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Sony Trinitron KV-36FS76 manual

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    R 4-089-403- 51 Trinitron Colour Television Oper ating I nstruct ions © 2002 Sony Corporation KV-36FS76 U 408940351 36FS76 B5 U Cover.fm Page 1 Tuesday, M ay 7, 2002 4:40 PM[...]

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    NOTICE FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM A moulded pl ug comply ing with BS13 63 is fitted to this equ ipment for you r safety a nd conve nience. Sh ould the fu se in the p lug suppl ied need to be replaced , a 13 AMP FUSE ap proved by AS TA or BSI to BS 1362 ( i.e. marke d with or ) must b e used. When an altern ative type of plug i s used it sh[...]

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    1 36FS76 B5 Par t 1 GB.fm Page 1 Tues day, May 7, 2 002 4:41 P M[...]

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    2 Safety In formation This se t is to operat e on a 220-2 40V AC supply on ly . T ake care not to connect too many appl iances to the same power socket as th is co uld re sult in fire or el ectri c shoc k. For environmental and safety reasons, it is recomme nded that the TV set is not left i n standby mode w hen not in use. Disconn ect from the m a[...]

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    Table of Co ntents 3 Thank you for choosing this Sony Trinitron Televi sion. Before o perating this TV , please read this i nstruction manua l thorough ly and retain i t for future refe rence. Getting Sta rted Checking the sup plied accessories. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Inserting batteries i nto the remote contr ol.[...]

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    4 Getting Starte d Follow steps 1 - 5 to install the TV and view programmes. Batteries 1 Chec king the sup plied accessor ies 2 Always r emember to: • obs erve th e corre ct pol arity w hen in ser ti ng batt eries , • dis pose o f ba tteri es i n an e nv iron menta lly f rie ndly wa y . Inserting ba tteries into the remote c ontrol Remote contr[...]

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    Getting Started 5 4 3 1. Conn ect yo ur aer ial lead to the ae rial s ocke t labelled on the rear of the TV. Connecting an aerial only 1. Conn ect y our ae rial lea d to t he IN* socke t on your VCR. 2. Conne ct an RF l ead from the OUT* s ocket on your VC R to the aerial socket labe lled on the rear of th e TV. 3. Connect a fully wired 21-pin scar[...]

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    6 Getting Starte d 5 1. When y ou switch on the TV for the f irst time the So ny logo ap pears on th e TV screen , followe d by t he Lang uage/Cou ntry me nu with the w ord ‘ English ’ highligh ted. Press the V or v buttons o n the remot e control to high light your required languag e. Press th e OK button t o confirm you r choice . From now on[...]

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    Basic Operation 7 Overview of the rem ote control 1 Mute button Press to mute the TV so und. Press aga in to restor e the sound. 2 VIDEO Standby button Press to switch off your VCR or DVD temp orarily. 3 TV Standby button Press to sw itch off your TV tempora rily. The standb y indica tor on the fro nt of the TV is l it. Press a gain to return to no[...]

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    8 Basic Oper ation Overview of the TV buttons Video input butto n Press to se lect sign als from equipment connect ed to the TV s ockets (re fer to ‘ Conn ecti ng ot her equi pmen t to the T V ’ for details). Volume butto ns Press to i ncrease (+) or decreas e (-) the volume . Programm e button s Pre ss to di spla y the next (+) or prev ious (-[...]

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    Basic Operation 9 Text Most TV chann els provi de a Text service . Please en sure yo u are re ceiving a good si gnal or so me Text er rors ma y occur. Viewing Text How to u se Text feat ures 1. Selec t the TV channe l which ca rries the Text ser vice you wa nt to view. 2. Press the button on the remote c ontrol to e nter Picture and Te xt (P&T)[...]

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    10 Ba sic Operatio n Teletext menu The ‘Telet ext’ menu gi ves you acc ess to mor e Text featu res. The f oll owing tabl e ex plai ns eac h fe atur e: 1. Selec t the TV channe l which ca rries the Text ser vice you wa nt to view. 2. Pres s th e button on t he re mote cont rol t o en ter Text mode. 3. With Te xt displ ayed on the TV screen , pre[...]

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    Basic Ope ration 11 Mult i Pict ure I n Pic ture ( Mult i PIP ) This fea ture disp lays 13 d ifferent c hannels si multaneou sly on s creen. Fro m this d isplay yo u can select which channel you wish to view. 1. Press the button to enter Multi PIP mode. 2. Press t he PROG +/- button s repeatedly to select the ne xt or preced ing 12 chan nels. 3. Pr[...]

