Symptom

Solutions

Abnormal color

• Keep external speakers or other equipment away from the TV. Do not

patches

move the TV while the TV is turned on. Press ! (main power) on the TV

 

 

 

 

to turn off the TV for about 15 minutes, then turn it on again to

 

 

 

 

demagnetize the TV.

 

 

 

 

 

TV cannot receive

• Check the antenna cable and connection on the TV, VCR and at the wall

stereo broadcast

(see page 28).

sound.

• Check the antenna setup. Contact a Sony dealer for advice.

or

 

Stereo broadcast

 

sound switches

 

on and off or is

 

distorted.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teletext display is

• Check the antenna cable and connection on the TV, VCR and at the wall

incomplete

(see page 28).

(snowy picture or

• Check the antenna setup. Contact a Sony dealer for advice.

double images).

• Display the “Channel Setup” menu and set the “Signal Booster” to “Auto”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

from “Manual Program” (see page 25).

 

 

 

 

• Use the fine tuning (“Fine”) function (see page 25).

 

 

 

 

 

The 1 (standby)

• Count the number of times the 1 (standby) indicator flashes.

indicator on your TV

Press ! (main power) to turn off your TV. Contact your nearest Sony

flashes red several

service center.

times after every

 

three seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The TV screen

• The “Signal Booster” is functioning to detect a weak signal. This does not

sometimes goes

indicate a malfunction.

blank for slightly

 

longer than usual

 

during channel

 

change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannot play

• Some shooting games which involve pointing a light beam at the TV

shooting games.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

TV cabinet creaks.

• Changes in room temperature sometimes make the TV cabinet expand or

 

 

 

 

contract, causing a noise. This does not indicate a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

 

A small “boom”

• The TV’s demagnetizing function is working. This does not indicate a

sound is heard

malfunction.

when the TV is

 

turned on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thin lines appear

• The visible lines that sometimes appear on your TV screen are shadows

on the TV Screen.

from the damper wires used to stabilize the aperture grille of the Trinitron

 

 

 

 

picture tube. This does not indicate a malfunction.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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