Samsung TV Picture-in-Picture Setup and Troubleshooting

How to Set Up Picture-in-Picture (PIP) on Samsung TV

1. Press "Menu" on the remote control that came with your Samsung TV.
2. Select "System" and then press "Enter."
3. Select "PIP" and then press "Enter."
4. Highlight "PIP" and then change the toggle that corresponds with it to read "On."
5. Highlight "Air/Cable" and then change the toggle to the right of it to read "Air" if you want the sub-screen to display channels pulled in over the air or "Cable" if you want it to display a cable box connected to the coaxial input. You can only display either channels pulled in over the air or a cable box connected to the coaxial input in the sub-screen.
6. Highlight "Channel" and select the channel you want the sub-screen to be set to. This is most important if you are pulling in a channel over the air; if you are going to display a connected cable box in the sub-screen, you can change the channel using the cable box's remote control, however, with a channel pulled in over the air, you'll need to access this part of the menu again to change the channel.
7. Highlight "Size" and select what sizes you want your TV windows to be. You can set up a sub-screen that takes up one-fourth of the screen or one-eighth of the screen, or you can elect to have two screens that are the same size, with each picture either taking up all of its half of the screen or displayed in a widescreen format.
8. If you elected to display the sub-screen that is either one-fourth or one-eighth of the screen's size, highlight "Position" and then select where you want to place the sub-screen on the screen. You can place it in any of the screen's four corners.
9. Highlight "Sound Select" and elect to play the audio from either the main screen or the sub-screen.
10. Press "Exit" on the Samsung TV's remote control to save your changes and view the TV's display.

Troubleshooting Samsung Picture-in-Picture

• You cannot use the Samsung TV's PIP feature if either Smart Hub or the Program Rating Lock is enabled. You must disable these features before you can use PIP. You also cannot use the PIP feature if the Samsung TV is in 3D mode.
• PIP automatically turns off whenever you turn off your Samsung TV. You will have to set PIP up again if you want to use it when you turn your TV back on.
• The component, PC and HDMI inputs are the only options for viewing in the TV's main window while PIP is turned on and channels pulled in over the air or a cable box connected using a coaxial cable are the only options for viewing in the sub-screen.
• While viewing some devices such as gaming consoles or Blu-ray players in the Samsung TV's primary window while PIP is turned on, the PIP sub-screen may look blurry or distorted. This is a result of the external device and not the TV. Change the video output settings on the external device until you find a setting that doesn't affect the PIP sub-screen.
• If you have the Samsung TV's Web Browser feature open in the main window and you elect to play a video, the PIP sub-screen will close automatically. If the video doesn't play after the PIP window closes, refresh the screen to reload the video.