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KDL -46S 200 0 KDL -40S 200 0 KDL -32S 200 0 KDL -32S 202 0 KDL -26S 201 0 KDL- 46S20 10 KDL- 40S20 10 KDL- 32S20 10 KDL- 26S20 00 KDL- 26S20 20 © 2006 Sony Corporation LCD Digital Colour TV 2-684-953- 11 (1) U Operating Inst ructions Before operati ng the TV , please read the “Safety inf ormation” section of this m anual. Retain this manual f[...]
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2 GB NOTICE FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM A moulde d plug com plying with BS1 363 is fitte d to this equipme nt for your safety and conve nience . Shoul d the fu se in t he plu g supp lied ne ed to be replac ed, a 13 AMP fuse approved by ASTA or BSI t o BS 1362 (i .e., marked wi th or ) must be used. When an alternative type of plug is used i[...]
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3 GB Tabl e of Cont ent s Safety info rmation .................. ............. ............. .................... ............. ................... ............. ........ 7 Precauti ons ................ ............ .................... ............. ............. ................... ............. ................... 10 Overview of the remote .....[...]
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4 GB Start-up Guide 1: Che cking the accessories Remote RM -ED005 (1) Size AA b atteries (R6 type) (2) Mains lead (Type BF ) (1) Coaxial c able (1 ) Cabl e hol der (1 ) Suppor t belt (1) an d scre ws (2) To in sert b atter ies into th e rem ote Notes • Observ e the correct pola rit y when insertin g batteri es. • Dispose of batte ries in a n en[...]
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5 GB Start-u p Guide 3: Bund li ng the ca ble s 4: Preventing th e TV from topp ling o ver 5: Selecting the language and country/ region 1 Connect the TV to your mains socket (220- 240V AC, 50Hz). 2 Press 1 on the TV (top side). When yo u switch on the TV for t he first t ime, the Languag e menu appea rs on the screen . When the TV is in s tandb y [...]
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6 GB 3 Press F / f to select the l anguage displayed on the menu screens, then press . 4 Press F / f to select the country/region i n which you will operate the TV, then press . If the count ry/re gion in wh ich yo u wa nt to use the TV does not appear in the list, sele ct “-” instead of a count ry/regi on. The mess age confirm ing th e TV star[...]
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7 GB Safety info rmati on Mains le ad • Unp lu g the ma ins lead when m oving t he TV set. Do not move the TV s et with the ma ins lead plug ged in. It may damage t he main s lead and result in fire or electric shock . • If you da mage the mains le ad, it may result in fire o r electri c shock . – Do not pinch , bend, or tw ist the mains l ea[...]
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8 GB • Leave some sp ace ar ound the TV s et. Otherwi se, air- circulat ion may be inadequ ate and ca use overhe ating, which may ca use fire or da mage to the TV set . • When i nstal ling the TV set on the wall, leav e at le ast 10 cm space from the b ottom, an d at lea st 5.5 cm between the ba ck of the TV set a nd the w all . • Never insta[...]
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9 GB Ligh tning stor ms For your own safe ty, do not touch any part of the TV se t, ma ins lead, or aerial lead during ligh tning storms. Damage requi ring ser vice If the surface of the TV set crac ks, do not touch it unt il you have u npl ugged th e mains lea d. Ot herwi se elect ric shoc k may resu lt. Servicing Do not open the cab inet . En tru[...]
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10 GB Precautions LCD Sc reen • Altho ugh the L CD sc reen is made w ith hig h-precision techno logy an d 99.99% or more o f the pixel s are ef fect ive, black d ots may a ppear or bright po ints of light (red, bl ue, or green) m ay appea r constant ly on the L CD scree n. This is a st ructural proper ty of the LCD pane l and is no t a malfu ncti[...]
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11 GB Overview of the remot e Tip The A /B, PR OG + an d nu mber 5 bu ttons ha ve t actil e dot s. Us e t he tact il e dots as refer ence s when ope ratin g th e TV. 1 "/1 – TV standby Switches off the TV tempor arily and on from s tandby mode. 2 A/B – Dual So und ( page 2 4) 3 Colo ure d butto ns • In d igital mode (page 16, 18): Sel ec[...]
