RCA 27F500TDV - Manuals

5 IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS TO USE AC POWER SOURCE Use the AC polarized line cord provided for operation on AC. Insertthe AC cord plug into a standard 120V 60Hz polarized AC outlet. NOTES: • Never connect the AC line cord plug to other than thespecified voltage (120V 60Hz). Use the attached power cord on...

6 Features Color TV with DVD/CD Player/Video Cassette Recorder • Color TV with DVD/CD player with Video Cassette Recorder - Unique space saving design combines a color TV, a DVD/CD player and a Hi-Fi Video cassette recorder. The DVD disc has much more capacity, but is the same size as the audio CD d...

7 Contents IMPORTANT SAFEGUARDS .......................... 3Power Source ................................................... 5Features ........................................................... 6Contents ........................................................... 7Parts and functions .................

8 Parts and functions Front Rear VOL ▲ / ▼ buttons (TV) Headphones jack VIDEO IN jack AUDIO IN (L/R) jacks REW (Rewind) button (VCR) F.FWD button (VCR) REC/OTR button (VCR) PLAY button (VCR) STOP/EJECT button (VCR) STOP button (DVD) PLAY button (DVD) OPEN/CLOSE button (DVD) Disc tray SKIP buttons PO...

9 POWER Power on/off 15 TV/VCR Press to operate TV/VCR 15 DVD Press to operate DVD 44 CH +/– Select channel 20,35,37 0-9 Number buttons 19,23,35 Input setting 48,49 Enter a password 24,26,55~57 VOL +/– Adjust volume of TV 19 MUTE Switch off the sound 20 DISPLAY/CALL Display TV/VCR or DVD operation s...

10 Inserting Batteries 1 2 3 Operation• Aim the remote control at the remote sensor and press control buttons to operate. • Operate the remote control within 30 ° angle on either side of the remote sensor, up to a distance of approximately 5 meters (16 ft.) Remote control (continued) Replace the com...

11 If you are using an indoor or outdoor antenna, follow the instructions below that correspond to your antennasystem. If you are using cable TV service (CATV), see page 12 for Cable TV connections. Combination VHF/UHF Antenna (Separate VHF and UHF 300 ohm Twin-lead Wires) Combination VHF/UHF Antenn...

12 FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO BASIC CABLE TV SERVICE For basic cable service not requiring a Converter/Descramblerbox, connect the CATV 75 ohm Coaxial Cable directly to theRF IN Jack on the back of the unit. Cable TV connections FOR SUBSCRIBERS TO SCRAMBLED CABLE TV SERVICE 75 ohmCoaxial Cable If you subscr...

13 LINE 1 IN VIDEO AUDIO L (MONO) R VIDEO AUDIO L R OUT PUT DIGITAL AUDIO VHF/UHF COAXIAL Using an Audio Amplifier Using an AV Amplifier with built-in digital surround If you are using an Amplifier with a built-in digital surround as follows, you can enjoy the various audio systemsincluding Dolby Di...

14 Video Game Console Using the audio/video inputs If you connect the unit to camcorder or a TV game, you can select by pressing INPUT SELECT. Press INPUT SELECT repeatedly to select the desired mode.“LINE1”, “LINE2” or TV channel will display on the screen for 4 seconds. To connect the unit to a ca...

15 Setting the language You can choose from three differentlanguages (English, French andSpanish) for the on-screen displays. NOTES:• Both the TV/VCR and the DVD have their own menu option (See page 52). • If no buttons are pressed for more than 60 seconds, the MENU screenwill return to normal TV-op...

16 T h e A u t o C l o c k f u n c t i o n w i l lautomatically set the built-in clock(Month, Day, Year and Time) when theunit is connected to an Antenna orCable system and it is turned off. Asthe unit searches for a receivable sta-tion in your area and it receives abroadcast signal for Auto Clock, ...

17 TO SET STANDARD TIME In the rare event that you live within broadcast range of twostations in two different time zones, the unit may recognize thewrong station for the Auto Clock set.To correct the situation: 1 Press TV MENU. 2 Press or to select “SYSTEM SETUP”, then press ENTER. 3 Press or to se...

18 4 Manual clock setting Yo u m u s t s e t t h e d a t e a n d t i m emanually for Timer Recordings, ON/OFF Timer and Daylight Saving Timeif the Auto Clock process did not setthem correctly. Press or to set the month, then press ENTER. 2 3 Press or to select the “CLOCK SET” option, then pressENTER...

