(1) LCD Digital Color TV. Operating Instructions KDL-26S2000 KDL-40S2000 KDL-32S Sony Corporation

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1 (1) LCD Digital Color TV Operating Intruction KDL-26S2000 KDL-40S2000 KDL-32S Sony Corporation

2 Owner Record The model and erial number are located at the rear of the TV. Record thee number in the pace provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding thi product. Model No. Serial No. Contacting Sony If, after reading the following intruction, you have additional quetion related to the ue of your Sony TV, pleae call one of the following number. Cutomer in the United State contact the Direct Repone Center at: SONY (7669) or viit Cutomer in Canada contact the Cutomer Relation Center at: SONY (7669) or viit 2

3 WARNING To reduce the rik of fire or electric hock, do not expoe thi apparatu to rain or moiture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK DO NOT OPEN ATTENTION RISQUE DE CHOC ELECTRIQUE, NE PAS OUVRIR PRECAUCION RIESGO DE CHOQUE ELECTRICO NO ABRIR Thi ymbol i intended to alert the uer to the preence of uninulated dangerou voltage within the product encloure that may be of ufficient magnitude to contitute a rik of electric hock to peron. Thi ymbol i intended to alert the uer to the preence of important operating and maintenance (ervicing) intruction in the literature accompanying the appliance. CAUTION To prevent electric hock, do not ue thi polarized AC plug with an extenion cord, receptacle or other outlet unle the blade can be fully inerted to prevent blade expoure. Note on Caption Viion Thi TV provide diplay of TV cloed captioning in accordance with of the FCC rule. For Cutomer in the United State If you have any quetion about thi product, you may call; Sony Cutomer Information Service Center or Declaration of Conformity Trade Name: SONY Model: KDL-26S2000/KDL-32S2000/ KDL-40S2000 Reponible Party: Sony Electronic Inc. Addre: Via Eprillo, San Diego, CA U.S.A. Telephone Number: Thi device complie with part 15 of the FCC rule. Operation i ubject to the following two condition: (1) Thi device may not caue harmful interference, and (2) thi device mut accept any interference received, including interference that may caue undeired operation. NOTIFICATION Thi equipment ha been teted and found to comply with the limit for a Cla B digital device, puruant to Part 15 of the FCC Rule. Thee limit are deigned to provide reaonable protection againt harmful interference in a reidential intallation. Thi equipment generate, ue and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not intalled and ued in accordance with the intruction, may caue harmful interference to radio communication. However, there i no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular intallation. If thi equipment doe caue harmful interference to radio or televiion reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the uer i encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following meaure: Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. Increae the eparation between the equipment and receiver. Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver i connected. Conult the dealer or an experienced radio/tv technician for help. For Cutomer in Canada Thi Cla B digital apparatu complie with Canadian ICES-003. Safety Operate the TV only on V AC. Ue the AC power cord pecified by Sony and uitable for the voltage where you ue it. The plug i deigned, for afety purpoe, to fit into the wall outlet only one way. If you are unable to inert the plug fully into the outlet, contact your dealer. If any liquid or olid object hould fall inide the cabinet, unplug the TV immediately and have it checked by qualified ervice peronnel before operating it further. If you will not be uing the TV for everal day, diconnect the power by pulling the plug itelf. Never pull on the cord. For detail concerning afety precaution, ee Important Safety Intruction on page 4. Intalling Puruant to FCC regulation, you are cautioned that any change or modification not exprely approved in thi manual could void your authority to operate thi equipment. The TV hould be intalled near an eaily acceible power outlet. To prevent internal heat buildup, do not block the ventilation opening. Do not intall the TV in a hot or humid place, or in a place ubject to exceive dut or mechanical vibration. Avoid operating the TV at temperature below 41 F (5 C). If the TV i tranported directly from a cold to a warm location, or if the room temperature change uddenly, the picture may be blurred or how poor color due to moiture condenation. In thi cae, pleae wait a few hour to let the moiture evaporate before turning on the TV. To obtain the bet picture, do not expoe the creen to direct illumination or direct unlight. It i recommended to ue pot lighting directed down from the ceiling or to cover the window that face the creen with opaque drapery. It i deirable to intall the TV in a room where the floor and wall are not of a reflective material. CAUTION Ue the following Sony appliance() only with the following WALL-MOUNT BRACKET. Sony Wall-Mount Bracket Model No. Sony Appliance Model No. KDL-26S2000 KDL-40S2000 KDL-32S2000 SU-WL31 SU-WL51 Ue with other WALL-MOUNT BRACKET may caue intability and poibly reult in injury. To Cutomer Sufficient expertie i required for intalling the pecified product. Be ure to ubcontract the intallation to Sony dealer or licened contractor and pay adequate attention to afety during the intallation. For Cutomer in the United State Thi product contain mercury. Dipoal of thi product may be regulated if old in the United State. For dipoal or recycling information, pleae contact your local authoritie or the Electronic Indutrie Alliance ( Note Thi televiion include a QAM demodulator which hould allow you to receive uncrambled digital cable televiion programming via ubcription ervice to a cable ervice provider. Availability of digital cable televiion programming in your area depend on the type of programming and ignal provided by your cable ervice provider. (Continued) 3

