KDE42XBR950 KDE50XBR950 KDE61XBR950. Flat Panel Color TV Operating Instructions Sony Corporation (1)

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1 (1) Flat Panel Color TV KDE42XBR950/KDE50XBR950/KDE61XBR950 Flat Panel Color TV Operating Intruction KDE42XBR950 KDE50XBR950 KDE61XBR Sony Corporation

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3 WARNING To reduce the rik of fire or hock hazard, do not expoe the TV 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 CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. 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. CAUTION When uing TV game, computer, and imilar product with your TV, or viewing a TV tation whoe logo alway tay on the creen, keep the brightne and contrat function at low etting. If a fixed (non-moving) pattern uch a a tation logo i left on the creen for long period of time, epecially at a high brightne or contrat etting, the image can be permanently imprinted onto the creen. Thee type of imprint are not covered by your warranty. Owner Record The model and erial number are located at the rear of the TV, below the Sony logo, on the ticker, and alo on the TV box (white label). Record thee number in the pace provided below. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding thi product. Note on Caption Viion Thi televiion receiver provide diplay of televiion cloed captioning in accordance with of the FCC rule. Note to CATV Sytem Intaller Thi reminder i provided to call the CATV ytem intaller attention to Article of the National Electrical Code (NEC) that provide guideline for proper grounding and, in particular, pecifie that the cable ground hall be connected to the grounding ytem of the building, a cloe to the point of cable entry a practical. Ue of thi televiion receiver for other than private viewing of program broadcat on UHF or VHF or tranmitted by cable companie for the ue of the general public may require authorization from the broadcater/cable company and/or program owner. 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 with 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. Safety Operate the TV only on 120 V AC. 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 Safeguard on page 3. Important Notice You are cautioned that any change or modification not exprely approved in thi manual could void your authority to operate thi equipment. When ued at an altitude of greater than 2400m or 7872feet (air preure le than 750hPa), thi Plama Diplay Panel may generate a low buzzing ound a a reult of the difference between the interior and exterior air preure of the panel. Thi i not conidered a defect and i not covered under by the Limited Warranty. Model No. Serial No. 1

4 Intalling 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 5 C (41 F). 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. 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. CAUTION How to reduce the rik of Image Retention on your TV Bright, tationary image uch a TV tation logo diplayed on your TV can caue permanent damage to your TV, reulting in retention of the image in the picture. Pleae take the following tep to reduce the rik of cauing image retention: View a variety of program ource or programming material. Image retention can occur when bright tationary image uch a TV tation logo are viewed. Changing the program material viewed reduce the poibility that a ingle image will become imprinted on the picture tube in your TV. When viewing program with tationary image, adjut the picture etting to reduce the Picture and Brightne level. Image retention i accelerated by higher Brightne and higher Picture etting. Pleae ee page 96 for intruction on adjuting picture etting. Thi will help you reduce the rik of cauing image retention. IMAGE RETENTION IS NOT COVERED BY YOUR WARRANTY CAUTION The following SONY appliance() for ue only with the following TV STAND or WALL-HANGING RACK UNIT. Ue with other TV STAND or WALL-HANGING RACK UNIT i capable of reulting in intability cauing poible injury. SONY APPLIANCE MODEL NO. KDE42XBR950 (PDM-4210) KDE50XBR950 (PDM-5010) KDE61XBR950 (PDM-6110) SONY TABLE TOP STAND MODEL NO. SU-P42T2 (for PDM-4210) SU-P50T2 (for PDM-5010/6110) SONY WALL-MOUNT BRACKET MODEL NO. SU-PW2 (for PDM-4210/5010/6110) SONY FLOATING STAND MODEL NO. SU-PF1 (for PDM-4210/5010) SU-PF1L (for PDM-6110) To Cutomer Sufficient expertie i required for intalling the pecified product. Be ure to ubcontract the intallation to Sony dealer or contractor and pay adequate attention to afety during the intallation. Trademark Information TruSurround, SRS and the ymbol are trademark of SRS Lab, Inc. TruSurround technology i incorporated under licene from SRS Lab, Inc. BBE and BBE Symbol are trademark of BBE Sound, Inc. and are licened by BBE Sound, Inc. under U.S. Patent No. 4,638,258 and 4,482,866. Steady Sound, Digital Reality Creation, Caption Viion, CineMotion, Memory Stick, and Twin View are regitered trademark of Sony Corporation. ClearEdge VM, HD Detailer, and Uniform Brightne Screen are trademark of Sony Corporation. 2

5 Important Safeguard Before uing your TV, pleae read thee intruction completely, and keep thi manual for future reference. Carefully oberve and comply with all warning, caution and intruction placed on the et or decribed in the operating intruction or ervice manual. WARNING To guard againt injury, the following baic afety precaution hould be oberved in the intallation, ue and ervicing of the et. Ue Power Source Thi et hould be operated only from the type of power ource indicated on the erial/model plate. If you are not ure of the type of electrical power upplied to your home, conult your dealer or local power company. For thoe et deigned to operate from battery power, refer to the operating intruction. Grounding or Polarization Thi et i equipped with a polarized AC power cord plug (a plug having one blade wider than the other), or with a three-wire grounding type plug (a plug having a third pin for grounding).follow the intruction below: For the et with a polarized AC power cord plug Thi plug will fit into the power outlet only one way. Thi i a afety feature. If you are unable to inert the plug fully into the outlet, try revering the plug. If the plug till fail to fit, contact your electrician to have a uitable outlet intalled. Do not defeat the afety purpoe of the polarized plug by forcing it in. 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 fire. Contact your electrician to have the outlet changed. Wiring Unplug the AC power cord when wiring cable. Be ure to unplug the AC power cord for your afety, when hooking up. Moiture Do not touch the AC power cord with a wet hand. If you plug/unplug the AC power cord 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 fire. Unplug the AC power plug and clean it regularly. For the et with a three-wire grounding type AC plug Thi plug will only fit into a grounding-type power outlet. Thi i a afety feature. If you are unable to inert the plug into the outlet, contact your electrician to have a uitable outlet intalled. Do not defeat the afety purpoe of the grounding plug. Overloading Do not overload wall outlet, extenion cord or convenience receptacle beyond their capacity, ince thi can reult in fire or electric hock. Alway turn the et off when it i not being ued. When the et i left unattended and unued for long period of time, unplug it from the wall outlet a a precaution againt the poibility of an internal malfunction that could create a fire hazard. If a napping or popping ound from a TV et 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 et to make occaional napping or popping ound, particularly when being turned on or off. AC power cord and diplay interface cable If you damage the AC power cord or diplay interface cable, it may reult in fire or electric hock. Do not pinch, bend, or twit the cable exceively. The core line may be bared and cut, and caue hort-circuit, reulting in fire or electric hock. Do not convert or damage the AC power cord or diplay interface cable. Do not put anything heavy on the AC power cord or diplay interface cable. Do not pull the AC power cord or diplay cable. Keep the AC power cord or diplay interface cable away from heat ource. Be ure to grap the plug when diconnecting the AC power cord. Refer to the operating intruction when diconnecting the diplay interface cable. If the AC power cord or diplay interface cable i damaged, top uing it and ak your dealer or Sony ervice center to exchange it. Cleaning Unplug the AC power cord when cleaning thi unit. If not, it may reult in electric hock. Object and Liquid Entry Never puh object of any kind into the et 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 et. (Continued) 3

6 Ventilation hole Do not inert anything in the ventilation hole. If metal or omething flammable enter, it may reult in fire or electric hock. Cleaning 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 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. Attachment Do not ue attachment not recommended by the manufacturer, a they may caue hazard. Intallation When intalling the diplay unit on the wall, be ure to have aembler intall and keep away from the unit. If a peron other than the aembler intall the diplay unit on the wall uing a wall mount unit, the unit may fall and caue eriou injury when an earthquake occur or when the unit i not intalled ecurely. Carrying Carrying the et require two or more people. If you carry the et in a manner other than that pecified, it may drop and a eriou injury may be caued. Be ure two or more people carry the et. When tranporting, do not ubject the et to hock or vibration exceive force. The et may fall and damage the et, cauing eriou injury. AC power cord Unplug the AC power cord when moving the et. Do not move the et with the AC power cord plugged in. It may damage the AC power cord and reult in fire or electric hock. Medical intitution Do not place thi unit in a place where medical equipment i in ue. It may caue malfunction of medical intrument. Water and Moiture 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 fire or electric hock. Acceorie Do not place the et on an untable cart, tand, table or helf. The et may fall, cauing eriou injury to a child or an adult and eriou damage to the et. Ue only a cart or tand recommended by Sony for the pecific model of TV. No part of the TV et hould overhang any edge of the TV cart or tand; any overhanging edge i a afety hazard. An appliance and cart combination hould be moved with care. Quick top, exceive force, and uneven urface may caue the appliance and cart combination to overturn. Moiture and flammable object 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 inflammable object or naked light (e.g. candle) away from the et. Dipoe of ued batterie To preerve our environment, dipoe the ued batterie according to your local law or regulation. Intallation and moving Optional acceorie Oberve the following when intalling the diplay unit uing a tand or wall mount unit. If not, the unit may fall and caue eriou injury. Be ure to follow the operating intruction upplied with your tand when intalling the unit. Be ure to attach the bracket upplied with your tand. Protruding location Do not intall the diplay unit in protruding location. If you intall the unit in the following location, injury may reult. Do not intall the unit in a location where the unit protrude, uch a pillar. Do not intall the unit in a location that may caue facial injury. Oil Do not intall thi unit in retaurant where oily vapour 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. Acceorie Secure the diplay unit from falling down. If the diplay unit i not ecured properly, it may fall and caue injury. Take meaure againt it uing a tand or other apparatu on the floor or wall in the pecified manner, referring to the operating intruction upplied with your tand. 4

7 POWER POWER/STANDBY TIMER i.link/standby TV VIDEO MEMORY STICK i.link PIC OFF i.link INPUT SELECT VOL + CHANNEL + Recommended place for the Media receiver unit Place the Media receiver unit on a table, level urface. Otherwie, the Media receiver unit may fall and caue injury. Ue an optional Sony tand, which ha adequate trength. Weight Do not tand on the Media receiver unit. The unit may fall or break, cauing injury. Pay pecial attention to little children. Ventilation The lot and opening in the media receiver unit and diplay unit are provided for neceary ventilation. To enure reliable operation of the et, 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 et on a bed, ofa, rug or other imilar urface. Never place the et in a confined pace, uch a a bookcae or built-in cabinet, unle proper ventilation i provided. Do not place the et near or over a radiator or heat regiter, or where it i expoed to direct unlight. Ventilation Leave ome pace around the unit. Otherwie, adequate air-circulation may be blocked cauing overheating and caue fire or damage the unit. When intalling the unit on the wall 30 cm (11 7 /8 in) Never intall the unit a follow: Air circulation i blocked. Media receiver unit: Front view 5 cm (2 in) Place the Media receiver unit on a table level urface o a not to block the inlet at the bottom of the Media receiver unit. Media receiver unit: Top view Never place the Media receiver unit in a confined pace. It may caue overheating and reult in fire, or damage the unit. Enure reliable operation of the unit by enureing proper ventilation of the exhaut fan. Leave thi pace at leat. 5 cm (2 in) 7 cm (2 7 /8 in) 0.5 cm (7/32 in) Air circulation i blocked. 5 cm (2 in) Leave thi pace at leat. 10 cm (4 in) 5 cm (2 in) 10 cm (4 in) When intalling the unit uing a tand 10 cm (4 in) 10 cm (4 in) 30 cm (11 7 /8 in) 10 cm (4 in) Leave thi pace at leat. 10 cm (4 in) Leave thi pace at leat. Outdoor ue Do not intall thi unit outdoor. If the unit i expoed to rain, it may reult in fire or electric hock. If the unit i expoed to direct unlight, the unit may heat up and it may damage the unit. Vehicle and ceiling Do not intall thi unit in a vehicle or hung from the ceiling. Bumping of the vehicle may caue the et to fall down and caue injury. (Continued) 5

8 Ship and veel Do not intall thi unit in a hip or veel. If the unit i expoed to eawater, it may caue fire or damage the unit. Antenna Grounding According to the National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70 Carrying Carrying the et require two or more people. If you carry the et in a manner other than that pecified, it may drop and a eriou injury may be caued. Be ure two or more people carry the et. When tranporting, do not ubject the et to hock or vibration, or exceive force. The et may fall and be damaged, cauing eriou injury. AC power cord Unplug the AC power cord when moving the et. Do not move the et with the AC power cord plugged in. It may damage the AC power cord and reult in fire or electric hock. Fall Do not hang anything on the unit. The unit may fall from the tand or wall mount unit, cauing damage or eriou injury. Power-Cord Protection Do not allow anything to ret on or roll over the power cord, and do not place the et 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. Lightning For added protection for thi televiion receiver 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. Service Damage Requiring Service Unplug the et from the wall outlet and refer ervicing to qualified ervice peronnel under the following condition: Electric ervice equipment Ground clamp NEC: National Electrical Code When the power cord or plug i damaged or frayed. If liquid ha been pilled into the et. If the et ha been expoed to rain or water. If the et ha been ubject to exceive hock by being dropped, or the cabinet ha been damaged. If the et doe not operate normally when following the operating intruction. Adjut only thoe control that are pecified in the operating intruction. Improper adjutment of other control may reult in damage and will often require extenive work by a qualified technician to retore the et to normal operation. 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) When the et exhibit a ditinct change in performance, it indicate a need for ervice. 6

9 Servicing Do not attempt to ervice the et 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 ha ued replacement part pecified by the manufacturer that have the ame characteritic a the original part. Unauthorized ubtitution may reult in fire, electric hock or other hazard. Safety Check Upon completion of any ervice or repair to the et, ak the ervice technician to perform routine afety check (a pecified by the manufacturer) to determine that the et i in afe operating condition, and to o certify. When the et reache the end of it ueful life, improper dipoal could reult in a picture tube imploion. Ak a qualified ervice technician to dipoe of the et. For Safety Be careful when moving the TV When you place the TV in poition, be careful not to drop it on your foot or finger. Watch your footing while intalling the TV. 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 a eriou injury may reult. Be ure to follow the intruction given below. Carry the TV with the pecified number of peron. Carry the TV holding the upper and bottom frame of the TV a illutrated. Do not carry it holding the peaker unit. Hold the TV ecurely when carrying it. A the gla urface of the diplay unit ha a pecial coating, be careful to avoid touching the gla urface a far a poible. Other Damage requiring ervice If the urface of the diplay unit crack, do not touch it until you unplug the AC power cord. Otherwie electric hock may reult. Object placement Do not place omething heavy on the Media receiver unit. It may damage the unit. Liquid placement Do not place object containing liquid on the Media receiver unit. It may reult in electric hock or damage the unit. Moiture Do not let thi unit get wet. It may reult in electric hock or damage the unit. Electric hock Do not touch the unit with a wet hand. Doing o may caue electric hock or damage to the unit. Broken piece Do not throw anything at the unit. The creen gla may explode by the impact and caue eriou injury. Cable wiring Take care not to catch your feet on the cable. It may damage the unit. Heat Do not touch the urface of the diplay unit. It remain hot, even for ome time after the diplay unit i turned off. 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. 7