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12 GB Overview of the TV buttons and indica tors Note Make sure that t he TV is comp letely switched off b efore u nplugg ing the mains lead. Unplug ging th e mains lead wh ile t he TV is turned on may caus e the indica tor to re main li t or m ay ca use t he TV to malf uncti on. 1 (page 20) 2 / – Input sele ct/OK • I n TV mode (page 1 9): Sele[...]
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13 GB Watching T V Watc hin g TV 1 Press 1 on the TV (t op side) to switch on the TV. When t he TV i s in standb y mode (the 1 (s tand by) indicat or on th e TV (f ront) is red ), pres s "/1 on the remote to switch on the TV. 2 Press DIGITAL to switch to digital mode or ANALOG to switch to analogue mode. The chan nels av ailab le vary d ependi[...]
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14 GB To acce ss Digita l Text Many broa dcast ers provi de a Digital Text serv ice. Digital T ext offers graph ically rich co ntents, compared t o Analogue Tex t. Select a digita l channe l which provides Digital Te xt, then press / . When a broa dcas ter prov ides a dedi cated Di gital Text channel , select this channel to a ccess Dig ital Tex t.[...]
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15 GB Watching T V Tips • Alter nativ ely, you can se t “Auto Format ” to “On”. Th e TV will automa tical ly select the best mode to sui t the broadcas t (page 25). • You ca n adjust the posi tion of the pic ture when sel ecting 14:9 or Zoom. Pre ss F / f to move up or down (e. g., to read subtit les). • Some char acters and/ or lette[...]
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16 GB Checking the Digita l Electronic Program me Guide (EPG) * 1 In digital mode, press to display the Digital Electronic P rogramme Guide (EPG). 2 Perform the desired operation, as shown in the following table. Note Programm e informat ion will on ly be displayed if t he TV station is transm itting it. * Plea se no te th at th is fun ctio n may n[...]
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17 GB Watching T V Tip You can al so display the D igital El ectronic Programme G uide (EPG) by selecting “Dig ital EPG” in the “ MENU” (p age 20). Set a pr ogra mme t o be di spl aye d automatic ally on the screen when it st arts – Remin der 1 Press F / f / G / g to sel ect th e future pro gra mme y ou w ant to dis play . 2 Press . 3 Pre[...]
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18 GB Using the Favour ite list * The Favo urite feature allows yo u to select pro grams from a l ist of u p to 8 chan nels y ou specif y. To di splay the Fav ourite li st, see “Nav igating th rough me nus” (page 20). * Plea se no te th at th is fun ctio n may not b e ava ilab le in s ome countr ie s. Favo uri te l ist To D o t h i s Create you[...]
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19 GB Watching T V Viewing pictures from connected equ ipment Switch on the con nected equipment , then perform on e of the follow ing oper ation. For eq uipmen t conn ecte d to the scart s ockets us ing a fully-wired 2 1-pin sc art lead Start p layback on t he conn ected equipme nt. The pict ure from th e connecte d equip ment appears o n the scre[...]
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20 GB Navigating throu gh menus “MENU” allows y ou to enjoy various conven ient featu res of this TV. You can easily selec t channels or ex ternal inputs with th e remote . Also, sett ings fo r your TV c an be c hanged e asily usin g “MENU”. 1 Press MENU to display the menu. 2 Press F / f to s elect an option. 3 Press to confirm a selected [...]
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21 GB Using MENU Funct ions Picture menu You can select the options l isted below on th e Picture menu. To se le ct optio ns in “Settings”, see “Navigatin g thro ugh menus” (page 2 0). T arget Inputs Selects whether to apply settings ma de in t h e Pict ure menu to all i n puts, or only to the inpu t currently bein g watche d. “All”: Ap[...]
