Manual Toshiba 42TL515U (page 10 of 102) (English)

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Contents

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Installation, Care, and Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Choosing a location for your LCD TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Safety Precautions for 3D glasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 1: Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Overview of installation, setup, and use . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Front panel control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Back panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Bundling the cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 2: Connecting your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Overview of cable types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

About the illustrations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connecting to a Satellite dish, an Antenna, or Cable

TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting an HDMI

or DVI device to the HDMI

input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Connecting a VCR or DVD player with ColorStream

(component video) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Connecting remote IR devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Connecting a digital audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Using the TV remote and HDMI

CEC Control to

control other devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting an HDMI audio system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Connecting a PC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Connecting to a home network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Chapter 3: Using the remote control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Controlling other devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Installing batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Learning about the Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Chapter 4: Initial Setup and Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Initial Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Navigating the menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Main menu layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Quick menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Chapter 5: Setting up your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Changing Initial settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Menu language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Local Time Setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

ANT/CABLE IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Storing channels in memory (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Auto Tuning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Manual Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Skipping channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Skipping video inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Labeling channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Labeling video inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Configuring shared inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Setting the Auto Input feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Chapter 6: Basic features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Viewing 3D images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Using 3D functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Tuning channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Setting the Channel Tuning Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Tuning in to the next programmed channel . . . . . . . 39

Tuning in to a specific channel

(programmed or unprogrammed). . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using the Channel Browser

™

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Using Channel Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using SurfLock

™

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Selecting the video input to view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using closed captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Analog CC mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Digital CC settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Setting the PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Entering a new PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Changing or deleting your PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Forgotten PIN code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using parental controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Blocking TV programs and movies by rating

(V-Chip) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Downloading an additional rating system . . . . . . . . 44

Displaying ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Unlocking programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Locking specific channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Locking video input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Setting a time limit for games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Locking the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Using HDMI

CEC Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Controlling HDMI

CEC playback devices. . . . . . . . 47

HDMI

CEC Control input source selection . . . . . . . 47

Adjusting the amplifier’s audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Other HDMI

CEC Control functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using the HDMI

settings feature. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Viewing the HDMI

signal information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Using your PC with the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Adjusting the image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setting the PC audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setting the timer to turn on the TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Setting the sleep timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Setting Automatic Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Setting No Signal Power Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Displaying TV status information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Viewing support information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Resetting to Factory Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Power failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Chapter 7: Picture and sound controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Selecting the picture size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Scrolling the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using the Auto Aspect feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Using the 4:3 Stretch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Freezing the picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Adjusting the picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Selecting the picture mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Adjusting the picture quality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Using the advanced picture settings features . . . . . . . . 56

Edge Enhancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Dynamic Contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

DynaLight

™

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Static Gamma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Film Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

ClearScan 240

™

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

MPEG NR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

DNR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Auto Brightness Sensor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Backlight Adjustment Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

ColorMaster

™

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Base Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Color temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Resetting to the factory default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Setting the Expert Picture Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Test Pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

RGB Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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