8USING AN EARPHONEFor private listening, you can connect anoptional earphone with a 1/8 -inch (3.5 mm)plug to the EARPHONE jack on the back.This automatically mutes the built-inspeaker.To protect your hearing, follow theseguidelines when you use earphones.• Set the volume to the lowest settingbefore you begin listening. After youbegin listening, adjust the volume to acomfortable level.• Do not listen at extremely high volumelevels. Extended high-volume listeningcan lead to permanent hearing loss.• Once you set the volume, do notincrease it. Over time, your ears adaptto the volume level, so a volume levelthat does not cause discomfort mightstill damage your hearing.USING THE AV IN JACKThe AV IN jack on the back of the TV lets youconnect a VCR, camcorder, or VCD to theTV. To connect the video equipment to theTV, you need an Audio/Video adapter plug.(We recommend RadioShack Cat. No. 42-2475, not supplied.)Connect the cable’s red plug into thecomponent’s video output jack and its whiteplug into the component’s audio outputjack. Then, plug the cable’s black mini pluginto the TV’s AV IN jack. The TVautomatically switches to the AV mode.When you disconnect the video source'ssignal cord, the TV automatically returns tothe TV mode.16-3055A.fm Page 8 Wednesday, May 24, 2000 9:01 AM