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11 Content Introducing the TV Welcome...13 Package Content...13 Feature...13 Setting Up the TV Overview...17 TV Control and Connector...18 Diplay unit...18 Media receiver unit Front Panel...20 Media receiver unit Rear Panel...22 Intalling the TV...23 Detaching the peaker (KDE61XBR950 only)...25 Baic Connection: Connecting a Cable or Antenna...26 Cable or Antenna Only...26 Cable Box and Cable Only...27 Cable Box Only...28 Connecting Optional Equipment...30 About Uing S VIDEO...30 VCR and Cable...31 VCR and Cable Box...33 Two VCR for Tape Editing...35 Satellite Receiver...37 Satellite Receiver and VCR...39 DVD Player with Component Video Connector...41 DVD Player with S VIDEO and Audio Connector...43 Camcorder...44 Audio Receiver...45 Sub Woofer...46 Device with an Optical IN Connector...46 Uing the CONTROL S Feature...47 Setting Up the Channel Lit...48 Uing Auto Setup...48 Uing the Remote Control Overview...49 Inerting Batterie...49 Button Decription...50 Programming the Remote Control...52 Uing Other Equipment with Your TV Remote Control...55 All Equipment...55 Operating a VCR or D-VHS...55 Operating a Satellite Receiver...55 Operating a Cable Box...56 Operating a DVD Player...56 Operating an MDP (Laerdic Player)

12 Uing the Feature Overview...57 Watching TV...58 Uing Wide Mode...59 Uing Twin View...60 Diplaying Twin Picture...60 Activating the Picture...61 Changing the Picture Size...62 Uing Favorite Channel...63 Creating a Lit of Favorite Channel...63 Diplaying a Lit of Favorite Channel...63 Uing the Freeze Function...64 Uing Picture Off...65 Uing the Digital Program Guide Diplaying the Digital Program Guide...67 Navigating the Digital Program Menu...68 Uing the Guide Menu...68 Uing the Program Option Menu...69 Uing the Caption Viion Menu...69 Uing the Digital Setup Menu...70 Cutomizing Caption Viion...70 Uing the Memory Stick Viewer About Memory Stick...71 Feature...71 Memory Stick Compatibility...72 File Compatibility...72 Trademark Information...72 Inerting and Removing a Memory Stick...73 Inerting a Memory Stick...73 Inerting the Memory Stick Duo...74 Removing a Memory Stick...75 Uing the Memory Stick Index...76 Uing the Memory Stick Index...77 Viewing Photo...78 Photo Control...78 Photo Menu Bar Option...79 Uing Zoom and Pan...80 Uing Rotate...80 Playing Movie...81 Movie Control...81 Movie Menu Bar Option...82 Memory Stick Index Menu Bar Option...83 Slide Show Menu Option...83 Folder Menu Option...84 Memory Stick Menu...84 Note on Uing Memory Stick Media...85 About DCF File Name...85 Memory Stick Precaution

13 Uing i.link Uing the Menu Other Information About i.link...87 Uing i.link Cable...87 Connecting i.link Device...88 Selecting an i.link Device...90 Uing the i.link Control Panel...91 i.link Setup...93 Overview...95 Navigating Through Menu...95 Uing the Video Menu...96 Selecting Video Option...96 Uing the Audio Menu...99 Selecting Audio Option...99 Uing the Screen Menu Selecting Screen Mode Option Uing the Channel Menu Selecting Channel Option Uing the Parent Menu Selecting Parent Option US Model: Selecting Cutom Rating Option Viewing Blocked Program Canadian Model: Selecting Cutom Rating Option Viewing Blocked Program Uing the Setup Menu Selecting Setup Option Overview Gloary Contacting Sony Troublehooting Twin View Remote Control Memory Stick Video Audio Channel General Specification Optional Acceorie Index

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15 Introducing the TV Welcome Thank you for purchaing the Sony Flat Panel Color TV. Thi manual i to be ued with the following model: KDE42XBR950 KDE50XBR950 KDE61XBR950 Package Content The package contain the following: Flat panel diplay unit (PDM-6110, PDM-5010 or PDM-4210) Media receiver unit (MBD-XBR950) Remote control (RM-Y1000) and two ize AA batterie Two AC power cord AC plug holder Diplay interface cable Antenna cable Cleaning cloth Frame bar (KDE61XBR950 only) Screw (KDE61XBR950 only) Operating Intruction Thee item are all you need to et up and operate the TV in it baic configuration. Mot component (VCR, DVD player, etc.) come with the neceary cable to connect them. If you want to et up a complex ytem, you may need to buy extra cable, connector, etc. Be ure to have thee on hand before you tart to connect your ytem. Feature Some of the feature that you will enjoy with your new TV include: Integrated HDTV: You can watch digital televiion program and enjoy the improved audio/video quality offered by thee program. WEGA Engine : Deliver uperb picture quality from any video ource by minimizing the ignal deterioration caued by digital-toanalog converion and tabilizing the ignal proceing. Thi engine feature unique Sony technology, including: (Continued) 13

16 Welcome The firt tep in the digital proceing ytem, Compoite Component Proceor2 (CCP2), which enhance input ignal to noie ratio by chroma decoder digital proceing; DRC (Digital Reality Creation)-Multifunction V1: Unlike conventional line doubler, the DRC Multifunction feature replace the ignal NTSC waveform with the near-hd equivalent by digital mapping proceing. The DRC Palette option let you cutomize the level of detail (Reality) and moothne (Clarity) to create up to three cutom palette. Multi-Image Driver (MID -XU): (Twin View ) Allow you to watch two program ide by ide. You can watch picture from two different ource (1080i, 720p, 480p, and 480i) imultaneouly. (Only the left Twin View window can diplay 1080i, 720p, and 480p ource.) CineMotion : Provide an optimized diplay by automatically detecting film content and applying a revere 3/2 pulldown proce. Moving picture will appear clearer and more natural-looking. Newly developed PDP driver IC: Achieve high-preciion gamma characteritic, uing Sony unique digital technology. Fine gradation of dark cene, which i not poible with conventional PDP, i realized by greatly enhancing reolution in the low brightne range. BN Smoother : Reduce the block noie caued by digital video encoding and decoding proce. Wide Screen Mode: Watch conventional 4:3 apect ratio broadcat in wide creen (16:9) mode. Favorite Channel: Allow you to preview and elect from 16 of your favorite channel. Steady Sound : Equalize volume level o there i conitent output between program and commercial. Memory Stick Viewer: Allow you to view on your TV creen digital image (JPEG) and movie (MPEG1) with background muic (MP3) that are tored on Memory Stick media. Component Video Input: Offer the bet video quality for DVD (480p, 480i), and digital et-top box (HD1080i, 720p) connection. Parental Control: V-Chip technology allow parent to block unuitable programming from younger viewer. 14

17 Digital Viual Interface (DVI-HDTV): Can accommodate a copyprotected digital connection (HDCP * ) to other device (uch a digital et-top boxe) that have compatible interface. The DVI-HDTV input terminal i compliant with the EIA-861 tandard and i not intended for ue with peronal computer. i.link: Provide a ecure digital interface to other digital home entertainment device. i.link allow for the ecure tranfer of copyright-protected high-definition content between thee device and your digital TV. The i.link terminal on the TV are not intended for connection with peronal computer. Welcome * High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection 15

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19 Setting Up the TV Overview Thi chapter include illutrated intruction for etting up your TV. Topic Page() TV Control and Connector Intalling the TV 23 Baic Connection: Connecting a Cable or Antenna Connecting Optional Equipment About Uing S VIDEO VCR and Cable VCR and Cable Box Two VCR for Tape Editing Satellite Receiver Satellite Receiver and VCR DVD Player with Component Video Connector DVD Player with S VIDEO and Audio Connector Camcorder Audio Receiver Sub woofer Connecting Device with an Optical IN Connector Uing the CONTROL S Feature 47 Setting Up the Channel Lit

20 TV Control and Connector Diplay unit Front panel Rear panel Setup 1 1 POWER ON/ STAND BY 2 SONY EXCLUSIVE CABLE ONLY BLACK WHITE AC IN TIMER PICTURE OFF 3 4 DISPLAY SIGNAL IN Item 1 Speaker (Left/right) 2 POWER ON/ STAND BY1 LED Decription The peaker on the KDE61XBR950 are detachable. For detail, ee Detaching the peaker on page 25. Light up in green when the TV et i turned on. When in tandby mode, the LED light up in red. The LED doe not light up when the main power i turned off. If the LED blink continuouly, thi may indicate the diplay unit need ervicing (ee Contacting Sony on page 115). 3 TIMER LED When lit, indicate one of the timer i et. When the timer i et, thi LED will remain lit even if the TV et i turned off. For detail, ee page PICTURE OFF LED 5 Infrared Receiver (IR) 6 EXT SP (external peaker) ON/OFF witch (KDE61XBR950 only) 7 EXT SP L/R terminal (KDE61XBR950 only) When lit, indicate that the Picture Off feature i activated. For detail, ee page 65. Receive IR ignal from the TV remote control. The witch doe not function on thi TV. The terminal do not function on thi TV. 18

21 Setup Item 8 DISPLAY SIGNAL IN Decription Connect to the DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT jack of the rear of the media receiver unit by uing the upplied diplay interface cable. 9 AC IN Connect the upplied AC power cord. 19

22 Media receiver unit Front Panel POWER PIC OFF i.link INPUT SELECT VOL + CHANNEL + POWER/STANDBY TIMER i.link/standby TV VIDEO MEMORY STICK i.link VIDEO 2 IN S VIDEO VIDEO L - AUDIO -R i.link S400 DV/MICROMV MENU ENTER Setup qj qh qg qf qd qqa0 Item Decription 1 Main POWER Pre to turn on and off the main power of the TV Set. 2 POWER/ STANDBY LED Light up in green when the TV et i turned on. The LED light up in red when in tandby mode. The LED doe not light up when the main power i turned off. If the LED blink in red continuouly, thi may indicate the Media receiver unit need ervicing (ee Contacting Sony on page 115). 3 TIMER LED When lit, indicate one of the timer i et. When the timer i et, thi LED will remain lit even if the TV et i turned off. For detail, ee page i.link/ STANDBY LED When lit in red, indicate the i.link Standby i on. For detail, ee page PIC OFF Pre to have the TV creen turn off. For detail, ee page i.link Pre to diplay the i.link Control Panel. For detail, ee page INPUT SELECT Pre repeatedly to cycle through the video equipment connected to the TV video input. 8 VOL + Pre to adjut the volume. 9 CHANNEL + Pre to can through channel. To can quickly through channel, pre and hold down either CHANNEL. q; Memory Stick lot qa Memory Stick indicator Memory Stick inertion lot. For detail, ee Inerting and Removing a Memory Stick on page 73. When lit, indicate that the Memory Stick i being read. (Do not remove the Memory Stick when the indicator i lit.) q ENTER Pre to elect an on-creen menu item. qd V v B b Pre to move the on-creen curor. qf MENU Pre to diplay the Menu. Pre again to exit from the Menu. For detail, ee page

23 Item qg i.link 2 Connect to the i.link jack on your i.link-compatible portable device. Provide a ecure digital connection between your TV and your i.link-compatible portable device. qh VIDEO/ L-AUDIO-R VIDEO 2 IN Decription Connect to the compoite A/V output jack on your camcorder or other video equipment. qj S VIDEO 2 IN Connect to the S VIDEO OUT jack on your camcorder or other video equipment that ha S VIDEO. Provide better picture quality than compoite video (qh). Setup 21

24 Media receiver unit Rear Panel S VIDEO HD/DVD IN SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) Y 4 Y 5 VIDEO OPTICAL OUT AUDIO AUDIO CONTROL S PB L PB L L L IN AUDIO R - AUDIO - L DVI HDTV R R OUT PR R PR R 1 VIDEO IN 3 AUDIO OUT DVI HDTV IN 6 (VAR/FIX) VHF/UHF S400 (TV/DV/MICROMV) i.link WHITE BLACK DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT CABLE ~ AC IN Setup q Jack Decription 1 S VIDEO IN 1/3 Connect to the S VIDEO OUT jack of your VCR or other video equipment that ha S VIDEO. S VIDEO provide better picture quality than either compoite video (q) or VHF/UHF (7) connection. 2 HD/DVD IN 4/5 (1080i/720p/480p/ 480i) 3 SUB WOOFER OUT (VAR) 4 CONTROL S IN/OUT 5 DIGITAL AUDIO (OPTICAL) OUT (PCM/DOLBY* DIGITAL) qa Connect to your DVD player or digital et-top box component video (Y, PB, PR) and audio (L/R) jack. Component video provide better picture quality than 1, 7, or q. Connect to the input jack of your ub woofer. Allow the TV to receive (IN) and end (OUT) remote control ignal to other Sony infrared-controlled audio or video equipment that ha the CONTROL S function. Connect to the optical audio input of a digital audio component that i PCM/Dolby Digital compatible. 6 i.link 1/3 Ued for connecting i.link-equipped device. Thee terminal are not intended for connection with peronal computer. 7 VHF/UHF RF input that connect to your VHF/UHF antenna or cable box. 8 CABLE RF input that connect to your cable ingal. 9 DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT q; DVI-HDTV IN DVI-HDTV AUDIO R/L (VIDEO IN 6) qa AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) L/R q VIDEO IN 1/3 VIDEO/ L-AUDIO-R Connect to the DISPLAY SIGNAL IN jack of the diplay unit by uing the upplied diplay interface cable. Can accommodate a copy-protected digital connection (HDCP**) to other device (uch a digital et-top boxe) that have compatible interface. The DVI-HDTV input terminal i compliant with the EIA-861 tandard and i not intended for ue with peronal computer. See the intruction manual that came with your equipment for detail about connecting and uing it with the TV. Ue a DVI-D ingle link cable. 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 compoite A/V output jack on your VCR or other video component. A third compoite A/V input jack (VIDEO 2) i located on the front panel of the Media receiver unit. Thee video connection provide better picture quality than the VHF/UHF (7) connection. * Dolby, Pro Logic, and the double-d ymbol are trademark of Dolby Laboratorie. ** High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection

25 Setup Intalling the TV 1 Connect the diplay interface cable (upplied) to the diplay unit DISPLAY SIGNAL IN jack, and connect the AC power cord (upplied) to the diplay unit AC IN jack. Diconnect all power ource before making any connection. SONY EXCLUSIVE CABLE ONLY BLACK WHITE AC IN DISPLAY SIGNAL IN Diplay interface cable (upplied) Tighten the crew lowly until the crew i tabilized. AC Power cord (upplied) 2 Secure the AC power plug to the diplay AC IN jack. AC IN (Power upply input) jack of the diplay AC plug holder (upplied) AC power cord (upplied) 1 Attach the AC plug holder (upplied) to the AC power cord. 2 Clip on to the AC IN jack until you hear clicking. When you unplug the AC power cord, drag the AC plug holder down by puhing both ide of the holder, then pull out the plug. 23

26 PB PR PB PR S400 3 Intall the diplay unit uing an optional tand or rack unit. For detail, refer to the operating intruction upplied with your tand or rack unit. 4 Connect the other end of diplay interface cable to the Media receiver unit DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT jack, and connect the AC power cord (upplied) to the media receiver unit AC IN jack. S VIDEO Y VIDEO L AUDIO R HD/DVD IN SUB WOOFER (1080i/720p/480p/480i) OUT(VAR) 4 Y 5 OPTICAL OUT AUDIO AUDIO CONTROL S L L L IN R - AUDIO - L DVI HDTV R OUT R R 1 AUDIO OUT VIDEO IN 3 6 DVI HDTV IN (VAR/FIX) CABLE VHF/UHF (TV/DV/MICROMV) i.link WHITE BLACK ~ AC IN DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT Setup Tighten the crew lowly until the crew i tabilized. Diplay interface cable (upplied) AC power cord (upplied) 5 After making all connection, connect the AC power cord (upplied) to wall outlet. Be ure to ue the upplied AC power cord. When connecting optional component, do not connect the AC power cord to wall outlet until you have completed making all connection. Do not tighten the crew too much. It may damage the crew. Handle the diplay interface cable with care. If you pull the cable by catching your feet on the cable, thi unit may fall and caue injury. Do not ue damaged cable, uch a cable whoe connector are deformed. 24

