Sony KV-21LT1K: Introducing and Using the Menu System

Introducing and Using the Menu System: Sony KV-21LT1K

Introducing and Using the Menu System

Your TV uses an on-screen menu system to guide you through the operations. Use the

following buttons on the Remote Control to operate the menu system:

1 Press the MENU button to switch the first level menu on.

MENU

2 • To highlight the desired menu or option, press or .

• To enter to the selected menu or option, press .

K

• To return to the last menu or option, press .

• To alter settings of your selected option, press //or.

• To confirm and store your selection, press OK.

3 Press the MENU button to remove the menu from the screen.

MENU

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Menu Guide

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

Picture Adjustment

PICTURE ADJUSTMENT

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

Mode: Personal

The “Picture Adjustment” menu allows you to

Contrast

Contrast

Brightness

Brightness

Colour

Colour

alter the picture adjustments.

Sharpness

Sharpness

Hue

Hue

Reset

Reset

OK

OK

To do that: after selecting the item you want to

alter press , then press repeatedly / /

or to adjust it and finally press OK to

store the new adjustment.

This menu also allows you to customise the

picture mode based on the programme you are

watching:

Personal (for individual settings).

Live (for live broadcast programmes).

Movie (for films).

Brightness, Colour and Sharpness can only be alterated if “Personal” mode is selected.

Hue is only available for NTSC colour signal (e.g: USA video tapes).

Select Reset and press OK to reset the picture to the factory preset levels.

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

Picture Adjustment

SLEEP TIMER

Mode: Personal

Contrast

The “Sleep Timer” option in the “Timer” menu

Brightness

Colour

allows you to select a time period for the TV to

Sharpness

Hue

Reset

switch itself automatically into the standby

OK

mode.

To do that: after selecting the option press ,

Timer

Timer

then press or to set the time period delay

Sleep Timer: Off

Sleep Timer: Off

On Timer: Off

On Timer:

i Off

(max. of 4 hours) and finally press OK to store.

While watching the TV, you can press the

OK

OK

button on the remote control to display the

time remaining.

One minute before the TV switches itself into

standby mode, the time remaining is displayed on

the TV screen automatically.

ON TIMER

Picture Adjustment

The “On Timer” option in the “Timer” menu

Mode: Personal

Contrast

Brightness

allows you to select a time period for the TV to

Colour

Sharpness

switch itself automatically on from standby

Hue

Reset

mode.

OK

To do that: after selecting the option press ,

then press or to set the time period delay

Timer

Timer

(max. 12 hours) and press OK to store. Finally

Sleep Timer: Off

Sleep Timer: Off

press the standby button on the remote

On Timer: Off

On Timer: Off

control. After the selected length of time the TV

switches on automatically.

OK

OK

The standby indicator on the TV set flashes

regularly to indicate that “On Timer” is active.

Any loss of power will cause these settings to be

cleared.

LANGUAGE / COUNTRY

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

The “Language/Country” option in the “Set

Contrast

Brightness

Up” menu allows you to select the language

Colour

Sharpness

that the menus are displayed in. It also allows

Hue

Reset

you to select the country in which you wish to

OK

operate the TV set.

To do that: after selecting the option, press

Set Up

Set Up

Language/Country

Language/Country

and then proceed in the same way as in the

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

steps 2 and 3 of the section “Switching On the

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Advanced Features

Advanced Features

TV and Automatically Tuning”.

OK

OK

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Menu System

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

AUTO TUNING

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

The “Auto Tuning” option in the “Set Up”

Contrast

Brightness

menu allows you to automatically search for

Colour

Sharpness

Hue

and store all available TV channels.

Reset

OK

To do that: after selecting the option, press

and then proceed in the same way as in TV

steps 4 and 5 of the section “Switching On the

Set Up

Set Up

TV and Automatically Tuning”.

Language/Country

Language/Country

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Advanced Features

Advanced Features

OK

OK

PROGRAMME SORTING

Picture Adjustment

The “Programme Sorting” option in the “Set

Mode: Personal

Contrast

Brightness

Up” menu allows you to change the order in

Colour

Sharpness

which the channels (TV Broadcast) appear on

Hue

Reset

the screen.

OK

To do that: after selecting the option, press

Set Up

Set Up

and then proceed in the same way as in step 6 b)

Language/Country

Language/Country

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

of the section “Switching On the TV and

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Automatically Tuning”.

Advanced Features

Advanced Features

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OK

OK

MANUAL PROGRAMME PRESET

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

The “Manual Programme Preset” option in the

Contrast

Brightness

Colour

“Set Up” menu allows you to:

Sharpness

Hue

Reset

a) Preset channels or a video input source one

OK

by one to the programme order of your

choice. To do that:

Set Up

Set Up

Language/Country

Language/Country

1 After selecting the ”Manual Programme

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

Preset” option, press then with

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Advanced Features

Advanced Features

Programme option highlighted press .

OK

OK

Press or to select on which

programme number you want to preset the

channel (for VCR, select programme number

Manual Programme Preset

Programme:

01

“0”). Then press .

System:

B/G

Channel:

C 21

Label:

--TVE

AFT:

On

Skip:

No

Decoder:

Off

2 After selecting the System option, press .

Confirm

Then press or to select the TV

OK

Broadcast system (B/G for western European

countries or D/K for eastern European

countries). Then press .

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3 After selecting the Channel option, press .

