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Web Site: http://panasonic.net/ Panasonic Corporation 2008 Customer’s Record The model number and serial number of this product may be found on its rear panel. You should note this serial number in the space provided below and retain this book, plus your purchase receipt, as a permanent record of your purchase to aid in identication in the event of theft or loss, and for Warranty Service purposes. Model Number Serial Number TQB0A0225 Printed in China Model No. TX-26LXD8A Operating Instructions LCD TV Please read these instructions before operating your set and retain them for future reference. The images shown in this manual are for illustrative purposes only. English

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re a

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A

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).

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mo

re

eq

uip

me

nts

to

th

e s

am

e a

eria

l.

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ita

l T

V r

ece

ptio

n t

ech

no

log

y r

eq

uire

s h

igh

qu

alit

y, r

ob

ust

DT

V s

ign

als

wh

ich

in

so

me

do

me

stic a

eria

l in

sta

llatio

ns,

ma

y b

e r

ela

tive

ly p

oo

r d

esp

ite

go

od

an

alo

gu

e r

ece

ptio

n.

FA

Qs

Pic

ture

very

in

freq

uen

tly

bre

aks u

p o

n s

om

e o

r all

pro

gra

mm

es

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ctr

ical atm

ospheric inte

rfere

nce c

aused b

y local or

dis

tant lig

hting

sto

rms o

r heavy r

ain

with w

ind in “

leafy

” lo

cations m

ay c

ause

pic

ture

s to b

reak u

p a

nd a

udio

to m

ute

or

dis

tort

mom

enta

rily

.

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uls

e n

ois

e in

terf

ere

nce

fro

m a

n in

fre

qu

en

tly u

se

d e

lectr

ica

l a

pp

lian

ce

, o

r a

pa

ssin

g v

eh

icle

or

law

n m

ow

er

with

a “

no

isy”

ign

itio

n s

yste

m.

Pic

ture

reg

ula

rly b

reaks u

p o

n

so

me p

rog

ram

mes, o

r “N

o S

ign

al”

messag

e

•Ch

eck “

Sig

na

l D

isp

lay”.

(p

. 2

7)

If “

Sig

na

l Q

ua

lity”

or

“Sig

na

l S

tre

ng

th”

are

dis

pla

ye

d in

re

d o

r co

nsta

ntly c

ha

ng

ing

, ch

eck a

eria

l.If

pro

ble

m p

ers

ists

co

nsu

lt y

ou

r lo

ca

l T

V a

eria

l in

sta

ller.

•Ch

eck t

ha

t th

e a

eria

l a

nd

an

ten

na

ca

ble

are

de

sig

ne

d f

or

DV

B.

F

or

yo

ur

sa

fety

, th

e a

eria

l a

nd

ca

ble

sh

ou

ld b

e in

sp

ecte

d /

in

sta

lled

by a

lic

en

ce

d in

sta

ller

tha

t sh

ou

ld c

om

ply

with

Au

str

alia

n

Sta

nd

ard

AS

14

17

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rfe

ren

ce

(kn

ow

n a

s im

pu

lse

no

ise

) fr

om

ho

use

ho

ld

ap

plia

nce

s s

uch

as lig

ht

sw

itch

es,

frid

ge

s e

tc m

ay c

au

se

pic

ture

b

rea

k u

p a

nd

/ o

r a

ud

io d

isto

rtio

n.

Use

hig

h q

ua

lity q

ua

d s

hie

lde

d

co

axia

l ca

ble

fl y

le

ad

be

twe

en

TV

an

d a

nte

nn

a w

all

so

cke

t to

m

inim

ise

im

pu

lse

no

ise

pic

ku

p.

If p

rob

lem

pe

rsis

ts c

on

su

lt y

ou

r lo

ca

l T

V a

eria

l in

sta

ller.

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No S

ignal” m

essage is d

ispla

yed, check T

V a

erial connection.

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e r

ece

ive

d s

ign

al m

ay b

e t

oo

we

ak t

o a

llow

th

e T

V t

o r

elia

bly

lo

ck t

o t

he

de

sire

d “

No

Sig

na

l” p

rog

ram

me

to

ge

ne

rate

a s

tab

le

pic

ture

. R

ep

ea

t th

e t

un

ing

pro

ce

du

re (

p.

27

). I

f p

rob

lem

pe

rsis

ts

co

nsu

lt y

ou

r lo

ca

l T

V a

eria

l in

sta

ller.