27 Detaching the peaker (KDE61XBR950 only) The peaker on the KDE61XBR950 can be detached. Be ure to remove the peaker before intalling the TV on a wall, etc. Detaching the peaker from the TV hould be performed by qualified Sony peronnel. 1 Place a protective heet or cloth beneath the TV on a flat floor. Turn the TV over o that you can ee it rear panel. 2 Remove the four crew marked with arrow on the inide of the rear of the peaker, then pull out the peaker traight to detach. Rear of the diplay unit Speaker Setup M4x10 crew 3 Attach the upplied frame bar and tighten with the upplied two crew. Rear of the diplay unit Frame bar (upplied) Screw (upplied) 4 Repeat tep 2 and 3 for the other peaker. 25

28 Baic Connection: Connecting a Cable or Antenna The way in which you will connect your TV varie, depending on how your home receive a ignal (cable, cable box, antenna) and whether or not you plan to connect a VCR. Setup If You Are Connecting Cable or Antenna Only No cable box or VCR Cable Box and Cable Only Cable box uncramble only ome channel (uually premium channel) No VCR Cable Box Only Cable box uncramble all channel No VCR See Page If you are connecting a VCR See the connection decribed on page 31 and 33. Cable or Antenna Only For bet reult, ue thi connection if you are connecting a cable or an antenna and you: Do not need a cable box to uncramble channel. (If you have a cable box, ee page 28.) Do not intend to connect a VCR. (If you have a VCR, ee page 31 and 33.) For antenna connection, ue the upplied antenna cable. Cable Type VHF Only or combined VHF/UHF Cable Connect A Shown Antenna cable (upplied) 75-ohm coaxial cable CABLE VHF/UHF When uing an indoor antenna, uch a rabbit-ear or dipoleantenna, keep the antenna away from the diplay unit. If not, noie may appear on the creen. Note on Uing Thi Connection To Do Thi... Do Thi... Switch the TV input between the cable and antenna Pre ANT to witch back and forth between the TV VHF/UHF and CABLE input. 26

29 Cable Box and Cable Only For bet reult, ue thi connection if: Your cable company cramble ome channel, uch a premium channel (which require you to ue a cable box), but doe not cramble all channel. You do not have a VCR. (If you have a VCR, ee page 31 and 33.) With thi connection you can: Ue the TV remote control to change channel coming through the cable box to the TV VHF/UHF input jack. (You mut firt program the remote control for your pecific cable box; ee Programming the Remote Control on page 52.) Ue the TV remote control to change channel coming directly into the TV CABLE input. (The TV tuner provide a better ignal than the cable box.) Setup Coaxial cable CATV cable Splitter Coaxial cable IN OUT Cable box Coaxial cable CABLE VHF/UHF Rear of Media receiver unit About Uing Thi Connection with Dual Picture (Twin View, etc.) Feature With thi connection, you can ue all the dual picture feature for uncrambled channel coming directly into the TV CABLE input jack. Note on Uing Thi Connection To Do Thi... Do Thi... Ue the cable box Tune the TV to the channel the cable box i et to (uually channel 3 or 4) and then ue the cable box to witch channel. Set up the TV remote control to Program the remote control. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. operate the cable box Activate the remote control to Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the SAT/CABLE indicator light up. operate the cable box Prevent the accidental witching of TV channel Switch the TV input between the cable box and cable When uing the cable box, you need the TV to tay on the channel the cable box i et to (uually channel 3 or 4). You can ue the TV Channel Fix feature to lock in a pecific channel. For detail, ee Uing the Channel Menu on page 103. Pre ANT to witch back and forth between the TV VHF/UHF (crambled channel) and CABLE (uncrambled) input. Do not leave the diplay indication of the cable box turned on. (Continued) 27

30 Cable Box Only For bet reult, ue thi connection if: Your cable company cramble all channel, which require you to ue a cable box. You do not have a VCR. (If you have a VCR, ee page 31 and 33.) Setup With thi connection you can: Ue the TV remote control to change channel coming through the cable box to the TV VHF/UHF jack. (You mut firt program the remote control for your pecific cable box.) About Uing Thi Connection with Dual Picture (Twin View, etc.) Feature With thi connection, all channel come into the TV through your cable box and only one uncrambled ignal i ent to the TV, o you cannot ue the dual picture feature. If ome of your channel are crambled, but other are not, conider uing the Cable Box and Cable connection on page 27 intead. To connect the cable box 1 Connect the CATV cable to the cable box input jack. 2 Ue the upplied antenna cable to connect the cable box output jack to the TV VHF/UHF jack. 3 Run the Auto Setup program, a decribed in Setting Up the Channel Lit on page 48. CATV cable Antenna cable (upplied) Rear of Media receiver unit VHF/UHF IN OUT Cable box 28

31 Note on Uing Thi Connection To Do Thi... Do Thi... Ue the cable box Set up the TV remote control to operate the cable box Activate the remote control to operate the cable box Prevent the accidental witching of TV channel Tune the TV to the channel the cable box i et to (uually channel 3 or 4) and then ue the cable box to witch channel. Program the remote control. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the SAT/CABLE indicator light up. When uing the cable box, you need the TV to tay on the channel the cable box i et to (uually channel 3 or 4). You can ue the TV Channel Fix feature to lock in a pecific channel. For detail, ee Uing the Channel Menu on page 103. Do not leave the diplay indication of the cable box turned on. Setup 29

32 Connecting Optional Equipment Ue the direction in thi ection to connect the following optional equipment: Setup If You Are Connecting See Page VCR and Cable 31 VCR and Cable Box 33 Two VCR for Tape Editing 35 Satellite Receiver 37 Satellite Receiver and VCR 39 DVD Player with Component Video Connector 41 DVD Player with S VIDEO and Audio Connector 43 Camcorder 44 Audio Receiver 45 Sub Woofer 46 Device with an Optical IN Connector 46 About Uing S VIDEO If the optional equipment you are connecting ha an S VIDEO jack (hown at left), you can ue an S VIDEO cable for improved picture quality (compared to an A/V cable). Becaue S VIDEO carrie only the video ignal, you alo need to connect audio cable for ound, a hown below. Example of an S VIDEO Connection Rear of Media receiver unit Equipment with S VIDEO S VIDEO cable S VIDEO VIDEO Y L AUDIO R 1 R P Audio cable 30

33 VCR and Cable For bet reult, ue thi connection if: Your cable company doe not require you to ue a cable box. About Uing Thi Connection with Dual Picture (Twin View, etc.) Feature With thi connection, you can ue all the dual picture feature. To connect the VCR and cable 1 Connect the CATV cable to the VCR VHF/UHF input jack. 2 Ue the upplied antenna cable to connect the VCR VHF/UHF output jack to the TV CABLE jack. 3 Ue an A/V cable to connect the VCR A/V output jack to the TV A/V input jack. 4 Run the Auto Setup program, a decribed in Setting Up the Channel Lit on page 48. Uing S VIDEO jack? See page 30. Setup Rear of Media receiver unit S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R Y PB HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) 4 AUDIO L Y PB 5 AUDIO L SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) PR R PR R 1 VIDEO IN 3 AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) DVI HDTV IN 6 L R CONTROL S IN OUT OPTICAL OUT DVI HDTV R - AUDIO - L S400 VHF/UHF (TS/DV/MICROMV) i.link WHITE BLACK DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT CABLE ~ AC IN Antenna cable (upplied) A/V cable CATV cable 31

34 Note on Uing Thi Connection Setup To Do Thi... Do Thi... Watch the VCR Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the VCR input (VIDEO 1 in the illutration). Watch cable channel Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the cable input (CABLE in the illutration). Set up the TV remote control to If you have a non-sony VCR, you mut program the remote control. See operate the VCR Programming the Remote Control on page 52. Activate the TV remote control to Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR indicator light up. operate the VCR Control VCR function with the See Operating a VCR or D-VHS on page 55. TV remote control Label video input to eaily See the intruction for etting up Video Label on page 109. identify equipment connected to the TV Do not leave the diplay indication of the VCR turned on. 32

35 VCR and Cable Box For bet reult, ue thi connection if: Your cable company cramble ome channel, uch a premium channel (which require you to ue a cable box), but doe not cramble all channel. About Uing Thi Connection with Dual Picture (Twin View, etc.) Feature With thi connection, you can ue all the dual picture feature. With thi connection you can: Ue the TV remote control to change channel coming through the cable box. (You mut firt program the remote control for your pecific cable box; ee Programming the Remote Control on page 52.) Ue the TV remote control to change channel coming directly into the TV CABLE jack. (The TV tuner provide a better ignal than the cable box.) Record channel coming through the cable box and channel coming directly into the TV. Setup To connect a VCR and cable box, you need: A plitter, which i a mall, inexpenive device that you can purchae at your local electronic tore. Three coaxial cable. One A/V cable or one S VIDEO cable with audio cable. To connect the VCR and cable box 1 Connect the CATV cable to the ingle (input) jack of the plitter. 2 Ue the upplied antenna cable to connect one of the plitter two output jack to the TV CABLE jack. 3 Ue a coaxial cable to connect the plitter other output jack to the cable box input jack. 4 Ue a coaxial cable to connect the cable box output jack to the VCR RF input jack. 5 Ue an A/V cable to connect the VCR A/V output jack to the TV A/V input jack. 6 Ue a coaxial cable to connect the VCR RF output jack to the TV VHF/UHF jack. 7 Run the Auto Setup program, a decribed in Setting Up the Channel Lit on page 48. Uing S VIDEO jack? See page

36 Rear of Media receiver unit S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R Y PB HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) 4 AUDIO L Y PB 5 AUDIO L SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) PR R PR R 1 VIDEO IN 3 AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) DVI HDTV IN 6 L R CONTROL S IN OUT OPTICAL OUT DVI HDTV R - AUDIO - L S400 VHF/UHF (TS/DV/MICROMV) i.link WHITE BLACK DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT CABLE ~ AC IN CATV cable Setup VCR Antenna cable (upplied) Coaxial cable (not upplied) A/V cable Splitter (not upplied) Cable box Coaxial cable (not upplied) CATV cable Note on Uing Thi Connection To Do Thi... Do Thi... Watch cable (uncrambled) channel Watch cable box (crambled) channel Watch the VCR Set up the TV remote control to operate the cable box or VCR Activate the remote control to operate the cable box or VCR Control pecific cable box and VCR function with the TV remote control Label video input to eaily identify equipment connected to the TV Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the cable input (CABLE in the illutration). Turn on the VCR and tune it to the channel the cable box i et to (uually channel 3 or 4). Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the VCR input (VIDEO 1 in the illutration). Ue the cable box to change channel. Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the VCR input (VIDEO 1 in the illutration). If you have a non-sony VCR, you mut program the remote control. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. For the cable box, pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the SAT/CABLE indicator light up. For the VCR, pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR indicator light up. See Operating a Cable Box on page 56 and Operating a VCR or D-VHS on page 55. See the intruction for etting up Video Label on page 109. Do not leave the diplay indication of the cable box and VCR turned on. 34

37 Two VCR for Tape Editing Connecting two VCR let you record from one VCR to the other. By connecting them a hown below, you can view (monitor) what i being recorded. To connect two VCR for tape editing 1 Ue an A/V cable to connect the playback VCR A/V output jack to the recording VCR A/V input jack. 2 Ue an A/V cable to connect the recording VCR A/V output jack to the TV AUDIO and VIDEO IN jack. Uing S VIDEO jack? See page 30. Setup Playback VCR Recording VCR Rear of Media receiver unit S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO Y PB HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) 4 AUDIO L Y PB 5 AUDIO L SUB WOO OUT(VAR L R R PR R PR R 1 VIDEO IN 3 AUDIO (VAR/F A/V cable A/V cable When connecting two VCR for tape editing; you cannot edit a tape with copy protection. do not connect the TV A/V input jack and output jack to your VCR at the ame time to avoid looping the ignal. 35

38 Note on Uing Thi Connection Setup To Do Thi... Do Thi... Set up the TV remote control to operate the VCR() Activate the TV remote control to operate the VCR() Control VCR function with the TV remote control Label video input to eaily identify equipment connected to the TV If you have a non-sony VCR, you mut program the remote control. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR indicator light up. See Operating a VCR or D-VHS on page 55. See the intruction for etting up Video Label on page

39 Satellite Receiver To connect a atellite receiver 1 Connect the atellite antenna cable to the atellite receiver atellite input jack. 2 Ue an A/V cable to connect the atellite receiver A/V output jack to the TV A/V input jack. 3 Connect the upplied antenna cable from your cable or antenna to the TV CABLE or VHF/UHF jack. 4 Run the Auto Setup program, a decribed in Setting Up the Channel Lit on page 48. Uing S VIDEO jack? See page 30. Setup Rear of Media receiver unit S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R Y PB HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) 4 AUDIO L Y PB 5 AUDIO L SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) PR R PR R 1 VIDEO IN 3 AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) DVI HDTV IN 6 L R CONTROL S IN OUT OPTICAL OUT DVI HDTV R - AUDIO - L S400 VHF/UHF (TS/DV/MICROMV) i.link WHITE BLACK DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT CABLE ~ AC IN Satellite receiver Satellite antenna cable A/V cable Antenna cable (upplied) CATV cable (not upplied) 37

40 Note on Uing Thi Connection Setup To Do Thi... Do Thi... Watch the atellite receiver Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the atellite receiver input (VIDEO 1 in the illutration). Set up the TV remote control to operate the atellite receiver Activate the TV remote control to operate the atellite receiver Control atellite receiver function with the TV remote control Label video input to eaily identify equipment connected to the TV If you have a non-sony atellite receiver, you mut program the remote control. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the SAT/CABLE indicator light up. See Operating a Satellite Receiver on page 55. See the intruction for etting up Video Label on page 109. Do not leave the Electric Program Guide and diplay indication turned on. 38

41 Satellite Receiver and VCR To connect a atellite receiver and VCR 1 Connect the atellite antenna cable to the atellite receiver atellite input jack. 2 Connect the CATV cable to the VCR VHF/UHF input jack. 3 Ue the upplied antenna cable to connect the VCR VHF/UHF output jack to the TV CABLE jack. 4 Ue an A/V cable to connect the atellite receiver A/V output jack to the VCR A/V input jack. 5 Ue an A/V cable to connect the VCR A/V output jack to the TV A/V input jack. 6 Run the Auto Setup program, a decribed in Setting Up the Channel Lit on page 48. Uing S VIDEO jack? See page 30. Setup Rear of Media receiver unit S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R Y PB HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) 4 AUDIO L Y PB 5 AUDIO L SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) PR R PR R 1 VIDEO IN 3 AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) DVI HDTV IN 6 L R CONTROL S IN OUT OPTICAL OUT DVI HDTV R - AUDIO - L S400 VHF/UHF (TS/DV/MICROMV) i.link WHITE BLACK DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT CABLE ~ AC IN Satellite receiver Satellite antenna cable Antenna cable (upplied) CATV cable A/V cable VCR A/V cable 39

42 Note on Uing Thi Connection Setup To Do Thi... Do Thi... Watch the atellite receiver Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the VCR input (VIDEO 1 in the illutration). The VCR may need to be turned on and et to the atellite receiver input. Watch the VCR Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the input to which the VCR i connected (VIDEO 1 in the illutration). Set up the TV remote control to operate the atellite receiver or VCR Activate the TV remote control to operate the atellite receiver or VCR Control atellite receiver and VCR function with the TV remote control Label video input to eaily identify equipment connected to the TV If you have a non-sony VCR or atellite receiver, you mut program the remote control. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. For the atellite receiver, pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the SAT/CABLE indicator light up. For the VCR, pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR indicator light up. See Operating a Satellite Receiver on page 55 and Operating a VCR or D-VHS on page 55. See the intruction for etting up Video Label on page 109. Do not leave the Electric Program Guide and diplay indication turned on. 40

