Sony KV-32HS500 Instructions: TV stand (primary manual) Operating Instructions Manual page 81

Video
Problem
No picture
(screen not lit), no sound
Dark, poor or no
picture (screen lit),
good sound
No color
Only snow and noise
appear on the screen
Dotted lines
or stripes
Double images or ghosts
"Black box" on screen
16:9 Enhanced feature
Audio
Problem
Good picture,
no sound
Cannot gain enough volume
when using a cable box
Sound seems weak or
insufficient
Cannot raise the volume on
external audio speakers
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Possible Remedies
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If your TV does not turn on, and a red light keeps flashing, your TV may
need service. Call your local Sony Service Center.
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Make sure the power cord is plugged in.
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Press the POWER button on the front of the TV.
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TV/VIDEO
Press the button to cycle through the connected video sources.
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Try another channel; it could be station trouble.
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Adjust the Picture option in the Video Menu (see page 62).
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Adjust the Brightness
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Check the antenna/cable connections.
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Adjust the Color option in the Video Menu (see page 62).
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Check the antenna/cable connections.
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Try another channel; it could be station trouble.
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Press ANT to change the input mode (see page 40).
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Adjust the antenna.
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Move the TV away from noise sources such as cars, neon signs, or hair-
dryers.
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Using a highly directional outdoor antenna or a cable may solve the
problem.
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You have selected a text option in the Setup Menu and no text is available.
(See page 72 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
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Auto
If the setting does not automatically detect the 16:9 signal from your
DVD player, select On
details, see page 73.
Possible Remedies
❏
Press MUTING so that the word
40).
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Speaker
Make sure the
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Increase the volume of the cable box using the cable box's remote control.
Then press TV FUNCTION
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The TV's audio might be set to
to Stereo. In the Audio Menu (see page 64), set the
already set to Stereo,
during weak stereo broadcasts).
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Speaker
If the option is set to
order to output the sound to your audio system) use your audio receiver to
adjust the sound (see page 64). Or, to use the TV remote control, set the
Audio Out option to Variable.
❏
To turn on the TV speakers, set the
option in the Video Menu (see page 62).
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to manually turn on the 16:9 Enhanced feature. For
Muting disappears from the screen (see page
On
option is set to in the Audio Menu (see page 65).
and adjust the TV's volume.
Auto SAP or Mono, when it might be better set
switch to Mono (which may reduce background noise
Off Audio Out
and the
Speaker
option to
MTS setting to Stereo. If
Fixed
option is set to (in
On
(see page 64).