4 Trademark Information TruSurround XT, SRS and ( ) ymbol are trademark of SRS Lab, Inc. TruSurround XT technology i incorporated under licene from SRS Lab, Inc. Manufactured under licene from BBE Sound, Inc. Licened by BBE Sound, Inc. under one or more of the following US patent: , BBE and BBE ymbol are regitered trademark of BBE Sound, Inc. Macintoh i a trademark licened to Apple Computer, Inc., regitered in the U.S.A and other countrie. BRAVIA and are trademark of Sony Corporation. A an ENERGY STAR Partner, Sony Corporation ha determined that thi product meet the ENERGY STAR guideline for energy efficiency. ENERGY STAR i a U.S. regitered mark. Thi TV incorporate High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI ) technology. HDMI, the HDMI logo and High-Definition Multimedia Interface are trademark or regitered trademark of HDMI Licening, LLC. Manufactured under licene from Dolby Laboratorie. Dolby and the double-d ymbol are trademark of Dolby Laboratorie. Important Safety Intruction 1) Read thee intruction. 2) Keep thee intruction. 3) Heed all warning. 4) Follow all intruction. 5) Do not ue thi apparatu near water. 6) Clean only with dry cloth. 7) Do not block any ventilation opening. Intall in accordance with the manufacturer intruction. 8) Do not intall near any heat ource uch a radiator, heat regiter, tove, or other apparatu (including amplifier) that produce heat. 9) Do not defeat the afety purpoe of the polarized or grounding-type plug. A polarized plug ha two blade with one wider than the other. A grounding type plug ha two blade and a third grounding prong. The wide blade or the third prong are provided for your afety. If the provided plug doe not fit into your outlet, conult an electrician for replacement of the obolete outlet. 10) Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plug, convenience receptacle, and the point where they exit from the apparatu. 11) Only ue attachment/acceorie pecified by the manufacturer. 12) Ue only with the cart, tand, tripod, bracket, or table pecified by the manufacturer, or old with the apparatu. When a cart i ued, ue caution when moving the cart/apparatu combination to avoid injury from tip-over. 13) Unplug thi apparatu during lightning torm or when unued for long period of time. 14) Refer all ervicing to qualified ervice peronnel. Servicing i required when the apparatu ha been damaged in any way, uch a power-upply cord or plug i damaged, liquid ha been pilled or object have fallen into the apparatu, the apparatu ha been expoed to rain or moiture, doe not operate normally, or ha been dropped. 4

5 Ue For the unit with a three-wire grounding type AC power cord plug (Cla 1 unit) Thi unit mut be connected to an AC power ocket outlet with a protective earthing connection. Wall outlet Do not ue a poor fitting outlet. Inert the plug fully into the outlet. If it i looe, it may caue arcing and reult in a fire. Contact your electrician to have the outlet changed. Wiring For your afety, unplug the AC power cord when wiring cable. Electric hock Do not touch the AC power cord or the unit with a wet hand. If you plug/unplug the AC power cord from the unit with a wet hand, it may caue electric hock. Cleaning Clean the AC power plug regularly. If the plug i covered with dut and it pick up moiture, it inulation may deteriorate and reult in a fire. Unplug the AC power plug and clean it regularly. Unplug the AC power cord when cleaning thi unit. If not, it may reult in electric hock. Clean the cabinet of the TV with a dry oft cloth. To remove dut from the creen, wipe it gently with a oft cloth. Stubborn tain may be removed with a cloth lightly dampened with a olution of mild oap and warm water. Never ue trong olvent uch a thinner or benzine for cleaning. If uing a chemically pretreated cloth, pleae follow the intruction provided on the package. If the picture become dark after uing the TV for a long period of time, it may be neceary to clean the inide of the TV. Conult qualified ervice peronnel. Magnetic influence Thi TV contain a trong magnet in the peaker unit that generate a magnetic field. Keep any item uceptible to magnetic field away from the peaker. Sound If a napping or popping ound from the TV i continuou or frequent while the TV i operating, unplug the TV and conult your dealer or ervice technician. It i normal for ome TV to make occaional napping or popping ound, particularly when being turned on or off. AC power cord If you damage the AC power cord, it may reult in a fire or an electric hock. Do not pinch, bend, or twit the cord exceively. The core line may be bared and cut, and caue a hort-circuit, reulting in a fire or an electric hock. Do not convert or damage the AC power cord. Do not put anything heavy on the AC power cord. Do not pull the AC power cord. Keep the AC power cord away from heat ource. Be ure to grap the plug when diconnecting the AC power cord. If the AC power cord i damaged, top uing it and ak your dealer or Sony ervice center to exchange it. Batterie Do not dipoe of batterie in a fire. Do not hort circuit, diaemble or overheat the batterie. Caution Danger of exploion if battery i incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the ame or equivalent type. Dipoal of ued batterie To preerve our environment, dipoe of ued batterie according to your local law or regulation. Object and ventilation hole Never puh object of any kind into the unit through the cabinet lot a they may touch dangerou voltage point or hort out part that could reult in a fire or electric hock. Never pill liquid of any kind on the unit. Do not place any object on the unit. The apparatu hall not be expoed to dripping or plahing and no object filled with liquid, uch a vae, hall be placed on the apparatu. Attachment Do not ue attachment not recommended by the manufacturer, a they may caue hazard. Medical intitution Do not place thi unit in a place where medical equipment i in ue. It may caue a malfunction of medical intrument. Moiture and flammable object Do not ue power-line operated et near water for example, near a bathtub, wahbowl, kitchen ink, or laundry tub, in a wet baement, or near a wimming pool, etc. It may reult in a fire or an electric hock. Do not let thi unit get wet. Never pill liquid of any kind on the unit. If any liquid or olid object doe fall through, do not operate the unit. It may reult in electric hock or damage to the unit. Have it checked immediately by qualified peronnel. To prevent fire, keep flammable object or open flame (e.g. candle) away from the unit. (Continued) 5

