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    Operating Instructions EN C RF KV -14VM5MT KV -21VM5MT 3-858-264- 11 (1 ) © 1996 by Sony Corporation PAL NTSC 4.43 T rinitr on Color V ideo TV Logo[...]

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    Getting Started 2 About Moistur e Condensation If the unit is brought directly from a cold place to a warm place, moisture may condense on the video head drum. If this happens, the tape may stick to the head drum and it may be damaged or the unit may not operate correctly. To avoid possible damage caused by moisture condensation, be sure not to lea[...]

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    3 Getting Started EN SONY KV-14VM5MT( E ) 3-858-264- 11 (1) Additional Operations Switching off automatically—Sleep timer ............. 30 Switching on at your desired time—On timer ...... 31 Searching using the index function ......................... 32 Enhancing video picture quality ............................. 33 Adjusting the tracking ..[...]

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    Getting Started 4 Checking the Supplied Accessories When you have taken everything out of the carton, check that you have these items: • Remote Commander • Two R6 (size AA) batteries • Jack cover • AC plug adaptor • Band* • Two clamps* • Two wood screws* *KV-21VM5MT only Getting Started Step 1 — Pr eparation Inserting Batteries into[...]

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    5 Getting Started EN SONY KV-14VM5MT( E ) 3-858-264- 11 (1) Step 2 — Installing the Video TV (KV -21VM5MT only) Pr eventing the Video TV fr om Falling Because the front is heavier than the back, the video TV may fall if it is not level, or a child pushes or climbs on it. To avoid such an accident, stabilize your video TV with the supplied accesso[...]

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    Getting Started 6 T o stabilize the video TV against a wall or pillar Put the cord or chain (not supplied) through the supplied clamps. • Using the supplied screws, attach the clamps to the wall and to the screw hole on the video TV. Screw hole Strong wall or pillar Strong cord or chain[...]

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    7 Getting Started EN SONY KV-14VM5MT( E ) 3-858-264- 11 (1) For better TV reception and recording with clear video picture, connect an outdoor antenna to your video TV. Connecting an Outdoor Antenna T o connect a VHF antenna or a combination VHF/UHF antenn a —75-ohm coaxial cable (r ound) Attach an IEC antenna connector to 75-ohm coaxial cable. P[...]

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    Getting Started 8 You should preset the channels (up to 80 channels) by choosing either the automatic or manual method. The automatic method is easier if you want to preset all receivable channels at once. Use the manual method if you want to allocate program numbers to the channels one by one. Before you begin • Press the POWER switch on the vid[...]

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    9 Getting Started EN SONY KV-14VM5MT( E ) 3-858-264- 11 (1) Pr esetting Channels Automatically 1 Press MENU. The main menu appears. 2 Move the cursor ( z ) to “PROGRAM PRESET” with + or – and press ENTER. The PROGRAM PRESET menu appears. 3 Move the cursor to “AUTO PROGRAM” with + or – and press ENTER. The AUTO PROGRAM menu appears. 4 Us[...]

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    Getting Started 10 T o preset channels automatically using the TUNER PRESET ON/OFF button on the video TV 1 Press the POWER switch on the video TV to switch it on. 2 Press TUNER PRESET ON/OFF with a pointed object. The following display appears. 3 Press INPUT SELECT on the video TV to select the TV system of the channels which you want to preset. 4[...]

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    11 Getting Started EN SONY KV-14VM5MT( E ) 3-858-264- 11 (1) Pr esetting Channels Manually 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 2 Move the cursor ( z ) to “PROGRAM PRESET” with + or – and press ENTER. The PROGRAM PRESET menu appears. 3 Move the cursor to “MANUAL PROGRAM” with + or – and press ENTER. The MANUAL PROGRAM menu appears. 4 [...]

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    Getting Started 12 Skipping Pr ogram Positions You can skip unused program positions when selecting program with the PROGR +/– buttons. However, the skipped programs may still be called up when you select them with the number buttons. 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 2 Move the cursor ( z ) to “PROGRAM PRESET” with + or – and press EN[...]

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    13 Getting Started EN SONY KV-14VM5MT( E ) 3-858-264- 11 (1) Captioning a Station Name You can name a channel using up to five characters (letters or numbers) to be displayed on the TV screen (e.g. ABC). Using this function, you can easily identify which channel you are watching. 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 2 Move the cursor ( z ) to “[...]

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    Getting Started 14 Manual Fine-T uning Normally, the automatic fine-tuning (AFT) is already working. However, if the picture of a program is distorted, you can use the manual fine-tuning function to obtain better picture reception. 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 2 Move the cursor ( z ) to “PROGRAM PRESET” with + or – and press ENTER. [...]

