Sony KP-41S4R: Operating Instructions

Adjusting and Setting the TV Using

the Menu

PICTURE

Adjusting the Picture and Sound

CONTROL

Although the picture and sound are adjusted at the factory, you can

PICTURE CONTROL

SOUND

adjust them to suit your own taste. You can also select dual sound

CONTROL

(bilingual) programmes when available or adjust the sound for

Picture Mode

- - >

Contrast

listening with the headphones.

Reset

Format

4:3

1 Press MENU and select the symbol

for Picture Control or ≥ for

Sound Control. Push to yellow to confirm.

3VTR 1

MDP2

TV

The PICTURE CONTROL or SOUND CONTROL menu appears.

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PICTURE MODE

2 Push the joystick to blue or green to select the desired item. Push

VIDEO

0

( u)

to yellow to confirm.

Picture Mode

User

Brightness

The selected item changes its colour.

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Colour

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Sharpness

_

3 Push to red or yellow to adjust the selected item. Press the joystick

Hue

…/

Ú/;

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to confirm.

For the effect of each control, see the table below.

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4 Repeat steps 2 and 3 to adjust other items.

SOUND CONTROL

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5 Press MENU to restore the normal TV picture.

Sound Mode

- - > User

A

Balance

Reset

Spatial

Off

b

Dual Sound

Stereo

c

Volume Offset

0

≥

MENU

2 Volume

2 Dual Sound

Stereo

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PROGR

Speaker

Centre in

SOUND MODE

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Mode

User

Treble

Bass

Effect of each control

PICTURE CONTROL

Effect

Note

Picture Mode

User ˜ Game ˜ Movie ˜ Sports ˜ Live

HUE is available for

NTSC colour systems

When “User” is selected in “Picture Mode”

only.

You can preset Brightness, Colour, Sharpness and Hue (NTSC

Note on LINE OUT

signals only) as follows:

The dual sound mode

1 Push the joystick to blue or green to select the desired item. Push

output from the > jack

to yellow to confirm.

on the rear corresponds

2 Push to red or yellow to adjust. Press the joystick to confirm.

to the Headphones Dual

3 Push to red to return to the PICTURE CONTROL menu.

Sound settings.

Contrast

Less

More

When watching a video

Reset

Resets picture to the factory preset levels.

input source with

stereo sound

Format

4:3: normal

You can select Dual

16:9: wide screen effect

Sound to change the

sound.

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SOUND CONTROL

Effect

Sound Mode

Choice between different sound effects

User ˜ Rock ˜ Jazz ˜ Pop

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↑

↑

When “User” is selected in “Sound Mode”

You can preset Treble and Bass as follows:

1 Push the joystick to blue or green to select the desired item. Push

to yellow to confirm.

2 Push to red or yellow to adjust. Press the joystick to confirm.

3 Push to red to return to the PICTURE CONTROL menu.

Balance

More left

More right

Reset

Resets sound to the factory preset levels.

Spatial

Off: normal

On: acoustic sound effect

Dual Sound

A: channel 1 B: channel 2 Stereo n Mono

Volume Offset

Presets the volume level for individual programmes.

–12

12

2 Volume

Less

More

2 Dual Sound

A: channel 1 n B: channel 2

Stereo n Mono

Speaker

Main: sound from TV set

Centre in: sound from external amplifier

Changing Modes Quickly

You can quickly change the Sound Mode or the Picture Mode

without entering the “SOUND CONTROL“ or the “PICTURE

CONTROL“ menu.

1 Press Í for the picture or ≥ for the sound.

2 Push joystick to blue or green to select the desired mode.

3 Press Í or ≥ again to restore the normal TV screen.

TIMER

Using the Sleep Timer

To switch off the timer

You can select a time period after which the TV automatically

Select “OFF” in step 3.

TIMER

switches into standby mode.

Sleep Timer OFF

To check the

1 Press MENU.

remaining time

2 Push the joystick to blue or green to select the symbol t on the

Press .

menu screen. Push to yellow to confirm.

To go back to the

3 Push to yellow. Push to red or yellow to set time delay.

normal TV picture

Press MENU.

