Sony KV-BT21 User manual

Sony KV-BT21M50 Group A28 (GB)_4-100-614-11 (1)
Trinitron Color TV
Operating Instructions
• Before operating the unit, please read this manual thoroughly and
retain it for future reference.
KV-BT21
KV-BM14
© 2003 Sony Corporation
4-100-614-11 (1)
M50
M40
GB
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Do not place any objects on the TV. The apparatus
shall not be exposed to dripping or splashing and
that no objects filled with liquids, such as vases,
shall be placed on the apparatus.
WARNING
• Dangerously high voltages are present inside the TV.
• TV operating voltage: 110 – 240 V AC.
• Do not plug in the power cord until you have completed making all other
connections; otherwise a minimum leakage current might flow through the antenna
and other terminals to ground.
• To avoid battery leakage and damage to the remote, remove the batteries from the
remote if you are not going to use it for several days. If any liquid leaks from the
batteries and touches your skin, immediately wash it away with water.
Do not open the cabinet and the rear cover of the
TV as high voltages and other hazards are present
inside the TV. Refer servicing and disposal of the
TV to qualified personnel.
Your TV is recommended for home use only.
Do not use the TV in any vehicle or where it may be
subject to excessive dust, heat, moisture or
vibrations.
Do not operate the TV if any liquid or solid object
falls into it. Have it checked immediately by
qualified personnel only.
Do not block the ventilation openings of the TV.
Do not install the TV in a confined space, such as a
bookcase or built-in cabinet.
For children’s safety, do not leave children alone
with the TV. Do not allow children to climb onto it.
Clean the TV with a dry and soft cloth.
Do not use benzine, thinner, or any other chemicals to
clean the TV. Do not attach anything (e.g., adhesive
tape, cellophane tape, glue) on the painted cabinet of
the TV. Do not scratch the picture tube.
For your own safety, do not touch any part of the
TV, the power cord and the antenna cable during
lightning storms.
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Install the TV on a stable TV stand and floor which
can support the TV set weight. Ensure that the TV
stand surface is flat and its area is larger than the
bottom area of the TV.
Do not plug in too many appliances to the same
power socket. Do not damage the power cord.
Pull the power cord out by the plug. Do not pull
the power cord itself. Even if your TV is turned
off, it is still connected to the AC power source
(mains) as long as the power cord is plugged in.
Unplug the TV before moving it or if you are not
going to use it for several days.
To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the
TV to rain or moisture.
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xSecuring the TV
BKV-BT21M50 only
To prevent the TV from falling, use the supplied screws, clamps and band to
secure the TV.
20 mm
3.8 mm
screws clamps band
Screw the band to the TV stand and to the
provided hole at the rear of your TV.
(1) Put a cord or chain through the clamps.
(2) Screw one clamp to a wall or pillar and
the other clamp to the provided hole at
the rear of your TV.
Note
• Use only the supplied screws. Use of other screws may damage the TV.
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Table of Contents
Installation
Getting Started ..................................... 6
Setting up your TV
(“Initial Setup”) .................................... 7
Overview of Controls
TV top control, front and
rear panels............................................. 8
Using the remote control and
basic functions ...................................... 9
Menu Adjustment
Introducing the menu system .......... 11
Changing the “Picture” setting ........ 14
Changing the “Sound” setting ......... 15
Changing the “Timer” setting .......... 16
Changing the “Channel Setup”
setting .................................................. 17
Changing the “Setup” setting .......... 19
Additional Information
Connecting optional components ... 20
Troubleshooting ................................. 21
Specifications ...................... Back cover
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Installation
xGetting Started
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Step 1
Insert the batteries (supplied) into the remote.
Note
• Do not use old or different types of batteries together.
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Set up the TV by following the instructions of the
“Initial Setup” menu (see page 7).
Plug in the power cord, then press !on the TV to
turn it on.
Note
• The 1(standby) indicator flashes green for a few seconds
when turning on the TV. This does not indicate a
malfunction.
