RCA Color TV
(160-2083/2085) Setup Menu Faxback Doc. # 40422
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU and then press + or - to
display the setup menu.
2. Repeatedly press MENU to select function, then press + or - to adjust
it.
The setup menu will automatically disappear from the screen if you do not
press + or - within a few seconds.
Via remote control, your TV will remember which function you displayed
last - even after the menu has disappeared from the screen. So, if you
want to adjust the same function again, simply press the + or - button
on the on the remote control. The last function you adjusted will appear
on the TV screen.
The CAPTIONING feature lets you display the audio portion of programs
encoded with the Closed Captioning (CC) information as text on the screen.
Four types of closed captioning are available. Select CAPTIONS 1 for full
translation of the primary language in your area. CAPTIONS 2 is used for
secondary language translation, or an alternate service, such as simplified
English. Two Text modes are also supported.
By setting the SLEEP TIMER, you can program your TV to turn itself off
after a certain period of time. This is useful whenever you want to watch
TV for an hour or so before going to sleep. Press the + or - button to
select the length of time you want the TV to stay on.
You can program your TV to turn on and/or off at the times you choose by
setting the ALARM function.
CHAN LABEL lets you program names (or labels) for the channel numbers. The
names you select will then appear on the screen whenever the channel number
is displayed.
The PARENTAL CONTROL features lets you lock out any channels between 1 and
99 that you don't want your children to watch. Pressing + or - switches
this function from OFF to ON. When this function is set to ON, channels
that have been locked out with the CHAN CTRL function cannot be viewed.
When this function is set to OFF, all channels can be viewed.
The CHAN CTRL (Channel Control) function works hand-in-hand with the
PARENTAL CONTROL function. It lets you select the channels between 1 and
99 that you want to lock out. First select the channel number you want to
lock out and then press + to change this function from NORMAL to LOCKED.
When the PARENTAL CONTROL function is set to ON, the channels you locked
with this function cannot be viewed.
When you press + or - to start the AUTOPROGRAM function, the TV will
automatically cycle through all channels and place the active channels for
your area in its channel memory. Pressing the CHANNEL up or down buttons
will then allow you to scan only active channels.
The CHAN MEM function allows you to erase and add channels to channel
memory as desired.
The CABLE/AIR function tells your TV whether you have a cable-TV system
or a home antenna connected to the TV. Your TV is so automatic that you
will probably never need to change this function. When your TV autoprograms
it automatically adjusts the CABLE/AIR setting for you. If you should
ever need to override the automatic setting, press + or - to change it.
The VCR1 CHAN function lets you program to which channel the TV will
automatically tune when you press the VCR1 button on the remote.
The VCR2 CHAN function lets you program to which channel the TV will
automatically tune when you press the VCR2 button on the remote.
The CABLE CHAN function lets you program to which channel the TV will
automatically tune when you press the CABLE button on the remote.
After you set the clock, you will be able to see the on-screen time display
whenever you change channels or press the DISPLAY or TV button on the
remote control. To set the clock when this function is selected, first
press and hold - to set the correct hour (including AM and PM). Then
press and hold + to set the correct minutes.
Setting Closed Captioning
The CAPTIONING feature lets you display the audio portion of a program as
text on the TV screen. This is useful to the hearing impaired or anyone
who wants to watch a program without the sound.
There are four types of closed captioning transmissions available: Captions
1, Captions 2, Text 1 and Text 2. Captions 1 displays the full translation
of the primary language in your area. Captions 2 may be used as a second
source for secondary languages, simplified English, or other translations
transmitted in your area.
The Text modes, Text 1 and Text 2, display on-screen boxes containing the
text of general information not necessarily related to the program being
watched.
Note: Closed Captioning is not available on all channels or at all times.
Only specific programs encoded with Closed Captioning information
(CC) are applicable.
When Captions 1 is available, the word "Captioned" appears on the
screen when you change channels or press the TV or DISPLAY button
on the remote. The word "Captioned" does not appear to tell you if
Captions 2 or either Text mode is available.
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to
display setup functions. CAPTIONING will be highlighted since it is
the first function in the setup menu.
2. Press the + or - button to select the type of closed captioning: Off,
Captions 1, Captions 2, Text 1 or Text 2.
3. When finished, the display will automatically disappear from the screen
in a few seconds. To make it disappear more quickly, press the CLEAR
button.
4. The screen will begin to display the TV program's audio portion as text
if the program has captioning.
Turning Captioning Off
To turn off the closed captioning feature, enter the CAPTIONING feature,
enter the CAPTIONING function and press the + or - button until the screen
shows "Off."
Setting the Sleep Timer
By setting the Sleep Timer, you can program your TV to turn itself off
after a certain period of time (up to four hours).
This is useful whenever you want to watch TV for an hour or so before going
to sleep.
