TV up and running

Well our Kogan 42 inch LCD Hi Definition telly is up and running and I must say I am pleasantly surprised.As much as I wanted to ignore the folks who want to bag something they have never had it does stay in the back of your mind.Firstly I will explain our particular setup and how we went about it, seeing everyone will have all sorts of systems and add-ons.

Out of the box all that is required to use the TV is to connect the power lead (Quite short 1.5 metre at a guess) and the aerial cable direct. We have Foxtel but not the new HD IQ so there is no HDMI connection leading out of the Foxtel box.If you happen to have the newer HD IQ it is as simple as connecting one end to it and the other to the TV.

Otherwise you connect the video audio cable (the 3 leads are Yellow to video socket, Red and White are for left and right sound sockets) from the foxtel box to the television. There are so many available options at the rear of the TV it is mind boggling, so it is best left alone by me other than to say every combination possible is seems available.

Once you have remembered to place the batteries in the remote and fired up the TV, a signal search takes place.

1. If you are going direct to an aerial use the controller and select AV/TV and then the down arrow to select TV option. Use the right arrow to select your viewing area (State, region etc) and then you have the option of running an automatic scan or to do it manually.We chose manually and it worked perfectly, finding all the Australian digital and analogue channels, which total over 30 here in Geelong, Victoria... Job Done
   
2. If you have Foxtel your aerial obviously runs into the Foxtel box, and either your 3 audio visual leads run to the TV or the simpler HDMI cable does the job on its own. Turn Foxtel on and as above the TV will search for a signal, if you are still set to TV you will need to change to AV with the remote. All the channels should be tuned from the the Foxtel box already.

One thing I noted during the setup was that with a foxtel box connected the TV Tuning options on the TV are NOT available. The option appears when you are running the aerial direct to the TV, therefore kicking in the in built HD tuner

In summary the process was pretty painless and the picture was excellent without touching any controls, one option we did select was the Flesh Tone ON, which can be found in Video-Advanced Video settings.