21F6B-T COLOR TV RECEIVER OWNER'S MANUAL MAIN FUNCTIONS Slide Curtain Power On/Off Display 218 Channels Preset Multiple Picture & Sound Modes On/Off Timer Child Lock Soft Change Channel Function Count Time Channels Appointment DVD Video Component Input Terminals Please read this manual carefully before operating the unit, and keep it for future reference. CONTENTS Before Operation Warning and Cautions Installation Antenna connection Preparation for the remote control Position of keys and plug-ins Front panel Back panel Using the remote control Basic Operation Power on and power off Viewing TV programs Viewing TV programs Program scan and screen display Tuning Automatic search. . . Manual search MFT Skip Adjusting the picture and the sound Multiple picture modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Multiple sound modes S.C.C,count and mute Setting the Timer Timr off. . . Sleep timer and timer on Channels appoinment Setting the other function Language and screen protection Curtain function and calendar display Channel exchange Setting the lock Changing your password Setting the lock Game Game control buttons and method of playing the game Technical operation Connecting Additional Equipments Connecting additional equipment Others Troubleshooting Specifications 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. Installation Antenna connection 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. 300 twin-lead cable Antenna adapter Mixer additional purchase Antenna input 75 standard coaxial type 75 coaxial cable Plug (additional purchase) AC power socket 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. Preparation for the remote control Battery installation ! Remove the batteries cover. ! Insert two size AA 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. ! When 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 a fire. Dispose of used batteries in the specified manner. ! Do not drop, dampen or disassemble the remote control. Position of Keys and Plug-ins Front panel Headphones Video socket R/L Audio Power switch Power indicator Signal receiver Menu TV/AV switching Volume up/ down Channel position up/down Back panel Video CB input terminal Video Y input terminal Antenna input socket Video CR input terminal Video input terminal (Not available) Audio input terminal (Not available) Using the Remote Control Buttons and Descriptions TV and AV Exchange Button TV/AV To exchanger between TV and other available video inputs Mute Button DISP SYSTEM -/-- SCAN Press to conceal the sound of programs. Screen Display Button System Adjust Button Direct-digit Choosing Button Directly select channel numbers Lock Setting button Used for setting lock for channelsearching, channel,AV and clock,etc. Picture Mode Select Button LOCK WATCH There are DYNAMIC, STANDARD, MILD,MEMORY, PICTURE MUTEand COLOR MUTE six modes of picture. Menu Select/ Adjust Button P.STD S.STD Use this button to adjust the menu, the volume and the channels, as well as to control the game. CH+ Chromaic Belt Length Adjust Button (this machine has not this function) VOL- MENU VOL+ Program Play-forward Button Calendar Game Background Select Button BAR Button(this machine has not this function) CHWID HIT Fire Button(can call the calendar) Background Lamp Control Button (this machine has not this function) PRE BACK CALENDAR MODE RESTART EXIT Restart Game Button Game Exit Button Program Play-backward Button Chromatic Belt Width Adjust Button (this machine has not this function) BAR FIRE FIRE LIGHT Sound Mode Select Button There are high,normal and low three kinds of sound modes. Stopwatch Button The stopwatch can work 1 hour without interruption and when you use this function,do not operate other function button as well. Digit Select Button Change the channel position number between one digit, two-digits and three -digits. Program Scan Button DC Standby Button Sleep Timer Button Power On and Power Off Below are methods on how to power on/off the TV set with the switch on the TV and on the remote control. Power on/off Connect/disconnect to the power 1.Connect the power supply wire, then press power switch button, the red power indicator will light, in several seconds the picture will appear on the screen. Menu TV/AV switching Volume up/ down Channel position up/down 2. If the TV is in the state of standby, press the button on the remote control. NOTE 1.You can also press the 0-9 button to call off the standby status instead of pressing the DC Standby button. Press the digit button of the preset channel (limited to one digit) , you can complete the selection of channel while you turn on the TV set( To operate the preset of TV channel, please see TUNING on page 9-12). 2.When you do not use the remote control, you can directly press the the button on the television to call off the standby status. DC Standby Button 3. Press the button on the remote control to get into the standby state. 4. Press the button on the TV set to completely turn off the TV. Power supply auto-off function When the B.B(black background) is set ON, and there is no signal , game screen protection works, and ,in15 minutes later, it will change into standby status. Direct-digit Choosing Button Viewing TV Programs The channels amount to 218(0-218). Viewing TV programs How to select the TV program 1.Use the direct-digit choosing button Press the button from 0-9 to select a one digit channel. If you want to select a two-digits channel, press the Digit Select button and change it into two-digits mode, then press the number of the channel. If you want to select a three-digits channel, press the Digit Select button and change it into three-digits mode, then press the number of the channel. If the channel position number you select is larger than 218, the TV will use the first two number as the channel position. 