Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Table 5-1. Troubleshooting Chart (continued)

Symptom

Possible Cause(s)

Solution

Image appears “washed out” and/or dark areas appear too bright.

Black or white dots appear on all channels or a specific channel.

• Brightness is set too high.

• Lower the brightness

 

setting.

• Antenna or cable TV source

• Check the antenna or cable

is connected incorrectly or

TV connection.

not at all.

 

• Broadcast signal is weak.

• If using an off-air antenna,

 

adjust its position or

 

location.

Colors in the image are

• The Red/Pr, Green/Y or

• Ensure that the source

swapped; for example, reds

Blue/Pb outputs from the

outputs are connected to

appear blue or vice versa.

source are connected to the

the correct DView input.

 

wrong inputs on the DView.

 

 

 

 

RGB-HD images appear

• Clock and Phase settings

• Manually adjust Clock and

“noisy.”

need adjustment.

Phase settings, or perform

 

 

an Auto-Adjust (refer to PC

 

 

Mode Adjust on page 35).

 

 

 

“Out of range” appears

• The resolution and

• Select a compatible

on-screen.

frequency of the video card

resolution and vertical

 

in the computer are not

frequency (refer to

 

compatible with the DView.

Computer/Video Signal

 

 

Compatibility on page 54).

 

 

 

The image is too large or too

• Image size needs adjusting.

• Adjust the image size (refer

small.

 

to PC Mode Adjust on

 

 

page 35).

 

 

 

Poor broadcast sound quality.

• The sound quality of a

• Use the MTS/SAP button

 

stereo broadcast may be

on the remote control to

 

unstable in an area with a

select mono.

 

weak signal.

 

 

 

 

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VL-32HD, VL-26HD specifications

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