6 Broken piece Do not throw anything at the unit. The creen gla may break by the impact and caue eriou injury. Cable wiring Take care not to catch your feet on the cable. It may damage the unit. Volume adjutment Adjut the volume o a not to trouble your neighbor. Sound carrie very eaily at night time. Therefore, cloing the window or uing headphone i uggeted. When uing headphone, adjut the volume o a to avoid exceive level, a hearing damage may reult. Dipoal of the TV Do not dipoe of the TV with general houehold wate. The LCD contain a mall amount of liquid crytal. The fluorecent tube ued in thi diplay alo contain mercury. Follow your local ordinance and regulation for dipoal. Handling of broken gla and liquid crytal leakage If the LCD panel get damaged, crytalline liquid leakage may occur, or cattered broken gla may reult. Do not touch broken gla or crytalline liquid (which i toxic), with bare hand a cut or poioning/ kin irritation may occur. Alo, do not let gla fragment or leaked crytalline liquid get into your eye or mouth. Should either contact your eye or mouth, rine the contacted area thoroughly with water and conult your doctor. LCD creen Although the LCD creen i made with high-preciion technology and ha effective pixel of 99.99% or more, black dot or bright point of light (red, blue, or green) may appear contantly on the LCD creen. Thi i a tructural property of the LCD panel and i not a malfunction. Do not expoe the LCD creen urface to the direct un light. Doing o may damage the LCD panel. Do not puh or cratch the LCD creen, or place object on top of the TV. The image may be uneven or the LCD panel may be damaged. If the TV i ued in a cold place, a mear may occur in the picture or the picture may become dark. Thi doe not indicate a failure. Thee phenomena improve a the temperature rie. Ghoting may occur when till picture are diplayed continuouly. It hould diappear after a few moment. The creen and cabinet get warm when the TV i in ue. Thi i not a malfunction. Avoid praying inect repellent with volatile material to the creen. Avoid prolonged contact with rubber or platic made material. Fluorecent lamp Thi TV ue a pecial fluorecent lamp a it light ource. If the creen image become dark, flicker, or doe not appear, the fluorecent lamp ha run down and hould be replaced. For replacement, conult qualified ervice peronnel. Carry the TV in the pecified manner Carrying the TV require at leat two people. If you carry the TV in a manner other than that pecified and without the pecified number of peron, it may drop and eriou injury may reult. Carry the TV with the pecified number of peron. Carry the TV holding the upper and bottom frame of the TV a illutrated. Hold the TV ecurely when carrying it. A the gla urface of the TV ha a pecial coating, be careful to avoid touching the gla urface a much a poible. When tranporting, do not ubject the unit to hock or vibration, or exceive force. Intallation When intalling or removing the TV on the wall, be ure to ue qualified contractor. Wall mount intallation require the ue of a wall-mount bracket. If the TV i intalled or removed from the wall by a peron other than a qualified contractor, the unit may fall and caue eriou injury if the unit i not intalled ecurely. Placement for viewing It i recommended to watch the TV at a ditance of 3-7 time that of the creen height, and in moderate brightne. Watching the TV for too long or in a dark room will caue eye fatigue. Optional acceorie Oberve the following when intalling the TV uing a wall-mount bracket. If the TV i not ecured properly, it may fall and caue injury. Be ure to follow the operating intruction upplied with the wall-mount bracket when intalling the unit. Be ure to attach the bracket upplied with the wall-mount bracket. Oil Do not intall thi unit in retaurant where oily vapor occur. Dut aborbing oil may enter into the unit and damage the unit. Corroion If you ue thi unit near the eahore, alt may corrode metal part of the unit and caue internal damage or fire. It may alo horten the life of the unit. Ventilation The lot and opening in the TV are provided for neceary ventilation. To enure reliable operation of the unit, and to protect it from overheating, thee lot and opening mut never be blocked or covered. Unle proper ventilation i provided, the unit may gather dut and get dirty. For proper ventilation, oberve the following: Do not intall the unit turned backward or ideway. Do not intall the unit turned over or upide down. Never cover the lot and opening with a cloth or other material. Never block the lot and opening by placing the unit on a bed, ofa, rug or other imilar urface. Never place the unit in a confined pace, uch a a bookcae or built-in cabinet, unle proper ventilation i provided. 6

7 When intalling the unit on the wall, allow thi much pace. Intalling on a level urface If you intall the unit on an inclined urface, the unit may fall or drop and caue injury or damage. 10 cm (4 inche) 30 cm (117/8 inche) 10 cm (4 inche) Placing on a table urface If you place the unit on an untable urface, the unit may fall and caue injury or damage. When intalling the unit uing a tand, allow thi much pace. 10 cm (4 inche) 10 cm (4 inche) 30 cm (11 7 / 8 inche) Never intall the unit a follow: Air circulation i blocked. 10 cm (4 inche) Outdoor ue Do not intall thi unit outdoor. If the unit i expoed to rain, it may reult in a fire or an electric hock. If the unit i expoed to direct unlight, the unit may heat up and caue damage to the unit. Vehicle and ceiling Do not intall thi unit in a vehicle or hang from the ceiling. Bumping of the vehicle may caue the unit to fall down and caue injury. Ship and veel Do not intall thi unit in a hip or veel. If the unit i expoed to eawater, it may caue a fire or damage the unit. 15 cm (6 inche) Air circulation i blocked. Preventing the TV from toppling over Take meaure to prevent the unit from toppling over and cauing injury. To prevent the unit from toppling over, ecure the unit to the wall or pillar. Fall Do not hang anything on the unit. The unit may fall from the tand or wall-mount, cauing damage or eriou injury. AC power cord Unplug the AC power cord when moving the unit. Do not move the unit with the AC power cord plugged in. It may damage the AC power cord and reult in a fire or an electric hock. Do not allow anything to ret on or roll over the power cord, and do not place the unit where the power cord i ubject to wear or abue. Antenna Outdoor Antenna Grounding If an outdoor antenna i intalled, follow the precaution below. An outdoor antenna ytem hould not be located in the vicinity of overhead power line or other electric light or power circuit, or where it can come in contact with uch power line or circuit. WHEN INSTALLING AN OUTDOOR ANTENNA SYSTEM, EXTREME CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN TO KEEP FROM CONTACTING SUCH POWER LINES OR CIRCUITS AS CONTACT WITH THEM IS ALMOST INVARIABLY FATAL. Be ure the antenna ytem i grounded o a to provide ome protection againt voltage urge and built-up tatic charge. Section 810 of the National Electrical Code (NEC) in USA and Section 54 of the Canadian Electrical Code in Canada provide information with repect to proper grounding of the mat and upporting tructure, grounding of the lead-in wire to an antenna dicharge unit, ize of grounding conductor, location of antenna dicharge unit, connection to grounding electrode, and requirement for the grounding electrode. Antenna Grounding According to the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 Electric ervice equipment Ground clamp NEC: National Electrical Code Antenna lead-in wire Antenna dicharge unit (NEC Section ) Grounding conductor (NEC Section ) Ground clamp Power ervice grounding electrode ytem (NEC Art 250 Part H) (Continued) 7

