22 Chapter 2. TV Connections
Before You Begin
Choosing a Language for Menus
WhenyoupowerontheTVforthefirsttime,youcan
selecteitherEnglishorSpanishforallmenus.Youcan
laterchangethelanguagethroughtheSetupmenu.
Figure 1. The Welcome screen lets you change the menu
language when you first power on the TV.
ClearThought® Easy Connect Auto Input
Sensing
ThisTV’sClearThought®autoinputsensingfeature
allowsittodetectmostconnectionsautomatically.The
firsttimeyouconnecteachdeviceyouwillbeprompted
toidentifyitbyselectingfromapre-setlistofdevice
names.Thetablebelowdefineshowconnectionson
eachTVjackarehandled.
Auto Detection Active No Auto Detection
INPUT
1
,
2
,
3
videojacks
ANT 1/ANT 2
COMPONENTvideojacks
MONITOR OUT
(alljacks)
HDMI
*
PC-DVI
*
All
AUDIO
jacks
IEEE 1394
Ifthedeviceispoweredoffwhenconnected,detec-
tionwilloccurwhenthedeviceisnextpoweredon.
1. ConnectyourdevicestotheTV.
TheTVandthedevicescanbeeitheronoroffwhen
connecting.IftheTVispoweredoff,thedetection
processwilloccurthenexttimeyouturnontheTV.
2. WhentheAutoInputSensingscreenopens(figure
2),youcanacceptthedefaultnameorpress to
selectfromalistofdevicenames(e.g.,cablebox,
DVD,Satellite,VCR).
Chooseanamethatwillhelpyouwhenselecting
inputsintheInputSelectionmenu.
3. Press
EXIT
toclosethescreen.Ifyouconnected
severaldevicesatthesametime,thescreenforthe
nextconnectionwillopen.
Figure 2. The Auto Input Sensing screen appears when a
device is first detected. Select a name for the connected
device in this screen.
More About Auto Input Sensing
• Youcanchangetheinputnameatalatertimeusing
theInputNamemenu.
• Ifyoudisconnectadeviceandthenlaterconnecta
differentdevicetotheunusedjack,opentheInput
Namemenutoupdatethedevicename.
• Antennainputs(
ANT 1/ANT 2)
andTVoutputsare
neverdetected.
• Becarefultochoosedifferentnamesforeachinput.
IEEE 1394 Connections
Thescreeninfigure3appearswhenyoumakeanIEEE
1394connection,TheTVcanrecognizeuptosevenIEEE
1394devicesatonetime.Ifyouconnectmorethanone
deviceofthesametype,auniqueidentifierisaddedtothe
nameforeachone.Forexample,ifyouconnectthreeA/V
discs,youmayseeAV Disc, AV Disc1, AV Disc2.
IEEE 1394 Device with an Analog Connection.
SomeIEEE1394deviceshavebothdigitalandanalog
outputstotheTV.Ifyouhavesuchadevice,placea
checkmarkintheAnalog Connectioncheckboxto:
• Allowacableboxwithbothanaloganddigitaloutputs
toswitchautomaticallybetweenthem.
• AllowyoutouseaTVmenutoselecteithertheanalog
ordigitaloutputfromthedevice.
Forinstructionsonswitchingbetweenanaloganddigital
outputs,seechapter7,“UsingIEEE1394Devices.”