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    15 Getting Started EN SONY KV-14VM5MT( E ) 3-858-264- 11 (1) You need to set the clock for using timer recording, quick-timer recording and on timer functions. 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 2 Move the cursor ( z ) to “CLOCK SET” with + or – and press ENTER. The CLOCK SET menu appears. 3 Press ENTER to start setting the clock. The day[...]

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    16 Basic Operations This section explains the basic functions you use while watching the TV. Most of the operations can be done using the Remote Commander. Switching the TV on and of f Switching on Press POWER on the video TV. Switching off Press POWER on the Remote Commander. The video TV enters standby mode and the STANDBY lamp on the front of th[...]

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    EN 17 Basic Operations Muting the Sound Press MUTING. The MUTING indicator appears and stays on the screen. To resume normal sound, press MUTING or VOL +. Displaying the On-screen Indications Press DISPLAY to display the following on-screen information. To have the program number, channel number and caption stay on the screen, press DISPLAY again. [...]

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    18 Basic Operations Adjusting the pictur e displayed on the screen 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 2 Move the cursor ( z ) to PICTURE CONTROL with + or – and press ENTER. The PICTURE CONTROL menu appears. 3 Using + or – , select the item you want to adjust and press ENTER. 4 Adjust the picture with + or – and press ENTER. With each pre[...]

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    EN 19 Basic Operations This section shows you how to insert a cassette and to play it. More convenient functions you can use while playing a tape is shown in “Additional Operation.” Inserting a Video Cassette 1 Press the POWER switch on the video TV. 2 Gently press the center of the front side of a cassette with the arrow indication facing upwa[...]

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    20 Basic Operations Playing a T ape 1 Press POWER on the video TV. When the STANDBY lamp is lit in red, skip this step. 2 Insert a cassette. If you insert a cassette with its safety tab removed, playback starts automatically. 3 Press PLAY · . Playback starts. On-screen information is displayed for some seconds. Setting the color system Normally se[...]

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    EN 21 Basic Operations To stop playback Press STOP p . The video TV goes back to the normal TV picture. To stop playback for a moment Press PAUSE P . The picture pauses. Press PAUSE P again or press PLAY · to resume playback. If you leave your video TV in pause mode, normal playback resumes after about 5 minutes to protect the quality of video tap[...]

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    22 Basic Operations Playing a T ape Repeatedly (Auto Repeat) You can play the recorded portion of the tape repeatedly. 1 Press MENU. 2 Move the cursor to “VCR MODE” with + or – , and press ENTER. 3 Move the cursor to “AUTO REPEAT” with + or – , and press ENTER. 4 Press + or – to select “ON” . 5 Press PLAY · . Playback starts. Whe[...]

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    EN 23 Basic Operations Displaying the on-Screen Indications Press DISPLAY to display the following on-screen information. To show only the amount of tape remaining and linear tape counter on the screen, press DISPLAY again. To make the indications disappear, press DISPLAY until no indications are displayed on the screen. Resetting the T ape Counter[...]

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    24 Basic Operations CLEAR ON/OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C -/-- + -- + -- PROGR + -- VOL PICTURE MODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO/ MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY REW FF TIMER REC STOP Recor ding TV Programs 1 Press POWER on the video TV. When the STANDBY lamp is lit in red,[...]

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    EN 25 Basic Operations The Timer Recording function allows you to preset your video TV to record up to six programs within a one-month period. Before you begin • Switch on the video TV. • Make sure that the clock is set correctly. If not, see “Setting the clock” on page 15. • Make sure that the loaded cassette has its safety tab. Setting [...]

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    26 Basic Operations PROGRAM LIST 27 WED 20 15 21 55 11 Select and press DATE START STOP PROG : : : : : : : : : : : : 2 0:0 0 24.11 SUN ENTER 5 Press ENTER, then set the minute of the recording start time to “15” with + or – . 6 Press ENTER, then set the hour of the recording stop time to “21” with + or – . 7 Press ENTER, then set the mi[...]

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    EN 27 Basic Operations 10 When you want to set other programs, press – to move down the cursor to the next column, then repeat steps 2 to 9. 11 Press TIMER REC ON/OFF. The TIMER REC lamp on the front of the video TV lights up and the video TV enters timer recording standby mode. Press TIMER ON SCREEN to erase the PROGRAM LIST. Turn off the video [...]

