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Operating Instructions

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KV-14VM5MT
KV-14VM5G
KV-21VM5MT
KV-21VM5G

3-858-265-11 (1)

Trinitron Color Video TV

PAL NTSC 4.43

(KV-14VM5G/KV-21VM5G only)

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Summary of Contents for KV-14VM5MT, KV-21VM6MT

Page 1: ...Operating Instructions EN C KV 14VM5MT KV 14VM5G KV 21VM5MT KV 21VM5G 3 858 265 11 1 1996 by Sony Corporation Trinitron Color Video TV PAL NTSC 4 43 KV 14VM5G KV 21VM5G only Logo ...

Page 2: ...se the unit to rain or moisture Dangerously high voltages are present inside the set Do not open the cabinet Refer servicing to qualified personnel only Safety Information This unit operates on extremely high voltages To prevent fire or electric shock please follow the safety procedures below For your protection refer all servicing to qualified personnel only For general safety Do not expose the u...

Page 3: ... Preparation 4 Checking the supplied accessories 4 Inserting batteries into the Remote Commander 4 Step 2 Installing the video TV 5 Preventing the video TV from falling 5 Step 3 Connecting the antenna 7 Connecting an outdoor antenna 7 Step 4 Tuning in to TV stations 8 Selecting language 8 Presetting channels automatically 9 Presetting channels manually 11 Skipping program positions 12 Captioning a...

Page 4: ...hese items Remote Commander Two R6 size AA batteries Jack cover Band Two clamps Two wood screws KV 21VM5MT KV 21VM5G only Getting Started Step 1 Preparation Turn the Commander over and remove the cover Check the polarities and position two R6 batteries correctly Close the cover Inserting Batteries into the Remote Commander ...

Page 5: ...limbs on it To avoid such an accident stabilize your video TV with the supplied accessories listed on page 4 To fasten the video TV to the TV stand With the supplied wood screws attach the band to the TV stand and to the rear of the video TV using the hole provided on the video TV Getting Started Step 2 Installing the Video TV KV 21VM5MT KV 21VM5G only Screw hole ...

Page 6: ...o TV against a wall or pillar Put the cord or chain not supplied through the supplied clamps Using the supplied screws attach the clamps to the wall and to the screw hole on the video TV Screw hole Strong wall or pillar Strong cord or chain ...

Page 7: ...able round Attach an IEC antenna connector to 75 ohm coaxial cable Plug the connector into the antenna socket of the video TV Step 3 Connecting the Antenna To connect both VHF and UHF antennas Attach the antenna cable ends to the VHF UHF mixer not supplied Plug the mixer into the antenna socket of the video TV UHF antenna VHF antenna or VHF UHF antenna On a wall Rear 75 ohm coaxial cable VHF UHF m...

Page 8: ...e the menu and on screen information language to Chinese 1 Press MENU The main menu appears 2 Move the cursor to LANGUAGE with or and press ENTER The LANGUAGE menu appears 3 Move the cursor to with or and press ENTER The menu appears in Chinese LANGUAGE S e l e c t a n d p r e s s ENGLISH ENTER MENU S e l e c t a n d p r e s s PICTURE CONTROL ON TIMER SET CLOCK SET TRACKING CONTROL LANGUAGE PROGRA...

Page 9: ...ic presetting appears All available channels are now stored on successive number buttons AUTO PROGRAM SYSTEM PROG CH B G I D K M S e l e c t a n d p r e s s ENTER PROGRAM PRESET AUTO PROGRAM MANUAL PROGRAM SET UP GUIDE CH S e l e c t a n d p r e s s ENTER MENU S e l e c t a n d p r e s s PICTURE CONTROL ON TIMER SET CLOCK SET TRACKING CONTROL LANGUAGE PROGRAM PRESET VCR MODE ENTER CLEAR ON OFF ON ...

Page 10: ...ress QUICK TIMER on the video TV Presetting starts from program position 1 The preset program and channel numbers are displayed on the screen in sequence When presetting is finished the channel received before starting automatic presetting appears All available channels are now stored on successive number buttons AUTO PROGRAM SYSTEM PROG CH P r e s s INPUT SELECT f o r s y s t e m s e l e c t i o ...

