Sony KF-42SX300 / KF-42SX300K / KF-42SX300U Service Manual ▷ View online
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KF-42SX300
RM-906
Optimum Viewing Area
For the best pictur
e quality, try to position the TV set so
that you
can view th
e screen from with
in the areas
sho
w
n below.
(Optimum viewing position)
65º
65º
Horizontal viewing area
Vertical viewing area
(Optimum viewin
g
position)
30º
30º
K
F
-4
2S
X
30
0K
:
1.
8
m
a
nd
m
or
e
K
F
-5
0S
X
30
0K
:
1.
8
m
a
nd
m
or
e
K
F
-6
0S
X
30
0K
:
2.
2
m
a
nd
m
or
e
K
F
-4
2S
X
30
0K
:
1.
8
m
a
nd
m
or
e
K
F
-5
0S
X
30
0K
:
1.
8
m
a
nd
m
or
e
K
F
-6
0S
X
30
0K
:
2.
2
m
a
nd
m
or
e
Replacing the lamp
When
the lamp becomes dark or the picture colour is not no
rmal or the lamp in
dic
ator
on the
TV set flashes,
rep
lace
with a new lamp.
•
O
nly
use the lamp X
L
-2100E for replacement. If you use another lamp, it may cause damage to
the TV set.
•
D
o n
o
t remove the
lamp e
x
cept when replacing it.
•
B
ef
o
re replacing the lamp, tu
rn
off th
e
power and disc
onnect the power cord.
•
R
ep
lac
e the lamp only after it becomes c
ool. The fron
t gl
ass of the
lamp remains at least 1
00 °
C (212 °F) even
after the power has b
een turned
off fo
r 30 min
utes.
•
D
o n
o
t place the
old lamp in prox
imity
to c
h
ildren or flamm
able material.
•
D
o n
o
t get the old lamp we
t, or insert objects insi
de
the lamp. It may cause th
e lamp to explode.
•
D
o
n
o
t
place
the
old
lamp
near
easily
flammable
o
b
jec
ts,
as
th
is
m
ay
c
ause
fi
re.
Also,
d
o
no
t
put
y
our
h
and
inside
the lamp co
m
p
artment, as you m
ay be
burne
d.
•
A
ttach th
e ne
w
lam
p
securely. If it is
not securely
attached, the p
icture m
ay be
come da
rk
.
•
D
o n
o
t touch or stain the fro
nt glass of
th
e n
ew
lam
p
or th
e glass of the lamp compartm
en
t. If the glass
beco
m
e
d
irty, the p
icture quality m
ay
d
eteri
o
rate or th
e lamp life may shorten.
•
A
ttach th
e lamp cover firmly. If it is no
t
firmly attached, the power w
ill not turn on.
•
W
hen
the lamp burns out, a noise
i
s au
dible. Th
is does not i
ndicate da
m
ag
e to the
TV
set.
•
C
o
n
sult your nearest Son
y service center to obtain a new lamp.
•
A
lways rem
em
b
er to d
ispose of used lamps in an evironmentally friendly way.
1
Turn off the power and
disconn
ect the
po
w
er cord
.
•
If
you
start
changing
the
lamp
withou
t
disconn
ecting
the
p
o
we
r
co
rd,
the
standby
i
nd
icator
on
the
TV
set
flashes.
Disco
nnect the power co
rd
to continu
e ch
anging the lamp.
•
Rep
lace the lamp 30 minutes or more after th
e
po
w
er is turned off to a
llow it to c
ool.
•
Prepare the
new lamp.
2
Loosen the two screws place
d o
n
the
left and right corner of the rear of the TV
with an object such as a
coin
.
3
Remove t
h
e front panel
.
Remov
e the fro
nt panel without moving the TV set
Grasp the
left
and
right
side
of the
front pan
el
w
ith
your
fingers
and
pul
l
it
forward.
Be c
are
fu
l
not to
catc
h
your fing
ernails.
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RM-906
4
Loosen the s
crew
with an object such
as a co
in and
re
m
ove th
e lamp cover
.
5
Loosen the two screws an
d p
u
ll out th
e lamp.
