Sony KDL-26U2000 / KDL-32U2000 / KDL-40U2000 Service Manual ▷ View online
– 9 –
SE-1
RM-ED007
3
Press
F
/
f
to select the language
displayed on the menu
screens, then press
.
4
Press
F
/
f
to select the country/region in
which you will
operate the TV, then press
.
If
the
coun
try/r
egion in which
you
want to use the
TV does not app
ear in the li
st, select “-” instead
of
a country/region.
The message confirming the TV start auto-tuning
appears on the scr
een, then go to “6:
Auto-tun
ing
the
T
V
”.
6: Auto-tuning the TV
After
selecting
the langu
age and country/region,
a
message confirming
the
TV start auto-
tuning ap
pears
on
th
e
screen.
The TV
will now
search
for
and store all available TV
channels
.
1
Press
G
to select “OK”, then pres
s
.
T
h
e TV st
art
s sea
rchi
ng
fo
r
all
a
v
ai
lab
le digi
ta
l
channels, followed
by
all
available analogue
channels. This may
take
some time,
please be
patient and
d
o
no
t press
any buttons
on th
e TV or
remote.
If
a
message appears
for you to confir
m the aerial
connections
No
digital or
analogue channels were
found.
Check
all
the aerial connections
and pr
ess
to
start auto-tuning again.
2
When the Programme Sorting menu
appears on the screen, follow the steps of
“Programme Sorting” (page
25).
If
you do no
t wish to change the order in
which
the
analogue
channels are
stored on
the TV,
go to step
3.
3
Press MEN
U to exit.
The TV has now
tu
ned in all the
available
channels.
A
u
to Star
t Up
Lang
u
age
Co
u
ntr
y
Select:
Confir
m:
A
u
to Star
t Up
Lang
u
age
Co
u
ntr
y
Select:
Confir
m:
1
3
Bac
k:
Star
t:
Cancel:
ME
N
U
Watching TV
1
Press
1
on the
TV (top side) to switch on
the TV.
When
the TV is in
standby mode (the
1
(standby)
indicator on
th
e
TV (
front)
is
red)
,
press
"/1
on
th
e rem
ote
t
o
swit
ch on the
T
V
.
2
Press DIGITAL to switch to digital mode o
r
ANALOG to switch to analogue mode.
The ch
annels
avai
lable
vary depending on the
mode.
3
Press the number buttons or PRO
G +/- to
select a TV channel.
To select
channel
numbers 10
an
d above using
th
e
number
buttons,
enter
th
e
se
con
d and third
dig
its
wit
hin two se
con
ds.
To select
a
digital channel using
th
e
Digital
Electro
nic Programme Guide
(EPG)
, see
page
15.
In
di
gita
l m
ode
An information ban
ner app
ear
s briefly
. The
following
icons may
be indicated
on the
ban
ner.
Addi
tional operations
3
1
2
2
3
1
:R
ad
io
s
er
v
ic
e
:
S
cram
b
led
/Su
bscription se
rv
ice
:
M
u
ltiple audio la
nguages a
v
ailable
:
S
ubt
it
le
s a
v
ail
abl
e
:
S
ubt
it
le
s a
v
ail
abl
e fo
r t
h
e hearin
g
im
pai
re
d
:
R
ecommended
minimum age for
current
pr
ogram
m
e (fr
om
4 t
o
18 years)
:
P
arental Lo
ck
:
C
urrent
prog
ra
m
m
e is being recorded
T
o
Do this
T
u
rn of
f the
TV
temporarily
(Stand
by mod
e)
Press
"/
1
.
T
u
rn on th
e
TV
from Sta
ndby mode
with
out sound
Press
%
. Press
2
+/-
to
set t
h
e
v
o
lume l
ev
el.
T
u
rn of
f the
TV
Press
1
on
t
he
TV (t
op
sid
e).
Adjust the
v
o
lu
m
e
Press
2
+ (increase)/
-
(decrease).
Mute the
sound
Press
%
. Press
ag
ain to resto
re.
