Sony KV-28DX30U manual

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    Sony Ma nufacturi ng Co mpany U K Printed in UK[...]

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    R 4-205-754- 64 Trinitron Colour Television Operatin g Instructio ns KV-28DX30 U KV-32DX30 U © 2000 Sony Corporation GB Integrated Digital TV D D D D O L B Y S U R R O U N D P R O . L O G I C 420575464[...]

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    NOTICE FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM A moulded plug complying with BS 1363 is fitted to this equipment for your safety and convenience. Should the fu se in the plug supplied need to be replaced, a 5 AMP fuse appr oved by ASTA or BSI to B S 1362 (i.e. marked with or ) must be u sed. When an alternative t ype of plug is used it should be fitted[...]

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    2 Safety Informa tion All TVs operate on extrem ely high voltages. To prevent fire or electric s hock, please follow the safety procedu res indicated below . For y our saf e ty For General Safe ty • Do not expose the TV set to rain or moisture. • Do not r emov e the rear cov er . • For your protection, refer all servicing to qualified personn[...]

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    3 Table of Contents T able of Contents Getting Started Checking the accessories su pplied Inserting batteries in to the remote control Connectin g your own speakers Connecting the aerial Swit ching on the TV Automatically tuning the TV Find ing you r vide o chan nel after tu ning 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 Overview Overview of the TV bu ttons Overview of the re[...]

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    4 RM-888 MENU PROGR Gettin g started Follow steps 1-7 to: Check the accessories supplied Insert batt eries into your remote contro l Connect you r own speakers Connect the aerial to your TV Plug in and swit ch on th e TV View programmes on you r TV Find you r video channel 1. Chec king the accessor ies supplied 2. Inser ting batteries into the remo[...]

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    5 Getting s tarted 3. Connecting y our own speakers R/D/D/D L/G/S/I 1 S 2 2 L/G/ S/I R/D/ D/D C S MODEM 3 L/G/ S/I R/D/ D/D C S S This TV has been d es igned to create ‘Virtual Dolby Surrou nd’ without the need for additional speakers. If however , you wish to e x p e r i e n ce t h e f u ll D o l b y P r o L o g ic S u rr o un d , y o u will n[...]

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    6 Gettin g started 4. Connecting the a erial 5. Switc hing on the TV R/D/D/D L/G/S/I 1 S 2 2 L/G/ S/I R/D/ D/D C S S 3 MODEM OUT IN AERIAL ANTENNA AC IN I n t e g r a t e d D i g i t a l T V D D D D O L B Y S U R R O U N D P R O . L O G I C I n t e g r a t e d D i g i t a l T V D D D D O L B Y S U R R O U N D P R O . L O G I C R/D/D/D L/G/S/I 1 S 2[...]

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    7 RM-888 MENU PROGR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 OK Getting Sta rted When you firs t switch on th e TV, the following sequence of menu screens appear on the TV en abling you to 1) choos e a language for the TV menu s creens, 2) tune channe l s to the TV, 3 ) arrange the channels. 6. A utomatically tuning the TV Yes No Do you want to start automatic tuning? [...]

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    8 I n t e g r a t e d D i g i t a l T V D D D D O L B Y S U R R O U N D P R O . L O G I C I n t e g r a t e d D i g i t a l T V D D D DO LBY S URR OUND PRO . L O GIC - + 2 MONO 2 L/G/S/I R/D/D/D s P Overview Over vie w of the TV b uttons Volume control buttons. Press to increase(+)/decr ease(-) volume. Programme Up or Down buttons. Press to increas[...]

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    9 Over view Over vie w of the remote contro l buttons RM-888 MENU PROGR To temporarily switch off TV Pre ss to temporar ily s witch o ff TV. Press agai n to switch on from standby mode . To save energ y, we recommen d switching of f comple tely when the TV is not in use. NOTE: After 15-30 m inutes wit hout a TV sig nal and without an y button being[...]

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    10 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Additional TV Features Although the picture is adju sted at the factory, y ou can modify it to suit your own tas t e. Adjus ting the pi cture Changing picture and sound modes quickl y You can quickly change the Pictur e Mode or the Soun d Mode without entering the ‘PICTURE CONTROL’ or the ‘SOUND CONT ROL’ me nu scr e[...]