Page 11: ...tons e g for 06 press 0 and 6 then ENTER 7 Repeat steps 4 to 6 to preset other channels 8 After you finish presetting press MENU to go back to the original screen CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY STOP REW FF TIMER REC For program...

Page 12: ...n you select programs using the PROGR buttons the program position is skipped 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to skip other program positions 7 Press MENU to go back to the original screen CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY STOP REW FF TIME...

Page 13: ...ement you want to leave blank select and press ENTER 6 After selecting all the characters press ENTER repeatedly until the cursor appears again Now the caption you chose is stored 7 Repeat steps 4 to 6 to caption other channels 8 Press MENU to go back to the original screen If you have made a mistake Press to go back to the previous position CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT ...

Page 14: ...the frequency changes from 15 to 15 6 After fine tuning press ENTER The cursor appears beside the next program position Now the fine tuned level is stored 7 Repeat steps 4 to 6 to fine tune other channels 8 Press MENU to go back to the original screen To reactivate automatic fine tuning AFT Repeat from the beginning and select ON in step 5 CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MU...

Page 15: ... menu appears and the preset channels are displayed 4 Using or move the cursor to the program number on which you want to set the guide channel and press ENTER The GUIDE CH position turns red Step 5 Setting Up G CODE KV 14VM5G KV 21VM5G only CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING RE...

Page 16: ...ess ENTER The setting is stored and the cursor appears in the leftmost position 6 Repeat steps 2 to 5 to set the guide channel of other channels 7 Press MENU to go back to the original screen CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY STOP...

Page 17: ...SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY STOP REW FF TIMER REC If you have made a mistake Press to go back to the item to be changed and set the correct digits using or If power is interrupted or you disconnect the AC power cord You have to re set the c...

Page 18: ...e main power Press POWER on the video TV The STANDBY lamp lights in amber Selecting TV Programs Press PROGR or number buttons on the Remote Commander or PROGR on the video TV To select a double digit number using the number buttons Press then the numbers For example if you want to choose 14 press 1 and 4 Adjusting the Volume Press VOL on the Remote Commander or VOL on the video TV Basic Operations...

Page 19: ...ing the picture effect Press PICTURE MODE With each press you can select DYNAMIC MIDDLE SOFT or PICTURE CONTROL cyclically Effect of each setting Setting DYNAMIC MIDDLE SOFT PICTURE CONTROL The adjusted picture control levels are stored See Adjusting the picture displayed on the screen Picture effect More contrast Less contrast Darker e g when watching a movie Caption Program position Channel numb...

Page 20: ...TER PICTURE CONTROL PICTURE COLOR BRIGHTNESS HUE RESET Effect Less More Less More Darker Brighter Reddish Greenish Resets all the items to the factory preset levels The HUE adjustment is available only for the NTSC color system The adjusted control levels are stored in PICTURE CONTROL When you select PICTURE CONTROL with PICTURE MODE you can call up the adjusted levels Watching Line Input Press IN...

Page 21: ...CT 6 on the video TV or the Remote Commander The Ò indicator appears and stays until the cassette is ejected You can eject the cassette even if the power is off Protecting Your Cassette against Accidental Erasure The cassette is provided with a safety tab to protect against accidentally erasing a previous recording Break off the safety tab with a screw driver or a similar tool If the safety tab is...

Page 22: ...e cursor to COL SYS with or and press ENTER 4 Press or until the corresponding color system appears and press ENTER PAL MESECAM to play a tape that is recorded in PAL or MESECAM color system NTSC to play a tape that is recorded in NTSC color system 5 Press MENU to go back to the original screen VCR MODE APC AUTO REPEAT RENTAL COL SYS ON OFF OFF AUTO S e l e c t a n d p r e s s ENTER The G CODE but...

Page 23: ... REW 0 To search a tape at high speed During playback press SEARCH 3 rewind or SEARCH fast forward A high speed picture appears on the TV screen To resume normal playback press PLAY To view the picture in fast forward or rewind mode Press and hold FF during fast forward or REW 0 during rewind While you hold the button you can view the picture When you release the button fast forward or rewind mode...