19 CATV VHF2-13 STD/HRC/IRC 14-36 (A) (W) 37-59 (AA) (WW) 60-85 (AAA) (ZZZ) 86-94 (86) (94) 95-99 (A-5) (A-1) 100-125 (100) (125) 01 (5A) TV VHF2-13 UHF 14-69 TV operation If a channel with no broadcast isselected, the sound will automati-cally be muted.If a station being viewed stopsbroadcasting, t...

20 CALL Press DISPLAY/CALL to display thecurrent information on the screen.Press DISPLAY/CALL again to clearthe call display. QUICK VIEW Press QUICK VIEW to return to thelast channel you were watching. SLEEP To set the unit to turn off after apreset amount of time, press SLEEPon the remote control. ...

21 NOTES: Captions: This Closed Caption Mode will display text on thescreen in English or another language (depending on the set-ting of the Closed Captions CH 1/2).Generally, Closed Captions in English are transmitted on Cap-tions Channel 1 and Closed Captions in other languages aretransmitted on C...

22 M E N UTIMER REC SET TV SETUP CH SETUP AUTO REPEAT ON OFF SYSTEM SETUP 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/MENU 〉 To memorize channels Press TV/VCR. Press TV/MENU,the TV/VCR menu screen willappear. Press or to select “CH SETUP”, then press ENTER. This unit is equipped with a channel memory feature which allows channe...

23 Press SETUP to remove the CHSETUP menu or to stop thisoperation. CH 003 ADD á0-9/ ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/MENUñ CH SETUP TV CATV AUTO CH MEMORY ADD/DELETE 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/MENU 〉 CH SETUP TV CATV AUTO CH MEMORY ADD/DELETE á ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/MENUñ Press TV/VCR. Press TV/MENU, the TV/VCR menuscreen will appear. Pre...

24 Press or to select “ TV SETUP”, then press ENTER. Setting the V-Chip Press TV/VCR. Press TV/MENU, the TV/VCR menuscreen will appear. Enter a password (4 digits) usingthe number buttons (0-9), thenpress ENTER.If you enter an incorrect number,press CANCEL. Enter the same password againthen press EN...

26 á ñ á ñ TV SETUPV-CHIP SETON/OFF TIMERPICTURE AUDIOSURROUNDSTABLE SOUNDSAP 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/MENU 〉 ON OFFON OFFON OFF M E N UTIMER REC SET TV SETUP CH SETUP AUTO REPEAT ON OFF SYSTEM SETUP 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/MENU 〉 V-CHIP SETV-CHIP : ON TV RATING : TV-PG MOVIE RATING : PG-13 CHANGE PASSWORD á ▲ / ▼ /EN...

27 To set the on timer EXAMPLE: Turning on the TV to channel 12 at 7:00 AM, MON-DAY-FRIDAY. This feature allows you to have theunit automatically turn on at a prede-termined time. If you program the ONTIMER once, the unit will turn on onthe programmed day (daily/weekly) atthe same time to the same c...

28 To set the off timer ON/OFF TIMER 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/CANCEL/MENU 〉 ON TIMER 7:00AM CH 012 MON-FRI SET OFF TIMER 11:00PM CANCEL ON/OFF TIMER 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/CANCEL/MENU 〉 ON TIMER 7:00AM CH 012 MON-FRI SET OFF TIMER 11:30PM CANCEL ON/OFF TIMER 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/CANCEL/MENU 〉 ON TIMER 7:00AM CH 012 MON-FRI...

29 Picture controls are factory presetbut you can adjust themindividually. Picture control adjustment Press or to select “TV SETUP”, then press ENTER. Press TV/VCR. Press TV/MENU, the TV/VCR menu screenwill appear. CANCEL To return all setting to the factory levels, press CANCEL whileyou’re in the P...

30 TV SETUPV-CHIP SETON/OFF TIMERPICTURE AUDIOSURROUNDSTABLE SOUNDSAP 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/MENU 〉 ON OFFON OFFON OFF Sound control adjustment Sound controls are factory presetbut you can adjust them individually. BASS:Press or to adjust the bass sound.TREBLE:Press or to adjust the treble sound.BALANCE:Pre...

31 Tape speed and maximum recording time Video cassette tape Tape Speed SLP (Super Long Play) Loading and Unloading a cassette tape To prevent accidental erasure Remove the erase prevention tab with a screwdriver. Cover the hole with a piece of adhesive tape. To record again Erase prevention tab Scr...

