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Using the Menu
Custo
miz
es the
T
V
scre
en as a PC
m
onit
or.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “PC
Adjus
tment”.
2
Press
m
/
M
to
select one of th
e following, then press OK.
•
P
hase: Ad
just
th
e sc
reen when a par
t
o
f
a
disp
lay
ed text or
image is
no
t
clear.
•
P
itch: Enlarges
or shrinkes the screen
size
horizontally.
•
H
Center:
Moves the
screen
to
the left or to the
right.
•
V
Center: Moves
the screen u
p
or
down.
•
P
ower saving: Tur
ns to stan
dby
mode
if
no PC
sign
al is received.
•
R
eset:
Resets to the
fact
ory
setti
ngs.
Tip
Th
is option
is o
nly
available if y
ou are
in
PC Mode.
PC Adjustment
29
Using the Menu
Set Up menu
Starts
the “f
irst time operation menu” to tune
in all
the available digital
and
analogue
channels. Usually
you
do not n
eed
to
do
this
operation
because the
channels are
already
tuned when the TV
was
fi
rst installed ((page
13)).
However, this option allows yo
u
to repeat
the process (e.g., to retune
th
e TV
after moving
ho
use, or to search for new channel
s
th
at
have been lau
nched
b
y
bro
adcasters).
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Auto Start U
p
”.
2
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Yes.”
Th
e
auto-tune display
appears on
the screen.
3
Follow
steps 1 to 4 of “Auto-tuning the TV”
(13).
Tunes in all
the availa
ble analogue
channels.
Usually you do
no
t
n
eed
to
do this operation because
the channels
are already tuned
when
the TV was
first
installed
(1
3). However, this option allows
you to repeat the
process
(e
.g.,
to retune the TV after moving
house, or to search
for a new channels that have been launched
by broadcaster
s).
1
Press OK to select “Auto Tuning”.
2
Follo
w ste
p 1 an
d
2 of
“A
ut
o-
tu
nin
g th
e TV”
(
1
3
).
When all available
analogue channels have
been tun
ed,
the TV returns
to
nor
mal
operation.
Changes the
or
der in which
the analogu
e channels ar
e stored
on the
TV.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “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.
You
can select
the opti
ons li
st
ed b
elow o
n
the Set
Up
menu
. To select
options, see
“Navigating throu
gh
menu
s” (p
age
19).
Auto Start Up
Auto Tuning (Analogue mode only)
Programme Sorting (Analogue mode only)
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
A
uto Star
t Up
A
uto T
uning
Prog
ramme Sor
ting
Prog
ramme Labels
A
V Preset
Man
ual Prog
ramme Preset
Digital Set Up
Set Up
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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 Analo
gue Text (if av
ailable).)
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Programme
Labels”.
2
Press
M
/
m
to
se
lect the
cha
nne
l yo
u wa
nt to
n
a
me
, the
n pre
ss OK.
3
Press
M
/
m
/
<
/
,
to se
lect th
e
d
e
sire
d lette
r or number
(
“
s
” for
a b
lan
k
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
h
en,
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
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “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.
Be
fore
se
le
ct
ing “
L
ab
el
”/
“AFT”
/“
Aud
io Fil
ter
”/“
Skip”
/“
AT
T”
, press PROG
+/-
to se
lec
t the
pro
gramme
nu
mber
with the channel. You cannot
select a progr
amme number
that
is set
to
skip (page
32).
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
Option
D
escr
iption
La
bel
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
will
be displayed b
riefly
on
the
scre
en when
the
equipment is
selected.
Pres
s
M
/
m
to se
lect
o
ne of the
fol
lowi
ng,
the
n press
OK.
A
V
1 (or
AV2/AV3/A
V4/PC/HDMI)
VID
E
O
/DV
D/CABLE/
G
AME/CA
M
/SAT
: U
ses one of
these preset
labels.
Edit: Creates
y
our
own label. Follo
w
step
s
3 th
ro
ugh 5 of
Programm
e Labels
(page
30).
Ski
p:
Skips an
input
so
urce that
is
not
co
nnected
to
any
eq
uip
m
en
t
when
you press
M
/m
to select the inp
ut source.
A
fter selecting this option, press
O
K.
So
und
Of
fset
:
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
p
ress OK
.
