Watching Two Programs at One Time The model and serial numbers are located at the rear Connecting to an S Video equipped VCR of the TV, below the Sony logo, on the sticker, and – PIP/P&P (Twin View ) ....18 with a cable box .........
Remote Control Getting to know the buttons on the remote control In the instructions that follow, we will POWER refer to the buttons on your remote control. (page 16) Names of the buttons on the remote control are MUTING Keep this flap unfolded and use this page MUTING POWER (page 16)
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WARNING CAUTION interference in a residential installation. This When using TV games, computers, and similar products To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the TV with your TV, keep the brightness and contrast equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio to rain or moisture.
Welcome! Precautions Using This Manual Safety Thank you for purchasing the Sony Trinitron ® This manual is divided into four major Color TV. This manual is for models sections. We recommend that you carefully • Operate the TV only on 120 V AC...
AC Power cord • Cable Sony connector for S-Link and CONTROL S connections. These features are exclusive to Connector Types Sony products, and allow greater control of all 300-ohm twin (Rear of TV) • VHF only VHF/UHF lead cable You may find it necessary to use some of the Sony equipment.
CATV cable selection through your cable box, you Notes: should consider using the CHANNEL FIX • You may be able to program your Sony (No connection "TO feature. (see “CHANNEL SET UP” on CONVERTER" in this case) remote control to operate your cable box.
Connecting and Installing the TV (continued) Disconnect all power sources before making any connections. Connecting an antenna/cable TV (Rear of TV) system with a VCR VIDEO IN Attach the coaxial connector from your cable or antenna to IN on your VCR. S VIDEO CONVERTER B–Y...
Disconnect all power sources before making any connections. Connecting a VCR and TV with a (Rear of TV) cable box VIDEO IN Connect the single (input) jack of the Splitter to your incoming cable connection, S VIDEO CONVERTER B–Y Coaxial cable and connect the other two (output) jacks VIDEO R–Y...
Connecting and Installing the TV (continued) Disconnect all power sources before making any connections. Connecting a DBS (Direct Broadcast (Rear of TV) Satellite) receiver VIDEO IN Connect the cable from your satellite antenna to your DBS receiver. S VIDEO CONVERTER B–Y Attach the coaxial connector from your cable or DBS receiver...
Disconnect all power sources before making any connections. Connecting an audio system (Rear of TV) For more dynamic sound, connect your audio VIDEO IN system to your TV. S VIDEO B–Y Using AUDIO connectors, connect AUDIO MONITOR AUDIO ( VAR/FIX ) RK-74A AUDIO-L (white) VIDEO...
Connecting and Installing the TV (continued) Disconnect all power sources before making any connections. Connecting two VCRs for tape editing using MONITOR OUT (Rear of TV) MONITOR OUT gives you the ability to use a VIDEO IN second VCR to record a program being played by the primary VCR or to perform tape S VIDEO B–Y...
Disconnect all power sources before making any connections. Connecting a DVD Player (Upper (Rear of TV) illustration) VIDEO IN LINE OUT S VIDEO OUT COMPONENT VIDEO OUT S-LINK DIGITAL OUT Using AUDIO/VIDEO connectors, connect R–AUDIO 1–L VIDEO OPTICAL COAXIAL S VIDEO VIDEO 1 IN on your TV to LINE OUT on B–Y your DVD Player.
Connecting and Installing the TV (continued) Disconnect all power sources before making any connections. Connecting a camcorder Use this connection to view a picture directly from your camcorder. VIDEO (yellow) VIDEO Using AUDIO/VIDEO connectors, connect AUDIO-L (white) S VIDEO AUDIO and VIDEO OUT on your camcorder VIDEO to AUDIO and VIDEO IN on the front panel (MONO)
PLAY on S VIDEO AUDIO-R (red) B–Y MONITOR AUDIO S-LINK AUDIO-L (white) (VAR/FIX) your Sony S-Link VCR. It also allows you to VIDEO R–Y VIDEO VIDEO (yellow) (black) turn the VCR and TV off at the same time (MONO) (MONO) with the SYSTEM OFF button.
