Video

Problem	Possible Remedies
No picture	❏	If your TV does not turn on, and a red light keeps flashing, your TV may
(screen not lit), no sound		need service. Call your local Sony Service Center.
	❏	Make sure the power cord is plugged in.
	❏	Press the POWER button on the front of the TV.
	❏	Press the TV/VIDEO button to cycle through the connected video sources.
	❏	Try another channel; it could be station trouble.
Dark, poor or no	❏	Adjust the Picture option in the Video Menu (see page 62).
picture (screen lit),	❏	Adjust the Brightness option in the Video Menu (see page 62).
good sound	❏	Check the antenna/cable connections.

No Video on	❏	Check to be sure that you have not connected both S VIDEO and composite
VIDEO 3 Input		video cables to the VIDEO 3 input. You can use S VIDEO or composite
		video inputs for VIDEO 3, but not both.
No color	❏	Adjust the Color option in the Video Menu (see page 62).
Only snow and noise	❏	Check the antenna/cable connections.
appear on the screen	❏	Try another channel; it could be station trouble.
	❏	Press ANT to change the input mode (see page 45).
Dotted lines	❏	Adjust the antenna.
or stripes	❏	Move the TV away from noise sources such as cars, neon signs, or hair-
		dryers.

Double images or ghosts	❏	Using a highly directional outdoor antenna or a cable may solve the
		problem.

“Black box” on screen	❏	You have selected a text option in the Setup Menu and no text is available.
		(See page 72 to reset Setup selections.) To turn off this feature, set the
		Caption Vision option to Off. If you were trying to select closed captioning,
		select CC1 instead of Text 1-4.
Bars appear at the	❏	Some wide-screen programs are filmed in aspect ratios that are greater
top and bottom of the screen		than 16:9 (this is especially common with theatrical releases). Your TV will
		show these programs with bars at the top and bottom of the screen. For
		more details, check the documentation that came with your DVD (or
		contact your program provider).

Certain programs on DVD or ❏		The compression used by certain digital broadcasts and DVDs may cause
other digital sources display		your TV's screen to display less detail than usual, or cause artifacts (small
a loss of detail, especially		blocks or dots, pixelations) to appear on your screen. This is due to your
during fast-motion or dark		TV's large screen and ability to show very fine detail, and is normal for
scenes		certain digitally recorded programs.

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