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– 13 –
WAX
RM-EA002 / RM-ED002
Timer menu
Sets a 
p
eriod of time af
ter
 which the TV automa
tically switches itself into the 
standby mode. 
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Sleep 
Timer”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select the 
desired time per
iod (“30mi
n”/“
60min”/“90min”/
“1
20
min”), th
en
 p
re
s
s OK.
Th
 indicator on the TV (front) 
lights up in amber.
Tips
If you switch off the TV and switch it 
on ag
ain, “
S
leep Timer” is reset to “
O
ff.”
“Sleep timer will 
end soon. Power 
will be turned off.” a
p
pears
 on the sc
reen one
 minute before 
the
 TV
 switches to the standby mode.
If 
you press 
/
, the re
ma
ining 
ti
me in minute
s before the TV
 s
w
itche
s to the standby mode 
is disp
layed on
 th
e screen
.
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “C
lock
 set”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select the 
day, then press
 
,
.
3
Set t
h
e m
o
nt
h, 
year, and 
hour in 
the sam
e
 way
 as in s
tep 2. 
4
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select the 
minute, then press OK. 
<
/
,
Th
e clo
ck st
art
s.
Set
s a
 pre
defi
ned
 pe
riod of tim
e aft
er whic
th
e TV aut
oma
ti
ca
lly swi
tc
h
es on/off. 
1
Pres
s O
K
 to s
e
lect
 “Timer”.
2
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select “S
et”, 
then press 
OK.
3
Press 
,
 to se
lect 
the
 d
e
sire
d pe
rio
d (“
On
e Da
y”
“D
aily”, “Mo
n
-F
ri”
 or
 
“W
ee
kly
”)
, th
e
n
 pr
es
s O
K
.
4
Press 
m
/
M
 to 
select “On Time” or “Off Time”, 
then press 
OK.
5
Press 
m
/
M
 to
 a
c
tive. Pre
s
,
, then 
press 
m
/
M
/
<
/
to s
e
t time you 
wis
h
 to 
switch on/off the 
TV. Press OK to 
confirm. 
You ca
n se
le
ct
 th
e optio
ns li
st
ed be
low 
on
 th
e Tim
er
 
menu
. To select 
options, see 
“Navigating throu
gh 
menu
s” (p
age
19).
Sleep Timer
Clock Set
Timer
Select:
Set:
Bac
k:
OK
End:
MENU
Sleep  Timer
Cloc
k  Set
Timer
Off
20.
  8.
  2005  F
ri  21:30
Timer
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 fir
st 
installed
 (page
13). 
However, 
this optio
n allo
ws you to repeat 
the process (e.g., to retune 
th
e TV 
after moving 
ho
use, or to search for new channel
th
at 
have been lau
nched 
b
bro
adcasters).
1
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Auto Start U
p
”.
2
Pres
s OK to s
e
lect “Yes.”
Th
auto-tune display
 appears on 
the screen.
3
Follow 
steps 1 to 4 of “Auto-tuning the TV” 
(page
1
3).
Tunes in all 
the availa
ble analogue 
channels.
Usually you do 
no
n
eed 
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
Follo
w ste
p 1 an
d
 2 of
 “A
ut
o-
tu
nin
g th
e TV”
 (
p
a
g
e
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 
channe
l you want to 
move to 
a new position, 
th
e
n
 pr
es
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
– 14 –
WAX
RM-EA002 / RM-ED002
Connecting optional equipment
Using Optional Equipment
Yo
can conn
ect 
a wide ran
ge of 
o
ptio
nal eq
uipment 
to
 your
 TV. Connecting cables are 
not 
supplied.
Connecting 
to the side of the TV
To connec
t
D
this
D
igit
al sat
elli
te 
re
ce
iv
er
 
A
S VHS/H
8/DVC 
camcorder 
B
Connect 
only to 
the
 HDMI IN 5 
sock
et. 
The dig
ital 
video and audio 
signals are 
in
put from the 
digital 
satellite receiver. If 
the digital 
satellite receiver 
has 
a DV
I socket 
and
 no
t an HDMI so
cket, connec
the D
VI s
o
cket 
to the HD
MI
 IN
 5 
sock
et, a
nd c
onnect the 
audio 
sock
et to
 the audio 
so
ckets HD
MI 
IN 5. 
The 
digital v
ide
o an
ana
log
ue au
dio
 signals are 
in
put 
from the 
digital satellite receiver.
Connect 
to 
the S video
 socke
4
 or 
th
e video
 socke
4, 
and
 the 
audio so
ckets
 