Page 24: ...end the video TV rewinds the tape to the beginning then plays it VCR MODE APC AUTO REPEAT RENTAL COL SYS ON OFF OFF AUTO S e l e c t a n d p r e s s ENTER VCR MODE APC AUTO REPEAT RENTAL COL SYS ON ON OFF AUTO S e l e c t a n d p r e s s ENTER CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING ...

Page 25: ...y reset to zero whenever a cassette is inserted The video TV keeps counting the length of the tape being played Note however that the tape counter does not count the portions without video signals recorded CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SE...

Page 26: ...reaches the end the video TV rewinds the tape automatically to the beginning then stops This function does not work when the power of the video TV is off To pause recording Press PAUSE P To resume recording press PAUSE P again You can cut out an unwanted scene during recording with this button 1 Press PAUSE P when an unwanted scene appears on the screen Recording pauses 2 Press PAUSE P again to re...

Page 27: ...ress until 27 WED appears For daily and weekly recording see Daily weekly recording on page 29 4 Press ENTER then set the hour of the recording start time to 20 with or Recording TV Programs Using the Timer CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE S...

Page 28: ... message on screen to interrupt your setting CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY STOP REW FF TIMER REC The G CODE button is for KV 14VM5G KV 21VM5G only PROGRAM LIST 27 WED20 15 S e l e c t a n d p r e s s DATE START STOP PROG 2 0 0...

Page 29: ...today n MON SUN n MON SAT n MON FRI n EVERY SAT n EVERY FRI n EVERY THU n EVERY WED n EVERY TUE n EVERY MON n EVERY SUN n 23 next month n 22 To stop timer recording Press TIMER REC ON OFF Using the Video TV before Timer Recording Starts You can watch a TV program check the timer settings and reset the counter in timer recording standby mode However press TIMER REC ON OFF to turn off the TIMER REC ...

Page 30: ...R ON SCREEN to go back to the original screen 6 If there are other timer settings on the list press TIMER REC ON OFF to set the video TV to timer recording standby mode PROGRAM LIST DATE START STOP PROG 2 0 1 5 2 1 5 5 1 1 7 SAT 8 3 0 1 0 1 5 5 0 MON SAT 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 EVERY SUN 9 5 5 1 2 3 0 1 0 S e l e c t a n d p r e s s 2 7 WED 2 0 0 0 2 4 1 1 SUN ENTER PROGRAM LIST DATE START STOP PROG 2 0...

Page 31: ... you are not recording 1 Switch on the video TV 2 Insert a cassette with its safety tab 3 Select the program position which you want to record 4 Press QUICK TIMER on the video TV The QUICK TIMER 0 00 appears on the screen 5 Press QUICK TIMER repeatedly to select the recording time period With each press the time period changes as follows The time period turns yellow and recording starts Even if yo...

Page 32: ... and program position appears on the TV screen If the information is not correct press TIMER CLEAR to cancel the setting 4 Repeat steps 1 to 3 to enter other settings 5 Press TIMER REC ON OFF The TIMER REC lamp on the front of the video TV lights up and the video TV enters timer recording standby mode To stop timer recording Press TIMER REC ON OFF Recording TV Programs Using G CODE KV 14VM5G KV 21...

Page 33: ... a message Good night is displayed on the screen Additional Operations Switching off Automatically Sleep Timer OFF 30 60 90 CLEAR ON OFF ON SCREEN INPUT SELECT DISPLAY POWER EJECT MUTING MENU ENTER 2 3 1 5 6 4 8 9 7 0 C PROGR VOL PICTURE MODE G CODE ON TIMER SLEEP INDEX TRACKING REC AUTO MANUAL COUNTER RESET PAUSE SEARCH PLAY STOP REW FF TIMER REC To cancel the timer Press SLEEP to select OFF The ...

Page 34: ...MENU to go back to the original screen If you are not using the video TV press POWER on the Remote Commander to set the video TV in standby mode At the preset time the video TV automatically switches on and a message Good morning is displayed for five minutes If you do not press any button for 2 hours the video TV automatically shuts off To cancel on timer function 1 Press ON TIMER The ON TIMER SE...

