Problem

Possible solution

 

Stripe noise during playback/recording

• Video head interference. Keep your VCR away from the TV.

 

of a VCR.

Leave a space of 30 cm between your VCR and the TV set to avoid

 

 

 

noise.

 

 

Avoid installing your VCR in front or at the side of the TV set.

Poor or no picture (screen is dark), but good sound.

Using the menu system, select the “Picture Adjustment” menu and select “Reset” to return to the factory settings (page 19).

If the PICTURE OFF indicator lights up in blue, press (picture off) on the remote control.

Noisy picture when viewing a TV channel.

Using the menu system, select the “Manual Programme Preset” option in the “Set Up” menu and adjust Fine Tuning (AFT) to obtain better picture reception (page 28).

Using the menu system, set the "Noise Reduction" option in the “Picture Adjustment” menu to reduce the noise in the picture (page 19).

 

 

Distorted picture when changing

• Turn off any equipment connected to the Scart connector on the rear

 

 

 

programmes or selecting teletext.

of the TV set.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the screen appears an image retention

• Using the menu system, select the “Features” menu, next select the

 

 

 

 

(afterimage)

“Screen Saver” submenu and finally set the “All White” option to

 

 

 

 

 

“On” to reduce the image retention (see page 24).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The screen flickers when turning on the

• This is inherent in the Plasma Display Panel, and does not indicate

 

 

 

 

TV.

a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wrong characters appear when viewing

• Using the menu system, enter the “Country” option in the “Set Up”

 

 

teletext.

menu and select the country in which you operate the TV set (page

 

 

 

 

 

26). For Cyrillic languages, we recommend that you select Russia

 

 

 

 

 

if your own country does not appear in the list.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wrong characters appear when viewing

• Using the menu system, enter the “Language” option in the “Set

 

 

NexTView.

Up” menu and select the language as the NexTView is broadcasted

 

 

 

 

 

(page 37).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No sound/Noisy sound.

 

 

 

 

 

Good picture, no sound.

• Press the 2 + on the remote control.

 

 

 

 

 

• Check that “TV Speakers” option is set to “Main” in the “Sound

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment” menu (page 21).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio noise.

• Make sure that the aerial is connected using the supplied coaxial

 

 

 

 

 

cable.

 

 

 

 

 

• Keep the aerial cable away from other connecting cords.

 

 

 

 

 

• Do not use 300-ohm twin lead cables as interference may occur.

 

 

 

 

 

• Communication problems may occur if the infrared communication

 

 

 

 

 

equipment (e.g. infrared cordless headphones) is used near the TV.

 

 

 

 

 

Please use headphones other than infrared cordless headphones,

 

 

 

 

 

move the infrared transceiver away from the TV until the noise is

 

 

 

 

 

eliminated, or move the transmitter and receiver of the infrared

 

 

 

 

 

communication equipment closer together.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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