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22 GB Sharpness Sharpens or s oftens th e picture . Noise Reduction Reduces the pi cture noise (snowy picture ) in a weak broadcast signal. “Auto”: Aut omaticall y reduces the pi cture noise . “High”/“M edium”/“ Low”: Modi fies the effect of the noise redu ction. “Off”: Turns off the Noise Reduction feature. Advanced Settings Cu[...]
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23 GB Using MENU Funct ions Sound menu You can sele ct the opt ions l iste d below on the Soun d menu. To se le ct optio ns in “Settings”, see “Navigatin g thro ugh menus” (page 2 0). T arget Inputs Selects whether to app ly se ttings made in the So und menu to all inputs, or only to the input cu rrently being watc hed. “All”: Appli e s[...]
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24 GB Tip “Tre ble”, “Bass”, “ Balance”, “Auto Vo lume”, “Surrou nd” and “ BBE” ca nnot be used for headphon es and au dio o utput so ckets. Dual Sound Selects the so und from the s peaker for a stereo or bi lingual bro adcast. “Stereo”, “Mo no”: For a stereo broa dcast. “A”/“B”/“M ono”: For a bilingu al [...]
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25 GB Using MENU Funct ions Screen menu You can select t he options liste d below on the Screen menu. To se le ct optio ns in “Settings”, see “Navigatin g thro ugh menus” (page 2 0). T arget Inputs Selects whether to a p ply settin gs made in the S c reen menu t o all inputs, or o n ly to the inpu t currently bein g watche d. “All”: App[...]
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26 GB Set-up menu You can select th e options listed below on the Set-u p menu. To se le ct optio ns in “Settings”, see “Navigatin g thro ugh menus” (page 2 0). Auto Start-up Starts the “first time operatio n menu” to select the language and country/ region , and tune in a ll available digital and ana logue channels. Usually, you do not[...]
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27 GB Using MENU Funct ions On Timer Set s th e tim er to tu rn o n the TV. “Day”: Sel ects the day on which you want to activate the On Timer. “Time”: Sets the tim e to turn on th e TV. “Duratio n”: Selects the time period after which the TV automatical ly s witche s to standb y mode agai n. “Volume Set-up”: Se ts the volume for wh[...]
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28 GB PC Settings menu You can sele ct the opt ions l iste d below on the PC Settin gs menu. T o select options in “Settings”, see “Navig ating thro ugh menus ” (page 2 0). Screen Format Selects a screen mode for displaying input from your PC. “Normal” : Displays the p ic ture in its original size. “Full1”: Enlarges the pictu re to [...]
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29 GB Using MENU Funct ions Analogue Set -up men u (Analogue mode o nly) You can chang e/set the an alogue settings usi ng the Analog ue Set-up menu. To sele ct options in “Settings” , see “ Navigat ing th rough men us” (page 20). 1 Digit Direct When “1 Digit Direct ” is set to “On”, you can select an analogu e channe l using one pr[...]
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30 GB Manual Programme Preset Before selec ting “Label”/“AFT”/“ Audio Filter” /“Skip”, press PROG +/- to select the prog ramme number wi th the chann el. You canno t select a pro gramme numbe r that is set to sk ip (see below). Progra mme / Sys tem / C hanne l Presets pro gramme channel s manually. 1 Press F / f to select “Progr a[...]
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31 GB Using MENU Funct ions Digital Set -up menu You can change/set the di gital settings u s ing the Digital S et-up me nu. Select “Digita l Set-up” and pre ss to disp lay the following m enus. To select op tions in “Sett ings”, see “Naviga ting through m enus” (page 20). Digital T uning Displays the “Digital Tuning” menu. Digital [...]
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32 GB * Plea se no te th at th is fun ctio n may not b e ava ilab le in s ome countr ie s. Digital Set-up Displays the “Digital Set-up” m enu. Subtitle Setting * Displays digi tal subtitles on th e screen. When “For Hard Of Heari ng” is select ed, some vi sual aids may al so be displa yed with the sub titles (if TV channels broadcast such i[...]
