Troubleshooting
Before you call for service, determine the symptoms and make a few simple checks as shown below.
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Picture | Sound | ||
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| Electrical Appliances | |
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| Cars/Motorcycles | |
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| Fluorescent light | |
Interference | Noisy Sound |
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| Volume | |
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| (Check whether the mute function has been | |
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| activated on the remote control.) | |
Normal Picture | No Sound |
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| Not plugged into AC outlet | |
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| Not switched on | |
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| Picture and Brightness/Volume setting | |
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| (Check by pressing the power switch or stand- | |
No Picture | No Sound | by button on the remote control.) | |
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| If a signal with a | |
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| format, or frequency is input, only the input | |
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| terminal indication is displayed. | |
No Picture | Normal Sound |
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| Colour controls set at minimum level | |
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| (see page 24, 25) | |
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| Colour system (see page 31) | |
No Colour | Normal Sound |
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Plasma Display panel |
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Symptoms |
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Some parts of the screen | The plasma display panel is manufactured using an extremely high level of precision | ||
technology, however, sometimes some parts of the screen may be missing picture | |||
do not light up. | |||
elements or have luminous spots. This is not a malfunction. | |||
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| Do not allow a still picture to be displayed for an extended period, as this can cause | ||
| a permanent | ||
| Examples of still pictures include logos, video games, computer images, teletext | ||
| and images displayed in 4:3 mode. |
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The permanent | |||
| is not an operating defect and as such is not covered by the Warranty. | ||
| This product is not designed to display fixed images for extended periods of time. | ||
Whirring sounds can be | The display unit is fitted with a cooling fan to dissipate heat generated during normal | ||
heard from the display unit. | use.The whirring sound is caused by rotation of the fan and is not a malfunction. |
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