User manual HAIER 29F8A-P

[. . . ] * Don't bind antenna cable and power wire together. 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. Avoid the falling and the wetting of the remote control unit. Function buttons and external sockets Front panel of the TV set Right sound track TV/AV MENU (input select Volume down/up Program down/up Left sound track Video1 terminal S terminal Power switch Remote sensor Power indicator Rear panel of the TV set Antenna input Video output terminals: VIDEO AUDIO L, R Video 2 input terminals: VIDEO AUDIO DVD input terminals: Y, Cb, Cr L, R AUDIO L, R If you want to connect the TV set to the other audio/video equipments, please refer to P23. Buttons on the remote control Program scan Lock/unlock selectable Stand by Zoom function Call screen display Exit screen display Mute Program number Digital selector Picture mode selection Volume selection Picture menu Sound menu Time menu TV/AV exchange Mono/stereo Sound mode selection Channel selection Menu selection / adjustment Former program Tune menu Function menu Switching on/ off the TV set In the following, the methods of using power switch and remote control 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 be light . TV/AV MENU (input select Volume down/up Program down/up 2 If the indicator is lighting in red, press the button on the remote control again. [. . . ] In general, DK, BG will display in turn. 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), so that you are free from the trouble of pressing keys. 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 2 If you want to return to the last watched program channel 8, you can simply press the SWAP button. 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 1 If you want to select a desirable program, you may scan all the TV programs in memory. The programs will appear one after another from beginning to end (each channel number will last about 2 seconds). 1 AUTO BG SCAN 2 AUTO BG SCAN 3 AUTO BG SCAN 1 AUTO BG 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 channel, which are respectively full automatic, semi- automatic and manual fine tune. In this section, how to use remote control to set channel is explained. You can also use buttons on the TV set to set channel. Full automatic mode 1 Press the TUNE menu button , till the TUNING menu shown on the right display on the screen. TUNE COLOUR SOUND BAND SKIP PROGRAM SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH AUTO BG VHFL OFF 0 2 Press the CH+/- buttons to move cursor to "AUTO SEARCH". TUNE COLOUR SOUND BAND SKIP PROGRAM SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH AUTO BG VHFL OFF 0 3 Press the VOL+ buttons to make automatic search function work. All channels now playing program will be automatically preset in order . After preset finished, the first program number will display on the screen. Display function Press the CALL button, then the channel number and system will be displayed on the screen. 3 AUTO BG Searching channel Continued Semi-automatic search Semi-automatic search 1 Press the CH+/- buttons or PROGRAM NUMBER 0-9 button to choose desired channels regard channel 1 as example 1 AUTO BG 2 Press the TUNE menu button , till the TUNING menu shown on the right display on the screen. 3 Press the CH+/- buttons to move cursor to " SEARCH". TUNE COLOUR SOUND BAND SKIP PROGRAM SEARCH FINE TUNE AUTO SEARCH AUTO BG VHFL OFF 0 4 Press the VOL-/+ buttons to start searching. Repeat this step, till find the desired channels. 6 SEARCH VHFL If you want to eliminate MENU display immediately In general, after you press the MENU button, menu item display (PICTURE, SOUND, 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 Under normal conditions, it is not needed to carry out the following adjustments. Four kinds of sound models (i. e. , "THEATER", "MUSIC", "USER" and "SPEECH") can be selected in turn. USER SPEECH MUSIC THEATER Mode THEATER MUSIC USER SPEECH Musical Sound quality Suitable for rich and full music You can set it by yourself Speech How to customize you own sound quality 1 Press the SOUND menu button , till the SOUND menu shown on the right display on the screen. SOUND VOLUME BASS TREBLE BALANCE SURROUND 45 48 48 0 OFF 2 Press the CH+/- buttons to move cursor to the item to be adjusted, then press the VOL-/+ buttons to obtain the desired effect. ITEM VOLUME BASS TREBLE BALANCE Press VOLWeak Weak Weak R down Press VOL+ Strong Strong Strong L down Convenient picture and sound control functions Continued Surround and mute function 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 to move cursor to "SURROUND", then press the VOL-/+ buttons to turn the SURROUND "ON". SOUND VOLUME BASS TREBLE BALANCE SURROUND 45 48 48 0 OFF How to eliminate sound When you need to pay attention to surround sound, or there is a telephone calling you or there are some guests visiting you, the sound elimination (mute) function is very convenient. 