COLOUR TELEVISION 21K-FD3RU 21K-FD5RU OPERATION MANUAL Please read this operation manual carefully before using the colour television.
E1 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Damage Servicing Turn off the power and unplug the power cord from the wall outlet immediately if the TV set begins to make any unusual noises or gives off smoke or an unusual smell. Then call your dealer for service. To reduce the risk of electric shock, do not remove the back of the cabinet. This TV set contains dangerous voltage. Unstable surface and shocks Power-cord protection Do not place this TV set on an unstable cart, stand, shelf, or table.
E2 BEFORE OPERATING TELEVISION Connecting to an antenna Connecting to an antenna via a VCR TV 300-ohm twin-lead flat feeder (not supplied) 75-ohm impedance converter (not supplied) TV VCR 75-ohm coaxial cable (round cable) (not supplied) Standard DIN45325 plug (IEC169-2) To antenna in terminal Antenna in If your outdoor antenna uses a 75-ohm coaxial cable with a standard DIN45325 plug (IEC 169-2), plug it into the antenna jack at the rear of the set.
E4 ACCESSORIES The following accessories are included with this television. Remote Control E5 Operation manual Size-AA batteries PART NAMES TV set To open the door Using the projection located under the “ PULL-OPEN” indication, pull and lift the door open. To close the door Using the projection, lower the door until closed. Caution: • When opening or closing the door, do not insert your fingers into the gap between the door and front panel. This may result in an injury.
E5 PART NAMES (Continued) Remote control Infrared transmitter window Aim this window at the infrared sensor window on your TV set. Turns the TV on or to Standby mode. LANGUAGE Mutes the sound and restores sound to previous level. TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MPX SURROUND Displays the channel and timer settings on the screen. Number buttons 0 SURROUND Produces a more spacious sound. TV/VIDEO Switches between TV broadcasts and A/V input programmes.
E6 BASIC OPERATION [ TV Set (Bottom) ] Turn on the power • When the power indicator is off, press POWER . • When the power indicator lights up dimly, press on the remote control. The power indicator changes to bright and a picture appears. POWER On-screen display language selection Power indicator Remote Control • Press LANGUAGE to select desired language. • Pressing LANGUAGE changes the language as shown below.
E7 PRESETTING CHANNELS Auto channel tuning Automatically tunes in and presets receivable TV stations. ! Press MENU/PRESET for more than two seconds. @ Press MENU/PRESET again to display AUTO mode AUTO(D/K) VHF 1 48.25MHz screen. • Pressing Language MENU/PRESET changes the screen as shown below. AUTO # Press MANUAL / Normal screen 1 [ Behind the door ] SECAM D/K on TV set.
E8 SETTING AND ADJUSTMENT Channel setting Enables individual channel setting. ! Press @ Press # Press MENU to call MENU screen. CH / to select “CH-SETTING”. CH / to display CH-SETTING PICTURE SOUND FEATURE TIMER LANGUAGE TV/VIDEO 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 MPX CH-SETTING SURROUND CH 0 menu. A $ Press CH / CH to select desired setting.
E8 SETTING AND ADJUSTMENT (Continued) Picture or Sound adjustment ! Press MENU @ Press CH # Press $ Press CH % Adjust using LANGUAGE to call MENU screen. / CH to select “PICTURE” or “SOUND”. / to display PICTURE or SOUND menu. / CH to select adjustment items. / . TV/VIDEO 1 2 4 5 3 6 7 8 9 MPX SURROUND 0 A B CH C D CH CH NORMAL MENU MENU • Wait for approximately three seconds to return to PICTURE/SOUND menu. ^ Repeat steps 4 and 5 above to adjust other items.
E9 TIMER SETTING Off timer Automatically turns power off after a set length of time has passed. ! Press @ Press # Press to call TIMER screen. CH / CH / to select “OFF ”. OFF ON POSITION VOLUME --:---:---:-- to set time for TV to turn $ Press 0:05 OFF off. • Maximum time that can be preset is 12 hours and 50 minutes. Timer start to count down after setting. OFF OFF ON POSITION VOLUME 2:30 --:-- 0:04 OFF 0:03 OFF 0:02 --:-OFF 0:01 until normal screen appears.