4. To 
avo
id 
pic
ture 
noise, do
 not con
nect 
the 
camcorder to 
th
e video
 socke
and 
the S video so
cket 
at the same 
tim
e.
 If you 
con
nect mono 
equ
ipment, con
nect 
to the L/G/S/I sockets 
4, 
an
set “Dual 
Sound
” to 
“A”
 
(page
24).
He
adph
ones
S
 VH
S/H
i8/D
VC 
camcorde
r
Digital satellite 
receiver
Headp
hones 
C
Co
nnect to the 
i
 s
o
cket 
to listen to 
sound
 from the TV on head
phones. 
T
o co
nn
ect
D
o thi
s
P
erso
nal Computer 
D
Co
nnect to 
th
e P
C
 In
put socke
 
5 and the
 aud
io socket 
J
  
on the 
rear of 
the TV (p
age 36).
CAM (Conditional 
Access Module) 
E
For encr
ipted 
PPV 
(Pay per
 View) 
services.
Re
m
o
ve 
the dummy card 
from the 
CAM slo
t and in
se
rt
 the
 CAM.
 
Insert the 
v
iewing card 
into the 
CAM.
Mo
dem co
nnector 
F
For futu
re
 use only.
T
o co
nn
ect
D
o thi
s
C
ontinu
ed
(K
D
L
-S3
2
A1
2U,
 
KDL-S2
6A1
2U o
nly)
Notes: 
S
witch 
off the 
TV before inseting the 
CAM.
K
eep alwa
ys th
e dummy card into the CAM 
slot when
you
 remove 
the CAM.
Connecting 
to the r
ear 
of the 
TV
(Smar
tLink)
Y
P
R
/
C
R
P
B
/
C
B
L/G/ S/I
R/D/D/D
R/D/ D/D
L/G/ S/I
PC
H
DVD pl
ayer 
wi
th comp
onen
t out
put
Dec
oder
DVD re
corder / Hard
 di
sc 
rec
order
VC
R
De
code
r
Hi-
Fi
Pl
aySta
ti
on 2
DV
D
– 15 –
WAX
RM-EA002 / RM-ED002
Specifications
D
isplay Unit
Po
wer
 Requir
ements:
2
20–
24
0 V AC,
 5
0 Hz
S
creen Si
ze:
KDL-S32
A12U: 32 inch
es
KDL-S26
A12U: 26 inch
es
KDL-S23
A12U: 23 inch
es
Disp
lay Resolutio
n (h
orizontal x vertical):
KDL-S32
A12U: 136
6 do
ts 
x
lines
KDL-S26
A12U: 136
6 do
ts 
x
lines
KDL-S23
A12U: 136
6 do
ts 
x
lines
Po
wer
 Con
sump
tion:
KDL-S32
A12U: 127
 W
KDL-S26
A12U: 89 W
KDL-S23
A12U: 79 W
Stan
dby
 Po
wer
 Cons
ump
tion:
KDL-S32
A12U: 0,5 W
KDL-S26
A12U: 0,5 W
KDL-S23
A12U: 0,5 W
D
ime
nsio
ns (
w
 ×
 h
 × d
):
KDL-S32
A12U: 
App
ro
x.
 7
92 x 6
08 x 30
9 mm (
w
ith
 s
tan
d)
App
ro
x. 
7
92 x 5
64 x 99
 m
m
 (witho
u
t stand)
KDL-S26
A12U: 
App
ro
x.
 6
58 x 5
17 x 30
9 mm (
w
ith
 s
tan
d)
App
ro
x. 
6
58 x 4
74 x 90
 m
m
 (witho
u
t stand)
KDL-S23
A12U: 
App
ro
x.
 5
66 x 4
48 x 21
8 mm (
w
ith
 s
tan
d)
App
ro
x. 
5
66 x 4
11 x 89
 m
m
 (witho
u
t stand)
Weight:
KDL-S32
A12U:
Ap
pr
ox
20
 k
g
 (wit
h sta
n
d
)
Ap
pr
ox
16
 k
g
 (wit
ho
ut 
stand
)
KDL-S26
A12U:
Ap
pr
ox
. 16
,5
 k
g
 (with
 stan
d
)
App
ro
x. 1
2
,5 
kg
 (withou
t stan
d)
KDL-S23
A12U:
Ap
pr
ox
13
 k
g
 (wit
h sta
n
d
)
Ap
pr
ox
. 9,
5 kg
 (
w
itho
u
stan
d)
Pane
l System
L
C
D (Liquid Crystal 
Displ
ay) Panel
TV System
I.
Colour System
PA
L
, S
E
CA
NT
SC 3.
58,
 4.
43
 (
on
ly Vid
eo In
)
M
P
EG
-2
 MP
@M
L
Aerial
75 ohm e
x
ternal terminal 
for VH
F/UHF
Channe
l Coverage
I:
UHF B2
1–B6
9
Te
rminals
AV1: /
1
  