8 Lightning For added protection for thi TV during a lightning torm, or when it i left unattended and unued for long period of time, unplug it from the wall outlet and diconnect the antenna. Thi will prevent damage to the receiver due to lightning and power-line urge. Damage requiring ervice If the urface of the TV crack, do not touch it until you unplug the AC power cord. Otherwie electric hock may reult. Servicing Do not attempt to ervice the unit yourelf ince opening the cabinet may expoe you to dangerou voltage or other hazard. Refer all ervicing to qualified ervice peronnel. Replacement part When replacement part are required, be ure the ervice technician certifie in writing that he/he ha ued replacement part pecified by the manufacturer that have the ame characteritic a the original part. Unauthorized ubtitution may reult in a fire, an electric hock or other hazard. Safety check Upon completion of any ervice or repair to the unit, ak the ervice technician to perform routine afety check (a pecified by the manufacturer) to determine that the unit i in afe operating condition, and to o certify. Ak a qualified ervice technician to dipoe of the unit. 8

9 Content Getting Started Baic Operation Connecting the TV...10 Cable Sytem or VHF/UHF Antenna Sytem...10 Cable Box/Digital Cable Box...10 Cable Sytem and VHF/UHF Antenna Sytem...11 Satellite Receiver and Cable/Antenna...12 VCR, Cable and Antenna...12 When Connecting to Optional Equipment...13 Intalling the TV...15 Preventing the TV from Toppling Over...15 Bundling the Connecting Cable...16 Adjuting the Viewing Angle of the TV...16 Setting Up the Channel Lit - Initial Setup...17 Remote Control...18 TV Control...21 Introducing MENU Function Other Information Overview of MENU...22 Navigating Through Setting...24 Uing the Picture Setting...24 Uing the Sound Setting...26 Uing the Screen Setting...27 Uing the Setup Setting...29 Uing the PC Setting...34 Uing the Analog Setup Setting...35 Uing the Digital Setup Setting...36 Troublehooting...39 PC Input Signal Reference Chart...41 Specification...42 Index

10 Getting Started Connecting the TV To diplay clear crip picture, you mut connect your TV correctly and elect the correct Wide Mode to diplay the picture in the correct apect ratio (ee Changing the Wide Screen Mode on page 20). It i trongly recommended to connect the antenna/cable input uing the upplied 75-ohm coaxial cable to receive optimum picture quality ignal. A 300-ohm twin lead cable can be eaily affected by radio noie and the like, reulting in ignal deterioration. If you ue a 300-ohm twin lead cable, keep it a far away from the TV a poible. You can alo connect a variety of optional equipment to your TV (ee page 13). For multiple equipment connection, pleae refer to the Quick Setup Guide. Cable Sytem or VHF/UHF Antenna Sytem Cable or VHF/UHF (or VHF only) 75-ohm coaxial cable (upplied) Rear of TV VHF/UHF input From the Setup etting, elect Cable On or Cable Off for your type of input ignal. Cable Box/Digital Cable Box z To change channel uing the cable box, et your TV to channel 3 or 4 depending on the cable box channel output. Auto Scan will fix the channel automatically. Ue thi hookup if You ubcribe to a cable TV ytem that ue crambled or encoded ignal requiring a cable box to view all channel, and You do not intend to hook up any other audio or video equipment to your TV. Cable 75-ohm coaxial cable (upplied) Rear of TV VHF/UHF input IN jack OUT jack Alo, et Cable to On in the Setup etting (ee page 31). 10

11 Getting Started Cable Sytem and VHF/UHF Antenna Sytem Cable Antenna A/B RF Switch A B If you want to watch both antenna (over-the-air) and cable broadcat ignal, you ll need to ue an optional A-B RF witch (not upplied), a hown below. Rear of TV VHF/UHF input Ue the A-B elector to witch between the over-the-air ignal and the cable ignal. Then et the Cable etting in the Setup etting to On or Off, a decribed on page 31. Getting Started 11

12 Getting Started Satellite Receiver and Cable/Antenna Satellite Receiver Satellite antenna cable CATV/Antenna cable (upplied) VHF/UHF S VIDEO cable A/V cable S VIDEO VIDEO (yellow) AUDIO-L (white) AUDIO-R (red) VIDEO IN 1 S VIDEO 3 VIDEO L (MONO) AUDIO R 4 Y HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) PB PR L AUDIO R 5 OPTICAL OUT AUDIO OUT(VAR/FIX) Rear of TV If your atellite receiver i not equipped with S VIDEO, ue a VIDEO cable (yellow) intead of the S VIDEO cable. Run the Initial Setup program, a decribed in Setting Up the Channel Lit on page 17 after completing your connection. VCR, Cable and Antenna VCR CATV cable Antenna cable (upplied) VHF/UHF SVIDEO VIDEO IN 1 S VIDEO 3 4 Y HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) 5 OPTICAL OUT S VIDEO cable A/V cable VIDEO (yellow) AUDIO-L (white) AUDIO-R (red) VIDEO L (MONO) AUDIO R PB PR L AUDIO R AUDIO OUT(VAR/FIX) Rear of TV If your VCR i not equipped with S VIDEO, ue a VIDEO cable (yellow) intead of the S VIDEO cable. Run the Initial Setup program, a decribed in Setting Up the Channel Lit on page 17 after completing your connection. 12

