Sony Bravia KLV-S26A10 Operating Instructions Manual Download Page 1

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© 2005 Sony Corporation

LCD Color TV

2-630-948-

16

(1)

GB

Operating Instructions 

Before operating the TV, please read the “Safety 
Information” section of this manual.
Retain this manual for future reference.

Summary of Contents for Bravia KLV-S26A10

Page 1: ...0 KLV S26A10 KLV S23A10 2005 Sony Corporation LCD Color TV 2 630 948 16 1 GB Operating Instructions Before operating the TV please read the Safety Information section of this manual Retain this manual for future reference ...

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Page 3: ...nu 24 Picture Mode 24 Picture Brightness Color Hue Sharpness Backlight 24 Color Temperature 25 Reset 25 NR Noise Reduction 25 Sound menu 26 Sound Mode 26 Treble Bass Balance 26 Reset 26 Dual Sound 27 Intelligent Volume 27 Wide Screen menu 28 Auto Wide 28 Wide Mode 28 4 3 Default 28 Features menu 29 Power Saving 29 Light Sensor 29 TV Speakers 29 PC Adjustment 30 Timer menu 31 Sleep 31 Set Up menu 3...

Page 4: ...the LCD TV turned backward or sideways Do not install the LCD TV turned over or upside down Do not install the LCD TV on a shelf or in a closet Do not place the LCD TV on a rug or bed Do not cover the LCD TV with cloth such as curtains or items such as newspapers etc Vehicle and ceiling Do not install this LCD TV in a vehicle or hang it from the ceiling Bumping of the vehicle may cause the LCD TV ...

Page 5: ...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 cause electric shock Lightning storms For your own safety do not touch any part of the LCD TV AC power cord or antenna lead during lightning storms AC power cord protection Pull out the AC power cord by the plug Do not pull on the AC power cord itself Wiring Unplug the AC power cord when wiri...

Page 6: ...stall the LCD TV in protruding locations If you install the unit in the following locations injury may result Do not install the LCD TV in a location where the LCD TV protrudes such as pillars Do not install the LCD TV in a location where your face may bump Placement Never place the LCD TV in hot humid or excessively dusty places Do not install the LCD TV where it may be exposed to mechanical vibr...

Page 7: ...bracket or stands Do not install the display unit in places subject to extreme temperature for example in direct sunlight or near a radiator or heating vent If the display unit is exposed to extreme temperature the display unit may heat up and it may cause deformations of the casing or malfunctions Do not install the display unit in a place exposed to direct air conditioning If the display unit is...

Page 8: ...screen surface Do not push or scratch the front filter or place objects on top of this unit The image may be uneven or the LCD panel may be damaged If the unit is used in a cold place a smear may occur in the picture or the picture may become dark This does not indicate a failure These phenomena improve as the temperature rises Ghosting may occur when still pictures are displayed continuously It m...

Page 9: ...20 Displays Text 9 M m page 19 22 Selects the item and setting q Picture Freeze page 20 Displays the frozen picture on the left screen qa WEGA GATE page 12 Displays WEGA GATE qs PROG page 19 In TV mode Selects the next or previous channel In Text mode Selects the next or previous page qd 2 Volume Adjusts the TV volume qf Sleep Timer page 31 Turns on the Sleep Timer function qg Info Text reveal In ...

Page 10: ...ons left or right 4 Input select page 21 Selects the input source from equipment connected to the TV jacks 5 WEGA GATE page 12 6 page 22 7 Remote control sensor 8 Picture Off Sleep Timer indicator Lights up in green when the Picture Off is set Lights up in amber when the Sleep Timer is set 9 1 Standby indicator Lights up in red when the TV is in standby mode q Power indicator Lights up in green wh...

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Page 12: ...d easily using WEGA GATE For more details about WEGA GATE see Using WEGA GATE on page 22 Introducing WEGA GATE WEGA GATE PROG TV RM GA003 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 WEGA GATE WEGA GATE End Enter Select TV List External lnputs Settings Show Available TV Channels 1 Press WEGA GATE on the remote The WEGA GATE control panel appears 2 Press M m to highlight the item you want 3 Press to select Press WEGA GATE ...

