25"/27" STEREO MTS COLOR TELEVISION OWNER'S MANUAL CM25101S CM27101S Customer Support: 1-800-270-4535 www.curtismathes.
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CONTENTS Table of Contents Chapter 1: Overview of Your Equipment 2 Your TV's Front Panel Your TV's Back Panel Your Remote Control Installing your remote control batteries Notes 2 3 4 5 5 Chapter 2: Connecting an Antenna or Cable to Your TV 6 Connecting an Antenna Connecting a Cable System Connecting Other Pieces of Equipment Safety Note 6 7 8 8 Chapter 3: Operating Your TV 9 Turning your TV On Programming Your TV's Channel Memory Changing Channels Changing the Volume Changing The TV's Channel Mem
CHAPTER 1 Overview of Your Equipment Your TV comes with a remote control. The section below summarizes the buttons, controls, and terminals that you will use with your TV. Your TV's Front Panel CM27101S VIDEO 2 IN POWER CH VOL MENU 1 2 3 4 L AUDIO R VIDEO 5 (MONO) 6 7 CM25101S POWER CH VOL MENU 1 2 3 4 5 1 POWER Use this button to turn your TV on or off. 2 WCHV Use these buttons to change channels on your TV, or to select items in the menu system.
Your TV's Back Panel CM27101S ANT 1 CM25101S VIDEO 1 IN AUDIO L(mono) R VIDEO 2 3 ANT VIDEO 1 AUDIO L(mono) R 2 3 1 Antenna terminal(ANT) Use this terminal to attach an antenna or cable system to your TV. 2 VIDEO IN This terminal allows the TV to receive a video signal from another component, such as a VCR. 3 AUDIO IN This terminal allows the TV to receive an audio signal from another component, such as a VCR.
Your Remote Control 1. POWER Use this button to turn your TV on or off. 2. MUTE Use to turn the TV’s sound on and off. 3. 2 Use these buttons to change channels on your TV, or select items in the menu system. 1 3 4 5 3 WCHV 4. 4 CVOLB Use these buttons to change your TV's volume, to activate selections in the menu system, or to change audio and video settings. 5. 9 MENU Use this button to turn the TV’s menu system on and off. 6.
Installing your remote control batteries 1 Open the battery compartment on the back of the remote control. 2 Install two AA-size batteries (not included) as shown. Make sure the “+” and “-” terminals are oriented correctly. 3 Replace the cover. Notes Do not mix different types of batteries, or mix an old and a new battery. Remove and replace weak batteries. Weak batteries can leak and damage your controller. Dispose of batteries properly; never throw them into a fire.
CHAPTER 2 Connecting an Antenna or Cable to Your TV Your TV will provide you with the best performance if you connect it to an external antenna or cable system. Follow the directions below to make this connection. Please note that you will normally only have to make one of the connections shown below, not all of them. All connections will be made to the antenna terminal on the back of your TV. The antenna terminal is a silver metal post partially surrounded by two plastic tabs.
Antennas with two sets of leads You might have two sets of leads from your antenna system, especially if you have one antenna for VHF signals and one antenna for UHF signals. If your antenna system has both a coaxial lead and twin 300-ohm leads, you must obtain a combiner (available at your local electronics store). Press or screw the coaxial lead onto the combiner; place the twin leads underneath the screws on the combiner and tighten the screws.
If your cable system requires you to use a converter box for all channels, connect the incoming cable to the IN terminal on the converter box. Connect another cable between the OUT terminal on the converter box and the antenna terminal on the TV. You will need to keep your TV tuned to channel 3 or 4 and change channels using the converter box. If your cable system only requires you to use a converter box for some channels (i. e. pay-TV channels), follow these steps: Find the primary incoming coaxial cable.
CHAPTER 3 Operating Your TV Once you have connected your TV to an antenna or cable system, plugged the TV in, and put batteries in the remote, you are ready to use the TV. The first thing you should do is to program your TV so it memorizes all of available channels. Turning Your TV On 1 To turn your TV on, press the POWER button on the remote control. You can also use the POWER button on the front panel. Make sure your TV is plugged in before you try to turn it on.
Changing Channels You can change channels in three ways: 1 1 The WCHV buttons will take you through all memorized channels, one by one. The WCHV buttons will not access channels that have not been programmed into the TV's memory. For more information about programming channels into memory, see the section “Programming your TV's Channel Memory” on the previous page. 2 The number buttons (0-9) will take you to any channel, even if it has not been memorized.