13 Getting Started When Connecting to Optional Equipment Left ide VIDEO 2 IN S VIDEO 1 4 Rear 7 RGB 6 R-AUDIO-L Getting Started AUDIO VIDEO L (MONO) 2 5 PC IN IN R AUDIO VIDEO IN 1 S VIDEO VIDEO L (MONO) AUDIO R HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) Y OPTICAL OUT PB PR L AUDIO R AUDIO OUT(VAR/FIX) qa VHF/UHF q Item 1 VIDEO 2 IN S VIDEO 2 VIDEO 2 IN VIDEO/ L (MONO)- R AUDIO 3 Headphone jack 4 PC IN 7 (RGB/AUDIO) Decription Connect to the S VIDEO output jack on your camcorder or other video equipment that ha S VIDEO. Provide better picture quality than compoite video (2). (See Auto YC on page 30.) Connect to the compoite video and audio output jack on your camcorder or other video equipment uch a video game equipment. If you have mono equipment, connect it audio output jack to the TV L (MONO) audio input jack. Connect to your headphone. If your headphone do not match the jack, ue a uitable plug adapter (not upplied). Connect to a peronal computer video output connector uing HD15-HD15 cable (analog RGB, upplied). Can alo be connected to other Analog RGB device uch a video conferencing or et-top boxe. See PC Input Signal Reference Chart on page 41 for the ignal that can be diplayed. For ome Apple Macintoh computer, it may be neceary to ue an adapter (not upplied). If thi i the cae, connect the adapter to the computer before connecting the HD15-HD15 cable. If the picture i noiy, flickering or not clear, adjut the Phae and Pitch of the PC Setting on page 34. (Continued) 13

14 Getting Started Item 5 HDMI IN 6 HDMI/ R-AUDIO-L Decription HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) provide an uncompreed, all-digital audio/video interface between thi TV and any HDMI-equipped audio/video equipment, uch a a et-top box, DVD player, and A/V receiver. HDMI upport enhanced, or high-definition video, plu digital audio. If the equipment ha a DVI jack and not an HDMI jack, connect the DVI jack to the HDMI IN (with HDMI-to-DVI cable and/or adapter) jack, and connect the audio jack to the AUDIO IN(L/R) jack of HDMI IN. (DVI connector i for video ignal only.) HDMI-to-DVI cable HDMI adapter Audio cable 6 VIDEO IN 1 S VIDEO 7 VIDEO IN 1/3 VIDEO/ L(MONO)- AUDIO-R 8 AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) 9 OPTICAL OUT (PCM/DOLBY * DIGITAL) 0 HD/DVD IN 4/5 (1080i/720p/ 480p/480i)/ L-AUDIO-R Do not connect a PC to the TV HDMI input. Ue the PC IN (RGB IN) connector intead when connecting a PC. Connect to the S VIDEO output jack of your VCR or other video equipment that ha S VIDEO. S VIDEO provide better picture quality than the compoite video (7). Component video (YPBPR) or HDMI connection i neceary to view 480p, 720p, and 1080i format. Note that thi TV diplay all format type of picture in a reolution of 1,366 dot 768 line. Connect to the compoite video and audio output jack on your A/V equipment uch a a VCR or other video equipment. A third compoite video and audio (VIDEO 2) i located on the left ide panel of the TV. Connect to the left and right audio input jack of your audio or video equipment. You can ue thee output to liten to your TV audio through your tereo ytem. Connect to the optical audio input of a digital audio equipment that i PCM/Dolby digital compatible. (OPTICAL OUT i only available for digital channel.) Connect to your DVD player or digital et-top box component video (YPBPR) and audio (L/R) jack. Component video provide better picture quality than the S VIDEO (6) or the compoite video (7) connection. qa AC IN Connect the upplied AC power cord. q VHF/UHF RF input that connect to your cable or VHF/UHF. * Manufactured under licene from Dolby Laboratorie. Dolby and the double-d ymbol are trademark of Dolby Laboratorie. 14

15 Getting Started Intalling the TV Preventing the TV from Toppling Over Attaching the Support Belt Getting Started 1 Screw the upport belt (upplied) to the TV tand with a wood crew (upplied). 2 Attach the upport belt to the tand, and crew the belt with a ecuring crew (upplied) uing a coin, etc. 3 Adjut the length by pulling the upport belt toward you while holding the TV tand. Be ure to take meaure to prevent the TV from toppling over and cauing injury. The upplied wood crew may not be ued depending on the type of TV tand. In thi cae, or when the ecuring trength i not enough, prepare commercial crew to fit to the TV tand. Ue commercial crew of 3 to 4 mm (1/8 to 3/16 inche) diameter. Conult your dealer about the type of crew. When Mounting on a Wall Refer to the Intruction Guide upplied with the wall-mount bracket on how to mount the TV to the wall. 15

16 Getting Started Bundling the Connecting Cable You can bundle the connecting cable a illutrated below Do not bundle the AC power cord in the tand with other connecting cable. Adjuting the Viewing Angle of the TV Thi TV can be adjuted within the angle hown below. Adjut the angle left and right (wivel) Top view Front When adjuting the angle, hold the tand with one hand to avoid lipping or tipping the tand. 16

17 Getting Started Setting Up the Channel Lit - Initial Setup After you finih connecting your TV, you need to run Initial Setup, which automatically et up available channel. The Initial Setup creen appear when you turn on your TV for the firt time. If you do not want to et up the channel at thi time, you can do it later by electing the Auto Program option in the Analog and Digital Setup etting (ee page 35 and 36). Getting Started The default etting for channel election i Cable On. For antenna connection, run the Auto Program again after electing Cable Off from the Setup etting. POWER 1 Pre to turn on the TV. The Initial Setup creen appear. 2 Pre V/v to highlight the on-creen diplay language. Then pre. The meage Firt pleae connect cable/antenna. Do you want to tart Auto Program? appear. 3 Pre B/b to highlight OK then pre. The meage Auto Program appear. Then the meage Continue programming digital channel? appear. Thi may require 50+ minute for completion. 4 Pre B/b to highlight OK then pre. If you elected Cancel during the Initial Setup, the Initial Setup meage will appear each time you turn on the TV a a reminder until you complete the Auto Program. To run Auto Program again at a later time Ue the Auto Program feature a decribed on page 35 and 36. To add individual digital channel Ue the Digital Channel feature a decribed on page

