Sony KF-42SX300 / KF-42SX300K / KF-42SX300U Service Manual ▷ View online
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KF-42SX300
RM-906
4
A
diagram
will
app
ear
sh
owing
you
how
to
connect
a
wide
range
of
equipment
to
your
TV
set.
Follow
the
instructions
and
finally
press the
OK
b
utton
to
remove the picture and continue the
aut
oma
tic
proce
ss.
After the auto
m
atic tuning process has finished an
d
the
o
p
tion
al eq
uipment has been connected at this stage, we
re
commend you follow th
e instructions explained on the
section
"Conn
ection
Guide"
on
page
17
to
g
et
the
optimu
m
settings related
with the optional equip
m
en
t.
5
The
Auto Tuning
men
u appears on
th
e screen. Press the
OK
button to select
Yes
.
6
T
h
e TV star
ts t
o
autom
at
icall
y
search and st
ore al
l
available broadcast channels for you.
T
his
procedu
re
could
take
some
minutes.
Please
be
p
atient
and do not press any buttons, otherwise au
tomatic tuning
will not be completed.
In
some
countries
the
TV
Broa
d
caster
installs
the
channels
aut
o
ma
tic
al
ly (ACI syste
m)
. In t
his c
ase
, the
T
V
Broadcaster
sends
a
menu
in
w
hich
y
ou
can
select
your
city
by pressing the
v
or
V
button and
OK
t
o
store the
channels.
If no chan
nels were fo
und du
ring the auto tune process, a
message
appear
s
automatically
on
the
screen
askin
g
you
to
conn
ect the aerial. Ch
eck the
aerial connection (ref
er to
page 9
). Press th
e
OK
but
ton to restart the auto
tu
ning
process.
7
Aft
er al
l avail
able channel
s ar
e captured and stored
,
the
Programme Sorting
m
enu
a
u
tom
ati
ca
lly
a
ppea
rs
o
n the screen enabling yo
u to chang
e the order in
which the channels are stored.
a)
If
y
o
u
w
ish
to
keep
the
b
ro
adcast
channels
in
the
tuned
order
,
go to step 8.
b)
If
you
wish to store th
e channels in a dif
ferent order:
1
Pr
es
s
the
v
or
V
button to select the programme
number with the chan
n
el (TV Broadcast) you wish
to move. Press t
h
e
b
b
utton
.
2
Pr
es
s
the
v
or
V
button to select the new
programme number position fo
r you
r selected
channel (
T
V Br
oadcast). Press the
OK
button to store.
3
Repeat steps b)1
and b)
2 if you
wish to change
the ord
er of the oth
er channels.
8
Press the
MENU
button to remov
e the menu from the screen
Auto T
uning
P
rogrammes found:
4
No c
hannel found.
Please connect aerial
Confirm
P
ro
gramme Sorting
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
TVE
TVE2
TV3
C33
C2
7
C58
S02
S06
P
rogramme Sorting
01
T
V
E
01
02
03
0
4
05
06
07
08
TVE
TVE2
TV3
C33
C2
7
C58
S02
S06
Do you want to st
art
automatic tuning?
Ye
s
No
OK
Please connect your equipment
accor
ding to this c
hart
DV
D
Your LCD TV is now ready for use
Introducing and Using the Menu System
You
r
LCD
TV
uses
an
On-Screen
menu
system
to
gui
de
you
through
the
operations.
Use
the
following
butto
ns
on t
h
e Re
mote
Control
t
o op
era
te the
men
u syste
m:
1
To
switch
on th
e
me
nu
sc
re
ens
:
P
ress
t
he
MENU
bu
tton
to
switch t
h
e fir
st
l
evel menu on.
Picture
Adjustment
Select:
Enter
:
OK
Exit:
MENU
Picture
Mode:
Liv
e
Contr
ast:
Reset Noise
Reduction:
On
Colour
Tone:
Cool
Picture
Adjustment
Select:
Enter
:
OK
Exit:
MENU
Picture
Mode:
Liv
e
Contr
ast:
Reset Noise
Reduction:
On
Colour
To
ne:
Cool
2
To nav
igate
thr
oug
h
the menus:
• To highlight and select the
desired menu o
r option, p
ress
v
or
V
.
