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SONY KV-14V4U (GB)_3-856-873-11 (1)

© 1996 by Sony Corporation       

Printed in Spain

3-856-873-11 (1)

GB

Operating Instructions

KV-14V4U

Trinitron Colour Video TV

PAL NTSC 4.43

Summary of Contents for Trinitron KV-14V4U

Page 1: ...SONY KV 14V4U GB _3 856 873 11 1 1996 by Sony Corporation Printed in Spain 3 856 873 11 1 GB Operating Instructions KV 14V4U Trinitron Colour Video TV PAL NTSC 4 43 ...

Page 2: ... use the plug without the fuse cover If you should lose the fuse cover please contact your nearest Sony service station For safe installation Do not block the ventilation openings Do not install the unit in hot humid or excessively dusty places Do not install the unit where it may be exposed to mechanical vibrations Position the unit so that there is a clear space of 10 cm from a wall allowing you...

Page 3: ...ions 21 Resetting the tape counter 21 Recording TV programmes 22 Recording TV programmes 22 Recording with the TV off 22 Recording TV programmes using the timer 23 Setting the timer 23 Using the video TV before timer recording starts 25 Checking the timer settings 26 Changing or canceling the timer settings 26 Recording using the quick timer 27 Timer recording with PDC signals 28 Recording TV prog...

Page 4: ...u have taken everything out of the carton check that you have these items Remote Commander Two R6 size AA batteries Loop aerial 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: ...o TV adjust the aerial for best reception Do not use this aerial with any other TV product Connecting an Outdoor Aerial For better TV reception and recording with clear video picture connect an outdoor aerial to your video TV To connect a UHF aerial 75 ohm coaxial cable round Attach an IEC aerial connector to 75 ohm coaxial cable Plug the connector into the aerial socket of the video TV After conn...

Page 6: ...nd press OK The LANGUAGE menu appears 3 Select the language you want with or and press OK The selected language is coloured green and the menu appears in the selected language 4 Press MENU to go back to the original screen Step 3 Tuning in to TV Stations ON TIMER SLEEP VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WEEKLY REC PAUSE CLEAR TIMER ON SCREEN QUICK TIMER COUNTER RESET TIMER REC ON OFF REW FF STOP PLAY 1 2 3 4 5...

Page 7: ...mber selected in step 4 The band scanning by tuning bar is displayed in the BAND position The preset programme and channel numbers are displayed on the screen in sequence When presetting is finished the original screen appears All available channels are now stored on successive number buttons OK AUTO PROGRAMME SYSTEM I S a p e l e c t nd r e s s PROG BAND OK AUTO PROGRAMME SYSTEM S a p e l e c t n...

Page 8: ...nnel press OK If not press or again to search for another channel 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to preset other channels 7 After you finish presetting press MENU to go back to the original screen MANUAL PROGRAMME PROG SYS BAND 0 LABEL AFT 1 2 UHF ON ON ON I I I UHF UHF OK S a p e l e c t nd r e s s OK MANUAL PROGRAMME PROG S a p e l e c t nd r e s s SYS BAND 0 LABEL AFT 1 2 ON ON ON I I I UHF UHF UHF For...

Page 9: ... and press OK The SYS position turns red 5 Press or until appears in the SYS position and press OK When you select programmes using the PROGR buttons the programme position is skipped 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to skip other programme positions 7 Press MENU to go back to the original screen OK MANUAL PROGRAMME PROG S a p e l e c t nd r e s s SYS BAND 0 LABEL AFT 1 2 UHF ON ON ON I I I UHF UHF OK MANUA...

Page 10: ...er or number with or and press OK The next element turns red Select other characters in the same way For the element you want to leave blank select and press OK 6 After selecting all the characters press OK repeatedly until the cursor appears 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 OK MANUAL PROGRAMME PROG S...

Page 11: ...y until the AFT position turns red then press or to select OFF 6 Press OK The tuning bar turns red While holding down or the tuning bar flashes red and green by turns and the channel is fine tuned When the best TV reception is found release or 7 Press OK The cursor z appears Now the fine tuned level is stored 8 Repeat steps 4 to 7 to fine tune other channels 9 Press MENU to go back to the original...

Page 12: ...to PROGRAMME PRESET with or and press OK The PROGRAMME PRESET menu appears 3 Move the cursor z to SET UP GUIDE CH with or and press OK The SET UP GUIDE CH menu appears Step 4 Setting up Video Plus If you have made a mistake Press to go back to the previous position ON TIMER MENU SLEEP VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WEEKLY PROGR REC PAUSE CLEAR TIMER ON SCREEN QUICK TIMER COUNTER RESET TIMER REC ON OFF OK 1...