Connect the antenna cable (not supplied) to 8
(antenna input) at the rear of the TV.
Tip
• You can also connect your TV to other optional components
(see page 20).
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x Setting up your TV
(“Initial Setup”)
When you turn on your TV for the first time, the “Initial Setup” menu will appear.
You may change the menu language, preset the TV channels automatically and adjust
the picture position using the buttons on the top control panel.
Tip
• The MENU, and V/v/B/b buttons on the remote control can also be used for the
operations below.
1Press 2+/– to select the desired menu
language, then press t.
The selected menu language appears.
2Press 2+/– to select “Yes”, then press t
to preset the channels automatically or
select “No” to skip automatic channel
presetting.
Once you select “Yes”, your TV will start
searching for all the available channels.
If the message “No channel found. Please
connect cable/antenna.” appears, check your
TV connections, then press t.
3Press 2+/– to adjust the bars on the
top and bottom of the menu if they are
slanted, then press t(KV-BT21M50
only).
If no adjustment is necessary, then press t.
4Press 2+/– to select “No”, then press t.
This menu will not appear again the next
time you turn on the TV by pressing !.
To allow this menu to appear again, select
“Yes”, then press t.
Tips
• You can immediately go to the end of the ”Initial Setup” menu by pressing MENU.
• You can also set up your TV by pressing the MENU button on the top control panel for about
five seconds or using the menu system (see page 11).
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8Overview of Controls
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Overview of Controls
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LR
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(MONO)
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TV front
panel
xTV top control, front and rear panels
TV top control panel
TV rear panel
KV-BT21M50 KV-BM14M40
KV-BT21M50 KV-BM14M40
Button/Terminal Function Page
1!Turn off or turn on the TV. 6
2Remote control sensor. –
3Wake Up indicator. 16
31Standby indicator. 6
4iHeadphone jack. –
4Earphone jack. –
5t2 Video input terminal 2. 20
6PROG +/– Select program number. –
72+/– Adjust volume. –
8tSelect TV or video input. 20
Menu operations
7 2 +/– Select and adjust items. –
8 t Confirm selected items. –
9MENU Display or cancel the menu. –
08Antenna input terminal. 20
qa TMonitor output terminal. 20
qs t1 Video input terminal 1. 20
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Overview of Controls
Overview of Controls
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xUsing the remote control and basic
functions
TV
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PROG
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Button Description Page
1?/1 Turn off temporarily or turn on the TV. –
2aDisplay the TV program. –
3Jump to last program number that has been –
watched for at least five seconds.
4PROG +/– Select program number. –
52+/– Adjust volume. –
8Not function for your TV. –
9Mute the sound. –
0 Display on-screen information. –
qs tSelect TV or video input. 20
qd 0 – 9, ÷Input numbers. –
qh Select surround mode options: –
(KV-BT21M50 only) “On” (surround), “Simulated” (stereo-like
monaural sound), “Off”.
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Button Description Page
qk Select sound mode options: –
(KV-BT21M50 only) “Dynamic” (low and high tones), “Drama” (voice
and high tones), “Soft” (soft, natural and relaxing
sound), “Personal”*.
* When the “Personal” mode is selected, you can
receive the last adjusted sound settings from the
“Sound Adjustment” option in the menu
(see page 15).
ql Select picture mode options: –
“Dynamic” (high contrast), “Standard” (normal
contrast), “Soft” (mild), “Personal”*.
* When the “Personal” mode is selected, you can
receive the last adjusted picture settings from the
“Picture Adjustment” option in the menu
(see page 14).
Menu operations
6MENU Display or cancel the menu. 13
7Confirm selected items. 13
qj V, v, B, b Select and adjust items. 13
Timer operations
qf Set TV to turn on automatically. –
qg Set TV to turn off automatically. –
Stereo/bilingual operations
qa A/B Not function for your TV. –
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Menu Adjustment
xIntroducing the menu system
The MENU button lets you open a menu and change the settings of your TV.
The following is an overview of the menu system.
