Sony Trinitron KV-V1430K, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ... 1995 by Sony Corporation Printed in Spain 3 858 249 11 1 Operating Instructions KV V1430K P KV V2110K P PAL NTSC 4 43 Trinitron Colour Video TV GB ...

Page 2: ...ty places Do not install the unit where it may be exposed to mechanical vibrations For safe operations Do not operate the unit on anything but 230 V AC Do not operate the unit if any liquid or solid object falls in it have it checked immediately Unplug the unit from the wall outlet if you do not intend to use it for an extended period of time To disconnect the cord pull it out by the plug never by...

Page 3: ...19 Recording TV programmes 20 Recording TV programmes 20 Recording with the TV off 20 Recording TV programmes using the timer 21 Setting the timer 21 Using the video TV before timer recording starts 23 Checking the timer settings 24 Changing or canceling the timer settings 24 Recording using the quick timer 25 Additional Operations Switching off automatically Sleep timer 26 Switching on at your de...

Page 4: ...arton check that you have these items Remote Commander Two R6 size AA batteries Monopole aerial KV V1430K P only Aerial connector KV V1430K P only Inserting Batteries into the Remote Commander Turn the Commander over and remove the cover Check the polarities and position two R6 batteries correctly Close the cover KV V1430K P only ...

Page 5: ...cable ends to the VHF UHF mixer not supplied Plug the mixer into the aerial socket of the video TV After connecting the aerial connect the mains lead to a wall outlet Connecting an Indoor Aerial KV V1430K P only If your local VHF UHF signal is strong an indoor aerial can be used to obtain a clear picture Connect the supplied dipole aerial as follows 1 Insert the aerial until it clicks 2 After turn...

Page 6: ...ress 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 Note on the DEMONSTRATION function If you choose DEMONSTRATION on the main menu and press OK you can see a sequential demonstration on the menu funct...

Page 7: ...tting a receivable channel from programme number 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 To stop automatic channel presetting Press on the Remote Comma...

Page 8: ...ress OK repeatedly until the tuning bar turns red 7 Press up or down The tuning bar turns green and starts scanning receivable channels When the receivable channel is found the tuning bar stops If you want to preset this channel press OK If not press or again to search for another band 8 Repeat steps 4 to 7 to preset other channels 9 After you finish presetting press MENU to go back to the origina...

Page 9: ...nt to skip 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 For programme positions beyond 2 The display scrolls by pressing repeatedly ON TIMER SLEEP TIMER REC R...

Page 10: ...Select a letter 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 If you have m...

Page 11: ...K repeatedly 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 t...

Page 12: ... MENU to go back to the original screen Step 4 Setting the Clock ON TIMER SLEEP TIMER REC REC REW STOP PAUSE FF PLAY COUNTER RESET TIMER ON SCREEN ON OFF CLEAR MENU OK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 PROGR TIMER QUICK If you have made a mistake Press to go back to the previous position If power is interrupted or you disconnect the mains lead for more than one day You have to re set the clock CLOCK SET 1 1 1 9...

Page 13: ...e and the u lamp on the front of the video TV lights up in red To switch off the main power Disconnect the mains lead from a wall outlet 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 want to choose 14 press 1 and 4 Adjusting the Volume Press Á ...

Page 14: ...re 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 ABC 12 4 1 2 MON 2 0 0 0 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...

Page 15: ...eps 4 and 5 to adjust 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 ...

Page 16: ...not supplied to the 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 SLE...

Page 17: ...y mode 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 accidenta...

Page 18: ... TV picture To stop playback 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...

Page 19: ...ting the Tape Counter The tape counter helps you to locate 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 wi...

Page 20: ...ing 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 release the pause mode at the desired scene Recording resumes from the poin...

Page 21: ...ayed Setting the Timer Example Here is how to record a programme broadcast on programme position 26 from 20 15 to 21 55 on Wednesday 6th December 1995 1 Press TIMER ON SCREEN The PROGRAMME LIST appears 2 Press OK Today s date coloured red appears 3 Press until 6 WED appears For daily and weekly recording see Daily weekly recording on page 23 4 Press OK then set the hour of the recording start time...

