Sylvania DVL515SLD owner manual Troubleshooting Guide, Maintenance, Memo

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

Sometimes a performance problem can be easily solved by checking seemingly apparent but often over- looked possibilities. Before arranging for service, check these items. It could save your time and money.

QUICK SERVICE CHECK LIST

PROBLEM

On Screen

Distorted

RollsVertically

ReceptionChannelsSomeon

or StreaksPicturein

in picture

OK, PicturePoor

OK, SoundPoor

Picture orSound

colorscreenmarkson

orLuminousScreenpointon

Color

Picture

Blurred

MAINTENANCE

CABINET CLEANING

●Wipe the front panel and other exterior surfaces of the TV with a soft cloth immersed in lukewarm water and wrung dry.

●Never use a solvent or alcohol. Do not spray insecticide liquid near the TV. Such chemicals may cause damage and discoloration to the exposed surfaces.

PICTURE SCREEN CLEANING

If the liquid crystal display panel should require cleaning, wipe it with a cotton or soft cloth. Before cleaning the picture screen, disconnect the power cord.

POSSIBLE REMEDY Bars Picture Picture No Poor Weak Lines Ghosts Picture Sound Picture No Different Black

Try a new channel, if OK, then possible station trouble.

Is TV plugged in?

Power at outlet?

Is TV’s power on?

Is antenna or cable connected to terminal on the back of the set?

If outside antenna is being used, check for broken wire or loose connection.

Check for local interference.

Turn off the TV and then turn it on after about a minute.

Adjust COLOR control.

SUPPLIED ACCESSORIES

●Owner’s Manual (1EMN20549)

SPECIFICATIONS

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS	ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Television system: NTSC-M	Sound output:	1W, 8 ohm x 2
TV Standard

Adjust CONTRAST & BRIGHT control.

Move the TV away from the nearby appliances which generate a magnetic field.

Turn off using [POWER], then turn it on again 30 minutes later or so.

Temperature around is too low.

Life of the Back Light is approximately 50,000 hours. Ask the Service Center to replace.

It is quality of the LCD Panel.

Closed Caption Problem	Possible Remedy
Misspelled captions are shown.	Spelling errors may pass through uncorrected by the closed caption-
	ing production company in a live broadcast.
Text is not shown in its entirety	Captions that are delayed a few seconds behind the actual dialogue
or there is a delay of what is being said.	are common for live broadcasts. Most captioning production compa-
	nies can display a dialogue to a maximum of 220 words per minute.
	If a dialogue exceeds that rate, selective editing is used to insure that
	the captions remain up-to-date with the current TV screen dialogue.
Captions are scrambled with white boxes	Interference caused by building, power lines, thunderstorms, etc.
on the TV screen.	may cause scrambled or incomplete captions to appear.
No captions are displayed in a program	Broadcasters may use a time compression process to the actual pro-
which must contain closed caption.	gram so that additional advertising time can be given. In this case,
	captions will be lost since the decoder cannot read the compressed
	information.
No captions are displayed when playing a	The videotape may be either an illegal copy or the tape duplicating
prerecorded videotape with closed caption.	company may accidentally have left out the captioning signals dur-
	ing the copying process.
The TV screen shows a black box.	You are in TEXT mode. Select [CAPTION1], [CAPTION2] or
	[OFF].

The LCD panel is manufactured to provide many years of useful life. Occasionally a few non active pixels may appear as a tiny spec of color. This is not to be considered a defect in the LCD screen.

MEMO

Closed Caption
System:	§15.119/FCC
Channel coverage
VHF:	2 – 13
UHF:	14 – 69
CATV:	2 – 13, A – W,
	W+1 – W+84,
	A-5 – A-1, 5A
Tuning System:	181 channel
	frequency synthesized
	tuning system
Channel access:	Direct access keyboard,
	programmable
Terminals	scan and up/down
Antenna input:	VHF/UHF/CATV
	75 ohm unbalanced
	(F-type)
S-Video input:	Mini DIN 4-pin jack
Video input:	RCA connector x 1
Audio input:	RCA connector x 4

Component video input:

One pin jack (Y), 1Vpp (75 ohm)

Two pin jacks (Pr)/(Pb), 700mVpp (75 ohm)

Headphone:	1/8" stereo (3.5mm)
Stereo Sound System
2 speakers
2 ways AV input

OTHER SPECIFICATIONS

Operating

temperature: 5°C to 40°C (41°F – 104°F)

Power requirements: AC120V, 60Hz Power consumption

(Maximum): 45W

LCD:15"

Dimensions (H x W x D):

Photo Stand open	13-7/16" x 15-3/16" x 8-1/8"
	(341mm x 385mm x 206mm)
Photo Stand close	14-5/16" x 15-3/16" x 3-1/8"
	(363mm x 385mm x 80mm)

Weight:

With Photo Stand: 7.3 lbs. (3.3kg)

Without Photo Stand: 6.8 lbs. (3.1kg)

•Designs and specifications are subject to change without notice and without our legal obligation.

•If there is a discrepancy between languages, the default language will be English.