Return icon
Setup icon
Channel Setup icon
Timer icon
Name of the current
menu
Picture icon
Menu level 3
Menu level 2
User Guidance
Menu level 1
Level 1
“Picture”
“Sound”
Level 2
“Mode”
“Picture Adjustment”
“Color Temperature”
“Intelligent Picture”
“Mode”
(KV-BT21M50 only)
“Sound Adjustment”
(KV-BT21M50 only)
“Balance”
(KV-BT21M50 only)
“Intelligent Volume”
“Surround”
(KV-BT21M50 only)
Level 3/Function
Select the picture mode:
“Dynamic” t“Standard” t“Soft” t“Personal”
Adjust the “Personal” option:
“Picture” t“Brightness” t“Color” t
“Hue” t“Sharpness” t “Reset”
Adjust white color tint:
“Cool” t“Neutral” t“Warm”
Optimize picture quality:
“On” t“Off”
Select the sound mode:
“Dynamic” t“Drama” t“Soft” t“Personal”
Adjust the “Personal” option:
“Treble” t“Bass” t“Reset”
Select to emphasize the left and right speakers.
Adjust volume automatically:
“On” t“Off”
Select the surround mode:
“On” t“Simulated” t“Off”
Page
14
15
Confirm End
Setup
Picture Rotation
Language: English
Video Label
Color System:
Select
Sound icon
continue
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Level 1
“Timer”
“Channel Setup”
“Setup”
Level 2
“Sleep Timer”
“Wake Up Timer”
“Auto Program”
“Manual Program”
“TV System”
“Program Label”
“Program Block”
“Language”
“Picture Rotation”
(KV-BT21M50 only)
“Video Label”
“Color System”
Level 3/Function
Set TV to turn off automatically.
Set TV to turn on automatically.
Preset channels automatically.
Preset channels manually.
Select the TV system:
“B/G” t “ I” t“D/K” t“M”
Label the program number.
Block unwanted programs.
Change the menu language:
“English” t“ ” (Vietnamese)
Adjust the picture position.
Label the connected equipment.
Select the color system:
“Auto” t “PAL” t “SECAM” t“NTSC3.58” t
“NTSC4.43”
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How to use the menu
Other menu operations
Tips
• If you want to exit from Menu level 2 to Menu level 1, press Vor vuntil the return icon ( ) is
highlighted, then press .
• The MENU, tand 2 +/– buttons on the top control panel can also be used for the
operations above (see page 8).
To
Adjust the setting value
Move to the next/previous menu level
Cancel the menu
Press
V, v, B or b.
B or b.
MENU.
Press V or vto select
the desired item.
Press (or b) to
confirm your
selection and
go to the next
level.
Press MENU to
display the menu.
TV
0
MENU
PROG
Select Confirm End
Picture
Color Temperature: Cool
Picture Adjustment
Mode: Dynamic
Intelligent Picture: On
Select End
Channel Setup
Program Label
TV System:
Manual Program
Auto Program
Confirm
Program Block
B/G
Select End
Channel Setup
Program Label
Manual Program
B/G
TV System:
Program Block
Confirm
Auto Program
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xChanging the “Picture” setting
The “Picture” menu allows you to adjust the picture settings.
1Press MENU.
2Make sure the “Picture” icon ( ) is
selected, then press .
3Press Vor vto select the desired item (e.g., “Mode”), then press .
Select To
“Mode” choose either “Dynamic”, “Standard”, “Soft” or
“Personal”* (see page 10).
“Color Temperature” adjust white color tint.
Choose either “Cool” (blue tint), “Neutral” (neutral
tint) or “Warm” (red tint).
“Intelligent Picture” optimize picture quality.
Press Vor vto select “On”, then press .
To cancel, select “Off”, then press .
* You can adjust the setting to your personal preference in the “Picture Adjustment” and
“Color Temperature” options only when the “Personal” mode is selected.
Adjusting the “Picture Adjustment” items under “Personal”
mode
1Press Vor vto select either “Picture” (contrast), “Brightness”, “Color”,
“Hue” (color tones) or “Sharpness”, then press .
