RCA 20F524T CRT Television User Manual


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Tuning to a Channel
TheDIG•ANAbuttontogglesbetweenanaloganddigitalmodes.Analogstation
numbersdisplayonyourTVinarectangleasyouenterthenumbers.Inthe
exampletotheleft,youcanenter12or012togetthesamechannel.Toentera
one-digitchannel,suchaschannel8,justpress8.Afterenteringthechannel,press
OK.TheCLEARbuttonontheremoteclearsallentries.
PresstheDIG•ANAbuttontotoggletodigitalmode.Digitalchannelscanhave
bothprimarychannels(liketheanalogchannelnumber)andsubchannels.Digital
stationnumbersdisplayinalargerrectanglethatcancontainuptosixnumbers.
Numberstotheleftofthe-(dash)arethemainchannelnumber;numberstothe
rightarethesubchannelnumbersforstationsthatbroadcastmorethanonesignal.
Intheexampletotheleft,press“1”,press“2”(although012isshowninthe
example,pressing“0”isn’trequired)andthenpresstherightarrowbuttonto
movetothesubchannel.Press“1”andthen“OK.”TheTVtunestochannel12-1.
Ifchannel12isbroadcastingsubchannelsignals,youwouldenternumbersthat
wouldaccesstheothersignals.(Example:12-1,12-2,12-3).Iftheselectiontimes
out,youmuststartover.Onceyou’vemadeallentries,pressOK.TheCLEAR
buttonontheremoteclearsallentries.
Notes: You may experience a delay of several seconds before digital
channels appear, both when you first go to digital mode and when you
change channels. This is normal. Digital channels sometimes take longer to
tune.
SomechannelsmighthavebeenfoundduringtheAutoChannelSearchthatare
unavailabletoviewandyoumightwanttogetridofthesesotheydon’tappearas
youchangechannels.TodothisgotoMain Menu/Setup Menu/List & Labels.Note
thatremovingchannelsfromyourchannellistmaybetimeconsuming,soyou
mightwanttodoitlater.Gotopage24fordetailsoneditingyourchannellist.
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Analog channel
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Digital channel
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What to Expect
Watching TV
• Remember:Ifyouaretunedtotheanalogmodethenyou’llviewanalogchannels.TheANTENNA(DIG•ANA)
buttonontheremoteswitchesbetweenanalogordigitalchannels.Analogchannelsaresentina4:3format.Goto
page26forexamplesofscreenformats.
• Remember:Ifyouareindigitalmodethenyou’llviewdigitalchannels.Manydigitalchannelsaresentina16:9
(widescreen)format.Ifso,you’llseegrayorblackbarsatthetopandbottomofthescreen;itdependsonhow
thestationisformattingthevideo.Youcanpresstheleftarrow/ZOOM-andrightarrow/ZOOM+buttonsto
choosedifferentscreenformats(Normal, Crop, Letterbox or Squeeze).4:3and16:9arealsoknownastheaspect
ratio.
Note: Digital stations in native 4:3 format might not be able to have their format changed. (You’ll see black or gray
bars on the sides of the picture sent as part of the signal from the broadcaster).
Connections & Setup
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