Press
M
/m
to
se
lect the desired volu
m
e
level.
Manual Programme Preset (Analogue mode only)
31
Using the Menu
Option
D
escr
iption
Programme
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
gramme 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 “Channel”, then press OK.
4
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
n
u
m
b
er
buttons to enter
the chann
el number of
the
broa
dcast
you
want o
r
your
VCR cha
nnel nu
m
b
er.
5
Pr
ess OK.
6
Pr
ess OK to
select
“Confirm”,
then pr
ess OK.
Repea
t th
e
proce
dure
above to
preset
o
the
r chann
els manually
.
Channel
La
bel
Assigns a
name of y
our choice, up
to
five letters or num
b
ers
, to the
se
lected ch
annel. This
name w
ill b
e 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
30
).
2
Pr
ess OK to
select
“Confirm”,
then pr
ess OK.
AFT
Fin
e-tune
s the se
lected programme
n
umber
manua
lly if you fe
el
that a
slig
ht tuning ad
ju
stment
will improve
the
p
icture quality.
(Normally, fine tu
nin
g
is
perf
o
rm
ed 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.
Au
di
o Fi
lter
Improv
es
the
so
und
for individ
ual ch
an
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
o
u ca
nnot
rec
eive
stere
o or
dual
sound when “L
ow
” or
“High”
is
sel
ected.
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Displays the “Digital
Set Up” menu. You can change/se
t the digital settings using this menu.
1
Pres
s O
K
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.
Sk
ip
Skips
un
used
analo
gue channe
ls wh
en
y
ou
p
re
ss PROG +/- to
se
lect channels. (You can s
till
se
lect 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
channel, select
“No” in
step 1.
ATT
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
This
op
tion
canno
t be
used
if
“AV2
Outp
ut” is
set to
“D-TV”
(page
26).
Digital Set Up
Option
D
escr
iption
Dig
it
a
l Tu
ni
ng
Tunes in
all
the available digital
channels.
Usually y
ou
do n
o
t
need
to
do this op
eration
becau
se
the
channels
are
already tu
ned w
h
en
the TV w
as first
installed (page
13).
Howeve
r,
this
o
ption 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
Option
D
escr
iption
Pr
ogramme List Edit
Digital Man
ual
T
uning
Digital A
uto
T
uning
Digital T
uning
Select:
Bac
k:
Enter:
OK
Digi
tal Tu
nin
g menu
33
Using the Menu
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
osition.
If
you
kno
w the channel number
(frequ
ency)
P
ress th
e
n
u
m
b
er
buttons to enter
the th
re
e-d
igit
prog
ra
m
me
nu
m
b
er
of th
e
broad
cast you want.
To
displa
y the previ
ous
or next five
channels
P
ress th
e
red button (p
rev
iou
s) or
the green button
(ne
x
t).
2
Remove or cha
nge the ord
er
o
f the di
gital cha
nne
ls
a
s
fo
llow
s:
To
remove
the
digital channel
Pres
s O
K.
A mess
age
that c
onfirms whe
the
r the
sele
cted
digital
ch
annel
is to be
d
eleted appears.
Press
<
to se
le
ct
“Y
es”,
t
h
en
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
<
.
Digi
tal
Man
ual
Tun
ing
Tunes the
d
igital chann
els manually
.
1
Pre
ss th
e nu
mb
er bu
tton
to
sele
ct the
chann
el n
umber
you
want to
manua
lly tun
e, then
press
m
/
M
to tu
ne th
e
chann
el.
2
Whe
n
th
e a
v
aila
ble
cha
nne
ls a
re
fou
nd,
press
m
/
M
to
select th
e
ch
ann
el you wan
t to
store, th
en press OK.
To
displa
y the previ
ous
or next five
channels
P
ress th
e
red button (p
rev
iou
s) or
the green button
(ne
x
t).
3
Pr
ess
m
/
M
to select th
e programme numb
er
w
here
you wan
t to
store the new
cha
nne
l, then
p
re
ss
OK.
Repea
t
th
e proce
dure a
bove
to
tune
other ch
annels manua
lly.
Di
gi
tal S
e
t-u
p
Displays
digital subtitles
on the sc
ree
n.
