MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC 148 Series - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Important Information About Your TV
Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installation and Operating Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
TV Guide Daily Access Requirements . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cleaning Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1 Television Overview
Package Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Special Features of Your TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
TV Control Panel and Convenience Inputs . . . . . . 7
TV Main Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stand Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 TV Setup
Guidelines for Setting Up and Using Your New
Widescreen TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Initial TV Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Setting Up TV Inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Controlling A/V Receiver Sound Volume . . . . . . . 16
Using the TV with a Personal Computer . . . . . . . 18
Using a CableCARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3 TV Connections
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cable Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
HDTV Cable Box or Satellite Receiver, DVD
Player, or Other Device with Component Video . 22
HDMI Device (Cable Box, Satellite Receiver, DVD
Player, or Other Device) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
DVI Video Device (Cable Box, Satellite Receiver,
DVD Player, or Other Device) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Standard Cable Box, Satellite Receiver, or Other
Device with S-Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Wall Outlet Cable (no cable box) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Antenna with a Single Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Antennas with Separate UHF and VHF Leads . . . 24
VCR to an Antenna or Wall Outlet Cable . . . . . . . 25
VCR to a Cable Box (Audio & Video) . . . . . . . . . . 25
Older Cable Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
A/V Receiver (Sound System) Using the TV’s
Audio Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
A/V Receiver with HDMI Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Camcorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Audio-Only Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
4 TV Operation and Features
Choosing a Viewing Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Sleep Timer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ChannelView Channel Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Status Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fav (Favorite Channels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TV Signals and Display Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Viewing Camera Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5 TV Menus
Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Remote Control Keys for the TV Menu System . . 37
AV Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Video Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Audio Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Captions Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Inputs Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lock Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pass Codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Parent Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Other Menu (Alternate Rating System) . . . . . 51
Bypassing TV Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
6 NetCommand IR Control
About NetCommand IR Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
IR Emitter Placement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Initial NetCommand Setup for Most Devices . . . . 56
Adding or Removing Device Keys from
NetCommand Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
NetCommand Specialized Device Keys . . . . . . . 57
Operating NetCommand-Controlled Devices . . . 58
Setting Up NetCommand Control of an A/V
Receiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Appendices
Appendix A: Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Appendix B: Bypassing the Parental Lock . . . . . 67
Appendix C: Programming the Remote Control . 69
Appendix D: TV Guide Daily (246 Series TVs) . . . 76
Appendix E: NetCommand HDMI Control of CEC
Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Appendix F: Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Trademark and License Information
. . . . . . . . . . 90
Mitsubishi TV Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Warranty
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94