Disconnect all power sources before making any connections. Using the CONTROL S feature CONTROL S allows you to control your TV (Rear of TV) and other Sony equipment with one remote VIDEO IN control. To control other Sony equipment with your S VIDEO B–Y...
CAUTION • The ultrasonic sensor may detect movement, Using the Console Box drafts, vibrations, sound waves, or electronic • Do not connect the console AC power cord (KV-35XBR88 only) signals that will cause the doors to open to a wall outlet until you have completed inadvertently.
Basic Set up Inserting Batteries Using the Remote Control On Line Help/Instructions Joystick Insert two size AA (R6) batteries (supplied) by Several menu windows will provide prompts matching the + and – on the batteries to the and instructions to assist you in navigating diagram inside the battery compartment.
Using your New TV “AUTO PROGRAM” appears and the TV Press POWER to turn on the TV. Setting Up the TV starts scanning and presetting channels The EASY SETUP GUIDE screen appears. Automatically automatically. When all the receivable POWER channels are stored, the lowest numbered ENGLISH : [ CH + ] The EASY SETUP GUIDE feature will allow...
Using your New TV (continued) Watching the TV REFER TO THE Many TV features can be accessed directly ILLUSTRATION OF THE REMOTE CONTROL ON THE through the remote control. The following INSIDE FRONT COVER OF chart will explain the function of some THIS MANUAL AS YOU buttons found on your remote control.
CAPTION VISION Using the White Labeled Buttons for TV Operations. CAPTION VISION SLEEP Press repeatedly until the TV displays the approximate time in minutes (30, 60, TEXT 1 (Closed Caption) TEXT 2 or 90) that you want the TV to remain on before shutting off automatically. TEXT 3 TEXT 4 Cancel by pressing until “SLEEP OFF”...
Using your New TV (continued) Watching Two Programs at One Time — PIP/P&P (Twin View REFER TO THE ILLUSTRATION OF The Picture-in-Picture (PIP) feature allows you THE REMOTE CONTROL ON THE to view two channels simultaneously, one in INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS the full size “main”...
Notes: Using the Yellow Labeled Buttons for PIP Operations. • The channel being received through the CH + AUX jack cannot be displayed as a Press to change the TV channel in the secondary picture (+ to increase the channel number window picture.
Using your New TV (continued) • If one of the pictures received through When you find a channel that you wish to Using CHANNEL INDEX CHANNEL INDEX is snowy, the entire view, use the joystick to move the yellow screen may become unstable. In this case, You can use the CHANNEL INDEX feature to frame to that picture and press erase the snowy channel using CHANNEL...
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REFER TO THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE Using the Yellow Labeled Buttons for CHANNEL INDEX Operations. REMOTE CONTROL ON THE INSIDE Some control buttons are located under the cover FRONT COVER OF THIS MANUAL AS on the top of the remote control. YOU REVIEW THIS CHART Press to display the next twelve receivable channels.
Adjusting your SET UP (menus) Press up or down on the joystick until the Press up or down on the joystick to make Learning Menu Selection cursor points to the desired option. your selection and and press activate it. Use the MENU button to access a menu and use the joystick to alter settings.
Using the VIDEO Menu MODE You can set different VIDEO MENU values for each MODE and store them in memory. Select each MODE individually when restoring it to the factory setting. Customized picture VIDEO DYNAMIC: Select for enhanced picture contrast and sharpness. viewing MODE : DYNAMIC PICTURE...
Adjusting your SET UP (menus) (continued) Using the AUDIO Menu TREBLE Adjust slider right (up) to increase high pitched sounds. Adjust slider left (down) to decrease high pitched sounds. Sound Adjustment AUDIO TREBLE BASS Adjust slider right (up) to increase low pitched sounds. BASS Sliders BALANCE...
Using the TIMER Menu Spring: Select YES to compensate for Daylight Saving Time. DAYLIGHT The current time automatically moves ahead one hour. SAVING TIMER Fall: Select NO at the end of Daylight Saving Time. Automatically adjusts DAYLIGHT SAVING : YES CURRENT TIME SET The current time moves back one hour.