• To enter the selected menu or option, press
OK
or
b
.
• T
o
return to the last menu or o
p
tion
, press
OK
or
B
.
• To alter the setting
s of
your selected option, press
v
/
V
/
B
or
b
.
• To confirm and store your selection, press
OK
.
3
To switch o
ff the menu screens:
Press the
MENU
button to remo
ve the menu from the scr
een.
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The Picture Adjustment Menu
The “Picture Adjustment” menu allows you to
alte
r the pic
tur
e se
tt
ings.
To do
this:
Press the
ME
NU
button and then pr
ess
OK
t
o
enter
this
menu.
N
ext
press
v
o
r
V
t
o
se
le
ct
t
he
desired
o
ption
and
press
OK
. Finally
read
below
how to oper
ate into each option.
P
ict
ur
e
Mod
e
This op
tion allows y
ou to customise
the Picture Mode based on the prog
ramme
you
are
watching.
A
fter
selecting
this
option
press
OK
.
Next
p
ress
repeatedly
v
or
V
to sele
ct
:
Pe
rso
na
l (fo
r individual settings)
.
Li
ve
(for
live
broadcast
p
rogrammes
, DVD
and
D
igital
Set
T
op
Box
receivers
).
Mo
vi
e
(
for f
ilm
s)
.
Once you have selected y
our desired op
tion, press
OK
to st
ore
.
"Brig
htness",
"Colour
"
and
"Sharpness"
level
o
f
"
Live"
and
"Mo
vie"
mode
are
fixed
on
the
factory to get the best picture quality.
Contrast
Press
B
or
b
to reduce or enhance pict
ure contrast. Next press
OK
to store.
Brightness
Press
B
or
b
to darken or brighten the p
icture. Next press
OK
to
store
.
Colour
Press
B
or
b
to decrease or to increase colo
r i
nten
si
ty. Next press
OK
to store.
Hu
e
Press
B
or
b
to decrease or to increase
the green tones. Next press
OK
to
store
.
Shar
pne
ss
Press
B
or
b
to soften or
to
shar
p
en the picture. Next press
OK
to store.
Reset
Press
OK
to re
se
t the
pi
ctu
re to the
fa
ct
ory preset
l
eve
ls.
Noise
T
h
is op
tion is se
t to
On
to auto
matically reduce the snowy picture
Reduction
v
isible
in
the
bro
adcast
sig
nal.
To
cancel
this
functio
n,
p
re
ss
v
o
r
V
t
o
s
el
ec
t
Off
.
Colour Tone
T
h
is op
tion al
lows y
ou t
o
alter the ti
nt of the pi
ctu
re. Aft
er
selecting this option
pres
s
b
.
Next
p
ress
repeatedly
v
o
r
V
t
o
sel
ec
t:
Wa
rm
(
give
s
the
white
colours
a red tint),
Normal
(giv
es t
h
e white colo
urs a neutral tint
),
Cold
(
give
s
th
e
whit
e
colo
urs a bl
ue tin
t). Nex
t p
ress
OK
t
o
st
ore.
Lines
While viewing an RGB input signal f
rom the PC
connector
, some picture
C
o
rre
ct
io
n
lines may be n
ot correctly displayed
. To corr
ect this problem
, select this option
and press
b
. Next press repeatedly
v
or
V
to correct it be
rween -20 and +20.
Finally press
OK
to st
ore
.
•
"Br
ightn
ess"
"Colo
u
r" and "Sharpness" on
ly appears and only can be altered if "Picture
mode"
is set to "Personal".
•
"Hue" only appears and only ca
n be alter
ed for NTSC signal (e.g. USA video tapes).
•
F
or
an
R
G
B
input
signal
connected
to
the PC
c
o
nnector,
only
ap
pear
and
only
can
be
altered: "Contrast", "Brigh
tn
ess" and "Lines Correction"
.
