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| Double images or ghosting | • | Check aerial/cable connections. |
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| Only snow and noise appear on the screen. • | Check if the aerial is broken or bent. | |
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| • | Check if the aerial has reached the end of its serviceable life |
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| Dotted lines or stripes | • | Keep the TV away from electrical noise sources such as cars, |
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| No colour on colour programmes | • | Using the menu system, select the “Picture Adjustment” |
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| • | If you set the “Power Saving” option to “Reduce,” picture |
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Some tiny black points and/or bright points on the screen
•The picture of a display unit is composed of pixels. Tiny black points and/or bright points (pixels) on the screen do not indicate a malfunction.
The picture is too bright.
•Using the menu system, select the “Picture Adjustment” menu and select “Mode.” Then select the desired picture mode (page 32).
Picture (stripe) noise | • | Make sure that the aerial is connected using the supplied |
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Poor picture (white saturation) when | • Make sure that the output signal of the equipment connected | |||||||||||||
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Distorted picture and noisy sound | • Check if any connected optional equipment is installed in | |||||||||||||
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Stripe noise during playback/recording of | • Video head interference. Keep your VCR away from the TV. | |||||||||||||
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•Avoid installing your VCR in front of the TV or beside the TV.
Poor or no picture (screen is dark), but | • Using the menu system, select the “Picture Adjustment” |
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Noisy picture when viewing a TV channel • Using the menu system, select the “Manual Programme Preset” option in the “Set Up” menu and adjust “AFT” (Automatic Fine Tuning) to obtain better picture reception (page 44).
•Using the menu system, set the “NR” (Noise Reduction) option in the “Picture Adjustment” menu to reduce the noise in the picture (page 33).
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