SONY KVPG - Owner's Manual Immediate Download

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A Getting Started

Plug in the power cord, then press ! on the TV to

turn it on.

Press SELECT and PROGR + on the TV at the same time

for one to two seconds to preset the channels

automatically. (See J)

Tip

· To stop the automatic channel presetting, press SELECT twice.

Press SELECT on the remote until "LANGUAGE/

ENGLISH" appears on the screen, then press + or to

change the on-screen display language.

Connect the antenna cable (not supplied) to 8 at the

rear of the TV.

Tip

· You can also connect your TV to other optional components.

(See E)

Step 1

Insert the batteries (supplied) into the remote.

Note

· Do not use old batteries nor use different types of batteries

together.

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

PROGR

SELECT

B WARNING

· Dangerously high voltages are present inside the TV.

· TV operating voltage: 220 240 V AC.

· Do not plug in the power cord until you have completed making all other connections;

otherwise a minimum leakage current might flow through the antenna and other terminals to

ground.

· To avoid battery leakage and damage to the remote, remove the batteries from the remote if

you are not going to use it for several days. If any liquid that leaks from the batteries touches

you, immediately wash it away with water.

To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose

the TV to rain or moisture.

Do not operate the TV if any liquid or solid object

falls into it. Have it checked immediately by

qualified personnel only.

Do not open the cabinet and the rear cover of the

TV as high voltages and other hazards are

present inside the TV. Refer servicing and

disposal of the TV to qualified personnel.

Your TV is recommended for home use only.

Do not use the TV in any vehicle or where it may

be subject to excessive dust, heat, moisture or

vibrations.

Do not block the ventilation openings of the TV.

Do not install the TV in a confined space, such

as a bookcase or built-in cabinet.

For children's safety, do not leave children alone

with the TV. Do not allow children to climb onto

it.

Clean the TV with a dry and soft cloth. Do not use

benzine, thinner, or any other chemicals to clean

the TV. Do not scratch the picture tube.

For your own safety, do not touch any part of the

TV, the power cord and the antenna cable during

lightning storms.

PROGR

SELECT

D TV front and rear panels

TV front panel

TV rear panel

Button

Function

1 !

Turn off completely or turn on the TV.

Remote control sensor.

3 1

Standby indicator.

Wake Up indicator.

4 PROGR +/

Select program number.

5 2 +/ *

Adjust volume.

6 t

Select TV or video input.

7 SELECT

Select the desired item.

Earphone terminal.

9, qa t

Video input terminal.

0 8

Antenna terminal.

qs T

Monitor output terminal.

* You can also use the 2 +/ buttons on the TV to work as the +/ buttons on the remote.

Do not install the TV in an unstable position.

Use a proper TV stand.

Do not place any objects on the TV.

C Securing the TV

B KV-PG21P10 only

To prevent the TV from falling, use the supplied screws, clamps and band to secure the TV.

Screw the band to the TV stand and to the

provided hole at the rear of your TV.

(1) Put a cord or chain through the

clamps.

(2) Screw one clamp to a wall or pillar

and the other clamp to the provided

hole at the rear of your TV.

Note

· Use only the supplied screws. Use of other screws may damage the TV.

20 mm

3.8 mm

screws

clamps

band

Do not plug in too many appliances to the same

power socket. Do not damage the power cord.

Pull the power cord out by the plug. Do not pull

the power cord itself. Even if your TV is turned

off, it is still connected to the AC power source

(mains) as long as the power cord is plugged in.

Unplug the TV before moving it or if you are not

going to use it for several days.

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E Connecting optional components

Connecting to the video input terminal ( t )

TV front panel

Camcorder

Audio/Video cable

(not supplied)

Note

· Do not connect video equipment to t (video input) at the front and the rear of your TV at

the same time; otherwise the picture will not be displayed properly on the screen.

TV rear panel

Audio/Video cable

(not supplied)

Connecting to the monitor output terminal (T)

VCR

Video game

equipment

VCR

Audio system

Audio/Video cable

(not supplied)

TV rear panel

Antenna cable

(not supplied)

F Troubleshooting

If you find any problem while viewing your TV, please check the following

guide. If any problem persists, contact your Sony dealer.

Snowy picture,

noisy sound

No picture, no sound

Good picture, no sound

Dotted lines or stripes

Double images or

"ghosts"

No color

Abnormal color

patches

The 1 (standby)

indicator on your TV

flashes red several

times after every

three seconds.

TV cabinet creaks.

A "boom" sound is

heard when the TV is

turned on.

Symptom

Solutions

· Check the antenna cable and connection on the TV, VCR and on the wall.

· Preset the channel manually again. (See J)

· Check the antenna setup. Contact a Sony dealer for advice.

· Check the power cord, antenna and the VCR connections.

· Press ?/1 (power) or ! (main power) to turn on the TV.