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    28 Basic Operations Checking the Timer Settings You can display the list of the timer settings which you preset. Press TIMER ON SCREEN. The PROGRAM LIST appears. Press TIMER ON SCREEN again to erase the PROGRAM LIST. Changing or Canceling the Timer Settings 1 Press TIMER REC ON/OFF to turn off the TIMER REC lamp on the front of the video TV. 2 Pres[...]

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    EN 29 Basic Operations Recording Using the Quick-Timer You can have your video TV start timer recording immediately and automatically stop recording after a specific time period. Before you begin • Switch on the video TV. • Make sure that the clock is set correctly. If not, see “Setting the clock” on page 15. • Make sure that the loaded c[...]

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    30 Additional Operations You can automatically switches the video TV into standby mode after a selected time period. Press SLEEP. With each press, the time period (in minutes) changes as follows: One minute before the TV switches into standby mode, a message “Good night” is displayed on the screen. Additional Operations Switching of f Automatic[...]

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    EN 31 Additional Operations You can preset your video TV to automatically switch on at a desired time. You can select the TV program or video playback to be switched on. 1 Press MENU to display the main menu. 2 Move the cursor to “ON TIMER SET” with + or – and press ENTER. The ON TIMER SET menu appears. 3 Press ENTER. The timer setting hour s[...]

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    32 Additional Operations Sear ching Using the Index Function CLEAR ON/OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C -/-- + -- + -- PROGR + -- VOL PICTURE MODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO/ MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY STOP REW FF TIMER REC INDEX 5 SEARCH The video TV marks the tape with a[...]

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    EN 33 Additional Operations Adjusting the T racking Adjusting the T racking Automatically The tracking condition is automatically adjusted on this video TV. The AUTO TRACKING indicator will appear while the video TV is searching for best tracking condition. Adjusting the T racking Manually If streaks or snow noise appear on normal playback or playb[...]

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    34 Additional Operations W atching and Recording the Pictur e Input fr om Optional Equipment To watch the line input signal, press INPUT SELECT so that “LINE” appears on the screen. Connecting Optional Equipment to video output to audio output VMC-710M/720M (not supplied) LINE IN VIDEO LINE IN AUDIO[...]

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    EN Additional Information 35 Possible causes and remedies • The AC power cord is disconnected. / Connect the AC power cord. • The video TV is switched off. / Press POWER on the video TV. If the STANDBY lamp is lit in red, press POWER or a program number on the Remote Commander. • An earphone is connected to @ jack. / Disconnect the earphone. [...]

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    Additional Information 36 Problems The cassette is ejected when you press REC r . Recording cannot be done. Timer settings cannot be made. The cassette is ejected when you press TIMER REC ON/ OFF. The TIMER REC lamp does not light up even though you press TIMER REC ON/OFF. Timer recording was not made. A cassette cannot be inserted. The Remote Comm[...]

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    EN Additional Information 37 About the Auto Head Cleaner The auto head cleaner built into this set automatically cleans the video heads when a cassette is loaded or unloaded. If the effect of head cleaning is not sufficient even after a cassette has been loaded/unloaded several times, clean the heads using the Sony V-25CL video head cleaning casset[...]

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    Additional Information 38 General Clock Quartz locked Power requirements 110 – 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz Power consumption KV-14VM5MT: 90 W KV-21VM5MT: 135 W Operating temperature 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) Storage temperature – 20°C to 60°C (– 4°F to 140°F) Dimensions KV-14VM5MT: 396 × 404 × 453 mm (15 5 / 8 x1 6 x 17 7 / 8 inches) KV-21[...]

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    EN Additional Information 39 Area Middle East/Asia Indonesia Morocco CATV Hong Kong/ United Kingdom Ireland South Africa Angola CATV East European countries China Ivory Coast CATV America CATV System B/G, H I D/K,K1 M Channel display C02 to C12 C21 to C69 C01 C03 to C12 C70 to C73 C08 to C10 S42 to S46 S01 to S41 C21 to C69 C01 to C09 C04 to C13 C2[...]

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    Additional Information 40 V ideo TV Set—Front This section briefly describes the buttons and controls on the video TV set and on the Remote Commander. For more information, refer to the pages next to each description. Index to Parts and Controls 8 Cassette compartment (page 19) 9 VOL (volume) +/– buttons (page 16) !º PROGR (program) +/– butt[...]

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    EN Additional Information 41 Remote Commander CLEAR ON/OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 23 1 56 4 89 7 0 C -/-- + -- + -- PROGR + -- VOL PICTURE MODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO/ MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY STOP REW FF TIMER REC 1 POWER button (pages 8, 16) 2 EJECT 6 button (page 19) 3 MUTING bu[...]