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

Then press or to select the channel

Contrast

Brightness

Colour

tuning (“C” for terrestrial channels or “S” for

Sharpness

Hue

cable channels). Next press . After that,

Reset

OK

press the number buttons to enter directly the

channel number of the TV Broadcast or the

channel of the VCR signal. If you do not

Set Up

Set Up

Language/Country

Language/Country

know the channel number, press or to

Auto Tuning

Auto Tuning

Programme Sorting

Programme Sorting

search for it. When you tune the desired

Manual Programme Preset

Manual Programme Preset

Advanced Features

Advanced Features

channel, press OK twice to store.

OK

OK

Repeat all the above steps to tune and store more

channels.

Manual Programme Preset

Programme:

01

System:

B/G

Channel:

C 21

b)Normally the automatic fine tuning (AFT) is

Label:

--TVE

AFT:

On

Skip:

No

operating, however you can manually fine

Decoder:

Off

Confirm

tune the TV to obtain a better picture

OK

reception in the case that the picture is

distorted.

To do that: while watching the channel (TV

Broadcast) you wish to fine tune, select the

AFT option and press . Next press

or to adjust the fine tuning between -15

and +15. Finally press OK twice to store.

c) Skip any unwanted programme numbers

when they are selected with the PROGR +/-

buttons.

To do that: Highlighting the Programme

option, press the PROGR +/- button to select

the programme number you want to skip.

When the programme you want to skip

appears on the screen, select the Skip option

and press . Next press or to select

Yes. Finally press OK twice to confirm and

store.

To cancel this function afterwards, select “No”

instead of “Yes” in the step above.

d) Label a channel using up to five characters.

To do that: Highlighting the Programme

option, press the PROGR +/- button to select

the programme number with the channel

you wish to name. When the programme you

want to name appears on the screen, select

the Label option and press . Next

press or to select a letter, number or

“-“ for a blank. Press to confirm this

character. Select the other four characters in

the same way. After selecting all the

characters, press OK twice to store.

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

PARENTAL LOCK

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

The “Parental Lock” option in the “Advanced

Contrast

Brightness

Features” menu allows you to lock the buttons

Colour

Sharpness

Hue

of the TV set. In this way after this option is

Reset

OK

selected and the TV set is switched off, the

buttons on the TV do not work and the TV only

Set Up

Advanced Features

works by using the remote control buttons.

Language/Country

Parental Lock:

Off

Noise Reduction:

On

Auto Tuning

Auto Volume Ctrl.:

On

Programme Sorting

RGB Centring:

0

To do that: after selecting the option, press .

Manual Programme Preset

Picture Rotation:

0

Advanced Features

Then press or to select On. Press OK to

OK

OK

confirm and store and finally press on the

remote control.

To cancel this function afterwards, select “Off”

instead of “On” in the step above.

NOISE REDUCTION

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

The “Noise Reduction” option in the

Contrast

Brightness

Colour

“Advanced Features” menu allows you to

Sharpness

Hue

reduce the picture noise in case of a weak

Reset

OK

broadcasting signal.

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To do that: after selecting the option, press .

Set Up

Advanced Features

Language/Country

Parental Lock:

Off

Noise Reduction:

On

Then press or to select On. Finally press

Auto Tuning

Auto Volume Ctrl.:

On

Programme Sorting

RGB Centring:

0

Manual Programme Preset

Picture Rotation:

0

OK to confirm and store.

Advanced Features

OK

To cancel this function afterwards, select “Off”

OK

instead of “On” in the step above.

AUTO VOLUME CONTROL

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

The “Auto Volume Ctrl.” option in the

Contrast

Brightness

“Advanced Features” menu allows you to keep

Colour

Sharpness

Hue

the same volume level of the channels,

Reset

independent of the broadcast signal (e.g. in case

OK

of advertisement).

Set Up

Advanced Features

Language/Country

Parental Lock:

Off

Noise Reduction:

On

To do that: after selecting the option, press .

Auto Tuning

Auto Volume Ctrl.:

On

Programme Sorting

RGB Centring:

0

Then press or to select On. Finally press

Manual Programme Preset

Picture Rotation:

0

Advanced Features

OK to confirm and store.

OK

OK

To cancel this function afterwards, select “Off”

instead of “On” in the step above.

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Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 / Function

RGB CENTRING

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

When connecting an RGB source, such as a

Contrast

Brightness

Colour

“PlayStation”, you may need to readjust the

Sharpness

Hue

geometry of the picture. In that case, you can

Reset

OK

readjust it through the “RGB Centring” option

in the “Advanced Features”.

Advanced Features

Set Up

Parental Lock:

Off

Language/Country

Noise Reduction:

On

To do that: while watching an RGB source select

Auto Tuning

Auto Volume Ctrl.:

On

Programme Sorting

RGB Centring:

0

Manual Programme Preset

Picture Rotation:

0

the “RGB Centring” option and press . Then

Advanced Features

press or to adjust the centre of the

OK

OK

picture between –10 and +10. Finally press OK

to confirm and store.

PICTURE ROTATION

Picture Adjustment

Mode: Personal

(only for KV-21LT1K)

Contrast

Brightness

Colour

Because of the earth’s magnetism, the picture

Sharpness

Hue

might slant. In this case, you can correct the

Reset

OK

pictures slant by using the option “Picture

Rotation” in the “Advanced Features” menu.

Set Up

Advanced Features

Language/Country

Parental Lock:

Off

Noise Reduction:

On

To do that: after selecting the option, press .

Auto Tuning

Auto Volume Ctrl.:

On

Programme Sorting

RGB Centring:

0

Then press or to correct any slant of the

Manual Programme Preset

Picture Rotation:

0

Advanced Features

picture between -5 and +5 and finally press OK

OK

OK

to store.

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