,
Picture
Adjustment
Select:
Enter
:
OK
Exit:
MENU
Picture
Mode:
Liv
e
Contr
ast:
Reset Noise
Reduction:
On
Colour
Tone:
Cool
Picture
Adjustment
Select:
Bac
k:
Enter
:
OK
Picture
Mode:
Liv
e
Contr
ast:
Reset Noise
Reduction:
On
Colour
Tone:
Cool
The Sound Adjustment Menu
The “Sound Adjustment” men
u
allows you to
alter the sound settings.
To do this:
Pr
ess the
MENU
b
utto
n and p
ress
v
to
se
le
ct
,
the
n pres
s
OK
to
enter
this
menu.
Next
press
v
or
V
to select the desired option and
press
OK
. Finally read below how to operate
in
to each option.
Soun
d
This optio
n allows you to customise
the Sound Ef
fect. After selecting this
Effect
op
tion press
OK
. Next press repeatedly
v
or
V
to sel
ect
:
Off
(Flat respon
se).
Natural
(Enhances
clarity,
d
eta
il
and
p
resence
of
sound
by
usin
g
“BBE
High
Definition So
und system”*).
Dynamic
(“BBE High
Def
inition Sound system”* intensifies clarity
and
presence of sound for better inte
lligibility and musical realism).
Dolby*
*
(Dolby Virtual, simula
tes the sound effect of “Dolby Surround Pro
Virtual
Logic”).
Once you have selected y
our d
esired op
tion, press
OK
to
st
ore
.
Treble
Pres
s
B
or
b
to
decrease higher-f
requency
sounds. Nex
t p
ress
OK
to
st
ore.
Bass
Pres
s
B
or
b
to
decrease or to increase the lower-frequency sounds. Next press
OK
to store.
Balance
Pres
s
B
or
b
to
emphasise the left or th
e right speaker. Next press
OK
to store.
Reset
Pres
s
OK
to
reset the sound to th
e factory preset levels. Next press
OK
to store.
Dual S
o
und
•
F
or a Ster
eo broad
ca
st
:
Pres
s
v
or
V
to
sel
ec
t
S
ter
eo
or
Mono
. Next press
OK
to
store.
•
F
or a bilingual broadcast:
Pres
s
v
or
V
t
o
se
le
ct
Mono
(for
m
ono
chan
nel
if
availab
le),
A
(for
channel
1)
or
B
(f
or chan
nel 2). Next press
OK
to store.
,
m
Sound Adjustment
Sound Effect:
Dolby V
irtual
T
reble:
Bass:
Balance:
Reset
Dual Sound:
Ster
eo
Auto V
olume:
Off
TV Speakers:
On
Headphones Set Up
Select:
Enter:
OK
Exit:
MENU
Picture
Adjustment
Select:
Enter
:
OK
Exit:
MENU
Picture
Mode:
Liv
e
Contr
ast:
Reset Noise
Reduction:
On
Colour
Tone:
Cool
Sound Adjustment
Sound Effect:
Dolby V
irtual
T
reble:
Bass:
Balance:
Reset
Dual Sound:
Ster
eo
Auto V
olume:
Off
TV Speakers:
On
Headphones Set Up
Select:
Bac
k:
Enter:
OK
continued...
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Auto
Volu
me
Press
v
or
V
t
o
se
le
ct
On
(the
v
olum
e le
vel of the
c
hann
els will
sta
y t
h
e sam
e,
independ
ent
of
the
b
roadcast
signal,
e.
g.
in
the
case
of
advertisements)
o
r
Off
(the
volume level changes accordin
g to the broad
cast signal). Next press
OK
to
store
.
If
you
select “Dolby
Virtual” on the “Soun
d Effect” option, the “Auto Volume” option will
aut
o
ma
tic
al
ly be swi
tc
h
ed to “Off”
a
nd vic
e versa
.
TV
S
p
ea
k
er
s
This
option
allows
you
to
select
if
you
want
to
listen
t
he
TV
from
the
TV
speaker
s
or
from
an
external
amplifier
connected
to
t
he
audio
outputs
on
the
rear
o
f
the
TV.
