Sylvania 6842THG owner manual Miscellaneous

Symptom	Remedy
Picture rolls vertically	• When the outside antenna is used, check the wire condition and
	connection.
	• Electric waves may be interfered due to the electric appliances,
	etc. nearby.
	• Try to view other channels. It may be the problem on the broad-
	casting station.
Different color marks on screen	• Move the TV apart from electric appliances nearby. Turn off the
	power and wait for about 30 minutes, then turn it on again.
	• Try to view other channels. It may be the problem on the broad-
	casting station.
Poor reception on some channels	• Check the antenna or cable connection to the main unit.
	• When the outside antenna is used, check the wire condition and
	connection.
	• Electric waves may be interfered due to the electric appliances,
	etc. nearby.
	• Try to view other channels. It may be the problem on the broad-
	casting station.
Picture OK, sound poor	• Electric waves may be interfered due to the electric appliances,
	etc. nearby.
	• Try to view other channels. It may be the problem on the broad-
	casting station.
Burn-in on screen	• Do not display the continuous image such as video games,
	computer graphics, stock market quotations, and other fixed pat-
	terns. This may cause the burn-in of the display.
	If the problem occurs, display a motion picture such as broad-
	casting to reduce the problem.
	This continuous on-screen displays can cause permanent dam-
	age to the screen. Such burn-in caused by misuse are NOT
	COVERED by your warranty.
No reception of digital signals	• Make sure that Autoscan in the setup screen has been complet-
	ed. It will be required when you setup TV for the first time or when
	TV is moved to a location where other channels are broadcast.
	• The selected channel does not exist at that time. There are not
	always minor-channels being broadcast.
	• When Autoscan is interrupted and not completed, some channels will
	not be received. Make sure to complete Autoscan in the setup screen.
The entered channel number changes	• Many digital channels have alternate channel numbers. TV changes the
automatically	numbers automatically to the ones signifying the broadcasting stations.
	These are the numbers used for analog broadcasts.
Remote control doesn’t work	• Check the antenna or cable connection to the main unit.
	• Check the battery life of the remote control.
	• Check if there is an obstacle between the sensor and the
	remote control.
	• Test the signal output. If OK, then possible remote sensor trou-
	ble. (Refer to “IR SIGNAL CHECK” on page 35.)

MISCELLANEOUS

Problems on Closed Caption

Misspelled captions are displayed.	• Closed captioning production companies may broadcast pro-
	grams without correcting the misspelling in a live broadcast.
Captions are not entirely displayed, or	• Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual dialogue
captions are delayed behind the dia-	are common for live broadcasts. Most captioning production compa-
logue.	nies can display a dialogue to a maximum of 220 words per minute. If
	a dialogue exceeds that rate, selective editing is used to insure that
	the captions remain up-to-date with the current TV screen dialogue.
Captions are displayed as a white	• When electric waves are interfered due to buildings, weather
box.	conditions etc., incomplete captions may be displayed.
No caption is displayed in the Closed	• Broadcasting station may shorten the program to insert the
Caption-supported program.	advertisement. The closed caption decoder cannot read the
	information of the shortened program.
No caption is displayed when playing	• The videotape may be illegally copied, or the caption signal may
the videotape containing captions.	fail to be read while coping.
Black box is displayed in the screen.	• “Text” mode is selected for caption. Select “CC1”, “CC2” “CC3”,
	“CC4” or “Off”.

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