COLOR 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: 21F3A, 21F3A-P, 21T3A, 21T3A-P *Please read this manual carefully before using your television and keep this manual in a good place for future reference. *To achieve the best performance of your television, read this User's Manual carefully and properly store it for future reference. *Information of screen displays and figures in the User's Manual may vary due to technical innovations or different models. CONTENTS Before Operation Warning and cautions............................................................................2 Installation...............................................................................................3 Aerial connection...................................................................................3 Preparation of the remote control unit...................................................3 Function buttons and external sockets................................................4 Front panel of the TV set........................................................................4 Rear panel of the TV set........................................................................4 Buttons on the remote control..............................................................5 Basic operation Switching on/off the TV set....................................................................6 Watching TV program.............................................................................7 Watching TV program...........................................................................7 Program swap and auto scan functions................................................8 Searching channel..................................................................................9 Full automatic search mode..................................................................9 Semi-automatic search.......................................................................10 Manual fine tune..................................................................................11 Program skip ......................................................................................12 Convenient picture and sound control functions............................. 13 Multiple picture modes ......................................................................13 Black stretch and noise reduce...........................................................14 Mute function......................................................................................15 Time functions......................................................................................16 Clock setting and timer on/off functions...........................................16 Sleep timer and program preset ......................................................17 Setup function ....................................................................................18 Screen saver and child lock functions................................................18 AVL and calendar functions................................................................19 Fade ..................................................................................................20 Position exchange function.................................................................21 TELETEXT Teletext...............................................................................................22 Others Connection to the external audio and video equipment..................24 Troubleshooting guide.........................................................................25 Specifications.......................................................................................26 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. Do not place the TV set near rain or moisture as it may cause an electric shock, or the TV set to catch fire. The TV set must only be used in dry in door locations. 2. In order to prolong the using life of the TV set, please place it in a well ventilated location. 5. The back cover must only be removed by a registered electrical service person. Removing the back cover may result in electric shock, fire or damage to the TV set. 3. Don't place the TV set in direct sunlight or near a heat source. 6. If the TV set is not going to be used for a long time, or there is a severe thunder & Lighting storm, it is recommended that the TV set be disconnected from the AC power outlet and the aerial plug removed. Explanation on the display tube Should the picture tube require cleaning, disconnect the power and use a dry soft cotton cloth. Do not use any cleaner or abrasive cloths. Installation Aerial connection For an optimum high quality picture, it is strongly advised that the TV set connect to an external aerial(s) using high quality coax cable. When connecting to HiFi VCRs, satellite (or cable) set top boxes, that the AV terminals are used to allow the stereo sound to be transferred. 300 twin-lead cable Antenna adapter (additional purchase) 75 coaxial cable Preparation of the remote control unit Battery installation Take off the battery compartment cover. Place two AA batteries, make sure that battery polarity matches with the +/- mark inside the battery compartment. Operation notes for the remote control unit Under normal conditions, the life time of batteries is one year. If you don't intend to use the unit for a long period or the electricity of the batteries is used up, remove the batteries to prevent batteries acid from leaking into the battery compartment. Never place batteries in a fire. Avoid dropping the remote control and/or getting it wet. Function buttons and external sockets Front panel of the TV set Menu TV/AV Volume switch up/ down Channel position up/down Signal receiver Power switch Power indicator Rear panel of the TV set Antenna input EXT TV SCRAT T erminal If you want to connect the TV set to the other audio/video equipment, please refer to P24. Buttons on the remote control Buttons and Descriptions MUTE SCAN SWAP