Selecting “Reset” will set your TV to the factory setting.
2Press V,v,B or bto adjust the setting of your selected item, then press .
3Repeat the above steps to adjust other items.
The adjusted settings will be received when you select “Personal”.
Notes
• “Hue” can be adjusted for the NTSC color system only.
• Reducing “Sharpness” can also reduce picture noise.
Confirm End
Picture
Color Temperature: Cool
Picture Adjustment
Mode: Dynamic
Intelligent Picture: On
Select
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xChanging the “Sound” setting
The “Sound” menu allows you to adjust the sound settings.
1Press MENU.
2Press Vor vto select the “Sound”
icon ( ), then press .
2Press Vor vto select the desired item (e.g., “Mode”), then press .
Select To
“Mode” choose either “Dynamic”, “Drama”, “Soft” or
(KV-BT21M50 only) “Personal”* (see page 10).
“Balance” Press vor Bto emphasize the left speaker.
(KV-BT21M50 only) Press Vor bto emphasize the right speaker.
“Intelligent Volume” adjust the volume of all program numbers and
video inputs automatically.
Press Vor vto select “On”, then press .
To cancel, select “Off”, then press .
“Surround” choose either “On”, “Simulated” or “Off”
(KV-BT21M50 only) (see page 9).
* You can adjust the setting to your personal preference in the “Sound Adjustment”
option only when the “Personal” mode is selected.
Adjusting the “Sound Adjustment” items under “Personal”
mode (KV-BT21M50 only)
1Press Vor vto select either “Treble” or “Bass”, then press .
Selecting “Reset” will set your TV to the factory setting.
2Press V,v,B or b to adjust the setting of your selected item, then press .
3Repeat the above steps to adjust other items.
The adjusted settings will be received when you select “Personal”.
Balance
Intelligent Volume:
Surround: Off
Off
Sound Adjustment
Dynamic
Mode:
Sound
Confirm End
Select
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xChanging the “Timer” setting
The “Timer” menu allows you to set TV to turn off and turn on automatically.
1Press MENU.
2Press Vor vto select the “Timer” icon ( ),
then press .
3Press Vor vto select the desired item (e.g., “Sleep Timer”), then press .
Select To
“Sleep Timer” set TV to turn off automatically.
Press Vor vto select the desired period of time (max. of 1 hour
and 30 minutes), then press .
“Wake Up Timer” set TV to turn on automatically.
Press Vor vto select the desired period of time (max. of 12
hours), then press . After the selected length of time, the TV
switches on automatically and “Wake Up Timer” will appear on
the screen.
The indicator on the TV lights up amber once you set the
“Wake Up Timer”.
Notes
• You can also cancel “Sleep Timer” and “Wake Up Timer” by turning off the TV’s main power.
• If no buttons or controls are pressed for more than one hour after the TV is turned on using
the “Wake Up Timer”, the TV automatically goes into standby mode.
Timer
Wake Up Timer:
Sleep Timer: Off
Off
Confirm End
Select
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xC hanging the “Channel Setup”
setting
The “Channel Setup” menu allows you to preset channels automatically,
manually preset channels, select the TV system, label the program number and
block unwanted programs.
1Press MENU.
2Press Vor vto select the “Channel Setup”
icon ( ), then press .
3Press Vor vto select the desired item (e.g., “Auto Program”), then press .
Select To
“Auto Program” preset channels automatically.
“Manual Program” manually preset desired channels and channels that cannot be
preset automatically (see Presetting channels manually on
page 18).
“TV System” select the TV system.
Press Vor vto select either “B/G”, “I”, “D/K” or “M”, then
press .
“Program Label” label the program number.
(1) Select “Program” and press .
Press Vor vto select the program number, then press .
(2) Select “Label” and press . Press Vor vto select
alphanumeric characters for the label, then press .
“Program Block” block unwanted programs.
(1) Select “Program” and press .
Press Vor vto select the program number, then press .
