5TO THE OWNER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ~ 4FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7DTV BACK LEFT SIDE PANEL—JACKS LOCATIONS& FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8DTV BACK RIGHT SIDE PANEL—JACKS LOCATIONS& FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 ~ 10OPTIONAL FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11POSITIONING THE LCD DTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11GLOSSARY OF CABLES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12CHOOSE YOUR CONNECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13Installing two “AA” Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Initial Signal Connections Integrated Digital (DTV) /Analog (RF) Antenna Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14All Channel Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15HDMI CONNECTIONSOPTION 1: Connect a DVD Player or Game System . . . . . 16Helpful Hints for HDMI Input 2/3 connections . . . . . . 16OPTION 2: Connect a Set-Top (STB) to DVI . . . . . . . . . . . 17Helpful Hints for HDMI Input 1 connections . . . . . . . . 17VIDEO2 / VIDEO3 Component JacksOPTION 1: Connect a Set-Top (STB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Helpful Hints for Video2/3 connections . . . . . . . . . . . 18OPTION 2: Connect a DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Helpful Hints for Video2/3 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 19OPTION 3: Connect a Game System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Helpful Hints for Video2/3 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 20VIDEO1 COMPOSITE JACKSOPTION 1: Connect Analog Cable, Cable Box, VCR,and an Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Helpful Hints for Video1 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21OPTION 2: Connect Analog Cable, VCR, and an Antenna . . 22Helpful Hints for Video1 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22OPTION 3: Connect a DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Helpful Hints for Video1 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Connecting an AV Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Helpful Hints for Digital Audio Out connections . . . . . 24Connecting a Stereo Amplifier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Helpful Hints for Analog Audio Out connections . . . . . 25Remote Control Keys (functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 ~ 29Helpful Hints for Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29How to Operate the On-Screen Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Menu Navigation Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30All Channel Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Digital Cable Search (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Helpful Hints for Digital Cable Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Digital Add-On Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Helpful Hints for Digital Add-On Search . . . . . . . . . . . 33Analog Antenna Signal (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Helpful Hints for Analog Antenna Signal . . . . . . . . . . . 34Channel Scan Memory: Deleting Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Helpful Hints for Channel Scan Memory . . . . . . . . . . 35Channel Scan Memory: Adding Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Helpful Hints for Channel Scan Memory . . . . . . . . . . 36Digital Caption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Changing the Look of Digital Captioning . . . . . . . . . . . 37To View Captions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Helpful Hints for Digital Caption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38V-Guide (Parental Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39To Block MPAA Movie or TV Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . 39To Setup V-Guide Ratings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39On-Screen View of Blocked TV program . . . . . . . . . . . 40To Temporarily Unblock MPAA Movie or TV Rating . . 40To Unblock All MPAA Movie or All TV Rating . . . . . . . 40TV Ratings (Age and Content-Based)Symbol Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41MPAA Movie Ratings (Age-Based)Symbol Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41Picture/Sound Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 ~ 43Helpful Hints for Picture/Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Menu Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44Energy (Power) Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45GLOSSARY OF TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46FAQ (FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47WARRANTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48CONTENTSDIGITAL AV CONNECTIONSGETTING STARTED (REQUIRED INITIAL SETUP) . . . . . . . . 14ANALOG AV CONNECTIONSAUDIO CONNECTIONSMENU OPTIONSDTV ADJUSTMENT AND SETUPUSING THE REMOTE CONTROL