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No picture
(screen
not lit), no
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If your TV does not turn on and the POWER
LED keeps blinking
in red, your TV
sound
may need service.
Call your local Sony Service
Center.
Make sure the power cord is plugged
in.
1_
Press POWER
on the front of the TV.
1_
Press TV/VIDEO
to cycle through
the connected
video sources.
Try another
channel;
it could
be station trouble.
Dark, poor or no picture
_
Adjust the Picture
Mode
option
in the Picture
setting (see page 34).
(screen
lit), good sound
_
Adjust the
Brightness
option
in the Picture
setting (see page 34).
1_
Check
the antenna/cable
connections.
No color/dark
picture/color
is
1_
Adjust
the Color option
in the Picture
setting (see page 34).
not correct
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If you set the Power
Saving
option
to On, it will enhance
the black level.
The TV iiirns off aiiioii_aiicaiiy
_
Check
if ihe Sieep opiion is i_cii_i_iectl or confiri_ ihe Duraiion seiiingof Timer
(page 46).
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If the temperature
is too high, the TV may also turn off after a warning
message
is
displayed.
Only snow and noise appear on 1_
Check
the antenna/cable
connections.
the screen
1_
Try another
channel;
it could
be station trouble.
[_
Press ANT to change
the input mode
(see page 22).
Dotted lines or stripes
_
Move the TV away from noise sources
such as cars, neon signs, or hair dryers.
1_
If using 300 ohm twin lead, move the excess
lead away from the TV or try using
75 ohm coaxial
cable instead.
Double
images
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Using a highly
directional
outdoor
antenna
or a cable may soh.'e the problem.
"Black
box" on screen
_
You have selected
a text option in the
Caption Vision (CC)
feature
in the Setup
setting and no text is available
(see pages 45 and 48). To turn off this feature,
set
the
Caption Vision (CC)
option
to OIL If you were trying to select closed
captioning,
select CC1 instead of Text 1-4.
Wide
Mode
changes
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The current
Wide Mocte setting is automatically
replaced
with the 4:3 Default
automatically
setting when you change
the channel
or video input, if 4:3 Default
in the Screen
settings
is set to other than Off. If you want to lock in the Wide
Mode
selected
with the WIDE button,
set 4:3 Default
to Off in the Screen
settings
(see page 40).
1_
Check
the Auto Wide
option
in the Screen
settings
(see page 39).
Black bands appear at the top
[_
Some wide-screen
programs
are fihned
in aspect
ratios that are greater
than 16:9
and bottom of the screen
(this is especially
common
with theatrical
releases).
Your TV will show these
programs
with black bands at the top and bottom of the screen.
For more details,
check the documentation
that came with yonr DVD (or contact
your program
provider).
Certain
programs
on DVD or
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The compression
used by certain
digital broadcasts
and DVDs may cause your
other digital
sources display
a
TV's
screen to display
less detail than usual, or cause artifacts
(small blocks
or
loss of detail,
especially
during
clots, pixelations)
to appear on your screen.
This is due to your TV's large screen
fast-motion
or dark scenes
and ability to show very fine detail,
and is normal
for certain digitally
recorded
programs.
Adjust the
Fteality/Clarity
in the DFtC
Palette
setting (see page 35) to
optimize
the picture
while viewing
these sources.
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