(2) Select “Block” and press , then press Vor vto choose
either “On” or “Off”.
If you preset a blocked program number, that program number
will be unblocked automatically.
Note
• During automatic channel presetting, your TV screen will indicate “B/G”, “I”, “D/K” or “M”
for the “TV System”.
Channel Setup
Program Block
Manual Program
Auto Program
Program Label
TV System: B/G
Select End
Confirm
continue
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Presetting channels manually
1After selecting “Manual Program”, select the program
number to which you want to preset a channel.
(1) Make sure “Program” is selected, then press .
(2) Press Vor v
until the program number you want
to preset appears on the menu, then press .
2Select the desired channel.
(1) Make sure either “VHF Low”, “VHF High” or “UHF” is selected, then press
.
(2) Press Vor vuntil the desired channel’s broadcast appears on the TV screen,
then press .
3If the sound of the desired channel is abnormal, select the appropriate TV
system.
(1) Press Vor v
to select “TV System”, then press .
(2) Press Vor v
until the sound becomes normal, then press .
4If you are not satisfied with the picture and sound quality, you may be able
to improve them by using the “Fine” tuning feature.
(1) Press Vor v to select “Fine”, then press .
(2) Press Vor v
to select “Manual”, then press .
(3)
Press V,v,Bor buntil the picture and sound quality are optimal, then press .
The + or – icon on the menu flashes while tuning.
5If you want to skip this program number when using PROG +/–, you can
select the “Skip” feature.
(1) Press Vor v to select “Skip”, then press .
(2) Press Vor v
to select “On”, then press .
To cancel, select “Off”, then press .
VHF Low
Fine: Auto
Skip: Off
TV System: B/G
Program:
Manual Program
Confirm End
Select
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xC hanging the “Setup” setting
The “Setup” menu allows you to change the menu language, adjust the picture
position, label the connected equipment and select the color system.
1Press MENU.
2Press Vor vto select the “Setup” icon
(), then press .
3Press Vor vto select the desired item (e.g., “Language”), then press .
Select To
“Language” change the menu language.
Press Vor vto select either “English” or “ ” (Vietnamese),
then press .
“Picture Rotation” adjust the picture position when it is not aligned with the TV screen.
(KV-BT21M50 only) Press B or b to adjust the picture position, then press .
“Video Label” label the connected equipment.
(1) Select “Video Input” and press .
Press Vor vto select the input you want to label, then press .
(2) Select “Label” and press , then press Vor vto select the label
options: ”Video 1/Video 2”, “VCR”, “SAT”, “Game” or “Edit”*.
* You may edit the video label. Press Vor vto select alphanumeric
characters for the label, then press .
“Color System” select the color system.
Press Vor vto select either “Auto”, “PAL”, “SECAM”, “NTSC3.58”
or “NTSC4.43”, then press . Normally, set this to “Auto”.
Confirm End
Setup
Picture Rotation
Language: English
Video Label
Color System: Auto
Select
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TV rear panel
Audio system
L
R
(MONO)
VCR
Audio/Video cable
(not supplied)
Connecting to the monitor output terminal ( T )
xConnecting optional components
Connecting to the video input terminal ( t)
Additional Information
TV front panel
Video game
equipment
2
(MONO)– –(MONO)
2
L(MONO)– –R
1
L
R
(MONO)
1
(MONO)
(MONO)
Audio/Video
cable
(not supplied)
Antenna cable
(not supplied)
VCR
TV rear panel
Audio/Video
cable
(not supplied)
Camcorder
* Sound Mix Terminal (KV-BM14M40 only)
You can connect the audio L and R jacks from your AV equipment to both (MONO)
jacks on the TV to enjoy mixed left and right sound. If you do not prefer the mixed
sound, disconnect either one of the (MONO) jacks.
Note
• If you connect a VCR to 8(antenna input), preset the signal output from the VCR to the
program number 0 on the TV (see page 18).
KV-BT21M50
KV-BM14M40*
KV-BT21M50
KV-BM14M40*
KV-BM14M40 KV-BT21M50
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