OFF˜0:30˜1:00˜1:30..........3:30˜4:00

↑

↑

4 Press the joystick to confirm.

One minute before the TV switches into standby mode, a message

is displayed on the screen.

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Teletext

TV stations broadcast an information service called Teletext via

3VTR 1

MDP2

TV

the TV channels.Teletext service allows you to receive various

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information pages such as weather reports or news at any time

VIDEO

you want.

0

( u)

p Pr

+



˚

;

+

REC

CH

_

Direct Access Functions

…/

Ú/;

?

;

8

´

8

x

Switching Teletext on and off

´/´

1 Select the TV channel which carries the teletext broadcast you

want to watch.

a/Å

2 Press _ to switch on teletext.

A

A teletext page will be displayed (usually the index page).

b

c

If there is no teletext broadcast, the indication “No Text” is

≥

MENU

displayed on a black screen.

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

PROGR

3 Input three digits for the page number using the number buttons.

If you have made a mistake, type in any three digits. Then re-enter

the correct page number.

4 Press ; to return to the normal TV picture.

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Accessing next or preceding page

Press R (PAGE+) or S (PAGE–).

The next or preceding page appears.

Superimposing the teletext display on the TV programme

• Press f once to get Teletext only.

• Press f twice for Mix mode.

The normal TV screen and the Teletext screen are overlapped.

• Press f again to resume normal teletext reception.

Note

Teletext errors may

Preventing a teletext page from being updated

occur if the broadcasting

• Press .

signals are weak.

The symbol “

” is displayed on the information line.

Press again to cancel.

Revealing hidden information (e.g. for a quiz)

Sometimes pages contain concealed information, such as

answers to a quiz. The reveal option lets you disclose the

information.

Press

. Press again to cancel.

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Favourite page system

You can store up to four of your favourite teletext pages per

Teletext service. In this way you have quick access to the pages

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you frequently use.

Storing pages

1 Use the number buttons to select the page you would like to store.

2 Press

twice.

The colour prompts at the bottom of the screen flash.

3 Push the joystick to the desired colour to store the selected page.

The page is now stored on this colour.

Repeat steps 1 to 3 for the other 3 pages.

Displaying the favourite pages

1 Press

.

2 Push the joystick to the colour on which the desired page is stored.

Make sure you press

, otherwise the normal Fastext facility

operates.

Using Fastext

Note

With Fastext you can access pages with one key stroke.

Fastext operation is

When a Fastext page is broadcast, a colour-coded menu will

possible, only when the

appear at the bottom of the screen. The colours of this menu

TV station broadcasts

correspond to the red, green, yellow and blue positions on the

Fastext signals.

Remote Commander.

Push the joystick to the colour mark which corresponds to the

colour-coded menu. The page will be displayed after a few

seconds.

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Connecting and Operating Optional

Equipment

Connecting Optional Equipment

You can connect optional audio-video equipment to this TV such as a

VCR, video disc player, and stereo system.

To connect a VCR

using the

) terminal

))

))

Connect the aerial output

of the VCR to the aerial

terminal ) of the TV.

We recommend that you

tune in the video signal to

programme number “0”.

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For details, see

1

“Presetting Channels

Manually” on page 10.

If the picture or the

sound is distorted

Move the VCR away from

the TV.

PROGR

R

About S video Inputs

C

(Y/C input)

3 3

MONO

3

Video signals can be

L/G/S/I R/D/D/D

separated into Y

1

2/

2

3/

3

(luminance or brightness)

and C (chrominance)

R/D/D/D-L/G/S/I

signals.

3

Separating the Y and C

4

2

signals prevents them

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from interfering with one

another, therefore it

improves picture quality

(especially luminance).

This TV is equipped with

3 S Video input jacks,

through which these

separated signals can be

input directly.

When connecting a

monaural VCR

Acceptable input signal

Available output signal

Connect only the white

1 Normal audio/video and RGB signal

Video/audio from TV tuner

≤ jack to both the TV

and VCR.