21-pin Scart connector (CE
NEL
EC
 standa
rd) including 
au
dio
/v
ideo inp
u
t, 
R
G
B inp
u
t, 
an
d TV audio
/video 
outp
u
t.
AV2: /
2
 (
SMART
LI
NK)
21-pin Scart connector (CE
NEL
EC
 standa
rd) including 
au
dio
/v
ideo inp
u
t, 
R
G
B inp
u
t, 
se
lectable audio
/video 
output, and 
SmartLink int
erfa
ce
• 
  A
V
3
3
Y:1 
Vp-p, 7
5
 oh
ms, 0
.3
V
 n
egative s
ync
P
B
:0
.7
 V
p
-p
, 75
 o
h
m
s
P
R
:0
.7
 V
p
-p
, 75
 o
h
m
s
3
 Au
dio inp
ut (p
hon
o jack
s)
  
 50
0 mVrm
s
Im
p
eda
nce:
 47
 k
ilo
 o
h
m
s
AV4: 
4S video
 in
put (4-pin min
DIN)
 
4 Video inp
u
t (p
ho
no jack)
 
4 Audio
 in
put (pho
no jacks)
AV5: 5
PC In
put (
15 Dsub
) (
see p
a
g
3
6)
G: 
0
.7
 Vp
-p
, 75
 o
hms
, no
n Sync on
 Gr
een
B: 0.
7 Vp-
p,
 7
5
 ohm
s,
 n
on Syn
o
n
 Gr
een
R: 0.
7 Vp-
p,
 7
5
 ohm
s,
 n
on Syn
o
n
 Gr
een
HD:
 1-
Vp-p
VD:
 1-
Vp-p
 
PC
 audio 
input: minijack.
 Audio
 o
u
tpu
(Left/Righ
t) (pho
no jacks)
AV6: 
6 (KD
L-
S32A12U
, KD
L-S
26A12U
 only)
HDMI
:
Video: 480
i, 5
76i,
 480
p,
 5
7
6
p
7
20p
, 10
80
i
Audio: 
Two channel linear
 PCM 
32, 
44.1 and 
48
 k
H
z, 16, 20 and
 2
4
 bits.
AUDIO:50
0 mVrm
s (1
00% mo
dulation
)
Im
pedan
ce: 47
 k
ilo
hm
s
Headphones jack
Sound Output
KDL-S32
A12U: 10 W +10
 W (RMS)
KDL-S26
A12U: 10 W + 10 W (R
MS)
KDL-S23
A12U: 5 W + 5
 W (RMS)
Supplied Accessories 
R
emote RM-
ED0
02 (
1
)
Si
ze AA
 batterie
(R6 type) (2)
S
upp
ort 
b
e
lt (1) 
an
d screw (2)
M
ains Lea
d
 (1)
Additional Information
Optional Accessorie
s
W
all-
Mount Br
acket SU-
WL31 
(KDL
-S32A12U,
   
   
  