43 DVD Player with Component Video Connector For bet reult, ue thi connection if your DVD player ha component video (Y, PB, PR) jack. To connect a DVD player with component video connector 1 Ue three eparate component video cable to connect the DVD player Y, PB and PR jack to the Y, PB and PR jack (VIDEO 4 or 5) on the TV. The Y, PB and PR jack on your DVD player are ometime labeled Y, CB and CR, or Y, B-Y and R-Y. If o, connect the cable to their matching color jack. 2 Ue an audio cable to connect the DVD player audio output jack to the TV VIDEO 4 or 5 audio input jack. Setup Component video cable S VIDEO Y VIDEO PB L AUDIO R R 1 VIDEO IN 3 AUDIO L R Rear of Media receiver unit HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) 4 Y PB PR 5 AUDIO L R SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) L CONTROL S IN OUT DVD player Audio cable 41

44 Note on Uing Thi Connection Setup To Do Thi... Do Thi... Watch the DVD player Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the DVD input (VIDEO 4 in the illutration). Set up the TV remote control to operate the DVD player Activate the TV remote control to operate the DVD player Control DVD function with the TV remote control Label video input to eaily identify equipment connected to the TV If you have a non-sony DVD player, you mut program the remote control. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR indicator light up. See Operating a DVD Player on page 56. See the intruction for etting up Video Label on page 109. You cannot record the ignal from any equipment connected into the Y, PB, PR jack. Do not leave a till image, uch a the DVD menu, diplayed on the creen. 42

45 DVD Player with S VIDEO and Audio Connector Ue thi connection if your DVD player doe not have component video (Y, PB, PR) jack. To connect a DVD player with A/V connector 1 Ue an audio cable to connect the DVD player audio output jack to the TV audio input jack. 2 Ue an S VIDEO cable to connect the DVD player S VIDEO jack to the TV S VIDEO jack. DVD player S VIDEO cable Rear of Media receiver unit S VIDEO Y Setup VIDEO L AUDIO PB R 1 PR R P Audio cable Note on Uing Thi Connection To Do Thi... Do Thi... Watch the DVD player Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the DVD input (VIDEO 1 in the illutration). Set up the TV remote control to operate the DVD player Activate the TV remote control to operate the DVD player Control DVD function with the TV remote control Label video input to eaily identify equipment connected to the TV If you have a non-sony DVD player, you mut program the remote control. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR indicator light up. See Operating a DVD Player on page 56. See the intruction for etting up Video Label on page 109. Do not leave a till image, uch a the DVD menu, diplayed on the creen. 43

46 Camcorder For eay connection of a camcorder, the TV ha front A/V input jack. If you prefer, however, you can connect the camcorder to the TV rear A/V input jack. To connect a camcorder Ue an A/V cable to connect the camcorder A/V output jack to the TV A/V input jack. Uing S VIDEO jack? See page 30. Setup Front of the Media receiver unit VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R VIDEO 2 INPUT Camcorder A/V cable To A/V output Note on Uing Thi Connection To Do Thi... Do Thi... Watch the camcorder Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to elect the camcorder input (VIDEO 2 in the illutration). Label video input to eaily See the intruction for etting up Video Label on page 109. identify equipment connected to the TV Do not leave a till image of the camcorder or digital camera diplayed on the creen. 44

47 Audio Receiver For improved ound quality, you may want to play the TV audio through your tereo ytem. To connect an audio ytem 1 Ue an audio cable to connect the TV audio output jack to the audio receiver line input jack. Rear of Media receiver unit D IN 480p/480i) SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) CONTROL S Receiver Setup L IN OUT R R AUDIO OUT (VAR FIX) To line input Audio cable 2 Uing the TV Audio Menu, et the Speaker option to Off. Then et the Audio Out option to Fixed or Variable, depending on how you want to control the volume. For detail, ee Uing the Audio Menu on page Turn on the audio receiver, and then et the receiver line input to the jack into which you connected the TV. 45

48 Sub Woofer Ue a monaural audio cable to connect the TV SUB WOOFER OUT jack to the ub woofer input jack. Monaural audio cable (not upplied) Sub woofer input Setup L R PR R (VAR) CONTROL S L IN R OUT AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) OPTICAL OUT HDTV Rear of Media receiver unit R - AUDIO - L DVI HDTV IN 6 Sub woofer Device with an Optical IN Connector You can ue the TV DIGITAL AUDIO (OPTICAL) OUT jack to connect a digital audio device that i PCM/Dolby Digital compatible, uch a an audio amplifier. Uing an optical cable, connect the device OPTICAL IN jack to the TV DIGITAL AUDIO (OPTICAL) OUT jack. Rear of Media receiver unit L R PR R SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) L CONTROL S IN R OUT AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) OPTICAL OUT R - AUDIO - L HDTV DVI HDTV IN 6 Optical cable Audio amplifier LINE OUT LINE IN L AUDIO R OPTICAL IN 46

49 Uing the CONTROL S Feature CONTROL S allow you to control your ytem and other Sony equipment with one remote control. In addition to allowing you to control multiple device with one remote control, the CONTROL S feature allow you to alway point your remote control at your TV, intead of having to point it at the other equipment, which might be hidden or out of direct line of ight. Ue CONTROL S IN to end ignal to the TV. Ue CONTROL S OUT to end ignal to connected equipment. CONTROL S Setup IN OUT 0i) R OUT(VAR) CONTROL S L IN R OUT AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) OPTICAL OUT R - AUDIO HDTV DVI HDTV IN Rear of Media receiver unit 47

50 Setting Up the Channel Lit After you finih connecting your TV, you need to run Auto Setup, which automatically et up available analog and digital channel. The Auto Program creen appear when you turn on your TV for the firt time after hooking it up. 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 Channel Menu (ee page 103). The Auto Setup feature doe not apply for intallation that ue a cable box for all channel election. Setup Uing Auto Setup To run Auto Setup the firt time you turn on your TV 1 Pre POWER to turn on the TV. The Initial Setup creen appear. 2 Pre V or v to elect the on-creen diplay language. Then pre ENTER. The meage Start auto program now? appear. 3 Pre V or v to elect Ye, then pre ENTER. Auto Setup automatically create a lit of receivable channel. When finihed, the lowet numbered channel i diplayed. To run Auto Setup again at a later time Ue the Auto Program feature a decribed on page 103. To add individual digital channel Ue the Digital Channel feature a decribed on page 70. Auto Program may take up to 30 minute to complete. A progre bar i diplayed while the channel lit i being created. 48

51 Uing the Remote Control Overview Inerting Batterie Thi chapter decribe how to et up, program, and ue the TV remote control. Topic Page Inerting Batterie 49 Button Decription 50 Programming the Remote Control 52 Uing Other Equipment with Your TV Remote Control 55 1 Open the battery compartment a illutrated below. 2 Inert two ize AA batterie (upplied) by matching the e and E terminal on the batterie to the diagram inide the battery compartment. 3 Cloe the battery compartment. m < Remove the batterie to avoid damage from poible battery leakage whenever you anticipate that the remote control will not be ued for an extended period. Handle the remote control with care. Avoid dropping it, getting it wet, placing it in direct unlight, near a heater, or where the humidity i high. 49

52 Button Decription Remote Control Button Decription 1 MUTING Pre to mute the ound. Pre again or pre VOL+ to retore the ound. 2 FUNCTION button and indicator Pre to have the remote control operate the equipment you want. Pre repeatedly until the indicator of the deired equipment light up. For detail, ee Programming the Remote Control on page PIC OFF Pre to have the TV creen turn off. For detail, ee page SLEEP Pre repeatedly until the TV diplay the time in minute (15, 30, 45, 60 or 90) that you want the TV to remain on before hutting off. To cancel Sleep Timer, pre SLEEP repeatedly until SLEEP OFF appear. 5 GUIDE Pre to diplay the digital program guide. If FUNCTION i witched on SAT/CABLE GUIDE* Pre to diplay the program guide of your atellite program provider. 6 Ue with 0-9 and ENTER button to elect digital channel (for example, 2.1). For detail on electing digital channel, ee page PICTURE Pre repeatedly to cycle through the available video picture mode: Vivid, Standard, Pro. Alo available in the Video Menu. For detail, ee Selecting Video Option on page WIDE Pre repeatedly to tep through the Wide Mode etting: Wide Zoom, Normal, Full, Zoom. Alo available in the Screen menu. For detail, ee page 59 and Pre V v B b to move the on-creen curor. To elect an item, pre. RM-Y1000 If FUNCTION i witched on SAT/CABLE, DVD/VCR or i.link Tranport Button m Rewind H Play x Stop M Fat forward X Paue q; (Twin View) Pre to turn on and off Twin View. For detail, ee page 60. qa ANT Pre to witch between the ource connected to the TV VHF/UHF and CABLE input. If FUNCTION i witched on SAT/CABLE INDEX* Pre to diplay the index of your atellite program provider. q VOL +/ Pre to adjut the volume. qd EXIT Pre to exit the on-creen menu or diplay and return to normal viewing. 50

53 Button qf Power Button Decription SAT/CABLE*: Pre to turn on and off the atellite receiver, cable box, and other audio/video equipment you have programmed into the remote control. For intruction, ee Programming the Remote Control on page 52. POWER: Pre to turn on and off the TV. qg RESET Pre to reet the etting to the factory default. See page 96 and 99. Alo ued to clear Favorite Channel (ee page 63). If FUNCTION i witched on DVD/VCR z REC Pre to record a program. qh TV/VIDEO Pre repeatedly to cycle through the video equipment connected to the TV video input. qj DISPLAY Pre once to diplay the current channel number, current time, and channel label. If et, the current channel number will diplay for 10 econd. qk JUMP Pre to jump back and forth between two channel. The TV alternate between the current channel and the lat channel that wa elected. ql 0-9 ENTER Pre 0-9 to elect a channel; the channel change after 3 econd. Pre ENTER to change channel immediately. w; FAVORITES Pre to diplay the Favorite Channel lit. For detail, ee page 63. wa FREEZE Pre to freeze the picture. Pre again to retore the picture. For detail, ee Uing the Freeze Function on page 64. w i.link Pre to diplay the i.link Control Panel. For information on uing the i.link Control Panel, ee page 91. wd MEMORY STICK wf MENU wg CH +/ Pre to diplay the Memory Stick Menu. For detail, ee Uing the Memory Stick Viewer on page 71. Pre to diplay the Menu. Pre again to exit from the Menu. For detail, ee page 95. Pre to can through channel. To can quickly through channel, pre and hold down either CH. Remote Control * If not Sony brand, require that you firt program the remote control (page 52). 51

54 Programming the Remote Control The remote control i preet to operate Sony brand video equipment. Sony Equipment Programmable Code Number Beta, ED Beta VCR mm VCR 302 VHS VCR 301 DVD player 751 i.link 901 Remote Control If you have video equipment other than Sony brand that you want to control with the TV remote control, ue the following procedure to program the remote control. The equipment mut have infrared (IR) remote capability in order to be ued with the remote control. 1 Turn to the lit of Manufacturer Code on page 53, and find the three-digit code number for the manufacturer of your equipment. (If more than one code number i lited, ue the number lited firt.) 2 Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR, SAT/CABLE or i.link indicator light up. 3 Pre SAT/CABLE for five econd until the indicator of the elected input flahe. 4 While the deired indicator i flahing, enter the three-digit manufacturer code number. 5 Pre ENTER. You mut do tep 5 within 10 econd of tep 4, or you mut redo tep 4 through 5. 6 To check if the code number work, aim the TV remote control at the equipment and pre POWER that correpond with that equipment. If it repond, you are done. If not, try uing another code lited for that manufacturer. Note If more than one code number i lited, try entering them one by one until you come to the correct code for your equipment. If you enter a new code number, the code number you previouly entered at that etting i eraed. In ome cae, you may not be able to operate your equipment with the upplied remote control. In uch cae, ue the equipment own remote control unit. Whenever you remove the batterie to replace them, the code number may revert to the factory etting and mut be reet. 52

55 Manufacturer Code VCR Manufacturer Code Sony 301, 302, 303 Admiral 327 (M. Ward) Aiwa 338, 344 Audio Dynamic 314, 337 Brokonic 319, 317 Canon 309, 308 Citizen 332 Craig 302, 332 Criterion 315 Curti Mathe 304, 338, 309 Daewoo 341, 312, 309 DBX 314, 336, 337 Dimenia 304 Emeron 319, 320, 316, 317, 318, 341 Fiher 330, 335 Funai 338 General Electric 329, 304, 309 Go Video 322, 339, 340 Goldtar 332 Hitachi 306, 304, 305, 338 Intant Replay 309, 308 JC Penney 309, 305, 304, 330, 314, 336, 337 JVC 314, 336, 337, 345, 346, 347 Kenwood 314, 336, 332, 337 LG 332 LXI (Sear) 332, 305, 330, 335, 338 Magnavox 308, 309, 310 Marantz 314, 336, 337 Marta 332 Memorex 309, 335 Minolta 305, 304 Mitubihi/ MGA 323, 324, 325, 326 Multitech 325, 338, 321 NEC 314, 336, 337 Manufacturer Code Olympic 309, 308 Optimu 327 Orion 317 Panaonic 308, 309, 306, 307 Pentax 305, 304 Philco 308, 309 Philip 308, 309, 310 Pioneer 308 Quaar 308, 309, 306 RCA/ PROSCAN Laerdic Player 304, 305, 308, 309, 311, 312, 313, 310, 329 Realitic 309, 330, 328, 335, 324, 338 Sanui 314 Samung 322, 313, 321 Sanyo 330, 335 Scott 312, 313, 321, 335, 323, 324, 325, 326 Sharp 327, 328 Signature , 327 (M. Ward) SV Sylvania 308, 309, 338, 310 Symphonic 338 Tahiro 332 Tatung 314, 336, 337 Teac 314, 336, 338, 337 Technic 309, 308 Tohiba 312, 311 Ward 327, 328, 335, 331, 332 Yamaha 314, 330, 336, 337 Zenith 331 Manufacturer Code Sony 701 Panaonic 704, 710 Pioneer 702 DVD Player Manufacturer Code Sony 751 Sony (i.link) 901 APEX 762 General Electric 755 Hitachi 758 JVC 756 Magnavox 757 Mitubihi 761 Oritron 759 Panaonic 753 Philip 757 Pioneer 752 RCA/Procan 755 Samung 758 Tohiba 754 Zenith 760 AV Receiver *1 Manufacturer Code Sony 651 *2 5.1 DVD AV Sytem (DAV) Manufacturer Code Sony 601 Cable Boxe Manufacturer Code Sony 230 Hamlin/Regal 222, 223, 224, 225, 226 Jerrold/G. I. 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 218 Oak 227, 228, 229 Panaonic 219, 220, 221 Pioneer 214, 215 Scientific Atlanta 209, 210, 211 Tocom 216, 217 Zenith 212, 213 Remote Control 53

56 Remote Control Satellite Receiver Manufacturer Code Sony 801 Dih Network 810 Echotar 810 General Electric 802 Hitachi 805 Hughe 804 Mitubihi 809 Panaonic 803 RCA/ 802, 808 PROSCAN Tohiba 806, 807 *1 Thi manufacturer code might not work for ome model. The following FY03 STR & AVD model are capable of functioning with thi code. STR-DA9000ES/ STR-DA5000ES/ STR-DA3000ES/ STR-DA2000ES/ STR-DA1000ES/ STR-DE995/STR-DE895/ STR-DE695/STR-DE595/ HT-C800DP/AVD-S500ES/ AVD-S700ES *2 Thi manufacturer code might not work for ome model. The following FY03 DAV model are capable of functioning with thi code. DAV-FC7/DAV-FC8/DAV-FC9 54