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    12 Ba sic Operatio n Screen Mode The pictur es that the TV receives m ay be in one of several form ats (e.g. con ventional 4:3 format, 16:9 w idescreen format ). You c an alter the TV screen m ode m anually to suit the broad cast y ou are watc hing*. Notes: *Alter natively, set th e ‘ Auto Forma t ’ menu op tion to ‘ On ’ . The TV wi ll aut[...]

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    Basic Ope ration 13 NexTView Electr onic Programme Guide (EPG) The N exTView El ectronic Prog ramme Guide (EPG ) provides you wi th program ming infor mation from di fferent broadc asters , depending on availabil ity of service. Select ing your NexT View provi der Your TV aut omatic ally selects th e best NexT View prov ider for you. This service i[...]

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    14 Ba sic Operatio n Using the ‘Individual Setting’ menu You can s et this men u so that only the prog ramm e types you w ish to view are displa yed in th e programme li st co lumn. Using the ‘Long Info’ menu This feat ure allows you to set timers and record se lected programmes . The f oll owing tabl e ex plai ns eac h o ption : 1. Selec t[...]

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    Advanced O peration 15 Using the TV m enu system This TV con tains a menu system wh ich is based on a seri es of on screen dis plays. These displays help you get the mo st from your TV, from c ustomi sing the picture and sou nd to accessing adva nced feat ures . Use the f ollowing b uttons on the re mote cont rol to operat e the TV menu sy stem: 1.[...]

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    16 Adv anced Ope ration Sound Adjustment menu This menu allows yo u to customi se the sound. Highlight th e required option and press b t o sele ct. The table b elow explai ns each opti on and how to use it. Option How to use Soun d Effe ct This opti on allows you to select on e of fou r sound modes. Press V or v to select Per sonal, Dolby V * , Dy[...]

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    Advanced O peration 17 Features me nu 7 8 9 0 This me nu allow s you to s et the sl eep tim er and set the signa l to be ou tput from the AV3 socket. The table below explains each op tion and how to us e it: Option How to use Auto Forma t This opti on can au tomatically detect the ty pe of screen format b eing re ceived. Th e setting s available ar[...]

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    18 Adv anced Ope ration This menu giv es you ac cess to more ad vance d feat ures . The opt ion s are: Language /Country When yo u first instal led the TV yo u were aske d to sele ct your langua ge and c ountry. Th e ‘ Langua ge/ Countr y ’ option in the ‘ Man ual Set Up ’ menu allows yo u to chang e these settin gs. With t he ‘ Language [...]

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    Advanced O peration 19 Manual Programme Pr eset menu The ‘ Ma nual Progr amme Pr eset ’ option in the ‘ M anual Set Up ’ menu al lows you to manu ally tune channel s. With t he ‘ Manu al P rog ramme Pres et ’ option hi ghlighted, p ress b to ente r the ‘ Manual Pr ogramm e Preset ’ m enu. Press v or V to high light the c hannel you [...]

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    20 Adv anced Ope ration Further Programme Pr eset menu The ‘ Further Pr ogramme Pre set ’ option in the ‘ M anual Set Up ’ me nu allows yo u to obtain a be tter picture if there is in terference, set the vo lume level of an indivi dual chann el, fine tun e the TV an d set up a ch annel for view ing sign als from a De coder. With t he ‘ Fu[...]

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    Additional Information 21 Connecting other equipment to the TV Connecting a Smartlink VCR Smar tlin k is a di rect l ink betwee n the TV and VCR. For mo re info rmat ion on Smart link , plea se ref er to your VCR instruction manual. Ensure that your Smartlink VCR is connected to the C socket, using a fully-wired 21 pi n Scart lead. Connecting exter[...]

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    22 Addition al Information Note : T o avo id picture di stortion do not conn ect equipmen t to the G and H sockets at the same ti me. Connecting headphones Conne ct your he adpho nes to the F socket. Use the ‘ /Audio-out V ol. ’ option in th e ‘ Sound Adjustment ’ menu to adjust th e volume level. 1. Conn ect your equi pment as s hown in th[...]

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    Additional Information 23 Remote control of other equipment The rem ote control supplie d with your TV operates not only So ny VCRs a nd DVD pl ayers, bu t also those made by other ma nufactur ers. The f ollowing instruction s guide y ou throug h the se t up proced ure. 1. Find the 3 di git code for your brand fr om the list below . 2. Press t he b[...]

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    24 Addition al Information Specificatio ns Design a nd specific ations are subj ect to chang e without not ice. Troubleshootin g Here are some s impl e sol utio ns to prob lems which may affec t th e pic ture and s ound. Proble m Sugg ested R emedy No pictu re (screen is dark), n o sound. • Plug t he TV in. • Press the button on the fro nt of t[...]

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