29F3A COLOUR TV RECEIVER OWNER'S MANUAL MAIN FUNCTIONS Multiple picture & audio modes Child lock, sleep timer Surround stereo, treble and bass boost Program scan & program swap Noise reduce Black stretch Fastext Please read this manual carefully before using this TV set and keep it for future reference.
CONTENTS Before Operation Warning and cautions...........................................................................2 Installation..............................................................................................3 Aerial connection...................................................................................3 Preparation of the remote control unit...................................................3 Function buttons and external sockets...............................................
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.
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. For optimum picture performance with satellite decodes' use a RGB ready SCART cable and set the decoder to an RGB output.
Function buttons and external sockets Front and side panel of the TV set S terminal TV/Video MENU Channel selector (input selector Volume up/ down Video1 input terminal Left sound track Power switch Power indicator Infrared sensor window Right sound track Rear panel of the TV set Antenna input EXT 1 The TV has 2 external sockets situated at the back of the set (EXT1 and EXT2). The EXT1 socket has audio and video inputs/ outputs. The EXT2 socket has audio and video inputs.
Buttons on the remote control Program scan Mute Program number Swap function Stand by Zoom function Call screen display Digital selector Picture mode selection Volume selection Picture menu (Red) Sound menu (Green) Time menu (Yellow) Text display Reveal Teletext/TV mix mode Cancel mode Exit screen display/ Teletext TV/AV exchange Mono/stereo Sound mode selection Channel selection (Page up/down) Menu selection / adjustment (Subtitle) Tune menu (Index) Function menu (cyan) Teletext page hold Size E/W ch
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. Power switch Power indicator Infrared sensor window 2 If the indicator is lighting in red, press the button on the remote control again.
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.
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 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).
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.
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 DK 83.50MHz 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 select " SEARCH". TUNE COLOUR SOUND BAND SKIP PROGRAM SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH 4 Press the VOL-/+ buttons to start searching.
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 unless reception is poor. 1 Press the CH+/- buttons or PROGRAM NUMBER 0-9 button to choose desired channels I.E. channel 1 TUNE 1 AUTO DK 83.50MHz 2 Press the TUNE menu button , till the TUNING menu shown on the right display on the screen. 3 Press the CH+/- buttons to select " FINE TUNE".
Searching channel Continued Program skip Program skip The Program skip feature enables you to skip/hide programs that you do not wish to be displayed when using the CH+/- buttons. These channels will still be displayed by directly using the channel number buttons on the remote control. 1 Press the CH+/- buttons or PROGRAM NUMBER 0-9 button to choose desired channels I.E. channel 1 TUNE 1 AUTO DK 83.50MHz 2 Press the TUNE menu button , till the TUNING menu shown on the right display on the screen.
Convenient picture and sound control functions Multiple picture modes How to select picture modes P.STD You can quickly select the desired picture mode from four preset modes and one customized mode. STANDARD Press the P.STD button to select the desired picture quality. Five kinds RICH of picture modes (i.e., "STANDARD", USER "RICH", "USER","LISTEN", LISTEN "SOFT" ) can be selected in turn.
Convenient picture and sound control functions Continued Black Stretch-(Automatically Increases the Contrast Rage) Noise Reduce - (Picture Noise & Grain Reduction Circuit. Only use on poor reception.) Black stretch and noise reduce PICTURE How to select BLACK STRETCH 1 Press the PICTURE menu button , till the PICTURE menu shown on the right display on the screen.
Convenient picture and sound control functions Continued Multiple audio modes How to choose sound mode Press the S.STD button to select the S.STD THEATER desired sound quality. There are 4 sound modes (i.e., "THEATER", MUSIC "MUSIC","USER" and "SPEECH") can be selected in turn.
Convenient picture and sound control functions Continued Surround and mute functions SOUND How to use surround 1 Press the SOUND menu button , till the SOUND menu shown on the right display on the screen. 2 Press the CH+/- buttons select "SURROUND" , then press the VOL-/+ buttons to turn the SURROUND "ON". SOUND VOLUME BASS TREBLE BALANCE SURROUND 3 Press the CH+/- buttons select WOOFER VOL, then press the VOL-/+ buttons to obtain the desired effect.
