Press MENU, then select TUNER PRESET and press EXECUTE. Select CHANNEL SET.

Disabling unwanted programme positions

After tuning the TV channels, you can disable unused programme positions. The disabled positions will be skipped later when you press the PROG +/– buttons.

1

2

3 Press PROG +/– until the programme position you want to disable appears beside “PROG” on the TV screen.

4 Press programme number button “0” twice to display the number “0” beside CHANNEL SET.

5 Repeat steps 3 and 4 for other positions you want to disable.

6 Press EXECUTE.

If the picture is not clear

Normally, the Auto Fine Tuning (AFT) function automatically tunes in channels clearly. If, however, the picture is not clear, you may also use the manual tuning function.

1 Press PROG +/– to select the programme position for which you cannot obtain a clear picture.

2 Press MENU, then select TUNER PRESET and press EXECUTE.

3 Select FINE TUNING. The fine tuning meter appears.

TUNER PRESET

 

 

PROG14

Selected programme

NORMAL / CATV

• NORM

CATV

position

AUTO PRESET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CHANNEL SET

35

 

 

 

 

AFT

• ON

 

OFF

 

FINE TUNING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SET : []

4 Press CURSOR ?// to get a clearer picture, then press EXECUTE.

Note that the AFT (Auto Fine Tuning) setting switches to OFF.

Note

The menu disappears automatically if you don’t proceed for more than a few minutes.

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Sony SLV-X717PS, SLV-X817ME, SLV-X717ME, SLV-X717SG Disabling unwanted programme positions, If the picture is not clear

SLV-X817ME, SLV-X717PS, SLV-X717SG, SLV-X817PS, SLV-X717ME specifications

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