Loosen
two
screws with the
Pull out the lam
p
by
the handle.
hexagon
key
supp
lied.
The lamp is
still extremely hot immedi
ate
ly afte
r the p
o
w
er is turned off. Be careful that you
don
’t tou
ch the
fro
nt glass or surro
unding area o
f the lamp or the glass of the
lamp c
o
m
p
artment.
6
At
ta
ch
th
e n
ew
la
mp.
Replace the new lamp securely in the
lamp rece
ptac
le and fasten
the screw
s tightly u
sing the hexagon
key
supp
lied.
7
Atta
ch th
e lamp cover
.
Fasten th
e screw tightly
with an object such as a co
in.
8
Atta
ch
th
e fron
t pan
el.
Attach the fron
t panel b
y
p
ushin
g left and
right side into pla
ce. Next, fast again the tw
o
screws plaeed on the left an
d
right corne
r
of the rear of the TV.
Technical Specifications
TV syst
em:
Depend
ing on y
our country
selection:
B/G/H,
D/K,
L,
I
Colour s
y
stem:
PAL
SECAM, NTSC
3.
58, 4.43 (
only
Video In)
Channel Coverage:
VHF:
E2-E12
UHF:
E21-
E69
CATV:
S1
-S2
0
HYPER:
S
2
1-S41
D/K:
R1-R12, R
21-R69
L:
F2
-F1
0, B-Q, F21-F69
I:
UHF B21-B69
Pane
l
Syste
m:
LCD (Liqu
id Crystal Display)
pa
n
el
.
Pr
oje
cte
d
pic
tur
e
size
:
•
K
F-42SX300K:
42
inches
(approx
.
107 cm measured diagonally).
•
K
F-50SX300K:
50
inches
(approx
.
127 cm measured diagonally).
•
K
F-60SX300K:
60
inches
(approx
.
153 cm measured diagonally).
Rear Terminals
•
AV1
1/
1
21-pin scart co
nnector
(CEN
ELEC
standard)
including audio/vid
eo input,
RGB inpu
t, TV aud
io/video
output.
•
AV2
2/
2
21-pin Scart connector
(CE
N
EL
EC stan
dard)
including audio / video input,
RGB
input,
monitor
audio
/video
output.
•
AV3
3
/
3
21-pin Scart co
nnector
(CENELEC stan
dard)
including au
dio / video inpu
t,
S
video inp
ut, selectable audio /
video output and SmartLink
interface.
•
audio outputs (Left/Right)
- pho
no jacks
•
PC
audio
input
-
minijack.
•
PC
PC inpu
t.
Front Terminals
•
4
S Video
in
put – 4 pin
DIN
•
4
video
in
put – ph
ono
ja
ck
•
4
audio
in
put – ph
ono
ja
cks
•
head
phones jack
Sound
Output:
2 x 20 W (music power)
2 x 10 W (RMS)
Woofer
:
30 W (music power)
15 W (RMS)
Power Consu
m
p
tion:
21
0
W
Standb
y
P
owe
r
C
ons
umption
:
d
1
W
Dimensions (w x h x d) :
•
K
F-42SX300K:
approx. 12
00 x 820 x 3
70 mm.
•
K
F-50SX300K:
approx. 13
76 x 923 x 4
4
2 mm.
•
K
F-60SX300K:
approx. 16
18 x 1062 x 542 mm.
We
ig
h
t:
•
K
F-42SX300K: appr
ox. 29.5 kg.
•
K
F-50SX300K: appr
ox. 37.5 kg.
•
K
F-60SX300K: appr
ox. 48.5 kg.
Accessories supplied:
• 1 Remote Contro
l (
R
M-906)
• 2 Batteries (IEC designated,
AAA s
ize).
•
1 PC input cable
.
• 1 Hexagon key.
• 2 Brackets.
• 2
Screews.
• 1 Cleaning Cloth.
Othe
r
featur
es
:
•
D
igital Comb
F
ilter
(High
re
solution).
•
T
el
et
ext
,
Fa
ste
xt,
T
O
Pte
x
t.
•N
ex
T
V
ie
w
.
•S
m
ar
tL
in
k
.
