Using Basic Functions

Setting Up the TV

After you have finished connecting your TV, you can use Auto Program to set up your channels. During Auto Program, the TV will automatically search for available channels and program receivable channels.

When you start Auto Program wait until it is finished; otherwise it will skip over channels that are available. Perform Auto Program again to program receivable channels.

1 Press to turn on the TV. The Initial Setup screen appears.

Initial Setup

First please connect cable/antenna

Auto Program [CH+]

Exit[CH–]

2 Press on the remote control or on the TV front panel to start Auto Program, or press

to exit.

The Initial Setup screen appears each time you turn on the TV until you perform Auto Program.

To perform Auto Program again

 

 

 

1

Press

.

 

 

 

 

2

Press g to highlight Channel Menu.

 

 

 

3

Press f to highlight Cable. Press

to select.

 

 

4

Press F or f to highlight On or Off according to how you connected your TV. Press

to

 

select.

 

 

 

 

 

5

Press f to highlight Auto Program. Press

to search for channels.

 

6

After Auto Program finishes, press

to exit.

 

To reset the TV to factory settings

 

 

 

1

Turn the TV on.

 

 

 

2

Hold down

on the remote control.

 

 

3

Press and release the POWER button on the TV front panel. The TV will turn itself off,

 

 

then back on.

 

 

 

4

Release

 

.

 

 

 

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Sony KV-27FS120 Using Basic Functions, Setting Up the TV, Press to turn on the TV. The Initial Setup screen appears

KV-27FS120 specifications

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