two AAA (R0 ) or equivalent type batteries inside.
 Replace the battery cover.
NOTE: Remove 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.
Dispose of them in a designated disposal area.
TO FULLY DISCONNECT THE TV, SWITCH OFF THE
MAINS SOCKET AND REMOVE THE POWER PLUG.
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Control Panel Buttons
Antenna Connections
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Remote Control Buttons

= Stand By

0 - 9 = Direct Program

= External Source
(EXT-1, EXT-2, EXT- , S-VHS, S-VHS EXT2, FRONT-AV)

= Picture Mode Selection

EXIT = TV / AV / TEXT / MENU Quit

= Programme Up / Cursor Up

= Volume Up / Cursor Right

= Programme Down / Cursor Down

V - / V + = Volume Down / Volume Up
Cursor eft / Cursor Right

Yellow = Feature Menu

Blue = Install Menu
 
= Teletext / Mix / Teletext Quit
 
= Time / Update
 
= Hold
 
= Index Page
= TV Status
 
= No Function
 
= No Function
 
= Reveal
 
= Expand
 
= Picture Mode (Auto, 4:3, 16:9)
 
= Stereo / Mono / Dual I-II
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Red = Sound Menu
 
Green = Picture Menu
 
= Volume Down / Cursor eft
 
OK = Ok
 
MENU = Menu
 
= Programme Swap
 
= Mute
*Functions of the   /   and -V / V+ buttons are the same.
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Features
 Infra red remote control
 100Hz flicker free
 User friendly menu system
 On-screen functional display
 Frequency synthesis tuning
 Comb filter
 Sleep timer
 100 program storage locations
 S-band (S1-S20)
 Hyper band reception (S21-S41)
 Digital-CTI (Color Transient Improvement)
 Digital noise reduction
 Auto, 4:3, 16:9
 Built-in 2 speakers
 Volume controlled Headphone output, and headphone termi-
nals (jacks)
 Balance control
 5-Band equaliser
 3 x Euro AV plug (Scart)
 75 Ohm Aerial socket
 Fastext
 German + Nicam Stereo
 Real Flat (Dynamic Focus)
 S-VHS (via SCART or SVHS connector)
 Front-AV
 Multi system reception (PA SECAM B/G D/K / )
 NTSC Playback
 Automatically switch off after 5 minutes when no signal.
 Automatic VCR detection
 Digital Scan
Switching the TV ON/OFF
You can operate your TV either using the remote control
handset or directly using the TV onset buttons.
To switch the TV on
Your TV will switch on in two steps:
1- Press the power button located on the front of the TV. Then
the TV switches itself to standby mode and the RED LED
located below the TV turns on.
2- To switch on the TV from stand-by mode either:
Press a digit button on the remote control so that a program-
me number is selected,
or,
Press Standby / Power Button or Programme Up and Down
buttons on the front of the TV or on the remote control re-
spectively, so the TV will switch on and the RED ed will turn
GREEN.
IMPORTANT:
 If no aerial signal is received at the selected program for a
period of 5 minutes then your TV automatically switches
into stand-by mode.
To switch the TV off
 Press the stand-by button on the remote control, so the TV
will switch to stand-by mode and the GREEN LED will be-
come RED, or,
 Press the power button located on the front of the TV.
NOTE: If you have switched off the TV set from the power but-
ton instead of the remote control, next time you press the
power button, the TV set will switch on without going to the
stand-by mode.
Initial Settings
The message PLEASE CHECK ANTENNA CABLE! will be
displayed when you turn on your TV for the first time.
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Note: If you connect Video Recorder to your TV via antenna in-
put (ANT socket); totune the VCR channel automaticallyyou
must set the VCR in play mode before you start APS.
1- Select LANGUAGE with   or   button, then press
the   or   button to select a menu language.
2- Select COUNTRY with   or   button, then press the
 or   button to select the correct country.
- Select START with   or   button, then press the  
button to start APS.
APS, (Automatic Programming System) automatically pro-
grammes the received channels in your TVs programme
numbers. During APS, APS IS RUNNING PLEASE WAIT
message will be displayed. After APS is finalized, the PRO-
GRAM TABLE appears.
To cancel APS, press the EXIT button.
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Operating with the onset buttons
Volume setting and programme selection can be made using
the buttons on the front panel.
Volume Setting
 Press -  button to decrease volume or  + button to
increase volume, so a volume level scale will be displayed
on the screen.
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Programme Selecting
 Press 
3
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
3
 button to select the previous programme.
Entering Main Menu
 Press MENU button to enter the menu. In the menu select
sub-menu using  + or -  buttons and enter the
submenu using 
3
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desired item by using 
3
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3
 buttons and to
change or adjust it using  + or -  buttons. To learn
the usage of the menus, refer to the Menu System section.
Operating with Remote Control
The remote control handset of your TV is designed to control
all the functions of the model you selected. The functions will
be described in accordance with the menu system of your
TV.
Functions which you can use out of menu system are de-
scribed below.
Volume Setting
Press V+ button to increase volume.
Press V- button to decrease volume.