Page 13: ...uipment or skip unused inputs conveniently page 33 1 Select External Inputs from the WEGA GATE control panel and press The External Inputs panel appears 2 Press M m to highlight the desired external input and press Using Settings in WEGA GATE The Settings feature lets you adjust set the Picture Sound Wide Screen Features Timer or Set Up settings For details see page 23 00 CBS 01 NBC 02 ABC WEGA GA...

Page 14: ... wood screw supplied 2 Attach the support belt to the stand and screw the belt with a securing screw supplied using a coin etc 3 Adjust the length by pulling the support belt towards you while holding the TV stand Notes Be sure to take measures to prevent the TV from toppling over and causing injury The supplied wood screw may not be used depending on the type of TV stand In this case or when the ...

Page 15: ...N L MONO R L Y PC PB CB PR CR VARIABLE R L R 1 1 2 3 S S VIDEO VIDEO IN VIDEO OUT AUDIO R L To 8 VHF UHF antenna VCR AC power cord supplied Antenna cable supplied To antenna output To video and audio outputs Audio Video cable not supplied To S video output S video cable not supplied To 1 3 S video input To t1 3 video input L MONO 1 3 audio input R 1 3 audio input l Signal flow B Rear of the TV 1 2...

Page 16: ...ack preset the signal output from the VCR to the program number 0 on the TV If the S video cable is connected to this TV and the VCR the S video signal is automatically selected 2 Connect your VCR Connect the output jack on your VCR to the input jack on the rear of the TV 3 Connect the AC power cord supplied to the AC IN jack on the rear of the TV Note Do not connect the AC power cord to the AC po...

Page 17: ...s in standby mode the 1 standby indicator on the front of the TV is red press 1 on the remote to switch on the TV 5 Selecting the language When you switch on the TV for the first time the Language menu appears on the screen Press M m to select the language displayed on the menu screens then press The message confirming the TV start auto program appears on the screen then go to 6 Auto programming t...

Page 18: ...lable channels have been stored the TV returns to normal operation displaying the channel stored on channel number 1 When a message appears for you to confirm the antenna connections No channels are found Check all the antenna connections and press to start auto program again 2 The Program Sorting menu appears on the screen 3 Press WEGA GATE to exit The TV has now tuned in all the available channe...

Page 19: ...es to flow Pull the AC plug out of the wall jack to turn the TV off completely Watching TV PROG 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 WEGA GATE 2 1 2 To Do this Turn off the TV temporarily Standby mode Press 1 Turn off the TV completely Press 1 on the top side of the TV Adjust the volume Press 2 increase decrease Mute the sound Press Press again to restore Return to the previous channel watched for more than five s...

Page 20: ... remove the window 4 Press again to return to normal TV mode Note You cannot use WEGA GATE page 22 when the Picture Freeze function is working To change the wide mode manually Press repeatedly to select wide mode For TV Video or DVD other than PC Input Enlarges the center portion of the picture The left and right edges of the picture are stretched to fill the 16 9 screen Displays the 4 3 picture i...

Page 21: ...ompatibility chart page 38 Viewing pictures from connected equipment Switch on the connected equipment then press repeatedly until the correct input symbol see below appears on the screen To return to normal TV operation press Pixel Pixel Full 1 Full 2 On Screen Display Input jacks Video 1 1 or Video 1 1 Video 1 Rear or Audio 1 Rear L MONO R Video 2 2 or Video 2 2 Video 2 Side or Audio 2 Side L MO...

Page 22: ...s M m to select a channel an external input then press Press WEGA GATE to exit Using Settings you can enter the settings screen where most of the advanced settings and adjustments are performed See Overview of the Settings on page 23 1 Press WEGA GATE to display the WEGA GATE screen 2 Press M m to select Settings then press 3 Press M m to select a menu icon then press 4 Press M m to select an opti...