Page 35: ...here each recording begins Use these signals as references to find a specific recording This video TV can search up to 99 index signals ahead of or behind the current position 1 Insert an indexed tape 2 Press INDEX repeatedly to specify how many index signals ahead or behind you want to search To search ahead press INDEX To search backwards press INDEX The video TV starts searching and the index n...

Page 36: ...icture quality it is advisable to leave the function on The APC function works on all types of tapes even on rental tapes To change the setting use the menu display Move the cursor to VCR MODE in the main menu select APC in the VCR MODE menu then select ON or OFF with or Adjusting with Rental Picture If you are not satisfied with the picture quality while playing a tape even when the APC is on set...

Page 37: ...ding the Picture Input from Optional Equipment To watch the line input signal press INPUT SELECT so that LINE appears on the screen Connecting Optional Equipment to video output to audio output VMC 710M 720M not supplied LINE IN VIDEO LINE IN AUDIO ...

Page 38: ...ty device has been activated Switch off disconnect the AC power cord and leave the set for about one minute The color system is not set correctly Set COL SYS to the setting corresponding to the color system that the tape is recorded in page 22 Adjust the tracking page 36 The video heads are dirty Clean the heads using the Sony V 25CL video head cleaning tape page 40 If the cleaning tape is not ava...

Page 39: ...Rewind the tape The clock has not been set Set the current time and date page 17 You have made a mistake when setting the timer Check the setting steps pages 27 to 29 The safety tab of the cassette has been removed Cover the tab hole with adhesive tape or use another cassette with a safety tab No cassette has been inserted Insert a cassette with its safety tab The tape is at its end Rewind the tap...

Page 40: ...d be a standard charge Symptoms caused by contaminated video heads Worn Video Heads If your video TV displays a poor picture after you clean the video heads you may need to replace them Consult your dealer or the Sony Service Center nearest you Check the Video Heads after 1 000 Hours of Use A video TV is a high precision machine It must record on or play from magnetic tapes on which the image sign...

Page 41: ...ject to change without notice TV Section Television system B G I D K M Color system PAL SECAM and NTSC3 58 NTSC4 43 Channel coverage See Receivable channels and channel display on page 42 Picture tube Trinitron KV 14VM5G KV 14VM5MT 14 inches approx 37 cm measured diagonally KV 21VM5G KV 21VM5MT 21 inches approx 54 5 cm measured diagonally Antenna in 75 ohm antenna socket for VHF UHF Video Section ...

Page 42: ...to S 41 R 1 to R 2 R 21 to R 60 C 1 C 2 C 3 C 4 C 5 C 6 C 7 to C 12 C 13 to C 24 C 25 to C 47 C 48 to C 57 1 to 3 S 1 to S 39 A 2 to A 13 A 14 to A 83 A 8 A 7 A 6 A 5 to A 1 A to E F to W 28 W 29 to W 58 Channel display C02 to C12 C21 to C69 C01 C03 to C12 C70 to C73 C08 to C10 S42 to S46 S01 to S41 C21 to C69 C01 to C09 C04 to C13 C21 to C68 C00 C02 to C03 S42 to S46 S01 to S41 C01 to C12 C21 to ...

Page 43: ... and lamp page 26 QUICK TIMER button pages 10 31 TUNER PRESET ON OFF button page 10 Tape transport buttons pages 22 23 1 EJECT 6 button page 21 2 LINE IN VIDEO AUDIO jacks page 37 3 POWER switch pages 8 18 4 Lamps TIMER REC recording page 29 ON TIMER page 34 STANDBY lamp pages 8 18 5 earphone jack 6 INPUT SELECT button pages 10 20 37 7 TIMER REC ON OFF button pages 29 30 EJECT STOP REW PLAY FF PAU...

Page 44: ...ODE button page 19 6 G CODE button KV 14VM5G KV 21VM5G only page 32 7 ON TIMER button page 34 8 INDEX buttons page 35 9 TRACKING buttons page 36 4 buttons AUTO MANUAL button º REC recording r button page 26 DISPLAY button pages 19 25 TIMER REC buttons TIMER ON SCREEN pages 27 30 ON OFF pages 29 30 CLEAR page 30 Menu operation buttons page 8 MENU ENTER Number buttons pages 11 18 SLEEP button page 3...

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