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    R 4- 087 - 551 - 6 1 (1) Trinitron Colour Television Operat ing Inst r ucti ons GB © 2002 Sony Corporation KV-32FQ80U KV-36FQ80U 32FQ80 B5 U(00) Cover.fm Page 1 Thursday, May 9, 2002 12:35 PM[...]

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    NOTICE FOR CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM For KV-32FQ80U models A moulded plug com plying w ith BS1363 i s fitted to th is equip ment for you r safet y and conv enience . Should the fuse in th e plug sup plied nee d to be repl aced, a 5 A MP fuse approved by ASTA or BSI to BS 1362 (i.e. ma rked with or ) must be use d. When an alternativ e type of[...]

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    1 1 GB 32FQ80 B5 Part 1.fm Page 1 Tuesday, May 2 8, 2002 1: 00 PM[...]

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    2 Safety In formation This se t is to operat e on a 22 0-240 V AC supply on ly . T ake care not to co nnect too many appl iances to the same power s ocket as th is co uld r esul t in f ire or elec tric shoc k. For environmental and safety reasons, it is recomme nded t hat th e TV se t is not left in standby mode w hen not in use. Disco nnect from t[...]

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    Table of Co ntents 3 MENU Thank you for choosing this Sony Trinitron Televi sion. Before o perati ng this TV, please read this instructi on ma nual t horough ly and retain it for futu re refe rence. Getting St arted Checking th e supplied access ories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Inserti ng batteries into the re[...]

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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 plie d acce ssori es 2 Always r emember to: • observ e the corre ct pol arity when in serting ba tteri es , • dispo se of bat teri es i n an e n viro nmen tall y f riend ly w ay . Inserting ba tteries into the re mote control Remote contro[...]

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    Getting Started 5 R/D/D/D L/G/S/I ANALOGUE 1 2 DVD VCR s 3 3 (SMARTLINK) s 4 4 DOLBY. THE DOUBLE-D SYMBOL D ARE TRADEMARKS OF DOLBY LABORATORIES D R/D/D/D L/G/S/I ANALOGUE 1 2 DVD VCR s 3 3 (SMARTLINK) s 4 4 DOLBY. THE DOUBLE-D SYMBOL D ARE TRADEMARKS OF DOLBY LABORATORIES D 4 3 1. Conne ct your aeria l lead t o the aerial s ocket labelled on the r[...]

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    6 Getting Starte d 5 1. When y ou s witch on the TV for the f irst ti me the Sony logo a ppear s on t he TV screen , followed by the M emor y Stick logo , and then by the Langu age/C ountry m enu wi th the word ‘ English ’ highli ghted. Pre ss the V or v b uttons on the r emote control to high light your req uired lan guage . Press the OK butto[...]

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    Basic Operatio n 7 Overview of the rem ote cont rol 1 Mute button Pre ss to m ute the TV s ound. Pr ess a gain to rest ore the sou nd. 2 VIDEO Standby button Press to switc h off your VCR o r DVD temporarily . 3 TV Standby button Press to switch off y our TV t emporarily. The standby indicator on the fr ont of the TV is lit. Press again to retu rn [...]

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    8 Basic Oper ati on MONO L/G/S/I R/D/D/D MEMORY STICK + P + 5 S 5 5 Overview of the TV buttons Accessing the control panel The TV button s can be found on th e contro l panel on the fr ont of the TV. Not e: F or inf ormation on th e fr ont panel con nectors , ref er to ‘ Con nec tin g othe r equi pme nt to th e TV ’ . Program me buttons Pres s [...]

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    Basic Operatio n 9 Text Most TV channels provide a T ext servic e. Please en sure yo u are rece iving a good signal or som e Tex t errors may occur. Viewing Text How to u se Text f eatures 1. Selec t the TV cha nnel whic h carries t he Text ser vice you want to view. 2. Press t he button on t he remote control to enter Picture and Text (P&T) m [...]

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    10 Ba sic Oper ation Text menu The Text me nu gives yo u acces s to mor e Text featu res. The f oll owin g ta ble expl ains eac h fe atur e: 1. Selec t the TV cha nnel whic h carries t he Text ser vice you want to view. 2. Pres s th e but ton on t he re mot e cont rol to ente r Te xt mo de. 3. With Tex t displaye d on the TV scre en, press the MENU[...]

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    Basic Ope ration 11 Mult i Pi ctu re In Pict ure ( Mu lti PI P) This feat ure disp lays 13 differ ent chan nels si multaneo usly on sc reen. Fr om this disp lay yo u can selec t which ch annel you wish to view. 1. Press the button to en ter PAP mo de. 2. Refer to th e table be low for expl anations of each option. 3. Press the button to ex it PAP m[...]

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    12 Ba sic Oper ation The Progr amme Index table The ‘ Pro gramm e Index t able ’ is a qu ick and eas y way to search fo r a channel yo u wish t o view. 1. Press the OK button to display the ‘ Progra mme Index table ’ on sc reen. 2. Press the v or V bu tton to hig hlight the ch annel you wish to view. 3. Press the b button to display y our c[...]

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    Basic Ope ration 13 NexTView Electr onic Programme Guide (EPG) The NexT View Elect ronic Program me Gui de (EPG) prov ides you wi th prog ramming inf ormation f rom different broadc asters, de pendi ng on avai lability of se rvice. Selecting your NexTView provider Your TV aut omat ically sele cts the bes t NexT View prov ider for y ou. This se rvic[...]

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    14 Ba sic Oper ation Using the ‘Individual Setting’ menu You c an se t thi s menu so that only the pr ogra mme ty pes yo u wis h to vi ew are d ispl ayed in th e programm e li st colu mn. Using the ‘Long Info’ menu Thi s fe atur e al lows you t o se t ti mers and r ecor d se lect ed p rogr ammes . The followin g table ex plains eac h option[...]