Access th
e
P
ro
g
ramm
e inde
x
ta
bl
e (i
n anal
ogue
mod
e on
ly)
P
ress
.
T
o select a
n an
alog
ue
ch
annel, press
F
/
f
, then
press
.
T
o
access th
e
Inpu
t sig
nal inde
x
table,
see
page
18.
– 10 –
SE-1
RM-ED007
Checking the Digital Electronic Programme Guide
(EPG)
1
In digital mode, p
ress
to display the
Digital Electronic Programme Guide
(EPG)
.
2
Perform the desired operation, as shown in
the following table.
Note
Progr
amme
inf
o
rm
atio
n w
ill only be displaye
d
if the T
V
st
ation is
transmitti
ng it.
Dig
it
a
l
El
ect
ron
ic
Pr
og
ra
m
m
e
Gu
id
e
(EP
G)
T
o
Do this
T
u
rn
of
f t
he
EPG
P
ress
.
Mo
v
e through th
e
EPG
P
ress
F
/
f
/
G
/
g
.
W
atch
a c
u
rren
t
programme
P
ress
while
the c
u
rren
t
programme is selected.
Sort the
pr
ogramm
e inform
ation by
cate
gory –
Cate
gory list
1
Press the
b
lue
b
u
tton
.
2
Press
F
/
f
/
G
/
g
to select a categor
y. The categor
y
name
is
disp
la
y
ed on the side
.
Th
e
ca
tego
ries availab
le in
clu
de:
“Fav
ourite”:
Contains
all the channe
ls tha
t have been stored
in th
e
Fav
ourite list (page
17).
“All Categories”:
Contain
s all available
chan
nels
.
“News”: Co
ntains all news
cha
nnels
.
3
Press .
Th
e Digital Ele
ctroni
c Programme
Guide (EPG)
n
ow only disp
lay
s the
current p
ro
g
ramm
es
from the
cate
gory selected.
Set
a programme
to be re
corded –
T
imer
RE
C
1
Press
F
/
f
/
G
/
g
to select the
future
prog
ra
m
m
e y
o
u w
a
nt
to
record.
2
Press .
3
Press
F
/
f
to
select “Timer
RE
C”
.
4
Press
to
set the TV and
y
our
VCR
tim
e
rs
.
A
symbol
app
ears by that
programme’s
information. The
indicato
r on the
TV
(front) ligh
ts up.
Notes
•
Y
ou ca
n
se
t VCR timer
rec
o
rd
ing on the
TV
only for
Smar
tlink
compatible
V
C
R
s.
If your
VCR is
not Smartlink
compatible, a
message
will
be
displayed to
remin
d
you
to
s
e
t yo
ur VCR
timer.
•
O
nce
a
reco
rd
in
g
has
be
gu
n,
y
o
u
c
an
switch
th
e T
V
to
sta
n
d
b
y
m
o
de
, b
u
t d
o
no
t
sw
itch of
f
the TV completely
or
the recording may
be canc
elled.
•
If an
ag
e
restri
ctio
n fo
r prog
ram
m
es has
been select
ed, a message asking fo
r pin
c
o
de w
ill appe
ar
on the scr
een. For
more
de
tails r
e
fer
to “Par
ental L
o
ck” on
page
29.
Viewing pictures from
connected equipment
Switch on the
con
nected
e
qui
pmen
t, then
per
form
o
n
e
o
f the follo
win
g
op
era
tion.
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 connect
ed equipment appear
s on
the screen.
For a
n auto-tun
ed VCR
(page
4)
In analogue mode, pr
ess PROG +/-, or
the n
u
mber
butto
ns, to select the
v
ideo
channel.
For o
ther
conn
ected equ
ipme
nt
Press
/
repeated
ly until
the co
rrect input
symbol (see
below) app
ears on the
scr
een.
Additional operati
ons
A
V
1/
A
V
1,
A
V
2/
A
V
2:
Aud
io/video
or RGB
in
put signal through
the
scart
so
ck
et
/
1
or 2.
app
ears
only if an RGB
so
urce h
as bee
n co
nnected.