Page 23: ... Volume 27 3 Wide Screen Auto Wide 28 Wide Mode 28 4 3 Default 28 4 Features Power Saving 29 Light Sensor 29 TV Speakers 29 PC Adjustment 30 WEGA GATE End Enter Select Back Picture Mode Picture Brightness Color Hue Sharpness Backlight Color Temperature Reset NR Custom Max 50 50 0 15 5 Warm Auto Picture 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 Timer Sleep 31 6 Set Up Auto Start Up 32 Language 32 Auto Program 32 Program Sorti...

Page 24: ...or increases or decreases color intensity Hue increases or decreases the green tone Sharpness sharpens or softens the picture Backlight brightens or darkens the backlight 1 Press to select the option 2 Press to set the level then press Tip Hue can only be adjusted for an NTSC color signal e g U S A video tapes You can select the options listed below on the Picture menu To select options see Using ...

Page 25: ... if Picture Mode is set to Custom Resets all the picture settings to the factory settings 1 Press to select Reset 2 Press M m to select OK then press Reduces the picture noise snowy picture in a weak broadcast signal Press to select one of the following NR settings Auto Automatically reduces the picture noise Off Turns off the noise reduction feature Tip This option cannot be used for an input sig...

Page 26: ...under USP4638258 4482866 BBE and BBE symbol are trademarks of BBE Sound Inc 2 TruSurround SRS and the symbol are trademarks of SRS Labs Inc TruSurround technology is incorporated under license from SRS Labs Inc Adjusts higher pitched sounds Treble adjusts lower pitched sounds Bass and emphasizes left or right speaker balance Balance 1 Press to select the option 2 Press to set the level then press ...

Page 27: ...ted in Audio Filter Tips NICAM is receivable in following countries regions Hong Kong Singapore New Zealand Malaysia Thailand etc A2 German is receivable in following countries regions Australia Malaysia Thailand etc If you select other equipment connected to the TV set Dual Sound to Stereo A or B Keeps a constant volume level even when volume level gaps occur e g adverts tend to be louder than pr...

Page 28: ...out the wide mode see page 20 1 Press to select Wide Mode 2 Press M m to select the desired setting see page 20 21 for details then press Displays a 4 3 picture in Wide Zoom factory setting or in Normal mode 1 Press to select 4 3 Default 2 Press M m to select Wide Zoom or Normal then press You can select the options listed below on the Wide Screen menu To select options see Using WEGA GATE page 22...

Page 29: ... TV Speakers 2 Press M m to select one of the following then press On the sound is output from the TV speakers One Time Off the TV speakers are temporarily turned off allowing you to listen to the sound from external audio equipment The TV speakers option automatically returns to On when the TV set is switched off Permanent Off the TV speakers are permanently turned off allowing you to listen to t...

Page 30: ... Phase Adjusts the screen when a part of a displayed text or image is not clear Pitch Enlarges or shrinks the screen size horizontally when a part of a displayed text or image is not clear H Center Moves the screen to the left or to the right V Center Moves the screen up or down Power saving Turns to the TV standby mode if no PC signal is received Reset Resets to the factory settings PC Adjustment...

Page 31: ...n amber Tips You can set the sleep timer by pressing repeatedly If you switch off the TV and switch it on again Sleep is reset to Off TV will turn off soon appears on the screen one minute before the TV switches to standby mode If you press the remaining time in minutes before the TV switches to standby mode is displayed on the screen You can select the options listed below on the Timer menu To se...

Page 32: ...guage 2 Press M m to select the language then press All menus will appear in the selected language Tunes in all the available channels Usually you do not need to do this operation because the channels are already tuned when the TV was first installed page 18 However this option allows you to repeat the process e g to retune the TV after moving house or to search for new channels that have been lau...

Page 33: ...rong character is selected Then press M m to select the correct character and press 4 Repeat the procedure in step 3 until the name is complete 5 Press M m to select End then press Do the following options 1 Press to select AV Preset 2 Press M m to select the desired input source then press 3 Press to select the desired option below then press Program Sorting Program Label AV Preset Option Descrip...