57 Uing Other Equipment with Your TV Remote Control All Equipment To Do Thi... Do Thi... Switch the TV input to the VCR, DVD player, or other connected equipment Set up the TV remote control to operate non-sony equipment Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to cycle through the video equipment connected to the TV video input. You mut program the remote control the firt time you ue it. See Programming the Remote Control on page 52. Operating a VCR or D-VHS To Do Thi... Pre Activate the remote control to operate the VCR FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR or i.link indicator light up. Turn on/off SAT/CABLE Change channel CH +/ Record z REC Play Stop Fat forward Rewind the tape Paue Search the picture forward or backward x M m X M or m during playback (releae to reume normal playback) Remote Control Operating a Satellite Receiver To Do Thi... Pre Activate the remote control to operate the atellite receiver FUNCTION repeatedly until the SAT/CABLE indicator light up. Turn on/off SAT/CABLE Select a channel 0-9, ENTER Change channel CH +/ Back to previou channel JUMP Diplay channel number DISPLAY Diplay SAT Guide GUIDE Diplay SAT Index INDEX Diplay SAT Menu MENU Move highlight (curor) V v B b Select item 55

58 Operating a Cable Box To Do Thi... Pre Activate the remote control to operate the cable box FUNCTION repeatedly until the SAT/CABLE indicator light up. Turn on/off SAT/CABLE Select a channel 0-9, ENTER Change channel CH +/ Back to previou channel JUMP Remote Control Operating a DVD Player To Do Thi... Activate the remote control to operate the DVD Turn on/off Play Stop Paue Step through different track of the dic Step through different chapter of a video dic Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the DVD/VCR indicator light up. SAT/CABLE x X M to tep forward or m to tep backward CH+ to tep forward or CH to tep backward Operating an MDP (Laerdic Player) To Do Thi... Activate the remote control to operate the MDP Turn on/off Play Stop Paue Search the picture forward or backward Search a chapter forward or backward Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the indicator of the poition you programmed for the MDP player light up. SAT/CABLE x X M or m during playback (releae to reume normal playback) CH +/ 56

59 Uing the Feature Overview Thi chapter decribe how to ue the feature of your TV. Topic Page Watching TV 58 Uing Wide Mode 59 Uing Twin View 60 Uing Favorite Channel 63 Uing the Freeze Function 64 Uing Picture Off 65 57

60 Watching TV z For a complete lit of all the function of the remote control, ee page 50. To Do Thi... Do Thi... Activate the remote control to operate the TV Turn on/off the TV Tune directly to a channel Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the TV indicator light up. Pre POWER To tune to analog channel, pre 0-9 and then ENTER (or wait 3 econd). For digital ubchannel, pre 0-9,, pre 0-9 again, and then ENTER. For example, to elect ubchannel 2.1, pre 2,, 1, and then pre ENTER. Feature You can alo elect digital channel uing the digital program guide. See page 67 for detail. Adjut the volume Pre VOL +/ Mute the volume Pre MUTING (pre again to unmute) Alternate back and forth between two channel Diplay the current channel number (and other information) Switch the TV input to the VCR, DVD player, or other connected equipment Change video and audio option, cutomize the TV etup, et parental control, and more Switch the TV input between ource connected to the TV VHF/UHF and CABLE input Switch the TV input to a connected i.link device Pre JUMP The TV alternate between the current channel and the lat channel tuned. Pre DISPLAY once to diplay the channel number, current time, wide mode, and channel label (if et). Pre DISPLAY again to turn Diplay off. Pre TV/VIDEO repeatedly to cycle through the video equipment connected to the TV video input. Pre MENU to diplay the Menu. For detail, ee Uing the Menu on page 95. Pre ANT to alternate between ource connected to the TV VHF/UHF and CABLE input. Pre i.link to diplay a lit of a available i.link device, and elect the deired device from the lit. See page 90 for detail. 58

61 Uing Wide Mode z Wide Zoom i recommended for 4:3 picture to prevent image retention. z You can alo acce the Wide Mode etting in the Screen menu. For detail, ee page 101. Wide Screen mode let you watch 4:3 normal broadcat in everal Wide Screen mode (16:9 apect ratio). When viewing high-definition program broadcat in 720p/1080i, it i not poible to change between Wide Screen mode. Pre WIDE repeatedly to toggle through the following Wide Mode etting. Wide Zoom enlarge the 4:3 picture, while the upper and lower part of the picture are condened to fit the 16:9 creen. The picture ha a normal appearance, a much a poible. z When you change channel or input, the Wide Mode etting revert to the 4:3 Default etting in the Screen menu. To retain the current Wide Mode etting a channel and input are changed, et 4:3 Default to Off. For detail, ee page 102. Normal return the 4:3 picture to it original ize. Black bar are viible at left and right ide to fill the 16:9 creen. Full Mode tretche the 4:3 picture horizontally only, to fill the 16:9 creen. The picture ha an elongated appearance. Feature Zoom Mode enlarge the 4:3 picture horizontally and vertically to an equal apect ratio that fill the 16:9 creen. Ueful for watching Letterbox movie. 59

62 Uing Twin View Twin View let you ee two picture from two ource from an antenna, VCR, DVD, etc. on the creen at the ame time. You hear the ound from only one of the ource at a time, but you can chooe which ource ound i elected. You can alo change the relative ize of each of the picture. Uing Twin View for an extended period of time may reult in image retention. Diplaying Twin Picture 1 Tune the TV to a working channel. 2 Pre. A econd picture appear., < Feature To cancel Twin View and watch the active picture Pre or. Factor Affecting Twin View If you ue a cable box, you can view the cable box output in one window and view a different ource (uch a a VCR or DVD player) in the econd window by uing TV/VIDEO. For detail, ee Connecting Optional Equipment on page 30. Digital TV channel, a well a any ource connected to the VIDEO 4, VIDEO 5, and VIDEO 6 input, diplay in the left window, but not the right. If you are viewing a 4:3 ource and a 16:9 enhanced ource (uch a a DVD) ide by ide, the 4:3 ource appear larger. Twin View doe not diplay channel that are blocked by parental etting (ee page 105). 60

63 Activating the Picture To activate the picture in the right window Pre b. To activate the picture in the left window Pre B., < Function Available in the Active Window To Do Thi... Do Thi... Tune to a channel Pre 0-9 and then ENTER (or wait 3 econd) or Pre CH+/ Adjut the volume Pre VOL +/ Mute the volume Pre MUTING (pre again to unmute) Switch the TV input between Pre ANT ource connected to the TV VHF/UHF and CABLE input Switch the TV input between ource connected to the TV A/V input Change the picture ize Pre TV/VIDEO Pre V or v. (For detail, ee Changing the Picture Size on page 62.) Feature 61

64 Feature Changing the Picture Size The zoom feature let you vary the relative ize of the left and right picture. 1 Pre B or b to activate the picture that you want to reize. 2 Pre V to enlarge the picture. 3 Pre v to make the picture maller. When you adjut the picture ize, the TV memorize the change. The next time you ue the Twin View function, the memorized ize appear. 62

65 Uing Favorite Channel The Favorite Channel feature let you elect program from a lit of up to 16 favorite channel that you pecify. Creating a Lit of Favorite Channel 1 Pre MENU to diplay the Menu. 2 Pre B or b to highlight the Channel icon and pre. 3 Pre to elect Favorite Channel. 4 Pre to elect Program. z For detail on uing the Channel Menu, ee page 103. Diplaying a Lit of Favorite Channel z To aign Channel Label (e.g., ABC, HBO, MTV, etc.) to channel number, a hown at right, ue the Channel Label feature in the Channel Menu (ee page 104). 5 Pre V or v to highlight a Favorite Channel number (1-16) and pre. 6 Pre V or v to highlight a channel you want to aign to the Favorite Channel number. A preview of the highlighted channel appear in the upper right of the creen. Pre to elect that channel a a Favorite Channel. Digital channel are diplayed a a black box in the preview window. 7 To add more channel to your favorite lit, repeat tep 5-6. To clear a Favorite Channel, pre V or v to highlight the channel you want to clear. Pre and then pre RESET. 8 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. 1 Pre FAVORITES. The Favorite Channel lit appear. Favorite 10 ABC 20 HBO 36 MTV 6 FOX 8 CBS 37 COMED Exit Preview of highlighted Favorite Channel Favorite Channel Feature 2 Pre V or v to highlight the channel you want to watch. A preview of the highlighted Favorite Channel appear. 3 Pre to elect the channel you want to watch. The Favorite Channel lit diappear after 90 econd if you do not operate the TV. 63

66 Feature Uing the Freeze Function FREEZE allow you to temporarily capture a program picture. You can ue thi feature to write down information uch a phone number, recipe, etc. The Freeze feature i not available while you are uing the Twin View feature. 1 When the program information you want to capture i diplayed, pre FREEZE. 2 The TV witche to Twin View mode and diplay the frozen picture on the right, while the current program continue on the left. Current program in progre Frozen picture Call To cancel and return to normal viewing, pre FREEZE (or jut tune to another channel). The frozen picture diappear automatically after 5 minute. 64

67 Feature Uing Picture Off The Picture Off feature let you enjoy muic from radio program of digital broadcat or DVD with the TV creen turned off. Thi feature turn off the diplay unit only. 1 Pre PIC OFF. The PICTURE OFF LED light up in blue and the creen turn off. To cancel and return to normal viewing, pre any button except for VOL +/, POWER and MUTING. 65

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69 Uing the Digital Program Guide Diplaying the Digital Program Guide z The digital program guide and menu are not available while uing multipicture function (Twin View, Freeze, i.link, Memory Stick, or Favorite Channel). Thi TV i equipped to how digital programming, if a digital ignal i preent. The digital program guide and menu let you review program information, elect digital channel and ubchannel, et up your TV digital programming, and enable digital cloed captioning. Analog channel are not available in thi guide. To diplay the digital program guide: 1 Tune your TV to a digital channel by uing the 0-9,, and ENTER button. 2 Pre GUIDE on the TV remote control. The digital program guide appear, with the currently elected program howing in the background. 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. 67

70 Navigating the Digital Program Menu Four digital menu are available on the digital program guide. Digital Program Menu See Page Uing the Guide Menu 68 Uing the Program Option Menu 69 Uing the Caption Viion Menu 69 Uing the Digital Setup Menu 70 To navigate to thee menu and through the available option: 1 Pre V v B b to navigate through the option. 2 Pre to elect the deired option. Uing the Guide Menu The Guide menu allow you to elect digital channel and ubchannel from a dropdown lit. Thi lit alo provide information about the current program being hown on each digital channel. Program Guide Feature Subchannel are additional channel of programming broadcat imultaneouly. For example, channel 4 might include three ubchannel (4.1, 4.2, 4.3) that are howing program at the ame time. 68

71 Program Guide Uing the Program Option Menu The Program Option menu allow you to cutomize the etting of the program on the currently tuned channel. Option Alternate Video Alternate Audio Decription Each program ha a main video tream, and may have alternate video tream. Thi option allow you to witch among thee alternate video tream. Each program ha a main audio tream (the audio that you hear when the channel i firt tuned). Thi option allow you to witch among thee alternate audio tream (e.g., for different language). Uing the Caption Viion Menu The Caption Viion menu allow you to turn on/off digital cloed captioning, and to modify how digital cloed captioning i hown on your TV. Depending on the program, digital cloed captioning will be available in a number of different language, apect ratio, and reading level. 1 Pre V or v to elect from the following ix ervice. The ervice decription, if available, applie to the currently tuned channel. Option Decription Off Turn off cloed captioning for digital program 1 XXX YYY ZZZ XXX = language (Englih, Spanih, French, etc.) 2 XXX YYY ZZZ YYY = reader level (tandard*, eay) ZZZ = apect ratio (4:3, 16:9) 3 XXX YYY ZZZ 4 XXX YYY ZZZ * When et to thi option, the option name i not hown 5 XXX YYY ZZZ 6 XXX YYY ZZZ The Caption Viion menu only affect digital channel. For cloed captioning on analog channel, ee Uing the Setup Menu on page

72 Uing the Digital Setup Menu z Thi option i the ame a the Digital Channel option. See Uing the Channel Menu on page 103. The Digital Setup menu let you change the way your digital channel are diplayed. The following digital etup function are available: Option Add Digital Channel Decription Thi option allow you to add new digital channel for the currently active antenna mode (Cable or VHF/UHF). Thi option i ueful if the number of digital channel that your TV i able to receive ha recently been increaed, but you do not want your TV to perform a full Auto Setup. Channel Show/Hide Thi option allow you to remove (hide) digital channel from the Digital Program Guide lit of channel and ubchannel, a well a from channel urfing uing CHANNEL +/. Hidden channel can till be directly tuned uing 0-9 and. Digital Signal Strength Digital Caption Setup Diplay the current trength of the digital ignal on VHF/UHF, to allow you to adjut your antenna for optimal reception. (Doe not apply to digital cable channel.) Allow you to cutomize digital cloed captioning (ee page 70 for detail). Program Guide Feature Cutomizing Caption Viion You can ue the Digital Caption Setup menu to cutomize your TV Caption Viion. Select from the following option to change the viual characteritic of your TV digital cloed captioning. A preview window diplay a ample a you croll through each option. Option Decription Character Size Small, Standard*, Large Character Style Style 1-7 (Style 4*) Character Color None, Color 1-8 (White*) Edge Color Color 1-8 (Black*) Edge Type None*, Raied, Depreed, Outline, Left Shadow, Right Shadow Background None, Color 1-8 (Teal, Tranlucent*) Color Window Color None*, Color 1-8 * Indicate factory default etting 70

73 Uing the Memory Stick Viewer About Memory Stick Memory Stick (old eparately) i a new, compact, portable, and veratile Integrated Circuit recording medium with a data capacity that exceed that of a floppy dik. Memory Stick i pecially deigned for haring digital data among Memory Stick compatible product uch a digital camera and digital video camera. Becaue it i removable, Memory Stick can alo be ued for external data torage. The Memory Stick Viewer on your TV allow you to view file that are tored on Memory Stick media. You can view: Digital photo (JPEG file) Movie (MPEG1 file) You can alo play lide how background muic uing MP3 file tored on your Memory Stick. For more information about handling Memory Stick media, ee Note on Uing Memory Stick Media on page 85. Feature With the Memory Stick Viewer, you can: View photo (JPEG) and movie (MPEG1) file in a thumbnail index or Slide Show Set cutomized Slide Show option, including tranition and background audio Pan, zoom, and rotate photo Lock (protect) or delete file on the Memory Stick 71

74 Memory Stick Compatibility Thi televiion i compatible with the following Memory Stick media type: Memory Stick Media Memory Stick Duo Media Memory Stick Media with Memory Select Function Memory Stick PRO Media About Memory Stick PRO Media Memory Stick PRO media feature vary by and are dependent upon the deign of hot hardware device. Memory Stick Pro in thi TV ha been teted to upport up to 1 GB media capacity and doe not upport high-peed tranfer, MagicGate copyright protection technology, or acce control ecurity feature. File Compatibility The Memory Stick Viewer i compatible with JPEG image taken with Sony digital till camera and MPEG1 * movie taken with Sony digital camera and camcorder. In order to be viewable in the Memory Stick Viewer, the file mut have the following file name extenion: File Type JPEG MPEG1 Supported File Name Extenion.jpg.jpeg.mpg.mpeg Trademark Information Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO, and MagicGate are trademark of Sony Corporation. Memory Stick * Some variation of MPEG1 movie may not play back correctly. 72

75 Memory Stick Inerting and Removing a Memory Stick If you are uing a Memory Stick Duo, ee Inerting the Memory Stick Duo on page 74. Inerting a Memory Stick 1 Locate the Memory Stick lot and inert the Memory Stick into the Memory Stick lot a illutrated below. When inerted properly, it hould lide in with little reitance and click into place. Be ure to inert the Memory Stick in the correct direction. If the Memory Stick i forced in the wrong way, it may become damaged. Inert only Memory Stick media into the Memory Stick lot. Attempting to inert other object into the lot may damage the TV. To remove the Memory Stick, ee Removing a Memory Stick on page

