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KDF-E42/50A12U
RM-ED002
3. STOPPING THE STANDBY INDICATOR FLASH
Turn off the power switch on the TV to stop the STANDBY indicator from flashing.
4. SELF-DIAGNOSTIC SCREEN DISPLAY
For errors with symptoms such as “power sometimes shuts off” or “screen sometimes goes off” that cannot be confirmed, it is possible to bring
up past occurrences of failure on the screen for confirmation.
To bring up the screen test
The following screen will be displayed indicating the error count.
i+
5
+
(ON SCREEN                            (DIGIT 5)                                (VOLUME +)                                  (TV)
   DISPLAY)
In standby mode, press buttons on the remote commander sequentially in rapid sucession as shown below:
Note that this differs from entering the service mode (volume   +   )
Numeral “0” means that no fault was detected.
Numeral “1” means the number of a fault  occurrence (1 ~ 255).
To clear the error display count press “8” then “0” on the remote commander.
To exit the self-diagnostic screen, turn off the power switch on the TV set.
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Revision 2.0
(Click on table to see related change)
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KDF-E42/50A11E
RM-ED002
The operating instructions mentioned here are partial abstracts 
from the Operating Instruction Manual.  The page numbers of 
the Operating Instruction Manual remain as in the manual.
SECTION 2
 
GENERAL
1
3
 
 GB
Getting Started
7: Auto-tuning the TV
Af
ter selecting
 th
e lan
guage 
and country/region
, a 
messag
e confir
ming
 the TV start 
auto-tuning appears 
on t
he 
screen.
Yo
u must tune 
the TV to receive channels 
(TV 
broadcasts). Do 
the f
ollo
wi
ng to search and 
store all 
available channels.
1
Press OK to 
select 
“Yes”.
T
he TV st
art
s sea
rchi
ng 
fo
al
av
ai
lab
le digi
ta
channels follo
wed by 
all 
available analog
ue 
channels. This may 
take 
some time, 
please be 
patient and 
do 
no
t press any buttons 
on th
e TV or 
remote.
Once 
all available digital 
and
 analogue 
channels 
have been stored
, the 
TV returns to normal 
operation, displaying the di
gital 
channel stored on 
channel numb
er 1. If no 
di
gital 
channels are 
foun
d, the analogue chann
el sto
red on channel 1 is 
displayed.
Whe
n a 
messa
ge app
ears 
for
 you to confirm 
the 
aerial con
nections
No digital 
or analogu
e channels are 
fo
und. Check 
all 
the aerial c
onnections and p
ress OK twice 
to 
start auto-tuning again.
2
Th
e Pro
gramme 
Sorting menu appears o
the scree
n.
N
o
te
If some 
digital 
channel is fou
nd, this st
ep 
w
ill 
not appear
3
To
 c
h
ange the order in which t
he channels 
are s
tored on the TV. See page
30.
4
Press MEN
U to exit.
The TV has now 
tu
ned in all the 
available 
channels.
Tip
 functions are avai
lable 
onl
y for 
 count
ri
es 
(page 
2).
4
1
Do  y
ou  w
ant  to  star
t
automatic  tuning ?
Ye
s
No
m
Number  of  Ser
vices  f
ound
14
Sear
c
hing.
         40%
Di
gi
tal
 au
to
-t
un
e di
s
pl
ay
 
m
A
uto  T
uning
Prog
rammes f
ound:
Searching...
A
na
lo
gu
e au
to
-t
un
e di
s
pl
ay
1
9
 
 GB
Using the Menu
Viewing pictures from 
connected equipment
Switch on the 
connected 
equi
pment, then 
perform 
one 
of the following operation.
For equ
ipme
nt connected 
to the scart sockets using a
 
fully-wired 
21-pin
 scart lead
Start 
playback on the 
connected 
equipment.
The 
picture from 
the connected equipment appear
s on 
the screen.
For a
n auto-tun
ed VCR 
page 
11
Press PROG +/-, or the 
number 
buttons, 
to 
select the 
video channel. Yo
u can al
so press 
/
 repeat
edl
until the 
correct 
input symbol (see below) 
appears on 
the screen. 
For o
ther 
conn
ected equ
ipme
nt
Press 
/
 repeated
ly until 
the co
rrect input 
symbol (see below) 
appears on the 
screen or 
press 
OK 
to 
access the Inpu
t signa
l ind
ex table. 
Press 
to select 
an inpu
source, press 
m
/M
, th
en 
pr
es
s OK.
Additional operati
ons
Navigating through 
menus
1
Press MENU to display the menu.
2
Press 
M
/
m
 to select 
a me
nu icon, 
press 
,
.
3
Press 
M
/
m
/
<
/
,
 to sele
c
t a
n option.
4
Press 
M
/
m
/
<
/
,
 to change/set the 
setting, then press OK.
T
exit
 th
e menu, press ME
NU.
T
o return
 to
 th
last
 di
spl
ay, p
ress 
<
.
1/
1, 2/
2: 
Aud
io/video 
or RGB 
in
put 
signal through
 the 
scart 
so
cket 
/
1
 or 2. 
 appears 
only if an
 RGB 
so
urce h
as bee
n co
nnected.
3: 
Compon
ent input 
signal throug
the Y, P
B
/C
B
, P
R
/C
R
 