AV
3
:
Compon
ent input
signal throug
h
the Y
, P
B
/C
B
, P
R
/C
R
so
ck
et
s
/
3
, and audi
o inp
ut sig
nal
t
hrough t
he
L, R sock
ets
/
3
.
AV
4
/
AV
4
:
V
id
eo
inpu
t sign
al through th
e
video
sock
et
4
, and
audio inpu
t
sign
al
thro
ugh
th
e L (MONO),
R a
udio
so
ck
ets
4.
appears only
if
the equipment
is
connected to
the S vid
eo
soc
k
et
4
instead of
the
vid
eo
soc
k
et
4, and S vi
deo inp
ut sig
nal
i
s
input
throu
gh
the S vi
deo so
ck
et
4.
5:
RGB input signal throu
gh the PC connec
tors
5, an
d
audi
o
inpu
t sign
al t
hro
ugh th
e
sock
et
.
AV
6
:
Digital au
dio
/video
sign
al
is inpu
t
throug
h the HDMI IN
6
sock
et. Audio
inpu
t sign
al is analogu
e
on
ly if the
equipment has been conn
ecte
d
using th
e
D
V
I and audio
out sock
et.
T
o
Do
th
is
R
eturn t
o
the
norm
al
TV op
eration
Press D
IGIT
AL
or A
N
ALOG.
Access th
e
Inpu
t
signal inde
x
table
Press
to acce
ss
the
In
put sig
nal
inde
x t
able
. (Then,
onl
y
in
anal
ogue
mode,
press
g
.) T
o
select a
n
in
put
so
urce, p
ress
F
/
f
,
then press
.
T
o
Do
th
is
– 11 –
SE-1
RM-ED007
Navigating through menus
“MENU” allows
you to enjoy
various
convenient
featur
es of
th
is TV.
Yo
u can
ea
sily
select chan
nels
or
external
inputs with
th
e remote. Also, se
ttings for
y
our
TV
can be changed easily using “MENU”.
1
Press MENU to display the menu.
2
Press
F
/
f
to select an option.
3
Press
to confirm a selected option.
To
exit
th
e menu, press MENU.
1
2,3
Select:
Enter
:
Exit:
ME
N
U
Digital F
a
v
o
u
ri
te
s
Me
n
u
Desc
ription
D
igital
F
a
v
our
it
e
s
(i
n d
igi
tal
mod
e
only)
Launche
s t
he
F
av
ouri
te l
ist
. F
or det
ail
s
about
set
ti
ng
s,
se
e
pa
ge
1
7.
TV List
(i
n a
nal
ogue
mod
e
on
ly
)
Al
lo
ws
you
t
o select
TV
p
ro
grams from
a li
st
of channe
l la
bels.
•
T
o w
a
tch th
e
d
e
sired
cha
nne
l,
sel
ect the chan
nel
, th
en press
.
•
T
o assig
n a
labe
l
to a prog
ram, see pa
ge
26.
An
alog
ue
(i
n d
igi
tal
mod
e
only)
Return
s
to the last vie
w
ed analogue chan
nel.
Di
g
ita
l
(i
n d
igi
tal
mod
e
only)
Retur
n
s
to t
h
e last
vie
w
ed digi
tal
channel.
Digital EPG
(i
n d
igi
tal
mod
e
only)
Launche
s the
Digital El
ectron
ic Programme Guide (EPG).
F
o
r
details abou
t settings, see page
15.
Exter
nal
Inpu
ts
S
elects equipment conn
ecte
d
to your TV
.
•
T
o w
a
tch th
e
d
e
sired
e
x
ter
nal in
put, sel
ect the inp
ut
sou
rce
, th
en
press .
•
T
o assig
n a
labe
l
to an
e
x
ter
n
al in
put, see pa
ge
25.