18 Baic Operation Remote Control Button Decription 1 TV/VIDEO Pre repeatedly to cycle through the video input. See page 30 on etting up the video input label, including the kip function. 2 SLEEP Pre repeatedly until the TV diplay the time in minute (15, 30, 45, 60, 90 or 120) that you want the TV to remain on before hutting off. To cancel Sleep Timer, pre SLEEP repeatedly until Sleep Off appear. 3 FREEZE Pre once to diplay a frozen image of the current program in a window. Pre again to how only the frozen image. Pre again to return to the program. Freeze Current program Frozen picture Move the ub creen with V v B b. With Freeze function active, ome function are unavailable, uch a MENU. 4 PICTURE Pre repeatedly to cycle through the available picture mode: Vivid, Standard, Cutom. The picture mode can be alo acceed in the Picture etting. For detail, ee Uing the Picture Setting on page GUIDE Pre to diplay the Guide when you are watching digital channel (if it i available from the tation). Uing the Guide The Guide allow you to elect the channel from a channel lit. The Guide alo provide information about the current program being hown on each channel. z The 5 button and CH + have a tactile dot. Ue them a a reference when operating the TV. Information banner Make Way for Duck! Serie follow the aquatic miadventure of Henry and Riley, two wayward duck on a unique miion. Time remaining: 1:26 TV-G CC C23.1 FAM Alt. Audio Channel lit 1 ABC 10 DISC 23.1 FAM 36 TLC 65 HIST Alternate Audio Audio 1 Englih Audio 2 Englih 68 SHOW 18

19 Baic Operation q Button Decription Program information in the guide i provided by the broadcater. A a reult, it may ometime include only the channel number, without a program title or decription qa Uing the Program Option Setting The Program Option etting allow you to cutomize the program etting on the currently tuned channel. Each program ha a main video and audio tream (the video or audio that you ee or hear when the channel i firt tuned), and may have alternate tream. Thi option allow you to witch among the alternate audio tream, when the broadcater provide an alternate audio tream (for intance, the audio may contain a different language). 6 RETURN Pre to go back to the previou creen when diplaying MENU item and etting. 7 MENU Pre to diplay the MENU with TV function and etting. See Overview of MENU on page DIGITAL/ ANALOG Alternate Audio (When available) Pre to witch between analog and digital channel. To enjoy the digital feature of thi TV, pre DIGITAL/ANALOG. 9 Ue with 0-9 and ENT button to elect digital channel. For example, to enter 2.1, pre 2,, 1 and ENT. 0 VOL +/ Pre to adjut the volume. qa MUTING Pre to mute the ound. Pre again or pre VOL + to retore the ound. q POWER Pre to turn on and off the TV. Baic Operation (Continued) 19

20 Baic Operation Button qd WIDE Decription Pre repeatedly to tep through the Wide Mode etting: Wide Zoom, Normal, Full, Zoom. The Wide Mode etting can be alo acceed in the Screen etting. See page 27. qd qf Changing the Wide Screen Mode (ee page 27 for detail) 4:3 Original ource Standard definition ource 16:9 Original ource High definition ource qg qh m m Wide Zoom Wide Zoom qj Normal Normal qk Thi mode i not available Full Full qa ql Zoom Zoom When the TV receive a 720p or 1080i ignal, Normal cannot be elected. qf DISPLAY Pre once to diplay the current channel number, channel label, time and Wide Mode etting. The OSD (on creen diplay) will turn off after a few econd or pre again to immediately turn off the diplay. qg V/v/B/b Pre V/v/B/b to move the on-creen curor. Pre to elect/confirm an item. qh TOOLS Pre to diplay the Tool Menu that i aociated with your current input: Analog TV, Digital TV, External Input, or PC. Each input ha a different Tool Menu. (See page 24, 26, 29, 34 and 35.) qj JUMP Pre to jump back and forth between two channel. The TV alternate between the current channel and the lat channel that wa elected. qk 0-9 ENT Pre 0-9 to elect a channel; the channel change after two econd. Pre ENT to change channel immediately. ql CH +/ Pre to can through channel. To can quickly through channel, pre and hold down either +/. Inert two ize AA batterie (upplied) by matching the e and E on the batterie to the diagram inide the remote control battery compartment. 20

21 Baic Operation TV Control MENU TV/VIDEO VOLUME CHANNEL POWER Baic Operation 0 PIC OFF/TIMER STANDBY POWER Item Decription 1 MENU Pre to diplay MENU with TV function and etting (ee Overview of MENU on page 22). 2 Pre to cycle through the video input. If you et a certain input to Skip in Label Video TV/VIDEO Input, then the input will not appear. In the MENU creen, thi button erve a confirming the election or etting. 3 Pre to adjut the volume. In the MENU creen, thee button erve a left/right button. VOLUME + 4 Pre to can through channel. To can quickly through channel, pre and hold down either CHANNEL + /+. In the MENU creen, thee button erve a up/down button. 5 POWER Pre to turn on and off the TV. 6 (IR) Infrared Receiver/ Light Senor 7 PIC OFF/ TIMER LED Receive IR ignal from the remote control. Sene room light level and adjut the creen brightne accordingly (ee page 31 for detail). Do not put anything near the enor, a it function may be affected. Light up in green when the Picture Off feature i activated. Light up in orange when the timer i et. When the timer i et, thi LED will remain lit even if the TV i turned off. For detail, ee page STANDBY LED Light up in red when your TV i in PC power aving mode. If the LED blink in red continuouly, thi may indicate the diplay unit need ervicing (ee Contacting Sony on page 2). 9 POWER LED Light up in green when the TV i turned on. 0 Speaker Output audio ignal. The CHANNEL + button ha a tactile dot. Ue it a a reference when operating the TV. Make ure that the TV i completely witched off before unplugging the power cord. Unplugging the power cord while the TV i turned on may caue the LED to remain lit or may caue the TV to malfunction. 21

