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When you
have trouble
IMPORT
ANT!
PREP
ARE
USE
SETTINGS
TROUBLE?
Severe noise or
snow
Troubleshooting
Patterns, stripes
or noise
The remote
control doesn’t
work!
Is the TV connected correctly to
the aerial?
Change the direction of the aerial.
Is the aerial or its cable
damaged?
Consult your retailer
Ghosting
(Doubling of images)
Are you receiving interference
from signals refl ected off
mountains or buildings?
Adjust the direction of your
aerial, or change to a
good-quality directional aerial
Is the aerial receiving interference
from high-voltage power lines or
wireless transmitters?
Consult your retailer
Are connected devices too close
to the TV?
Insert the minimum distance
between the aerial and the
cause of interference until no
interference
Are the batteries fl at?
Are you more than 7 meters away
from the TV?
Is the “VCR/TV/DVD SWITCH” set to “TV”?
When viewing teletext, the TV menu does not appear.
Depending on the stability of the signal, there may be a time
lag when changing channels.
Problem
Actions
page
Basics
Screen
Picture
Sound
Analogue channels
Digital channels
(P. 14)
I can’t turn it on!
Is the power cord connected to the AC outlet
correctly?
Digital channel screen
is frozen
Hold down “
” and “
” on the TV simultaneously for
three or more seconds to restart.
–
Remote control
stops working
Unplug TV, several minutes later plug it in again.
–
Is the analogue channel reception poor, too?
Following the instructions in “Severe noise or snow”
can solve this problem.
Digital channels are not displayed
When the TV cannot fi nd the digital channels
There may be problems at the aerial, radio waves,
or the area you live in, where reception is bad.
Consult your retailer.
Not displayed
(black screen)
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–
Adjust the “BASS” and “TREBLE”.
If receiving a poor signal in “STEREO /
t
·
u
”, switch to “MONO”.
Poor sound
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Press “
” to return to your settings.
Aspect ratio changes
unintentionally
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Some functions do not
display on menu
It is not a malfunction. Some functions in the menu will not be
displayed depending on the situation.
–
If you connected S-Video output device, check the “S-IN”
setting.
If the top of the image is distorted, check the video signal
quality itself.
If movement appears unnatural when receiving a signal
from a DVD player, etc. with 625p (progressive-scanning),
change the output setting of the external device to 625i
(interlace-scanning).
Strange picture
when using an external
device
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Unnatural colour >>> Adjust “COLOUR” and “BRIGHT”.
Check your “COLOUR SYSTEM”
Noise >>> Set to the following functions.
PICTURE
MODE
:
STANDARD
DIGITAL VNR :
ON
DigiPure
:
OFF
Dull picture >>> Set to the following functions.
PICTURE
MODE
:
BRIGHT
DIGITAL VNR :
OFF
DigiPure
:
ON
Poor picture quality
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