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Caring for Your TV
Trouble Checks
Before you call or take your unit to a Sears Service Center, look
below for the type of trouble you are experiencing.
Then
perform the simple checks and adjustments
listed for that
trouble.
TV will not turn on
Controls
don't work
Intermittent
or no remote
furns off while playing
If your TV is out of warranty,
these checks and adjustments could
save you time and the cost of an unneeded trip to the service center.
If service should be necessary,
the warranty
information
on the back
cover explains what your warranty covers and how to get service.
ustments
• Check to make sure TV is plugged in.
• Check the wall receptacle
(or extension
cord) to make sure it is "live" by
plugging
in something
else.
• Maybe batteries
in remote control are "dead".
Try replacing
batteries.
• Maybe remote control
was not aimed at remote sensor.
• Make sure power cord is fully inserted into back of TV.
• If using remote control, make sure remote is in "TV Mode" by first pressing
TV button.
• Try unplugging
set for two minutes and then turning it on again.
• Make sure power cord is fully inserted into back of TV.
• Maybe something
was between the remote and the remote sensor.
• Maybe the remote was not aimed directly at the component
(TV or VCR)
you were trying to control.
• Maybe remote is not in "TV Mode".
Press the TV button so remote will
control TV.
• Maybe batteries
in remote are weak or dead.
Try replacing
batteries.
• Maybe batteries
were installed
incorrectly.
Try replacing
batteries correctly.
SLEEP TIMER function
may have been activated.
ALARM
OFF function may have been activated.
Electronic
protection
circuit may have been activated
because
of a power
surge.
Wait 30 seconds and then turn on again.
If this happens
frequently,
the voltage in your house may be abnormally
high.
Make sure power cord is fully inserted
into back of TV.
Turns on unexpectedly
• ALARM
function may have been activated.
Alarm does not turn off TV at
• Check ALARM
ON/OFF
function.
Must be set to ON.
correct time
• Check to make sure CLOCK function is set to the correct time.
Blank Screen
• Maybe Channel 90, 91, or 92 selected,
but device connected
to those
INPUT jacks is not turned on.
• Try another channel.
No sound, picture okay
• Maybe sound is muted.
Try pressing
VOLUME
up button to restore sound.
• Maybe TV's speakers
are turned off. Check SPEAKERS
ON/OFF
function.
Can't select certain channel
Channel
may not be in Channel Memory.
Try pressing
number buttons.
If using VCR, check to make sure TV/VCR switch on VCR is in correct
position.
• To select cable channels
100 through
128, press number
button 1 until
1--
appears.
Then press other two number buttons.
CABLE/AIR
function
must
be in CABLE mode to select channels
higher than 69.
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