Chapter 1. Television Overview 13

Guidelines for Setting Up and Using

Your New Widescreen TV

Getting Started

1. Readthesectionentitled“Important Information

About Your TV”startingonpage5.

2. ChoosealocationforyourTV.

• Allowatleastfourinchesofspaceonallsidesof

theTVtohelppreventoverheating.Overheating

maycauseprematurefailureoftheTVaswellas

shortenedlamplife.

• Avoidlocationswherelightmayreflectoffthe

screen.

• Seethestandrequirementsunder“Important

Information About Your TV.”

3. Installthebatteriesintheremotecontrol.See

chapter 3, “TV Operation,”forinformationonuse

andcareoftheremotecontrol.

4. PlugyourTVintoapoweroutlet.The

POWER

indicator

onthefrontoftheTVwillstartblinkingrapidly.After

the

POWER

indicatorstopsblinking,pressthe

POWER

key

topowerontheTV.

5. WhentheWelcomescreenappearsthefirsttimeyou

powerontheTV,selectalanguageforTVmenus.

YoucanlaterchangethelanguagethroughtheSetup

menu.

6. SomeTVsareshippedfromthefactorywithdemo

modeactiveforuseinretailstores.Ifdemomodeis

activewhenyoufirstturnontheTV:

a. Press

b. WhentheMainmenuappearswithSetuphigh-

lighted,press

ENTER.

c. WhentheSetupmenuopens,press tohighlight

theon-screenDemo Mode Offbutton.

d. Press

ENTER

7. ConnectyourotherA/VdevicestotheTVandassign

devicenamestotheTVinputswhenprompted.

Seechapter 2, “TV Connections,”forconnection

diagrams.Youcanreassigndevicenameslaterif

needed.See “Input Name Menu”inchapter 4, “TV

Menu Settings.”

8. Memorize channelsifyouplantowatchover-the-air

channelsorprogrammingoverdirectcable.Channel

memorizationmaytakeupto15minutestocomplete.

See“Setup Menu”inchapter 4, “TV Menu Set-

tings,”

9. YoucannowstartwatchingTVoryoucanperform

additionalsetupandcustomizationthroughtheTV

menus.

Additional TV Setup

1. Toprogramtheremotecontroltooperateyourother

A/Vdevices,seechapter 5, “Operating Other

Devices with the Remote Control.”

2. Reviewchapter 4, “TV Menu Settings,”tocustom-

izeTVoperation.Pressthe

keytoenterthemenu

system.Someexamplesofsettingsyoumaywishto

changeinclude:

• Energy Mode.Forfasterpower-on,keepthe

EnergyModesettoFast Power On.Forlower

powerconsumptionwhiletheTVisoff,usethe

Low Powersetting.See“Setup Menu.”

• Input Name.Changethedevicenamesthat

appearintheInputSelectionmenu.See“Input

Name Menu.”

• Icon Order.Rearrangethedeviceiconsinthe

InputSelectionmenutoputfrequentlyusedicons

nearthefront.See“Icon Order Menu.”

• FAV.Createlistsofyourfavoritechannelssoyou

canfindthemquickly.See“Channel Menu.”

• Clock.Ifyouwishtoschedulefuturerecordings

orusetheTimerfeaturetohavetheTVcomeon

automatically,youmustfirstsettheTVclockto

thecorrecttime.See“Setup Menu.”

• Parental Lock.YoucanrestrictTVviewingby

programratingorbytimeofday.Youcanalso

disablethefront-panelbuttons—usefulifyouhave

smallchildren.See“Parental Lock Menu.”

• Video Settings.Changethevideoadjustments

togetthebestpictureforyourviewingconditions.

See“Audio/Video Menu.”

YoumaywishtochangethePictureModefrom

thedefaultBrillianttoeitherBrightorNatural,

whicharesuitableformosthomeviewingenviron-

ments.

Digital Cable Ready (CableCARD™), Models WD-57731 and 65731

YourwidescreenMitsubishiHDTVis“Plug-and-Play”digitalcableready.Itcandescrambleacableprovider’sone-way

digitalsignalswiththeuseofaCableCARDsecuritymodule.TheCableCARDisusedinplaceofatraditionalcablebox

toaccessdigitalcableprogramming(includinghighdefinition).Contactyourlocalcableproviderforavailabilityinfor-

mationandservicedetails.