TOSHIBA 32ZD26P 36ZD26P colour television owner’s manual
Contents SETTING UP For your safety – Some do’s and don’ts for you to be aware of Your new television’s remote control – an at-a-glance guide Connecting and turning on your new TV Choosing the language and system, Auto tuning Manually tuning your TV – an alternative to Auto tuning Sorting programme positions Manual fine tuning, programme skip 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 USING YOUR TV General controls – changing programme position Sound controls – volume, sound mute, bass boost, bass/treble/balance Widescreen viewing Pi
SETTING UP For your safety This equipment has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards but, like any electrical equipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. So, please read the points below for your own safety. They are of a general nature, intended to help you with all your electronic consumer products and some points may not apply to the goods you have just purchased.
SETTING UP Your new television’s remote control Simple, at-a-glance reference of your remote control’s buttons… reference … For quick ase see to topics, ple f at the end o the INDEX this manual. Teletext control buttons To mute the sound The batteries... and the effective range of the remote… Remove the back cover to reveal the battery compartment and make sure you insert the batteries the right way round. Suitable battery types for this remote are R03 or AAA.
SETTING UP Connecting and turning on your new TV Before connecting any external equipment, turn off all main power switches. The TV back connections… WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU USE SCART LEADS IN ADDITION TO AERIAL CABLES WHEREVER POSSIBLE Aerial cables: the back of your TV SCART 3 SCART 2 Connect the aerial to the socket on the rear of the television.
SETTING UP Choosing the language and system*, Auto tuning Before running Auto tuning put your decoder and video recorder to Standby. For UK only: Press OK to start and go to step 8. 6 For Continental Europe: You will need to choose the System* necessary for where you live. Auto tuning EXIT 1 To choose your language, press the MENU button, and use the R button to select Set up from the top bar. Set up 2 Now press the Q button to highlight Language in the Set up menu options.
SETTING UP Manually tuning your TV As an alternative to Auto tuning, you can tune-in your Toshiba television manually using Manual tuning. For example: if you have used Auto tuning but wish to tune-in a station on another System (see page 6) or if you are unable to connect the TV to your video/decoder with a Scart lead. Manual tuning 1 From the top menu bar select Set up and with the Q button highlight Manual tuning and the R button to select.
SETTING UP Manually tuning your TV continued Sorting programme positions 6 Press the P button to begin the search. Searching will flash and the television will show the channel numbers whilst the search is progressing. To sort programme positions Manual tuning Searching 0 I RRR 32 0 1 OK : To store MENU : To return 7 8 EXIT : To exit On finding a signal it will show on the television, if it is not your video recorder, press the P button again to restart the search.
SETTING UP Manual fine tuning and programme skip Programme skip To prevent certain programmes from being viewed, for example, a certain film by your children whilst you are out for the evening, you can skip the programme position and take the remote control with you. The television will still function as normal using the controls on the side of it, but the set will not show the skipped programme position. Press the MENU button and from the top menu bar select Set up.
USING YOUR TV General and sound controls 10
USING YOUR TV 11
USING YOUR TV Picture controls Automatic format (Widescreen) When this TV receives a true Widescreen picture and Automatic format is ON, it will automatically be displayed in Widescreen format, irrespective of the TV’s previous setting. 1 Press the MENU button, and use either the S or R button to select the Feature menu. Use Q to move down to Automatic format. 2 Use the S or R button turn Automatic format ON or OFF.
USING YOUR TV Picture controls continued Scan Mode Scan mode has four options. NATURAL, ACTIVE and 100Hz settings run at 100Hz and reduce background flicker. The NATURAL setting will normally give the best pictures, but in programmes such as football matches, ACTIVE or 100Hz may give a smoother result. PROGRESS. (Progressive) is 50Hz and is particularly suited to NTSC images. 1 Select Scan mode from the Picture menu. 2 With the S or R button select between NATURAL, ACTIVE, 100Hz, PROGRESS.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES The timer, time display, panel lock and stereo/bilingual transmissions 1 The Timer Panel Lock You can tell the TV to turn itself ON or OFF after a certain time. Panel lock allows you to disable the buttons on the side of the TV set. You can though, still use all of the buttons on the remote control. Select the Timer option from the top menu bar. 1 From the Feature menu select Panel lock and choose ON or OFF with the S or R buttons.
ADDITIONAL FEATURES AV connections and input selection ge 20 …Please see pa the of w for a clear vie n tio ec nn co back ns… recommendatio Defining your INPUT and OUTPUT sockets so that your television recognises connected equipment. Selecting the INPUT signal This feature allows you to specify the type of signal going into Scarts 2 (EXT 2) or 3 (EXT 3) on the back of the television and the sockets on the side (which are also EXT 3).
TELETEXT Teletext – setting up This TV has a multi-page teletext memory, which takes a few moments to load and it offers two ways of viewing text – AUTO and LIST which are explained on the next page. Selecting the character set and viewing mode and general information The button: 6/7 67 / Pressing the button once will bring up the teletext screen. Press again to superimpose the teletext over a normal broadcast picture. Press again to return to normal TV mode.
TELETEXT Teletext continued – Auto and List modes Moving around the teletext pages in AUTO and LIST modes and selecting favourite pages Moving around Press the 6/7 button to access teletext. In AUTO mode, if FASTEXT, is available, you will see four coloured titles at the base of the screen. To access one of the four given subjects, press the relevant coloured button on the remote control, corresponding to the title.
TELETEXT Remem cancel te ber to x changing t before – press th channels e / button tw ice. 67 Teletext continued – control buttons 1 T To display an index/initial page: In AUTO-mode Press the button to access index pages. The one displayed is dependant on the broadcaster. T In LIST-mode Press the button to return to your page currently stored on the RED button. T 3 r To reveal concealed text: Some pages cover topics such as quizzes and jokes. To discover the solutions press the button.
CONNECTING OTHER EQUIPMENT Side connections and controls You can connect a wide variety of external equipment via the sockets located behind the flap on the side of the TV. Press the centre of the flap to open it. Connections Controls Whilst all the necessary adjustments and controls for your new TV are made using the remote control, the buttons on the side of the TV may be used for some functions… Before connecting any external equipment, turn off all main power switches.
Back connections 20
FOR YOUR GUIDANCE The on-screen menus The functions of each menu are described in detail throughout this Manual.
FOR YOUR GUIDANCE Questions and Answers… …For quic reference to k topics, see the INDEX at the back of this manual. If you experience what seem like problems operating your TV, we recommend you read through these simple checks. Q Why is there no sound or picture? A Check that the mains switch is on and check all the connections. Press the Standby button on the remote control to make sure that the TV is not in Standby mode.
Remember… ? FOR YOUR GUIDANCE For television operation qu eries, please ring th e helpline… Questions and Answers… continued Why am I having problems with teletext? A Good performance of text depends on a good strong broadcast signal. This normally requires a roof or loft aerial. If the Text is unreadable or garbled, check your aerial. Go to the main index page of the teletext service and look for the User Guide. This will explain the basic operation of teletext in some detail.
Subject Page Audio Output ____________________________________________________ 20 Auto Tuning ________________________________________________________ 6 AV connections __________________________________________________ 15 Balance ____________________________________________________________ 10 Bass _________________________________________________________________ 10 Bass Boost ________________________________________________________ 10 Bilingual Broadcast_____________________________________________ 14 Bla