Time functions Clock setting and timer on/off functions Clock setting TIME The clock will only work if the TV set if left turned on or in standby. When the set is disconnect from the power supply or is turned off by the main power on the front panel, the clock loses power and will need to be reset when the power is reconnected. 1 Press the TIME menu button, and the TIME menu display on the screen.
Time functions Continued Sleep timer and program preset Sleep timer TIME The TV set have 18 sections option for sleep timer function (each section has a time interval of 10 minutes) (See right chart): 0 10 20 170 1 Press the TIME menu button, and the TIME menu display on the screen. 2 Press the CH +/- buttons to select "SLEEP TIMER". 3 Press the VOL -/+ buttons to adjust the SLEEP TIMER level.
Set up function Screen saver and childlock functions How to start screen saver function When the BACKGROUD function is ON, the screen will turn automatically as shown "NO SIGNAL" of moving ( black background). FUNCTION 1 Press the FUNCTION menu button, till the FUNCTION menu shown on the right display on the screen. 2 Press the CH+/- buttons to select "BACKGROUND" and press the VOL-/+ buttons to turn the BACKGROUND function "ON" .
Set up function Continued AVL and calendar functions AVL function Automatic Volume Limit control reduces effect of large volume changes such as when the ads come on. FUNCTION 1 Press the FUNCTION menu button, till the FUNCTION menu shown on the right display on the screen. FUNCTION ENGLISH BACKGROUND NOISE REDUCE FADE CHILD LOCK AVL CALENDAR ON ON ON OFF ON 2 Press the CH+/- button to select "AVL" . 3 Press VOL-/+ button to turn the AVL function "ON" or "OFF".
Set up function Continued Fade and select a language Fade FUNCTION The FADE control allows time for the picture tube to warm up and gently turned on, which can help prolong the life of the picture tube. 1 Press the FUNCTION menu button, till the FUNCTION menu shown on the right display on the screen. FUNCTION ENGLISH BACKGROUND NOISE REDUCE FADE CHILD LOCK AVL CALENDAR ON ON ON OFF ON 2 Press the CH +/- buttons to select "FADE . 3 Press the VOL-/+ button to turn the FADE function "ON" or "OFF".
Position exchange functions Exchange Exchange This feature enables TV programs that may be on a wrong TV channel number to be swapped/exchanged. This feature is very useful when Automatic Search Tuning has been used, to reallocate the found programs to the correct channel numbers. 1 Press the MENU button again (6 times), till the EXCHANGE menu display on the screen. 2 Press the VOL-/+ buttons or the PROGRAM NUMBER 0-9 buttons to set PROGRAM 1 TO 6.
Teletext Teletext is an information system, broadcast by certain channels, which can be read like a newspaper . It also provides subtitles for people with hearing difficulties or those who are unfamiliar with the language in which a particular program is being broadcast (cable networks, satellite channels, etc.). Teletext Teletext functions You can press TELETEXT button into TELETEXT mode, press again to leave TELETEXT mode. All menu related functions are not available in TELETEXT mode.
Teletext Continued Teletext Cancel mode This feature allows the TV picture to be displayed while next page to be searched is entered and found. Only the top teletext line is displayed until the page is found. Press the button to hide the teletext information. Either press the button or the Text button to exit the cancel display mode. Language change Pressing the button will change the Teletext characters . Hold Pressing the button will stop the teletext page automatically updating.
Connecting the TV set to the other video and audio equipment Connecting to the other video and audio equipment You can connect a stereo to the AUDIO output terminals on the TV set to enjoy higher quality sound. VIDEO and AUDIO output terminals output the video and audio signals being monitored by the TV set. The electric levels of video and audio output signals are fixed.
Troubleshooting guide To assist in location possible faults use help guide below. BREAKDOWN PHENOMENON PICTURE SOUND CHECKING The aerial direction and connection Picture with snow Double or Triple Image Noise Normal This is called ghosting which can be minimized with an outside aerial, and good quality cable and terminations. Altering the aerial direction can also minimize this effect.
Specifications Model 29F3A Colour system AUTO PAL SECAM Sound system BG , DK Display tube 29" pure flat CRT Sound output power Power supply Power consumption Size mm Supplied accessories 5W+5W AC 180-250V 50Hz <150W width Remote control Owner's manual Battery(AA) depth height X1 X1 X2 The design and specifications may be changed without notice.
