Other Information
Video
Problem | Possible Remedies |
No picture (screen not lit), no | ❏ If your TV does not turn on, and a red light keeps flashing, your TV may need |
sound | service. Call your local Sony Service Center. |
| ❏ Make sure to securely plug the AC power cords of the media receiver unit and the |
| display unit into the wall outlet. |
| ❏ Press POWER on the front of the media receiver unit. |
| ❏ Press TV/VIDEO to cycle through the connected video sources. |
| ❏ Try another channel; it could be station trouble. |
| ❏ Press PIC OFF so that the PICTURE OFF LED on the display unit goes off. |
| ❏ Make sure the display interface cable is connected to the display unit as well as |
| the media receiver unit. |
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Dark, poor or no picture | ❏ Adjust the Picture option in the Video menu (see page 110). |
(screen lit), good sound | ❏ Adjust the Brightness option in the Video menu (see page 110). |
| ❏ Check the antenna/cable connections. |
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No color/dark picture/color is | ❏ Adjust the Color option in the Video menu (see page 110). |
not correct |
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Only snow and noise appear on | ❏ Check the antenna/cable connections. |
the screen | ❏ Try another channel; it could be station trouble. |
| ❏ Press ANT to change the input mode (see page 62). |
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Dotted lines or stripes | ❏ Adjust the antenna. |
| ❏ Move the TV away from noise sources such as cars, neon signs, or hair dryers. |
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Double images | ❏ Using a highly directional outdoor antenna or a cable may solve the problem. |
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“Black box” on screen | ❏ You have selected a text option in the Setup menu and no text is available. (See |
| page 125 to reset Setup selections.) To turn off this feature, set the Caption |
| Vision option to Off. If you were trying to select closed captioning, select CC1 |
| instead of Text |
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Black bands appear at the top | ❏ Some |
and bottom of the screen | (this is especially common with theatrical releases). Your TV will show these |
| programs with black bands at the top and bottom of the screen. For more details, |
| check the documentation that came with your DVD (or contact your program |
| provider). |
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Certain programs on DVD or | ❏ The compression used by certain digital broadcasts and DVDs may cause your |
other digital sources display a | TV’s screen to display less detail than usual, or cause artifacts (small blocks or |
loss of detail, especially during | dots, pixelations) to appear on your screen. This is due to your TV’s large screen |
and ability to show very fine detail, and is normal for certain digitally recorded | |
| programs. Adjust the reality/clarity in the DRC Palette menu (see page 112) to |
| optimize the picture while viewing these sources. |
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The connected PC's screen is | ❏ Depending on the type of personal computer, its screen may not be displayed on |
not displayed on the TV screen | the TV screen because of the default signal setting. Change the signal setting of |
| your PC so that it outputs one of the signal types listed in the PC Input Signal |
| Compatibility Chart on page 129. For information on how to change the settings |
| of your PC, see its user guide. |
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