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to
display setup functions. Press MENU to select SLEEP TIMER.
2. Press the + or - button to select the length of time (up to four hours)
you want the TV to stay on.
Each time you press the + or - button, the time will increase 30 minutes
(up to four hours). Then the time display will start over.
3. When finished, the display will automatically disappear from the screen
in a few seconds. To make it disappear more quickly, press the CLEAR
button.
4. The sleep timer will begin to count down to zero. The word "SLEEP" will
appear on the screen whenever you change channels or press the remote's
TV or DISPLAY button to let you know the sleep timer is activated.
The amount of time remaining before the TV shuts itself off will appear
in the sleep timer menu whenever you display the SLEEP TIMER function.
5. When the sleep timer counts down to 0:00, the sleep timer display will
appear on the screen for a few seconds. Then the TV will turn itself
off.
If you want the TV to stay on when this display appears, press the +
button on the remote to add more time to the SLEEP TIMER display.
Clearing the Sleep Timer
To cancel the sleep timer, enter the SLEEP TIMER function and then press
the + or - button until the screen shows 0:00.
Setting the Alarm
By setting the alarm, you can program the TV to turn on and/or off by
itself.
After the ON TIME is set and the ALARM ON/OFF function is set to ON, the
TV will automatically turn on each day at the time you selected and remain
on until the OFF TIME is reached. If no OFF TIME has been programmed, the
TV will remain on until you turn it off.
The ALARM ON/OFF function lets you easily deactivate or reactivate the
alarm without having to reset the ON TIME and OFF TIME.
When the alarm time is reached, the set will turn on at whatever volume you
left it when you last turned it off. So if you want the TV to come on
loudly at the ON TIME, be sure the TV is playing loudly when you turn off
the TV for the last time.
When the ALARM ON/OFF function displays SET CLOCK, you will need to set the
clock time before you will be able to turn on the alarm function.
IMPORTANT NOTE: During extended power failures the alarm function will be
disabled. The alarm ON TIME and OFF TIME will stay set
but the ALARM ON/OFF function will be set to OFF and will
display SET CLOCK to inform you that the clock must be
reset to the correct time. Once the clock has been reset
you can reactivate the ALARM function by changing the
ALARM function to ON.
Setting the Alarm
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to
display setup functions. Press MENU to select SET ALARM function, and
then press + or - to display the alarm settings.
2. When the first ALARM function is selected, pressing + or - will switch
the setting between ON and OFF. Set this function to ON if you want
to activate the alarm. When this function is set to OFF, the alarm
is deactivated and the TV will not turn on or off by itself.
Note: If SET CLOCK is displayed next to ALARM, you will need to set
the clock time before you will be able to turn on the alarm
function.
3. Press MENU to select the next function called ON TIME. If you want
the TV to turn on by itself, enter the desired time by pressing - to
select the hour (including AM or PM) and then pressing + to select the
minutes. If you only want the TV to turn off by itself and not turn on,
you ca disable the ON TIME by pressing - until the word DISABLED
appears.
Note: Remember to check the AM/PM setting. Midnight is 12:00 AM and
noon is 12:00 pm.
4. Press MENU to select the next function called OFF TIME. If you want
the TV to turn off by itself, enter the desired time by first pressing
- to select the hour (including AM and PM) and then pressing + to
select the minutes. If you only want the TV to turn on by itself and
not turn off, you can disable the OFF TIME by pressing until the word
DISABLED appears.
5. Press MENU to select the next function called CHANNEL. This function
lets you program which channel the TV will tune when it turns on at the
ON TIME. Press CHANNEL up or down to select the channel, and then press
+ or - to enter it into the CHANNEL function.
Note: The TV will change to the channel that you select. This will help
you to confirm that it is indeed the channel you want the TV to turn
on to.
Labeling Channels
The labeling feature lets you program names (or labels) for the channel
numbers. The name you program will then appear on the screen below the
channel number whenever the channel number is displayed.
Each name can contain up to four characters and you'll be able to assign
up to 64 names. After 64 names or labels have been entered, the TV will
display this message to let you know no more channels can be labeled: CHAN
LABEL: FULL.
Listed below are the letters and characters from which you'll be able to
choose when programming the channel labels: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O
P Q R S T U V W X Y Z (blank space) ! " # $ % & ' () + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @
You must use your remote control to create or erase labels.
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to
display setup functions. Repeatedly press MENU to select CHAN LABEL
function.
2. Press + to enter the CHAN LABEL function. Four blank letter frames
will appear under the channel number.
3. Select the channel number you want to label by pressing the CHANNEL
up or down button (or by pressing two number buttons).
4. Press and hold the VOLUME up or down button until the letter or
character you want appears on the screen. Pressing VOLUME up sequences
through the characters in alphabetical order. Pressing VOLUME down
sequences the letters in reverse order.