KDL-
S2
6A12
U, KDL-
S23A12
U)
Design and specification
s are 
subj
ect to change 
without no
tice.
PC Specifications
Signals
Horizontal
(Pixel)
Vertical
(Line)
Horizontal 
freq
uency 
(kHz
)
Vertical 
freq
uency 
(Hz)
Standard
VGA
640
480
31.5KHz
60Hz
VGA
640
480
37.9KHz
72Hz
VESA
640
480
37.5KHz
75Hz
VESA
720
400
31.47KHz
70Hz
VGA-T
SVGA
800
600
35.1KHz
56Hz
VESA Guidelines
800
600
37.9KHz
60Hz
VESA Guidelines
800
600
48.1KHz
72Hz
VESA
800
600
46.9KHz
75Hz
VESA
XGA
1024
768
48.4KHz
60Hz
VESA Guidelines
1024
768
56.5KHz
70Hz
V
ESA
1024
768
60.0KHz
75Hz
V
ESA
WXGA
1280
768
47.40KHz
60Hz
VESA
1280
768
47.78KHz
60Hz
V
ESA
This TV 
do
es 
no
supp
ort Syn
c on 
Green or Compo
site Sync.
If
 a 
signal other than 
in 
the abo
ve chart is input, it may not
 be displayed 
pr
operly 
or
 may not be 
displayed as 
yo
set.
Using 
the Vertical 
frequency (Hz) of
 th
personal 
computer at 
60 
is recommended.
– 16 –
WAX
RM-EA002 / RM-ED002
Troubleshooting
C
h
e
c
k
 wh
et
he
th
1
 (
s
ta
ndby)
 indic
ator
 is f
las
hing in 
red.
When it is 
flashing
The 
self-diagnosis function is activated. 
1
Me
asure 
ho
w l
ong
 the 
1
 (stan
dby) indi
cato
flash
es 
a
nd stops fl
ashin
g.
F
o
exa
m
ple, 
the in
dic
ator flashe
s for 
two se
conds, 
stops
 flashing for 
on
secon
d, and fla
sh
es 
for two seconds.
2
Pr
ess 
1
 on the TV (To
p si
de) to
 swi
tch it off, disc
onn
ect 
the main
le
ad, and in
fo
rm your dea
ler or 
Sony 
service 
centre 
of h
o
th
e i
ndi
ca
to
r flash
es (d
uration
 an
interval).
When it is 
no
flashing
1
Check 
th
items in
 the
 tabl
es 
belo
w.
2
If th
p
roble
still pe
rsi
sts, 
h
a
ve your TV serviced
 b
y
 qu
alifie
d se
rvice person
nel.
Picture
Pr
oble
m
Caus
e/Reme
d
y
No
 pi
ctu
re
 (screen
 is
 dark) a
nd 
no soun
d
Check the 
aerial connection.
Connect 
the 
TV to the 
mains, and pr
ess 
1
 on the TV (top
 side).
If the 
1
 (stand
by) 
indicator 
lights up in red
, press 
TV 
 "
/1
.
No
 pi
ct
ure 
or n
o me
nu 
inf
ormat
io
n from equ
ipme
nt 
conne
cte
d to t
he scart
 
conne
cto
r
Check that 
the optional 
equipment 
is 
on an
press 
/
 repeatedly until 
the 
correct inp
ut symbol is displayed on the 
scr
een.
Check the 
connection 
between the 
optional equipment and
 th
e TV.
Di
st
orte
d p
ict
ure
W
hen installing optional equipment, leave som
e space bet
ween the opt
ional 
equipment and
 th
e TV.
W
hen changing progr
ammes or selecting digital/anal
ogue Text, turn off any 
equipment 
con
nected
 to
 the 
scart connector on 
th
rear of
 th
TV.
Do
ubl
e i
m
age
s o
r gh
ost
ing
C
hec
k ae
ria
l/c
abl
e conn
ect
ions.
C
he
ck the 
ae
ria
l loca
tion a
n
dire
ction.
O
n
ly sno
w and
 no
ise
 a
ppear 
on th
s
c
reen
C
heck if the 
aerial is broken 
or bent.
C
he
ck if the 
ae
ria
l has
 re
ac
he
d the 
end 
of 
its 
se
rvic
ea
b
le
 life
 (three
 to five
 
years in nor
mal u
se, 
one to
 two 
years at 
the seaside).
Pi
ctu
re
 (dot
te
d li
nes
 or stri
pes) 
noi
se
K
ee
p t
h
TV 
away
 from
 e
le
ct
ric
al 
noi
se
 sourc
es 
suc
as c
ars, m
o
torc
yc
les, 
or hair
-dryers.
M
ake sure that th
aerial is conne
cted using the 
supplied 
coaxial 
cable.
K
eep 
the aerial cable 
away from other connecting cables.
D
o not use a 300
-ohm 
twin
 lead
 cable 
as interfer
ence 
may occur
.
Pi
ctu
re
 n
o
is
e whe
n v
iewi
ng 
TV ch
anne
l
S
el
ec
t “Ma
nual
 Pr
ogram
me
 Preset
” i
n
 the
 “Se
t Up”
 me
nu and
 adj
ust
 “AFT”
 
