Sony KV-32FQ86U manual

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    R 4 - 10 3 - 1 2 4 - 71 ( 2 ) Oper ating I nstruct ions Colour Television GB KV-28FQ86U KV-32FQ86U ©200 4 by So ny Cor porati on Bef ore ope rating the TV , please r ead the “ Safety Inf ormation” section o f this ma nual. Retai n this man ual f or future reference. 00COKV32FQ86U.fm Page 1 Friday, December 12, 2003 11:06 AM[...]

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    NOTICE A moulde d plug compl ying with B S1363 is fitt ed to this equi pment for you r safety and convenienc e. Should the fus e in the p lug supp lied need to be replac ed, a 5 AMP fu se appr oved by ASTA or BSI to BS 1362 (i.e. marked with or ) must be used. W hen an alt ernative t ype of plug is used it shoul d be fitted with a 5 AMP fuse, other[...]

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    3 GB Introd uction Than k you for choosing this So ny pro duct. Before operatin g the TV, please read this ma nual thorough ly and retain it for future reference. • Symbols us ed in the manu al: Table of Cont ents Introd uction .......... .................. .................. ............... ........... ....... ........... .................. ....[...]

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    4 Safety Information Do not open the c abinet and the rear cover of the TV . Ref er to q ualif ied service personne l only . T o prevent fire, kee p infla mmable objects or naked light s (eg candles) away from th e TV . Pull out the power lead by the plug . Do not pull on the power lead itself. Plac e the TV on a secure s table stand. Nev er attemp[...]

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    5 GB RM-945 Checking the Accessorie s supplie d Inserting Batteri es into the Remote Contro l Make sure y ou insert the supplied b atteries using the correct polarities. Always remember t o dispose of used bat teries in an environme ntal friendly way. 1 Remot e contr ol (RM-9 45) 2 Batteries (AA size) Overview & Installation 01GBKV29FQ86U.fm Pa[...]

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    6 Overview of Remote Control Bu ttons 1 TV I/ : To Tempora rily Sw itch Off TV (s tandby mode): Press t his bu tton to t empor arily s witch off the TV (t he st andby ind icat or on the TV lig hts up). P ress agai n to swi tch on TV from standb y mode . • To save energy we reco mmen d switch ing off comp letel y when TV is not in use. • Afte r [...]

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    7 GB Overview of the TV Buttons Connecting the Aerial and VCR • Connectin g cables are not supplied. • For more details of VCR connections as well as other connec tions, please refer to page 22. The Sca rt lead is opti onal. If yo u use th is opti onal con nectio n it can imp rove pi cture a nd sound qu ality when using a VCR. If you do no t us[...]

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    8 Switc hing On the TV and Autom atically Tuning The first time you swi tch on your TV, a sequence o f menu screen s appear o n the TV en abling y ou to: 1 ) choose the langu age of the men u screen 2) a djust th e picture sl ant, 3) ch eck how to co nnect opt ional eq uipment to your TV, 4) search an d store all avai lable chann els (TV Broadcast [...]

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    9 GB 4 A diagram will ap pear sh owing you how to connect a wide r ange of equip ment to your TV set. Follo w the i nstructions a nd fin ally press the OK b utton to remov e the diagram an d continu e the automatic pro cess. After the automat ic tuning pro cess has finishe d and any optional eq uipment has been con nected, we reco mmend you follo w[...]

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    10 Introducing a nd Using th e Menu System Your TV uses an On-Scr een menu syst em to guid e you thr ough the ope rati ons. Use th e following but tons on the Remote Contro l to operate the menu syst em: 1 To switch on the menu screens : Press the MENU button to switch the first level m enu o n. Picture Adjustment Select: Enter: OK Exit: MENU Pictu[...]

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    11 GB The Pi cture A djus tment Menu The “ Pictur e Adju stment ” menu allows you to alter the pictu re settings. To do this: Press the MENU butt on and the n press OK to enter this menu. Next press v or V to se lect the desire d option an d press OK . Finally read the instruction s below o n how to operate each optio n. Pic ture M ode Th is op[...]

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    12 The Sou nd Adjustme nt Menu The “ Sound Ad justmen t ” menu a llows you to alter the sou nd setting s. To do thi s: Press the MENU but ton and pre ss v to select , then press OK to enter this me nu. Next press v or V to selec t the de sired option and pr ess OK . Finally read the instruct ions below on how to operate eac h option. Sou nd Thi[...]

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    13 GB Auto Volume Press v or V to select On (th e volume l evel of th e channels will stay the same, indepen dent of the br oadca st signal , e.g. in the case o f adve rtisemen ts) or Off (the volume level c hanges accord ing to the br oadcas t signal) . Next press OK to store. If you s elect “ Dolby Virtual ” on the “ Sound Effec t ” optio[...]

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    14 The F eatures Menu The “ Features ” menu allo ws you to alt er various settin gs of the TV. To do this: Press the MENU button th en pre ss v twice to select , then press OK to ent er this men u. Next press v or V to sel ect the de sired op tion and press OK . Fina lly read the in structions below on how to op erate each op tion. TV Funct ion[...]

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    15 GB AV3 OUTPUT This optio n allows you to sele ct the source t o be output from t he Scart conne ctor 3 / 3 so that yo u can reco rd from this Scart any sig nal comin g from the TV or fro m extern al equipm ent connec ted to the Sc art conn ector 1 / 1 , 2 / 2 or front co nnectors 4 , 4 or 4 . If your VCR supp orts Sma rtLink, th is proce dure is[...]

