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KDL -46W 200 0 KDL -40W 200 0 © 2006 Sony Corporation LCD Digital Colour TV 2-697-124- 21 (1) GB Operat in g Instructions Before operati ng the TV , please read the “Safety inf ormation” section of this m anual. Retain this manual f or future ref erence. For useful inf or mation about Sony products Fur hilfreiche Inf ormationen zu Sony Produkt[...]
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2 GB Thank you for choosi ng th is S ony p rodu ct. Before op erating th e TV, please read this manual thoroughly and retain it for future reference. • Any f unctions re lated to D igital T V ( ) will only work in coun tri es or areas wh ere DV B-T (M PEG2 ) digit al terr est rial sign als a re b road casted . P lease con firm w ith your l ocal d[...]
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3 GB Tabl e of Co nte nts Safety info rmation .................. ............. ............. .................... ............. ............ .................... ........ 9 Precauti ons ................ ............ .................... ............. ............. ................... ............. ................... 12 Overview of the remote .....[...]
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4 GB Start-up Guide 1: Checki ng th e accessories Remote RM -ED008 (1) Size AA b atteries (R6 type) (2) Mains le ad (Type C-6) (1) Coaxial c able (1 ) Cabl e holde r (1 ) Suppor t belt (1) and scre ws (2) Stand (1) and scre ws (4) To in sert batt eries into the remote Notes • Obser ve the correc t polarity whe n inserting ba tteries. • Do no t [...]
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5 GB Start-u p Guide 2: Attaching the stand 1 Take out the stand, screws, and p ackaging material to begin stand setup. 2 Set the packaging material as shown. 3 Place the TV directly to the stand as shown. After pl acing the TV on the stand, rem ove th e packag ing material. 4 Fix the TV to the stand using the supplied screws . Notes • Thi s TV i[...]
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6 GB 3: Connecti ng an aerial/ VCR 4: Preventing the TV from toppl ing over 5: Bundling the cables Conne cting an aerial only Conn ectin g an aer ia l and VCR Coaxial cable (supplied) Mains l ead ( supplied) Scart lead (not supplie d) Coax ial cable (supplie d) VCR Mains lead (supplie d) Co ax ial c abl e (not su pplied) 2 3 1[...]
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7 GB Start-u p Guide 6: Selectin g the language an d country/ region 1 Connect the TV to your mains socket (220- 240V AC, 50Hz). 2 Press 1 on the TV (t op side). When yo u switch on the TV for the first time, the Langu age m enu a ppears on th e scree n. When t he TV is in standby mo de (the 1 (standby ) indicator on th e TV (fr ont) is r ed), pre [...]
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8 GB 7: Auto-t uning the TV The TV will n ow search fo r and store all avai lable TV channels. 1 Before you start auto-tuning the TV, ins ert a pre-recorded tape into the VCR connected to the TV (page 6) and start play back. The vide o chann el will be located and sto red on the T V du ring aut o-tun ing . If no VCR is conne cted to the TV , this p[...]
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9 GB Safety inform ation Mains le ad • Observe the f ollowings to pr event the mains lead being damaged. If the ma ins lead is damaged, it may r esult in a fire or an electric sh ock. – Unplug th e mains lead w hen movi ng the T V set. – When yo u disco nnect the ma ins lea d, disconne ct it fro m the mains soc ket fi rst. – Be sure to gras[...]
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10 GB Ventilat ion • Never co ver th e v entilat ion holes or i nsert anyt hing i n the cabinet. It m ay cause overhea ting and re sult in a fire. • Unless prope r ventilation is provided, the TV set may gather du st and ge t dirty. For proper vent ilatio n, observ e the fo llowing: – Do not instal l the TV set turned b ackwards or sidewa ys.[...]
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11 GB Water and mois tur e • Do no t use th is T V set ne ar wa ter – for exam ple, nea r a bath tub or shower room . Also do not expose to rain, mois ture or smoke . This may resu lt in a fire o r an e lectric shock. • Do not touch the mai ns lea d and the TV set with wet ha nds. Doing so may ca use an elec tric shock or dam age to the TV se[...]