32 Cassette tape playback Insert a prerecorded tape(When loading a cassette tapewithout the erase preventiontab, playback will start auto-matically). 1 2 Press PLAY.Playback will start." " will appear on the screen temporarily. If the tape doesn’t startplaying automatically. Press STOP once....

33 Adjusting tracking condition Special playback Reverse picture search functionPress REW x 1 or x 2 during the playback. Picture Search Forward picture search functionPress F.FWD x 1 or x 2 during the playback.To return to playback: Press PLAY. Still Picture Press PAUSE/STILL during playback. To re...

34 +3 Press DISPLAY/CALL.The counter display shows the taper u n n i n g t i m e d u r i n g p l a y b a c k o rrecording. ZERO RETURN function This function makes tape-rewindingstop at the counter 00:00:00 positionautomatically. NOTES for Counter Display: • I f y o u r e w i n d t h e t a p e b e y...

35 00 : 00 : 00 SP CH 110 CH 110 INDEX 3 Recording a TV program Load a cassette tape with the eraseprevention tab intact.The unit will automatically turn on. Make sure the TV/CATV option is set to the appropriateposition (See page 22). 1 2 Press SPEED to select the desired tapespeed SP or SLP.The ta...

36 8 : 30 AM MON 00 : 15 : 12 SP HI-FI TV/VCR CH 125 8 : 47 AM MON TV/VCR 00 : 00 : 00 SP STEREO SAP Recording a TV program Press STOP to stop recording." " will appear on screen for about 4seconds. To stop recording Press PAUSE/STILL to avoid recordingunwanted material. Press again to conti...

37 00 : 00 : 00 SP CH 110 CH 125 INDEX OTR 0 : 30 3 One-touch Timer Recording (OTR) Load a cassette tape with the eraseprevention tab intact.The unit will automatically turn on. Set the TV/CATV option to the appropriate position (See page22). 1 2 Press SPEED to select the desired tapespeed SP or SLP...

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40 Setting the surround sound / Setting the stable sound The surround sound feature expands the audio listening fieldwider and deeper to create exceptional sound quality fromthe TV’s speakers. Setting the surround sound Press TV/VCR. Press or to select “TV SETUP”, thenpress ENTER. 1 2 Press or to se...

41 STEREO STEREO SAP SAP TV SETUPV-CHIP SETON/OFF TIMERPICTURE AUDIOSURROUNDSTABLE SOUNDSAP 〈 ▲ / ▼ /ENTER/MENU 〉 ON OFFON OFFON OFF Stereo recording and playback / Second Audio Program (SAP) When a MTS STEREO broadcast isreceived, the word STEREO will ap-pear on the screen and the program canbe vie...

42 LINE 1 IN VIDEO AUDIO L(MONO) R VIDEO AUDIO L R OUT PUT DIGITAL AUDIO VHF/UHF COAXIAL If you connect the unit to another VCR or camcorder, you can duplicate a previously recorded tape.Make all connections before turning on the power. Duplicating a video tape Load a blank cassette tape with the er...

43 Disc This unit applies to DVD discs from Region 1 only.The loaded Disc (DVD, Audio-CD and mp3-CD) will be recognized automatically.The suitable Disc-formats are: DVD, CD-R and CD-RW.Some CD-R/RW discs may be incompatible. WARNING Do not attempt to play DVD-ROM, DVD-Audio, CDV, Video-CD, CD-G or P...

44 Preparation / Status display of disc NOTE:If the unit does not operate properly:Static electricity, etc., may affect the play-er's operation. Disconnect the AC powercord once, then connect it again. 6 DVD T C Audio CD To make status display disappear, press DISPLAY/CALL again. Status display of d...

45 Playback procedure 6 Press OPEN/CLOSE orPLAY.The disc tray closes auto-matically.O n t h e T V- s c r e e n , changes to “ ” and then playback commences. • A menu screen will appear on the TV screen, if the disc has a menu feature. 1 Press DVD to select DVDm o d e . P r e s s O P E N /CLOSE on th...

46 Special playback Press SEARCH during normal playback. Each press of the SEARCH button will increase the speed of the search (x 2), (x 4), (x 8), (x 15). [(CD: (x 2), (x 4), (x 8), (x 20)] • To resume normal playback, press PLAY. Fast Forward Playback Press SEARCH during normal playback. Each pres...

47 3 mp3 playback This player can play back the mp3-datawhich has been recorded on CD-R or CD-RW. To produce the mp3-data, you need aWindows-PC with CD-ROM drive and a mp3-encoding Software (not supplied).The Apple-HFS-System cannot be played. Limitations on mp3 CD playback• mp3 CD is the disc that ...