so
ckets 
/
3,
 an
d au
dio
 input 
signa
th
ro
ugh 
the 
L/G
/S/I, R/D/D/D
 sockets 
/
3.
4/
4: 
Video input 
signal 
throug
h the video socket 
4,
 and 
audio 
inpu
t sign
al thro
ugh th
au
dio socke
t L/G/S/I 
(M
ONO)
, R/D/D/D sockets 
4. 
 appea
rs 
only if 
the equ
ipmen
t is con
nected to the S video socket 
instead of 
the video socket 
4, and S vid
eo inpu
signa
l is in
put 
through the S 
vi
deo
 sock
et 
4.
5: 
RGB input signal throu
gh the PC connec
tors 
5, an
audio 
inpu
t sign
al thro
ugh th
sock
et 
5.
6:
Digital au
dio
/video 
sign
al 
is inpu
t throug
h the HDMI IN 
sock
et. Aud
io input 
signal 
is analogue only if the 
equipment has been conn
ecte
using th
DVI 
and
 au
dio 
out socke
t.
T
o
D
o
 t
h
is
R
eturn t
o
 the 
norm
al 
TV op
eration
Press D
IGITAL or A
NALOG. 
A
cce
ss the 
Inp
ut 
signa
l in
dex table
Press O
K
Pr
ess 
to
 select an 
input source, p
ress 
m
/M
, then 
press 
OK. 
Using the Menu
1
4
2,3,4
Continued
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KDF-E42/50A11E
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0
 
 GB
Overview of the menus
The 
following options are avai
labl
e in
 each menu. For 
details on navigating thro
ugh 
menu
s, 
see (page
19).
Also
, see page in 
parentheses for 
deta
ils of each menu.
1
Picture Adjustment
Pic
tu
re Mo
de
 (
2
1
)  
 
C
ontrast/Brigh
tn
ess/C
o
lou
r/Hu
e
/
Sh
arpne
ss (21
Co
lo
ur To
n
e
 (2
1)
Reset (22)
N
o
ise Red
uction (22)
Iris (22)
 
2
Soun
d Adjustment
So
und Effe
ct (23)
Trebl
e/Bass/Bal
ance (23
)
Reset (23)
D
ual Sou
nd (24)
Auto Volume 
(24)
3
Screen
Auto Format (25)
Screen Format (25)
R
G
B Center (25)
4
Feature
s
AV2
 Output 
(2
6)
TV Sp
eakers (26)
PC Adjust
ment (27)
Select:
Set:
End:
OK
MENU
Picture Mode
Contr
ast
Br
ightness
Colour
Hue
Shar
pness
Colour  T
o
n
e
Reset
Noise Reduction
Ir
is
Custom
Max
50
50
0
15
Wa
rm
Au
to
High
Picture  Adjustment
1
2
3
4
5
6
5
Timer
Sleep
 Timer 
(28)
Clock Set 
(28)
Timer (28)
6
Se
t U
p
Auto Start Up (29)
Lang
uag
e (2
9)
Coun
try (29)
Auto
 T
u
ni
ng 
(30)
Pr
ogramme Sorting (30)
Pro
g
ramme Lab
els (3
1)
AV Preset (31)
L
abel/Skip
M
a
nual Programme Pres
et
 (31)
P
rogramme/System/
Channe
l/
Label
/AFT
/
Audio Filter/Sk
ip/Decoder/ATT/C
onfirm
Digi
tal
 Se
t Up (34)
D
igi
tal
 T
uning
/Digi
tal
 Set-up
2
1
 
 GB
Using the Menu
Picture Adjustment menu
Selects the 
picture mode.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Pic
ture Mode”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select one of th
e following 
picture 
modes, then 
press OK.
Vivid: For
 big lighted 
spaces.
Stand
ard: Optimal picture fo
r ho
me 
use.
Cu
stom: Allows yo
u to store 
your own prefered settin
gs. 
Tip
You can change
 the picture mo
de
 b
y
 pres
sing 
 repeatedly.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect the 
option.
2
Press 
<
/
,
 to set 
the level,
 then press 
OK.
Tip
“Hue” 
can on
ly be ad
justed for 
an
 NTSC 
co
lo
ur signal (e.g., 
U.S.A. video tapes).
“Bri
ghtne
ss
”,
 “Colour”
, “H
ue”
 and “
Sha
rpness” only 
appear
 and 
can be adjuste
d if
 “Pic
tur
e M
ode” 
is 
set to “Custom”. 
1
Pres
s O
K
 to s
e
le
ct
 “C
olour Tone”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select one of th
e following, then press OK.
Cool: G
ives 
the 
white 
colours a blue tint.
Neutral: 
Gives the white 
colours a 
ne
utral tint.
Warm: Gives the 
whit
e colours 
a red 
tint.
Tip
“Warm” 
only appe
ars and can be a
djusted if 
“Picture 
Mode
” is set 
to 
“Custom”.
 
