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Operating Instructions

KV-21V4U

Trinitron Colour Video TV

PAL NTSC 4.43

© 1996 by Sony Corporation       

Printed in Spain

Summary of Contents for Trinitron KV-21V4U

Page 1: ...3 858 033 21 1 GB Operating Instructions KV 21V4U Trinitron Colour Video TV PAL NTSC 4 43 1996 by Sony Corporation Printed in Spain ...

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: ...pe counter 24 Recording TV programmes 25 Recording TV programmes 25 Recording with the TV off 25 Watching a TV programme while recording another 25 Recording TV programmes using the timer 26 Setting the timer 26 Using the video TV before timer recording starts 28 Checking the timer settings 29 Changing or canceling the timer settings 29 Recording using the quick timer 30 Timer recording with PDC s...

Page 4: ... When you have taken everything out of the carton check that you have these items Remote Commander Two R6 size AA batteries 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: ...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 connecting the aerial connect the mains lead to a wall outlet ...

Page 6: ...NGUAGE with or and 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 STO...

Page 7: ...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 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 butt...

Page 8: ...nnel press OK If not press or to search for another channel 8 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to preset other channels 9 After you finish presetting press MENU to go back to the original screen For programme positions beyond 6 The display scrolls by pressing repeatedly 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 T...

Page 9: ...urns 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 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 ...

Page 10: ...ss 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 ON TIMER MENU SLEEP VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WEEKLY PROGR...

Page 11: ...ile holding down or so that you get the best TV reception As you press these buttons the frequency changes from 15 to 15 6 After fine tuning press OK The cursor z appears The fine tuned level is now stored 7 Repeat steps 4 to 6 to fine tune other channels 8 Press MENU to go back to the original screen ON TIMER SLEEP VIDEO Plus ONCE DAILY WEEKLY REC PAUSE CLEAR TIMER ON SCREEN QUICK TIMER COUNTER R...

Page 12: ...n turns red 5 Press or until r appears in the D position and press OK 6 Press MENU to go back to the original screen Note During recording the signal of a programme to which the Pay TV decoder is set the signal of other programme positions cannot be decoded 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 2 3 4 5...

Page 13: ...rsor z 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 O...

Page 14: ...HILDERN S CHANNEL 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...

Page 15: ...s 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 C...

Page 16: ... of the video TV lights up in red To switch on again Press PROGR or number buttons on the Remote Commander or PROGR on the video TV To switch off the main power Press the U switch on the video TV Selecting TV Programmes 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 wa...

Page 17: ...enu 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 ABC 12 4 1 2 WED 2 0 0 0 C02 Current date and time Caption Programme position Channel number OK MENU VISUAL MODE ON TIMER SET CLOCK SET TRACKING CONTROL LANGUAGE PROGRAMME PRESET DEMONSTRAT...

Page 18: ...st other items 3 Using or select the setting you want and press OK For the effect of each setting see the table below The selected setting is stored Effect of each setting Setting PICTURE CONTROL STANDARD MILD MOVIE Picture effect The adjusted picture control levels are stored See Adjusting the picture displayed on the screen More contrast Less contrast Darker e g when watching a movie OK VISUAL M...

Page 19: ...2 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 D...

Page 20: ...n any three digits then re enter the correct page number 4 Press to return to the TV mode Using Fasttext This feature allows you to access a Teletext page with one button press When a Fasttext page is broadcast a colour coded menu appears at the bottom of the screen The colours of the menu correspond to the red green yellow and blue buttons on the Remote Commander These coloured buttons functions ...

Page 21: ...me you press V the screen changes as follows n Teletext n Teletext and TV Preventing a Teletext page from being updated or changed A Teletext page may consist of several subpages You can stop the page scrolling in order to read the text at your own pace Press HOLD The symbol appears on the screen and the selected subpage is held Press again to return normal Teletext operation ...

Page 22: ... If you insert a cassette with its safety tab removed playback starts Ejecting a Video Cassette Press EJECT 6 on the video TV or 6 on 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 er...

Page 23: ...ack 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 rew...

Page 24: ...a certain scene after playback Press COUNTER RESET on the Remote Commander to set the counter to 0 00 00 before playing the tape The tape counter is automatically reset to 0 00 00 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 4 1 2 WED E 2 0 5 1 0 S E S 2 ...

Page 25: ...E 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 recording pause mode lasts for about 5 minutes the video TV stops recording to protect the quality of video tapes Recor...

