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Color Television Operating Instructions CT-32HX41 CT-36HX41 CT-32HX41U CT-36HX41U TQB2AA0371 10306 For assistance, please call: 1-800-211-PANA (7262) or PRINTED IN USA send e-mail to: consumerproducts@panasonic.com (USA only)
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The lightning flash with arrow head exclamation point within within a triangle is intended to tell lriangle is inlended to tell the user user that parts inside that important operating product are a risk of electric shock servicing instructions in the to persons papers wilh the appliance WARNING:...
FEATURE CHART Feature Chart MODELS FEATURES MENU LANGUAGE ENG/SPAN/FR 2 TUNER SPLIT CL OSED CA PTIONING V-CHIP CAPABILITY 1080i, 1080i, DIGITAL SCAN RATE 480p 480p NTSC LINE - DOUBLER 480p 480p VIDEO NORM A UDIO NORM STEREO AI SOUND BASS/BALANCE/TREBLE £3 SPATIALIZER _ DOLBY CENTER CHANNEL IN...
CONGRA TULA TIONS Congratulations Your new Panasonic Tau television is designed to provide state-of-the-art picture quality and features an innovative PureFlat picture tube. The new silver-gray cabinet with compact, elegant styling is designed to give you many years of enjoyment.
CTo32HX41/U: CAUTION: This television receiver for use only with PANASONIC TY-32HX40P stand. Use with other carts (or stands) is capable of resulting...
INSTALLATION Cable / Antenna Connection For proper reception, either a cable or antenna connection is required. Cable Connection Incoming Cable from Cable Company Connect the cable supplied by your local cable company to ANT or ANT1 connection on back of television. Select cable mode and ANT1 in SET UP menu under Prog Chan (Program Channels).
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INSTAL LA TION VCR Connection Follow this diagram when connecting your television to a VCR only. "1 CONNECTIONS ON BACK OF TV V_DEO OUT ._-:% ..l ve0e ""oer I,,, connection. Auo,o %,___ JOUTPUT INPUT L.@ @ @ @"d L, @ ,.Pu, ,._u.
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INSTALLA T!ON VCR and Cable Box Connection Follow this diagram when connecting your television to both a VCR and a cable box. VIDEO OUT CABLES NOT SUPPLIED either ___..__CO__NECTIONS ON BACK OF TV ', AOD : S-Video or Video connection. IANT OUTPUT Incoming Cable INPUT...
INSTALLA TION Additional Equipment Connections Push to open the front panel of the television to use the Audio/Video input jacks for optional equipment. Press the TV/VIDEO button to select VIDEO 4 input mode. CONNECTIONS ON FRONT OF TV '1® 'L -@o ! A second VCR, a video disc player, video game equipment and DSS equipment can also be connected...
This allows you to sit close to the TV and not see the thin black horizontal lines (venetian blind effect) associated with interlaced TV pictures. Use this diagram to connect the Panasonic DTV-STB (Digital TV-Set-Top Box) or DVD Player to the back of your TV. TERMINALS...
HOME THEATERCONNECTION Home Theater Connection Your television's internal speakers can be connected as the center channel for a surround sound home theater system. Connect a surround sound amplifier (center channel speaker output) to CENTER CHANNEL INPUT on the back of the television, as shown. DOLBY* CENTER MODE & FIXED AUDIO OUT must be selected in the AUDIO Roller Guide Menu TM** under SPEAKERS.
(PIP) PICTURE IN PICTURE OPERA TION Picture in Picture (PIP) Operation This television includes a two-tuner Picture In Picture (PIP) feature. This allows you to watch two (2) live broadcasts at the same time with or without an external video source such as a VCR, cable box, etc.
SPLIT SCREEN OPERA TION Split Screen Operation This feature lets you watch two different channels side by side with or without an external video source. The audio is from the Main picture only (left side). MAIN SPLIT Basic SPLIT Operation Procedure SPLIT/SIZE PLAY...
ROLLER GUIDE MENU Roller Guide Menu ROLLER GUIDE MENU SELECTIONS Roller Guide Menu Navigation Procedure Press the ACTION button on the Remote Control to display the Roller Guide Menu. Press the OH up/down to rotate the Roller Guide to the desired feature. Press the ACTION button to display main menus and submenus.
ROLLER GUIDE FEATURE CHART Roller Guide Feature Chart SETUP SET UP LANGUAGES Select English, Spanish or French menu. MODE - Select or Cable mode. Installation section in Manual. ANTENNA - Select ANT1 ANT2. PROG CHAN Installation section in manual. AUTO PROGRAM Automatically program...