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33 GB Using Opti onal Equipment Connecting opt ional equ ipment Using Optional Equipment You can c onnect a wi de rang e of opti onal eq uipment to your T V. Conne cting ca bles are not suppl ied. Connectin g to the TV (side) Headp hones S VHS/Hi8/DVC camc order T o connect Do this Cond itional Access Module (CAM) A T o us e Pay Per V iew se rvices[...]
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34 GB Connectin g to the TV (rear) DVD pl ayer with co mponen t output DVD player Decode r DVD recorder VCR Hi-Fi Vide o game equ ipment DVD play er Digital satelli te receiver PC Decoder T o connect Do this PC D Conne ct to the PC / socke ts. It is reco mme nded to use a PC cabl e with ferrites. Digital satellite rece iv er or DVD player E Conne c[...]
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35 GB Using Opti onal Equipment Using the Tools menu in PC in put mode Press TOOLS to d isplay the followin g options when viewin g pict ures in put from the conne cted PC. Options Descrip tion Power Saving See page 27 . Picture Mode See pag e 21 . Sound M ode See pag e 23. Auto A djus tment See pag e 28 . Hori zontal Shift See pag e 28. V ertical [...]
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36 GB Specification s Displa y Unit Pow er Requ irem ents: 220–240 V AC, 50 Hz Screen Size: KDL-4 6S2000/KD L-46S201 0: 46 inche s (Approx. 116.9 cm measured diagonal ly) KDL-4 0S2000/KD L-40S201 0: 40 inche s (Approx. 101.6 cm measured diagonal ly) KDL-3 2S2000/KD L-32S201 0/KDL- 32S2020: 32 inche s (Approx. 80.1 cm mea sured diag onally) KDL-2 [...]
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37 GB Addi tiona l Info rmat ion Sound Ou tput 10 W + 10 W Supplie d Accessorie s Refer to “1: Ch ecking the acc essories ” on page 4. Option al Accessories • Wall-Mount Bracket SU-WL51 (fo r KDL-46S20 00/KDL -46S201 0/ KDL-40S2 000/KDL-4 0S2010) SU-WL31 (fo r KDL-32S20 00/KDL -32S201 0/ KDL-32S2 020/KDL-2 6S2000/K DL-26S 2010/ KDL-26S2020 ) [...]
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38 GB Troubleshooti ng Check wh ether the 1 (standby ) indi cator is flashing i n red. When i t is flashi ng The self-diagno sis function is activate d. 1 Measure ho w long the 1 (standb y) indicat or flashes and s tops flashing. For exampl e, the indi cato r flashe s for t wo sec onds, st ops f lashin g for on e secon d, and flashe s for t wo seco[...]
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39 GB Addi tiona l Info rmat ion Sound Pro blem Cause/Remed y No s ound, but good picture • Press 2 +/– or % (Mute). • Check t hat “Speaker” is set to “On” in th e “Set-up” menu (page 27). Noisy so und • See the “Pi cture noise” causes/remed ies on pag e 38. Channels Pro blem Cause/Remed y The de sired chan nel ca nnot be se[...]
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40 GB Index Numerics 1 Digit Dir ect 29 14:9 14 4:3 Defau lt 25 4:3 14 A Adv ance d Se tting s 22 Aerial, connectin g 4 AFT 30 All Reset 27 Anal ogue Set-up menu 29 Anal ogue Text 14 Audio Filter 30 Audio Langu age 32 Audi o Type 32 Auto Adjustme nt 28 Auto Cloc k Set 15 , 19 , 35 Auto Format 25 Auto S Video 26 Auto Start-up 26 Auto Tuni ng analog [...]
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41 GB Addi tiona l Info rmat ion W Wide 14 Z Zoom 14[...]
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Printed in Slovak Repub lic 2-684-953- 11 (1) U KDL- 46S2000 KDL- 40S2000 KDL- 32S2000 KDL- 32S2020 KDL- 26S2010 KDL -46S 2010 KDL -40S 2010 KDL -32S 2010 KDL -26S 2000 KDL -26S 2020[...]