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12 GB Precautions Viewi ng th e TV • To view the TV comforta bly, the recomm ende d viewing positio n is from four to seven times th e screen’s ver tical leng th a way fr om the TV s et. • To obta in a clear pi cture, do not expo se the sc reen to di rect illumination or direct sunlight. If possible , use spot lightin g direc ted down from th[...]
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13 GB Overview of the remote Tip The A/B, PROG + and nu mber 5 bu tto ns have tactil e dot s. Use the tactil e dots as re feren ces when oper ating the TV. 1 "/1 – TV stan dby Switches off the TV tempor arily and o n from sta ndby mode. 2 A/B – Dual So und ( page 2 6) 3 Colo ure d butto ns • In dig ital mode ( page 18, 20) : Selects the [...]
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14 GB Overview of the TV buttons and indica tors Note Make sure that t he TV is comp letely switched off before u nplugg ing the mains lead. Unplug ging th e mains lead wh ile t he TV is turned on may cause the indica tor t o remai n li t or m ay cau se th e TV to malfu nctio n. 1 (page 22) 2 / – Input se lect/OK • In TV mode (page 21): S elect[...]
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15 GB Watching T V Watc hin g TV 1 Press 1 on the TV (t op side) to switch on the TV. When the TV i s in standb y mode (the 1 (s tand by) indicator on th e TV (fr ont) is r ed), pre ss "/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 ependin [...]
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16 GB To acce ss Text Press / . Each time you p ress / , the displa y chan ges cyclically as follows: Text t Text over the TV picture (mix mode) t No Text (e xit th e Text servic e) To select a page, pr ess the numb er butto ns or PROG +/-. To hold a pa ge, pres s / . To reveal hidd en informati on, press / . Tips • Ensure that the TV is rec eivi[...]
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17 GB Watching T V Using the Tools menu Press TOOLS to d isplay th e followin g optio ns when viewi ng the TV pr ogram me. Options Descrip tion Clos e Close s the T oo ls men u. Power Saving See page 29 . Subtitle Sett ing (in digital mo de only) See page 36 . Digital F a vo urites (in digital mo de only) See page 20 . Picture Mode See pag e 23 . S[...]
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18 GB Checking the Digital Electron ic Programme 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. * This func tion may not be av aila ble in so[...]
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19 GB Watching T V Tip You ca n also displa y the Di gital El ectroni c Program me Guide (EPG) by sele cting “D igital EPG” in th e “ME NU” (page 22). Set a pr ogra mme t o be di spl aye d automat ically on the screen when it star ts – Remin der 1 Press F / f / G / g to selec t the fu ture prog ramme y ou w ant to dis play . 2 Press . 3 P[...]
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20 GB Using the Favourite list * The Favo urite f eature allows you t o select progra mmes from a list of u p to 20 channe ls you specify. To display th e Favouri te list, see “N avigatin g thro ugh men us” (page 2 2). * This func tion may not be av aila ble in some count ries. Favourite list To D o t h i s Create your Fa vo urite l ist for the[...]
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21 GB Watching T V Viewing pictures from connected equ ipment Switch on the con nected equipment , then perfor m one of the follo wing oper ation. For eq uipmen t conn ecte d to the scart s ockets us ing a fully -wired 21-pi n scart lead (p age 38) Start p layback on t he conn ected equipme nt. The pict ure from th e connect ed equip ment app ears [...]
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22 GB Navigating through menus “MENU” allows y ou to enjoy various conven ient features of this T V. You can easi ly select chan nels or inputs sources and change t he setti ngs for yo ur TV. 1 Press MENU to display the menu. 2 Press F / f to s elect an option . 3 Press to confirm a selected option. To exit the menu , press MENU. Using MENU Fun[...]
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23 GB Using MENU Funct ions Picture menu You can select the options l isted below on the Picture menu. 1 Press F / f to s elect “Settings” on MENU, then press . 2 Press F / f to s elect a menu icon, then press . 3 Press F / f / G / g to select an option. T arget Inputs Selects whether to apply settings ma de in t h e Picture menu to all i nputs[...]