Press
m
/M
to
se
lect “Off”, “Basic”, o
r
“For Hard of Hearin
g”, then
press OK.
When “For hard of
hea
ring” is
se
lected, some visua
l aid
s
may als
o
be
d
isplayed with th
e
subtitles (if
TV
chan
nels broadc
ast such
in
formati
on)
.
Su
btitle Setti
ng
Su
btitle
Lang
uag
e
Selects
which
langua
ge sub
titles
are displayed
in.
Press
m
/M
to select the lang
uage,
then press
OK.
Au
dio
Lang
uag
e
Selects th
e
langu
age
u
sed
for a programm
e. Some digital chan
nels
m
ay
broad
cast
several au
dio
langua
ges for
a p
ro
g
ram
me.
Press
m
/M
to select the audio
langu
age,
then press
OK.
Au
dio
T
y
pe
In
cre
ases
the sound le
vel (onl
y fo
r Hard
o
f Hearin
g).
Press
m
/M
to select “Basic” or “For
Hard of Hea
ring”, then
press
OK
.
Option
D
escr
iption
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Pa
rental Lo
ck
Sets an age restriction for
p
ro
g
ram
mes.
Any programme that
exceeds
the
age restriction can
only b
e watc
hed after a P
IN
Code
is
ente
red
co
rrectly.
1
Pre
ss
the nu
mb
er butto
ns to en
te
r you
r exi
stin
g PIN
code.
If you have not
p
rev
iou
sly set a PIN, a
message appe
ars to
inform you. Press OK, then follow the instruction of “PIN code
”
be
low.
2
Pr
ess
m
/
M
to select th
e age restricti
on or “None
” (for
unrestricted watchin
g), then
p
re
ss
OK.
3
Pr
ess
<
.
PIN Cod
e
Sets a PIN code
for the first
tim
e,
or
to change
you
r PIN
code.
1
Enter a PIN
as follows:
If you have
previou
sly
set a PIN
P
ress
th
e n
u
m
b
er buttons
to
enter y
our ex
isting
PIN.
If you have
not
set a
PIN:
Pr
ess the
n
u
m
b
er
buttons to enter
the factor
y
setting PIN
of
99
99.
2
Pre
ss
the nu
mb
er butto
ns to en
te
r the ne
w
PIN code.
3
Whe
n re
que
sted
, press the numbe
r
b
u
tton
s
to enter
th
e new PIN
a
gain
for confirmation
.
A m
essag
e
ap
pears
to inform you tha
t th
e
ne
w PIN
ha
s been
ac
cepted.
4
Pr
ess
<
.
Ti
p
PIN code 999
9
is
al
ways accepted.
Technical
Se
t-
u
p
Displays
the Tech
nic
al Set-up m
en
u
. Do
the following option
s.
1
Pr
ess
m
/
M
to select th
e desired
o
p
tion, th
en press
OK.
• A
u
to Service Update: Enables the TV
to detect and
store new
dig
ital services
as they become availab
le.
•
Software downlo
ad: En
ables
the TV
to automatically
receive
so
ftware
u
pdates, fre
e
thr
ough
you
r existing aerial (when
issued). Sony recommends that this option
is set to “On” at
al
l
times. If you
do no
t want you
r
so
ftware to be up
date
d, set this
option to
“O
ff”.
• System
Information: Displays
the current
sof
tware version
and
the signal
level. Instead
of
step
2, Press
<
.
2
Pr
ess
m
/
M
to select the “
O
n”,
then press
OK.
CA Mod
ule
Se
t-
u
p
This
op
tion will allow you to
acc
ess a Pay Per View
service once
you obtain a Con
d
itional
Access Module (CAM)
and
a view card.
See page
36 fo
r the loca
tion of
t
he MODEM
an
d
(PCMCIA)
so
ckets.
Option
D
escr
iption
35
Using Optional Equipment
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
To connec
t
D
o
this
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
n
ect mono
equ
ipment, con
n
ect
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
S/H
i8/D
VC
camcord
er
C
ontinu
ed
T
o co
nn
e
c
t
D
o thi
s
Head
phones
C
Connect to
the
i
s
o
cket
to listen to
sound
from the TV on
headp
hones.
Note: It is recommended to
u
se
a PC
cab
le with fe
rrite
s.
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