5. Then press + to move to the next letter frame. Pressing - moves you
back to the previous letter frame.
6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 until the name is complete. You can now label
another channel, if desired, by selecting the channel number and
repeating steps 4 and 5.
7. When finished, the display will automatically disappear from the screen
in a few seconds. Your labels will remain in memory until you erase
them. They are not affected by power failures.
Erasing Labels
To erase a channel label, first follow steps 1, 2, and 3 above, and then
press CLEAR on the remote control.
Note: Autoprogramming new channels into the channel memory does not affect
the channel labels that are already entered.
PARENTAL CONTROL
The PARENTAL CTRL and CHAN CTRL functions let you lock any channels between
1 and 99 so they cannot be viewed by your children.
Channels that have been locked can be viewed only when the PARENTAL CTRL
function is set to OFF. This can only be done with the remote control -
it can not be done be changed with the buttons on the front of the TV.
Therefore, after you turn on PARENTAL CTRL, you simply hide the remote
control so that your children can't watch the locked channels. An optional
simplified remote is also available that your children can use. The
simplified remote does not allow access to the locked channels.
The locked-out channels will remain unviewable even if the TV is unplugged
or the channels are autoprogrammed again. The only way to view locked
channels is to use the supplied remote control to set the PARENTAL CTRL
function to OFF.
Activating Parental Control
The PARENTAL CTRL and the CHAN CTRL functions work hand-in-hand. The
instructions below will first tell you how to turn parental control on or
off with the PARENTAL CTRL function and then how to lock desired channels
with the CHAN CTRL function.
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to
display setup functions. Repeatedly press MENU to select the PARENTAL
CTRL function.
When this function is set to ON, PARENTAL CTRL is activated and any
channels you locked with the CHAN CTRL function will not be viewable.
When this function is set to OFF, PARENTAL CTRL is deactivated and all
channels are viewable.
2. To lock channels, press the MENU button to select the CHAN CTRL
function.
Select a channel you want to lock by pressing CHANNEL up or down.
Then press +. The CHAN CTRL setting will change from NORMAL to LOCKED
when that channel is locked. To return the channel to NORMAL, press
the - button.
Repeat step 2 for each channel you want to lock.
If the PARENTAL CTRL function is set to ON while you are locking out
channels, each channel will go blank as you lock it.
When the PARENTAL CTRL function is set to ON and a channel which has
been locked out is tuned, the TV will display the words PARENTAL CONTROL
to let your kids know you have locked it.
Programming Channel Memory
The channel memory is the list of TV channel numbers your TV will stop
on when you press the CHANNEL up or down button. You can program any list
of channels into the channel memory.
The quickest way to program your channel memory is to use the AUTOPROGRAM
function. If you use the AUTOPROGRAM function, your TV will automatically
cycle through all channels and place active channels into the channel
memory.
First follow the instructions to autoprogram channels, and then add or
erase individual channels as desired.
Notes:
The AutoProgram feature will place into memory active TV channels that
have a valid signal at the time you autoprogram your TV.
An active channel may be missed occasionally if its signal is very weak or
if the channel happens to be "off the air" when the TV is autoprogrammed.
An inactive channel may be included in the channel memory if there happens
to be some sort of "noise" or "stray signal" on the channel when the TV is
autoprogrammed.
Signals from other components connected to the INPUT jacks can not be
autoprogrammed. Channel 91 (which accesses INPUT 1 jacks) was added to the
channel memory at the factory and will remain in the channel memory until
you erase it. Channel 92 (INPUT 2) and Channel 90 (S-VIDEO connector) can
be added to channel memory if desired.
Only channels 1-99 can be stored in channel memory.
1. AutoProgramming Channels into Channel Memory
a. Connect home antenna(s) or cable-TV to your set.
b. After you have turned on the TV and adjusted the volume, repeatedly
press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to display
the setup functions. Repeatedly press MENU to select the AUTO
PROGRAM function.
c. Press either + or - to begin autoprogramming. The TV will first
program all channels for ANT A input and then program all channels
for ANT B input (even if you only have one antenna input connected).
d. When the TV is finished cycling, you can check to see which
channels are in memory by pressing the CHANNEL up or down button.
2. Erasing/Adding Channels in Channel Memory
a. To erase or add a channel, repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP
MENU, and then press + or - to display the setup functions.
Repeatedly press MENU to select CHAN MEM function.
b. Then select the desired channel number by pressing CHANNEL up or
down (or the two corresponding number buttons on the remote).
c. Press + to add the channel to memory, or press - to erase the
channel from memory.