Settings
Opens
the S
ettings menu
screen
where
m
o
st
of adv
anc
ed setting
s and
ad
justments
are perform
ed
. Select
a menu
ico
n, select an optio
n
an
d
mak
e the
de
sired change
or adjustment using
F
/
f
/
G
/
g
.
F
o
r
details abou
t settings, see page
20 to
29.
Picture Adjustment menu
You can
select
the options listed below on
the
Picture menu. To select options
in “Set
tin
gs”,
see “Navigating
through menus” (page
19).
Picture Mode
Se
le
ct
s the
p
ict
ure mo
de.
•
“Vivid”: For enhanced
p
ict
ure co
ntrast
and sharpness.
•
“Stan
dard”:
Fo
r standar
d picture.
Reco
mmended fo
r hom
e
ent
ert
ai
n
ment.
•
“Custom”:
Allows you to st
ore
your
preferr
ed settings.
Backlight
Adjusts
the brightness of the backlight.
Contrast
Incr
eases or decreases
p
icture contrast.
Brightness
Brightens
or d
arkens the
picture.
Colour
Incr
eases or decreases
colo
ur
intensity.
Hue
Incr
eases or decreases
the green tones.
Ti
p
“H
ue”
can only
be
adjusted fo
r an NT
SC colour
signal (
e.g.,
U.S.
A.
video tapes).
Sharpness
Sh
arpens or
softens th
e
picture.
Colour Tone
Adjusts
the whitenes
s of the picture.
•
“Cool”: Gives the
white
colours a blue
tint.
•
“Neut
ral
”: Gives
th
e wh
ite
colour
s a neu
tral
tint.
•
“Warm”: Gives the
white
colours a red tint.
Ti
p
“Warm”
can only
be
se
lected when yo
u set
“Picture
Mode” to “Custom”.
Reset
Resets all
picture setti
ngs except
“Picture Mod
e” to
th
e
factory
sett
ings.
Noise Reduction
Redu
ces
the picture
noise (snowy
picture) in a weak
broadcast signal.
•
“Auto”:
Automatically reduces the
picture n
oise.
•
“High/Mid/Low”:
Modifies
the
effect of the
noise reduction.
Pict
u
re Adj
u
stment
Select:
Enter
:
Exit:
ME
N
U
Pict
u
re Mode
Bac
klight
Contr
ast
Br
ightness
Colo
u
r
H
u
e
Shar
pness
Colo
u
r T
one
Reset
N
oise Red
u
ction
C
u
stom
5
Max
50
50
0
15
W
ar
m
A
u
to
Bac
k:
– 12 –
SE-1
RM-ED007
Sound Adjustment menu
You can
select the
options listed below
on the
So
und
menu
. To select
opt
ions in “Settin
gs”,
see “Navigating
through menus” (pag
e
19).
Sound Effect
Selects
the sound
mode.
•
“
Sta
n
dard”:
Enhances
clarity,
det
ail, a
n
d sou
nd p
resence by us
ing “BBE
High
d
efin
itio
n
Sound System.”
•
“Dyna
mic”
: Intensifies
clarity and sound
pr
esence f
o
r better
inte
lligibility and musical
real
is
m by us
in
g the “BBE High
de
finition Sound System.”
•
“BBE V
iVA”:
BBE
ViVA
Sound pr
ovides musica
lly
accurate
na
tur
al 3D image with H
i-Fi
so
un
d.
The clarity of the
soun
d is
im
proved
b
y
BBE
while the wid
th depth
an
d height of
so
un
d image are ex
pand
ed
by BBE’s
p
ro
p
rietary 3D sou
nd process. BBE ViVA Sou
nd is
compatible w
ith
all T
V progr
ams
inc
luding
new
s,
music,
dramas
,
movies, spor
ts and
electronic games.
•
“Dolby Virtual
”
: Uses
the TV spe
aker
s
to
simulate
th
e sur
round eff
ect pr
oduced
by a
multi
channel s
y
stem.
•
“Of
f”: F
lat re
sponse.