•
T
V system autodetection.
•
D
olby Virtual.
•
B
BE
D
igital.
•N
IC
A
M
.
•P
A
P
.
•
A
CI
(Auto Channel
Inst
al
la
tion)
.
•
A
uto Format.
S
S
D
e
sign and spe
c
ifica
tions ar
e su
bject to change without notice.
Th
is in
stru
ctio
n manu
al h
a
s
been
p
rinted
on
:
Ecological Paper -
Totally Chlorine Free
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KF-42SX300
RM-906
PC Input Specifications
PC Input Timing
Input signal frequ
ency:
Ho
rizo
n
tal: 31,4 - 48,4 KHz.
Vertical: 59 - 61
Hz.
Maximum Resolutio
n: 1024 dots x -768 lines.
Preset mode timing table for PC
N
º
Resolutio
n
G
raphic mode
Horizontal
Ve
rtical
(do
ts x lines
)
frequ
enc
y
freq
uenc
y
(kHz)
(Hz)
1
6
40 x
480
VESA 60
31.469
5
9
.940
2
8
00 x
600
VESA 60
37.879
6
0
.317
3
1
024 x 768
VESA 60
48.363
6
0
.004
Troubleshooting
Here are some simple solutio
ns to probl
ems which may affect the pictu
re and sound.
Problem
No picture (screen is dar
k) and no
sound.
Poor
or
no
pictu
re
(screen
is
d
ark),
but
good
sound.
No picture or no menu information
from equipment connected to the
Sca
rt con
nec
tor.
Good picture, no so
und.
No colour o
n
colour progr
ammes.
When you switch on the TV the last
channel you were watching before
switching
the TV off does not appear.
Distor
ted
pi
ctu
re when changin
g
prog
rammes or selecting teletext.
Wrong characters appear when
viewing teletext.
Wrong characters appear when
viewing NexTView.
Snowy picture when viewing
a TV
channel.
No unscrambled picture whilst
viewing
an
unscrambled
channel
with
a
decoder
or
a
Set
Top
Box
connected
th
rough the Scart con
nector
3/
3
S
Sol
ution
•
C
hec
k t
h
e
ae
ria
l
con
nec
tion
.
• Plug the TV in an
d press the
b
utton
on the fr
ont of the TV.
•
If the standby indicator
is o
n
, press TV
button on
the remot
e cont
rol.
•
U
si
ng the
me
nu syst
em
, se
lec
t t
h
e “
P
ic
tu
re Adj
u
st
me
nt”
me
nu and
se
le
ct
“Reset” to return to
th
e factory settings (see page 13).
•
Check that the optional equip
men
t is on and
press the
button
re
pea
te
dly on the
re
m
ot
e cont
rol unti
l the
c
orre
ct inp
ut sym
bol is
displayed
on the screen (see page 25
).
• Pr
ess th
e
+ button on t
h
e remote cont
rol.
• Check that “TV Speakers” is “On” in the “Sound Adjustment”
menu (see page 1
4
).
• Check that h
eadphone
s are n
o
t connected.
• Usi
ng t
h
e me
nu syst
em
, se
le
ct
th
e “Pic
ture
Adj
ust
m
ent”
m
enu and
sel
ec
t
“Reset” to return to
factory settings (see page 13)
.
•
This is
not
a malfunction.
P
ress
t
he
n
umber
butto
ns
on
the
remote control
to se
le
ct the
d
esire
d c
h
annel
.
•
Turn
off
any
equipment
connected
to
the
Scart
connector
on
t
h
e
rear
of
the
TV.
•
Use
the
men
u
s
y
stem
to
enter
the
“C
o
untry”
menu
(see
page
18
)
and
select
the country in which yo
u operate the
TV set. For cyri
llic languages, we
recommend
selecting
R
ussia
country
if
y
our
own
country
does
not
ap
pear
in
the
li
st
.
• Use the menu system to en
ter
th
e “Language” men
u
(see page 18
) and
select the same language that
NexTView is b
roadcast in.
•
Using
th
e
me
nu
system
,
sel
ec
t
th
e
“Manual
Programme
P
reset”
m
en
u
and
adjust Fine Tuning (AFT)
to obtain better picture reception (
see pag
e 20).