2.Use CH+/- button Press CH+ to increase the channel position number. Press CH- to decrease the channel position number. 3.Use PRE button and BACK button Press PRE button, you can go back to the channels you viewed (as many as four). Then, press Back button, you can return to the channels you were watching just now (as many as four) . For example, if you have viewed channel 1,2,3,4,5,6 after the TV is powered on, and the channel you are watching now is number 7, then press PRE button, you can view channel 6,5, 4,3, and you may press the Back button to return to channel 7. Direct-digit Choosing button Digit Select button PRE BACK Choose the proper volume you like Press VOL+/- button to adjust the volume. If tne VOL STORE is set ON, the volume of the pre-fifty channel will be stored independently. Press VOL+ to increase the volume, press VOL- to decrease the volume. It might be because the color or sound system has been set improperly.You may follow the instruction below to adjust it. Press SYSTEM button, and you can see the form. SYSTEM VOLUME If the color or sound of one channel is abnormal COLOR SOUND AUTO BG CH+ select adjust VOL- MENU VOL+ If the color of the picture is abnormal Press CH+/- button, and move the indicator to COLOR, and press VOL+ button to select the proper color(AUTO,PAL, SECAM,NTSC4.43 and NTSC3.58 will appear alternately). Generally, please set to AUTO. If the sound is abnormal Press CH+/- button, and move the indicator to SOUND, and press VOL+/- button to select the proper sound. (BG and DK will appear alternately). CH- COLOR SOUND AUTO BG select adjust Viewing TV Programs (coutinued) Program scanning function is to let the television automatically scan all preconcerted channel program(about two seconds per channel). Program scan and screen display ½ÚÄ¿ä¯ÀÀ¼°ÆÁÄ»Ï Program scanning function 1.If you want to scan the programs and select your favorite channel , just press the SCAN button, then the television will start scanning from the present channel with a rate of two seconds per cha nnel and until all the preconcerted programs have been displayed once, the TV set will return to the starting channel. SCAN 2.If you want to terminate this function during the scanning, press the SCAN button again, and the program will stay at the present channel. Screen display DISP Usually, when you press the DISP button, the channel number will appear on the top right corner of the screen and press it again, the screen's top left corner will display the present time( the adjustment of time please see Setting the Timer ).If press it for a third time, the channel number and time will both disappear . Tuning There are three ways of searching: automatic search, manual search and MFT (manual fine tune). You may operate it either on the TV or on the remote control. Here is mainly about the remote control. Automatic search Automatic search 1. Press MENU button, untill TUNING appears on the screen. TUNING POSITION 1 BAND UHF SKIP OFF SEARCH UP MFT DOWN AUTO MEMORY VOL+ CH+ VOL- MENU CH- 2. Press CH+/- button to move the indicator( )to AUTO MEMORY. TUNING POSITION 1 BAND UHF SKIP OFF SEARCH UP MFT DOWN AUTO MEMORY 3. Press VOL+, then AUTO MEMORYmode will work. The TV set will search automatically all available programs, after that, all available programs will be stored in turn and the TV set will return to the first channel. ASM STOP VHFL 0 CH+ If you want to stop the search, just press VOL- 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. VOL+ VOL- MENU CH- After searching Press CH+/- button to check the channels. If the color or sound is abnormal in a certain channel, it may be the color or sound system has not been set properly, so you should adjust it to the proper system (Reference to page 7). Tuning(coutinued) Manual search Manual search CH+ 1. Press CH+/- button or the Direct-digit Choosing button to select a channel directly(take channel 1 for example). 2. Press MENU button, until TUNING appears on the screen. VOL- MENU VOL+ TUNING POSITION 1 BAND UHF SKIP OFF SEARCH UP MFT DOWN AUTO MEMORY CH- 3. Press CH- button and move the indicator( ) to SEARCH. TUNING POSITION 1 BAND UHF SKIP OFF SEARCH UP MFT DOWN AUTO MEMORY Direct-digit Choosing Button CH+ VOL- MENU VOL+ 4. Press VOL+/- button to start searching. VOL- button is used to search the lower frquency channel. VOL+ button is used to search the higher frequency channel. Repeat the steps until you find the channel you need. TUNING POSITION 1 BAND UHF SKIP OFF SEARCH UP MFT DOWN AUTO MEMORY CH- 5.When you plan to store another new channel at a new place, use CH+/- button and move the indicator( ) to POSITON, then press VOL+/button to select a channel number and press CH+/- button to move to SEARCH, then repeat the fourth step. TUNING POSITION 1 BAND UHF SKIP OFF SEARCH UP MFT DOWN AUTO MEMORY Tuning(coutinued) MFT MFT(manual fine tune) CH+ When you can't get a satisfactory picture and audio effect, you can fine tune to obtain. VOL+ VOL- MENU CH- 1. Press CH+/- button or the Direct-digit Choosing button to select a channel directly (take channel 1 for example). 2. Press MENU button, until TUNING appears on the screen. TUNING POSITION 1 BAND UHF SKIP OFF SEARCH UP MFT DOWN AUTO MEMORY Direct-digit ...