Hitachi 32LD380TA - Manual

4 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This LCD television has been designed and manufactured to meet international safety standards, but like any electricalequipment, care must be taken if you are to obtain the best results and safety is to be assured. Before using this product,please read and understand the Safety...

6 SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Disconnect the plug from the power outlet. CAUTION Be careful in moving the television. Neglect could result in an injury or damage.• Do not move the television during use. Before moving, disconnect the power plug and all external connections. • You are advised to m...

7 ENGLISH SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS (continued) Prevention of an obstacle to Radio receivers This television has been designed pursuant to the international EMI standards. This is to prevent aproblem to Radio receivers.• Keep the television away from Radio.• Adjust Radio antennas in order for the televisi...

8 ABOUT LCD PANEL Common phenomena of LCD Panel The following are the common phenomena when operating LCD Panel due to its structural reason.Please note that they are not malfunctions. •Defective Spots on Panel The LCD panel is manufactured with high-precision technology. However, there might be som...

9 ENGLISH Location of controls Description of Indicators and Controls 1. ( S UB-POWER) button: To turn the unit standby mode on and off. 2. INPUT-button: Select input mode for TV/AV/COMPONENT/HDMI/PC. 3. M ENU-button: To display the menu-screen. 4. VOLU M E ▲ / ▼ buttons : To adjust the volume. In M...

10 Function Page Turn the unit on or off Sleep-Timer Display program position number Turn the sound on/off Select channelSelect Teletext page Switches between the present channel and thelast selected channelSub Page selection Call Menu Select TV-channel or Teletext page step by stepIn Menu: SettingI...

12 Antenna connection Note: Before you connect something: • To avoid every possible damage, turn off the TV-unit with Main Power Switch and then pull the power plug out. • Arrange the desired connection.• When the connection made up firmly and correctly, connect the unit to AC100-240V, 50/60Hz and t...

13 ENGLISH The exact arrangement you use to interconnect various video and audio components to the LCD televi-sion is dependent on the model and features of each component. Check the Owner's Manual providedwith each component for the location of video and audio inputs and outputs. The connection dia...

14 Rear lower of the LCD television If your DVD player or Satellite receiver has a S-Video out jack, connect cords as shown. Rear lower of the LCD television To S-Video OUT Audio cord (not supplied) To Audio OUT S-Video cord (not supplied) To S-VIDEO IN 1 (or 2) If your DVD player has component vide...

15 ENGLISH Rear lower of the LCD television To Component OUT To Audio OUT Video cord (not supplied) Audio cord (not supplied) To COMPONENT-1 (or 2) Connections to other equipment To connect the LCD television to a DTV receiver/set-top box If you connect a DTV receiver/set-top box, connect your LCD t...

16 Audio cord (not supplied) VGA cable (not supplied) M onitor Television modes MODE Resolution Refresh rate VGA 640x480 60Hz VGA 720x400 70Hz WVGA 848x480 60Hz SVGA 800x600 60Hz XGA 1024x768 60Hz WXGA 1280x720/768 60Hz WXGA 1360x768 60Hz Rear lower of the LCD television To connect the LCD televisio...

17 ENGLISH S ide of the LCD television Audio/Video cord (not supplied) To Audio/Video OUT S ide of the LCD television To Audio/Video OUT Audio/Video cord (not supplied) Connections to other equipment To connect the LCD television to a camcorder To playback from a camcorder, connect the camcorder to ...

18 18 Quick guide for MENU-operation/Selecting the video input source M ake sure the antenna connection and power supply as the description on 12 . : S E L E C T : A D J U S T : R E T U R N M E N U A U T O T U N I N GM A N U A L T U N I N GS O R TT E X T L A N G U A G E W E S T L A N G U A G E E N G...

19 ENGLISH On-screen Language Selection/Teletext Language Selection 1 Select LANGUAGE. Then press or to select the desired language. 2 Press M ENU repeatedly until the MENU disappears. On-screen Language S election 1 Select TEXT LANGUAGE. Then press or to select WEST or EAST. 2 Press M ENU repeatedl...

20 20 P A L C H 1 : R E T U R N M E N U Automatic station presetting with the built-in Tuner Your television has an Automatic Tuning S ystem which makes tuning in your television easy. This Automatic Tuning S ystem scans the entire reception range in your area and automatically stores all available ...

21 ENGLISH Change the order of stored channel 1 Select SORT. Then press . 2 Press or until the position number that you want to move appears (e.g. CH 40), then press ENTER . 3 Press or until the program-position on which you want to put the moving program appears (e.g.CH 5), then press ENTER . 4 The...

22 22 Example: Preset the BBC on program position 2. 1 Select MANUAL TUNING. Then press . 2 Press or to select color system (e.g. PAL). Then press ENTER . 3 Press . The auto search starts forward. It will stop at each station with good reception. Press again until you receive the BBC. Then press ENT...

23 ENGLISH Basic Operation Press or to change to the program forward or backward. The changing takes approx. 2seconds. If the auto search stored only 5 stations,these only 5 also will appear. Still uncovered orhidden store position will not appear 39 . Channel selection With the 10 number buttons . ...

24 Timer functions The on timer feature allows you toautomatically turn on your TV after apreset amount of time (up to 12hours and 59 minutes) at theselected channel.The off timer also allows you to turnoff your TV after a preset amount oftime. You can set the off timer inconjunction with the on tim...

