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Connecting Your New BRAVIA® Flat-panel LCD HDTV

Running Initial Setup

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Quick Setup Guide

For further information, see the Operating Instructions Manual supplied with the TV. Please retain this guide for your future reference.

For Your Convenience

Please contact Sony Customer Support directly if you have questions on the use of your television after reading your Quick Setup Guide and Operating Instructions Manual.

For United Stateshttp://www.sony.com/tvsupportor to speak with a support representative: 1-800-222-SONY (7669)For Canadahttp://www.sony.ca/supportor to speak with a support representative: 1-877-899-SONY (7669)
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Congratulations! Your new BRAVIA® TV opens the door to the “Stunning HD Experience”. This guide will explain how to get the most from your new High-Definition TV.

Please take these steps before you power up your BRAVIA:

■Register online at: www.sony.com/registration (from U.S.A.) www.SonyStyle.ca/registration (from Canada)

■Make sure you’ve removed all accessory contents from packaging.■Install 2 AA batteries (supplied separately) in your remote control.

■Determine whether you will mount your TV on a wall or place it on the Table-Top Stand. Sony wall-mounting brackets are designed to provide the best fit. Refer to the Operating Instruction Manual for more information.

■Give your TV 2 3/8 inches (6 cm) of space behind it to properly ventilate.
The Four Steps to a Stunning HD Experience: Set, Sound, Source, and Setup

Along with your BRAVIA TV set, a complete HD system requires an HD sound system, a source of HD content, and proper setup connection with components such as your HD cable or satellite box.

You must get HD programming to experience the stunning detail of HDTV.

The quality of the image you see on your BRAVIA can only be as high as the quality of the signal it is displaying. This chart shows the different signal types and how to access them.

Best Signal

 

 

PerformanceCommentsSources

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

High Definition

 

HD Over-The-Air Antenna

 

 

 

Best Picture Quality 16:9

HD Cable Subscription/

 

 

 

 

 

 

Content

Aspect Ratio

Programming

 

 

 

 

 

HD Satellite Subscription

 

 

 

 

Good Picture Quality

Over-The-Air Antenna

 

 

 

Digital Content

Digital Cable Subscription

 

 

 

Aspect Ratio based on

 

 

 

Digital Satellite

 

 

 

 

Program

 

 

 

 

Subscription

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analog Content

Original TV format 4:3

Over-The-Air Antenna

 

 

 

Aspect Ratio

Cable Subscription

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact your cable or satellite provider to upgrade your service to HD. Receive over-the-air HD broadcasts with an HD-quality antenna (www.antennaweb.org) and discover the wealth of entertainment now available on super-high-resolution Blu-ray Disc™.

Your BRAVIA TV must be properly connected to components such as sound system and cable or satellite box.

See reverse side of this guide for sample connection diagrams.
■Turn off and unplug all components before making connections.■Do not turn on the TV until connection setup is completed.

 

Input

Video Connection

Audio Connection

High or Standard

 

Connector

Definition Quality

 

 

 

 

HDMI 1

 

HDMI cable carries both

1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i,

 

HDMI 2

 

video and audio signals.

PC

 

 

(*When HDMI is

(Compatible with HD

 

 

 

Performance

 

HDMI connection*

connected to DVI with

or SD content)

 

an adapter, a separate

 

 

Component connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

audio L/R is necessary.)

 

 

Component 1

 

 

1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i

 

Component 2

 

 

(Compatible with HD

 

 

 

or SD content)

 

 

 

 

Audio/Video

 

 

Audio L/R

 

Video 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S VIDEO connection

Audio L/R

480i

 

 

(Use this connector in place of composite

 

 

 

video connector)

 

(SD content)

 

Video 1

 

 

 

 

Video 2

Composite video

 

 

 

 

Audio L/R

 

 

 

connection

 

 

 

 

 

What is HDMI™?

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) cables are the standard for connecting HDTV.

They are built to properly handle high bandwidth, uncompressed video and multi-channel audio—all in one cable.

Connecting a PC to Your BRAVIA
■May require DVI-to-HDMIadapter and separate audio connector.

■Connect PC’s audio output when using a Digital Video Interface (DVI) or HD15 connection.

■Press PC’s FUNCTION Key + Select Output to transmit to TV.■When using an HD15 connection, adjust TV’s Phase to correct sharpness.■Refer to your BRAVIA Operating Instructions Manual for more information.
To learn more about HDTV, visit :
U.S.A.: http://www.sony.com/HDTV
Canada: http://www.sonystyle.ca/hd

After you finish connecting your TV, you need to run the Initial Setup. The Initial Setup screen appears when you turn on your TV for the first time.

1 Press 0/7%2 to turn on the TV.

The Initial Setup screen appears. Press /to highlight the desired language, then press .

Initial Setup

Press to choose a language.