22 Introducing MENU Function Overview of MENU MENU provide one button acce for controlling your TV. It enable you to perform a variety of tak intuitively with a control panel on the creen rather than a variety of remote control button pree. When you pre the MENU button, you can eaily perform baic TV function uch a: witching between external input, viewing your favorite analog/digital tation, witching between analog and digital channel, and changing or cutomizing your TV etting. 1 Pre MENU on the remote. MENU control panel appear. 2 Pre V/v to highlight the item. 3 Pre to elect an option. Pre MENU to exit. MENU External Input Analog Favorite Digital Favorite Analog 2, 3 Digital Setting 1 Select from connected equipment Select: Set: Exit: MENU MENU External Input Allow you to The External Input feature let you elect the external input connected to your TV. You can alo aign a label uing Label Video Input in the Setup etting. (ee page 30) 1 Highlight External Input on the MENU control panel and pre. 2 Pre V/v to highlight the deired external input and pre. External Input Return Video 1 VCR Video 2 GAME Video 3 - Video 4 - Video 5 - Video 6 - Video 7 - Edit Video Label Select: Set: Exit: MENU 22

23 Introducing MENU Function MENU Analog Favorite Digital Favorite Analog Digital Setting Allow you to The Analog Favorite feature let you elect program from a lit of up to 16 favorite channel that you pecify. 1 Highlight Analog Favorite on the MENU control panel and pre. 2 Pre V/v to highlight the deired channel and pre. To add the current channel to the lit of Favorite Channel, highlight Add to Favorite and pre. Select: Set: Exit: MENU When the Favorite Channel lit i full, remove a channel from your lit uing Favorite Channel in the Analog Setup (ee page 35) etting and try again. Favorite Channel can be acceed directly from Edit Favorite. The Digital Favorite feature let you create a lit of up to 16 favorite channel. To create your favorite lit: 1 Highlight Digital Favorite on the MENU control panel and pre. 2 Highlight Add to Favorite and pre to add the current channel to the lit of Favorite Channel. Analog Favorite Return Add to Favorite 1 28 : : : : : : : : Edit Favorite Favorite Channel Add to Favorite Edit Favorite Exit When the Favorite Channel lit i full, remove a channel from your lit uing Favorite Channel in the Digital Setup (ee page 36) etting and try again. Favorite Channel can be acceed directly from Edit Favorite. The Analog feature take you to the mot recently viewed analog channel. When tuned to the channel, Channel number will be diplayed. Highlight Analog on the MENU control panel and pre. The Digital feature take you to the mot recently viewed digital channel. When tuned to the channel, the Program Banner and Channel number will be diplayed. Highlight Digital on the MENU control panel and pre. The Setting feature let you enter to the etting creen. Advanced etting and adjutment can be performed from Setting menu. See Navigating Through Setting on page 24. Introducing MENU Function 23

24 Introducing MENU Function Navigating Through Setting The Setting provide acce to the feature: 1 Pre MENU. 2 Select. 3 Highlight the item: Picture, Sound, Screen, Setup, PC Setting, Analog Setup, Digital Setup. 4 Pre to elect an option. To exit the etting, pre MENU. The option you can adjut vary depending on the ituation. Unavailable option are grayed out. Uing the Picture Setting Picture A Target Input All Input Picture Mode Vivid Reet Backlight Max Picture Max Brightne 40 Color 60 Hue 0 Color Temperature Cool Sharpne 18 Noie Reduction Low Advanced Setting D Select: Set: Back: RETURN Exit: MENU Option Target Input Picture Mode Cutomized picture viewing Reet Backlight Picture Brightne Color Hue Color Temperature White adjutment Sharpne Decription Determine whether to apply Picture menu etting to all input, or only to the input you are currently watching. All Input Applie etting to all input. Current Input Applie etting to the current input. Vivid Standard Cutom Select for enhanced picture contrat and harpne. Select for tandard picture etting. Recommended for home entertainment. Allow you to tore your preferred etting. Picture Mode can alo be acceed from TOOLS button when in Analog TV, Digital TV and External Input. Reet the current Picture Mode etting to the default value. Adjut to brighten or darken the backlight. Adjut to increae or decreae picture contrat. Adjut to brighten or darken the picture. Adjut to increae or decreae color intenity. Adjut to increae or decreae the green tone. Cool Neutral Warm 1,2 Adjut to harpen or often the picture. Select to give the white color a bluih tint. Select to give the white color a neutral tint. Select to give the white color a reddih tint. Available only when Picture Mode i et to Cutom. 24

25 Introducing MENU Function Option Noie Reduction Advanced Setting Only available in Cutom Picture Mode Decription Select to reduce the noie level of connected equipment, and the VHF/UHF input. Select from Auto, High, Medium, Low and Off. Auto i only available when you are watching analog channel. It i not available when Target Input i et to All Input. Reet Black Corrector Contrat Enhancer Gamma Clear White Live Color MPEG Noie Reduction Reet all the advanced etting to the default etting. Enhance black area of the picture for tronger contrat. Automatically optimize the backlight and contrat. Thi etting i epecially effective for dark image, increaing the vibrancy of the picture. Adjut the balance between the light and dark area of the picture. Emphaize white and light color. Make color more vivid. Reduce the picture noie in MPEG-compreed video. Ueful for Digital TV channel. Introducing MENU Function 25