Adjusting your SET UP (menus) (continued) Using the SET UP Menu CHANNEL SET UP CHANNEL With the CHANNEL SET UP window open: CABLE : CHANNEL FIX : OFF SET UP 1 Use the joystick to select the feature you want to change. AUTO PROGRAM CHANNEL ERASE / ADD SET UP...
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FAVORITE The FAVORITE CHANNEL feature provides a multi-picture presentation to CHANNEL enable direct channel selection. (For details on how to set up this feature, see "Setting and Selecting User's favorite FAVORITE CHANNEL" on page 28) channels VIDEO LABEL VIDEO LABEL This feature allows you to label each input mode so that VIDEO VIDEO 1...
Adjusting your SET UP (menus) (continued) Press MENU when you are done. Setting and Selecting FAVORITE CHANNEL Your favorite channels are now ready to The FAVORITE CHANNEL feature of your Select MODE and press use. new TV provides a multi-picture presentation Press up or down on the joystick to Resetting FAVORITE CHANNEL to enable direct channel selection.
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Using FAVORITE CHANNEL When you find a channel that you wish to Notes: • You cannot move the yellow frame until view, use the joystick to move the yellow You can use the FAVORITE CHANNEL all of the surrounding pictures appear. frame to that picture.
Adjusting your SET UP (menus) (continued) REFER TO THE ILLUSTRATION OF THE Setting and Selecting FAVORITE CHANNEL (continued) REMOTE CONTROL ON THE INSIDE FRONT COVER OF THIS MANUAL AS Using the Yellow Labeled Buttons for FAVORITE CHANNEL Operations. YOU REVIEW THIS CHART Some control buttons are located under the cover on the top of the remote control.
Your CUSTOMIZED MENU will now operate The menu for selection will appear. Customizing the Menu the same as any of the standard menus. CUSTOMIZED MENU MODE You have the option of creating a custom PICTURE CUSTOMIZED MENU menu including up to seven of the menu COLOR MODE : STANDARD BRIGHTNESS...
• In some rare cases, you may not be able to operate your different tracks of To change input Press TV/VTR. non-Sony video equipment with the supplied remote an audio disc mode control. In this case, please use the equipment's own...
RCA/PROSCAN code number (see the following chart), then To operate the TV press ENTER. Press TV (FUNCTION). Then use the TV For example, to operate a Sony DBS receiver: control buttons to control the TV. FUNCTION ENTER CODE SET DBS/CABLE...
Troubleshooting Dark, poor or no picture (screen lit), good Cannot receive upper channels (UHF) when Troubleshooting sound using an antenna No picture (screen not lit), no sound • Adjust PICTURE in the VIDEO menu. • Make sure CABLE is OFF in the SET UP (see “PICTURE”...
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Troubleshooting (continued) TV is fixed to one channel • Make sure CABLE is ON in the SET UP menu. The CUSTOMIZED MENU does not appear (see “CHANNEL SET UP” on page 26) when you press MENU • Try turning CHANNEL FIX off. •...
The SRS (r) (SOUND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM) is American TV standard kilohms manufactured by Sony Corporation under license Channel coverage from SRS Labs, Inc. It is covered by U.S. Patent No. More than 408 mVrms at the maximum volume VHF: 2–13/UHF: 14 –69/CATV: 1 – 125 setting (variable) 4,748,669.
Index CHANNEL BLOCK ..........25 AC Power cord ............. 2 CHANNEL CAPTION ..........26 EASY SETUP GUIDE ..........15 CHANNEL ERASE/ADD ........26 AC outlets ..............13 Editing using MONITOR OUT ........8 CHANNEL FIX ............26 Adjusting your SET UP ..........22 EFFECT CHANNEL INDEX ...........
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FREEZE ..............19 M, N T, U POSITION .............. 19 TILT CORRECTION ..........27 MDP operation ............33 SWAP ..............19 Menu selection ............22 TIMER menu operations ........25 TV/VIDEO ............18 MODE TREBLE ............... 24 TRINITONE ..............23 DYNAMIC .............