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    11 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Additional TV Features Although the sound is adjusted at the factory, you can mod ify it to suit your own taste. Adjus ting the so und 1. Pres s the MENU b utt on on the remote control to display the menu on the TV s creen. 2. Press the V or v buttons to select the symbol on the menu screen then press the b button to enter t[...]

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    12 Additional TV Features The Virtual Dolby Surr ound feature g ives you the ef fect of Dolby Pro Lo gic without having to connect any external centre or rear speakers. The surround signals are pro ces sed and r edirected to the front speakers in o rder to create the illusion o f virtu al centre and rear speakers. . Setting up Vir tual Dolb y Surr [...]

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    13 Additional TV Features Before listening to Dolby Surround encod ed programmes, y ou can adapt the featur es of Dolby Pro Logic to suit your own taste. Note: Dolby Pro Lo gic decoding s hould only be turned on when external centre and/or s urrou nd speakers are connected. Sony recommend that the centre and/or surround sp eakers should on ly be SS[...]

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    14 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Additional TV Features Using this Screen Mode f eature you can change th e as pect ratio of the screen. Changi ng the screen mode 1. Pres s the MENU b utton on the remote con trol to display the menu on the TV s creen. 2. Press the V or v b u ttons to select the symbol on the menu screen then press the b button to enter the [...]

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    15 Additional TV Fe atures The Digital Setup menu allows you to set three options for digital channels. Setting the digital setup menu 1. Press the MENU button on the remote con trol to disp lay the menu on th e TV screen. 2. Press the V or v b u ttons to select the symbol on the menu screen then p r ess the b button to enter the ‘PRESET’ menu.[...]

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    16 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Additional TV Features With this feature yo u can a) manually fine-tune t he TV to ob tain a better picture reception if the picture is distorted or b ) p reset the AV output to the programme positions of channels with scrambled signals (e.g. from a pay TV decoder). In this way a connected VCR record s the unscrambled sign a[...]

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    17 Additional TV Features If, due to the earth ’ s magnetic field, the picture s lants, you can us e this feature to readjust t he picture. Adjusti ng the picture r otation 1. Press the MENU b ut ton on the remote control to display the menu on the TV screen. 2. Press the V or v buttons to select the symb ol on the menu screen then press the b bu[...]

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    18 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK / Additional TV Features The TV can be set to switch automatically to standby mode after a length of time chosen by you. You may set the time in 30 minut e steps u p to 4 hours. Using the sleep tim e r 1. P ress the MENU button on the remote control to display the menu on the TV scr een. 2. Press the V or v b utto ns to sele[...]

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    19 RM-888 MENU PROGR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 OK Additional TV Features You have alr eady tuned the TV au tomatically using the instruction s at the start of this manual. You can ho w ever carry o ut this operation manually, adding channels to th e TV, one at a time. Manuall y tuning the TV 1. Press the MENU button on the remote control to display the m[...]

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    20 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Additional TV Features This function enables y ou to skip unused programme positions when selecting them with the PROGR+/- butto ns. However, by using the numbered buttons y ou can still select the skipped programme p osition. Skipping p r ogramme positions 1. P ress the MENU button on the remote control to display the menu [...]

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    21 Additional TV Features Names for channels are usually taken automatically from Teletext if available. You can however nam e a channel or an input video source us ing up to fi ve characters (l etters or numbers). Naming a channel (Analogue c hannels onl y ) 1. P ress the MENU button on the remote control to display the menu on the TV scr een. 2. [...]

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    22 Additional TV Features This TV uses a men u system which can ap pear on screen in a va riety of languages. Use the f o llowing feature t o select the language that bes t suits you. Choosing a language fo r the TV me nu screens 1. Press the MENU button on the remote control to display t he menu on the TV screen. 2. Press the V or v b uttons to se[...]

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    23 RM-888 MENU PROGR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 OK Additional TV Features You should have already tuned in all availab le channels using the ‘Automatically tuning the TV’ sectio n at the start of this manual. If you need to repeat the tu ning procedur e however, follow the instru ctions below and the TV automatically searches and stores all available [...]

