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No

picture

(screen

not

lit),

no

[_

If your

TV

does

 

not

turn

on

and

the

POWER

LED

keeps

blinking

in

red,

your

TV

sound

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

may

need

service.

Call

your

local

Sony

Service

Center.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make sure the power cord is plugged in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1_

Press

POWER

 

on the

front

 

of the TV.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1_

Press

TV/VIDEO

 

to cycle

through

the

connected

video

sources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Try

another

channel;

it could

 

be

station

trouble.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dark,

 

poor

or

no

picture

 

_

Adjust

 

the

 

Picture

 

Mode

option

 

in

the

Picture

setting

 

(see

page

34).

 

 

 

(screen

lit),

good

sound

 

 

_

Adjust

 

the

 

Brightness

option

in

 

the

Picture

setting

(see

page 34).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Check

 

the

 

antenna/cable

 

connections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

color/dark

picture/color

is

1_

Adjust

 

the

 

Color

option

in

the

Picture

setting

(see

page

34).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

not

correct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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If you

set

the

Power

Saving option

to

On,

it will

enhance

the

black

level.

 

The TV iiirns off aiiioii_aiicaiiy

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Check

 

if ihe Sieep

opiion is i_cii_i_iectlor confiri_ ihe Duraiion

seiiingof Timer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(page

46).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[_

If the

temperature

 

is too

high,

the

TV may

also

turn

off

after

a warning

message is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only

snow

and

noise

appear

on

1_

Check

 

the

 

antenna/cable

 

connections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the

screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1_

Try

another

 

channel;

it could

 

be

 

station

trouble.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[_

Press

 

ANT

 

to

change

 

the

input

mode

(see

page

22).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dotted

 

lines

or

stripes

 

 

_

Move

the

TV

away

from

noise

sources

such

as cars,

neon

signs,

 

or hair

dryers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1_

If using

300 ohm

twin

lead,

move

the excess

lead

away

from

the

TV

or

try using

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

75 ohm coaxial cable instead.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double

images

 

 

 

 

 

 

[21

Using

a highly

 

directional

 

outdoor

antenna

 

or

a cable

may

soh.'e

the

problem.

 

"Black

 

box" on

screen

 

 

_

You

have

selected

a text

option

in the Caption Vision (CC) feature

in

the Setup

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting and no text is available (see pages 45 and 48). To turn off this feature, set

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Caption Vision (CC) option to OIL If you were trying to select closed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

captioning,

 

select CC1 instead of Text 1-4.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wide

 

Mode

changes

 

 

 

[_

The

current

 

Wide

Mocte

setting

is automatically

 

replaced

with

the 4:3

Default

automatically

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

setting

 

when

you

change

the

channel

or video

input,

if

4:3

Default

in the

Screen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

settings is set to other than Off. If you want to lock in the Wide Mode selected

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with the WIDE button, set 4:3 Default to Off in the Screen settings (see page 40).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1_

Check

 

the

 

Auto

Wide

option

 

in

the

Screen

 

settings

(see

page

39).

 

 

 

 

Black

 

bands

appear

at

the top

[_

Some

wide-screen

programs

 

are

 

fihned

in

aspect

ratios

 

that

are

greater

than

16:9

and

bottom

of

the

screen

 

 

(this

is

especially

 

common

with

theatrical

releases).

Your 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 yonr DVD

(or

contact

your

program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

provider).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Certain

 

programs

on

DVD

or

[_

The

compression

 

used

by certain

 

digital

broadcasts

 

and

DVDs

may

cause

your

other

digital

sources

display

a

 

TV's

 

screen

to

display

less

detail

 

than

usual,

or cause

artifacts

(small

blocks

or

loss

of detail,

especially

during

 

clots,

 

pixelations)

 

to

appear

 

on

your

screen.

 

This

is

due

to

your

TV's

large

screen

fast-motion

or

 

dark

scenes

 

 

and

ability

 

to

show

very

fine

detail,

and is

normal

for

certain

digitally

recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

programs. Adjust the Fteality/Clarity in the DFtC Palette setting (see page 35) to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

optimize the picture while viewing these sources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sony KDS-55A2000, KDS-50A2000, KDS-60A2000 Picture, Saving option, If ihe Sieep, Seiiingof Timer, Caption Vision CC feature