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KDF-E42/50A11E
RM-ED002
3
0
GB
Tunes in all
the availa
ble analogue
channels.
Usually you do
no
t
ne
ed
to
do this operation be
cause
the channels
are already tuned
when
the TV was
first
installed
(p
age
13). Ho
wever
, this option
allows you to repeat
the process
(e.g.,
to
retune
the TV after m
oving house,
or to search for a new channels
that
have been
launched by broadcasters).
1
Press OK to select “Auto Tuning”.
2
Follow step 1 of
“Auto-tu
ning
the TV” (page 13).
When all available
analogue channels have
been tun
ed,
the TV returns
to
nor
mal
operation.
Changes the
or
der in which
the anal
ogu
e channels ar
e stored
on the
TV.
1
Press OK to select
“Programme Sorting”.
2
Press
M
/
m
to
select the
cha
nnel you want to
move to
a new position,
th
e
n
pr
es
s
O
K
.
3
Press
M
/
m
to select
the new position
for
your channel, then press OK.
Repeat the
pro
cedure in step
s 2 and 3
to
move
other cha
nnels
if
requir
ed.
Auto Tuning (Analogue mode only)
Programme Sorting (Analogue mode only)
3
1
GB
Using the Menu
Assigns a chan
nel name of
your
cho
ice u
p to
five
letters or
numbers. The
name
will b
e
displayed briefly on the screen when
the channel is selected.
(Names
for channels are usually
taken
automatically
fr
om Text (if available).)
1
Press OK to select
“Programme Labels”.
2
Press
M
/
m
to
se
lect t
he
cha
nne
l yo
u wa
nt
to
n
ame
, t
he
n pre
ss OK.
3
Press
M
/
m
/
<
/
,
to se
lect th
e
d
e
sire
d lette
r or num
ber
(
“
s
” fo
r a
bla
nk
space), then
press OK.
If you in
put
a wron
g
ch
aracter
Press
M
/m
/<
/,
to se
le
ct
%
/5
and
press OK
repeatedly until th
e
wr
ong char
acter
is
se
le
cte
d. T
hen,
pres
s
M
/m
/<
/,
to sel
ect
the co
rrect character
and press
OK.
4
Repeat the procedure
in step
3
until the name is
complete.
5
Press
M
/
m
/
<
/
,
to s
e
lect
“End,”
then press
OK.
Do
the followin
g options.
1
Press OK to select “AV
Preset”.
2
Press
M
/
m
to
select the
desired input
source, then press OK.
3
Pres
s O
K
. Then press
M
/
m
to select the
desired
option below, then
press OK.
Before selecting “L
abel”/“AFT”/“Audio Filt
er”/“Skip”/“Decoder”/”
ATT”, press PROG +/-
to select
the prog
ramme number
with the
channel.
You
cannot
select a pr
ogramme nu
mber
th
at is set to skip (page 33).
1
Press OK to select “Man
ual Programme
Preset”.
2
Press
M
/
m
to
select one of the following
options,
then press
OK.
Programme Labels (Analogue mode only)
AV Preset
O
p
ti
o
n
D
e
s
c
ri
p
ti
o
n
L
a
b
e
l
Assigns a
name
to an
y eq
uip
m
en
t
conne
cted
to
the
side an
d rear
so
ckets. The na
m
e
w
ill
be displayed b
riefly
on
the
scre
en when
the
equipment is
selected.
Pres
s
M
/
m
to select
one of the
fol
lowi
ng,
then press
OK.
A
V1 (or
AV2/AV3/A
V4/PC/HDMI)
VID
EO
/DV
D/CABLE/
G
A
ME/CA
M/SAT: U
ses one of
these preset
labels.
Edit: Creates
your
own label. Follo
w
step
s
3 th
ro
ugh 5 of
Programm
e Labels
(page
31).
S
k
ip
:
Skips an
input
so
urce that
is
not
connected
to
any
eq
uip
m
en
t
when
you press
M
/m
to select the inp
ut source.
A
fter selecti
ng this option, press
O
K.
S
o
u
n
d
O
ff
s
e
t:
Sets an in
depend
ent volume lev
el to
eac
h
eq
uipmen
t connec
ted to
the TV.
Press
,
to sele
ct “Sou
nd
Offset”
, the
n
pr
ess OK
.
P
ress
M
/m
to
se
lect the desired volu
m
e
level.
Manual Programme Preset (Analogue mode only)
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KDF-E42/50A11E
RM-ED002
3
2
GB
O
p
ti
o
n
D
e
s
c
ri
p
ti
o
n
P
ro
g
ra
m
m
e
Presets
programme ch
annels manu
ally.