E9 TIMER SETTING (Continued) Reminder on-screen timer Lets you know when a preset length of time has passed by displaying a countdown timer on the screen. This is useful for timer cooking while you watch TV. ! Press @ Press # Press to call TIMER screen. CH / LANGUAGE OFF ON POSITION VOLUME to select “ ”. CH / --:-- to set time. 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 3 MPX SURROUND • Maximum time that can be preset is 12 hours and 50 minutes.
E10 FEATURES (Continued) Child lock LANGUAGE Preventing children from watching TV. TV/VIDEO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 MPX Setting the CHILD LOCK mode (For the first time) ! Press @ Press MENU to call MENU screen. / CH # Press CH / PICTURE SOUND Number buttons 0 A FEATURE TIMER CH-SETTING B C CH D CH CH CH to select “FEATURE”. NORMAL MENU MENU to display FEATURE NORMAL menu.
E10 FEATURES (Continued) Text This function is for you to select the language of Teletext which fits your country. ! Press MENU @ Press CH to call MENU screen. / # Press CH / PICTURE SOUND to select “FEATURE”. LANGUAGE FEATURE TIMER CH-SETTING TV/VIDEO 1 2 4 5 3 6 7 8 9 MPX SURROUND to display FEATURE CH 0 menu. A B C CH D CH $ Press CH / CH % Press CH / to select “TEXT”. CHILD LOCK BLUE BACK TEXT NORMAL MENU ON 3 MENU to select “1”, “2”, “3”, “4” or “5”.
E11 USEFUL FEATURES Channel / Timer display Displays the current channel number, the timer, and other settings on the screen. ! Press . • The time remaining on the Off timer, On timer, and Reminder appears on the screen. • When no timer is set, the channel number, colour and sound system appear on the screen. • Press again to clear these current settings display on the screen.
E11 USEFUL FEATURES (Continued) Surround sound LANGUAGE TV/VIDEO Produces a virtual surround sound from the TV’s speakers. 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 MPX MPX Each time you press SURROUND (only for 21K-FD5RU), the mode changes between ON , ON and OFF. OFF : Produces normal sound. ON : Setting to this mode during stereo signal reception produces a spacious sound, making the most of the speakers’ performance.
E12 NICAM/A2 STEREO SYSTEM BROADCASTS (Continued) Enables selection of reception mode when receiving an A2 stereo signal (B/G) • Stereo Each time you press MPX , the mode switches between STEREO and MONO. LANGUAGE 49 TV/VIDEO STEREO 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 MPX MPX 49 SURROUND 7 MONO CH 0 A B C CH D CH CH NORMAL • Bilingual Each time you press MPX between MAIN and SUB.
E13 TELETEXT BROADCASTS Colour buttons ( A , B , C , D ) Text Page Selectors (0–9) • If link-page data are transmitted from the TV station, each link-page can be viewed using the Colour buttons. • If no link-page data are transmitted, pressing the Colour button selects the following pages, respectively: RED : Current page No. plus 1. GREEN : Current page No. plus 2. YELLOW : Current page No. plus 3. CYAN : Current page No. minus 1. or CH .
E14 CONNECTIONS Connecting to video equipment Enjoy playback from a video disc player, VCR or other video equipment by connecting them to this TV set using the Audio/Video in terminals.
E15 TROUBLESHOOTING No picture or sound. Picture OK, sound poor. Sound OK, picture poor. Picture blurred. Picture ghosting. Picture lines or streaks. Picture weak. Poor reception on some channels. No colour. Picture rolls vertically. Picture distorted. Bars on screen. Possible Causes/Remedies Remote control does not work. Quick Service Check List Problems The following problems do not always indicate a hardware failure.
E16 SPECIFICATIONS MODEL 21K-FD3RU Receiving System World multi 21 system 21K-FD5RU TV Broadcasts/ VCR Playback PAL-I PAL-B/G PAL-D/K VCR Playback NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC NTSC VCR Playback (Using Video-in terminals) SECAM-L (French SECAM) Laserdisc Player Playback (Using RF-in terminals) PAL 5.5 MHz/60 Hz PAL 6.0 MHz/60 Hz PAL 6.5 MHz/60 Hz NTSC 3.58/4.5 MHz/50 Hz 4.43/5.5 4.43/6.0 4.43/6.5 4.43/5.5 4.43/6.0 4.43/6.
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