2 Normal audio/video and S video signal

Video/audio from selected source

3 Normal audio/video and S video signal

No outputs

Note

When you connect the

Normal audio/video and S video signal

Video/audio from selected source (the same output

equipment to the q3/

source as the :2/ q 2 connector)

…3/≤3 connectors on

4 No inputs

Audio signal

the front panel and :3/

q3 connector on the

5 Centre speaker input

No outputs

rear panel, turn off the

Set “Speaker” on the SOUND

power of the equipment

CONTROL menu to “Centre in”.

not in use.

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Selecting Input

Selecting input with

This section explains how to view the video input picture (of the

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PROGR +/– or number

video source connected to your TV) using direct access buttons.

buttons

You can preset video

Selecting input

input sources to the

Press repeatedly to select the input source.

programme positions so

The symbol of the selected input source will appear.

that you can select them

with PROGR +/– or

To go back to the normal TV picture

number buttons. For

Press O.

details, see “Presetting

Channels Manually” on

Input modes

page 10.

Symbol

Input signal

… 1

Audio/video input through the W 1 connector

3VTR 1

MDP2

TV

W

Audio/RGB input through the W 1 connector

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… 2

Audio/video input through the : 2/ q 2 connector

VIDEO

0

( u)

q 2

Audio/S video input through the : 2/ q 2 connector

p Pr

+



… 3

Audio/video input through … 3 and ≤ 3 connectors on the front or : 3/ q 3

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+

REC

CH

_

connector on the rear

…/

Ú/;

?

q 3

Audio/S video input through the q 3 connector (4-pin connector) on the front or

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8

x

: 3/ q 3 connector on the rear

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a/Å

A

b

c

≥

MENU

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PROGR

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AV LABEL

Using AV Label Preset

PRESET

Using this function you can preset the desired input source (e.g.

PRESET

W 1, RGB signal) to the respective AV input (AV 1 W). In this

Auto Programme

way, a connected VCR will automatically switch to the RGB signal.

Manual Programme

AV Label Preset

Programme Sorting

1 Press MENU.

Parental Lock

Language

2 Push the joystick to blue or green to select the symbol on the

Convergence

menu screen. Push to yellow to confirm.

3 Push to blue or green to select “AV Label Preset”. Push to yellow.

4 Push to blue or green to select the desired input source. Push to

AV LABEL PRESET

yellow to confirm.

INPUT

LABEL

AV1

- - - - -

5 Push to blue or green to select a letter or number. Push to yellow

RGB

- - - - -

(select “-” for a blank).

AV2

- - - - -

YC2

- - - - -

Select the other four characters in the same way.

AV3

- - - - -

YC3

- - - - -

6 After selecting all the characters, press the joystick to confirm.

7 Repeat steps 4 to 6 to label other input sources.

8 Press the MENU button to return to the normal TV picture.

VIDEO

Checking and Selecting the Input

CONNECTION

and Output Sources Using the

Menu

You can display the menu to see which input sources are selected

for the TV screen, as well as which output source is selected. You

can also select them on the menu display.

1 Press MENU.

VIDEO CONNECTION

2 Push the joystick to blue or green to select the symbol on the

TV Screen

[TV - - - - -]

Output

[TV - - - - -]

menu screen. Push to yellow to confirm.

The VIDEO CONNECTION menu appears.

TV

You can see which source is selected for the TV and for the output.

TV

n

If you want to select the input and output on this menu, go on to the

next step.

3 Push to blue or green to select “TV Screen” (input source for TV-

screen), or “Output” (output source for : 2/q 2 and

Note

: 3/q 3).

If you select “AUTO” for

Push to yellow to confirm.

output, the output source

automatically becomes

4 Push to red or yellow to select the desired source. Press joystick

the same as the desired

to store.

input source.

5 Repeat steps 3 to 4 to select the source for other inputs or outputs.

6 Press MENU to return to the normal TV picture.

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Remote Control of Other Sony

3VTR 1

MDP2

TV

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Equipment

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VIDEO

0

( u)

You can use the TV Remote Commander to control most of Sony

remote-controlled video equipment: beta, 8 mm and VHS VCRs

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+

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+

REC

CH

and video disc players.

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…/

Ú/;

?