Pic

ture

s f

rom

ex

tern

al

eq

uip

me

nt

are

un

us

ua

l w

he

n t

he

eq

uip

me

nt

is c

on

ne

cte

d v

ia H

DM

I

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he

HD

MI

ca

ble

co

nn

ecte

d p

rop

erly?

(p

. 3

8)

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rn O

ff t

he

TV

an

d e

qu

ipm

en

t, t

he

n t

urn

th

em

On

ag

ain

.

•Ch

eck a

n in

pu

t sig

na

l fr

om

th

e e

qu

ipm

en

t. (

p.

42

)

•Use

an

eq

uip

me

nt

co

mp

lian

t w

ith

EIA

/CE

A-8

61

/86

1B

.

So

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nu

su

al

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f th

e c

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quip

ment to

“2ch L

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M”.

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eck t

he

“H

DM

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np

ut”

se

ttin

g in

th

e S

ou

nd

Me

nu

. (p

. 2

0)

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igita

l so

un

d c

on

ne

ctio

n h

as a

pro

ble

m,

se

lect

an

alo

gu

e s

ou

nd

co

nn

ectio

n.

(p.

31

)

HDMI DVB

TV

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(In

div

idu

al a

eria

l)

(In

div

idu

al a

eria

l)

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ria

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pu

tte

rmin

al

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litt

er

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ria

l O

utp

ut

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ria

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pu

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eria

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Wip

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he

ma

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ry c

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at

reg

ula

r in

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als

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ois

ture

an

d d

ust

ma

y le

ad

to

fi r

e o

r e

lectr

ica

l sh

ock.)

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ten

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ce

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st,

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th

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ain

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m t

he s

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tlet.

Dis

pla

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el

Re

gu

lar

ca

re:

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ntly w

ipe

th

e s

urf

ace

cle

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of

dirt

by u

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g a

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loth

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ajo

r co

nta

min

atio

n:

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e t

he

su

rfa

ce

cle

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usin

g a

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ft c

loth

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cle

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wa

ter

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terg

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t b

y 1

00

tim

es o

f w

ate

r. T

he

n,

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so

ft d

ry c

loth

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ve

nly

wip

e t

he

su

rfa

ce

cle

an

un

til it is d

ry.

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tio

n

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e s

urf

ace

of

the

dis

pla

y p

an

el h

as b

ee

n s

pe

cia

lly t

rea

ted

an

d m

ay b

e e

asily

da

ma

ge

d.

Do

no

t ta

p o

r scra

tch

th

e s

urf

ace

with

yo

ur fi n

ge

rna

il o

r o

the

r h

ard

ob

ject.

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ca

re n

ot

to s

ub

ject

the

su

rfa

ce

to

bu

g r

ep

elle

nt,

so

lve

nt,

th

inn

er, o

r o

the

r vo

latile

su

bsta

nce

s(t

his

ma

y d

eg

rad

e s

urf

ace

qu

alit

y).

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inet

Re

gu

lar

ca

re:

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e t

he

su

rfa

ce

cle

an

usin

g a

so

ft d

ry c

loth

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ajo

r co

nta

min

atio

n:

Da

mp

en

a s

oft

clo

th w

ith

cle

an

wa

ter

or

wa

ter

co

nta

inin

g a

sm

all

am

ou

nt

of

ne

utr

al d

ete

rge

nt.

T

he

n,

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clo

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nd

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su

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an

with

it.

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ally

, w

ipe

th

e s

urf

ace

cle

an

with

a d

ry c

loth

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Cau

tio

n

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ca

re n

ot

to s

ub

ject

the

TV

's s

urf

ace

s t

o d

ete

rge

nt.

(A liq

uid

in

sid

e t

he

TV

co

uld

le

ad

to

pro

du

ct

failu

re.)

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ca

re n

ot

to s

ub

ject

su

rfa

ce

s t

o b

ug

re

pe

llen

t, s

olv

en

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hin

ne

r, o

r o

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r vo

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su

bsta

nce

s(t

his

ma

y d

ete

rio

rate

th

e s

urf

ace

by p

ee

ling

th

e p

ain

t).

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no

t a

llow

th

e c

ab

ine

t to

ma

ke

co

nta

ct

with

a r

ub

be

r o

r P

VC

su

bsta

nce

fo

r a

lo

ng

tim

e.

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