Page 22: ... at the preset start time and goes off at the preset stop time ON TIMER SLEEP REC REW STOP PAUSE FF PLAY COUNTER RESET MENU OK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 PROGR TIMER ON SCREEN ON OFF CLEAR TIMER REC TIMER QUICK 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 ite...

Page 23: ...r recording Press 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 ch...

Page 24: ...o 9 on pages 21 and 22 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 SLEEP REC REW STOP PAUSE FF PLAY COUNTER RESET MENU OK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 PROGR TIMER ON SCREEN ON OFF CLEAR TIMER REC TIMER QUICK OK PROGRAMM...

Page 25: ...ith its safety 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 p...

Page 26: ...od Press SLEEP 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 TIMER REC REC REW STOP PAUSE FF PLAY COUNTER RESET TIMER ON SCREEN ON OFF CLEAR MENU OK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 PROGR ON TIMER SLEEP TIMER QUICK To cancel the timer Press SLEEP to select OFF OFF 30 60 90 ...

Page 27: ...r and press OK 8 Move 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 displaye...

Page 28: ...OL with or and press 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 ON TIMER SLEEP TIMER REC REC REW STOP PAUSE FF PLAY COUNTER RESET TIMER ON SCREEN ON OFF CLEAR MENU OK 1 2 3 ...

Page 29: ...nu appears 3 Move the cursor z to OPC 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 ...

Page 30: ...ctor 2 for audio video input through the 2 2 jacks on the front Editing with Another VCR Using an additional VCR you can edit a tape Editing from another VCR Connections are the same as in Watching the picture input from optional equipment Editing onto another VCR Rear VMC 212CE EURO cable not supplied to 21 pin EURO AV connector Rear to 21 pin EURO AV connector VMC 212CE EURO cable not supplied t...

Page 31: ...d timer settings if necessary pages 12 21 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 18 Adjust the tracking page 28 The video heads are dirty Clean the heads using the So...

Page 32: ...ty tab The tape is at its end Rewind the tape The clock has not been set Set the current time and date page 12 You have made a mistake when setting the timer Check the setting steps pages 21 to 23 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 tap...

Page 33: ... or worn after extended use You should have your video TV checked after each 1 000 hours of use Note Do not use a commercially available wet type cleaning tape as it may damage the video heads Taking Care of Your Video TV Normal picture Rough picture Unclear picture No picture or black white screen appears initial terminal Video Head Cleaning When playback pictures are noisy and hardly visible or ...

Page 34: ...L SECAM Channel coverage See Receivable channels at the bottom Picture tube Trinitron KV V1430K P Approx 37 cm 145 8 inches Approx 34 cm picture measured diagonally KV V2110K P Approx 54 5 cm 21 inches Approx 51 cm picture measured diagonally Aerial in 75 ohm aerial socket for VHF UHF Video Section Format VHS standard Video recording system Rotary 2 head helical scanning system Audio recording sys...

Page 35: ... REPEAT ON OFF switch page 19 COLOUR SYSTEM switch page 18 1 Lamps REC recording page 20 TIMER REC recording page 22 ON TIMER page 27 OPC page 29 2 u standby lamp page 13 3 u standby button page 13 4 Cassette compartment page 17 5 2 2 video audio input jacks page 30 6 2 headphones jack page 16 7 EJECT 6 button page 17 8 Á volume buttons page 13 Index to Parts and Controls OPEN TIMER REC ON OFF REC...

Page 36: ...page 18 PLAY p STOP P PAUSE 0 REW rewind FF fast forward º TIMER REC buttons TIMER ON SCREEN pages 21 24 ON OFF pages 22 24 CLEAR page 24 Menu operation buttons pages 6 7 MENU OK u standby button page 13 TV button pages 6 13 e on screen display button pages 14 19 Á volume buttons page 13 PROGR programme buttons page 13 COUNTER RESET button page 19 ON TIMER SLEEP TIMER REC REC REW STOP PAUSE FF PLA...