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    Advanced O peration 15 Using the TV m enu system This TV co ntains a m enu sys tem which is based on a series of on scre en display s. Thes e displays help you g et the most from your TV, from cu stomisin g the pict ure and so und to acce ssin g advanced featur es. Use the following buttons on the rem ote c ontrol to o perate the T V me nu s ystem.[...]

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    16 Adv anced Ope ration Sound Adjustment menu This menu al lows you to custo mise the so und. Highlight th e required option an d press b to select. Th e table bel ow explai ns each opt ion and ho w to use it . Notes: * Wh en ‘ Dolb y V ’ is selected, the TV simulate s the full effects of Dolby Pro Logic Surr ound sound wi thout the need for ad[...]

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    Advanced O peration 17 Features menu This menu allows you t o set the s leep tim er and t o set a s ignal to b e output from t he AV3 s ocket. The table below explains each opt ion and how to use it: Auto Format With thi s option switched on, the TV can automa tically adjus t the p ict ure si ze to suit the br oad cast. Press V or v to select ‘On[...]

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    18 Adv anced Ope ration Manual Set Up menu This menu gives you a ccess to more ad vance d features . The option s are: Language/Co untry When yo u firs t installed the TV you we re as ked to s elect your langua ge and coun try. The ‘ Langu age/C ountry ’ option in t he ‘ Manual Se t Up ’ men u allow s you t o change thes e sett ings. With t[...]

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    Advanced O peration 19 Manual Progra mme Preset menu The ‘ Manual Programme Pr eset ’ opti on in the ‘ Ma nual Set Up ’ m enu allow s you t o manu ally tune in c hannels . With t he ‘ M anual Prog ramme Preset ’ option hi ghlighte d, press b to enter the ‘ Manual Programm e Prese t ’ menu . Pr ess v or V to highligh t the cha nnel y[...]

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    20 Adv anced Ope ration Further Pr ogramme Preset menu The ‘ Fu rther Program me Pre set ’ option in th e ‘ Manual Set Up ’ men u allows yo u to obtain a better pict ure if th ere is inter ferenc e, set the volume level o f an indiv idual chan nel, fin e tune th e TV and s et up a chann el for viewi ng sign als from a De coder . With the ?[...]

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    Advanced O peration 21 Viewing Memory Stic k pictures A ‘Memo ry Stick’ * is a new r ecordi ng medium with a data capa city that exce eds a floppy disk. It is special ly design ed for exchan ging an d sharin g digital data am ong ‘M emory Sti ck’ compat ible prod ucts. Use ‘Memor y Stick’ to dis play JPEG pict ures (DC F versi on 1.0 fo[...]

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    22 Adv anced Ope ration Index This feat ure enab les you to view o n scree n the JPEG DC F format picture s from yo ur mem ory stick. Slideshow This feat ure allows you t o display a ll the m emory s tick pict ures as a slidesh ow pres enta tion on the TV screen . 1. Press the MEMORY STICK button on the re mote con trol to displa y the ‘ Memory S[...]

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    Advanced O peration 23 Setu p Thi s fe atur e all ows you t o (1 ) set the leng th of ti me for a pi ctu re to be di spl ayed duri ng a slideshow, (2) set a slideshow to continuously re peat, (3) display file information and (4) rota te a picture on screen. 1. Press the MEMORY STICK button on t he rem ote con trol to di splay the ‘ Memory Stick ?[...]

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    24 Adv anced Ope ration Adjusting settings of Memory Stick pictures You can adju st the contra st, bright ness, c olour and sh arpness setti ngs of memor y stick pictur es when dis playin g them on the TV scree n. Note: All the picture setti ngs return to thei r normal lev els when y ou press the button. 1. Displ ay a mem ory stick pic ture on scre[...]

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    Additional Information 25 Connecting other equipment to the TV The follo wing illust ration exp lains how to connec t a wide range o f audio an d video equ ipmen t to the rear of the TV. Connecting a Smartlink V CR Smartlink is a direct link betwe en the TV and VC R. For mo re informati on on Smar tlink, please refer to your VCR instruc tion manu a[...]

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    26 Addition al Informat ion The follo wing illust ration exp lains how to connec t equipme nt to the front co ntrol pa nel of the TV. Note : T o av oid pi cture di stortion do not connec t equip ment to the G and H soc kets at t he sam e tim e. Connecting headphones Conne ct your headp hones t o the F soc ket. Use the ‘ /Audio-out V ol. ’ optio[...]

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    Additional Information 27 Remote control of other equipment The rem ote control sup plied wi th your TV oper ates not only Sony VCRs an d DVD play ers, but also those m ade by othe r manufac turers . The follow ing instruc tions gu ide you th rough th e set up proced ure. 1. Find the 3 di git code f or your br and from t he list below. 2. Press th [...]

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    28 Addition al Informat ion Specificatio ns TV Sy stem I Colour System PAL NTSC 3.5 8, 4.43 (only V ideo I n) Channel Coverage UHF: B21 - B69 Pictur e Tu be KV-32FQ 80 F D Trin itron A pprox . 82cm KV-36FQ 80 F D Trin itron Approx . 91cm Sound Ou tput Left/Rig ht: 2x20W (music powe r) 2x10W (RMS) Subwoofe r: 1x30W (m usic pow er) 1x15W (RMS) Power [...]

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    Sony Co rpora tion Pr inte d in Spa in Ecologi cal Pape r - Totally Chlorin e Free 408755161 4-087- 5 51 - 61 (1) = KV-32FQ80 = KV-36FQ80 32FQ80 B5 U(00) Cover.fm Page 4 Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:13 PM[...]