LG Electronics USA 50PK750UA PLASMA TV/MONITOR User Manual BBTV edit1 indd

LG Electronics USA PLASMA TV/MONITOR BBTV edit1 indd

User Manual 5

NETCAST
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Using Yahoo! TV Widgets
The sidebar’s bottom toolbar includes four color-
coded buttons.
RED Close the sidebar and return to
watching TV.
YELLOW
Add or delete a snippet.
GREEN Change the widget’s settings. BLUE Resize video to fit onscreen, or to
make it fullscreen.
WIDGETS
Activate Yahoo! TV Widgets.
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The horizontal list at the bottom of your TV
screen is called “the dock”.
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The items in this list are called “snippets”.
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A snippet is a shortcut which opens a TV
Widget.
Move between snippets.
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Focus is located in the leftmost region (high-
lighted in dark red).
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The dock scrolls snippets under this focal
point.
ENTER
Open the Sidebar when the TV Widget snippet
is in focus.
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The Home button including the main logo is
at the top of the sidebar.
Navigate a menu item.
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The currently focused button is the one high-
lighted in dark red.
ENTER
Select the focused button.
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Using the Profile Widget
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The Profile Widget configures your user profile.
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You can set up multiple profiles for multiple users.
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Each profile maintains its own list of TV Widgets.
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The Switch Profile menu allows you to switch to a different user profile.
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The Profile Settings menu allows you to customize your profile, create
a profile PIN, or limit the installation of widgets.
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The System Settings menu allows you to change your Location,
Repeat the Tutorial, and Restore Factory Settings.
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Restore Factory Settings will erase all profiles and widgets installed
by users, and restore the original configuration. (See also NetCast
Options Reset Yahoo! Factory Settings)
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The Administrative Controls menu allows you to set the Screen
Saver timeout, create the Owner PIN, and to Create a Profile.
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The Sign in to Yahoo! menu allows you to personalize your experience
using your Yahoo! ID.
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If you don’t have a Yahoo! ID yet, please visit http://www.yahoo.com
to create one.
Using the Widget Gallery
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The Widget Gallery allows you to browse and discover new TV
Widgets.
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The featured TV Widgets are highlighted in the display case at the
top of the sidebar.
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You can also browse available TV Widgets by category.
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To install a widget, select Add Widget to My Profile and press the
ENTER button.
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The Owner PIN is needed to install widgets for profiles that have
been protected through the Limit Profile indicator under Profile
Widget Profile Settings.
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Go to the Profile Widget Administrative Controls menu to set or
change the Owner PIN.
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Using the Yahoo! News Widget
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The Yahoo! News Widget provides the latest headline news for
business, entertainment, politics, sports, top stories, and many
other categories.
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Select a category, press ENTER.
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Select a headline within the category, press ENTER.
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View the dynamically updated news summary for the selected
headline.
Using the Yahoo! Weather Widget
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The Yahoo! Weather Widget provides updates on your local and
favorite weather locations with content that dynamically changes
with weather conditions.
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Press the GREEN button to display the Settings menu.
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From the Settings menu you can add or remove a city for which
you want to view weather information.
- Add a New City by entering the name of the city.
Once the search results are displayed, select the city you want
and press ENTER button.
- Delete a City by selecting the city you want to delete from the
city list. Press ENTER button and confirm the deletion.
- Select the Display Units As button to change the temperature
indication mode to Imperial or Metric. Imperial will show tem-
peratures in Fahrenheit and Metric will use Celsius.
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To create a snippet for a favorite city:
- Select the city from the home page and view the detailed
weather information.
- Press the YELLOW button.
- Select the Add Snippet button and press ENTER to add the
city as a snippet.
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To delete a snippet for a city:
- Navigate to the snippet and press ENTER button to start the
widget. The detailed page for the snippet’s city will be dis-
played.
- Press the YELLOW button.
- Select the Delete Snippet button and press ENTER button to
remove the snippet.
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Using the Yahoo! Finance Widget
