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| Reception disturbances |
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| Most types of television interference can be |
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Poor or no | TV station is | Try another channel. |
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picture | experiencing problems. |
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| the VHF/UHF antenna. Outdoor antennas are | |||||
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| Picture control is not | Check picture control |
| recommended for best results if not using cable | ||
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| adjusted. | adjustments. |
| or satellite. The most common types of television | ||
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| Possible local | Check for source of |
| interference are shown below. If one of these |
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| interference. | reception disturbance. |
| symptoms appear when the television is |
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| connected to a Cable TV system, the |
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| Antenna/cable | Check cable connection |
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| disturbance may be caused by the local cable | ||||
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| connector is not | or VHF/UHF antenna. |
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Picture wobbles | TV station experiencing | Try another channel. |
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| IGNITION: Black spots or horizontal |
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or drifts | problems. |
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| streaks may appear, picture may |
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| Cable TV channel is | A cable box needs to be |
| flutter or drift. Usually caused by |
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| scrambled. | used to receive this |
| interference from automobile |
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| ignition systems, neon lamps, |
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| electric drills and other electric |
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| Possible local | Check for source of |
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| interference. | reception disturbance. |
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| GHOSTS: Ghosts are caused by the |
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No cable | Cable not connected. | Check all cable |
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| television signal following two |
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| connections. |
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| paths. One is the direct path and the |
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| Air/Cable set to Air. | Set Air/Cable to Cable. |
| other is reflected from tall buildings, |
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| hills, or other objects. Changing the |
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| Cable TV service | Contact your cable TV |
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| direction or position of the antenna |
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| interrupted. | company. |
| may improve the reception. |
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No reception | Air/Cable set to Air. | Set Air/Cable to Cable. |
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| SNOW: If your receiver is located in |
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| the fringe area of a television station |
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Poor or no | TV station experiencing | Try another channel. |
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| picture may be marred by the |
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sound | problems. |
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| appearance of small dots. When the |
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| MUTE button is | Press MUTE button |
| signal is extremely weak, it may be |
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| pressed. | again. |
| necessary to install an external |
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| antenna to improve the picture. |
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| Possible local | Check for source of |
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| interference. | reception disturbance. |
| RADIO FREQUENCY |
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| INTERFERENCE: This interference |
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| Antenna/cable | Check cable connection |
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| produces moving ripples or |
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| connector is not | of VHF/UHF antenna. |
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| diagonal streaks, and in some |
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| cases, causes loss of contrast in the |
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| Volume is set to | Increase the volume. |
| picture. |
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| minimum. |
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Television shuts | Sleep timer is set | Set sleep timer to OFF. |
| PICTURE SIZE VARIATION: A slight |
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| when you adjust the CONTRAST or |
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Closed | TV signal is weak. | Check cable or |
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| BRIGHTNESS setting. |
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Captioning not |
| VHF/UHG antenna. |
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| TV station experiencing | Try another channel. |
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| problems or program is |
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| not closed captioned. |
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| Close captioning is not | Press the CCD button. |
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| turned on. |
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Remote control | The remote control is | Aim the remote control |
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does not | not aimed at the | at the remote sensor. |
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operate | sensor. |
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| Distance is too far or | Operate the remote |
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| too much light in the | within 15 feet of the |
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| room. | television or reduce the |
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| light in the room. |
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| There is an obstacle in | Clear the path of the |
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| the path of the beam. | beam. |
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| The batteries are weak. | Replace the batteries. |
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| The batteries are not | Reinsert the batteries. |
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Parental control | Parental control is set | Set parental control to |
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not working | to OFF. | ON. |
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correctly. |
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| News or sports event | Parental control does |
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| being broadcast. | not work with news or |
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| sporting events. |
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| Ratings not set. | Set ratings. |
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