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ROLLER GUIDE FEATURE CHART Roller Guide Feature Chart (Cont.) ON - TV speakers operate normally. OFF & Variable Audio Out- TV speakers off audio adjustable by television. OFF & Fixed Audio Out- speakers off _ audio adjustable by the SPEAKERS external amplifier only.
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ROLLER GUIDE FEATURE CHART Roller Guide Feature Chart (Cont.) COLOR TEMP NORMAL Adjust white balance to COOL (blue), WARM (red) or NORMAL. NATURAL COLOR Expands color reproduction range resulting in vivid pictures with natural color gradation and highly deficate hues. VIDEO ADJ2 VIDEO NR - Reduces...
SPECIAL FEA TURES Special Features SET UP Menu Languages In SET UP Menu, select IDrOMA/LANGUE to change menu language to ENGLISH, ESPAI_OL (Spanish) or FRAN(_AIS (French). SET UP tDiOMAt MODE ENGLISH • LANGUE [I,]l] [l_li I1=1;|.'! B]lJ Prog Chan (Program Channels) In SET UP menu under PROG CHAN select: MODE to select TV (antenna) or CABLE mode depending on the signal source.
SPECIAL FEATURES (Closed Captioning) This television contains a built-in decoder that displays _ (Closed Captioned) text across the screen (white or colored letters on black background). It allows the viewer to read the dialogue of a television program or other information.
SPECIAL FEA TURES Adjustments Other In SETUP Menu under OTHER ADJ. select: AUTO POWER ON - Select SET to power up the TV at the same time as the Cable box or other components or select OFF. GEOMAGNETIC CORR (CORRECTION) - Adjusts to erase the discoloration of the picture due to earth's magnetic field in the area.
SPECIAL FEATURES TIMER Sleep Timer In TIMER menu, select SLEEP to turn television off in 30, 60 or 90 minutes. Select NO to turn off timer. TIMER [_glYTdBIl_"]_ild HOW LONG? NO • _ill_l=l=il ll_ I=1 . 'T'.I Timer 1 and Timer In TIMER menu, select one or both timers to turn the television on and off at selected times, on selected channels, and on selected days.
SPECIAL FEATURES PICTURE Video Adjustments In Picture menu under VIDEO ADJ1, select: COLOR - Adjusts desired color intensity. TINT - Adjusts natural flesh tones. BRIGHTNESS - Adjusts dark areas of picture. PICTURE - Adjusts white areas of picture. SHARPNESS - Adjusts clarity of outline detail. NORMAL - Reset all picture adjustments to factory default settings.
SPECIAL FEA TURES Other Adjustments In Picture menu under OTHER ADJ. select: SCAN MODE - Select TV mode (frame doubling) for optimum detail and clarity. Select Game mode (line doubling) to optimize picture when playing complex, fast action video games. £3 COLOR MATRIX - Select HD or SD to automatically adjust color parameters...
SPECIAL FEATURES CHANNELS Favorites In CHANNELS menu under FAVORITES select: CHANNEL SCAN FAV to enter up to 16 favorite channels. CHANNEL SCAN ALL to scan all channels when using the CH up/down buttons. CHANNELS CHANNEL SCAN ALL • FAVORITES ENTER CHANNEL FAVORITE CHANNELS Caption In CHANNELS menu under CAPTION select:...
SPECIAL FEATURES LOCK MODE To use LOCK options: ENTER CODE FIRST - Use the numeric keypad to enter a four-digit secret code. After entering your secret code for the first time, the onscreen display will change to CHANGE CODE. Note: Use a code that is easy to remember or record it in a safe place.
TROUBLESHOOTING CHART Troubleshooting Chart Before calling for service, determine the symptoms and follow suggested solutions• Adjust Antenna Location and Connection Snowy Video Noisy Audio Adjust Antenna Location and Connection Check Antenna Lead-in Wire Noisy Audio Multiple Image Move television from Electrical Appliances, Lights, Vehicles and Medical Equipment Inte#erence...
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NOTES Panasonic de Mexico, S,A, de C.V. Panasonic Sales Company, Panesonic Consumer Electronics Company, Division of Matsushita Amores No 1120 Division of Matsushita Electric CoL Del Valle C.P 03100 of Puerto Rico Inc. ("PSC') Electric Corporation of America Mexico, DF.