· Press 2 + to increase the volume level.

· Press % to cancel the muting.

· Do not use a hair dryer or other equipment near the TV.

· Check the antenna setup. Contact a Sony dealer for advice.

· Use the fine tuning ("FINE") function. (See J)

· Turn off or disconnect the booster if it is in use.

· Check the antenna setup. Contact a Sony dealer for advice.

· Select the appropriate color system. (See J)

· Adjust the color level. (See K)

· Check the antenna setup. Contact a Sony dealer for advice.

· Keep external speakers or other electrical equipment away from the TV.

Press ! (main power) to turn off the TV for about 15 minutes, then turn

it on again to demagnetize the TV.

· Count the number of times the 1 (standby) indicator flashes. Press !

(main power) to turn off your TV. Contact your nearest Sony service

center.

· Changes in room temperature sometimes make the TV cabinet expand or

contract, making a noise. This does not indicate a malfunction.

· The TV's demagnetizing function is working. This does not indicate a

malfunction.

H Remote control

Button

Function

1 ?/1

Turn off temporarily or

turn on the TV.

Display the TV program.

3 JUMP

Jump to previous

channel.

4 PROGR +/

Select program number.

5 2

Adjust volume.

6 SELECT

Select the desired item.

7 PIC MODE

Select picture mode.

9 +/

Adjust items.

Display on-screen

information.

qa %

Mute the sound.

Select TV or video input.

qf 0 9, ÷

Input numbers.

Timer operations

Set TV to turn on

automatically.

Set TV to turn off

automatically.

qg SOUND MODE

Not function for your TV.

qh A/B

Not function for your TV.

Teletext operations

8 x (red, green,

yellow, blue)

Not function for your TV.

ql FAVORITE

Not function for your TV.

See

JUMP

SOUND

MODE

FAVORITE

PROGR

I Setting the timers

You can turn on and off your TV by using the

and

buttons respectively.

Setting the Wake Up timer

1 Press until the desired period of time appears

on the screen.

The Wake Up timer starts immediately after you

have set it.

2 Select the TV channel or video input you want

to wake up to.

3 Press \/1, or set the Sleep timer if you want

the TV to turn off automatically.

The

indicator on the TV lights up orange when

the TV goes into standby mode.

Setting the Sleep timer

Press

until the desired period of time appears

on the screen.

The Sleep timer starts immediately after you have

set it.

Notes

· You can also cancel the Wake Up and Sleep timers by turning off the TV's main power.

· If no buttons or controls are pressed for more than two hours after the TV is turned on using

the Wake Up timer, the TV automatically goes into standby mode.

JUMP

SOUND

MODE

FAVORITE

PROGR

WAKE UP TIMER:0H10M

WAKE UP TIMER:OFF

WAKE UP TIMER:12H00M

(After 10 minutes)

(No Wake Up timer)

(After 12 hours)

SLEEP TIMER:30M

SLEEP TIMER:60M

SLEEP TIMER:OFF

SLEEP TIMER:90M

(After 30 minutes)

(No Sleep timer)

(After 60 minutes)

(After 90 minutes)

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J Presetting channels

You can automatically preset up to 100 TV channels in numerical sequence

from program number 1, or manually preset desired channels and channels

that cannot be preset automatically.

Presetting channels automatically

from a specified program number

1 Press SELECT until "AUTO PROGRAM" appears

on the screen.

2 Press + or once to enter the "AUTO

PROGRAM" mode.

The on-screen display will start flashing.

3 Press PROGR +/ or the number buttons until

the desired program number appears on the

screen.

4 Press + or to start presetting channels

automatically.

Presetting channels manually

1 Press SELECT until "MANUAL PROGRAM"

appears on the screen.

2 Press + or once to enter the "MANUAL

PROGRAM" mode.

3 Press PROGR +/ or the number buttons until

the desired program number appears on the

screen.

4 Press + or until the desired channel picture

appears on the screen.

5 To preset other channels manually, repeat steps

3 to 4.

Number

buttons

SELECT

PROGR +/

+ or

PIC MODE

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SOUND

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FAVORITE

PROGR

Presetting channels (continued)

To change the color system setting

If the color is abnormal when receiving programs through the 8 (antenna) terminal

or the t (video input) terminal.

(1) Press SELECT until "COLOR SYS" appears on the screen.

(2) Press + or to select the appropriate color system until the color is optimal.

AUTO

PAL

NTSC3.58

NTSC4.43

To skip program numbers

(1) Press PROGR +/ or the number buttons until the unused or unwanted program

number appears on the screen.

(2) Press SELECT until "MANUAL PROGRAM" appears on the screen.

(3) Press + or once to enter the "MANUAL PROGRAM" mode.

(4) Press PIC MODE to skip the unused or unwanted program number.

(5) Press SELECT to exit the "MANUAL PROGRAM" mode.