Tuning the Remote Commander to the equipment

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8

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1 Set the VTR 1/2/3 MDP selector according to the equipment you

´/´

want to control:



a/Å

VTR1: Beta VCR

VTR2: 8 mm VCR

A

VTR3: VHS VCR

b

c

MDP: Video disc player

≥

MENU

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2 Use the buttons indicated in the illustration to operate the

PROGR

additional equipment.

If your video equipment is furnished with a COMMAND MODE

selector, set this selector to the same position as the VTR 1/2/3

MDP selector on the TV Remote Commander.

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If the equipment does not have a certain function, the

corresponding button on the Remote Commander will not operate.

When recording

When you use the a

(record) button, make

sure to press this button

and the one to the right

of it simultaneously.

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For Your Information

Optimum Viewing Area

For the best picture quality, try to position the projection TV so that you

can view the screen from within the areas shown below.

Horizontal viewing area

2.1m

(Minimum optimum

75˚

distance)

75˚

(Optimum viewing position)

Vertical viewing area

2.1m

(Minimum optimum

distance)

27.5˚

27.5˚

1.5 m and more

(Optimum viewing position)

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Troubleshooting

Here are some simple solutions to some problems which may affect the picture and sound.

Problem

Solution

No picture (screen is dark), no sound

• Plug the TV in.

• Press U on the TV (if u indicator is on, press ; or a programme number

on the Remote Commander).

• Check the aerial connection.

• Check if the selected video source is on.

• Turn the TV off for 3 or 4 seconds then turn it on again using U.

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Poor or no picture (screen is dark), but good sound

• Press MENU to enter the PICTURE CONTROL menu and adjust the

brightness, contrast and colour.

Poor picture quality when watching an RGB video source

• Press … repeatedly to select W.

Good picture but no sound

• Press ¸ +.

• Check that “Main” speaker is selected on the SOUND CONTROL menu.

• If o is displayed on the screen, press o.

No colour for colour programmes

• Press MENU to enter the PICTURE CONTROL menu, select Reset, then

press the joystick to confirm.

Remote Commander does not function

• Replace the batteries.

If you continue to have problems, have your TV serviced by qualified personnel. Never open the casing yourself.

Specifications

Television system B/G/H, D/K

Front q 3, S video inputs - 4-pin DIN

Colour system PAL/SECAM

… 3, video inputs - phono jacks

NTSC 3.58/4.43 (VIDEO IN)

≤ 3 (L, R), audio inputs - phono jacks

Channel coverage See "Receivable channels and

2, headphones jack - stereo minijack

channel displays" on this page

Sound output 2 × 30 W (music power)

Projected picture size 41 inches

2 × 15 W (RMS)

Approx. 103 cm measured diagonally

Centre SP input 30 W (RMS) (using as the centre

speaker)

Terminals

Power consumption 145 W

Dimensions (W × H × D) 948 × 992 × 511 mm

Rear Center speaker input terminals,

Weight 43 kg

2 terminals

Supplied accessories See page 6.

(L, R), audio outputs - phono

Other features Digital comb filter (High resolution)

jacks

FASTEXT, TOPText

W1, 21-pin Euro connector

NICAM

(CENELEC standard)

- inputs for audio and video signals

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

- inputs for RGB

- outputs of TV audio and video

signals

: 2/q 2, 21-pin Euro connector

Receivable Channels and Channel Displays

- inputs for audio and video signals

- inputs for S video

Receivable

Indication on the

- outputs for audio and video signals

channels

screen

(selectable)

B/G/H

E2..12 21..69

C02 C03 C04..C12

: 3/q 3, 21-pin Euro connector

C21..C69

- inputs for audio and video signals

CABLE TV (1)

S1..41

S01 S02..S41

- inputs for S video

CABLE TV (2)

S01..S05 M1..M10

S42..S46 S01..S10

- outputs for audio and video signals

U1..U10

S11..S20

(selectable, the same output

ITALY

A B C D E F G H H1

C11..C69

source as the : 2/q 2

H2 21..69

connector)

D/K

R01..R12 R21..R69

C02..C12 C21..C69

CABLE TV (1)

S01 S02..S41

CABLE TV (2)

S42 S43..S46

CABLE TV

B..Q, S21..41

S02, S03..S17,

S21..S41

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