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Symptom

Solutions

Picture slant

• Keep external speakers or other electrical equipment away from the TV.

 

• Display the “Picture Position” under “Setup” menu, then adjust “Picture

 

Rotation” and “Picture V-Position” so that the picture is aligned to the TV

 

screen (see page 22).

 

 

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 23).

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 23).

(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 21).

 

• Try using an external booster.

 

• Use the fine tuning (“Fine”) function (see page 21).

 

 

TV cannot receive

• Connect a separate FM antenna and the TV channel source through an

FM radio station.

antenna selector (switch) to your TV (see page 23).

The 1 (standby)

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

indicator on your

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

TV flashes red

service center.

several 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.

 

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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