Changing the TV's Channel Memory Your TV's memory determines the channels that are available using the WCHV buttons. You can add channels to this memory or remove them from memory. If a channel is removed from memory, you can tune to it with the number buttons, but you cannot tune to it with the WCHV buttons. If there is just one channel memorized, then the Add/Delete Channels function will search all the channels.
Changing the TV's Input Normally, your TV displays the signal coming through the antenna terminal. However, If you’ve connected another component to your TV(such as a VCR) using the Video/Audio input, you will want to be able to view the signal from the component. To do this, you will need to switch from the ‘ TV ’ input to the ‘ Line1, Line2 ’ Input, as follows: 1 With the TV on, press the MENU button twice, then “ Set-Up ” menu will appear. 2 Use the WCHV buttons to select “ Input ”.
Adjusting Video Settings You may wish to adjust the video settings (e. g. contrast or color) to obtain the most pleasing picture. To do so, follow these directions: 1 With the TV on, press the MENU button, then “Video” menu will appear. 2 The “Settings” item will be selected. Use the CVOLB buttons to turn Settings to Preset or Custom. 3 Use the WCHV buttons to select the video setting you wish to adjust. Descriptions of the video settings are on the next page.
Returning to the factory settings If you would like to return to the original video settings, as they were calibrated at the factory, follow these steps : 1 With the TV on, press the MENU button, then “Video” menu will appear. 2 Press the CVOLB buttons to set the “Settings” to ‘Preset’. The TV will remember the ‘Custom’ settings you had previously chosen. When you set “Settings” to ‘Custom’ again, your previous custom settings will be restored.
CHAPTER 4 Using Timer Functions Your TV has a built in-clock, and you can set the TV to turn on and off at times that you select. You can also set your TV to turn off after counting down a certain amount of time. Setting the Clock 1 With the TV turned on, press the MENU button until “Time” menu is displayed. 2 The “Set Clock” item will be selected. Press the CVOLB buttons to set the clock. If you hold down either CVOL or VOLB button, the corresponding numbers will change more quickly.
Setting the Off Time If you enter a time in the “Off Time” setting, your TV will automatically turn off at that time. Follow these instructions to set the “Off Time”: 1 With the TV turned on, press the MENU button until “Time” menu is displayed. 2 Use the WCHV buttons to select “Off time” item. 3 If you hold down either CVOL or VOL B button, the corresponding numbers will change more quickly.
Setting the Sleep Timer The sleep timer allows you to set an amount of time from 15 minutes to 120 minutes. TV will count down the amount of time you set, then turn itself off. To set the sleep timer: 1 With the TV turned on, press the MENU button until “Time” menu is displayed. 2 Use the WCHV buttons to select “Sleep Timer” item. 3 Use the CVOLB buttons to set the sleep time. Each time you press VOL, you step between the available sleep times : 15min, 30min, 45min, 60min, 90min, or 120min.
CHAPTER 5 Using the Special Features This section contains descriptions of the more advanced features of your TV. Changing the Language of the On-screen Menus You can choose to display the on-screen menus in English, Spanish, French. To change the on-screen language: 1 With the TV on, press the MENU button twice, then “Set-Up” menu will appear. 2 The “Language” item will be selected. Press the CVOLB buttons to select the language you want to use: English, Español, Français.
CC on Mute When the sound is muted, user can select the caption display. It will display the caption content instead of sound mute. 1 With the TV turned on, press the MENU button until “Special” menu is displayed. 2 Use the WCHV buttons to select “CC on Mute” item. 3 Use the CVOLB buttons to select “C1” or “C2”.
Parental Control Settings This item helps parents to set the standard for the programs which their children are going to watch. 1 With the TV on, press the MENU button until “Special” menu appears. 2 Use the WCHV buttons to select “Parental Control” item. 3 Use the CVOLB buttons to enter into “Parental Control” settings. 4 Use the number buttons(0-9) to enter your password, then “Parental Control” menu is displayed.
