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MAINTENANCE
AND
TROUBLESHOOTING
BEFORE
CALLING
FOR SERVICE
Check these items and see if you can correct the trouble by changing the adjus':ment of a control or the setting of a switch.
these simple checks before calling for service, you may save time and motley.
By making
Problem
Try This
i
a Picture OK. Poor sound.
Re-orient antenna. Try another channel -- possible station trouble. Adjust
AUDIO MENU options.
Check for local inteflerence.
Is antenna/cable
connection loose?
ca Sound OK. Poor picture.
Re-orient
antenna. Try another channel -- pcssible
station n:ouble.
Adjust VIDEO MENU
options. Trouble
with cable-TV
system?
Is
antenna/cable
connection
loose?
ca No picture or sound.
Is TV on? Is there power in wall outlet? Is TV plugged in? Is anr.enna
hooked up? Is cable hooked
up? Trouble
with cable-TV
system? Check
auxiliary
audio/video
equipment.
Check channel selection.
Is the
channel blocked
by PARENTAL
CONTROI,?
Picture blurred
or distorted.
Ghost in picture.
Check antenna or cable hook up for broken wires. Try another channel
-- possible staticn trouble. Check for local interference.
ca No color, or poor color.
Is it a color progzam?
Check antenna or cable hook up for broken wires.
Adjust VIDEO MENU
options.
-_ No sound.
VOLUME
(VOL) setting may be too low. Check MUTE button
operation
on remote control,
Is Speaker EXT/INT switch set to EXT?
ca Cannot select certain channels.
Channels
may be: skipped in CH. ADD/DEL
option of SETUP MENU.
Use AUTO PROGRAM
a second time.
ca No closed captions
Are captions
available?
Is CAPTION
1, CAIrI'ION
2, CAPTION
3, OR
CAFq'ION
4 selected using the CAPTIONS
option on the SEIZIP MENU?
Black or blue box covers half of screen.
Is text information
available?
Is TEXT
1, TEXT 2, TEXT 13or TEXT 4
selected
in the CAPTIONS
option of the SEIUP
MENU.
ca No picture
or sound when VIDEO
1 or
Is audio/video
source hooked up properly'? Are all wires connec, ted to
VIDEO 2 source is selected.
VIDEO
1 IN or VIDEO 2 IN jacks on coan,ection
center?
No stereo sound or weak stereo sound
Check AUDIO raode. Was stereo sound present before
selecting
when using a stereo VCR.
VIDEO
1 or VIDEO 2 source?
o PIP inset frame is black or lacks contrast
Adjust PIP COLOR AND CONTRAST
settings in PIP MENU.
Are all
when selecting
VIDEO
1 for PIP inset,
wires connected
to VIDEO
1 IN.jacks on connection
center?
PIP inset frarae is "snowy"
when using ANT/
Is TV/VCR
switch on the VCR in the TV position?
CABLE
1 or 2 for PIP and VIDEO
1 for
main picture,
c_ No picture when using VIDEO
1 for PIP
Is TV/VCR
switch on the VCR in the TV position?
inset source and ANT/CABLE
1 or 2 for
main picture.
ca Remote
control does not work.
Are batteries
okay? Is TV turned ON? Ks remote in TV mode?
NOTES:
[] If your TV fails to respond
to the PICTURE
PREF. selection,
or to any o_:her menu selection,
you must reset the TV Simply dis-
connect the AC power cord from the power outlet. Wait a few minutes,
then plug the TV back into the power outlet. You will
have to reset the clock to the current time.
rn Unplugging
the "IV does not deactivate
the Parental
Control.
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