ZOOM CALL LIGHT TV/AV Program scan Button Mute Button Press to conceal the sound of programs. No including) Screen Display Button Program number Button Digital selector Picture mode selection Menu Select/ Adjust Button Use this button to adjust the menu, the volume and the channels Teletext Button Picture menu (Red) Time menu (Yellow) Tune menu (White) Exit screen display/Teletext Function menu (cyan) Green Button No including) No including) No including) TV and AV Exchange Button To exchanger between TV and other available video inputs Stand by Button Swap function Button P.STD S.STD CH+ VOL- MENU VOL+ CH- PICTURE SOUND TIME FUNCTION TUNE EXIT Switching on/ off the TV set In the following, the methods of using power switch and remote controller to switch on/off power supply for the TV set will be explained. Switching on/ off the TV set Switching on/ off the TV set 1 Please press the power switch to switch on AC power supply and the power indicator will light. 2 If the indicator is lighting in red, press the button on the remote control again. Note 1 When you don't operate the TV set with a remote control, you can turn on it directly through pressing the P+/- buttons on the TV set (Child Lock must be turned off). 4 AUTO BG 2 If you want to exchange to standby status, please press down the button 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. on the remote 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. (Note: If the "off timer" is less than 5 minutes, it will be switched off automatically to the preset Time. ) Watching TV You can watch TV program in a preset channel. Watching TV program How to select TV program Select the desired program 1 Using "Program number" buttons Directly enter the channel number with the numeric keypad on the remote control. To select channel numbers from 10 ~ 99 press [-/--] button and enter the two digit channel number To select channel numbers from 100 ~ 218 press [-/--] button twice and enter the 3 digit channel number 2 Using the CH+/- buttons Press the CH+ button to select a channel number in number increasing direction. Press the CH- button to select a channel number in number CH+ decreasing direction. Select the desired sound VOLMENU VOL+ CH- Press the VOL-/+ buttons on the remote or the front of the TV set to adjust the volume level. The range is 0~99. When the volume buttons are pressed the volume level is displayed automatically on the TV screen. If the colour of a channel is abnormal Usually this should be set in the Auto position. However if the colours displayed on the screen are incorrect you can manually select the correct colour system. When finish remember to turn it back to auto again so that other programs will still work correctly. To select the colour change option press the TUNE button on the remote control. TUNE CH+ TUNE COLOUR BAND SKIP PROGRAM SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH AUTO VHFL OFF 0 VOL- MENU VOL+ CH- If picture colour is abnormal Use the CH+/- buttons to select Colour then the VOL-/+ buttons to change between Auto, PAL, NTSC, SECAM and NTSC443. Press the EXIT button to save the setting. Watching TV continued Swap function enables quick swap to the last watched program. Auto scan function enables automatic successive scanning of all the programs in memory with "OFF" skip status (each channel will last about 2 seconds). Program swap and auto scan functions 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). 18 AUTO BG 8 AUTO BG SWAP 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 channel 18, press the button again. Through this function, you can easily change between the channel you are using and the channel you used last time. 18 AUTO BG Auto program scan 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 program numbers 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. Searching channel This TV set has three methods to set the channels, which are respectively full automatic, semi- automatic and manual fine tune. In this section, how to use the remote control to set the channel is explained. You can also use the buttons on the TV set to set channel. Full automatic mode TUNE 1 Press the TUNE menu button , till the TUNING menu shown on the right display on the screen. TUNE COLOUR BAND SKIP PROGRAM SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH AUTO VHFL OFF 0 2 Press the CH+/- buttons to CH+ select "AUTO SEARCH". VOL+ VOL- MENU CH- TUNE COLOUR BAND SKIP PROGRAM SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH AUTO VHFL OFF 0 3 Press the VOL+ button to ensure automatic search function operates. All channels now playing program will be automatically preset in order . After the search has finished, the first program number will display on the screen. CALL Display function Press the CALL button, then the channel number and the systems will be displayed on the screen. 4 AUTO BG Searching channel Continued Semi-automatic search Semi-automatic search 1 Press the CH+/- buttons or PROGRAM NUMBER 0-9 buttons to choose desired channels I.E. channel 1 1 AUTO BG TUNE 2 Press the TUNE menu button , till the TUNING menu shown on the right display on the screen. 3 Press the CH+/- buttons to CH+ select " SEARCH". VOL+ VOL- MENU CH- TUNE COLOUR BAND SKIP PROGRAM SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH AUTO VHFL OFF 0 4 Press the VOL-/+ buttons to start searching. The VOL- down button is used for lower side program search. The VOL+ up button is used for higher side program search. Repeat this step, till find the desired channel. 1 To turn off the on-screen menu EXIT In general, after you press the MENU button, the menu item display (PICTURE, TIME, FUNCTION, TUNE, EXCHANGE, ETC.) will automatically disappear within 15 seconds. If you want to eliminate these contents immediately, please press the EXIT button. Searching channel Continued Manual fine tune Manual fine tune If the picture and/or sound are poor, try using the FINE TUNE feature. Do not use this feature unl ...