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Troubleshooting

If you have a problem with your TV, try the suggestions below. If the problem persists, see “Contacting Sony” at the end of this section.

General

Problem

I want to reset the TV to the factory settings

Possible Remedies

Turn on the TV. While holding down the RESET button on the remote control, press POWER button on the TV front panel. The TV will turn itself off, then back on again. Release the RESET button.

The TV is dirty

Clean the TV with a soft dry cloth. Never use strong solvents

 

such as thinner or benzine, which might damage the finish of

 

the cabinet.

 

 

I lost the parental

In the password screen, enter the following master password:

control password

4357. After using the master password, you must create a new

 

password. You cannot use the master to unlock currently

 

blocked channels.

 

 

There is a black box

You have selected a text option in the Setup menu (page 31) and

on the screen

no text is available. To turn off this feature, select Off in the

 

Caption Vision option. If you were trying to select closed

 

captioning, select CC1-4 instead of Text1-4.

 

 

There was a blackout

Press the POWER button on your remote control or on the TV

or power outage, and

front panel.

now the TV won't turn

 

on and the timer LED

 

is flashing

 

 

 

Digital cable box

Be sure that you have not connected the digital cable box to the

does not work

TV's jack. This jack is not compatible with digital cable boxes.

 

If you are connecting a VCR and digital cable box using a

 

splitter, as described in pages 9, you must use a special bi-

 

directional splitter that is designed to work with your digital

 

cable box.

 

 

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