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24 GB Colour T emperature Adjusts the whiteness of the picture. “Cool”: Giv es the white colou rs a blue tint. “Neutral”: Giv es the white colours a neutral tint. “Warm1”/“W arm2”: Gives th e white colours a red tint. “Warm 2” gives a redde r tint than “Warm1 ”. Tip “Warm1 ” and “War m2” can only be selecte d when y [...]
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25 GB Using MENU Funct ions Sound menu You can sele ct th e options l iste d belo w on the So und menu. To select option s in “Settings”, refer to “Pi c ture menu” (page 23 ). T arget Inputs Selects whether to app ly se ttings made in the So und menu to all inp uts, or only to the input cu rre ntly b e ing watc hed. “All”: Appli e s set[...]
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26 GB Tip “Tre ble”, “Bass”, “ Balance”, “Auto Vol ume”, “Sur round” and “BBE” cannot be used for headphon es and au dio o utput sock ets. Dual Sound Selects the sound from the spea ker for a stereo or bilingual broadca st. “Stereo”, “Mono”: For a stereo broa dcast. “A”/“B”/“M ono”: For a bilingu al broad[...]
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27 GB Using MENU Funct ions Screen menu You can select t he options lis ted below on the Screen menu. To select option s in “Settings”, refer to “Pi c ture menu” (page 23 ). T arget Inputs Selects whether to apply settings made i n the Screen menu t o all inputs, or o n ly to the inpu t currently being watched. “All”: Appli e s settings[...]
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28 GB Set-up menu You can select th e options listed below on the Se t-up menu. To select option s in “Settings”, refer to “Pi c ture menu” (page 23 ). Auto Start-up Starts the “first time operation me nu” to select the langu age and cou ntry/reg ion, and tune in a ll available digital and ana logue chann els. Usually, y ou do not ne e [...]
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29 GB Using MENU Funct ions On Timer Sets t he timer t o turn on the TV from standb y mode. “Day”: Se lects the day on which you want to activa te the On Timer. “Time”: Sets the tim e to turn on the TV. “Duratio n”: Select s the time period aft er which the TV automatical ly s witche s to standb y mode agai n. “Volume Set-up”: Sets [...]
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30 GB All Reset Resets all settings to th e factory setting s and then disp lays the Auto Start-u p screen. Note All settings, including Dig ita l Favourite list, countr y, language, auto tuned chann e ls, etc. will be reset.[...]
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31 GB Using MENU Funct ions PC Settings menu You can sele ct th e options l iste d belo w on the PC Settings m enu. To select o p tions in “Setting s”, refer to “Picture menu” (page 23). Screen Format Selects a scree n format for displaying input from your PC. “Normal” : Displays the picture in its origin al size. “Full1”: Enlarges [...]
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32 GB Analogue Set -up m enu (Analo gue mode only) You can chang e/set the an alogue settings usin g the Analog ue Set-up menu. To select optio ns in “Settings”, refer to “Picture menu” (page 23). 1 Digit Direct When “1 Digit Direct” is set to “On” , you can select an analogue chan nel using on e prese t numb er butto n (0 - 9) on t[...]
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33 GB Using MENU Funct ions Manual Programme Preset Before selec ting “Label”/ “AFT”/“Au dio Filte r”/“Skip” /“Decoder” , press PROG +/- to select the progr amme number with the ch annel. You cannot select a pro gramme number that is set to skip (page 34). Progra mme / Sys tem / C hannel Presets pro gramme chann els manually. 1 [...]
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34 GB Skip Skips un used a nalogue c hannels when you press PR OG +/- to select channels . (You can still se lect a skipped c h annel using the numb e r butto ns.) Decoder Views and reco rds the scramble d channel selected when u sing a decod er connect ed directly t o scart connecto r / 1, o r to sca rt conn ector / 2 v ia a VCR. Note Dependi ng o[...]
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35 GB Using MENU Funct ions Digital Set -up m enu You can change/set the di gital settings using the Digital S et-up me nu. Select “Digita l Set-up ” and press to disp lay the fo llowing menus. To se lect options in “Settings”, refer to “Picture menu” (page 23). Digital T uning Displays th e “Digit a l Tunin g” menu. Digital A u to [...]