26 Introducing MENU Function Uing the Sound Setting Sound Target Input All Input Sound Mode Dynamic Reet Treble 0 Ba 0 Balance 0 Steady Sound Off Surround Off BBE High MTS A D Select: Set: Back: RETURN Exit: MENU Option Decription Target Input Determine whether to apply Sound menu etting to all input, or only to the input you are currently watching. All Input Applie etting to all input. Current Input Applie etting to the current input. Sound Mode Dynamic Select to enhance treble and ba. Cutomized Standard Suitable for poken dialog. ound litening Cutom Flat etting. Allow you to tore your preferred etting. Sound Mode can alo be acceed from TOOLS button when in Analog TV, Digital TV and External Input. Reet Reet the current Sound Mode etting to the default value, except MTS. Treble Adjut to increae or decreae higher-pitched ound. Ba Adjut to increae or decreae lower-pitched ound. Balance Adjut to emphaize left or right peaker balance. Steady Sound On Select to tabilize the volume acro all program and commercial. Off Select to turn off Steady Sound. Surround TruSurround XT Select for urround ound (for tereo program only). Simulated Stereo Add a urround-like effect to mono program. Off Select for normal tereo or mono reception. BBE Select to give ound more impact by compenating for phae effect in peaker. Select from High, Low, and Off. MTS Enjoy tereo, bilingual and mono program Stereo Auto SAP Select for tereo reception when viewing a program broadcat in tereo. Select to automatically witch the TV to econd audio program when a ignal i received. If no SAP ignal i preent, the TV remain in Stereo mode. Mono Select for mono reception. Ue to reduce noie during weak tereo broadcat. MTS i only available for analog program. 26

27 Introducing MENU Function Uing the Screen Setting Screen Target Input Current Input Wide Mode Normal Auto Wide On 4:3 Default Normal Diplay Area Normal Horizonal Center 0 Vertical Center Vertical Size A D Option Decription Target Input Determine whether to apply Screen menu etting to all input, or only to the input you are currently watching. All Input Applie etting to all input. Current Input Applie etting to the current input. Wide Mode Wide Zoom Select to fill creen with minimum ditortion. Normal Select to diplay 4:3 picture in original ize when the original ource i 4:3. Normal i not available when you are watching 720p or 1080i ource. Full Select to enlarge the picture horizontally to fill the creen when the original ource i 4:3 (Standard definition ource). When the original ource i 16:9 (High definition ource), elect thi mode to diplay 16:9 picture in original ize. Zoom Select to enlarge the original picture without ditorting the apect ratio. Auto Wide On Select to have the creen automatically change to the creen mode that i bet for the current program. If frequent creen change are diturbing to you, elect Off. 4:3 Default Select the default Screen Mode to ue for 4:3 ource Diplay Area Select: Set: Back: RETURN Exit: MENU Off Wide Zoom Normal Off Select to turn off the Auto Wide option. Chooe a creen mode from the Wide Mode option. Select to enlarge the 4:3 picture to fill the 16:9 creen, keeping the original image a much a poible. Select to diplay the 4:3 picture in it original ize. Select to continue uing the current Wide Mode etting when the channel or input i changed. If 4:3 Default i et to anything but Off, the Wide Mode etting change only for the current channel. When you change channel (or input), Wide Mode i automatically replaced with the 4:3 Default etting for 4:3 ource. To retain the current Wide Mode etting a channel and input are changed, et 4:3 Default to Off. Select Normal to return to the default diplay area. Select -1 or -2 to enlarge the picture o that the edge are outide the viible portion of the creen. Introducing MENU Function (Continued) 27

28 Introducing MENU Function Option Horizontal Center Vertical Center Vertical Size Decription Allow you to move the poition of the picture left and right. Pre B/b and pre to chooe a correction between Min, 4 to +4 and Max. Horizontal Center feature i ueful if TV i connected to game equipment. Allow you to move the poition of the picture up and down. Available only in Zoom mode. Pre V/v and pre to chooe a correction between Min, 4 to +4 and Max. Allow you to adjut the vertical ize of the picture. (Available only in Wide Zoom and Zoom mode.) Pre V/v and pre to chooe a correction between Min, 4 to +4 and Max. 28

29 Introducing MENU Function Uing the Setup Setting Setup A D Language Caption Viion Info Banner Parental Lock Label Video Input Auto YC Timer Setting Power Saving Light Senor Quiet Power On Speaker Audio Out Cable Information Englih Off Off On On On Option Language Caption Viion Info Banner Select: Set: Back: RETURN Exit: MENU Parental Lock Decription Select to diplay all on-creen etting in your language of choice: Englih, Epañol, Françai. Allow you to elect from everal cloed caption mode (for program that are broadcat with cloed captioning). Some caption mode for digital channel are only acceible from the Digital Setup etting. For detail, ee page 37. Off Caption Viion i turned off. CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4 Text1,Text2, Text3,Text4 Diplay a printed verion of the dialog or ound effect of a program. (Should be et to CC1 for mot program.) Diplay network/tation information preented uing either half or the whole creen (if available). Caption Viion can alo be acceed from TOOLS button when in Analog TV and External Input. Set to On or Off. When on, diplay the program name and the remaining time (if the broadcater offer thi ervice). Diplay for few econd when the channel i changed or the DISPLAY button i preed. The Parental Lock etting allow you to et up the TV to block program according to their content and rating level. Ue 0-9 on the remote control to enter a four-digit paword. The firt time you create a paword, confirm the paword by entering it again. Lock Off Turn Parental Lock off. No program are blocked from viewing. Child Maximum rating permitted are: U.S.: TV-Y, TV-G, G Canada: C, G, TV-Y Youth Maximum rating permitted are: U.S.: TV-PG, PG Canada: C8+, PG, 8 an+, TV-PG Young Adult Maximum rating permitted are: U.S.: TV-14, PG-13 Canada: 14+, 13 an+, TV-14 Cutom Select to et rating manually. U.S.: See page 32 for detail. Canada: See page 32 for detail. If you are not familiar with the Parental Guideline rating ytem, you hould elect Child, Youth, or Young Adult to help implify the rating election. To et more pecific rating, elect Cutom. (Continued) Introducing MENU Function 29