After selecting this o
p
tion
, press
OK
. Next press r
epeatedly
v
or
V
to sel
ect
:
On
(to listen the TV from th
e TV set speak
ers).
One tim
e off
(to listen to the TV from th
e external amplif
ier
only one
ti
me
. By usi
ng this opti
on, any
ti
m
e
th
e TV is t
u
rned
of
f/on, it returns to
th
e default settin
g "On").
Perma
n
ent
off
(t
o a
lwa
ys li
st
en to the
T
V fr
om ext
erna
l am
plif
ier
).
Once you
have selected your desired option, press
OK
to
store
.
If
yo
u
have
selected
"One
time
o
ff"
o
r
"Permanent
o
ff
",
t
he
volume
o
f
the
external
equip
m
en
t
can also be altered by pressing the
2
+/- buttons of the remote control. When the volume
buttons are pressed, the symbol
%
will ap
pear indicating that
the volume you are alter
ing is
not the
v
olum
e of t
he TV set spea
kers, i
t is fro
m the e
x
ter
nal
e
quipm
ent
.
He
adph
ones
Se
t Up
This option allows you to cust
omise the headphones volume and the
PAP settings (
refer to p
age 21 for details on PAP).
After selecti
ng t
h
is o
ption
press
OK
. Next press repeated
ly
v
or
V
t
o
sel
ect
:
volume
P
re
ss
B
or
b
to
decr
ease
or
incr
ease
the
volume
level
fr
om the head
phones.
Du
al
Soun
d
•
For a Stereo b
roadcast:
Press
v
or
V
to sele
ct
Ster
eo
or
Mon
o
•
F
or a bilingual b
roadcast:
Press
v
or
V
t
o
sele
ct
Mono
(for
mono
channel
if
av
ai
lab
le),
A
(for ch
annel 1) o
r
B
(for channel 2).
PAP Sound
S
el
ec
t
Frame
if you want to listen to
the
active
screen
(framed)
of
the
PAP
screen
(see
page
2
1
),
sel
ec
t
L
eft
pict
ure
if
you
want
to
listen
to
the
left
screen
or
select
Right
p
icture
if
you
want
to
listen
to
the rig
ht screen.
*
T
he “BBE High Definition Sou
nd system”
is manufactu
red by Sony
Corp
oration under
license from BBE Sound, Inc. It is co
vered b
y
U.S.
Paten
t No. 4,638,258 and
No.
4,482
,866. The word “BB
E
” and BBE Symbol
ar
e trademarks of BBE Soun
d, Inc.
*
*
This
TV
has
been
d
esigned
to
create
surround
s
ound
effect
by
simulating
the
sound
o
f
four
speak
ers with two speakers, when the b
roadcast au
dio signal is Dolby
Surround
encoded.
The sound ef
fect can also b
e impr
oved by connecting a suitable external amplifier (for
details refer to page 25).
*
*
Manu
factured u
nder license f
rom Dolby Laboratories. “Dolby” an
d the double-D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories.
The Features Menu
Th
e “Features” menu allo
ws you to alter vari-
ous settings of the TV.
To do t
h
is:
Pr
ess the
MENU
b
utto
n and p
ress
v
twice to
select
, then press
OK
to ent
er thi
s menu.
Next pr
ess
v
or
V
to select the
desired option
and press
OK
. Finally read
below how to
operate into each option.
AUTO FORMAT
This op
tion al
lows y
ou t
o
autom
at
icall
y
chan
g
e the aspect
ratio of
th
e screen.
To do this:
After selecting the option, pr
ess
OK
.
Then press
v
or
V
to
sel
ec
t
On
(if y
ou wish the TV set to
autom
ati
cally
switch the screen form
at
according
t
o t
h
e broad
cast
signal) or
Off
(if
you wish to
keep your preference). Finally
press
OK
t
o
store
.