(Automatic 
Fine Tuning)
 to
 obtain better 
pictur
e reception (p
age
31)
.
S
elect “Noise 
Reduc
tion” in the “Picture 
Adju
stment” 
menu to red
uce 
the 
noise in
 th
picture (page
21).
St
ripe
 no
ise
 du
ring
 pl
ayb
ack/
re
cordi
ng of
 a VCR
V
ideo 
head interference.
 Keep 
your VCR 
away from 
the TV
.
L
eave 
space 
of 30 cm 
between your VCR 
and 
the TV to avo
id noise.
A
void installing your VC
in 
fro
nt of 
the TV or 
b
eside 
the TV.
S
o
m
e
 ti
ny
 bl
a
c
k
 po
in
ts
 a
n
d
/or
 
brigh
t poi
nt
s on th
s
c
reen
T
he pictu
re 
of a display 
unit is comp
osed of
 pixels. Tiny black points and/o
brigh
p
oints (pixels) on 
the screen do not indicate a 
malf
unction.
No
 co
lou
on
 prog
ra
mmes
S
elect
 “Reset
” in the 
“Pict
ure 
Adjust
ment” menu to ret
urn to the 
fact
ory 
se
tt
ings (page
2
2
).
No
 co
lou
r or irregu
lar col
our 
wh
en vi
ewi
ng a 
sig
nal
 f
ro
m t
he 
Y
, PB
/CB
, PR/
CR jacks of
 
3
Check 
the connection of
 th
Y, 
P
B
/C
B
, P
R
/C
R
 jacks of 
3.
M
ak
e sure
 that the
 Y,
 P
B
/C
B
, P
R
/C
R
 j
ac
k
of 
3 a
re 
firm
ly se
at
ed i
n
 t
h
ei
respective sockets.
Sou
nd
Pr
oble
m
Caus
e/Reme
dy
No
 so
und,
 but
 go
od 
pi
ctu
re
P
re
ss 
2
 +/
– 
o
%
 (Mute).
C
he
ck that 
“TV Spe
ake
rs” 
is s
et to “
o
n”
 in the 
“F
ea
ture
s” 
me
nu (page
2
6).
No
isy sou
nd
S
ee the “Picture 
noise” 
causes/remedies 
on page
40.
Channels
Pr
oble
m
Caus
e/Reme
dy
The d
e
si
re
d chan
nel
 c
anno
t be 
sel
ected
S
witch between 
digital and 
analogue mode 
an
d select 
the desired
 digital/
analogu
e channel
.
Some
 ch
anne
ls are bl
ank
S
crambled/Subscription only channel.
 Subscribe to the 
Pay 
Per View 
se
rvi
ce
.
Chan
nel is used only for 
data (no picture 
or sound).
Contact 
the broadcaster for transmission details.
Di
gi
tal
 chan
nel
 i
s
 not
 di
spl
aye
d
Check 
that the 
aerial 
is p
lugged directly into 
the TV (not through 
other 
equipment).
Contact
 a 
local installer to find out if dig
ita
l transm
issions are 
pro
vided 
in 
your area.
U
pgrad
e to a higher 
g
ain aerial.
Gen
eral
Pr
oble
m
Caus
e/Reme
dy
T
he TV
 t
u
rn
of
automati
cal
ly 
(t
he T
V
 ent
ers sta
ndby
 mod
e)
T
he TV
 t
u
rn
on 
automati
cal
ly
Check if the 
“Timer” 
is activated 
(page
28).
If no 
sign
al is received or no 
op
eration
 is perf
ormed 
in 
the TV mode 
for 
10
 
minutes, 
the TV automatically switches to standby
 mode.
C
he
ck if the 
“Time
r” is 
ac
tiva
te
d (pag 
28)
Some
 i
nput
 s
ources
 can
not
 b
sel
ected
S
ele
ct
 “
A
V Preset
” in the
 “
S
et Up” me
nu and ca
nce
l “Ski
p” of 
th
e inp
u
so
urce (p
age
30)
.
The remot
e doe
n
ot f
unct
ion
R
ep
la
ce
 t
h
bat
te
rie
s.
Pr
oble
m
Caus
e/Reme
dy
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