•
Using
the
menu
system,
select
the
“Noise
Red
u
ction”
o
ption
in
th
e
“Picture
Ad
justment” menu and
select “On”
to
reduce
the
noise
in
the
picture
(see
page 13
).
•
Using
th
e
menu
syst
em
,
sel
ect
the
“F
eatur
es”
menu
and
set
“AV3
Output”
to “TV” (see page 17)
.
• Check that the Decoder
or the Se
t Top Box is not connected on the
sc
ar
t
2
/
2
.
TV
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KF-42SX300
RM-906
Problem
v
,
V
,
B
and
b
b
utton
s do not work
in
PAP mo
de.
Remote control does not functio
n.
The stand
b
y indicator
on the TV
flashes.
T
h
e la
mp indi
ca
tor
on f
ront of the
T
V
set
is lit
.
Problem
If no picture is displayed and the
NO
SYNC
mess
age appears
on the
screen.
Some
p
ict
ure li
nes are
not
c
orre
ctl
y
displayed.
Bl
urred lett
ers o
r v
ert
ical li
nes or
shad
e or no
ise is vi
sible in detailed
patterns.
The Startup or the
Setting screens of
th
e Personal Computer cannot be
displayed.
Solution
• PAP navigation is on
ly possible in
TV mod
e, please check that Media
S
el
ec
tor
is
se
t
to
T
V
.
•
Be
sur
e
you
are
po
nting
it
to
wards
the
remote
control
receiver
(see
p
age
8).
• Chec
k tha
t t
h
e Medi
a Se
le
ct
or o
n
t
he
rem
ote
c
ontro
l i
s set
to the
de
vic
e
you are using
(VCR, TV or DVD)
.
• If the remote control does not opera
te the VCR or DVD even when the
Media Selector
has been set cor
rectly. Enter the necessary code set as
explained on page 26.
• Repl
ac
e the
ba
tt
eri
es.
• Contact you
r nearest Son
y serv
ice cen
tre.
•
Tu
rn
the
T
V
o
ff.
T
u
rn
the
T
V
on
aga
in,
if
t
he
l
am
p
indi
ca
tor
is
stil
l
lit
t
he
n
replace the internal lamp. For details refer
to
pages 28 and 29.
Solution
• Check that the video signal cable is
p
roperly connected and all plugs are
firmly seated in their sockets.
•
C
h
eck
that
the
15-Dsub
video
input
conn
ector’s
p
ins
are
not
ben
t
or
pushed
in.
Personal Co
mputer output format
•
Check that the ou
tput signal format of
the Pers
onal computer is set to the
correspo
nding format for the television. In case it is n
ot, adjust the
resolution and refresh rate
to the correspond
ing signal (
refer to page 31).
Pr
obl
ems caused by the connec
ted compute
r
• The comp
uter
is in power saving
mode. Try pressin
g any k
ey on the
compu
ter
keyboar
d
.
• Check that the co
mputer’s power is "on".
•
Check that the co
mputer
’s
ke
yboard is properly
connected.
• Check that the graphic board is comp
letely seated in the proper bus slot.
•
In
case
of
a
n
o
teb
ook
PC,
check
that
the
monitor
signal
is
set
to
the
ex
ter
nal
output, and the sign
al is corre
ctly outpu
t to the television.
• Using the menu system
, select th
e "Pictur
e Ad
justment" menu and ad
just
the "Lines Co
rrectio
n" option betw
een -20 and +20
(see page 13).
• Small letters, check o
r mesh patter
n
s cannot be accurately disp
layed. In
this case, increase the size of the
fonts and
/or reduce the mesh pattern
br
ightn
ess.
•
Depending
on
the
PC
,
the
Star
tup
or
S
etting
screen
s
may
not
be
disp
layed
due to the output format of the imag
e. These screens ca
n
be d
isplayed on
the monitor of the Per
sonal Computer
.
• I
f you continue to experien
ce problems, have your TV serviced b
y
qualified p
ersonnel.
• Never open
the
cas
ing
yours
elf.
Personal Computer
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