You can select 
the options listed 
be
low on the 
Picture 
Adjustment menu. 
To 
select options, see 
“Navigating 
through menus” (page 19).
Tip
When you set 
the
 “Picture
 Mode” option to “V
ivid” 
or 
“Standa
rd,” 
you can 
adjust on
ly  
“Contr
ast,” and 
“R
eset.”
Picture Mode
Contrast/Brightness/Colour/Hue/Sharpness
Colour Tone
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
Picture Mode
Contr
ast
Br
ightness
Colour
Hue
Shar
pness
Colour  T
o
n
e
Reset
Noise Reduction
Ir
is
Custom
Max
50
50
0
15
Wa
rm
A
uto
High
        
Picture  Adjustment
Continued
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KDF-E42/50A11E
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2
2
 
 GB
Re
se
t al
l the
 pi
ctu
re se
tt
ings 
to
 t
he fa
cto
ry 
se
tti
ngs.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “R
eset”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to
 se
lect “
O
K,” th
en
 p
re
s
s OK.
Reduces 
the picture 
noise (sn
owy 
pict
ure) in a weak 
br
oadcast signal. 
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “N
oise R
e
duction”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select “A
uto”, then 
pres
s O
K
.
Tip
This optio
n can
no
t b
e us
ed
 f
o
r an inpu
sig
nal fr
om
 th
e Y, 
P
B
/C
B
, P
R
/C
R
 sockets of 
/
3
.
Enhances the 
contrast
 for 
dark scen
es.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Iris”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to
 se
lect “
H
ig
h”
, “
M
id”
,  “L
ow” or
 “Off”  th
en
 p
re
s
s OK.
Res
et
Noise Reduction
Iris
2
3
 
 GB
Using the Menu
Sound Adjustment menu
1
Press OK to select “Sound Effect”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select one of the followi
ng 
sound 
effects, then press OK.
Natural: Enhance
s clarity, 
deta
il, and 
sound 
presence by 
usin
“BBE
 High de
finition 
Sound 
Sys
te
m
*1
.”
Dynamic: Inte
nsifies clarit
y a
nd sound presence for be
tter intelligibility 
and musical realism by 
us
ing the “BBE 
High
 d
efin
itio
n Soun
d System.”
Dolb
y Virtual
*2
Uses the TV speakers to simulate th
su
rround 
effect produced by a multi 
channel s
y
stem.
Off
: Flat 
response.
Tips
You
 can chan
ge 
soun
d eff
ect by
 press
ing 
9
 repeate
dly.
If
 you set “
Aut
o V
olume” to “O
n”
, “Soud 
Eff
ect” 
cha
nges to “N
atur
al”.
*1
Licen
sed by
 BBE Soun
d, 
In
c. und
er USP4
63
825
8, 4
4
8286
6. “BBE” an
BBE sy
mbo
l ar
trademarks of 
B
B
E
 Sound, Inc.
*2
Manufactured
 u
n
de
licen
se from 
Dolby
 Labo
rato
ries. “Dolby” and 
the double-D 
symbol 
 
are
 trademarks of 
Dolby La
boratories.
Adju
sts 
hig
her-pitched 
sounds
 (Treble)
, adjusts lo
wer-p
itch
ed 
so
unds (Bass), and 
emphasizes 
left or right 
speaker 
ba
lance (Balance).
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect the 
option.
2
Press 
<
/
,
 to set 
the level, 
then press 
OK.
Res
ets the 
“Treble,
” 
“Ba
ss”
 a
nd “Ba
lance
” 
se
ttings
 to the 
fac
tory s
ettings.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “R
eset”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to
 se
lect “
O
K,” th
en
 p
re
s
s OK.
You can select
 th
e optio
ns listed below 
on
 th
e Sou
nd 
Adjustment menu. 
To 
select options, see 
“Navigating 
through menus” (page 19).
Sound Effect 
Treble/Bass/Balance
Res
et
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
Sound Eff
ect:
T
reb
le:
Bass:
Balance:
Reset 
Dual  Sound:
A
uto  V
olume:
Dynamic
0
0
A
Off
Sound  Adjustment
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