1
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to select “P
rogramme”, then
pr
ess
OK.
2
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to
select the pro
g
ramme numbe
r yo
u wan
t
to
man
uall
y
tune
(i
f tu
nin
g
a
VCR
, sele
ct chan
nel 0),
th
en press
<
.
3
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to select “S
ystem”, then
pr
ess
OK.
Note
Depen
din
g on
the
country/reg
ion
selected
fo
r
“Country”
(pag
e
2
6)
, this option may not
be available.
4
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to
sel
ect
one
of the
foll
owin
g TV bro
adcast
sy
stems, then press
<
.
B/G:
for western Europ
ean countries/regions
D/K
: fo
r eastern
European
cou
ntries/reg
ion
s
I: for
th
e United
Kingdom
L:
for
Fr
ance
5
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to select “Channel”, then press OK.
6
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to select “S” (for
cable channel
s)
or
“C” (for
te
rre
stria
l
ch
ann
els), then
p
ress
,
.
7
Tu
ne th
e ch
ann
els as fol
lows:
If you do not know the
channel number (freque
ncy)
Pr
ess
M
/m
to
search
fo
r
the n
ext available ch
annel.
When
a
ch
annel h
as been
foun
d,
the search
will stop. To
continu
e
search
ing, press
M
/m
.
If
you
kno
w the channel number
(frequ
ency)
P
ress th
e
nu
m
ber
buttons to enter
the chann
el number of
the
broa
dcast
you
want o
r
your
VCR cha
nnel nu
m
ber.
8
Pr
ess OK.
9
Pr
ess OK to
select
“Confirm”,
then pr
ess OK.
Repea
t th
e
proce
dure
above to
preset
ot
he
r chann
els manually
.
S
y
s
te
m
C
h
a
n
n
e
l
L
a
b
e
l
Assigns a
name of y
our choice, up
to
five letters or num
bers
, to the
se
lected ch
annel. This
name w
ill
be disp
laye
d briefly on the screen
w
he
n
the channe
l is selected
.
1
Fo
llow steps 3 to
5
of “Pro
gramme Lab
els” (p
age
31
).
2
Pr
ess OK to
select
“Confirm”,
then pr
ess OK.
A
F
T
Fin
e-tune
s the se
lected programme
n
umber
manua
lly if you fe
el
that a
slig
ht tuning adju
stment
will improve
the
pi
cture quality.
(Normally, fine tu
nin
g
is
perf
or
med automatically.)
1
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to a
d
just the
fin
e tuni
ng o
v
er a ra
nge
of -15
to
+15, th
en press OK.
2
Pr
ess OK twice.
To restore automatic fine tuni
ng,
select
“On” in
step 1.
3
3
GB
Using the Menu
A
u
d
io
F
il
te
r
Improv
es the so
und for
individ
ual
chan
nels in
the case of
disto
rtion
in mono broadcasts. Sometim
es a non-sta
ndard broadcast
signal
can
cause so
und
distortion
or
intermittent soun
d muting when
watching mono programmes.
1
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to select “Low” or “H
igh”, th
en press OK.
If
you
do
not exp
erience
any
soun
d d
istortion, we
recommend
that
you leave
this
option s
et to
the fa
ctory setting “Off”.
2
Pr
ess OK to
select
“Confirm”,
then pr
ess OK.
Not
e
Y
ou
ca
nnot
rec
eive
stere
o o
r
dual
sound when “L
ow
” or
“High”
is
sel
ected.
S
k
ip
Skips
un
used
analo
gue channe
ls wh
en
you
pr
es
s PROG +/- to
se
lect channels. (You can still
select a
skipped chan
nel
using th
e
number b
u
ttons.)
1
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to select “Y
es”, then press OK.
2
Pr
ess OK to
select
“Confirm”,
then pr
ess OK.
To restore a sk
ipp
ed
ch
annel, select
“No” in
step 1.
D
e
c
o
d
e
r
Records the
scrambled channe
l sele
cted
when using
a
dec
oder
connected to
the scart connec
tor
/
2
eith
er
directly or via a
VC
R.
Not
e
D
epe
nding on the
country/region sele
ct
ed for “Countr
y” (page
29),
this
optio
n may no
t b
e available.
1
Pr
ess
M
/
m
to select “On”, then press OK.
2
Pr
ess OK to
select
“Confirm”,
then pr
ess OK.
To
cancel
this fun
ction
afte
rwards, select “Off” in
step
1.