Page 13: ...HANNEL THE FAMILY CHANNEL 111 SKY MOVIES GOLD 112 BBC WORLD SERVICE 113 RTL 4 114 SUPER SPORT FILMNET 2 FILMNET 115 RTL PLUS INTERNATIONAL 116 SAT 1 117 PREMIERE 118 3 SAT 119 ARD 120 PRO 7 121 TELE 5 Guide Station name channel 122 TELECLUB 123 UK GOLD 124 DISCOVERY THE LEARNING CHANNEL 125 BRAVO ADULT CHANNEL 126 CNN 127 EURONEWS 129 QVC 130 UK LIVING 131 RAI 1 132 RAI 2 133 TV5 EUROPE 134 TVE IN...

Page 14: ... MENU to go back to the original screen Step 5 Setting the Clock If you have made a mistake Press to go back to the previous position If the clock has stopped and is displayed You have to re set the clock OK MENU VISUAL MODE ON TIMER SET CLOCK SET TRACKING CONTROL LANGUAGE PROGRAMME PRESET DEMONSTRATION S a p e l e c t nd r e s s CLOCK SET 4 2 1 9 9 6 WED 5 3 0 OK S a p e l e c t nd r e s s 1 1 CL...

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Page 16: ...r picture effect in the menu You can also adjust the picture to suit your own taste Selecting the picture effect 1 Press MENU to display the main menu 2 Move the cursor z to VISUAL MODE with or and press OK The VISUAL MODE menu appears Current date and time Caption Programme position OK MENU VISUAL MODE ON TIMER SET CLOCK SET TRACKING CONTROL LANGUAGE PROGRAMME PRESET DEMONSTRATION S a p e l e c t...

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Page 18: ... headphones jack inside the front panel on the video TV The sound from the speaker is shut off 7 Press MENU to go back to the original screen The adjusted control levels are stored Effect of each control Effect Less More Less More Darker Brighter Greenish Reddish Resets all the items to the factory preset levels PICTURE CONTROL CONTRAST COLOUR BRIGHTNESS HUE RESET ON TIMER SLEEP VIDEO Plus ONCE DA...

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Page 20: ...ck for a moment Press PAUSE P The picture pauses Press PAUSE P again or press PLAY to resume playback If you leave your video TV in pause mode normal playback resumes after about 5 minutes to protect the quality of video tapes To fast forward the tape Press STOP p then press FF To rewind the tape Press STOP p then press REW 0 To search a tape at high speed During playback press and hold REW 0 rewi...

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Page 22: ...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 release the pause mode at the desired scene Recording resumes from the point set in step 1 When the reco...

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Page 24: ...et stop time ON TIMER SLEEP VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WEEKLY PROGR REC PAUSE CLEAR QUICK TIMER COUNTER RESET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 REW FF STOP PLAY MENU OK TIMER REC ON OFF TIMER ON SCREEN OK PROGRAMME LIST DATE S a p e l e c t nd r e s s START STOP 2 0 0 0 WED 1 2 4 PDC PROG 5 1 0 2 FRI 6 OK PROGRAMME LIST DATE S a p e l e c t nd r e s s START STOP 2 0 0 0 WED 1 2 4 PDC PROG 1 2 5 1 0 2 FRI 6 OK PROGRA...

Page 25: ...ss TIMER REC ON OFF The TIMER REC lamp turns off Using the Video TV before Timer Recording Starts You can watch a TV programme 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 lamp on the front of the video TV to do the following operations ejecting the cassette using the tape operation buttons changing or cance...

Page 26: ... 24 To cancel the setting Press TIMER REC CLEAR 5 Press TIMER 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 ON TIMER MENU SLEEP VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WEEKLY PROGR REC PAUSE QUICK TIMER COUNTER RESET 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 REW FF STOP PLAY OK CLEAR TIMER ON SCREEN TIMER REC ON OFF O...

Page 27: ... tab 3 Select the programme position which you want to record 4 Press QUICK TIMER on the Remote Commander 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 you switch off the video TV it continues recording When the preset time per...

Page 28: ... so that the PDC lamp lights up 3 Set the timer following the steps in Setting the timer pages 23 and 24 Notes on PDC recording If you use PDC recording while watching the TV the programme automatically changes to the timer recording programme and you cannot change programmes Make sure to use PDC recording only when the video TV set is in standby mode or in power switch off mode If you watch the T...