76 Inerting the Memory Stick Duo Memory Stick Duo i a new, compact verion of the tandard-ized Memory Stick recording medium. CAUTION: Inerting the Memory Stick Duo incorrectly may reult in permanent damage to the Memory Stick Duo and the TV. 1 Before inerting a Memory Stick Duo into the TV Memory Stick lot, you mut firt inert the Memory Stick Duo into an adapter (old eparately). Memory Stick Duo Adapter Memory Stick Duo CAUTION: Inerting the Memory Stick Duo into the Memory Stick lot without the adapter may reult in permanent damage to the Memory Stick Duo and the TV. 2 Inert the Memory Stick Duo and adapter a hown below. Memory Stick CAUTION: Inerting the Memory Stick adapter backward or upide down may reult in permanent damage to the Memory Stick adapter and the TV. To remove the Memory Stick Duo, ee Removing a Memory Stick on page

77 Memory Stick Removing a Memory Stick 1 Check that the Memory Stick indicator i off. (When the light i on, thi indicate that the TV i reading data from the Memory Stick.) Removing the Memory Stick while a file i being acceed (when the Memory Stick indicator on the TV front panel i lit) may damage the Memory Stick or it content. 2 Puh the Memory Stick gently into the lot, and then releae it. The Memory Stick media i ejected. z When removing the Memory Stick, do not attempt to jut pull it from it lot. Follow tep 1-3 (right). 3 Pull the Memory Stick completely out of the lot. To protect mall children from injury from Memory Stick Media, remove all Memory Stick media from the TV Memory Stick lot and tore it in a afe location when it i not in ue. 75

78 Memory Stick Uing the Memory Stick Index Information about the highlighted photo or movie Turn on the TV and inert a Memory Stick that contain the photo or movie file you want to view. For how to inert a Memory Stick, ee page 73. If the Memory Stick Index doe not appear, pre MEMORY STICK on the remote control. The Memory Stick Index appear, which diplay thumbnail image of the file tored on the Memory Stick. Highlighted thumbnail Thumbnail of photo and movie Memory Stick menu bar About the Lock and Movie Icon on the Thumbnail Image Indicate the thumbnail i a movie (MPEG1) file intead of a photo (JPEG) file. Indicate the thumbnail i locked. Locked file cannot be changed or deleted. For detail, ee Protect on page

79 Memory Stick Uing the Memory Stick Index The following decribe how to ue the Memory Stick Index. To Do Thi... Do Thi... Move the highlight to Pre V v B b. a photo or movie ( ) thumbnail Diplay the highlighted photo or movie file full creen Diplay the next page of thumbnail Diplay the previou or next page of thumbnail Ue the Memory Stick menu bar to acce additional option Move the highlight from the Memory Stick menu bar back to the thumbnail Exit Memory Stick Viewer Pre. For detail, ee Viewing Photo on page 78 and Playing Movie on page Pre v to elect V. 2 Pre v to diplay the next page of thumbnail. 1 Pre v to elect V. 2 Pre B to elect. 3 To go to the previou page, pre V. To go to the next page, pre v. Y 1 Pre v to elect V. 2 Pre B or b to elect Slide Show, Folder, or Memory Stick. 3 Pre V or v to elect the option you want to change. For detail on thee option, ee Memory Stick Index Menu Bar Option on page Pre B or b to elect V. 2 Pre V to return to the currently diplayed thumbnail, or v to diplay the next page of thumbnail. Pre MEMORY STICK on the remote control. 77

80 Memory Stick Viewing Photo Information about elected photo When you elect a photo from the Memory Stick Index (decribed on page 76), it diplay a hown below, with the following control. Selected photo Previou/next button Photo menu bar JPEG captured uing a digital video camera may appear to diplay motion in full creen. Thi i a reult of the way digital video camera record till image, and i not a reult of a malfunction with the TV. Photo Control z When the menu i hidden, pre B or b to go to the previou or next photo. To Do Thi... Do Thi... Diplay the next or previou file on the Memory Stick Hide the Photo menu bar, diplaying only the photo Diplay the hidden Photo menu bar Diplay the Memory Stick Index again Pre V or v to highlight the (Previou/Next) button. Then pre B to go to the previou file, or b to go to the next file. With the highlight in the Photo menu bar, pre v. Pre V. Pre B or b to highlight Index in the Photo menu bar and pre. For detail on the Memory Stick Index, ee page 77. Acce additional option See Photo Menu Bar Option on page 79. in the Photo menu bar Exit Memory Stick Viewer Pre MEMORY STICK on the remote control. 78

81 Memory Stick Photo Menu Bar Option z JPEG file that are protected are indicated by the Lock icon. The Photo menu bar let you acce additional photo viewing option. To acce the Photo menu bar 1 Pre B or b to elect Slide Show, View, or File. 2 Ue V v B b to elect the deired option. Option Index Decription Diplay the Memory Stick Index, with the highlight on the thumbnail of the currently diplayed photo. For detail, ee Uing the Memory Stick Index on page 76. Slide Show Diplay the Slide Show menu. For detail, ee Slide Show Menu Option on page 83. View Zoom/Pan Allow you to magnify and pan acro the photo. For detail, ee Uing Zoom and Pan on page 80. Rotate Allow you to rotate the photo in 90 degree increment clockwie or counterclockwie. For detail, ee Uing Rotate on page 80. File Information Allow you to turn on or off the diplay of file information. Select On or Off. Protect Delete Allow you to protect the JPEG file from any change. When a JPEG file i protected, it cannot be rotated or deleted. Select On or Off. Delete the JPEG file from the Memory Stick.You cannot delete a JPEG file that ha been protected (or if the Memory Stick i locked). 79

82 Uing Zoom and Pan To Zoom and Pan a photo 1 In the Photo menu bar, pre B or b to highlight View. 2 Pre V or v to highlight Zoom/Pan and pre. 3 Specify the zoom center point by uing V v B b; then pre to et the center. The Zoom and Pan control are diplayed. Indicate Zoom increment Zoom and Pan Control To Do Thi... Do Thi... Zoom in (increae magnification) Pre B or b to highlight Zoom and pre. Then pre V to zoom in or v to or out (decreae magnification) zoom out. To top uing Zoom, pre. Pan (left, right, up, down) (You can ue Pan only when the photo i magnified uing Zoom.) Pre B or b to highlight Pan and pre. Then pre B b V v to pan around the photo. To top uing Pan, pre. Exit the Zoom/Pan control Pre B or b to highlight Exit and pre. Exit Memory Stick Viewer Pre MEMORY STICK on the remote control. Memory Stick Uing Rotate To Rotate a photo 1 In the Photo menu bar, pre B or b to highlight View. 2 Pre V or v to highlight Rotate. 3 To rotate clockwie, pre V or v to highlight Clockwie and pre. To rotate counterclockwie, pre V or v to highlight Counterclockwie and pre. The photo i rotated 90 degree each time you pre. 80

83 Playing Movie Information about elected movie When you elect a movie from the Memory Stick Index (decribed on page 76), it diplay a hown below, with the following control. Selected movie Enlarge button Play/paue button Previou/next button Movie menu bar Movie Control z The quality of the movie when enlarged depend on the reolution of the MPEG1 file. See your camera intruction manual for detail. To Do Thi... Do Thi... Enlarge the movie window Pre V or v to highlight Enlarge, and then pre. To diplay the movie control again, pre. When the movie playback end, the movie control are diplayed again. Play the movie with the movie control diplayed Paue the movie Diplay the previou or next file on the Memory Stick Pre V or v to highlight B (Play) and then pre. While the movie i playing, the B button change X (Paue) button. Pre V or v to highlight X (Paue) and then pre. Pre V or v to highlight the (Previou/Next) button. Then pre B to go to the previou file, or b to go to the next file. Hide the Movie menu bar, With the highlight in the Movie menu bar, pre v. diplaying only the movie Diplay the hidden Movie Pre V. menu bar Acce additional option in See Movie Menu Bar Option on page 82. the Movie menu bar Exit Memory Stick Viewer Pre MEMORY STICK on the remote control. Memory Stick 81

84 Memory Stick Movie Menu Bar Option z MPEG1 file that are protected are indicated by the Lock icon. To acce the Movie menu bar 1 Ue V or v to highlight Index in the Movie menu bar. 2 Pre B or b to elect Index, Slide Show, or File. 3 Pre V or v to elect the deired option. Option Index Slide Show Decription Diplay the Memory Stick Index, with the highlight on the thumbnail of the currently diplayed movie. Diplay the Slide Show menu. For detail, ee Slide Show Menu Option on page 83. File Information Determine whether file information i diplayed. Select On or Off. Protect Delete Allow you to protect the MPEG1 file from any change. When an MPEG1 file i protected, it cannot be deleted. Select On or Off. Delete the MPEG1 file from the Memory Stick.You cannot delete an MPEG1 file that ha been protected (or if the Memory Stick i locked). 82

85 Memory Stick Memory Stick Index Menu Bar Option Slide Show Menu Option z The Slide Show menu i the ame whether you elect it from the Memory Stick Index (page 76), Photo (page 78), or Movie (page 81) menu. z When you elect Complete Lit..., it may take a moment to diplay the lit of all MP3 file. z Some JPEG file may take longer to diplay than other, which may make it eem longer than the interval you elected for Slide Duration. The Slide Show menu include the following option: Option Start Muic Tranition Effect Slide Duration Decription Start the Slide Show. Allow you to elect background audio to play during the Slide Show. Off Play All Piano Complete Lit... No additional background audio i played during the Slide Show. Audio that i aociated with the JPEG or MPEG1 file will play. Play all MP3 file on the Memory Stick. The Piano MP3 file i not played. Play the MP3 file tored in the TV internal memory. (Thi file i indicated by a different color than the MP3 file on the Memory Stick.) Diplay a lit of all available MP3 file. The lit i orted in alphabetical order, grouped by folder. Allow you to elect an effect to be ued when advancing to the next file in the Slide Show. Off Ue a quick change, or cut. Fade Ue a cro fade. Wipe b Wipe B Wipe V Wipe v Random Ue a linear weep that move acro the creen, revealing the next image while covering the previou image. Randomly cycle through all Tranition Effect. Allow you to pecify a timed lide advance after a elected time interval. Select from 3 ec., 5 ec., 10 ec., 30 ec., 1 min. and 5 min. Repeat On Slide Show continuouly loop. Off Slide Show play once through all file and end. 83

86 Memory Stick Folder Menu Option z File that are protected are indicated by the Lock icon. z The Rotate and Protect function do not change the file modification date. The Folder menu include the following option: Option Select Content Protect File Order Filter Decription Allow you to elect different folder to view in the Memory Stick Viewer. Digital Camera Folder Select a Folder Select all folder within the directorie defined by the DCF rule ued by Sony digital camera (ee page 85). JPEG and MPEG1 file in thoe directorie are recognized even if they do not conform to the DCF file naming rule. Allow you to acce individual folder on the Memory Stick. Allow you to protect file from any change. When a file i protected, it cannot be rotated or deleted. The Protect option affect file currently hown in the Memory Stick Index. Protect All Protect all file. Protect None Unprotect all file. Allow you to change the order in which the Memory Stick file are diplayed. Date Order Date Order Revere Alphabetical Diplay file in chronological order by modification date. Diplay file in revere chronological order by modification date. Diplay file in alphabetical order by filename. Allow you to electively diplay pecific file type within the elected folder. Show All Diplay all readable file. Show Photo Diplay only photo (JPEG) file. Only Show Movie Diplay only movie (MPEG1) file. Only Memory Stick Menu The Memory Stick menu diplay the current tatu of the Memory Stick, including total capacity, ued capacity, and free capacity. 84

87 Memory Stick Note on Uing Memory Stick Media About DCF File Name Mot Sony brand digital till and video camera automatically record till photo and movie file uing DCF compliant directory and file name. If you elected the Digital Camera Folder option, a decribed on page 84, you might want to have your digital camera intruction manual handy in order to check how file and directorie are organized for your pecific model of digital camera. DCF tand for Deign Rule for Camera File Sytem, which are pecification etablihed by the Japan Electronic and Information Technology Indutrie Aociation (JEITA: former JEIDA). 85

88 Memory Stick Memory Stick Precaution When uing Memory Stick media, follow thee precaution: To avoid permanent damage to till image data, do not turn off the TV or remove Memory Stick media from the inertion lot while data i being read (a indicated by the Memory Stick indicator light being on). Avoid touching the terminal of Memory Stick media or bringing it into contact with a metal object. Do not drop, bend, or ubmit Memory Stick media to external hock. Do not diaemble or modify Memory Stick media. Avoid getting liquid on Memory Stick media. Apply label only within the deignated label area. Label Area To avoid permanent damage to till image data, do not ue or tore Memory Stick media in a location ubject to: High temperature (uch a near a heater or inide a hot car) High humidity Direct unlight Corroive ubtance Magnetic field Exceive dut Static electricity or electric noie Electric urge Store and carry Memory Stick media in it original cae to enure protection of tored data. Save a backup of tored data. 86

89 Uing i.link About i.link Thi TV i equipped with i.link, which provide a ecure digital interface to other digital home entertainment device, uch a digital VCR, digital camcorder, et-top boxe, and other device that alo are equipped with i.link. i.link allow for the ecure tranfer of copyright-protected digital content between thee device and your digital televiion. i.link i a trademark of Sony Corporation and ued only to deignate that a product contain an IEEE 1394 connector. All product with an i.link connector may not communicate with each other. Uing i.link Cable Thi TV ha three S400 i.link terminal (one in the front panel, and two in the back panel). You can ue the following i.link cable with thi TV: 4-pin i.link cable Sony Model VMC-IL4415 VMC-IL4435 Length 1.5 meter 3.5 meter Do not ue cable other than the one lited above. 87

90 i.link Connecting i.link Device Before connecting thi unit to i.link-compatible equipment, read the intruction manual of the i.link device to be connected. To connect a digital i.link device (uing only a digital ignal) 1 Uing an i.link cable (ee page 87), connect the device i.link jack to either of the TV i.link jack. To connect an i.link device that upport an EIA-775A connection 1 Uing an i.link cable (ee page 87), connect the device i.link jack to either of the TV i.link jack. 2 Uing an A/V cable, connect the i.link device' A/V output jack to the TV' VIDEO 3 A/V input jack. Only one i.link cable hould connect the TV and any given i.link device. Rear of Media receiver unit S VIDEO VIDEO L AUDIO R Y PB HD/DVD IN (1080i/720p/480p/480i) 4 AUDIO L Y PB 5 AUDIO L SUB WOOFER OUT(VAR) PR R PR R 1 VIDEO IN 3 AUDIO OUT (VAR/FIX) DVI HDTV IN 6 L R CONTROL S IN OUT OPTICAL OUT DVI HDTV R - AUDIO - L S400 VHF/UHF (TS/DV/MICROMV) i.link WHITE BLACK DISPLAY SIGNAL OUT C i.link cable i.link-equipped device A/V cable (not upplied) 88

91 Note on Uing Thi Connection To Do Thi... Do Thi... Set up a digital i.link device Set up an i.link device that upport an EIA-775A analog connection For digital i.link device (device that require only the i.link connection), no etup i neceary. The TV automatically recognize the device a oon a the connection i made. Connect analog A/V cable to the VIDEO 3 input (ee page 88). Ue the i.link Control Panel to activate the analog connection to your i.link device (ee page 93). i.link Note on Connecting i.link Device To connect two or more i.link device, ue i.link cable to connect them a hown below. A B C D E i.link i.link i.link i.link You can connect up to 63 i.link device. However, the maximum number of cable in any erial route i 16. A B C D i.link i.link i.link i.link E i.link F i.link G Do not connect i.link device in a way that create a loop. i.link A B C i.link i.link Connecting non-compatible device, uch a PC or PC peripheral, may reult in malfunction. 89