Description of Parental Control Settings 1 The TV Guidelines set the standard for TV programs, excluding sports and news. Use the WCHV buttons to select, CVOLB buttons to adjust. You can set individual settings with CVOLB buttons. 2 The Movie Ratings set the standard for movie, video, and other media excluding TV programs. Use the WCHV buttons to select, CVOLB buttons to adjust. 3 The No Rating item toggles between “Unblock” and “Block”.
No Ratings means 1 When V-chip data is in error. 2 When any ratings are not deleted. 3 Received a rating of “None” like news, sports, and emergency broadcast signals. Mini Glossary MOVIE RATING SYSTEM X Hard Core Films Restricted Not for children under age 17 under any circumstance. Strong sexual content. NC-17 Restricted viewing Same as X rating. R Restricted viewing Not for children under age 17. Strong element of sex and/or violence.
Ch Labels This feature allows you to enter a 4 letter channel identifier of your choice that will appear over the channel mumber dispaly. The labeling can be anything you want. 1 With the TV turned on, press the MENU button until “Special” menu is displayed. 2 Use the WCHV buttons to select “Ch Labels” item. 3 Press VOLB on the remote control, or on the TV, to select the 1st character space. 4 Press WCHV repeatedly until the 1st character(“A” in this example) appears in the 1st charater space.
NOTE Each time you press the WCHV buttons, the displayed character will change in the following order: CHV A B C D ... Z 0 1 ... 9 WCH 9 8 ... 0 Z Y ... B A - Cearing Channel Labels 1. Select the channel which has the label you want to clear. 2. 3. 4. Follow steps 1~3 on the “Ch Labels” to call up the Ch Labels mode display. 5. Enter “-” in first character spaces.
CHAPTER 6 Adjusting the Sound Selecting stereo/SAP The MTS(Multi-channel TV Sound) provides for an extra sound channel. So MTS feature allows you to improve your TV viewing with high fidelity stereo sound. SAP(Second Audio Program) is used to transmit a second language of other audio information.
Using Direct button on the remote control 1 You can also change the Audio Mode setting with the remote control. Press the MTS button on the remote control to select Audio Mode. 2 Use this button to select the Stereo, Mono or SAP. Present Broadcast MONO MONO STEREO STEREO and SAP STEREO and SAP Your Selection Stereo SAP SAP Stereo SAP Speaker Out Mono Mono Mono Stereo SAP Note If a broadcast signal is weak, it may cause noise and hum in stereo sound.
Adjusting the Treble 1 With the TV turned on, press the MENU button until “Audio” menu is displayed. 2 Use the WCHV buttons to select “Treble” item. 3 Press the CVOL button to decrease the treble volume. 4 Press the VOLB button to increase the treble volume. 5 Press the MENU button twice or wait a few seconds to return to normal TV viewing. 6 Your setting will remain intact until you change it. Your TV will then automatically reproduce either stereo or monaural sound, whichever is broadcast.
CHAPTER 7 Troubleshooting Your CurtisMathes television is designed to give you trouble-free performance for many years. If you have a problem with your TV, try the solutions listed below. If the suggestions listed below do not solve your problem, contact your CurtisMathes dealer or an authorized CurtisMathes service center. You can also call CurtisMathes directly at 1-800-270-4535. There is no picture or sound, or the TV dosen't turn on. • Make sure the TV is plugged in. • Make sure the MUTE is not set.
REMOTE CurtisMathes ORIGINAL REMOTE CONTROL Please call 1-800-270-4525 to order a replacement CurtisMathes original remote control. Exact replacement of your original remote control will allow access to all the features of this product. UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROLS Optionally, you may desire to purchase a universal remote control available at most electronics Super Stores including Kmart. Please see compatibility chart below with remote control codes for the different categories of CurtisMathes video products.
WA RRANTY Warranty Information Limited Warranty The manufacturer warrants that this product is free from defective material and workmanship. The manufacturer further warrants that if the product fails to operate properly within the specified warranty period and the failure is due to improper workmanship or defective material, themanufacturer will repair or replace the product at it's option. All warranty repairs must be performed by a CurtisMathes authorized service center.
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25"/27" STEREO MTSCOLOR TELEVISION This product is listed by Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc. It is designed and manufactured to meet rigid U.L. safety standards against X-radiation, fire casualty and electrical hazards. FCC RULES: "THIS TELEVISION RECEIVER PROVIDES DISPLAY OF TELEVISION CLOSED CAPTIONING IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15.119 OF THE FCC RULES.