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    24 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Additional TV Features After tuning the TV, y ou can use this featu re to change the channel o r der. Re-arranging the TV channels 1. P ress the MENU button on the remote control to display the menu on the TV scr een. 2. Press the V or v b utto ns to select the symbol on the menu screen then pr es s the b button to enter the[...]

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    25 RM-888 MENU PROGR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Teletext Teletext is an information serv ice transmitted by most TV stations. Vie wing standar d telete xt Sele cting telet ext 1. When viewing analogue channels press a n umbered b utton on the remote control to select the channel which car ries the teletext service y ou wish to recei ve. 2. Press th e on t[...]

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    26 RM-888 MENU PROGR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 OK Teletext Most of the d igital TV channels broadcast inf ormation via teletext. This digital s ervice includes high quality text and graphic s as well as advanced navigational options. Additionally, this television set has access to a dedicated digital teletext chan nel. Viewing digital telete xt Selecting[...]

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    27 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Viewing informati on on the EPG You can alter the ty pe of information presented on the EPG by changing d at a in each of the EPG columns. You can for example display in formation f or all sports programmes being shown t omorrow fro m 5.00pm on wards. 1. Press the button on the remote control to display the EPG on the TV scr[...]

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    28 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK / d Electronic Progra mme Guide Electr onic Programme Guide (EPG) Recording program mes 1 P ress the button on the remote control to display the EPG on the TV screen. 2P r e s s t h e B or b buttons to highlight the 'programme' column then press the V or v buttons to select your desired prog ramme. 3 P ress the OK [...]

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    29 RM-888 MENU PROGR 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 OK / Electronic Progra mme Guide Electr onic Programme Guide (EPG) Tue 22 DEC 15:45:40 12 Manual Timer Setup Return DATE THU 24 DEC 16 START STOP PROG NO : : 00 10 v V -- -- Setting the manual timer 1 Press the button on t he remote contr ol to display th e EPG on the TV screen. 2P r e s s t h e B or b butto[...]

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    30 R/D/D/D L/G/S/I 1 S 2 2 3 L/G/ S/I R/D/ D/D C S S MODEM R/D/D/D L/G/S/I 1 S 2 2 3 MODEM L/G/ S/I R/D/ D/D C S S I n t e g r a t e d D i g it a l T V D D D D O L B Y S U R R O U N D P R O . L O G I C - + 2 M O N O 2 L / G / S / I R/D/D/D s P Connecting equipm ent to the TV 1. Connect your equ ipment to the correct TV socket as sho wn. 2. Press th[...]

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    31 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Op tio nal E qui pme nt Connecting equipment to the TV Selecting the output source for the sca rt socket or 1. Press the MENU b u tton on the remote control to display the menu on the TV screen. 2. Press the V or v buttons to sel ect the symbol on the menu screen then press the b button to enter the ‘VIDEO CONNECTION’ me[...]

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    32 RM-888 MENU PROGR OK Op tio nal E qui pme nt Connecting equipment to the TV Op tio nal E qui pme nt This function enab les you to designate a name to the op tional equipment you have connected to the sockets of this TV. This name can be up to 5 characters (letters or numbers) and will appear on screen whenever the equipment is selected for use. [...]

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    33 Additional Information Specifications TV s ystem I/DVB-T Colou r system PAL NTSC 3. 58, 4.43 (o nly Vide o in) Channel c overage UHF:B21-B69 Picture tube KV-28DX30U FD Trinitron WIDE Appr ox. 71cm ( 28inche s) (Appr ox. 66cm picture measure d diagona lly), 10 2° defle ction KV-32DX30U FD Trinitron WIDE Appr ox. 82cm ( 32 inche s) (Approx. 76cm [...]

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    34 Additional Information Here are some simple s olutions to prob lems which may affect the picture and sound. • If y ou continue to have these pr oblems, have your TV serviced by qualified personnel or you can contact t he Sony UK Digital He lpLine on 08 70 600 171 7. • NEVER open the c asing y ourself. T r oublesho oting Problem Cause No pict[...]

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