MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC 838 SERIES - Manual (Page 8)

8 1. Basic Setup and Operation
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Before You Begin
1. Review the important safety, installation, and oper-
ating information at the beginning of this book.
2. Choose a location for your TV.
• Allow at least four inches of space on all sides
of the TV to help prevent overheating. Over-
heating may cause premature failure of the TV
as well as shortened lamp life.
• Avoid locations where light may reflect off the
screen.
• See the stand requirements on page 2.
3. Install the batteries in the remote control.
4. Plug the TV into an AC power outlet.
TV Tips
Turning the TV On or Off
• Point the bulb end of the remote control at the
front of the TV and press the POWER key.
• Press the POWER button on the TV control
panel.
If You Turn Off the TV by Mistake
• Press POWER again, within about 60 seconds,
to have the TV come back on immediately.
• IIf the STATUS indicator is flashing green, (about
60 seconds after you shut off power), wait a
few moments for the indicator to stop flashing
and press
POWER to turn the TV on again.
• Controlling Sound Volume
• Press
VOL to adjust the sound level.
• See also “Controlling A/V Receiver Sound
Volume” on page 31 .
Changing Channels (antenna sources)
NOTE: Perform a channel scan to enable recep-
tion of digital channels. See
Setup > Channel,
page 57.
• Enter the channel number using the number
keys on the remote control and press ENTER.
For a two-part digital channel, such as 3-1,
press
3
—
CANCEL 1 to include a dash (separator).
• Press CH to change channels one channel at a
time.
• Press and hold CH to move quickly through
channels.
• Press LAST to return to the previously tuned
channel.
• Press GUIDE to display ChannelView channel
listings, highlight a channel, and press ENTER.
• Use the Fav (Favorites) feature to tune to up to
nine favorite channels. See page 28.
• Use the CH key to tune to preselected groups
of channels using ChannelView custom
channel banks. See page 29.
First-Time Power-On
1. Press the TV key to
ensure that the remote
control is in
TV mode.
TV
TV
2. Aim the bulb end of the
remote control at the TV and
press the
POWER key
. Wait
for the Welcome screen.
3. If you wish to change the
menu language to
Español,
press .
4. Press to highlight EXIT .
Press ENTER to clear the
menu.