Programme Selecting (Previous or next programme)
 Press   button to select the previous programme.
 Press   button to select the next programme.
Programme Selecting (direct access):
Press digit buttons on the remote control handset to select
programmes between 0 and 9. TV will switch to the selected
program after a short delay.
 For a two digit program number enter the second digit after
pressing the first digit within 2 seconds.
enu System
Your TV has been designed with a menu system to provide
an easy manipulation of a multifunction system. "MENU" but-
ton has two functions. The first function of it is opening and
closing the menu, the second function is closing the sub-
menu and then opening its parent menu. The short way in or-
der to enter the menus, press:
MENU button Menu
Red button Sound menu
Green button Picture menu
Yellow button Feature menu
Blue button Installation menu
When you press "MENU" button, the following menu appears
on the screen.
Press   or   button to select a menu title and then  
or OK button to enter the menu.
Sound menu
First icon belongs to the sound menu. By pressing   or
OK button, Sound menu appears on the screen.
You can enter Sound menu directly by pressing RED button.
Volu e
When you entered the sound menu Volume will be the first
selected item. Press   button to increase volume level.
Press   button to decrease volume level.
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Balance
By pressing   or   button, select Balance. Press  
button to move balance rightward. Press   button to move
balance leftward.
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Sound Mode:
By pressing   or   button, select Sound Mode. You can
change the sound mode to MONO, STEREO, DUAL - 1 or
DUAL - 2 by pressing   or   button.
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Surround Mode
By pressing   or   button, select Surround Mode. You
can change the surround mode to *INCR. STEREO (INCR.
MONO) or OFF by pressing   or   button.
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Equalizer
By pressing   or   button, select Equalizer. Press  
button to enter equalizer menu. In equalizer menu the sound
style can be changed to USER, NORMAL, SPEECH, MUSIC
or MOVIE by pressing   or   button. When equalizer
menu settings are changed sound style switches to USER.
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By pressing   button, the required frequency is selected
and by   or   buttons the frequency gain can be in-
creased or decreased. Press OK button to store Equalizer
menu settings. Press MENU button to exit the equalizer
menu.
Headphone Menu
By pressing   or   button, select Headphone. Press
 button to enter Headphone menu.
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Volume
By pressing   or   button, select Volume. Press  
button to increase headphone volume level. Press   button
to decrease headphone volume level.
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Balance
By pressing   or   button, select Balance. Press  
button to move headphone balance rightward. Press   but-
ton to move headphone balance leftward.
Sound Mode
By pressing   or   button, select Sound Mode. You can
change the sound mode to MONO, STEREO, DUAL - 1 or
DUAL - 2 by pressing   or   button.
To Store the Settings
 Press OK button to store Headphone menu settings.
 STORED will be displayed.
Bass Boost
Bass Boost is used to increase bass effect of the TV set.
By pressing   or   button, select Bass Boost. You can
set the Bass Boost to ON or OFF by pressing   or   but-
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Automatic Volume imiting (AV ) function normalizes sound
to obtain fixed output level between programs, having different
sound levels. Pressing   or   button will turn ON or OFF
this feature.
To Store the Settings
 Press OK button to store Sound menu settings.
 STORED will be displayed.
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Picture menu
By pressing   or   button, select the second icon.
By pressing   or OK button, Picture menu appears on
the screen.
You can enter Picture menu directly by pressing GREEN but-
ton.
Setting Brightness
When you entered the Picture menu Brightness will be the
first selected item. Press   button to increase Brightness
level. Press   button to decrease Brightness level.
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Setting Contrast
 Using   or   button select Contrast.
 Press   button to increase contrast level.
 Press   button to decrease contrast level.
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Setting Color
 Using   or   button select Color.
 Press   button to increase color level.
 Press   button to decrease color level.
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Setting Sharpness
 Using   or   button select Sharpness.
 Press   button to increase sharpness level.
 Press   button to decrease sharpness level.
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Setting Tilt
 Using   or   button select Tilt.
 Press   button to increase tilt level.
 Press   button to decrease tilt level.
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Setting Tint
This item is used to change the Color Temperature. By press-
ing   or   button you may select one of these options:
COOL, WARM, NORMAL.
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DNR
By pressing   or   button, select DNR. You can change
the DNR (Digital Noise Reduction) to MINIMUM, MEDIUM,
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Setting Hue (In AV ode only)
(This appears in AV mode only when an NTSC video source
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menu.):
 Using   or   button select Hue.
 Press   button to increase hue level.
 Press   button to decrease hue level.
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Screen For at
By pressing   or   button, select Screen Format. You
can change the screen format to AUTO, 4: or 16:9 by press-
ing   or   button.
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Screen Format can be set by   wide mode button also.
To Store the Settings
 Press OK button to store Picture menu settings.
 STORED will be displayed.
Feature menu
By pressing   or   button select the third icon.
By pressing   or OK button, Feature menu appears on
the screen.
You can enter Feature menu directly by pressing YELLOW
button.
Sleep Ti er
As you enter the Feature menu, Sleep Timer will be the
first selected option. Use   or   button to change the
Sleep Timer values between OFF, 15 MIN, 0 MIN, 45 MIN,
60 MIN, 90 MIN, 120 MIN, 150 MIN and 180 MIN.
If sleep timer is activated, at the end of the selected time, the
TV goes automatically to stand-by mode.
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Child Lock
You can use this feature to prevent children turning on TV or
changing programs or adjustments etc. without remote con-
trol.
The Child Lock feature can be set by   or   button to
either ON or OFF. When OFF is selected, there will be no dif-
ference in the operation of your TV. When ON is selected, the
TV can only be controlled by the remote control handset. In
this case, the front panel buttons (except the Power On/Off
button) will not work.
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Blue Screen
In case, no valid signal is detected (in TV or AV mode) Blue
Screen is activated. During search process Blue Screen is
not active.
The Blue Screen feature can be set by   or   button to
either ON or OFF.
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EXT2 Output
From EXT2 Output, either TV, EXT-1, EXT- , FRONT-AV can
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To Store the Settings
 All settings are stored automatically in Feature menu. There
is no need to press OK button.
Installation Menu
By pressing   or   button, select the fourth icon.
By pressing   or OK button, Installation menu appears
on the screen. You can enter installation menu directly by
pressing BLUE button.
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Language
By pressing   or   button, select anguage. You can
select the language by pressing   or   button.
Country
By pressing   or   button, select Country. You can se-
lect the country by pressing   or   button.
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