92 i.link Selecting an i.link Device Before an i.link device can be viewed, it mut firt be elected via the i.link Device Lit. 1 Connect the i.link device that you wih to operate. For intruction on connecting i.link device, ee page Pre i.link on the remote control. z i.link function are not available while uing the following TV feature: Twin View, Freeze, and Memory Stick. The TV (DTV), along with all device connected by i.link to the TV, appear on the Device Lit. Device that are not upported by the TV appear on the Device Lit a Other Device, but cannot be controlled uing the TV' remote control or on-creen i.link Control Panel. For thee device, ue the remote control upplied with the device. 3 Pre V or v to navigate among the i.link-connected device. i.link device can be connected to one another and to the TV while the TV i powered on. The Device Lit will automatically update to include the newly-connected device. See page 88 for more information on connecting i.link device. 4 Pre to elect the deired device and diplay the device i.link Control Panel. Ue the i.link Control Panel to operate the elected device. For detail, ee page

93 Uing the i.link Control Panel After you elect an i.link device uing the Device Lit, the TV diplay the i.link Control Panel, which allow you to ue the TV' remote to control the elected i.link device. 1 If the i.link Control Panel i not already diplayed, pre i.link on the remote control. If i.link i preed while the TV i diplaying an analog or digital channel (not the i.link device), then the Device Lit will appear. Select the deired device from the lit and pre to diplay the Control Panel. 2 Pre V v B b on the remote control to navigate through the option available in the i.link Control Panel. 3 Pre to elect a deired option. 4 Pre EXIT to exit the Control Panel and view the i.link device fullcreen. To exit i.link mode, elect DTV from the Device Lit or pre CH+/-. i.link The DTV window appear only if the i.link menu were entered while watching a digital TV channel The i.link Control Panel diplay the ignal from the TV to the left (if available), and the ignal from the currently elected device to the right. 91

94 i.link To Do Thi... Do Thi... Go to the Device Lit Pre V v B b to highlight Back to Device Lit and pre. Change the audio being played from the Pre V v B b to highlight Swap Audio and pre. An icon appear next TV to the current elected device, and vice vera to the window that currently ha ound. Play a recording from the elected i.link camcorder or digital VCR Pre V v B b to highlight and pre. Fat-forward or rewind a recording from the elected i.link camcorder or digital VCR Pre V v B b to highlight or and pre. Record from the TV to the elected If the (record) button i available, pre V v B b to highlight i.link digital VCR and pre. Stop a recording from the elected i.link digital VCR Pre V v B b to highlight and pre. Turn the elected device power on and Pre V v B b to highlight Power and pre. off Setup the elected device Pre V v B b to highlight Setup and pre. For more detail on Setup, ee page 93. Note About Controlling i.link Device You can control the function of the elected i.link device by uing the equivalent button on the TV remote control. To program the remote control to operate i.link device, ee Programming the Remote Control on page 52. Some option on the i.link Control Panel may not be available, depending on the device being controlled. Only i.link-equipped digital camcorder and digital VCR can be controlled directly through the i.link Control Panel. Not all function are upported for all i.link device. When operating the i.link device by uing the i.link Control Panel, et remote control function LED to TV. 92

95 i.link Setup You can ue the i.link Control Panel to acce digital etup option, ome of which are alo available through the Digital Program Guide (decribed on page 67). i.link To Do Thi... Do Thi... Set up the elected device Pre V v B b to highlight Setup and pre. Set up Caption Viion Once i.link Setup ha been elected, Pre b then V or v to Caption Viion, and pre. For detail about etting up Caption Viion, ee Uing the Caption Viion Menu on page 69. Set up i.link Analog Video (Set-Top Box) The TV i able to accept an analog ignal from a elected et-top box. The et-top box mut be EIA-775A compliant and mut be connected to the TV VIDEO 3 input. To aociate the device with the TV' analog VIDEO 3 input, pre V or v to elect to Analog Video and pre. All EIA-775A-compliant device will be hown in the lit. Select the deired device from the lit and pre. Note on i.link The TV can act a an i.link repeater, o that i.link ignal are relayed to another device even when the TV i powered off. To enable thi feature, et the i.link Standby option to On uing the Setup Menu a decribed on page 111. Parental Control etting apply to the ignal from a elected device. For more detail, ee page

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97 Uing the Menu Overview The Menu give you acce to the following feature: Menu Icon Decription Page Allow you to make adjutment to your picture etting. It alo allow you to cutomize the Picture Mode baed on the type of program you are viewing, elect Advanced Video option, and more. Offer enhanced audio option uch a litening to econd audio programming (SAP) or cutomizing the Effect of the ound on your TV Allow you to make Wide Mode adjutment and make change to the creen vertical center and vertical ize. 101 z Pre MENU to enter and exit Menu. Allow you to et up a Favorite Channel lit, run the Auto Program function, kip and label channel, and more. Let you control the viewing of program baed on their rating Navigating Through Menu Provide option for etting up your ytem, including etting the Timer, electing cloed caption mode, labeling video input, electing the language of the on-creen menu, and more. 108 z Menu include navigation help text that appear at the bottom of each Menu. To Do Thi... Pre Diplay the Menu MENU Move through the Menu B b Move through the Menu option V v Select an option to change Change an option etting V v B b Select (confirm) changed etting or B Exit the Menu MENU 95

98 Uing the Video Menu Menu To elect the Video Menu 1 Pre MENU. 2 Pre B or b to highlight the Video icon and pre. 3 Pre V v B b to highlight an option. Pre to elect an option. 4 Pre V v B b to change etting. Pre to elect the changed etting. 5 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. To retore the factory default etting for the Video etting: Pre RESET on the remote control when in the Video Menu. Selecting Video Option z To change from one Mode to another, ue PICTURE button on the remote control. z You can alter the video mode (Vivid, Standard, Pro) for each video input (including the TV antenna input). z You can alter the Video Menu etting (Picture, Brightne, Color, etc.) for each Mode. z To prevent image retention, do not ue the Vivid mode for a long time. The Video Menu include the following option: Option Mode Cutomized picture viewing Decription Vivid Standard Pro Select for enhanced picture contrat and harpne. Select for tandard picture etting. Recommended for home entertainment. Select for profeional monitor like appearance etting. Picture Adjut to increae picture contrat and deepen the color, or decreae picture contrat and often the color. Brightne Adjut to brighten or darken the picture. Color Adjut to increae or decreae color intenity. Hue Adjut to increae or decreae the green tone. Sharpne Adjut to harpen or often the picture. Color Temp. Cool Select to give the white color a blue tint. White intenity Neutral Select to give the white color a neutral tint. adjutment Warm Select to give the white color a red tint. 96

99 z DRC Mode and DRC Palette are not available when watching 480p, 720p, and 1080i ource. Option NR Noie Reduction Select to reduce the noie level of connected equipment. It i alo effective on the ignal from the VHF/UHF jack. Select from High, Medium, Low, Off. Mild Mode On Select for a natural, oft picture. Off Select to turn off the Mild Mode. Advanced Video Decription Select Program to chooe among the option decribed below. DRC Mode Clear White, Emhance Detail, Color Corrector, Black Corrector, Gamma Corrector and White Balance option are available only when Pro mode i elected. Create a high-reolution picture with 4x denity, for high quality ource (i.e., DVD player, atellite receiver). High Den. Recommended for moving picture. Progreive CineMotion Recommended for till image and text. Provide an optimized diplay by automatically detecting film content and applying a revere 3-2 pulldown proce. Moving picture will appear clearer and more natural-looking. Menu 97

100 z DRC Palette i not available when Mild Mode i et to On. Option Decription DRC Palette Allow you to cutomize the level of detail (Reality) and moothne (Clarity) for up to three input ource. For example, you can create one Cutom etting to optimize your cable input picture, and create another to optimize your DVD player picture. You can witch among the three Cutom etting in the menu. 1 Pre V v B b to highlight Cutom 1, Cutom 2, or Cutom 3 and then pre. The DRC palette appear. Menu z For bet reult, adjut the Reality by preing V v until you are atified with the level of detail. Then adjut the Clarity by preing B b until you have a mooth image. 2 Pre V v B b to adjut the poition of the marker ( ). A you move the higher along the Reality axi, the picture become more detailed. A you move the to the right, along the Clarity axi, the picture become moother. 3 To ave the etting, pre. To return the Cutom option to the default factory etting, pre RESET. BN Smoother Select to reduce the block noie caued by digital video encoding and decoding proce. It i epecially effective for watching a DVD or digital TV picture. Select from High, Medium., Low and Off. Clear White Detail Enhancer Color Corrector Black Corrector Gamma Corrector White Balance Cutom 1 [25] Reality Clarity [ 1] Select to emphaize the white color. Select On or Off. Select to harpen picture definition. Select from High, Med., Low and Off. Select to emphaize the red and blue color. Select On or Off. Select to enhance the black color to give the picture trong contrat. Select from High, Med., Low and Off. Select to adjut the balance between bright and dark area of the picture. Select from High, Med., Low and Off. Select to fine-adjut the white color intenity by changing the red, green and blue level. Select Adjut to chooe among the R-Gain, G-Gain, B- Gain, R-Bia, G-Bia and B-Bia option. To retore the factory default etting of White Balance, elect Initial Set. 98

101 Uing the Audio Menu To elect the Audio Menu 1 Pre MENU. 2 Pre B or b to highlight the Audio icon and pre. 3 Pre V v B b to highlight an option. Pre to elect an option. 4 Pre V v B b to change etting. Pre to elect the changed etting. 5 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. Treble Ba Balance Steady Sound: Off Effect: Simulated MTS: Stereo Speaker: On Audio Out: Fixed Menu To retore the factory default etting for Treble, Ba, and Balance Pre RESET on the remote control when in the Audio Menu. Selecting Audio Option z Virtual Dolby and TruSurround attempt to create the ame urround effect produced by a multichannel ytem uing the left and right peaker. Virtual Dolby i mot effective for program encoded in Dolby Surround. The Audio Menu include the following option: Option Decription Treble Adjut to decreae or increae higher-pitched ound. Ba Adjut to decreae or increae lower-pitched ound. Balance Adjut to emphaize left or right peaker balance. Steady Sound Auto Select to tabilize the volume. Off Select to turn off Steady Sound. Effect Virtual Dolby Select for Dolby Pro Logic urround ound (for tereo program only). TruSurround Select for urround ound (for tereo program only). Simulated Add a urround-like effect to mono program. Off Normal tereo or mono reception. MTS Enjoy tereo, bilingual and mono program Stereo Auto SAP Mono 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.) Select for mono reception. (Ue to reduce noie during weak tereo broadcat.) 99

102 Menu Option Speaker On Select to turn on the TV peaker. Off Select to turn off the TV peaker and liten to the TV ound only through your external audio ytem peaker. Audio Out Eay control of volume adjutment Decription Thi option can be et only when the Speaker option i et to Off. Variable Fixed The TV peaker are turned off, but the audio output from your audio ytem can till be controlled by the TV remote control. The TV peaker are turned off and the audio output of the TV i fixed. Ue your audio receiver remote control to adjut the volume (and other audio etting) through your audio ytem. 100

103 Uing the Screen Menu To elect the Screen Menu 1 Pre MENU. 2 Pre B or b to move to the Screen icon and pre. 3 Pre V or v to move to an option. Pre to elect an option. 4 Pre B b V v to change etting. Pre to elect the changed etting. 5 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. Menu Selecting Screen Mode Option z To change from one Wide Mode to another, ue WIDE on the remote control. z Wide Zoom i recommended for 4:3 picture to prevent image retention. z For Wide Zoom and Zoom mode, you can adjut the vertical poition and ize of the picture. For detail, ee page 102. The Screen menu include the following option: Option Wide Mode Select a Wide Mode to ue for 4:3 ource. Decription Wide Zoom Normal Full Select to enlarge the 4:3 ize picture, while the upper and lower part of the picture are condened to fit the wide creen. Select to return the 4:3 picture to normal mode. Select to enlarge the 4:3 picture horizontally only, to fill the wide creen. Zoom Select to enlarge the 4:3 picture horizontally and vertically to an equal apect ratio that fill the wide creen. Wide Mode i unavailable while in Twin View, or when viewing HD (1080i, 720p) ource. In ome cae, wide-creen program will be hown in apect ratio that require the diplay of black band at the top and bottom of your 16:9 creen. For more detail, ee page

104 Menu z 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. To retain the current Wide Mode etting a channel and input are changed, et 4:3 Default to Off. Option 4:3 Default Wide Zoom Select the default Screen Mode to ue for 4:3 ource Normal Full Vertical Center Decription Zoom Off Select to enlarge the 4:3 ize picture, while the upper and lower part of the picture are condened to fit the wide creen. Select to return the 4:3 picture to normal mode. Select to enlarge the 4:3 picture horizontally only, to fill the wide creen. Select to enlarge the 4:3 picture horizontally and vertically to an equal apect ratio that fill the wide creen. Select to continue uing the current Wide Mode etting when the channel or input i changed. Allow you to move the poition of the picture up and down in the window. (Available only in Wide Zoom and Zoom mode.) Pre V or v and pre to chooe a correction between +15 and 15 (Zoom mode), and +5 and 5 (Wide Zoom mode). Vertical Size Allow you to adjut the vertical ize of the picture. (Available only in Wide Zoom and Zoom mode.) Pre V or v and pre to chooe a correction between +7 and 7. Screen Saver Orbit Move the picture poition to reduce image retention. Thi doe not prevent image retention completely if the ame picture i diplayed for an extended period of time. All White Diplay a white creen to reduce image retention. 102

105 Uing the Channel Menu To elect the Channel Menu 1 Pre MENU. 2 Pre B or b to highlight the Channel icon and pre. 3 Pre V v B b to highlight an option. Pre to elect an option. 4 Pre V v B b to change etting. Pre to elect the changed etting. 5 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. Menu Selecting Channel Option z Channel that you et to be kipped can be acceed only with the 0-9 button. The Channel Menu include the following option: Option Favorite Channel Decription Let you et up a lit of your favorite channel. For detail, ee Uing Favorite Channel on page 63. Channel Fix Off Turn off Channel Fix. Ueful when you 2-6 Fix your TV channel etting to 2-6 and ue have a cable box the cable box or atellite receiver to change or atellite channel. Select one of thee etting if you receiver connected connected the equipment to the VHF/UHF jack. C2-6 Same a 2-6, except you elect one of thee etting if you connected the equipment to the CABLE jack (ee page 22). Video 1 Ue thi etting if you have connected the equipment to the A/V input jack. Auto Program Automatically et up the channel lit on the TV for all receivable channel. Digital channel Add Select to add digital channel. Channel Skip/Add Allow you to cutomize the channel lit that appear when you ue the CH+/ button. 1 Pre V or v to croll through the channel until you find the channel you want to kip or add. Then pre elect it. 2 Pre V or v to toggle between Add or Skip. Then pre to elect. 3 To add or kip more channel, repeat tep 1 and 2. 4 Pre B to return to the Channel Menu, or pre MENU to exit the Menu. to 103

106 Menu Option Channel Label Decription Allow you to aign label (uch a tation call letter) to channel number. You can label up to 40 channel. 1 Pre V v B b to highlight Channel and pre. 2 Pre V v to croll through the channel number (1-125). Then pre to elect the channel number that you want to aign a label. 3 Pre V v B b to highlight Label and pre. 4 Pre V v to croll through the label character (A-Z, 0-9, etc.). Then pre to elect the highlighted character. 5 Repeat to add up to 5 character to the label. 6 To aign label to more channel, repeat tep Pre B to return to the Channel Menu, or pre MENU to exit the Menu. 104