Page 26: ...the Timer Example Here is how to record a programme broadcast on programme position 26 from 20 15 to 21 55 on Friday 6th December 1996 1 Press TIMER ON SCREEN The PROGRAMME LIST appears 2 Press OK Today s date coloured red appears 3 Press until 6 FRI appears For daily and weekly recording see Daily weekly recording on page 28 4 Press OK then set the hour of the recording start time to 20 with or O...

Page 27: ... the preset 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 If you have made a mistake during timer setting Press to go back to the previous position and correct the setting If you try to enter the recording start time prior to the current time All the items of the se...

Page 28: ...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 29: ...26 and 27 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...

Page 30: ... 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 31: ...it was too weak or because the station failed to transmit PDC signals timer recording is made without the PDC function Timer Recording with PDC Signals The German broadcasting system transmits PDC Programme Delivery Control signals with the TV programmes These signals assure you that your timer recordings are made regardless of broadcast delays early starts or broadcast interruptions For example i...

Page 32: ...nly once ONCE Monday to Friday at the same scheduled time DAILY Every week at the same scheduled time WEEKLY The recording information appears date start and stop times programme position number Check that the information is correct If it is not press TIMER CLEAR to cancel the setting If you have made a mistake entering programme s PlusCode Press TIMER REC CLEAR and re enter the correct number Rec...

Page 33: ...of 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 p STOP 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 34: ...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 35: ...ve 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 ...

Page 36: ...ess OK The TRACKING CONTROL menu appears 3 Select MANUAL with or and press OK The tracking meter appears 4 Using or adjust the tracking to get the best picture 5 Press OK The main menu reappears 6 Press MENU to go back to the original screen Enhancing Video Picture Quality OK TRACKING CONTROL S a p e l e c t nd r e s s AUTO MANUAL OK TRACKING CONTROL S a p e l e c t nd r e s s AUTO MANUAL NORMAL T...

Page 37: ...C with or and press OK 4 Select ON or OFF with or and press OK 5 Press MENU to erase the main menu About the Auto Head Cleaner The auto head cleaner built into this set automatically cleans the video heads when a cassette is loaded or unloaded If the effect of head cleaning is not sufficient even after a cassette has been loaded unloaded several times clean the heads using the Sony V 25CL video he...

Page 38: ...Pay TV decoder is set If you do so the playback signal of the connected equipment will be recorded 2 for audio video input through the 2 2 jacks on the front panel If you play equipment connected to the W connector such as a VCR while watching a programme to which the Pay TV decoder is set the TV is automatically switched to the input through the W connector When you are watching a programme to wh...

Page 39: ...nput from optional equipment Editing onto another VCR Watching the Pay TV Channel After connecting the pay TV decoder to the W connector using VMC 212CE EURO cable set the Pay TV decoder following the steps in Setting a Pay TV channel page 12 VMC 212CE EURO cable not supplied to 21 pin EURO AV connector Rear VMC 212CE EURO cable not supplied to 21 pin EURO AV connector Rear ...

Page 40: ...ety 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 23 Adjust the tracking page 36 The video heads are dirty Clean the heads using the Sony V 25CL video head cleaning tape page 42 If the...

Page 41: ...fety tab The tape is at its end Rewind the tape The clock has not been set Set the current time and date page 15 You have made a mistake when setting the timer Check the setting steps pages 26 to 28 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 42: ... 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 pow...

Page 43: ...erference suppression TV Section Television system I Colour system PAL Channel coverage See Television channel number guide at the next page Picture tube Trinitron Approx 54 5 cm 21 inches Approx 51 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 speed P...

Page 44: ...t 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 3...

Page 45: ... 31 TIMER REC ON OFF button pages 28 29 REC recording r button page 25 AUTO REPEAT ON OFF switch page 24 COLOUR SYSTEM switch page 23 1 Lamps REC recording page 25 TIMER REC recording page 27 ON TIMER page 35 PDC page 31 2 u standby lamp page 16 3 u standby button page 16 4 EJECT 6 button page 22 5 Cassette compartment page 22 6 2 2 video audio input jacks page 38 7 2 headphones jack page 19 8 Tap...

Page 46: ...tton page 32 WEEKLY button page 32 7 Teletext operation buttons page 20 8 REC recording r button page 25 9 QUICK TIMER button page 30 º Tape transport buttons page 23 PLAY p STOP P PAUSE 0 REW rewind FF fast forward u standby button page 16 Teletext button page 20 input select button pages 19 21 38 Menu operation buttons pages 6 7 MENU OK Number button page 6 16 on screen display button pages 17 2...

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