Other Information
Video
Problem | Possible Remedies |
No picture (screen not lit), no | ❏ If your LCD projection TV does not turn on, and a red light keeps flashing, your |
sound | LCD projection TV may need service. Call your local Sony Service Center. |
| ❏ Make sure the power cord is plugged in. |
| ❏ Press POWER on the front of the LCD projection TV. |
| ❏ Press TV/VIDEO to cycle through the connected video sources. |
| ❏ Try another channel; it could be station trouble. |
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Dark, poor or no picture | ❏ Adjust the Picture option in the Video menu (see page 98). |
(screen lit), good sound | ❏ Adjust the Brightness option in the Video menu (see page 98). |
| ❏ Check the antenna/cable connections. |
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No color/dark picture/color is | ❏ Adjust the Color option in the Video menu (see page 98). |
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Only snow and noise appear on | ❏ Check the antenna/cable connections. |
the screen | ❏ Try another channel; it could be station trouble. |
| ❏ Press ANT to change the input mode (see page 61). |
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Dotted lines or stripes | ❏ Adjust the antenna. |
| ❏ Move the LCD projection TV away from noise sources such as cars, neon signs, |
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Double images | ❏ Using a highly directional outdoor antenna or a cable may solve the problem. |
| ❏ Set the Image Shift to an appropriate value. The default setting is Auto. If |
| doubled images appear with Auto, select the best value from 1 to 4 (see page |
| 113). |
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“Black box” on screen | ❏ You have selected a text option in the Setup menu and no text is available. (See |
| page 112 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 |
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Black bands appear at the top | ❏ Some |
and bottom of the screen | (this is especially common with theatrical releases). Your LCD projection TV will |
| show these programs with black bands at the top and bottom of the screen. For |
| more details, check the documentation that came with your DVD (or contact your |
| program provider). |
Information Other
Certain programs on DVD or other digital sources display a loss of detail, especially during
❏The compression used by certain digital broadcasts and DVDs may cause your LCD projection TV’s screen to display less detail than usual, or cause artifacts (small blocks or dots, pixelations) to appear on your screen. This is due to your LCD projection TV’s large screen and ability to show very fine detail, and is normal for certain digitally recorded programs. Adjust the reality/clarity in the DRC Palette menu (see page 100) to optimize the picture while viewing these sources.
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