Troubleshooting Tips

Below is a list of symptoms you may encounter with your TV. Before you call for service, make these simple checks.

Symptom

Possible Causes

What you should do

 

 

 

 

No display on screen

• Faulty power supply

• Check whether power cord is properly connected

 

• TV’s Power not turned

into the mains socket and to your TV. If there is still

 

on

no power, disconnect plug. Wait for 60 seconds

 

 

and re-insert plug. Switch on TV again.

 

Press the

key on the remote control.

 

 

 

Poor reception

• Faulty antenna connection

• Check antenna connection at rear of TV.

(snowish picture and

Weak transmission

Try manually adjusting your picture (refer to page 9).

noise

• Wrong TV system

• Have you chosen the right TV system? (refer to page 9).

 

 

 

No picture

• Faulty aerial and cable

• Check whether euroconnector cables or aerial

 

 

sockets are properly connected.

 

• Wrong source selected

• Check whether the source is correctly selected.

 

 

Press

(AV) button to enter Source list and

 

 

select the correct source.

 

No sound on

• Wrong TV system

• Check whether the correct TV system is selected

certain channels

 

(refer to page 8).

 

 

 

 

 

No sound

• Zero volume level

• Try increasing volume.

 

 

• Sound muted

• Check that the mute (

) mode is not on. If mute

 

 

mode is on, press the

key to deactivate mute

 

 

mode.

 

 

 

 

• Aim remote control directly at sensor on front of TV.

 

• Headphone is connected

• Disconnect headphone connection.

 

 

 

Sound interference

• Electrical appliances

• Try switching off any electrical appliances, for

 

interference

example, hairdryer, vacuum cleaner that are in use.

 

 

 

 

Unable to understand

• Wrong language selected

• Press the

key to exit menu from screen. Press

the language on

accidently

the

key to enter main menu. Use the ï key

screen to operate set

 

to select the fourth item on the main menu. Use

 

 

Æ /

key to enter into the next menu level and

 

 

the Í Æ key to select correct language.

 

 

 

TV not responding

• Wrong placement of

• Check the placement of the batteries.

to remote control

batteries

 

 

 

 

• Flat batteries

• Try changing the batteries.

 

 

 

Occasional appearance

• Characteristic of liquid

• This symptom is not a problem. The liquid crystal

of red, blue, green

crystal panel

panel is built with very high precision technology

and black spots on

 

giving you the fine picture details. Occasionally, a few

screen

 

non-active pixels may appear on the screen as a fixed

 

 

point of red, blue, green or black. Note that this

 

 

does not affect the performance of the set.

 

 

 

Intermittent or

* HDCP (see glossary)

• Noise is displayed if the connected digital equipment’s

flickering picture on

authentication failed

(DVD player or Set-Top box) *HDCP authentication

in HD mode

 

failed. Check user manual for the digital equipment

 

 

you are connecting.

 

 

 

• Use a standard HDMI to DVI cable.

 

 

 

 

No sound or picture but

• Set on standby mode

• Press the

key on the remote control.

front panel red light is

 

 

 

 

on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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