Tips
•
Y
ou
can chan
ge
soun
d eff
ect by
pr
es
sing
9
repeate
d
ly.
•
If you set “
A
uto V
o
lume” to “O
n”, “D
olby Virtual” changes
to
“Standard”.
Treble
Adjusts h
igher-pitched sound
s.
Bass
Adjusts lower-
pitched
sounds.
Balance
Emphasizes left or
right speaker balan
ce.
Reset
Resets all
the sound
setting
s
to
the factory
settings.
Dual Sound
Selects the
sound
from
the speaker for a stereo or bilingual
b
roadcast.
•
“Stereo”,
“Mono”:
For a ster
eo broad
cast.
•
“A”/“B”/“Mono”: For a bilingual
broadcast,
select “A” fo
r sound chann
el
1, “B”
for sound channel
2
, or
“Mono” for a mo
no
chann
el, if available.
Ti
p
If
you
se
lect other
equipment c
o
nnected to the
T
V, set
“Dual S
o
und”
to
“Stere
o”,
“A”
or
“B”.
Auto Volume
Keeps a con
stant volume level ev
en when vol
ume level gaps occur (e.g., adver
ts ten
d
to be loud
er than
pr
ogrammes)
.
So
u
nd Adj
u
stment
Select:
Enter
:
Exit:
ME
N
U
So
u
nd Eff
ect
Tr
e
b
le
Bass
Balance
Reset
D
u
al So
u
nd
A
u
to
V
ol
u
me
T
V
Speak
ers
Standard
50
50
0
Mono
On
On
Bac
k:
Features menu
You can select
th
e options
listed below
o
n
the
Featu
res menu. To sele
ct options in
“Settings”,
see “Navigating thr
ough menus”
(page
19
).
Screen
Chan
ges
the screen format.
•
“Aut
o
Form
at”: Autom
at
icall
y
chang
es
th
e screen form
at acco
rding to the
broadcast signal.
•
“Screen
Format”: For
details a
bou
t
the screen format, see page
14
•
“Ve
rtic
al
Si
ze
”: Adj
ust
s t
h
e ve
rtic
al
si
ze
o
f
th
e pi
ct
ure when
t
h
e scre
en
fo
rma
t is
set to Smart.
Tips
•
E
ven if
you have
selected
“On”
or “Off”
in
“Auto Format”,
you can alw
ays
modify the
format
of the screen by press
ing
repeate
d
ly.
•
“Auto Format”
is
a
v
ail
able
for PAL and
SECAM signals
only.
Power Saving
Select
s the
p
o
wer sa
ving mode to redu
ce
th
e power consumption
of
th
e TV.
• “Standard”:
De
faul
t setti
ngs.
• “Reduce”:
R
educes the power
consumption of the
TV.
• “Pictu
re Off”: Switch
es off the
p
icture. You can listen to the so
und with th
e picture
off.
AV2 Output
Sets
a
signal to be o
utput th
rough
the sock
et
labelled
/
2 on
th
e
rear of
th
e
TV.
If you conn
ect
a VCR
to
th
e
/
2
socket, you can then
record
from
the
equipment
con
nected
to
other
sockets of
the
TV.
•
“TV”: Outputs a broadcast.
•
“Auto”: Outp
uts whatever
is b
ein
g viewed
on
the screen.
RGB Center
Adjusts the
horizontal pictu
re
position so
that
the pictu
re
is in the
middle of
th
e
sc
re
en.
Tip
T
h
is opt
ion is only ava
ilabl
e if an RGB source
has been connected to the
Scarts connec
tors
1/
1
or
2/
2
on the rear
of the TV.
F
eat
u
res
Select:
Enter
:
Exit:
ME
N
U
Screen
Po
w
er Sa
ving
A
V
2 O
u
tp
u
t
RGB Center
PC Adj
u
stment
Timer
Standard
T
V
0
Bac
k:
Click on the first or last page to see other KDL-26U2000 / KDL-32U2000 / KDL-40U2000 service manuals if exist.