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36 GB * This func tion may not be av aila ble in some count ries. Digital Set-up Displays the “Digit a l Set-u p” menu. 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 information). Subtitle L[...]
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37 GB Using Opti onal Equipment Connecting opt ional equ ipment Using Optional Equipment You can con nect 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 (si de) Headph ones S VHS/Hi8/DVC camc order For se rvice us e only T o connec t Do this S VHS/Hi8/D V C camc order A Connect to th[...]
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38 GB Connectin g to the TV (re ar) DVD player with c ompone nt outpu t DVD player Decod er DVD recorder VCR Hi-Fi audio equipme nt Video game equipmen t DVD pl ayer Digital satel lite receiver PC Deco der T o connec t Do this PC D Connect to the PC / socke ts. It is reco mmended to use a PC ca b le wi th ferrites. Digital satellite receiver or DVD[...]
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39 GB Using Opti onal Equipment Using the Tools menu in PC input mode Press TOOLS to d isplay the followin g optio ns when viewin g pictur es input fro m the co nnected P C. Options Descrip tion Clos e Close s the T oo ls men u. Power Saving See page 29 . Disp lay Mo de See page 23 . Sound M ode See page 25 . Auto A djus tment See pag e 31 . Hori z[...]
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40 GB Specifications Displa y Unit Pow er Require ments : 220–240 V AC, 50 Hz Screen Size: KDL-4 6W2000: 46 inche s (Appr ox. 116.8 cm measu red diagon ally) KDL-4 0W2000: 40 inche s (Appr ox. 101.6 cm measu red diagon ally) Display Resolution: 1,920 dot s (horizont al) × 1,08 0 lines (vert ical) Power Consum ption: KDL-4 6W2000: 225 W KDL-4 0W2[...]
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41 GB Addi tiona l In format ion PC Inpu t Signal Re ference Chart • This TV’s PC input does not support Sync on Green or Com posite Sync. • This TV’s PC input doe s not support interlaced sig nals. • For th e best pictu re qua lity, it is recomm ended to use the signals (b oldfa ced) in the above c hart w ith a 60 Hz vertic al f reque nc[...]
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42 GB Troubleshooting Check wh ether the 1 (standby) indicat or is fl ashing i n red. When i t is flashing The self-diagno sis function is activate d. 1 Count ho w many 1 (standb y) indicator fl ashes betw een each two second break. For exampl e, the indi cator f lashes three times, then ther e is a two se cond b reak, fo llow ed by ano ther thre e[...]
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43 GB Addi tiona l In format ion Sound Pro blem Cause/Remed y No s ound, but good picture • Press 2 +/– or % (Mute). • Che ck that “S peaker” is set to “On” in the “Set-up” menu (page 29). Noisy so und • See the “P icture noise” causes/remed ies on page 42. Channels Pro blem Cause/Remed y The de sired chan nel ca nnot be sel[...]
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44 GB Index Numerics 1 Digit Dir ect 32 14:9 16 4:3 Defau lt 27 4:3 16 A Adv. C ontrast En hancer 2 4 Adv ance d Se tting s 24 Aerial, connecting 6 AFT 33 All Reset 30 Anal ogue Set-up menu 32 Audio Filter 33 Audio Langu age 36 Audio Out 29 Audi o Type 36 Auto Adjustme nt 31 Auto Cloc k Set 17 , 21 , 39 Auto Format 27 Auto S Video 28 Auto Start-u p[...]
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45 GB Addi tiona l In format ion T Target Inputs picture 23 screen 27 sound 25 Techni cal Set-up 36 Text 16 Timer ( ) ind icator 1 4 Timer l ist 19 Timer R EC 18 Timer Se ttings 28 Tools 17 , 21 , 39 Trebl e 25 V VCR connec ting 6 recordi ng 18 Ver tical Sh ift 27 , 31 Vertical Size 27 Volume O ffset 25 W Wide 16 Z Zoom 16[...]
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KDL-46W 2000 KDL-40W 2000 Printed in Spain[...]