A
T
T
Attenuates
the RF signa
l. In
case of a stron
g
RF signal, some vid
eo
interference
m
ay b
e displayed.
1
Pr
ess
m
/
M
to select “On”, then press OK.
2
Pr
ess OK to
select
“Confirm”,
then pr
ess OK.
Tip
T
h
is
option
cannot be used
if
“AV2 Output”
is set
to
“D-T
V” (pa
ge
26)
O
p
ti
o
n
D
e
s
c
ri
p
ti
o
n
Continued
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KDF-E42/50A11E
RM-ED002
3
4
GB
Displays the “Digital
Set Up” menu. You can change/set the
digital settings using this menu.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “D
igital Set
Up”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select the
desired ic
on below, then press OK.
3
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of the following
options,
then press
OK.
Digital Set Up
Pr
o
g
ramme List Edit
Di
g
ital Man
ual T
unin
g
Di
g
ital A
uto T
unin
g
Di
g
ital T
unin
g
Exit:
Enter:
Select:
OK
MENU
Digi
tal Tu
nin
g menu
O
p
ti
o
n
D
e
s
c
ri
p
ti
o
n
D
ig
it
a
l
T
u
n
in
g
Tunes in
all
the available digital
channels.
U
sually y
ou
do n
ot
need
to
do this op
eration
becau
se
the
channels
are
already tu
ned w
hen
the TV w
as first
installed
(page 13).
Howeve
r,
this
option allows you to
repeat the
process (e.g
.,
to
retune
the TV
after
mov
ing
hou
se, or
to search fo
r new channels
that have been launched
by broadc
asters).
1
Pre
ss
OK
to sta
rt dig
ital auto-tuni
ng.
When all availa
ble digital chann
els have bee
n
tune
d, a message
stating
that
the auto-tun
ing process is fin
ished
app
ears.
2
Pr
ess
<
.
Digi
tal
Au
to
Tun
ing
P
rogramme
List Edi
t
Removes any unwanted digital
ch
annels
stored on
the TV,
an
d
changes th
e
orde
r of the digita
l channels stored on th
e
TV.
1
Pr
ess
m
/
M
to select th
e ch
ann
el you wan
t to
re
mo
ve
or mo
ve
to
a
new
p
o
sition.
If
you
kno
w the channel number
(frequ
ency)
P
ress th
e
nu
m
ber
buttons to enter
the th
re
e-d
igit
prog
ra
m
m
e
nu
m
ber
of th
e
broad
cast you want.
To
displa
y the previous
or next five
channels
P
ress th
e
red button (p
rev
iou
s) or
the green button
(ne
xt).
2
Remove or cha
nge the ord
e
r
o
f the di
gital cha
nne
ls
a
s
fo
llow
s
:
To
remove
the
digital channel
Press OK.
A message tha
t conf
irms whether the
selected
digital
ch
annel
is to be
d
eleted appears.
Press
<
to se
le
ct
“Y
es”,
t
hen
pre
ss
OK.
To
change the order of the digital
channels
Pres
s
,
, then press
m
/M
to select the new position
fo
r
the
chann
el an
d
press OK. Repeat
the procedure
in
step 2
to
move oth
er channels
if
required.
3
Pr
ess
<
.
Ti
p
funct
ions ar
e available only
for D
V
B countr
ies (page 2)
3
5
GB
Using the Menu
O
p
ti
o
n
D
e
s
c
ri
p
ti
o
n
Di
gital Manu
al
Tu
n
in
g
Tunes the
digital channels manually.
1
Press the
numbe
r button to
se
lect the ch
anne
l nu
mb
er
yo
u wa
nt to ma
nual
ly tune
,
th
en
press
m
/
M
to tune the
ch
anne
l.
2
When
the
ava
ilab
le chan
nels are foun
d,
p
re
s
s
m
/
M
to
select the channel
you
want
to
store, then
press OK.
To
display the previous o
r
next five chann
els
Press the
re
d bu
tton
(previous) or
th
e green
bu
tton
(next).
3
Press
m
/
M
to se
lect the
p
ro
g
ramme
numbe
r
wh
ere
yo
u want to store th
e new chan
nel
, th
en press OK.
Rep
eat the procedure above to
tune other channels
man
ually.
D
ig
it
a
l
S
e
t-
u
p
Displays
digital sub
titles on the
screen.
Press
m
/M
to sele
ct “Off”, “Basic”, or “For Hard of Hearing”, th
en
press OK.
When
“Fo
r
hard
of
hearin
g” is selected, some
visual
aids may
also
be disp
laye
d
with the su
btitles (if TV
ch
annels
br
oadcast
such
in
fo
rmat
ion)
.