1 Press the MUTE button on the remote control and "MUTE" type face will display on the screen. At this time, the sound of the TV set is turned off. MUTE 2 If you want to recover sound, press the MUTE button again or directly press the VOL-/+ buttons. Time functions Clock setting and timer on/off functions Clock setting Check if the CLOCK time is identical to the standard time of local time zone before setting the time. If not, adjusting as follows: 1 Press the TIME menu button, and the TIME menu display on the screen. 2Press the CH+/- buttons to move cursor to "CLOCK", then press the VOL -/+ buttons to adjust the time in hour position; press again the CH+/- buttons to select the time in minute position, then press the VOL +/buttons to adjust the value of minutes . TIME CLOCK ON TIME ON PROG OFF TIME SLEEP TIMER REMIND TIME REMIND PROG 17:18 18:00 1 --:-0 --:-1 On/off timer Using on/off timer function, the TV set can automatically turn on to a preset program or shut down in a preset time. 2 Press the CH+/- buttons to move the cursor to "ON TIME", then press the VOL -/+ buttons to set the value in hour position; press again the CH+/- buttons to select the minute position and set the value of the minute. (take 18:00 as an example) 3 Press the CH+/- buttons to move the cursor to "ON PROG", then press the VOL-/+buttons or program direct number buttons to set your desired channel (take 8 as an example). 4 Repeat step 1-2 to turn OFF TIME. (take 23:00 as an example) TIME CLOCK ON TIME ON PROG OFF TIME SLEEP TIMER REMIND TIME REMIND PROG 17:18 18:00 1 --:-0 --:-1 TIME CLOCK ON TIME ON PROG OFF TIME SLEEP TIMER REMIND TIME REMIND PROG 17:18 18:00 8 23:00 0 --:-1 Time functions continued Sleep timer and program preset Sleep timer The TV set have 18 sections option for sleep timer function (each section has a time interval of 10 minutes) (See right chart): 1 Press the TIME menu button, and the TIME menu display on the screen. 3 press the VOL -/+ buttons to set the value of the SLEEP TIMER. 0 10 20 170 180 TIME CLOCK ON TIME ON PROG OFF TIME SLEEP TIMER REMIND TIME REMIND PROG 17:18 18:00 8 23:00 120 --:-1 REMIND PROG function With REMIND PROG function, the TV set can automatically change a preset program in a preset time . 2 Press the CH +/- buttons to move the cursor to "REMIND TIME", then press the VOL -/+ buttons to set the value in hour position; press again the CH+/buttons to select the minute position, and then set the value of the minute. (take 19:00 as an example) 3 Press the CH+/- buttons to move the cursor to "REMIND PROG", then press the VOL -/+ buttons or program direct number buttons to set the Desired channel (take 18 as an example). NOTE: The REMIND PROG can not take effect when child lock function is on status . TIME CLOCK ON TIME ON PROG OFF TIME SLEEP TIMER REMIND TIME REMIND PROG 17:18 18:00 8 23:00 120 19:00 1 TIME CLOCK ON TIME ON PROG OFF TIME SLEEP TIMER REMIND TIME REMIND PROG 17:18 18:00 8 23:00 120 19:00 18 Set up function Screen saver and child lock 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). NO SIGNAL 1 Press the FUNCTION menu button, till the FUNCTION menu shown on the right display on the screen. 2 Press the CH+/- buttons to move cursor to "BACKGROUND" and press the VOL-/+ buttons to turn the BACKGROUND function "ON" . FUNCTION ENGLISH BACKGROUND NOISE REDUCE FADE CHILD LOCK AVL CALENDAR ON ON ON OFF ON Child lock 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 move cursor to "CHILD LOCK" and press the VOL-/+ buttons to turn CHILD LOCK function "ON" . FUNCTION ENGLISH BACKGROUND NOISE REDUCE FADE CHILD LOCK AVL CALENDAR ON ON ON OFF ON NOTE: 1. The menu local buttons can not work when child lock function is on status . [. . . ] The electric levels of video and audio output signals are fixed. To outside input To video/audio input DVD, VCD and other reproducing equipments Troubleshooting If the TV set has breakdown, please check according to the following list. Item No power supply No sound Bad colour/ hue Checking If power line is connected?If the position of the TV set is changed during its work, the colour shadow may appear. If this case occurs, please switch off the power supply for TV set and let it cool for about 30 minutes, then switch on the power supply again. If there are disturbances from automobile, motorcycle, electric car, fluorescence lamp, blower etc? [. . . ]