25 ENGLISH Stereo reception with the built-in tuner This built-in Tuner can receiveStereo-/2 channel-program. In casethe Stereo broadcast was send outwith NICAM, this unit candistinguish these NICAM Stereobroadcasts automatically. Notes: • In case of bad reception, the stereo sound also can be distu...

26 Stereo reception with the built-in tuner In case of 2 channel-sound reception,you can select the desired sound withAUDIO 1/2. Each time you press the AUDIO 1/2 , the both sound channels alternate with each other. NICAM-2 channel-Sound reception A2 STEREO-2 channel-Sound reception 3V90441A [E] P25...

27 ENGLISH Bass, Treble and Balance/Perfect Volume 1 Select BASS. Then press or to adjust the bass. If you wish to set the treble or balance, press or to select TREBLE or BALANCE. 2 Press MENU repeatedly until the MENU disappears. N I C A M A U T O B A S S 2 5 T R E B L E 2 5 B A L A N C E 0 P E R F...

28 Turning off the built-in speakers/Using the wow TM surround sound feature N I C A M A U T O B A S S 2 5 T R E B L E 2 5 B A L A N C E 0 P E R F E C T V O L U M E O F F S P E A K E R S O N / O F F H D M I H D M I : R E T U R N M E N U : A D J U S T : S E L E C T Turning off the built-in speakers U...

29 ENGLISH Brightness, Contrast, Color and Sharpness/DNR 1 Select BRIGHTNESS. Then press or to adjust the brightness. If you wish to set the contrast, color, tint, or sharpness,press or to select CONTRAST, COLOR, TINT, or SHARPNESS. The menu “TINT” can be selected at AV-Playback, if aNTSC 3.58MHz si...

30 Selecting the color temperature/Film mode C O L O RT E M P E R A T U R E C O O L C O O L / N O R M A L / W A R M F I L M M O D E O F F : R E T U R N M E N U : A D J U S T : S E L E C T Selecting the color temperature Change the picture quality by selecting from threepreset color temperatures –coo...

31 ENGLISH Picture format Each time the PICTURE SIZE button is pressed, the screen display size will change in sequence. 4:3 It shows a 4:3-picture in original size with black bands on leftand right side. PANORAMIC : Stretches the left and right hand sides of a 4:3 picturehorizontally to fill the sc...

32 Scrolling the PANORAMIC-Wide picture : S E L E C T : A D J U S T : R E T U R N M E N U A U T O T U N I N GM A N U A L T U N I N GS O R TT E X T L A N G U A G E W E S T L A N G U A G E E N G L I S H V E R T I C A L P O S I T I O N Scrolling the PANORAMIC-wide picture During the PANORAMIC-wide mode...

33 ENGLISH Back light 1 SelectBACKLIGHT. Then press or to adjust the level yourequire appears. 2 Press MENU repeatedly until the MENU disappears. Note: To initialize the adjusted value, press NORMAL in step 1. You can use the Back light featureto adjust the screen brightness forimproved picture clar...

34 You can lock the front panel buttonsto prevent your settings from beingchanged accidentally (by children,for example).When the panel lock is in ON, allcontrol buttons on the TV frontpanel (except POWER) do notoperate. 1 Select F.PANEL LOCK. Then press to display the password entering screen. 2 Us...

35 ENGLISH Example: Adjust the contrast. 1 During PC mode press MENU once. The Menu appears on the TV-screen. 2 Press or to select CONTRAST. Then press or to adjust CONTRAST. 3 Press MENU repeatedly until the MENU disappears. Description about the each setting option: PC-Setting AUDIO Menu BASS/TREB...

36 Selecting the HDMI audio input source N I C A M A U T O B A S S 2 5 T R E B L E 2 5 B A L A N C E 0 P E R F E C T V O L U M E O F F S P E A K E R S O N H D M I H D M I / D V I : R E T U R N M E N U : A D J U S T : S E L E C T You must choose an appropriate HDMI audio input setting for each connec...

37 ENGLISH Teletext Teletext is sent page by page. This unit is able to automatically store up to 812 pages.Storage lasts until all pages have been received. The pages can only be accessed when they have beenstored. This can take a moment. Fastext/Toptext The Fastext/Toptext is teletext with a speci...

39 ENGLISH Conceal stored channels The stored channels are switched back or fore individually using or . Channels that should not appear can be concealed. These channels are not deleted. They can be ac-cessed at any time with the 10 Number Buttons . 1 Select the channel to be concealed (i.e. CH29).P...

40 Connect with another equipment ~ 17 . 1 In menu, select COLOR SYSTEM. 2 Press or to select AUTO. 3 If AUTO option does not work, press or to select desired color (e.g. NTSC 3.58). 4 Press MENU repeatedly until the menu disappears. : R E T U R N M E N U : A D J U S T : S E L E C T C O L O R S Y S ...

41 ENGLISH Troubleshooting table / Specifications In menu, TUNING-line can not be selected. The unit is set to AV mode. Press 1 on the remote control. Symptom Possible solution Page No picture, no sound Switch on the set.Check the 100~240 V wall outlet.Select appropriate input mode. No reception Pre...