Page 34: ... Press M m to select Channel then press 4 Press M m until the desired channel s broadcast image appears on the TV screen then press When the sound of the desired channel is abnormal proceed to step 5 When the sound is normal proceed to step 7 Tip The TV will look for receivable channels automatically after you press M or m 5 Press M m to select TV System then press 6 Press M m to select the best r...

Page 35: ...dcast signal can cause sound distortion or intermittent sound muting when watching mono programs 1 Press M m to select Low or High then press The focus moves to Confirm automatically If you do not experience any sound distortion we recommend that you leave this option set to the factory setting Off 2 Press The focus moves to OK automatically 3 Press Note You cannot receive stereo or dual sound whe...

Page 36: ...ent A Connect to the S video jack 2 or the video jack 2 and the audio jacks 2 To avoid picture noise do not connect the camcorder to the video jack 2 and the S video jack 2 at the same time If you connect mono equipment connect to the L MONO jack 2 Headphones B Connect to the i jack to listen to sound from the TV on headphones L MONO R 2 S B A SVHS Hi8 DVC camcorder Headphones To connect Do this P...

Page 37: ...B Connecting to the rear of the TV L MONO R L Y PC PB CB PR CR VARIABLE R L R 1 1 2 3 S S D E F G DVD player with component output DVD player without component output TV monitor Hi Fi audio equipment Video game equipment Continued ...

Page 38: ... or 3 To avoid picture noise do not connect the camcorder to the video jack 1 2 or 3 and the S video jack 1 2 or 3 at the same time If you connect mono equipment connect to the L MONO jack 1 2 or 3 TV monitor and Hi Fi audio equipment F Connect to the video output jacks to watch the image from the TV on another monitor Connect to the audio output jacks to listen to the sound on the Hi Fi audio equ...

Page 39: ...43 NTSC 3 58 Antenna 75 ohm external terminal Channel Coverage B G VHF E2 to E12 UHF E21 to E69 CATV S01 to S03 S1 to S41 VHF 0 to 12 5A 19A UHF 28 to 69 CATV S01 to S03 S1 to S41 Australia only VHF 1 to 11 UHF 21 to 69 CATV S01 to S03 S1 to S41 New Zealand only I UHF B21 to B68 CATV S01 to S03 S1 to S41 D K VHF C1 to C12 UHF C13 to C57 R21 to R60 CATV S01 to S03 S1 to S41 Z1 to Z39 M VHF A2 to A1...

Page 40: ...bol is displayed on the screen Check the connection between the optional equipment and the TV Distorted picture Check if any connected optional equipment is installed in front of the TV or beside the TV When installing optional equipment leave some space between the optional equipment and the TV When changing programs or selecting Text turn off any equipment connected to the video input jack on th...

Page 41: ...inappropriate If the sound of all the channels are noisy perform Auto Program in the Set Up menu to preset the channel again page 32 If the sound of some channels is noisy select the channel then perform Manual Program in the Set Up menu and select the appropriate TV system TV System page 34 Good picture but no sound The volume level is too low Press 2 to increase the volume level The sound is mut...

Page 42: ...creen mode During this period an irregular wide screen mode may appear The wide mode is switched automatically according to the revised signal with a Wide ID signal The Auto Wide feature stops working temporarily when you press and resumes after a while To fix in the manually selected wide screen mode set Auto Wide to Off in the Screen menu page 28 Teletext display is incomplete or garbled Your ar...

Page 43: ...onal Computer Connecting 36 Picture 24 Picture Freeze 20 Picture Freeze button 9 Picture menu 24 Picture mode button 9 Picture Off indicator 10 Power indicator 10 Power Saving 29 Power 1 switch 10 Previous channel button 9 PROG buttons 9 10 Program index table 19 Program Label 33 34 Program Sorting 33 R Remote control sensor 10 inserting batteries 14 overview 9 Reset picture adjustment 25 sound ad...

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