Sound
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No sound, but good picture | • Press 2 +/– or % (Mute). |
| • Check that “Speaker” is set to “On” in the “Setup” menu (page 24). |
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Noisy sound | • See the “Picture (dotted lines or stripes) noise” cause/remedy on page 33. |
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“High” is selected in “Audio | • Set to “Low”. |
Filter” when you use “Mono”. |
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Stereo broadcast sound | • The antenna connection is loose or the antenna cable is damaged. Check the |
switches on and off, or is | cable and connection on the TV, VCR, and on the wall (page 4). |
distorted; | • Adjust the antenna direction for the minimum interference. Contact a Sony |
The sound switches between | dealer for advice. |
stereo and monaural frequently | • Signal transmission is low. Try using a booster. Otherwise, use the fine |
| tuning (“AFT”) function (page 27). |
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No sound from the computer | • Check the connection of the audio cable (page 28). |
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General
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The TV turns off automatically | • Check if the Sleep function is activated (page 24). |
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(the TV enters standby mode) | • “Power Management” is set to “On” when a PC is connected. |
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Some input sources cannot be | • Select “Video Labels” in the “Setup” menu and cancel “Skip” of the input | ||
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The remote does not function | • | Replace the batteries. |
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The wide screen mode | • During a transition between two programs, the TV detects the optimum | ||
changes spontaneously when |
| wide screen mode. During this period, an irregular wide screen mode may | |
“Auto Wide” is “On” |
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| • The wide mode is switched automatically according to the revised signal | ||
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| • | The Auto Wide feature stops working temporarily when you press | , and |
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| resumes after a while. To fix in the manually selected wide screen mode, set | |
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| “Auto Wide” to “Off” in the “Screen” menu (page 22). |
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Text display is incomplete or garbled
•Your area may not be able to receive Text. Text is displayed only in the area that is covered by Text services.
•The antenna connection is loose or the antenna cable is damaged. Check the cable and connection on the TV, VCR, and on the wall (page 4).
•Adjust the antenna direction. Contact a Sony dealer for advice.
•Signal transmission is too low. Try using a booster.
•Using the fine tuning (“AFT”) function may improve the picture (page 27).
Cannot play shooting games | • Some shooting games which involve pointing a light beam at the TV screen |
| with an electronic gun or rifle cannot be used with your TV. For details, see |
| the instruction manual supplied with the video game software. |
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The TV cabinet creaks | • Changes in room temperature sometimes make the TV cabinet expand or |
| contract, causing a noise. This does not indicate a malfunction. |
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Static discharge is felt when | • This is the same static discharge that is felt when touching metal door |
touching the TV cabinet | handles or car doors especially when the air is dry, for example in winter. |
| This does not indicate a malfunction. |
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