Even
if
you
have
selected
“On”
or
“Off”,
y
ou
can
always
modify
the
fo
rmat
of
t
h
e
screen
by
pr
essing
repeatedly on the remote control to select one of the following formats:
S
M
ART:
Imitation of wide screen effect for 4:3 broad
cast.
4/3:
Conventio
nal 4:3
pictu
re size, full
picture
infor
m
at
ion.
14/9:
Compr
o
mise between 4:3 and 16:9 picture size.
ZOOM:
Widescr
een for
mat f
o
r letterb
ox movies.
WIDE:
Fo
r 16:9 b
roadcast. Full picture in
formation.
• In “SMART”, “ZOOM” an
d
“14/
9” modes, parts of the top
and bo
ttom of
the screen are
cu
t
off
. Pre
ss
v
or
V
to
adj
ust
th
e
positi
on
of
the
i
m
ag
e
o
n
t
h
e
sc
ree
n
(e
.g
. t
o
r
ea
d
subti
tle
s)
.
•
Only
"WIDE"
and
"4/3"
mod
es
can
be
selected
for
a
n
RGB
signal
connected
to
the
P
C
co
nnector.
•
According
to
the
format
of
di
ffussion,
black
band
s
can
a
lways
appear
whatever
the
selected
mod
e.
,
m
Picture
Adjustment
Select:
Enter
:
OK
Exit:
MENU
Picture
Mode:
Liv
e
Contr
ast:
Reset Noise
Reduction:
On
Colour
Tone:
Cool
Select:
Enter
:
OK
Exit:
MENU
Features
Auto
Fo
rmat
On
AV
3Output
TV
Connection
Guide
Features
Auto
Fo
rmat
On
AV
3Output
TV
Connection
Guide
Select:
Bac
k:
Enter
::
OK
4:3
ZOOM
14:9
WIDE
SMAR
T
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AV3 OU
TPUT
This op
tion allows y
ou to select the source to be output from the Scart connector
3
/
3
so that you can record from this Scart any signal coming fr
om the TV or f
rom an
external equipment connected to the Scart conn
ector
1
/
1
,
2
/
2
or front connecto
rs
4
or
4
and
4
.
If your VCR suppo
rts SmartLink, th
is procedure is not necessary.
To do this:
Once you h
ave entered into the "Features" menu as
it is ex
plained
in the
previous page and after
selecting
th
e option, press OK. Then
press
v
or
V
to select the desired output signal:
TV
to output the aerial so
urce.
AV1
to output sources connected to
1
/
1
.
AV2
to output sources connected to
2
/
2
.
AV4
to output sources connected to
4
or
4
and
4
.
AUTO
to output the signal that is being viewed on the TV.
•
If you
select “AUTO”, the output signal will always be the same one
that is displayed
on
th
e scre
en.
•
If you
have con
nected
a decoder to the Scart
3
/
3
or to a VCR connected to this
Sca
rt,
plea
se
re
m
embe
r
to
cha
nge
b
ac
k
the
“
AV3 O
u
tput”
to
“TV”
for
correc
t
u
n
scrambling.
CONNECTION GUIDE
Even you have already
connected the extern
al eq
uipm
ent to th
e TV set, it
is important for you to
follow the instructions o
f this menu. If yo
u pro
ceed in this way, yo
u
will
get the optimum pictu
re
set
ting
s rel
at
ed with the optio
nal equipm
ent
.
To do this:
1
Once you have entered the "Feature
s" menu as it is explained in
the prev
ious p
age and after
selecting
the
optio
n,
p
ress
OK
.
Next
press
v
or
V
to
chose
the
equipment
yo
u
want
to
connect
among the av
ailable:
SAT
(sa
te
lli
t)
,
De
code
r,
DVD
, GAM
E
, V
IDEO
or
DVD
rec
. (DV
D
recorder).
Next
p
ress
b
to
se
le
ct
the
e
quipment
chos
en
(equipment
selec
ted
also
can
b
e
deleted
by p
ressing
B
). Once y
ou have selected
all th
e equip
m
en
t to b
e connected, p
ress
v
or
V
to
se
le
ct
"
Confirm
" and press
OK
.