48 Zooming / Locating desired scene 1 NOTES:• You can select the Pause, Slow or Search playback in the zoom mode. • Some discs may not respond to zoom feature. This unit will allow you to zoom in on the frame image. Youcan then make selections by switching the position of theframe. In the zoom mode ...

50 1/32 Eng Off 1/8 Eng Dolby Digital 2/8 Fra Dolby Digital Subtitles Turning the Subtitles On and Off When playing back a disc recorded with subtitles, youcan turn the subtitles on or off. Press SUB TITLE during play-back until “Off” appears. NOTE:Subtitles are not available on all discs. Changing ...

51 1/9 Changing angles / Title selection / DVD menu When playing back a disc recorded with multi-angles, youcan change the view angle. 1 Press ANGLE during play-back. The current angle will ap-pear. 2 Press ANGLE repeatedly until the desired angle is selected. Changing angles Two or more titles are ...

52 1 Press DVD to select DVDmode.Press SETUP in the stopmode or No Disc.Press or to select “Language”, then press or ENTER. 2 Press or to select “ O S D L a n g u a g e ” , t h e npress or ENTER. 3 Press or to select de- sired language (e.g. Eng-lish), then press ENTER.The menu returns to “Lan-guage...

53 Picture Display On TV Screen 4:3 Setting the aspect ratio of TV screen / Setting on screen display 1 Press DVD to select DVDmode.Press SETUP in the stopmode or No Disc.Press or to select “Picture”, then press or ENTER. 2 Press or to select “TV Screen”, then press or ENTER. 3 Press or to select yo...

54 1 Press DVD to select DVDmode.Press SETUP in the stopmode or No Disc.Press or to select “Sound”. 2 Press or ENTER to se- lect “DRC”. 3 Press or ENTER to se- lect “On” or “Off”. • If you want to return to the previous menu, press or RETURN. 4 Press SETUP to remove the Menu screen. /Enter/Setup/Ret...

55 Parental control setting Parental Password Off Parental Level Off Password Password 1 2 3 4 If you want to limit the types of discsthat can be played, set up the ParentalControl feature. NOTES:• If each setup (P.52–56) has been completed, the unit can always beoperated under the same conditions(e...

56 To change the parental level 1 Press DVD to select DVD mode.Press SETUP in the stop mode or No Disc.Press or to select “Parental”, then press or ENTER. 2 Press or to select “Password”, then press or ENTER. 3 P r e s s n u m b e r b u t t o n s(0–9) to enter the passwordyou have stored. • If you i...

57 Temporary disabling of rating level by DVD disc 1 Load a DVD disc and pressPLAY (see page 45). 2 If the DVD disc has been designed to temporarily cancelthe Rating level, the screen which appears after inserting aDVD will change, depending on which disc is played. If youselect “YES” with the ENTER...

58 Language code list Enter the appropriate code number for the initial settings "AUDIO", "SUBTITLE" and/or "MENU LANGUAGE"(see page 52). Abkhazian 1112 Fiji 1620 Lingala 2224 Singhalese 2919 Afar 1111 Finnish 1619 Lithuanian 2230 Slovak 2921 Afrikaans 1116 French 1628 Macedo...

59 No reception abovechannel 13. Problems and troubleshooting Use the following check list for troubleshooting when you have problems with your unit. Consult your localdealer or service outlet if problems persist.Be sure all connections are properly made when using with other units. SYMPTOMS CAUSE P...

60 Problems and troubleshooting (continued) / Video head cleaning NOTES: • DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CLEAN THE VIDEO HEADS OR SERVICE THE UNIT BY REMOVING THE REAR COVER. • Video heads may eventually wear out and should be replaced when they fail to produce clear pictures.• To help prevent video head cloggi...

61 Specifications GENERALPower supply:Power consumption: Weight:Dimensions: Inputs/Outputs: Video: Audio: Hi-Fi frequency response:Hi-Fi dynamic range: TELEVISIONPicture tube:Tuner type:Receiving channels: Antenna input:Speaker:Audio output power: VCR sectionVideo head:Audio track:Tuner: F.FWD/REW T...

62 RCA TruFlat TV/DVD/VCR Combination Limited Warranty What your warranty covers: • Defects in material or workmanship. For how long after your purchase: • One year from date of purchase for labor charges. • One year from date of purchase for parts. • Two years from date of purchase for picture tube...