Page 29: ...nly once ONCE Monday to Friday at the same scheduled time DAILY Every week at the same scheduled time WEEKLY If you have made a mistake entering programme s PlusCode Press TIMER REC CLEAR and re enter the correct number Recording TV programmes using VIDEO Plus ON TIMER MENU SLEEP PROGR REC PAUSE TIMER ON SCREEN QUICK TIMER COUNTER RESET TIMER REC ON OFF OK REW FF STOP PLAY VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WE...

Page 30: ...f the video TV lights up and the video TV enters timer recording standby mode To stop recording To stop the video TV while recording a programme press pSTOP ON TIMER MENU SLEEP VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WEEKLY PROGR REC PAUSE CLEAR TIMER ON SCREEN QUICK TIMER COUNTER RESET OK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 REW FF STOP PLAY TIMER REC ON OFF STOP ...

Page 31: ...P With each press the time period in minutes changes as follows One minute before the TV switches into standby mode a message Good night is displayed on the screen OFF 30 60 90 ON TIMER MENU VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WEEKLY PROGR REC PAUSE CLEAR TIMER ON SCREEN QUICK TIMER COUNTER RESET TIMER REC ON OFF OK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 REW FF STOP PLAY SLEEP To cancel the timer Press SLEEP to select OFF ...

Page 32: ...e the cursor z to ON TIMER with or and press OK then select ON with or and press OK 9 Press MENU to go back to the original screen 10 Press ON TIMER The ON TIMER lamp on the front of the video TV lights up If you are not using the video TV press u 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 I...

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Page 36: ...week Re set the clock and timer settings if necessary pages 14 23 The safety device has been activated Switch off disconnect the mains lead and leave the set for about one minute The COLOUR SYSTEM switch is set to incorrect position Set COLOUR SYSTEM to the position corresponding to the colour system with which the tape is recorded page 20 Adjust the tracking page 33 The video heads are dirty Clea...

Page 37: ...fety tab The tape is at its end Rewind the tape The clock has not been set Set the current time and date page 14 You have made a mistake when setting the timer Check the setting steps pages 23 to 25 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 t...

Page 38: ...the unit may not operate correctly To avoid possible damage caused by moisture condensation be sure not to leave a cassette inside the compartment when the unit is not in use When bringing the unit from a cold place to a warm place wait for about 10 minutes before operating it If the tape operation buttons do not work due to moisture condensation leave the unit for more than one hour with the powe...

Page 39: ...ng interference suppression TV Section Television system I Colour system PAL Channel coverage See Television channel number guide at the next page Picture tube Trinitron Approx 37 cm 145 8 inches Approx 34 cm picture measured diagonally Aerial in UHF Video Section Format VHS standard Video recording system Rotary 2 head helical scanning system Audio recording system Monaural Video signal PAL Tape ...

Page 40: ...Sandy Heath 31 27 24 21 Sudbury 51 44 41 47 Tacolneston 62 55 59 65 Midlands West ª Ridge Hill 22 28 25 32 º Sutton Coldfiled 46 40 43 50 The Wrekin 26 33 23 29 Midlands East Waltham 58 64 61 54 Northern Ireland Brougher Mountain 22 28 25 32 Divis 31 27 24 21 Limavady 55 62 59 65 North Belmont 22 28 25 32 Emley Moor 44 51 47 41 North West Winter Hill 55 62 59 65 North East ª Bilsdale West Moor 33 ...

Page 41: ... programme buttons page 15 Remote sensor Tape transport buttons page 20 input select button pages 18 35 PDC button page 28 TIMER REC ON OFF button pages 25 26 REC recording r button page 22 AUTO REPEAT ON OFF switch page 21 COLOUR SYSTEM switch page 20 1 Lamps REC recording page 22 TIMER REC recording page 24 ON TIMER page 32 PDC page 28 2 u standby lamp page 15 3 u standby button page 15 4 Casset...

Page 42: ... function on this video TV 8 REC recording r button page 22 9 QUICK TIMER button page 27 º Tape transport buttons page 20 PLAY p STOP P PAUSE 0 REW rewind FF fast forward u standby button page 15 Teletext button The button does not function on this video TV input select button pages 18 35 The button does not function on this video TV Menu operation buttons pages 6 7 MENU OK Number button page 6 15...

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