2
A
new
m
enu
will
app
ear
showing
you
on
which
Scar
t
connector
o
f
th
e
rear
of
the
TV
should
be
connected
each
equipment. Please
connect each
equ
ipment
accord
ing to this inf
o
rmatio
n to
g
et
the optimum picture setting
of the optio
nal equipment.
3
Once
you
hav
e
co
nnected
the
optio
nal
equipment,
press
B
or
b
t
o
s
el
ec
t "
OK
"
and
fin
ally
p
ress
the
OK
button of
th
e remote control.
W
e
str
ongly
recommend
you
to
fo
llow
our
connec
ti
on
pr
oposals,
but
in
case
you
d
o
n
o
t
agr
ee
pr
ess
B
or
b
to select «No» and next p
ress the OK b
utton.
A new menu appears on th
e scr
ee
n in which you
can assign
the connec
tions accor
ding to yo
ur pr
efer
ences
.
RGB C
E
N
T
RING
This option is on
ly available if an RG
B
source has been connected to the TV.
This op
tion allows y
ou to readjust the horizontal
position of the picture in case you n
eed
to
do it
when connecting an RGB source.
To do this:
Once you h
ave entered the "Featur
es" menu as it is explain
ed in the previou
s pag
e and while
watching an RGB source select the “RGB Cent
ring” option and press
OK
.
Th
en
p
re
ss
v
or
V
to
adjust the centre of the pictur
e between
–5 and
+5. Finally press
OK
to
confirm and store.
S
S
S
S
The Set Up Menu
The
“Set
Up”
menu
allows
y
ou
to
alter
various
options on
th
is TV.
To do t
h
is:
Pres
s the
MENU
button and press
v
three
ti
me
s
to
se
le
ct
,
then
pre
ss
OK
to
ent
er
thi
s
m
enu.
N
ex
t
pre
ss
v
or
V
to se
le
ct the
desire
d
option and press
OK
. Finally read below how
to operate into
each option.
LA
NGUA
GE
This op
tion allows y
ou to select the language that menus are displayed in.
To do this:
After selecti
ng the option, pr
ess
OK
and then pr
oceed in the same wa
y as in step 2 of the section
"Switching On the TV and
Auto
matically Tuning" on pag
e 10.
COUNTR
Y
This op
tion allows y
ou to select the countr
y
in which you wish
to
operate the TV set.
To do this:
After selecting the option, pr
ess
OK
and then pr
oceed in the same wa
y as in step 3 of the section
"Switching On the TV and
Auto
matically Tuning" on pag
e 10.
AUTO TU
NIN
G
This op
tion allows y
ou to automatically sear
ch fo
r and store all available TV channels.
To do this:
After selecting the option, pr
ess
OK
and then pr
oceed in the same way as in the steps 5 and
6 of
th
e sect
ion “Swit
chin
g On the TV
and Aut
o
matical
ly
Tuning” on page 11.
PROGRAMME SORTING
This op
tion allows y
ou to chang
e the order in
wh
ich the channels (TV Broadcast) appear on the
screen.
To do this:
After
selecting
the
optio
n,
press
OK
and
then
proceed
in
th
e
same
way
as
in
the
step
7
of
the
section
“Switching On
th
e TV and Auto
matically
Tuning”
on
page 11.
,
m
Picture
Adjustment
Select:
Enter
:
OK
Exit:
MENU
Picture
Mode:
Liv
e
Contr
ast:
Reset Noise
Reduction:
On
Colour
Tone:
Cool
Select:
Exit:
MENU
Set Up
Language
Country
Auto T
u
ning
P
ro
gramme Sorting
P
ro
gramme Labels
A
V
P
reset
Manual P
ro
gramme P
reset
Enter:
OK
Set Up
Language
Country
Auto T
uning
P
rogramme Sorting
P
rogramme Labels
A
V
P
reset
Manual P
rogramme P
reset
Select:
Bac
k:
Enter:
OK
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