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View stock information and the latest stock news with the Yahoo!
Finance Widget.
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Press the GREEN button to set up your stocks.
- Use the Add New Symbol menu to enter the name of a new
stock.
- Select the stock you want to add from the search results and
select the Add Symbol button and press ENTER button.
- The selected stock is added to the My Stocks list.
- The Import Symbols From Yahoo! menu retrieves the stocks
from your Yahoo! Finance portfolio.
- The Merge Symbols button merges the symbols in the Yahoo!
Finance Widget with the symbols from your portfolio.
- The Replace Symbols button deletes the symbols in the Yahoo!
Finance Widget and replaces them with the symbols from your
portfolio.
- The Display Format button changes the stock-price fluctua-
tion transition to Value or Percentage.
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To create a snippet for a favorite stock:
- Select the stock symbol from the home page and view the
detailed finance information.
- Press the YELLOW button.
- Select the Add Snippet button and press ENTER button to add
the stock as a snippet.
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To delete a snippet:
- Navigate to the snippet and press ENTER button to start wid-
get. The detailed page for the snippet’s stock will be displayed.
- Press the YELLOW button.
- Select the Delete Snippet button and press ENTER button to
remove the snippet.
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Using the flickr Widget
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The flickr Widget provides a television-viewing experience
while watching slideshows of family and friends’ photos.
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Personalize the flickr Widget by logging in with your
Yahoo! ID. Refer to Using the Profile Widget for instruc-
tions.
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The Your Photos menu shows photos you have registered
with the flickr website.
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The Your Sets menu allows you to view photos you have
classified in flickr.
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The Explore menu allows you to explore photos featured
by the flickr website.
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The Mark as Favorite moves photos to your Favorite
Photos set.
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The Favorite Photos menu allows you to see the photos
you have classified as favorites.
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The Your Contacts menu allows you to see updates from
family and friends.
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The Your Groups menu allows you to select your favorite
groups from the flickr website http://www.flickr.com to
share and enjoy photos with the flickr community of
users.
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To view photos in a slideshow:
- Select a thumbnail of a photo and press ENTER button
to view the photo’s details.
- Select Start Slideshow and press ENTER button.
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To control the slideshow display:
- Press ENTER button during a slideshow.
- The thumbnails of photos are displayed on the bottom
of the screen.
- When the slideshow control is displayed, you can Pause,
Play, and Stop the slideshow.
- If you select the INFO button and press ENTER button,
you can view details for the selected photo.
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To configure the Settings, press the GREEN button.
- The Time Per Slide button controls the speed of the
slideshow.
- The Repeat button will restart the slideshow at the
beginning after the last photo is shown.
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ExTERNAL EqUIPMENT SETUP
Supported Display Specifications (RgB-PC, HDMI-PC)
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NOTE
►To get the the best picture quality, adjust the PC graphics card to 1920x1080.
►Depending on the graphics card, DOS mode may not work if a HDMI to DVI Cable is in use.
►In PC mode, there may be noise associated with the resolution, vertical pattern, contrast or bright-
ness. If noise is present, change the PC output to another resolution, change the refresh rate to
another rate or adjust the brightness and contrast on the PICTURE menu until the picture is clear.
►Avoid keeping a fixed image on the screen for a long period of time. The fixed image may become
permanently imprinted on the screen.
►The synchronization input form for Horizontal and Vertical frequencies is separate.
►Depending on the graphics card, some resolution settings may not allow the image to be posi-
tioned on the screen properly.
►If there are overscan in HDMI-PC 1920x1080, change aspect ratio to Just scan.
►When selecting HDMI-PC, set the “Input Label - PC” in the OPTION menu.
Resolution Horizontal
Frequency(KHz)Vertical
Frequency(KHz)
640x350 31.468 70.09
720x400 31.469 70.08
640x480 31.469 59.94
800x600 37.879 60.31
1024x768 48.363 60.00
1280x768 47.776 59.87
1360x768
47.712 60.015
1280x1024
63.981 60.02
1600x1200
75.00 60.00
1920x1080
RGB-PC
66.587 59.934
1920x1080
HDMI-PC
67.50 60.00
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APPENDIX
Power requirement AC100-240V ~ 50/60Hz
Television System NTSC-M, ATSC, 64 & 256 QAM
Program Coverage VHF 2-13, UHF 14-69, CATV 1-135, DTV 2-69, CADTV 1-135
External Antenna Impedance 75 ohm
Environment
condition
Operating Temperature 32 ~ 104°F (0 ~ 40°C)
Operating Humidity Less than 80%
Storage Temperature -4 ~ 140°F (-20 ~ 60°C)
Storage Humidity Less than 85%
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The specifications shown above may be changed without prior notice for quality improvement.
MODELS 50pk750
(50PK750-UA)
60pk750
(60PK750-UA)
Dimensions
(Width x
Height
x Depth)
With stand
55.2 x 36.8 x 15.1 inches
1402.8 X 935.3 X 383.9mm
Without stand
55.2 x 34.1 x 2.0 inches
1402.8 X 866.8 X 52.4mm
Weight With stand
104.0 lbs / 47.2 kg
Without stand
94.1 lbs / 42.7 kg

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