Su
bt
it
le
Set
ting
Su
bt
it
le
La
n
g
ua
g
e
Selects
which
lang
uage subtitles are displayed
in.
Press
m
/M
to
select
the la
nguage, then
press OK.
Audio
La
n
g
ua
g
e
Selects
the lang
uage used for
a programme. Some digital
ch
annels
may
br
oadcast
seve
ral audio
lang
uages fo
r a programme.
Press
m
/M
to
select
the audio lan
guage,
then press OK.
Au
dio
T
y
pe
Increases the
sound
level (
only
for Hard
of Hearing).
Press
m
/M
to
select
“Basic”
or
“For Hard
of Hearing
”, th
en press
OK
.
Parental Lock
Sets an
age
restrictio
n for
programmes.
A
ny p
ro
g
ram
me
that
exceed
s
th
e age
restriction
can on
ly
be watched
after a
PIN Co
de is
entered corre
ctly.
1
Press the number
buttons
to enter your existing
PIN
co
de.
If you have not previously
set a PIN, a m
essag
e
ap
pears
to
inform you
. Press OK, then follow
the instru
ction o
f “P
IN
co
de”
below.
2
Press
m
/
M
to se
lect the
a
ge
restri
ctio
n
or “No
ne”
(fo
r
u
n
restricte
d watching
), th
en press OK.
3
Press
<
.
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6
GB
O
p
ti
o
n
D
e
s
c
ri
p
ti
o
n
PIN Code
Sets
a PIN
co
de
for the
first time, or to chan
ge
your
P
IN code.
1
Enter
a PIN
as
follows:
If
you
have p
reviously
set a
PIN
Press
the number
bu
ttons to
en
ter your existing PIN.
If
you
have n
ot
set a
PIN:
Press the
number b
u
ttons
to
en
ter
the
factory
se
ttin
g P
IN
of
9999.
2
Press the number
buttons
to enter the new PIN
co
de.
3
When
req
uested, press th
e
n
u
mber bu
ttons to
e
n
ter
the
n
e
w PIN ag
ain for
co
nfirmati
on.
A message appears to inform
you that
the new
PIN has
be
en
accepted.
4
Press
<
.
Ti
p
PIN
cod
e
9999 is always accep
ted.
Technical
Set-up
Displays
the
Technical Set-up
me
nu. Do
th
e follo
w
ing
optio
ns.
1
Press
m
/
M
to se
lect the
d
e
sired
op
ti
on, the
n
press
OK.
Auto S
erv
ice Update: Enables th
e
TV
to detect and store new
digital
services as
th
ey become available
.
Software download:
Enables
th
e TV to automatically
rece
ive
software
updates, free
throu
gh y
our ex
istin
g ae
rial (when
issue
d). Son
y rec
omm
en
ds that this option is set to “On” at all
times.
If y
ou do n
ot
wan
t y
our software to be
updated, set
this
optio
n to
“Off”.
System In
fo
rmatio
n: Display
s
the current software versio
n and
th
e signal level. Instead
of step
2,
Press
<
.
2
Press
m
/
M
to select the “On”,
then pr
ess OK.
CA Modu
le
Set-up
This option will
allow
you
to access
a Pay
Per View serv
ice once
you obtain
a Conditional Acc
ess Modu
le (CAM)
and
a
view
ca
rd
.
See page 36 for
the lo
cation of the
(P
CMCIA) so
cket.
3
7
GB
Using Optional Equipment
R/D/
D/D
MONO
L/G/
S/I
Connecting optional equipment
Using Optional Equipment
Yo
u can
conn
ect a
wide
ran
ge
of o
ptio
nal
eq
uipmen
t to
your
TV.
Connecting cables
are not supplied.
Connecting to
the
side of the TV
T
o
c
o
n
n
e
c
t
D
o
t
h
is
S VHS/H
i
8/DVC
camcorder
A
Connect
to
the S
video
socke
t
4 or
th
e video
socke
t
4,
and
the
audio so
ckets
4. To
avo
id
pic
ture
noise, do
not con
nect
the
camcorder to
th
e video
socke
t
4
and
the S video so
cket
4
at the same
tim
e.
If you
con
nect mono
equ
ipment, con
nect
to the L/G/S
/I sockets
4,
an
d
set “Dual
Sound
” to
“A”
(page
24).
Personal Computer
B
Connect to the
P
C
Input
soc
ket
5
and
th
e au
dio
sock
et
5.
He
adph
ones
S
VH
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d to
use a
PC
cable
with
ferrites.
Personal
Co
mp
uter
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