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    16 The Set Up Menu The “ Set Up ” menu allo ws you to alte r vario us options on this TV. To do this: Press the MENU button an d pres s v three times to select , then press OK to enter t h is menu. Next press v or V to select the desi red option a nd pr ess OK . Finally read the instruct ions below on h ow to operate each option. LANGUAGE This [...]

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    17 GB PROGRAMME LABELS This op tion allows y ou to name a channe l using u p to five characte rs (letters or n umbers). To do this: 1 Once you h ave entere d the "Set Up" menu as explai ned in the previous pa ge and after se lecting the option, press OK , then press v or V to select t he programme number with the ch annel you wish to name[...]

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    18 MANUAL PROGRAMME PRESET This option allows you to : a) Pr eset broadcast channels or t he VCR channel one by one to the pr ogramme order of yo ur choice . To do this: 1 Once yo u have ente red the “ Set Up ” menu as explaine d on pag e 16 and after selectin g the "Manua l Pro gramme Pre set" opt ion, pre ss OK . Next with Pro gramm[...]

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    19 GB RM-945 PROG 12 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Switching PAP on and off 1 Press to displa y PAP. One of the screens will b e framed to indicate th at this is the active scree n. It means that when you want to selec t the PAP source, yo u will be doing it in th e active screen. 2 Press aga in to remove P AP. On the screen a banner app ears guiding you on ho w[...]

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    20 Telete xt Teletex t is an informa tion serv ice transmitted by most TV stations. Th e index page of the telete xt service (usual ly page 100) g ives yo u infor mation o n how t o use t he serv ice. To operat e telete xt, us e the r emote c ontrol butt ons a s indi cated below. Teletext erro rs may occur if you use a channel (T V Broadcast) with [...]

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    21 GB NexTView* *(depe nding on avai labilit y of servi c e). NexTView is an on-scr een elect ronic prog ramme gui de, provi ding y ou with progr amme info rmation for different broadcasters. When lookin g for information you can se arch by theme (spo rts, art, etc... ) or date. If wrong cha racters app ear when v iewing NexT View, use t he menu sy[...]

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    22 Conne cting Equipm ent to the TV • Using the f ollowin g inst ructions yo u can conne ct a wi de ra nge of optio nal eq uipmen t to yo ur TV set. • Connec ting cable s are not supplied. • To avoid picture disto rtion, do n ot connec t external equipment to co nnecto rs A an d B at the same time. • Do not conne ct a Decoder to the S cart [...]

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    23 GB Connecting Audio Equipment to the TV Conect yo ur audio eq uipment to the audi o output so ckets D if you wish to amplify the audio o utpu t from TV. N ext, using the menu system, select the “ Sound Ad justmen t ” menu an d set the “ TV Speakers ” to “ One time off ” or "Perm anent of f" (se e page 13 ). The volume o f t[...]

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    24 Remote Control Configuration for VCR or DVD In it’s default condition this remote control will operate the basic functions of this Sony TV, Sony DVDs and most Sony VCRs. To control VCRs and DVDs of other manufac turers (and some Sony VCR models), the remote control needs to be configured . Additional Informati on To do this: • Befor e you st[...]

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    25 GB Remote Control Configuration for AV devices T o e liminate th e amount o f remote co ntrols you n eed, this rem ote control will operate the main function s of some Sony’s D A V , Sony’s A V receivers as well as Sony’s STB (se e the table o n the following page with the a v ailabl e de vices ). T o operate these devices with thi s remot[...]

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    26 A V AILABLE SONY’s A V MODELS CODE MAIN FUNCT IONS A V AILABLE DIGIT AL TERRESTRIAL RECEIVER MODEL: VTX-D800 503 Po wer On/Of f, Channel sele ction, V olume cont rol, T ele text, Fastext, E PG (E lect roni c Progra mme Guide), Men u and cur sors. DA V M ODELS: D A V -DS1000 501 D A V -SC8 502 Power On/O ff, Play , Fast Forwa rd, Rewind, D A V [...]

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    27 GB Technic al Specificatio ns TV system: I Colour system: PAL SECAM , NTSC 3.5 8, 4.43 ( only Video In) Channel Coverage : UHF: B21-B69 Pictur e Tube: Flat Displa y FD Trinitro n WIDE: KV-2 8FQ86 U: 28” (app rox. 7 1cm. measured d iagona lly) KV-32FQ8 6U: 32" (a pprox. 8 2cm. measured d iagona lly) Rear Termi nals • AV1 1/ 1 21-pin sc a[...]

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    28 Troub leshoot ing Here are some simple so lutions to problems which may affect the pictu re and soun d. Problem No pictur e (scr een is dark) and no sound. Poor or no picture (screen is dark), but good s oun d. No pictur e or no me nu informat ion from equip ment co nnected to the Scart conn ector. Good pi cture, no sound. No colo ur on colou r [...]

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    29 GB Prob le m No unscrambled picture whilst viewing an unscrambl ed chan nel with a decoder o r a Set T op Box c onnected through the Sca rt connecto r 3/ 3. v , V , B and b button s do n ot work in PAP mod e. Remote contro l does not funct ion. The standby in dicator on the TV fla she s. S Solution • Using the menu syste m, select the “ Feat[...]

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    00COKV32FQ86U.fm Page 3 Friday, December 12, 2003 11:06 AM[...]

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    410312471 Sony Co rporat ion Printe d in Sp ain KV-28FQ86U/KV-32 FQ86U 4-103 -124- 71 (2) 00COKV32FQ86U.fm Page 4 Thur sday, August 12 , 2004 10:45 A M[...]