3. Adding Video Input Channels to Channel Memory
If you have a video device connected to the S-VIDEO or INPUT jacks on
the back of the TV, you can view its signal either by directly
selecting channel 90 (for S-VIDEO connector), channel 91 (for INPUT 1
jacks), or channel 92 (for INPUT 2 jacks) with the number buttons on
the remote or by adding those channels to the channel memory. Adding
channels 90, 91, and 92 to channel memory allows access to the video
inputs at the TV by pressing the CHANNEL up and down buttons as well
as by using the remote control.
Setting Up VCR Channels
The VCR 1 CHAN function lets you program to which channel the TV will
automatically tune when you press the VCR 1 button on the remote. This is
handy if you connect a VCR to your TV. You will no longer have to remember
to which input jacks the VCR is connected because the TV will remember for
you.
For example, if you connect a VCR's AUDIO/VIDEO OUT jacks to the TV's INPUT
1 jacks, you will no longer have to remember to select channel 91 on the
TV to see what the VCR is playing. By entering channel 91 next to the VCR
1 CHAN function, the TV will automatically tune to channel 91 each time you
press the VCR 1 button on the remote.
This function is especially convenient if you have a compatible VCR that
can be operated by the VCR 1 button on the remote. Pressing VCR 1 will then
not only turn on the VCR but also automatically tune the TV to the proper
channel for viewing the picture from the VCR. You can program most brands
of remote-controllable VCRs to respond to the VCR1 button.
The VCR 2 CHAN function works the same way. It lets you program to which
channel the TV will automatically tune when you press the VCR2 button on
the remote. You can program most brands of remote-controllable VCRs to
respond to the VCR 2 button. Pressing the VCR 2 button will then not only
turn on the VCR but also automatically tune the TV to the proper channel
for viewing the picture from the VCR.
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select SETUP MENU, and then press + or - to
display the setup functions. Repeatedly press MENU to select the VCR 1
CHAN function.
2. Enter the channel number you want to program by pressing two digit
buttons on the remote control. (The channel number you enter is the
channel to which the TV will tune automatically when you later press
the VCR 1 button on the remote.)
3. Press the + button to program the channel number you selected into the
TV's memory.
Note: Pressing the - button here will turn off this feature and display
VCR 1 CHAN: OFF again.
4. If you have another VCR connected to the TV, press MENU to select the
VCR 2 CHAN function.
5. Enter the channel number you want to program by pressing two digit
buttons on the remote control. (This is the channel number to which
the TV will tune automatically when you later press the VCR2 button on
the remote.) See the notes below if you are unsure about which channel
number to enter.
6. Press the + button to program the channel number you selected into the
VCR 2 CHAN function memory.
Note: Pressing the - button here will turn off this feature and
display VCR 2 CHAN: OFF again.
Notes About Entering Channel Number:
Enter channel 91 if VCR is connected to the TV's audio and video INPUT1
jacks. Enter channel 92 if VCR is connected to the TV's audio and video
INPUT 2 jacks. Enter channel 90 if you have a Super-VHS VCR that is
connected to the TV's S-VIDEO connector and INPUT1 audio jacks (labeled
L and R/MONO). Enter channel 03 (or 04) if you did not use any audio/video
cables and connected the VCR to the TV's round antenna jack labeled CABLE/
ANTENNA. Enter the same channel number (03 or 04) as the position of the
VCR's CH3/CH4 switch. This is the channel to which you must tune your TV
for viewing signals from your VCR.
Setting Up Cable Box Channel
The CABLE CHAN function lets you program to which channel the TV will
automatically tune when you press the CABLE button on the remote. This is
handy if you have to connect a cable box to your TV. You will no longer
have to remember the output channel of the cable box because the TV will
remember for you.
For example, if you connect a cable box to the TV's CABLE/ANTENNA connector
you will no longer have to remember to select channel 2, 3, or 4 on the TV
to see what's coming from the cable box. By entering the cable box's
output channel (usually 02, 03, 04) next to the CABLE CHAN function, the TV
will automatically tune to that channel each time you press the DSS/CABLE
button on the remote.
This function is especially convenient if you have a remote-controllable
cable box that can be operated by the DSS/CABLE button on the remote.
Pressing the CABLE button will then not only switch the remote to cable mode
but will also automatically tune the TV to the proper channel for viewing
the picture from the cable box.
1. Repeatedly press MENU to select the SETUP MENU, and then press + or -
to display the setup functions. Repeatedly press MENU to select the
CABLE CHAN function.
2. Enter the channel number you want to program by pressing two digit
buttons on the remote control. (The channel number you enter is the
channel to which the TV will tune automatically when you later press
the CABLE button on the remote.) The TV will change to the channel you
select. This will help you to confirm that it is indeed the channel
you want the TV to automatically tune. Most cable boxes output their
signals on either channel 02, 03, or 04.
3. Press the + button to program the channel number you selected into the
CABLE CHAN function memory.
Note: Pressing the - button will turn off this feature and display
CABLE CHAN: OFF again.
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