Note

· To restore the skipped program number again, preset the channel automatically or manually.

To use the fine tuning function

The fine tuning (FINE) function may help to reduce the following problems: double

images and lines moving across the TV screen.

You can use the fine tuning function as below:

(1) Select the program number you want to adjust.

(2) Press SELECT until "MANUAL PROGRAM" appears on the screen.

(3) Press + or once to enter the "MANUAL PROGRAM" mode.

(4) Press

to display "FINE" on the screen.

(5) Press + or continuously until the above problems are minimized.

The + or icon on the screen flashes while tuning.

(6) Press SELECT to exit the "MANUAL PROGRAM" mode.

K Customizing the picture

You can customize the picture by selecting the picture mode or by adjusting its

settings.

Selecting the picture mode

Press PIC MODE to select the desired picture mode.

Select

"DYNAMIC"

view high contrast pictures.

"STANDARD"

view normal contrast pictures.

"SOFT"

view mild pictures.

Adjusting the picture setting

1 Press SELECT until the desired setting appears.

Each time you press SELECT, the setting item will

change as follows:

2 Press + or to adjust the item.

3 To adjust other items, repeat steps 1 to 2.

Notes

·"HUE" can be adjusted for the NTSC color system only.

· Reducing "SHARP" can also reduce picture noise.

PIC MODE

SELECT

+ or

PICTURE

COLOR

BRIGHT

HUE

SHARP

JUMP

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L Adjusting the picture position

B KV-PG21P10 only

If the picture is slanting, you can adjust the picture position using the

"PIC ROTATION" function until it is optimal.

1 Press SELECT repeatedly until "PIC ROTATION"

appears on the screen.

2 Press + or to adjust the picture position.

The + or

icon on the screen flashes while

adjusting.

Note

· To reduce the slanting picture, keep external speakers or other electrical equipment away

from the TV.

+ or

SELECT

Slanting

Optimal

FAVORITE

Good morning

Good morning!

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NICAM

(Stereo sound)

MONO

(Regular sound)

NICAM MAIN

(Main sound)

NICAM SUB

(Sub sound)

MONO

(Regular sound)

NICAM MAIN

(Main sound)

MONO

(Regular sound)

MONO

(Regular sound)

STEREO

(Stereo sound)

M Enjoying stereo or bilingual

programs

B Not function for your TV

You can enjoy stereo sound or bilingual programs of NICAM and A2 stereo

systems by using the A/B button.

Notes

· If the stereo sound is noisy when receiving a stereo program, select "MONO". The sound

becomes monaural, but the noise is reduced.

· If the sound is distorted when receiving a monaural program through the 8 (antenna)

terminal, press A/B repeatedly until "MONO" appears on the screen. To cancel the monaural

sound setting, press A/B again until "AUTO" appears on the screen.

MAIN

(Main sound)

SUB

(Sub sound)

When receiving a NICAM program

Broadcasting

On-screen display (Selected sound)

NICAM

stereo

NICAM

bilingual

NICAM

monaural

When receiving an A2 program

Broadcasting

On-screen display (Selected sound)

stereo

bilingual

A/B

JUMP

SOUND

MODE

FAVORITE

PROGR

N Viewing Teletext

B Not function for your TV

Some TV stations broadcast an information service called Teletext which

allows you to receive various information, such as stock market reports and

news.

You can use the buttons on the remote to view Teletext.

Do this

display a Teletext

Press

. Each time you press

, the

page on the

screen changes as follows:

TV picture

Teletext t Teletext and TV t TV.

If there is no Teletext broadcast, "100" is

displayed at the top left corner of the

screen.

check the contents

Press

of a Teletext service

An overview of the Teletext contents,

including page numbers, appears on the

screen.

select a Teletext page Press the number buttons to enter the

three-digit page number of the desired

Teletext page. If you make a mistake,

reenter the correct page number. To

access the next or previous page, press

PROGR +/.

hold (pause) a

Press

to display the symbol "z" at

Teletext display

the top left corner of the screen. To

resume normal Teletext viewing, press

reveal concealed

Press

information (e.g.,

To conceal the information, press the

an answer to a quiz)

button again.

enlarge the Teletext

Press

. Each time you press

, the

display

Teletext display changes as follows:

Enlarge upper half t Enlarge lower half

t Normal size.

stand by for a Teletext 1 Enter the Teletext page number that

page while watching

you want to refer to, then press

a TV program

2 When the page number is displayed,

press

to show the text.

select a FASTEXT

Press x (red, green, yellow and blue)

menu or the colored

that corresponds to the desired menu or

boxes

page number.

turn off Teletext

Press a.

Note

· The FASTEXT feature can be used only when the FASTEXT broadcast is available.

JUMP

SOUND

MODE

FAVORITE

PROGR

(red,

green,

yellow,

blue)