Please select your language:

2 Connect cable or antenna, then select Yes to start Auto Program. Your TV will detect the type of signal connected and will start scanning for the available channels.

Auto Program

Please wait. Allow 30+ minutes for completion.

Press button to cancel.

Analog Channels Found:

25

Digital Channels Found:

6

Searching….

 

Cancel

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•If you have both cable and antenna available, please connect cable first.

•IMPORTANT: You must perform Auto Program after cable or antenna is connected. If you cancel Auto Program, some channels may not be available.

3 Follow the help text provided on the screen to run Auto Program.

When the searching of channels is done, press to complete the Auto Program process.

Auto Program

Auto Program is complete.

Press button to exit.

Analog Channels Found:

32

Digital Channels Found:

10

Watching Your TV

Select Your Content Source

Whether you are watching cable, satellite or broadcast TV; playing a VCR, DVD or Blu-ray Disc; or connecting to your PC, you need to choose the correct Input using your remote control:

■Press on your remote control to display on-screen the Shortcuts menu, then select External Inputs and will appear the list of external inputs; or

■Press to display the external inputs list and choose the desired input.
Adjust Screen Shape and Aspect Ratio

High-definition and standard-definition signals are transmitted with different aspect ratios (the width-to-height ratio of the image). Most HD signals use a wide screen aspect ratio of 16:9. The 16:9 fills your BRAVIA screen, maintaining a crisp, clear, vivid picture.

Most standard-definition signals use a boxy 4:3 aspect ratio. When a 4:3 image is displayed on an HDTV, you will see black bars on the sides. The picture quality may not be as sharp as with HD sources.

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•Press on your remote control to display the Wide Mode setting of your preference.

Customize Sound and Picture Quality

You can choose optimum sound and picture settings to match the content you are displaying on your TV:

Press on your remote control and select Picture or Sound menu, then choose the appropriate setting for your content.

Use the remote control to quickly adjust picture quality.Refer to your BRAVIA Operating Instructions Manual for more information.

To learn more about HDTV, visit :

U.S.A.: http://www.sony.com/HDTV

Canada: http://www.sonystyle.ca/hd









SOUND

GUIDE

ATHEATER Press to turn on the Theater Mode.This function activates the picture settings for a cinema-like

experience. Sound settings will be switched to the audio output of the attached speakers of your BRAVIA Theater Sync™.

BSOUND Press for Sound Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

settings to Dynamic, Standard,

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOOLS

Game, Clear Voice or Custom.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C GUIDE

Press GUIDE to display the channels

 

 

MENU

guide.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This option allows you to select the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

channels from a channel list and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

also provides information about

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the current program being shown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on each channel (if it’s available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from the station).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Info

 

April Vacation

(0:29 Remaining)

KPBS-HD

15.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV-G

 

1080i HD 16:9

Full

12:00 AM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spring travels to exotic places in Europe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

banner

 

3

ON-3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

FOX6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

XWV-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

XEW-12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Channel

 

15

KPBS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15.1

KPBS-HD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

list

15.2

V-me

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

AZ-21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

AZT-27

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

TEL-33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39

NBC-39

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40.1

FR-40

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41

CH-41

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DFAVORITES This feature lets you create and choose a list up to 8 favoritechannels.

Press to access your Favorites channel list.

Press /to select the option Add to Favorites; then press to add the current channel to your Favorites list.

Navigating through TV Menus
1 Press on the remote control to display the menu options.

2 To highlight a menu option, press , then press /to go through the menus. 3 To select an option, press or .

4 Press /to select or adjust your desired option, then press .5 To exit, press .
To Do List
When the Initial Setup is completed, consider carrying out these items:
Set Clock/TimersLabel Inputs
Set Closed Captions (CC)Label Channels
Set Parental LockSet Picture Mode
Show/Hide ChannelsSet Sound Mode
For details, refer to your BRAVIA Operating Instructions Manual.

OK

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•If you did not follow the Initial Setup instructions when you turn on your TV for the first time, check the instructions below for Auto Program process at the

Channel menu.
To perform Auto Program later
If you did not follow the Initial Setup screen the first time, presson your

remote control to display the menu window and select the Channel menu.

 

1 Channel menu options appears.

Select Cable On (for cable channels) or Cable Off (for antenna (over-the-air) channels); then select Auto Program.

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Channel

Search for available channels

Favorites

CableOn

Add Digital Channels

Auto Program

Show/Hide Channels

Label Channels

Diagnostics

2 Select OK to start Auto Program.

Auto Program

Allow 30+ minutes for completion.

Press to set

OK

Cancel

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•If you start Auto Program make sure you changed to Cable On or Off, and check the cable or antenna connection as well.

•IMPORTANT: You must perform Auto Program after cable or antenna is connected. If you cancel Auto Program, some channels may not be available.