107 Uing the Parent Menu The Parent Menu allow you to et up the TV to block program according to their content and rating level. To elect the Parent Menu 1 Pre MENU. 2 Pre B or b to highlight the Parent icon and pre. 3 Ue 0-9 on the remote control to enter a four-digit paword. 4 If thi i the firt time you are creating thi paword, confirm the paword by entering it again. (The Parent Menu option appear.) 5 Pre V v B b to change etting. Pre to elect the changed etting. 6 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. You need your paword for any future acce into the Parent Menu. If you loe your paword, ee Lot paword on page 120. Menu Selecting Parent Option z If you are not familiar with the Parental Guideline rating ytem, you hould elect Child, Youth, or Y. Adult to help implify the rating election. To et more pecific rating, elect Cutom. z For decription of Child, Youth, and Y. Adult rating, ee page 106. The Parent Menu include the following option: Option Decription Parental Lock Off Turn rating on/off and elect a rating Child ytem Parental lock i off. No program are blocked from viewing. Maximum rating permitted are: US: TV-Y, TV-G, G Canada: C, G, TV-Y Youth Maximum rating permitted are: US: TV-PG, PG Canada: C8+, PG, 8 an+, TV-PG Y. Adult Maximum rating permitted are: US: TV-14, PG-13 Canada: 14+, 13 an+, TV-14 Cutom Select to et rating manually. US: See page 106 for detail. Canada: See page 107 for detail. Change For changing your paword. Paword Select Country U.S.A. Select to ue USA rating (ee page 106). Canada Select to ue Canadian rating (ee page 107). 105

108 Menu US Model: Selecting Cutom Rating Option z The Content-Baed Rating are linked to the level of the Age-Baed Rating. For example, a program with an Age- Baed Rating of TV-PG V (Violence) rating may contain moderate violence, while a TV-14 V (Violence) rating may contain more intene violence. z To enure maximum blocking capability, et the Age-Baed Rating. z If you block unrated TV program, be aware that the following type of program may be blocked: program broadcat from another country, emergency broadcat, political program, port, new, public ervice announcement, religiou program and weather. For US model, the Cutom Rating Menu include the following option. (For Canadian model, ee page 107.) Option Decription Movie Rating G All children and General Audience. PG Parental Guidance uggeted. PG-13 Parental Guidance for children under 13. R Retricted viewing, parental guidance i uggeted for children under 17. NC-17 and X No one 17 or under allowed. TV Rating Age-Baed Rating Block program by TV-Y All children. their rating, TV-Y7 Directed to children age 7 and older. content or both TV-G General Audience. TV-PG Parental Guidance uggeted. TV-14 Parent Strongly cautioned. TV-MA Mature Audience only. Content-Baed Rating FV Fantay Violence. D Suggetive Dialogue. L Strong Language. S Sexual ituation. V Violence. Unrated Block program or movie that are broadcat without a rating Allow Block Allow program and movie that are broadcat without a rating. Block all program and movie that are broadcat without a rating. Viewing Blocked Program You can view blocked program by entering the paword. Pre ENTER when tuned to a blocked program, then enter the paword. Thi temporarily witche off the Parental Lock. To reactivate the Parental Lock etting, turn off the TV. When the TV i turned on again, your Parental Lock etting are reactivated. 106

109 Canadian Model: Selecting Cutom Rating Option For Canadian model, the Cutom Rating Menu include the following option. (For US model, ee page 106.) Option Decription Englih Rating C All children. C8+ Children 8 year and older. G General programming. PG Parental Guidance. 14+ Viewer 14 and older. 18+ Adult programming. French Rating G General programming. 8 an+ Not recommended for young children. 13 an+ Not recommended for age under an+ Not recommended for age under an+ Programming retricted to adult. U.S.A. Rating See US Model on page 106 for detail. Menu Viewing Blocked Program You can view blocked program by entering the paword. Pre ENTER when tuned to a blocked program, then enter the paword. Thi temporarily witche off the Parental Lock. To reactivate the Parental Lock etting, turn off the TV. When the TV i turned on again, your Parental Lock etting are reactivated. 107

110 Uing the Setup Menu Menu z To move from within one Menu to the main Menu of icon, pre B. To elect the Setup Menu 1 Pre MENU. 2 Pre B or b to highlight the Setup icon and pre. 3 Pre V v B b to highlight an option. Pre to elect an option. 4 Pre V v B b to change etting. Pre to elect the changed etting. 5 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. Selecting Setup Option The Setup Menu include the following option: Option Caption Viion Decription Allow you to elect from three cloed caption mode (for program that are broadcat with cloed caption). Off Turn off Caption Viion. CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4 Diplay a printed verion of the dialog or ound effect of a program. (Should be et to CC1 for mot program.) Text1, Text2, Text3, Text4 Info Diplay network/tation information preented uing either half or the whole creen (if available). For cloed captioning, et to CC1. Diplay the program name and the time remaining in the program (if the broadcater offer thi ervice). Diplay when the channel i changed or DISPLAY i preed. 108

111 z When electing Game, or Web, the TV decreae brightne to prevent image retention. z The Skip label i ueful for input that do not have equipment connected to them. Option Video Label Game Picture Language Decription Allow you to identify A/V equipment you connected to the TV, uch a a VCR, DVD, etc. For example, if you have a DVD player connected to the VIDEO 4 jack, you can elect the label DVD for the VIDEO 4 input. Then when you pre TV/VIDEO to change input, the Video Label you aigned to that input appear on creen. 1 Pre V or v to highlight the video input (VIDEO 1-6) to which you want to aign a label. Then pre to elect the input. 2 Pre V or v to highlight one of the diplayed label. Then pre to elect the label. You can elect from the following label for each input: Video 1-3 VHS, DVD, Receiver, Satellite, Cable Box, 8mm, DTV, Game, LD, Web, Beta, Skip Video 4-6 DVD, Satellite, Cable Box, DTV, HD, Game, Skip If you elect Skip, your TV kip thi input when you pre the TV/VIDEO button. Allow you to move the poition of the picture left and right in the window. (Available for the picture of connected equipment.) Select while watching the picture to be adjuted. The TV tore the poition in memory for each input. Select to diplay all on-creen Menu in your language of choice. Menu 109

112 Menu z To go directly to programming Timer 1 or 2, pre intead of preing b. Option Clock/Timer Decription Let you et the clock on your TV and allow you to program your TV for cheduled viewing uing the Timer. Sleep Timer 1 Timer 2 Allow you to elect the time in minute (15, 30, 45, 60, or 90) that you want the TV to remain on before hutting off automatically. You can ue the Timer to program the TV to turn on and off and tune to a pecific channel at two cheduled viewing time. Timer 1 & 2 are not available to be et until you et the Current Time. 1 Pre V or v to highlight Timer 1 or Timer 2. To et the timer, pre b. 2 Pre V or v to highlight one of the following option, then pre. Program: Select to et the Timer by day, time, duration, and channel. Off: Select to turn off the Timer. (Your previou etting are aved.) 3 If you elected Program in tep 2, pre V and v to et the day(), hour, minute, duration, and channel number. Pre or pre b to confirm each etting and move to the next etting. Pre B to go back to the previou etting. 4 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. An LED on the front panel will light, indicating the timer ha been et. Current Time 1 Pre V and v to highlight Current Time and then pre. 2 Pre V and v to et the current time (day, hour, and minute). Pre (or pre b) to confirm each etting and move to the next etting. Pre B to go back to the previou etting. 3 Pre MENU to exit the Menu. 110

113 Option Illuminated Decription Allow you to illuminate the Sony logo on the front panel of the diplay unit and the input indicator on the media receiver unit. Ye Illuminate the Sony logo and input indicator while the power i turned on. No Illuminate the Sony logo and input indicator only when the power i witched to on or off. i.link Standby On Allow the i.link ignal to pa through to connected i.link device even when the TV i turned off. The front panel i.link STANDBY LED light in red. The TV ue more tandby power than when thi option i et to Off. Off Doe not allow the i.link ignal to pa through to connected i.link device when the TV i turned off. The front panel i.link STANDBY LED turn off. The TV ue le tandby power than when thi option i et to On. Menu 111

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115 Other Information Overview Thi chapter include the following topic: Topic Page Gloary 114 Contacting Sony 115 Troublehooting 115 Specification 121 Optional Acceorie 123 Index

116 Gloary analog ignal A ignaling method that ue continuou change in the amplitude or frequency of an electronic tranmiion to convey information. apect ratio Refer to the ratio between the width and height of the creen. Thi TV ha a 16:9 (widecreen) apect ratio, a oppoed to a 4:3 apect ratio. 4:3 apect ratio 16:9 apect ratio component video Component video i ent through three cable: two color hade (chrominance) ignal and one brightne (luminance) ignal. Component video achieve greater color accuracy than compoite video or S VIDEO by plitting chrominance into two eparate portion. Other Info Other Info compoite video digital televiion (DTV) National Televiion Sytem Committee (NTSC) RF S VIDEO Compoite video i ent through a ingle cable. Compoite video combine the color hade (chrominance) and brightne (luminance) information into one video ignal. A new technology for tranmitting and receiving broadcat televiion ignal. DTV provide higher reolution and improved ound quality over analog televiion. A unit of the Federal Communication Commiion, Wahington, DC, that etablihe televiion tandard in the United State, uch a NTSC Color, the tandard ued in thi TV. Radio Frequency. That part of the frequency pectrum that i ued to tranmit TV and radio ignal. S VIDEO require a ingle cable, which carrie the brightne (luminance) and color (chrominance) ignal of the picture eparately. S VIDEO provide better reolution than compoite video, which carrie the ignal together. VHF/UHF VHF (Very High Frequency) i the part of the frequency pectrum from 30 to 300 megahertz. UHF (Ultra High Frequency) i the part of the frequency pectrum from 300 to 3,000 megahertz. 480i 480p 720p 1080i Provide 480 line of reolution. Diplay image uing interlaced canning, which firt tranmit all the odd line on the TV creen and then the even line. Provide 480 line of reolution. Diplay image uing progreive canning, which tranmit each line from top to bottom. Provide 720 line of reolution. Diplay image uing progreive canning, which tranmit each line from top to bottom. Provide 1080 line of reolution. Diplay image uing interlaced canning, which firt tranmit all the odd line on the TV creen and then the even line. 1080i i one of the format ued by HDTV (High Definition TV). 114

117 Other Info Contacting Sony If, after reading thee operating intruction, you have additional quetion related to the ue of your Sony televiion, pleae call our Cutomer Information Service Center at SONY (7669) (US reident only) or (416) 499-SONY (7669) (Canadian reident only). Troublehooting Twin View Problem Poible Remedie I cannot get Twin View to work If you are uing a cable box to uncramble all channel (a hown on page 28), you cannot ue the Twin View feature. Thi i becaue the cable box can uncramble only one channel at a time. You can ue Twin View to view a ignal from a different ource that i connected to the TV A/V jack (uch a a VCR or DVD player) in the econd window by preing TV/VIDEO while in Twin View. Source connected to the CABLE, VIDEO 4, VIDEO 5, and VIDEO 6 input, a well a digital ource, diplay in the left Twin View window, but not the right. There i no Twin View window, or it i jut tatic Twin View cannot diplay anything but TV channel Twin View diplay the ame program in both window Be ure the Twin View window i et to a video input or channel that ha a ignal airing. You might be tuned to a video input with nothing connected to it. Try cycling through the video input by preing TV/VIDEO. Try cycling through the video input by preing TV/VIDEO. Check that the Video Label option i not et to Skip. (See the Setup Menu on page 109.) Both Twin View window might be et to the ame channel. Try changing channel in either window. Other Info 115

118 Remote Control Other Info Other Info Problem Remote control doe not operate Cannot change channel with the remote control Remote control doe not operate non-sony video equipment Remote control doe not operate Sony video equipment Memory Stick Poible Remedie The batterie could be weak. Replace the batterie. Check the orientation of the batterie. Pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the TV indicator light up. You may have inadvertently preed FUNCTION, which change the remote control to SAT or CABLE mode. Make ure thi unit power cord i connected ecurely to the wall outlet. Locate the unit at leat 3-4 feet away from fluorecent light. If you are uing the TV to change channel, firt pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the TV indicator light up. If you are uing another device to change channel, be ure you have not inadvertently witched your TV from the channel 3 or 4 etting. Ue the Channel Fix option to fix the channel baed on the hookup you ued (ee page 103). If you are uing another device to change channel, be ure to pre FUNCTION for that device. For example, if you are uing your cable box to change channel, be ure to pre FUNCTION repeatedly until the SAT/CABLE indicator light up. If you replaced the batterie to the remote recently, the code number for the video equipment may need to be reet. There may be more than one code for the equipment that you are attempting to operate. There i a poibility that ome non-sony equipment cannot be operated by your Sony TV remote.you may need to ue the equipment original remote control. There i a poibility that ome Sony equipment cannot be operated by your Sony TV remote.you may need to ue the equipment original remote control. Problem Poible Remedie Image doe not diplay/cannot Make ure the image file i a JPEG (.jpg,.jpeg) file or an MPEG1 (.mpg, mpeg) ee all file file. Make ure the Memory Stick i inerted properly (ee page 73). Check the Filter option etting (ee page 84). Check the Select Content etting (ee page 84) and enure that file are either in DCF directorie if Digital Camera Folder i elected (ee page 84), or in the currently elected folder if Select a Folder i elected (ee page 84). The maximum number of file the Memory Stick Viewer can diplay i 1,024. JPEG image diplay undeirable motion or flicker in full creen Rotation not aved after Memory Stick i ejected or Memory Stick Viewer i cloed JPEG captured uing a digital video camera may appear to diplay motion in full creen. Thi i a reult of the way digital video camera record till image, and i not a reult of a malfunction with the TV. The Memory Stick might be locked. Unlock the Memory Stick and try rotating the image again. The file might not have information (EXIF data) that i uually generated when a digital camera record a photo. In thi cae, it i not poible to ave the rotation. There might be inufficient pace on the Memory Stick to ave the rotated file. Try deleting one or more file and rotating the image again. 116

119 Other Info Problem Cannot how (or hide) file information in full creen or Slide Show Set the File/Information option to On or Off (ee page 79 and 82). Cannot ee menu Pre V to diplay the menu again. Cannot hear audio while uing Memory Stick Not all MP3 file on Memory Stick are included when the Muic /Complete Lit option i elected (page 83) MPEG1 movie doe not play back correctly MPEG1 quality i poor when enlarged (page 81) Poible Remedie Check the TV volume or Speaker (page 100) etting. To hear JPEG voice memo, elect the Digital Camera Folder option and et the Filter option to Show All. Check that the Muic option i not to et to Off (ee page 83). The maximum number of MP3 file the Memory Stick Viewer can diplay i 128. Make ure that the file i named with the file extenion (.mp3). Some variation of MPEG1 movie may not be compatible with the Memory Stick Viewer. The quality of the movie when enlarged depend on the reolution of the MPEG1 file. See your camera intruction manual for detail. MP3 file on the Memory Stick are not lited Muic file are playing in wrong order Cannot ee MP3 lit to play muic Error meage i diplayed Error icon i diplayed Only MP3 file that are named with the file extenion (.mp3) are diplayed in the lit. MP3 file are played in alphabetical order, according to the folder in which they are tored. If you want to change the playlit order, rename your file alphabetically in the order in which you want them to play. MP3 file on your Memory Stick only can be played a background muic during a Slide Show (ee page 83). No Memory Stick There i no Memory Stick in the lot. Memory Stick i locked The lock mechanim on the Memory Stick i engaged. Memory Stick Error The Memory Stick in the lot might be damaged; try a different Memory Stick. Format Error The Memory Stick may have been formatted uing a PC or other device that i not compatible with camera. The file i not a valid MPEG1 or JPEG format. Other Info The thumbnail i not DCF-compatible. The file i a JPEG or an MPEG1, but the thumbnail i unreadable. The file i unreadable. 117